Spoilers from included and/or represented works abound. Please read this fiction carefully.
Mecha-Baku roared.
"What's this... abomination!?" Reisalin Stout is scared.
"Shit...!" David is frustrated.
Angela blessed the warriors and the alchemists, buffing them up.
"Well, we have no choice!" Angela said.
The warriors and alchemists all charged at Mecha-Baku to damage it, and they went it all out.
"Wanna smoke?" David offered cigarette to the Tower Administrators.
"No, thanks!" The Tower Administrators then joined.
"We're going!" Haohmaru, Strider Hiryu and Hotsuma quickly spammed against Mecha-Baku to beat it.
The Mecha-Baku went with its arsenal and powers and tried to kill everyone. (It's a combination of Dark Baku and Khamsin, actually.)
"We go up to the island by flying up." Viola then summoned Cheshire. "Cheshire go and up!"
David, Angela, the Sephirot, Jumpson, System No. XX, the Seven, the Cube Queen, the CPUs (including Uzume), the Makers, Viola, Hoshimatsu and Pamela Ibiss, who turned out to have become a cyborg, all went up to the Skyblock.
Team Baku and the triplets arrived just in time.
"What!?" May is shocked at Mecha-Baku. "Dark Baku got cybernetics now!?"
"Ridiculous...!" Troy/Touya Ijuin is frustrated.
"Now we'll have to beat it again." Vivi proceeded.
Team Baku and the triplets joined against Mecha-Baku, and the warriors and the alchemists got easier as the appropriate people joined the fight.
"Dark Baku, begone!" Team Baku yelled as they fights.
The group that went up... went up, finally all landing at the edge of the island.
"Finally!" The new Investigation Team.
"Yeah? Now let's go." Viola walked forward.
They all walked toward the center and slowly saw the two girls working for... some corrupting poison of sorts. It was Stadia and Nelke.
"Nelke?" David recognized Nelke. "She's back!?"
"Didn't she get sliced down by a brainwashed Lucyna?" Angela is surprised.
"Wait... Who's this?" Uzume doesn't know.
"Take a Share Crystal, or two, it's created by the Infinity Share Crystal." B-Sha got two Share Crystals. "You need one, Uzume."
"Thanks!" Uzume took one.
"Let's transform!" Neptune yelled.
The CPUs transformed into their HDD form.
"Ding! Orange Heart is here!" Orange Heart appeared.
"If a CPU's personality has changed but they have no other mental problem at all, such as without brainwashing..." System No. XX pointed it out. "HDD form restores the original personality of the CPU. That's how Orange Heart has her bubbly... sort of."
"So the headstrong self is just her human form's mental stain?" Jumpson questioned.
"Basically." Angela concurred. "The tough attitude and strong-willed facade that Uzume possesses in human form belies Orange Heart's... uh, cute... nature, and her hopes that everything's ok."
"She being the sole remaining CPU from the Zero Dimension dictates this fact." Angela continued. "Orange Heart's personality turns out to be the original one. Uzume's is technically a facade."
"Huh? Who are you?" Orange Heart spotted both girls.
"So you're here, spying on me." Stadia noticed.
"Nelke, you're back!" David yelled.
"Hmph. Because she is now my own." Stadia revealed. "For Empress Zero, for the Zero Hell!"
"You brainwashed her!?" System No. XX argued. "Brainwashing an aristocrat who hired the friendly alchemists!?"
"Yes!" Stadia gleefully admitted. "I did, and it was all for Empress Zero!"
"You looks like Google Stadia given physical form, don't you!?" System No. XX questioned.
David took advantage, and explained why Google Stadia shut down (in January 18th, 2023): disastrous launch with lack of needed feature, weak game library, internet cost, game cost over time in the ownership standpoint, and the resulting uncompetitive mess. Then David took note of it and told Stadia that she's losing worshippers and supporters, and would be forced into Gamindustri Graveyard when the times comes (if she even survives at all).
"No..." Stadia is overloaded with despair.
"How did you take the thing she's based on and used it to your advantage?" Purple Heart is surprised.
"I learned out the worlds and its basis before, so I got wise." David noted.
"Wow, you're so clever, cyberpunk!" Green Heart is impressed.
"How could you... make fun of me..." Stadia seems off.
"What have you done!?" Nelke yelled.
The group prepared to fight, and entered the center.
"Then you'll taste the chemistry that kills!" Nelke coated her sword with the poison she made, set it in flame, and charged ahead.
Nelke attacked the group very well, by her sword and using the chemistry to help herself fight. Surprisingly, she managed to hold them off rather well. They have to get more elaborate to survive this fight, such as David and Viola exchanging Witch Time, System using the arsenal her participants had, Jumpson doing Jump powers, etc. Stadia is staying around, depressed and building rage of everything that happened to her before she joined Genjitsu-no-Omnia as (one of) her servant(s).
"No worship... No sharing... No success...?" Stadia is about to snap. "Can't... be..."
A few minutes later, as Nelke is fighting to a standstill, she noticed Stadia is repeatedly punching the ground.
"Miss Stadia, you need to-" Nelke tried to reach out to Stadia.
David wicked off the clash, thus activating Sandevistan through Witch Time. David slashed hard on Nelke.
"Distraction equals getting countered!" David finally landed an outstanding hit.
Stadia noticed Nelke being properly injured, which broke her even further. This isn't the end of that...
"Stadia, stop supporting Empress Zero a.k.a. Genjitsu-no-Omnia, or else..." The Cube Queen shouted to Stadia. "...we will either force you into the Graveyard, or kill you!"
"Urgk!" Stadia finally snapped. "You...!"
Stadia screamed hard, her voice even echoing to Team Baku, the triplets, the warriors and the alchemists to hear.
"Haaaargh!" Stadia transformed into her HDD form, Streaming Heart. David recorded this beforehand with Akasha Terminal projected on the group down (who's currently fighting Mecha-Baku).
Streaming Heart has the same build as Stadia, being roughly the same as Nepgear (Purple Sister) in height. However, Streaming Heart has white suit and with red, orange and purple armor attached to it. And so, so...
"Streaming Heart..." Stadia, as Streaming Heart, declared. "... transformation... complete."
"Damn it!" Viola is frustrated. "She transformed into her HDD!"
"I will stream you out, and destroyer you all with it!" Stadia then bombarded the group.
Orange Heart created a sharing field to drastically soften the blow, but it broke within the first instant barrage. Come the second instant barrage from Stadia, the four CPUs shielded this time, but is nearly incapacitated, forcing them to go to Next Form to keep fighting. The (Next) CPUs managed to deal good blows continuously, but Streaming Heart regenerated and powered up.
"Streaming gets me the power I need on demand, and by doing that, I can also steal shares as well!" Streaming Heart revealed and boasted.
"We can't do lasting damage to her yet!" Next Black (Noire) complained. "This is ridiculous!"
"You motherfuckers, we need h-" Next White (Blanc) is suddenly choked by Streaming Heart.
Streaming Heart then threw Next White with her hand, crashing her to the Sephira.
"Nelke, take the rest!" Streaming Heart commanded. "I'll take care of the other CPUs!"
Streaming Heart then choked Orange Heart.
"Please... I... don't... wanna... die...!" Orange Heart struggled.
"If you don't want to die, you shouldn't have made fun of me in the first place." Streaming Heart tightened the grip. "But now, you gained a death wish, and I'll gladly kill you."
Suddenly, Streaming Heart is shot by a lilac beam.
"What!?" Streaming Heart dropped Orange Heart down. "The Sisters and more CPUs!?"
It was Nepgear as Purple Sister, Uni as Black Sister, Ram and Rom as the White Sister(s), Plutia as Iris Heart, Peashy as Yellow Heart, Rei Ryghts, Maho as Grey Sister, and Historie
"Sis!" The main Sisters reunited with the (respective) main CPUs.
Nepgear hugged Neptune, Uni hugged Noire, and Ram and Rom both hugged Blanc. Maho the approached Vert.
"Thanks god, you're still alive!" The Sisters are glad.
"But we have a problem." Purple Heart (as Next Purple) pointed at Streaming Heart.
Streaming Heart tried to cast the barrage, but is struck by Yellow and Iris.
"You're the ridiculous streamer of Gamindustri?" Iris Heart (Plutia) mocked Streaming Heart (Stadia).
"Plutia... You...!" Streaming Heart is frustrated.
"Turn to your next-gen-like, ascended form, please!" Malkuth begged, while being ambushed by Nelke.
"You don't!" Streaming Heart tried to get to the main CPUs, but is being fought by Yellow and Iris.
"Give me the Infinity Share Crystal, now!" Next Purple told the Gold Third.
Getting the Infinity Share Crystal, the main CPUs started transforming, shining and yelling, which distracted Nelke. Nelke suddenly dropped her flask as a result, and is strangled by Hoshimatsu's monowires.
"Don't you dare!" Streaming Heart now wants to kill the CPUs mid-transformation, but is prevented by the Sisters, the remain CPUs, Viola in her faerie form, System No. XX (through summoning the main CPUs' weapons), and Rei Ryghts in (crazy) goddess form.
The whole fight combined with the ongoing transformation started toppling the Skyblock, causing the island on top of the top to start shaking into imbalance.
"If we keep fighting like this, this island will lose its balance and will fall!" Jumpson realized.
The transformation to the ascended form lasted for a minute, and managed to complete uninterrupted, much of Streaming Heart's chargin.
"Damn it!" Streaming Heart is frustrated.
"This is the ascended form, it's beyond the Next!" Ascended Purple (Neptune) revealed.
"This form is so overpowered!" Ascended Green (Vert) commented. "We managed to destroy the Dark CPUs in one hit!"
"You ready?" Ascended Black (Noire) taunted Streaming Heart (Stadia).
"Bring it on, bitch!" Ascended White (Blanc) taunted Streaming Heart.
The main CPUs managed to fight evenly against Streaming Heart, by trading blows for real, slowly pushing (to) the limit of Stadia's tolerance of share blows and damage ensued. For the first time in her servitude of Genjitsu-no-Omnia, Stadia took good damages in battle.
"Miss Stadia, no!" Nelke cried.
"Got ya!" Viola and her demon, Cheshire, caught Nelke.
Cheshire took Nelke down to the floor by ground pounding the island, causing a big hole to form, for things to fall. This also started the imbalance.
"Follow her!" Viola fell down through the hole. Everyone except Stadia and the main CPUs followed.
Nelke and them all fell down. The Cube Queen floated, and manipulated the corruption around, making the floor bouncy. All fell to the floor and bounced like crazy, though this bounced Mecha-Baku out.
"Whoa!" The alchemists yelled at the bounce.
"Miss and Miss and Miss and Miss and Miss!" David noticed the alchemists bouncing around.
"Holy crap!" Logi is shocked.
"How!?" The warriors are bouncing.
The Cube Queen removed the bounce by redirecting the corruption back, leading to everyone there stopping flat.
"Owww..." Ryza is fuzzy. "Ughhh..."
Nelke is on her sword, and swung... Ok, Hoshimatsu blocked it with her bare hand.
"Hmph. You are not to be taken that seriously." Nelke then threw an corruption acid-filled flask on Hoshimatsu's face, point blank.
activates Sandevistan* Hoshimatsu simply dodges the flask, then headbutted Nelke hard.
"Argh!" Nelke is knocked off.
Hoshimatsu catches Nelke with her monowires.
"What...? You're not gonna kill me?" Nelke is confused.
The alchemists approached Nelke.
"No! You're threats to us!" Nelke is aggravated. "You're not welcome anymore!"
"No! You helped us about the Granzweit Tree, and even brought us home!" Sophie cried.
"Nelke, the daughter of the lord of Westwald..." Marie Marlone) cried. "You responded with the help we needed whenever we called, and you were looking for us!"
"You needed us alchemists to help with your town. Why wouldn't you remember it?" Escha cried.
"Not only alchemists, but the adventurers!" Logi continued.
The alchemists and friends repeatedly tried to convince Nelke to remember and realize. However, Nelke pushed them every single time. A few minutes into that, Pamela, who's converted into a cyborg similar to Fiona and Raiden, tried to comfort Nelke.
"Actually, you're a danger to the perfect Empress Zero, and also, I never had any chemistry gift before!" Nelke refuted.
Nelke wanked the monowires, pushed Hoshimatsu away, and then slashed off Pamela's right eye, much to the alchemists' horror.
"Why...?" Lydie and Suelle watched in horror.
Nelke then left an evil laugh. "You lowly 'chemists are but only formerly in terms of help! But it has changed."
Nelke pointed her sword onto the alchemists and their friends all at once, threatening to kill any of them.
"She's evil now, and if we don't stop her..." So the warriors thought.
"We'll have to use braindance." System No. XX took a braindance player, and inserted a copy of Nelke's memories into it.
"Quick! She could notice us!" Pamela yelled.
"What? Care to explain?" Nelke pointed the sword to Pamela, not noticing System is taling the braindance.
System No. XX snucked and forced Nelke into wearing the braindance player, and then played it before Nelke could react any further.
"No!!!" Nelke screamed.
Meanwhile, Mecha-Baku is toppled down, and struggling to stand up, thus unwittingly prompting Team Baku and the triplets to beat it up.
"Out with it!" The triplets went to cast out their magics to attack the mechanical beast. Team Baku took out their arsenal and charged ahead.
They all bombarded the mechanical beast, but it simply regenerated. In fact, it has no lasting damage whatsoever.
"What the fuck!? Nanomachines!?" York is frustrated.
"Damn it! The kind found in Senator Armstrong!" Troy realized.
"They repaired with both magic and nanomachines..." Iruma/Cece realized.
The triplets has their weapons already, so Vivi took out a gun (of his). The androgynous teen imbued it with his powers, then shot at point blank. The regeneration still applies, much to his disappointment.
"No, that's the enchanted nanomachines!" Vivi is disappointed. "We can't hurt it for real without some good enough thing to outdo the nanomachines!"
Mecha-Baku is still trying to stand back. Eruma/Mimi took her magic daggers, but couldn't scratch that beast with it. York called Raiden instead.
To be continued...