AN:

1) Here's a serious attempt at the Code Geass story. Some of the lore and elements are subject to a little alteration to make the story flow better.

2) If you want something a lot lighter, check out Genius or Insanity. It was surprisingly a lot more popular than I thought it would be considering I don't know how humor works. Not sure how I'll continue that work, but if you enjoyed it and want it to continue, send me a PM with ideas.

3) A little on the short side, but it is a prologue.

4) Update 10/11/2016: People mentioned that Lelouch wouldn't have given up on Nunnally so easily, and I agree. Parts of the chapter were changed to leave some smidge of hope for her in Lelouch's mind.

A shot rang out in the air as a bullet passed by the side of my head and impacted with the stone doors in front of me. It seems that the trap at the entrance served its purpose. Whoever this immortal was, he or she knew that I was going to be here alone. The person behind me was most likely immune to my Geass, and would no doubt be able to subdue me with ease. The odds of me coming out of this scenario were nonexistent.

Being Zero though, such odds were never truly impossible. Yet my mysterious foe planned to separate me from C.C. using the formerly deceased Orange and delayed me until the shooter was able to come here. He or she must know that I would make a miracle occur. Knowing this, the probability that Nunnally would survive became dismal.

No, Nunnally would most certainly die should I pursue her at the moment.

"Turn around, Zero," a familiar male voice said from behind.

Of course it had to be him of all people. The immortal that I was facing was clearly interested in rubbing salt into the wound from what my speculations could tell me. I could only wonder what he or she expected me to do. Confront my best friend? Allow him to take me in? Beg for his help?

All were possible routes, but all led to a bleak end. As Zero, Suzaku wanted me brought to justice for all the lives lost, and he personally wanted me dead for being the root cause of Euphemia's fate. All would be in the immortal's calculations. I am here all alone and desperate. My Geass was useless and I could never hope to best Suzaku in straightforward confrontation. There wasn't even a reason for me to truly fight anymore since resistance would rob me of my very reason for fighting.

I had to admit defeat.

...

No.

...

I've stained myself with too much innocent blood to simply allow myself to lose. I can't afford to give in yet. Zero can't afford to fall at this moment.

I turned around slowly to face my friend and do what I do best. I would don on the mask of Lelouch Lamperouge one last time. I would wear it one more time before dying a second time.

"Suzaku! Thank god!" I yelled with my mask still on.

"Zero! It's over! You are going to die here and now!" he yelled despite how odd this interaction should have been given how every confrontation between him and this mask had Zero in control. Suzaku had to have been blinded by rage not to have notice oddity.

"Wait, Suzaku! It's me Lelouch!"

"What!" two voices hollered out upon this revelation. It appears that we weren't as alone as I had thought. Kallen must have been able to tail Suzaku.

Not wanting to give reason for Suzaku to shoot me, I quickly removed my helmet and tossed it aside. I donned on a look of distress as I tried to convey the direness of the situation to my oldest friend.

"You have to save Nunnally! Zero knows our real identity!" I screamed.

"Where is he?!" Suzaku screamed in anger. What a one-dimensional idiot. I must really thank him for his blind trust. He didn't even question whether or not this was all staged, but then again, I have been living a double life for quite a while now. My acting could have been perceived as the truth or unsuspicious, or maybe the distress of knowing that I was going to betray my best friend was influencing my actions to the point that it wasn't acting anymore. I was going to end Suzaku Kururugi. While it was a shame that I would have to end his life here and now given our history, I would grant him the peace that his obliviousness deserved. It was a mercy all things considered.

"I don't know! All I know is that I had to stay here! I can't leave or else he'll kill Nunnally! Please, Suzaku! I don't care what happens to me, but please help Nunnally! I've already lost Mother and Euphie... I can't lose Nunnally too," I said with a true sob at the end as I collapsed on my knees. I didn't have to fake it. My heart was truly broken knowing that all of them were ripped from my life.

I pulled out my pistol to stare at it wistfully with trembling hands. I needed to look as though I was contemplating suicide. Given my methods as Zero, the idea of people committing suicide for his cause was the norm. Having the gun out would also be a part of my final act as Lelouch. It would be the instrument for Suzaku's demise, and I needed it out in the open for ease of use. With my prior command to live still in effect, killing Suzaku had to be swift and without his notice. I had only one shot or else all my efforts would prove to be useless.

"Lelouch," Suzaku began as he lowered his gun to hastily approach me, "I will find Zero! I will find and save Nunnally! Nunnally will be fine, so don't let Zero's Geass win! Nunnally still needs her big brother!" The boy then embraced me in a hug as though he thought that the measly power of friendship would compel me to break the power of Geass.

As I shifted me arms as though I was going to reciprocate his feelings, I quietly said, "Thank you, Suzaku... Thank you for being my friend..."

And then the air in the room reverberated as a bullet ended both the life of Suzaku Kururugi and Lelouch Lamperouge.

Only Zero remained.