Greetings from SeekerMeeker.

It has been a LONG time since I have been on here. Yes, I was on hiatus, due to new life changes and other circumstances. Fortunately, I am ready to get back into writing!

So, I decide to try something different: a more open-ended story, where plot will be more episodic, allowing me some freedom to direct the story in a more flexible fashion. This means that I intend each chapter to be a standalone mini-story in a way. However, all will tie somehow together. I intend it to be sort of like many TV shows, where you can watch most episodes without really watching others.

So then, let me begin.

Girls Command Rise

By SeekerMeeker

"You are my friends if you do what I command."

Chapter 1: Rise

A tall, rather robust girl stood on top of a stone wall, raising up her arms to stretch.

"Hmm!" she groaned a little, as she stared at the horizon. "What a strange world here, yet it feels...wonderful?"

She stood on top of an overlook, protected by a low, stone wall. Its gray slabs stood together, white linings between each. Around it was a forest, shielding parts of the overlook and the road behind it. Hundreds and thousands of tall, mature trees swayed beautifully, their crowns of branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Birds chirped casually, while a few deer ate nearby.

"What a strange world," a girl spoke. "But it feels...wonderful?"

She sighed, but smiled. The wind blew gently, whistling through the tall, green grasses and many wildflowers. She stretched her head, watching the horizon.

Beyond the overlook, mountains and valleys weaved in and out like the ocean waves, covered in shades of green. However, a few clouds of smoke rose from some of the valleys, followed by sounds of explosions and flashes of light.

Boom...boom...boom...

"At least this fight will be over here," the lone girl said to herself.

Boom...boom...

"It will," a little girl spoke as she appeared. She looked like the lone girl, except the size of a kid and with what looked like wings out of her back.

"The terrorists are losing ground here," the tall girl spoke. "Which is a great thing, since I am tired of seeing them raze innocent villages and towns in these Shenandoah areas."

"You can always rest," the fairy-like girl spoke. Her tiny, white wings fluttered like that of butterflies.

"I wish," the tall girl answered with a sigh. "But the UN has hired us for this task, ever since the attack on their headquarters in New York City. Worse, we do not even belong here. I mean...one moment we were enjoying our Senshadou, the next moment we are..."

"You girls are now Senshazons," the fairy-like girl said, jumping around and smiling like a real kid. "A race of amazons with super strength and super-everything! And you all control some of the best ground vehicles in the world!"

"We may be better and stronger," the girl sighed. "But that does not make up for our longing to go back home."

"Home to your original earth?" the fairy-like girl asked. "What the Humans here call the 'Sensha-Earth'?"

"Yes," the tall girl spoke. "This earth is not our planet. It is a different type of earth...different dimension too? Whatever it is, this earth is different from our earth in having no Senshadou or any sport using tanks, and worse...this Earth is experiencing World War 3."

"World War 3," the fairy-like girl said with a shiver. "It sounds bad, but why now?"

"Mio," the girl spoke to the fairy-like girl. "I have learned much ever since being here on this earth. From what I know, three simultaneous attacks happened at once: one against the UN headquarters in New York City, one against the EU headquarters in Brussels, and one against Beijing. The one against Beijing was the worst: a nuclear bomb detonated there."

Both girls shivered.

"But," Mio spoke. "How can they do that?"

"Mio," said the tall girl, holding Mio's right hand with her left one (she noted that hers felt quite large). "All I know is that after those attacks, the whole earth here went into some panic mode. China cut off all links with the West, blaming them for not helping it out. The EU cut off all immigration, while the US here braced for the worst."

"You don't seem to know much either," Mio said.

She nodded.

"But you are willing to find what's going on," Mio replied with a smile. "Right, Miho-san?"

Miho smiled weakly but honestly.

"True," she replied. "But at least all of my friends are alive. We all are Senshazons, so even bullets do not hurt us easily. I am still trying to understand the limits of our powers though."

Beep-beep-beep!

"Ah!" she gasped, as she clicked a button on what looked like a futuristic watch. The sound stopped, and a series of holographic screens appeared, blue against the green foliage. However, only two words appeared on them all:

NO SIGNAL

Miho sighed.

"Again?" Mio asked, worried as she peeked at the screens, floating in the air with her fairy-like wings.

"Yes," Miho sighed. "Somebody is using Senshazon magic or something to disrupt my link with other friends."

"Really?" Mio asked, shocked.

"It appears that not all Senshazons are friendly," Miho remarked.

"Rise and shine," a voice suddenly spoke.

Miho ducked to her right, just as somebody reached for her. She winced, as something scraped her left side. However, Mio flew away, then headbutted the figure, who then screamed, tumbling down to the ground.

"Another terrorist?" Mio asked innocently, as she watched the man tumble down. She dusted her head, apparently unaffected by the blow.

"A domestic one," Miho sighed, as she checked her wound. "After the attack on the UN headquarters, USA soon discovered that a group of terrorists in the US were the main culprit. Unlike the terrorists overseas, these guys just want to destroy the US government."

"And they're targeting us for helping the UN," Mio said. "And how is your wound?"

Miho looked. A good gash oozed blood, but seconds later, the wound closed in, and no scar remained.

"Zon," Miho spoke. "I just wish that I know more of what's going on. We just want to go back home, be normal girls, and never deal with this world."

"But at least you can heal easily," Mio remarked.

"True," Miho admitted. "But being superhuman does not satisfy the-"

Beep-beep-beep!

This time, the screens showed faces, familiar faces.

"Friends?!" Miho gasped, as she turned the screens back on.

"Finally!" a familiar voice roared, which obviously showed signs of sobbing. "Ni-Ni-Nishizumi-san! Where are you?!"

The face of a black-haired girl with a monocle covered the screens, with trails of tears apparent on her face.

"I lost contact with you," Miho answered politely. "I believe that somebody was trying to disrupt our communications."

"Miporin!" another voice spoke from behind. "We missed you! Please make sure to come back!"

"Where are you?" Miho asked.

"I am still at our headquarters!" Momo roared, still her obnoxious self.

"We're on our convoy in the Shenandoah Valley," Saori spoke. "We are currently eliminating the last of our targets here."

"On it," Miho replied with a smile. "Please grant me the coordinates."

A map appeared on the central screen, and Miho smiled.

"Guess there is hope now," Miho replied, as she got down and ran towards the location. Mio then flew behind like a fairy.

"What are we going to do?" Mio asked. "You said about hope and all?"

"Hope is a frail thing," Miho said, as she rushed past foliage almost like a ninja. "But hope is valuable. Hope gives us the power to move on. But I have to see."

"You mean," Mio said. "We'll have to see, right?"

"Sorry if I sound weird," Miho admitted. "I think I have a lot to think about."

"Take your time," Mio said. "Even in this war, we have friends high and below."

Miho stopped, and smiled wide at her fairy friend.

"Let's go then," she replied, as she sighted them in the distance. Mio nodded, and disappeared in a flash of light.

Rumble-rumble-rumble...

Miho suddenly stopped, as she stood still. The sounds were familiar, hopeful, even nostalgic.

Rumble-rumble-rumble...

"Let's get ready to rise," Miho spoke, before resuming her run. "Panzer vor."

I apologize if this story may sound a little rough.

I have not been on FanFiction to write for a LONG time, so I hope to improve. Plus, I do not intend to update regularly; I will see how this story will go.

Since 2019 is ending soon, I decide to post this, so that I will hopefully "rise" into a better day.

Update: this story now sounds different. I now introduce my version of fairy companion. Who is Mina? You will see later.

Thank you and panzer, and...

Happy New Year!