Courageous Song of the Valkyries: Titanogear
勇気のある絶唱タイタノギア
(Yūki no Aru Zesshō Taitanogia)
"Light that shines upon Humanity's Power"
Chapter 11:- The Source of Everything
Theme song: Killy Killy Joker - Wakeshima Kanon
Ending Song: メビウス - Konomi Suzuki
-Within the dark room, the sight of Shirabe sleeping was seen as slowly opened her eyes, she blinked a few times and tried to move but then realised she couldn't move, she looked up a little and saw Logan's face up close as her eyes widened at the sight of him hugging her as he was asleep, she'd blush madly and try to wake him up-
Shirabe: L-Logan... Please wake up...
Logan: F-Five more minutes...
Shirabe: Please wake up, it's already morning..
Logan: Huh? -He opened his eyes slowly and tiredly as he saw that he was hugging Shirabe- Oh, good morning~
Shirabe: W-Would you please let go of me?
Logan: Why?
Shirabe: I feel awkward here..
Logan: But it feels nice to hug you.
Shirabe: Th-Thank you... -She got flustered as she stared at Logan closely- Can we go now?
Logan: R-Right.. Hold on. -He said as he let go of Shirabe and yawned as he sat up and stretched his arms and legs- You wanna take a shower first?
Shirabe: If you don't mind?
Logan: Please, by all means.
Shirabe: Thank you. -She said with a smile as she got up from the bed and took her stuff from her luggage and went to the bathroom to take a shower-
-Logan yawned as he got up from his bed and went to his dresser to get some clothes. Down below at the lobby of the building, a girl at the front desk was staring at the screen of her computer as she was getting worried as she saw the beeping red light next to her computer screen-
Man: What's wrong? -A man in a black suit approached the girl with a cup of coffee in his hands as he gave the girl a cup-
Girl: Th-The Boss...Is awake?
Man: Huh? Nah, there's no way, he never wakes up this early.
Girl: THE BOSS IS AWAKE! -She yelled out loudly as everyone in the lobby would stop what they were doing and ran to the front reception desk quickly-
Man 2: WHERE?!
Girl 2: LIES! HE ALWAYS WAKES UP LATE! -Everyone then saw the beeping red light that was next to the monitor as everyone began to panic-
Man: QUICKLY! QUEUE THE MUSIC! -The receptionist quickly pressed on a button on her keyboard as the Overture of the Summer Wars music began playing loudly as everyone ran and prepared their jobs quickly and went to setup. The sight of a tall robot walking down the lobby was seen as it was carrying large supplies of boxes around in its arms and there were gear users flying around the area from one floor to another as some were mailmen, there were girls serving drinks and cleaning, men washing the vehicles and windows outside-
-Minutes later after Logan and Shirabe were done changing, both of them would step out of the room together and took the elevator down and headed straight for the lobby-
Shirabe: How was your sleep?
Logan: The best, I hadn't had a good sleep like that in years.
Shirabe: Hehe~ That's nice.
Logan: What about you?
Shirabe: I love your bed, it's really comfortable.
Logan: Thanks, it's an Amerisleep AS3. One of the most comfortable mattresses made in America. I can get one for you if you want.
Shirabe: Eh?! R-Really? I-I mean uh..No! I can't accept such a thing from you, it would be rude of me to take so much..
Logan: Oh come on~ I got to hug and sleep with ya on the same bed, let me treat you to a mattress when we return back to Japan. Besides, I had a little fun too while you were asleep.
Shirabe: -She slowly turned her head to Logan with a worried look on her face- W-What did you do to me last night?
Logan: -He took out his phone and showed her his phone screensaver as it was the image of him taking a selfie with Shirabe as she was asleep on his chest- This.
Shirabe: Logan! -She shouted as she blushed madly and tried to take Logan's phone but he stretched his arm, making sure she couldn't reach it as he would laugh joyfully- D-Delete it! It's so embarrassing!
Logan: Aww~ Alright, we'll trade then. I'll use this image as a gift from you for letting me use and I'll get you the mattress in exchange, how about that?
Shirabe: Jeez... Do whatever you want then.
Logan: Alright~! I can't wait to show Kirika this image.
Shirabe: N-No! Not Kiri-chan!
Logan: I'm kidding, I won't show it to her, besides, I love this image too much to even show it to others~ This is just between the two of us~ -He said as he winked at the girl and Shirabe would pout as she got flustered and looked away, she then saw the sight of gear users flying around the large spaced lobby and saw a large number of people walking around as they were working-
Shirabe: W-Wow, there's more people then I saw last night.
Logan: Most of them will be at home or out doing their jobs at night outside, but what do you think?
Shirabe: It's organised, well sorted out, properly prepared in everything. Did you do this all by yourself?
Logan: I had a little help with the working shifts with Aura and Yona but yes, I did organise the sections of work place and such along with the interior design of every floor.
Shirabe: By the way, where will be having our breakfast?
Logan: Behind the lobby on the ground floor. There's a restaurant there that serves everything you'd want.
Shirabe: Anything?
Logan: Anything.
Shirabe: Anything like what?
Logan: Literally anything, even the illegal stuff like Turtle eggs, Snakes, Crocodiles, Shark Fin, Insects like Scorpion, Centipedes, you know.
Shirabe: I-Insects?! Ew...
Logan: I know, it's gross but quite a few of the workers here enjoy them as snacks, since they're deep fried.
Shirabe: Well some people are just odd..
Logan: Indeed.
-As the two reached to the Lobby and the door to the elevator opened up, both Shirabe and Logan walked out and were greeted by over hundreds of men and women who were wearing black suits-
Every worker: Good Morning, Boss!
Logan: Morning! Today, I am feeling refreshed! And we have a guest, this is Shirabe Tsukuyomi, a Symphogear user from Japan, she's a member of S.O.N.G, a strong military organisation of Japan.
Man 1: Boss, I have a question.
Logan: Yes?
Man 1: What is the occasion today?
Logan: What do you mean?
Man 1: You normally don't wake up until 10 or 11 but you're very early today Boss.
Logan: That's because she's here. -He said with a calming smile on his face as he turned to Shirabe and smiled at her. The girls were pleased to see Logan smiling happily and the guys were all happy to be able to see a girl that could finally wake Logan up in the early morning and not make him angry-
Men: She's an Angel!
Shirabe: Eh?
Logan: Oh, don't mind them, they've very enthusiastic, let's go have breakfast, shall we?
Shirabe: Ah, right~ Of course.
-The two would then head to the restaurant together as they were chatting-
Man: She's the one! She is definitely the one for the Boss!
Man 2: Definitely! He's slept with many women before and none of them could wake him like this! This is the first time!
Woman 1: Not to mention, he's happy after waking up so early!
Woman 2: Oh my, God, could it be that she's going to be the Boss' wife? AHHH! She's so lucky!
Man 1: Let us support them!
Man 3: Didn't they sleep in the same room together and share the same bed?
Everyone else:...
Man 1: The girl is so young! You're not saying that she and the Boss did...
Woman 2: It could be a possibility.
Woman 1: Girls get horny when they mature.
Man 2: Damn! She was cute too! She's literally an Angel!
Woman 3: Guys! Guys! Look! -She ran to the large group of workers as she was holding onto a tablet that was showing the CCTV cameras around the building and she zoomed in into the restaurant and saw the sight of Shirabe feeding Logan and he was feeding her as well- Kyaa! They're acting like a couple!
Man 3: What if they're actually dating?
Woman 1: No way! Really?
Man: Hypothetically speaking of course.
Woman 2: She's so lucky to have the Boss..
Man 1: Rules are rules, we're not supposed to get into relationships with our colleagues.
Man 3: But he's allies with S.O.N.G, which means their gear users are his colleagues as well.
Woman 1: Yeah but we can't get into relationship with the members of Red Nova, the people outside are okay.
Man 3: Ah, fair enough.
-Back in Japan in the base of S.O.N.G, the sight of Genjuuro was seen in the operations room as he was looking at the screen and was rewatching the recording of Logan fighting against the Rugidos in the pacific ocean-
Genjuuro: Something is odd..
Hijikata: Like what?
Genjuuro: Kinji-kun said that the Rugidos could possibly be a clone but all he detected was plasma radiation after Logan had killed it.
Aoi: Sir? You better take a look at this..
Genjuuro: Hmm? -He looked at the screen and saw a chart bar of high radiation within the ocean and saw a chart of the clone of the Rugidos' radiation is over 200%- W-What is this?
Aoi: That's not all, it's not killing the fishes but is killing all bacterial organism within the ocean!
Genjuuro: Quickly contact Kinji-kun!
Hijikata: He had already sent in a company of bots to study the radiation!
-The sight of hundreds of golden mechanical sharks and other fishes and shellfishes were seen roaming around one area of the ocean as they were scanning the section for any radiation and traces of the body of the Rugidos but found no trace except one-
Kinji: Oh? They finally found something, let's see what it is. What?! -His eyes widened when he saw the trace of "zootoxins" on his computer screen- Snake venom, huh? That could only mean one thing. Logan.. -He would quickly press on a large red button on his desk as it alerted everyone in the underground city-
Genjuuro: What do you need?
Kinji: Send Chris-chan and Kanade-chan out to bring back Shirabe-chan, I'll provide them with an army to make sure Shirabe-chan comes back unharmed! I knew we couldn't trust him, he took the body of Rugidos and used the venom to eliminate the traces of radiation so that we can't study what was in the clone!
Genjuuro: That cunning bastard, very well! I'll inform the two! -He then turned off the communicator as Kinji turned back and saw the sight of Kirika-
Kinji: Kirika-chan? What's wrong?
Kirika: I'm going too desu!
Kinji: Huh?
Kirika: Let me follow Chris-senpai and Kanade-san! I can at least reason with Logan and talk to Shirabe desu!
Kinji: No! It's too dangerous and you're still recovering after being kidnapped by that freak!
Kirika: He's not a freak! You just don't understand him.
Kinji: And you're telling me that you do?
Kirika: More than you at least! Please Onii-chan! He didn't hurt me before and has never hurt me, I doubt he would do that to me desu!
Kinji:...F-Fine but avoid combat at all costs, got it?
Kirika: Desu! Thank you so much Onii-chan!
Kinji: You can thank me later, now go! We need to make sure Shirabe-chan is safe!
Kirika: Desu! Desu!
-Minutes later, the sight of a large number of giant golden hawks were seen flying over Tokyo city and were heading straight to China as they were being led by a flying 300 feet four winged golden wyvern as Chris, Kanade and Kirika were inside of the wyven and were heading towards China as well-
Chris: That bastard better not have done anything to Shirabe or he'll pay.
Kanade: I'll make sure that he won't be breathing once we're through with him!
Kirika:...Desu...
-Back in Shanghai of China. Both Shirabe and Logan were taking a blood test together as Logan was studying his blood along with Shirabe's-
Shirabe: Found anything?
Logan: Your blood is fine and mine is still the same.
Shirabe: Eh? Y-Yours is the same? But..There's a lot of white and purple cells in your blood stream.
Logan: It's radiation and venom.
Shirabe: Huh?! Radiation?! Isn't that dangerous?! And venom? Wouldn't that kill you?!
Logan: My Titanogear has serpentine cells, I'm immune to most potent venom.
Shirabe: And what about the Radiation?
Logan: It's the cause of my ageing issue.
Shirabe: I-I'm sorry.
Logan: Don't sweat it.
Shirabe: Now you wanna look through my memories?
Logan: If you don't mind?
Shirabe: I don't but do tell me whatever you see in there.
Logan: I will, I promise. But you'll be asleep during the time I'm checking, do you think you can do it?
Shirabe: Sounds a little scary to be honest..
Logan: I'll be right next to you when we do it, so don't worry, I'll make sure nothing goes wrong.
Shirabe: -She gave a warm and heartwarming smile as she nodded- Okay.
-Shirabe would lie down on a bed and placed a sort of helmet on her head as she lied down and closed her eyes as there was a computer next to the bed, Logan would hold onto her hand as Shirabe held his hand tightly and fell asleep as Logan had activated the machine and put her to sleep as he went through the cells in her brain to search for her memories in his computer. Within the city, some of Logan's assassins were out working as they were in the streets and saw the hawks flying around the city-
Worker 1: We got the Golden Armada here. Alert status 2. -The man said on the phone as the operator in the lobby of the main base would contact the other assassins and prepare for an ambush attack-
-At Shanghai airport, the wyvern glided down to the airport and climbed over the airport as it roared loudly into the sky, causing the city to shake slightly from its loud roar-
Chris: Find him and his damn base! His Red Nova or whatever the hell it is should be around here somewhere!
Kanade: Deploy the army and spread out! Find him!
-The hawks that were flying above the city would drop pods from their bellies and as the pods landed and hit the ground, the pods would open up, releasing large numbers of gold bots with powerful weapons as they were causing a panic within the city. Back in the Red Nova base, Logan was still looking through Shirabe's memories and saw a black coloured cell within her brain and would try to look into it from the computer but was being blocked-
Logan: She's blocking it? No...It's being blocked by someone or something else. -The building began to rumble as explosions could be heard, Logan got slightly frustrated as he knew who it was outside- I knew he doesn't trust me, especially after I kidnapped his sister. -He ignored the explosions and held onto Shirabe's hand tightly and try to find a way to technologically hack his way through the black cell and he saw a small opening- I found it, praise Nano technology.
-Outside in the city, the sight of bots and gear users were seen fighting with each other as large numbers of Red Nova units were attacking the bots but they were facing casualties as the bots were armed with anti-piercing steel armour. Far behind the army of bots, the sight of the Wyvern walking towards the main Red Nova base was seen as the mechanical beast growled at the sight of the Red Nova members and fired large number of grenade pills at the opposing side, causing a lot of destruction upon impact as the none gear users were getting slaughtered-
"All Red Nova members! We are being under attacked by the Golden Armada! Alert status has been raised to 10! I repeat! Alert status has been raised to level 10! This is war!" -The announcer said loudly through the microphone as large number of gear users rushed out of the building to retaliate while the wounded and dead were being dragged and carried in by many of the field medics-
Worker 1: Medic! We got a bad one here! He lost a leg from the grenades!
Medic 1: I'm on it!
Worker 2: Excessive bleeding from his back, his right elbow has been dislocated from the explosions!
Medic 2: Set him down there! I'm going to need you hold him up while I rearrange his arm!
Soldier 1: Two wounded female gear users! Both Primalgear users, lost a fight against Raptor bots.
Medic 3: Tsk! We can't take in too many patients, call the Boss!
Worker 3: But we mustn't bother him during his work or he'll yell at us!
Medic 3: There is no time! Our lives are at stake here! This is war!
-The worker began to panic and worry as he heard screaming and shouting outside as there was a war outside of the Red Nova's doorstep. The bots were overwhelming the Assassins and their gear users by over thousands-
Worker 3: F-Fine! -He quickly ran up to the monitor at the lobby and called for Logan's phone but Logan did not answer after three consecutive calls- He's not picking up!
Medic 3: What?! Then we have no choice but to defend this sacred place! Our home!
-In the Wyvern, both Chris and Kanade were watching the battle and Kirika was covering her mouth as she saw people dying in front of her-
Kirika: W-We should stop desu! This isn't right!
Chris: It's that jerk's fault for betraying us!
Kanade: Yeah! Kinji wanted to study the body in that Rugidos but that idiot took it instead!
Kirika: But that doesn't mean you should kill his colleagues desu!
Chris: We were given permission to get rid of anyone that gets in the way and these guys are villains! They kill for money, about time we get rid of them!
Kirika: N-No...This isn't right.. They were so many nice people.. -She recalled the time when she was being taken care of by many of the Assassins and workers when she was on the island as they had chatted with her, played games and made food and drinks for Kirika-
-The sight of laser beams and buzz saws were seen as they were destroying many of the bots in front of the Wyven as they heard the sound of music and a familiar voice-
Chris: The hell is going on?!
-The sight of Shirabe was seen roller-blading around the battlefield as she was singing the song "PRACTICE MODE" while killing many of the gold bots-
"I don't know our words, our warm words
A disparate A.I. from protocol
Initialized emotion reclaimed by our hypocrisy
Even the last security hacked by warmth
I see an alert from something hitting my chest
A "thump thump" so much that it's in the way
A hazard from lack of experience
My heart is now caution, caution
A hidden program of
Kindness, yes Searching, searching
Don't search for it
The feeling of touching fingers isn't that bad
Who is it… who is it that will tell me the definition of a "heart?"
Our icy, clasped hands repeat "I'm alright"
What can you see straight ahead with those eyes?
I want to progress… There's no advancement
I want to change… There's no change
This dilemma confuses my body
Destiny – decisions – Pretending to embrace them
Carrying on with half my courage
That hand extended out to me melted… something
Starting now, smiling, smiling
Could I do well?
I return yes teaching, teaching
I'll teach everyone
Sorry for my clumsy smile, don't leave
Why is it… Why is it it's flowing the opposite way?
What should I do in this situation?
Is having my face say "thank you" enough?
My heart is now caution, caution
Programs have been lost
For gentleness, yes searching, searching
I'm changing out of "love"
I'm practicing my smile since the day we met
Surely… Surely I'll become better with a song of happiness"
Kirika: Shirabe!
Chris: She's alright!
Kanade: What did that dude do to her?! She turned against us! Oi! Shirabe! Stop it, we're your allies!
Shirabe: You are killing innocent people here!
Chris: Kiss my ass, they're bad guys for killing people!
Shirabe: They have nothing to do with us and you're slaughtering them!
-The sound of hissing was then heard as Logan landed on top of the Wyvern's head-
Logan: You'll pay for killing my subordinates. -He said as he was in his Imbrium Module form as he would then punch the Wyvern's head powerfully and jump back, causing the Wyvern to fall back on its back- Tougher armour than the Rugidos, I guess that damn Blonde did learn a few things from what I had taught him. -Shirabe stood beside Logan as she glared at the Wyvern and watched it get up as it roared at the two gear users as Kanade, Chris and Kirika jumped out of the machine- Kirika?
Shirabe: Kiri-chan?! Why are you here?
Kirika: To bring you back desu!
Shirabe: Why?
Kirika: O-Onii-chan said that Logan may have tortured you or something desu..
Shirabe: Don't be ridiculous, he saved a large portion of my life!
Kirika: Eh?
Shirabe: I remember a lot of things now, Kiri-chan, a lot of things...
Kirika: Like what?
Shirabe: My very past. -She said and then saw Chris aiming her crossbows at Logan as she glared at Chris and unsheathed her large saws from her armaments on her hair- I will not hesitate but to attack you, Chris-senpai, if you ever try to hurt him.
Chris: Why are you defending a jerk like him?! Come back home, you have no place here!
Shirabe: You're wrong!
Logan: Leave them to me.
Shirabe: Don't hurt them..
Logan: I'll go easy on them. -He said as his two large tails would open up and reveal a machine-like mouth as the sound of mechanical roars were heard from his tails as the tails fired beams of light at both Kanade and Chris, causing the two to retreat to different buildings, Kirika stood by at a safe distance as the wyvern would charge right at Logan but Shirabe jumped right in and defended Logan but she was knocked away by the beast as she crashed into a car- Shirabe!
Kirika: Shirabe!
-Logan's eyes began to glow as he jumped up to the Wyvern's head and punched its face powerfully and would grab its neck with his tails and lifted it up as he would then throw the wyvern into a building-
Kirika: L-Logan? Y-You need to calm down desu! You're letting your anger boil again!
Logan: Vanquisher...Beam... -He said as his two tails aimed at the wyvern and fired a purple beam at the same time as the two beams would combine into one powerful red beam and hit the wyvern, causing it to explode upon impact, Logan would then look around and saw that he was surrounded by the bots. He raised his right leg and slammed his foot down onto the ground as it created a massive pulse wave, causing all of the bots to shut down- Pathetic machines, such primitive tech. -He was then shot by multiple missile fire and a rain of spears as Kanade had thrown hundreds to thousands of her Gungnir while Chris spammed out her missiles while firing her gattling gun at Logan.-
"Logan! Logan!" -The sound of a girl shouting was heard as Chris and Kanade stopped what they were doing and saw the sight of Shirabe heading towards where Logan was as she was slightly hurt, as the smoke cleared, Shirabe jumped onto Logan, causing him to fall to the ground-
Logan: O-Ow...W-We're in a middle of a fight here...
Shirabe: Are you hurt?!
Logan: N-No..I'm fine but you're hurt.
Shirabe: Don't worry about me, you're the one who needs to be careful!
Logan: Not at all, I'm good. Honest.
Shirabe: No you're not! You're physically weak after all..
Logan: Wha-?! That was when we were kids!
Shirabe: You're still weak! If I threw a rock at your shoulder, you'd cry!
Logan: You might dislocate my shoulder if you throw one at my shoulder!
Shirabe: Weak!
Logan: S-Shut up..!
Chris: Hey! Hey! Hey! We're fighting here! Why are you two arguing like an old married couple?!
-Both Logan and Shirabe blushed slightly as they quickly got up and stood straight as they looked at Chris and Kanade-
Kanade: What did you do to her?
Logan: I just brought her, her memories back.
Kanade: Huh?
Kirika: You brought back her past desu?
Logan: Yes, the source of everything. The scar on her back, he fragile memory were all retained.
Kanade: How?
Logan: As if explaining it to you would do anything good.
Kanade: Whatchu say?!
Logan: If you wanna kill me then go ahead, because if you do, I'll make sure I'll kill every single person in the entirety of Japan in less than a day.
Chris: HA! With what? Your so-called army? They're weaker than Kinji's bots!
Logan: You bitch...
Shirabe: Enough! Let's not fight! Our true enemy is not each other, our real enemy is Nastassja Sergeyevna Tolstaya!
Kirika: Why her?
Shirabe: She's the reason why she kidnapped you and made you- no...All of us fight Logan! She is the reason why I have lost my memories too.
Chris: Your memories?
Shirabe: She is the source of everything! The reason why we are fighting! The reason why people are dying and suffering!
Kirika: Desu... -She turned and looked at Logan and saw that he seemed tired as he did not seem like he had the energy to do anything- Logan? Are you okay?
Logan: Just...A little..-His Imbrium module would deactivate as he fell onto his knees and pass out as Shirabe and Kirika panicked-
Kirika: Logan! Logan!
Shirabe: Logan? LOGAN!
-TO BE CONTINUED-
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During the battle of the Red Nova and the Golden Armada, it was a representation of a realistic battle between Man and Machine. Machines have much more resistance than Humans, despite that Humans could create and control more weapons.