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Chapter 37: Saved by a Hair… Pt 1…

At a sewer entrance…

"Are you sure this is the location?" Fate asked as she, Hayate, and Nanoha stood outside the entrance.

{I'm sure there was a distress call from that location.} Lindy replied as Hayate looked closer.

"Well if this is the entrance it was opened earlier." Hayate stated as she moved the gate. "I'm going on in to look around." Hayate stated as she went inside.

"Fate, if there is people who need help we should go in." Nanoha stated as she followed suit.

"We're going in. Send backup if we're not back within forty minutes." Fate stated as the vid screen disappeared.

Deeper inside…

"Damn…" A purple haired woman stated as she was surrounded by machines with four legs and two blades like arms. "I'm out of cartridges and…"

[Schweigsame Eile!] A mechanical voice sounded in the distance as a black blur slammed into several of the robots. (Silent Rush!)

"You okay?" Hayate asked as she spun her spear around to face another robot. "Is there anyone else here?" Hayate asked as she defeated another one.

"Yeah my teammates, two of them." The woman replied as she tried to stand but fell back to the ground because of her injuries. "Why are you down here?"

"We got a distress call from the location and we were sent in." Hayate replied as she groaned as several more robots moved in. "Javelin form." Hayate ordered.

[Speerform.] Skyline stated as the two extra spear points detached and floated behind Hayate.

"Don't worry I'm not going to go down." Hayate stated as she then gained a perverted gleam. "I still haven't gotten your name."

"Nakajima, Quint Nakajima." Quint stated as she saw a bright light emanate from Hayate.

"Yagami Hayate and the Knight of the Bright Sky." Hayate stated as she grabbed one of the floating javelins. "You stupid machines think you can stop me from my dreams think again!" Hayate shouted as she tossed the javelin into one robot and exploded with enough force to damage fifteen others. "On the other hand this might take some time." Hayate muttered as another javelin appeared, as even more robots appeared.

In another tunnel…

"Sounds like Hayate found some enemies." Nanoha stated as she and Fate continued on.

"Nanoha continue on." Fate stated as Fate started to veer off. "Hayate stated that there was three-man team down here, Hayate found one, I'm heading to another… I think they got split up." Fate stated at Nanoha's unasked question. "Go. You're a lot stronger than me so you should be fine."

"Don't get cocky and lose to someone else…" Nanoha chided as she flew off in a different direction than Fate.

"Likewise." Fate muttered as she found someone nearby.

"Quint is so going to laugh now." Another woman muttered as she saw that her summons disappeared. "Never thought I'll go out like this." She stated as she watched the robots approach her undeterred.

[Thunder Rage!] A male mechanized voice stated as lightning bolts slammed into several robots but it didn't seem to affect them.

"Odd." Fate stated as she landed next to the woman. "What have you tried?"

"They seem to be protected from magical attacks but physical attacks still work." The woman stated before blinking. "What are you doing down here, it's dangerous." She demanded as Fate looked at her weary face.

"Riot." Fate stated calmly as she held Bardiche in front of her.

[Riot Blade.] Bardiche stated as he transformed into a short sword that Fate then swung into one robot and sliced it cleanly in two.

"Stay put." Fate stated as she quickly disappeared and several robots had gash marks that soon exploded as Fate reappeared above them all still holding Riot Bardiche. "There's just too many of them…" Fate muttered as they just kept coming. "Well I had hoped I never had to use this one." Fate stated as she moved Bardiche to her shoulder and reached up to it with her other hand.

[Riot Zamber.] Bardiche stated as Fate moved her hands and now had two Riot Bardiches in hand.

"What in the world." The other mage stated shocked to see such an event as Fate now had a golden glow about her.

"Now to really test this mode out." Fate stated as she disappeared again slicing through the robots faster than they were coming into the hallway. "You better start healing yourself!" Fate called out as she continued to slice and dice the robots.

Back with Hayate…

"Damn…" Hayate muttered as the bottom of the spear shifted open and she placed in five cartridges. "I can see why you're out." Hayate stated as she stayed next to Quint. "But I'm not going down just yet…" Hayate stated as she gripped Skyline tightly. "Skyline… I don't know about you, but I'm not stopping here!"

[Warum Halt hier, Meister?] Skyline asked as Hayate blinked and started to laugh. (Why stop here, Master?)

"That's a good one." Hayate stated as Skyline ejected a cartridge as Hayate held it differently. "But as long as we are here let's keep going!" Hayate shouted as she now held a scythe.

[Sichelform.] Skyline stated as Hayate swung it to the side slicing through the robots like butter. (Sickle form.)

"Now we are getting somewhere." Hayate stated as she swung again.

"Wow, that is a unique device you got kid." Quint stated as she watched Hayate beat those robots around.

"Naw, mine is nowhere near as unique as my brother's." Hayate stated as she managed to thin the amount of robots down a bit.

"Pull the other leg." Quint chided as she grimaced in pain as she looked about.

"No really my brother is none other than Harry Potter." Hayate stated as she sliced through a robot as she caught sight of more being reduced to pieces as yellow arcs were going about. "Hey Fate… who's she?"

"Megane." Quint shouted as Megane went to her friend's side.

"I'm not at full strength yet." Megane stated as she started to heal her friend. "Where's Zest?" Megane had just asked when the entire place just vibrated.

"Well that answers if Nanoha found him or not… if she is fighting those bots then she is going to need help." Fate stated as she started to head in the direction.

"Zest went up against a girl." Quint stated making Fate's eyes widen. "Odd thing about it that this girl knew we were here. Zest ordered us out and we got separated." Quint stated as Megane nodded to confirm it.

Even deeper than the others…

"I don't know who you are…" Zest stated as he looked at the young girl who he was fighting and losing to. "But I'm not going down without a fight."

"…" the girl just looked at him silently but jumped back as a pink beam smashed into the ground where she was.

"That was a warning shot!" Nanoha stated as she floated nearby. "Disarm and surrender."

"Watch out!" Zest shouted as Nanoha dodged to her left as several daggers was thrown at the space she was in and then exploded in the distance.

"… Leave now unless you wish to end up like him." The girl stated as she pointed to Zest.

"Exelion!" Nanoha stated as she pointed the staff at the girl.

[Drive ignition.] Raising Heart stated as it changed into a spear-like staff.

"Exelion Buster!" Nanoha shouted as another pink ball started to form and then quickly fired at the girl.

"I didn't need help Tre." The girl stated to another woman who had moved the girl away from the blast site.

"I know." The woman known as Tre replied as she looked at Nanoha. "Uno says not to underestimate her."

"I'm not like Quattro." The girl stated as she started to walk towards Nanoha and in both hands several daggers appeared which she threw at Nanoha.

[Protection Powered.] Raising Heart stated as a pink dome appeared as the explosions cracked the barrier.

'That packs a punch.' Nanoha thought as she recalled Vita has trouble with her powered up protection. "I guess it's time to test in combat." Nanoha muttered as the red jewel on Raising Heart flashed.

[Are you sure, my master?] Raising Heart asked as Nanoha nodded.

"Blaster System Open." Nanoha stated as she started giving off a pink glow.

[Blaster online.] Raising Heart stated the two women looked surprised.

~Why would she use a damaging system against us?~ the girl asked Tre.

~I'll get back to you on that.~ Tre replied as Nanoha went to attack Tre. "Ride Impulse." Tre stated as she disappeared, making Nanoha stop for a moment.

"Now where did she go?" Nanoha asked as she looked at the other girl.

"Nowhere that concerns you." Was the reply as even more daggers came at Nanoha.

"Can you handle her?" Zest asked as he stood up and wobbled a bit.

"Sure." Nanoha replied as she protected herself from the exploding daggers and after Zest left. "Can I have your name?"

"It's Cinque… and what's yours?" Cinque asked as she readied another two handfuls of daggers.

"Takamachi Nanoha." Nanoha replied making Cinque blink and start to back away. "Is something wrong?"

"No… IS Rumble Detonator!" Cinque shouted as Daggers appeared around Nanoha as well as being thrown out of Cinque's hands.

'IS…' Nanoha thought as she held out her hand for a shield to take the impact but was surprised to see some damage to it. "I see your daggers carry an explosive charge so when they impact something they will go explode."

"Wrong." Cinque replied as she smiled at Nanoha. "My Stinger knives are not explosives… I'm the one that makes them explode." Cinque stated as she tossed more daggers at Nanoha forcing Nanoha to go airborne.

'I can't shoot her if I can't get a clean shot…' Nanoha thought as she dodged another volley of knives as the dust settled upon seeing Cinque standing there with hundreds of floating Knives aimed at her. 'So not good.' Nanoha thought as she gripped Raising Heart a bit more. "Blaster System Test mode disengage."

[Blaster set.] Raising Heart stated as the daggers were launched at Nanoha causing a massive explosion.

A/N: Wow! I actually did a Cliffhanger. Will Nanoha survive this battle and why was the Blaster system in a test mode? Did any one like Hayate's devices other modes? Also bare in mind that Cinque did defeat Zest in Cannon... and Megane was injured enough to go into a coma... and Quint died here... what changes will this do to Cannon...