Author's notes:

This story is a crossover between Bubblegum Crisis 2032-2033 and Elfen Lied, set in Bubblegum Crisis 2032-2033 reality with characters and some other elements from Elfen Lied added to it. In regard of timeline, this story takes place after the last OVA episode "Scoop Chase", before and instead of Bubblegum Crash.

It should be noted that Elfen Lied characters will defer from the way they were presented in Elfen Lied to various degrees, due to different past (in some cases) and different origins (again, in some cases). It should also be noted that there will be no "Nyu" in this story, only Lucy, who will play a significant, but not main part in this story.

And finally, Nana, Lucy and Mariko won't be Diclonii in this story, they will be something else, although their abilities will mostly be identical to the ones they displayed in Elfen Lied (but since they are living in a high-tech world now, their abilities won't be as unsurpassed as they were in Elfen Lied). Also, they won't have distinguishing horns in this story either; the only distinguishing features they will have will be red/pink hair and eyes, although it should be noted that unusual hair colors are rare but not unheard of in Bubblegum Crisis reality.

Alright, and now without farther ado, let this story begin! (Though on a second thought, I will provide you with keys as well as make an obligatory disclaimer first.)

Keys:

"text" – dialogue

'text' – communication via phone, comlink, etc...

"text" – thoughts

text – song lyrics (sometimes the songs will be the part of the story, other times they will be made in form of musical fill-ins or background songs, like the ones we often encounter in the anime)

text – will be used in numerous of diverse cases, including (but not limited to): indication of beginning and end of flashbacks, indication of how much time has passed since the last scene, some text characters read or see, etc.

Disclaimer:

I don't claim ownership over either Elfen Lied or Bubblegum Crisis 2032-2033 animated series. This story is a fanfictional work that has been written without either of these animated series' acknowledged owners' knowledge or permission, and will be removed from the view of the public should any of them request it.

GENOM Research Laboratory Number Three, Advanced Research and Fine-Tuning was in chaos. Amidst the people screaming and running, the IT operatives were frantically working to get laboratory's internal network back online. So far, it was mostly down, and the only fully functional part of it was communication system, which was currently broadcasting all-personal announcement:

'A-level alert! Number 1 went rogue! Repeating, Number 1 went rogue! All personal is suggested to remain calm and stay on their work stations! Security team is on its way to deal with the situation; unless you have been given specific instructions, all the work will be halted until the situation is dealt with. Repeating, A-level alert…'

But as it was often the case, suggestion to keep calm provoked completely opposite state among the personal, and the news that there was a rogue Boomer on a rampage within laboratory's walls only reinforced it. So it wasn't surprising that a group of scientists were hastily making their way towards the doors even as the loud-speakers were repeating the urge for all of laboratory's staff to remain calm.

They were nearing their destination, when a young red-haired woman dressed in bloodied lab coat stepped out of one of the side corridors. The surprise stopped the scientists in their tracks and this proved to be their undoing, for the next moment the young woman turned her head to look at the scientists, and four of them were immediately torn apart before their colleagues' horrified eyes. This brought the remaining three scientists back to their senses and they turned to run, but it was already too late for them: legs, arms, and finally heads flew off the bodies as though they were cut off by invisible blades.

With a cruel smile and sadistic gleam in her red eyes, the young woman turned away from the massacre she caused and began walking the same direction the scientists used to run to. The exit out of this hellish place was near, she could feel it, and nobody would stand between her and freedom.

In another part of the complex a notably younger girl stood in the middle of a deserted room, looking around confusedly. The last instructions she received weren't very detailed, in contrast to all instructions she was receiving until today, but even more surprising was the fact that she found herself considering it; and until today, she hardly ever gave her instructions a second thought. She wasn't sure exactly what was going on, except for one thing: the life she once knew was no more.

The instructions she awoke with after a particularly hurtful test, were very unusual indeed. 'There is nothing more I can do for you,' they said, 'You must flee from here as soon as possible. In the safe you will find some clothes and enough money for you to support yourself at first, the code to the safe is 2127693. Try to mingle with humans and don't reveal your origin or abilities to anyone. GENOM will almost certainly come after you, so it would be best if you leave Japan and move to China, European Union, or USA, where GENOM holds much less power. Good luck.'

However, the girl found that she wasn't sure how to go about fleeing the laboratory, which wasn't surprising, since this very idea would have seemed completely monstrous to the girl just a day ago. She quickly found that with some effort she could turn her head just enough to see the shackles that kept her chained to the wall, meaning that they won't be able to hold her should she choose to break free, and bulletproof glass wall and titanium alloy door of her room won't be able to stop her either, but… What then? The people who were studying her would surely try to stop her, and she didn't think she could harm them even if her life depended upon it.

Fortunately for the girl, this part of her escape was sorted by itself, for even as she thought about what to do, the sounds of some kind of commotion reached her room, and soon after, the loud-speakers begin repeating their message. The girl didn't fully get the message, expect that her… sibling, for the lack of better term, did something bad.

"Probably the very same thing I was instructed to do," the girl realized sadly, and this realization only reinforced her doubts in whether she should really proceed with her instructions.

The effect this had on humans who were with her, however, was spectacular. Within a couple of minutes, they quickly gathered their belongings, and throwing a few wary glances at their seemingly-helpless test subject, rushed out of the room, leaving the girl alone. It was then when the girl finally made up her mind: if she wasn't alone who was instructed to flee from this place, then perhaps there was a good reason why she received her instructions?

With her mind set, it took the girl only a couple of minutes to get free from her shackles and then to cut an opening in the bulletproof glass wall that separated her room from the one where the other people used to be. Locating the thing called "safe" and opening it took a bit longer, but eventually the girl did it, and the next moment she was joyfully putting on a black dress and light brown shoes. Wearing dress and particularly shoes for the first time in her short life made the girl feel a little uncomfortable, but it paled next to the fact that she was wearing clothes like the humans do!

For the next half a minute after the initial joy passed, the girl stood in the middle of a deserted room, looking around confusedly, as she was unsure where to go now. But then she remembered the laboratory map with escape route marked on it that came along with her instructions, and quickly evoked it in her memory.

With this done, the rest of escape went so smooth that the girl couldn't help being surprised about that, as she quietly walked through deserted corridors…

Her eyes narrowed, as she was looking at five figures approaching her, blocking the exit. Though humanoid in appearance, their large metallic-blue bodies couldn't be mistaken for those of humans. BU-55C Combat Boomers. The young woman only smirked as they approached her: she has lost count of how many of them she cut into pieces during the countless training battles.

Four of the boomers continued advancing at her, a fatal mistake on their part. At first glance they looked unarmed, but in fact in addition to their superhuman strength and heavy armor, each boomer had a powerful mouth-mounted laser cannon and torso-mounted heat cannon, which would have been their only chance of winning if only their instruction haven't been clear: restrain the target without causing any damage to it.

There was a sudden roar of engines, as the boomers activated their back-mounted thrusters and charged at their target, but she was ready for them. In a blink, the first two boomers lost their heads even the woman jumped to the ceiling and hang there, allowing no longer controllable boomers to fly beneath her.

The other two boomers, quickly changed their trajectory, and by the time their opponent dealt with the first two, they were almost upon her. This first of them, however, was quickly shown that almost wasn't near enough, for before he could try to seize his target, he found that his arms and legs were cut of his body. The next moment, the invisible force thrown the boomer back towards the floor even as his head was finally separated from the body, putting an end to any conscious thoughts.

The woman took a moment to admire her handiwork, before she realized that she was missing something. Where was the fourth boomer?

Her question was answered almost immediately, as the last attacking boomer grabbed the woman from behind, having passed beneath her rather then attacking her head-to-head. However, the woman quickly proved this tactics to be equally fruitless, for it took her but a glance at the arms that were holding her to cut them off. Afterwards, the woman proceeded to jump back to the floor. The boomer also landed, but hesitated: with his arms, the only means of capturing his target without harming it cut off, he didn't know how to proceed with his instructions. The woman was quickly to put an end to his dilemma, however, as the next moment the boomer's head was cut off his body, which then proceeded to fall to the floor where it remained lying motionless.

With the last attacking boomer dealt with, the woman turned to the exit, where the fifth boomer stood still. At first glance, the woman thought him to be a BU-55C just like the other four, but now she realized that she was wrong: by now, boomer's both arms were burst open, and a thick mass of cables ran from each arm to the corridor's walls, seemingly merging with them.

Meanwhile in laboratory's IT center, IT operatives finally managed to bring security systems partially online, and they were now observing the same scene through security cameras.

"I can't believe they brought this thing here!" One of IT operatives said, unable to keep his voice from shaking.

"It figures," the other commented, "I guess it takes a monster to beat a monster."

Back in the corridor, the woman was warily approaching the boomer of the type she didn't recognize, but even so, the attack came from where she didn't expect it: a sharp-ended cable suddenly shot from the ceiling, striking at the woman's neck from behind. The boomer's AI, far more advanced then that of the ordinary combat boomers, had information about the woman's all strong and weak points, and he knew exactly how to attack her: for all her power, the woman was unable to affect things she didn't see, and while her organic skin made her immune to fusion, her internal systems were nevertheless vulnerable to his attacks. And now when he was connected to them, he could destroy them in a moment if only his instructions didn't tell otherwise.

He noted that the woman quickly recovered from initial pain and made a step towards him, then another, with her red eyes blazing with hatred. The cable's pull slowed her down somewhat, but no more then that. With a mental command, the boomer made lumps of metal come from the walls to block the woman's path, but she cut them into pieces in a matter of seconds and continued to advance at him…

Back in laboratory's IT center, IT operatives continued monitoring the situation with growing worry.

"At this rate, Number 1 is going to destroy the Fusion Boomer! What are they thinking of in the Tower?!"

It was then when instruction from GENOM Tower has finally broken through interference.

'Fusion Boomer number 117 directly connected BU-01V to your network. You are to retake control over it.'

"None of our override codes are working! This thing went rogue, don't you in the Tower get it?!"

'High priority override code has been sent to you. Don't ask any questions, just load the code into BU-01V. Understood?"

"Understood, sir."

The woman smirked as she finally reached her opponent, and within moments, the Fusion Boomer was cut into pieces, just like all the obstacles he tried to create in her way. The woman stepped over the remains of the Fusion Boomer, but suddenly froze even as more figures entered the corridor: a man who looked to be in his late twenties, surrounded by four more BU-55C Combat Boomers. And as the man approached her, the woman's head suddenly dropped in submission.

"You gave us quite some troubles, Lucy," the man said coldly, but mentally added, "But as for me, you actually did me a favour."

For a several minutes, the girl just stood there, stunned by a scene that opened before her. Everywhere she looked where bright colored glowing signs and pictures; the girl didn't even know that so many colors existed in the world! And even more numerous were sparks of white that were lining every building, every street; with dark sky overhead covered with clouds and thick smoke, it looked as though heaven wasn't good enough for the stars any longer and they decided to come down to earth.

"Ah! These lights are so beautiful!" The girl exclaimed when the speech finally returned to her, "But where does Nana go from here?"