With a soft nudge, Shirou awoke from his dream.

Opening his eyes, he saw a slightly concerned Saber looking at him, and a view of the Sunken Grid behind her.

"You awake, Mister Shirou? We've arrived."

Looking to the pilot, Shirou nodded, before standing, yawning, and cracking his joints.

Looking to Saber, he thanked her, before grabbing his God Arcs and hopping out of the helicopter.

Not far behind him, Saber also hopped out, Excalibur in hand.

As the two situated themselves, and began to make their way toward the usual survey point, Saber kept shooting barely hidden glances of concern to Shirou, while Shirou just continued on, oblivious of his Partner's concern.

"So, Saber... How do you wanna handle this Hannibal?"

"Huh?"

So focused on her concern, Saber was blindsided by Shirou's question.

"I mean, Doctor Sakaki wants me to use my abilities, but you're here because my resonance rates increase... So, do you want to parry it while I attack? Or do you want to distract it while I attack it from range?"

No longer caught unawares, Saber thought on it, before responding,

"It would be wise to attack him from a distance while I distract it. Besides that, you can provide a wider range of data using your ranged abilities, correct?"

Hearing an affirmative noise from Shirou, she then concluded that that would be their course of action.

Now they just had to wait.

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The Hannibal was stalking around the Sunken Grid, searching for any kind of meal. As it walked on all fours, tail swishing about, its head suddenly turned, reacting to a noise.

Beginning to move faster, toward the sound, across a path into the center of the field of water.

And in its sight was a blonde girl in blue, with a giant golden blade in her hand.

Saber looked up to the beast, before assuming a combat stance. Facing forward, with waist turned and arms holding her sword in a two-handed grip, she prepared to defeat her foe.

On an unknown signal, the two leapt for each other. The Hannibal running on its hind-legs, reaching for Saber, and Saber leaping over its grasping arms, aiming a kick at its face.

Landing it, Saber leapt off the Hannibal's face and sent a brief slash-shaped burst of golden Oracle energy towards it, as the Hannibal immediately went to lash out. It instead brought its left armoured arm upward to block, and was pushed back with a deep cut in its armour.

Before it could recover however...

"Caladbolg!"

It was struck in the side by a flash of crimson red, before being consumed by a crimson red explosion.

As the explosion faded, and the Hannibal collapsed to the ground, heavily burnt and with a gaping hole in its side, Saber turned her head to where the red blur came from.

On top of the stacks of shipping containers to her left, Shirou was crouched, his God Arc in hand. Sending her a small smile, he then gestured to the Hannibal.

Turning, Saber saw that the Hannibal was still alive, if barely, and was trying to push itself back up. Stepping over, Saber quickly and efficiently decapitated the Hannibal.

As the Hannibal began to fade, she gripped her God Arc with both hands, keeping it parralel to the ground, before squeezing, causing it to enter Devour mode.

A black beast overtook the blade, with golden veins running up and down its length, and with golden eyes.

As Saber devoured the Hannibal, Shirou made his way over. Walking along the containers before hopping off them, returning his God Arc to Blade form, and strolling down the path towards Saber, who had just finished devouring.

"Do you think that was enough data for Doctor Sakaki?"

Cocking her head to the side, Saber thought on it, before responding,

"It will likely be able to satisfy him. But I wouldn't be surprised if he sent you on another mission."

Before Shirou could respond, they got a slightly startled call from Hibari.

"The Hannibal that's been lurking around has just entered the mission area, and is coming right for you!"

Blinking, Shirou and Saber quickly took combat stances, before Shirou smirked slightly, saying,

"Well, I guess that answer's our problem, huh?"

Blinking at Shirou's slightly cocky attitude, Saber shook her head and waited for the beast.

It suddenly jumped over the shipping containers before them. Just as suddenly, Shirou flung Kanshou at the Hannibal's head, and began running.

As it sliced past the Hannibal's head and flew onward toward the containers the Hannibal just leapt over, it suddenly turned around, flying back towards the Hannibal. At the same moment, Shirou flung Bakuya.

The two blades then impaled themselves deep into both sides of the Hannibal's neck, before Shirou leapt up to the Hannibal, now falling backwards from the blades.

Nearing the Hannibal, the two blades then started to yank themselves out of its neck, then moved to Shirou's hands.

Gripping them tightly, Shirou then brought his blades together and pushed forward in a cross-slash, severing the Hannibal's head.

The only issue was that the two of them were close to falling in the water. Before Shirou could, Saber had leapt over as well, grabbing Shirou by the scruff of his shirt and then, using the Mid-Air Jump skill she has installed in her God Arc, leapt again, being able to reach the top of the shipping container.

Letting go of Shirou, she sighed and said,

"Honestly Shirou. You need to be more careful. What if you fell in the water? That would've been difficult for you to escape."

Scratching the back of his head, he answered with a chuckle,

"Sorry Saber. But do you think we have enough data for Doctor Sakaki?"

"I do believe so."

Smiling at each other, they then made their way to leave.

And as they walked, Saber looked to Shirou, thinking on the strange attitude he observed, before shaking her head, believing that everything would be fine.

Wouldn't it?

*Page Break*

Thank you for reading. This is Cee, and the lack of reviews slightly scares me. Did I do something wrong? Another thing, the last chapter's title was a reference to UBW Abridged, calling Saber Baber.

Second, alright, listen. Magic is a thing, but no one can use it or knows about it. The most it does is make characters act like their usual Fate selves. An example of this is Shirou getting constant flashes to a certain someone, deciding his name, fighting style, and God Arc name. Also, his inner world. His Caladbolg is another example of this, just him instinctually naming this attack with a name the same as the original attack.

Third, Mid-Air Jump. Yup, I'm gonna mention game mechanics. Shirou should have this too, and I realize that, but I'll say that Shirou does not because... he had tried out another loadout to experiment.

Fourth, I'll probably get Hrunting in here later.

Fifth, sorry it's so short again.

Thank you all for reading.

Goodbye.