This is a fan-based, non-profit OS/AU of Konosuba. Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Is owned and distributed by KADOKAWA and Studio DEEN.

The Crossing-Over is owned, written, and edited by me, InternalCool/IDK.

Crossing-Over Prologue: Revamped(Part 2)

*THUD*

"Owww... That one really hu-"

"SHH! The enemy surrounds this area to make sure we're eliminated."

To be honest, I'll just shut up since she's the one with more experience.

If you're wondering what had just happened, I was just literally thrown out of the shelter to be used as a "just in case" bait. Instead, I just roll down a hill and ended up faceplanting on a huge pile of leaves. I stand up and shake the leaves, wiping mud from my face.

"Stay alert, the enemy could be lurking nearby."

I just nodded and adjusted the knives around my belt, listening for any signs of threats, but to no avail. An explosion was heard loud and clear from the city as the enemy bombarded buildings in search of remaining soldiers. I just kept my head low and hid in the branches, hearing rapid footsteps towards our hideout.

I'm beginning to severely regret accepting to help. But then again, if I didn't accept, I would just be ki-

"Show yourselves! You filthy American scum!"

Okay, these voices sounded Irish in the accent and tone of how they spoke. I just decided not to say anything and slowly crept around the trees of the forest, keeping myself at a low stance. Staying at a distance from the now visible attackers, I quickly realized: Where's the soldier?

I HAD ONE JOB! Oh wait, I can escape while I c-

I get a gun to the side of my head, listening to a soft, yet evil chuckle.

"I've got you now you filthy scum... Any last w- Gah!"

The man falls with a thud, noticing a knife to his neck. The soldier that had thrown me out the shelter earlier had come back with a smug look on her face.

"Not bad, you actually lasted quite a bit as bait. Now at least you'll be armed if something happens. Here."

She handed me the gun that the enemy soldier wielded. I'm no gun expert, but I'm sure that this gun was definitely powerful, considering it's automatic fire mode and semi-auto mode. I took it with a small smile.

"But, I've never killed someone before."

She just let out a small laugh as she switched my gun to automatic gun fire.

"Well, too bad, because now, we're in hunting season. It's kill or be killed as of now, which means everything I tell you to do, do it. Basically, it's a 'Come with me if you want to live'- type thing."

She tried to say that with her best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression which was mediocre at best. I had no other choice in survival, so I stood all the way up and looking up at her, did a salute.

"Roger that."

She gave another laugh and then softly punched me on the arm.

"Atta boy! What's your name so that I can officially call my bait?"

I thought about using another name like John, but just decided it would be better to just say my real name in order to save from any confusion later on.

"Ant. That's my name."

She looked confused for a second and then went on to ask me.

"Is it short for Anthony?"

I shook my head and kind of looked away.

"That's my name that I've had since birth, the one that my p-…... That they gave me."

I felt that if I said parents, I would start crying and instantly lose all respect.

"Well, Ant, the name's Mary Rose, official Staff Sergeant to command what's left of my army."

Mary took out a small, yet durable sticker with the seal of the US, placing it on my chest over my heart. She did a salute with me saluting as well, giving a smile.

"I welcome you to my unit, Private Ant. It's an honor to use you as ba- I mean fight alongside you."

Mary giggled a bit and then grabbed the knife that was still in the enemy soldier's neck, wiping the blood off.

"Let's go before it gets dark."

We began walking, sneaking around and looking to make sure no one followed us. The city was literally on fire as we walked further away up a small hill (which would honestly make a great cover pic for this prologue.) The scenery around us was as peaceful as ever, the birds just flying, river flowing, and leaves drifting past by in the wind.

It's been a while since I felt this relaxed, I should cherish this more.

What seemed like an eternity, was only two hours. Mary led the way as we approached a small city that had already been scavenged by the enemy army.

"Come on, there's someone here that's really good with technology."

We carefully walked to an old and worn-down 7/11 which was pretty well-stocked, despite the condition it was in. Mary had a serious face the entire time and carefully approached the entrance, a number lock appearing on the front part of the building.

"Okay... Don't mess this up... 1-1-1-Umm... 2"

The number lock flashed a green color, the door quickly opening, white smoke flowing out of the door to reveal the inside of the store. The only difference was that the store displayed an array of computers, security screens, and robotic drones. These robotic drones seemed to be for all types of measures, including air, land, and sea; all in one package.

"Murray! You can come on out!"

I looked ahead, seeing an 18-year old guy with dark brown hair, a serious face, and a couple of lab drones beside him, both in the air and on the ground.

"Well, good afternoon Mary, what brings you and this... brave youngster around here?"

I looked at Mary who now had a smile as she went to run and hug Murray.

"Sorry! It's just so funny when you try to act serious!"

I instantly went from Oh snap! To Oh, nevermind.

"Come on Ant, I want you to meet Murray, the technology expert!"

After a little bit of Coca-Cola, barbecue chips, and backstories to tell, I finally got to find out who these people really were. I'll try to explain them as briefly as I can. -ahem-

So first off, we have,

Murray-Inventor Genius with a side of Bad –censored-

Murray is basically the last person you want to deal with. From Legos to advanced machinery, Murray can construct these tiny robots with just about anything. He designed the robots to be search drones, with a little surprise inside. Each one has an attack mode with the most precise guns you could ever wish to wield. He barely escaped being captured at the government HQ where they literally experiment with things unimaginable.

Mary Rose-Skilled Soldier with a side of Humor

Mary just has this... Taste for adventure and action with humor to the side. She'll often mock the other opponent before going for the kill or even afterwards. Although Mary won't take anything seriously, she is still a force to be reckoned with. She definitely went up the ranks in the army in very little time to begin with, and even without her regiment, she is still taking down entire units at once.

These two are very interesting, yet I wonder what else they could pull off together...

I looked around inside the store, complete with radars for storms, enemies, or just supplies. Apparently, the government HQ was really close by in the forest for seclusion.

Mary Rose began to brainstorm with ways to actually infiltrate the headquarters.

"I mean, can't we just go in the air vents or some-"

Murray quickly stopped me as he raised an eyebrow.

"Have you even been informed about government buildings? No one makes vents that big or penetrable to even put a hand through. The only way in would be through the front door or by breaking down a wall, which is pretty much a death warrant with what we have right now."

I sighed and just looked at the items in the armored up store. I looked over the movies and comic books, beginning to get a small, risky, and probably time-consuming idea.

"Um, Murray?"

A now hopeless and exhausted Murray slowly looked over, yawning slightly.

"Yeah?"

I don't know what to expect of this idea, yet it could prove to be useful. Besides, we still have plenty of time.

"How about using a drone to infiltrate the HQ?"

Murray let out a soft laugh, obviously knowing that plan would fail.

"Listen, Ant, a drone won't be able to even enter one of the most defensive experimental bases in the history of humanity. It just won't be able to-"

I slammed the comic book in front of Murray on the wooden table

"Then how about we just make a drone bigger than these? One that'll make the enemy look like ants in our favor."

Murray quickly took off his glasses and cleaned them up a bit.

"And how do you suppose we make one of that size without the enemy knowing?"

I pointed out the window towards the many houses that were left standing.

"Well, we have all these garages of significant sizes that could-"

Murray quickly stood up, his face lightening up with a smile.

"That could hide the evidence and soon assemble the drone! I see now! Just like how Lego pieces come together, these drone parts will come together once it is done being built."

Murray then sat down and tried to make his smile go away. He cleared his throat and said in a more eager voice.

"Very well, you make a valid point, Ant. However, we will only have one shot at this with the materials and time we currently have to toy around with. Which means that both of you will help me with very specific tasks in getting the materials and keeping me safe."

I couldn't help but silently cheer, giving Mary Rose an air high-five. She gave a thumbs up with a small giggle of approval.

"Okay Murray, where do we start?"

"I'll think over our roles in this and plan our timing accordingly; we shall gather back here in an hour."

And so, I took my leave to get some fresh air, enjoying the scenery outside. I travelled around the town, inspecting the different houses in order to get a head start on the mission.

This plan will work, I know it! Giant robots always triumph against humans, right? Well, even so, we have only one shot as a 3-person army.

I kept thinking to myself while clearing the houses, being slightly doubtful of whether this operation was going to work. Throwing out debris from a house and fixing up the garage, I started hearing rustling noises outside, getting slightly nervous.

It's probably just a raccoon, or some sort of wild animal lurking around.

That's when I heard it, footsteps quickly sounding closer to me as I could only turn around with my gun prepared. The gun gets kicked out of my hand instantly, I get tackled to the ground, and a knife is pulled to my neck.

"Well, I guess I'll give you a 6/10 for reaction, 1/10 for survivability, and –1,000,000/10 for action. I'm slightly disappointed Ant... But, to be fair, you're not the one with military and weapons expertise, so I'll give you that."

I was left speechless, just watching Mary Rose taking the knife away from my neck as she handed me back my gun. In all honesty, I was relieved that it was just her and not the enemy.

"You scared the living crap out of me! But, at least I'm not dead, thank you Mary Rose for not killing me."

"Anytime bud!"

She gave a thumbs-up with an eager smile, while I took my time to get back up. I dusted myself off and stood up, then slowly looking up at Mary, her expression going from eager to worried beyond compare.

Hmm? There's something wrong.

Just as I think that, Mary instantly throws me to the side as a gunshot is heard, watching her fall back.

"MARY!"

I prepare my gun and see the attacker, shooting him with the automatic feature set on as he shoots with a pistol, grazing my arm. I grunt slightly after getting indirectly shot like that, rushing over to help Mary. I kneeled beside her and covered up her gun wound with a piece of my jacket.

"Mary! Just hang in there! You'll be alright!"

Mary Rose just smiled and gave a small laugh. She tried to hide her pain as her voice sounded weak and restrained.

"First off... I would be if you weren't crushing my hand."

I instantly noticed what she meant and got off her hand, apologizing with a repeating "I'm sorry!"

"Heh it's okay bait, and second off, I would be alright if you were actually carrying me back to safety."

"Oh... Forgot about that."

I picked her up, my grazed arm having another piece of my jacket around it. I walked out of the house and began jogging to the 7/11.

"Come on, put some back into it! That's it, you got this! Keep going Ant-bait!"

Ant-bait... I'll give her credit for this nickname sounding catchy.

Mary quickly put in the number code, not hesitating to go as fast as possible. I rushed inside, hearing the automatic doors close.

"Finally, Ant, you're here, being about 5 minutes late to this meeting..."

Murray walked out of the 'meeting room' which wasn't even a meeting room to begin with. It was just the Employees Only area of the store. I'll give him credit for armoring up and super-defending the store though.

"Oh my goodness! Mary, are you alright?!"

Murray quickly rushed over and inspected the wound that was on Mary, then looking up at me.

"Bring her into the emergency room, quick!"

I brought Mary into the 'emergency room' and went out of the room into the meeting room waiting for Murray to heal Mary Rose. I looked at the security cameras, noticing a figure lurking outside. It sneaked around, wearing a cloak to hide their face, not bothering to take out the security cameras. I grabbed my knives as guns would just attract more attention by now.

Okay, Ant, you've got this... Just take down this person who may potentially be way better than you, easy... Right?

I noticed the figure running to the back entrance, quickly running to it as well and rushing out, meeting with the person wearing the cloak. I couldn't see their face as a mask was blocking their face.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

I tried to sound as brave and heroic as possible, definitely afraid on the inside. The person took a step back, thinking that my threat was working. Instead, the person just kicked forward, sending a knife fly past me, almost touching my neck. I couldn't react at all, but heard the sound of a body hitting the ground.

"Hmm?"

Looking behind me, I realized that whoever this person was, they were after the enemy as well. The person simply walked past me and grabbed the knife from the dead enemy soldier. He/she took off their mask and revealed the face of a young woman, with dark brown hair and brown eye color.

"About me being here, I just saved your life and am the reason you haven't been swarmed by these scouts."

I stood there speechless, still in awe of what had just happened. Also, her voice sounded calm and relaxed, yet having that small hint of seriousness behind it. It's like one of those cool school teachers that you can learn from and still get days off.

"Well, I appreciate your service then. But who are you?"

I tried to ask that with as little disturbance in my voice as possible. She just looked at me funny for a second and then smiled with a sigh of relief. The woman walked up to me being taller than me, and looked at me with a smile.

"Well, I know you more than you think, but it's better for you to remain this way. The past cannot be changed after all."

Wait, hold on, what?

"What do you mean by-"

She quickly threw a smoke bomb down and just like that she was gone. No signs of her anywhere around the place. I sighed and went back into the 7/11, noticing both Murray and Mary sitting in the meeting room. Murray just facepalmed and gave a small sigh, with Mary shaking her head.

"You couldn't even wait for even 5 minutes? Time is of the essence Ant, but let's just get this over with."

I sat down with them at the table as I got ready to discuss. Murray took out a large sketchpad with a list of plans, dates, and exact times put into play.

"Like I said, we only have one shot at this, so everything that's here must be done before or on the exact time. No exceptions, which means that I'll need you two gathering supplies cautiously and swiftly. I'll be working on programming this bad boy and adding all the details to it."

Looking over the schedule, I knew I couldn't be wasting any time whatsoever. This will be as time consuming as me writing a story, just takes forever.

"So, Ant and Mary, what do you both say to this proposal? Are you in this or not?"

Mary and I smiled at each other and raised our fists in the air as we fist-bumped Murray.

"Let's do it, to it!"

Murray for once made a smug face and put on his glasses.

"Then, how about we get started?"

To Be Continued