A/N Sorry this chapter has taken so long but I just haven't had the writers feeling so yeah I do believe that is Sascha's turn to do the disclaimer…you can speak now

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In English so all our readers can read it

Vorskull Stormblade does not own Infinite Stratos as it belongs to Izuru Yamizuru.

Better, also font like this will be used to show when Sascha is talking, bold is settings/ italic is thoughts/ words within = = are flashbacks/ (any words within brackets are additional information) and normal text is for everything else.

In the infirmary

As it turned out it was not Dr. Schrötter, who responded to him but instead it was Laura

So Sascha caught me then turned off am I correct continued Lucifer

If Sascha is the name you have given to Schwarz Strum, then yes was the response Laura gave sounding a bit amused

= He is a very special case as he is the only one that Schwarz Strum reacted with so I want you to keep an eye on him and inform me the moment he awakens am I clear, Laura

Ja doctor crystal=

In Lucifer's mindscape

Sascha can you hear me

Yes, I am glad you are awake I must apologize for the neural shock you experienced it was my fault for overloading your brain with beta waves

It's okay so why did react to me and no one else? Inquired Lucifer

Because you are a unique person as well you know not everyone can use a weapon designed to be used by an IS let alone the fact you are a male so it should not have been possible

How do you know that? That information is only known by General Mustang, Dr. Schrötter and maybe Second Lieutenant Bodewig

While you were unconscious I took the time to scan your brains neural layout and scanned your memories so I now know you just as well as you do

How many memories did you scan? inquired Lucifer his tone like steel on ice

All of them does that displeasure you

Remove all memories scan until the day I met General Mustang but at the time he was a Colonel

Yes, sir

Also, reactivate no more standby mode unless I dismiss you

Back in the infirmary

With that final command Lucifer's conscious slowly drifted back to the room no more than 2 minutes had passed and Laura was still sitting there at the end of his bed staring at him intensely yet her body language showed that she was concerned for him so he decided to bring it up

Hey Laura are you concerned about me I thought I was just a "comrade" to you

"Ya of course I am worried about you" She replied then quite enough that Lucifer couldn't hear her she added "and not only because I was told to keep an eye on you" then returning to a normal volume "I have to go inform Dr. Schrötter that you have woken up" with that she rose from the bed and left the room

As Lucifer pondered on nothing he quickly slipped back into a flashback

= In another hospital on the outskirts of Berlin

Hey, Kid what did you do this time? Came an older males voice

"A canister of propane exploded and I got struck with the debris from it," Lucifer told the captain who had found him passed out with a pool of blood surrounding his head after a raid on an insurgent cell who had been planning to bomb several major locations in Berlin

Was this your first operation Kid the man asked dryly

Yes, Lucifer voiced along with his frustration at being called Kid when he was anything but as he was 14 =

Why did that come to mind Lucifer mused softly

"Ahem" this simplest of sounds derailed Lucifer's train of thought the same way 5 tons of TNT would

Bewildered he had answered before he knew who had spoken "Yes Sir?"

I'm not a sir, I'm a doctor counted the voice

Es tut mir leid Arzt recurred Lucifer

It is fine and how are you feeling Laura reported that a couple of minutes after waking and for the duration of 1 minute 47 seconds you were totally unresponsive to exterior stimulus

I'm feeling better and for those 107 seconds I was getting a report from Schwarz Strum and from what she told me after activation she attempted to scan my brains neural layout using beta waves but instead of scanning it she overloaded it, however, disciplinary action does not need to be enforced as she recognised her error and has already apologised came a calm but serious voice from Lucifer

You talk as if the unit is a living breathing person interrupted another voice though the speaker was unseen the occupants of the room both knew who it was

General how nice of you to appear was the only thing Lucifer could think to say but he remained silent as the man hated to be called general it made him feel old so he just chuckled quietly

Nice to see you again Roy how's the field Lucifer said jokily this sudden change startled Dr. Schrötter

You know I don't see it I'm stuck doing paperwork so I was sitting there behind my desk and I get a red star report (For your eyes only/classified information) saying that my prodigal captain collapsed after seeing an IS move so I rushed over here just to hear you talk like so Schulmädchen trying to protect her crush from the disciplinary board so spill it what happened I want a report now

Lucifer was suddenly formal and obedient, at 16:15 on the twenty-fifth of august in research and development storage site 3 I was shown the Schwarz Strum as it's the newer variant of the Schwarzer Regen its power has been upped and instead of having an AIC device it possesses a CEA or Complete Energy Absorber which allows the charging of the twin shoulder mounted Integrated Mass Particle Acceleration Cannons or IMPACTs these act like rail guns but use streams of high-speed particles to rapidly disrupt and destroy ISs' mainframe systems causing a shutdown however to prevent permanent long term damage to the pilot, the IMPACTs can only fire in single fire 'round it also has a 75 Calibre rifle, a pistol , a dagger and a sword. Shortly after this the unit reacted to me being there and it attempted to talk to me though a neural scan but it overloaded my brain using beta waves this is what caused me to pass out I awoke at 12:03 on the twenty-eighth of august where I was informed of what happened after I passed out by Second Lieutenant Laura Bodewig and I was told of the cause by the IS unit designated Schwarz Strum Lucifer then finished his report and looked patiently at the General waiting for an order.

"So that's what happened" came the two responses in unison

Laura does, in fact, hold the rank of second Lieutenant in the anime and manga

Es tut mir leid Arzt roughly translates to I'm sorry doctor (Google translate)

Schulmädchen = Schoolgirl