Evangelion: You Shall (not) Win This Time
Episode 9: A (new) Take on Episode 5/Horses, Robots and Frustration, aw, crap
(Warning: All intellectual properties belong to their respective copyright holders/original creators. EVA to Gainax, Reality Warpers to Yoshi3000, Friendship is Magic and Transformers to Hasbro & Takara, you get the idea.)
(Opening Theme: "Reverse/Rebirth" by Iwagana Hiroaki and Kimijima Asaya)
Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax, seems just like your average dimension of magical talking horses and other mythological beings where friendship and love are the source of power for the universe's version of the Spirit Bomb. So why were a group consisting of myself, Shinji, Toji and Kensuke hanging around a place like this while transformed into versions of the various biological beings of the land? Well, call it a favor or doing good for a universe, but whatever you call it, I call it an excuse to explore the Multiverse and pick up some new moves before the next Angel decides to rear its ugly mug. You aren't buying that, aren't you? Alright, I'll give you guys the real reason: the version of Twilight Sparkle in this particular universe contacted me asking for my assistance since she saw me not only take out the Angel Kaijin, but go toe to toe with the heads of the Blackthorn family and live (though I wouldn't consider what happened going toe to toe, considering that despite gaining Super Spiral out of it, I still got curb stomped...repeatedly), asking if I could possibly help with some of her villains that have been causing more frequent trouble across the planet, namely while using pilotable Transformers.
Shinji who was currently in the form of the same species as chaos bringer Discord: a Dragonequus decides to speak up and say "I'm actually surprised that you were willing to take the job, and that Sakura isn't here to take part in the action."
To which Toji, now an Earth type horse styled after a Clydesdale replies "She wanted to be here, but she had plans to hang out with Hikari's little sister today and she couldn't shirk 'em off."
Kensuke, taking the visage of a Hypogryph added on to the conversation by going "Shame that she isn't here, isn't she a huge fan of Friendship is Magic?"
"Yeah, and she'd probably freak that we're here in a version of Equestria. Just wish that we could've stayed in human form though."
Ikari simply replied "Better we look like actual characters from the show than stick out like sore thumbs. It'd just make us bigger targets for bounty hunters. And besides, I'm actually kinda fine being disguised as a Dragonequus."
Leading Toji to ask "How do you know what you are anyway?" as Shinji responds "Research, and me coming to this show for a John De Lancie fix full of meta humor."
We finally arrive at our destination: the School of Friendship where we make our way to Twilight's main office.
"Thank you so much for your assistance, Mr. Bishops. I'm guessing that you-I didn't know that you've assembled a team."
"Well I suppose that the altered events of my universe's episode 4 haven't exactly made its way through every channel that airs it, but yes I have." I respond before adding "If you've watched up to the altered events of episode 3, I believe you know who my universe's versions of Shinji Ikari, Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida are."
Twilight answers "Nice to meet you all. Now then, to explain the situation. Like I said when I first contacted you, my friends and I have been having a bit of trouble recently when it comes to dealing with a group of villains who've been able to get their hands on pilotable Tranzectors to cause havoc across the planet. Now normally this wouldn't be a problem since my friends and I have been able to counteract them with Tranzectors of our own, but recently, they've been getting ahold of more powerful ones from all walks of the Transformers Multiverse. Which brings us to the reason why I called you."
I continue what she had to say by going "You want me and my team to keep your rouge's gallery busy while your team investigates who's been supplying them with more powerful Transzectors, right?"
To which the purple Alicorn responds "Yes, if possible. If you guys need them, we can loan you some of our Tranzectors to help you with your mission, and the Equestrian government is more than happy to pay you for your assistance in this matter."
Well I have the Vector Prime that I got off of Dill's estate back when Shin Vega was still around and kicking, so I was set when it came to a Transformer, but the others...not so much.
I go "I have a Tranzector of my own, but my 3 teammates are going to need to possibly take you up on your offer. I mean I can probably find a guy who has some and have them delivered here quickly, but my odds on that one are limited considering that I'm not that well verse on the Tranzector market. Met me make some calls around and give you my results." as Twilight replies "Alright, but you guys are more than welcome to visit the castle in Ponyville and look around for ones that would benefit your part of this assignment the most. Spike can help you get there."
The smaller purple and green dragon (now with wings) gets up from off his chair and opens the door for us, saying "Just follow me and we can get there in no time." before the 5 of us walk out of the office.
A few minutes later, and we find ourselves inside the lower levels of the crystal castle housed where the destroyed Starry Oak Library once was as my team and I find ourselves in front of giant pilotable versions of fan favorite versions of classic robots in disguise from all across the franchise's history. I'm talking G1s, entries from the Unicron Trilogy, the Aligned Continuity, the IDW comics, even a design done by a third party Hasbro and Takara authorized toy company that specialized in higher end figures that don't transform. I'm just looking at the spread in sheer awe at the variety that I don't even notice the cowgirl crafts-horse of the Mane 8 (yes, I technically include Sunset because she's originally from Equestria, but does Equestria Twilight's job in the human part of their dimension), Applejack walk up to my team and say "Impressive, ain't they? Takes a little extra front knee grease to get 'em lookin' extra nice, but I reckon it's worth it just to see the looks on anybody else's faces when they see 'em."
I turn in surprise and reply "Well it shows, since they had me pretty distracted. Did Twilight ask you to meet me and my team here?"
She answers "She did. So which ones do ya' think ya'll be needin' foryour part of our little plan to crack this mystery?"
I reply "I still haven't managed to get ahold of anyone who sells Tranzectors, so we might as well look around and see what's available just in case."
Applejack answers "Mighty smart thinkin' if you ask me. Though ya'll might wanna take some time to figure out some of the controls, 'specially since these things are designed with modular cockpits that adjust to the body type of the pilot."
I respond "I guess that wouldn't be a bad idea. Is there a training area that my three apprentices can use to get the hang of things in their current forms?"
The apple farming cowgirl-horse answers "Well I suppose that Ya'll could use one of the pocket dimensions that was created during Twilight and Starlight's lil' fit of messin' with the time/space continuum. These here rigs are set to teleport into one in order to aid in avoidin' civilian casualties."
That's exactly what we'd be needing to get the hang of things as I reply "Perfect. Alright, boys, we might as well utilize Ms. Sparkle's offer and borrow some of her friend's bots in order to figure out how to actually pilot them should the need arise."
Toji opts for a G1 Grimlock while Kensuke utilizes a G1 version of Wheeljack and Shinji goes with an IDW comics version of the ninja Decepticon turned Autobot Drift. Me on the other hand, decided to summon my version of Unicron Trilogy Vector Prime using the same watch I use to summon my "Tokyo 3 Vigilante" armor. Once we manage to get them out of the castle and near the Everfree forest, one of the pocket dimensions opens up and me manage to work our way inside.
"Alright, we should probably get the basics of actually transforming these things down before we try anything too advanced." I say as we start working our way around the controls. I mean sure, Ikari had some better control over what he was doing, considering he has experience controlling the giant Eldrich horror known as EVA Unit-01, but me and the others...not so much. Yeah, I think it was safe to say that between me, Kensuke and Toji, the tree of us found ourselves faceplanting with our machines...a lot. And while those two little knuckle heads decided to actually focus on getting the hang of things, I was a little more preoccupied with contacting various Tranzector dealers in order to supply the team with ones of their own instead of having to borrow them and cut down on the effectiveness of the 7 of the Mane 8 plus Spike in their part of the mission.
"Hello, Dractyle and Sheen Mech Services? Yes, I'm trying to outfit my group with pilotable Transformers for a mission we've accepted, and I was wondering if you guys have any Tranzectors in stock. Really, only one? Alright, which one is it? That one isn't that bad for what I need, but... Really, you'd be willing to take that much off? Hmmm, yeah, I guess I can go for it for that price. I'll have the check made out to you later today at the earliest. Alright then, goodbye."
I finally hang up and call the other three over to my location to say "Alright, I've managed to get ahold of a Tranzector, but the thing is that I could only get the one. So you guys will have to decide amongst yourselves on which one of you gets it."
You know, I was actually surprised at how civil the three of them were as their answer was pretty much instant with Toji saying "I may not be the smartest guy in the pocket dimension, but even I think that it should go to Shinji." as Kensuke adds "Yeah, considering that he's got way more experience operating bipedal combat tools like Unit-01, it just seems like the obvious choice. Plus I'm kinda getting used to these controls with the Wheeljack, so if I wind up switching out right now, I'd be at a huge disadvantage."
Shinji simply responds "I can see where they're going with their logic. Which Transformer is it? It isn't one of those overly designed to look alien "Bay-Former" ones, is it?"
I answer "No, but you'll have to wait until it reaches this Equestria to find out."
Before the boy could even give me any guff, we get the alert to return to the normal Equestria, meaning that something's been discovered regarding who's been supplying the villians, or the villains themselves showed up looking for a fight. We land in the center of Ponyville and who do we come in contact with? Warper versions of King Sombra, Chrysalis, Tirek and Daring Do's old foe Ahuizotl, just looking for a fight.
Sombra starts going "Who among you wishes to fall to our might?! This time, there will be no salvation for any of you at the hands of your precious Element of Harmony bearers, for we have come with-who the Tartarus are you four?"
I answer "The Element bearers don't have time for your buffoonery today, they'd rather figure out where you guys keep getting pilotable Transformers while the four of us deal with you and your group."
Then Chrysalis starts cracking up before gathering herself and saying "They really thought that (pointing to me) a dragon, (pointing at Toji) an Earth Pony, (pointing to Kensuke) a Hypogryph, (and finally pointing to Shinji) and whatever in the Multiverse that fool Discord's supposed to be are enough to beat us?! Don't make me laugh."
Leading Kensuke to respond "At least we didn't have entire armies and kingdoms pulled right from under our rugs like you chumps." which I will admit was a solid burn on his account.
Tirek did not take it well as he goes "You dare to mock us? Prepare to meet your doom."
Alright, time to figure out who fights who as Shinji just goes "The goth unicorn is mine. I don't know why, but something about him just grinds my gears."
Toji adds on by going "Mind if I take on the dog thing? Sakura's gonna flip when she finds out I fought an MLP villain and kicked their ass."
Leading to me figuring out the battle plan.
"Alright, Shinji will fight Sombra, Toji will take on Ahuizotl, Kensuke, since you insulted her, you can fight Chrysalis, which just leaves me with Tirek. The moment things get rough, start bringing out the Tranzectors. Got it?"
The three of 'em go "Right." as I respond "Alright, our mission is to keep these guys busy and hopefully send 'em packing while the Mane 7 and Spike do some good ol' fashion investigating regarding these guys' supplier. Ready?"
They nod "yes" as I go "Alright, let's do this."
It was now officially on.
(Generic P.O.V. Shift: Desmond Vs Tirek)
(Track Change: Tekken 4 OST: "Parking Garage Stage Theme")
Bishops goes "No magic to syphon off me, centaur goat boy. Take your best shot." as Tirek replies "Oh, I intend to." before charging towards the level 10 Warper with a shoulder charge akin to what you usually get out of a NFL game as Bishops dodges the attack and goes in for a swift series of strikes of his own after going into a x3 Kaio Ken. Tirek quickly rebounds from a powerful right hook and goes "An impressive feat, I dare say that you're actually holding back with me. A grave mistake." before charging up a gigantic ball of electro-static energy.
Bishops can only say "Oh, this is gonna hurt" due to his past experiences with lightning attacks.
(P.O.V. Shift: Toji VS Ahuizotl)
Toji was dodging Ahuizotl's strikes as quickly as he could as the strange cross between canine and jaguar goaded him to attack, mocking him by saying "Surely running away from your ultimate demise isn't the only thing you can do. You need to at least try and hit me if you want to win." as Toji countered "You may be bigger and tougher, but it ain't the size of the guy in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the guy that matters." before jumping on top of the villain's back before delivering some well earned front hoof punches to the spine of his opponent.
Ahuizotl ignores his pain and flicks Toji of his back before going "A shame that you weren't part of my legion of hencemen, you probably would've made my second in command rather easily."
Toji answers that statement by going "If that's a job offer, then no thanks, I'm pretty happy with who I'm working with now." as Ahuizotl replies "Then you will meet your end in the gape of my maw."
(P.O.V. Shift: Kensuke VS Queen Chrysalis)
Kensuke was surprisingly handling himself a tad bit better than some of the others as he was able to fly and avoid Chrysalis' magic blasts while nailing her with some well timed strikes due to his enhanced Hypogryph speed.
"Stand still, you insolent fool so I can wipe you off the face of Equestria!"
Kensuke only replies "You gotta catch me if you wanna kill me!" from a distance as the former Changeling queen began to give chase, having become fed up with her opponent's refusal to die. As bolts of magic energy began to fly around in the skies, Kensuke was able to get under the evil shapeshifter and nail her with an upper cut using his talon armed hands. After crashing down to the ground, it was at that point that Chrysalis decided that enough was enough.
"Alright, you pathetic Hypogryph, you think you're so intelligent using the skies to your advantage, but when you deal with the true queen of the Changelings, your best just isn't going to be good enough. Let's see how you deal with this."
She uses her magic to call forth a capsule and click the button to activate it.
(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji VS Sombra)
As the third child and the Umbrum king clashed with hooves and fists, the two of them stop when they witness a version of Starscream in his Generation 1 F-15 form rise from out of nowhere.
"Chrysalis, you fool! You choose now of all times to utilize your Tranzector? That Hypogryph isn't even that powerful, his Power Level couldn't have been any higher than 8,000!"
Shinji halts Sombra's rant by going "Hey tall, dark, and armored, your fight is with me, not my friend!" as Sombra responds "You think that you can still win? I was hoping that I could save this to finish you off after slowly and painfully punishing you for defying me, but it seems like I have no choice."
Sombra then pulls out another capsule similar to the one Chrysalis had and pressed the button. Out from the bright light came forth Sombra's own Tranzector: Scourge as he was depicted in Transformers Galaxy Force/Transformers Cybertron.
The Umbrum king laughs at his opponent and goes "Ready to get what you deserve, puny whelp?" as Shinji replies "Depends, are you actually gonna be able to hit anything with that thing, or are those fangs of yours just for show?"
"You're going to regret that, punk."
(P.O.V. Shift: Desmond VS Tirek)
The battle between the magic stealing Gargoyle and the human/Saiyan/Spiral hybrid was interrupted due to the appearance of the mechanized titans as Tirek remarks "My, I didn't expect Sombra and Chrysalis to resort to those this soon into the fight. It seems that your associates are more skilled than expected."
Leading Bishops to quip "Would you believe that two of them have only had a week's worth of training?"
Of course hearing that leads Tirek to sputter and go "How in the name of Tartarus are 3 experienced warriors being beaten by a group of...GREEN HORNS?!"
Bishops answers "Because you 4 constantly underestimate your opponents like most villains do. What my team lacks in strength and Power Levels, they make up for with the brains to turn their disadvantages to their favor. An enemy might be stronger, but they're faster. An enemy might be able to get ahold of powerful weapons, but they're smart enough to figure out how to use that to their advantage. I train my apprentices to be ready for anything, and as long as I still stand, I'm going to make sure that they reach their true potential at its fullest."
Leading Tirek to say "Then allow me to show you the full extent of my power, in order to force you to show me yours." before revealing a capsule of his own as Bishops opens a telepathic channel to the others saying "Toji, Kensuke, use the Tranzectors that the Equestrians are loaning us to even the odds against these guys. Shinji, I'll hold off Tirek and Sombra until that other Tranzector I bought gets here. When it does, enter the pocket dimension and get fighting."
The three of them answer "Got it." as the battle enters it's second round with everyone but Shinji busting out their Transformers as another pocket dimension portal opens, leading the 7 combatants to enter and continue their battle there. Meanwhile, Shinji was forced to sit and wait to get in the action, impatiently going "Come on, come on, what's keeping the-" before being interrupted by an accidental spear at the hooves of one Derpy Hooves who responds to this by saying "Hello, are you Desmond Bishops?"
Leading Shinji to respond "If you're here to deliver a package to him, I can take it on his behalf since he's kinda busy right now." as Derpy pulls out a clipboard and says "Okay. Sign here please."
He quickly fills out what he needs to before handing it back to the pegasus as she hands him yet another capsule before saying "Thank you, have a nice day."
Shinji simply goes "This better be what I think it is." before clicking the capsule top with his paw hand as it unloads the very thing that Bishops had ordered with Shinji smiling with partial malevolent intent.
(P.O.V. Shift: Team Bishops VS Team MLP Villains-Round 2)
As Bishops used his Vector Prime's sword to counteract the strikes of Sombra's tail club and the cannon blasts of the Transformers Armada style Megatron controlled by Tirek's fusion cannon, Kensuke starts racing around the Null Ray blasts of Chrysalis' G1 Seeker using the speed of the Wheeljack Tranzector before having it transform and shoot at the ex-Changeling queen with the Autobot's shoulder mounted rocket launcher. Meanwhile, Toji manage to use Grimlock's tail in order to slam into the hood of Ahuizotl's Tranzector, which came in the form of pre-reformation Knock Out from Transformers Prime before the foe of Daring Do surprisingly decided to drive towards the direction of the Dinobot in an attempt to send it flat on its face. Toji on the other hand was having none of it as he decided that it was time to transform the bot and throw that sports car to the curb...only for said car to come back and transform in order to continue the fight with a well timed punch to Grimlock's face. The fighting would keep going with no real end in sight...that is until...
(Track Change: "Transformers: Beast Wars Theme (Instrumental Version)"- Transformers: Beast Wars OST)
Before Sombra could get behind Bishops' Tranzector and deliver a swift strike that would've left the level 10 Warper at a disadvantage, he was met with a punch to his Transformer's head unit...with the fist coming in the form of the head of a red dragon. The dragon head belonging to the Tranzector piloted by Shinji: a pilotable version of Transmetal 2 Megatron from the third season of Beast Wars.
Bishops looks at the piloted Predacon and pieces the facts together real quick, asking "I take it you're pleased with my purchase there, kid?" leading Shinji to reply "In a word:" before transferring to his best Beast Era Megatron impression "yyyeeeessss."
Sombra gets past the sudden counterattack and responds "A powerful Tranzector will not be enough to save you, boy. I hope your ready for the next round of our little battle." as Shinji answers "Whenever you are, smokestack."
(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji VS Sombra-Round 2)
It was truly a duel of dragons as both Unit-01's pilot and the once ruler of the Crystal Empire utilize the characteristics of their Transzectors to their fullest ranging from fire breath, tail whipping, lasers, Cyber Plannet Keys, the works. Their battle only comes to an end when Shinji uses his Megatron's dragon head to fire out a burst of flames that manage to cause Sombra's systems to overheat and shut down.
"Well that takes care of you, guess you couldn't deal with the dragon's flame." mocked Shinji as Sombra countered "I'll get you for this, you little fool. Mark my words, I will make you pay for this indignity."
The third child simply says "Come at me as many times as you want, I can always use a good punching bag to deal with stuff NERV dumps on me." before flying off to aid his friends.
(P.O.V. Shift: Toji VS Ahuizotl-Round 3)
Toji wasn't afraid to use fire breath either as he was able to use it to keep Ahuizotl on his mechanical toes, evading the flames while not being able to utilize the weapons of his machine.
"You think you can stop me with moves like that? Don't be upserd! Why don't you fight me like a REAL stallion, fist to hoof?"
Toji can only answer to that by going "Alright. But just remember one thing: you asked for this." before having his borrowed Grimlock transform into robot mode and charges at his opponent, ending the fight by delivering a punch so powerful that it decapitated the Knockout Tranzector and rendered it offline.
"Why can't I move? I can still keep fighting, you stupid machine!"
Toji comments "Wow, if all it took was to knock your block off, I would've done it almost instantly after you busted that thing out."
"Don't think that this is over, I will have my revenge against you, insolent Earth Pony."
Shinji arrives at the aftermath of their battle as he goes "You already took care of this guy?" as Toji answers "Yeah, he ain't getting back up anytime soon. Now come on, Kensuke might need our help."
The third responds "Right." before the two of them rush off to the aid of their friend.
(P.O.V. Shift: Kensuke VS Chrysalis-Round 3)
When it came to the duel between land and air, Kensuke was actually at a disadvantage as the ex-Changeling queen used the skies to her full advantage, firing off massive amounts of Null Ray beams towards the land bound Wheeljack Tranzector used by the bespectacled Hypogryph.
"Are you feeling the fear? Are you now realizing that doom is upon you? Have you made peace with yourself in the hands of your ultimate demise?"
Kensuke answers that stream of questions by going "You may have the advantage in the skies, but I still have the upper hand when it comes to brains. I just needed to keep you busy."
Leading Chrysalis to respond "Busy until what?" before Shinji's Megatron delivers an elbow drop on the F-15's upper armor, sending it crashing down as Toji's borrowed Grimlock slams down on it with its tail, rendering the jet inoperable and untransformable as Kensuke quips "Well, that wasn't really what I was stalling for, but that works."
Toji asks "You okay, dude?" as Kensuke responds "Yeah, I'm good. I take it that your guys that yo were fighting got beat?" before Shinji answers "Flanks sufficiently kicked."
Kensuke thanked his friends before the three of them went to go aid their mentor in has battle.
(P.O.V. Shift: Desmond VS Tirek-Round 3)
(Track Change: "Face the Devastation (Instrumental Version)"-Transformers Devastation OST)
The battle between Unicron Trilogy Transformers raged on as Bishops was able to continuously counteract the ranged combat capabilities of Tirek's Megatron using the close range capabilities of his Vector Prime.
"How? How are you able to win so easily? Those pestilent ponies and that annoying dragon aren't nearly as troublesome as you've been, so how are you still able to resist me so easily?"
Bishops simply responded "Because I'm just that much more powerful than you are. You continuously underestimate your opponents like your little buddies, and as a result, you continuously get your flanks handed to you. Case in point: me kicking your flank right now, so I think it's time that I finish you off now so me and my team and I can do a little bit of investigating of our own." before slicing off the left arm, upper right leg and fusion cannon of the transforming tank as it fell to the ground in defeat.
"Curses, this battle is lost, but our reign of terror is far from over. Everyone, retreat for now!"
Bishops respond "Oh no you don't!" before charging up an energy slash with Vector Prime's sword, but it was too late: the villains piloting the Tranzectors had managed teleport away to fight again another day.
The other three arrive as Toji goes "Wow, guess we didn't need to hurry after all. So I'm guessing that goat centaur guy and his gang of goons-" before Bishops responds "Yeah, the escaped, but they most likely won't be causing any real trouble with these things or any other Pilotable Transformer anytime soon."
Kensuke asks "So what do we do now, try and find the others and help out with their part of the plan?" as Bishops responds "It couldn't hurt to at least contact them and see if they've made any progress." before trying to get in contact with Twilight, which he manages to do after a ew moments.
"This is Twilight speaking. Oh, Bishops, I'm picking up Tranzector emergency signals in your area, did you guys encounter any problems?"
Bishops answers "We did have a run in with a couple characters in your rouges gallery, but nothing we couldn't handle. We even manage to do some fairly major damage to their Tranzectors, so you probably won't have to deal with Sombra, Tirek, Chrysalis or Ahuizotl using them anytime soon. How are things on your side of the plan?" as the violet Alicorn responds "We had a run in with a couple members of our rouges gallery ourselves. Seems that they got the idea that we would try and investigate their Tranzector supplier, so they had the Storm King, the Dazzlings and the Flim Flam brothers try and intercept us."
Bishops then asks "Do you guys need any help?" as Twilight responds "Thank you for the offer, but we managed to get the job done with them. Unfortunately, our investigation didn't yield any major results, just spare parts and external weaponry." before Kensuke adds "Hey, that's better than nothing, right? At least you guys can make sure that they can't really make easy repairs for a while."
Twilight answers "True, call it a smaller victory. Thank you for your help, you four. We'll meet you back at the castle and you can claim your payment." before ending the communication. A few minutes later and both parties were back inside the hangar within the Castle of Friendship discussing the events of their respective missions.
"Alright." Twilight opens before adding "While our investigation didn't go as well as I was hoping it would, we did make some significant progress in making sure that the villain team doesn't have easy access to their Tranzectors, let alone a place to make repairs. And even if they get ahold of new ones, it'll be a while before they can use them to their fullest potential in order to try and take over the world."
She then turns to Bishops and his team before stating "This operation wouldn't have gone as well as it did if it wasn't for your help, and for this, you have our eternal gratitude." as Bishops replies "It's really no problem, I'd rather my team be doing hero work like this instead of just causing random havoc across the Multiverse like others tend to think is the best option to use their powers on."
Hearing that made the version of Pinkie Pie who was part of this universe pipe in and go "Thank Celestia for that, it really makes me cheesed that there's an evil version of my Equestria Girls form who's part Majin that's causing all sorts of trouble and giving Pinkies like me a bad name. You know that she's been messing with time travel and screwing up continuities of other universes? Yeah, turns out that it's against Warper law to do that since it has the chance to completely destroy timelines altogether."
Shinji then had to ask after hearing that "But didn't Twilight and Starlight seriously mess with your timeline during the events of season 5's finale, because if you did that which created those pocket dimensions we were fighting in, shouldn't you guys be in like, Warper jail or something?" as the Starlight of that universe answers "Believe me, once Twilight and I learned the secret, we were given a severe warning not to mess with time travel again, be it in our own universe or not, or else there will be consequences. Reasons why all the books containing time travel based magic are locked up and buried in a top secret location."
Bishops responds to that saying "Good to know. If you guys ever need our help again, don't be afraid to contact us." as the Alicorn princess of friendship replies "Thank you, we'll let you know if anything comes up be it regarding the Tranzector dealer or anything else."
(P.O.V. Shift: Desmond)
After the mission in Equestria, the four of us find ourselves back home at the penthouse. Shinji had sat himself down on the couch, feeling good about being able to take on someone who was more powerful than him using a mech that wasn't a biomechanical Eldrich horror and winning, Kensuke was looking at Warpspark games online using his new phone, Toji was talking about our adventure to Sakura while showing her a picture of him fighting Ahuizotl that he managed to take during the first part of their battle, but me? Something was on my mind. Something that universes version of Pinkie Pie said regarding the evil Pinkie's messing with time. If that version of the pink party horse could mess with the continuities of timelines at will without regards for Warper law, what's stopping her from messing with the events of mine? It started raising more questions about this world: "what if Pinkamena's time screwing made it so that at least one of the SEELEs were still alive?" "How many Angels would there be now?" "Were characters from other continuities make their way here other than Sakura?" I'll have to investigate possible timeline changes to my neck of the woods at some point, but for the time being, my train of thought was interrupted by the ringing of a cell phone. I pick up mine out of my pocket to see that it is mine after all as I answer the call. Turns out that another Warper is looking to do business with me and wanted to set up a meeting for the the time in between the events of episode 6 and 7's canon. I get finished with the call as Shinji gets up from the sofa and says "I should probably head back to Misato's. She wants me and Ritsuko to have dinner at her place and she insisted on cooking, meaning I'm most likely going to be spending some time in the hospital." before I can respond "Don't remind me, she invited me , everyone go home and get some well deserved rest because we're gonna get right back to business first thing in the morning. As for Ikari and I, there's a chance that we might need some medical aid after this, so if we're not back tomorrow, then that's why. Alright, kid, let's get this over with."
Fast forward to the four of us in Misato's apartment and thank sweet merciful Primus, Celestia, and the three Egyptian God cards above for Warper's Edit to make the meal less of a hassle to go down. Ritsuko turns to Shinji about halfway through the meal and goes "Listen Shinji, do you mind if I ask you to do a little favor tomorrow?" as I hear the boy respond "Depends, what is it and is it within the law?" before the "good" doctor answers "Don't worry, it's completely on the up and up. All you have to do is stop by Rei's apartment and drop off her new updated ID card along with some forms for her to fill out. I have the envelope on me to give to you, which has the address you'll need to get to where you need to go."
The third child decided to accept the job just to keep with the events of canon before obtaining the envelope in question. Thankfully the rest of dinner went by without too much of a hitch, leading me to be able to avoid a trip to the hospital. Again, thank Primus, Celestia, Osiris, Obelisk and Ra.
(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji)
The day after, and Toji, Kensuke and I choose to technically follow canon by having our one class of school for the day be P.E. The three of us were waiting for our turn to do hurdles when something catches my eye, or more so someone. No, not Rei like in canon, but someone else. I turn to Kensuke and ask "Hey, you notice that brunette girl over there running with Hikari? I don't think she's apart of any show or movie continuity, and since you've been here for longer than I have, maybe you know something about her?"
Kensuke answers "Actually, I think her name is Mana Kirishima. I think she transferred here shortly before you did."
I had seen all of the episodes and the "Rebuild" movies during our little spoiler alert, and not once did I see this "Mana" as part of either of those canon timelines. Sure, I could search her online, but right now 2 things were stopping me:
1: my phone was in my gym locker
and 2: even if I spawn it from out of nowhere, there's too many people around who could get in on the Warper's Secret.
I'll have to deal with it later, but for the time being, might as well kill these hurdles. The class finally ends and the guys and I grab Sakura and continue training because whatever's pulling the strings knows that the next Angel is gonna be rearing its ugly head real soon. Sundown finally comes as I make my way to Rei's apartment. Sure I could've just barged in and landed on a nude human/Angel hybrid, but I wasn't feeling it today, soooooooooo...
"Hey Ayanami, are you in...and properly dressed?"
Of course I don't get an answer right away, but she finally answers while wearing her school uniform (I'd say that she needs a serious change in wardrobe, but considering that this is a clone made of human and Angel DNA who acts like a mindless doll, my argument is automatically rendered moot).
She goes "Pilot Ikari, I assume that you have business with me to discuss." in her usual deadpan tone as I answer "I just came to deliver some new paperwork and a new ID on behalf of the higher ups."
Some time later and we find ourselves going down an escalator on the way for Rei to have a "check up" with Ritsuko as Rei decides to ask me why I pilot, to which I answer "I'm only here to deal with the Angels and get rich doing it. Nothing more, nothing less. And once I'm done here, I'm heading back home a rich and powerful man so I can finally get even with the asshole I'm forced to call "my old man"."
Well, hearing me calling Gendo an A-hole was enough of a trigger to get a rise out of her, so I let her slap me like in canon. Then she gets on my case on how I should be doing this for the sake of the Earth and not for a paycheck and how I shouldn't disrespect Gendo as I respond "Okay, 1: that rat bastard lost the right to be considered a parent when he left for dead at a train station without adult supervision when I was 3, and 2: do you honestly expect me to go into battle using something completely untested with minimal formal training and zero association with the military without receiving some sort of compensation for my troubles and any trauma that I may experience during this whole mess?"
Then she goes droning on about how it's our duty to protect humanity from the threat of the Angels and that compensation is completely superfluous and all that kind of crap. I swear, it's like listening to that insufferable teacher in the school all over again. I seriously fighting the urge to tell her off and tell her that she's not even real, but I'd rather not do double exercises for the next week again. But the one thing, the one thing that came out of her mouth that almost made me snap came when we finally reached her office: "Your father is a better man than you make him out to be, I would suggest that you at least try to make peace with him."
After she goes in, I quickly pull out one of the pairs of Dimensional Scissors that Bishops gave us during the week episode 4 was supposed to happen and cut open a portal to a building on Planet Creation before asking "Is this the place where Warpers can go berserk on a room to the tune of "Cimbine Harvester" by the the Wurzels?" at the main desk.
Thankfully the Warper working the desk responds "3rd door on the left is free, you can pay after." before I finally get to unload every last bit of crap induced anger and frustration on a room full of breakables. I finally get myself together about an hour later before shelling out about 45 grand worth of credits (may sound like highway robbery, but hey, not even 3 Angels worth of canon in, I'm already rich) as I make my way back to town. Things were pretty quiet after that...for about 4 seconds as Bishops appears out of nowhere and tells me "There you are. Come on, kid, showtime." as the two of us go off to kick off the altered canon of episode 6. Oh, I am so not looking forward to round 1 if things are gonna go as I think they are
(Ending Theme: "Aozora ni Naru" by Jin Hashimoto- Kamen Rider Kuuga OST)
(Current Power Levels:
Desmond Bishops (me): 753,000/18,072,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken=x24)/37,650,000 (Base "Super Spiral")/500,000,000 (Unicron Trilogy "Galaxy Force" Vector Prime Tranzector)
Tulio Rodriguez: 801,700
Shinji Ikari: 14,600/300,000,000 (Transmetal 2 Megatron Tranzector) (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Rei Ayanami (Rei II): 1590* (Warper Status: LV. 3)
Toji Suzuhara: 7,950/150,000,000 (G1 Grimlock Tranzector) (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Kensuke Aida: 7,800/131,000,000 (G1 Wheeljack Tranzector) (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Sakura Suzuhara: 7,800 (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Hikari Horaki: 5.2
Misato Katsuragi: 5
Wynn Miyabi: 784 (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Eria Aoi: 788 (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Lyna Hikari: 814 (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Murasaki (Earth Dimension SK-444377): 32,170
Murakumo (Earth Dimension SK-444377): 30,700
Fluttershy (Earth Dimension FIM-J-419-EQG): 155,000
Velvet Scarlatina (Yoshi3000's "Geist Within" version): 26,050
Talim (Earth Dimension SCB-495-Delta 12): 31,680
Dr. Harleen Quinzel (Earth Dimension DC-J1990-BAT): 89,645
"Lark": ?
Pen Pen: 3.25
Shigiru Aoba: 4
Maya Ibuki: 4
Mokoto Hyuga: 3
Ritsuko Akagi: 4
Jessabelle Musashi: 725
Fuytsuki Kozo: 3
Gendo Ikari: 6
Ami (Earth Dimension SJ-12639706): 19,800 (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Twilight Sparkle (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 1,612,000/ 400,000,000 ("Galaxy Force" Unicron Trilogy Optimus Prime Tranzector "Normal Mode")/450,000,000 ("Galaxy Force" Unicron Trilogy Optimus Prime "Super Mode")
Applejack (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 980,000/210,000,000 (Aligned continuity Strongarm Tranzector)
Pinkie Pie (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 853,000/150,000,000 (G1 Grimlock Tranzector)
Rainbow Dash (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 800,000/1,800,000 (IDW Comics Windblade Tranzector)
Starlight Glimmer (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 1,250,000/145,000,000 (IDW Comics Drift Tranzector)
Spike T. Dragon (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 1,012,000/180,000,000 (Transmetal 1 Cheetor Tranzector)
Rarity (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 790,000/131,000,000 (G1 Wheeljack Tranzector)
Fluttershy (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 1,000,000/350,000,000 (G1 Saber Tranzector (without V-Star)/450,000,000 (G1 Star Saber Tranzector (Saber+V-Star)
King Sombra (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 1,500,000/255,000,000 ("Galaxy Force" Unicron Trilogy Scourge Tranzector)
Lord Tirek (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 1,850,000/240,000,000 ("Armada" Unicron Trilogy Megatron Tranzector)
Queen Chrysalis (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 1,340,000/120,000,000 (G1 Starscream/Generic G1 Seeker Tranzector)
Ahuizotl (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 950,000/150,000,000 (Aligned continuity Knockout Tranzector)
Derpy Hooves (Equestria Dimension FiM-41842-Primax): 410,000
(Author's Notes: Yeah, I'm ending this one on a cliffhanger. But don't worry, next time picks up right where this one left off with the altered canon of episode 6. Oh, and uh, fair warning: expect the Angels to get even tougher from here on out, support from additional characters from across Bishops' journey so far, and Bishops' team finally getting its name and logo. Stick around.)