It was dark and cold after Suzaku had stabbed him.
Not really surprising. He supposed this was what death felt like.
But why was he still thinking ? He thought after death he would just become a mindless existence.
He didn't really know what would happen after death really. Would he move on ? Erased from existence ? Would he go to heaven ? Was there even heaven at all ?
He scoffed mentally at the notion. Even if there was heaven, that would only mean he would go to hell. After what he had done, he knew he deserved it.
Though he supposed it didn't really matter as he was already dead and…well, maybe he could finally take a rest.
Yeah…, a rest sounded good.
His mind went blank and dulled.
And he knew nothing more.
Lelouch vi Brittania woke up in soft silk bed almost similar with the bed in his long…. almost forgotten memories of his room in Aries Villa.
Blinking a few times to adjust his eye, he looked around his surrounding.
Where was he ? What happened to him ? How could he be in…this place? What happened to the Requiem ? Did it fail ? Was he actually alive all along ?
He threw the cover off himself and flung himself out of the bed though the fact that his feet dangled from the side of the bed made him pause the motion.
He was supposed to be taller than this. And…now that he paid more attention to it, it seemed like everything was bigger somehow.
That…or he had shrunk.
Frowning his eyebrows, he got out of the bed without any pause and waddled to the nearest ornate mirror at the left corner of the room. Despite stumbling a few times initially, he was able to adjust his gait and proceed onwards.
And what he saw froze him.
Dark brown hair framed his face in the same style he used back then instead of dark black.
His violet eyes that he was expecting to see weren't even violet anymore. It was hazel instead.
His face still had their baby-fat even though he had lose them before.
His breath hitched.
" Calm down. "
He snapped out of his trance and looked around. What…what was that ? He was sure that he was alone here. Did someone had finally come to finish the deed after realizing he was the Demon Emperor ? Who was it ?
"I'm nowhere and everywhere. But as for who I am…I am the Collective Consciousness of Humans." The voice resounded.
"Where are you ?"
"You won't be able to see me kid. I am just a presence with a mind…so to say. However you need to calm down so I can tell you the very much needed information you will like to know."
"What is it ?" he asked.
"First of all, you are not in your world again Lelouch. I am the one that send you here."
"What do you mean with 'not in my world again' ?"
"Exactly what it meant. You are in a world where humans are facing near extinction because of titans—a giant monster that devour or kill humans and destroy their homes."
Lelouch—to his credit—didn't panic. He just closed his eyes deep in thought.
"So…? How do they survive ?"
"By building walls. Three walls to be exact. The most outer wall—the Wall Maria. The second wall—the Wall Rose. And finally the most inner wall—the Wall Sina—the place where you are now. Most of the commoners live in the Wall Maria, the wealthy live in the Wall Rose. Only the most wealthy or a royal family are able to live in the Wall Sina. These Walls have defended them for a century and should continue to do so."
"I'm in Wall Sina, right ? This place looks too ornate for it to be anything other than a wealthy noble's home. So who am I then ?"
" Your name is Kaster Fritz. The son of King Fritz who is the ruling king in the kingdom….or so at least…" The voice trailed off, "You are here because the consciousness of dead humans are practically screaming at me to do something about the titans. With that many voices I finally decided to just take you before you move on after your death and put you here."
"Wait…so I had died. And you just take me here to finish your problems ? " He raised his voice at the end of the question, feeling angry that his plan to die was ruined because apparently some higher being wanted him as a pawn out of convenience.
"Yes." The voice said without any remorse, " Now all you need to do is solve this titan problem and you can move on."
"Why should I ? I think I have done enough in my life."
"Because the humans here are going to die sooner or later overridden by titans. I know you will say that you don't care because you don't know them anyway… but point is, you won't be able to die before you finish the mission. The consciousness of humans will reject you, again and again until you finish the problem."
"I…can't die ? Like C.C ? " his eyes opened again, staring blankly ahead as if he had faced the whole world alone and couldn't bear it any longer, " But…I…" want to die. He can't bear his sins any longer….
"Look. If it's any consolation to you, your world is finally at peace, Lelouch. Your work had paid off. Nunnally is the Empress with Suzaku as Zero. Just exactly as you had planned. Don't blame yourself for the deaths…it was over and they didn't die in vain."
Lelouch sighed. "That's good to hear at least. Thank you."
He closed his eyes again for a moment then opened them with a spark that somehow made those hazel orbs more alive.
"So all I need to do is somehow stop this titans you say ?"
"Yes. It won't be simple though. In fact I had allowed your Geass to manifest in this world so you will be able to have an upper hand. Consider it a gift."
"Geass ?..." he glanced to the mirror and sure enough, the Geass sigil stared back at him in its full glory, he blinked and it's gone—back into the hazel orbs he still hadn't really grow accustomed to, "I see. What is the cause of these…titans ?"
"That's for you to find out. I'm sorry I can't tell you more since as a deity I am bounded by rules of non-interference. This is as much interference as I can do."
"Alright then…Is there anything I have to know ?"
"Nothing. You need to find out the rest by yourself. I can only give you the Geass, the limits are still the same."
"I understand."
"Oh and…you won't be hearing from me again after this. This is the limit of what I can do for you. Be safe and good luck."
With that the voice left his mind and leaving him completely alone in this unknown world.
This would be hard. He was once again a prince in some kind of kingdom that seemed to be the government system in these...walls.
And that he was basically stuck here until he do something so he could move on. And that something was to get rid of titans that were apparently dangerous enough that humans were almost extinct.
He could only hope that this kingdom wasn't as corrupt as Brittania at least.
But…considering his luck—or the lack of it—it was probably more likely for it to be corrupted to the core and he had to uncover some secret agendas and overthrow them once again.
Damn, he hoped it wouldn't come to that. A normal nice kingdom would definitely be a blessing now.
A/N : Hello guys ! I hope this is good enough. I'm in the middle of exam so I probably can't update often unless I'm stuck with too much studying like right now. Please review !
