The Prometheus had been making way towards the island, having had engine trouble a few days earlier. Instead there was the Icarus joining the Daedalus - though that was a minor deviance.
That the warp engines had never engaged, merely warming them up had been the trigger for the timeslip, and this also was a divergence.
That the crowds on Macross Island had contained several "problems" to the future was yet another divergence, though this one had been directly engineered by Sailor Pluto. With the exception of six individuals who had Sailor Teleported into harm's way.
As Death Gliders and Valkyrie Fighters locked in combat in the skies overhead, al'kesh bombers began their sortie. Except that a ring device was operating and a large number of Jaffa were now attempting to conquer this alien city.
Shelter 5 was crowded, with the usual scent of unwashed bodies thrown together adding its sensory input.
Ranma scowled, considering going outside just to get away from it. He wasn't used to crowds like this. The challenge letter had been pretty implicit but he hadn't found whoever had issued it. Still, he didn't know any martial arts specific to the fighting of attacking aircraft.
FWUMP!
Everyone's eyes went to the big metal doors of the shelter as sparks came flying off of it.
FWUMP! FWUMP! FWUMP!
Ranma frowned and edged his way so that he was clear of the press of bodies. If he needed to move, he had to be clear of THAT little obstacle. Hmmm. That girl over there looked awfully darn familiar.
Hotaru eyed the door and listened to the energy blasts hitting it. She didn't know if she could shield everyone, she'd never tried to form a Silence Wall that big.
A movement to her side was distracting, and she immediately recognized him. Her sempai had grown up. The boy who'd brought her to the hospital where she'd met Ami-chan.
They'd gotten separated in the tide of humanity that had begun a panicked retreat to the shelter, and her mind flitted back to when her friend had transformed right in front of her. She'd seen Ami attacked then and transformed herself to fight off the bad guy.
She'd proven to have unexpected power and able to contribute in her own way to the group. A valued friend, a valued fellow soldier. Each contributing their own abilities to the group.
Now she could protect the person directly responsible for that. Hotaru straightened at that. If it came to transforming in front of a lot of people in order to protect them, she would. She had her priorities straight.
FWUMP! FWUMP! FWUMP!
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