" Uhhhhhhhh... " Haruka groaned, as she finally regained consciousness. Her lanky frame cried out in pain, as the tall blond tried to orientate herself to her surroundings. All the while she wonder just what kind of a truck had ran her over.
The Senshi of the Wind could not even see straight , in such pain she was in. It was like nothing she had experienced before. He last memory up to that point, was facing off with a armored clad giant armed with what looked like a assault rifle. In an attempt to subdue their would be assailant, Sailor Neptune had sent an attack towards the armored being which challenged them. Maybe if the duo were able to capture him, then the two senshi could force him to answer their questions.
But just before the column of water could make contact, the senshi suddenly realized that the giant was right on top of them before everything went black. The next thing the Uranus knew she was here, here ever here was anyway, and she was in sever pain.
"Haruka...?" a faint voice said, as her vision suddenly began to clear up. "Haruka!" The voice exclaimed, just as a bluish-green blur rushed towards the injured Senshi and gave her a tight hug.. It was at this point Haruka's vision finally cleared up and she could see a very worried Michiru holding her. It was also at this point the tall blond realized that both herself and her companion were no longer dressed in their Sailor Fukus. Muchiru was now wearing her teal colored dress, while Haruka was back in her trousers and Dress shirt. The same clothes they had been wearing when Serenity told them about the mysterious ship. It takes a lot to cause a senshi to revert back into their civilian personas, just what had happened?
"Haruka." the senshi of the said tearfully, as she helped her lover out of her bed. "I thought you were never going to wake up!'
" Michi...?" Haruka groaned out, as she soon realized that both herself and Michiru were in what looked like a cell of some kind. though rather spacious and well lit, it cell itself only contained a pair of bunk beds and what looked like a toilet with a built in sink where the "tank" would normally be. "What happen? Where the Hell are we?'
" I... I don't know." Michiru replied, "After you got knocked out, I tried to fight... but I ended up getting captured."
"So... you are finally awake!" a new, female voice interjected. Catching the two senshi off guard, but upon investigation the two women saw the ghostly figure of a woman dressed in Knights armor now standing before them.
"What?" a now very confused Haruka exclaimed in surprised. "Who are you?"
"Sorry if I startled you." The A.I. replied, an apologetic tone could be heard in her voice. "But my name is Hanna. I am a 7th generation Auxiliary Artificial Intelligence of the United Nations Space Command, currently assigned to the UNSC Siege Merciless."
"United Nations... Space Command?" An equally perplexed Michiru asked 'Well that explains what the "U.N.S.C." stood for' . There had not been a United Nations for centuries, not since Serenity became queen and the organization was reformed into the World Senate. That was almost a thousand years ago by this point.
"Wait, are you in control of this ship?" Haruka asked the A.I., sounding less confused and more angry about their current situation.
"In a way, I am." the A.I. replied. "But before I answer anymore of your questions, I have a few I would like to ask. Both myself and the commander of the Siege Merciless would like to know a few things as well.
"The commander... ?" the tall blond asked. "Wait... that... thing in the armor..."
"Is currently the master of this vessel. He doesn't talk much, which is why I am here." Hanna explained."But first thing first, where did you two come from? and how did you get on board?"
"Now listen here--"
"No... wait Haruka." the Michiru cautioned her lover. "Maybe if we cooperate with her, then we could get some answers of our own. I'm not sensing any malicious intent from her, so maybe its worth a shot?"
"Are you sure we can trust her?" Haruka asked the shorter woman. In there time together, the senshi of Uranus had long since learned not to question her companions instincts. But every once in a while, Michiru would something that would make Haruka question her Wife's logic, this being one of those times.
"We don't have much of a choice." Michiru replied, giving her wife a stern look that said "Play nice, or else." . Despite her personal feelings, Haruka just gave a heavy sign before she replied, "Alright... you win."
She then turned to face the holographic A.I. before asking. "So Hanna, what would you like to know?"
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If there was anyone who was puzzled by the sudden appearance of the two strange women in miniskirts, it most certainly was Logan. Just who the Hell were they? Where did they come from? Why were they dressed in clothing that looked as if a Pervert had designed them? But most of all, how the Hell did that one with the blue hair shoot a virtual column of water at him?? The Spartan was certain that if it was not for his... "Enhancements" he would have been nothing more than a twisted mass of flesh and armor embedded in the Cruiser's bulkhead. Judging by the large dent left behind by the attack, Logan was confident that would have been the case.
But despite their apparent unnatural abilities, the two women were still no match for almost 700lbs of pure U.N.S.C. Super Soldier.Then again, they probably were not expecting someone as big as he was, to move so fast or be just as agile. It was a common misconception that Spartans were slow, lumbering beings encased in heavy power armor. When in reality, said power armor gave its wearer both enhanced strength and speed.
Logan was able to use these traits to his advantage in capturing the intruders, quickly sending one flying into the bulkhead with a thud. Before grabbing the "smaller" one in a choke hold and holding her in place until she eventually passed out. The Spartan wanted to know just who these strangers were, where they were from and just how in the Hell they were able go get onboard the Siege Merciless. Scans made by Hanna reveled no other vessels attached to the cruiser's hull, so killing the two women was out of the question. Spartans were not known for being cold blooded killers...
Unless they needed to be...
With the two women now detained, Hanna suggested that she be the one to interrogate their new prisoners. Though she had just met the Super Soldier, the A.I. could not help but to believe that Logan was not the type to talk much. Not to mention, she doubted the two women being held in the brig would be so cooperative if they were forced to interact with the one responsible for their capture. This left Logan to continue with his inspection of the ship and after a while, he confirmed that no one else waa indeed on board.
James, though shaken up by his encounter with the two Senshi, was unharmed for the most part. Though himself, Henry and Gordon had some choice words about the incident...
"Disgraceful!"
"Disgusting!"
"Despicable!"
Among others. People would be surprised by just how many swear words the Huragok actually knew. But despite the incident, the three biological constructs continued there duties. Repairing key systems and most importantly, getting the cruiser's weapons back on line and fully operational.
With the ship clear and its systems back online, Logan made his way back to the bridge to meet with Hanna. He hoped the A.I. would have been able to get some information from the strange women. But upon entering the module, the Spartan was greeted by the most interesting of sights. For now being displayed on the many displays, was the image of an Star System with Nine planets with a single "star" at the center of it.
There was what appeared to a be an asteroid belt between the forth and fifth planet, while the sixth planet had a very familiar ring orbiting it. Logan may have been a Super Soldier and it may have been over a decade since he had been on earth, but the Super Soldier knew all too well just what he was looking at...
Sector 001, Sol System
"This... is... not possible.". Hanna stated, as her avatar materialized on the center pedestal.
" What's wrong?"
"We're in the Sol System." The A.I. replied, a confused tone in her voice as she spoke. "I've scanned the systems multiple times, and they are all functioning correctly! Some how he got transported 30,000 light years back to the Sol System but... its not the Sol system."
"Not the Sol System?" The Spartan asked, sounding just as confused as the Cruiser's Artificial Intelligence.
"Yoyodyne, New Vegas, Ceres Station, I.O., I'm not picking up any of them." Hanna replied, referring to the major Ship Yards and space stations that existed within Humanity's home system. All of whom were constructed after the war and were a major factor in the rebirth of the UNSC Navy. It was true the Siege Merciless should have been able to any of these massive facilities and obviously, said facilities should have been able to detect the Heavy cruiser.
Hell, a savage/rescue team would have not only been on board by now, but the Cruiser would have been half way to New Vegas ship yards. While Logan would be on his way to a DSapartan Facility on Earth for medical attention.. Needless to say, Hanna was rather unsettled by this revelation and it was never a good thing when a A.I. was unsettled by anything.
"This can't be right... unless..."
"Unless?"
"Unless Haruka and Michiru were telling the truth." The A.I. replied.
"Haruka and Michiru?" Logan asked Curiously, his face twisting into a puzzled expression under his armor.
"That is the name of our guests." Hanna explained. "Apparently, they are from Earth. Though I think its safe to assume its not the earth we know and love."
"You are not making any sense?" never a good sign, by the way.
"They said they were sent by a... 'Neo-Queen Serenity' to investigate this ship. Apparently this... Crystal Millennium, were able to detect us when we suddenly appeared in the Solar System."
"It still does not explain just how they were able go get on board." the Spartan replied.
"Very True." Hanna replied, a grim expression forming on her semi translucent face. She knew there was only one way both herself and Logan would get the answers they want, the problem was weather the Spartan would agree to her suggestion. Her programming meant that she would have to respect any decision the Spartan made. But she had to try at least...
"Gunny, considering our current situation, we may not have no choose but to accept the idea that rescue may never come for us." The A.I. began to explain. "From what I have been able to gather from.our guests, it is possible that what ever portal the ship passed through, it sent us to a reality far different from the one we came from"
"She is correct..." a new, female voice echoed through the module. Causing Logan spin around and fave the directing the mysterious voice came from. Holding his battle rifle up to his face and using his power armor's built in display to aim, Logan was caught caught completely by surprise when he saw two women now standing just a few meters away from his position.
They both wore attire that were similar to that worn by the ones calling themselves "Uranus and Neptune", but were clearly different. One had shoulder length back hair with violet colored eyes that seemed to stare into his very soul. She wore knee high purple boots and held what looked like a glave in a defensive posture. The other had long, dark green hair with dark skin and striking garnet colored eyes. She had a black skirt with matching thigh high boots and Dark red bow on her chest, but what really caught Logan's attention was that she held a long staff that looker like a key.
"Identify yourselves!" The super soldier demanded, pointing his weapon directly at the would be intruders. Yet unlike the other two women who were now being held, Logan did not get the feeling as if these two posed any kind of threat. All thing considered, they could habe attacked without making themselves known.
"Please, we don't want to fight you." the taller one said in a calm voice. "We actually just want to talk."
"Like the last two who attacked with... what ever they used!" Logan shot back, not wanting to take any chances. "Sailor Pluto just sighed heavily.
"Well... let me be the first to apologize for the action of my comrades, but I assure you that all we want to do is talk." The Time senshi replied.
"Wait... you would not happen to be named 'Sailor Pluto'?" Hanna asked the woman. Her artificial mind remembering her talk with the two women from before.
"Why yes, I am guessing my team mates told you about us?"
The A.I. just nodded before she pointed to the the one holding the glave and said. "Then you must be Sailor Saturn?"
The Soldier of silence just nodded with a smile, before she relaxed herself and stood casually next to Pluto.
"How did you get on board?" Hanna asked the two senshi standing before herself and the Super Soldier. Logan still keeping his weapon pointed at the intruders.
"It... might be hard to explain." Sailor Pluto confessed. "But I can assure you that, despite what ma have happened between yourselves and our companions, we are actually here to help."
Despite her words bring true, Logan was still rather hesitant to trust these new strangers. Then again he did not trust people in general, a trait he had developed long before dawning his Power Armor and something that may or may not have saved his life on more than a few occasions. But to say this was a rather... unique situation would be a gross understatement.
On one hand, a group of women dresses in rather curious attire had managed to board the Siege Merciless. Two of them almost hurt an Engineer and were now sitting in a cell and now two more were trying to convince him that they actually came in peace. If the situation was different, he would be calling BS on the whole thing.
But on the other hand, he was quite literally in the unknown. Despite the sensors indication they were in fact in the Sol System, none of the major ship yards or colonies that were well known were present. Even Hanna, A military issued Artificial Intelligence, was suggesting that they were quite possible in another dimension. But despite the absurdity of it all, the Spartan could not find any reason able explanation.
For all intensive purposes, both himself and the Siege Merciless were on there one with no idea if rescue would ever come. There was just so many questions that needed to be answered and unfortunately, it looked that those answers would only come by trusting this woman and her comrades.
Despite his reservations, Logan lowered his rifle and brought it to his side. "Very well." the Spartan said, "Where are we?"
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Crystal Tokyo, Several Hours Later...
Despite her status of being the Queen of Earth and being seen as a regal figure by the masses, there were some traits Neo-Queen Serenity had from when she was just a teen aged school girl in Tokyo. Most notably, her ability to sleep for long hours once no one was around to wake her up. King Endymon had long since given up on trying to wake his wife on a morning, usually leaving her to sleep until the unmistakable smell breakfast would wake her up.
This would normally be the case today, as the King had long since left his wife in bed to start his day. But as the queen sleep in a very Usagi-like manner, giggling to herself as she dreamt of herself and her husband back when they first began to date...
"MOM!" An all too familiar voice filled her ears, causing the royal to wake up with a stutter. Upon her vision finally clearing up, the monarch saw a young teen with pink hair and bright red eyes kneeling at the side of her bed.
"Small Lady..." Serenity groaned, "What's going on...?"
"Dad sent me to wake you up!" Her daughter replied. "He says its important!"
"Small Lady" Usagi, sometimes called "Chibiusa" by her friends, was the daughter and only child of Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. Much like her parents and their court, Usagi was a beloved fixture of the royal family. But to her mother, Small Lady was both a blessing and a curse... right now she waa being a curse.
"What happened?" Serenity asked her teen aged daughter, inwardly wondering just why she and her husband decided to have children.
"He says its about that thing you sent Haruka and Michiru to investigate!" Chibiusa replied. "He says they called back!"
"What? why didn't you say something sooner!?" Serenity exclaimed, before she leaped out of her bed and few into the bathroom. Moments later the queen of Earth emerged looking as if she had not been asleep for almost ten hours and left her bedroom in blur. Leaving a stunned teen to follow after her, as Serenity quickly made her way to the throne room.
Hopefully, the two Outer Senshi would have some answers after investigating the mysterious ship. But as the two women made their way to meet with the king, they were completely unaware that a pair of blood shot eyes were following them.at that moment. As Serenity and her court were not the only ones who had an interest in this new discovery...
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A/N: I say again, I really have forgotten just how hard it is to write a crossover story. But yea, i really hope you enjoyed this update.
Anyway... not much to say again but to please leave a review and tell me what you think. Gonna start working on my other story in a couple days so please be patient, okay?
Until next time, NIGHTSTALKER OUT!
