Prologue: A Breakthrough in Science
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are live here at Pentagon for the press conference issued by the US Department of Defense to clear up some things about DARPA's recent involvement in some unethical military experiments that was unsuspectingly released to the public. However, US DoD pre-emptively said that they would only answer the questions to clear up some points and not to reveal the whole project."
"They've must've been doing some fucked up shits in their laboratories, eh?"
A bartender commented as he poured a drink to his customer.
"It should be wise if they'd just spend their money to 'make America great again' and not launch some program that would not definitely benefit us Americans."
A customer, going by the name Humphries, laugh when the bartender quoted the famous quote of an American president.
"Come on! Are you telling me that you're not used to it?"
The bartender laugh and said, "Hey, shut the fuck up! It's already starting, you idiot."
Both of their attentions were focused on the speech being made by the secretary of the defense, which flashed through a tiny television. Neither of them were talking as they listen to the speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. It has been days when an unclassified report has been leaked online that made many of my fellow Americans uncomfortable to the idea that we are doing so many heinous and scandalous military experiment in DARPA. I assure you, that was not the case."
"You believing this bullshit?" Humphries frowned at the television and waited for the bartender's reply.
"Nah, but it's fun seeing their faces when they lie."
"Despite all of the accusations both made by the Russian and the Chinese Government, we, at DARPA, prevailed against such false accusations and continued to work on the most successful breakthrough we made in the field of science and technology. Given by the mandate that was released by the POTUS earlier, however, limits us to release information about the said experiment."
The bartender took his focus away from the television when a man, wearing a trench coat, sat next to the unsuspecting Humphries. Judging from his looks and stature, the bartender concluded that man was in mid-twenties and can put up against several boxers if pitted against him. However, there was a look in his eyes that screams danger and almost made the bartender to rush away from him.
"What… can I get for you?"
The man lit a cigarette he took from a pack and blew a smoke towards the bartender's face, which caused him to cough.
"Whiskey on the rocks, please."
"Hey! Ya' know what Quantum Physics is?" Humphries said when he took off his attention on the television but still failed to notice the man sitting beside him.
"It's probably not good if you know it." Humphries finally noticed the stranger sitting beside him and stared at him from head downwards before blurting out, "Do I know you?"
"No, but it's probably good if you don't." He said before sipping the drink he ordered.
Humphries nodded unconsciously in silent agreement and went back to watching the press-conference.
"This breakthrough could help us understand the complexity of our universe and finally give answers to the many questions that has been bugging us."
"Well, if it finally answers the question if there is an alien, then it might not probably be bad." The bartender laughed.
Humphries and the bartender failed to noticed that someone entered the shop. They only took off their attention on the television when someone cleared their throat.
"Mr. Jim Bullock?"
The mysterious man looked up from staring at his drink to stare at the man who recently entered the shop.
"Yes?"
Humphries and the still-unnamed bartender stared back and forth as the two strangers interact.
"I'm Michaels from the Homeland Security." He said and took an ID from his pocket to show to Jim.
"May I talk to you for a minute?"
Jim narrowed his eyes suspiciously but did not refused the government officer. He stood from his seat and slapped a five-dollar bill on the bar island before coming with the officer outside to talk.
"I knew something's up with that man." The bartender murmured as he and Humphries stared at the backs of the strangers.
The two of them went to an alley behind the bar to have some privacy while talking.
"What do you want from me?"
"Colonel Bullock, the POTUS issued a shoot-to-kill order on you."
Jim laughed and said, "I know, I know. You're here to kill me, right?"
"No."
Previous humor vanished on Jim's face when he heard the reply of the officer.
"The POTUS decided to absolve you on one condition; you have to work on one assignment that would be given to you."
Jim sighed deeply, "Okay, you had me at absolve. Now, what would I do?"
Officer Michaels smiled.
"Did you ever heard of multiverse?"
Narita
C.C. stared at the landscape of outer Tokyo Settlement District as the train moved fast. She ignored the silent Lelouch who was deep in his thoughts about a certain girl named Shirley who was currently giving him some major problems.
C.C. never knew why Lelouch has to drag her out of the confines of his room to track down a girl who's mostly grieving and possibly has nothing to do with what happened to him back at the Port of Yokosuka. All she knows is that he's letting his emotions get ahold of him which would clearly destroy him and his achievements and ambitions and she could not let it happen. There was already enough problems that she has to take care of and she can't afford to have another.
Besides, there was this feeling of dread that has been bugging C.C for awhile. She knew something bad might happen in the near future and she's slightly afraid that it would take a toll on all of her plans. She knew she has to tell it to Lelouch but she knew that even the bratty prince could not do anything if he does not know what he's up against.
'Perhaps, I should wait for it… before I make plans regarding it.' She thought as she leaned comfortably on her seat. 'It's not like I can't handle it anyway.'
DARPA
"Welcome, Colonel Bullock. I'm General Sanders of DARPA. I'm glad you're here."
General Sanders extended his hand for a shake which Jim accepted despite his hesitations.
"What am I here for?" He said.
General Sanders chuckled, "I like you. You're not the one to beat around the bush."
"Anyways, you see… the military project that was
leaked days ago almost revealed America's potential weapon in upcoming wars. We fear that someone from Russia or China might get ahold of our experiment and turn that weapon against us before we could even make a prototype."
"You want me to spy on China and Russia to see if they knew about the weapon?" Jim straightforwardly said.
"What? No! Of course not." General Sanders exclaimed. "You see this experiment has us tampering and messing a bit with Quantum Physics. We've developed a machine that would teleport us behind enemy lines during war and the project was successful. However, we did not anticipated that we've done more than that."
General Sanders lead Jim inside a private room with a large screen on the front and plastered on the wall. There, he saw a picture of what he could see as the Tokyo Tower but was partially destroyed. He could also see some advanced looking buildings behind the Tokyo Tower that suggests that the picture must have been taken from the future.
'So, they've developed a time machine?' He thought.
"What you see, Mr. Bullock, is a picture of Tokyo Tower that was greatly destroyed during the battle against Britannians."
Jim snapped his head towards General Sanders upon hearing the unfamiliar word.
"Britannians?"
"Ah, yes. You see, when we test the machine, instead of teleporting us to Hawaii, our man was teleported on a different dimension. One where America does not exist and an empire called Holy Britannian Empire stood on its place."
"That's… impossible." Jim muttered weakly.
General Sanders smiled. "Not anymore."
"Now," General Sanders sat down on a chair in the middle of the room and faced the shocked Jim. "What we want you to do, is to spy on that world and take everything that could help us destroy Britannia to the ground."
"Why would you do that?!" Jim felt his face redden in anger to what the old general has said. USA was in no position to fight against an empire that was from another dimension.
"Jim, you don't know what you're talking about and you don't know what's Britannia's like. Perhaps, if I show you some…"
General Sanders took a remote out of his pocket and proceeded to play a video for Jim to watch.
Jim watched in horror as the video showed him the horrifying events the Britannia has done, which far surpassed the horrifying atrocities USA committed against its enemies.
A/N: A new fanfic for Code Geass! Though I've decided to just update this twice every month to give way to my first fanfic, rest assured that I would not abandon any of my stories.
Anyways, if you're thinking where did I get the name Jim Bullock, it's actually a combined name of Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock from the show 'Gotham'. I've just combined it hahaha. Also, picture Ben McKenzie as Jim Bullock because he's actually my inspiration for the character.
Let me know if this chapter's good or not in the review section! Cheers!