Hololive: Reflection

Part Nine: Reunion

"Hang on," Rikka said, motioning towards the side door of the cabin the group was taking residence in, "I'm detecting some hostility coming from the other side of this door."

Calliope scoffed, taking out her scythe. "God, we just can't catch a break, can we?"

"I guess you're right," Izuru laughed, grabbing his guitar, "It keeps the muscles loose, though."

"You guys good to battle?" Calliope turned to the two girls from Generation 5.

"I am if you are," Botan turned to her friend.

"Ready!" Lamy nodded earnestly.

Smirking, Rikka opened the door and readied his gun, being greeted by a massive group of giant spider-like Malice. In the center of the group were two girls, one with light pink hair and a multicolored dress with white tights. Her hair was tied into twin pigtails, and she had a large bell around her neck. She was wielding a ray gun, attempting to keep the Malice at bay. The second was a girl with a large bushy tail and two big fennec fox ears. She also was wearing a getup even more multicolored than the other girl's, with a jester's hat covering her left ear alongside jester boots, as well as pink and blue thigh high tights. The group wasn't able to tell what she was using to do battle, but she appeared to be... juggling?

"Nene-chan! Polka-chan!" Lamy shouted, readying her hands and using ice magic to freeze a few Malice.

"Ehh?!" Polka gasped, "Botan-chan? Lamy-chan? What are you doing here?!"

"We're saving your ass!" Botan snarled, revealing her claws and pouncing at an enemy.

Izuru began playing a short song on his guitar, conjuring up a large amount of lightning. With one final strum, he took down a massive amount of creatures, although becoming tired in the process. As a Malice began making its way towards Izuru, Polka threw one of the balls she was juggling at the oncoming beast. She suddenly snapped as it touched the beast, it exploded in a brilliant flash of light, almost like a firework. With that, it appeared that all of the Malice was defeated.

"It's good to see you alive, Polka, Nene, it looks like we've got Fifth Gen back together," Botan smiled warmly, before pausing, "...Well, except for, you know..."

"Yeah," Nene recalled sadly, "Aloe-chan..."

Just as they attempted to remember their friend, rustling could be heard in the nearby bushes, circling around them.

"Rikka!" Calliope commanded, waiting for the robot's analysis.

"It's strong, but I can't get a clear reading!" Rikka shouted urgently, as the presence got closer and closer.

Suddenly, a man dressed in entirely red armor with an accompanying red helmet came barreling through the group, Holding twin sai, he made it clear who his target was. Striking at Calliope, she struggled to keep up with the man's onslaught of strikes, blocking all of them with her scythe. Backing her into a corner, the rest of the group began to panic. Polka threw a ball at the man, but before she could snap, he threw one of his sai at her hand, causing her to scream in pain. Doing a backflip, he jumped over to Polka, ripping the sai out of her hand and knocking her out with a swift punch to the head. He then threw a sai at Izuru's foot, running over and smashing the boy's guitar with his foot, which he was readying. To his surprise, though, Nene fired a laser at the man using her ray gun, revealing a naked portion in his armor. However, this didn't faze him, as he charged towards the girl and landed an incredibly powerful kick to her stomach, making her drop to the ground in pain. Rikka readied his guns, attempting to do battle with the man, but he raised his arms, revealing bulletproof cuffs around his forearms, blocking the robot's attack. The masked man ran towards Rikka, pinning him to the ground and punching into his chest, pulling out some of his wiring and causing him to briefly go inactive. Botan pounced at the monster of a man, possessed by her anger