"Out of the question? Shame." Dio stated, walking out of the hole he had created in the wall. "Then I assume hiring you as mercenaries would also be out of the discussion? Of course, you'd keep those supplies of yours that you need so much if you did..." he trailed off before shaking his head. "Oh, I should confirm that you are mercenaries first, before anything else. You seemed to be up in arms about how we obtained those goods. Well, let me remind you that the side you perceive as 'good' has done that sort of thing multiple times over. It's called 'total war', after all. Of course, if you refuse..." Smiling, Dio clenched his first and let The World enter a combat stance as he awaited a response. "Well?"

**Isaac Clarke- CMS Terra Nova, Bridge** Isaac smirked as he realized the present situation. This chopper could only disable his weapons so quickly, and the fight outside the ship had reached equilibrium. Guns and other functions were coming back online as quickly as others were being brought down. This put Isaac in the situation where he had the upper hand, considering the fact that his one HDCB gun dealt quite a bit of damage to the vehicle. Though something was off about it, as he observed the contact from his observation screen. That would have easily ripped through any normal helicopter any day. This one seemed to merely be dented, as if he had broken the skin of a person but not penetrated beyond that. "This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder..." He sighed to himself, firing more beams and launching a volley of missiles. **John Carver- CMS Terra Nova hallways** "Good guys?" Carver asked, dumbfounded. "If we ever happened to find ourselves in contact with any group who can be remotely considered 'good guys', that would be a welcome change in the pattern if life." It was true. Ever since the Tau Volantis incident, his view of who were the good guys had been skewed. Everyone seemed to have qualities that would deem them evil in their own right. This group was no different, but maybe the people this man talked about really were alright. He shook his thoughts off. At this moment, he needed to ficus on the life and death scenario at hand. "I saw the files that described your group's actions myself. Spare me the bullsh**, we'll find out exactly what the other guys' motives and such are for ourselves. Right now, I recommend hopping back on your helicopter and going home. You haven't seen nothing yet." He finished his statement with confidence, swapped his current weapon for his contact beam, and shifted into an appropriate fighting stance. Super strength and speed was something he had fought already. Whatever his... Utility was would be a bother. Strategies began forming in his head.

Dio sighed and shook his head at the man's response. "Well, I guess it can't be helped then. If you're so gullible as to be convinced by some files simply lying around, then I've nothing more to say to you." he stated before quickly leaping backwards and sending The World to attack. The Stand shouted it's all too well known 'MUDAMUDAMUDA' battlecry as it threw out a barrage of punches at the man, most of which blurred out of clear sight. "I'd prefer to finish this quickly, and I believe you would like much of the same. If you won't stand to reason, then I'll simply end this before it gets out of hand."

**John Carver- CMS Terra Nova** John prepared himself for the man's cowardly move. Letting the tools fight for you was a sissy move, but it wouldn't stop John from hitting him. He quickly jumped into the air over the thing that had came at him incredibly quickly, showing off his own incredible speed. He then turned upside down and pushed off the ceiling, accelerating himself to the ground behind The Stand and rolling to his feet. As he popped back up, he shot a stasis bolt at the man, hoping to surprise him with its effects. The harmless looking blue energy flew through the air at moderate speed, aimed intentionally at the floor in front of the man's feet. He hoped to also surprise him with the splash effect- the cocky guy might dodge it just to show off, whether he thought it was harmless or not. Lastly, Carver's Ripper attachment was aimed and fired at Dio's armor, launching a saw blade at an extremely high velocity.

"Naive." Dio smiled as he snapped his fingers, leaping towards Carver as his Stand collapsed in to sandwich the man. "The World!" AS he yelled, the projectiles aimed at him seemed to instantaneously stop in space. Jumping in the air and grabbing the sawblade, Dio turned the projectile 180 degrees around before moving in to attack. As he did so, Dio pulled out a multitude of knives hidden under his clothing and flicked them at the soldier. The blades seemed to be frozen in space, but a moment later they immediately before to move towards Carver's projected location. "You're an interesting soldier, I'll give you that." he laughed as The World launched another barrage of punches at Carver.

### Team Gilkidu "Huh? Hey!" Gilgamesh leaned over the counter when the employees hid away, "What's going on?" Glancing over his shoulder, he spotted three notable individuals approaching with their weapons drawn. Oh, warriors?! Wait, they said something about catwalks, right? Turning his gaze upwards, he could just about spot figures walking around up there. Where they to blame for causing the ruckus now? "Hmph! Pathetic miscreants! Do you know not who you have angered!" he bellowed towards them, "for bothering the almighty Gilgamesh, the only recourse is your swift and humiliating defeat!" Towards the newly-arrived trio, the self-proclaimed greatest stated, "Never fear, fellow warriors! I will handle the rabble post-haste!" And with that, the strange man leaped onto the nearest table, intending to use it as a boost when he'd make his awesome, sky-punching leap. Unfortunately, as the tables were not accustomed to supporting the weight of eccentric swordsmen, it promptly crashed to the floor, taking the unparalleled warrior with it. "...Enkidu, it's all up to you... my friend..." gasped the wounded warrior. Enkidu patted his fallen partner's shoulder, then stared upwards, the lust for battle shining in his eyes.

**Cinder Fall, Research Facility** At this point, walking amongst hallways before entering some sort of research lab with rows of desks and cowering people, Cinder began to ignore pretty much everything that Charlotte said. It was mostly inane drivel anyway, and she had confidence that the little creature could take care of anything that came along. To be honest, Cinder probably could have managed this all herself, but this made it a lot easier on her, and for that she didn't mind. So as Charlotte went to work killing security officers and suicidal scientists, Cinder got to work as well, striding over to one of the active computer terminals. She was easily able to access the files, since the scientists had been a bit distracted from data security at that moment, and her skills in that regard weren't entirely lacking. And it wasn't as if she was lacking in time, besides possible UMMA intervention on behalf of the poor souls being audibly slaughtered in the background. So she searched, and was quickly able to retrieve what research they had on the Slaver device, as well as base schematics to show her where it was. Naturally, as it turned out, they hadn't moved it out of fear of blowing themselves up, but it was operational according to experiment data. It was just a matter of going and taking it. And that was just the way she liked it. Search done, she wiped her search before toasting the machine itself, a Dust fueled fireball in the motherboard torching the insides of the machine with the smell of melting metal and plastic. But Cinder left that behind as she walked on, out of the room and down hallways, assuming Charlotte would follow, as they neared the Slaver ruins, what had once been a Slaver outpost on this world. These ruins were old, metal, weather and age scarred, yet still standing. A testament to the civilization that had built them, who's last act was to wipe out all intelligent life in the galaxy. The very thought of it made her spine tingle. The base itself gave way to the ruins, though there was still signs of that research presence, machines scattered about, signs of other recent activity, and the soldiers, whom Cinder reacted to with the occasional fireball when Charlotte didn't take care of them and they moved further inside the ruins, towards her prize.

**Medic** At the mention of a field trip, Medic was excited. "Say no more, I'm coming vith you!" Medic said as he entered the ship. The thought of new experiments was enough to give him goosebumps.

Restraint? "Oh, uhhh, r-right?" Jaune said as he pat himself down but found nothing suitable for the situation. Then he looked at Blake. "Hey Blake, what about your ribbon?" He asked. "We could tie him to a pipe or something?" Jaune suggested, shrugging his soldiers. He realised he let his sword down for just a moment but quickly raised it at their captive's throat. Jaune was patiently waiting for something to happen so they can get to the situation below but priority right now was the person in front of him, who he was currently ignoring the rhetorics and insults.

 Eternal looked at the Italian Stallion and sneered, drawing his Eternal Edge. "**Now, enjoy eternal hell!**" Eternal said as he lunged to Mario.

Blackout found himself increasingly annoyed at these insects. Although he was still easily taking on their defenses, they had rallied far sooner then he had anticipated. Each time he destroyed one defensive weapon, another would pop up. The humans would liken it to a Whac-A-Mole game, although on a much larger scale. The helicopter suddenly swerved and released a large amount of flares as a series of missiles targeted him. While his flares diverted the missiles coming at him, he launched his own in retaliation. Although he may not be able to destroy all their defenses, he could disable them as they popped up. In the end, so long as he avoided taking any more serious hit, he believed he could win the battle.

**Dlanor A. Knox, Inquisitor of Heaven - Cargo Hold, UMMA Vessel _Tanngrisnir_** "It is UMMA policy to return wayward beings to their home UNIVERSE," replied Dlanor, calmly. She lacked any real familiarity with the universe that the huge mechanical creature described, but it was difficult to have knowledge of all the mass amounts of universes that existed. The sheer number of individual sapient beings in existence had to measure in the trillions... no, that wasn't enough. It was likely it was such a massive number that it was unfathomable. It was about then that Dlanor received word of what had appeared in the civilian cargo hold. "Intruders? I cannot permit intruders aboard this SHIP." For the briefest flash, there was a glimpse of a cat-like smile on the small girl's lips. "I apologize. There are matters of security on board this VESSEL." There was a flurry of rose petals from Dlanor's right hand, and then a blade of red light formed. Oh yes, these intruders would be... detained. --- **UMMA Vessel _Tanngrisnir _ Civilian Cargo Hold** The figures who appeared in the civilian cargo hold were not even alive, strictly-speaking. Each was clearly marked with a large 'SE', making it clear that this was not one of the times where Shadow Eternity cared about avoiding notice. They were metallic, an oval-shaped body supported by two similar legs and with similar arms. They each carried a long, black rifle. Strangely, the room's defense systems had not responded. Something was wrong. And this hardly seemed like enough to take an entire ship... --- **??? - Crew Corridor, UMMA Vessel _Tanngrisnir_** The man was no longer struggling, but the stream of obscenities that was coming from his mouth was a rather good indication as to how he felt about this situation. There was the occasional "Death to the UMMA!" or "You'll drown in blood!" but much of the rest was extremely harsh slurs. It was perhaps a good idea to shut him up.

**John Carver- CMS Terra Nova** John jumped straight up into the air after getting back to his feet, with the help of the force that "The World" had punched him with. He dug his fingers into the metal ceiling and used his forward momentum and strength to launch himself at Dio. He held his arms over his face as he rocketed toward the man, leaving any knives heading his way to be deflected by his armor plating. The saw blade, however, caught him off guard. It nicked his leg on an unplated portion, but before any blood could surface, biogel covered the wound and resealed the suit. He then shot another stasis bolt at the guy's feet again, hoping that this time he would not be able to freeze all his shots. He then held his contact beam in one hand, despite its being a heavy rifle, and aimed the charged laser. At the same time, he went to draw his hydraulic sword with the other hand. "You're one to talk about naivety," he added, managing to squeeze a comment in. Meanwhile, just outside, the Terra Nova and Blackout were engaged in a heated conflict. Missiles were being fired and shot down. Isaac decided to open fire with the .65 cal external MGs, hoping the high rate of fire would raise the odds of landing hits by a lot.

**Raiden and Blade Wolf - Corridor, UMMA Vessel Tanngrisnir** "Command, cut power to all computer systems, including life support if you have to, deaden the ship. They have control over our computer systems. The force here is also just a decoy. Manually head to locations worth protecting and guard them personally." Raiden uses his personal sensor suite to broadcast the message to everyone, in hopes that personal communicators had not been infected, but doesn't expect it to work. He dashes to the reactor personally. "I shall handle the distraction." Blade Wolf leaps into the room, cleanly beheading one of the targets before rebounding off his corpse to one of the defense guns. If the guns had started reacting by now, Blade Wolf would slice the gun off the wall from above, before continuing to wreak havoc. Given his ability to deflect machine gun fire, insane durability, and most importantly, a full heal and recharge after every kill, no amount of robotic opponents on this scale were a threat. Only a powerful single target was any threat to Raiden or Blade Wolf, as grunts were simply walking vending machines.

 "Don't worry, I got this." Sylvester went over to the man ranting about the UMMA and felt his neck for a bit before finding his desired nerve. He began to pinch it in an attempt to knock him out.

**Senbonzakura - Mushroom Kingdom** Senbonzakura appeared in the air, on top of a glorious castle. He looked underneath him, then thought, _Well, here goes._ Drawing his sword, he leaped into the air and swung his sword down as his blade transformed into his Shikai, sending down a swarm of cherry blossom blade petals into the roof and blowing a hole through it. He then Flash Stepped through it and onto the ground, scaring the wits out of a few Toads. Senbonzakura swung his blade again, and the blade petals flew toward a Toad with blue spots, creating lacerations all over his body. At this point, all the Toads that saw him ran away screaming.

((Note: The following has been done after discussion with courier. It's all k guys.)) Dio sighed and shook his head, glancing at the projectile that was just shot. He would have preferred staying in top condition, but... "Shame that you're such a great fighter..." he trailed off before glaring at Carver's position. Using 'The World' to launch him closer to Carver, Dio kicked the chargind weapon in Carver's hand, forcing it to simultaneously break and discharge, blowing off Dio's leg as he used the momentum to catch Carver's arm mid-swing with one arm. As the blade dug into his shoulder, Dio punched through the armor near Carver's neck and jabbed his fingers into the man's neck. "I hope you'll reconsider your position in the future." Dio stated as blood began flowing into his body and regenerating his wounds.

**John Carver- CMS Terra Nova** The last thing John expected the seemingly cowardly fighter to do was charge hin and sacrifice half of his limbs. After the leg came off, Carver felt a brief moment of victory. Just after this, however, he realized that it was part of the guy's plan. His blade stuck itself into his shoulder and John found that the man was drinking blood from his neck, next thing he knew. In the time it took for his RIG to slowly drop down to the red, he pulled his blade all the way through to finish cutting the man's arm off, then turned the blade 360 degrees and jam it into his abdomen. It then turned off upon his letting it go, and he collapsed. His back was facing upward, and his RIG showed that his massive blood loss put him on death's doorstep. He did one last thing before passing out. Connecting with Isaac and Bannon via RIGLink, he sputtered one last phrase. "Isaac... Vampire..." He then passed out, confident either of them could finish the job.

**Daijuji Kuzaku - Yggdrasil Restaurant District** Kuzaku sat at the bar, head heavily resting in his hands as he lazily sipped on a milkshake. He felt sick, honestly, and really wanted at that point to finish his frozen dessert and just retire to his quarters. However, he knew that he had obligations to fulfill after downing the rest of his shake. He had to track down someone in Yggdrasil that could help him divine the meaning behind his visions, and quickly. Ignoring them would undoubtedly be a mistake, and putting off investigating them was equally so. Even so, he had not been on Yggdrasil for long, and was unsure of who would be able to help him. Even among those he knew, several were conducting a mission on board the _Tanngrisnir_, or were otherwise indisposed. Kuzaku sulked, blowing bubbles into his milkshake. However, the sound of commotion behind him caught his attention. Suspicious persons? Whipping around quickly enough to nearly knock over his shake with his braid, Kuzaku dashed out of the ice cream bar and back into the lobby of the restaurant district, spotting the figures that Saber had pointed out. Both she and Nono quickly shifted into more battle-appropriate forms and engaged the apparent enemies. Kuzaku couldn't help but be impressed by the sight of them, particularly Nono, who was a dead ringer for Metatron. He silently wished that he too could have a cool transformation (perhaps, not unlike his father), but he had more important things to worry about. He attempted to summon Cthugha and Ithaqua, but his spell sputtered out and produced no result. Perhaps he was still disoriented? He hoped that was the issue. Kuzaku moved himself into better cover as he focused more intensely to cast the spell to summon his twin spell cannons. This time it succeeded, bringing great relief to the young knight. With the familiar weight of his guns in his hands, Kuzaku trained Ithaqua on the enemy that Nono was barking orders to, while sweeping the area with Cthugha. --- **Kiss-Shot** Just as suddenly as they had begun attacking, the strange creatures ceased. This interested Kiss-Shot slightly, but not terribly much more than they had initially. Staring at one of them, she condensed her ghastly energy into a form within the creature, and then manipulated it to rapidly expand. The end result of this being that the creature exploded quite violently, seemingly for no reason at all. Giving a small, bemused laugh, Kiss-Shot's fangs protruded out over her full, red lips. "Now, has sating our innate lust for violence brought us any closer to the truth of our situation? I thought not. Perhaps something more productive would be in our best interests, hm?" She spoke aloud in a golden voice, rich with condescension.