Misadventures in the Multiverse

Chapter Thirty Nine

The sun rises again on an unseen world. Giant mechas fly across its sky seemingly being somewhat common in this world, but none are quite as impressive as the one in front of a young woman. She looks at it in awe as the crew does maintenance on it. "You mean I get to pilot this thing?" She asks with excitement. One of the older men working on it chuckles. "Well of course you got higher scores than everyone else, and we need the best of the best when testing these wonders. It's not your run-of-the-mill Mecha. It will be ready in a few moments, dear go ahead and climb into...."

Before he can finish speaking, the ground shakes, and explosions can be heard from outside the hanger they are in. The girl looks outside to see the giant loom of countless Multiversal Empire Ships. None of them had seen anything like it. They did have impressive robots but no vessels were quite as advanced they didn't know what to expect or where this new threat came from.

Fleet Admiral Marcus appears on monitors all over the world. "Greetings, denizens of... whatever you call this place. You have the esteemed honor of being absorbed into The Great Multiversal Empire today. Normally we would give you a little time to surrender to us, but well. We are on a bit of a tight schedule today, so I'll give you about 30 minutes to lay down all your weapons and submit, and stay out of our way." Marcus said with a devious smile. Though it seemed, this world didn't take any time to fire back to his delight. "Ah well, that simplifies things. Prepare to be conquered." He said as the transmission cut off

The girl turns to the man, confused and unsure what to do, just as another man appears on the screen. He has a long bushy beard and an eye patch, he is wearing a blue uniform showing that he is someone important. He sees her already ready and speaks. "Ah perfect, as you can see we are under attack, finish up getting ready and move out." "I couldn't possibly... this is a real battle, I'm not..." She says in protest but gets cut off. "One can only be so ready for a war, there is no training like real combat. I have faith in you, so move out." She nervously salutes him. "Ye... Yes sir," she says as she does as ordered.

Marcus sighs up on the bridge of his ship. "Everyone always wants to do things the hard way." Cindy walks up to him, slightly blushing, struggling to hold a tiny cup of tea in her massive hands. "But boss, you normally are all about beating the shit out of these piss ants." "Cindy, what have I said about your language? Speak with more decorum. Of course, I like playing with our food, but we have a much more important goal. Anyway, I'm sending out the Chimera Legion, so make me proud." Marcus sighs, waving his hand to shew her away dismissively.

"Well of course I'll get right on that, and sorry... but before I go, I made you some tea." She tried to hand it to him, but it fell from her hand to the floor, shattering. She lowered her head. Marcus seemed a bit annoyed but stepped over it to look her in the eye. "I appreciate it, but we both know you aren't suited for such things. Let the others that are take care of such things." He placed his hand on her chin, lifting it slightly as his face got closer to her. "So again I ask. Go and lead your army to victory, and use your talents for me, alright." He lets go of her, turning his back. She had gotten quite red from this, clearly smitten. "Ye... yes sir. I won't fuck around no more... I mean, I will not waste more time." She said, correcting herself, rushing off to do as ordered.

"Well now that we have our distraction, let's get to the real goal at hand. Hackers, have you located the code?" Marcus asks the sizable number of people, all typing away at their desks. It would seem Rebecca is much more talented than them. "Sir, we have found a possible lead, and have already entered the coordinates into the navigation." One of them says. "Perfect, just on time," Marcus says, somewhat relieved.

Cindy rushed to the hangar of the ship, surprisingly lacking any sort of aircraft. A large group of soldiers were waiting for her, these were somehow different from the regular foot soldiers. They were all deformed or monster-like in appearance in a way that stood out. They were known as the Chimera Legion. Marcus had a weird taste in acquiring oddities and showing their potential. Most of them greatly admired him for this. They had been looked down on and mocked by everyone, but he gave them a chance, even if his intentions were not very pure. The few regular soldiers around the hanger seemed to be avoiding them and looked a little disgusted by their existence, something they were all too used to.

A girl with long black wolf ears and messy snow-white hair approached Cindy. She seemed to be wearing a frown. "Well, took you long enough we are all itching to fight already, are you done flirting." She said unimpressed with her leader. "I was not flirting, stupid wolf. Besides, you're just jealous I get to spend more time with him than you." She said smugly closing her eyes knowing she was right. The wolf girl gets flustered, and her tail stands up like she is ready to attack. "I do not, you slimy little lizard. I should be the leader of the pack, not you!" They both look like they are about to fight but a big bulky bear woman steps in between them growling. They both seem to understand what she said, stopping. "Right, save it for the battlefield," Cindy says.

"Crow, give us the deets!" She shouts out as a figure appears out of nowhere with several crows. They are fully covered up, only showing their beautiful black wings off to the world. "All their key locations have been identified and marked on the map for everyone." Crow says to them. "Well, what are we waiting for then, men, let's clobber the crap out of those guys." Cindy commands, jumping out the hanger door to the ground below. The rest of them follow suit, despite half of them not having wings.

The Hopper enters the world mid-combat being bombarded by both the mecha army's defense and the empire's assault. Raleigh takes evasive maneuvers. "What the... why is the empire already here," Clyde asks confused, getting out of the line of fire, Raleigh says. "I'm not sure, it must be part of their plan. That's not good. We need to find this mecha place boss before it's too late." "I think it would be better to try and find the protagonist of the show. She has the most recognizable robot, and well she was kinda OP from the start, people were complaining about it online." Clyde says in response. "Pft well, I guess we should blend in then. I'll transform into Zech mode." Raleigh says excited to try it again. "Wait, we still have that? I feel like that definitely would have been useful to know." Clyde says, a little upset that was an option considering some of the issues they had faced.

"Quit complaining and strap in. It gets kinda cramped in here." Raleigh said activating the transformation. Clyde was not ready for it. The walls closed in quickly, forcing him to stick to her. "Hey, get off me, you pervert." She said in protest. "I can't even move, I'm stuck like this." He tries to defend himself. The Hopper lands on a smaller Empire vessel as they argue, easily destroying it as they use its descent to cushion their fall. They take out a few more of the smaller crafts on the way down, still fighting inside the cockpit. They land right in front of the girl from earlier, already inside her Mecha. "That must be the enemies Mecha I've never seen that model before." She said to herself, attacking The Hopper while they were both distracted.

"Hey, hold on, we aren't here to fight you," Raleigh says through her loudspeaker after noticing the attack. "We are here to help." The pilot stops her attack, unsure if she should believe them, "Is this a trick?" She asks them, "Why would we tell you if it was a trick?" Raleigh asked her. "I guess that's a good point, well um... This is awkward." The Pilot says. "I forgot how airheaded this protagonist is," Clyde says. Before they can say anything else, fighters fly in and try shooting at them. They both turn to face them, quickly subduing them. "Look, we don't have a lot of time, who knows what they want with this world? Can you take us to your leader? They might be in danger." Raleigh says. The pilot pauses but in the end relents. "Alright follow me." She says, activating her mech thrusters and flying off as The hopper does the same.