''Alright.'' Sam said, turning to the two young Valkyries. ''Get over here.''
Once everything was ready, Zero Five prepared to take off. She waited for Sam to give her the go, but before he does there was one more precaution he had to take.
He opened a large box he had the drones place over a platform he previously built. Inside it was a fist sized sphere made out of several overlapping rings with multiple cords connected to it in several places.
''Hm? What's this?'' B3 asked, blinking a few tis as she peeked into the box.
''That's the heart of a Valkyrie.'' Sam replied, his eyes on the tablet in his hand.
''Eh? This thing?''
''Yeah. Though with a few tweaks here and there.''
Just as he finished that sentence, the small sphere began to glow with a green light as the rings on the inside slowly spun in different directions. As the Valkyries watched in amusent a shell of green light enveloped the heart for a mont before expanding explosively growing to a size that surrounded the entire platform.
''And that's the force field.'' Sam said looking at the transparent barely visible green do. ''With this we wouldn't have to worry about misfiring.''
''Heeeeeh...'' B3 let out a whistle as she looked around as well, but then she froze before turning to Sam with wide eyes. ''How are you making it do this!!?''
''That's were the little tweaks co in.'' He replied, keeping his eyes on the tablet
''Then tweak mine too!!'' with sparkling eyes the red twin-tails inched closer to Sam. ''We have one of those things inside us, right? Can you make it so our force fields co out as spheres as well?''
Stopping his hands, Sam glanced in the Valkyrie's direction then let out a sigh.
''It's easier said than done.''
B3's enthusiasm died instantly when she saw the tired, a little annoyed face he made before answering her. Feeling a hand on her shoulder she turned around and t Miku's chilling cold stare as an invisible threatening aura enveloped her.
''Stop bothering Doctor.'' She said in an emotionless tone.
''Yes...'' B3 replied, on the verge of tears.
Seeing their short interaction helped lighten Sam's mood. With the corners of his mouth slightly upturned he shifted his focus to Zero Five and looked her in the eyes.
''Five, make sure to be ready to activate your own force field to its full extent.'' He said, his expression becoming serious. ''I've made it so that the heart can be ejected remotely, but if that doesn't work out you'll have to remove the armor and get as far away from it as possible.''
''... Understood.''
Though she seed a bit nervous, Five nodded once then lowered the her helt to cover her face. Igniting her propellers she crouched down a little before taking off into the sky, several black box like drones following after her.
Once she was about half a mile away she ca to a stop. One after the other the drones took their places, each revealing a number of high quality recording equipnt, from caras to sound and motion censors among other things.
[Doctor, is this really far enough?]
''Yes, that will do.'' Sam said, checking the footage from the drones as well as how far he could see using his telescope.
''Doctor, there is no point in wearing that suit if you aren't going to cover your head.'' Miku warned feeling a little anxious for so reason.
''Not now.''
Using the pen in his hand to tap the surface of the tablet a few tis, Sam shifted his sight in Five's direction then spoke.
''Five, I'm leaving the switch to you.'' He said. ''Start by activating the second heart.''
Listening to his instructions, Five focused on the small holographic windows appearing on the inside of her helt. From the one dubbed ''Second Heart'' she selected ''Activate'' causing it to disappear getting replaced by a wider window listing a number of options. At the sa ti all around her small green orbs began to appear floating in a circle at about a ter and a half distance from her.
[D-Doctor! Is this supposed to happen!!?] Five said, a little panicked.
''Yes, everything going as expected so far.'' Sam said with a nod, looking at a copy of the sa window on his tablet. ''The orbs themselves are created by the force field of the second heart. We are going to try and mold them into the symbols used by the Nephilim to see if we can replicate their powers.''
For a couple of seconds the only thing that could be heard was the strong wind blowing through the scorched fields. As if they misheard what he said, the three Valkyries whipped their heads in his direction trying to confirm.
''Calm down, we still don't even know if it's possible.'' Sam replied, feeling the pressure of their gazes, even Five who was looking at him through a screen.
[Doctor, where did this co from?] She asked, suddenly feeling even more tense than before.
''Well, like I said, we're just giving it a try.'' letting out a sigh he considered his next words very carefully, wondering if telling them is really the right thing to do. ''Soone I know theorized that Valkyries are sohow related to the Nephilim.''
''I... think I see why they would think that...'' B3 comnted, smiling wryly.
''Appearance aside, it has more to do with what they claim was stolen from them.'' He paused for a mont and breathed in. ''Though we have no evidence we suspect that Odin is the thief they're after. As for what he stole it's most likely a necessary component in the creation of Valkyries, or the Nephilim.''
''... I'm starting to regret volunteering for this mission.'' said B3. ''All of this is just way beyond .''
''Doctor, if we really are related to them, how co we are far weaker in comparison?'' Miku asked, her expressionless mask having been replaced by a look of genuine concern.
''That I don't know.'' Sating that, Sam extended his hand and patted the petite blond Valkyrie. ''All we can do is try and make you as strong as them. That's the only way we can hope to survive.''
Miku's question was one Sam had thought about many tis since he heard Shizuru's theory. Why didn't Odin make the Valkyries as powerful as the Nephilim? There are many possible answers, however none of that matters. What they needed to know at the mont is if the it's possible to upgrade the Valkyries so the can fight on the sa ground as their enemies.
''Five. You should be seeing a nu in front of you.'' Sam said. ''Once you've selected one of the entries, the orbs around you should split and change shape. After that it's all unknown territory.''
Though he managed to create the symbols in virtual reality, whatever effects they might've had couldn't be simulated due to the lack of data. All he could do was replicate their shape as accurately as possible, record the results then hope things would be different when they try them in reality.
''Understood.'' Closing her eyes, Five took a deep breath then gave the nu in front of her another look.
The entries were nad ''Form'' and numbered from 01 to 05. Focusing on the first one she made another window appear on which one sentence, ''Would you like to execute Form 01'', along with YES and NO options.
Glancing at the window displaying Sam's face, Five brought her focus back to the options and selected yes. The mont she did the windows disappeared clearing her field of vision allowing her to watch what was happening in front of her.
The green orbs began spinning around her body in a clockwise motion. As their speed increased, their neon color began to fade replaced by an intense yellow light that was visible even from where Sam and the others stood.
As they continued their circular movents, the orbs suddenly collapsed into small specs of light that gathered in front of Zero Five creating a golden ring.
''Shit! It's spinning way too fast!!!''
Sam felt that sothing was off and turned to the footage captured by the drones slowing it down just to find that the symbols had already ford but were spinning way too fast for the human eye to keep up with.
It was an anomaly he did co across while doing the simulations, and though the whole point of this experint was to see what might happen, Sam felt a strong urge to pull the plug. Sadly he was a second too late.
Inside the golden ring air moved in a spiral toward the center, the scene beyond it bending as if the world itself was being distorted into a a single point.
[Doc-]
Five's voice faded as a strong light enveloped the world.
A massive beam of golden light so massive shot out sending a devastating shock-wave throughout the land lting everything in its path as it headed for the horizon.
By the ti the second heart was turned off Sam was looking at a blood red sky in the distance as a second sun rose in the west.
"What in the world..." at the forty sixth resistance base, Alice looked outside the window as she noticed the strange light. Behind her was Shizuru, standing from her seat to get a look as well.
"Doctor!" Nine turned in the direction of the explosion, several female soldiers clinging to her for protection.
The rest of the Valkyries moved swiftly preparing themselves for battle as the soldiers quickly ran for shelter.
Sowhere in the north Arican continent, the Nephilim queen watched with eyes wide open. The second sun slowly faded and so did the light it emitted. Clicking her tongue, the blue skinned queen got up from her obsidian throne.
"To think they would be the ones to strike first." She said, gritting her teeth as rage slowly overtook her judgnt. "SPREAD THE WORD! TODAY WE PUT AN END TO THOSE FILTHY HUMANS!!!"
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