Disclaimer - I do not own Code Geass. Original story by Masaki4everDead.
August 10th, 2010 a.t.b. of the Imperial Britannian calendar.
The Holy Britannian Empire had just declared a gruesome war upon Japan. The small island country had held tight to it's rights but Britannia held power unimaginable. Thus, Japan was no match.
The rights to Japan's underground resources of sakuradite became the catalyst to further conflict between the two nations, adding to the already existing deep diplomatic tension between them.
In the deciding battle for the mainland, Britannia had come to introduce a new weapon. The humanoid autonomous armored knight, or otherwise known as the Knightmare Frame.
Britannia proved to have the upper hand as the Japanese held no fair match to the enemy forces in both number and strength. And so, Japan's line of defense was obliterated along with it's mainland within a heartbeat.
The country was striped of its freedom, rights, and name.
Area 11, all that was left for the once proud nation. A mere number.
Shinjuku Japan, Shinjuku Ghetto, Area 11, 2017 a.t.b.
Debris scattered for miles among the ghetto with few civilians left alive. Buildings toppled over, some still standing on their last threads. Gunfire rang through the air, bullets taking down everything in their path. Blood and bodies painted the ground.
'Hm, it seems they're trying to keep this information confidential, so bringing in back up isn't an option for them. They'll have to make due with the pieces they've already played. But I'm pinned in here, so it's not gonna be easy to escape.'
"What I want, is payback for being dragged into your fight." The school boy said aloud in distain as he observed the battle taking place in the distance.
This was not how the day was planned, however, he was in no position to escape or not take advantage of the new situation he had been placed in. Now was the time to fight back.
"Well, look who it is." Kallen was startled from her position after launching an attack on an enemy Knightmare, two of them coming from behind her.
Without a second to lose, she sped off, avoiding damage from incoming fire behind her. As she made her attempt to escape, the young girl found she was running on 30 minutes of energy. Things were not looking good for her right now.
Then suddenly the communicator went off and a voice rang through the speakers inside the Glasgow.
"The West entrance, use the tracks to move to the West entrance." Came the voice of a male.
"Who are you?! Who is this?! How do you know this code?!" Kallen asked in confusion and worry masked by anger that someone might be playing with her.
"That doesn't matter right now. If you want to win, you're just going to have to trust me." The unknown voice spoke confidently.
"To win?" Right now, she didn't have a choice. She could either die following this strangers orders, or she could cooperate and lead her group to victory. In their situation, it was a risk worth taking.
Following orders exactly. Kallen took to the tracks, the enemy still in pursuit.
"Okay, what do I do now?"
"Since you decided to trust me, you're going to win. Now, jump onto the train."
"Got it!" As soon as she was close enough, Kallen launched her Knightmare onto the incoming train. Looking behind, she found the enemy stopped in their tracks for a brief moment, giving her enough time to speed off.
"So, you think you can get away? We'll see. You! Go after the Glasgow!" Came the command of the Britannian officer, Jeremiah Gottwald, as he halted the train to a stop on the tracks.
His back up unit jumped up after the Glasgow as ordered, but was unexpectedly shot down.
"What in the-" Jeremiah, confused, look to his left to see who caught the officer, only to be surprised it was one of their own units. "Shot down by friendly fire?" Getting on the intercom, the Britannian Knight addressed the Burai Knightmare Knight. "What's your name and unit? We're after the one armed—!"
Not expecting the sudden fire attack, Jeremiah began to panic.
"My God, a terrorist?!" The Britannian Knight wasted no time in trying to get out of the attacker's line of fire but, not being quick enough, the left leg of high Knightmare frame was blown off.
"Dammit!" Raising his Knightmare's weapon, he aimed to take the terrorist down, but was blinded to the sudden attack coming from his right. The Glasgow that had gotten away was coming right back at him and he was in no position to fight off two Knightmares without backup, which had already been shot down.
With no other option, Jeremiah ejected from his position to save his life, successfully getting far enough.
Kallen stopped mid-attack, surprised but grateful.
"You saved me, but how did you—" Kallen found she was talking to an empty building when she turned to where her savior once was hiding. "Where did he go?"
"Kallen?! Who was that on the radio earlier?" The rest of her small group had caught up to her.
"You got the message too?"
"Yeah and—" But the leader was interrupted by his communicator going off.
"Are you in charge?"
"Um, yes." The leader of the small group confirmed.
"In the train, you'll find what you need to have your victory. Use it well. If you follow my orders, you'll no doubt come out of here alive today."
Without a second thought, the small group quickly opened the cargo boxes of the train only to find enemy weapons and Knightmare frames.
"Look at all this!"
"Wow, amazing!"
"Maybe we should trust this guy. I mean look at what he's given us!"
'Amazing, but…how?' Kallen thought in disbelief that this was actually happening. Something was working in their favor, all because of some stranger.
"Woman in the Glasgow, you stay right where you are. Your units going to run as decoy, understand?" The voice ordered.
"Uh, yes sir!" It was strange since she usually only took orders from Oghi, but now was not the time to debate who was in charge.
"Energy filler level?"
"15 minutes worth!"
"Recharge, I'll contact you in 10 minutes." And the line went dead.
"This is getting exhausting." Lelouch leaned back in his seat and took a breath, he could feel himself shaking just a bit. Fear? Maybe somewhere deep down he was scared. His life was on the line after all.
'But I can't do anything about that now. I'll need determination to see this through.'
"The terrorists have hidden among the Elevens and are staging a resistance against us. Though they are a minor threat against our forces." General Bartley informs the royal Prince Clovis, who sits comfortably on the imitation throne.
"Yes, we know they hardly have any power against us. As for the gas capsule?" Clovis egarly asks.
"The public is still in the dark, they believe it is exactly what they were told." The General responds reassuringly.
"Very good. But that girl, I want her secured in our possession, dead or alive." The blonde prince ordered darkly.
"Yes, sir."
"Hey, are you sure about all this? What if we're playing right into a trap?" Tamaki barked out to their leader, worrying for their lives and clearly not convinced this wasn't some trick from the enemy.
"What traps do they need to set? They could kill us all with no problem. They have total advantage." Ohgi stated once he was settled in the newly acquired Knightmare. "Now, everyone move to your positions and wait for further instruction."
"B-1, can you move? It operates just the same as what you are use to." The unknown voice came through.
"Can't you tell us who you are? At least a name?" Oghi persisted, desperately wanting to know who this mystery savior was as well as the others listening on their own communicators.
"Sorry, I cannot do that. What if these signals are being intercepted. But anyway, if Q-1 is on schedule, the enemy Sutherlands will reach you in 23 seconds, two of them. Shoot them through the wall." Lelouch gave his order. He had no doubt they would follow through, they were already this far. Giving orders will be easy so long as they follow through on time.
"What?! He's crazy!" Tamaki shouted in disbelief.
"Everyone, double check your weapons." Oghi ordered without hesitation.
"Have you gone crazy too?!"
"The enemy has been spotted at point F-31." A soldier overseeing the battle from the monitor informed.
"Hm, a feint. How typical." Clovis smirked, having no doubt he knew what the Elevens were up to.
"Tell Lasslow squad to go right in! Have Yugen and Valerie strike from behind!" Bartley barked out orders.
"Three, two, one. Fire!" A torrent of bullets were released and fired. On the other side of the wall, Britannia units went down in their unexpected ambush.
The Knights operating the Sutherlands having no escape were taken out. Lelouch watched from his monitor, happy things were starting smoothly.
"Sir Yugen and Sir Valerie are both down!" The General was shocked by this, wondering how mere Elevens managed to outsmart Britannian forces.
"What? We're being ambushed?" Clovis too held a shocked expression, thinking he may have miscalculated the terrorists plan of action.
'Heh, an ID signal works as a double edged sword. If the terrorist follow my orders without question, my task will have been completed. Perfect' The school boy held an arrogant smug.
"P-1, P-4, P-7, move 100 meters to the right. Fire your slash harkens at three o'clock." Came Lelouch's next orders.
"You heard him! Now follow through!" Oghi encouraged.
"Dammit, what else does the bastard want?" Tamaki complained as usual.
"P-5, ready?" Tamaki gave an annoyed growl at being referred to as some coordinate.
"Yeah, yeah!"
"The enemy is moving towards G-28!"
"Ah! Send the Lasslow squad—I mean Glavay squad!" Bartley was in a state of panic now, slowly running out of options and attempting to refrain from requesting major back up. It would be bad if this information got out.
'Wait, this means…the enemy has our military weapons?" Clovis was now seeing how the terrorist could possibly have the upper hand here. There was no other way. They were using Britannia's weapons against them.
The attacks on the battlefield were relentless as Britannian forces were falling by the second.
"Sir Glavay has ejected from his Knightmare! HIs units been lost!" One of the soldiers shouted.
"Hurry, change our codes! They're intercepting our transmissions!" Bartley angrily ordered one of the soldiers.
"We've done so four times already, sir!"
"Do it again, dammit!"
"This is unacceptable of Britannian soldiers!" Clovis stood, addressing the staff in front of him. What else was there for him to do at this point? He was good at blaming others after all, even when there was nothing that could be done.
"Ah, forgive me, your highness." Suddenly as transmission came up on the main screen.
"Good afternoon!" It was none other than Earl Lloyd Asplund.
"What do you want? We're in the middle of a crisis!" Bartley yelled at the man in the screen.
"I think it's about time to deploy our special weapon." The Earl was addressing the Prince more than the soldiers acting like chickens with their heads cut off.
"We have no time for this right now!" Clovis was wasting no time on prototypes when this was becoming serious.
"R-2, fire anchor."
"B-7, use U-N ordinates."
"N group, you'll continue advancing."
Order after order, Lelouch sat and grinned as every command was executed and followed. Everything was going his way, just as he liked it. This would be over in no time.
"We just lost Lasslow squad!"
"Then bring out Quincy squad!" Clovis ordered.
"But, my Lord…that means breaking circle." The general looked at the Prince uncertain of his actions.
"And now, then. The enemy only has 5 options. Time to make your move, Britannia." Saying the nations name in utter disgust, Lelouch played with the King chess piece in his hand, observing his new board game placed in front of him, all his pieces exactly where he wanted them.
"Have some of our forces guarding me, we will reenforce the breech."
"Why are they breaking formation? Whats going on?" Jeremiah watched from his position where he landed after ejecting as the Knightmare frames began advancing into the battle.
"Well, that certainly wasn't the brightest move. I expected better from you, Prince Clovis." Lelouch smirked at the naivety of the Britannian Princes move. "Q-1, do you have an area map?"
"Yes, I have a map of the old town. But it's outdated with no current land marks." Kallen said, confused as to how that would help.
"That will do."
"Alright, send them in, surround them! The enemy's main force is that center dot." Clovis kept an eye on the target as he watched Britannian forces move in on the unsuspecting terrorist. "Kill them all." He said with a wicked smile.
"Is everything prepared?" Of course, Lelouch wasn't expecting any less from these terrorist. They were smarter than he thought in fact.
Smirking, Lelouch continued to watch.
As soon a Clovis' army had them on target, their coordinates disappeared from the display screen.
"What the Hell? Where did they go?!"
"Heh, and so, I call checkmate." Placing his King down, Lelouch smiled in triumph.
Meanwhile, down bellow, the resistance group attacked in one successful sweep. Their enemy forces dropped in seconds across the battlefield, not one left standing. Not one had been suspecting an attack from bellow their feet.
Overcome with laughter of both joy and fear, fear of just what kind of power he held, Lelouch felt like he was invincible from this point.
"My plans worked! I knew it! I can do it, I can defeat Britannia!"
'What the Hell do I do now? Just who am I up against here? There's only one option left.' The blonde found he was cornered with no where to go, but he had one option left.
"Lloyd!"
"Yes, your highness." The smug scientist knew just what he was going to request.
"Can it work? Will it beat them?"
"My Lord, please do address it by its proper name, Lancelot."
A/N: I'm sure many of you know that this story is originally by Masaki4everDead if you follow or have read the original post. However, after having a discussion with the authoress, I was given permission to take over the story for her. Don't worry through, I won't be changing any of her original idea so I hope you still continue to read this, though it will be in my hands now. Think of it as co-writing, but since she and I share the same idea of the direction for this story, it's going to have some of my touches as well as mostly her original ideas. This first chapter is not in the original post but since she was re-writing the story, this is where the story properly begins. Don't worry the other original chapters will come in to play soon. I hope you follow and enjoy. I can say it's going to be quite a long journey.
