SONICANIME2010 here with chapter 12, this one's got a lot of action so get ready, special thanks to Triser for helping me out and staying for this long, also thanking the other reviewers who have followed this story since the beginning. And on another note, there are some pictures of Shadow in his barrier jacket outfit and soon being posted will be a pic of Sonic, all this on DeviantART, special thanks to Hedgehogneesah for drawing them
I don't own Sonic or Nanoha
-Opening: "Secret Ambition" Nana Mizuki, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS-
Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Step
Chapter 12
Stars and Lightning. Save the Train!
Young Caro Ru Lushe was deep in thought, thinking back to her past.
-Flashback-
Caro was sitting in an old fashioned village-like tent cradling Fried like a baby, talking to her were elders of said village.
The male elder began "Dragon Summoner of the Algaz, descendant of the Ru Lushe, Caro!"
"At a mere six years of age, you command the Silver Flight Dragon, and are protected by the Black Flame Dragon. You are truly a splendid Dragon Summoner." the female added
"But, power that is too strong brings naught but disaster and conflict." The male continued.
"I'm sorry, we cannot let you stay in this village any longer" the female elder announced sadly.
-Flashback end, but still in Caro's mind-
"Dragon Summoning is a dangerous power. A frightening power that hurts people" as she thought this blood appeared on her left hand. Her thought and vision ended as she woke up from her thoughts (hands free of blood), remembering where she was at, the helicopter, her other forwards were sitting in anticipation, and Sonic and Nanoha were hanging on. The helicopter continued on to the train.
-Riot Force 6 HQ: Communications room-
"The target cargo train is maintaining a speed of 70 and continuing to proceed forward." the silver-purple haired girl named Lucino reported as the screen in the room displayed the train moving.
"It doesn't look like they've broken into valuable cargo yet.. but" the golden-brown haired girl named Alto continued.
"It's only a matter of time" Griffith thought out loud, and another alert rang out.
Shari, the communications operator ordered "Alto, Lucino, wide area scan! Searchers to the sky!"
Now displayed were waves after waves of Aerial Gadget Drones.
"Gadget readings! They're coming from the air?" Lucino was shocked
"They're flying types, I found their observation unit." Alto continued.
-Fate-
"This is Fate. Griffith, I'm now coming into the parking lot. I'll park the car and head to the scene, so I'll need permission for flight." Fate reported to Griffith
"Roger! Permission for two-person flight inside city limits is granted!" Griffith responded. Fate parked her car quickly, and soon enough, Shadow appeared via Chaos Control, meeting up with his enforcer superior.
-Helicopter-
"Vice, I'm heading out, Captain Fate and I will take control from the sky." Nanoha announced to Vice who piloted the copter.
"Roger that, Nanoha, I'll leave it to you." Vice responded. "Main hatch open" Storm Raider spoke, and the rear hatch of the helicopter opened up.
"I'm going to head out for a bit. Everyone, try your best and go get em!" Nanoha announced to the forwards.
"Okay!" responded everyone but Caro,
"Right" Caro sounded nervous. Nanoha detected this and went down to her level.
"Caro, you don't need to be nervous, Even if we're apart, we're all connected by transmissions. You're not alone. We'll save each other when we're in trouble and your magic can protect everyone. Yours is a kind and powerful magic, right?" the brunette spoke.
"That's Right! Lets Move!" Sonic cheered and hung by the edge of the copter, guess he's going out too.
-Fate and Shadow-
Fate and Shadow were running side by side.
"Get set!" Bardiche spoke in a flat male voice.
"All Ready!" Black Shot spoke in its flat male voice (its situated on Shadow's right wrist).
"Okay, Bardiche Assault, Set Up!" Fate commanded, and Bardiche morphed into its device mode and her barrier jacket appeared.
"Black Shot, set up, Now!" Shadow equally commanded, shifting to his own barrier jacket, with his device being situated on his wright wrist now in the form of a diamond pendant.
"Bardiche, Shadow. Lets go" Fate spoke, getting a nod from her ebony partner "Lightning-1, Fate Testarossa Harlaown, taking off!" the yellow-haired girl reported.
Shadow took off at an equal pace to Fate's "Lightning-3, Shadow the Hedgehog, also launching off."
-Helicopter-
Nanoha and Sonic both took their leap of faith at the same time from the helicopter.
"Standby, ready" Raising Heart announced in a female voice.
"Ready, anytime" Blue Star announced in its female voice.
"Raising Heart, Set Up!" Nanoha commanded, shifting to her barrier jacket and calling her device in its device form as well. She auto-casted her Axel Fin and flew towards the aerial mechs.
"Lets go Blue Star!" Sonic equally commanded, shifting to his Knight Clothing. Nanoha grabbed his hand with her left and carried him at a quick pace.
"Stars-1, Takamachi Nanoha, Launching!" Nanoha reported
"Stars-3, Sonic the Hedgehog, taking off!" Sonic added, the duo flew at a quick pace towards the drones.
-Back in the Helicopter-
Rein and Shahra were charged with giving the forwards their missions.
"You have two missions, the first one is to destroy all the gadgets without letting any escape." Rein started
"The second one is to safely recover the Relic." Shahra continued
"You'll split into Stars and Lightning pairs, covering the back and front of the train in pairs while destroying the gadgets. The relic is in compartment 7, whichever pair gets there first will secure the Relic." Rein finished
"Okay!" The forwards replied unanimously.
"Right," Shahra and Rein both shifted to their own jackets "We'll head to the scene and give tactical orders."
-In the sky with the aerial gadgets-
-Insert: "Egg Fleet" Sonic Heroes-
Nanoha and Sonic traveled in a pair and flew below Shadow and Fate
"It's been a long time since we've flown in the same sky Fate-chan" Nanoha sent mentally to Fate
"Yeah Nanoha." Fate's mental reply
"Well this brings back memories eh Shadow?" Sonic sent to his ebony rival.
"Hmph, just dont get in my way" Shadow replied stoically.
Nanoha and Sonic looked behind them to see several aerial units and up ahead even more
"Nanoha, get close to that one and throw me, I'll take em out!" Sonic told his carrier
"Okay!" was her energetic reply. Nanoha soared with Sonic in tow closing in on one she threw the hedgehog, who spun and zeroed in on a drone, destroying it with one blow, he then used the drones ahead of him as stepping stones and destroyed them with his homing attack. The blue streak landed on one of the drone, behind this one was a drone with another to the side, Sonic taunted the rear one by slapping his tailed butt, causing this one to charge forward, only to get stuck in the rear jets of the one he was just standing on, course he jumped off to the side one before hand, with a kick he sent the one he was standing into the set of 2 drones, destroying all 3. He then used his Air Boost to demolish more as he traveled.
Nanoha had her own fun with these drones, nailing a few with her Axel Shooter and other spells, she used her flying to avoid the laser beams of attacking drones and countered appropriately, all in all, the drones never stood a chance.
Fate shifted Bardiche to Haken Form and sliced and diced through drones, she threw the haken saber at a unit slicing it straight through.
Shadow alternated between spinning through drones to impaling them with his Chaos powers. His assault a ruthless and unrelenting one. All together the sky full of drones was being thinned of them by flashes of sky-blue, yellow, red, and cherry-blossom.
-Helicopter-
-Insert: "Radical Train" Sonic 2006 OST-
"Now then newbies. Your superiors are clearing the sky for us, so I can carry you to the drop point safely. All Ready?" Vice announced to the forwards
"Yes!" was the unanimous response. Subaru and Teana were on the back of the copter, the first duo to launch off.
"Stars-5, Subaru Nakajima!" Subaru reported
"Stars-6, Teana Lanster!" Teana followed suit
"Launching!" Both said at the same time. They were in a free fall
Subaru looked to her device "Let's go, Mach Caliber"
Teana held her card-shaped device "I'm counting on you Cross Mirage"
"Set Up!" Both called at the same time receiving the same response "Stand by, Ready!"
First up Subaru changed to her Barrier Jacket, blue short shorts with a white waste-cape attached to them, a black shirt bareing her mid-drift, and a jacket that looked similar to Nanoha's (aggressor) and keeping both her Revolver Gauntlets, her Roller blades were now armored and had four wheels lined up single file. Her hair bow was kept
Teana's Barrier Jacket was a lot different, long white socks that extended well above her knees, a black and red trimmed sleveless shirt and skirt combo with a small waste-cape as well, sleveless jacket ovver the black shirt and skirt combo, black boots and matching gloves, her device itself was twin guns.
"Next, Lightning, Kids be careful!" Vice told the younger forwards
"Okay!" Was their response.
Erio turned to Caro "Wanna go down together?" He held out his hand
"Okay" Caro responded taking his hand, awe how cute.
"Lightning-5, Erio Mondial!" Erio called out
"Lightning-6, Caro Ru Lushe and Friedrich" Caro followed suit and Fried gave a light roar.
"Launching" both shouted and leapt falling hand in hand.
"Strada" "Kerykeion" Erio and Caro called to their respective devices "Set Up!" and they both shifted to their barrier jackets. Erio's was a red buttoned-up polo shirt and brown short shorts, silver and yellow plated boots and a white overcoat. Caro's was a pink buttoned jacket with a long white skirt, dark blue boots with pink orbs on top of them that matched the orbs on her gloves, a white cape with a matching beret hat.
-On the Train-
The forwards made a clean landing on the top of the train, from the inside the gadget drones detected their presence.
Subaru was the first to notice her barrier jacket "Hey, this jacket"
"Could it be?" Erio pondered
Shahra floated down to explain "The design and performances are based off of each squad's captains."
Rein followed suit "They are a bit unique, but they have very high capabilities" their conversation didn't last long when rumbles came from underneath, the drones were starting to pour out from holes they made with their lasers
"Variable Barrel" Cross Mirage voiced when Teana pointed her right gun at a drone, "Shoot!" she called and fired the spell, taking out a few, Subaru launched down, spinning the revolvers on her fists and pulled a double punch into a drone, demolishing it instantly. She rolled on her destruction spree, using her roller blades to scale onto the walls, and using her newly learned quick step to avoid the laser beams. "Revolver Shoot!" she fired the spell, but sadly this didn't work and she was knocked up out of the train, thankfully her Device Mach Caliber saved her by auto-casting Wing Road. This brought surprise to Subaru.
"Amazing, you can do grip control and acceleration even quick step, and Wing Road." Subaru spoke to her device
"Because I was made to make you run stronger and faster." came Mach Caliber's reply in a mechanical female voice.
"Yeah, but even if you're an AI, you have a heart right? Then let's put that a little bit differently. You were, you see... born to run with me."
"I feel that means the same way"
"No, it's different in a lot of ways."
"I'll think about it." Mach Caliber finished.
"Okay" Subaru responded.
-Meanwhile, in a different area of the train-
"Teana, how is it?" Rein asked Teana through a mental communication.
"No good, destroying the cables didn't work." Teana replied, in front of the remains of several drones.
"Okay, me and Shahra will work on stopping the train, you meet up with Subaru" Rein ordered
"Okay!" Teana confirmed and dismissed one of her twin guns, "One Hand Mode" was what Cross Mirage said, and she ran off. While running she conversed with Cross Mirage
"But the latest technology is amazing, you helped me create the casing for my bullets."
"Yes, was it unnecessary?" Cross Mirage queried
"If I rely too much on something as powerful as you, it won't do good for me. But, in a battle it's a great help." Teana responded.
"Thank you!" Cross Mirage spoke.
-Rein and Shahra-
The duo of unison device and genie flew on the exterior of the train, reporting in
"Stars-F has met up in train 4." Rein started
"Lightning-F is in combat at car 14."
-Back in the Communications room at RF6-
"Stars-1 and 3 as well as Lightning-1 and 3 have established air superiority. Gadget type 2's have begun to deploy" Shari reported.
Hayate quickly entered the room "Sorry to keep you waiting."
"Welcome back" Shari said
"It's been going fairly well up until now" Griffith noted.
"Lightning-F is in car 8. Oh, Encounter! It's a new type!" Shari noted and a large gadget drone was displayed in the view of the train.
-Train-
Erio and Caro had a major trouble with the new Gadget. Fried's Blast Flare was swat away by an arm like it was nothing, and Erio got shut down when he tried to go in up close. To make matters worse, The drone's AMF extended far out and dispelled all the casting the duo was trying. Erio struggled hard with the grip.
"Ummm" Caro started
"Don't worry! I'm fine!" Erio reassured his partner, sadly this was not the case he almost got hit by the drone's laser, and with the AMF there was nothing that could be done. As Erio was being beaten, Caro had another memory.
-Flashback-
Caro once again was sitting in a chair, in front of her was Fate and several other men in brown suits.
"It's true that she has impressive powers. But, she can't really control it. Her "Dragon Summoning" is just dragons running on a rampage trying to protect her, she won't fit in a real squad. She's probably better off put in a battle alone where her objective is to destroy everything." One man told Fate
"No, that's enough, I'll take her as planned" Fate responded. Outside, Fate and Caro were walking out in the snow, Fate tied a scarf into a bow around Caro's neck to keep her warm.
"Where should I go now?" Caro asked
"That depends on where you want to go and what you want to do. Caro, where do you want to go and what do you want to do?" Fate responded kindly
-Flashback end-
Caro thought to herself as she remembered those events 'I'd never even thought about it. All I ever saw before me were places I couldn't go.. Things I couldn't do..' Erio's pained screams shocked her out of her thoughts, the drone just wouldn't let up, eventually when it was through it tossed Erio off of the rail and into a fall that most likely could kill him. Caro saw this, and flashbacked once more to when she first met Erio, and all the times they were partnered up in training.
"Erio-kun." She spoke softly, then as he fell she shouted "Erio-kun!" and leapt off after him.
-Communications room-
"Lightning-4 jumped off! Those two... attempting a recovery from such a high altitude!" Alto exclaimed in shock.
"No, that's fine," Hayate replied calmly
"I see" Shari thought out loud
-Nanoha and Sonic-
"Yeah, if they get away from the source the AMF will weaken and Caro can use her full power" Nanoha explained, now once again carrying Sonic to the train.
-Caro and Erio-
"I want to protect them, the people close to me, I want to protect them!" Caro spoke determined, she freefalled close and grabbed Erio's hand, free from the AMF she and Erio were covered in a large pink sphere. Fried flew by the two.
"Fried, I'm sorry to make you feel bound. I'll control it right. Let's go. Dragon Soul Summon! White flash of light that streaks across the azure, become my wings and dash across the sky! Come to me, my dragon, Friedrich! Dragon Soul Summon!" Caro chanted, a large pink summoning circle was created, and what popped out was Friedrich, only this time, he was much larger and had reins attached to his mouth, with Caro and Erio on his back. The great dragon roared!
-Communications-
"Summoning successful! Fried's consciousness level is blue, he's under complete control." Shari reported.
"That is.." Griffith started
"Caro's dragon summoning, its only a part of her power." Hayate finished.
-Train-
Subaru, Teana, Shahra and Rein watched the large dragon as it flew, guided by its summoner.
"So that's the true form of the little dragon?" Teana commented
"How cool." Subaru noted, Rein and Shahra could only watch, surprised as well.
"Let's go get the Relic now" Shahra ordered, but that drone from before came up once more, now on the top of the train.
"Fried, Blast Rain. Fire!" Caro commanded and the great dragon breathed out a burst of fire, sadly even though the dragon was powered by Caro, the Drone remained untouched..
"It's armor is difficult for ranged attacks to go through, Strada and I will do it." Erio declared
"Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!" Sonic's voice rang out.
-Insert: "Sonic Drive!" Hironobu Kageyama & Hideaki Takatori, Sonic X OST-
The blue streak landed perched on Fried's head, he turned to the riders, specifically Erio "Hey! Erio! Are you alright? You took a beating there against that drone, I can take it from here, you can help the others in securing the relic. You did great for your first deployment, you showed courage and never gave up against that drone, but, you also took a beating and while I'm sure you can take it out, this is only your first, there's plenty of others I'm sure."
"But how Sonic-san? How can you beat that thing?" Erio questioned.
The blue blur gave his trademark fanged smirk "These quills aren't just for decoration kiddo, and I can make short work of that AMF, leave this one for me and focus on the relic, I won't think less of you if you took my offer, you did well and survived against that formidable foe, that's good enough of a mention and something to be proud of."
Erio looked at the blue superior, his face full of defiance, the two had a staring contest, however after a few seconds Erio won when Sonic burst out laughing.
"Sonic-san what's so funny?" The boy asked
"Ha ha ha ha! I'm sorry I know what you're trying to do, but it's hard to take you seriously when you're in that get-up. I mean you're wearing shorts so short they almost show all your legs... Get some pants, then we can have the whole "serious staring contest" thing." the hedgehog retorted, with a few chuckles. Then he got serious again "Nevertheless, you took quite a beating against that drone, why don't you go rest up and help out the Stars forwards. I'll take care of this one. Good work today"
"Okay, Sonic-san. I'll help out the others, thank you." Erio spoke, Fried dropped off the young boy onto the train with the other forwards and Shahra and Rein.
The blue streak turned to Caro and offered her a kind smile "He'll be fine, I meant what I said, now let's take out this drone, it's annoying me. Wanna pass me a power boost?"
"Okay" Caro confirmed, and returned her attention to the drone
-Insert: "Sonic's Fight" Sonic X OST-
Caro and Sonic, on-board of Fried, faced the large drone from a distance. The young support mage began to chant "What I ask for, is the harsh winds of the hurricane and their power for this wise, free-spirited hedgehog." and held out her hands one after another. With her left fist clenched Kerykeion spoke from it "Enchant Field: Invade!" and then she clenched her right fist crossing her arms, and Kerykeion spoke once more "Boost up: Strike Power!" she then held out her hands creating two medium sized pink spheres, one for each hand. She called to her blue superior "I'm ready Sonic-san."
"Okay! Yahoooo!" Sonic called and leaped off of Fried, free-falling dead on towards the large drone, aiming for the center.
"Twin Boost: Power and Strike!" Caro called out and threw the orbs at Sonic, the blue blur caught them both in his hands.
"Got it!" Sonic called back to Caro. Looking ahead he gave a fanged smirk to the drone, held out his hands which now glowed pink from the spell, a powerful pink aura engulfed him. The drone saw the hedgehog and quickly stretched its tentacle like arms and wires, but Sonic quickly spun into his spin-ball form and tore clean through the attacking limbs, he didn't stop there though. In his trademark spin-dash he charged right for the drone with the shout "TEEEERRRIAAAAAAAA!". Breaking the sound barrier with his spin, he created sonic-boom sound-waves, these waves coated his spin-dash in a barrier that complimented the high-power boosts he received from Caro. The blue ball careened itself into the center of the drone, the AMF was jammed by the sound-waves and it's powerful armor was torn clean through by Sonic's attack. Sonic blazed straight through the drone and landed on the train. The drone exploded from the damage. The blue streak break-danced in victory and then leaped back on top of Fried.
Sonic gave a whistle of approval "That was tight!"
"We did it!" Caro cheered
-Communications room-
The destruction of the large drone was viewed on screen in the room.
"All land and airborne gadgets have been destroyed" Alto reported. Another screen appeared showing Erio holding the relic with Subaru and Teana waving
"Erio and Stars-F have recovered the relic." Lucino added.
Rein reported in "We've taken back control of the train."
Shahra added in her report "I'll stop it now!"
Hayate declined Shahra's suggestion "That's just fine then, have the helicopter pick up the four stars members along with Rein and Shahra, they can take the Relic to the central labs."
"Okay" Rein confirmed over the communication.
"What about Lightning?" Griffith asked
"They can stay and hand the train over to the local Bureau personnel. Take care of it okay?"
-Train-
-Insert: "The White Flower on Top of the Hill" Sonic X OST-
Subaru's Wing Road served as a bridge between the Train and the Helicopter, allowing for Sonic to lead the pair of Stars Forwards to the helicopter safely. Nanoha soon flew in as well. Watching this happen were Erio and Caro on Friedrich and Shadow and Fate were floating.
-In an unknown place-
-Music-less-
The whole scene was watched by a mysterious figure, the only thing that could be noticed was that this figure had purple hair and he was wearing a suit and lab-coat.
A woman appeared on his screen reporting "Seal #9 has been readied for transport."
The mysterious man gave a huff.
The woman asked "Shall I send in additional forces?"
The man answered calmly "Let's not. The loss of the Relic is damaging, but I'm satisfied just having gotten their data."
Footage from the train appeared on his screen and he watched, still-frames of all the combatants were also displayed "Even so, I'm surprised, these subjects are truly splendid. Not only have interesting subjects for my research gathered together..." Then all the footage from Erio's fighting, Shadow's fighting and Fate's fighting of the drones were displayed. Giving this man a confident yet calm smirk.
"These children... the living, breathing remnants of Project-F" he said referring to Fate and Erio. And then he referred to Shadow "And the latest and last remnant of Project Shadow. I have a chance to obtain them all!" The man gave a chilling chuckle as he continued to watch the footage.
-Ending: "Hoshizora no Spica" Yukari Tamura, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS-
End Chapter
Author's notes: Yikes, those barrier jackets, are a pain to describe, thankfully I'm only describing them once. Oh and who's this mysterious figure spying on the train incident, and how does he know about Shadow and Fate and their respective projects? What does Erio have to do with them, well all will be revealed soon enough so stay tuned!