Things are looking bad with the news of the relic being half eaten by something and the rifts are still happening. However, there is becoming less as the fleet shows up and the pressure is taken off S.O.N.G. about everything. Also Morgana is about to light up two parents that need it.

Also I think it's time to "Rein" in a few more people to the group too.

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SenkiZesshō Symphogear

Howling Song!

CH.8

More Guests,

Beast Taming, Exoframes,

And the Devil's Luck!

"Speech" normal human/translation

"Speech" Symphogear activation or talking, private thoughts, and communication

"Speech" Gear attacks, songs

..==..

"Could you say that again?" Morgana asks Duo over the comm as Ron waits for a chance. However, he was also sharing her worry at the news of the relic. "What do you means it was half eaten and you imploded the base?"

"Just what I said. The place was falling apart in a few areas and hours away from caving in." Duo explains as Harry talks with Shade about herself. This is something Ron is happy about. "The base has been empty for months with the few bodies we did find being nothing but bones. Burnt bones."

"So all you got was the data, what's left of the relic copy, and a shuttle of displaced people?" Gene asks and takes a bite out of his smoked ribs. "Well, at least it wasn't a total lose as far as I see it. We might get something from the data and recordings." He stopped short of taking a drink as Duo's words sunk in. "Did you say burnt bones? As in the only bodies you found were burnt down to the bone?"

"That or piles of ashes that were bodies. One of the files was marked "Reborn" for some reason." Lilith says as the soft rumble of an engine is heard outside the tent. "There might be an answer in that one about those bodies. Most of the piles were in some of the lab testing rooms."

Ron didn't like what he was hearing as Hilda shows her double barrel Caster to Drifter. If there was ever a reason not to make trouble it was that weapon in her hands, and the fact she has it loaded. A number five and seven shell being fired at the same time just scared him. It's the fact they have a means of making more shells and even custom shell types meant something horrifying to him. This about the piles of ash in the labs they found in the undersea base only matched that worry for him.

"Maybe we should talk more about this once they get back?" Ron asks eyeing the redhead on the other holo screen. Raven Redsun is a lot like her mother Hilda and has the same yellow eyes. She seemed to have a darker skin tone to her mother, but that might be a tan. "Besides, I'm sure everyone on that shuttle would like to talk more in person."

"You're just hoping for a chance to make trouble, Ron." Harry says in the flattest tone of voice his brother has even heard from him. "Shade over here has powers that can deal with you as well. I like to keep on friendly terms here, bro."

Shade leans back holding a ball of green energy in her hands for everyone to see. She grins showing her fangs again. "Just because I was made in a lab doesn't mean we're a match, Harry. But you are on the right track of staying friendly with everyone." She sighs as the ball of energy turns from green to purple. "Otherwise there is no way home for anyone but Drifter, me, and the crew of the Silver Blood. What battles are you needed for back home that would be worse if you are not there?"

"The Kei Pirates come to my mind first." Suzuka says without a second thought.

Gilliam's little blue robot is on the table so he can be a part of the meeting. "There is finding answers for Melfina about herself and the Galactic Leyline. Plus, this is a good time to upgrade the Outlaw Star with proper armor and weapons."

"How much is that going to cost us?" Jim Hawking asks leveling a glare to Hilda.

"Not a dime. It's also my way of saying "Sorry for the trouble I left you guys in" and it'll get you ready for whatever happens back home for you." Hilda says smirking as Ron sweats bullets as she smiles as Jim. "So, you have nothing to worry about. Besides, the money you guys have won't work here anyway."

"I'm the one that has to worry." Ron mutters as the soft thud of something landing outside. "Now what?"

"In you go young lady." A deep friendly voice says as a very tall person in silver armor with gold hilghlights steps into the tent behind a young girl about Jim's age with two cats, one black the other white, and Hilda sighs as another man in very easy to place armor also steps in behind them. "Hello everyone! I'm Arc an adventurer with Lady Ariane Glenys Maple and Chiyome from another world here." He says as an elven woman with pink hair with gold eyes walks in and a dark haired wolf girl ninja stands next to her. "This gentle man, who has a damaged fighter craft outside, is Din Djarin the bounty hunter and this young lady here is Hanmyo. She says she is from a power group of mages."

"So, we've got one of the Anten Seven, three displaced adventures with a powerful track record, and the Mandalorian himself." Hilda says with a half grin as the small fox like creature, Ponta, and Grogu appear on Arc's shoulders. "Yeah, we know who you all are. You the most Hanmyo but I'm sure you'd like to see this as something of a chance to get away from the Kei Pirates."

Din rests his hand on his blaster looking around the tent to get an idea of what they just stepped into. He sees a lot of very different people that aren't known in his galaxy, aliens as well with the big one in red armor smirking for some reason, and the woman in charge standing up. Her grey hair and fur not being from age has him a little worried.

"We need a way back to our homes. The droid, a heavily modified B-1 calling himself Breach, said his commander could help us." Din says looking at Morgana. "You must be Morgana Redmoon then?"

Morgana chuckles. "I am and we're working on getting everyone home. We're just tracking down the relic that pulled you all here." She sighs. "Well, it's now us tracking what ate half of the relic down in hopes of stopping something else from happening."

"We're above water and ten minutes out. I'll have the rest of the report ready when we get there." Duo says with a chuckle. "I think you've got enough to deal with for now. Try not to make too much trouble for them Heero. They're good people."

Heero rolls his eyes with a slight grin. "If you say so."

Duo just laughs as the comm is shut off and Commander Shepard takes a deep pull from his drink. "Well, it looks like we've got new problems to deal with." He says rubbing his neck. "Any ideas on where to start, Ms. Redmoon?"

"Just Morgana please and I have a few ideas. All of which we can get started on after my father gets here to start trade talks with Earth. That'll take a lot of pressure of Genjūrō's people and let us safely get the downed ship into a shipyard to rebuild it for them." Morgana says with a tired tone of voice. "Honestly I never saw any of this coming when I came here to save my daughter. But here we are and up to our ear tips in it."

"How long till he gets here?" Arc asks as a new holo screen opens to show a man with graying black hair and wolf ears. "I'm guessing that's him, Morgana?" Arc asks pointing to the screen.

"Well, it's not the pizza guy." The man laughs making Morgana groan. "I'm Davis Redmoon. I'm sending the shipyard units to you right now and taking on the talks for bring the trades together. Just send Scotty on up when you can please. I'm sure he misses his ship."

"You brought the Enterprise in all her glory, huh?" Morgana asks making James nearly spit his drink out. "That old Galaxy refit sure isn't like the original but she's tough. That's for getting here so much sooner than needed."

"I thought bringing the old dreadnaught was the best idea. We didn't know what was going to be in space on the way here after all." Davis says with a grin as his eyes sparkle for a moment. "I can't wait to see what beauty this world has to be seen! Give it about six hours and you can take everyone back home to use the gates there."

Morgana frowns picking up the hint her father just dropped. "Right." She says before the comm turns off. "Damn it. Uncle must have bolted by the fleet knowing they couldn't go after him. The real question is why?"

"It might have something to do with the rift energy readings moving off planet before just out right disappearing. He always did like a good mystery like this and often has solved them." Hilda points out checking her pad for any new reports. "The last report we had was six minutes ago but nothing showed up."

"Meaning whatever it is just jumped itself out of this world." Jackie says pulling the tent flaps wider. "So we have to find out where it went and get it before more trouble follows it. Well, that's my take on it at least."

Morgana just sits down with a sigh as she relaxes for a moment. "It's about the best thing we can do for now. That means a full sweep of the area to make sure we don't have any holdouts and wild life that doesn't belong here found." She says looking to Genjūrō with a tired smile. "Also have the girls pack their things as they'll be coming with us. I'm sure you'd like to oversee the rebuild of your new ship and HQ for S.O.N.G. right?"

"We'll be right behind you with the shipyard still working on it if needed. I'm sure that most of the girls will be happy about this though." Genjūrō says with a grin. "Chris might be the most happy of them all for good reasons."

..==..

Silver Blood Armory

Sergeant Major Avery Johnson looks over the work Ruby has done on her sister's weapon, Ember Cecilia, and checked over the new micro missiles added to it. The old dark skinned wolf looked more like a hell hound that would make any marine proud. He takes a pull on his cigar before handing the weapon over to Yang with a grin.

"Your sister is a very skilled weapon smith, Yang. You be careful with those missiles kid." Johnson says with a chuckle. "Those are base on the Whistling Birds the Mandalorian people use. I just made them have a better punch."

Yang puts her gauntlets back on, and has them shift back down to their bracelet form. "She's always been a great with weapons. It had me worried she'd never make any friends and yet now I don't think we have to worry." She says looking to Ruby as she finishes her Crescent Rose with a transformation test.

"Must be nice not worrying about that after all the things that have happened." Johnson chuckles blowing out a long stream of smoke. "Just be glad we have everything needed for the new weapons. Gambol Shroud was the hardest one to make since the ribbon is part of how it works. I'm glad we keep dragon silk handy for this kind of thing, but it's mainly used for light armor."

Weiss swings her Myrtenaster to feel the weight of it as the new mana crystals in place of the Dust. "I'm surprised my Myrtenaster was the easiest make to make. This second one is just like the original and balanced even better." She looks to Johnson. "You said this is mythril too? Did you use it all our weapons?"

"Yup, and I have your original weapons in cases to keep them safe. A real shame with how they can't even transform because of the Dust being inert." He says with a toothy grin towards Yang. "Might have helped you last a few seconds longer in that fight with Morgana, Blondie."

Yang sighs getting the hint. "Right." She groans face palming. "My ego and sass got me in a fight I had no chance of winning. I get it already."

Johnson laughs before pulling out a few cases with each of the girls name on them as Ruby joins them. He opens each to show a body suit for Ruby. "Now for the best part of the day and a gift too you ladies for humoring this old devil dog. Dragon silk and mythril thread battle suits. It's basically like the under gear the relic users have, so you can wear it under your clothes. Elsa said your new outfits will take a little longer and to swing by for a fitting."

Ruby pulls her suit out and is surprised its black with red and silver trim giving it a kind of armor look. "So pretty and light to the touch. It even got some padding in a few places like the shoulders, and shins." She holds the suit up and grins. "It's like leather armor without the bulk!"

Blake hands the Caster she was looking over, a hand cannon like Gene's, back to Johnson before looking her suit. She grins pulling it out and seeing the coloring matches her clothes. "And Elsa did all this?"

"She's still learning but for the most part, yes. That girl is going to be very good in a few months." Johnson chuckles putting the Caster in a case and slides it next to Blake. "You got cleared for one each of your own Caster ladies. I just need to make the shells you want with the normal sets. Now, what design of Caster would you each want?"

Yang blinks as she has seen the other half of the armory where they make the shells and Caster weapons. She didn't think they came in even Halberd form and the number of sword types as well made her head spin. It didn't take long for her to make up her mind for her Caster design.

"Something that can be linked to my weapon, but can still be used like a gun." Yang says holding up her right arm with a grin. "Just think of the damage I'll do at point blank."

"That's great but be damn careful what shell you use." Johnson points out firmly. "There are a few of these shells fire black holes."

Yang shivers hearing that. "Got it. Uh, mind if I get a list of which shells those are, Johnson?" She asks wanting to not be killed by a mini black hole. "I should make sure of what other shells I shouldn't be use like that."

"I'll take a short sword, please." Weiss says after hearing Yang's request. "I'll need a second blade at some point and this would let me fire the Caster inside an enemy. As much as I hope I never have too."

Johnson nods his head with a thoughtful look. "Very smart thinking for a second weapon that can cover both needs and you wouldn't be the first to fire inside an enemy either. Artoria uses a long sword type and did that once."

"What did she have to do that too?" Ruby asks drawing her Caster idea, but stops as Johnson puts a gauntlet type Caster in front of her. "Wow. This is for me?"

"Yes, and it was a giant robot of some kind out of a downed cargo ship. Never did find out where that ship came from." Johnson says with a grin. "It'll double over as a shield too."

"Nice!" The girls say as a hard light shield turns on as Ruby makes a fist with her left hand. It gives her all the normal freedom she needs for using her scythe and the surprise of a heavy hit.

"I'll have Yang's Caster ready by the end of the day. I've got a half finished hand cannon type that'll do prefect for her idea. I can make one for each gauntlet if you want." Johnson says with a grin before turning away. "Now go see Elsa for your new outfits girls. You'll need them in case your Aura can't work somewhere."

..==..

Meeting Tent/Cookout

Suletta walks Aerial out to meet the shuttle Duo's team was bring in. She hops out as Aerial holds her left hand out for her sister to step onto. After being fitted with a Zero System and GN-Drive gave Ericht full control over her mobile suit body. Now their mother's plan wasn't needed at all and they could do something more. It was just going to be talking their mother out of her plan of revenge that's going to be the hard part.

A truck pulls up as Suletta hops to the ground wearing blue jeans, a sports top, red vest, and white sneakers. She wasn't going to lie that it felt good to wearing something other than her school uniform. Some of her new friends join her, making her look up to one of them. Well, one has to with a Viera female that's over seven feet tall, and that's before taking her ears into her height.

Sara Mercury is a seven feet and four inches tall with red hair like Suletta's with green eyes. Her skin is a dark brown with the fur on her ears and tail is a soft tan. The cloths she is wearing, aside from the normal stilettos most female Viera wear, black shorts with a grey t-shirt and a tan vest. She quickly took to Suletta like a big sister as a few others join her to meet Prospera. Morgana was already on the way with most of the others as well as the Python comes into view with the shuttle still locked to its lower hull.

"Looks like a pretty nice ship there, Hilda. Think we can get a few dozen of those?" Wrex asks with a chuckle as the shuttle is placed on the ground with a soft thud, and the larger ship flies to the side before landing as well. "I'll bet there are some big guns on it too."

Hilda rolls her eyes as they join Suletta's small group. "We've got other ships you can pick from that are larger, and much more powerful. The Python is just a medium size ship for the most part and has only five weapon hard points. I just added four more fixed heavy weapon points for buster rifles-based cannons." She says with a grin as the shuttle airlock opens as Isaac leads the way off the ship as the five Gundams take a knee and their pilots get out.

"Sounds like we might have to ask for a few to deal with the Reapers." Shepard says with a grin as two mobile suits exit the shuttle, and one is holding a crate. "I'm guessing that is the relic copy you've been looking for in there?"

"It sure is and it's not the only thing we got." Lilith says holding up the case with the data as she walks over with her sisters, Duo, and Trowa. "There's enough data in here to give us answers to all that was going on for the last year!"

Genjūrō nearly spits his drink out. "The last year?! How did this slip past us for that long?"

Mordred slaps her sister on the back of the head. "Don't be pulling their tail on this."

"Kill joy." Lilith mutters rubbing the back of her head as she hands off the case to a silver fox that looks a lot like Miorine but has silver eyes and wears a white armored body suit with a grey vest. "How long do you think it'll take to decrypt the data, Molly?"

Molly Frostgem shrugs her shoulders. "I can't say till I get it in the computer. If it's as weak as S.O.N.G's encryptions were before I got to them. I'd say about four hours with virus check." She says taking the case to the truck and sliding it into a slot. Hologram screens and a keyboard appear as the decryption begins and Molly does a double take. "Shit! These guys won't messing around with their data. It'll take the Rig here the better part of a week to crack this."

Suletta gives everyone a shy wave as she walks toward her friends and mother that came off the shuttle. "Hey everyone. You all doing, okay?" She asks before getting hugged by Miorine which she returns. "I guess a little shaken up with what happened?"

"We nearly crashed into a wall and then we met these guys as they killed some kind of undead monsters. Then these five show up with Mobile Suits that don't even use a Permet system!" Martin says waving his arm around in a small freak out. "How are you so calm?!"

"I landed here with three other Gundam pilots from three other worlds and got a chance to learn more about being a pilot with them for a week. I also kept much calmer than I thought I would be meeting my first aliens and punching out a Frost Giant." Suletta answers with a nervus smile as Miorine looks up at her in surprise. "Yeah, I never thought I'd say that either, but he did attack first. You guys already met Duo and he's one of the pilots I'm talking about."

"Thank you, thank you." Duo says with a grin before patting Suletta on the shoulder. "All jokes aside. Suletta here picked up on us being pulled here from our worlds and even helped us find a place to hide. The girl is really sharp about some things that makes her a great fit for this kind of thing."

Prospera frowns a little hearing this before Ericht moves her hand and waves at her. "And they even helped me have the power to move around on my own. A great surprise, isn't it mother?" Ericht says making nearly everyone, expect for S.O.N.G., Archangel, and Silver Blood crew members, to jump in surprise. "I even got a new power plant to help me do all this without a data storm."

This throws Prospera well of her game but can't be happier her daughter is doing so well. She smirks toward the group that is in charge but is cut off by Mordred and Flay glaring at her. "Don't even try." They say at the same time with a growl and Suletta grabbing her shoulder.

"Really don't even try or you'll be killed. Morgana doesn't have much patience for skims and the like." Suletta says in a warning tone of voice. "She'll knock that helmet right off your head, mom."

"What's happened to you is strange, but I like how you are dealing with it." Miorine says hugging Suletta. "I'm just glad you're safe and sound. I'm guessing these two are some more friends you've made here?" She asks looking to Sara and Molly, who she really hopes is not really a kitsune.

"I'm not going to get a word in, am I?" Prospera asks as Molly following Miorine around Suletta, making the redhead sigh. "Well, at least you're happy, Eri. How did they get you to Permet level five and higher?"

Eri sighs shaking her head. "It's not the Permet system, mom. In fact, I'm using something else. Didn't you listen to Suletta at all?" She asks leaning forward and over the group. "I got upgrades you read about later." She says in a very threatening tone before Suletta waved her off. "Fine, but the point still stands."

"But only the Permet system can do this, and everyone uses it. Even th…" Prospera didn't get to finish as she's grabbed by Morgana and lifted off the ground by her shoulder. The grip of the wolf woman is greater than steel and the look in her eyes says she's not a fool. "I-I take it I really don't know what I'm talking about with your tech?" Prospera says with gritted teeth from the pain as her bones start to groan before she's dropped.

"Yes, and I know a 'revenge at all costs' woman when I see one. The material used to make your Permet systems is only in your corner of the multiverse, my dear bitch." Morgana says coldly with a glare that is even colder. It's enough to make Delling get the shivers and he's seen some things. "That plan is done as is whatever Delling is planning as well. So, get your ass to medical so they can make sure you're alright and let us do our job."

Delling sighs as Eri stands up and walks around the group to lead Chuchu and Guel in their mobile suits toward the Silver Blood as it changed length to two and half miles. "Is that normal?" He asks deadpanned just as Morgan's comm goes off.

Raven and Scarlet join the group looking happy as the red fox teen speaks. "Nope. It must be an emergency if that mass shifter was shut off. We didn't land the ship in its true size to keep others from getting ideas of sneaking onboard."

"I see no problem with that reason alone." Delling says knowing they likely have dealt with people trying to board already. It's the six mobile suits that take off with a net from an opening bay that worries him. "What the hell do they need a net for?"

"To catch the damaged aircraft that's coming in with wounded and more displaced people like you." Morgana says before speaking into the comm. "Make sure to be extra gentle with the injured onboard and I'm sending Hilda over now to deal with the aircraft." She looks to Hilda who nods and runs toward the ship faster than a human should be able to.

Isaac chuckles as his pats Delling and Prospera on the back. "Well, you heard the lady. We best get checked out before they drag us over."

"Is their job to deal with this kind of thing?" Delling asks hoping to get an answer that doesn't worry them.

"We're an exploration group with a fair amount of skill in winging it as it were." Sara says patting Miorine and Suletta on the shoulders. "If you really want more answers you're going to have to read about our history. It's a lot easier to read about it then us telling some two- to three-thousand-year-old tale."

..==..

Somewhere over the ocean after making off an island with hopes of getting one very odd group to the mainland and help the young man that took a sword to the gut for the Hammerhead's chief, Lorenzo. There was no way they could just let Rein Shroud die after saving their asses with his friends, and one heck of a group of lady friends too. The details about them are on hold till Rein is safe, but it still got the crew thinking.

Viktoria, or Majesty as she's better known as, helps Lorenzo fly the carrier by calling out red lights over the comm to Ace. Who is holding onto the outside of the carrier in Deadeye frame trying to fix the now dead portside engine, and praying things go well for them. She doesn't really think it well though, but she's been wrong before.

"Chief!" Alders calls out from his workstation as the carrier shakes and grabs a young blonde girl with fox ears, and three tails to keep her from falling over. "We've got a break! Some group is sending a team out to catch us and brings us in. They said to watch for six "Mobile Suits" with green and tan armor holding a big net."

The young blonde is Nina the Demigod and the youngest of the group Rein's group. "I hope it's strong enough to hold this metal ship!" She yells hugging Alders tightly out of fear.

"Don't you worry, Nina. They said it can hold four times this carrier." Alders says wrapping his left arm around her to keep her safe. "We're not far from the mainland either, so they should be in view any second!" He shouts to the cockpit as the twins, Sora and Luna, keep using a spell to hold the hull close on the starboard side by the Exoframe bay at the rear of the carrier. The twin light blondes were not looking so good. "Just a little longer girls! We're nearly there!"

"It better be really soon, buster! Otherwise, we're not going to make it!" Luna shouts looking ready to pass out but isn't about to let her sister deal with the stress alone. The two

Helping Sandy, the Hammerhead's android, keep Rein from sliding around is the Cat Spirit Kanade and Dragon Tribe Tania the Red Dragon. Kanade has cat ears and tail with a light red hair and greens eyes. She's gripping the floor tightly as the carrier stops shaking. Tanis holds Sandy by the shoulder as she grips the Alder's desk as her tail is wrapped around part of the floor beams. Her red hair and dragon horns really stand out along with her red-orange eyes. She's just hoping they get to ground in one piece.

"I see them! Oh god those are some huge Exoframes with one bigger net!" Lorenzo shouts back before Ace pulls themselves into the carrier with a loud thud and grabs the wall. "Hold on! I'm going to glide us in and hope for the best!"

Alders switches the comms over to the speakers for everyone to hear. "Cut your engines on my mark to lighten the catch." A female voice says as outside the carrier the six GM Storm flight-types get in place with the net under the carrier. "We've got you guys, and a med team is waiting back at the ship. Cut your engines in three, two, one. Cut!"

With a grunt Lorenzo pulls hits the emergency shutoff for the engines and lets the carrier drop. It's a very short and soft drop into the net as the Fairy twins let go of the hull and fall on their backs. It's looking to be a soft landing now as the only other three people on board sigh loudly.

Aggath, Leane, and Mina are still in shock that Arios would turn around to kill them and the Hammerheads for power. Aggath gained more respect for Rein in saving them with the biggest fireball his ever seen. It was this "Durban" guy that really scared him and the fact he was suppose to be dead. The parting words from the man in black and red demon like armor only unnerved the group, the Hammer heads the most, to their core.

"Time travel is a real bitch, huh? So is knowing that you can learn from your mistakes by never making them yourself." Durban had said before pulling Arios into a portal of light laughing. "Well, see you again real soon, Ace!" Aggath shakes his head to clear away the image of Arios' twisted smile as the portal closed and quickly check on the twins.

..==..

Medical Bay

Dr. Karen Chakwas frowns as she finishes the last stitch before she casts her healing spell on Rein. The wound wasn't too bad, but it nearly went through his stomach, and the amount of blood he lost is worrying. However, she's helped people with far worse wounds in the past. She smiles softly as the young man starts to breathe easier. She turns to the others seeing them all relax.

"He's out of the worst of it now. So, you can all stop crowding and let him rest for a few hours." Dr. Chakwas says as her Normandy counterpart looks over Nina the demigod. "It's nice to have someone that gets just how demanding this work can be helping out as well."

"It's more worth it seeing the Commander in shock from there being two of me to deal with." Normandy Dr. Chakwas says as Shepard groans with both hands covering his face. "Think of it as pay back for all the times you scared us half to death, Commander."

"Noted." John Shepard sighs as Molly works to pull data from the other parting gift from Durban. "What did he leave besides a bad case of bad vibes, Lorenzo?" He asks turning to the large dark-skinned man.

Chief Lorenzo just shrugs as Ace sits on a medical bed nearby. "Just that some Bavarian Illuminati guy he grabbed was very useful till his brain fried. He said something about dragging him out of the mall and learning how your world works before thinking it was nothing to worry about." He gives a halfhearted laugh. "He thinks you all aren't a problem since he got that relic core. Had a dino eat it that he grew in a test tub with machine parts, he said. One rat Durban was bad enough! No we have another that's twice as smart as before!"

Alice "Ace" Dawn just sighs rubbing the back of her neck. Her medium red/black hair is a little wild looking says just how much time she spends in the Exosuits. Her jade green eyes nearly shine as she looks around. "Twice was bad enough for me as well fighting him and I'm not counting the zombie thing Leviathan did to him as fighting him. That was the crazy AI we were fighting with everyone." She points out with a light northeastern accent to her voice.

"As if things won't bad enough, huh?" James Holden asks as Naomi sits up without trouble, waking from a short nap. "How are you doing, Naomi?" He asks quietly.

"I'm doing fine, and it sound like I missed something." Naomi says feeling a lot better after her treatment. She wasn't having trouble breathing or feeling her heart hurt as much. "I should be good in a few more hours."

"I'll be the judge of that." Both Chakwas say at the same time getting a laugh out of Morgana and Hilda. Everyone else either also chuckled or sighed.

"So, we got a moment I've been meaning to ask." Tania says before pointing to Genjūrō as the doors open with Artoria, Chris, and a new face walk in. "What does S.O.N.G. stand for, old man?"

"Means to sing, yes?" The newest to show up asks making everyone turn to the voice of a young girl dressed in white with a silver hair, purple eyes, and a coffin on her back. "Chaika, know that much. Don't you?"

"We found her wondering the hallways near the old gate rooms." Artoria says with a chuckle. "Seems one of them had a reaction to the rifts and pulled Chaika over. I thought it best if we got her checked out with how she's been talking. Also, S.O.N.G. stands for: Squad of Nexus Guardians."

Tania blinks a few times taking this all in with everyone else. "You have gates on board?" She asks looking ready to flip out.

"They were all pulled a few years back." Hilda says with a sigh. "They weren't the safest thing to have on board and even now still give us trouble. Chaika got very lucky landing here, but why didn't the alarm go off?" She takes out a pad and starts a system check before Chris throws a chunk of cable over to her. "The hell?!"

"We might have a few uninvited guests onboard that are behind the systems problems." Chris says with a sigh as Artoria sets the coffin to the side for Chaika. "So, what did we miss here?"

"This normal for Chaika." Chaika pouts before shaking her head. "Anyway, name Chaika Trabant. It' is nice to meet you all." She says with a bow and a bright smile. "Artoria and Chris very nice. Though Chris was another Chaika for a moment too."

Drift lets out a sigh with a grin. "Young lady, I'm willing to bet there's a long story behind thinking she was a clone of you."

"Not clone but is clone at the same time. Really hard to explain." Chika sighs.

"And I'm standing right here and she's not even freaking out." Wrex says flatly. "That says a lot about whatever world she's comes from already."

"Though you Dragoon." Chaika says making Wrex laugh and everyone soon follows suit.

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Artoria and Chris stay with Chaika as everyone else heads into the ship's depths to find out who is sneaking around, and taking parts from the systems. It wasn't adding up to anything really anything big yet, but it is still worrying what the next system might be that loses a part. Morgana frowns as she has to do the one thing she didn't want of the others.

"Everyone I need your help with this hunt." Morgana says turning to the group after they left medical. Rein's friends stayed back with Mina staying in medical since she wants to help Rein. "We're going to have to break into group for this and with the internal scanners down in a few lower areas for no reason. Just means we've got rats again."

Hilda sighs. "My money's monsters again with Midnight being on the ship. She's in the hanger bay about this time so I'm not worried." She opens her Caster and pulls the shells out. "I'm more surprised she's not following Artoria around again. In any case we better get to an armory." She hands Gene a few blue shells with a net pattern on them. "These are Spell Net shells and we'll be using them to catch either the monsters or intruders we find."

"One of the costume type Caster shells?" Gene asks looking the shells over before loading one into his Caster. "Not a bad idea with this talk of monsters onboard."

"It's only because we never got a group name for them and they really aren't all bad." Scotty says walking around a corner with a great sword resting on his with a creature with electric green fur, and yellow shell like armor and horns. "Thor here is one of the better examples of these 'monsters'. He's a Zinogre by the way."

The few that know of the Monster Hunter games just look at the four foot tall at the shoulder electric monster. "I thought they were bigger." Is the muttered remark by Wrex before Thor nuzzles into Murrue's right arm.

"He's friendly at least." Murrue chuckles as Thor gives a growling like bark, but it sounds friendly. "Wrex does bring up a good point. I thought they were bigger than this." She points to Thor before he licks her finger.

"Our ancestors won't the only ones that got dropped like trash on Mythwind." Scotty sighs as Morgana opens the armory for them. "We're not sure how long but it was long enough for them to be domesticated and get down to this smaller size. Maybe some five thousand year?"

Morgana shrugs handing out flack vests to those that want them. Amos and Wrex each took a shotgun Hilda handed them before both Morgana and Hilda pulled their Casters and pointed them at a weapon rack. Morgana's Caster looks like a short sword gunblade-type with the blade split down the middle. Both women growl as they walk around to block whoever is hiding in the armory.

What they find is a young man with two girls on the floor and they all look roughed up. The young man has dark blue hair, green/aqua eyes, a dark long sleeve shirt and pants with a brown belt holding his two short swords. One girl has long light orange hair with a purple bow on the top of her head, blue eyes, a white combat dress, a black vest with purple sleeves and black gloves, brass shoulder caldrons, and purple stockings with black shoes. The other girl is wearing a red outfit over a black leotard with some side boob showing, a brown belt, black thigh-high stocking with red boots, black fingerless gloves up to her shoulder with red shoulder covers and forearm guards with a odd sword next to her leg. The biggest shock is how much she looks like Chaika with short hair. All three looked both a little burnt and very confused.

The red Chaika sits up looking at Morgana as the grey wolf woman points her Caster up and away from the group. "How the hell did you three get in here?" She asks as the other two also sit up and rub the side of their heads. "You look like you just came out of an unstable portal. Anything broken at least?"

"Feel like Dragoon punched me." The Red Chaika mutters holding her head. "Where we at and who are you?"

"In one of the smaller armories on my ship." Morgana answers. "Who are you three?"

"Me Chaika Bogdan." The Red Chaika says.

"Vivi Holopainen of the Gilette Corps." Vivi said with a frown. "This is in a ship of some kind?"

"Toru Acura. Saboteur." Toru says about to jump up but stops feeling Hilda's Caster press into the back of his head. "Okay, so I'm not going to get out of this am I?"

Amos chuckles as the three kids stand up and nearly fall over again seeing the large group. Wrex making it clear they aren't among normal people. "You've got no idea, kid. Hey, you know a Chaika that dresses in white by chance?"

"Where is she?" Toru and Vivi ask at the same time.

"Medical but I'm starting to think her talking in broken sentences might not be from her being dropped here." Amos points to the Red Chaika. "She's talking the same away after all and you two aren't."

Holden rubs his chin thinking as Hilda backs off of Toru and helps the three toward the door. "Hold up a second. Would you three tell us about your friends in case they also got sent here?" Holden says as Hilda smirks. "I'm sure they have to be feeling as lost as you guys are."

Vivi looks to Toru and Red Chaika before shrugging her shoulders. "I guess it couldn't hurt since you all aren't just locking us up. Right?" She asks looking at Hilda as she puts her weapon away. "So we're guest then?"

"I think we're more worried about how you all are on the ship instead of outside it." Mu points out. "Doesn't this ship have a shield to keep this from happening, Morgana?"

"Yes, but when Chaika showed by with my daughter and Chris, the White Chaika I mean." Morgana says when the Red Chaika tilts her head confused. "I started to worry since the alarm should have gone off." At that moment the alarms starts going off. "Like that."

"I'll take these guys to medical after we get those details." Hilda says gently holding Red Chaika's shoulders to keep her steady. "This girl looks ready to fall over again."

Red Chaika just sighs before Vivi starts giving details on what her friends look like and Toru does the same. He even explains what Red Chaika's friends look like what the last thing he remember before finding himself on the floor with the girls. All of them found a strange crystal being held by suits of armor before it just exploded in a flash of light. It was the note Morgana found on the floor and she growls.

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Molly types away as she fights to keep the virus from getting any deeper into the computers. "I can't believe Durban played us like this! Fucking hell!" The silver fox shouts as she locks out most of the ships systems. "And to top it off he gave those Seals a pass card as well! How the hell did they get into the ship in the first place?!"

"Starboard cargo bay was busted open during re-entry and it's still open." Sara says over the comm. "It looks like they grabbed some of the extra gear we keep down here as well to pass as some of us. So, that just leaves us with one problem."

"How are they planning to get off the ship with the gear they stole so far?" Molly asks getting the comms working again and calls Morgana. "Ma'am, Durban tricked us…"

"I know! The bastard just dropped more people on us thanks to his little virus. Worse is that those guys just tripped the alarm near the Python bay and Scotty is going to check the FLT right now." Morgana says as she's running with the others toward the Python ship bay. "We can't let them take any of our gear before Davis hears about it! He'll gut someone!"

A rumble ran through the ship before Molly got the last of the virus in check and the ship bay locked down. "This is medical! A rift just opened and pulled Artoria, Chris, Chaika, and Midnight into another world! I got a tracking spell on them so we can find them, but the amount of magic I felt was unlike anything I've felt before."

"Just what we needed. More problems." Molly sighs as she keeps working to restore the ship's computers and other system. "It's looking like we're not going to be leaving Earth anytime soon either. I just hope those girls will be okay."

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Kuoh Academy

Late at night near the old school building Rias Gremory and her group watched as the three people and monster check over each other. So far the only thing they can tell is the monster is a small Nargacuga from Monster Hunter about four feet tall. It looks to be keeping close to one of the girls the most, the redhead with wolf ears and tail. The other two might be sisters with matching hair and purple eyes.

"So, what should we do now?" Issei Hyoudou asks. As much as he might be the king of pervs, but this wasn't the time. "That wolf alone looks really strong."

"We wait and see what they do first. I don't think they came here by choice if how they're acting is to go by." Rias says before ducking behind a tree as the Artoria, Chris, Chaika, and Midnight start walking toward the school. "I just hope I'm doing the right thing with us just watching for now."

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Author's Notes

Things are going to get very strange from here on and to just groups. I'll be starting with Artoria going into trouble with Rias at her school. But will it be enough before more trouble happens? Durban has made trouble on the Silver Blood to keep it in place, and grabbed a number of people with rifts.