In section two everyone was shocked and saddened by what had just happened.
- "I can't keep watching this anymore!" - Hibiki said as she left the main room of the headquarters.
- "Where are you going?" - Tsubasa asked
- "Wait! I am going with you!" - Elfnein shouted trying to reach Hibiki
Tsubasa and Maria stayed there watching everything.
- "I hope she's alright..." - said Tsubasa sadly
Katsumi did not have enough phonic gain to keep her gear active so she returned to her civilian form and with what little strength she had left and looked for Kristen and Lucy until she found them near a lake in that same park, there she sat next to them and checked that they had vital signs which they had, although Lucy's were weaker than Kristen's.
- "At least they are alive" - Katsumi said with a slight smile
Katsumi laid down on the grass because she couldn't bear the pain she received in the previous fight
Andrew leaves the scene visibly angry but with a new plan in mind, one that will truly put the whole world on the horns of a dilemma, that plan was his last card to play.
The dawn made its appearance in the place, the first rays of sun covered the 3 girls providing them with a soft and cozy warmth.
The authorities arrived to make their pertinent investigations, among that group were Hibiki and Elfnein who did not hesitate to approach the girls to check on their own how they were.
- "How are you feeling?" - Hibiki asked Katsumi who was the only one who had not fallen unconscious
- "Compared to what they've been through, I am feeling amazing" - Katsumi replied with a smile
- "I see ..." - Hibiki said standing up - "I need a medical team in this area!" - ordered
- "They are on their way!" - Elfnein said
- "Don't worry, I can walk alone- Tch! That hurts" - Katsumi said trying to get up and walk a few steps
- "You better not try too hard" - Hibiki said smiling while holding Katsumi
- "Yes, also the battle was too rough for you. It's your first time wielding a Symphogear" - added Elfnein
- "You are right, we should just wait" - Katsumi said lowering her face but without letting her smile fade
The medical team arrived at the scene and picked up Kristen and Lucy on separate stretchers, Katsumi was taken to a nearby ambulance to receive first aid.
{Opening: "DAYBREAKERS" by Nana Mizuki}
EP5: "Bonds"
In the city of Los Cabos ...
A strong thunderstorm could be heard in the distance, Andrew drank a glass of wine which he threw furiously against a wall, Lara witnessed the scene.
- "Fuck the plans, now this is personal Section 2!" - Andrew said - "Lara! Prepare the laboratory, I will need a strengthening"
Lara looks at Andrew for a moment, then fixes her gaze on the relic that is wating to be tested and an idea came up in her mind but she needed to prevent Andrew from being suspicious for it to work.
- "Oh, and also ... Tell Jean to get ready, she will soon go out to see the sunlight" - Andrew added, then looked for a moment at Lara and then continued on his way.
Meanwhile at Section 2...
Kristen is in a bed unconscious inside a medical room, meanwhile Lucy was in a nearby hospital in the same condition as Kristen.
Elfnein was reviewing the data of both girls.
- "I must say that we were lucky, the bodies of both girls supported all that power, quantum technology is something impressive" - thought Elfnein
- "Is there any news?" - Katsumi asked while arriving to the place
- "Oh, it's you Katsumi, fortunately they are stable, although they will take a little longer to recover" - Elfnein replied
- "Good, I would have felt horrible if something bad had happened to them" - Katsumi said smiling
Elfnein smiles slightly upon hearing that statement.
- "If you want you can accompany her for a while" - Elfnein said
- "Seriously?"
- "Yes, the worst part is already over" - replied Elfnein
- "Oh, thank you Miss Elfnein!" - Katsumi replied entering the room
- "No problem, I'll go see the other girl's health reports"
Inside the room where Kristen is ...
- "Hello, I'm glad to know that you're feeling better..." - Katsumi stops her talking when she doesn't know what else to say
- "You see..." - she said while scratching her head - "...when I saw you on the news, I wanted to know you better and… Why not? We could even be friends and everything..." - Katsumi has her mind again blank - "...You may wonder why I tell you this, well... I have never had friends, I have been under the care of master Maria for as long as I can remember and despite the fact that she told me that I should have life social like any other person, I focused on my career and my training in Special Martial Arts and to be honest... I would like to change that now that I have been given this opportunity"
Katsumi turns around turning her back on Kristen and lowering her face thinking 'Why am I doing this?'
- "You're on the right track" - replied a familiar voice behind her
Kristen had awakened from her unconscious state.
- "You woke up! Great! Wait... Did you hear everything I said?" - Katsumi asked, feeling really nervous
- "Everything" - Kristen replied
- "Eeeh-!" - Katsumi blushed and was alarmed by that answer
- "Come on, don't be ashamed, it is very beautiful what you want to do considering the world we live in" - Kristen said as she tried to sit on the bed - "By the way, I was very interested in the Special Martial Arts part, what is that about? "
- "Ah that… It is a discipline that goes beyond the conventional, it allows you to control an internal energy that all humans have-" - Katsumi is interrupted by Elfnein and Hibiki who arrive at the place
- "Ah, Kristen, you woke up!" - Hibiki said happily
- "Oh, Commander, Elfnein, what a pleasant surprise" - Kristen said
- "I should be the one to say that, you worried us like never before" - Hibiki said changing his expression
- "I... I'm sorry, that was the first thing that came into my mind that could stop her" - Kristen said feeling as she was being scolded by her mother
Hibiki sighs - "Fortunately you made it and now the girl is in a nearby hospital, she got there worse off than you"
- "But she is okay, right?" - Kristen asked somewhat worried
Elfnein hits Hibiki on the head with her tablet
- "Yes Kristen, she is already stable although it was harder to stabilize her" - replied Elfnein
- "Why did you do that?" - Hibiki asked
- "She just woke up from a state of unconsciousness, don't make her worry about this now" - Elfnein replied almost scolding Hibiki
- "Ah, sorry Kristen did not want to overwhelm you" - Hibiki apologized - "Well, we should go check some things, continue with your talk"
- "Wait, Commander!" - Kristen stopped her
- "Yes?"
- "Before you arrived, Katsumi was talking to me about something called Special Martial Arts, do you know anything about it?"
- "Oh, that was the last thing Master Kazanari taught me before his retirement, it is about controlling an internal energy of the body, right?" - Hibiki replied
- "Exactly!" - Katsumi replied - "I didn't think you knew that discipline"
- "Ah, I think I know where you are going" - Hibiki crossed her arms and put a confident expression on her face - "When we finish with all this, I will teach you everything I know"
- "Can I go too? I still can't perfect the energy control part" - Katsumi asked
- "Yes, why not? It will help them later in their work as wielders" - said Hibiki
Kristen and Katsumi look at each other excitedly.
Several days pass, Kristen and Katsumi worked together for the rapid recovery of the Trishula user, at the same time both young girls struck up a friendship that seemed lifelong.
At night...
- "W-Where am I?" - Lucy wondered when she woke up in the hospital bed, she looked in all directions somewhat confused until she noticed a familiar silhouette in the window which she could recognize thanks to the moonlight.
- "Thank heavens, you woke up" - said a voice which Lucy immediately recognized
- "Lara?" - Lucy asked in a soft voice
- "Yes, I will not ask how you feel because at first glance I know the answer" - Lara answered, approaching Lucy, then she gently took Lucy's hand - "Forgive me for what happened"
Lucy smiles a little and hugs Lara as a few tears roll down her cheeks.
- "I still keep the promise we made, I must go see someone, excuse me for not staying with you any longer" - Lara said, going out the window
- "Don't worry, I'm happy that you came to see me and yes, we will return to our home" - Lucy replied
Lara jumps out of the window and disappears.
Meanwhile in Section 2 Kristen goes to the pantry to have a glass of water, the light from the fridge reveals Lara sitting on a seat in the place who surprises Kristen with her sudden appearance.
Kristen adopts a fighting position.
- "What the hell do you want!?" - Kristen asked altered
- "Don't worry, I come in peace" - Lara said getting up from her seat
Kristen still had was doubting Lara's intentions.
- "What's going on here?" - Katsumi asked
- "Katsumi, that girl did something very horrible the day I fought on the commercial area, don't trust her" - Kristen warned still in defensive mode
Katsumi stared at Lara for a moment.
- "I insist, I come in peace, I want to tell you something of great importance" - Lara said trying to convince the wielders
- "Okay, let's sit there" - Katsumi said completely calm
- "Katsumi!" - Kristen said still upset
- "I think you should listen to people more" - Katsumi said as she sat in one of the armchairs
Kristen agrees to Katsumi's proposal but very reluctantly.
- "Okay, you can start when you want to" - Katsumi said letting Lara explain herself
- "I lived with two friends of mine in a place called Los Cabos in the state of Baja California, we had a relatively normal life, we went to school and played until one day an army of men descended from a cargo helicopter, they murdered our parents and they kidnapped us... "- told Lara
- "How horrible" - Katsumi reacted
- "That is not all, a man named Andrew Black began to experiment with a group of girls who were with us in that place, injected them with enormous doses of a drug similar to the LiNKER that you use and caused pain with a neural system the which he implanted into their brain to create compatibility with the relics that I stole that time, due to the impact of that experiment almost all the girls died, only 3 survived, the girl with whom you fought in the park, me and one more that at this time must be being prepared for what is perhaps the biggest attack Japan will see after the atomic bombs"
- "Wait, you say that guy is going to attack the country!?" - Kristen asked
- "I said that"
- "Why?" - Katsumi asked a little dismayed
- "From what I heard, their objective is to create living and powerful weapons to have all the governments of the world at their feet and thus be able to succeed in their criminal activities." - Lara replied
Lara stands up
- "I want to make a request" - Lara said
- "What is it about?" - Katsumi asked
- "Take care of the girl you have in the hospital; it is very likely that after this I will never see her again. And also..." - Lara whispered, voice breaking a little bit more with every word she said
- "There is more?" - Kristen asked
- "I want you to save my friend Jean!" - Lara said with tears in her eyes
- "Jean?" - Katsumi and Kristen asked
- "She is the one who will carry out the attack under Andrew's control, please, I beg you to save her!" - Lara said crying - "I pretended to be Andrew's right hand with the sole objective of finding the perfect opportunity to save them from that torture and return to our home"
Katsumi puts her hand on Lara's head
- "Okay, we accept your request, we will take care of your friend and save Jean, right Kristen?"
- "Yes! That asshole will not get away with it!" - Kristen exclaimed with a slightly raised fist
- "Thank you. I really appreciate it!" - Lara thanked while drying her tears
The next day...
Hibiki and Kristen drive to the hospital where Lucy is at.
- "I see, so that's the plan that this guy Andrew has" - Hibiki said
- "Yes, and there is also something else"
** Hindsight **
- "Before I go I want to show you something" - Lara said when she was leaving
- "What?"
Lara takes out a pendant with relic on it.
- "Laevateinn" - Lara said confessing that she is also a wielder
Katsumi and Kristen are surprised by this revelation
** End of hindsight **
- "I understand, this is getting kind of interesting" - Hibiki said
Kristen did not say a single word.
- "This time I will protect everyone, I will not let anyone fall" - Kristen thought as she clenched her right fist
Both arrive at the hospital where Lucy was waiting for them with a nurse, they discharged her after many days fighting for her life because of what she suffered in battle.
Lucy is taken to the headquarters and made available to Section two who took some legal measures because of the previous incident.
Several days later ...
Katsumi and Kristen train in the simulator, being able to develop several coordinated movements, but the last movement was giving them problems ...
- "Now Katsumi!" - Kristen shouted being in one of the simulation buildings
- "Yes!" - her staff lengthens giving her an upward thrust
Kristen runs through the building and jumps to the same place where Katsumi was going to finish ascending but the trajectory is altered
- "Aaah watch out!" - Kristen shouted but they hit eachother's head and fall to the ground
Elfnein and Lucy watched them from the control room
- "That must have hurt..." - said Elfnein
- "With this one we have failed five times!" - Katsumi said complaining about the blow
- "You definitely have a very hard head" - Kristen said with a tear in her eye
- "They did not succeed, I think something is missing" - said Lucy
- "Yes? What do you think it is?" - Elfnein asked curious to know what Lucy would say
- "They go up at an uneven time, the strength of their jump is also uneven, when Katsumi uses her staff and reaches two meters, Kristen uses a jump that exceeds her by a few centimeters, that small unit makes a huge difference, I propose that when Katsumi uses the staff and reaches 1.5 meters, Kristen uses an additional obstacle to propel herself and thus coincide at two meters in height, so they will be on par and will be able to execute the attack without problems "- Lucy replied, surprising Elfnein, Katsumi and Kristen who also heard everything
- "Eh? What exactly did he mean by that?" - Katsumi asked
- "She said that I should look for something else to execute my jump" - Kristen replied while looking at something she could use, then located a garbage container - "I think that's what I need, Katsumi, let's try again!"
- "Yes!" - Katsumi replied when suddenly the alarm rings through the headquarters
- "Kristen, Katsumi! I need you to show up urgently!" - Hibiki called through the loudspeaker
Both girls nod and quickly go to the main control room
- "What's going on?" - Kristen asked arriving at the place with Katsumi, Elfnein and Lucy
- "A huge horde of Noise is in the city destroying everything" - replied an operator
The images show a huge stain of purple, orange, red and green colors which begins to cover the streets of the city, shortly after that, several explosions occur there.
Kristen looked at Katsumi and they both noded.
- "You must go to end the Noise and rescue the people who are trapped!" - Hibiki said in a firm voice
- "Yes!" - both carriers replied
- "Tachibana!" - Tsubasa called scaring Hibiki a little
- "Yes, Prime Minister Kazanari?" - Hibiki replied
- "I just wanted to tell you that the evacuation protocol has been executed, have you already sent the wielders?" - Asked the president
- "That's right, they are on the way" - replied Hibiki
- "Perfect, and how is Kristen? Because of my work I couldn't keep track of her"
- "She is already much better, she even has an interest in learning the martial art that the master taught me before his retirement"
- "Wow, then there is no doubt that she is fine" - Tsubasa replied with a slight smile
Kristen and Katsumi were already reaching their destination in one of the helicopters driven by Maria
- "Wow, there are a lot of them!" - Katsumi said surprised by the amount of Noise
- "It is cumbersome but it is not hard to end them" - Kristen said with a serious expression
- "Are you ready?" - Maria asked while placing the helicopter in position
- "Yes!" - Both carriers answered while preparing their respective relics
Kristen and Katsumi signaled a goodbye to Maria who responded in the same way
- "Now Katsumi!" - Kristen said jumping from the helicopter
- "After you!" - Katsumi replied, also jumping from the helicopter
- "Chandrama Bhaala Trishula Tron"
-"Ruyi Jingu Bang wukong a Tron"
{BGM: "Trishula • Quantum Burst"}
Kristen landed heavily in one of the places with the highest concentration of Noise destroying a large group of them.
- "Okay..." - Kristen said when she looked around
- "Let's do this!" - They said in unison
- "Yes! You owe me a soda" - Katsumi said by the communicator of her Gear
- "Quantum Gear, Level 2!"
Kristen nails the end of her trident into the ground generating a green circle, then the top of the trident begins to spin on its own axis quickly generating a scale tornado with some lightning, then jumps into the sky and throws it, destroying a large group of Noise.
"OLYMPUS WRATH"
Another group of Noise was heading towards Kristen, she uses the previous attack to finish them off in a single movement.
{BGM: "Ultimate Legend • Ruyi Jingu Bang"}
Katsumi ends the Noise from her area one by one using her staff.
- "Quantum Gear, Level 2!"
Katsumi uses her right fist to hit the ground, a rock pillar lifts Katsumi until she is in fron of the sun, her gear begins to absorb some of the solar energy, and her body begins to emit energy similar to fire.
The staff is divided into two parts which adhere to her hands giving the appearance of larger iron hands, Katsumi jumps from the pillar and turns her body on its own axis with her fists in front of it, that movement causes a similar force of a tornado which hits the group of Noise destroying them instantly, then using the remaining power continues to destroy the rest of them.
"Tokubudou Dai-2-Kai Undou: Shippuryuu-ken"
- "Perfect, keep it up!" - Hibiki said cheering them on from the headquarters
- "Roger that!" - both carriers answered
Lucy saw the battle next to Elfnein with a serious expression.
The girls continued their work, ending the Noises, who were not too strong.
- "You were right, it's cumbersome" - Katsumi said to Kristen over the communicator
- "Yes, but we have to fulfill our mission" - Kristen replied
The environment suddenly begins to change to a purple, magenta, blue and black color, the Noise stop their attack and begin to gather in one place.
- "You spoiled all my plans, you were wrong to mess with me, now you will pay" - said a male voice which echoed throughout the place while imposing footsteps were heard at the same intensity.
A half-naked man with large muscles and various marks on his skin makes his appearance, a terrifying amount of dark energy emanates from his body.
The girls were on guard when they saw their new opponent.
Lucy recognizes that man and her expression shows great terror.
- "Hey, what's up Lucy?" - Elfnein asked
- "I-It's ... It's him! Andrew Black!" - Lucy said with terror in her voice
- "For real...?" - Hibiki wondered - "But... He doesn't look like the photo in the report, he also looks much more powerful"
- "Kristen, Katsumi, do you hear me?" - Hibiki called the girls
- "Affirmative!" - Kristen replied
- "Be very careful when you fight him, and do not put yourselves in danger." - Hibiki said
- "Oh, and you had to remind it to me…" - Kristen thought - "Okay, we will" - she answered to the warning
Katsumi reaches Kristen's side and they both get into a fighting position
- "I will have a lot of fun with you, Symphogears!" - Andrew shouted amid his desire to kill the carriers.
3 hearts, two of them covered with the fire of justice and the other covered with the flames of darkness.
A legendary clash between 3 incredibly powerful forces is about to begin!
{Ending: "Sound of Mind" por Ayahi Takagaki}
Next Episode: "END OR NEXT"