Chapter 3: Symphogears: Episode 1 Epilogue
Vashyron came back to the group with the briefcase in hand. Alice eyed it and asked "What's in there?"
"The item our client is asking for. We go to the next level through the elevator north of here and wait until nightfall to deliver this to him." Vashyron smiled as he waved the briefcase a bit.
"I wonder what this Pater looks like…" Maron wondered as she stretched a bit.
"Who knows?" Zephyr shrugged.
"Shall we head to the elevator, then?" Zoey asked Vashyron. He nodded with a smile and Team Vashyron headed straight for the elevator.
As soon as they got on the elevator, Zoey and the otherworlders gasped in awe as the elevator go straight up, into level three, while Vashyron, Zephyr and Leanne were leaning on a pipe in the elevator.
In about a minute or so, they reached the third level of Basel.
The gang were walking down the streets of the third level. Vashyron turned to his team members and began explaining the importance of this level.
"This level is a monster free zone and the wealthy lived in this level for God knows what. It is where the Cardinals govern Basel to make sure the peace stays in Basel for a bit longer. Our client is Pater, one of the Cardinals of Basel. Now we have to wait until nightfall to deliver the item he request which should be just about…" Vashyron looked up at the sky and already, the sun is setting. "Now."
"Okay then. Let's deliver this item to Pater and get our reward." Zoey exclaimed cheerfully.
They arrived at a well-built manor where a maid with white hair was greeting them. "Ah, Vashyron Inc. I assumed? The master is expecting you. Do you have the item he requested?" She asked.
"Yep. I'm gonna stay here. Why don't you guys deliver the item and get our reward?" Vashyron suggested as he gave Zephyr the briefcase. He nodded in response as the rest of Team Vashyron enter Pater's manor. Vashyron stayed behind.
Inside the manor, the gang saw a ugly fat man with brown hair that is similar to the legendary Three Stooges, wearing blue pants and a green shirt that said Love Me. He chuckled happily when he sees Zephyr with the briefcase. Zephyr placed the briefcase on the fat man's desk and pushed it towards him. The fat man couldn't contain his excitement as he opened the briefcase and saw a green crystal necklace.
He gasped in awe. "So beautiful! This crystal… Is it really my own?" The man known as Pater asked.
"Oh!" Leanne was hesitant at first. "I think…"
"Hold it up to the light…" Zephyr sighed as he shook his head. Leanne noticed the candles on Pater's desk and picked up the necklace and held it close to the light so she wouldn't burn it. It emitted a radiant glow 5 seconds later.
Pater gasped again. "Look at that." He turned to Team Vashyron with an hyper exicted expression. "What's happening? What's going on?"
Zephyr pointed to the mirror. "Look." Pater rushed over to the mirror and gasped again, his eyes are glowing. He laughed like a crazy loon.
"It's mine!"
Alice leaned over to Maron and whispered "Totally not who I was expecting for a Cardinal…"
Maron nodded timidly. "H-He's scary…"
"So what do you think? Is that proof enough for you?" Leanne smiled, hand placed on her hip.
"All the proof I could ever need!" Pater grinned before getting out what looked like dollar bills. "Here's something for my angel. Ha ha, dreams really do come true."
The team exited Pater's manor where Vashyron was waiting for them. "You did good on that job, guys. So what do you think?" Vashyron grinned as he crossed his arms.
"To be honest…" Zoey looked away in disgust. "Pater is not who I imagined…"
"Looks like we already completed the delivery to Pater and managed to give the chef his knives from his mother, took out some pests and fixed the bridge. Next up, finding a lost valuable for one of Miss Theresa's maids." Zephyr reminded everyone of the last job they had to do.
"There's more?" Jean moaned.
And so, they did just that, finding the lost broken watch and returning it to the maid. It was time to head on home with their newest friends and roomates.
As they were getting on the elevator, a conversation took place.
"I suppose it was a pretty jewel, but is it worth getting that excited for?" Leanne asked as she hoped on the pipe.
"Have you ever heard the stories? Every man, woman and child in this world has their own stone." Vashyron began as he grab ahold of the pipe while the rest of his team stand. "Find it, and live a long happy life—or as they say."
"What a beautiful story…" Zoey gasped in awe as she smiled.
"Your very own star from the heavens." Vashyron smiled as well as he took out a pack of cigarettes and began to smoke one.
"Those things will kill you, ya know?" Zephyr looked at the cigarettes in disgust.
Leanne and Zoey looked up to see the beautiful night sky. "Your very own star…" Leanne mused as the elevator lowers and a lid of a star with a face closed up. Vashyron waved the dollar bills in front of them.
"Stars don't come cheap, ya know? It takes cold hard cash to make dreams like that come true." He explained.
"But money doesn't buy happiness sometimes." Alice told him firmly. "Sometimes, greed consumes even the noblest of souls."
Zoey and Leanne both got off the pipe and looked at Vashyron with a curious nature.
"Is it really a dream if you can buy it?" Leanne asked.
"Yes. Does money make the world go round as the sayings go?" Zoey added.
"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." Vashyron shrugged as he took out his cigarette and blew out some smoke.
Soon, our heroes arrived at the level where their home is. They then headed for Ebel City.
As they were walking down the streets of Ebel City, Vashyron turned to his friends and co-workers with a smile. "Dinner's on me, guys. In honor of the completion of our first job for the rookies and recuirting new members into Vashyron Inc."
"Really?!" Maron's eyes turn into stars. "Thank you so much, Mister Vashyron!"
"Yeah, thank you." Jean nodded with a small smile.
Suddenly, a tough looking man passed through the gang. Zoey felt like something was missing. She checked through her pocket and gasped. "My wallet is gone! I have 3000 rubies in it!"
Vashyron eyed the fleeing man. "Looks like our crook is getting away."
"Don't just stand there, after him!" Zephyr urged as Team Vashyron rushed after him.
It took them 10 minutes, but they cornered the pickpocket thief. Team Vashyron got out their guns while Maron, Alice and Jean got out their weapons. Jean looked at the four founding members of Team Vashyron's weapons.
"Um… I have been meaning to ask, but what are those strange weapons you got?" He asked meekly.
Zephyr looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "What? Don't tell me you never seen a gun before?"
"Gun…? Is that what's it called? Come to think of it, Miss Alice used items like that as well." Jean muttered in confusion.
The pickpocket smirked as he got out a machine gun and whistled, 15 thugs came out of hiding.
"Shit…. Things got complicated." Vashyron muttered before turning to his friends. "Spread out and don't let them take advantage of our small numbers!" Team Vashyron nodded as they charged at the thugs.
Three thugs opened fire on Zoey, but she leaped up and fired her gun at them, hitting them in the arms, causing the three of them to held them pain, dropping their weapons in the process.
2 more thugs aimed their guns at Leanne, but she quickly fired five shots into a thug's head, killing him and firing another headshot in the second thug, killing him as well.
Zephyr took cover when five thugs fired machine guns at him. Zephyr noticed an oil barrel behind the five thugs. Loading a clip that can pierce metal, Zephyr leaped up and fired at the barrel, causing an explosion which killed the five thugs after they tumbled to the floor.
Alice used her trusty OOPArts to kill 5 more thugs, the remaining thugs were taken out. All save for the pickpocket who panicked and started to run away.
"Get back here you!" Maron fumed. Suddenly, three blurs punched and kicked the thug to the ground, making him drop Zoey's wallet. Zoey quickly grabbed her wallet. The three blurs landed on the thug, making him spit saliva.
Team Vashyron eyed their allies who helped apprehend the thug. The first was a teenage girl with creamy hair, the second was a older teenage girl with blue long hair and the third girl was a year older than the cream haired girl and they're wearing high tech armor of some kind.
The cream haired girl frowned at the thug's crooked deeds and shouted "Let that be a lesson for you, justice always wins in the end." She noticed Team Vashyron eying her and her companions like that. She closed her eyes and waved. "Hello!"
"Hibiki, I think you're confusing them…" The blue haired girl sighed and shook her head.
"I don't think Tachibana didn't realized they saw our Symphongear forms for the first time. What the hell is this place anyway?" The purple haired girl muttered in disgust.
"Um… Maybe we should introduced ourselves." Alice smiled nervously as she rubbed the back of her head nervously.
To be continued…
Next chapter…
Narrator: After recruiting the Symphongears and earning a well deserved rest, Team Vashyron felt an earthquake and went out to investigate, what they see would make things complicated due to people of five realms pulled into their world, is it because of the Queen's Gate? Next time: Duel Monsters, Ninjas, Gods and Demons.
A/n: Alright, shortest chapter ever. Not my best one. Sorry if Lili didn't appear in this chapter, she will appear in the next chapter, I promise. I hope this chapter is good for you. Next up is the the first sub arc which will be based on a YYH x Inuyasha X Naruto x Yugioh crossover called Confusion. So expect this chapter to be longer than the rest. See you then.
