Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of these series… those that don't make appearances in the series that I'm using are from are mine… In fact the only thing I do own is the premise of this plot…
A/N: Sorry for the long delay... I had to rewrite this chapter more than once... Hope you enjoy...
Chapter 16: The Blues Awaken… Pt 3…
At the entrance of the Cradle…
"I wanted to help fight." Vesta moaned as she sat next to Arf. "I was made to help my master."
"True." Arf replied as she looked at the cat. "But sometimes the best jobs are the ones that don't seem to be the best. We might see combat, after all, that person might be targeting someone here."
"I know, but something's been bothering me. Otto knows something." Vesta stated as she didn't look happy. "You saw her reactions to our master's stories."
"Doesn't mean much." Arf replied.
"Her reaction to hearing master nearly fainting after she showed me a spell that made me feel weird?" Vesta countered.
"That adds to something odd." Arf stated as she looked pensive. "Sure at first our masters clashed but you wouldn't remember the first time."
"Wait I was involved in the first clash?" Vesta asked as she looked odd. "So that wasn't a dream… I was a giant Kitten?"
"You touched a Jewel Seed and grew to giant size, if mine didn't nearly fry you, you would still be a giant… not sure what yours was planning to do at the time as mine knocked her out." Arf stated getting a jaw drop.
"How long of a fight?" Vesta asked.
"One hour… she completely ignored you and went straight after Nanoha… which was odd as she was ordered at the time to only go for the Jewel Seeds by her mother." Arf answered and then frowned. "And it happened again the next time they ran into each other… in fact all the times that they met save once was in a clash…"
"Odd… and Otto has the answer to that… I…" Vesta started to say when every alarm in the base went off. "Get ready show time."
"Better be ready cat." Arf stated as she got to her feet. "I'll show you how a real Familiar fights."
"You better keep up then Old Wolf." Vesta chided as the two changed their outfits to more combat looking clothes.
On the bridge to RIOT HQ…
"Hey No Trasspassing!" Veyron shouted as he swung a large sword at a short red head.
"Don't get in my way." She stated as she caught the blade and then shifter her weight and tossed him and the sword behind her.
"Don't you dare ignore me!" Veyron shouted as he charged at the woman.
"Persistant." The woman stated before sighing. "Fireball."
"You are a fool Magic don't work…" Veyron started to say as he was blown backwards from the explosion and had some burns. "What the hell?"
With Caro…
{Just summon them… We are not able to tank her spells, like the plan was supposed to go.} Carran shouted though a vid screen.
"Okay." Caro stated as she closed her eyes. "Dragon Soul Summon. Io!" She stated as an enormous Chromatic Silver array appeared and the Nine Headed Dragon appeared.
"If it isn't my chosen… why have you summoned… I see, someone with that power dares." Io stated as he turned to look with one head. "Continue young one."
"Of course… elder…" Caro stated between breathes. "Dragon King Summon… Bahamut!" As she finished saying that a silver dragon appeared and roared. "Help Io." After Caro ordered Bahamut roared again and flew to the battle site. "Erio… Help me stand." Caro stated as she looked stressed. "Those two are draining… And the plan calls for more."
"I'm your knight remember." Erio stated as he put her arm around his shoulder. "After you get the other two out lean on the wall."
"I will." Caro replied as her array appeared again. "Dragon Queen Summon. Tiamat!" She stated as a five headed dragon appeared growled at her but then stopped looked to the distance and flew towards the fight. "She obeyed?" She stated awed. Now for the last… Dragon Mount Summon. Voltaire!" She stated as she coughed a few times but the dragon appeared. "Fight with my other summons…" She ordered as she sighed. "I've never summoned more than one dragon at a time."
On the bridge…
"They retreated." The red head stated to herself as nine fireballs rushed at her. "Now that is a dragon." She stated in awe. "Actually all four are dragons I rather not fight." She muttered as she frowned. 'Damn orders… no killing unless it prevents you from getting the information… I broke that order once and Mother didn't like that.'
"You dare Mortal of the Red Shaft attack the Blue Shaft, that could mean war." Io stated as he landed with the other three circling above.
"I don't have much of a choice, Shinzouku." The woman replied.
"You honor me by calling me that, but I'm no Shinzouku." Io stated as she sighed. "I do ask for your name so I can tell my summoner to put on your tumbstone."
"I'm not dying today, but if you insist. It is Lina Inverse, The Nightmare of Mother." Lina replied getting Io to take a step back. "Astral Bind!" She stated as Io was chained up. "Whoa!" She stated as she dodged a blue fireball. 'That Silver one shot that… so what can the other two do…'
With Caro…
"She… knocked down Io…" Caro muttered as she leaned on the wall. "Tiamat… Fry her."
Over the bridge, Tiamat started to gather energy to two of her heads…
'That's odd… oh crap!' Lina thought as the blast wave heading to her was massive and the explosion ripped the place apart.
With Harry…
"Caro, don't destroy the bridge." Harry ordered as he sighed as Caro looked ashen. "You okay?"
{I'll manage… what the… She survived the blast.} Caro stated in awe. {Sir permission to let Tiamat dictate her actions.}
"Denied, I want to be able to drive home after this… but… actually we need that bridge for the reinforcements." Harry stated getting Caro to nod.
{I… Sir…} Caro started to say as he saw Erio swing his spear. {We have a problem… she is no longer on the bridge. I canceled my summons.}
"Alright… everyone prepare for battle." Harry stated as he looked at Fate and Nanoha who looked ashen. "Alright what is wrong with you two?"
[Sir, I can not detect a linker core at this time.] Bardiche stated getting Harry to sigh. [Something is interfering…]
"Can this get any worse…" Harry muttered as he started to float. "Teana, Subaru, you are now allowed to start helping from a distance."
"What's wrong with Stars one and Lightning one?" Subaru asked.
"Not sure… but it has to deal with her." Harry stated as he pointed in the direction of the battle.
In the battle…
"Hold still!" Draco ordered as he trust Shiro at Lina who parried it with her own short sword.
"If I did that you would get complacent." Lina countered as she flicked her sword in a reverse grip. "Diem Wind!" She stated right as Luna appeared next to Draco pushing him out of the way and was sent flying away into the distance.
"You monster!" Draco shouted as he started to cast different spells in a rapid motions that made Lina raise an eyebrow as the spells just washed over her.
"Just let me find my targets and no one else will get hurt." Lina stated as a blue fist impacted in her face. "That actually hit me."
"It should." Otto stated as she smiled. "Diabound was right… you are hiding on the Astral Plane."
"Well… well, it looks like someone does know about true magic." Lina stated as she started to smile.
"Oh plume of darkness that is enveloped in the purest blue. Transcend time and spin the axis of control. Gather up the stars of the infinite sky. Break through the rupture in a light to bring down my enemies." Otto chanted getting Lina to start her own.
"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson like blood that flows. Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows. I pledge myself to thee, to conquer those who stand, before the mighty gift you bestow in my unworthy hands." Lina chanted and everyone that knew high level spells dodged.
"Shadow Pillar!" Otto shouted as a bluish-black beam shot forth.
"Dragon Slav!" Lina shouted as a reddish-black flame erupted forth.
After the dust settled from the two spells…
"You are quite skilled… almost as skilled as I was at your age." Lina stated, as black wisps of smoke trailed off of her as she stood over Otto.
"You think I did that for show?" Otto asked as she slowly got to her feet. "I know that you are harder to defeat than most." She stated as she stood. "I was just the signal."
"Signal?" Lina asked as the air above them was filled with different figures. "Shinzouku and Mazouku working together?"
"You held up your end of the bargain, Otto." Diabound stated as he looked at Lina. "Leave, tell mother that Chaotic and Sylfeid Blue will do as they normally act in another hundred years. They are tired."
"No can do." Lina stated as she started to float in the air next to Diabound. "Funny that you used a mortal to be a signal, so what is your end?"
"Answers." Diabound replied.
"What!" Linith shouted as she floated nearby. "You didn't promise her that?"
"I did… she figured it out on her own." Diabound stated with a frown. "Any how, it is time we protected our leaders from this foolish little girl."
"Yeah… she has to be young for those to be… Hey watch it!" Linith stated as she dodged a fireball.
"No more comments about my lack of a chest. And I'm not a little girl." Lina snapped as she held up two fireballs.
"Touchy." Diabound chided as he backhanded the spell. "I mean what is with mortals and that?" Diabound asked Linith.
"Don't know, I can never figure it out." Linith replied as she pulled out a spear. "But alas, the time for talk is at an end."
With Harry…
"They arrived Chrono, how far are you?" Harry asked before sighing. "I thought the Navy owes us?"
{They do… red tape is the trouble this time, whoever is the one blocking the aid will be severely punished if a branch HQ falls while it is under attack like yours is.} Chrono replied as another vid screen appeared.
"Not you too." Harry sighed as Regulas nodded. "What is going on?"
{Not sure, maybe someone higher up than us thinks that your teams have no need of backup.} Regulas stated.
"Against someone that just walks right through spell fire. And took down one of my team that actually hurt her… Otto is still alive and moving but she seems to be moving into the base which means she is after my combat members." Harry stated as he frowned. "This has gone from bad to worse."
In the battle in the air…
"Hey… Red!" Teana shouted as she rose in the air making the group look at her.
"Wow, you have wings." Lina stated as she looked at Teana.
"Cease and desist." Teana ordered as she aimed a gun at Lina and a ball of orange light appeared. 'Don't bother with control she tanked Otto.' Teana thought to Fantom.
:Wasn't planning on it.: Fantom replied.
"Crossfire… Maximum!" Teana shouted as she pulled the trigger and like a machine gun energy bullets rained at Lina.
"Like that…" Lina started to say but was soon blown into the ground as the bullets continued.
"Do you think that stopped her?" Teana asked the two leaders of the races.
"No." Diabound replied as the dust cleared and Lina was revealed to look pissed.
"That hurt." Lina stated as she appeared next to Teana. "Flare Arrow!" She stated as she blasted Teana point blank, but blinked when the dust settled that Teana was still floating there. "How?"
"I'm tougher than I look." Teana replied as she decked Lina into the ground, but was soon found herself slammed into the ground. "Huh?"
"Astral Chain." Lina stated as she pulled a chain between her hands. "A spell I came up with to deal with a certain trickster I know."
"You are a sore loser aren't you?" Teana asked as she fired a shot at Lina and was stunned to see that the bullet just bounce.
"While Astral Chain is attached to you, you lose over half your power. And you can barely move." Lina stated as she planted the other end in the ground but was soon sent flying by an uppercut. "Okay you got lucky with that blow. Hey don't pull on that!" She shouted as she kicked Subaru from freeing Teana.
"Why you!" Subaru growled as she spun on the spot and slammed her fist into Lina who gained wide eyes from the impact.
'I shifted into the astral plane how was she able to hit me…' Lina thought as she bounced on the ground a few times. "Okay… you got your point across." Lina stated as she placed her hands together. "Diem Wind!"
"You think a little breeze will move me?" Subaru chided as she didn't move an inch.
"Lords of the four worlds grant me all the power that you possess. Diem Wind!" Lina repeated and Subaru was slammed into a building. "I guess you can't take a boosted version."
"Why You!" Vita shouted as she and Signum attacked her from both sides only to blink in confusion when she caught their weapons.
"You and your friends don't know when to quit. I'm only here to find out why the Blues are not following what Mother ordered." Lina stated as she slammed the two into the ground. "Another one… it's you…"
"Look, I know I might not be able to stop you, but you are hurting my friends and family!" Hayate shouted as she rushed at Lina. "Born of a frozen land, bleed dry the air."
"What the?" Lina muttered as she dodged the sickle.
"Plummet the land in an eternal rest." Hayate continued as she swiped the sickle at Lina again but this time five cartridges flew out. "Sleep forever. Eternal Ice Prison!" She shouted as Lina was encased in an ice formation, or appeared to have been caught.
"Wow… one problem with that." Lina stated as she sat on top of it. "It would have worked if it attacked both the Astral and physical planes."
"What are you?" Hayate asked as she was breathing heavily.
"I'm not here to fight you all, this will be a losing fight if you continue." Lina replied as she got off the prison and floated away, but was caught off guard by a blue blast of energy. "Okay… who shot that?"
"I did." A blue haired female stated as she yawned. "I was trying to take a nap."
"Who are you?" Lina asked as she blinked at the new person.
"I'm the purest blue trapped in a massive swirl." The new female replied before yawning again. "You woke me up. Diabound you fucker I told you no disturbances unless the shaft is in danger!"
"You're Chaotic Blue." Lina stated awed but then frowned. "I thought you would be bigger?"
"I am. I just like to be underestimated." Chaotic Blue stated as she yawned again. "And for disturbing my rest…" She gained an evil glint.
'That don't bode well…' Lina thought as she soon found herself slammed into the ground that it left a crater. "The hell!" Lina shouted in pain.
"You woke me up." Chaotic Blue stated as she floated to the ground stepping on the Astral Chain snapping it. "Also I like the name Divine."
"Darkness beyond twilight… Omph!" Lina started to chant but was sucker punched by Divine sending her airborne only to be caught again by Divine.
"I haven't made you pay yet… that was just the way I deal with my alarm clock." Divine stated as she kicked Lina away.
"I've had enough…. I don't care if Mother gets mad at me." Lina growled as she stopped flying off in the distance. "Darkness beyond twilight, crimson like blood that flows. Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows. I pledge myself to thee, to conquer those who stand, before the mighty gift you bestow in my unworthy hands. Dragon Slav!"
"Is that my brother's power?" Divine asked as she caught it. "Why yes it is… how very tasty too."
"That… that is… That's impossible!" Lina shouted in fear only to be slammed from behind and into the ground getting everybody to gasp.
"Divine… did you have to make so much noise when you got up." A tired tone came from the newer woman floating in the air. "I mean you can wake the dead with that much noise. I was having such a nice dream."
"Syl… she woke me up… I'm just showing her how much I like that." Divine replied.
"She woke you up… that is amazing you sleep like the dead… so that was the noise that I heard. It wasn't you it was her?" Sylfeid asked as her eyes narrowed.
"Yup… I just got up too."
With Harry who was blinking at the last location of his friends…
"They just vanished… they vanished leaving their devices behind… that doesn't make sense… and who are these two." Harry muttered as a vid screen appeared.
{Sir… I know you told all tech to be on the Cradle… I just couldn't abandon my position. I'm going to the bunker after I tell you this, those two have Nanoha and Fate's signal locator, but they are registering as Class unknown energy flux fields, at high enough level that they dwarf Hayate.} Lucino stated getting a sigh from Harry. {Also I should point out that one of those that showed up before these two also has Luna's signal… don't know which one though.}
"This is getting weirder." Harry muttered as he watched the two play yo-yo with Lina.
After a few moments…
"I surrender." Lina stated as she looked dazed.
"Oh so we knocked some sense into you then." Sylfeid chided as she looked at Lina. "And why should we believe you?"
"I swear on my oath to Mother." Lina stated getting Divine to sigh.
"Oh man… I thought we were going to redecorate the area with your insides." Divine stated in a deadpan. "Oh well, now why did you wake us up."
"Mother was wondering why you two were not following the directive given by her, and she wanted the answer from the two of you." Lina replied getting two nervous chuckles from the two. "Well?"
"We fell in love… and got bored of the fighting that we were doing all the time, so we decided to spice it up… but…" Divine stated as she sighed.
"Like mortals… if we are constantly using our energy we get tired… we wanted to sleep a few hundred years… but each time we tried some idiot woke us up… this was our longest nap we've had." Sylfeid stated as she sighed. "Tell mother that she doesn't have to worry about us not doing what we were designed for. We just do it another way. Yes I inspire all the good things, but sometimes I switch it up and be evil."
"Likewise." Divine stated.
"You two are different… so why the smaller bodies?" Lina asked.
"Her idea." Divine stated as she pointed to Sylfeid. "Every time we clashed before hand altered the worlds around us so she decided to have us use avatars."
"And it helped contain the damages we caused to a single planet. But after time we grew to love the idea and then we started to get feedback from our hosts once… and that led to us falling for each other." Sylfeid stated as she shrugged. "But to keep things going like normal we always fought each other every hundred years or so to see who gets to be the one on top… I won the last time… Shut up I'm dis… oh crap she isn't stunned anymore…" Sylfeid stated with wide eyes.
"You mean those are living people?" Lina shouted at the two gods.
"Yes… we share their body for the most part, and as we just told you we were asleep for the last hundreds of years. Well I sort of thrashed a few weeks ago as something bothered me." Sylfeid stated as she yawned. "Let's head down so you can leave and we can switch back to our hosts."
"Fine." Lina muttered as she vanished and the two gods landed.
"Who are you two?" Harry asked as he walked up with a scowl but it soon vanished as he saw the Mazouku and Shinzouku bow to the two.
"Diabound, you are to set up aid and help repair this place." Divine ordered as she saw one try to sneak away. "Xisri, where do you think you are going?"
"To get the materials that we are going to need." Xisri replied quickly.
"Stay put. I have something else for you." Divine ordered as all but Terra and Xisri left. "Terra, I didn't ask for you to stay."
"I'm requesting that Locke and I head back to the lunar station." Terra replied bowing to Sylfeid as well.
"Granted." Both stated with huge smile on their faces.
"Linith… You have some explaining to me later. The rest of you go back to your duties." Sylfeid ordered as she looked back at Harry. "You have questions that you want answers for… most of those answers will have to wait till our hosts have theirs answered."
"So you admit to taking bodies of my team?" Harry asked.
"Admit to taking their bodies… we were here the entire time, we've been inside them from the day that they were born." Divine stated as she sighed. "Yes… I was the voice that gave you those nice dreams when you were five. No I didn't influence your tastes. Why would you even say such a thing!"
"Umm… who are you talking to" Harry asked.
"My host." Divine replied but coughed and her hair went reddish for a fraction. "Not at the moment."
"Nanoha?" Harry asked as Divine sighed. "So that would make you…
"Fate." Sylfeid stated before sighing. "We came down here to give our hosts a chance to get some answers from us but you ambushed us."
"Sorry. But Nanoha and Fate just disappeared." Harry stated as he held out his hand and a yellow triangle and a red jewel was held out to them. "Their your hosts' devices."
"We left them behind as they would hinder us when we first woke up." Divine stated as she picked up Raising Heart. "For now, I'll say this much. Sylfeid, my host won the last fight between them, so I'm on top."
"That doesn't count…" Sylfeid stated before growling. "I'll not concede a loss… no… you will not win like that…"
"What…" Divine asked so sweetly.
'Now I know where Nanoha gets that dark image from.' Harry thought as he sighed. "I have some paperwork to fill out and find out who stopped the reinforcements."
"Good luck with that." Divine stated as she switched with Nanoha who stumbled. "What was that?" Nanoha asked as she blinked.
"Switch over… something that you both have to learn to deal with." Sylfeid stated as she looked at Linith. "I have some things to discuss with her first. Fate, will be back soon."
Off in the distance…
"Linith what the hell are you playing at… Why did you merge with a mortal?" Sylfeid asked as she looked at her oldest friend.
"She was dying… to a disease that our side created." Linith replied. "Her parents hoped for a miracle and I gave it to them… but I was also hurt at the time…"
"Who hurt you?" Sylfeid asked.
"Never got the name but he left as soon as he knocked me down, muttering about finding uses for my blood." Linith replied as she then paled. "But he is dead now, Fantom killed him."
"So Divine's pet Persona still lives. And that general thought he got rid of them both." Sylfeid muttered before sighing. "Just because I love her doesn't mean I can't snipe at her."
"Personal dialogue aside, we have more pressing concerns. You sure that you don't mind missing the last one hundred years of rest?" Linith asked.
"I'm sure… Even though it was cut short it was fun… odd I feel a cord of power leaving my host… I see." Sylfeid stated as Linith left and Sylfeid landed and switched to Fate. "That was odd." Fate muttered as she walked about looking for Nanoha spotting her arguing with herself.
"I'm annoyed that you've been in me this entire time and help build up that reputation I have for being evil." Nanoha nearly shouted as she then sighed. "Good counters… why do you have to have such good arguments."
"Might be due to her being over ancient age." Fate stated with a sigh. "Now I understand the reason we clashed so often as kids, and why I turn so…" She mumbled something at the end.
"Well let's get our familiars and go home." Nanoha stated as the two left for their home. "So what is your goals now?"
Both became blue haired and started to laugh. "We plan on hiding in the shadows and working the system to our cause, that way when we do take over it is how we want it." Both stated as they shifted back after saying that.
"Great… they are crazy." Fate muttered as she sighed.
A/N: Now this is a fitting end to a long arc of stories... I might write a few more but this is the end for now... but there are three questions that remain that will never be answered for now... Who was it that put the red tape in the way... and who was the one that broke into the prison and used Quatro, Umbridge, and Albus as a distraction and for what purpose...