trans_9 | Reign of Destruction

The Shrikes clearly weren't expecting attackers, but they immediately moved into defensive maneuvers. Most of them peeled off harassing the evacuees and whipped around back toward the defenders, leaving a few behind to try and take out the more helpless targets.

The one Nathan hit with the shotgun blast seemed to stagger in midair, but it was one of those that remained on target. A fresh, undamaged one careened toward Nathan instead, eating up the distance at such a rate that it wasn't clear if it intended to use its energy lance or to just crush him in midair impact. Another one went after Sofia in a similar fashion.

More of them were focused on Nanoha and Fate, flying in a swiftly-changing formation that allowed them to make use of their psychic lances. It wasn't the most accurate weapon, but it certainly made things dangerous!

And there were specks on the horizon that could be reinforcements.

Celena gave a quick nod to those who had joined her, so quickly after she'd sent out the call for assistance. Eyes darting amongst to take in the situation in full as she rolled and weaved amongst the psychic lances let loose by the shrikes.

--Thanks for the assist, we've got their attention, bar four still on target I'll see if I can draw their fire,-- She called quickly and telepathically to those who had come to her aid even as she tilted on wing tip and dove toward the Shrikes intent on the civilians below.

The linar's markings flaring to life as she propelled herself to even greater speeds, eyes shining gold a field of energy forming like a V-shaped blade in front of her and along her half out stretched wings as well as a vertical section extending back both beneath her and above. Altering her path to intercept the fore of the Shrikes as she would attempt to slash through straight through it, or at least clip it. She needed their attention away from the civilians.

A few green laser blasts intercepted the Shrike heading for Nathan in an attempt to, not only cut it off, but down it as well. The source of the shots is obvious, a bright gold mobile suit is heading their way, beam rifle and beam saber at the ready. A few more shots are fired at another incoming enemy.

Better late than never, right?

"Sir!"

Fate had been intending to follow Celena, to lead the Shrikes away from the group of fleeing civilians, but Bardiche's warning and a sharp sting on her cheek as one of the Shrikes' attacks nicked her told her that there were other problems she needed to take care of.

"Plasma Lancer."

She spun in midair as several more orbs appeared around her, hovering for a second before shooting straight for the Ohm tailing her and Nanoha.

Was that... a giant robot? A giant, golden robot?

Yes, yes it definitely looked like one. But it was on their side, and Nanoha wasn't going to complain. Especially when there were some that were headed toward her right now. "Raising Heart!"

"Yes, my master. Divine Shooter: Barrage Shift."

The magenta orbs flared to life, spinning around her, but instead of the normal four or five, she summoned dozens, surrounding her in a field of light.

"Shoot!" She pointed her finger, and the armada of spheres shot at the Ohm coming near her and Fate - quantity had a quality all of its own.

Vivio wasn't sure if the golden robot that came out of nowhere would be a great help or not. Right now, she needed to focus on the battle in front of her.

Following her parent's example, Vivio summoned up another set of orbs, then thrust her hand outward.

"SONIC SHOOTER!" Vivio shouted, joining the other balls of magical energy in their strike.

Nathan waved, and yelled over, "Thanks for the assist." He could see a few more coming up at 10 o'clock. Bogies on the tail, time for evasive maneuvers. Been a long time, but he could still remember his time as a Naval pilot. And some techniques still worked well, even without a plane.

He shot at a few more Shrikes.

"Come on you bastards. Take the bait." As soon as they turned in his direction, he was going to speed away to lure them far from the location.

Sofia tried to stop the Shrike flying toward her but she wouldn't have been able to affect it in time. Instead she dropped down, closer to the earth. If it was going to strike her it would have to risk crash landing. She stepped up the wind's power and speed, pushing her abilities to her limits.

The Shrikes Nathan shot at were clearly hurt, but seemed content to ignore him. Instead, another came at him from above, flailing away with a psychic energy lash instead of the lances the others had been using.

Amidst Sofia's windstorm, the one that had been charging her lost control and crashed to the ground, sending up flights of dirt and debris and making for a few moments of extra-unsteady footing. Two more of the Shrikes peeled off and went for her, splitting off to come at her from different angles.

With the arrival of the mobile suit, the Shrikes pulled back to regroup. So did the ones Celena chased away from the civilians. They all began circling to try and retrieve the higher ground -- er, air. Perhaps they were even trying to get out of range of Nanoha and her family's attacks. As soon as they did, they were going to start lancing again.

Briefly, the girl found herself wondering why the magical flying people needed to yell out their attack names. Maybe she'd ask about that later. In the meantime, she needed to focus her attention on the regrouping Ohm.

It was obvious there was no chain of command in this battle, so she needed to think for herself. It only took a moment to realize what they were doing. Cagalli wasn't sure how fast the other attackers could go after those things. While she could guess that the dragon was pretty quick, she only knew about the Akatsuki for certain.

Up the golden mobile suit went, chasing after the Shrikes and firing at them all the while.

As the Shrikes pulled away and made their way for round two, Vivio prepared another set of Sonic Shooter globes, launching them as soon as they were ready.

However, they seem not to be enough, as the set collided with one of them and spiraled right for Vivio. She spun out of the way, barely dodging it, only to end up in the path of another.

There was no scream leaving her open mouth as the Shrike ran her through on the right side, barely missing anything vital... barely.

...mama...

Edited 2010-06-24 23:14 (UTC)

"VIVIO!"

It had happened in an instant. One horrifying heartbeat as Nanoha felt her world stop around her. Something cold grasped her heart as Vivio spun away from the impact with a spray of blood, and it pumped ice through her veins.

Something snapped behind her eyes, and for a moment she felt the same surge of rage as she had in the Nightmare King's illusions... but this was no illusion, this was real. But there was no time for rage, no time for hatred, not now. She had to get to Vivio, that was the only thing that mattered.

"Flash Move."

She disappeared in a moment, reappearing next to the girl and wrapping arms around her, pulling her down to the roof of a nearby building and willing tears not to fall. Not now.

"Vivio... Vivio, Vivio!!"

A wide-range telepathic broadcast: "There's... someone's badly hurt! Please, a doctor, or a healer, or anybody, come quickly!"

There was a battle to fight, but how could she leave her daughter's side at a time like this?

"FIRE!"

The world boomed as Shrikes exploded as Matt landed, having pushed himself to arrive as fast as possible being the closest medic. "Oh man oh man this is nuts," he grumbled as he ran over.

"I heard the call! Watch my six Nanoha!"

He clapped his hands as magic flared, pure white healing magic spilling from the cracks of his fingers. "This might sting a little Vivio, I can only do a patch job. Ready?"

Edited 2010-06-24 23:50 (UTC)

The pain was unbearable for Vivio. Though, when she was caught by Nanoha, she felt a little bit safer in her arms. She screwed up and she knew it. If it wasn't for her...

As she looked over, she saw Matt - one of her teachers on board the ship. Hearing what Matt was going to do, all she could was nod.

"...I'm sorry, Nanoha-mama..." Vivio said, trying not to succumb to the pain.

She wanted to be strong, just like Nanoha wants her to...

"Okay, this is going to sting."

And he plunged his hands into her wound as lightning crackled from it. "Bear with me, this is life energy!" yelled Matt over the din.

From inside, Rein had nearly passed out from the shock as well, but she felt the invading lightning course into their shared body. Quickly, she muted the effect just enough, helping where she could.

"Vivio!"

The same chilling, gripping fear that Nanoha had felt clawed at Fate's heart, and the world seemed to shrink; all she could see was her daughter, bleeding and on the verge of passing out, and the enemies between them.

"Sonic Move."

In a flash, Fate was on the roof, and any Shrikes in between had been sliced cleanly in half. Her fear ebbed just a little as she saw Matt begin to heal her daughter, but she still looked very panicked. She knew she had to continue fighting, but like Nanoha, she couldn't just leave....

Nanoha felt her breathing steadily return as Matt began to heal her daughter, and she squeezed the girl's hand. "You'll... you'll be okay, Vivio. Don't worry, all right?"

A pause - they couldn't stop. If they stopped, how many more might die? "...Nanoha-mama has to go protect people, but she'll be back with you as soon as she can. O... okay?" Her voice cracked, despite her best efforts to hide it.

"Rein-chan..." she looked over at the tiny Unison Device as she squeezed Vivio's hand one more time. The shock and horror she had felt was slowly ebbing away, replaced by nothing more than a cold resolve to make the ones who had done this to Vivio hurt. So they couldn't do it to anyone else. "Come with me."

She gave mental command and a muttered "Blaster Level 3, release," to Raising Heart: "Power Lock canceled. Booster Level Maximum."

Rein canceled out of the unison and nodded solemnly to Nanoha before she joined with the woman. A pink flow of energy greeted her and she joined her power with the woman's.

No one screwed with Vivio, she was HER FRIEND.

Matt grit his teeth. Trying to sew up damage this bad with quintessence was like trying to stopper up a nuclear explosion already in process. But be damned that he let Vivio die here, or worse, survive and be crippled from it.

A string of words escaped him, alien in nature, Meridian language and chants. Mixing with the Chaos Words of Kandrakar, he brought all his power to bear.

There was a flash, and a explosion of light for a brief moment before he removed his hands, still bloody, but the wound was closed. He wiped his forehead, leaving a streak of blood to color his forehead and locks of hair. "She's stabilized, but I'll need to get her to the hospital area to recover fully."

Matt made a tch noise. "I'll have to teleport her there."

And he pulled out a piece of chalk and started to sketch a circle around them.

Vivio grunted in pain as Matt pumped the energy into her. It wasn't enough, but it wasn't going to leave her to die. She heard Nanoha say that she was going to help the others. That's what she did, right?

"...be careful, Nanoha-mama." Vivio whispered. "...you, too, Fate-mama..."

As Reinforce Zwei left her to join Nanoha and Matt prepared to spirit her away, the girl smiled at the two, weakly.

"...I'll be okay... just like you said... I love you both..."

"I..." Fate bit her lip, gripping Bardiche so hard her knuckles were white beneath her gloves. She wanted to say "I'll come with you!", to refuse to leave her daughter's side... but she was still needed here. She had to trust Matt, and trust whoever was tirelessly working to help the injured. So she would.

"I'll leave her in your care, then."

She offered Vivio a reassuring smile, stood, and raised her sword. "Let's go, Bardiche."

"Get Set."

"Overdrive, True Sonic Form!"

"Sonic Drive!"

Golden light, as bright as the blade clenched in her hand, surrounded Fate, and her barrier jacket changed. The cape and military-like clothes disappeared, and a black leotard took their place. Her gloves were replaced with metal gauntlets, and her boots were also replaced with metal. She could feel the magic coursing through her as the transformation was completed, the shift as all of her defenses were turned into pure speed.

Fate was untouchable in this form. These Ohm were going down.

Celena narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth as one of their own was injured. Her wings pounding away as she swept up alongside the others toward the regrouping Ohm. A glance back down to the ground showing the quick treatment of the fallen team member. A growl echoing from her throat as the Ohm above began striking forth with their psychic lances once more.

--Keep their attention on us!-- She called telepathically to all involved, markings flaring brighter yet than before, a seeming copy of herself appearing to her right, then another above her and another, illusionary copies forming rapidly about her, each looking in all ways the same as her as she shot up toward the Ohm, each illusion weaving and dodging separately from her even as she did the same.

That same Blade pointed shield forming infront of each and every one of her, all illusions bar the real one. Shooting up and into the Shrikes, seeking to disable, down or distract a good portion of them with her threat.

Meanwhile, Nathan tried to speed away from the lash but it caught him in the side, away from his vitals at least. He managed to avoid a very deep gash, but it was still bleeding freely.

He faltered in the air, and almost lost his gun, as he said over the comm link, We need to distract them more. Get them away from the target. Anybody still there? He thought he saw somebody else get attacked. He tried to stave the wound as best as he could.

Sofia wanted to help Vivio but she knew there was nothing she could do but keep close to the ground and fly farther away from them, drawing out the two Shrikes that were following her.

I am here. She replied. What should I do?

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