STMC Finale, Split 3, Part IV

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Part 4. Yes, I probably could have done this more efficiently. Nyeh.

Watch For!! Nono dies. Again. Misato flips her wig. The IPL Combined Fleet arrives! Chaos follows. Also, Amuro is the only one who picks up on just how big a bitch Nono's been. No less than two different speeches on the power of Hard Work and Guts. And last of all...war's end.



Excellen Browning says, "...No! NONO!"
Misato Katsuragi says, "Not again! NOT AGAIN!"
Excellen Browning sounds horrifed. "/NONO/!"
Amuro Ray says, "...That's it."
A comm signal crackles over the lines. It fizzles, as though trying to punch through the jamming and interference around the battle.
Jean-Luc Picard says, "This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the IPL First Combined Fleet! We are entering the battle zone!"
Captain Amuro Ray says, "Keep fighting. You have the support of Londo Bell!"
Shinji Ikari says, "...Amuro, when did your voice finish changing?"
Admirl Akbar says, "They fell for our trap! Green group, stay close to the holding sector. All other fighters, fan out and engage!"
Amuro Ray says, "What are you talking about?"
Ayato Kamina says, "The RahXephon has arrived on behalf of TERRA. We're here to assist!"
Gen Fudo says, "Only when men are at their most desperate are they ready to face their deepest fears and their true strength appears! AQUARION! LAUNCH!"
Misato Katsuragi shrieks, "Nono! Oh, f*** you ALL! F*** ME, F*** YOU, AND F*** YOUR HIVE QUEEN'S BLOODY OVIPOSITOR!" There is momentary silence, and then she roars, "Jet Alone, you ugly bastard, SIC 'EM!"
chaos says, "This is chaos, on the Elsa von Brabant with the IPL First Combined Fleet on behalf of Federation Space! Hang in there, everybody, we're on our way! --Captain?"
Captain Matthews takes a drag on a cigarette. "Damn right! Tony! Full speed!"
KOS-MOS says, "ES Dinah is online."
Lisa Hayes-Hunter says, "This is Admiral Hunter of the Super Dimensional Fortress Three. We're going to try to offer some assistance." Exedore frowns, "...Admiral, the space fold drives are malfunctioning again." "No, not again!" She has so much to talk to Claudia about. But it's too late, the ship folds again.
Isamu Alva Dyson crows, "Hey, Guld! Bet I can shoot down way more than you! Loser buys the first round!"
Guld Goa Bowman grunts, "Childish as ever, Isamu."
Captain Amuro Ray sighs.
Wedge Antillies announces, "This is Rouge Squadron. All wings reporting in. Break by pairs and engage!"
chaos says calmly, "E.S. Asher is online. --KOS-MOS, shall we?"

Kiyohime smiles as she's finally put down on foot up at Kazuma, "I am quite fine thank you." She eyes the outside and raises an eyebrow at the radio, "It sounds like the reinforcements are here." A playful smile crosses her face, "I suggest you leave now before they take away all your fun. I will be in the bridge if you need me." She gingerly reaches out to push at Kazuma back out towards the dock.

A psychic pulse surges through the channel before Tassadar speaks up, "Entaro Adun, warriors! The High Templar will give them no quarter!"

Guld Goa Bowman sounds smug. "You never were any good at aiming, Isamu."
Linn Jinto says, "The Basroil arrived!"
Leonidas I says, "SPARTANS! PREPARE FOR GLORY!"

AMuro grits his teeth, G-3 getting slammed by drone missiles. And he seems to care not. Instead, he floats in front of the fallen Diebuster, near the face. The forehead, to be exact. He looks irritated somehow. Enraged. Is he about to avenge her apparent death?!

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, NONO!?"

Okay, maybe he's just pissed.

"Do you really think this is what you're supposed to do? Did you somehow miss how the Sheep and DC are working together to stop this threat? It isn't something you can stop alone, no matter how big you are! You can see that now!" He doesn't realize it, but Gundam's arms are crossed over its chest. "Stand up and start being /NONO/ again, goddamned NONO!"

He isn't sure why he's telling her this, but he still keeps it up. Maybe it's catharsis. "None of us, not one of us ever saw you as a weapon! When we thought you were gone, we didn't think we lost a weapon system! We thought we lost Nono! We always said your heart was human, and that's all that mattered! What changed your mind? It isn't some super maneuver that's going to save us!"

Yes, he's actually about to say it. "IT'S HARD WORK AND GUTS!"

From the horizons there is a twinkling of a star as three jet fighters colored red, green and blue arch through the atmosphere. Their lasers are blasting at full speed as they fly in approaching the drones. Over the local channel, the visual of a young red head boy with a scar on his cheeks begins shouting, "HEY! Save some for us! We didn't fly all the way out here just for the fight to be over you know!"
A blonde young man groans, "How unsightly."
"Onee-chan," a third person, female this time, pipes up, "You're right. This really is an ugly mess. Let's finish up here and go home!"
"Hurry up! I'm the head!" The red head shouts as the red jet fighter pulls forward ahead of the other two fighters.

Back on the SDF-1, there is a cry of anguish from one corner of the bridge, and Misato Katsuragi slams a fist into the console. /INVALID COMMAND/ one screen reads, from the random keys mashed down by the blow, but there's no attention paid to it. "Nono! Oh, f*** you ALL! F*** ME, F*** YOU, AND F*** YOUR HIVE QUEEN'S BLOODY OVIPOSITOR!" And now, with purpose, she jabs the same keyboard with a series of inputs and hits transmit.

"Yes, Misato?"

"Ritsuko," she snarls, "tell me it's here."

"...it's there, Misato. The IPL fleet is going to drop it off. We were going to--"

"Taking manual control." Over a squawk of protest from NERV's science officer, Misato enters another series of commands, and the screen changes to a camera readout. The lower corner says: JetAlone II Forward Camera. The old failure is back, hopefully to be a bit more useful this time around. It fires its rockets and rushes toward the enemy, mounted guns opening up.

"Jet Alone, you ugly bastard, SIC 'EM!"

Misato Katsuragi gets a glancing blow on Variable Gravity Wells with her MISATO SMASH BY PROXY RAAAAAAAR attack.

Sinclair St. James says, "Spartan infantry? In space? That's... madness!"

Out from a gate, several small mech fly out. The one at the lead is red, another pink, another blue. Despite the flashy color scheme, they most resemble jet planes. And when they transform, as their pilots hit a switch, it becomes clear that these are some kind of valkyries.

The pilot of the red Valkyrie, which bears a painted, stylized face, looks to his companions as a pair of speaker-like projections float off of the Valkyries. They fire off, attaching themselves to a nearby Mothership with a sticky sort of apoxy that forms on contact. In one Valkyrie, a green-skinned Zentraedi woman silently taps a flat control interface, shaped like a set of drums. The pilot of the pink Valkyrie readies her guitar interface. "You know," she warns the others, "we should let the IPL handle it! We're kind of just interlopers here..."

The red Valkyrie's pilot will hear none of it. "Hmph. I don't care," he sneers, adjsuting his sunglasses as a slightly feral grin crosses his face. He raises the guitar, as the red VF appears to do the same with a guitar-like weapon it holds in its hands. And as he strums the guitar, and as a lively beat begins to play on the radios of all present, Nekki Basara lets out his battle cry.

"LISTEN TO MY SONG!"

And the upbeat, catchy chords and vocals of Totsugeki Love Heart begin to play, triggering...

Amuro Ray gets a glancing blow on Variable Gravity Wells with his ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. feint.

Kazuma smirks. "Fine then, I'll just go and finish up outside," he states, before the golden aura flares up around him. He turns on one heel, and launches himself back outside. Zooming across space, he locates the STMC in the middle of the fleet that is even now warping in. He grins, and accelerates even more - a golden bolt of light heading straight in towards the heart of the STMC formation, and aiming to pass through to the other side.

And on both sides, a pair of red super robots, made of three other combining robots. Strange that Kazuma would fall in with people like this for his attack run... but then again, perhaps crazed hot blood tends to attract crazed hot blood, because all three go plowing through the STMC formation.

Kazuma Torisuma hits Variable Gravity Wells with his ALTER SHINE! attack.
Kazuma Torisuma critically strikes Variable Gravity Wells with his Getter 1 : SHIIIIIINE SPARK! attack.
Kazuma Torisuma critically strikes Variable Gravity Wells with his Shin Getter 1 : SHIN SHIN SPARRRK! attack.

Sarah McDonnell murmurs, "And blasphemy." A bit louder, but still gentle-girl style, "Olympians... let's go!" Mech sounds follow.
Leonidas I says, "No. One ship fell to the ground. And it expects /bugs/ to defeat Spartans."
KOS-MOS deadpans as a whining sound can be heard, "Understood. Launching ES Dinah."

They're not trying to talk in her head anymore. Which is just fine by Excellen, as she really doesn't know how she'd deal with that a second time, let alone how she'll explain what she heard to anyone else. But that's for later, this is now, and there's a moment of silence as Excellen evades enemy fire, taking out the drones as they whiff by with a few blasts of the beam cannons affixed to Weissritter's left hand.

And then, Nono falls. "...No, Nono!" The words rip from her throat in horror. No. NO. They just got her back, even if she wasn't acting like herself, it was still Nono, no No NO! "NONO!" There are too many STMC between her and the Diebuster, but that doesn't stop Excellen from attempting to blast her way through anyway.

Excellen Browning gets a glancing blow on Variable Gravity Wells with her Grief Makes Hot Blood Burn In Fury attack.

Grimlock grrrrowls, "ME GRIMLOCK NOT TAKE ORDERS FROM PUNY FLESHBACKS IN WHEELCHAIR, ME GRIMLOCK HERE TO KICK SPACE BUG BUTT!"

And then, yet more cavalry arrive, in the form of one Instrumentalist and his massive Mulian god.

Several stories high, the RahXephon is brilliantly white and burnished with blue and gold across the chest and the facemask, which has a giant gold disc dead center of its forehead. Giant wings extend high from each temple, but it does not need them to fly.

Streaking forwards through space, any STMC attempting to attack will find themselves meeting an almost impenatrable barrier, rippling with hexagons when anything impacts. Within the great machine, sealed away behind barrier after barrier, pilot's seat emerges from a seemingly endless pool of dark water, shaped like a pair of cupped hands. The young brunet man concentrates on the scene ahead of him, Ayato Kamina's expression intense as he directs the massive mecha into battle through thought and action.

Once close, giant energy blades form from the gauntleted wrists, and the white machine slices forward at the nearest mothership.

Excellen Browning hits Variable Gravity Wells with her Light Sabers Ain't Got Nothing on Mulian Tech attack.

Sinclair gets intercepted halfway to his target, the attacks ripping up parts of his armor. He plunges his broken rapier into the carapace of one of the monsters, struggling with it desperately. The pair struggle in the vacuum before slamming into the side of a cruiser, where the General's mech clamps down again. He boosts backwards, skating across the surface and firing behind him, putting down the bug that's been trying to kill him. He turns his rifle towards the sky and unloads bullets at the coming swarm.

Larc, in a moment's lack of judgment or just plain common sense, guns Dix-Neuf's thrusters to carry the Buster Machine towards the destroyed wreck of Diebuster. Which means she's not fighting, unless something happens to get any bright ideas of getting in her way; this being the few remaining drones, she doesn't so much take aim on any as direct Dix-Neuf to brutally punch through them when any get within reach.

Amuro's words... "...A--Amuro," is all Larc can manage, her eyes wide.

Fortunately, the IPL First Combined Fleet is now arriving. In their midst is a sleek, silver-gray and green space freighter named Elsa von Brabant.

"E.S. Asher is online," serenely announces its silver-haired pilot, seated in a dark violet-colored mecha that, compared to many models, is ... extremely small as far as they go. A gloved finger taps on the lit display, bringing up a commlink. "KOS-MOS, shall we?" Once he receives verification, he nods, "Deploying!" The hatch beneath the Elsa opens, and with thrusters trailing lightpaths in its wake, the E.S. Asher sweeps out into the battle, leveling its long range rifle. "Don't give up, everyone!" Let's give them a little breathing room.

Sinclair St. James hits Variable Gravity Wells with his Suddenly, My Assault Rifle Doesn't Seem Half As Impressive attack.

Larc Mellk Mal misses Variable Gravity Wells with her I'm CHARGIN MY LA--that's overdone. ._. attack.

Grimlock chomping noise. Eyugh face. "Me, Grimlock, say these things not fit for king like me. Me, Gimlock say we Dinobots go look for better food. Maybe at Burger King."

Nekki Basara says, "People of this frequency! LISTEN TO MY SONG!" And then Mylene cuts in. "Basara, cut it out!" And cuts him off.

Larc Mellk Mal critically strikes Variable Gravity Wells with her ONCE MORE WITH FEELING c_c; attack.

The Ouendan suddenly stop and look between each other.

Was that someone else singing? Someone else playing music?

"Sir!" Suzuki speaks up, "I think someone is throwing off our cheer!"

"Troubling." Doumeki says. Stoically. "...BUT WE MUST CONTINUE CHEERING! FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE FIGHTING AND GIVING THEIR LIVES! OSU!"

"TATAKAE!" Saito and Suzuki chime in.

"OUENDAN!"

"Nigenai nido to semari kuru kabe Wrecking it!
Osorezu ni yowasa wo chikara ni kae
Nerai sadame dareka ga azawarai naifu wo
Nagekaketeru furikazasu kono senaka
I can never cry!
Nagashita chi no namida wo fuite
Tatta hitotsu yuzurenai shinjitsu

Powdered Toast Man says, "POWDERED!"
Powdered Toast Man says, "TOAST!"
Powdered Toast Man says, "MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
In Ilyse's cockpit feed, a man suddenly appears. It's dressed in long robes, looking regal, but his head is very much plastic. Wearing a crown. And a large crown around his neck. In his hands, is a sandwich wrapped in paper. It is in fact, the Burger King. He leaves Ilyse a Western Whooper sandwich to eat, and then just like that, he's gone again.
Misato Katsuragi says, "OOC ..............."
Superman looks dubious, while Batman quietly gives the masked man a thumbs up.
Ilyse Amsel says, "JESUS CHRIST there's a GUY in my cockpit! And not a dancing guy!"
Excellen Browning says, "Now is not the time to be picking up random strangers, Ilysie!"

Following right behind the E.S Asher, the E.S Dinah emerges from the Elsa's hatch a pure gleaming white compared to it's dark counterpart. It's massive wings are folded tightly behind as blue thrusters send it flying forwards and hovering in space. "Come on KOS-MOS, let's go help out!"
"Understood Shion," the blue haired killbot states stoically as the Dinah raises it's left arm and opens fire with the bazooka attachment.

Mu La Flaga says, "Get him out!"
Peleps Kaizoku Seki says, "That's for /after/ the fight."
Shizuru Fujino critically strikes Variable Gravity Wells with her Bombs away! attack.
Amuro Ray says, "Get the pervert out!"
Ilyse Amsel says, "Uh, I think he got himself out."
Misato Katsuragi's unbridled fury is, for a moment, derailed, like a needle on an LP getting knocked aside (along with accomanying screech). "What the hell?"
Ilyse Amsel says, "Oh hey, food."
Both Amuro say in synch, "There's food there?" And then immediately fall silent, as if confused.
Shinji Ikari looks SUSPICIOUS.
An Amuro says, "What?"
Shinji Ikari and then gets depressed because he never sees his older doppleganger, so obviously he dies horribly.

A Zaku pilot ejects from his mech moments before it explodes, leaving the poor man stranded in the vacuum. A Space Monster begins to close in on him. He frantically keys his radio. "S-someone! Anyone! For the love of God, help me!"

"Quickly, chum! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!" Instructs a heavily muscled man in a cape with... powdered toast for a head.

The Zaku pilot stares at the man's ass.
Then at the incoming monster.
At the ass.
At the monster.

The pilot's survival instinct takes over and he graps tightly to those firm, manly buttocks. Powdered Toast Man checks to make sure the pilot's grip is secure with a brief wiggle and then satisfied, flies backwards towards the nearest ship. He throws the man in an airlock and then charges at the STMC groups. Ass first.

The STMC are overwhelmed. Let there be no doubt; the defenders have, tonight, done a great thing - they have held the line, long enough for the hammer of the Interplanar League to arrive. Now, it has. The destruction is immense - as they come rushing to this plane's aid, energy weapons rip and tear through the lines. Diebuster may have fallen, but the IPL's combined might is tremendous.

Their ranks are breaking. One last push is all that may be called for.

Sinclair St. James hits Variable Gravity Wells with his CINNAMON AND SUGERY ASS RAM attack.

Misato Katsuragi says, "Oh, screw this. DIE YOU INCESTUOUS SPACE ROACHES--"
Jordan Wilde, suddenly on Ilyse's radio. "..oh hey, burger. You eating that?"
Amuro Ray says, "Jordan!"
Excellen Browning says, "../Jordan/!"
Ilyse Amsel says, "God, here's ANOTHER G - oh. Hi Jordan, how the hell did you get here?"
Mu La Flaga says, "Wh...what?"
Excellen Browning says, "Oh thank goodness, you're okay..!"
Misato Katsuragi says, "oh god Jordan you're okay, good--"
A random Zaku pilot screams bloody murder, "S-someone! Anyone! For the love of God, help me!"
Shinji Ikari crypticly, "Fast food saves the day again."
Powdered Toast Man says, "Quickly, chum! Cling tenatiously to my buttox!"
A random Zaku pilot goes, "..."
Evening City Ouendan collectively back away.
Morning City Ouendan ain't touchin' that.
Superman gasp. "Powdered Toast Man?!" DUN DUN DUN!
IDLE
Powdered Toast Man says, "Superman! So good to see you! Have you been eating a healthy breakfast?"
Suddenly, 'Real American' hits!
Hulk Hogan bellows, "BROTHER, the Hulkster is gonna clean your clock! I'll turn you into a Philadelphia cheese sandwich! And all my Hulkamaniacs know it's true, brother! So Space Monsters... what'cha gonna do?! WHAT'CHA GONNA DO WHEN HULKAMANIA... RUNS WILD... ON YOU?!?!"
Superman says, "Hey Hulk. and, uh, do hot dogs count as healthy?"
Jordan Wilde says, "Seriously, I'm starved. You gonna eat that?"
Ilyse Amsel says, "I was, but you can have it, I've got a chocolate bar under my seat."
Ilyse Amsel says, "A crazy guy left it and if it kills you it's not my fault."
Jordan Wilde says, "I'll split it? Oh it won't. I mean, unless Molly made it."
Ilyse Amsel says, "I kind of doubt it."
Jordan Wilde coughs demurely. "Some cowled man pulled me out just before the Hood exploded?"
Hulk Hogan legdrops something. IN SPACE. The Hulkamaniacs go wild.
Ilyse Amsel says, "ANd left you in my cockpit."
Powdered Toast Man says, "Now Superman, you know better then that! You should always eat right in the morning, begining your day with milk, orange juice, a grapefruit, and of course... a big plate of POWDERED TOAST!"
Ilyse Amsel says, "Sit down. There's only one chair but you can lean against it backwards."
Superman muttered, "Says the guy with the beer gut..."
Jordan Wilde sitting down. "Yes'm. Oh hey, you got space rangers. And that's the high score? That's it."
Ilyse Amsel says, "Hey, the video games are strictly for when I'm /not/ fighting."
Ilyse Amsel says, "Plus, half of them aren't hooked up in here."
Jordan Wilde says, "Well, since /I'm/ not fighting, I'm taking out your high scores."

Diebuster's head floats through the void...silent. Unmoving. Dead.

Or is it? The Ice II in its hair continues to luminesce, and it's not degrading...maybe it just doesn't have any weapons...and are those tears, under the visor?

"I failed..." Number Seven whispers, crying inside the void of light...but then her eyes snap back open, looking out into the battlefield again, and sees Amuro Ray, there. Yelling. At her. Arms crossed, and she can feel his anger, his...

What has she been doing? Why has she...

Her eyes close, tears forming and sliding down her cheeks. These people aren't hopeless. She can hear it now, resounding across the void around her - the sound fo hope. Teh sound of victory. And here, she, little girl, was going to give up on these people...because they weren't strong enough.

Who isn't strong? She is the weak one. It's not size. She sees that now. It's...

She grits her teeth.

It's...!

Diebuster's forehead suddenly erupts into an explosion of light and fire, as a glimmering jewel in the night flies away from the corpse of her fallen weapon, flying toward Amuro. Diebuster begins instantly to decompose.

It's Number Seven. Her visor is gone, blue eyes shining with tears, and the brilliant red of her degeneracy reactor's power shining in her pupils. She smiles, sincere for the first time in months, and then whirls - her scarf is gone, she suddenly remembers; she gave it to Larc, because...she was...

Her face darkens.

"I, Nono, have truly been a fool!!" she roars. "Embracing pain and suffering! It's...it's...it's /stupid/, all of us, but...but that's what humanity is all about! That's what we are! Power isn't in the size of your body!"

She holds up one fist, clenching it, Physical Reactor shell outward, facing the STMC mass. "Power isn't in your hands! It's not in your sword, or your gun, or your feet or anywhere else!!" She pounds on her chest, the resounding THUMP echoing across the void. "Power is in the strength of your heart!! And TRUE POWER...!!"

Space shatters behind her, and out comes...an armada. Not one ship, not a thousand ships, but TEN THOUSAND capital ships, all bristling with gun ports. This isn't a Buster Legion armada, it's something wholly different. Every ship is red.

A call goes out on the communicators: "This is Admiral Haruhi Suzumiya of the Combined SOS Empire! ALL SHIPS -- CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!!!!!!"

Nono laughs, as a mass of laser fire descends upon the STMC swarm. "True power...is in the hearts of your friends!!"

@name me=Nono
Name set.

Ilyse Amsel says, "Oh yeah? Watch this. I bet you drop the controller."
You switch armor modes to Number 7.
You heal Nono with your True power -- action.
You have 40 health restored.
You have been resurrected from knockout!
You heal Nono with your Is in the hearts of your friends!! action.
You have 42 health restored.

You get a glancing blow on Variable Gravity Wells with your It's Not Alt Interaction If They're From Another Dimension attack.

Misato Katsuragi says, "...SOS Empire? Who names their realm after a distress signal?"
Admiral Suzumiya says, "This is Admiral Haruhi Suzumiya of the Combined SOS Empire! We're here to help, everyone! ALL SHIPS -- CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!!"
Excellen Browning says, "..Haruhi.. Suzu.." Gape. "Haruhi-chan?!"

Fire Bomber, meanwhile, keeps...singing! And it's a terribly catchy song. In fact, it broadcasts not only to the STMC, against which it does absolutely jack, but to the brave soldiers who fight alongside the space band which is not..really...fighting at all. What the hell do they think they're doing?!

And yet, something strange is happening! The song is raising the spirits of those who hear it, their Anima Spiritua reaching a peak as they listen, inspired from the depths of their hearts. They feel alive! They feel encouraged! Well, maybe they do, or maybe they're just annoyed at the song.

But it is catchy.

"FIYAAAA!"
"BOMBAAAAA!"
Shizuru Fujino switches armor modes to Kiyohime.

Hulk Hogan calls, "Hey Superman! We gotta get together after this! We can train, say our prayers, and eat our vitamins!"
Excellen Browning's attention then snaps back to.. "Nono!"
Superman says, "That sounds...get that smirk off your face, Batman, or I won't get you an autograph too."
Amuro Ray says, "That's how to do it, Nono!"
Regular-Sized Nono says, "Sorry about that, everyone!"
"Dammit!!" Ryusei Date yells angrily, upon witnessing the mighty fall. "THAT'S IT!!! THIS IS AS FAR AS YOU GO, KAIJU!!! Rai, the ZO

Sword!!!" Ryusei yells angrily. His words are quivering with rage, but he's still managing to remain calm. The SRX's chest suddenly folds open, and it reaches within to pull out what looks like the shield that the R-1 had in its possession. But... there's something very different about it. It looks far less like a shield and more like a hilt, and extending from the tip is a sword made of pure yellow-green energy. "Ryusei, fire off the Dominion Balls! We need to immobilize them, first!!" Rai yells, to which Ryusei responds by raising the SRX's free arm, which charges with telekinetic energy, and then fires a massive stream of telekinetic spheres straight towards a small group of battleships. And as they fly towards their target, the SRX glows with some sort of previously unseen power, before it charges into the battleships, swinging the ZO Sword wildly. "TENJOU TENGA... MUTEGIRI!!!" he yells, tearing that mighty sword into any enemy he can catch. ... That is, until the sword breaks off at its hilt, stuck into an unwitting battleship. "... Damn!!!!" he yells. ... But moments later, inspiration comes to him, and slowly, he clenches the SRX's fist and the collective spirit of all the pilots of the SRX combine, causing the ZO Sword to explode from within the battleship, while Ryusei sums it all up in one apt word. "... BAKUSAI!!!"

Hulk Hogan calls, "That's right, brother! Hulkamania... is running wild... on these space monsters, brother! And what'cha gonna do!"
Excellen Browning says, "Welcome back!"
Regular-Sized Nono says, "I, Nono, have come to help!"

Ryusei Date juggles Variable Gravity Wells with his Tenjou Tenga Bakusai Ken!! combo.
Ryusei Date juggles Variable Gravity Wells with his Tenjou Tenga Bakusai Ken!! combo.
Ryusei Date juggles Variable Gravity Wells with his Tenjou Tenga Bakusai Ken!! combo.
Variable Gravity Wells breaks Ryusei Date's combo.

Misato Katsuragi lets out a sound suspiciously like a sob. "Stop scaring us like that, Nono."
Regular-Sized Nono eh heheheh, "Nono wasn't thinking straight again..."

A small smile finally crosses Amuro's face, as the true Nono emerges. He feels a sigh of relief, the first relief he's felt for a long time. "That's what I was saying! That's hwo to do it, Nono! Now, come on, let's kick space monster-"

Oh god, he briefly thinks, HE KNOWS THAT VOICE.

As Amuro is completely terrified of Haruhi Suzumiya, he instead begins rushing a remaining space monster, pulling out the weapon he hasn't been able to use yet. It's large, spiked, rocket-powered, and on a chain. He swings the Gundam Hyper Hammer around his Mobile Suit's head at high speed, before swinging it at a monster. And because he has to call out an attack name...

"GUNDAM HAMMER....!"

"Watch the skies, coming at you, A hero of metal hue, He locks horns with disaster, For the red and white and blue, *images of Big Guy destroying various STMCs, and then there's a little boy robot* Then was born a boyrobot, Miracle of science, Ready to battle large monsters, Supercharged and quick on the draw, Pretty darn good, but he needs help, The Big Guy, he's a big deal, Heart of gold, and fists of steel, *Rusty, the little boy robot, opens fire, blown backwards, but blowing through a Mothership* Clobbering evil entities, with Rusty at his heel, Now they're a mighty team, The boy robot lives his dream, To be a legend in history, The Big Guy and Rusty!"

Amuro's words to Nono ring true, ringing long after they've been spoken in Excellen's ears. "NEVER GIVE UP, NONO!" She adds, calling out to their fallen comrade. Can she hear them? She has to hear them! There's no point in believing otherwise! "You believed in us! And we believe in you, too! We can't.. We can't lose you now! Not again!" It hurts too much to think they had her back only to have her slip through her hands again. DON'T GIVE IN, NONO. THEY REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON YOU! Amuro won't, Larc won't, Excellen won't, none of those present who knew her will let her go!

And then.. Then a familiar voice speaks, and Excellen freezes in her chair, staring out into space as Diebuster dematerialises into.. Into.. "...Nono.." is whispered, before a giant grin takes over her face. "Welcome back!" she crows into the radio, the Weissritter still charging towards her. Sure she can't give her a hug with it, the inevitable hugpile wait until later. But she can damn well take up formation with bright haired robot girl.

Excellen Browning gets a glancing blow on Variable Gravity Wells with her Clear the way and roll out the red carpet! NONO'S HOME attack.

BOOP

A small green square bounces off of one of the crusher type Space Monsters. It ricochets towards a pair of drones, bouncing between them.

BOOP, BOOP

Both drones are smacked stupid, curling over, defeated. The ball rebounds... where it smacks into a floating green rectangle. The square deflects off of this green rectangle and into a second green rectangle. Both rectangles move up and down, bouncing the small green square between them.

BOOP BOOP BOOP

And then one of them launches it out among the STMC swarm, moving along with it to ensure that it doesn't go flying out into the cold, inky void of space.

Because that would mean that the other would get a point.

Sinclair St. James juggles Variable Gravity Wells with his Pong Paddles - MORTAL PONGBAT combo.
Sinclair St. James juggles Variable Gravity Wells with his Pong Paddles - MORTAL PONGBAT combo.
Variable Gravity Wells breaks Sinclair St. James's combo.

A female voice can be heard crying out in pleasure "Aaaaaaaaaaaah!~" before she is interrupted by a guy roaring and then three voices shouting, "AQUARION SOLAR!"
The Left Pong Paddle says, "THAT WAS OUT, I GET THE POINT!"
The Right Pong Paddle says, "IT WAS NOT, IT BOUNCED OFF OF THAT MONSTER'S FACE!"

Even in light of the INTERRUPTION, they continue, controlled motions executed with percision. The Ouendan cheer on, even as the battle turns in favor of those that have been struggling the whole time.

"Kooritsuita chikyuu wa dare ka no ude no naka
Hibiwareteku mayotteru kurayami ni
But, into the chance!
Mirai wa oretachi no kono te ni
Tatta hitotsu tsukanda shinjitsu
RISING FORCE!
Kurayami kara kikoeru kimi no koe no naka ni
Tatta hitotsu mitsuketa shinjitsu!"

As the music dies away, the trio suddenly assume very rigid poses, arms crossed over their chest. There is a pause before the three shout.

"Ouen! Dai-sei-kou!"

Amuro Ray says, "...I think those are paddles."
Mu La Flaga says, "I don't want to know, I don't want to know..."
The Left Pong Paddle says, "/Pong/ Paddles, thank you very much."
Evening City Ouendan says, "...."
Morning City Ouendan says, "...."
The Right Pong Paddle says, "Not to be confused with that dreadfull Breakout Paddle. He's such a brute."

And almost as quickly as it rose up, Misato's rage is snuffed out like a light. "...she's back. Oh, damn...what did I say? What was I...aheh." She clutches at her forehead, quickly wiping at her eyes with her other hand as she sags in her seat. "Stop scaring us like that, Nono."

But the work isn't done yet, and if they let up, people might not be so lucky. She pulls herself together, and decides to continue commandeering JA2. After all, just sitting here looking at numbers and such gets a bit boring after a while.

"HERE, LET'S SEE SOME CHITINOUS LIP PRINTS ON JA'S SHINY METAL ASS, INSECTOID SCUM," she bellows, and has the robot unleash a huge salvo of missiles, aimed to keep the aliens near Nono's current position a bit distracted.
Misato Katsuragi juggles Variable Gravity Wells with her Taking Cues From Macross combo.
Variable Gravity Wells breaks Misato Katsuragi's combo.

Misato Katsuragi says, "HERE, LET'S SEE SOME CHITINOUS LIP PRINTS ON JA'S SHINY METAL ASS, INSECTOID SCUM"
Morning City Ouendan look stoicly at the rival Ouendan.
Evening City Ouendan return this stoic look.
Shinji Ikari says, "...you're rastafarian?"
Ruri Hoshino says, "...idiot."
And of course, the Burger King is still showing up at random, delivering Western Whoppers to whomever wants them."
Shin Matsunaga says, "Wh-"
Shin Matsunaga says, "Why is there a King in my cockpit?"
Ilyse Amsel says, "Just smile and nod. He's already been over here."
Ilyse Amsel says, "See if you can smack him for me."
Shin Matsunaga says, "--Oh, I see. A delicious Western Whopper for only 99 cents at Burger King."
Shin Matsunaga says, "Thanks. I think."
Misato Katsuragi says, "Who's Rasta?"
Ilyse Amsel says, in a fake whisper, "The Ultimate Double Whopper is better."
Shinji Ikari says, "You were talking about 'Jah'."
Evening City Ouendan find themselves in possession of a Whopper. They assert that this makes them superior to the other Ouendan.
Misato Katsuragi says, "I said JA, jay-ey."
Superman |Batman looks at Ilyse.

The three jet fighters begin forming a glowing triangle with the red as at the head. "HENSHIN!" "GETTAI!" GO! AQUARION!" the three pilots shout one right after another as the Vectors begin pulling themselves apart and fitting into each other. "Aaaaaaaaaaaah!~" The girl cries out, blushing slightly during the sequence. "This... What is this force?!" cries out the second pilot and the red head merely roars as the final pieces come together and where three Vectors used to be stands a majestic red Mech with blue stripes running down its legs and a green back.
Back at Daeva, Gen Fudo takes one step forward as he delivers his message. In his hand is a single arrow, "AQUARION!" The arrow becomes three with a flick of the wrist, "Reach for the heavens with both hands and find you true strength!" Aquarion Solar responds with a single roar before Apollo, the red head inside pulls his fist back just as Sirius, the blonde male does the same. "INFINITY CROSS PUUUUUUUUUUNCH!" The two fists of the Aquarion glows red hot before they fly outwards in opposite directions, extending off into space as they blast through the creatures, turning at sharp angles to catch the ones that are escaping and they seems to go on forever, punching through everything in their wake and manging to neatly avoid all of the ally forces by simply going around them.

Jordan Wilde says, "Dammit, Ilyse, if you're trying to get me in your lap, I'd suggest asking Molly first! *chomps on burger*"
Ilyse Amsel says, "I told you to brace yourself already!"

Shizuru Fujino juggles Variable Gravity Wells with her Punch to the stars and beyond combo.
Shizuru Fujino juggles Variable Gravity Wells with her Punch to the stars and beyond combo.
Shizuru Fujino juggles Variable Gravity Wells with her Punch to the stars and beyond combo.
Shizuru Fujino juggles Variable Gravity Wells with her Punch to the stars and beyond combo.

Jordan Wilde says, "I am braced!"
Jordan Wilde says, "And I thought Molly drove crazy."

Striking through the mass of monsters, the RahXephon's blade cleaves through the smaller drones before ramming alongside one of the motherships. Fist is dragged along the side, pulling sharply upupUP, before the great white, blue and gold mech leaps away, red eyes glaring in the direction of it's target.

Within the cockpit, Ayato leans forward, the Ollin's lips parting as he lets loose a roar. The Mulian god reacts in turn, lips parting and eyes shift, spinning from blood red to brilliant bright gold. Energy readings in the area will spike, as the mouth widens and a massive blast of sheer SOUND is unleashed into space, directed at all opponents as the Instrumentalist calls upon his mech's power.

IDLE
Excellen Browning hits Variable Gravity Wells with her RahXephon: Who Says Sound Can't Carry In Space? super.
Variable Gravity Wells has been knocked out!

Kazuma Torisuma spins around, the two units escorting him peeling off to go help mop up. He chuckles for a moment, and raises one hand... vanishing off into the distance, heading back to meet up with Kitsune. Seemed that this battle was going to be wrapping up soon.

"Damn, I was hoping they'd last longer."

Hulk Hogan flexes. "Whew! Man, Shu Shirakawa, brother, you've been trainin', haven't you? Your black holes could almost be a match for my 24-inch pythons!"

"HA HA!" Powdered Toast Man shouts as plows into, through, and out the other side of a carrier type Space Monster. Flying backwards up to a commander type ship, he turns around and reguards the monstrocity. "You sirrah, are both unAmerican... and ugly." He places his 'chin' in between his thumb and pointer finger. "Hmmmmmmmm." The man of toast says.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm." He says, drawing it out longer.

"HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM."

Powdered Toast Man points his finger in the air with a stern look on his face. "No sir, I don't like you." Powdered Toast Man twirls around and bends over, farting with a strong, powerful wind, launching deadly cinnamon and sugar swirls at his opponent.

Shu Shirakawa says, "..."
Shu Shirakawa smirks.

Sinclair St. James hits Variable Gravity Wells with his Cinnamon And Suger Fart Of JUSTICE! attack.
Variable Gravity Wells has been knocked out!

Hulk Hogan poses obliviously.

"Dammit, Jet Alone, you're still as worthless as ever!" Misato growls, watching the missiles mostly explode harmlessly in empty space. But then, it's probably because the swarm has been terribly depleted by this time. There's far fewer things to hit. As this dawns on her, she blinks rapidly, looking at the other screens which she hasn't been paying as much attention to for the past couple of minutes of controlling Jet Alone.

She slumps backward in her chair, eyes agoggle. "Wait, are we done? No, really, are we finished with them here? Seriously?"

She laughs, and pounds the console again, this time in celebration. Of course, in doing so....

/SELF DESTRUCT ACTIVATED. BYE BYE, JET ALONE II./

"Aw, crap."

*pouf*
Misato Katsuragi hits Variable Gravity Wells with her Jet Alone Still Sucks Monkey Butt super.
Variable Gravity Wells has been knocked out!

Powdered Toast Man says, "HA HA! No evil doer can resist the power of my Cinnamon And Sugar Fart of JUSTICE!"
Superman says, "Guys, we talked about this at the meeting."
Misato Katsuragi says, "Uh...oops."
Superman says, "Let your actions speak /for/ you, so the villains don't have a chance to smirk cheekily."
Ritsuko Akagi says, "Misato, what just happened to Jet Alone?"
Regular-Sized Nono says, "Ah, but, Mr. Superman, sometimes weapons systems are voice-activated, or if you scream really loud, it helps aim! That's what hard work and guts are all about!!"
Misato Katsuragi says, "Blew up."
Ritsuko Akagi says, "Oh. Great. There goes our funding for the next two months."
Superman says, "Yes, Nono, but if men like Shu Shirakawa smirk too much,..."
Regular-Sized Nono says, "...ah, yes, that would be a problem..."
Superman says, "The sheer weight of the haughty will start screwing with the very fabric of reality. It's like letting too much dust build up in your computer."
Both Amuros say, "Like Char."
Quatre Raberba Winner says, "...okay, that was /really weird./"
Quatre Raberba Winner says, "OOC: Mis!"
Excellen Browning ..coughs, hiding laughter poorly.
Amuro Ray says, "...Okay, that was /really weird./"
Amuro Ray says, "I guess Char's pissed off a lot of people!"

It all adds up to a tremendous show of firepower. The STMC are killed - mowed down and ripped apart, left in pieces. The damage done is tremendous, and Earth (save for Jaburo) is saved.

Indeed, today is a great victory for mankind - and the IPL, IPA, and Syndicate.