Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass, if I did we'd have had Guren Seiten show up earlier to deliver that much needed beat down
"Oh god, he's here, the Knight of One! He shouldn't be in Japan!" a frantic voice practically screamed over a radio, a great battle in a massive ghetto area outside a highly modernized city.
It was between two forces, the Britannian Army stationed in Area Eleven led by Clovis La Britannia, and a terrorist force with stolen Knightmares. And right now they were terrified of a single Black Knightmare that had taken the battlefield, a Black Gloucester. "All forces! Concentrate fire on the Knight of One! He can't possibly take us all!"
"This is Tamaki, the bastard got us the moment we turned a corner, one of those Chaos Grenades, most of us ejected quickly enough," a new voice reported.
"I'll take him, everybody else get back!" a female voice declared.
"Karen, be careful, this is the Knight of One we're talking about. He's not like the rank and file we've been fighting,"
In an intersection between several ruined buildings, a red Glasgow with a missing arm rode through, carefully watching everything around it. "So you're the irregular that keeps getting in the way," a knight chuckled as the Black Gloucester jumped down from a rooftop, a lance in hand and aimed for the cockpit of the Glasgow. The Glasgow shot out of the way, "Good reflexes for a terrorist."
"So you're the legendary Knight of One, amazing you'd come out here personally to…" the woman in the Glasgow, Karen, began to provoke when she was interrupted.
"You think too highly of yourselves," the knight said charging forward, firing both Slash Harken out at Karen's Glasgow, "I was here on more important business, but I could hardly stand by and watch my big brother make a fool of himself further."
"So you're here not in the name of your Emperor," Karen mused as the Knight of One laughed out, having been dodged again, Karen firing her own Slash Harken at him.
The Black Gloucester smacked them aside with its lance, continuing its charge the Knight of One just seemed amused by the situation, "Oh no, I'm here as Clovis' concerned brother, Lelouch Vi Britannia. You don't warrant the Knight of One," he introduced himself as he tossed aside the Gloucester's lance and brought out both arm mounted Tonfa on the Gloucester, charging forward again, not letting her put any distance between them. Only to fire his Slash Harkens at point blank range, sheering off the Glasgow's remaining arm and putting a large dent in its chest. "And now you're mine," Lelouch said as he raised his Tonfa arms and brought them down on the Glasgow, just as Karen ejected. Lelouch tore the Glasgow apart and then sped after the ejected cockpit, "I won't let you get away."
Lelouch found the empty cockpit inside a building, it had crashed through the top floors and the pilot was nowhere to be found, but the inside caught his attention.
"Lelouch, good work, the terrorist opposition has collapsed," an older voice came over his radio, his older brother, Clovis La Britannia, "You can return now, we can handle the rest of…"
"Clovis, you ordered a massacre…explain," Lelouch demanded turning around and began making his way back to the mobile command center, "No, in fact," Lelouch began and then switched to a general channel and loudspeakers, "This is Lelouch Vi Britannia, eleventh prince of the empire and seventeenth in line to the throne, and the Knight of One! The battle is over! Assist the wounded regardless of social status. Participate in relocation of those whose homes were destroyed."
"Lelouch…you can't be…" Clovis objected as Lelouch turned off the general line and his loudspeakers.
"I am, my authority in all military matters is only secondary to father's. Follow my command, slaughter is not permitted by the empire without proper cause and reason, neither have been provided here," Lelouch snapped harshly, "I expect to hear a very good reason for this Clovis."
"Ah…the terrorists stole…"
"All the more reason for a careful examination and searching for the gas and the terrorists responsible instead of wasting time with a slaughter!" Lelouch yelled, "A random slaughter for such petty reasons makes us no better than them. We are the ones with the rightful authority, using such petty reasons to justify our actions will only lead to civil strife. We will lose the trust of our soldiers and our people."
Inside the building, the young red-haired woman, Karen, was watching the Gloucester as it left, heading back for the discarded lance, "So that…was the Knight of One, he had no idea what was going on here…" she said, visibly shaking, "I was lucky to survive that encounter…But it was odd, I seemed faster than he was, yet he managed to beat me…and it was such an obvious trick. Why didn't I see it?"
"The reason is obvious," a man in a black cape and a strange hawk-like mask said, appearing behind her out of nowhere, "You didn't expect someone like the Knight of One to use such an elementary trick."
Karen jumped back and glared at the man, "Who are…wait that voice, you were…"
"Indeed, I was," the man said walking forward a bit to stand before Karen, "I am Zero, an ally of justice, or a man who just hates Britannia if you would prefer."
"An ally of justice? Well that's old fashioned," Karen commented, sizing up the man in front of her, "Why are you here?"
"To request your continued assistance, you and your allies. If it wasn't for the Knight of One, we would have been successful here today, you were facing a rout before my appearance,"
Karen remained silent for a moment and said, "Alright, we'll need a way to contact you though."
Elsewhere, inside the Britannian Mobile Command Center, a young man with dark black hair and royal purple eyes was storming past the guards and officers, making his way towards the bridge. He was wearing a long white buttoned up duster with gold chains adorning its front, under it he wore a black shirt bearing the emblem of Britannia and a pair of white pants. On his arms were long black gloves and on his feet and legs were long black riding boots. Draped over his shoulders was a long high collared black cape that also bore the Britannian symbol, another gold chain holding the two sides together in the front. "Your Highness," several high-ranking officers said simultaneously the moment the man walked onto the bridge of the command center, to stand before Clovis La Britannia.
"Lelouch….you…don't look happy," Clovis said nervously looking at the man in front of him.
Lelouch looked at the officers in the room and ordered them in a commanding voice, "Leave." They didn't react immediately, looking to Clovis for a moment before deciding it was a better idea to not provoke Lelouch's ire towards them. They left without a word, leaving Lelouch and Clovis alone in the room, "Clovis, what were you thinking?"
"You don't understand, what is contained in that…" Clovis began to object when he snapped his mouth shut.
"So, something more dangerous than a poisonous gas was in that capsule," Lelouch immediately concluded, "What was it?"
"Lelouch…it was a poison gas, a very dangerous poison gas…" Clovis insisted, Lelouch walking forward, attempting to intimidate Clovis. And doing a pretty good job, though not a monster like most military personal, Lelouch was in better shape and thus bigger than Clovis and the Rounds uniform made him look all the larger.
"Clovis, you should realize it, that I have yet to claim the area I can rule over as Knight of One. No one could deny me if I chose Area Eleven. I will do it if I don't get a straight answer out of you," Lelouch threatened, getting highly annoyed with Clovis' evasion of his questions.
"Brother, there was only poison gas in the…" Clovis insisted, Lelouch snorting in response.
"Fine, I'll drop it for now. Let us hope that is all that was in that container," Lelouch said, turning to leave, "For your sake, I hope you aren't lying." And with that Lelouch walked out of the room, where the various officers that he had kicked out were waiting in the hall.
He gave them one look, all of them immediately parting ways and then rushing into the room after he passed them. On his way out of the mobile command fortress he passed a special-forces officer, who paused for a second to whisper his nickname, "Lelouch the Apparition."
Lelouch ignored him, thought something about his eyes bugged him. He dismissed it and continued on his way. Stepping out of the command center he ran into a green haired man in a military uniform, his decorations indicated he was fairly high-ranked. The man immediately saluted Lelouch, Lelouch saluted back briefly and then said, "At ease soldier."
"Yes sir, I apologize for my poor performance today, I was amongst the first to be defeated in combat," the man said.
"It's fine, the enemy leader was obviously an experienced tactician, Clovis isn't prepared for that kind of fight, he's too kind," Lelouch said walking past the soldier, and then stopped, "You look, familiar for some reason."
The man turned to face Lelouch again, "Yes your highness, I am Jeremiah Gottwald, I was a guard at the Aries Palace…around the time…"
"I see…don't dwell on that matter, there are far more powerful people who are more responsible for what happened than you will ever be, you did your duty to the best of your ability, be proud of that," Lelouch said, realizing what the man meant, walking off Lelouch added, "One must not let the past rule your life."
"Yes, your highness," Jeremiah responded with a bow.
Lelouch made his way back towards his Gloucester, when he was once again bothered by someone, a light blue haired man in a white lab coat and glasses, "Hello, hello, Knight of One Lelouch Vi Britannia correct?" he said with a smile and an outstretched hand.
Lelouch smirked as a woman with dark purplish hair prepared to scold the man, "Indeed, and finally someone who isn't on eggshells around me. So what can I do for you…"
"Lloyd Asplund, I'm a scientist for your brother Schneizel. I was wondering if you'd be interested in test piloting a one of a kind Knightmare," the man proposed with a smile, "It's not everyday I have a chance to ask a Rounds to pilot it."
"A one of a kind Knightmare?" Lelouch asked, paying a little more attention to the man now, "What kind?"
"Your highness, Knightmare unlike any other, one that will set you apart from all others, that is, if you can handle it, so far no devicer has been able to handle more than twenty percent of it's full ability," Lloyd said with an ever so slight smile, "The Lancelot awaits you."
Inside the mobile command center the special forces officer was standing in the now blood stained command room, a silenced pistol in his hand. A smirk on his face as he said, "I am ever so lucky the Knight of One left when he did, I may not have succeeded if he was here." The man took a piece of Clovis' now bloodstained royal outfit, dipped it in his blood, and then drew a symbol above his throne where his body was slumped over, a strange hawk-like symbol. Then he walked into the middle of the room, and held the gun up to his temple, "And now to eliminate any chance of the truth getting out," he pulled the trigger, shooting himself through the head, instant death.
Elsewhere, amongst the ruins of the Ghetto, the man who called himself Zero was sitting atop a pile of rubble, chuckling darkly as he made a fist, "With this, nothing can stand in my way. Knight of One, the Emperor, no one can stand against me with this power."
"Remember, 'Zero' that you will fulfill my contract without question," a green haired woman in a straight jacket light full body suit said, walking into view.
"Of course, I am a man of my word after all, once I promise something I will fulfill that promise as best I can," Zero replied, still chuckling.
And that's where I'll end this chapter. Not bad for a first chapter. I wanted to get this idea off before I forgot to do it. For those of you wondering about Spirit of the Wolf, that's up next I just wanted to get this idea out of the way. Well not much to say so I'll go straight to my questions…
Speaking of which I need to say why I ask them for anybody who normally doesn't read my stuff. I ask these questions to help people review and to gather information about my writing style, not my grammar mind you but my style. So now onto the questions…
1) What do you think of this idea?
2) Why do you think Lelouch has that nickname, "Lelouch the Apparition?"
3) Who do you think Zero is in this fic?
4) What do you think this Zero's Geass is?
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