White Devil and Black Demon

01- Is This a New Incident?

Is This a New Incident?

"So, do we know what the object is, Nanoha-san?" Teana ask. She pull her hair behind her ear and follow the other mage inside the building.

"Not yet, we only know that the 108th Battalion found it near the dimensional distortion" Nanoha replied "they are keeping it in custody until we know what to do with it. We are here to take it to the Main Office for a full analysis. Since we don't know if it's a Lost Logia or not, then we are not risking using a teleportation spell on the object."

The two made their way in to the 108th Battalion's base, located in Mid-Childa's West region. Nanoha had not seen Teana or worked with her since the JS Incident 4 years ago, but looking at her now she was very proud of her former student. Teana had continued her career and become an Enforcer, as her black uniform noted, and while Nanoha could still feel some of Teana's brash attitude, she was glad to notice the young Lanster was more calm and confident when addressing others.

'If only this was a happier time for a reunion' Nanoha thought. So far all she heard were rumors, talks of strange incidents in several Administrated Worlds and readings of odd dimensional activity across the TSAB territory. Villages and isolated towns destroyed by unknown attackers, forces dispatched to deal with the problem and either returning empty handed or not at all. It sounded farfetched but the Dimensional HQ seemed to consider it serious enough and decided to take measures.

The old Riot Force 6 was reactivated under the new name, Special Duty Section 6, and once more Hayate Yagami was appointed as the head of operations. Nanoha did not give credit to the rumors until her old friend had contacted her and asked her to join the unit again, alongside many of the veterans from the original Riot Force 6. It was Nanoha's first long mission since she adopted Vivio and while part of her was glad to be back in the field, another was a bit uneasy leaving her little girl alone, even if she was not so little anymore as Nanoha had to remind herself from time to time.

"Nanoha-san, Teana, over here" Ginga's voice shook Nanoha out of her reflections and back in to the present. The purple-haired Investigator waved at her from behind her desk and saluted when they reached her. "It has been a while, First Captain Takamachi."

"A pleasure as always Captain Nakajima" Nanoha replied to the salute and smiled. Both women relaxed their position at once. "I have been meaning to visit but I just can't seem to find you home. I did meet Subaru a couple of times at work, she seems to be making a lot of progress. Give her and the rest of your sisters my regards when you see them."

"I will, Nove and the rest are quite happy and would be glad to hear from you" Ginga turned her attention to Teana who had remained quiet so far "I guess giving your regards would be a bit redundant since you and Subaru see each other so often..."

"It can't be helped. I mean Subaru is always so pushy" Teana said closing her eyes and nodding.

"I did not hear you complain that much when Subaru tried to..." started Ginga but the orange-headed Enforcer cut her right there.

"Th-that's not something we need to discuss right now!" Teana blushed and looked away. Nanoha chuckled a bit but decided to remain silent, which the younger mage noticed so she cleared her throat and tried to bring the conversation back to the matter at hand: "Anyway, we need to get going. Is the artifact ready for transport?"

"Right, the Major is with it at the lab" Ginga stood up and made a gesture for the other two to follow her towards the elevators. "Whatever it is, it has our technicians confused and truth be told I will be glad when it is gone."

"Why? Is something wrong with it?" Nanoha inquired, confused at Ginga's attitude.

"It's a bit hard to explain" Ginga pressed a button and the trio entered the elevator, getting down to the laboratory. "Many are already a bit nervous so I don't want to contribute to that but... well you will see it soon."