Hibiki's POV:
Sector 7
Carol's blast connects with Hibiki, leaving a sizable crater. Hibiki was knocked down by the attack but was still able to muster the strength to look at her enemy. "Why do you not don your Symphogear?" Carol asked. "Why do you not fight?"
Hibiki sits herself upright to answer Carol's question. "Instead of fighting... Tell me why you want to destroy the world!"
Carol glares at Hibiki as she jumps down from the platform she stood upon and floats down to right above the crater Hibiki sat in. "If I tell you, will you accept my reason?" She asked.
"I... I don't want to fight you!" Hibiki responds.
Carol gets annoyed by Hibiki's reluctance. "Unlike you, I have a cause that I will see through to the end, even if it means fighting!"
Part 3:
Believe in your justice and follow the path it creates
Chapter 2:
Arrival of the Inhuman Adversaries
Miku's POV:
After the party
With Hibiki, Kana, and Chris having left for their mission, the rest of the group decide to walk back to their homes. Although Kirika and Shirabe get home from within Chris and Kana's apartment, they decided to walk with their senpais for a bit... Mainly because Kirika wanted to grab a quick bite to eat before they went back to the Astral Plane. "And here I thought we were all having a sleepover..." Yumi whined.
"It wouldn't be right to mess around while they're out fighting for us." Shiori reasoned.
"I'm just glad Hina had a spare key to Kinechri-senpai's house since Mui was busy getting ready at hers." Kuriyo added. "By the way, why did you have one? I understand why Katsu and Tsuku have one, but why did you have one too?"
Miku stops to think about that question. "That's a good question. To be honest, I don't remember. Hibiki or Kana must've given it to me at some point." Miku answers, only confusing the trio further.
"Excuse us, dear Senpais!" Kirika said, herself and Shirabe running in front of the group. "We'll be heading home now dess!"
"Thanks for inviting us." Shirabe added.
"See you later!" Kirika said, grabbing Shirabe and heading off.
"Bye-bye!" Yumi replied, waving goodbye to the Zababa duo for the night.
"Take care you two!" Miku adds. "Okay, maybe I'll go buy some rice balls at the convenience store."
Hearing this surprised the others. "I thought you'd be more worried." Kuriyo said.
"Hibiki's hobby is saving people. I know for a fact she'll be fine." Miku replies. "If anything, I'm more worried that she'll be hungry when she gets back." With that, the girls go their separate ways for the night,
Chris and Kana's POV:
Sector 7
As Hibiki jumped from the Helicopter, Kana too summoned her Symphogear as directed to by Genjuro to boost Hibiki's power. Moments later, Chris and Kana get dropped off a bit further away from the burning buildings as they begin to search for the one who caused the fire. "Thanks to Hibiki-chan, rescue efforts at the burning condos are going well." Aoi reported. "And thanks to the boost from Kana-chan, casualties have been avoided entirely."
"That's good to hear." Kana replies.
"Doesn't mean we can't let her have all the glory now." Chris adds. Suddenly, the two girls heard a strange noise nearby before, without warning, the helicopter they were in explodes. "What the hell?"
"Chris?" Kana says, pointing towards the monorail tracks nearby. "I think we found our target."
Chris turned around to see what Kana saw and was immediately put on guard. On the monorail tracks stood what looked to be a woman dressed in yellow, brown, and black staring down at them. "Hey! Did you do that?" Chris asks the woman, who neither answers nor moves in the slightest, which only put the wielders on even higher alert of the mysterious woman.
Meanwhile at HQ/London
"The Symphogear-wielder transport was destroyed!" Aoi reported.
"What's going on?" Genjuro asks.
"It seems someone is after the wielders!" Aoi continued.
"We've also received reports from London that Tsubasa-san is under attack!" Sakuya added.
Genjuro was surprised to hear this. Multiple attacks in vastly different locations simultaneously was strange, but he wasn't about to let that overwhelm him. Without a second thought, Genjuro got in contact with Ogawa in London. "Ogawa!"
"Yes?" Ogawa answers, picking up Genjuro's call.
"At this rate, we'll be overwhelmed with information and won't learn our enemy's objective." Genjuro says.
"Understood. I'll contact Scotland Yard and M15 for help and figure out what's going on." Ogawa says, hanging up his phone.
"What's happening, Ogawa-senpai?" Serena asked amid the panicked workers.
"Remember when we said there wouldn't be any surprise attacks this time?" Ogawa asks, receiving a nod from Serena. "It looks like we've jinxed ourselves." With that said, the two rush off to find Tsubasa, Kanade, and Maria.
Back in Sector 7, the mysterious woman fires a few coins close to the duo of wielders, purposely missing them only slightly before dramatically posing with more coins in her hands. "I am ready." The woman said.
Chris smirks. "Excellent. Then I won't feel bad about kicking your ass afterwards." she says. "And don't go cryin' about it when we make quick work of you!" With that said, Chris pulls out her Gear and transforms as Kana activates her Augmentation of Chris' Gear.
"Killter Ichaival tron"
(TRUST HEART begins to play)
Immediately, Kana and Chris open fire on the woman, who dodges every single bullet with ease. "Her movements... No normal human should be capable of this." Kana says.
"I highly doubt that thing is even human!" Chris adds, her point being proven as the woman simply grabs two of Chris' bolts and crushes them in her hands. "Which only makes this fight that much easier!" Kana nods in agreement. As much as she wished they could just apprehend this woman and call it a night, the possibility that this could end in them killing their opponent was present if they didn't get them to retreat or surrender first.
Unknown to either of them, a third party was watching their fight against this inhuman woman. "Two of the highest-level phonic gains and combat abilities of the Symphogear-wielders, and it still isn't enough to even damage Leiur..." The girl in the black and purple hood said. "I need to deliver Dvergr Dáinn's legacy as soon as possible."
As for the combatants, Chris and Kana tagged in and out of attacking Leiur before both parties ceased close quarters combat and the two wielders began firing at their opponent once more. However, despite the massive barrage of bullets, Leiur advanced towards her two opponents, dodging with ease until she was forced to jump into the air to avoid a massive dragon shot from Kana, which only lead her straight into Chris' Mega Deth Party.
"They landed a direct hit?" The hooded girl said aloud in shock.
Meanwhile in London
"How painfully underwhelming..." The Autoscorer said. "I certainly cannot allow you to beat me so easily." Unfazed, Tsubasa attacks the Autoscorer directly. Their blades clash, causing Tsubasa's to go flying out of her hand and into the air, but she planned for that. In that moment, the blade transforms into Heaven's Wrath, smashing the Autoscorer into the floor. "Did you get her?" Maria asks.
"Not at all." Tsubasa answers. "I just knocked her through the floor."
Hearing this, Maria gets an idea and grabs Tsubasa by the arm. "Let's go, Tsubasa!" She says, much to the surprise of the azure wielder.
Back in Sector 7, Chris and Kana look to the pillar of smoke caused by the direct hit with their foe. "Nice one!" Kana shouts, feeling victorious.
"It's not over yet." Chris says, keeping her sight locked onto the pillar of smoke. "Quit wasting our time and come out already!"
Much to Kana's surprise, Leiur was completely unscathed thanks to a barrier she created. Once the dust completely settled, Leiur dispelled her shield and began to fire at the duo once more. "What's going on, Chris-chan?" Aoi asked over their communicators.
"It's the enemy! We're under attack!" Chris answers.
"Are you okay Hibiki?" Kana asks into her communicator, trying to reach Hibiki to make sure she was okay, but she received no response. "Gods... She's probably under attack too. We need to find Hibiki and take on whoever these people are toge-"
"Look out!" A voice called out, catching Chris and Kana's attention.
Instinctively, the duo look around for any incoming attacks before looking up and seeing several boats heading straight for them. "Is this some kind of twisted joke?!" Chris shouts. Without hesitation, Kana activates Shadow Dragon Fang, grabs Chris, and bolts for cover as the boats explode on impact with the ground.
As for Leiur, she simply looks on at a nearby port where a giant figure was grabbing boats out of the water to attack the wielders with. "Plain doesn't suit me, but even this is too much for my liking... Let's dial it down a bit." Leiur said to herself as the giant in the water vanishes, dropping the boats in the process.
Meanwhile...
Shirabe and Kirika were walking to grab a bite to eat before heading home, thinking about what Chris and Kana told them earlier.
"You two are staying here!"
"No offense girls, but it's too risky to let you fight without getting LiNKER. If this weren't on such a short notice, we'd be able to drop by HQ. But I'm afraid you'll have to sit this one out..."
"When you think about it, it makes sense." Shirabe says.
"They may not seem like it at first glance, but they're really nice people." Kirika adds. "After all, the ones that took us in after the Frontier Incident were once our enemies."
"It may be because we're on probation, but they're even letting us attend school." Shirabe says, remembering their first day.
"Hey? You're not scared, are you?" Chris said, startling the Zababa duo.
After the sudden startle from their senior, they noticed Hibiki, Miku, and their friends waiting for them up ahead, greeting them as they entered the schoolyard. "If you don't hurry, you're going to be late!" Hibiki said in a friendly manner.
The girls were surprised by the warm welcome. Despite having either only just met them or previously being their enemy, all of the girls treated them as if they knew each other for years. "Trust me when I say this: After a day or two, this place'll feel like a second home to you two." Kana said, putting a reassuring hand on their shoulders. "Now come on. Everyone's waiting for us." With that, the wielders entered the school, to which Hibiki gave them a warm welcome personally, officially starting their lives as students of Lydian.
"It's hard to imagine living like this back in F.I.S.'s headquarters." Kirika thought aloud.
Just then, the crossing light turned green, allowing them and the other civilians to cross the street, but they stayed put. "Is there any way for us to be able to help them?" Shirabe asks.
"I want to find a way to help them too, somehow." Kirika replies. "I mean, the power to do so is right here of course."
"But even with that power, we were unable to do anything with that alone, Kiri-chan." Shirabe says.
Suddenly, a screen on a nearby building began an emergency broadcast. "And now, an update on the fire that broke out in high-rise condos and surrounding city-center areas." The news reporter said, catching the girls' attention. "The scene is still chaotic, but there have been continued sightings of a suspicious person, and some believe this to be a terrorist attack." In that moment, the broadcast showed a helicopter exploding mid-flight, which quickly caught Shirabe and Kirika's attention.
"That thing just exploded in midair dess!" Kirika shouts.
"It seems that something else may be going on." Shirabe adds.
Back in Sector 7, Kana is catching her breath as herself and Chris stay hidden behind some nearby bushes, looking at the destruction caused by their opponent. "What the hell is this woman capable of?" Kana asks aloud.
"I don't know." Chris answers. "But nevertheless, she's causing a huge mess."
"Are you two alright?" A voice asked.
"Yeah, we're alright." Kana answers. "Thank yo-!" Kana and Chris realized, in that moment, there was another person sitting there, causing Kana to summon her mask.
"W-What are you wea-" Chris says before Kana elbows Chris as to avoid possibly offending her appearance.
"You are..." The girl said, causing more panic in Chris as she shields her face, realizing Kana already put her mask back on.
Clearing her throat, Chris introduces herself and Kana. "I'm Little Red Singing Hood. And this is my partner, Shining Silver Dragon."
"Shining what now?!" Kana asks, before Chris shushes her.
"We are superheroes with zero connection to the UN or Japanese government," Chris continues. "We work day in and day out to make the wor-"
"You are Chris Yukine and Kana Kamui, wielders of the Ichiaval and Yato Symphogears, yes?" The girl asked, interrupting Chris' monologue.
In that moment, Kana removes her mask and Chris turns to face the girl. "Hold on... you're the one that warned us about the boats!" Kana says. "What's your name?"
The girl removes her hood, showing her face along with her blonde-green hair. "My name is Elfnein." The girl introduced herself. "I've been searching for you all, to save the world from Carol's alchemy."
"Hold on." Chris says. "Did you just say 'alchemy'?"
Hibiki and Genjuro's POVs:
Sector 7 and S.O.N.G. HQ
Kana and Chris reported what they heard from Elfnein back to HQ. "Alchemy..." Aoi thought aloud. "Does she mean the over-technology that existed before science and magic split into different fields?"
"That means our new threat is a different type of heretical technology than the Symphogears." Sakuya added.
Genjuro was still processing this revelation about their new enemy. "A new enemy... Alchemists..." He thought.
Nearby Carol and Hibiki's location
A man who was close-by heard the sound of Carol's attack and went to investigate it, arriving just in time to record footage of everything he saw, chuckling as he reviewed the footage. "How do I sell juicy footage like this to a TV station?" The man says to himself.
"You know, it's not nice to film ladies without their permission." A woman said, arriving out of nowhere and startling the man. The woman who caught him filming had black and light blue hair while wearing a dress of several shades of blue that resembled that of a maid's outfit. "Surely your mother raised you better than that, no?"
Without warning, the mysterious woman gently grabbed him by the chin and pulled him in close for a kiss. The man was confused by this woman's actions, but soon felt his life being drained from his body and began to panic. He tried to break free from the kiss, but the woman's grip tightened and his strength was failing him, leaving him to his fate of death by this mysterious woman's lips. Within seconds, the man rapidly aged before death welcomed him in open arms, being tossed to the floor like trash as he died, the last thing he saw being the woman's sinister grin before she disappeared.
"A cause you will see through to the end, even if it means fighting?" Hibiki asks.
"Indeed." Carol answered. "You have one as well, do you not? That's why you stopped the Moon's destruction with your songs. With your songs, and your Symphogear, you fought for your ideals!"
"That's not true!" Hibiki retorts. "I had no choice. I didn't want to... I didn't want to fight! I just wanted to protect people with my Symphogear!"
Carol looked at Hibiki with disappointment in her eyes. "Even so, you will fight." Carol said, summoning a magic circle beneath her feet. "Face me with everything you've got."
"I don't want to use a power that is meant to help people for fighting." Hibiki says, reaffirming her stance on her power.
Carol's disappointment turns to irritation at those words. "So you'll try to save others and just get yourself killed, too?!" She retorts, raising her hands skyward and summoning a second magic circle.
Meanwhile at HQ, the agents watch on as Hibiki sits there as her opponent charges her attack. "High-power energy readings detected!" Sakuya reported.
"The enemy is right there. Why is she not fighting back?" Nastassja asked, concerned as to why Hibiki is allowing her enemy to attack her.
"Send in reinforcements!" Genjuro says. "Actually, if there's no Noise present, I'll go in myself! Lilith, take me there now!"
"No!" Aoi refuted. "Without you here, our chain of command will break down!"
"Aoi-san's right Commander." Lilith added. "What about Shirabe-chan and Kirika-chan?"
"That would not be wise, Ms. Lilith." Nastassja intervened. "Even with our current LiNKER, they would only be put into a dangerous position when their LiNKER dosage ran out."
"She's right Lilith-kun." Genjuro says, agreeing to Nastassja's reasoning. "For now, we have to leave their involvement to an absolute last resort." Although he had no choice but to stay back as well, Genjuro wished he could do something to save his pupil.
Back in Sector 7, Hibiki tries once more to reach out to Carol. "But... Just a moment ago, I saw you crying." Hibiki says, surprising Carol. "So instead of fighting, I need to find out why!"
"You spied on me... Invaded my privacy..." Carol's irritation turned to anger. "Become dust," Carol said, snapping her fingers to fire her attack. "Along with the world!"
Carol's power explodes, sending Hibiki flying and causing the agents back at S.O.N.G. HQ to frantically try and identify this strange power and ensure Hibiki was still alive. Once the dust settled, Hibiki reached for a nearby rock to prop herself up with to face Carol again, who was exhausted after the attack. "Why do you want to destroy the world?" Hibiki asks.
"It is a task left to me by my father." Carol answered. "Do you not have one of your own?"
"Your father?" Hibiki asked, the word only causing bad memories to resurface.
"You can be such a pain, you know that?" A voice called out to Carol from above.
"Were you watching us?" Carol asked. "That's just like you, Garie. Rotten to the core as always."
The woman in blue, named Garie, jumped from her high ground and gracefully landed on the rock next to Carol. "Please don't say that about me, Master. You're the one who made me this way." Garie teased.
"How goes the collection of memories?" Carol asked, changing the subject.
"All according to plan." Garie answered. "Micha-chan's never satisfied, though. She's so greedy!" Garie began to pretend cry when saying this.
"Then we shall withdraw. Immediately." Carol said.
"Roger!" Garie replied, playfully saluting Carol. "Garie will do her best." Saying this, Garie pulls out a capsule and tosses it to the ground, creating a red platform that she stands on while posing like a ballerina. "Sayonara." With a playful wave, she vanished.
"Next time, we will fight." Carol said to Hibiki, pulling out a capsule similar to the one Garie used, tossing it to the ground beneath her. "How else will I destroy everything you cherish most?" Saying this, Carol too disappears, leaving Hibiki in the crater alone.
Before she would pass out from Carol's attacks, Hibiki thought about what Carol said. "A task... Dad never... Left me anything..."
Back in HQ, the agents watched as Hibiki passed out in the crater. "Recover Hibiki-chan immediately!" Aoi said.
"I'm on it!" Lilith replied, teleporting to retrieve Hibiki.
Meanwhile, Genjuro was just lost in thought at what had traspired. "Something about this feels terribly off."
Tsubasa and Maria's/ Chris and Kana's POVs:
London/Sector 7
As for Maria and Tsubasa, they made their way to the exit of the stadium. "Agent Maria!" One of the agents at the exit said upon seeing them. "Your involvement in this operation is restricted!"
Maria chose to ignore their warning and ran to a man standing next to a taxi. "This is an emergency. We're borrowing this car."
"We can't allow you to do that!" The agents held their guns at the idol for going against her restrictions. However, they soon found themselves unable to move after another set of guns fired behind them. It was Serena and Ogawa, arriving just in time to stun the agents with Shadow Weave, with Kanade right behind them.
"Sorry, but I'll have my way with Tsubasa!" Maria says to the agents before getting in the vehicle.
"Tsubasa! The hell's goin' on?" Kanade asked her partner.
"Stay here with Serena! I'll explain later!" Maria answers for the blue-haired idol. "Get in Tsubasa!" Without another word, Tsubasa got in the taxi and Maria drove off at very high speeds.
"Better be a damn good reason if she's willing to kidnap Tsubasa..." Kanade said.
"I know that she has good intentions, Kanade." Serena replied. "It may be related to what was happening just now."
"Well I'm not waitin' around for ifs or buts! We're going after them with our Gears!" Without another word, Kanade grabbed Serena and rushed back inside the concert hall to grab her Gungnir and get Serena's Airgetlám.
Meanwhile in Sector 7, Chris and Kana received word about Hibiki's defeat after Lilith returned to HQ with her unconscious body. "Someone got the better of that idiot?" Chris asks.
"It would seem Tsubasa-san and Maria-san have fallen back and are regrouping as well." Aoi answered.
"Could this alchemy crap actually be stronger than a Symphogear?" Chris thought to herself. "We have a 2-5-2 here, too. Tell us where to rendezvous."
"Incoming!" Kana shouts, getting Chris' attention on the incoming attacks, grabbing Elfnein as they avoid it. When they look to see what nearly hit them, they are met with a red plume of smoke that was eating away at the ground beneath it. "Gods... What is that?"
"I don't know... But it'll be better for all of us for her to go to HQ as soon as possible." Chris answers. "Get her as far away from here as you can!"
"And leave you alone here against someone who could easily kill you? Not a chance!" Kana refuses.
"I'm not saying for you to ditch me! Just get her somewhere your aunt can safely get her and get your ass back here!" Chris shouts. "Now go!"
As much as she didn't wish to, Kana did what Chris asked and took Elfnein away from the battle with her draconic wings. "Lilith! When I contact you, come and take Elfnein-chan back to HQ."
"Understood. I'll be waiting for your call." Lilith answered over the communicator.
"Don't you dare do anything stupid Chris!" Kana says to Chris.
"Stupid things are the idiot's job, not mine." Chris jokes.
Meanwhile in London, Maria and Tsubasa drive as far away from the stadium as they could. "Tsubasa-san! What is going on?" Ogawa asked over the phone.
"I'm sorry. It seems Maria has a plan. I'll leave the concert hall to you and the others." Tsubasa says to Ogawa before hanging up the phone. "Now it's time for you to explain yourself."
"Think about it." Maria answers. "There's no mistaking that you're the one she's after. Therefor, the best way to minimize damage is to get you as far away from any crowds as possible."
"Then why aren't we getting the others to help us?" Tsubasa asks.
"I'm under much larger restrictions that you'd think..." Maria answers.
Maria's Flashback:
Holding Facility
Maria met up with the agent Serena and Kana told them about and was presented with a Legal Transaction Agreement, but she was shocked by what it was asking of her. "You want me to lie even more?"
"We're asking you to use your fame to play a role that will resolve this matter in a peaceful manner." The agent corrected.
"Play a role?"
"We'll say that the songstress known as Maria is actually an agent working for us at the UN." The agent explained. "You infiltrated the terrorists in order to stop their plans from within." Maria was still unsure about this. "It'll be easier to give the public a story of heroism over the harsh truth."
"So I'll have to be a false idol again?"
"A false Idol? Why yes. An idol." The agent said, answering Maria's question. "Just imagine a heroic idol holding charitable concerts around the world for a righteous cause! Not to mention how it'd make for some wonderful propaganda." The agent got out of his seat and was about to leave, before he mentioned one more thing. "It seems that the US government used Echelon to back-trace all the related data and erase it from every network, as well as individual PCs."
Suddenly, the screen on Maria's device changed, showing info on Shirabe, Kirika, and Hibiki. "But the girl and the minors that worked with you still have their futures ahead of them." Maria gasped at this. "What I'm trying to say is, despite no longer having a Gear, you can still fight for someone else's sake."
"Even then, this isn't what I should be fighting for..."
Tsubasa wasn't sure what Maria meant by that, but she couldn't help but worry about her friend. Suddenly, something was blocking their path in the road, or more accurately, someone. "Maria!"
Without hesitation, Maria sped up to try and run over the Autoscorer, but the enemy readied her blade and cut straight through the car, barely missing Maria and Tsubasa as they lowered their seats just before the blade connected. Once they passed their enemy, Tsubasa pulled out her pendant and transformed once more.
"Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri tron"
(Beyond the BLADE begins to play)
Grabbing Maria, Tsubasa leapt from the car before it would crash into the side of the bridge they were on and explode. Once she put Maria down, Tsubasa made her sword larger and charged at the Autoscorer, who smirked as their blades clashed.
"We may both use swords, but mine is the bane of all blades: Sword Breaker." She said as Tsubasa's giant sword reverted to its normal size. Tsubasa proceeded to back away from the Sword Breaker, but the Autoscorer had one more trick up her sleeve, Noise.
"What? Noise?" Maria says in shock. "How is that possible."
Meanwhile in Sector 7, Kana received the news about the Noise as she got Elfnein away from the battlefield. "The enemy has access to Noise? Chris!"
"I know. I've got company here too." Chris says, "So unless you don't want to have any fun, I suggest you get ahold of your aunt and get your ass back here!"
"On it." Kana replies, landing on the ground a safe distance away from the battle. "Lilith! I'm ready for you!"
Within seconds, Lilith arrived on the scene. "I'll take her back to base now. You go help Chris-chan."
"Be careful Kana-san." Elfnein said.
"I mean if it's just the Noise, then I know we can handle it." Kana says, reassuring Elfnein.
As Kana was about to fly off, Elfnein warned her again. "Those aren't the same Noise you're all used to fighting!"
Kana stops dead in her tracks, concerned by Elfnein's words. "What do you mean by that?"
Back in London, Tsubasa was wiping out any and all Noise that came in contact with her blade as the Autoscorer just watched. "You know, it'd be quite helpful if you just allowed me to destroy your sword." She said.
"Unfortunately, I'm not the kind of woman who simply sits back and does what she's told!" Tsubasa retorts. "My friend once told me that the blade of a protector is more than just a pretty face."
"D-Do you really think that's necessary to bring up now?" Maria asks in a flustered tone.
And so, both Tsubasa in London and Chris in Sector 7 continue to tear through the Noise as they had for months on end. "It doesn't matter how many of you show up! You're all nothing to me now!" Chris shouts.
Everything was going smoothly, until Tsubasa clashed with one of the Noise and they didn't disintegrate, but instead, her sword did. The same happened to Chris when she tried to shield against them, their Gears started to disintegrate entirely.
"This is your fate for underestimating them as simply Noise..." Leiur said, watching Chris' Gear dissolve from above.
The other Autoscorer smirked as she watched Tsubasa's Gear dissolve too. "Do not assume you will escape with a mere defeat."
"What's going on?" Sakuya asked aloud.
"Their Gears are dissolving!" Aoi added.
Hearing this shook Kana the most, who flew as fast as she could to save Chris after Elfnein explained what they were facing. "If these aren't Noise, then what the hell are these things?!"
Carol's POV:
?
As this happened, Carol sat in a room that held her throne and four stands in the center of the room, one of which had a humanoid statue on it. "Alca-Noise..." Carol says, grinning as the enemy learned of their new form of Noise the hard way. "What will you do now, Symphogear?!"
A/N: With that, we end the chapter.
There isn't much that needs to be explained this time around, so this is where I'll leave it for now.
I shall see you all in the next chapter!
