"Team One and Team Three, I want you to secure the Ball Room. Make sure no one escapes or gets anywhere near a phone." The masked man stated, his right hand idly rubbing his chin as the grunts, as they were called, saluted and ran out of his office.
The two team leaders nodded themselves before they made their way out of the office.
"Gino." The taller man, leader of Team Three, turned around at the door, letting the younger leader go through, as he heard his name being called. "Be sure to keep an eye on Suzaku."
The blonde turned back to look out the door at the retreating back of the brunette leader. "Yes sir." He simply stated, bowing in the direction of the masked man before jogging to catch up to the Eleven.
"You know you don't have to do everything he says." The younger stated as they entered the Knightmare hanger. Gino looked at Suzaku, glancing down at the younger's ass as he mounted the high-jacked Lancelot model. "Stop staring at my ass, Weinberg."
The team leader chuckled before me mounted his own Knightmare, Tristan. "I follow his orders because he'd break me in two if I went against him. You only get away with it cause you're special."
Suzaku shrugged as Anya, leader of Team Two, came up to the Lancelot. They two stared at each other before nodding, understanding what the other was thinking. The short, pink-haired girl walked away as Luciano waved, smiling as the two team leader's Knightmare Frames shut closed and left the hanger, the grunts following close behind.
"Wish you luck, 'Zaku-chan."
"Stop giving people nicknames, Luciano."
Lelouch groaned as his 'friend', if you were to call her that, Milly pulled him onto the dance floor again and forced him to dance with her. He silently wondered to himself why he even bothered to come to his brother's 'birthday' party. Lelouch swore he just threw this party for the hell of it.
The black-haired boy looked around the Ball Room and noticed that Rolo, his younger half brother, was off in a corner, looking even more emotional than normal. If that were possible of course. Lelouch sighed as he was forced to dip Milly, trying to ignore the way her breasts bounced. God he was going to be having nightmares for days.
Over the noise of the music and people, no one could hear the quick footsteps coming from outside the door. A scream was heard as the large doors were literally thrown open, men in black suits filling the room. Most of the guests were forced closer to the walls. And, by luck that wasn't on Lelouch's side, all of his friends ended up with him. Shirley and Kallen were currently working on making his arms numb.
"What's going on?!" Schneizel shouted as he and his sister's, Cornelia and Euphemia, were forced back towards the wall and had guns pointed at them. "Sorry for the intrusion, but Zero has some….business he needs to take care of."
Lelouch and his friend's glanced up at the two who were obviously in charge, the fact that they were dressed differently than the others sort of helped. "Dude, he's hot." Milly stated, covering her on-coming bloody nose as she pointed to the shorter one. A brunette in a dark blue, almost navy, skin tight body suit with black high-heel thigh-high boots (1). Lelouch just nodded as he glanced at the blank, emotionless stare of the obviously shorter one of the two.
"And who may you be?" Schneizel asked, glaring at the two. The blonde intruder looked up, shocked. "You mean you don't recognize me?" The man truly looked shock, Lelouch thought.
"Well," The blonde man started, ignoring the looks half the people in the room. "I am Gino Weinberg. A…former member of the Britannian army. And my lovely assistant here-" Gino was cut off as the brunette kicked him in the shin. After gathering his breathe, Gino finished with "Suzaku Kururugi."
Murmurs quickly filled the room at the mention of the younger's name. Suzaku scowled slightly before a gunshot went off. Obviously from a senior grunt trying to get everyone to shut up. Rolo walked up to the two and started whispering to Gino, who ended up having to bend over.
Kallen, Milly, and Shirley gasped as Lelouch's younger half-brother walked up to the two while Rivalz and Lelouch frowned. 'Is Rolo working for Zero?' Lelouch snapped out of his thoughts as a small, yet chubby, black blur went for the trio. The Britannian prince quickly identified it as Arthur, his cat. The feline went straight for the brunette and started pawing at his boots, trying to gain some leverage.
Suzaku glanced down and bent over, picking the black cat up and cradled the feline in his arms, scratching behind his ears. Arthur purred happily. Lelouch frowned. Arthur has never once let him touch the feline.
Milly nudged Lelouch, still trying to unsuccessfully cover her bloody nose, grinning. He glanced at her, annoyed. "Did you see that ass?" The prince just shoved her away, even more annoyed. He snapped out of his suicidal thoughts as Rolo turned around, pointing straight at him. "That's him. That's Lelouch."
Gino nodded, walking over to the group and grabbed the black-haired by arm, pulling him up and out of his chair. "Lelouch vi Britannia?" Lelouch, recognizing his name, nodded. "Zero would like to speak with you."
"Only if I can bring my friends with me." The blonde looked over at the very sexy brunette who shrugged in response. The shorter turned around and place his hand on the communicator that was attached to his ear. After some short, mumbled words, he turned back around to the two and nodded. "They can come."
Lelouch never thought that he could lose all feeling to his arms in only just a few minutes. This was quickly proven true as the Britannian prince and his friends followed the blonde and brunette Team Leaders down the hall to the office of the very Zero himself.
They were currently in one of the hideouts of the Black Knight organization and were being led by two of the highest ranking members of said organization and were being followed by four grunts from their specially picked teams. And what put icing on the top was that they were about to meet the terrorist himself. In the flesh. 'Maybe he'll have his mask off.' Lelouch mentally scoffed at the idea.
"So…..wonder what the Big Bad Wolf wants with Princey back there?" The man with the orange Mohawk-like hair style asked the darker skinned female as the two lead the group through the hallways. "Most like propose a….treaty after skinning you alive." The tall, white-haired woman replied, scoffing slightly and taking a puff of her tobacco pipe.
The Mohawk-haired guy pouted as they stopped in front of a large door that automatically opened, revealing a large room complete with a set of couches surrounding a large flat screen TV and past that was an elaborately decorated desk, covered in papers, that the masked man himself was currently sitting behind. And, of course, Suzaku, who the group had found out earlier to be leader of Team One, was sitting on the edge of the desk off to Zero's left.
"You wanted to see them?" The white-haired woman stated more than asked, moving over to sit on one of the smaller couches, still smoking her tobacco pipe. Zero just nodded, moving some of the papers he was previously working on off to the side.
"I'm so sorry to…intrude on your brother's party but there is something I truly need to work on right now." Luciano motioned for the group to move forward, and they did, ending up standing only a few feet away from the world famous terrorist and his best pilot. "Now, Prince Lelouch-"
He was quickly cut off as said boy subconsciously replied with "Just Lelouch."
Zero, understanding, just nodded. "Lelouch, I'd prefer it if your friends left for a few minutes. There are some things I wish to discuss with you and you only."
The teenager turned to his friends, and though reluctant, Shirley and Kallen followed Rivalz and Milly out of the room. Luciano quickly followed while Rakshata, the dark skinned woman, walked out the door slowly, heading back to the hospital wing of the hideout.
"Now, Lelouch, as you know, I am viewed as a 'terrorist'."
"You are."
Zero chuckled slightly while Suzaku frowned. Lelouch immediately found out that he hated it when the Japanese boy frowned. "The Britannian Empire just views me as a terrorist, but I just wish for a better world for my friends and, most importantly, Suzaku." Lelouch looked up shocked while the brunette blushed slightly, frowning even more.
"But, sadly, like all humans, I'm getting old."
"You don't seem that old."
"Believe me, I'm older than I seem." With that, Zero took off his mask, allowing whitening hair to fall in front of his eyes as he removed the partial face mask that covered his lower face. "And I want my dream to continue on even if I can't."
The Britannian prince looked at the much older man, truly shocked beyond belief. He looked at Suzaku to see if the boy was just as shocked as he was. But instead, the brunette had leaned backwards and was running his gloved hand through the white locks, smiling. "What I'm saying is…will you become Zero?"
1) Basically the suit Lelouch makes him wear to pilot his knightmare.
Cliff hanger! Because, personally, I didn't know how else to end the chapter. AND THIS IDEA CAME FROM NO WHERE. So yuh. Hope you enjoy it. Ignore any grammar mistakes. I kind of just wrote this up and wasn't feeling the mood to check over it again.
I DON'T OWN CODE GEASS. (Is at the bottom cause I'm in denial. Sue me.)