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It has been a week since LBXs started rampaging in N City. A whole week during which Ban and the others were struggling with the attacks issued against them. They had been working with the Fire Sweet to push the enemy back and hardly got time to even wipe the sweat off their brows.
When they finally managed to librate the city center and the whole area around NICS. People were huddled in there to keep them safe while the fights were held faraway in the city.
The Fire Sweet had build barricades around the safe area to assure the rampaging LBXs won't reach there and to keep people secure. Once their base had been secured, Ban and the rest could finally have a break...
NICS HQ...
President Claudia was on the other end of the video call that Kaios ran.
Kaios: " we can't reach out to any of the neighbor countries. We've been isolated."
Claudia nodded in understanding.
Claudia : " I know that. I'm working hard to figure out how to get back the communication. Please continue protecting our people."
Kaios nodded before the call ended.
Jun'ichirou : " it will be hard."
He muttered out with a scrunched face. So far, the situation wasn't promising at all.
Kaios: " I know. Only Ban-kun, Yuuya-kun and Elie-kun are able to stand in front of those LBXs. We didn't find anyone else with the same abilities in N city. I feel we're putting a lot of pressure on them, but we don't have any other choice."...
At one of the barricades...
Ban and Lilyan manged to push back the enemey's forces. When the area was clear off of any unit, Odin returned back to Ban.
Odin: " we can't continue like this."
Ban exhaled tiredly as he inspected his surrounding.
Ban: " I know, but do you have any other proposition?"
The blonde next to him could sense how much tensed he was. She could not blame him, for the whole week, he had been pushing himself too far what's with the enemy's frequent attacks.
Lilyan: " we're only able to take them one after the other like this."
Ban narrowed his eyes at the destroyed city around them.
Ban: " I can't believe LBXs were the ones who caused this damage. Once again, they're being used by bad guys."
Lilyan looked down at his fist clenching. She knew she had to do something and her hands wrapped around his fist.
Lilyan: " Ban-kun, we will find out whoever is behind those attacks, and we will make sure they get the punishment they deserve."
Ban looked at her determined eyes and nodded with a thankful smile as his stressed muscles relax at the warmth of her hands.
His CCM rang abruptly and he picked up, both Yuuya and Elie called him.
Elie: " we've finished here, Onii-Chan."
Yuuya: " The area here is clear."
He breathed out.
Ban: " very well, let's head back to NICS then."...
The screen was shown a video call, he pressed on the button so the face of the man on the other side appeared.
" It seems the plan is working smoothly there."
The green haired, narrow eyed director spoke. As an answer, the other person smirked widely as the shadow of his red cowboy hat was downcasted on his face.
" Yes."
He stated, shuffling the cards in his hands.
" On the other hand, it seems you have troubles on your side, Jinn."
Jinn: " The kids managed to stop the rampaging here. We had to move to the second stage."
" Well, I can't say we don't have troubles here as well."
He said pulling three photos of a certain brunette man, a certain brunette girl and long black haired man.
" Those three are trying to hold us back. But sooner or later they will break down. They're up against a whole army."
Jinn: " Don't underestimate them."
His expression was that of seriousness.
" You worry too much."
He said pushing up the brim of his hat with one finger so his blue eyes could be visible to the other man.
" I told you everything is under control."...
When reaching back to NICS, Jessica flopped down on the bed with a sigh.
Jessica: " this is really tiring. Those LBXs are starting to annoy me."
Elie: " why are you trying to take them down on your own though. You don't allow your teammates to get as close to them as you."
The blonde sat up.
Jessica: " they're better off as a back up. You shouldn't worry about us, we have our own way as a team. You and Beargguy should focus on taking your enemies down."
Beargguy : " we can't. What if you needed help?"
Jessica: " me? Need help? Don't make me laugh. If I did I wouldn't have been placed a leader of my team."
Elie stared into her eyes for a moment then sighed.
Elie: " whatever, I'm going to take a bath right now. It's not like everyday we get a rest."
She said leaving the room. Jessica stared after the closed door with a frown and then.
Jessica: " what about you?"
She flicked her eyes back at the pink unit.
Beargguy : " I think I need to get Dr. Yamano to do some maintenance on me. I feel like my moves are lugging recently, maybe my boosters needs to be repaired."
He said and flew out the room as well.
Jessica sighed as she laid down again. She reached for her CCM to fiddle with it when she saw the owl mark on the screen and her eyes widened in shock.
" Jessica Kaios, do you need help?"
She pouted at the question.
Jessica: " why are you all looking down at me? I don't need help! I can take care of things on my own!"
She pressed the 'no' button and the owl mark dissipated. Jessica sat up and stared at her CCM bewildered.
Jessica: " what just..."...
Ban: " you're working on Beargguy?"
He asked as he walked into his father's LAB along with Yuuya and Lilyan.
Jun'ichirou : " right. It seems the Double Tornado system was damaged during the fights and needs reparation, Elie can't handle this."
Yuuya: " Double Tornado System?"
Ban: " the boosters Beargguy uses. They're what makes his movements fast and stable despite using heavy armour for protection."
Lilyan: " but professor, isn't Beargguy made around four years ago? Back at that time, the Double Tornado System can't be applied on LBXs."
Lilyan pointed out, taking both Yuuya and Ban by surprise. How she did know much about the Double Tornado System was beyond them.
Jun'ichirou : " true. But I wanted to give it a try despite that. When Elie included boosters in her design, she didn't actually know about the system. I tried to make a bet. Beargguy's structure was different from other LBXs so maybe it could work with it. I had to make modifications to the system though."
Ban: " Beargguy's weight is what makes the system possible to use with no problems."
Yuuya: " his weight?"
The professor looked up from the pink LBX and to Yuuya with a smile.
Jun'ichirou : " try holding him."
Yuuya held up the unconscious metal body and his eyes widened when he felt its heaviness in his hands.
Yuuya: " it's... It's heavier than a normal LBX."
Ban: " Beargguy actually has a special metal made core skeleton. It's double the natural LBX weight."
He explained.
Jun'ichirou : " and with the extra weight of the metallic armor, it allows the accurate usage of the system. You won't lose control because of the high speed and there is no worry about the durability too. The weight is balancing everything."
Lilyan: " awesome, did Elie-san think of that?"
He nodded.
Jun'ichirou : " though she said it wasn't on purpose and that it just was a coincidence, but I really believe she can come up with such amazing designs if she put her mind in it."
The professor finished the repair of the LBX and returned the armour to its place. Beargguy's eyes glowed as it regained conscious and turned to the professor.
Beargguy: " thanks professor, it feels better now."
Jun'ichirou had a small smile at that.
Jun'ichirou : " having LBXs thank me, I never thought a day like this will come."
He didn't notice all three of them exchanging looks and smiling at him. Yet, they were cut off by a call from Kaios.
Kaios: " Ban ! Everyone! You're needed again! LBXs are trying to break through the barricades!"
Liu Bei: " oh come on!"
Ban: " it can't be helped. Let's go!"
Beargguy : " I will go get Elie."
And they all dashed out the LAB...
Jack and his team were trying to ward off the strong robot that was leading the others but they couldn't. His teammates fell down one after the other in front of the large lizard robot.
Jack: " tsk! Can't we do anything!"
Yuuya: " Jack-san!"
The male turned back to face the black head.
Jack: " Yuuya, thank God!"
Liu Bei: " everyone..."
He was surprised at the sight of the littered LBXs. Jack bit his lip.
Jack: " you can see the reason."
Yuuya and Liu Bei peeked at the other side of the barricade and Yuuya's eyes widened in fear.
Yuuya: " this is..."
Lilyan: " Killer Droid!"
The robot let out a loud roar as a retort.
Ban: " it seems it's their leader."
He frowned slightly upon realizing all the LBXs out there were following after it.
Odin: " we were struggling with the LBXs and now..."...
Beargguy : " what should we do?"
Elie narrowed her eyes as she whipped out her CCM.
Elie: " what else other than fighting it!"
Beargguy nodded in agreement as he dashed forward, shooting the creature's head. It roared and held up its blasters at the pink bear who quickly dodged the energy blasts with a few twirls.
Beargguy: " I can move easily now thanks to the professor's work."
Jessica's Jeanne D aimed the luminous shooter at the dragon's chest and when Beargguy flew away, it shot.
The dragon received the attack, but the damage it caused wasn't enough.
The droid then rushed towards Jeanne D and Jessica's eyes widened as she tried to make her LBX back.
Beargguy shot at the large robot but the dragon brought its wings infront of it as it thrusted forward while spinning, knocking Beargguy out the way.
Elie: " Beargguy !"
Jessica: " damn it!"
She switched to her usual guns and started shooting at the Killer Droid.
" Leader!"
" We will help you!"
Jessica: " stay back!"
But it was too late, the Killer Droid shot their LBXs and destroyed them as soon as it spotted them.
Jessica: " let's go Jeanne D! We can take care of this on our own! Elie! You just focus on the LBXs! I will hold back the killer droid!"
Elie: " wait Jessica! Let us help you!"
Her words fell on deaf ears.
Jessica: " Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Side Winder 8!"
Jeanne D jumped and launched its missiles at the huge robot, resulting in a large explosion and a smoke screen.
Jessica: " yes!"
Beargguy : " not yet!"
He warned. The smoke cleared, revealing the unscratched robot.
Jessica: " what!"
The dragon swayed its wing and whacked Jeanne D while it was in the air, knocking it down.
The LBX dropped roughly on the ground with sparks flying of it.
Jessica: " Jeanne D! Move!"
But it didn't. Her CCM showed an error message as the systems were heavily damaged. The Killer Droid proceeded to the LBX and stepped on it, pointing down its blasters that were charging.
Jessica: " No! Jeanne D!"
Beargguy : " let go of it!"
He dashed forward and slammed his head against the dragon's, knocking it off balance for a second. The Killer Droid shook its head as if the impact was too much for it and shifted its attention to the pink bear. The dragon then aimed at the Beargguy instead but he dodged swiftly.
Elie: " Jessica! We will try to get it away! Then you go and retrieve Jeanne D!"
Jessica: "... I'm sorry..."
Elie blinked and looked at her as the girl sank to her knees. Tears welled up in her eyes as she felt so disparate. Her LBX was destroyed, her team was defeated and she gave her friend one more issue to take care of.
Jessica: " I wanted to prove that I don't need help. That I can do things on my own and you can all depend on me... We're all depending on all three of you so... I wanted to ease it a bit..."
The brunette's expression softened seeing her friend like that.
Elie: " Jessica..."
Jessica: " but now, Jeanne D is..."
She looked at the LBX that was under the dragon's clutch.
Jessica: " I'm sorry... The truth is I need help!"
Elie: " then, just ask us for it."
Jessica looked up at the brunette who had a gentle smile.
Elie: " if you ask your friends, they won't say no right. You can't keep doing everything on your own. Why are we friends for then?"
The blonde's eyes glazed over momentously but nodded with a small smile. At that moment, her CCM bursted in a bright white light. The owl mark appeared once more on the screen.
" Jessica Kaios, do you need help?"
Jessica took a deep breath as she stood up, her confidence building up again.
Jessica: " yes, yes I need help. I need my friends to help me out. There are things I can't do on my own. "
She hit the 'yes' button and the same voice said.
" Chosen one who chose to fight, you shall receive a great power. Please use it wisely."
Jeanne D's eyes glimmered as it held up her arm and shot missiles at the dragon.
It didn't expect an attack from the bottom and so it was taken by surprise and backed.
Beargguy : " Jeanne D!"
The LBX reached to her guns and span them around her fingers before pointing them at the dragon.
Jeanne D: " Beargguy, help me out!"
Beargguy : " no need to ask!"
The dragon roared again as it shot everywhere.
Beargguy approached while avoiding the blasts. The small thrusters in its arm were activated.
Beargguy : " Bear punch!"
The lower arm launched forward like a missile as the arm joint extended. The punch hit the dragon head on and pieces of its armor flew off.
Jeanne D rained her shot on it, pushing it back.
Jeanne D: " Jessica! Now!"
Jessica: " Hissatsu!"
" Attack Function: Side Winder 8!"
The LBX launched her missiles at the dragon's chest again, and this time, it roared as it received quite the serious damage.
Elie& Jessica : " the end!"
Beargguy and Jeanne D lunged for the finishing attack, focusing their fire at the damaged chest, which caused the robot to explode in a matter of a few seconds.
Elie and Jessica exchange a high five.
Beargguy : " ahm. We still have the LBXs."
The pink robot point out.
Jessica: " oh right."
Elie: " together, we can finish them quickly."
Jessica flicked her eyes back at her friend and smiled widely.
Jessica: " will you help me out?"
Elie: " of course!"...
Lilyan : " Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Grand Wall!"
Unicorn slammed its axe on the ground and a wall of lava rose up. It then brought its weapon up as it gathered an energy ball at its end before it threw it throw the wall and at the Killer Droid.
It didn't damage it, but it startled it enough for Odin to use Jet Striker and finish it off.
Ban: " thanks Lilyan !"
He said with a wide thankful smile. The girl blushed as she brushed her hair nervously.
Ban: " yosh! All is left are the LBXs!"
Lilyan: " I will follow your lead!"
Ban: " alright! Let's go!"...
" Attack Function: Drill sword!"
Liu Bei slashed through the weakened dragon and eventually came out from the other side. The killer droid exploded.
Yuuya: " yosh! Let's continue like that! Liu Bei!"
Liu Bei: " ah!"
Jack: " support Liu Bei with all your might!"
" Roger!"
Operator: " we've confirmed that three killer droids were defeated."
Jun'ichirou let a breath.
Jun'ichirou : " they made it."
Kaios: " ah."
Operator: " most of the LBXs were whipped out! The others are retreating! They did it!"
The operator reported gleefully as the radar showed the signals of the LBXs falling back.
Kaios: " nothing less expected from the ones who saved the world before."
Operator: " secretary Kaios, we have a pending call from president Claudia."
Kaios: " bring it."
Claudia's face appeared on the main screen.
Claudia: " Secretary, I see your efforts to push back the infected LBXs is paying off."
Kaios: " all thanks to Ban and the others."
Claudia : " but they won't hold for so long. We need help."
Jun'ichirou : " what are you thinking of, President?"
Claudia : " it reached to me that Tokio City was able to contain the crisis. I'm sure we can ask for their help."
Jun'ichirou couldn't help a sigh of relief, the news lessened his worried about his wife and the others back there.
Kaios: " how can we contact them?"
Claudia : " during the crisis, the communication satellites were taken over. But there should be another one that's inactivated that was kept for such case."
Kaios: " president, do you think of activating it?"
She nodded.
Claudia: " it's our only hope, seeing the current situation."
Jun'ichirou : " then you intend to activate it from the National Defense Base."
She nodded.
Kaios: " seeing that our satellites had been taken over, I can assume enemy's LBXs are there as well. It will be dangerous."
Claudia: " I know but we don't have another choice."
Jun'ichiru mulled over it for a moment.
Jun'ichirou : " if you insist on going, then take Ban with you."
His suggestion stun both Claudia and Kaios.
Kaios: " but professor..."
Jun'ichirou : " I know it's dangerous, but it will be even more dangerous if Ban and the others continue fighting on their own. They will break down at a certain point. We need help."
Kaios nodded as the professor's words made sense to both of them.
Kaios: " president, you can use the Duck Shuttle to get there."
Claudia: " I'm thankful. Professor, you better ask your son about his opinion of coming with me."
And the call ended...
