Terumi stood on the edge of the torn roof and cackled maniacally at the sight of his three prime field devices. Ragna drew his sword, Tao drew her claws, Tager and Rachel charged themselves up with electricity, Bang got into a fighting stance, and Lambda switched to battle mode.
"What the hell are you doing here, you son of a bitch!?" Ragna yelled.
"Ah, shut your trap Rags, I'm not here for you. I'm here for THEM!" Terumi said as he shot a glare at the Eds.
The three boys hugged each other out of fear at the green-haired psycho staring at them. "Eddy?" Ed asked. "Why is the hipster looking at us like that?"
A vein popped into Terumi's head. There's not a lot of things that make himself angry, but being called a hipster is one of them. "Call me a hipster again chinless, and I'll do a HELL OF A LOT MORE than stare at you!" That shut Ed up.
"Now where was I? Oh yes," Terumi remembered. "You see Rags, every time I use copies of your sister for the Murakumo Units, they seem to get memories of you since they have a part of her soul in them. Because of that, they fail, including that piece of scrap metal right there," he said, pointing at Lambda.
"Irritation levels rising. Readying blades for attack," Lambda said.
"Hold up, Lambda," Kokonoe commanded. "So your previous experiments failed, what does that have to do with the boys, jackass?"
"I'm so glad you asked, Grimalkin! Allow me to explain," he said as he stepped onto the floor of the lab. "These three don't live in this dimension and don't have any blood relation to any of you, so there's no way that they can resist attacking you OR the Master Unit because of feelings for you. On top of that, these three are the perfect blend of strength, intelligence, and creativity. If I smelt them all together, I'll be able to make the perfect Murakumo Unit! AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Everyone else gasped at the sound of the insidious idea. "You will not succeed in your plans, Terumi!" Rachel said.
"So far you're all helping me succeed, dipshit! Do you think those three were brought here by chance? I used special ars magus to manipulate their stupid project so that they would be brought here and I waited until they were all together again so I could move forward."
"But how would you even know when our project was going to malfunction?" Double Dee questioned.
"I guess that idiot professor over there forgot to let you in on a few details about Observers, kid," Terumi explained. "See, an Observer is someone who can manipulate events in life as long as they observe an individual. I observed you three and at the right moment, I OP'd the SHIT out of that force field you created and sent you all here, though I didn't plan on you three all appearing in random-ass places. Because of that, I had to wait and plan my next move. I guess in the long-run, it worked out in my favor since it gave me more time to think everything out more carefully."
"Shit. Guys, you gotta run!" Ragna commanded to the Eds. They ran for cover within seconds and Ragna charged Terumi, blade in hand. "Carnage Scis-"
"Ouroboros!" Terumi yelled as an Ouroboros chain knocked Ragna off of his feet and into a wall of the lab.
"HEY! No one beats on Good Guy, Eyebrow Guy, Sock Head Guy, OR Shorty #2 except for Tao!" Tao yelled as she drew her claws for attack.
"WHAT THE HECK, TAO!" her four previously mentioned friends said.
Terumi sneezed. "Alright, since my cat allergies are acting up now, no thanks to you," Terumi said as he sneezed again. "I'll end this quick." Tao leaped at him, claws ready to tear his face off. He blocked the attack with an Ouroboros chain and repelled her. "Ouroboros!" he yelled as three chains shot out and snatched up the boys.
"No! Don't eat me!" Ed yelled. "If I get eaten, Sarah will tell Mom, Mom will tell Dad, and DAD WILL JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH TV!" Everyone, even Terumi, just stood there, dumbfounded at what Ed had just said.
"Ooooooookay, anyways, adios losers! Phantom, get us out of here." Terumi bid farewell and teleported with the infamous Phantom at his side.
"That FIEND! No one kidnaps my disciples and gets away with it!" Bang yelled.
"Yeah! Tao is going to beat the CRRRRRRAP out of Green Guy for that, meow!" Tao said.
"Hold up guys," Ragna said. "Hey Rabbit, do you have a clue where that asshole took them?"
"Think Ragna," Rachel said. "Where did Noel get smelted when she became Mu?"
"That altar thing?" Ragna guessed. Rachel nodded.
"If memory serves me, it is still erected on top of the NOL headquarters. I will teleport you and me to the altar where Terumi is probably waiting. As for the rest of you," she turned to everyone else. "There may be a second source behind this all. I will need you all to investigate to see if there is someone else working behind the shadows."
"Negative, wish to assist Ragna and Rachel," Lambda said.
"Lambda, I can't risk you getting killed by Terumi a second time at the state you're in," Kokonoe reasoned. "I'll need you to stay with us and see if anyone else is pulling strings."
"Negative. My objective is not to kill Terumi. Objective is to rescue Double Dee and friends." Kokonoe gritted her teeth in frustration.
"Actually, it may not be so bad after all," Ragna said. "Rachel and I want to take out that bastard. Maybe Lambda can work on saving the Eds for the time being. What do you think, Kokonoe?"
Kokonoe sighed in resignation. "Fine, but I'll need to go with so I can control her. Or at least find a good spot to control her from. I need your word that you'll do your best to protect Lambda this time, got it?"
Ragna and Rachel nodded their heads, confirming their understanding of the situation.
"Are we ready to face this challenge?" Rachel asked. Everyone said yes, so Rachel teleported them all to the NOL to take down Terumi and save their new friends.