Ludo Gloria sat in a grand penthouse apartment in Von Braun. The blonde haired and blue eyed man had an incredible and almost panoramic view of the city, but his mind was focused on the fact that this reality was so similar but so very different than his own.
It wasn't like the Mirror Universe of Star Trek different but more like that Third Doctor story in differences. Even being a politician and businessman had left Ludo pondering those differences and similarities and wondering the value of a person in the flow of events.
Then again the impact one woman not being completely rebuilt, and Michiru Saotome not infected by the Invaders and killing herself seemed to be extremely major.
Michiru Saotome not dead meant that Professor Saotome hadn't gone insane and caused a mess even to Beowulf and Cooplawski. Thankfully Ryoma Nagare hadn't been required to be let out of prison in that accident to clean up the incident.
Ludo still was sorting out if several soldiers not dying had quite as massive of an effect on things. Though the White Devil seemed at least somewhat important in the grand scheme of things.
'And the Wizarding World thing is very strange,' Ludo admitted as he thought about that.
Especially given who was involved in this reality for that subculture had been dead for centuries in his.
Which did explain why the 13th Autonomous Corps in his reality never had an Admiral Jean-Luc Delacour lead it.
To Ludo the 13th Autonomous Corps was a unit that Beowulf and Cooplawski had destroyed. Though there were rumors there were survivors like that former friend of Cooplawski that formed their own group called the March Wind or became part of Vindel's bunch of malcontents.
Groups that to Ludo they were personally something he could crush easily if Cooplawski or Beowulf didn't get to them first.
Ludo wondered if Londo Bell would be as easy. Especially after his one project was completed and mass produced. He trusted it would work better than the Death Eaters.
The CEO of GReAT then sighed as that bunch was better than Dekim Barton. There were a great deal of less than complimentary things he could call the head of the Barton Foundation and a man who intended to use his granddaughter in a painfully transparent way to be king of the world.
It was as though Dekim Barton didn't realize everyone would see through a little girl claiming she was queen of the world due to her father being a high ranked special force leader. Or various other facts that made the whole thing a farce.
Ludo sighed as if he didn't have to work with the Barton Foundation for various reasons he'd have removed them from the board already. He had the sort of firepower to do that after all.
'At least Barton is less annoying than SEELE,' Ludo mused.
He then snorted remembering what had happened to that group in his reality. Or what Beowulf making that Angel infested Eva and its pilot like him had done. That mix of human, whatever else Beowulf was, Angel, and Eva had utterly destroyed the mass produced Evangelions of SEELE.
Ikari's plans definitely got crushed after that by Cooplawski and Commander Andru.
Ludo was driven from his musings as he had an incoming call.
The mood of President Gloria didn't improve when he found it was a call from the head of LOGOS. Inwardly he sighed as he was tired of having to deal with that annoying cabal.
Yet none of that annoyance showed on his face as the image of Muruta Azrael. Ludo figured it'd be that guy or the wannabe Bond villain Lord Djibril.
Ludo wondered what Djibril really was the lord of.
"Ah Muruta it is good to see you again," Ludo lied with complete conviction.
"So you heard what some weird campy alien has shown up?' Muruta asked.
Ludo tried to not groan. Really what did anyone expect given someone sent a message into space for any aliens to follow back to Earth? It was daring invaders to come and trash the place.
"Is this about trying to take whatever starship the alien has for ourselves?" Ludo inquired hoping this call had a point.
Muruta smiled slightly. "It'd actually be to help the Earth given this Killer the Butcher has a horrible reputation."
Ludo avoided commenting the alien Muruta and LOGOS was working with wasn't someone Duke Fleed would like. He had to keep secret he knew about that guest of LOGOS.
Ludo then wondered if Axion Foundation made gear along with Anaheim Electronics mobile suits would work as a cover for this strike against Killer the Butcher. He didn't want anyone to know he was involved in this.
After all the man from another reality didn't want to show his hand just yet.
'Plus this could weaken Muruta's private army which works great for my plans,' Ludo mused.
"I have some ideas," the CEO of GREaT said out loud.
And perhaps it could also deal with more than one bird with one stone. He also wondered if that one nihilistic scientist that was part of the Nabara Connection could be useful down the road.
After all an apathetic to humanity scientist always would be willing to do things a scientist that had faith in humanity won't.
V-V-V
It was a hope of many in the UK Wizarding World that the shockwaves of Londo Bell would one day stop. So far that seemed to be a pipe dream as Hogwarts found a parking space for a symposium on Antibodies and all related to the subject.
There were actually students at Hogwarts that looked forward to this and actually were aware of Plates, Antibodies, Grand Chers, and Orphan due to Yuu giving discussions on them.
Needless to say that alone made some letters Hogwarts students sent out really weird and students wondering if the Antibodies could use magic as Yuu explained they were alive. The fact Cybuster and Zamzeed used prana aka magic and they weren't organic made that actually a legitimate question to ponder.
Cybuster and the magically powered mecha of La Gias being able to mix magic and technology like that annihilated a lot of preconceptions on tech and magic being unable to work together for the magic using subculture of the UK.
Though to Harry he just hoped this event didn't get attacked by someone for who knows what reason. He wanted something to not involve an assault for once. To be able to go something and not be shot at by someone or something would be nice.
Ron felt odd being at such an event. It was something his father would enjoy being at, and try to retain all information that was given.
Sadly Arthur Weasley was not able to take time off to travel with Londo Bell.
What surprised Harry was that there were Slytherins that were at the symposium. Most had just removed the robes for their school uniforms for this, but would work just fine as something to wear. Especially given some of the outfits the Londo Bell pilots had one.
Scorpius was among the group of students as he honestly wanted to learn more about the very strange world he'd ended up in. While he didn't wish to become a mecha pilot, there was no reason he shouldn't become versed in all the various things that he didn't know or didn't exist in his time and place.
'I wonder if our time turner being destroyed the way it was means more than being sent back in time,' Scorpius mused to himself.
He also wondered what could cause them to do that to happen. What had they done that was any different from anyone else using a time turner? Was that it could go back far longer than a normal time turner not as perfected as people thought?
Another person looking forward to all this was Ginny. She actually found the idea of living mecha to utterly fascinating. Inwardly the second year student wondered if it was as much as her father enjoyed muggle things and her brother Charlie was interested in dragons.
Ginny imagined what it'd be like to be piloting what would be of course called Ginny Brain going by how every other Antibody in the Novis Noah as given the first name of the pilot and then Brain. She also was completely sure even her wildest thoughts would not be a strange as what Coop would cause in combat.
Coop did things that even his own jaded to strangeness teammates found insane. Which honestly scared Ginny a great deal.
Ginny found there was something nearly as baffling as Coop's actions when the Novis Nova crew met with Londo Bell.
"...Is Hime giving Kanan a dirty look?" Harry said in surprise.
"I think your friend has feelings for Yuu she doesn't like talking about," Hayato chuckled.
"And she thinks that Kanan will get in the way of them," Harry groaned.
"So who wants to tell any of them how soap opera that all is?" Koji asked.
Ron wondered what soap operas were. He was sure it wasn't bars of soap doing operas as that didn't apply to what he was seeing. So he made a mental note to ask what a soap opera was later.
'Mum might want to see some of those if it is like what Kanan, Yuu, and Hime are doing,' Ron thought to himself.
"Young love is so cute," Excellen cooed.
Kyosuke just rolled his eyes.
Ginny wasn't sure what exactly to make of Hime at that. Especially given she doubted Yuu would know if a girl liked him or not. He seemed rather thick headed to her in that regard.
"Glad Yzak doesn't have a third person involved in his relationship," Dearka snorted.
"Huh?" Yzak said in utter confusion. "What are you guys talking about?"
"You mean he doesn't know?" Athrun remarked.
"I don't know what?" Yzak asked as this wasn't making sense to him.
"That...oh man," Dearka sighed. "Shiho has a crush on you."
"...She...she does?" Yzak said confused.
Dearka and Athrun just gave Yzak a look.
Harry felt much better knowing that even enhanced intelligence didn't make figuring out if a girl liked you easier. It meant whenever he started dating and made a mistake like that to not feel so bad about it.
Or to not take it badly when people had no idea when it came to love.
Ron then wondered if Hime, Yuu, Kanan had heard all that commentary about their weird hang ups and public actions. What worried him was it seemed that they didn't as no one was being quiet.
"Those Reclaimers are all dense," Ken Kaido commented. "A denseness that if it could be used as armor plating on mecha it'd take being shot at by the Macross."
"Hey!" they heard yelled.
Albus wondered if the Reclaimers knew what he looked like when he realized who just yelled that. Things would get ugly if they did and Albus won't blame them not being happy he was here. Nor would he blame them for getting violent with him.
"Wow," Ryoma commented seeing the Reclaimers. "Your leader let the bunch of you come or did you manage to do this without them knowing?"
"The latter is very likely," Hayato mused.
"And look it's the Good Child," Ken remarked. "And yeah we know you want to go by a different name but we don't care."
Yuu was surprised to see his sister at a loss for words. He had a feeling she felt they did that in combat to mess with her head and that it wasn't really how some members of Londo Bell felt.
A theory that was utterly wrong.
Yuu then realized that wasn't going to go over well with his sister. She wouldn't take her denials of the name she was born in such a flippant manner with good humor.
None of the Reclaimers took insults lightly.
"So this is the bunch you say is from the Island of Misfit Toys," Yzak noted.
"I don't think they understand the reference," Dearka added given the Reclaimers looked confused.
"It probably would be best to not do that here," Wind commented as he looked directly at the pilots that would disagree.
The Reclaimers got out their smart phones and looked it up.
It didn't take them long to find out what that meant.
"HEY!" Jonathan bellowed.
"I knew it was rude but I didn't think it was this rude," Sheila Glass growled.
"Want to start something?" Ryoma commented looking ready to crush the Reclaimers.
Even the Reclaimers had the sense to not want to fight the infamous pilot.
"We aren't that nuts," Quincy answered.
"Well there goes any entertainment this event will have," Ken sighed.
"I'm sure something will come along to amuse you," Excellen commented.
Ken thought about it for a moment and realized she was likely correct.
Amuro checked to see if the Reclaimers had been invited to this event or just showed up because they could. As in he used his smart phone to see if the Reclaimers had any planned panels on the website for this event.
"So were they listed as being here?" Koji asked.
"Their panels are basically listed as to be announced for the times," Amuro replied.
"So basically invited but no one knew if they'd turn up," Ron mused.
"That says a lot," Harry commented.
"Though someone was already picked for the moderator for those panels," Amuro stated with bemusement.
The Londo Bell members figured it was to be one of them. There was no one else that really had a chance of getting through to those zealots. Or at least scare them into keeping things civilized and not just ranting about their manifesto.
Of course that was when Jonathan saw the captain of the Novis Noah. The taunts of various Londo Bell pilots and what Albus Severus had said to him about said captain didn't penetrate or at least weren't believed by the Reclaimer.
Jonathan refused to believe that he was wrong on anything and that his mother might have messed up but still cared about him. To admit that foundation of his worldview was wrong would send the whole thing tumbling to the ground.
Without that worldview everything he had done would be for nothing. He would literally be nothing. Jonathan Glenn had to be something and somebody.
The Reclaimers then realized they had to work fast. They had panels to set the times for and not a lot of prep time to do it in.
Harry honestly wished them good luck on that.
V-V-V
The hall was full of people. Though the Reclaimers noticed a lot of Londo Bell members in the audience. They kept an eager and very eagle eyed look at the Reclaimers.
Sheila was very unnerved by the look Hayato Jin gave her with she looking him in the eye. It promised pain, death, and destruction. She could tell those would come if the man felt like it.
"It is like they wish to control us," Quincy muttered.
"It isn't like we've shot at them repeatedly," Sheila said softly. "Oh wait we have."
Even the Reclaimers had to admit that wasn't going to make them friends.
However Jonathan was glaring at his mother as she was part of the audience.
Quincy had to elbow him in the gut to make him stop.
Jonathan gave a pained expression at that.
The Reclaimers then waited a few minutes before getting started.
"Thank you for all coming," Jonathan spoke up. "We hope this clears up some things."
Various members of Londo Bell wondered if the Reclaimers knew that Jonathan Glenn was coming off a bit smug in his delivery.
They had no idea that this was the Reclaimer trying to tone that down.
"So let's take questions as I am sure they'll be the usual ones," Jonathan stated. "So in the school uniform."
"So what gives you all the right to go around and swipe biotech that is on the planet? I mean are those Plates even from Orphan or did you all just appoint yourselves the ones to take it because you can?" Scorpius inquired.
"Yeah well we," Jonathan stated before feeling a bit of fear.
He turned to the moderator and found it best to not look him directly in the eye.
"The next words out of your mouth better not being proclaiming about how you and the rest of the Reclaimers intend to leave the Solar System on Orphan," Major Kitamura stated sharply.
Jonathan kept his mouth shut. As did the rest of the Reclaimers.
One could see why the major had been made the moderator for this panel.
"Thank you," Kai said much calmer.
Harry was relieved that at least someone could keep order. He hadn't been sure even the Hell Instructor would be enough before the panel started.
'Still a calm and rational discussion would be nice,' Harry thought to himself.
"You can't believe everything you see on TV and the news," Quincy then stated calmly. "There is more going on than what those sources say about the Reclaimers and Orphan."
Everyone took that as possible. Though Londo Bell was pretty sure that the psyche reports and such of the Reclaimers were complete and accurate.
That no one was hurling insults or interrupting her was something Quincy took as being encouraging. Or at least not throwing out what they say loudly.
"We know how Plates and such work far better than the so called experts outside of the Reclaimers," Quincy stated. "Even those of the Novis Noah."
"It is something we have learned," Kai noted. "And wanting to study them is not the problem."
As the claims to be the only ones worthy to survive their ship leaving the Earth was where most of the bones of contention arose. Or that they could use starships if they wanted to leave the Solar System and settle somewhere else.
"Also better us than Doctor Hell," Jonathan stated. "I mean who knows what he'd do an Antibody."
Everyone in Londo Bell didn't look happy at the thought of what insane things Doctor Hell would make out of Antibodies.
"Next question," Major Kitamura stated.
"So do any of you get sick piloting Grand Chers?" Harry asked. He had heard of Kanan feeling terrible due to using one.
That question stopped the Reclaimers short for a moment.
"Someone got sick piloting them?" Sheila asked in surprise.
"Your former comrade Kanan Gimms did," Kai answered.
The Reclaimers were shocked at that.
Harry took it that Reclaimers had trouble talking to each other and anything subtle was beyond them.
"Well I am sure her partner had no idea either," Jonathan said a bit weakly.
Yuu didn't say anything as that was honestly true.
Then came a bit of a silence.
Harry then raised a hand.
"You the Londo Bell pilot," Jonathan commented.
"What is the difference between a Grand Cher and an Antibody?" Koji asked to the shock of many.
"A difference is in the Antibody is what a Plate that hasn't been altered by us is," Quincy stated. "And not every Antibody can be altered into a Grand Cher. Grand Chers also have the advantage of being much more controllable."
That was taken in by the audience and Yuu was thinking about if that was as good of a thing given he'd piloted a Grand Cher and an Antibody. It was something that would require research.
'A pros and cons chart for both also would come in handy,' Yuu pondered.
Suddenly a door slammed open.
"There is word of two plates being found," a Reclaimer that hadn't been part of the panel said from just outside the door.
"This presentation is over," Jonathan said as he was making his way to the door. "Oh and the other panels we were to have are canceled."
"Well there goes any chance of things being civil," Nanga sighed.
"Still we get to smash the Reclaimers in the face again," Ken said with a grin.
"And here all I wanted to do was enjoy an event and not end up fighting someone," Harry groused.
Neville patted Harry's shoulder.
"Always next time," Ron commented.
Harry did not look very hopeful at that as he ran for the exit and for Hogwarts. He grumbled a few words he was sure Mrs. Weasley won't want to hear from him. At the moment he really didn't care about her approval of that or not.
He honestly just wanted to get out how much was annoying him.
Albus Severus made a note to not repeat what his father had been saying. Ever.
They were not what one said in polite company, and that went double for around his grandmother.
V-V-V
To say things were tense at the dig was an understatement. They all knew that the Reclaimers would want those plates.
They also knew that word of them would get out sooner than later.
The first sign that the group studying the pair of Plates had that the Reclaimers knew about this was Grand Chers showing up and attacking. No one could ever claim the Reclaimers were subtle.
It left those under attack hoping Londo Bell was going to show up.
"Get away from those Plates," Jonathan called out.
Shin Getter gave him a rude hand gesture.
"Not happening," Ron commented.
"Don't think you scare us," Sheila Glass remarked.
"I don't think anything actually scares you all much," Harry noted. "Even if some of it should."
The Reclaimers were not sure what to say to that.
Then the clouds started to darken and fear hit them.
"I swear he does that just to show off," Ryoma muttered.
No one ruled that out.
The Grand Chers moved at their usually high rate of speed to avoid being struck by a Thunder Break.
Jonathan was the one to get struck by it.
"AAHHHHHHHH!" Jonathan screamed in pure pain.
"Do you purposely pick him?" Yuu asked his teammates.
"Yes," Sayala agreed as she opened fire on the smug Reclaimer.
It made Sheila and the others really glad to not be well known or to have really annoyed Londo Bell. Especially given the Getter team really hated Jonathan.
Getting the attention of the Getter team in combat was a very good way to end up very dead.
They also held the Death Caprice Squad in the same regard.
"He wishes to be considered the most important pilot," Kai commented. "And that isn't always the best idea."
"No kidding," Yuu agreed.
Then there was a massive explosion and a Grand Cher was on fire.
"And I just put my cup down," Coop said a bit surprised.
Then again the cup had pulled a switch that was next to the cup holder with "Massive bomb" under it.
"Well that seemed normal for Coop," Amuro groaned.
Then came a massive blast from the Nu Gundam's main weapon.
"That thing worries me as well," Hime said to her Antibody.
A Reclaimer Grand Cher then got hit by a chakra blast from Yuu Brain as it tried to attack Hime Brain from behind.
Excellen smiled slightly.
Kyosuke managed to keep from rolling his eyes as he attacked a Grand Cher with his Claymores.
Neville then got an idea.
The trio of Getter jets reformed into Getter Two.
"What is that supposed to do with us able to fly?" Jonathan sneered.
The Black Getter 2 fired an energy beam from its eyes to the surprise of friends and foes.
Hayato was amused at how many forgot Getter Two could do that. Or that it could bore through the Earth given the power of those beams.
"Don't forget to drive that drill into Momma's Boy," Ryoma called out.
Jonathan Glenn once more growled in anger. The only thing he was glad of was that he could fly and Getter 2 could not. He also tried to avoid that they could getter change and fly right after him.
Though he had much more pressing issues as the GM Canard flew at him. To the shock of the Reclaimers the upgraded training unit was able to keep up with the Grand Cher in speed.
"I remember what I saw in the Zero system," Albus Severus stated. "I don't understand all of it, but I know what it showed of you. Your mother loves you deeply and will kill for you."
"Don't lie to me!" Jonathan screamed sounding almost hysterical.
"You are an idiot," Albus growled. "A purposely blind, smug, self centered idiot! One that I honestly think that my boot won't fit up your arse given your head is stuck there!"
"Not sure how women can put up with him," Hime commented.
"There isn't a lot of talking," Quincy Issa noted.
It left a very bad taste in Yuu's mouth. If he turned a bit green Yuu won't be surprised.
"Well that's more about his social life than I ever wished to find out," Nanga commented. "And very sure the captain already read the file they got on her son."
Jonathan wasn't sure if he was more angry or embarrassed at his mother knowing what he was up to on Orphan.
Then came the desire to find out how they would know, and who could have told them. Or how they had managed to get someone down in Orphan in the first place.
Quincy was surprised the woman that Jonathan utterly despised actually cared about him at all. Deep within her the jealous at that fact she knew her own parents didn't care that much about her burned brightly.
She could change her name and ignore her old one, but Quincy could not ignore that her family was extremely messed up. She didn't want to deal with the fact her brother was the only one to be getting any sort of help.
Jealousy also came up realizing he was the one who got to see their grandmother as well. To see the one member of the family that wasn't completely bent inside.
Quincy then got driven from her loathing by a beam knife coming right at her. She barely avoided having her mech disarmed like Jonathan's was.
Canard wasn't going to let that miss stop him from disarming a Grand Cher.
The supposedly "failed" Ultimate Coordinator then unleashed a burst of fire from his beam submachine gun.
Sheila's Grand Cher was struck by the barrage.
"Let's see how well your biomechs do against my Hyperion," Canard remarked with dark humor.
"That is something I'd rather not do," Shiela admitted.
"I wasn't giving you a choice," Canard stated with a disturbing expression on his face.
Albus really hoped he didn't sound that creepy when he used the Zero system because that made him extremely worried. Even with him not being who Canard was fighting he was a bit frightened.
Still Canard did listen when he heard one word.
"Chesto!" Sanger called out and a Grand Cher was a missing an arm.
Sheila used that get away from the maniac that tried to kill her.
Canard snorted. "I can deal with you later."
Ron focused on the fight and not how much Canard Pars was freaking him out at the moment and let loose on Jonathan's Grand Cher. The bio mech was knocked out of the sky and slammed into the ground.
Jonathan once he got up opened fire on Ron with the machine gun hand his Grand Cher had.
Kira got between Ron and Jonathan. The phase shift of the Strike Gundam took the bullets with ease.
"I might want to get that for my mobile suit," Ron commented.
"It is an energy hog," Amuro informed Ron. "And your mobile suit could not be fitted with a more powerful generator and such to compensate for it."
"Oh," Ron said sounding disappointed in that.
"I'm sure we can get you to be the test pilot of an MP version of one of those Gundams," Hayato mused.
Ron perked up at that.
Kira wasn't sure why someone would be happy to get that. Especially when it was someone who was forced into a cockpit like he was.
The so-called "Ultimate Coordinator" could not see someone enjoying something that he did not when it came to being shot at all the time.
Jonathan tried to avoid the guy with the forcefield.
Canard opened fire on the Grand Cher Quincy was using, and only the speed of the biomech kept her from being a stress test subject for the firepower of the Hyperion. It also showed that Quincy was a better pilot than Sheila.
Yuu despite his feelings against his family was concerned for his sister. Though he wondered if his parents even would react to her coming home in a body bag.
The pilot of Yuu Brain wasn't so sure they'd have any real emotional reaction to it.
Then there was a sudden burst of wind and it nailed the Grand Cher Jonathan was riding in.
"Looks like even Grand Chers have problems with that move," Koji chuckled.
The Grand Cher Jonathan was in then managed to rise up again.
"Owe," Jonathan groaned. "That didn't feel good."
"And we can make it feel worse," Hayato commented.
"Crap," Jonathan muttered.
The Reclaimer then saw Sanger Zonvolt's mech and was utterly speechless. No wonder the thing had cleaved an arm off Sheila's Grand Cher with ease.
"And here I thought his old mech was bad enough," Jonathan managed to get out. "This thing is worse!"
Even the most fanatical and hard headed Reclaimer was scared when they saw the Dygenguar.
"So you call wish to claim the Plates here," Sanger remarked. "That is not happening as long as I am here!"
"Well there went any chance this was going to be easy," Quincy managed to get out.
"Not that we made it that before," Hayato stated.
The Iron Z then unleashed a Rust Hurricane on the Grand Chers. The results were devastating on the ones that didn't manage to get away.
The shotgun of Kai's Gespenst unloaded on the still alive and coming apart biological mecha. It was considered a mercy killing for them.
In all the chaos Kanan stared at the Plate and wondered if she was feeling something. She wasn't sure if she should hold out any hope on that.
And yet there was something she felt.
Then it happened. The plate changed into an Antibody.
"Looks like we have a Kanan Brain now," Kai noted as the
"I just hope the Antibody doesn't make her sick," Fleur commented.
That was a hope everyone had. They also hoped Kanan won't stab them in the back though in the case of some pilots it was for her sake rather anyone else's.
They would be surprised to find that Kanan felt actually good in the cockpit of her new mech.
Like this would be a good thing for her.
Hope actually started to grow in Kanan at that.
Suddenly those strange mechs appeared again. The Death Army seemed to want to fight Londo Bell again.
"Here we go again," Sayla muttered.
Then they saw that some of the Death Army looked to have features of the Great Mazinger on them.
"That's not a good sign," Fleur said softly.
"Definitely not," Benkei agreed.
Ryoma just gave the Getter Smile.
"This will be fun," Ken called out.
"I am not so sure on that," Ron gasped.
"You also aren't considered to be so hot blooded you might melt a chunk of the Oort Cloud the size of the United Kingdom," Harry remarked.
"That is true," Ken Kaido admitted.
"How dare they," Tetsuya growled.
Then came several massive Death Army units with features of Daitarn 3.
"That's not good," Athrun commented.
"Definitely not," Wind remarked.
"Let's just hope they haven't tried making their own copies of Megas," Amuro stated.
"I don't think even Coop and Kiva are entirely sure how that works anymore," Goat interjected as he left Death Army mecha have it.
The thought of a Megas copy made those high tech zombies scared everyone. Even if the copy wasn't even a tenth as dangerous as the real thing.
"That says a lot," Kira admitted.
"My Antibody doesn't like them at all," Kanan informed everyone.
"Hime Brain agrees with that," Hime said after a moment.
"Same with Yuu Brain," Yuu spoke up.
"I don't think anyone likes them very much," Athrun commented.
The Reclaimers looked like they didn't want to be here now.
"I don't like how those things are looking at our Grand Chers," Quincy stated.
"I don't want them even looking at us," Sheila nearly growled.
There was no disagreement from the other Reclaimers on that statement.
Londo Bell also agreed they'd rather not have the Death Army looking at them.
"We need to get out of here," Quincy ordered.
"You don't need to tell me twice," Jonathan said as he felt utterly disturbed by the Death Army mecha.
The retreating at high speed Grand Chers had Londo Bell a bit surprised.
"And here I thought it'd take the mechs beating them up to get them to leave," Lotte admitted.
"I agree with that," Velt stated.
"They are hard headed," Kai noted.
Yuu didn't disagree with that statement. He knew he could get tunnel vision and won't let some issues go.
"Not that they are the only ones," Harry mused.
"That is true," Hayato commented.
"Speaking of tunnel vision," Mio remarked as she saw what the upgraded GM Canard was doing.
Albus Severus dodged the weird club/gun of a Death Army mobile suit. He wondered why the weapon was a gun and a club at the same time.
Still he struck it with his beam saber and the weapon of the Death Army mech got very hot.
"I wonder if this will be my normal now," Albus pondered out loud.
"Probably," Ron admitted. "I do."
Albus wasn't sure what to say to that comment.
Fleur unloaded on the Death Army and given what she was using was her most powerful mech was how far from the original Gundam this really was.
She then saw Amuro Ray unload with the massive gun that he had.
"That is something I doubt a FLAG would ever have," Graham Aker mused.
Fleur wasn't sure even Lowe and Coop could make that happen.
Then came something the Death Army was not expecting as five units that made up Go-Lion attacked.
"Hey guys," Tsuyoshi Seido called out in the Yellow Lion.
"We couldn't miss out on the fun," Isamu Kurogane remarked as he unleashed a missile barrage into the Death Army mecha.
"Don't think we have the same sort of definition of fun," Fleur remarked and saw something that worried her a bit.
As would seeing Megas and Fire Venus trying to top each other in wrestling moves to take out Death Army mecha would be to anyone sane.
Harry ran his hyper beam sabers through various Death Army mechs with ease and avoided being anywhere near Megas and Fire Venus.
"Like a hot knife through butter," Ron said with a smile.
Harry wasn't surprised Ron made that comparison.
"Can I get some of those later though?" Ron then asked. "I won't mind having even more powerful beam sabers."
"Ask Coop and Lowe," Harry replied. "I'm sure they'll give it a shot."
Ron was sure they would and actually looked forward to working with them.
Volunteer Ensign Weasley then snorted in amusement as a football used to be hard for him to understand and now he wanted to work with a pair of gearheads to upgrade the weapons of a mobile suit.
Weapons he even knew how they worked and what an I-Field was.
'I love my life,' Ron thought to himself.
Someone not so in love with their life was Masaki Akitsu. Sure the Death Army mobile suits having skeletons wired into them was easier for him to fight than living mecha with living pilots, but he really didn't feel cut out for this job.
Masaki also felt the only reason he hadn't gone insane was due to Londo Bell not being run by a bunch of thugs and jerks like Last Guardian.
'I wonder if Last Guardian would have driven me mad,' Masaki mused.
It was an unpleasant thought, but given how they had acted towards him before Major Yeager had shown up he won't be surprised if they could have caused that.
'And how does Miku fit into those,' Masaki mused. 'And why do that pair of twins keep being shocked when she shows up?'
It was a mystery that Masaki thought darkly that Last Guardian won't have tried to answer unless it was to hurt him.
Things then got crazy as a swarm of vehicles flew in. Some not looking like they should be able to do that as they were submarines or cars.
Even the enemy wasn't sure what to make of all that. Which given what the Death Army was said a lot.
For Masaki it drove him from his dark thoughts.
"Is there a reason they aren't all just aerial vehicles?" Harry asked after a moment.
It was a question left unanswered as the small army of vehicles went on the offensive. The barrage of fire on the Death Army.
"Well they sure are effective no matter what they are," Neville remarked.
"Glad they are here to help too," Ron said with a grin.
"Yeah they are handy," Ryoma commented as the beam from one of the cars blew up a Death Army mobile suit.
The Death Army as one tried to destroy the flying vehicles. The vehicles were faster than they expected.
The Daitarn sized Death Army units tried to swat the still flying vehicles out of the air. It was like watching someone try to hit a fly that had jet engines with a cheap plastic flyswatter.
Then the small army of vehicles started to come together. Something about how they did so seemed to be like that of Go-Lion.
"Is that a fifthteen man combiner mech?!" Harry gasped.
"I guess it is," Neville said in awe. "I didn't know you could even make something with that many piloted pieces."
"Guess you can," Ron said after a moment.
Albus Severus had no idea what to say seeing Dairugger. It was just so nuts even now to see something made of so many vehicles.
The Go-Lion team gasped as the merged form had something about it that resembled the merged form of their lions.
"Well that happened," Jamie remarked.
In Dairuggar the team leader felt this was the moment for them to shine.
"Ok let's show Londo Bell what we can do team!" Manabu Aki called out.
"Yeah!" the rest of the team called out.
Dairaggar then punched the air twice for some reason.
"I just hope their warm up is finished," Hayato commented.
Dairugger then went to work on the Death Army.
Neville was glad to see someone crushing the cyborg inferni. The things frankly scared him in a lot of ways. Even more so now as he had this feeling they wanted to see what their technology did to the biotech Plates.
No one had any doubts that would do nightmarish things that would be nasty to fight.
Then said Daitarns tried to hit was a much bigger target now.
Dairagger weathered their attack and looked ready to put the hurt on the massive Death Army units.
That the first attack was to grab the helicopter blades off the shoulders. Blue glow illuminated for them as they were in the hands of Dairagger.
Even the Death Army units weren't sure what to make of that.
"That was...something," Velt managed to get out.
That even Velt could just say that said so much.
Massive gusts of wind came from the Great Mazinger styled Death Army units. Something that Tetsuya did not take as the sincerest form of flattery.
"Time to show you what I think of your mockery!" Tetsuya called out.
Tetsuya fired off the Atomic Punches and a Navel Missile. He then let loose with a Great Typhoon. The gust of wind changed the directions of the attacks and struck Death Army units that were completely unprepared for them.
"Wow," Albus said as that was amazing.
"Yeah that always is impressive," Kai stated.
"I got something impressive as well," Lune remarked. "Cross Smasher!"
The energy attack slammed into enemy mecha and trashed several of them. Lune followed it up with her Valsione's sword to cut through the invading force.
Yet the number of the DG Cell powered mecha seemed endless. They took the idea of the Zombie GM to a whole new and horrific level.
Canard fired on the Death Army units.
"Die," Canard growled.
The barrage of firepower slammed into the Death Army mecha. The mecha attacking Canard's six didn't even get to Lightwave barrier as the fist of his CO's Gespenst struck one, and the Guncannon-like Gespenst of the XO unloaded on the othes.
The Zorin Soul let loose with its Long Fin Funnel on the invading force that tried to sneak up on Canard.
The next burst of energy was from Megas hit several Grugust themed Death Army mecha.
"The fact they are making those is a bad thing," Sayla remarked.
"No kidding," Yzak agreed.
The Black Getter then drove an axe into one of the Death Army mobile suits.
"Man these things are disgusting," Neville muttered.
No one disagreed with him on that.
Lotte then transformed her Grungust into tank mode and let the Death Army have it with a massive barrage of firepower.
"Now that is impressive," Albus said as things like that still surprised him.
"I'll show you impressive," Ryoma remarked.
Getter radiation started to form in the hand of Shin Getter.
Mio started humming what sounded a military march as that happened. Ryoma kind of liked it actually.
Ryoma then introduced a Death Army Daitarn to a Stoner Sunshine. The head of the mech was literally gone from the power of the attack.
The skyscraper sized mech then fell to the ground. There was a massive crash and a crater made from the impact.
"I think even the other Death Army mechs are surprised at that," Ron commented and broke the silence.
"Good," Ryoma said with Getter smile in place.
"And here they come," Hayato commented as the other Death Army Daitarns attacked.
Mazinkaiser SKL held up its sword and lightning struck it.
"Time to show those things size isn't everything," Ken Kaido called out.
"Did he just say that?" Fleur groaned as she tore through Death Army mobile suits.
"He did," Albus replied to his aunt.
"You know what I mean," Ken remarked as he unleashed the Thor Hammer Breaker on the Death Army.
"It sounded like something else," Sayla commented.
"No kidding," Sayaka spoke up.
"Maybe it wasn't the best phrasing," Jun mused out loud.
Ken fumed and took out his annoyance on the Death Army. He sliced, diced, and if could have turned the mechs into fries he would have.
There wasn't a mech that stood in the way of Mazinkaiser SKL that was left undamaged.
"I think that if the things had actual pilots they'd be scared now," Fleur commented.
"I would hope they would," Kai spoke up.
"I doubt they be as annoying as they are if they were piloted by people," Hayato Jin stated.
"Probably," Ryoma said after a moment.
Then there was a sudden a massive explosion as Zeorymer unleashed its power on the Death Army mecha. Even with the units being not piloted by people and Masaki being careful the Zeorymer caused massive amounts of destruction.
Kanan could feel that Kanan Brain was scared by that.
"It is alright," Kanan told her Antibody. "It scares me too."
The other new Antibody pilot was speechless at the raw power they had seen.
The pilots of the Dairuggar all felt that somehow Zeorymer was more powerful in terms of raw firepower than even their mech. The one thing that did keep the leaders of three teams was that the pilot of the Zeorymer was more like a member of the Junk Guild than anything.
V-V-V
Thomas Krieger hadn't thrown any curses at his Death Eaters. He hadn't hurt them in any way for their failure. Frankly he didn't see any point to as losing to a bunch of "muggles" would hurt them even more in some ways.
Though the implanted knowledge they were all aware that those without magic could be extremely dangerous, but knowing and experiencing something was two utterly different things.
He also was angry that he had lost his daughter. He hadn't been sure what to make of her, but now it seemed that he won't ever have the chance.
Thomas did not like having missed chances at things. Also there was something buried deep since he found out his father was a muggle and the dive his maternal family lived in. A want to have a family that he could be proud to call his.
Thomas had deep down felt that just maybe what he'd have with his daughter could be that.
It was a surprise, though a massively pleasurable one, to Thomas Krieger when his daughter walked through the door and onto the Death Eater's HQ on Axis.
"Delphini!" he called on extremely happy. "I thought you were dead."
"It wasn't easy getting out before that blade destroyed the Vayeate father," Delphini commented.
"The fact he was able to do so even after the attack by those Getter pilots is worrying," Thomas stated.
"I am also worried Hayato Jin was able to find years earlier the steel and fire that was buried in Neville Longbottom," Delphini admitted.
It said a lot to Thomas that both choices for the chosen one to beat him especially now were becoming more and more dangerous by the day.
And yet that made way more sense to him than the things Delphini told him about what happened after his second fall. How the hell did the Malfoy family keep their fat out of the fire again when by that point they'd see what being lenient would cause?
Or were the elder statesmen of the Wizard World that utterly blind, stupid, or useless?
It boggled Thomas's mind that Harry Potter or Neville Longbottom won't force themself to have some sort of control over the Wizarding World when they proved to be lead by a bunch of morons. Both had from what Delphini had told him had to deal with the effect of poor leadership and a complete lack of courage from the Ministry of Magic caused.
The whole future his daughter was from seemed to be powered by utter stupidity and it annoyed Thomas a great deal.
It was as though the Wizarding World wanted to prove it needed a strong leader to actually move it in some direction.
Thomas hated finding out that his counterpart or whatever had failed completely and utterly to be that completely necessary leader.
It was infuriating to find out that shade had proven to be a complete waste and utterly useless.
Thomas then pulled himself from his thoughts.
"The man has a talent for that it seems," Thomas commented. "And I am sure he will keep doing so."
That fact did not make Delpini happy.
"How can such a man exist," Rockwood muttered.
Barty was worried how these deranged versions of the Getter team existed. The ones he had battled were heroic and not psychotic.
'On the other hand not having to deal with Space Terrible Monster Crowd does make that somewhat workable,' Barty admitted.
Not having to deal with the STMC was a good thing. It meant one very massive and nasty threat was not there, and Londo Bell lacking the firepower of the Gunbusters.
However there was the fact that the STMC had caused so much to happen in terms of interstellar events that their not being around changed pretty much everything. That bedrock for what interstellar nations did was gone.
'I just hope that means there is no Keiser Ephes here,' Barty thought to himself and desperately desired that to be true.
That dark creature and what it wanted was something that could drive sane men insane.
It happened to that version of himself so Barty knew that first hand.
Barty shivered remembering Keiser Ephes.
It was a terror he wished to never see ever again in all his rebirths. Even if he had the power of Ultraman, Barty doubted that it would be enough for that.
Barty wondered if anything worse also was around. He really hoped there wasn't as he liked having what sanity he currently kept.
He had no idea he'd get to learn first hand about that.
Barty doubted anything as full of darkness Keiser Ephes would care for his current 'Master" and probably devour his essence to fuel whatever dark plans it had.
It was not something he wanted to see or even be in the same part of the Milky Way Galaxy as.
On a less disturbing note Barty also was glad that there wasn't a Big Fire here. He didn't want to have to deal with Alberto the Shockwave or any other operatives of that group. Though even he was unsure how a group like that could make such an impact and suddenly then become so silent and forgotten.
It just didn't make any sort of sense to him. How can a massive group end up like that?
Also Barty was surprised that PLANTS stayed out of things like they had. He figured they would have gotten involved in events like the Reclaimers trying to gather Plates.
The PLANTS being more active in this reality made more sense.
Though it was weird the whole Bloody Valentine incident was the action of one person instead of the Earth military. Even if it was someone using Wing Zero to blow up space colonies.
Though he did find it amusing for how someone as kind as Quatre Winner showed taking someone past their breaking point was a terrible idea.
'There also is the fact how it all rolled down hill due to the actions of scared colonists,' Barty mused. 'I wonder if any of the fools on that space colony that murdered a man for stupid reasons feel any guilt on the rampage of Wing Zero. Probably not given they were all a bunch of fools.'
Barty then came out of his muses to listen to his current "leader" and what he was now saying.
"I hope the rest of you understand now the sort of threat we face," Thomas told the other Death Eaters. "These are not the whipped, scared, and feeling powerless foes we had faced especially at the end."
"Yes this Londo Bell has more courage and skill than the Order of the Phoenix ever had," Bellatrix agreed. "And most of the Aurors were nothing in comparison."
The ones that had impressed her were mostly dead now. Many by her own hand to be honest.
"We have to deal with the fact that frankly we need allies and higher quality ones than that last bunch," Thomas stated.
Thomas Krieger didn't think the Barton Foundation's thugs, the Crossbone Vanguard, the Neo Zeonic forces, and whatever Ludo Gloria had for his own forces. Frankly he'd pay lip service to any alliances merely to have more disposable forces, but he honestly saw nothing else in them.
"I can help a bit on that Father," Delpini interjected.
"Go on," Thomas stated as he was interested in who she had found and likely go a trip off Axis from.
In stepped Ribbons Almark and something about him instantly put Riddle and Barty on edge. Both of them knew a predator when they saw one. And this one seemed even more dangerous than most.
"I believe we a common foe," Ribbons said calmly. "The foe that actually matters given the cowardly shell those you wish to rule are."
"You know a great deal," Bellatrix commented.
Ribbons gave her an amused look. "Your Statue of Secrecy is nowhere near as effective you think it is. Plus your own actions have not been working to keep that."
There was a silence as that was pondered.
Thomas realized the wraith was really playing with fire. The more and more of the 'muggle' world he saw kept making it harder and harder to say they weren't advanced and that magic was unknown to them.
For Merlin's sake demons caused trouble and supposedly one of them was possessed by a human's soul. How was the Statue of Secrecy to survive when that happened and was known to the muggles? Or the magical mecha of La Gias being a fact.
"That is true," Thomas admitted.
"Still we at Celestial Being can use your help," Ribbons Almark stated.
"Why?" Thomas asked. "Your goal is to take over the world and I know you won't share power."
"You'd be amazed the lengths some of us will go to," Ribbons answered.
That remark made Thomas wonder exactly how united Celestial Being really was. He wondered if this man was with the faction that had caused Potter to be given a mech and from there his own existence to take place.
That left Thomas wondering what the proper response would be. It was causing him problems and yet was why he was around.
"I am sure I will be," Thomas remarked. "Now would my other allies be willing to work with them?"
Ribbons knew that was just a lip service question.
"Oh I am sure they will work at least some of us," Ribbons commented.
"Go on," Thomas said in a wary tone.
"There are those in Celestial Being who hate Londo Bell as much as you and I am sure they would be happy to aid you," Ribbons stated.
That they were his own children and pawns with little value didn't need to be stated. All of them were not Innovates and didn't matter. Not even the rest of Celestial Being mattered to Ribbons.
The only thing that mattered was that he achieved his goals, and spit in the eye of Celestial Being's founder as it seemed nothing he wanted on humanity becoming a better people mattered.
"I see," Thomas said in a guarded tone. He had a feeling this man didn't see him as anything more than a tool to use.
Thomas hated being used as a tool or embarrassed. So he intended to keep this man close so he'd learn exactly how bad an idea that was.
The sorcerer just had the problem of not knowing about Innovates and their abilities that would make any finality that Thomas would wish to give Ribbons not as easy as he'd hope.
It is hard to kill a man that the death of their physical body isn't the end. A lesson Thomas would not find ironically amusing.
Nor would he enjoy how Ribbons wished to take over the world. With definitely no sharing of power with anyone.
Ribbons wondered if this bunch would even still be around when he put his major plans into motion. To be honest it depended on how useful they made themselves to him.
Barty wondered why that Ribbons guy sounded so much like Amuro Ray. It was just really weird to him. Though he was sure that this Ribbons wasn't going to be like the infamous Gundam pilot.
"In any case there is a project being worked on that your pilots might enjoy field testing," Ribbons commented.
"Interesting," Riddle said once more in a guarded tone.
"Oh yes the units I am sure would be very useful to you," Ribbon stated.
After all someone had to make sure the GN-X units were as good as they were promised to be.
And this would be as good of a unit to use for that as any other.
V-V-V
Rabastan Lestrange wondered where he was. He remembered blindly trying to get out of the Zaku III he piloted and just hoping he didn't leave pieces of himself behind.
He tried to see if he was missing anything, but couldn't move. Fear gripped the Death Eater and he got a good look at where was.
The place was not anything remotely sane or comforting.
Whatever counted for life in this place was not human. Or anything close to humanoid for that matter.
Though the Einst would say everything was descended from humans who were the first race.
Rabastan then wasn't sure what these strange beings were doing, but his world became one of pure pain. His screams seemed to echo in a realm not meant for humanity.
V-V-V
In a volcano grew a danger that no one was currently aware of. Sandalphon was growing and soon would ready to fulfil the task he was made to do.
V-V-V
Chapter Notes
Yuu Isami is from Brain Powerd. He has a lot of issues.
Harold "Coop" Cooplawski is from Megas XLR. He loves his life of customizing cars, mechs, eating a lot of food, and having a lot of friends in Londo Bell.
Hime Utsumiya is from Brain Powerd. She is a very nice person, but definitely not perfect by any means.
Kanan Gimms is from Brain Powerd. Like almost all Reclaimers she is a psychological mess.
Hayato Jin is from Getter Robo. He is not someone to mess with you like breathing.
Koji Kabuto is from Mazinger Z. He is the original hot blooded super robot pilot.
Excellen Browning is from Super Robot Wars OG. She is very sweet and a bit impish at at times. Yet she has secrets even she isn't aware of.
Kyosuke Nanbu is from Super Robot Wars OG. Never tell him the long odds. He likely already knows them.
Yzak Joule is from Gundam SEED. He is headstrong and kind of blind to girls having a crush on him.
Dearka Elsman is from Gundam SEED. He is a friend of Yzak and the more restrained and clear headed of the two.
Athrun Zala is from Gundam SEED. He is not someone to get on the bad side of.
Ryoma Nagare is from Getter Robo. He is a master of a fighting style designed to break people.
Ken Kaido is from Mazinkaiser SKL. He likes using melee weapons.
Zechs Merquise aka Milliardo Peacecraft aka Preventer Wind is from Gundam Wing. He is trying to make up for his past. He also would like people to quit using his other names.
Amuro Ray is from Mobile Suit Gundam. He is the original Gundam pilot and what all others are judged by.
Kai Kitamura is from Super Robot Wars OG. He is an experienced pilot and able to get the most of out of a mass produced mech.
Nanga Silverly is from Brain Powerd. He's a refreshingly normal person without any huge psychological hang ups or problems.
Sayla Mass is from Mobile Suit Gundam. A skilled pilot though she can never claim that she was able to flawlessly go from simulator to combat with a mech.
Canard Pars is from Gundam SEED X Astray. A supposedly failed Ultimate Coordinator and has a chip on his shoulder the size of the a gas giant. Not someone to fight if you want to still be alive.
Sanger Zonvolt is from Super Robot Wars OG. He is the Sword That Pierces Evil! He is awesome.
Kira Yamato is from Gundam SEED. He is like Amuro Ray in a lot of ways, but likely would ever try to bury a mobile suit in the desert.
Benkei Kuruma is from Getter Robo G. He is amused to be the most experienced member of the Black Getter trio.
Tetsuya Tsurugi is from Great Mazinger. A skilled, but a bit fragile in some emotional ways pilot.
Goat is from Megas XLR. He loves that his Darleen 2.0 works extremely well.
Charlotte "Lotte" Hasting is from Super Robot Wars V. She is a bit ditzy but more socially adjusted than Velt.
Veltab "Velt" Text is Super Robot Wars V. He knows a lot, but is socially awkward.
Tsuyoshi Seido is from Go-Lion. He is called Hunk in Voltron.
Isamu Kurogane is from Go-Lion. He's called Lance in Voltron.
Masaki Akitsu is from Zeorymer. Pilots one of the most powerful super robots around, and doesn't want to hurt people.
Manabu Aki is from Dairuggar. He leads the biggest team of any mech. There are mech squads with less members than Dairuggar.
Lune Zoldork is from Super Robot Wars OG. She is the pilot of a mech her father customized for her.
Mio Sasuga is from Super Robot Wars OG. The fourth wall has much relevance to her as it does Deadpool.
Sayaka Yumi is from Mazinger Angels. She is considered the First Lady of mecha. Now if only her mech was more durable than the one literally made from junk.
Jun Hono is from Mazinger Angels. She is not someone to underestimate.