Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or any of its characters. Many characters are my own like this story line.
This is a Yaoi. So there will be boy on boy action eventually. If you do not care for it, do not read.
Suzaku sat in the pilot's seat of the Lancelot. The controls had gone dead and the automatic ejection was always slow, he hoped that it activate before the Sakuradite power cell overloaded and exploded. Kallen had gotten him, some of the capsule had even collapsed cutting into his side. It hurt, but he did not know if it was fatal or not; it hopefully was not, he still had a job to do. He could not die here, he had promised.
He felt the Guren fall away from his machine but did not know if she had just backed away or if she had fallen. All he could think was that one way or another; he was dead to the world. Hopefully it would be the way it was meant. "Please, ejection activate," he wished and then he felt the G-force pulling him and the explosion, whether he was safe or dead he did not know.
Suzaku awoke with a jolt. Casting about he found himself in a sparse white room. A curtain hung to his left cutting off his vision from half the room but he could see the tail end of another bed. Between them was a chair and seated in the chair was C.C. reading a tablet. She looked up placing her green gaze on Suzaku as he recognized her. She put down the tablet and focused her attention on him.
"Good, your awake," she said relieved.
"I am alive, is Kallen fine? Did Lelouch get the key? What day is it?" Suzaku asked trying to orient himself.
"Kallen's fine, Lelouch got the key, it's Wednesday," she said standing leaving the tablet on the chair. He noticed that she wore a short white skirt that had a pleated ruffle in back. It was a weird material but it flowed like silk. She wore a tight high collared top had long bell sleeves that rolled around her arms that had blue embroidery around the hems.
She reached up and pulled back the dividing screen on the track, if Suzaku had not been watching her move it he would not have heard it at all. On the other side was Lelouch and Suzaku bolted out of the bed only to pause and scramble back under the sheets when he realized he was naked.
"What's wrong with him?" Suzaku asked clutching the blanket around him making sure that nothing showed.
"He's just sleeping, but I will not answer any more questions till he wakes up," she said moving around his bed to the wall and hit a hidden switch and from the wall a shelf came out with some things wrapped in plastic. Picking it up she threw it to Suzaku who blinked in confusion as he caught them.
Opening the first package he found underwear and socks. The send was a shirt that looked to be too small of the same material as C.C.'s clothes. There were pants and a jacket as well and carefully Suzaku put on his underwear and pants. He swung his legs out from the bed and put on his socks, hesitantly he took a moment to stand surprised that he was very strong considering that he should have just recovered from a wound.
Looking at the shirt, he went to open his mouth to say something to C.C. but she was humming something on the other end of the room fiddling at an alcove. Looking at the shirt he stretched it and was surprised that it gave to him and although it initially looked like a toddler's shirt fit him remarkably well. He left the jacket on the end of his bed and jumped when Lelouch yawned and rolled over.
"Hmm, I thought I was supposed to die after you stabbed me. I did not think you would miss me so much that you would want me to be healed," Lelouch said sleepily speaking only to Suzaku who was confused at Lelouch's words. The tone Lelouch used was the only tone he used for Suzaku when they were alone and after they had had made up after a fight.
"Oh, Lelouch, you're awake too?" C.C. called from the other end of the room, her voice echoing in the sparse chamber. Lelouch froze and carefully sat up to look for the immortal witch expecting for pain in his middle. The last thing he remembered was the sword piercing his stomach and his blood pooling about him and Nunnally's voice crying his name.
"Oh, C.C. I see that the two of you brought me back. Why?" Lelouch took on his formal commanding tone when he saw the witch. She walked back carrying a large tray with two plates and opaque white cups upon them. She put it down on a table where the chair had been. Suzaku did a double take, he could have sworn that she had a chair there, where did it go, or had she been sitting on the table.
"What is it, it smells good," Lelouch said about to get out of bed, when he realized that he was naked and Suzaku could not help seeing the Lelouch was at his absolute perfection. C.C. went to the wall, another shelf appeared and she threw packages to Lelouch as she had to Suzaku.
"Get dressed; this is chicken pot pie and orange juice. Sorry, no Japanese faire today," she said without apology diving up the plates and cups.
"Ok," Suzaku approached the table and took a plate and went to sit back on his bed. C.C. sat in a chair by the table, and Suzaku was confused. Was the chair there a moment ago? He thought, then he took a bite of the pot pie and the flavors that assaulted his mouth were amazing. He then had a sip of orange juice and it tasted like freshly squeezed from ripe oranges.
Lelouch dressed quickly, having no hesitancy to the clothing, retrieved his own tray and began to dig in. Once both boys had finished eating and retuned their plates to the table C.C. stood and moved her chair so she sat between them.
"Ok, both of you sit down I have a great deal to fill you in on. First off, both of you are…" she began but Lelouch jumped in interrupting her explanation.
"We are not the original Suzaku and Lelouch," he said without pause making Suzaku stop breathing in shock.
"Yes, both of you are clones. Suzaku breath, I will explain everything," she commanded and Suzaku took a moment to remember how to breath, coughing once he began it again.
"Ok, so Suzaku, Lelouch, you both are clones. A rebirth in a sense, both of you originally died, and have been reborn with the memories up to death or the blood sample that we used to recreate you. Today is Wednesday, July 19, 2507 a.t.b. in terms that you can remember. Today's calendar date would actually be 146 E.F. Now E.F. stands for Earth Federation, it was created when the first three earth colonies became self-sufficient and to rule the colonized worlds a federation was created to manage the governments, treaties, and extended version of the Black Knights. Questions?" C.C. asked allowing them time to adjust.
"So Nunnally finished creating her perfect world?" Lelouch asked with a hopeful expression.
"With the help of Zero and Schneizle, yes, the world stabilized and thrived. After the Damocles, a space program was created and within three centuries we had colonized the rest of the solar system and even extended the sphere of influence to the next fifteen systems around the sol system. In 2351, the Earth federation was created and space exploration was at its peak, with a scientific branch merging with the Black Knights to create an exploration group. But in the centuries, we had not run into any extraterrestrial life beyond insects, primitive reptiles and fish, or that is the best comparison for them.
Since 67 E.F., I have been teamed up with the Black Knights creating Geass corps, superior fighters that use Geass to traverse space. Without them, a great deal of catastrophes could have occurred, as they are generally superior the corps can get to accidents and can overcome squabbles between different factions. I am the one keeping the members of the corps in check so that their powers are not abused or overused, especially by those in power. I am creator, I am a member of government, but I am not biased to any faction and have only one true goal now.
So, the question you are probably asking is why were you brought back if everything is fine and dandy," C.C. asked for them. Both boys nodded.
"It was a unanimous decision by the Federation Counsel to bring back some of Earth and the Federated planets greatest heroes back to help fight a new foe," C.C. said.
"A new foe? You brought us back to put down a rebellion?" Suzaku asked confused.
"No, you have come into contact with something else. Another Geass culture?" Lelouch asked and C.C. nodded the affirmative.
"Geass culture, but I thought C.C. was the only one who could pass on Geass," Suzaku said.
"Yes, I am humanities only link to Geass," she said.
"So I am confused," Suzaku said.
"So we have come across the people who originally had Geass, or another form of intelligent life also bestowed with Geass," Lelouch deduced and C.C. nodded again.
"Wait, you said we have not met extraterrestrial life," Suzaku said refuting the truth.
"NO, I said had, we came across these people a little over a decade ago, and they have overtaken the outer provinces and half the new worlds colonized in the past fifty years," C.C. said.
"And, the federated counsel must know the truth of me if they decided to bring me back," Lelouch said.
"When the federation was founded, the Sumeragi clan came out with the true story as a means of coming clean. It is now included in federation history under fall of Britannia global rule, right before the Golden Age of Zero," C.C. laughed as both boys cringed at the title of their past.
"Yes, I was called upon for my testimony, as my existence is known to the federation, for an unbiased opinion of those years and to give an in-depth interview about the two of you. The interview is off the record and the only reason why you were brought back," C.C. stated.
"So, who else received incarnation?" Lelouch asked.
"Umm, lets see; some knightmare pilots, I think Kallen was in there, the Brittanians took a blood sample from her and kept it on record after she was captured at the coup. I know they tried Xing-ke, but his early clones had no will to live after they learned that his queen is long dead. Euphemia Sumeragi, was brought back as a pilot; Schneizle's Son and granddaughter, both died in an accident so they were interred together. Muhammoud Gartlend, Victor Yackovitch, and a few others you will not know about. In grand total about forty-four clones were revived, including you," she said.
"Why wasn't Schneizle cloned?" Lelouch asked.
"From my understanding he was too old to be cloned," C.C. said.
"Too old? Why would that make a difference?" Suzaku asked dumbly.
"The blood samples taken from us brought us to these ages, so if we had been say eighty and died of natural causes, we would have lived a few days and then passed away again," Lelouch explained and C.C. nodded.
"So died young; blood samples; equals good clone. So that means I lived to be an older man?" Suzaku asked suddenly curious.
"Yes, I was maid of honor at your wedding to Miss Sumeragi, your daughter Euphemia will be in to meet you later this evening when she is done with her exercises. She will also get you set up with the new weapons. Last off, Geass, I am authorized to give it to you, Lelouch I do not know if you have it anymore and the federation was iffy about me returning it to you actually, but it would be a great thing against any enemy troops," C.C. said and Suzaku cringed at the thought of having Geass in his control.
"Geass was apart of me, I cannot think of a life without it now, yes; I would like to have it back if only to feel whole," Lelouch said after a moment of deep thought.
"Suzaku?" ?C.C. turned to the pilot who looked like a deer in the headlights.
"I… I… I…," Suzaku could not think, they all jumped when the door opened and a high pitched squeal echoed in the chamber and a small bubblegum headed girl came running in screaming, "Unci Zaku."
Next thing Suzaku knew was he was on the floor as a bouncy bubblegum hair and dress tackled him.
"Euphy, did you finish your exercises already?" C.C. asked standing and picking up the food trays and took them back to the alcove.
"Yes, they were easy. Daddy said that Unci Zaku was waking up today. He also said I would be able to meet Unci Lelou, Louch, lelu, Unci Lelou," the girl said and Lelouch looked scared.
"Euphemia?" Suzaku looked at C.C. with a pained expression, one of hope and fear.
"This is Schneizle's granddaughter Euphemia, he married one of Euphemia's cousins. She takes after her grandmother's family. Believe it or not she is the smartest person alive, though only a few people can handle her. Which is why her father was brought back to finish raising her and to be a familiar face when we awoke her; she has taken to the new century quite well and has actually accredited some new theories and innovations to her name," C.C. said.
"EUPHEMIA WHERE ARE YOU? YOU STILL HAVE NOT FINISHED YOUR INTERSTELLER SPACE CALCULATIONS OR VERIFIED THE VECTOR POINTS. YOU ARE MAKING DADDY VERY ANGRY," a male voice echoed down the hall and stopped in front of the open door to see C.C. standing at the alcove and poked his head in.
"C.C. have you seen Euphemia, she took off when she saw that the new recruits had awoken," the man asked before noticing Euphemia bouncing atop of Suzaku.
"Sorry, Uncle Suzaku, Euphemia has a mind of her own regardless of anyone else. You must be my Uncle Lelouch, Dad always told me that you were the only person besides grandfather Charles who outsmarted him. That is high compliments from the shadow leader of the black knights. Oh, I am Victor, named after one of our esteemed ancestors, apparently," Victor held out his hand to Lelouch who hesitantly took it. This man looked like Schneizle except for the curly, bubble gum pink hair.
"Oh, daddy, Aunty Euphy accidentally destroyed her left arm and disabled the gravitational pulse ray during exercises. I told her it was ok because the left arm was dysfunctional anyway, the gravitational pulse ray just needs to be tweaked because of the gravity well from the black hole and nebular pulsar are causing enough flux within the Sakuradite engines to create a feedback loop that overloads the mobile crystal wires to the output circuits," little Euphemia said leaving Suzaku utterly confused and Lelouch barely capable of understanding the little girl.
Victor sighed and rubbed his temples as if to void a head ached before going to pick up the girl and offering a hand to Suzaku. AS soon as skin contact was made Suzaku suddenly had the insight to understand everything the girl said in layman's terms, he did not understand how it worked but the principle idea of the different terms was there. "Wow, do you have Geass?" Suzaku asked looking at his hand.
Victor looked shocked and then laughed nervously. "Sorry, when I awoke here I was offered Geass and I took it. My Geass allows me to imbue anyone with whatever I am thinking about. They might not be as smart as me, but they will have a better understanding of what I am trying to teach them," Victor explained shifting the girl in his arms.
"That's interesting," Lelouch said standing to meet his great niece and his nephew. Offering his hand, Victor hesitantly took it and shook hands with Lelouch and Lelouch's mouth opened slightly as Victor filled his mind with information and he soaked it up better than a sponge.
"So, they are trans-dimensional beings. They look like us but have full command of Geass, though none seem to have C.C.'s abilities or Geass abilities like ourselves. But, we have had limited contact and what contact we have had has been in utter decimation of either side. So, that's what happened after I died," Lelouch said with a matter of fact statement.
"That is the basic information, there is a conference set up for the two of you to be filled in on all the details and a week of class sessions to familiarize you to the new technology," C.C. said coming up and placing a hand on Victors shoulder and giving him the go ahead to leave and that she would take care of the rest.
After the two Britannia left and the door closed behind them, Lelouch and Suzaku felt like they had been dropped into something bigger than their little rebellion all those years ago. "So, are either of you ready to puke or a tour?" C.C. asked and the two boys looked at her.
"Tour," Lelouch said as Suzaku said, "Puke." They looked at each other confused that one was taking it better than the other.
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Rei