Code Zeon

by 117Jorn

In the year 0097, Char Aznable reclaims Side 3, in the name of the Republic of New Zeon. With Laplace's box opened, the colonies are finally freed from the shackles of tyranny. But Char decides that to prevent Zeon from ever being threatened again... they shall leave their solar system forever, to find a new home, and five years later, they find a familiar world, with a greater foe

1. Chapter 1

March 3rd UC 0097

Side 3, Zeon

Lagrange Point 2, also known as Side 3 after the colonization of space colonies began in the early Universal Century. It was also Side 3 that became the first colonies to succeed from the Earth Federation and Earth, becoming the Republic of Zeon, under the rule of Zeon Zum Deikun.

However, due to the feud between the Zabi and Deikun Families, his reign ended with his mysterious death, which many have believed to be at the fault of the Zabi Family. His death brought about the reign of Degwin Sodo Zabi and his children, establishing the Principality of Zeon. None would have guessed that something as simple as this would later lead to the deaths of millions of people.

Now, nearly 30 years have passed since that day, and four space-consuming wars have been fought between Zeon and the Federation, the first costing Zeon their homeland, and three more were meant to gain it back.

However, now, at long last, Side 3, the true homeland of Zeon, was independent once again. Its Earth Federation occupation troops driven out, and its people freed from the shackles of tyranny. And the instigator of their freedom, now resided in his personal office in the capital of Zeon, Deikun City.

Char Aznable looked outside the window, as he watched the Zeon city flourish for the first time in many years. Ever since the reformation of the Republic of Zeon after the end of the One Year War, the people of Side 3 have been shunned, oppressed, and conquered by those whose souls remained pulled by Earth's gravity. But no longer, as they were now, at long last, free.

Char smiled fondly, as he recalled how it all began: His Neo Zeon movement four years ago, which had been called the 'Second Neo Zeon War'. In his original plan, he was going to crash two asteroids, Axis and Fifth Luna, onto Earth. This would create a second Ice Age on earth, forcing humanity to leave Earth and to move into space, those who refused would be frozen on Earth.

However, the more he thought about the plan…the more he began to see its flaws. He couldn't truly force humans off of Earth, and forcing it into an Ice Age would only further damage the planet. But on the other hand, humans must begin to leave Earth, otherwise the planet would be crushed by the weight of the human population on it.

That was when he met some very…useful allies. A group called the 'Swords of Freedom', a resistance movement similar to the AEUG and Karaba who brought about the downfall of the Titans. However, the Swords of Freedom were fighting for the true Independence of Zeon and all space colonies from the Federation.

They told him of the Vist Foundation, and the source of their power 'Laplace's Box', and how it could bring about the end of the Federation. Such a chance was too good to pass up, so Char and Neo Zeon allied themselves with the Swords of Freedom, and began their fight against the Federation.

For three years they fought the Federation, preparing and attacking them. Gathering allies among the Zeon Remnants of Earth, and bringing them together. Then, came the momentous day when Neo Zeon, the Swords of Freedom, and their allies from Zeon Remnants both on Earth and in the Mars Sphere, that they achieved the impossible: they overthrew the Federation-friendly government of the Republic of Zeon, and reclaimed Side 3 in the name of the new Zeon Government, of 'New Zeon'.

It did not end there, as thanks to the actions of Cardeas Vist, the contents of Laplace's Box were opened and revealed to the world. It was thanks to this box, that the world discovered that Char's Father, Zeon Deikun, was right all along.

The contents of Laplace's Box contains the original charter for the Universal Century, which was drafted in UC 0001 by the first Federation government. The charter itself contained Clause 9 within the Earth Federation constitution, and granted people who lived in space more freedom from the influence of Earth. Clause 9 itself was solid proof that the original constitution was signed by UN Leaders and is therefore legal.

Also, because the original Universal Century charter actually mentions the rise of "beings capable of perfectly understanding one another without misconceptions" - the exact definition of Newtypes - Laplace's Box essentially validates his father's Newtype theory and proves that the Federation had been denying the spacenoids their rights all along.

It was thanks to the box, that it was showed to the world irrefutable proof that the current government of the Earth Federation is an illegitimate one, thereby fundamentally undermining its political authority and philosophy.

And just like that, the Federation lost most of its control in space, as all of the space colonies began to declare independence. The Federation was at its weakest, and many believed Zeon would use this to their advantage, and invade the Earth like they have many times before.

However, Char would not repeat the same mistakes the Principality of Zeon made, as well as the first Neo Zeon movement done by Haman Karn. Instead, all he did was recall all Zeon Remnants from across the Earth Sphere and from Mars, to Side 3. And he made the decision that shocked the whole Earth Sphere.

New Zeon were going to leave the Earth sphere, once and for all.

It was a very difficult and controversial decision, however many knew he was right, Zeon must leave the Earth Sphere once and for all, so they can never again be threatened by the warmongering elites on Earth. Many wondered where they would go, but Char revealed that Zeon had been monitoring the Epsilon Eridani System for many years, and he has confirmed the existence of a planet which could support life on it.

Using massive ships such as the Jupitris-class, they would literally tow the colonies of Side 3 and New Zeon, and journey to this new world to begin anew. Zeon were not the only ones leaving, as many members of the Swords of Freedom, and their families, were joining them in their journey.

It would take them years to arrive at the destination, however Char had prepared for this, as scientists had created numerous Cryo-Stasis pods which the inhabitants of the colony will occupy until their arrival at the Epsilon Eridani Star System.

He felt a pair of familiar presences, just as the doors to his office open. He smiled as he knew who it was "I was wondering if you would show up," Char said, as he turned around to see his old rival and friend, Amuro Ray, along with his sister, Sayla Mass.

"Well, We couldn't let you go without us saying goodbye, first," Amuro said, as the First Gundam Pilot, along his wife of two years, walked over with the latter hugging her brother.

"I wish you didn't have to go, Onii-san," she said as tears of sadness came out of her eyes at the thought of being separated from her big brother once again.

Char smiled sadly as he embraced his sister. "I'm sorry Artesia, but I have to," he said, "Humanity must move on from its roots if it's to survive, that's why Zeon must leave the Earth, so others will leave as well."

"I know...but...I'll miss you..." Sayla said, wiping away the tears.

"I'll miss you too, Artesia," he said, as he looked into her eyes "But you're a full-grown woman now, and I know you can look after yourself. Not to mention you have Amuro around..." he then chuckled a bit, "Never in my years would I expect having him as my brother-in-law, though..."

Amuro could only smile at that. "Well, it's ironic to say the least. During the One Year War we were trying to kill each other. Now, we're family," he said and Char nodded before his face turned serious.

"You better take care of my sister, Amuro, because if anything happens..." he let the threat hang, but Amuro got the hint, as he nodded and Sayla giggled.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything?" everyone turned and saw a woman with shoulder length light brown hair, green eyes, and wearing a female version uniform of the New Zeon uniform.

Char smiled. "Just saying our last goodbyes, Nanai," he said, before the two exchanged a quick kiss. "How's Giorgio?"

"Just put him to bed in Cryo," Nanai Miguel answered. "Zar and Nasha also just entered their own Cryo Chamber. We're almost ready to leave Char."

Char sighed and nodded as he turned to Amuro and Sayla. "Well, I guess this is our final farewell." he said, "Are you sure you want to stay here at Earth?"

The two nodded. "Someone has to stay here and make sure the Right Wing Extremists are put in their place, while the Moderates work things out," Sayla said, while Amuro agreed.

"Not to mention we still need to clean Anaheim Electronics out of all the Vist Foundation Supporters, as well as clear the Anti-Spacenoid junkies out of the EFSF," the Gundam pilot put in. "All in all, Londo Bell has its work cut out for them."

The Red Comet chuckled a bit "True, but at least things can finally begin changing for the better." he said, "With the Construction of space colonies resuming, and space immigration booming once again, soon most of humanity will move from earth and into space."

"And as long as people like you, Bright and the others keep the people from doing anything radical, the Earth Sphere is in good hands," Nanai said nodding.

"That's exactly what we plan to do," Sayla said, and walked over and gave her sister-in-law a hug, which surprised Nanai, but smiled as she returned it.

"Take of yourself, Nanai." the daughter of Zeon Zum Deikun said. "As well as my brother and my nephew."

"I plan to." Nanai said. "But for right now, is about time for us to get into Cryo-Stasis, and to start the journey."

Sayla nodded as she stepped away with Amuro, facing her brother once again. "Goodbye... Big Brother," Sayla said, "I'll miss you..."

Char smiled sadly at his sibling. "And I you. Now you must hurry back to your shuttle, we wouldn't want you onboard when we leave."

Sayla nodded as Amuro stepped toward his Zeon Rival and held out his hand.

"See ya later, Char. And good luck," he said.

Char smirked a bit, as he accepted the hand as they shook. "And good luck to you, Amuro," he said, "Farewell."

A half hour later

Char was smiling as he watched his son sleep, a hand on the cryotube he was in. Nanai stood next to him as she smiled.

"Soon my son, we will head to our new home. And you will never have to fear the oppression we all suffered," he said. "We will be in a world... where you will be safe from people like the Vist Foundation, Gihren loyalists, and the Titans."

"A world we have been fighting to have, for far too long," Nanai said, nodding. "Sleep well Giorgio... we will see you soon." She kissed her hand as she placed it on the Cryotube of her son.

"Let us sleep as well, Nanai." Char said and said woman nodded as they entered their own tubes, and the hatches closed as a sleeping gas put them to sleep. As this happened, the Space Colonies of Side 3 began to move as the rocket boosters activated, and the Jupitris-class Transports began to move as well as they towed and guided them away as they moved out of orbit in L2, leaving the shadow of the moon for the first time in history.

As the colonies moved further and further away, a fleet of Federation ships watched as Zeon left orbit, and on the bridge of the Ra Calium, Amuro and Sayla watched along with Bright Noa as they left.

"So..." Bright said as he watched the Side 3 colonies leave, "Zeon is leaving the Earth System, and heading to a new home to call their own."

Amuro nodded at that. "Yes, and it's New Zeon by the way Admiral," he said, while Bright gave the Gundam pilot a frown.

"Duchy of Zeon, Neo Zeon, New Zeon...it's still the same nation," the former Captain of White Base said.

"No, Bright," Sayla said, shaking her head. "Zeon is not the same nation it was before... they have grown, and in a sense matured. They are a new nation, one that has learned from its past, and knows better than to repeat them again."

Bright smirked just a bit, as he nodded a bit at that. "I suppose you're right," he said. "I guess all we can do... is hope for the best with them."

Sayla nodded at that as the colonies continued onward into the darkness of space. A few tears escaping her eyes.

'Nii-san...be safe,' she thought as the light from the engines began to grow dimmer and dimmer until they disappeared entirely. She then looked at her husband as she rubbed her stomach fondly.

"We never got the chance to tell him you were pregnant," Amuro said, and Sayla smiled a bit.

"Somehow... I think he already knew, Amuro." She said.

Five Years Later

Epsilon Eridani System

The third planet which orbited around the star of Epsilon Eridani was almost identical in appearance to the Earth, including its continents and oceans. However, if one were to give the planet a closer look, they would've seen the minor differences.

Far away from the system, but slowly approaching, the former Colonies of Earth continued towards the system, their current speed making it so their arrival at the new planet's equivalent of Lagrange Point 2 behind the planet's moon being one week.

Inside the leading colony of Munzo, a small holographic screen seemed to flicker on, revealing what looked like a holographic man in a old Principality of Zeon uniform, glowing a faint blue, with data streams surrounding him.

The Artificial Intelligence 'Axis' had 'awoken' from his offline time, as his systems read that they were a short while away from arriving at the planet of Epsilon Eridani. Following his programming as instructed, he transferred himself wirelessly towards his 'home' perce, the asteroid Axis, one of the asteroid colonies that were brought with them.

Once his consciousness was transferred, he issued out orders to the Unmanned Drones that Axis was supplied with prior to the launch of the exodus. One by one, the Drones launched from Axis, and proceeded to the planet in order to investigate it's habitability. When a sufficient number was launched, Axis began using long-range sensors to monitor the planet. Although not as effective as the Drones, it allowed him to get a good idea what to expect the Drones would run into.

However, Axis's holographic body blinked as he detected... radio waves? Although they were difficult to tell considering the distance, he could intercept some of the radio waves, and quickly discovered they were artificial...

"Odd..." said Axis as he continued to study the radio waves, and was able to get a message. But what he heard, made him frown as a human voice sounded. The message was garbled, but he could hear something being mentioned in plain English about a 'Britannian Empire' and an 'Area' which only further baffled him.

"Britannian Empire? Wait, Britannia? As in Roman Empire Era Britain?" he said confused as he continued to listen to the radio chatter, as he heard more words, which were now becoming clear sentences as the Probes approached closer to the planet. The A.I.'s eyes squinted in confusion. They were clearly speaking in English, and he picked up other radio transmissions from other locations on the planet broadcasting other messages in other languages as well.

'The Commander will need to hear about this...' Axis thought, as he sent out the commands back to Munzo to begin thawing out Char and Nanai.

Later, in the Personal Cryo Chamber of the Aznable Family

Deikun City

The Cryotubes hissed and cracked open as their occupants began to awake after five years of slumber.

Char was the first to awaken as he rubbed the bridge of his nose with a groan. He shook his head before he finally climbed out, before coughing a bit. "Well... looks like the tubes worked," he thought, shaking his head again. "Still leaves that horrid taste in my mouth..."

"My apologies Commander Aznable," said Axis as he appeared before Char. "I'm sorry to awaken you like this, but we have arrived at the the Epsilon Eridani System, and we shall arrive in orbit of the planet's Lagrange Point 2 in approximately 168 Hours. Of course myself, and the drones that I sent out have discovered something...off about the planet."

"Off how?" Nanai asked, as she awoke next, coughing a bit just as Char had. "Horrid taste this tube gives me... hope we never have to use it again..."

"Well, we were picking up amounts of electromagnetic radiation with the same frequencies to be artificial radio waves," Axis said, causing both Char and Nanai to look at the Hologram in surprise. "The Drones had recently arrived on the planet, and I have managed to ascertain that the planet seems to already have a native sentient population of humans."

Now that revelation threw them for a loop.

"Humans? All the way out here? This far from Earth?" Nanai said, and Axis nodded.

"I'm just as baffled as you are, Miss Nanai." the Zeon A.I. said. "Another thing that disturbs me is the inhabitants' behavior. The drones have only recently reached the planet and begun sending me messages, but what I have seen thus far is... unnerving."

Then Axis brought out two holographic videos, showing what seemed to be battles going about on the planet. What surprised Char and Nanai however were what appeared to be machines remarkably similar to Mobile Suits, but much smaller as they fought against other military forces.

"I have only managed to gain some information," Axis continued, "But it appears to me the world is currently being threatened by a global superpower called Britannia. I can't get much more information until I gain a more direct link, and the Drones are still working on gathering as much information as they can without being detected."

Char looked at the videos as Nanai went to Giorgio's pod and lifted the sleeping child into her arms.

"Britannia? As in the Ancient Roman name for Great Britain?" Nanai said, and Axis nodded.

"Yes. There are two other Super Powers who are fighting Britannia, the European Ultra-Union, and the Chinese Federation." He said, "It's surprising to me as well, as it appears this planet's geography and appearance is virtually identical to Earth, with continents appearing identical with Asia, Europe, North America, and South America with only minor differences. It seems the major differences lie in government."

Char let out a long tired sigh. "It's never simple, is it?" he asked, before he shook his head "Axis, prepare to commence the thawing process of all residents in the Side 3 Colonies and Gründer Colonies. Don't rush it, we've still got about a week as you say before we're in position behind the planet's moon. And make a priority to thaw out the Midnight Fenrir Corps first... I may have a mission for them very soon."

Axis nodded at that. "At once, sir," he said and then winked away to carry out the order. Nanai came over with their son and placed a hand on Char's shoulder.

"What will you tell the people Char?" she said, and said Red Comet sighed.

"The truth, of course," he said. "That we possibly switched one hell for another."

One Week Later

One week had passed, and as Axis had predicted, the exodus of colonies reached the shadow of the planet's moon in Lagrange Point 2. They had managed to agree on calling the newly discovered planet 'Gaia' for the time being. By the time they had reached L2, all of the colonists had been awakened from their long slumber and moved back into their original homes.

After the end of the week, Char decided to inform the people of the planet by Television Newscast. He and Nanai were there together, while Giorgio was being looked after by Mineva Lao Zabi, who had came with them after the contents of Laplace's Box were revealed.

She had been officially adopted by Char as a surrogate little sister, and got along well with Nanai.

Char made the televised broadcast brief, but to the point. He explained to the people the current situation, and what they so far knew about the new world they had discovered, as well as its apparent human inhabitants. That information, of course, shocked a lot of people, but what really threw them for a loop was that the planet looked exactly like Earth, though with minor differences, and the three superpowers that make up half of the planet.

From the information Char managed to get from Axis, who in turn got it from the drones he sent, the Red Comet's overall impression was more than dislike. So far the Britannians, or as they call themselves, the 'Holy Britannian Empire', was all too similar to how the Principality of Zeon was like during the One year war, however the only difference being it seemed almost as if the entire Britannian people were brainwashed into following their Emperor, Charles Zi Britannia.

However, Char needed to get more information on Britannia, specifically in one of the places it had recently conquered. The Japanese Islands were among the most recently conquered. However Char soon found from Axis that Japan has been renamed to 'Area 11', as the Britannians had stripped the nation of its very name. Something Char personally viewed as something the Titans would have done if given the chance.

He also saw the E.U. and the Chinese Federation the same manner he saw the Old Earth Federation, before it's fall and reformation. The European superpower was plagued with decadence, paranoia, and a corrupt bureaucracy. He was more furious when he learned from Axis how the EU treated Japanese refugees when their homeland fell to Britannia, and how they were treated as 'hostile Foreigners' and were used as cannon fodder in place of their own troops against the Britannians.

The Chinese Federation also suffered from corruption as the current Empress, who was no more than a child, was used as a puppet ruler by her so-called 'advisors', the High Eunuchs. The High Eunuchs manipulated the poor girl into letting them run the country while they bled their nation dry, and left the people to suffer.

After the public announcement, he quickly informed that he will be sending in a force to investigate Area 11 to ascertain the situation. He would be heading down there personally on the Rewloola, where he will also be joined by the newly reformed Midnight Fenrir Corps. Which was why he was now on the bridge of the Rewloola, as it prepared its descend into the planet's atmosphere.

The Rewloola was upgraded with a Minovsky Craft system, so that it could fly in the atmosphere the same way as the Earth Federation's Clop and Ra Cailum-class battleships. The majority of the New Zeon/Swords of Freedom space vessels have all been refitted with Minovsky Craft Systems, so even vessels like old Magellan and Gwazine-class Battleships, or even Salamis or Musai-class ships could safely enter and exit a planet's atmosphere.

"We're beginning to enter the atmosphere now, Commander," The captain of the Rewloola, Hill Dawson, said. "Any sensors the people of Gaia have, we should only be received as a meteor entering the atmosphere."

Char nodded at that. "Good, make sure you get as close as you can to the coast of Japan," he said, and the captain nodded.

"Yes sir," Dawson said. "It shouldn't be too hard."

"Entering Phase 5 of Re-entry procedures," The Helmsman said. "Lowering blast shields on the bridge, and deploying coolant gel layer," the windows of the bridge were soon covered by a metal overlay, as the Rewloola began to pick up speed in it's descent.

Soon, an orange color began to appear on the ship.

"Now entering Phase 4 of Re-entry procedures," came the report from the Helmsman. "Bow descending at maximum velocity."

"Once we've cleared re-entry, prepare to launch the Midnight Fenrir Corps on their Dodai Kai's," Char said. "I want them to head towards the closest settlement, and investigate the area."

Meanwhile

Shinjuku Ghetto, Area 11

A young man of 17 years of age with raven black hair and violet colored eyes in a black school uniform looked on, as he felt the blood on his cheek slid down. Before him lied the corpses of dozens of men in Britannian uniforms, all of whom had committed suicide by his very command with his new power. The power granted to him by the now deceased green-haired woman who also lied on the ground dead.

This power... the power to command anyone into doing his bidding... it was all he needed to become great. He then smirked. "Well then..." he whispered before he glanced at the green-haired woman's body. "I don't understand... what it is you wanted me to do... why did you give me this bizarre power?"

He frowned as he bent down, and closed the eyes of the woman, being the least he could do for her.

However, before he could continue his own thoughts, he heard an explosion as he turned around, and a part of the room's wall seemed to explode before a RPI-13 Sutherland Fifth Generation Knightmare Frame rolled into the room. Its Factsphere sensors activating as it scanned the room.

Lelouch Vi Britannia just calmly looked at the Sutherland, before he heard the Loudspeaker of the Knightmare activate "What happened here boy?" A female voice said, "And why is a Britannian Student in a place like this?" At first he didn't answer, before she shouted "Are you deaf? Answer me!" She then fired a burst of rounds, aiming for the wall behind Lelouch. He did not even flinch.

"I order you to come out, at once!" He said demanding, as he activated his power once again, as a symbol appeared in his left eye.

"Who the hell do you think you are to order me?" The pilot replied, causing Lelouch to blink before understanding it. 'I see,' he thought, 'It only works with direct eye contact...'

"My name is Allen Spacer," Lelouch lied as he raised his hands. "My Father is a Duke. My I.D card is in my pocket, after you confirm who I am, I will request your protection."

There was a short silence following the statement, however Lelouch grinned as the Sutherland's cockpit opened and the pilot descended, being a woman in her mid twenties with long bluish teal colored hair and yellow colored eyes wearing a custom Britannian Knight uniform. She was holding a pistol in her land, but Lelouch also saw she had her Knightmare's I.D Card in hand as well.

"Keep your hands up in the air," she said calmly, "I'll take out your I.D."

Lelouch smirked. 'Bingo,' he thought. "Now then," he said. "Hand your Knightmare over to me," Once again he activated the power, this time however it appeared to work as her eyes began to glow a faint red.

She then presented her Pistol and twirled the ID key to the Knightmare around her finger. "Understood," she said obediently "The Code Number is XG21G2D4." She then tossed him the ID Key as well as her sidearm.

Lelouch smirked. "Thank you," he said as he walked right past her and entered the Sutherland. Upon entering, he found the controls to be quite simple, and similar to the Ganymede he would pilot at school. "Perfect," he said as he inserted the key and powered up the Knightmare. Immediately afterwards, he left the ravaged building, leaving the Woman standing there still in the trance-like daze.

Meanwhile

On the Rewloola

The Rewloola soon descended into the Troposphere of Gaia, flying just above cloud level as it continued on towards Japan.

In the hangar of the Rewloola, the crew was already preparing to launch the Mobile Suits, as the Dodai Kai Sub-flight lifters were being prepared to transport the M.S that were incapable of independent flight.

One of the pilots who was approaching one of the Midnight Fenrir Corps' signature MS-09F Dom Funf mobile suits that was modified by Grunder Heavy Industries. The pilot was female who appeared to be in her mid 30's with shoulder blade length silver white hair, and blue eyes. Her pilot suit was like a mix of ECOAS and Neo-Zeon make, colored in the dark blue and white of the corps.

The woman sighed as she looked up at her Mobile Suit "I didn't think we'd be needing to use these things for a while..." She muttered.

"I don't think anyone was expecting this, Sophie," Another voice said, as Sophie Fran turned to see a man of her age with short brown hair tied in a wolf tail knot, and green eyes, wearing a full Zeon normal suit. "I don't think anyone expected we'd be making first contact with a race of humans here..."

Sophie sighed a bit and nodded. "I know, Nikki..." she said. "But after everything we've been through... I actually would've liked to have a time where we're not fighting."

"It's only if the natives prove hostile," said another female voice and the two turned and saw another female wearing the same type of normal suit as Nikki, who had red neck length hair, and purple hair. "And if what we saw and read about these three superpowers of this world is true, it might turn ugly.

The woman's eyes then narrowed. "Especially this 'Holy Britannian Empire'. Taking away a nation's identity and rights, and replacing it with a mere number...it sickens me."

"That goes double for me," said another man who approached them in a Zeon normal suit, with short black hair and brown eyes with tanned Asian skin. "This may not be Earth, but Japan will always be my family's ancestral homeland... whether it's on Earth or here on Gaia."

"Same here," another man said as he walked up, wearing his own customized Normal Suit (Think Setsuna's Normal Suit from the second season of Gundam 00, only in a darker shade of blue and with a helmet more like the AEUG's pilot's helmets). He had dark brown hair done in a buzz cut, a fairly bushy moustache the same color as his hair, violet eyes, and more traditional Asian skin. "Not to mention that what I've heard about Britannia sounds like the Zabi way of thinking taken to its logical conclusion."

"Hey now, don't forget, Mineva is a Zabi, and she detested the way her uncle handled Zeon in the war," the red haired woman said.

"I meant no offense to Mineva," the moustached man said. "I was only comparing the two."

"We know that, Takeshi," Another voice said, coming from another woman with short ear length black hair and amber colored eyes, wearing a Neo Zeon normal suit. "But you are right in the fact Britannia is acting uncomfortably similar to the old Principality under Gihren's rule."

Everyone nodded at that.

"True..." said Takeshi. "So which city are we heading to?"

Tai scratched the back of his head as he sighed. "From what I heard, it's one of the cities along the east coastline. Most likely Tokyo, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki."

Takeshi sighed as well. "Tokyo..." he muttered. "How ironic that the city where I saw my first MS battle is now quite probably going to be the site of battle once more..."

The redhead looked at Takeshi. "Wait, the first MS battle you saw was at Tokyo?"

Takeshi nodded at that. "You can say that," he said, a slightly nostalgic look in his eyes. "It was back close to the end of the One Year War, back when I was eleven years old. A team of three Zeon Mobile Suits - Z'Goks, I think, it's a little hazy at this point - decided to attack Japan, and they made landfall at Tokyo. A team of GMs was garrisoned there, and managed to drive the Zeon MS back. I was in a nearby park at the time - out of the way of any stray fire, but close enough to see the entire fight, and I was enthralled by seeing actual Mobile Suit-on-Mobile Suit combat... It's part of why I decided to enlist in the military."

The Zeon pilots nodded at that, knowing many young people enlisted because they wanted to become MS pilots. "Know the feeling," Tai said, smiling fondly. "It was a similar story for me, only it was up in space. My family was on a transport and we were attacked by Feddie mobile suits... but a bunch of Zaku's came by and saved us. I saw the whole battle as the Zakus practically dominated the GMs... right after that, I enlisted the moment I could."

Takeshi grinned. "Ah, it's always good to remember joyous moments from the past," he said. "It helps keep your mind away from things you'd rather not think about." The grin turned into a slight frown. "Like how much of a potential hot zone we're flying into."

Sophie nodded at that. "Yeah, and it's against Humanity's lost cousins on a world far from Earth, that looks just like our own," she said and everyone nodded.

"All Pilots, prepare to launch," the Intercom sounded off in the hanger. "All pilots, prepare to launch in T-Minus 20 Minutes."

"That's our cue," Nikki said. "Well let's get in our suits, shall we?"

Everyone nodded and headed for their respective mobile suits.

Meanwhile on the Bridge

"Hmm? Captain, I'm picking up something," said the communications officer.

Both Char and Captain Dawson rose their eyebrows at that. "What is it?" Dawson asked.

"It's a message being sent out by who I guess are the Britannians..." the Communications officer's eyes widened a bit before they quickly narrowed. "You're not going to like or believe this..."

"On speakers," Char ordered, as the Comm officer nodded and pressed a button.

"This is Lazslo Squad, sector 9 cleared of all 11's,"

"Martin Squad, sector 12 Purged of 11's for urban renewal."

"Zeta Squad, same story in Sector 4."

"Good work, I want this entire Ghetto purged of 11's, I don't want to see a single child of Shinjuku alive when this is done."

A collective gasp was heard at that announcement.

"What!?"

"Did that guy just say what I thought he said!?"

"Not a single child!?"

Char's eyes were wide with angered shock.

"Takeshi Yamato here," came Takeshi's voice over the comms, having tuned into the bridge comms and thus having overheard the entire Britannian conversation. "I'm launching. No way am I just sitting around while these Britannians butcher innocent people!"

"That goes double for us!" Charlotte's voice came through again. "Captain, open the launch bay doors before I have to blast 'em open!"

"Do it, Captain," Char said, his eyes going cold. "And send word to the hangar I want the Sazinju ready for deployment... I'll be heading out myself. And send word to the Argama and the reinforcements as well to begin their descent into the atmosphere."

Dawson was surprised by this, but knew that he couldn't persuade Char to stay on the ship.

"Y-Yes sir. Prepare the Commander's Mobile Suit at once!" he ordered as Char began to leave the bridge, his face calm but his eyes containing a cold fury.

"This is too reminiscent of the Titans," he said. "I will not let these so-called Britannian get away with this massacre scot free."

Meanwhile

Shinjuku Ghetto

Racing through the Shinjuku Ghetto was a red and bronze colored RPI-11 Glasgow Fourth Generation Knightmare Frame, missing its left arm. It hopped over a bridge just in time to watch a Britannian APC open fire on a group of fleeing civilians, however the pilot launched a Slash-Harken at the APC, quickly destroying it.

In the cockpit of the Glasgow, a 17 year old woman with short red hair and blue eyes growled in anger with some tears leaking from her eyes. "Damn... Britannians!" She shouted.

"Kallen, Kallen!" A voice on the hand radio taped to the Glasgow's cockpit sounded off. "Can the Glasgow still move?"

"Don't you worry about me, Ohgi," Kallen said. "It's alright, I'll decoy them! Get the people out of here, the only ones that will be captured are us in the resistance!"

"I know, but they got us completely trapped!" Ohgi said. "We're completely surrounded."

Another female voice came over the comms at that point. "I'm currently working my way over to you, Ohgi-san, but the Britannians are deploying plenty of Sutherlands, so it might take a while."

"Got it, take care Hitomi-san!" Kallen said, as she moved her Glasgow away. "I'll try to take some of them off of you."

"It's much appreciated, Kallen-san. But please, don't throw your life away needlessly," Hitomi said, causing the redhead to blink, before smiling.

"Right, I'll try," she said and continued on.

Meanwhile

With Lelouch

Lelouch was moving through the ruined streets of the Shinjuku Ghetto in his stolen Sutherland. Everywhere he went, he saw nothing but death and destruction caused by his numbskull of a brother, Clovis la Britannia.

As he moved through the ruins, he knew he needed to get some more information about what was going on. He reached for his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. 'I hope this isn't a mistake...' he thought before he called a number in particular.

He waited for a few seconds, before he finally got an answer. "Lulu, is that you?" A female voice asked, "What in the world have you been doing, where are you at? You do realize that if you keep cutting classes you're going to be held back."

Lelouch rolled his eyes a bit. "Shirley, are you near a TV?" He asked.

"A TV.? Hang on a sec." Shirley said. "What exactly am I looking for?"

"Look for anything on the news about Shinjuku." Lelouch answered.

"Uhhh... not much it seems," Shirley said, "Just some traffic restrictions, but it doesn't say why."

'I get it,' Lelouch thought to himself, 'Once they finish everything off, they'll release news that favors the military...hm?' He glanced at one of the Sutherland's monitors, and noticed what looked like a old chessboard with some pieces lying around.

"Ohh... your gambling again, aren't you?" Shirley complained, "I've warned you more than once how dangerous that is!"

Lelouch smiled a bit "Yup, you caught me." He said, "Also, tell my little sister that I might be late tonight, would you? Thanks." With that said, he quickly hung up. He then brought up the area map, showing the positioning of all Britannian Sutherlands from their IFF's. "They need to keep a lid on this information, so it will be hard for them to call in reinforcements." He mused to himself, "They'll have to make due with the pieces currently on the board...which they have a lot of."

Lelouch sighed as he opened the cockpit of the Sutherland, and looked up into the sky "I'm hemmed in here, it'll be tough to break through by myself... and waiting in refuge carries its own risks as well."

He then heard the sound of a explosion go off, as he watched as a Britannian Helicopter go down in flames in the distance "Not to mention I want some payback for being brought into this..." he added before he hopped out and grabbed the chess pieces.

Meanwhile

With Kallen

Kallen cursed as she was being chased by two Sutherlands of the Purist Faction. She couldn't fight the two of them, since her Glasgow lost it's arm, and its own rifle leaving it only with Slash Harkens. She looked at her energy supply, and her eyes widened a bit 'Only 30 Minutes left...' she thought, 'Is... is this how it all-'

"The West Entrance!" A new voice said on the radio that she had never heard before, causing her to blink in surprise. "Use the tracks to reach the west entrance!"

"Who is this?" Kallen demanded, "How do you know this code?"

"That doesn't matter!" The voice said, "If you wanna live and win, you just have to trust me!"

Kallen blinked in surprise "To win?" She asked, before she looked up and saw the railway tracks above her. Deciding she had no other options, she followed the radio voice's orders as she hopped her Glasgow onto the rails and proceeded forward.

"Okay. Now what?" She asked and the voice answered.

"Keep going along the tracks." the voice answered. Kallen gritted her teeth at that.

'Simple enough.' she thought, as she ran. The two Purist Sutherlands soon following suit.

"You pathetic eleven," the first Purist pilot taunted on the comm, "If you simply run away, this hunt doesn't offer much in the way of sport."

Kallen growled, but up ahead she quickly noticed that moving towards her on the tracks was a supply train. "Since you trusted me, you're going to win," the voice said. "Jump onto that train!"

Kallen did as the voice said.

"Gotcha!" with that the Glasgow jumped onto the train leaving the lead Purist Sutherland that was chasing her behind to halt and stop the train.

"You think you think you can get away through that, hm?" the pilot said as the train screeched to a stop. "If that's your plan then..." he then turned to his wingman "You! Go after the Glasgow!"

"Yes my lord!" The second pilot shouted as his Sutherland took off into the air...

...only for a duo of Slash Harkens to blast it out of the skies.

The pilot of the first Sutherland, a 28 year old man with Turquoise hair and Yellow eyes widened in surprise as he looked for the source "What the?" He asked, just as he found the source of the Slash Harkens to be another Sutherland. "Friendly Fire? What's your name and your unit! We're after the one-armed Glas-" However, his command was cut off as suddenly the Sutherland opened fire on his own.

"Oh my God! A terrorist!?" he shouted in shock as the rounds blew off his Sutherland's leg at the knee joint. The man growled as he attempted to raise his rifle. "You son of a-!"

Before he could finish or fire a shot off, he noticed Kallen's Glasgow heading straight for him. The pilot decided to cut his losses, as he quickly activated his Sutherland's ejection system as he pulled the switch. The rear half of the Sutherland launched off and moved a fair distance away before its parachutes activated, while the Sutherland unit itself crashed to the ground before Kallen's Glasgow.

"Wow... you saved me..." She said smiling. "Thanks, but... how did you get your hands on a Sutherland-huh?" She looked at the building the Sutherland was first in, only to find it had disappeared. "Huh? Where did he go...?"

She then heard her alarms go off, causing her to prepare for another fight, however a Type-1R Burai Kai colored Violet with a black torso and black trimming with a Knightmare-sized Katana Sword attached to its waist appeared before her. "Kallen-san, you're alive!" Hitomi's voice came through the comm.

"Kallen!" Ohgi's voice was also heard, as Kallen looked down to see him, and three others with him approaching on foot. "What the hell was with the voice on the radio?"

"What?" she asked using the loudspeakers. "He contacted you too?"

"Sure did," Ohgi said. "And Yoshida's group should be here soon too."

"Whoever that guy is, he got us all out of a few pretty sticky situations," Hitomi said. "I'd probably be dead if he didn't contact me to come here."

They were interrupted as the mysterious voice came back on the radio.

"You, the one in the violet and black Knightmare," the voice said. "Are you the one in charge?"

"Uh, no, not really," Hitomi answered. "Ohgi-san's our official leader."

"Yeah," Ohgi said as he picked out his own Radio. "And thanks for the hand."

"Don't mention it, but right now we don't have much time for pleasantries." The voice said, "I present to you the cargo of that train, their tools to your victory. If you want to use them to win, just follow my orders."

"Oh come on," Hitomi said as she approached one of the Train's cargo containers. "What could possibly be in here that... will..." she opened one of the containers, and inside the cockpit, the violet eyed and dark brown haired girl's eyes widened in shock. "Ho-ly shit..."

Inside the Cargo Containers, were four fully armed and functioning RPI-13 Sutherlands. Upon seeing its contents, the other resistance members began opening the rest of the cargo carts, and found the entire train was loaded with Sutherlands and the ammo and supplies necessary to maintain them.

"There's more in here!"

"Here, too!"

Ohgi didn't know what to think. "Amazing..." he said. "Maybe we should give this guy a chance..."

"Woman in the Glasgow," the voice said, snapping Kallen out of her state of shock. "I want you to stay where you are, I want your unit to run decoy, you got that?"

"Y-Yes, understood," she said.

"Energy Filler Status?"

"About 15 Minutes worth."

"Then recharge it," he said. "In about ten minutes I'll contact you all with your next instructions. Meanwhile, woman in the violet Knightmare, if your Energy Filler is also low, recharge it as well unless you want to trade it out for a Sutherland."

"My machine will be sufficient, Voice-san," Hitomi replied even as her Burai moved to replenish its Energy Filler. "More importantly, do you have some name we can address you by? It doesn't have to be your real name - an alias will work, but I don't want to call you Voice-san all the time."

There was a short pause on the comm, as on a distant building overlooking them, Lelouch blinked at what she said. True, he wanted to keep his real name a secret in case their radio transmissions were being intercepted... but perhaps a name they could call him by for the time being would suffice. He gave it a few moments thought, before he came up with a temporary alias "For the time being, you may refer to me as... Warlock," he said. "Shall that suffice for you?"

"It shall, Warlock-san," Hitomi replied, her Energy Filler completely exchanged and her Burai back to full power.

"Very well," Lelouch said. "I will contact you soon with your new orders. Warlock out." He turned off the Comm before he let out a tired sigh "This is wearing me out..." he muttered, but the burning desire in his eyes not fading. "Regardless, I'll need determination in order to succeed. After all..." he twirled the Black King chess piece in his hand around his fingers. "...I'm risking my life in this game as well."

Meanwhile

With the Midnight Fenrir Corps

While this was happening, five mobile suits, four of which were on Dodai Kai Sub-flight lifters and one flying independently, approached the Japanese Mainland as quickly as possible. The Mobile Suits were one MS-06F3S Zaku II F3 Commander Type, a MS-06F3 Zaku II F3 Standard Type, a MS-07HB-10 Gouf All-Regions Type, a MS-09FII Dom Funf II, and a single Gundam-type leading them all.

In the distance, they could already see the Coastline rapidly approaching, and knew that at their current speed they should be there within minutes. "Tai, its Charlotte." Charlotte said in the cockpit of her Zaku II F3 Commander Type. "What's the situation?"

Even higher above the clouds, already flying over Shinjuku, an old refit Fat Uncle transport Plane flew over the battlefield, a side-hanger open as a MS-05QL Zaku I Kai Sniper Type was hanging from inside the Fat Uncle's cargo bay, its Beam Sniper Rifle out as Tai looked at the battlefield below.

He didn't answer immediately, as his eyes were narrowed as he watched Britannian APC's and their miniature Mobile Suits attack defenseless civilians, gunning them down without a single care in the world. "Commander... you need to see this for yourself," he said, as he sent the images back to the rest of the Fenrir Corps, as well as Takeshi. "Permission to engage the Britannians now?"

Takeshi scowled upon seeing the Britannians gunning down civilians. "I don't think we need permission for this one," he growled, a switchblade-type weapon on his Gundam's right forearm snapping into its active position. "We need to save as many civilians as we can-and the best way to do that is to wipe out the Britannian forces."

The thrusters on Takeshi's Gundam suddenly increased their output, the blue and black machine blasting ahead of the other four as he accelerated towards the battlefield.

"Takeshi! Wait!" Said Nikki, but was surprised as Sophie's Dom Funf II jetted right past him. "Whoa! Sophie, hold on!"

"Won't forgive them..." Sophie whispered, causing Nikki to blink. "This... I won't..."

"Sophie?" Nikki asked. "Are you-"

"THEY'LL ALL DIE!" Sophie suddenly shouted, causing all of the others, minus Takeshi, to jump in surprise. "THEY'LL PAY FOR THIS!"

"Oh crap! She's lost it!" said Charlotte as they watched their teammate followed Takeshi's example.

"It doesn't matter..." said Char, surprising the others before their sensors went off, seeing the MSN-09S Sazinju flying over them in a red flash. "...because I'm giving the order to engage all Britannian Forces, wipe out any that continue this senseless Massacre!"

Meanwhile

Britannian G-1 Mobile Base

"The terrorists are mixed among the 11 populace and are mounting a minor resistance," General Bartley Asprius said on the command room of the G-1 Mobile Base. "But they are a minor threat against our vastly superior army."

"I know that," said the figure in elegant clothing sitting on the throne in the bridge, a young man with long blond hair and blue eyes. "Moving on...?"

"Understood, your highness," Bartley said, "The Gas capsules will be-"

"-what the public thinks," Clovis La Britannia finished, as the General nodded. "Yes, we will keep searching for her." He said.

Clovis sighed a bit. "Either way, I want her captured dead or alive," he ordered. "And that goes for whoever could be hiding them, as well-"

"Sir, we have lost contact with Sigma squad!" One of the operators remarked, causing both the General and Prince Clovis to bolt their heads up.

"W-What?" General Bartley asked. "How is that possible? They weren't even in the city, they were on the west side outskirts guarding the coastline to Shinjuku!"

"Could the JLF be trying to give aid to the 11's in the Ghetto?" Clovis asked.

"It's possible, but unlikely, your Highness..." Bartley said, before shaking his head. "Order Jaguar Squad to investigate Sigma Squad's last location! Find out what happened over there!"

Meanwhile

With Ohgi's Resistance

"Hey, are you certain about this whole thing?" Tamaki Shinichirō asked Ohgi, who was already getting used to the controls of the Sutherlands. "They all had their IFF's removed, what if this is a trap?"

"The other side has a total advantage in this war," Ohgi answered on the loudspeakers. "They don't need to set up traps."

"Ohgi-san has a point, Tamaki-san," Hitomi said, as her Burai Kai rolled towards them. "Besides, if this guy was with the Britannians, why give us a Company's worth of Sutherlands? The JLF would kill to have some of these to reverse-engineer like the Burai's. Not to mention, I think I see what Warlock-san is trying to do." She pulled up her Burai's personal map. "Without our own IFF's installed, we won't appear on the enemies maps. However, the Britannians all have their IFF's installed and we can see their exact positioning across the Ghetto, in other words, we can see them, but they can't see us."

"Very observant, miss Q-2," Warlock's voice came through the radio once again, getting all of their attention. "B-1, are you ready to move? It should be similar to a Burai's controls."

"Yeah, we're all set here, Warlock," Ohgi said, nodding.

"Good," Warlock said, "If all is timed right, Q-1 should be on schedule and enemy Sutherlands will reach you in about 23 seconds, they will likely only send two. Shoot them through the walls using your maps to track their IFF signals."

Tamaki immediately became incensed at that. "This guy's crazy!" he said. "How does he expect us to-!"

"Everyone, ready weapons." Ohgi said, catching Tamaki by surprise.

"What! Are you serious?" He shouted in protest.

"Tamaki-baka, just shut up and get into your Knightmare," Hitomi said, rolling her eyes.

Tamaki opened his mouth, but no words came out as he reluctantly climbed up into his Sutherland.

"I still think this is a trap!" he reminded.

Meanwhile

In the Fat Uncle

"Team, you've got a squad of five mini-Mobile Suits approaching you, supported by IFV's and infantry to the east," Tai reported as he continued to support his team while also looking at the Britannian positions. He did not need to worry about being discovered by any enemy anti-air or aircraft, as it seemed they did not suspect any enemy air support from the '11's'. "ETA in 12 Minutes."

"Roger, getting set for another Ambush." Charlotte said, "Keep your eyes in the sky there, Tai."

"Copy that ma'am-huh?" He said, before he zoomed his scope as he saw another Mini-Mobile Suit appear, similar to the Britannians, only colored a bronze-reddish color, and appeared to be missing an Arm. Shortly after he saw it, he saw two Britannian-colored Mini-suits approach it with rifles out as it began to run away.

"Commander, be advised I found a new Mini-Mobile Suit on the battlefield." He said, "It's colored differently from the Britannian ones, and is damaged... I think it might be a Japanese suit." He then cursed as he saw several other Britannian suits ahead of its position "Ah, damn its heading for an Ambush! Sir?"

"Engage at will, Tai," Char said. "Give that suit a hand."

"Roger that," Tai said as he moved his sights on the group of six Britannian MS. "Alright, stay still you little..." He targeted the first Britannian Suit, before he also saw another one colored violet and black with a Katana sword. "Well, you look important now, don't you?" He then switched targets as he aimed right at the one with the Katana sword.

At that point, the supposed Japanese MS seemed to drive right past the wall where the Britannian suits were hiding, just as the two other Britannian suits followed... but suddenly to the surprise of Tai, then the Britannians in hiding opened fire, but not on the Red MS, but the other Britannian units!

"Whoa, be advised commander!" he shouted. "I think the Japanese here may have captured some of the Britannian mobile suits! A group of six of 'em just ambushed two other Brit units chasing the red one!"

"Glad to see that some of the Japanese are still putting up a fight," Takeshi remarked. "Once we ambush this next group, I'm heading into the main engagement zone - even with captured machines, I think the Japanese could use a hand."

"Agreed," said Char. "Roberto, Hepner, back up Takeshi. Tai, pick any target that is Britannian Military and is attacking civilians. But leave the medical vehicles and tents alone."

"Copy that, Commander," said Tai, and went to snipe his first tallies on this new planet.

"Uh, sir? What about Sophie?" Nikki said in concern for the white haired woman, who had already went off and devastated an entire Britannian Knightmare Unit.

"Leave her be for the moment at least," Char said, "I'm barely restraining myself to do the exact same thing... the Rewloola, Argama and additional reinforcements will be here momentarily, hopefully we will be able to calm her down if she hasn't by then."

Nikki was quiet for a few moments before speaking. "Yes sir. Come on, Charlotte. Let's go help Takeshi."

"I'm right behind you Nikki." the red head said and the two Zaku F3s went off to back up the Gundam Pilot.

"While you're doing that, I'm marking the six Mini-suits with NAV markers right now," Tai said, as blue triangles appeared over the six suits as they began to move. "That way you'll know they're friendly. I'm gonna try to isolate the Britannian and Rebels radio waves, that way we can triangulate their positions and we can tell who's friendly and who's not. I'll keep you guys posted on that."

Meanwhile

Britannian G-1 Base

"Sir Vallery and Sir Hugan both lost." An Operator reported, causing both the General and Prince Clovis to look on in shock.

"An Ambush?" Clovis asked, sounding surprised. "They're starting to get clever, it seems..."

"Lazlo squad, report and see what happened!" Bartley ordered.

"Sir, they're Sutherlands!" The Lazlo Squadron commander shouted, "They're using the same-GAH-" and then the comm went dead.

"Enemy units approaching G-2-8!" One of the operators said, as Bartley seemed to get panicked.

"Send Lazlo-I mean Glaubey squad!" He ordered. Prince Clovis, however, looked just as shocked.

"Does this mean..." he said, "Terrorists have our military weaponry?"

"This is Jaguar Squad!" came the investigative team leader's voice. "We arrived at Sigma Squad's last known coordinates! T-They've been wiped out!"

This shocked everyone on the bridge of the G-1.

"Jaguar Squad! Was it the JLF?" Bartley demanded, until he started to hear the pilot start to panic.

"Wait a minute! What is that!?" he shouted. "By the Emperor, it's-AHHH!"

"I-It just took out Jameson!" Another Jaguar Squad pilot shouted, "It's huge! It's five times the size of a Suther-GAH!-"

"Jaguar Squad is lost!" one of the Operators shouted. "No Parachutes detected!"

"What is going on over there!?" said Bartley. "Send an Infantry squad to find out what happened, NOW!"

Clovis' eyes were wide as the radio transmission continued to replay in his mind.

'What in the hell is going on here?' he thought.

Meanwhile

With Lelouch

"R4, fire anchor. B7, use UN Ordinance, N-Group, you continue your advance." Lelouch said as he issued out order after order, using the chess pieces as his own way of identifying each unit. He grinned as he watched the Britannian numbers slowly dwindle more after each order he makes.

'It's working,' he thought. 'As long as the Terrorists follow my orders, we can win this!' However, he then frowned a bit as he saw a single Britannian unit moving away from the main battle, the westernmost part of the encirclement. 'Where are they going?' He thought, 'None of the Terrorists are there...'

He weighed his options, as he could just continue as planned... but the Britannians could be up to something in the mission, and information he doesn't know is like a chess piece your opponent has that you can't see. "Q-2, move to Grid 5-S-W," He ordered the Burai Kai pilot.

"What?" The female voice asked. "But, that's away from the primary fighting Warlock-san..."

"Just do it!" Lelouch ordered. "Britannians may be trying to flank us, but I need to be sure. Scout out the area, and see what's happening."

"R-Right, heading over there now," said the pilot, and he watched as the Burai Kai made it's way to said coordinates.

'What is going on?' he thought as he then turned on a Britannian Radio frequency on his Sutherland to find out what was happening.

Meanwhile

With Hitomi

Hitomi piloted her Burai Kai through the ruins of Shinjuku to the coordinates Warlock had directed her towards. 'I can't believe we're actually winning for once...' she thought, 'Warlock-san... this guy may be the ace in the hole we need to win this thing...'

She then used her units Slash-Harkens to scale up a ruined building over the area Warlock had directed her too, and moved into the building gaining a good vantage point over the area. Slowly moving towards a window, she confirmed a squad of five Sutherlands moving forward, supported by three APC's, and two Tanks with a VTOL providing air cover.

Hitomi's eyes narrowed as she saw the Britannians heading in the opposite direction of the fighting.

"Where are you lot heading off to?" she said to herself and continued to follow them.

Before they could progress any further, though, a massive machine almost five times the size of a Sutherland came into view, colored dark blue with a black torso. Despite its size, it looked much more humanoid than a Sutherland, its head even vaguely reminiscent of a Samurai's helmet, with a golden 'V-Fin' resting on the machine's forehead. And it did not use Landspinners to move, literally flying a few meters over the road, most likely using the thrusters in its large backpack unit.

Its left forearm had a massive shield mounted to it, while the right had a smaller shield attached to a large blade, which dipped so that it was perpendicular to the ground as it bisected a Sutherland like a hot knife through butter.

Hitomi's eyes widened as the mysterious machine devastated the Britannian column like they were nothing but mere toys.

'What is that thing!?' the Japanese woman thought as vulcan cannons in its head unleashed hell on the VTOL, shredding it to pieces.

The blade on the machine's forearm rotated into a storage position, revealing a weapon that shot frakking energy beams, which were used to completely vaporize two Sutherlands in quick succession. A quick check showed that it had two other bladed weapons on its waist, a pair of cylinders on top of the backpack that looked very much like hilts, and its shoulders mounted devices that had to be weapons of some kind.

She then saw the troops inside the APCs abandon their vehicles as the strange machine turned on them.

"Run for it!"

"It's a monster!"

However just as they began to run away, a building seemed to explode causing them to stop, as a second massive machine bursted from the rubble, this one looking much different, and appearing more threatening as it was more bulky, with a red and purple color scheme and a head shaped roundly with a face looking like a lowercase 't' almost, and a single dark green eye blinked to life as it glared down at the Britannian soldiers.

"DIE!" Hitomi heard a female voice shout out of the loudspeakers, raising its large rifle and gunning down the Britannians just as mercilessly as the Britannians themselves gunned down Civilians. When the dust settled, all that was left of where the Britannians once stood was a series of craters and bloodied body parts.

Hitomi couldn't believe what she just saw.

"Q-2! Report! What are the Britannians up to?" came the voice of 'Warlock'. "Hey, Q-2!"

Hitomi snapped out of it. "T-This is Q-2...I...I just found out what the Britannians were doing in this sector... and I can hardly believe what I'm seeing."

"What is it?" Warlock asked. "What do the Britannians have?"

"It's... not so much as the Britannians as... something else..." Hitomi said. "I... I just saw a whole squad of Knightmares and Armored vehicles and infantry get wiped out by two... you're not going to believe me, but two giant Knightmare frames five times the size of a Sutherland!"

It was quiet for a moment until Warlock spoke up again.

"What? Are you sure about that?" Warlock said.

"I'm NOT kidding you! These things are practically twenty meters tall! And have weapons that can cut a Sutherland like butter!" she yelled. "It's pretty clear they're no friends of the Brit's at least..." However, at that very moment two more seemed to arrive, both of them about the same size as the first two, only they each looked almost as bulky as the one-eyed one. It was obvious they were made by whoever made the second unit, as they both shared the cyclops-eye design. However they were colored dark green with shields built into their right shoulders. The only difference between the two units was the first one had a strange antenna sticking out of its forehead. However, her eyes widened as the Machine with the Antenna looked up at her general direction. "...and I think they see me!"

Before Warlock could tell her what to do, there was a crackling on the radio before a new voice was heard. "...esting, one... two... three... testing..." a female voice said. "Alright, you sure this is the right frequency, Tai?"

"Pretty sure," another voice said, this one male. "Every other frequency is Britannian or civilian, plus it was encrypted and coded way better. See if their listening."

"Alright, attention to the Unidentified Mobile Suit in the building ahead." The female voice said, "I can see you, are you Japanese, or are you Britannian? Please respond."

Hitomi blinked at that. 'What? What the heck is a Mobile Suit? And how the heck do they know our code?' she thought, clearly surprised.

"I repeat, Unidentified Mobile Suit. Are you Japanese or Britannian?"

That brought her out of her thoughts, even as she keyed her radio to reply. "I'm Japanese," she said, before continuing, "And what is a 'Mobile Suit'? Is it the term you use to identify those oversized Knightmare Frames? Also, how'd you manage to get onto this channel?"

There was a slight pause on the Comm. "Knightmare Frame?" the voice asked. curiously "Odd name for a Mobile Suit... well, yes I guess you can call Mobile Suits oversized 'Knightmare Frames'."

"And I'm the one who found your channel," the male voice said. "I just scanned all local frequencies, isolated them, and pinpointed yours. It's the only one in the area that's neither Britannian or Civilian...and the only one that actually had some decent coding to be honest, the Brit's was easier to get into honestly, must not be expecting any cyber-warfare in this fight."

Hitomi sighed at that. "Not to mention overly arrogant," she muttered.

"Regardless, we're here to help out," came a second male voice that had Hitomi blinking at how familiar it sounded. "We're new in the area, but when we heard about what the Britannians were doing here, we couldn't just sit idly by and let them slaughter civilians."

"Where is your Commanding Officer," Another new voice said, as descending from the air came two Flying Knightmare Frames- or as they seem to call them Mobile Suits, one looking similar to the two green ones, and another one colored red and black, looking far more advanced and intimidating. "We'll need to contact him so we can coordinate our efforts. Our Reinforcements should be here in a few minutes."

"W-Well..." Hitomi said, "Ohgi-san is our official leader... but Warlock-san just started communicating with us, and has been leading us... he's the one who got us the Sutherlands the others are using now."

From his own hiding place, Lelouch listened on the communications between Q-2 and these... new pieces on the board. He was surprised, however any assistance to defeating the Britannian forces he would gladly accept. 'I'll have to be careful still,' he thought, 'This could easily be a trap... but who are they?'

Deciding to find out, he keyed his own radio back on, "This is Warlock, I am currently commanding the forces here," he said, "I do appreciate the help... but I must ask, who are you?"

"We can explain after the battle is won, Warlock," the male voice said. "For now, you may call me... Red Comet, and my forces are the Midnight Fenrir Corps. I have reinforcements arriving within ten minutes, this is your terrain, Warlock, so what do you advise?"

'Red Comet?' Lelouch thought. 'Strange...' however he shook his head. "Alright, what units do you have?"

"My Sazinju, Nikki and Charlotte's Zaku's, Sophie's Dom Funf, Alice has her Gouf All-Regions type, Takeshi has his Gundam, and Tai is in the air in his Zaku I providing aerial Sniper and Artillery support." Red Comet answered, "Myself, Takeshi, and Alice's units are capable of flight, so we can focus on their aerial units if you wish."

Lelouch looked surprised 'They have Flying Knightmares?' he thought, before he grinned. 'This can come in handy...' "Very well," he said. "Focus on the Britannian Gunships, have your... Dom and Zaku's advance to Grid-4-S-6, and break up their encirclement, and to your Zaku I, when I give the word, bombard the Britannian front lines. All other units, proceed as originally planned."

In the Sazinju, Char smirked a bit. "Alright, you heard him," he said. "Do what the man says!"

Meanwhile

Britannian G-1 Mobile Base

"Sir Glaubey has ejected!"

"They're intercepting our transmissions, change our codes!"

"We have sir, four times!"

"Do it again!"

The command bridge of the G-1 was in utter chaos, as General Bartley tried his best to keep his cool. However he was quickly showing signs of panicking as their forces were being dwindled away.

"This defeat is unacceptable!" Clovis shouted in anger.

"We understand, your highness!" Bartley said just as the viewscreen came on, showing a man with white hair, blue eyes, and wearing glasses and a lab coat.

"Good afternoon!" he said cheerfully. "I think now would be an excellent time to deploy the special weapon!"

"What-We're in the middle of an Operation!" Bartley shouted.

"We've got no time for this!" Clovis shouted, as he approached the map as four more Britannian Sutherlands disappeared on the map. "We just lost Lazlo Squad!"

"Then do it! Send in Quinsley Squad!" Clovis ordered, as Bartley looked surprised.

"My lord, that would break the encirclement!" He pointed out.

"Reinforce the breach with some of the units guarding me," Clovis said. "All we know for certain is that enemy forces are here!"

Meanwhile

With Lelouch

"Alright... the enemy has five options they could make," he said calmly in his Sutherland, seeing that most of the Britannian forces inside the encirclement were defeated, as he twirled the black king chess piece in his fingers. "Their move."

He watched and waited, before he blinked as he Britannian forces all seemed to begin converging towards the center. "Well now... that's a more stupid move than I anticipated." He mused with a smirk before he turned on the radio. "Q-1, do you have an area map?"

"Yes, I have a map of the old town." The Glasgow pilot said,"But it has no current landmarks."

"Don't worry, it'll do," he said. "Red Comet, move your forces to hide as best as they can... things are about to get ugly. Mission number 3 now."

Meanwhile

G-1 Base

"Alright," Clovis said once all of the forces were ready, "Send in Burts and the others as well! Concentrate our forces there, surround them! The enemy's main force must be that center dot." He watched as his forces surrounded the dot with a grin. "Finish every one of them off."

He watched as the Sutherlands converged on the location... and found nothing but their own fellow Sutherlands. Clovis's eyes widened "What? Where is the enemy!" He shouted.

Meanwhile, the resistance group moved underground, using the sewers. As the Sutherlands moved forward, Kallen used her Glasgow to fire a Slash-Harken into the ceiling of the Sewer tunnels, and when it retracted, she sped away as a cave-in began.

On the surface, the ground gave up from the cave-in, as the Britannian sutherlands were caught and collapsed with it, immediately being destroyed.

In his Sutherland, Lelouch was cackling like a maniac. "It worked, didn't it? I can do it! I can! I can beat Britannia!"

What Lelouch didn't know was that Char heard his cackling over the radio, and had to question the sanity of this Warlock.

In the G-1 bridge, Clovis stepped back from the map, complete fear on his face. 'Who... who in the hell am I up against?' He thought, 'What if... what if he's even better than Todo?'

"Lloyd!" He shouted, as the White-haired scientist appeared once again. "Can it win? Can your toy beat them?"

Lloyd grinned as he hummed. "My Lord," he said. "Please be so kind as to call it Lancelot."

Later

With Lelouch

Lelouch laughed a bit. "Another push, and the checkpoint will fall," he said.

"This is B-Group!" One of the Resistance members shouted. "We've encountered an enemy presence!"

Lelouch rose an eyebrow at that. "Reinforcements?" he asked before he sighed. "Well, real battle is different from chess..." he picked up the radio again "Status?"

"I-It looks like a new model! Something we've never seen befor-AAAHH-!"

Lelouch became surprised at that. "What's happening out there?" He ordered. "Someone answer me?"

"It seems the Britannians have deployed an experimental prototype," Red Comet's voice said on the radio. "Tai, do you have its location?"

"Give me a sec..." Tai said. "And... got it! It's heading down the road and... what the? Is that a Gundam?"

"Uhh... correct me if I'm wrong, Tai..." the male voice associated with Takeshi remarked, "but did I just hear you ask if the new model was a Gundam? How would that be possible?"

"I'm telling you, it looks like a Gundam!" Tai barked. "It looks like a White and Gold Gundam without a V-Head crest, and with the same roller-blades as those Knightmares have... and it has some sort of energy shield that's reflecting bullets!"

"All right, tell me its location," Takeshi remarked. "I'll show this Gundam-wannabe just what it's like to face off against the real thing... and I'll see if I can take one of its arms for our techs to study."

"Do it, Takeshi," Char said in reply. "But be careful, by the sounds of the rebels engaging it, it's not to be underestimated."

"Got it, Commander. Heading in to engage,"Takeshi said as he headed off.

Lelouch was confused by the word 'Gundam', but decided to ask about it later.

Meanwhile

With Takeshi

Takeshi flew ahead in his Gundam, following directions being fed to his computer by Tai as well as reaching out with his own Newtype Senses. After a moment of street-level flying, he finally spotted the machine... and realized that Tai was indeed correct in saying it looked like a Gundam.

"All right, Gundam-wannabe," he remarked, the Tempest Gundam grabbing one of its shoulder-mounted Beam Boomerangs, "let's see how you fare against the real thing!" The Tempest then threw the boomerang straight at the new model, the weapon spinning just like a normal boomerang as it flew.

Inside the Lancelot, Suzaku Kururugi heard warning alarms go off, as he turned and saw the energy blade twirling towards him. "Shit!" he shouted as he jumped the Lancelot backwards, just as the massive boomerang slammed into the ground. "What the hell was what?"

The Tempest flew forward, grabbing its Boomerang and pulling it out of the ground, giving Suzaku his first glimpse at the massive machine. It returned the Boomerang to its shoulder, switched its Sword/Rifle into Sword Mode, and then launched forward, its thrusters causing it to close the distance in the blink of an eye as it swung its sword, removing the Lancelot's left arm.

Suzaku cursed loudly as he backpedaled the Lancelot using all of its speed. "Son of a... that thing is huge!" he shouted. "What the hell is that thing?"

"Suzaku, what's wrong?" Cecile Croomy asked on the comm. "What happened?"

"It's... it's some sort of massive Knightmare, almost looks like the Lancelot!" Suzaku answered, even as the Unknown unit pressed its attacks, while Suzaku did his best to dodge. "It doesn't have landspinners... and it's five times bigger than the Lancelot!"

In the Special Corps Trailer, Cecile and Lloyd were looking at the massive machine, through the video monitor, as it charged at the Lancelot. Lloyd became horrified when his beloved Lancelot's left arm got sliced off by the massive sword.

"Oh no! My beautiful baby!" the creator screamed.

The Tempest continued its attack, a spray of fire coming from its head-mounted Vulcan guns even as Takeshi marked the location of the Lancelot's severed arm on his radar, so he could retrieve it later.

"I have to admit, it is pretty fast," he remarked. "Maneuverable, too," he continued as it dodged his fire with seeming ease. "Still..."

He dodged a Slash Harken fired from the Lancelot's remaining arm, storing his Sword/Rifle even as the Tempest grabbed one of its Beam Sabers, surprising Suzaku, Lloyd, and Cecile with its energy blade.

"...it's no Gundam!"

He put on another burst of speed, used the Beam Saber to annihilate the Lancelot's Gundam-style head unit, and then slammed the Tempest's foot into the prototype Knightmare, sending it flying a considerable distance from the kick.

"WHOA!" Suzaku shouted, as his Knightmare Frame was kicked what felt like miles away from the Unknown. "How... how is that thing so powerful!"

"Suzaku, pull back now!" Cecile said on the comm, "Lancelot doesn't stand a chance against that...that thing!"

It took Suzaku only a few minutes to make a decision.

"Roger that!" he said, and immediately retreated back to the Special Corps trailer.

Takeshi watched the Lancelot leave as he deactivated the Tempest's beam saber and placed it back where it was stored.

"Commander. The Gundam-wannabe has fallen back," he said as he turned the suit around and headed to pick up the severed arm when he noticed something on a nearby building. A Japanese woman holding an infant, looking terrified at what she was seeing.

Killing his radio for a moment and switching over to the loudspeakers, he turned the Gundam to face her and spoke in Japanese, "Ma'am, I'd suggest that you find shelter. It currently isn't safe here. Rest assured that the Britannians won't harm you. My comrades and I won't let them."

The woman seemed to snap out of it as she began to run out of the building and down the street. He then switched back to his radio, and continued back to the arm of the Lancelot. He found the arm on the road and controlled the Tempest to kneel down and pick it up.

"Hm, man, these things are definitely small," he said to himself. "I think we might need to try making our own, if only so that we have something of a challenge - even for a new model, that was way too easy of an opponent." Keying his radio, he said, "Commander, I'm returning to the ship - I have a piece of salvage I want to get to the techs ASAP."

"Roger that, Takeshi," Char said. "The Rewloola has just begun her final approach, and the Argama's fleet will be here momentarily. We're committing the final push against the Britannian's lines now, and advancing on their command vehicle."

Takeshi nodded at that. "Copy that, sir. I'm on my way," he said. "So are you leading the attack?"

"Actually, not this time," Char said, causing Takeshi to blink.

"Uh, why is that sir?" he asked, curious why the Red Comet was not taking the lead this time.

"Because Sophie is already making an attack run, and she's mowing down any Britannian Mini-M.S. in her way!" said Charlotte. "She's not stopping until she makes these bastards pay. We're already moving in to support her!"

Meanwhile

With Sophie

(BGM: Gundam Unicorn OST 2 Track 4 'MAD-NUG')

"EVERYONE DIES!" Sophie shouted as her Dom Funf II raced forward, firing both its 90mm Assault Rifle in one hand, and its 880mm Bazooka in the other as her unit wreaked havoc on the remaining Britannian Lines, using the Dom's speed against the Sutherlands with ease. She was not alone in her assault, as Charlotte and Nikki were in their Zaku's providing covering fire, taking out whatever enemies Sophie would miss, and Tai provided air cover with Alice as her Gouf All-Regions type flew across the battlefield gunning down VTOL's, and Tai opened fire with his Sniper Rifle, obliterating Britannian Tanks from above.

"Whoa damn!" Nikki shouted as they continued their mad dash. "This is nuts! It was never this easy with the Feddies! We're just steamrolling right over them!"

"Well back then, Nikki, the Feddies had Mobile Suits! Not to mention Gundams with beam weaponry," Charlotte retorted as she fired her 120mm rifle. "Besides, these sons of bitches deserve this!"

"Not saying they don't, Captain," Nikki said, as he also fired his 120mm. "Just pointing it out..."

On the G-1, Clovis and General Bartley looked on in both shock and absolute horror as the gigantic Knightmare Frames tore apart their forces, appearing as the most menacing force either of them had ever seen.

"Quick! Call in Reinforcements at once!" Bartley shouted, his face sweating bullets as the lead machine sped ever closer.

"We can't! It's too late!" shouted one of the other terrified officers, as a Sutherland was smacked to the side like a ragdoll.

Clovis couldn't believe this horror that was happening to him. Screw his inheritance, he was fearing for his life!

"ALL FORCES RETREAT!" he shouted. "We don't stand a chance against these... these monstrosities! Retreat!"

However, before their G-1 could move, the lead unit quickly approached, its bazooka armed and aimed for the kill. On all comm Channels, one voice was heard as the Unit approached, and one phrase was heard...

"SIEG ZEON!"

The Dom fired a shot from the Bazooka, streaking towards the bridge. Clovis and General Bartley began to run off, as Clovis ran down the corridor, before he heard a loud explosion behind him, and everything went black.

Outside the now destroyed G-1 in the cockpit of the Dom, Sophie removed her helmet and began to breathe hard, as she glared at the destroyed mobile base, however surprisingly a few tears streamed down her face.

"May the fires of Hell consume you for eternity," she whispered as the two Zaku's appeared by her side.

"Nice shot, Sophie..." Nikki said gently. "And all for those people who had died by their hands."

"They've been avenged..." Sophie said, closing her eyes. "But it's not over yet..."

"Huh?" Nikki asked, confused.

"I'm not going to stop..." Sophie muttered, "until Britannia..." She heard her alert systems go off, and she turned her Dom as she watched as the Rewloola began to approach the Ghetto from the air, and not far behind from them was the Argama, and several other vessels with it.

"...Until Britannia... is destroyed," she finished, just as four ReZEL's flew overhead from the Argama.

Meanwhile, with Clovis.

Clovis la Britannia, 3rd Prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, was dragging himself from the destroyed G-1 Base, as remnants of his forces retreated without him. He had lost the lower part of his left arm, his right leg had two pieces of shrapnel, and he had a gash over his left eye, which was bleeding profusely.

"Must...get away...from those monsters..." he gasped out as he continued to pull himself through the dirt.

He heard the sound of machines, as he looked up, and he felt relieved at the sight of a Sutherland. 'Salvation!' he thought, as he tried his best to stand. "Please... help me!" he said. "I... I am... Prince Clovis La Britannia..."

The cockpit hatch opened, and Clovis saw the person descend to the ground. He was confused at first why the pilot was wearing the uniform of a common foot soldier, but he could care less at this point, he just wanted to get out of her before that giant cyclops Knightmare came back to finish him.

"Hurry pilot! We must get out of here...before that thing finds us," he said as he tried to stand up.

"You always were the big cry baby, brother." the 'soldier' said, causing Clovis to blink in confusion at that.

"Wha...what are you talking about?" the injured prince said, but the soldier said nothing as he removed his mask and helmet, revealing his black hair and violet eyes. Clovis' own eyes widened in horrified recognition at who stood before him.

"Y...You..." he gasped out as he saw the young teenager kneel mockingly in front of him.

"Yes, the eldest son of the Late Imperial Consort, Marianne Vi Britannia. Lelouch Vi Britannia." he said, as the now frightened prince looked at his thought-to-be-dead younger brother, knowing his day just went from horrifying to Hell.

117Jorn: HAHA Cliffhanger! Well, there you have it people, the first chapter of Code Zeon! As you can see, it's a pseudo sequel too Swords of Change, only of course not EVERYTHING explained in the first half of the chapter will happen as explained in SOC, as I edited a few things to avoid spoilers for those of you who wish to read it. So I hope you like this!

Patriot-112: Like I did! Especially the SIEG ZEON, with the following bazooka to the G-1 base part. Very badass. Man, I'm sounding like Dempsey...

117Jorn: *Chuckles* What can I say, I love Zeon! If it weren't for Gihren, they'd be pretty bad-ass... then again, when you think about it, if it wasn't FOR Gihren and the Zabi Family, Zeon may not have been as bad-ass as it is now...

Patriot-112: True, so Jorn, what's gonna happen on the next chapter?

117Jorn: Well... not to spoil anything for you readers, but basically Lelouch's little confrontation with Clovis, as well as the Republic of New Zeon makes its full debut in Japan, and Britannia will soon learn to start S**ting themselves.

Takeshi Yamato: New Zeon also learns a few things about the Code Geass world, with Takeshi discovering a startling fact about a few people in this new world...

117Jorn: Yup! So, until next time...

Everyone: JA NE!