A/N: Well here is something I have been cooking up for some time, although I did consider having Lelouch take on the mantle of Batman I decided to leave him as Zero but now with a lot of the training and conditioning Bruce Wayne had with a surprise trainer, the one you meet in his chapter came after the first to further his skills.

But if I made Lelouch more of a tough anti-hero then once must give him a villain who can match him and I have one perfect in mind, if this story is going be Batman themed then I got the greatest villain in mind.

*author is now in a Frankenstein style lab* Lets see a good amount of the Jack Nicholson Joker with two gallons of the Heath Ledger Joker with a dash of the Joker from the animated "Under the Red Hood" Batman movie and then a good finishing touch of Mark Hamill Joker from both videos games and the animated Batman series. Put them all together *author loads ingredients into a super-size blender* Oh and lets add some military combat skills along with those of a highly skilled assassin and some other fun skills. Now begin the mixing *Author closes the top and activates the super-blender mixing and combining the contained elements into one, but cue one bolt of lightning striking it followed by a violent explosion*

Mwhahahahahahaha!

Success…by combining such elements into one you get a Joker just for the world of Code Geass as your main villain, but he won't be the only thing I am throwing in. Other villains will appear and as for this Joker he has the voice and laugh of the Mark Hamill Joker with the best elements from Hedger, Nicholson and John DiMaggio merged into one…my favorite Joker performances.

As for pairings, while everyone else is undecided at this time the Lelouch pairing shall be something new a Lelouch and Ayano Kosaka (Code Geass: Akita of the Exile).

Let us begin…

Chapter 1

A new breed

Somewhere in the underground bowels of a old ice cream factory in the Saitama Ghetto in a workshop converted from a large freezer that had once been used to store ice cream awaiting shipping, but now it served as the home of young man around seventeen years of age who suffered an unfortunate tragic chain of events. His skin which had once been a healthy light peach color had turned pale blue while his brown hair had literally been frozen clear off his scalp. Dressed in a white collar shirt with matching pants and boots the young man was working on a workbench using a series of tools to complete the final touches on something he had been spending the past two months to modify.

As he continued his work a news report began playing on a television set echoed through the cold chamber. The television showed a young news reporter who seemed to be in her early thirties with light-brown hair and green eyes wearing a white blouse with a green skirt and matching jacket holding a microphone.

"This is Summer Gleason reporting from outside another Knight Corp facility, which is the fourteenth target of a series of unusual cold-relate crimes," Summer reported before moving to the right revealing the front of a large warehouse covered in ice with the doors leading inside destroyed with a pile of snow and melting ice on the ground around the entrance. "It was almost a week ago that the Area 11 Diamond Exchange was hit by what police are convinced are the same group responsible for the series of thefts on Knight Corp warehouses including three months ago a attack on Knight Corp's Research and Development Lab warehouse was hit with a number of prototype technologies and equipment having been stored at the warehouse was stolen."

The blue skinned man smiled as he looked to one of the objects in question he had stolen from that warehouse, a few months ago it was a prototype powered exoskeleton created for use by the military, but its price tag was deemed too expensive for use so the finished prototype ended up in storage…until it was stolen along with a few other items.

"Linking these cold crime waves are witness accounts of men wielding…freezing guns, but beyond that the police have no leads. Although Knight Corp have been the target for the majority of these cold-related crimes other locations like the Area 11 Diamond Exchange, the 12th District Area 11 Bank, and Gordon Jewelry resulting in billions of pounds worth of diamonds stolen. In related news Knight Corp's CEO Farris Boyle will be awarded Industrialist Humanitarian of the Year award during a party at Knight Corp's headquarters."

"Humanitarian…what a joke…I will give you my own warm wishes in due time," The Blue skinned young man said with hate in his eyes as he worked to finish his changes on the stolen powered exoskeleton.

In another corner of Area 11, the country that had once been Japan until seven years ago, with the sun shining down over the Tokyo Settlement as it was about midday with people mostly heading out to lunch or going elsewhere in the settlement. On a lone street corner stood a man with large blue duffel bag strapped over his right shoulder dressed in a black suit with a light blue-collar shirt worn underneath with black pants and matching shoes with black leather gloves on his hands. In his left hand he held a novelty clown mask complete with red hair attached to the back side of it. A blue four-door car suddenly pulled up with the man swiftly putting on his mask keeping the driver and the passenger from seeing the man's face before he got into the back seat of the car before it drove off.

Inside the man properly secured his mask before taking a machine-pistol out from his coat to begin loading it.

"Three of a kind, let's do this," The Driver dubbed Grumpy wearing his own clown mask over his attire of a blue suit with a black undershirt.

"Huh…that's it just three guys," The man sitting in the passenger seat noted who like the other two men in the car was wearing a clown mask as well too. The driver made a turn while the passenger next to him readied an Uzi upon which the driver corrected him.

"Nah there are two guys already on the roof, so five shares is plenty."

"Six shares, don't forget the man who planned this gets his cut," Chuckles pointed out while Jekko sat quietly in the back before Grumpy stated.

"He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice? I know why they call him The Joker."

As the three men were heading to their destination on the roof of the place in question were two men in clown masks who had just arrived on the roof moments ago using a cable gun to travel over the street from a neighboring building, but the men were now quickly moving to complete their next set of objectives. But as they were moving across the roof the two men began talking to one another reaching an electrical box on the far side of the roof.

"So why do they call him The Joker," Happy asked his partner Dopey who brought out some tools to open up the electrical box.

"I hear he wears makeup."

"Makeup, but I heard his whole body was supposed to have been bleached white?"

"I haven't met the guy face to face, but maybe it's all an act to scare people…you know like war paint."

"Guy sounds like a real nut," Happy said feeling a little nervous, but knowing this it was probably all the better that he follows on the orders he was given.

A few minutes later outside the Area 11 branch of The National Britannian Bank the car pulled up parking before the three men disguised as clowns exited the vehicle running into the bank. Upon entering Grumpy fired off his machine gun into the air to get the attention of the bank customers and tellers while Chuckles quickly overpowered the lone security guard near the entrance taking him out of the picture.

"All right, everybody! Hands up, heads down," Grumpy shouted before warning again when he saw people were slow to do as he said. "Let's put hands up, heads down!"

The customers dropped to the ground terrified of the men as Jekko put his duffel bag on one of the tables facing the tellers unzipping it to reveal it full of purple painted hand-grenades. While Chuckles secured the area keeping an eye on the customers with Grumpy pulling the first of the two on duty tellers across their own work stalls and onto the ground below commenting happily.

"Let's go, pal! I'm making a withdrawal here," Grumpy said before moving onto a female teller pointing his gun at her. "I said hands up!"

Back on the roof Dopey had successfully connected a custom made electronic PDA device into the phone and security system of the bank with Happy standing behind him and watching.

"Here comes the silent alarm," Dopey began before pushing a button. "And there it goes," but the criminal noticed something very odd about the silent alarm. "That's funny…it didn't dial out to 911 it was trying to reach a private number."

"Is there a problem," Happy asked drawing out a handgun with a silencer on it.

"Nah, nah. I'm done here," Dopey replied prompting Happy to carry out his orders given to him over the phone by the Joker telling him to kill Dopey once he had finished his part of the job and then continue on to the safe. Downstairs in the lobby Jekko was busy putting the hand grenades into the hands of the hostages before pulling the pins forcing them to hold them.

"Obviously we don't want you doing anything with your hands other than holding on to dear life," Grumpy warned, but unknown to them the Bank President was discreetly pulling out a hidden weapon he kept in his office. As Chuckles moved into his line of sight the President drew out a sawed off shotgun upon which he took aim and fired a round into the robber's back killing him. Grumpy and Jekko were quick to respond to the danger as they took cover behind some tables near the tellers as the bank manager attempted to shoot them as they went for cover. But the two were forced to move further away as the manager approached shooting at them; however the two robbers were just barely dodging shots fired at them.

"Do you idiots have any idea who you are stealing from? You and your friends are dead," The manager shouted waiting for a clear shot.

"He's out right," Grumpy asked as Jekko paused for a few moments thinking before nodding a yes in response to his partner. But when Grumpy emerged the bank manager fired his last shot which barely missed the man grazing his left shoulder leaving him open for Jekko to shoot the man's legs eliminating him as a threat.

"WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO COUNT," Grumpy shouted at the man's apparent incompetence.

With the bank manager dealt with Jekko was left to watch the hostages as Grumpy hurried to the safe where he found Happy just opening the safe using a pair of heavy duty electric proof gloves. He was only delayed in cracking the safe because when he used a power drill to break the locks he was hit with an electrical shock making the man realize that the safe was booby trapped.

"They wired this thing up with, like, 5,000 volts. What kind of bank does that?"

"A mob bank…I guess the Joker is as crazy as they say. Where's the alarm guy," Grumpy asked noticing Dopey was missing.

"Boss told me, when the guy was done, I should take him out. One less share, right," Happy replied as Grumpy took aim with his gun.

"Funny, he told me something similar."

"What," Happy realized too late to his horror as he turned around just in time to see Grumpy about to shoot him. "No, no, no!"

Grumpy carried out his orders killing the man before wasting no time in filling the six large rolled up duffel bags the group had brought with all of the money inside of the safe as quickly as possible quickly stuffing all of the bags. Once he was done he dragged them out near the doors where Jekko was waiting and helped bring up the six bags near the door, but as Grumpy put the last bag atop the pile.

"That's a lot of money. If this Joker guy was so smart, he'd have had us bring a bigger car," Grumpy commented before drawing his gun and pointing it at Jekko. "I am willing to bet the Joker told you to kill me as soon as we loaded the cash?"

Surprisingly unconcerned Jekko looked at his watch before sighing before correcting Grumpy. "No, no no no…I kill the bus driver."

Grumpy was confused as Jekko was moving a few paces to one side before asking. "Bus driver…what bus driver?"

Suddenly a yellow school bus reverses through the bank's doors and knocks Grumpy down slamming him into one of the tables killing him with the driver jumping out through the back door of the bus.

"Alright it's time to go," The Bus Driver said laughing before noticing the dead Grumpy. "Cat's not getting up, is he?"

Jekko was silent as he handed duffel bags full of money to the driver as the two men quickly loaded the bus with all of the stolen money save for one duffel bag.

"That's a lot of money, The Clown Mask wearing driver commented before noticing something prompting him to ask, "What happened to the rest of the guys?"

Jekko causally shoots the bus drive with his weapon just before loading the last duffel bag onto the bus, but before leaving the bank manager proceeded to mock him getting the man his attention.

"Think you're smart, huh? The guy that hired you, he'll just do the same to you. Oh, criminals in this town used to believe in things. Honor…Respect…Look at you," Jekko moved towards the man before the manger began shouting at him. "What do you believe in, huh? WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN?"

Jekko replied by kneeling down in front of him sticking a gas grenade into his mouth and replying. "I believe, whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you," Jekko removed his clown mask revealing his face. His skin was bleached completely chalk-white while his mouth and lips were flushed ruby-red, his hair was a Christmas green and his eyes were red with yellow sclera. The Joker smiled sinisterly before finishing his sentence.

"...stranger."

The Bank Manger was startled by the man's unmasked appearance.

"Don't be so serious…here have a laugh on me."

The Joker stood up and pulled a pin from the seemingly empty duffel bag that had carried the hand-grenades before walking away to the bus, but attached to the gas grenade was a piece of fishing wire wrapped around a piece of wood. The Joker climbed into the bus and moments later the vehicle began to drive away pulling on the fishing line which pulled out the pink releasing a purple colored gas into the air. After inhaling the fumes the Bank Manger broke out into a hysterical fit of non-stop laughter, but tragically the hostages smelled the gas and were quickly affected filling the interior of the bank with laughter. Despite the non-stop laughter the hostages tried to hold onto their grenades, but their increasing laughter was making it harder to focus and maintain a strong grip.

Ten minutes later a trio of police cars escorted by two Knightpolice Knightmare Frames arrived at the bank. The police hurried inside to find everyone laughing hysterically, but it was then the hostages could no longer hold onto the grenades which exploded seconds later releasing even more of the purple gas into the air made worse by the larger gas bomb hidden inside the duffel bag on the table which also went blanketing the inside of the bank before spilling out into the streets.

Everyone within one block of the bank began laughing hysterically with only the pilots of the Knightpolice units safe from the gas, but could only watch in horror at the scene outside their machines. On the highway heading for the outskirts of town the Joker was laughing while driving the school bus along the highway having made a clean get away.

"Oh thank you Clovis for putting the police and the military on recovering C.C…you made today a late Christmas for criminals like me, but this world deserves a brand new breed of criminal," The Joker laughed again as he continued driving down the highway as the Shinjuku Ghetto was at that moment becoming the sight of a terrible bloodbath.

But he didn't realize he set something else in motion, because in Shinjuku a demon would be born this day.

Inside an old subway station a man in his late fifties with white-gray hair was using a converted office as a workshop as the aged man sat behind a desk working on a spiky black indigo mask when a slightly older Japanese woman wearing a maid outfit approached with a tray with two tea cups and a pot of tea. As she set the tray down on a metal table on the far corner of the room the Japanese maid observed the elderly brown-skinned man making the final touches on what would be the suit another fellow he knows would be using for his intended alter-ego.

Aside from the mask the old man was finishing the suit intended for some much younger man was originally one of four prototype Nomex survival suits developed by the now out of business FoxTech Enterprises. The suit was originally intended for advanced military use, but, with its $500,000 price tag, the suit was considered to be too expensive for the Britannian Army and military in general. The survival suit was an advanced infantry armor system constructed from Nomex, the first layer of protection is a flexible titanium-dipped fiber undersuit with built-in temperature regulators designed to keep the wearer at a comfortable temperature in almost any condition while it applied varying pressure to major internal organs to maximize performance and safeguard their functions.

The second layer consisted of armor made from

Military-grade spun para-aramid fibers in conjunction with super lightweight nano-engineered polymer plating which are molded over the chest, calves, thighs, arms, and back to provide greater protection than kevlar bi-weave. The armor is capable of stopping slashing weapons and can also deflect any bullet short of a straight shot impact creating a highly resilient outer shell while ultra strong micro plating developed by FoxTech is layered between the regular armor and the undersuit.

Additionally, the combat suit including the gloves, mask and boots has been coated by the older man using a top-secret prototype black latex material formula developed by FoxTech before it went out of business, which massively increasing durability without additional weight and retaining full movement and flexibility but also has the added effect of damping the heat signature of the wearer.

Incorporated into the suit was a pair of modified Nano Gloves, a pair of electronic and yet very adhesive gloves used to scale cliffs and even buildings designed for use by both Special Forces and Black Op units. However the old man modified the gloves in which they not only linked with the armor its wearer wore, but he modified the wrists with special hidden compartments that held hidden lock picks and blades to use in the event of its wearer being bound by ropes or handcuffs to use at will with a simple gesture. On the right arm was an

Interactive Wrist Mounted Display, a wrist mounted computer device used for hacking, communication, facial scanning, and recording audio from a long distance. Another addition was the inclusion of retractable scallops on the forearms mainly used to block against knives or other stabbing weapons and could be fired as short-range projectile weapons.

The next item was a black cloak with a cape that encircled the head, but the cloth was a unique piece of technology also developed by FoxTech called Memory Cloth, created out of a unique fabric while having been also made out of a special Nomex fire-retardant material and a Kevlar weave to slow the impact of bullets to make it more resilient to damage. However when an electric current from the gloves pass into the cloak hardens creating a wing-like effect useful for gliding short distances. As a back-up the suit the young man would wear contained a concealed backpack on the shoulder blades where at the wearer's command would open to release a pair of memory cloth wings attaching to the limbs of the suit to create a hang-glider-like functionality.

To wear around his waist was a gold-bronze modified climbing harness complete with magnetized impact-resistant pouches and canisters attached to the belt at ergonomic points for ease of reach carrying a variety of tools and weapons for the armor's wearer. The belt carried a magnetic gas-powered grapple gun which could be modified to be used as an offensive weapon with an electric-shock tip and it could be used to scale buildings and tall obstacles quickly. Included inside the pouches and canisters on the belt was an encrypted cell phone, shrunken, a medical kit, smoke bombs, a cryptographic sequencer, mini-tracers with the cell phone possessing the ability to track any of the tracers in use, mini-cam, black marbles to imitate footsteps, explosive gel and lastly cryo capsules filled a cryonic acid released upon breaking the capsule.

The boots were fashioned after tactical boots, but they are made from lightweight durable rubbers and are much more flexible to allow for full extension when kicking. The bottom is a flexible split sole design and is textured for a variety of surfaces. The boots also have steel toes, making them much more effective when on the offensive. To assist when swimming the soles had small propellers built into them while the heel on the right boot concealed a hidden HF transponder.

The last component of the outfit, the mask was being worked on by the old man. Like the suit it was also outfitted with unique devices. The mask was fashioned like a motorcycle helmet which linked with the rest of the suit, but as a means to protect the wearer from his identity being exposed the mask was rigged with an electroshock defense system that prevented anyone but the wearer from removing the mask.

The mask itself was made out of a graphite material acting as a protective helmet while the mask's Kevlar lining is supposed to be bulletproof while also lined with lead. The opaque view face plate which appearing solid on the outside, but transparent on the inside was outlined with a shifting visor-lens allowing the wearer to see in special visions, like infrared vision, night vision, and ultraviolet vision while the mask's visor is also a digital camera for taking pictures of important documents, clues, etc and then finally a special sophisticated analysis vision enhancement built into the cowl that allows him to see enemies in darkness, including through walls, see their condition and state of alertness, and detect and identify hidden objects and analyze evidence.

Built into the mask-like helmet was an echolocation system along with an antenna on the right hand side with a microphone and earphone piece for communications with allies. As a precaution in which the wearer could find himself in a dangerous environment or underwater the mask has a built-in rebreather is added to allow the user to breathe in other inhospitable areas or remain underwater for long periods with a air-reserve of twenty minutes and finally a device to electronically alter the wearer's voice complete with a vacuum tight-seal between the suit and mask.

"I brought you tea," Sayoko Shinozaki said as Lucius Fox the former owner and founder of FoxTech just finished with the final touches putting down on his tools and setting the completed mask aside.

"Perfect timing Sayoko I have finished."

"How is it coming Lucius," A new voice asked as a young man about seventeen years of age wearing a black school uniform trimmed with gold stepped into the room. He had short light black hair, purple eyes with a fair skin complexion.

"I just finished it Lelouch its ready," Lucius Fox announced after finally completed the customization and extensive modifications on the suit the young man would be using.

"Very nice I like how the cape and mask turned out."

"It looks impressive," Sayoko commented.

"I'll need to test it later of course, but I don't doubt it will work as expected," Lelouch added while Lucius smiled at him.

"Of course it will…most of the equipment and materials used all came from that warehouse I call a home which houses what's left of my company's aborted research projects and prototypes," Lucius said while Lelouch smiled in response because the suit and gadgets weren't the only thing he had gotten his hands on from the former company owner. He needed money and Lelouch provided it along with a means for Lucius to clear out some space in the warehouse that had become his home.

"You have been planning this for seven years," Sayoko pointed out.

"True, but just the same I'll need to test it before proceeding with the next phase."

"I think we should move everything to your new hideaway I helped Sayoko build below the academy before you conduct any tests with that new suit. I don't doubt it will work as effectively as I promised, but first things first."

"I agree…no reason to be hasty," Lelouch remarked with an amused smile before taking a tea-cup to have a slip, but suddenly a sudden shock shook the room prompting Lelouch to be alert. "What was that?"

"That can't be an earthquake…an explosion," Lucius answered.

"Both of you wait here I'll check it out."

Lelouch put his tea down and exited the station making his way into the tunnels to investigate while he was cautious on alert. He entered into a large chamber finding what had been the cause of the crash and shaking a large truck. Judging from the impact the truck hit the wall before driving into a large hole in the ground with the front ties trapped leaving the truck stuck in place. The black-haired young man approached the truck cautiously while alert for anyone who might climb out intending to investigate and find out if the truck was involved with which resistance group.

"Are these guys Japan Liberation Front of another group of kids trying to play resistance fighter?"

The side of the truck suddenly opened revealing a large device inside, but when Lelouch saw no one coming out he stepped out of the shadows to take a look. He suspected the driver might be in bad shape, which was a bad sign meaning that the truck before him was likely being pursued by the Britannian Military, Law Enforcement or both. Unaware through as he climbed into the truck to examine the large device he heard the rushing footsteps of someone behind him.

A Britannian Foot soldier jumped up into the air attempting to deliver a spin kick into Lelouch, but in quick and impressive display of relaxes Lelouch grabbed the incoming kick and turned around sharply slamming the soldier into the side of the device. But the foot soldier wasn't down for the count yet as he quickly recovered landing on his feet before going on the offensive in retaliation. Lelouch skillfully evaded all of the soldier's punches and kicks before moving to take him down. Creating an opening after catching the young man's punch Lelouch delivered a swift punch to the gut stunning his foe before kicking him in the side of the head knocking him out of the truck.

"Just what the hell was that for," Lelouch demanded hoping to find out details about the device in the truck. "I heard the crash and came to investigate…you after what is inside the truck aren't you?"

As Lelouch stepped into the light the soldier got a good look at him seemingly recognizing him.

"Lelouch is that you," The soldier asked removing his helmet. "It's me Suzaku."

"What," Lelouch began completely surprised as this was the last place on Earth where he expected to see Suzaku Kururugi his first friend and the son of the late Prime Minister of Japan before it was conquered by Britannia seven years ago. "Suzaku…you became a Britannian soldier?"

"What about you, what are you doing here?"

"Hold on don't imply I had nothing to do with this…I was doing some training down in the dark subways for survival when I heard this truck crash," Lelouch began trying to convince Suzaku that he had no involvement with the truck.

"Yeah I guess so, I can't think of what would you would do with poison gas?"

"Poison gas," Lelouch began taking a quick look at the device in the truck, but suddenly the capsule began opening up prompting Suzaku to tackle Lelouch putting his gas mask over his mouth to protect him from what Suzaku was led to believe was poison gas. However he was wrong…inside was a young woman around their age group with long green hair, yellow eyes and dressed in a Britannia prisoner straightjacket.

"That's not poison gas," Suzaku muttered getting up as Lelouch recovered as well.

"What the hell?" Lelouch climbed up and picked up the girl pulling out of the capsule before Suzaku helped Lelouch lower her to the ground near the truck. "Tell me the truth Suzaku, poison gas this girl?"

"It was in the briefing I swear," Suzaku said as he began to undo the restraints on her legs.

But behind them a series of lights were turned on revealing a group of men. Judging from their uniforms both Suzaku and Lelouch recognized them to be members of the Royal Guards belonging to Viceroy Clovis. The leader of them a tall man with a beard and a scar on his cheek glared at Suzaku as the men under his command behind him stood ready with their weapons.

"Stinking monkey, being an Honorary Britannian will not excuse you."

Suzaku hurried to the officer and attempted to defuse the situation.

"But sir I was told this was poison gas."

"How dare you question orders," The officer snapped, but Lelouch knew the situation was very dangerous. He knew he had seen something he shouldn't have seen. "However in light of your outstanding military achievements I am going to be lenient," The man began bringing out a handgun for Suzaku. "Private Kururugi, take this and execute the terrorist."

"But he is not a terrorist he's a civilian who got caught up in all of this," Suzaku exclaimed as Lelouch's worse fears about the situation were confirmed.

"You insubordinate…didn't you swear your loyalty to Britannia?"

"Yes but…I can't…"

"What," his superior growled.

"I won't do it sir I won't shoot a civilian," Suzaku said as he turned around not knowing that his superior was about to shoot him in the back.

"Very well," The superior replied before shooting him.

"Suzaku!"

"Well Britannian school boy I guess today was not a good day to cut class. Secure the girl and after you collect her kill the student."

"Yes my lord," The men replied but suddenly a pair of smoke grenades was tossed between them and Lelouch.

Looking to his right he saw Sayoko hurrying onto the scene armed with a pair of kunai, one she quickly tossed to Lelouch before a look of vengeful fury appeared in the young man's eyes as the two entered the smoke to attack the momentarily confused Royal Guard soldiers. Three of them were on the ground within seconds by Sayoko's hand with their throats slashed open before Lelouch began cutting down a few. The remaining soldiers began wildly, which only resulted in accidently shooting one another until only the leader was left who felt some drop kick him from behind sending him onto his knees just as the smoke cleared with Lelouch standing before him pushing the same handgun he used on Suzaku a few moments ago.

"I wasn't involved in this, but you made it my business now by killing my friend."

"You bastard," The officer spat which only prompted Lelouch to push the barrel of the gun harder against the man's forehead.

"Tell me how should a Britannian who detests his own country live his life?"

"Just who the hell are you?"

"I am Lelouch vi Britannia and you are the first casualty of war," Lelouch replied darkly before pulling the trigger killing the man. After the man slumped to the ground dead Lelouch looked at what believed was Suzaku's dead body unaware of the fact that he had survived with the impact of the bullet having knocked him out.

"I am sorry I didn't come sooner Lelouch-sama," Sayoko said apologetically.

"There was nothing you could have done…I didn't even foresee any of this. But we must move on…our location has been comprised we need to move everything out now."

"What about her," Sayoko asked looking over at the green haired woman.

"We'll take her with us…I want to know what she was so important to members of the Royal Guard, but," Lelouch knelt down taking the officer's radio with him. "Sayoko check the truck for a resistance cell's communicator then we'll fall back."

"What are you planning?"

"Isn't it obvious…I needed to test my suit, so what better time than now," Lelouch said with a grin too sinister for a young man like him to have but at the same time he thought.

"I'll avenge you Suzaku…"

A/N: The Joker's robbery while a nod and modified version of the one in Dark Knight is but a warm up to what the Joker will be doing later, also pairings are decided and I really want to do something different with Lelouch this time.

So read and review I can post chapter 2 at any time. But I'll hold off for now to focus on my other fics and as for Ayano she'll make her first appearance in chapter 3. I want to allow time for reviews and feedback to come in while I work on my other fics.