10-04-2013, 12:14 PM
Everything about this ‘verse felt strange and fuzzy, like walking through a half-completed field barrier. Nanoha, had already confirmed that despite this being some virtual digital interface, it was still a proper place with full adherence to physical laws. It was, to put it into one word, bizarre. The very first thing she’d done upon entering the Dataverse was to reinstate her Barrier Jacket, after having disabled it before the transfer, and to setup Raising Heart’s Auto-Guard functions.
It had been a wise decision, but preparation was Nanoha’s forte. The instant the robots that materialized around them opened fire, all three Primes sprung into action. A brilliant magenta rune circle flared into life around Nanoha’s feet, as the Auto-Guard system was engaged before she even needed to consider casting one herself.
Protection!
Raising Heart threw up the defensive spell but a moment before the first volley of lasers pattered into the barrier, harmlessly absorbed into the sphere’s energy. Nanoha twirled her Device in one hand and flinging the other in a wide arc- index finger pointed straight ahead- summoning up her inner mana stores and congealing it rapidly at the tip of her finger. There was a series of flashes of light, the luminance shining like a thousand blooming Sakura, and dozen glowing orbs burst into motion one by one and launched themselves at the frontal cone of the robots.
“Shoot Barrett!”
Samus and Blues, both with their hand cannons already at the read, had already shot to pieces several of the robots before they even got a second volley off, sending smouldering fragments of alloys hurtling across the room. A handful of the first laser volley connected with their metal shells, but left little more than singes on the tough metal. Samus turned on the spot like a looming humanoid turret, firing off shots that accurately pierced right through her targets in flashes of white-hot light. Blues, clearly concerned about a second wave, had generated his trademark shield across his free arm, and had resumed taking shots at the remaining robots.
Nanoha paused, the air around her still blazing with energy, and assessed the situation within a second. There were more robots springing into existence around them, almost as rapidly as they were shooting them down. At this rate, they’d clean them up in no time, but whoever was sending the constructs against them had clearly been ready for that as well. Amongst the smaller beads of light from which the robots were bursting there were a dozen larger white silhouettes.
“Raising Heart, calibrate Protection for Wide Area mode. Samus, Blues, they’re bringing in some bigger ones!”
It is already done, master.
As her fellow Primes picked off the last of the latest wave of enemies, Nanoha let her Protection spell lapse out. The robots had, she noted, stopped spawning in even though the portals from which they were emerging still remained. Any moment now… Any moment…
“Ahaha! You thought that was the best I had to offer? None of you will leave this room alive!”
The portals exploded into light again, another huge wave of the robots bursting into the room. This time, as Nanoha had anticipated, the twelve larger forms solidified and came into view. They seemed like little more than large laser cannons, their weapons already hot and charging up. There was a brilliant flash at the muzzle of each one right as Nanoha and Raising Heart roared in unison.
“Wide Area Protection!”
The magenta spell circle below her feet exploded out, shining like a beacon even brighter than the white-lit room and the spherical barrier spell shimmered in around all three Primes, enveloping them in its slightly opaque protective seal. The cannon robots’ beam cannons struck the powerful barrier, the energy of the attacks spilling across its surface like liquid blue fire. The barrier held, and the beams flickered and died as the robots began to charge another volley.
They didn’t even have time to finish the charge sequence. Samus blasted four of them out of the air with precise rapid fire, her bolts hurtling past the impotent smaller robots. Blues threw his cannon arm back, a high pitched whine emanating from it, and ran past Nanoha towards the other heavy weapon robots with a shout in her direction.
“Gimme a boost, Nanoha!”
As he hurtled past her, Nanoha flicked her staff into the air and whirled in a circle. At the precise moment that Blue’s back was past Raising Heart, her spinning hands connected with the haft of the Device and thrust the haft into the back of the robotic youth. He shot into the air, his own legs buckling at the knees and propelling him forward in a powerful leap. He flew past the robots, their lasers missing him entirely thanks to his sudden burst of speed, and he ricocheted off the black column behind them. Bringing his cannon up as he deftly landed behind the robots, Nanoha realised his trajectory had brought him to a spot where the larger robots were all lined up. As he landed Blues unleashed a massive orb of light from the muzzle that rippled with concentrated energy. In a flash, it impacted with the nearest of the cannon robots and exploded in a wave of destruction that pierced through all eight of the remaining robots, annihilating every last one.
Nanoha fired off more volleys of Shoot Barrett bolts, clearing the air of the remaining smaller robots. She looked across at Samus, who was similarly finishing off the last of the wave on her side of the room. They’d done well, functioning as a cohesive group within seconds of being ambushed. Nanoha felt a tiny twinge of pride, thinking of her trainees back on Mid-Childa learning the same sort of skills.
Blue’s cry broke her momentary reminiscence, pointing into the air above her. “Above you, Nanoha, there’s a big one!”
Nanoha leapt back, another Protection igniting around her, and arched her head back to look straight above her. Floating in the air near the ceiling of the chamber was a single massive robot; its entire myriad of weapons was trained directly at her.
“I got this!” Samus’ shout erupted from Nanoha’s left. The bounty hunter bent at the knees, her hand clenched against the floor as her own cannon arm began to pulse with energy. With a powerful jump into the air, Samus neatly landed on the top of the large sphere that was the robot’s main body. She brought the cannon down into direct contact with its metal shell and opened fire. The blast ripped through the robot, rupturing every internal system and causing it to explode in a deafening burst of fire and energy.
Samus hurtled back, as the robot she held onto shattered. The shards of metal bounced harmlessly off her slightly-blackened armour, but the force of the blast looked set to fling her over the surrounding wall of black columns. Nanoha had sprung into action the moment the mighty cannon had been fired, and flew up with all her available mana charged into her Axel Fin spell.
There were momentary spikes of pain across her right arm as chunks of the smouldering metal impacted with her few spots of uncovered skin. Her barrier jacket had absorbed the concussive force of the blast easily, but a few physical projectiles had made it through. Drops of blood pattered like rain onto the floor below, but the wounds were little more than superficial.
Right before Samus was set to hurtle out of view, Nanoha reached out and grabbed one of the Prime’s armoured feet and pulled back hard. With the sudden change in direction, she switched off her flight spell for half a second to give them the downward force needed to pull Samus back down. Engaging the spell again, their rough landing was softened greatly, allowing both to keep their footing as they landed.
Blues ran up as they shook themselves off, scattering ash and shards of computer components around their feet. He grinned a bit, “Looks like that was the last of them.”
It had been a wise decision, but preparation was Nanoha’s forte. The instant the robots that materialized around them opened fire, all three Primes sprung into action. A brilliant magenta rune circle flared into life around Nanoha’s feet, as the Auto-Guard system was engaged before she even needed to consider casting one herself.
Protection!
Raising Heart threw up the defensive spell but a moment before the first volley of lasers pattered into the barrier, harmlessly absorbed into the sphere’s energy. Nanoha twirled her Device in one hand and flinging the other in a wide arc- index finger pointed straight ahead- summoning up her inner mana stores and congealing it rapidly at the tip of her finger. There was a series of flashes of light, the luminance shining like a thousand blooming Sakura, and dozen glowing orbs burst into motion one by one and launched themselves at the frontal cone of the robots.
“Shoot Barrett!”
Samus and Blues, both with their hand cannons already at the read, had already shot to pieces several of the robots before they even got a second volley off, sending smouldering fragments of alloys hurtling across the room. A handful of the first laser volley connected with their metal shells, but left little more than singes on the tough metal. Samus turned on the spot like a looming humanoid turret, firing off shots that accurately pierced right through her targets in flashes of white-hot light. Blues, clearly concerned about a second wave, had generated his trademark shield across his free arm, and had resumed taking shots at the remaining robots.
Nanoha paused, the air around her still blazing with energy, and assessed the situation within a second. There were more robots springing into existence around them, almost as rapidly as they were shooting them down. At this rate, they’d clean them up in no time, but whoever was sending the constructs against them had clearly been ready for that as well. Amongst the smaller beads of light from which the robots were bursting there were a dozen larger white silhouettes.
“Raising Heart, calibrate Protection for Wide Area mode. Samus, Blues, they’re bringing in some bigger ones!”
It is already done, master.
As her fellow Primes picked off the last of the latest wave of enemies, Nanoha let her Protection spell lapse out. The robots had, she noted, stopped spawning in even though the portals from which they were emerging still remained. Any moment now… Any moment…
“Ahaha! You thought that was the best I had to offer? None of you will leave this room alive!”
The portals exploded into light again, another huge wave of the robots bursting into the room. This time, as Nanoha had anticipated, the twelve larger forms solidified and came into view. They seemed like little more than large laser cannons, their weapons already hot and charging up. There was a brilliant flash at the muzzle of each one right as Nanoha and Raising Heart roared in unison.
“Wide Area Protection!”
The magenta spell circle below her feet exploded out, shining like a beacon even brighter than the white-lit room and the spherical barrier spell shimmered in around all three Primes, enveloping them in its slightly opaque protective seal. The cannon robots’ beam cannons struck the powerful barrier, the energy of the attacks spilling across its surface like liquid blue fire. The barrier held, and the beams flickered and died as the robots began to charge another volley.
They didn’t even have time to finish the charge sequence. Samus blasted four of them out of the air with precise rapid fire, her bolts hurtling past the impotent smaller robots. Blues threw his cannon arm back, a high pitched whine emanating from it, and ran past Nanoha towards the other heavy weapon robots with a shout in her direction.
“Gimme a boost, Nanoha!”
As he hurtled past her, Nanoha flicked her staff into the air and whirled in a circle. At the precise moment that Blue’s back was past Raising Heart, her spinning hands connected with the haft of the Device and thrust the haft into the back of the robotic youth. He shot into the air, his own legs buckling at the knees and propelling him forward in a powerful leap. He flew past the robots, their lasers missing him entirely thanks to his sudden burst of speed, and he ricocheted off the black column behind them. Bringing his cannon up as he deftly landed behind the robots, Nanoha realised his trajectory had brought him to a spot where the larger robots were all lined up. As he landed Blues unleashed a massive orb of light from the muzzle that rippled with concentrated energy. In a flash, it impacted with the nearest of the cannon robots and exploded in a wave of destruction that pierced through all eight of the remaining robots, annihilating every last one.
Nanoha fired off more volleys of Shoot Barrett bolts, clearing the air of the remaining smaller robots. She looked across at Samus, who was similarly finishing off the last of the wave on her side of the room. They’d done well, functioning as a cohesive group within seconds of being ambushed. Nanoha felt a tiny twinge of pride, thinking of her trainees back on Mid-Childa learning the same sort of skills.
Blue’s cry broke her momentary reminiscence, pointing into the air above her. “Above you, Nanoha, there’s a big one!”
Nanoha leapt back, another Protection igniting around her, and arched her head back to look straight above her. Floating in the air near the ceiling of the chamber was a single massive robot; its entire myriad of weapons was trained directly at her.
“I got this!” Samus’ shout erupted from Nanoha’s left. The bounty hunter bent at the knees, her hand clenched against the floor as her own cannon arm began to pulse with energy. With a powerful jump into the air, Samus neatly landed on the top of the large sphere that was the robot’s main body. She brought the cannon down into direct contact with its metal shell and opened fire. The blast ripped through the robot, rupturing every internal system and causing it to explode in a deafening burst of fire and energy.
Samus hurtled back, as the robot she held onto shattered. The shards of metal bounced harmlessly off her slightly-blackened armour, but the force of the blast looked set to fling her over the surrounding wall of black columns. Nanoha had sprung into action the moment the mighty cannon had been fired, and flew up with all her available mana charged into her Axel Fin spell.
There were momentary spikes of pain across her right arm as chunks of the smouldering metal impacted with her few spots of uncovered skin. Her barrier jacket had absorbed the concussive force of the blast easily, but a few physical projectiles had made it through. Drops of blood pattered like rain onto the floor below, but the wounds were little more than superficial.
Right before Samus was set to hurtle out of view, Nanoha reached out and grabbed one of the Prime’s armoured feet and pulled back hard. With the sudden change in direction, she switched off her flight spell for half a second to give them the downward force needed to pull Samus back down. Engaging the spell again, their rough landing was softened greatly, allowing both to keep their footing as they landed.
Blues ran up as they shook themselves off, scattering ash and shards of computer components around their feet. He grinned a bit, “Looks like that was the last of them.”
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