From Across the Dimensional Pond.'Good morning ladies and gentlemen! I'm your host for today! And first up the weather!' the over Peppy host Spoke.Sitting in front of the TV, I slowly dipped my spoon into my bowl of cereal. Didn't really have a choice on the brand. Mom never cared much for cornflakes or CinnaSquares… Luckily she and dad aren't home. The Commander needed them, so they had dropped me off at Musashi's house. "Do you tire of eating those soggy wheat squares?" I heard Luna ask as she sat down next to me."It's not that I'm tired of them, I can't have too much sugar, it causes my stomach to knot up…" I answered, stirring up my cereal. Luna's ears twitched and lowered as she looked at me. Seeing her face change from happy to sad I placed my hand on the top of her head right between her ears and rubbed slowly. "My mom said it'll stop happening when I finish my conversion to Kansen." I said while petting her surprisingly soft hair covered head.Luna crossed her arms and pouted, her tails behind her gave away her true emotions but she kept up the facade."But that means you can't eat anything I bake…"Luna whined."Well how about this…" I stopped petting her and stood up. "as soon as i can I'll try everything you could make after I fully convert okay?"Luna's face made a quick turn around from a sad pout to happy again as she launched from her chair and almost tackled me to the floor."Deal!" Luna agreed happily. That's when her mom entered the room with a box in her hands."Luna please behave, I know Miss Santos is adorable and charming, but we have a schedule to keep today." Musashi said, her intimidating aura made Luna quickly rise to her feet and pulled me up soon after.Brushing my shirt out and fixing my hair I gave a smile to Luna who was fixing her kimono."I still can't believe mom had those papers switched and that dad didn't know. So what usually happens day to day?" I asked."Usually we monitor and assess different anomalies and entity breaches, but today we caught wind of a forced entry of our world. Now come along you two lest we be late." Musashi spoke, turning towards the doorway. XXX XXX My first few steps into the Green clearance Area were cut short by people rushing by and an alarm blaring with a couple of kansen I didn't know. "What's going on Miss Musashi?" I asked, flinching at the loud crash and shattering glass.Musashi pushed Luna and myself behind her and summoned a partial version of her rigging."Stay behind me, it seems the intruder appeared sooner than expected." Musashi ordered right as those two kansen from just mere minutes ago were sent across the floor followed by a burnt up Hellcat."Those two are hurt Miss Musashi." I shouted over the alarm.Nodding, she raised an arm and moved forward. "Luna go help Z11 and Z16, Natalie stay with me." Musashi spoke calmly.Staying behind her, I watched people run away from the screaming. Some crawling, due to tripping over each other. This all came to a head when I watched my best friend get thrown through the wall and roll right to my feet."Lu, are you okay!?" I asked, quickly raising her up as Musashi cut a small smoking plane into pieces. "At least the wall was made… from… sheet rock…" Dai Lu said as she struggled to keep her eyes open."Lu!" I gently shook her to no avail. "Come on, wake up!"Letting Lu's head gently rest on the floor I stood up, looking around for whoever hurt my friend. Finally my eyes managed to follow the blonde blur, which caused my head to start throbbing."Natalie, get back here!" Musashi called out.My body moved on its own, my ears heard her as clear as day, but the heat I felt in my chest took hold as I felt heavy yet swift. My eyes flicked left to right up until I was right behind the intruder."You hurt my Friend!" I screamed, my fists swinging at the figure in front of me.Unfortunately I missed both shots and caused the figure to turn towards me, sending a plane directly at my chest. I felt that weight again as I brought my left arm up to try and protect myself. The impact sent me backwards with a hail of sparks which I couldn't question as I felt anger boil up further. "Stay down and I'll let you live…" The figure behind me said in a cold voice."You hurt my friend…" I growled, gripping the large Solid steel chair next to me."You can't hurt me, let alone control your rigging so I think you should shut up and stay down." They retorted.Suddenly A purple bolt of electricity flew through the air distracting the figure long enough for me to act. I grabbed the arms of the chair, lifting it easily and brought it down on their head."Ahh! You seriously messed up-" Before they had a chance to finish I swiped the chair across their face a second time. And when they were no longer moving I dropped the now broken chair and wiped the blood off of my cheek."Your turn to stay down…" I spat before collapsing myself. XXXVVVXXX Vestal sighed as her hands went to her face. Everything she had on file was now pointless thanks to me."So you're saying that the most harmless person on base beat the tar out of mister Kansen across the hall?" Vestal asked.Musashi nodded as she gently grabbed my hands. A witness to everything that happened, now she had a look of worry."She… Well when Dai Lu was hurt Natalie acted like it was a Siren attack, but she was moving faster than I could see.""Yeah, Natalie looked like she was going to kill that boy." Luna said as she tended to one of her tails.Vestal looked across the hall, through the open door at the boy unconscious and covered in bandages. Her eyes grew, making her jump up from the stool she was on."Musashi stay with Natalie, I gotta check something." Vestal said as she ran out of the room.XXX XXX Groaning softly I tried to move, but my entire body felt like it was broken. And my eyes weren't any better… The bright white lights strung up stung as I blinked."Where… am i?" I whispered, my voice barely working. As my eyes adjusted I spotted a mass of tails and Miss Musashi's voice along with another man's outside of the room. What happened to me? Why do I feel like I'm burning up?XXX XXX "How in the hell did this happen?" Musashi hissed, her back to the wall of the meeting room, her tail tips flicking rapidly, a clear indication of anger."They were inside before the system could identify them. This is still relatively new technology we're working with, dear." Her husband replied as he sat at the table, pouring over the data from the incident."Bataan's kid and her friend are in the infirmary, along with two of the destroyers sent to handle the intruder. Thankfully Luna knew better and stayed with me, but Bataan's kid ran off ahead." Musashi fumed."Give Natalie a break. Look, I don't know how the intruder made it that far into the base before being detected. It's clear the system didn't immediately identify them as a threat. With them currently in detainment, it's obvious they are not what they appeared to be, even when the system finally caught on." He replied in a level tone."Give her a break? She's supposed to begin training under you! If she can't follow orders, that puts you and your whole team at risk!" Musashi cried as she approached his side."Sure. And we'll work with her on that. But she's Bataan's kid. Bataan isn't the type to bring a strict military attitude into her home. And considering everything that kid's been through, seeing a friend in need is something she can't ignore. Her running off probably wasn't even a conscious thought. Remember how Bataan reacted all those years ago? Rigging isn't meant to be used outside of an official setting, yet she put herself in the crosshairs without a second thought. Bataan was a hero that day. Natalie was a hero today. Give her time to accept the gratitude of others before dressing her down." Her Husband spoke somberly, setting down the datapad.Musashi scrunched her nose slightly still not happy about what happened. "You had better get her into a position to follow orders. Something like this could have gotten her, her friend, or any other number of people killed. Had this intruder not been taken down by her… foolish display of improvised weapon utilization, the results could have endangered far more people." Musashi reasoned."I get where you're coming from, Honey. I really do. But not everyone was raised the way we raised Luna. Luna is the exception, not the rule. Mikasa and Houshou both told me that Luna is moving quite quickly as it is for a Kitsune. Two tails at her age is practically unheard of. We can't expect everyone to follow her example." He said, which seemed to center Musashi and ease her anger significantly."So… what now? We have injured personnel. Do we even know who or what made it in?" Musashi asked, calming with each passing word."We don't. We have the suspect in custody in the same room we keep Roon when she gets angry. But… the techs and researchers have no clue what we've actually come across. All we know is that they can mask their presence well enough to stay off the less sensitive sensors. It took them getting inside the facility, to where our sensors are turned up the highest, in order for the alarm to be tripped, but by then it was too late." He answered, roughly scratching my head before whipping my hat across the room in an explosive display of anger. This surprised Musashi, as she hadn't expected this level of anger when he'd been so casual up to this point."Dear?" Musashi asked."That thing hurt people we know. How the fuck it managed to get so far into the base without even one of my patrolmen figuring it out has me livid. Fucking shit!" He spat angrily, his knuckles turning white from the pressure. "Dear, it… it's okay. Nobody was mortally wounded, and everyone is being tended to by the medical staff." Musashi said as she approached."It's not okay!" He said, slamming his fist into the table, denting the thin steel paneling.Musashi grabbed a hold of his arm and pulled him into hers."Sweetie. Just calm down. Had I known you were this upset, I wouldn't have reacted as poorly as I did. All I've done is add fuel to the fire." Musashi whispered."No. It's fine. This was a travesty on all accounts. Everyone has the right to be pissed. We need to talk to Bataan, make sure that my department is what she wants for her daughter. I'm not going to subject that girl to this unless her mother is dead set on it." He spoke as Musashi held him close."We can arrange that. But for now, let's catch up with the team and see what we have to deal with." Musashi said as she led him from the meeting room.XXXVVVXXX Sitting outside of the infirmary rolling around in circles on the sidewalk was a lone miniature Hellcat who tried to get anyone to let it inside. People came and went, side stepped and dodged but none stopped to help the plane. Until a calloused hand reached down and grabbed it."What's up little Hellcat?" The person said, as the miniature plane rolled back and forth on his hand.A sudden cool wind made the Hellcat sputter and halt its movements as a shadow covered it."Artyom dear… That plane looks like one of Comrade Bataan's." A soft but heavy Russian accent filled the air."Not really, but look closely Soyuz." The Commander answered his wife.Bending slightly Soyuz Inspected the plane that had a tag on its wing."USS Cabot, please return if found." Soyuz spoke, causing the plane to move its flaps.The Commander handed the plane over to Soyuz and pulled out his phone and tapped a few times."Hello? Langley, do we have a kansen called Cabot?" The Commander spoke as he started to enter the infirmary building.XXX XXX After getting filled in on what happened and the verification of whether or not this ship exists the Commander and Soyuz made their way through the halls and a set of stairs to the floor that I was on."Vestal said room 13a correct?" The Commander asked as he looked down the hall.Soyuz nodded, placing her hands out for the plane to land on her hands. "That should be at the end by the windows dear."As the two walked on I began trying to sit up and at least move my neck."H-hello? Is anyone there?" I called out, my voice still weak.Rounding through the doorway I was met with a cool breeze and a tall beautiful woman and a tall man in a crisp white uniform and a tiny plane that almost instantly flew at me."Ah! S-Stay away-" I tried to speak but my voice broke as it fluttered to a stop on my lap.Soyuz let out a soft laugh and moved to the side."It seems we found its own dear." Soyuz spoke softly. "It seems so.." He answered looking at me and the plane.Using my hands to keep the tiny plane from moving I turned my head towards the Commander and tried to smile."Am… Am I in trouble?" I hesitantly asked.