"So, that's it, huh?" Levi said as she leaned back and the screen turned off. "Impressive... That Megah." She chuckled, her shoulders shaking as her chair leaned back with her.
"So that's what they're called, huh?" A familiar male voice spoke up and Levi turned to see Straight Kuma standing at the doorway. "Powerful monster, I admit, nearly managed to kill a SS mage." Levi narrowed her eyes at him. "Though, I suspect that the real reason you wanted myself, Asuka and Tetsunami out there was to just weaken up the group, not that any of us did a very good job at that."
"Perceptive, though I'm surprised you stuck around, I thought you left?"
He snorted at her. "Made a nice little ten kilometer round trip to watch the fight unfold from across the river. You set everyone up, didn't you?"
Levi rotated her chair to look at him, her eyes showing contempt for his questions. "So what if I did? It's amazing how fast people jump on false information that I circulated."
Kuma growled and squeezed his hands into a fist. "You bitch. You nearly killed two of the prettiest ladies I've seen."
Levi raised an eyebrow. "You're upset because the Megah stabbed Fate Testarossa?"
"No!" Kuma growled at her. "Though she's lovely, I was talking about Tiyana and Alisa." Levi just blinked several times. "Your monster could have killed them with ease, and then I'd have nothing to look forward to the next time I encounter that group."
Groaning, the blue-haired Mazoku just had to wonder what the hell she was thinking when she asked this guy to work for her. "I see, anyway, I don't have a job for you right now," she turned away, grabbed a small bag and tossed it over her shoulder, "there's your standard payment for this one."
Kuma snorted and looked at the screen as two bodies appeared on it. "...Who are they?"
"Asuka and Tetsunami's replacements." Levi grinned as she looked at the bodies on the screen. "I admit, I was rather shocked when I found these two, and their power..." She grinned savagely as she pushed a few buttons on the console. Her eyes flashed as a door opened up on the far side of the room as two human-sized tubes were rolled out on carts.
"What the heck are those for?" Kuma was less surprised by the fact that they were rolled out automatically than he was by the fact that she had some human-sized tubes.
Levi smirked, somewhat grateful that Jail never sought to categorize how many tubes he had, a few missing never did anything. "A holding field, for THIS!" She typed a few more buttons before slamming down the enter key.
If Kuma wasn't wearing his glasses, he would have had to have looked away from the powerful flash of light that engulfed the room. When the light dimmed, even Kuma had to admit, he was impressed as he saw the two females in the tubes. "Quite interesting."
Levi grinned savagely. "And to think, they were going to be stuck between this dimension and Death Fog's universe."
Kuma just looked at her in confusion, wondering what she meant by that.
Walking into Quattro's lab, Uno narrowed her eyes as she saw the glasses wearing cyborg watching the battle again. "Quattro." Turning, the younger of the two wondered what was going on before a punch sent her sprawling to the ground. "Just what the hell were you thinking? That Megah's power..."
Quattro rubbed her jaw and saw that the punch had knocked her glasses off of her face. "What's your problem?" Quattro stood up and looked at Uno, the bruise on her face already healing. "I was testing the Megah with its AMS. If we're going prove that the Bureau, that the people of this planet aren't ready for another Mazoku like Death Bringer, you need something really strong. And if a few weak people end up... Getting removed from the picture, well, that can't be helped." She crossed her arms under her breasts and smirked at Uno. "Let me ask you this, U~n~o..." She sing-songed as Uno twitched slightly, "how would you go around showing the Bureau how weak they are? Unless you injure and kill one of their strongest operatives, there's no real way to prove anything."
"Try and keep casualties to a minimum... And make sure that you program those things not to attack the first thing that moves."
Quattro just grinned more savagely at Uno. "My dear sister, the Megah... It isn't just a stupid piece of machinery... It can learn... And all of its data is sent back here." Uno's face had a look of sick realization as Quattro nodded. "Think... Each one learns what the previous ones knew and then can use that to fight more effectively."
"...They're monsters." Uno managed to stutter out.
"They would be..." Quattro sighed heavily. "If the OS wasn't so freaking ancient that the new technology we use takes time to adapt. So, even if they learn, it's not instantaneous." She narrowed her eyes while grinning. "However, I'm working on that problem. That's why I don't send another one in to finish them off right now."
"Plus Lutecia's not there to summon them?" Uno smirked as Quattro twitched at that. "Next time, Quattro... Just use a bomb or something."
Quattro looked at Uno and chuckled softly, causing Uno to blink in confusion.
'If only you knew, Uno, if only you knew what kind of bombs I have.'
"Otto!" The brown-haired cyborg turned and blinked as Sein ran up to her. "How are you?"
"I am fine, now, if you'll..." She stopped as Sein got behind her and hugged her tightly. "...Sein? If this an attempt to grope my chest, you know that I do not have much on my chest to grope. You would have better luck with Cinque than myself."
Sein shook her head as she made Otto rest her head against the slightly taller cyborg's chest. "I saw the battle... We all did..." Otto went stiff and Sein wasn't surprised by that. "I don't know what happened, but that had to be scary, huh?" Otto nodded slowly as Sein turned her so she could hug Otto more properly. "Are you okay?" Otto shook her head and trembled softly. "Wanna talk?"
"...No." Otto's mind flashed back to the battle and all that happened in it, before shuddering again. Such a thing, it was insane. How could anyone just block her attack so easily? "Sein, is it okay to say that I do not like fighting? My heart pounds, my head hurts and I feel like my body is going to tear itself apart, and I do not know why."
Sein didn't have an answer for that, she just stood there, holding Otto tightly. 'When did I become like this?'
An image of Nove trembling and hugging her after Dieci had gone berserk came to her mind and Sein sighed softly. No matter what, she couldn't leave her sisters alone when they were hurting somehow.
Even if it meant giving up everything, she would be there to hug her sisters.
Tre would hug her when she needed to hug someone, after all.
"So, you two are sisters, huh?" Kuma asked as he looked at the two more closely. One was in a blue skirt with a white and blue shirt and wore a blue jacket on her body. Her feet had a pair of dark blue shoes on while a pair of guns were easily seen in the holsters that were against her body. Her dark pink, almost red, hair was done up in a long, braided ponytail while her green eyes looked around in confusion.
"Yep!" The other one, this one with long pink hair and eyes, nodded at him, grinning. She was wearing red shoes, a light red, almost pink skirt, a white and red shirt with a bright red jacket on her shoulders. On her back was a very large two handed sword that was almost as large as she was. The handle was red and black, the edge of the sword was white and the middle was black. "My name is Kirie and this is my sister, Amitie."
Levi smirked as she looked at the two of them. "Kuma, get them used to this world."
"As long as you're the only demon around here, I might like this world." Amitie said, causing Levi to stare at her, her pupils shrinking. "...What? I'm from a universe where there's lots of demons running around, I've learned to pick them out."
"That would explain a lot." Kuma narrowed his eyes at Levi.
Levi smirked at him. "A demon, I may be, but my master always told me, always honor your commitments. So long as you do what I ask, there won't be any problems."
Kirie shrugged and looked at her sister. "Eh, no different than the Mazoku back home, huh?"
Kuma just looked at the three and wondered what kind of nuts these two were. "...I take it that you probably don't want people knowing about you?"
Levi grinned slowly. "You're getting it. Just keep your mouths shut, do the missions that I ask, and there won't be... Any problems between us, capiche?"
"Whatever. Can we go now?" Amitie asked, getting a smirk from Levi.
After the three left, Levi growled softly. "...Those two might be a problem."
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