The darkness of space loomed outside. Through its silence, past its pinpricks of light, the great things, what could only be called ships, made their way. They had traveled many light-years to get where they were now, and though they had begun to slow down, their destination was some time ahead still. All of their travels brought them to the opposite end of the barred spiral galaxy they resided in, and took them towards the edge of a spiral arm, close to a small star system, consisting of one yellow star, around which 8 planets, various asteroids, and dozens of dwarf planets orbited. This isn’t what the inhabitants of the ships would call any of that, but it is the closest equivalent that our language bears. They were approaching the outer belts of matter left over from that system’s hot birth and beginnings, and were slowing to a stop.
All attention seemed to be on a planet, the third out from the star, the one with only one moon, the blue planet.
From one of the great ships, a small metallic orb came out, sailing leisurely through the belts, on its way to this planet.
This done, the ships waited.
Meanwhile, on the blue planet itself, on a continent shaped rather like a stretched out, deformed upside-down triangle, in a rather large country, in a particular state, outside of a large city, a telescope looked into the stars, and spotted half a dozen strange large things just appearing now. This telescope was being used by a platypus woman, who had been observing all of this. On a nearby laptop she checked her records. As the information filled the screen, her fears were confirmed.
Their time had run out.
She stepped away from the telescope, closing the laptop, and took an elevator down. It sank deep into the earth, and finally opened up to a lab. It was spacious, comparable to an indoor sports arena. There a beaver and her numerous assistants were hard at work, some welding, some programming, others doing other various works.
The beaver turned around and smiled widely before seeing the expression on the platypus’s face. "Tammy? What is it?"
Tammy Autumn, astronomist and mechanist, waved the beaver over to a desk, on which she placed the laptop, on which was the image the telescope had caught. "Look at this, Layla. These objects just appeared outside the Kuiper belt. They’ve been there for a year now. There’s also a smaller object coming this way, but I can’t estimate how soon it will reach us."
Layla Sun, roboticist, among other things, looked at the data, and checked it against certain records. Her face became grim. "There’s no question. It’s them. Then we’re finishing just in time." They turn to face the huge mechanical thing that took up most of the space in the lab. "Just the outer skin left," Layla continued, "plus we have to fine-tune the combining linkage ports. Everything else is ready. All that’s left now is to find our other two pilots."
Tammy sighed. "I wish we didn’t have to entrust something this big to such young people."
Layla took off her glasses and massaged between her eyes. "I’ve explained this before. The technology I’m having to use for this is so new that we can’t use anyone whose brains have already stopped growing. There’s nobody that can handle the spational reasoning and piloting concepts that will be needed for this. That’s why we have to use young people. They’re still capable of learning things much easier at a much faster pace."
Tammy nodded. "I know. It still doesn’t seem right. It’s not like we have any other choice, though, do we? I’ll call Melissa."
"Wait!" The beaver placed a hand gently on Tammy’s shoulder. "There’s still some time. Let her at least have a few days. I seriously doubt the smaller thing is traveling at light speed."
She turned to the others, picking up a loudspeaker that had been laying on that desk. "Hey, everyone! Finish up whatever you’re working on, then hit lunch! There’ll be a meeting afterward, and woe betide any of you that don’t show up!"
Tammy took Layla’s hand. "So, where do you want to eat today?"
"There’s a new pizzeria that just opened up, and I’ve been hearing some good things about it. Let’s treat ourselves."
"What, the one on 5th and Paxon? I think my uncle’s son-in-law works there."
And the two, in conversation, walked out of the lab, the mute, still mechanical face of the giant almost seeming to look on as they do.
Thock! The ball hit the back of the net to rousing cheers. The horn blew, and it was quite a celebration for the Locus City Locusts as the last penalty brought their score to an excellent 5-2 victory over the Blueacre Bombardier Beetles. The team started triumphantly coming off the field, their star player riding on their shoulders. The chant went out all over the field, though from where she was it all blended together:
Natty Natty Natty
Natalia’s our queen!
Natty Natty Natty
Natalia’s our queen!
But the kitty-girl bearing that name was panting, even as she was borne across the field. It had been a very close game, and it took every bit of her energy to score the two goals and the couple of penalties she’d gotten. It didn’t help, now that she thought of it, that she essentially had two more soccer balls in her shirt, and they sure weren’t filled with air. She was still getting used to the sudden bit of body change that had come along like an early 12th birthday present.
But that was another matter entirely. Right now was celebration time as everyone made their way across the field before hitting the showers. The adulation, all the eyes on her, all the shouts for her, made her feel fantastic. All the work, all the grass stains on her uniform, all the rough tackles and fouls she’d endured, it was all worth it for that. She scanned the stands with her green eyes, her somewhat dirtied and disheveled fiery blonde hair pushed out of the way. Sure enough, there on the stands, were her friends. Jess, the squirrel girl, smiled and shyly waved a little Locus flag. Beth, the rat girl, was loudly shouting and chanting with everyone else. But the one she had really been looking for was smiling and looking right at her. There was Meiling "Melissa" Sun, the person Natalia loved most out of everyone.
Later, the team was in the shower. Natalia had gotten her hair out of their usual twintails, though they had gotten a bit knocked out of that anyway. There was a time when she was afraid of water, but those days were gone now, and she loved a nice, warm shower, especially with the lovely smell of the rose soap that she lathered her tan-furred body with.
As she lathered up, she was suprised as someone came up and held her from behind, joining in on the lathering. "My assistance looked like it would be appreciated," an oddly measured voice from behind her said.
She giggled as she turned around and kissed Melissa, her own hands feeling the ram’s black fur. "I knew they wouldn’t say anything if you joined me here. Who’s going to stop you anyway?" With that, Natalia started to lather her, too, giving attention to her cyan hair.
"For me, this showering is not necessary. I do find it enjoyable, Natalia, especially with you."
"Well, since you’re here, why don’t you lather up my back? I could use it after that tumble in the second half."
The kitty girl sighed in enjoyment as the ram girl massaged her back, the rich aroma of the lather relaxing her even further. "Oh, Melissa, you have such good hands..."
There was something of an audience for all this as the rest of the soccer team watched the couple, but Melissa didn’t care, and Natalia loved the attention.
The two massaged and lathered eachother, Natalia getting more attention since she was the one that actually needed the shower. At last, it was time to rinse, and all the suds slowly left their naked bodies and went down the drain. Natalia pulled Melissa close to her, her large breasts pushing against the ram girl’s flat chest, their arms squeezing them together a little as the kitty girl gave Melissa another passionate kiss. Catcalls and giggles from the other girls went ignored, as the rest finished up and one by one left.
Soon it was time to dry off. Melissa instantly dried herself with her own methods, since she was an android, but Natalia didn’t want to be dried the same way. "No, Melissa, use the towel. Towel me off. I want you to touch me..." As the caprine android skilfully used the towel all over her, the kitty girl purred with pleasure from every touch. "Mmmmrrrrh, yes, that’s right. Just like that..."
Finally the two were dry, and just as Melissa tossed the towel with the rest of the laundry, Natalia pounced her.
"Natalia, what-"
"I want it. I want you right now."
Melissa let out an oddly electronic moan as she suddenly felt a couple of fingers massaging her mons. "Mmhh. Right here, Natalia?"
"Mmhmm..." she kissed her neck, her own body warm against Melissa’s slightly cooler but still warm body. "Mm, why don’t we play with that new toy you have...? I know they gave it to you."
A practiced blush appeared on Melissa’s face. "That? It was hard to convince them to let me have one, but I have not used it yet."
Natalia giggled with glee. "Heheh, then it’ll be like taking your virginity again! Come on, let me see it."
"Okay. I will if you will let me get up."
Natalia got up and took a seat on a bench as Melissa stood up. She placed a hand on her chest, giving low, electronic moans as her other hand gently rubbed her erect clitoris. As the kitty girl watched, the clit became bigger and bigger, slowly changing from the little nub it usually is to a much larger nub, until at last it became a cyan penis, erect and slightly throbbing.
"Ooooh! That’s so neat! I’ve got to get my hands on that," Natalia sad with joy.
"Be careful, Natty. It is very sensitive still."
Natalia got on her knees before her lover, looking at the new cock with awe and arousal. She placed her hands on Melissa’s hips to steady herself as she slowly brought her muzzle close to it, giving the tip a very gentle kiss.
"Oooh." It gave another throb, and she noticed that Melissa’s cyan cunny got noticeably wetter.
"If you thought that was good, you’re going to love this..." Natalia gently ran her tongue along the bottom of the cock, all the way up to the tip,which she cupped with it for a few seconds before slowly taking the whole thing into her mouth.
Melissa put her hands on Natalia’s head as she did all of this, her red eyes rolling into her head from all the new sensations of pleasure she was feeling.
"This. This is not fair. I have never had a penis before, and you have had a lot of practice with them."
Natalia pulled off and looked at her lover. "Are you really complaining about your first blowjob being too *good*?"
"Nh. Perhaps you are correct. Continue."
And continue Natalia did. She had had a lot of experience with fellatio, and the work that she was doing here was top class.
"Nh, wait, stop."
Natalia pulled off once again. "What is it now?"
"I was getting close, but I do not wish to ejaculate just yet. Please, could you put it between your breasts?"
Natalia considered this. "Eh, are you sure? Cause I can suck it better than I can that..."
"I know, but ever since you blossomed, I wanted to do more with them."
Natalia hefted her own breasts. "Yeah, they are pretty awesome, aren’t they? Oh, alright, but only because it’s you asking." She hadn’t had as much practice with her breasts, since they hadn’t actually been this big for that long, and before then she couldn’t put anything between her breasts, since her chest was as flat as Melissa’s still was.
She guided Melissa to the bench and sat her down, getting back on her knees as she brought her breasts onto the ram girl’s lap, closing them around that cyan cock, starting to massage them with her massive mounds.
Melissa’s electronic moaning began again. She started involuntarily thrusting just a little as Natalia gave her a good, if a little clumsy, titwank. The kitty girl bent down a little and licked the cock’s head as she kneaded her breasts against the shaft. "Mm... is that pre? You’re full of suprises..."
"N. Natalia. I am very close."
"Ooh, do it! Cum all over my face! I wanna see what your new cum is like!"
Natalia gave the cock a few more quick jerks, her mouth open wide in anticipation.
Melissa let out a few more moans before her eyes rolled back into her head and she went limp, a couple of loud pops audible before her cock indeed shot out two or three explosive spurts, coating Natalia’s face and filling her open waiting mouth. After a few seconds, Melissa sat up with a neutral expression like nothing had happened. "Completed."
Natalia savored the bit that had landed in her mouth before swallowing it. "Mmm.... strawberry? Interesting choice there. Hehe, well, let’s get cleaned up, and maybe we can do more fun stuff when we get home. I’m still sleeping over at your place, right?"
"Yes. It will be fun to have you over." The two shared one more kiss, and started cleaning eachother off.
Back at the lab, Tammy and Layla return, each carrying a pizza box. "Well," said Tammy, "for that much, this had better be some good pizza."
"No kidding."
At that moment, a researcher power-walked up to them, a panicked look on his face. "Dr. Sun, Dr. Autumn, we have a problem."
In the break room, the three, joined by a couple more researchers, all sit around the now open pizza boxes.
"Help yourselves," Said Layla.
"No thanks, we already ate. Anyway, about that object you told us to track? It’s coming, and much faster than we expected."
"You can’t be serious," Tammy said. "That’d mean it’s traveling near light speed. Only particles have been observed going that fast."
"We double checked. Not only does it appear to have a pretty solid mass, but it’s going at .9c and heading right for our planet."
Another researcher chimed in. "It’s slowing down as it approaches, though. From our estimates, it’s about 40m in diameter and has a mass of about 4000kg."
The two doctors stared quietly at this revelation, Layla holding a slice of p-roni hovering new her now agape mouth. Tammy had a bit more presence of mind. "Are you sure? Those measurements?"
"There’s a margin of error, of course, but those seem to be the best estimates."
Layla regained her senses. "Do we know where it’s going to land?"
The third researcher finally spoke up. "Yes. Me and my colleague ran the numbers. It’ll land in an empty field just outside of the city."
Tammy considered this. "This suggests planning. How far along is the project?"
"We just finished the last checks. Project KalEl is complete, ready to go."
Layla stood up. "Thank you all for bringing this to our attention. Tell your coworkers that all of you can go home now and enjoy a well deserved rest."
Tammy also stood up. "Before you do, though, I’d appreciate firing off an email to some of our sister observatories to tell them to keep tracking the object and let us know if there’s any changes."
"Thank you, I’ll take care of that." The first researcher said, and the three finally left the break room.
There was silence as the two stood there for a while. Layla went back to eating a little.
"Are you seriously still eating?" Tammy asked.
"I’m still hungry, and I’m not going to let this pizza go to waste."
Tammy sighed. "Fair enough. You know what this means, though, right?"
"Mmhmm, we’hr rhunng out ‘ftime." Layla said through a mouth full of food.
"Good grief, didn’t your parents ever tell you not to talk with your mouth full?"
Swallow. "All the time, but I’m not sure I was listening. Do you want me to call Melissa now?"
Tammy considered this, then finally nodded. "Yes. We need the pilots now. We can’t wait any longer."
"Good job that Natalia girl’s coming over. You know, Melissa is very sweet on her."
"I hope that relationship won’t affect anything."
"You know Melissa. She’s not like us, she doesn’t let emotions get in the way of her decision making."
Tammy nodded again. "She’s as good a girl as we could make her. Do we have a candidate for a third pilot?"
"Are you sure you’re not going to eat yours, Tammy? It’s going to get cold."
"Seriously, how can- eh, just put it in the fridge, I like cold pizza every now and then."
"Okay."
"Seriously, the KalEl project needs three pilots."
"Do we really need to keep calling it that? We might have lawyers knocking at our door if we keep using that codename."
Tammy started to show some irritation. "Fine, Lay, *you* come up with a better name."
Layla actually gave this some solid thought. "Let’s see... It’s made for battling, the parts combine, there’s three parts... combine, battle, three... what about FightJoinerIII?"
"That sounds utterly ridiculous... but it’ll do, I can’t think of anything."
"Good. Now, the third pilot I think needs to have a good handle on the technology and mechanics. From what Melissa’s told me, I know the perfect candidate."
"Whoever it is should probably be brought here and made familiar with the design and operations of things, in case repairs are necessary."
"I’ll call Melissa. Do you want to be in on the call?"
"No, I’m going to make some last checks on... *sigh* ...FightJoinerIII."
"The name’ll grow on you, trust me."
"And would you wipe your face before you make the call? You’ve got sauce on your muzzle." With this, she walked out.
Layla did so and turned to the video phone, pushing the one button that would connect her to Melissa. The best part about being the mother of an android is that there is no more direct way you can communicate with your daughter.
The image of the caprine android greeted her on the screen. This wasn’t her actual face, but her internal self-image. There wasn’t really that much of a difference, though. "Yes, mother?"
"Are you and Natalia on your way home, dear?"
"Yes. It is a pleasant day, so we thought we would walk."
"You should probably get a move on. Also, why don’t you invite Beth Newking along?"
Melissa hesitated. "I thought this would be a night for Natalia and me alone."
"I’m sorry, Meiling, but there’s been a change of plans. I promise there’s a reason."
"Very well. Natalia will not be happy."
"You’re a smart girl, Meiling, I’m sure you can think of a way to make it up to her."
Some distance away, Natalia looked at Melissa. "You sure have been quiet. Did your moms call?"
After a few seconds, Melissa looked at Natalia. "Yes. We need to pick up Beth and we need to be at my parents’ house quicker."
"Beth? Why Beth? I thought it was gonna be *our* night."
"I know, and I am sorry. Mother Sun seemed very concerned though. I am sure there is a very important reason. I promise to make it up to you."
"At least Beth’s house is on the way. I’d mind a lot more if we had to go too far out of the way."
"Climb on my back, we should go quickly."
The kitty girl hopped on her back, and the caprine android blasted off, using some strange propulsion to fly down the sidewalk at speed.
"Yeeeeeeha! We should travel this way more often!"
The Newking home was small, decorated with a mix of influences, both eastern and western. The smell of incense wafted through all the rooms. In the living room, on the floor, sitting crosslegged, was Ziggie Newking, her eyes closed, deep in meditation, very still, her eyes half closed. There was silence throughout, with the exception of a stereo softly playing drone music.
The doorbell rang. Ms. Newking didn’t budge, or react in anyway.
"Aunt Ziggie! Door!" came a shout from upstairs. No response. The doorbell rang again. "Okay, I’ll get it!"
Down the stairs came a younger mouse girl, her purple hair in short, low hanging pigtails, wearing some worn jeans and an old white t-shirt. "Augh, and right when I’m configuring the new kernel too." She opened the front door.
"Hi Beth!" Natalia says, very cheerfully.
"Natty! What are you doing over here? I thought you were going over to Melissa’s."
"She is," Melissa said, "and you are invited too. My Mother would like you to come over."
Beth gasped with delight. "I get to go to the famous Sun labs!? It’s like a dream come true! Oh, but I have to ask Aunt Zig. If I can get her out of her trance, that is. Why don’t you guys come inside and sit down? It’ll take me a few minutes."
Everyone comes into the living room. Ms. Newking is still there, still meditating, insensate to anything else.
"Aunt Zig, we have company, and I need to ask you something." Beth waved her hand in front of her guardian’s face, but got no response. Finally, she decided to go for her last resort, went to the stereo and cranked the volume to maximum for a couple seconds.
"GAH!" Ms. Newking shouted as she was jolted out of her trance by the very loud noise. "Bouncing Bhodisatvas, that was loud! Oh, it’s, like, Natalia and Melissa. Beth, why didn’t you, like, tell me they were here?"
"I tried. Anyway, I’ve been invited to go to Melissa’s place. Can I go?"
"My parents have invited her themselves," Melissa said. "We would be very happy if she would come."
"Hmm." Ms. Newking thought of this. "I dunno about, like, you being around machines, so much, Beth. You know they don’t, like, have any prana. All the tech could, like, totally hurt your aura."
"But this is my big chance, Aunt Zig! Hardly anyone ever sees the inside of Sun Labs, and they have some of the most advanced tech in the country, if not the world! I’ll pay any price to go there, please!"
Ms. Newking sighed. "Okay, like, whatever. But we’re gonna work on your chakra for a week after, got it?"
"Sure, okay." Beth turned to Natty and Melissa. "I’m gonna go upstairs and get some things, guys, won’t take me but a minute." With this, the rat girl dashed upstairs.
"Ms. Newking?" Melissa said.
"Huh?"
"What is prana?"
"Oh, right, a machine like you wouldn’t know. It’s, like, the force that goes through all living things, man, and we, like, breath it in and it goes everywhere and powers our bodies."
"So prana is oxygen?"
Ms. Newking gave Melissa a puzzled look of non-comprehension. "Nah, nah, it’s not, like, a thing, right? It’s an energy thing."
Melissa’s expression only barely betrayed her puzzlement at this. "I can power myself from air, if there is no other source. Does this mean I have prana?"
Poor Ms. Newking was now pretty mystified. "Uh, like, maybe? I can, like, teach you or something sometime, but I don’t, like, know since you’re like a machine and all."
This is the moment Beth chose to come down the stairs, a bag in hand. "Okay, I’m ready."
"Be good at the Sun place. Keep in touch with your karma!"
Later, they’re all outside.
"Your aunt is kinda wierd, Beth." Natalia said.
"Yeah, I know. I think it’s partly that stuff she smokes."
"Beth, climb on my back," Melissa said. "Natalia, I will hold you in my arms. We should get home quickly."
Once everyone was on board, Melissa blasted off again, dashing down the sidewalk at very high speed.
"Woooohhhooooo!" Beth shouted. "Now this is some awesome propulsion!"
"Awesome right?" Said Natalia. "Yeaaaaaaaaaah!"
They arrived, Beth a ball of excitement as Melissa opened the door. "I have arrived." she said.
Dr. Sun and Dr. Autumn came through a door. Layla gave a broad smile. "Welcome to our place! I expect you’ll be wanting a tour?"
Beth was out of her mind with excitement at getting to explore a technical lab that would be the envy of the world if the rest of the world even really knew about it.
"That would be great!" Natalia said with a bright smile. She wasn’t as interested in the technical stuff as Beth was, but she still wanted to see the place her lover called home.
Tammy patted Beth on the shoulder. "Breathe, kid. Don’t want you passing out before we show you some neat stuff. Oh, and I’ve made you an account on our computer systems. You won’t have free reign of everything, but I figure you’ll find a thing or two that’ll hold your interest."
"I wish to recharge for a while, Mother," Melissa said as her friends got excited about seeing the sights around them. "Natalia, Beth, I shall see you in a few kiloseconds."
"Aw, rest well Melissa." Natalia answered, and joined Beth in exploring.
"You see," Dr. Sun said, "this isn’t just a lab, but also an observatory, a staging ground for new machines, and the State of Franklin’s largest computer cluster!"
"We’re thinking of adding a particle accelerator." Dr. Autumn added wryly.
Beth looked up, her face a shining beacon of awe and wonder, tears even starting to form.
"That was a joke, kid. Though come to think of it, the county planner does owe me some favors..."
And so the two scientists showed the girls around the place, but left the best and biggest thing for last. "Ah, feeling better, Meiling?" Layla asked, as her daughter rejoined them. "Good, since all three of you are here, we'd like you to try something. We have a new vehicle, or rather three. We'd like to test them, but computer control can only do so much."
"Don't worry," Tammy added. "There's plenty of safety protocols. You'll essentially be playing with some rather big toys."
"If anybody knows about big toys, it's Natalia!" Beth said, managing to break out of her near wonder BSoD.
"Anyway, behold!" With a flick of a switch, it was revealed.
"Amazing!" Beth cried out when she saw it. "It must be 50 meters tall!"
"Fifty-two point five," Tammy corrected. "Anyway, this is... ugh, you say it, Layla, you came up with the name."
"FightJoinerIII!"
Natalia looked at the huge robot. "It kinda looks like Melissa if she were a transformer."
Layla pressed a switch, which made the giant robot split up into three vehicles: a jet, a helicopter, and a sort of land rover. One could tell looking at them that they were made to exacting specifications.
"Meiling, you get the copter. Which do you girls want to pilot?"
"Jets are awesome!" Natalia said, excitedly running up to it, gazing at its loveliness. "I get the jet!"
"Fine by me. I'll pilot this ground thing." Beth replied.
Both scientists nodded. They had guessed correctly after all. "Okay, so that means when you Join Up, Natalia is the head, so she's the main pilot." Layla said, more to herself than to the girls who were climbing into the vehicles. "Melissa is the body; FightJoinerIII is designed to directly link into her systems. Beth, since you were stuck with the land rover, you form the legs and feet, and you have systems control."
Tammy spoke up now. "I'm opening the hangar. The doors will lead you outside. We have a few hundred acres of wilderness to play around with. Everyone inside?"
Natalia chimed in from the cockpit of the jet. "I am *so* ready for this!"
Melissa nodded from the cockpit of the copter. "I have been anticipating this for a long time."
Beth spoke from the driver's seat of the rover. "This is gonna be awesome!"
"Then let's launch!" Tammy and Layla said together, opening the doors to the outside world. The vehicles all dashed out really fast. The scenery flew by amazingly rapidly, the sheer speed and the exhilaration of flight making Natalia almost giddy, while Beth was impressed at how no trees seemed to be able to stand up to the land rover's bulk. Melissa flew along as well, enjoying it in her own way.
"Okay, why don't you try Joining Up now?" Layla said over the radio. "You should all hit the blue button on your consoles at around the same time. The more in sync you do it, the faster you'll join up."
"Say," Beth said, "Why don't we have like a little chant to time it to, like 'Let's Join Up!', and on 'Up' we hit the button?"
"Hehe, that works for me." Natalia said. "Melissa? What do you think?"
"I have no problems with the recommendation ."
"Alright then!"
"Let's! Join! UP!"
As one, they hit the button, and right away, the joining began. The jet flew straight up, then started coming back down onto the helicopter, which had shifted to receive it. From below, the land rover suddenly grew legs, the chassis becoming the torso and joining up with the helicopter from below. Arms sprang out from the center, and the jet nose shifted to reveal a very caprine face.
FightJoinerIII had finished Joining Up.
"Wow," said Natalia, "this is pretty damn incredible! It's like I can feel the power!"
"And you've got quite a bit of power, alright," Dr. Autumn said over the radio. "The body is made up of our own hypercarbon alloy. There isn't much on earth that can harm you while you're inside FightJoinerIII."
"You wouldn't think this could move as well as it does," Beth said, getting a good look at all the systems and functions. "What's powering it?"
"I'll speak on that." Dr. Sun said. "About twelve years ago, there was a discovery of this strange new mineral at Mount Choudenji in Japan. We've since found it in other places, but the original name stuck. The core is a choudenjium reactor, which provides choudenji energy to all the systems. It's so new we don't really know what all choudenji energy is capable of. Um, just a note, if somehow in the really unlikely event that FightJoinerIII ruptures open, try not to get too exposed to the choudenjium. It has unpredictable effects on humanoids like us."
"It's radioactive??" Beth asked very nervously.
"Ah, no, no! It's not radioactive... not like that, no... Um... say, how would you like some drones to practice on? We haven't even gotten around to showing off the combat abilities FightJoinerIII has! Tam, send them up some drones."
Soon, unmanned planes approached FightJoinerIII, flying in a tight formation. "Here they are. Try some of the weaponry. It's more intuitive than it seems."
Natalia nodded, and decided to try this missiles she noticed a button for. FightJoinerIII stretched out its arms and out of its fingers a blossom of missiles shot out and destroyed one of the drones in a great explosion.
"Pretty cool," she mused, "but conventional... Oh! Let's try something. Melissa, can you fire up the rotors around the shoulders?"
"Yes, but I do not see why-"
"Beth, brace us! I'm pointed at two of them heading for us. Melissa, do it now!"
And sure enough, FightJoinerIII's rotors blasted a huge wind at the planes, the turbulence throwing their control as they crashed to the ground.
"Good thinking," said Tammy. "I wouldn't even have considered doing that. See if you can take down the rest of the drones."
"Right!" Natalia scanned the controls. "Huh, wonder why there's a button here marked with what I'm pretty sure are boobs..." She mashed the button, targeting one of the remaining five drones.
From what had seemingly been radar domes on the jet, and rather looked like breasts on FightJoinerIII, fired a pair of lasers, converging on the drone, bursting it apart.
"I see you've found the Choudenji Lasers! Good job!" Layla said over the radio.
"Hey wow," Natalia mumbled to herself, "It's like I have some kind of link with FightJoinerIII... like it's my body... you'd think it'd be Melissa feeling like that, but I've got the Go Nagai sideburns, so it's me!"
Under Natalia's guidance, FightJoinerIII pulled a pair of rods from her legs, wielding them like a pair of batons.
"I know how to do this all in one attack! Hm... let's try this!"
FightJoinerIII smacked the rods together, generating a powerful sonic pulse that disrupted the planes, making them stay erratically in place.
"Now! Open up the choudenji energy thingies, Melissa! I call this one a Choudenji Juggernaut!"
The choudenji energy crackled all around FightJoinerIII as she dashed right through the planes, the immense energy shockwave produced in her wake destroying them all in one go.
Tammy's voice rang out. "Natalia, that was reckless and ridiculously dangerous! But it is a useful technique. However, you really shouldn't put the choudenji reactor through that much stress. I forbid you to ever use it again unless you have no other choice, am I clear? Good. Break and head back to the hanger, I think you've all had enough fun for today."