Forced Overload...
Elie: " Dad, you look horrible..."
She sweat dropped at the half asleep brunette man, who merely pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to ensure he doesn't doze off.
Mizel: " it's only natural, he didn't sleep at all last night to fix your LBXs."
She walked off to her father and gently patted his back.
Elie: " you should get some rest, Dad."
Jun'ichirou : " but-"
Elie: " we will manage things on our own, you just get some sleep. I don't want you to break down of exhaust."
Jun'ichirou looked at his daughter's eyes and finally gave in.
Touko: " now let's put a plan. The next Driver is in the Britannia Clock tower. We have to move carefully for I'm sure Leviathan will spot us when we reach there. "
Yuuta: " there is a good chance that he will use L virus break outs again to lure us out and separate us. Not to mention..."
Jin: " surely he will use Ban-kun to try and steal it again as soon as we get there."
Jessica: " with that, Touko and I thought carefully of our plan."
She exchanged looks with the pinkette.
Touko: " We will split. Jin, Elie, Lilyan,Eva, Mirai, Hiro and Ran. You will head to the Clock and search for the driver with Mizel."
Jessica: " the rest of us will deal with rampaging LBXs."
Evangeline: " just us!"
Jessica: " we don't have a choice, Leviathan is trying to press on us with number. Personally I would have added you to our group if it wasn't for Touko pointing out that they would need more help if Leviathan send not only Ban to face them."
Runa: " you mean LBXs and Killer Droids."
Saurus: " that's right, they would need more help dealing with them."
Queen: " will that be enough members though?"
Touko: " it's the best set up we could think of for now."
Jessica nodded her head in confirmation.
Genesis : " protecting citizens comes first."
Sendou took out a card.
Sendou: " Ban will surely appear in there. Make sure to defeat him again."
All seven of them nodded.
Elie: ' Onii-chan... I will make sure to bring you back with me this time...'...
Japan...
Dream Future...
Jinn: " it's not good to barge into other people's offices."
He spoke out without looking up from the computer in front of him. The boy with red eyes stood by his side.
Itan: " you can look into my eyes when you talk to me."
The green haired man sighed as he turned to face him.
Jinn: " what's so important that you interrupted me for?"
Itan: " you said you will give me a power up! Where is it!?"
Jinn: " I said you have to lay down and wait."
Itan: " I can't wait any longer! I have to beat Sena Arata !"
He shouted in frustration. Jinn stood up and looked down at him.
Jinn: " we've moved from the obsession of Seredy to Sena Arata aren't we now."
His gaze leveled the boy.
Jinn: " don't you ever forget, that thanks to Leviathan you're here today. If it wasn't for him who had sheltered you and hid you for so long, you were supposed to have been captured as a terrorist like everyone else of your friends."
Itan: " they were never my friends!"
Gruxeon: " what happened so you're talking to him this way now."
Jinn: " Leviathan is approaching his goal. I can't let him act as he pleases and screw Leviathan's plans anymore."
Itan: " I don't care about Leviathan or anyone! Make me stronger!"
Suddenly the office fell into darkness and the L mark appeared on the large screen of the window.
Leviathan : " don't forget your place, Itan. You were merely a chosen player by me. I can take your power anytime and hand you over. So I advise you to keep quiet and wait."
Itan clicked his tongue and lowered his look in defeat. He knew that Leviathan can destroy Gruxeon then and there if he wanted to and he wasn't going to invoke him anymore to do so.
The light of the office went back to normal and Jinn took his seat once more, resuming what he was doing.
Jinn: " as you heard. Now if you may leave for I have many things to take care of."
All Itan manage to do was giving a tsk sound and storming out the place...
Brinton...
They split up, some of them headed by vans and others took the subways.
Jin and Ran looked out the window of the door as they stood by it for the vehicle was full.
Ran: " it feels just like yesterday, when we boarded this same train together along with Ban to stop detectors."
Jin: " ah."
Ran stared into her reflection, thinking.
Ran: " you know, after what happened to Hiro, I had been thinking did we make the right choice to stop detectors? Wasn't it better if the LBXs just disappeared of the world? And I won't lie, when Ban was taken, I thought, maybe we made a mistake when we decided to fight again..."
All of their eyes reverted to her and she solely focused hers on the glass by her side.
Ran: " but, you know, when I recall the times we had been fighting together and were struggling to achieve the impossible. I just realized, Ban was actually aware of a lot of things I wasn't aware of."
Jin: " that's only natural, by the time you joined him, he had already seen for himself what the world is really like."
Ran: " but despite all of that, he never gave up didn't he?"
Jin nodded.
Jin: " despite the hardship and loses he went through, he continued forward."
Ran: " we have to do the same. We've seen the true colors of this world too, so we know what we're up for. Even if he stood in front of us as our enemy. All we need is to hit him hard with everything we have and snap him back to his mind."
Mirai: " well said, Ran."
She said giving her a pat on her shoulder which made her twirl her head back.
Hiro: " we will make sure to get Ban-san back, through LBXs!"
Everyone gave out a smile at that.
" Through LBXs."
Mizel: " well, wish you good luck."
Eva sweat dropped as she looked back at him.
The train finally stopped, they climbed up the stairs of the station till they reached the ground's surface where the Clock building was facing them.
Jin: " let's hurry up!"
They rushed towards the building. As they made it through the yard and the halls, they stopped in front of the elevator.
Mizel: " the only possible place for the driver to be is up there. Sooner or later they will try to infiltrate the place. We have to hurry."
As the elevator's doors opened, they moved to rush in. But soon had to back off as missiles were launched towards them.
Strike: " aiming for the humans again!"
Achilles D9: " we won't forgive you for that!"
Mirai : " we will hold them back! Hurry up!"
They told them as their LBXs engaged into fight with enemy's robots.
Twilight : " take care."
The others went into the elevator and it quickly rushed up.
Lilyan: " will they be alright?"
Mizel: " don't worry about them. They will be fine. Hiro and Mirai won't get taken down easily."
The elevator stopped and the doors pulled open. Just as they stepped out, the other elevator across the room opened and a certain brunette stepped out of it, facing them.
Elie: " Onii-chan!"
They stared at each other for a while before Ban pulled out a D-egg and threw it on the ground.
Quickly, Ran, Elie and Eva pushed the others away before they got caught in the energy field.
Jin: " Elie !"
Lilyan: " Ran-san!"
Mizel: " sis!"
They gazed upon the dome that materialized out of no where and trapped their friends. Mizel gritted his teeth as they had no choice left.
Mizel: " let's go!"
Jin: " but-"
Mizel: " they didn't push us away for nothing! We need to get the Driver!"
Lilyan and Jin exchanged looks and finally bobbed their heads.
Mizel nodded at them and they hurried up the stair to reach to the Driver.
There, they saw a purple Killer Droid in its humanoid form trying to get the small orb.
Jin: " Zenon!"
Lilyan: " Unicorn!"
Both LBXs dashed towards the robot and knocked it back.
Zenon: " Mizel! The Driver!"
Mizel quickly grabbed the rounded device.
Gafran stared at the two LBXs as they took their postions.
Lilyan: " Mizel! Get out of here!"
Mizel snapped and looked at her with wide eyes.
Jin: " secure the Driver first!"
Bitting his lip, Mizel shape shifted to the O-Legion jet and flew out the window.
Jin: " are you ready?"
Lilyan nodded.
Zenon: " Charge!"...
Elie: " Onii-chan..."
The brunette who was fighting them didn't give any sign of emotions. He focused on the screen in front of him as his Gafran shot the four LBXs in front of him.
Odin: " Ban! Snap out of it!"
Minerva: " I'm afraid that won't work!"
Evangeline : " I have to agree. Seems our voices aren't reaching him at all."
Ran clicked her tongue at that.
Ran: " Minerva!"
Minerva : " yosh! Take this!"
She launched her blasts at the purple robot, but it managed to dodge them.
Ran: " mo~!"
Elie : " Hissatsu Function !"
" Attack Function: Hyper Energy Bomb!"
Beargguy launched his attack but it missed the target as it jumped up and summoned a laser sword.
Twilight intercepted it and tried her best to keep Gafran at bay.
Odin took the chance to charge forward. But Gafran swayed its tail and pushed him away.
Minerva: " here I come!"
She bumped into the other robot and pushed it away of Twilight.
Evangeline : " thank you."
Ran: "don't mention it."
Her look was fixed upon the male.
Ran: " just as expected of Ban. Tough defense and strong attack!"
Odin: " let's attack all together!"
Beargguy: " alright, we'll try and corner it!"
And the four LBXs moved forward...
Outside...
Ken: " when did they manage to push us this far!"
He exclaimed upon realizing they were blocks from their initial position.
Ruri: " and that Mizel just flew by and ran away!"
Momona: " too bad! Too bad! Dodge it, Dot Phasor!"
Dot Phasor: " they're so much!"
The LBXs that surrounded them exploded as Magna Orthus, Odin M and Dot Blastrizer slashed through them.
Arata: " are you alright!"
He questioned once they reached them.
Ruri: "somehow!"
Muraku: " let's finish them off with Hissatsu Functions."
Momona: " let's do it!"
" Hissatsu Function!"...
Observatory...
Haruka snapped when the small jet flew through the window and formed O-Legion.
Haruka: " Mizel!"
He promptly deposited a certain round device into her hand.
Mizel: " there isn't enough time. I will leave it with you."
Before she could say anything, he flew out again after dropping a certain metallic ball in her hand...
Clock Tower...
Jin: " it's really tough."
A few sparks could be seen flying out of Zenon's leg as it was narrowly missed by the laser rifle.
The robot was charging its chest cannon, and as it launched it, Unicorn's jets flew in front of the two units and shielded them.
Unicorn: " can we hold in front of it..."
Jin's frown deepened as he knew they were cornered and wouldn't be able to attack.
Lilyan casted a quick look at the green energy field and narrowed her eyes.
Lilyan: " I'm not... I'm not letting him leave again... I'm not losing anyone again!"
Her CCM bursted in a strong white light and the blue lines on Unicorn's body shined.
Unicorn: " I will always follow you, Lilyan! Real mode!"
Before she even knew it, Unicorn's form enlarged as he became the same height as a normal LBX.
Even the jets enlarged in form and deflected the laser beam back at Gafran, destroying its chest cannon with it.
Zenon: " real... Mode..."
Seeing it as a chance, Jin addressed the blonde.
Jin: " Lilyan! Switch weapon!"
He threw a small rifle at her.
Lilyan: " hai!"
She threw the rifle to her LBX that grubbed it easily and quickly pointed it at the other robot which sparks were flying out of its chest hole.
Unicorn: " let's finish it!"
Lilyan: " Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Hyper Energy Bomb!"
The launched energy ball speeded towards the robot and hit it across the chest, before coming out of the other side. The robot exploded.
Soon, Unicorn's size reduced to the SD form and he hardly could hold the rifle in one hand, which led it to fall down.
Lilyan let out a breath before looking at Jin.
Lilyan: " is Zenon alright?"
Jin held up his partner and checked on him.
Zenon: " don't worry, it's nothing big."
Jin smiled at that.
Jin: " as long as you say so."
Their attention shifted to the green dome downstairs.
Jin: " Elie, Eva..."
Lilyan: " Ban-kun, Ran-san..."
The dome faded and Jin and Lilyan's eyes widened as they saw their friends' LBXs lying on the ground with electricity flying out of their bodies. Elie, Eva and Ran were wearing shocked expressions.
They both dashed to the young women who were still looking at Ban with wide eyes.
Lilyan and Jin turned to look at the brunette and their eyes widened in shock.
In front of them, the green eyes staring through them were surrounded by purple circles of light.
Lilyan: " it can't be..."
Jin: " Ban-kun... You..."
Ban's overload deactivated when he started looking around. When he didn't spot Mizel, and saw the parts of Gafran that fell down due to the explosion, he understood it. So he turned around.
Elie: " wait!"
Just like the last time, he didn't listen. Elie gritted her teeth and Beargguy struggled to his feet.
Elie: " I'm not letting you walk away like before!"
Beargguy was overwhelmed by a white glow as he flew up to attack Ban from behind. But Gafran quickly blocked him. Ban turned around to look at the clashing units.
Elie: " I'm taking you back... To everyone!"
Beargguy: " Armor Change!"
Everyone's eyes, even Ban's narrowed at what happened next. The pink huge robot shape shifted to a knight framed blue and white familiar one.
" Achilles Kai!"
Achilles managed to knock the other robot away and safely landed on the ground. As he rose up, his yellow visors sparkled with light.
Jin: " Achilles!?"
Odin: " No way..."
The robot in front of them was different from the Achilles they knew. Its frame had more golden decoration to it, same with the lance. The once red cap was removed and switched with a white and blue long scarf which sides flew behind him. The rounded shield was switched by a tower like one. And a set of blue floating wings similar to Lucifer's hovered a few inches from Achilles.
Ran: " this is..."
Jin: " the Achilles you customized..."
Ban: " Achilles..."
He then held his head tightly as pain ran through it. Elie seemed to find hope in his reaction.
Elie: " you remember it! You remember it right! Achilles! Your first LBX! The LBX you've given me!"
Ban rose his dull eyes and glared at them.
Ban: " Gafran."
The Killer Droid rushed forward and both units clashed again, Achilles shielding himself and Gafran trying to pierce through the shield using the laser sword.
Lilyan: " they're on pair!"
Twilight: " it's just because we've weakened it earlier!"
Ban: " Forced Overload!"
His overland activated again and Gafran started launching high speed attacks at Achilles who couldn't help but hide behind his shield.
Jin: " forced overload!?"
Ran: " that's what he said earlier as well!"
Lilyan: " but, if he is using it so much... Then..."
Elie: " we have to stop him!"
She moved her finger quickly on the CCM's buttons.
When Gafran attacked again, Achilles jumped up, resulting the robot to lose its balance for an instant.
Achilles : " Now! Elie!"
Elie: " Hissatsu !"
" Attack Function: Lightening Lance!"
The blue stream of energy pierced through the other robot that exploded.
Ban's overload faded as he held his head in his hand.
Elie: " Onii-chan!"
Ban merely glared at her before walking back to the elevator.
Ran: " oh no you won't!"
She hurried after him but quickly was pulled back by Jin as LBXs shot at her.
A group of LBXs stood before them, blocking them from reaching Ban, all pointing their weapons at them.
Elie: " Onii-chan !"
But Ban already disappeared behind the doors of the elevator.
Jin: " we have to get out of here."
Ran: " how, our LBXs are damaged."
Unicorn: " I'm still able to fight."
Achilles : " me too."
Elie clenched her fist in anger.
Elie: " Lilyan-san! Let's tear those LBXs appart!"
Lilyan was taken aback by the angry Elie.
Lilyan: " a... Yeah."...
A few hours later, the area around the clock tower was full of broken LBXs parts.
Runa: " that was a hard fight."
Jessica: " if it wasn't for the fire sweets, it could have carried on longer."
She inspected the area and sighed in relief seeing there wasn't any sever damage.
Mirai : " I have to thank you for coming to support us."
She told the floating O-Legion next to her who said nothing.
Asuka: " what about Jin and the others?"
Soon, the said people emerged from the elevator. Ami and Kazu ran to them but were disappointed when they didn't see the brunette.
Achilles Deed: " I see that it didn't go well with you."
Pandora: " and your LBXs are all hurt!"
Zenon: " it's nothing."
Sendou: " hold on a second. Isn't that Achilles!?"
He pointed at one of the LBXs on Elie's shoulders.
Elie: " yeah, long story short I activated the Armor change."
Ruri: " say what!"
But they could see the woman wasn't actually excited, and that all of the others were worried.
Wataru: " what's the matter?"
Lilyan, Elie, Eva, Ran and Jin exchanged looks.
Jin: " Ban-kun has an overload..."...
Later...
Observatory...
Haruka: " Forced overload?"
Minerva: " that's what he said."
Gendou: " doesn't sound good at all."
Muraku: " forced..."
Mizel looked at Elie.
Mizel: " you said, he recognized Achilles Kai?"
Elie nodded.
Elie: " for an instant, it seems like he recognized him."
Mizel flicked his eyes back to Kirito who looked at him in respond, yet said nothing.
Arata: " Right, the Driver?"
Haruka held the small object.
Mizel: " then play it."
Haruka pressed on the small circular button on the orb, it emitted its usual particles and form the familiar man. Now Lilyan was more than sure that she had seen the man somewhere as it was clearer than before. Yet, his outlines were still a little bit blurry.
Creator : " yo! We've met again! That's if your are the same people who found my last Driver. Anyway, I figured I would be telling you more about the Driver but I don't have time. Mizel will tell you about the Driver while I will be explaining why Leviathan is so disparate to find them."
Everyone narrowed their eye as they listened on carefully.
Creator : " as you all may have concluded by now, Leviathan doesn't have a body. He is merely a stream of thoughts saved into a computer memory card. But Leviathan wants to gain his own body, a body that doesn't need to be maintained, a body that he can form as he wants. The Driver will give him that possibility. If he is to complete it, who know if he will even be able to create the most terrifying body in the world with a lot of weapons strapped to it. A killing machine I daresay."
Gouda: " I see, exactly like you said."
He looked back at Eva.
Hikaru: " not to mention that if they mass produce it..."
Val Diver: " they will create an unstoppable army."
Creator : " I trust that you understand the danger in this. That's why I ordered Mizel to destroy each and every Driver he can get. I won't let this technology fall in the wrong hand."
The man took a deep breath and his serious face turned to a smile.
Creator : " I'm sorry but I need to go now. You will find me next time in a pyramid of glass. Just wait for me there with Mizel. A dieu."
And his hologram faded with a wink from him.
Saurus: " what... Was that..."
Mirai rubbed her chin in thoughts.
Mirai: " A pyramid of glass. I think I know where it is."
Everyone looked back at her.
Mirai: "well, there are actually many places that fit the description. But his last words weren't just for nothing. He means the Louvre pyramid, in Paris."
Dot Phasor: " But, what did he meant by wait for me there with Mizel?"
Mizel: " it meant that mostly that it will be a direct call. Much more like how I used to communicate with him."
Evangeline : " can he really do such thing?"
Otacross: " it's obvious deyo~."
Everyone turned to the old man.
Otacross: " via the Driver, deyo~."
Jin: " I see. So it's a mean of communication as well."
Lilyan: " But, why so suddenly wanting to call us directly?"
Ami: " You have a point."
Pandora: " could it be that something went wrong."
Kazu: " a possibility."
Hiro: " we won't know until we meet him after all."
Jun'ichirou: " alright. Then get ready. We're heading out to Paris tomorrow."
Jin: " but for now. I will need all of your LBXs."
Everyone blinked at him...
The brunette was sweating heavily and panting as he tried to catch his breath. The helmet placed on his head was linked to the computer Gichii was working on.
Gichii: " that's not enough! Do it again!"
Ban: " forced... Overload..."
More readings appeared on the screen.
Gichii: " that's it. Now we need to make some modification to your unit. With all the data Leviathan Gathered, and the data for the simulation we're running on you now, I will make sure to create a more powerful Killer Droid."
He looked at the data of the suit.
Gichii: " it's almost completed for you to use."...
Observatory...
Jun'ichirou: " Ruri-kun, this is..."
He looked at the data she showed him on her laptop.
Ruri: " I've been working on it for a while, but I can't complete it on my own. Professor, I need your help..."
Haruka: " this actually is an interesting blue print."
She balanced her glass on the bridge of her nose.
Ruri: " I know it's not perfect yet. But... Since Ban-san has an overload now, we need every possible power up we can get."
Jun'ichirou: " understood. While we still have time, let's start working on it."...
She entered the room while holding a tray, on which was two mugs of coffee and a Coke can.
Mizel, Kirito, Eva and Jin looked up from the LBXs they were working on.
Elie: " I figured you would need refreshment."
Jin: " thanks."
He said taking the mugs from her and passing one to Eva while Kirito opened the coke and stared drinking.
Elie: " I don't get what are you doing to all our LBXs?"
Mizel: " we're improving them."
Elie: " eh! For what!"
Jin put down his mug, ready to explain.
Jin: " since Ban-kun developed overload, we need our LBXs to be able to stand against him. They may be super and all, but it won't help if they can't keep up with him."
Elie: " sounds about right. But how will you do that?"
Kirito : " Jin here has all the needed data for the overload."
Evangeline : " seeing how he is professor Mito's student."
She pointed out while holding the mug to her mouth.
Mizel: " even the Reizetsu girl is working on some weapons and the professors asked Jin for his overload data."
Elie: " I see. Can I help with anything?"
Kirito: " to think about it, why don't you polish the armors and clean the joints. That way we can focus more on other things."
Elie: " right on it!"
She rolled up her sleeves and took a seat...
