all the series that will be on this fic are not mine only a few OC and original story arcs and such
Rubicon 3 is a planet of never-ending war that all factions fought each other's for Coral.
The sublime substance that humanity uses to advance their civilization towards the future but it's also the reason why this once pinnacle of human advancement becomes the downfall of Rubicon 3.
In one of the Rubicon Colonies, the Rubicon Research Institute or R.R.I, one of its scientists, Professor Nagai, discovered a wave mutation that is a coral release that threatened the known human control space.
During this, he warned all that could escape to the stars, hoping they could get away far enough while those who couldn't flee stay on Rubicon hiding in underground bunker.
During his research before the great fires, The potential of coral can outright expand from one solar system to another within just a few hours, but not just that it can expand true different universe, making mankind glimpse into these other reality's during such which the first jumpers come into this reality.
However during his research, Nagai discovered the potential that coral can reach to other realities, and during such moments, first contact was made in the form of a young purple hair girl with mechanical rabbit ears who loves to violate quantum physics.
As time went on, more jumpers came into this reality, and with them trade in inventions and innovation idea's that one's dream became real and during those time a young boy witnessed the entire world, his home becomes a heaven for those with dreams for a better reality.
As the convergence draws near the boy, life is hit with constant tragedy one after another.
As the fires spread, the boy watches his home world burn. He makes a vow to return with Hope
Ryu takimino was nervous.
But he manages to hide it, tidying his violet hair one too many times as he walks to his destination.
One wrong step or word in this case was the equivalent of losing all his reputation at being both confident and respected.
When he reached out to an old friend, the first thing he thought was a simple explanation, show his evidence, then try to convince all those in the room to give him the best of the best to save all that he knows.
But that was not the case.
She told him to wear a business suite to make him look like a corpo rather than a politician, then he needed to print the files she gave him, put it in a folder, and hide the evidence in his pocket.
By all accounts, these instructions of hers were confusingly enough by normal people's standards and criminals at most.
And yet, as he approached the double doors in front of him, he knew backing down now was not possible as all the preparation would go down the drain.
He looked to his right and saw a reflection of himself in the windows that overlooked the beautiful city below. He then prepared himself and moved to the double doors in front of him.
He took a deep breath and entered the meeting room.
When he walked into the room, it had a long rectangular table in the middle and on it sides ten seats for the high-ranking board members, of which all of them looked at him with mild curiosity.
"Ah, there's the delivery of the new file that I ordered," his friend called from the far side of the table.
Trying to hide his anxiety from the eyes of the others, he approaches them one by one and slowly handed out the individual files.
After giving the files to the board members he finally get to stand right to his old classmate Walter nagai after all this years, a late thirty year old man with platinum blonde spiky downwards hair that style like an anime character, his face was sharp and angular with a scar that went downwards from his forehead to his right eye both of each have a red ethereal pupil with a magenta iris.
The CEO extended his right hand, grabbing the important files from the Ryu grasp, he and his wife sat from his left holding the remote that activated the projector as a holographic window showing the findings of recent events that transpired form the recent findings to the other members.
As it did, the lights coming from the projection illuminati the woman's aspect a round face of Japanese origin her pink color orbs that was her eyes shine with calmness, bright pink mane flows down to her back with the addition of a ethereal pink heart pendant above her enormous breast.
Asuka yukika or now Asuka Nagai Walter's wife and ex magia love one of the founding mahou shoujo but most importantly of all Ryu old classmate.
"All right, everything in order, let's begin the meeting. Now, as everyone knows, the reasons why we are still using paper documents mostly came for the fact that some of our data can be... breached for a lack of better wording. " Walter said, gaining everyone's attention all, but only one was used to the explanation.
Even if Ryu doesn't know the reason, he's somewhat flabbergasted by the obvious gab in technology.
"And to answer the question to our new member, the AI and hackers of our universe are in a level that can only be described as annoying to agitating to us and outright apocalyptic to yours's" he look at the man in the eye's "there are indeed easy solutions for most folks out there, but for a mega corporation like such information can tip the war from a stale mate to one sided, it's in our best interest that every members in this room must take extra precautions when dealing with sensitive information at hand."
Walter's own words just describe one of, if not the most calm way or blatant show of technological superiority to him.
"Now that that's been settled, everyone would you please pay attention to the files first, then the holographic projector." Asuka next to Walter's left instructs all in the room towards the files.
As the other's look into the recent findings within the files, all the new information shown got their attention with Walter grimace at what he sees. The extra photos and files did not make him any more stress than he usually is.
After the bored members were done with examining the new data of information, they looked at the projection in front of them.
"To explain the necessary information for the new plan, we must first - " before she can explain further, the projection screen in front of her, and Walter at the holo window, seeing a call that he knows from whom.
He pressed the acceptance icon and listened to the person behind the call.
An icon of a diamond with cat ears appears in all the holo window projection to all members in the room with the sound of digital buttons being tap at a rapid pace.
"Sir, sorry for the intrusion, but S1 to 4 have entered the mission zone. we're waiting for the green light to proceed, sir. " A young high peach voice comes from the call as Walter lips slowly form into a grin.
"Proceed with the job. "
"All strays beginning the operation our pay check is on the line! " The voice says with an energetic tone that can make anyone follow with pure adrenaline within their hearts.
All the hollow windows screen switched to a four split perspective in first person view, showings all in the room to watch.
Two on the top show a view from on top of a dry rocky cliff as dusk begin to settle in the desert looking below a PCA outpost, while two on the bottom show a dark tunnel with a person climbing up a ladder to a hatch on top, the other seems from below the person on the top climbing the same ladders behind from the previous person.
PCA outpost 307
A man size hatch opens up, allowing two strays pilots wearing their standard pilot skin tight bodysuit with their helmet on. The only difference is the extra equipment and the suits color.
The first one male with grey and red wears extra armor ammo pouches in his body rig, and the second one female with white and pink has a machine backpack that has a machine folding in the back
The gear that make the both of them have in common was booster boots and two rectangular objects from both their thighs, the one on the right was longer than the other while on the left was shorter but function more like a generator
Both of them went deeper into the personnel size parts of the outpost as more areas are being scouted, and they make way to the facility server room, they then stop at a four-way intersection looking to their right both leaning hard on the right side of the wall.
As the two pilots peek at the corner backs to the wall, both saw four PCA guards stood at both sides of the door two on the right and two on the left.
The male whispers first, "Four guarding the door standard armor and loadout, wait... " He looks closer, "the ranks on their right shoulder look fresh from the training sim must be new recruit."
The female pilot scans the grunts. "You're right. The PCA doesn't usually let recruits guard highly important areas." She whispers back, "Raven, when we brake in moments ago, there was less PCA activity from other outposts, even though this one has the most valuable Intel and items in the region this doesn't make sense?"
There coms flared to life, and in their ears both heard, there handler spoke up, "Well Echo and Raven, as both of you were doing one of your "test flights" in the private quarters, new Intel explain that the PCA within the region has drop down significantly, mostly to failed assassination attempts at other members of strays."
Another voice spoke true the coms "she's right ya know, those bureaucratic loving son's of bitches trying to ambush me last week from one of my assassination jobs and gest what happens next." After he pause the sound of a hotdog being eaten was heard true the private coms.
"Spider, are you eating on the job AGAIN!" Another male voice almost screamed at the coms.
"Yeah, it's lunchtime,"
"You don't just eat one the job, especially when we are about to strike,"
"Oh, lightened up Kitsune. The enemy forces are mostly a bunch of greenhorns, and besides, if we encounter any LC or even a HC in this mission, there are either going to be overconfidence recruit or a super stressed out senior officer"
"Which is why we need to be more cautious. There's a chance that some of them will be dangerously reckless and can potentially ruin the mission!" Kitsune may have a point, but spider just shrugged.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, but come on, we have done this like a hundred times now. This is probably one, if not the most easiest mission we've been given. "
With a smug spider said to Kitsune, "Why are you starting to get work up over this? Is the vespers mindset finally getting to you, or have you finally started to miss your precious study session you love so much? "
Kitsune was about to yell at him, but he sharply replied instead ,"And what's going on with you lately is it's because that you're Redgun training didn't prepare you for an all girl's school recently turn co ed make's you worried."
Spider retort with an even bigger smile in his face, "says the guy that has HLS and uses his studying as a distraction."
But before Kitsune or Spider can continue to throw insult at each other, Raven finally spoke up from his end. "If you two continue to argue in the middle of the job, I will deduct your extra cash after this." With a tired sigh, Raven calmness down.
Even if Raven doesn't use his emotions, both Kitsune and Spider could feel the anger in those words "Apologies, sir / yeah sorry boss,"
"Good, Echo, after we enter the server room, I want you to start shutting down the alarm system in this outpost so no PCA ship's will hear the distress signal." Echo nodded and started to use her ECM generator in her backpack , "Now Kitsune, when the distress signal is down, I want you to start creating a distraction in one of the areas and Spider shot down any defense that they throw at the both of you and keep them distracting and far away from the armory and storage area."
"Raven, the ECM generator is active. Shall we begin?" Echo then activate her weapon a coral drone with a coral weapon under its frame.
Raven nodded and began to take aim with his standard assault rifle a bullpup conversion of the JAKL style rifle with a build in suppressors for the job.
Switching the safety to single fire and taking aim the four guards were blissfully protecting the door with barely given any form of attention to their shrouding.
A literal rookie mistake.
Two suppress shots hit two on the right in an instant. Both were down, and the other two in the right barely got a chance to react when a bolt of red energy screeched towards them at high speed.
Even if their equipment is standard protection against most energy based and kinetic attacks, heated coral was not part of it's design.
Both have holes in their heads, and the other two were burned to a crisp.
Raven and Echo walked past the dead guards and entered the server room. Once inside, both of them went to the main monitor, and Echo began the process of direct contact with the outpost main controls by sending coral deep into it's main frame.
"Raven, all communication are down. The outpost is dead silent to all PCA networks."
The attack was about to commence.
Raven spoke through his coms, " The outpost is dead silent to all PCA networks. You all may begin the distraction, Echo, and i will go through the human sizes areas until we reach the main storage hangers." With that, Raven and Echo continue forward towards the outpost.
Outside the outpost
as darkness engulfed the outpost, the dark clouds blocked all from above as the personnel started to turn on the industrial light. The sound of hydraulic mechanism began moving in the front entrance, and all were wondering who was entering.
As the gigantic gates were opened , a blur went from the entrance to one of the sentry MT.
At blinding speed, the PCA subject guard MT an AM14 sentry was hung in the air as an unidentified AC holding the MT with its claws made from hardlight technology.
As its claws Pearce the MT through the pilot box, killing them instantly, then tossed the corpse to another MT before launching off to another within seconds
The AC was a lightweight reverse joint with custom arms that has gauntlet with energy claws. The left back was a diffuse laser cannon, the right a laser drone container.
What's more, the colors are dark blue.
A Vesper AC
As the other PCA personnel finally registered the event, they witnessed a Vespers AC starting to neutralize the MT's that were stations in the outpost with blinding speed.
One by one, the facility guards dropping like fly's non of them were expecting an assault by one of the corporation forces, especially a Vesper.
Screaming from all directions, the young PCA recruits began running for their MT, but suddenly, a loud voice came from the intercom. "All new recruits, this is you senior officer speaking stop panicking and get to your MT mediately the outpost AI and automatic defenses are down and the coms as well" the senior officer even with a tired voice still gave of a strong commanding presence "All troops separate to two teams, one for that Vesper AC and the others to help with finding the cause of this system failure."
With new guidance, the separate teams following their leader command, the subject guard MT began activated one by one beginning to fight back and defend the outpost from the attacking Vesper AC.
Getting to position the MT begins bombarding the AC with a barrage of laser fire, hoping that with the volume of laser fire in the direction of said AC direction, they can destroy it.
As the vespers AC side boosted left to right repeatedly and approaches the MT defense, the laser fire continues on until a new sound can be heard.
The MT's looked every ware for the sound until one of them dropped to it's knees, the others checked in on their fallen allies and saw a huge hole the size of an artillery size bullet pierced through the pilot cockpit.
"SNIPER!" One said in a panic before a shot rang out another dead center, then another and another, one by one more subject guard MT's being eliminated.
One of the MT's was panicking firing in all directions at the Vesper AC. Hearing the sounds of sniper fire and fellow MT's being killed all around him, he saw one of its comrades laying behind cover before another's shot hit the wall, using the bullet hole and it's camera tracking system the MT trace the trajectory on one of the side walls on the outpost.
On top of the wall was a tetrapod AC holding a Balem Ludlow machine gun the other a reverse grip bull pup sniper cannon in it's right back a Harris linear rifle and on the left a pulse buckler.
The color and model are similar to the Redguns' hell on four legs. The only exception is that the head part is a custom mano eyed camera that works as a sniper scope.
Remembering it's built and color the AC wasn't just any Redgun it was the spider.
"SNIPER spotted all units focused fire on -" Before it can issue the commands, another shot pierced the cockpit.
On spiders cockpit
Another one's bites the dust, and another one, the counter attack by Spider opinion are just mediocre at best, just stay in one vantage point and start shooting until all is dead. The only thing that makes his situation more enduring are the screams of panic when the enemy is not a bunch of code or protocols spewing, superhero wannabe LC or HC pilot that they are thinking their better then any AC pilot in the known multiverse.
This is probably what Iguazu feels when fighting his boss Raven.
Before he can continue those lines of thought, the coms flared to life with Raven voice.
"Spider, Kitsune, what's your status?"
Kitsune response first "All subject guard MT's are being reduced to only four left," said in a professional manner
"Good, make sure that all PCA personnel in this outpost are either neutralize or captured befo-" Raven was cut off in the background overhear the sound of gunfire and a body colliding on the ground "as I was saying all other personnel must be detained or neutralize because Echo found something in the server room data".
Echo then continues, "the outpost record listed that five HC on storage with ten LC as well, no loadout though must be a recent import." Echo's said before the sound of two pilots running." The storage unit must not be harmed. The record also says that there are anomalies artifacts, magia batteries, infinite stratos cores, and more PCA equipment that can potentially be exported to outside rubicon!".
Spider finally said something: "There trying to get back to earth ranks." Worries in his voice, he continues, "with the right words and images or videos, the rouge fleet can rejoin the main fleet and the PCA main armada can declare war on Rubicon with good reasons!"
As the discussion continuing a new voice entered, "All strays i have detected an active HC IFF in one of the hangers. Looks like there increases our threat level." Their handler voice informed them.
Spider hearing this activates his AC scans, as three second past his AC head part detected the enemy Heavy Calvary unit and its loadout "Target using classic melee build two shoulder mounted pulse cannon and a sword and shield..." He then gets the enemy pilots IFF and start to cross reference the ID in his hit list "boss my list just got the guys ID. he's extremely good at melee dueling. Should we get Corvus and Banshee out here? Even if Arachnid and kyubi can fight this guy, we need another melee AC to distract him."
There's silence in the coms until Raven issued the command "handler Valiona is Corvus and Banshee ready for lunch?"
Handler Valiona response with excitement
"Both of em are ready, Raven, Echo. What's the loadout?" She asks."
Both Raven and Echo responded, "The usual" They both said in sync.
"You might want to get that hurried, Kyubi radar detecting the HC approaches to our area!" Kitsune, almost panic.
Handler Valiona hastily responded, "Raven Echo, I got a secure drop zoned, but get there as fast as possible. I'm detected multiple infantry and base personnel trying to escape"
Raven confirms from his position, "location mark Echo you and me need to stop their escape, we can't let them spreading the events of this outpost to other's, Kitsune and Spider hold the HC off until our AC arrive and please try not bickering at each other."
"Confirm" was all Raven needed.
HC pilot location
Off all the time, he gets to train new recruits fresh from the training grounds of the most advanced simulation has to offer he was the best option for readying them self for any threat the great unknown has to offer, he was the teacher after all.
Not one of his cadets, no. His students will become untouchable from deaths hand.
Rubicon was just that from the beginning, a backwater planet that was supposed to be an easy reclamation for humanity. Oh, how much he made the most easiest mistake any cadets can make, but for a general such as him, it was a death sentence, and karma was not a merciful judge.
One by one, the reports flood in. Corporation forces both native and foreign fighting for the planets' unique rescores, anomalies appearing from unknown universe came to theirs by using the Coral, and the final one to it all the sighting of two Ravens on the planet one leaking the information of anomalies to the net and one that has full control of the planets corals with rumors that the second one being a corporate heir.
With full speed, he rushes towards the location the attackers were in.
When he reaches the area, the hole scene makes him brimming with rage.
The recked subject guard MT's have holes on their cores or claw marks shredded them in half, he opens his coms and hope for any survivals on sight "All that survived can any of you respond..." Silence filled the air as he tried again. "Any surviving units, please respond." Again, he tried.
This time, there was a response, "Sorry to disappoint you, but any chance that your little army of rookies survive my shots are zero to none," the perpetrator speaks through the PCA channels.
"How did you get on this channel? This is a secured line."
"Really old man, did chya really think that fighting the PCA for what like three or four years won't make most of your enemies start creating countermeasure from weapons, armor, gear, and especially communication hacking on your o so called impenetrable systems? then yeah, no, not the brightest minds I've ever seen."
The senior officer pride on the PCA may be wounded from the insult, but he knows that rushing into a fight without knowing you're opponent is one of the many things a veteran such as him usually warns to any new recruit.
Slowly, his HC built in AI started to cross-reference the perpetrator voice and combat patterns until the generals' instinct kicked in.
Deploying his shield, the pules energy's stop the incoming attack.
He grunts as the shield only stops half of the damage the shot cause, while he is trying to think the AI analysis the shot and distance confirming it to be from a sniper cannon, retracing the shot he found were it was from.
Up on one of the outpost walls was a tetrapod Redgun AC that anchors itself to the wall.
"Why ar-" before he can say more the AI finally finish it's searched and about to-
Another shot fired from the Redguns AC, but then warning sounds went off in his cockpit. There was something trying to attack him from behind.
Jumping to his left, he nearly avoided the surprise attack, checking for any damage only one of the pulse cannon got detected from his HC. Looking around for the culprit, he saw another AC a Vesper.
In his mind, this was concerning. Usually, a Redgun and a Vesper would be actively pointing their weapons at each other, but working together, that's disastrous for both the pilot's and their enemies.
The Vesper AC raised its left arm, holding the pulse launcher. "For a PCA general, that's not surprising." he then tossed the weapon to the side, "but there's no point in salvaging broken equipment when the ones in storage are up for grabs."
The general got the idea that the corporation wanted their equipment, but why are both Arquebus and Balam wanted this outpost in particular.
Before he can keep thinking, the Vesper AC assault boosted his direction. The general rather dodged or blocked as he fired his pulse cannon at the attacker and primed his laser blade, waiting for a chance. But it didn't matter as the Vesper AC shot his back laser shotgun at him before he could block it and move to the HC left. Confused for a moment before the sniper fired a shot at him, then detached himself and assault boost to another location.
Before he could intercept the Redguns sniper new location, the Vesper speed demon went in with a melee attack. This made him attack the AC with a spin attack, but the speed demon dodged backward, and then the sniper opened fire at him.
This went routinely as both pilots reused the same strategy again and again. This wasn't adding up. Usually, the sniper tries to stagger with heavy fire, and the melee would close the distance and sliced the opponents to pieces.
"It's as if their trying to distract me, but why would -" That was the last thing he said before his AI warned him of an approaching hostile.
He looked up and saw two AC falling.
As Raven and Echo run to the open, they see the HC being distracted as both Ac fall from the sky.
Echo using her helmet Hud to ping the location of both her and Raven ACs drop sight "Raven Echo get to your ACs, and help Kitsune and Spider on the enemy HC, they may have it cornered but if Kyubi keep fighting that HC on close combat, her frame will need serious maintenance and Kitsune cannot have another huge repair bill on his hands right now!" Handler Valiona said to both of them.
Knowing his teammates' circumstances, Raven responded ,"Confirm, Echo, when we get to our ACs, both you and Spider stagers the HC with all you got, me and Kitsune will bombarding it with as many attacks as we can. Got it. "
"Confirm Raven." She nodded.
"Good," as both Raven and Echo heard and felt the ground shaking by an explosion, their AC came into view.
Up on the sky's above, the sound of screaming engines can be heard as two ACs enter the outpost with blinding speed, as they land on the hard floor, a thundering boom echo's throughout the outpost with deafening roar.
The first AC was an RRI model with a white and pink color. Most would underestimate the looks alone, but the weapons have strange designs as most of the RRI. In the right hand is a colar rifle. It's left a red shift moonlight blade on the right back a coral controlled drone and on the left back a cylindrical coral pulse manipulator.
The second AC was one that put fear on the battlefield, a harbinger of death. Raven AC, Most would assume such a machine would be a top of the line model with only the best weapons that could make a corporation CEO go bankrupt by just fixing one small dent.
But no, the AC was a modified RaD orbiter series with a pulse amplifier extension on its knees, shoulders, frontal core, and a modified shade eye head part where it's optics replaced with a visor that glows with coral inside of it.
The weapons on the AC were that of an all rounded build. In its right hand was a assault rifle that looks like a Mecha size Barrett m82 that's been modified to a assault rifle, on its left a colar oscillator that's been modified from scrap parts and on its back from the left a 6 cel missile launcher and to its right a "borrowed" stun needle launcher from Arquebus ADD.
As both Raven and Echo ran towards, their AC the enemy HC spotted the both of them and began firing some pulse fire only for Kitsune fire a charge shot from its laser shotgun melting the last range weapon from its shoulders.
While running, both Raven and Echo jump higher with their booster boots to their AC cores.
As both pilots nearing their AC, the cores on the ephemera head open back wards while the orbiter opens a hatch located on behind the AC neck.
Once inside the pilot box, Raven stashed his weapons to the pilot seat sides and began plugging his core controls to his augmented spine. Feeling his nerves extended from himself to his machine, the sensation was one of great joy.
Outside of the armored core, Corvus and Banshee came to life their lights and visor shine an ethereal red as the coral within the machine powers all of its systems.
Raven felt that both he and Corvus became one. It was right. The flow of coral from his generator to his heart eyes that see from the optics and sensors from all over creates the feeling of a spiritual symbiosis. He was in his nature again.
Seeing from Corvus head part optics, the pilot saw his opponent the HC, even though said machine only down to two weapons in its hands the Intel that spider gave him told of a melee master, that even though Kitsune can defeat it with only kyubi the damage she will endure could cause Kitsune his monthly salary.
As Raven assault boosts to the enemy, Echo uses Banshee coral manipulator, creating a dome to trap everyone within. Closing the distance, the HC was anticipated a melee attack, but Raven pulled out the last second and opened fire with all his shots and missile salvo.
The enemy HC managed to block most of the attack until the stun needle launcher fire directly at him, as the ammunition hit its target, exploding an electric shot that temporarily stun the enemy.
With its systems temporarily stunned, both Echo and Spider fired their barrage of range attack from explosive to coral. The HC can barely dodge any of the attacks for a few minutes.
Finally, the enemy saw that most of them were reloading for another attack, with that it moved to the closest target, the Raven.
Experience told the senior officer to neutralize the most dangerous one. Right now, the Raven just stands there in the open. The enemy HC may be powerful, but it made a crucial mistake.
As the senior officer thinks that eliminating the Raven may cause some form of moral decrease, as he was about to swing his laser blade, Raven began to glow a red ethereal like coral.
Time in his eyes slows down for what felt like an eternity as the Raven ACs pulse emitters from the back and the small one all over began activating all at ones, hearing the sound of boosters the other must've avoiding the blast radius.
Within three seconds, the Raven activated its assault armor.
The coral from within the AC exploded all over it, creating a death dome of fiery explosion.
As the blinding light settled down, the HC system went ACS overload as the pilot can barely move any of the machines limbs.
Before the HC can reboot its systems, both Raven and Kitsune dash in and begin melee attack all of its limbs, leaving only a torso and head intact.
As the enemy tries to eject from his doom, Raven moves forward and then stops in front of the wreckage.
"Surrender, and we will treat you with basic human rights."
As he told this, the downed senior officer then pulled out his pistol, aimed it to his skull, and pulled the trigger.
BANG!
...
Raven question why he even bothered.
he said that to every PCA member, it's always the same outcome.
Just like the first time
The fifth time
The hundredth time
The thousand times
Last year
Last month
Last week
A view moments ago with those escaping personnel
And THIS.
Raven sighs. "HC down, any other threats?"
"No life signs on the outpost. it looks like we got all of them."
That was good to hear, but... no, continue the mission.
"Alright, everyone, let's start cleaning the place. Valiona, send multiple transport choppers and our customs transport here ASAP."
"Got it, Raven. After this, I'm going to have a meeting with Walter, and he's going to need your after report. He said that strays can keep some of the "requisition" inventory items. But he needs a list so we can have some of the loot."
"Understood, just wait until we got a kilometers' worth of space from here."
Meeting room
As all within the meeting room watched the events unfold, all were satisfied with the mission results.
Most of the members are used to strays antics, but only Ryu was both in aw and somewhat disgusted at what he saw.
The team or strays as they call them self were the best example of professionalism first, quirky personality second, but even so he can not condemn the fact that all of them sounded younger than he expected from the way they talk he expected them to be new members.
But he was wrong
The team was by what their enemies suggest were veterans of this mech piloting super soldier that fought for money.
And yet even though their were backed by a mega corporation one of them is afraid of the mech's repair bill?
Furthermore, the leader Raven was by all means sounded dead and monotone, not even a shred of mercy and yet the thought that this young man alone sounded that he was at the same age as his daughter was even more concerning.
He needs to get more info on them afterward. But for now, he needs Walter's approval to send him some help
As the other in the meeting room dispersed, leaving out him, Walter, and his secretary behind.
All three of them looked at each other in silence until Walter stood with his walking cane on his right hand, then gestured the both of them to follow him.
Rather, walking out from the meeting room door, they went to another one from behind Walter seat, opening it they got inside, Ryu could see it's Walter office.
Walter office looks like a traditional CEO office with the usual furniture with a bookshelves, coffee table, expensive sofas, and his desk with multiple computers.
What is behind the desk was awe struck for Ryu, the wall that behind Walter's desk are only windows that shows the city below with the star's in the background and even more amazement was the planet below.
It wasn't Earth. Instead, it was rubicon 3.
"So," Walter started speaking. "How has it been ryu-san?"
"I'm surprised you still remember me, nagai-san. I thought you and yukika-san wouldn't remember me or any of our classmates from all those years ago, especially with what i heard from our old friends. Both Walter nagai and Asuka yukika got married and started a global military company that can rival both size and technology by centuries from the current global superpower and having a son that so I'll from birth he became the first live test subject for human bionic project."
"And we thought that after all this time, you've would become a private investigator with those skill sets of yours, but a politician? you hated the idea of becoming one? What changed?" Asuka questioned.
Ryu shrugged and told them the events that led to this moment's "i don't want to give you all the details, but the crossroads are getting more intense as time goes on, I was told that by being a politician it can help me with the necessary resources and partnerships to help prevent more destruction."
Asuka nodded to his story, but something was also bothering her, so she spoke up, "But what about the mahou shoujo and the family clans? Why aren't they doing anything about it? What happened?"
Ryu, take a deep breath and explain further
"All of the problems and supposed solutions are connected, the mahou shoujo are indeed helping but mostly only for fame and their not treating this current problem very seriously, as for the family clans, the one's that supposed to defend our region are going silent for the past two years now."
Walter questioned, "And how are those related to you asking our help?"
"I'll get to that, when an old friend of ours spotted two Yokai clan members having an illegal purchase with a unknown man that have a portal behind him, he manages to escape but the clan members got apprehend by the current mahou shoujo in our city, they handed this to the local authorities. " He then grabbed something from his pocket and showed it.
Both Walter and Asuka went wide-eyed as they saw a vile with active coral within a small test tube.
"May I?" Walter then grabbed the vile of coral and began making contact with it.
He closed his eyes for a moment before reopening them this time, his pupils glowing with ethereal red.
"This amount," Walter began, "it's not strong enough to power weapons, but the amount would give most human powers that identical to both augmented humans, mostly generation one to four."
"And that's not all from all over Japan reports of unknown groups of armed individuals were spotted hunting down and killing magia mascots and young girls with mana traces from their bodies," Ryu sighed at his explanation, "this armed groups are preventing new mahou shoujo's from being born."
That was the last thing they needed to hear.
Asuka started to type something on the tablet in her hand as Walter was making phone calls.
She then questioned Ryu again, "How much did that man sell, and how long are these events bin happening days, months, years?"
Ryu keep telling them everything about the events and spare no details of his and other that work from him have found.
Moments later, a red portal opens up in Walter's office and then emerges a small cat? plushy? Creature? Floats over to the room. She was a magia mascot.
She appears as a grey cat-like stuffed animal with a red hexagon with three triangles on top left, right, and middle bottom for a tail and red identical symbols on her ears and chest, arms on the other hand are hidden within baggy sleeves, her mouth and eyes are also red, and she appears to be without a nose.
She also wares a black business suite with a name tag that says: Valiona.
"Walter, sir Raven and the others have finished their after report, he-" she speaks and almost give Walter the reports before stopping and seeing Ryu.
"Oh, sorry, are you a client?" She asks him, "Apology for the disturbing you. I was just delivering the after reports"
"Valiona, I got a job for you and strays," Walter said and continued. "we got an urgent request that needs both Raven and Echo moved to your earth."
"Why is something the matter?"
"Yes, and tell them that he won't need their AC for this on because," Walter then handed her a folder with the word's jumpers coral smuggling.
"He needs to play hero."
Finally, the first chapter has been completed
From the last five or six months of planning, writing, revisioning, and being courageous enough to finally publish this first and probably chaotic series that was inspired by Obligation to keep on by blackout42 (read it by the way it's amazing) I've decided to make one of my own but rather then one crossover I'm going to make a xover with for other series in the first book but have winks and nods to other's that will be joining in future books.
and yes welcome to the version of this story from my other account from wattpad hope you'll like it
Oh yeah I will be updating this fic on probably one or one in a half months mostly because the length of the words to justify the long waiting time for a new chapter.
hope you'll love my caffeinated addicted story!