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Some notes about the story

A lots going to be happening from now in the story. I have completed around 9 chapters, the next one is really long, and I'm slowly working on editing as I continue to write the story so you'll have to be patient with me.

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Ch. 2 A Storm Brews


Day 2

10 hours from Earth

A long white line rotated clockwise on a 10" diameter green screen. The device was similar in appearance and function to a sonar detector only instead of detecting sound waves it detected radiating protons; another screen similar to the first detected free electrons.

While a seaman on the crow's nest is able to spot on coming danger from the sea, these machines detected the debris and storms of space. They are necessary instruments if one wanted to travel through space and survive especially at warp speed.

While a moment ago the machines were quite without any apparent spots they now beeped like the cadence of the heart monitor in the hospital, a small blinking white dot coming into existence on the screen that detected free electrons.

The personnel in charge of monitoring the hazards of space looked at the beeping screen and wrote the coordinates of the oncoming trouble. She then turned her attention to another screen that detected the energy level of the electrons. This screen was black with a white line going up and down. The line went up when a proton's energy level was detected and down when an electron's energy level was detected.

The person wrote the magnitude of the electron cloud as well then opened a comlink to the admiral.

The admiral was in his office when a female face with messily cut brown locks appeared on a screen in front of him.

"Sir" she saluted.

"Private" the admiral looked expectantly at her.

"An electron cloud of magnitude 2 is 5 light years away due north."

The admiral did not look happy with the news "Why am I informed of this only now private."

The private didn't even flinch at the angered tone of her superior "It's a newly formed cloud it just appeared on our sensors, Sir."

The admiral looked almost tired "Alright. Thank you private." She saluted and the screen blinked out of existence.

"Validus. Open comlink to pilot." The admiral commanded.

Validus was the ship's computer it behaved similar to the portable mage device only Validus was the ship.

"Ai. Captain." A screen opened showing the pilot's face a middle age man with a white beard and silver hair in a crew cut.

"Admiral" the pilot saluted.

"Pilot. We have a magnitude 2 electron cloud 5 light years away due north."

The pilot looked shocked "That's too close we can't avoid it in time."

"I know. The only good thing about this is that it's a magnitude 2 so we should be able to ride out the storm without too much trouble. I am counting on your skills here pilot."

The pilot had a hard look in his eyes "Affirmative. Admiral." He saluted and the link ended.

I hope we get through this unscathed the admiral thought as he looked at a picture of his wife and son.

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Ship's Hall

High pitched peals of laughter echoed through the metallic halls of the dorm rooms. A short blond child zipped through the corner, working personnel making way for the little tornado to run through as another taller blond raced on her heels behind her.

Vivio continued to run as her Fate-mama called "You can't win Vivio I almost got you!"

She looked back seeing her Fate-mama not too far behind. She looked forward and saw a tall man with a stack of papers taller than his head in her way, but instead of slowing down or dodging the man Vivio picked up speed and ducked her head down as she ran between the man's legs while he was walking.

The poor man as a result became on steady causing the stack of papers to sway to the right almost falling. The man seeing this shifted his weight to the left, but it was a bit too far since the papers then swayed to the left. He corrected himself again causing the papers to sway a bit to the right and centering themselves.

"few, that was close" the man let out a relieved sigh. If he could he would have wiped off the sweat from his brow, but he then smiled proud of himself I just saved myself from cleaning up hundreds of papers.

He was walking again with his saved stack of paper when another blond zoomed by him. The speed of her run was so fast that it caused her long hair to swing wildly from side to side, and unfortunately for the man carrying papers the ends of her hair sliced through his stack of paper like a knife through butter. Needless to say his papers fluttered up into the air and landed in a scattered mess on the corridor's floor. The man looked around him and almost cried. The blond of course was completely unaware of the trouble she caused him and was long gone still chasing after her daughter.

Fate was gaining ground closing the distance between her and her daughter. She was less than 5 feet away when she gave herself a burst of energy picking up more speed. She extended her arms outward.

"Got you Vivio" she said triumphantly as she caught a squealing Vivio under her arms lifting her off the ground and into the air, her little legs still running her mind not yet registering her new orientation.

At the moment, Nanoha appeared in front of them laughing at the scene her family made.

Fate's and Vivio's hair was in a mess due to the high speed chase. Their clothes were all crumpled and jumbled from the slight collisions with people, railings, and whatever else stood in their way. Although Fate could handle all forms of monsters, top wanted and highly dangerous criminals, and all possible forms of dangers controlling an excited 10 year old was much more difficult.

"Nanoha-mama! Help! Help! She's going to eat me! Save me mama!" Vivio pleaded playfully as she raised her hands to her mother for help. This caused Nanoha to laugh even harder.

"Eat you... hmm. Maybe I should. After all you look quite delicious Vivio" Fate said in a playfully hungry voice. She then turned Vivio towards her holding her like a baby with one arm under her back supporting her upper body while the other wrapped around her legs. She brought Vivio's belly close to her face at which point she started to eat Vivio.

Vivio laughed and kicked her legs as her body tried to twist out of her Fate-mama's mouth tickle torture.

After a while, in between the peals of laughter Vivio called to her mother "Save me!...mama!...."

Deciding Vivio had enough tickle torture for now Fate stopped eating Vivio's belly and gently settled her on her feet.

Vivio's laughter turned into a giggle. She then looked at her blond mother "Did I taste good Fate-mama?"

Fate gave her a content look "Yes. You were the most delicious meal I have ever had Vivio."

Vivio nodded her head "Good. But next time I get to eat Fate-mama."

Fate smiled and spoke to her in her soft voice "okay. If Vivio can catch Fate-mama like Fate-mama caught Vivio. Vivio can eat Fate-mama."

Vivio thought it over and liked the idea so she nodded her head. She then looked to her Nanoha-mama, who was holding some bath supplies.

Nanoha told them in her instructor's voice "I think after running laps around the ship it's time you two hit the showers."

"Yes ma'am/ mama" Fate playfully saluted her, as did Vivio copying her red-eyed mother.

Nanoha merely rolled her eyes at Fate's behavior and threw a white towel toward her, which she caught right before it hit her face.

The family then went to the showers.

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Fate's cabin

Fate and her family were packing up their supplies when they were violently jerked to the left. Nanoha almost fell, but quickly regained her balance. Vivio, however, fell on her bottom. The ship continued to rumble like a car on a bumpy road.

Nanoha gave Fate a worried look "Is this normal Fate-chan?"

Fate looked at her not at all surprised by the ships movement "hmm, it must be turbulence it shouldn't last long."

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Meanwhile outside

Validus just reached the outskirts of the giant electron cloud. Its mass coiled and twisted violently as flashes of light were emitted similar to a thunderstorm except that the brightly colored clouds were being pulled apart and colliding with each other, moving like a dancer. It was a beautiful seen to watch, but unfortunately dangerous to be in.

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Admiral's office

The admiral felt the ship jerk he gave a mental sigh were finally here.

"Validus open all sound channels I have an announcement to make"

"Ai. Captain. Channels open."

The admiral took a breath then started his announcement in his usual commanding voice "This is Admiral Berg. The ship is now headed for a magnitude 2 electron cloud all crewmen report to your stations, and secure all movable objects we're in for a bumpy ride."

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Fate's Cabin

Nanoha glanced worriedly at Fate knowing that this wasn't normal.

"Are we going to be alright Fate." Nanoha only dropped the suffix when she was either very worried or serious, and Fate knew this.

On the inside, Fate was worried, but her face was calm and collected as if nothing were wrong "Yes. This ship is able to handle minor storms like this. Plus we have a greatly skilled crew. Everything should be fine."

Fate's serene voice soothed Nanoha more than her words although they were reassuring.

They then proceeded to follow the admiral's orders and secure anything that could move which was mainly the luggage. They piled their luggage in the left corner of the room near the door where Fate brought out a special black net that she hooked to the floor and wall securing it.

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Outside

Validus was in the center of the electron cloud, which happened to be the most dangerous part as energies were most unstable and highly concentrated. But, on the bright side the ship was half way through the cloud another 2 hours and they should reach safety.

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The Bridge

"I want visuals of the outside! Set negative field barrier to max we're not out of this yet! Watch for any electron emissions!" The admiral shouted orders as the ship rocked due to intense pressures caused by the clashing energies.

The pilot and crewmen did their best to maneuver the ship while scurrying around and shouting orders to one another. It looked like chaos but in fact, they were a well-oiled machine with years of training and experience in dealing with dangerous situations.

The visual of the outside finally appeared on the main screen in the center of the helm. The admiral saw the beauty and destructive forces of outer space and really hoped they would make it out of this storm without too much trouble.

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Outside

One of the giant masses in the cloud expanded, and contracted then expanded repeatedly. It was getting ready to explode, and it finally did firing a huge beam 10x bigger than Nanoha's Starlight Breaker packing 100x the amount of force. The beam was pure, raw untamed energy and it headed straight for Validus.

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The sensor's on Validus were going crazy as they detected the impending attack of the dooms day beam.

The admiral got a visual of the beam and swore. He shouted a command to the person conducting the ships energy "I want all energy to be sent to the engine. We need to hyper jump within 2 seconds."

A short pink haired girl, who helped conduct the ship's energy, spoke "Sir. It takes at least 10 seconds to charge the ship for hyper jump. It's impossible to make the jump happen within 2 seconds."

The admiral shouted at her "then you'll make it possible. I want the jump in 2 seconds." The screen closed.

The energy-crew frantically worked to redirect all energy, and quickly ignite the engines.

"All shields down" a female voice called.

"Energy being redirected in 30 Seconds" another called.

"Energy redirection complete" a male voice said.

The engines received the enormous amount of energy required for hyper jump at an unusually quick pace. The engines surface burned hot flaming red as bursts of blue flame shoot out the opening, the ship preparing for hyper jump.

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Outside

The beam was getting ever closer when the ship finally hyper jumped with the beam mere inches away.

The hyper jump jerked the ship forward a bit like a sprinters sudden burst of speed. Then suddenly the ship was rocked out of hyper jump space by a minor beam colliding with the side of the ship causing the ship to spin out.

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Every one inside the ship held on for dear life as some tried to get the ship back under control.

They finally brought the ship out of its chaotic flight, and gave a sigh of relief. The ship was in a calmer part of the storm allowing for a brief respite.

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Fate's Cabin

Nanoha, Fate, and Vivio were seated and strapped to chairs that protruded from the metallic wall on the left side of the room near Fate's bed.

Vivio seemed to be enjoying herself thinking of it as the best roller coaster she had ever been on., and not as the near death experience that it was.

Nanoha's face on the other hand, was green, and her eyes bulging, she took deep breaths to calm her stomach from ratcheting her lunch.

Fate of course was just glad that the ride was over. She looked over at Nanoha Are you okay? She said through their telepathic link.

Nanoha didn't even bother looking at her Fate…I think I'm going to be sick.

Fate immediately unstrapped herself, quickly jumped off the seat, and ran to her closet grabbing a bucket hidden behind her shoes. She ran to Nanoha whose face turned pale before ratcheting everything that was in her stomach into the bucket that Fate placed under Nanoha's head just in the nick of time.

Vivio unbuckled herself stood on her seat and patted the head of her ailing mother "There, There Nanoha-mama everything is alright."

Nanoha would have smiled in remembrance of the first time Vivio comforted her, however her mouth was too busy vomiting into the bucket. Eventually it stopped and she pulled herself away from the bucket closing her eyes in exhaustion. Vivio continued petting her head, soothing her.

Fate secured and lidded the bucket just in case of another topsy-turvy round. She then walked to Nanoha taking her hands into her own her thumbs rubbing circles onto her palms "You feeling better."

Nanoha opened her eyes and looked at Fate as her concerned voice reached her "hmm. But, I never want to go through that again. Next time we go to Earth I am flying on my own no more ships."

Fate smiled relieved and glad to see Nanoha feeling better enough to joke. "We've made it through the worst part the rest should be smooth sailing"

"I hope your right Fate. I don't think my stomach can take round 2." Nanoha closed her eyes again to rest for a bit after her nerve-racking experience.

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The Bridge

"Damage report." The admiral requested from the captain of the crew.

"Nothing critical appears to be damaged. Shields are in working order, and the engines should be up within a few minutes. As for our fuel we're down to 50% due to the hyper jump. End of report" The admiral nodded closing the comlink screen.

Not bad, I couldn't have asked for a better outcome than this the admiral thought pleased with how his crew handled the situation and the outcome.

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Special Storage Cell D

Although it was true that nothing critical occurred to the ship's functioning components, something was happening in Special storage Cell D.

Unfortunately, or fortunately in the ship's case, negative energy was traveling through special storage Cell D the sector of the ship that was hit. And because the laws of physics state that energy can neither be created nor destroyed the energy was merely coursing through the room attracted to the positive energy that surrounded a crystal, which contained a certain golden sphere. Because positive attracts negative the two energies intermingled completing one another and unfortunately caused Fate's barrier to disintegrate.

The lost logia of course was now able to sense and detect its surroundings. Thin cracks formed and ran up the crystal similar to placing pressure on a thin sheet of ice. It finally shattered unable to seal the lost logia's thirst for power.

The energy condensed in the room flowed into the spherical object causing the one flat green face to glow. As it absorbed the energy, it became more powerful. In fact, the object now floated in the air and glowed an even brighter green.

Of course, the highly sensitive sensors in the room blared out an alarm that resounded throughout the ship.

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The Bridge

The admiral's voice sounded through the PA "All personnel remain at your stations we need to get out of this storm. All personnel remain at your stations we need to get out of this storm" he repeated himself so that he would be heard over the alarm.

Now that the admiral was sure no one would leave their post for a security breach he contacted security.

"Security turn off the alarm and give me a report." The admiral spoke to the lead technician of security.

The alarm stopped immediately. "The distress call seems to be coming from Cell D, Sir."

"Did a lost logia activate in Cell D?" The admiral asked hoping it hadn't.

"We're checking into it now" the technician paused prompting the computer for access to Cell D's video.

"Sir, it's the newly acquired lost logia. It's been activated."

"Thank-you continue in your post." The technician nodded as the admiral's face disappeared.

The admiral thought whose available I need all my crew to run the ship we're still not out of this storm, but we must seal that lost logia. Then Fate's face came to his mind. He smiled, of course she will be more than able to seal it.

"Validus. Open comlink to Bardiche."

"Ai. Captain. Link opened." Fate's face appeared in the holograph ready to receive her orders.

"Fate, I am sorry to bother you while you're officially on vacation but I need you to head to Cell D and seal the device you brought back." He waited for Fate's reply, which didn't take long.

"That's alright. I'll head to Cell D now, Sir." Fate saluted the admiral and then the communication was cut.

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Fate turned to Nanoha about to speak when Nanoha cut her off "I am coming with you." When Nanoha saw Fate about to protest she restated herself using her commanding tone "I am coming with you and that's final," more gently she said, "Besides this is not the first time I have sealed a lost logia you could use my help."

Fate receded to Nanoha's point it was logical and she had nothing to counter it with. "Okay than let's go."

Vivio was going to walk with them when Nanoha turned and bent down to her daughter's level so that they were talking on even ground, she then spoke seriously "Vivio you stay here alright Fate-mama and I will be back shortly in the mean time this is the safest place for you to be right now."

Vivio looked down, away from Nanoha's face. She didn't want to be left alone. Nanoha knew Vivio didn't like the idea of both her parents not being around, and this will be the first time she will actually be alone with no adult supervision. It was a very scary thought for a child.

Nanoha hugged her for a while and then pulled back. She tilted Vivio's downturned head to look at her face "I promise we'll be back Vivio. You promise to stay where it's safe?"

Vivio heard her mother's pleading tone she was really worried about her so she decided to put Nanoha's mind at ease and brave what may come "Yes. Nanoha-mama I promise to stay where it's safe."

Nanoha smiled and then stood up turning to an awaiting Fate. She nodded her head to Fate and walked out the door heading for Cell D.

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As they raced through the hallways, they placed on their barrier jacks. When Fate reached the door to Cell D, she looked at the awaiting guards.

"Open the doors" She commanded.

They nodded their heads and opened the doors.

The two walked in through the doors a little shadow following them, the devices and their masters too focused on the disaster in the room to notice.

The doors closed behind them sealing them to their fate.

They spotted the brightly glowing green ball floating in the air still sucking the energy in the room.

"Divine buster!"

Her device twinkled "Set up. Ready. Master."

"Shoot!" Raging Heart now looking like a spear shot a pink ball of energy straight for the glowing ball as Fate raised Bardiche and slashed it clean through. But, both attacks were meaningless in fact the glowing ball enjoyed them there attacks gave it even more energy to feed on.

Fate stepped back as the ball went from bright green to white. The raw energy from the outside combined with the energy of two S+ mage attacks sent the ball into energy overload. All the energy that was absorbed released itself in a blinding white attack. The bright light caused the occupants of the room to close their eyes and then they knew no more.