A/N just so none of you are confused about it, thanks to Lelouch being in Kallen's life, she isn't nearly as heavily involved with the resistance group's activities, she keeps tabs and talks with them, but she doesn't actually do anything to help them, just like Ohgi wanted her to do in the show. It is also why this will be straying from cannon with the "POISON GAS" incident will be a bit different from before. It should also be noted that while she considers herself part Japanese, she dose not deny her strong Britannian upbringing and heritage, so she wont be saying stuff like "We are not elevens." instead opting to say "They are Japanese." once again, this is due to being so close to our favorite prince of the realm. on with the fic.
Kallen was still giggling like mad at the dismay that noble had shown through the elevator ride, Lelouch simply smirked next to her, and they began to converse again.
"I love it when you end up playing against the nobility, those pricks always pay out of pride. What idiots." Kallen remarked with a grin.
Lelouch allowed his grin to intensify as he replied to her while they walked through the foyer to the exit.
"Indeed, the nobles are tepid, they're just over-privileged parasites that's all, can't expect a good game out of ones who don't take the time to study the game and truly know how to play."
"No doubt, in the end a good game is more likely to come from a common man, not an adult sized brat." They both chuckled at this as they walked out the door, but off in the distance, a large banner appeared on a massive TV screen, the Imperial flag, it came on with a chirp, and a woman's voice could be heard over the city wide communication system.
"We apologize for the delay, now his royal highness, prince Clovis, third prince of Britannian empire, will address the nation."
The image shifted to prince Clovis, standing in front of the throne of the main administration building located in the middle of the settlement, a shield shaped insignia of the imperial flag behind him along with gold embroidering and red curtains off to the side, the rest of the wall behind him was a medium grey, weather it was concrete or steel was unknown.
"To all my imperial subjects, including of-course the many co-operative elevens who chose to serve the empire of Britannia-!"
Lelouch narrowed his eyes and Kallen clenched her fists.
"Do you not see my pain? My heart was ripped from my chest only to be torn apart, the remnants are filled with rage and sadness!"
"Bullshit." Kallen spat, loud enough for only Lelouch to hear, and silently agree as he put a hand on her shoulder and gave a gentle, calming squeeze.
"He's probably at a party drinking wine expensive enough to buy the materials required to fix all of the torn up ghettos if he had put the money into actually doing his job." Lelouch muttered darkly under his breath.
"However-" The prince continued to prattle. "-as ruler of area eleven, I will not tolerate terrorism of any kind! Because the battle we fight is a righteous one, a virtuous battle to protect the being of one and all!"
Lelouch scoffed and muttered obscenities under his breath, Kallen followed along.
"Now then everyone, I would like you to join me in observance of eight who died for justice in the line of duty..."
"Like you give a shit." Kallen muttered. Lelouch replied with "I don't think anyone does but us, their families, and a rare few good Samaritans, its terribly sad really, how much of our humanity the people of the world have lost." Lelouch sounded truly disheartened, and Kallen could only nod somberly.
"A moment of silence please." The announcer requested, at that point they both began walking back to their bike. Lelouch was about to pull out his keys when he realized they weren't in the pocket he had put them in when he got off. He blinked, before throwing a knowing look at Kallen. She did of-course playfully stick her tongue out at him while jingling the key ring they she had pulled out of her cleavage.
"My turn to drive." She winked.
Lelouch blushed and rolled his eyes when he saw where she hid the keys. "Don't think I want to clean those now... for some odd reason that I simply can not explain." He rambled.
"I swiped them from your back pocket while we where sucking face in the elevator." She explained.
He gave her a peck on the lips before grabbing a black and blue helmet and handing it to her, before slipping on a black and purple one of his own. She got on first, and he sat behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist.
They quickly pulled out of the parking spot, Lelouch had already collected the ticket for the paid parking meter, and they where soon on the highway.
Meanwhile... at a Britannian military compound...
Dozens of men and women where climbing into large robotic machines, the Sutherland class knightmare frames unlatching from their recharging stations and tethers that holding them in place being released. large screws sealing the cockpits shut while they came online as a voice began to shout over the intercom.
"Alert one! Alert one! Fourth, seventh and eighth rapid reaction companies, as well as the thirty first air assault team, immediate scramble! Special division nine, stand-by for deployment!"
Green lights flashed on the heads of the Sutherlands, signaling their complete activation...
Back with the lovely couple...
"Hey hun..." Kallen said to Lelouch looking over her left shoulder while still keeping an eye on the road, it was easy enough to hear herm she didn't need to yell, the engine wasn't obnoxiously loud, and traffic was non-existent for whatever reason.
"Yes darling?"
"I can't believe I never thought to ask, I've noticed it like hundreds of times after-all... why do you always move the king first?" She asked out of curiosity.
"Well, its a matter of principle really, if a king does not lead, then how in the hell can he expect his soldiers to follow him?"
"Huh, well said, if only some people in power had one percent of your intelligence and moral integrity, this world would be a much better place."
"I appreciate the complement, and its a nice thought, but I don't think it can be done, love, as much as I want the world to be a better place, not just for Nunnally, but for us for everyone that these monsters have used and abused, I just don't think it can be done, its like, the world is so far gone, there's no coming back..." He said solemnly.
"C-mon honey don't think like that, I know the world is bad but, there's no such thing as too late when it comes to change, its part of nature for things to change, its inevitable." She said lightly, she knew he was a little depressed, he got like this from time to time and it made her sad when he was like this.
"True, but, change isn't always for the better, and things can never truly stop getting worse." He replied in the same tone as before.
"Hey, its ok, we can figure things out, and I'll make you feel better once we get back to Ashford" She whispered the last half of the sentence with a husky edge to her voice, Lelouch allowed himself to relax, a genuine soft smile coming to his face as his eyes brightened at her words, red tinted his cheeks.
"I'm looking forward to it..."
Kallen grinned.
HONK! HONK!
A massive truck had pulled up right behind them!
"Fucking lunatics!" Kallen swore as she swerved the bike to avoid being ran over.
"Fuck you too." Lelouch threw at the truck as it rode their tail.
The truck then unexpectedly swerved itself, onto a closed off ramp, it then spun out of control, the tires screeched as the breaks where applied, and the eighteen wheeler hit an underpass that was still under construction. A plume of dust erupting from the crash.
Kallen brought the bike to a quick stop, they both got off and ran to the edge of the overpass to survey the area.
"What the hell was that?" Lelouch questioned with a frown as he pulled his helmet off.
Other people had come and gathered, talking about the crash.
While this was happening, Kallen had a look of contemplation, before she went pale, and then red with rage.
"Oh no, Ohgi, please tell me you did not seriously decide to go through with it!" Kallen yelled.
Lelouch allowed his eyes to widen, as she had told him about this particularly stupid operation the Kozuki resistance group had planned. They both shared a look, before sprinting to the crash site and climbing atop the trailer as the drivers cabin was blocked off by debris.
"Hey, are you alright in there!?" Lelouch called out.
Kallen peaked into the top hatch that was torn open and began to yell. "Yeah, you idiots ok!? I hope not because I fucking told you it was a terrible plan!"
"Finally, you are here..."
They both heard a strange voice echo in their heads, they both looked at each-other.
"Did you hear that?"
Kallen nodded.
Then, suddenly, the truck backed up rapidly, and then the driver floored it, they where thrown in.
"Ow!" Kallen called out, before growling and rubbing her head as a slightly dizzy Lelouch helped her up.
"Learn to drive asshole, Tamaki if that's you, I swear to fucking god, I'm gonna kick you in the nuts so hard they'll be popping out of your smelly ass mouth!" Kallen screamed into the air.
Lelouch laughed heartily, before rubbing her bruising arm and kissing her on the forehead, which calmed her down a bit.
"Ill hold him down for you."
"Please do." She fake begged with a mock pouty face.
"STOP THE VEHICLE! SURRENDER NOW AND YOU WILL GET THE CHANCE TO DEFEND YOURSELF IN COURT!" The two people in the trailer had the misfortune of hearing a voice coming from a gunship chasing the truck, there where at least three military choppers in pursuit.
"STOP, AND SURRENDER AT ONCE!"
BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
The sound of an extremely rapid firing heavy machine-gun could be heard as it unleashed a payload, strafing the area on the sides and behind the truck.
"SURRENDER NOW OR WE WILL SHOOT TO KILL!"
"Oh my god they got caught! We are going to die just by being associated with this! my friends are going to be the death of you, I'm so sorry Lelouch!" She threw her arms around him as she sobbed.
"Hey, its ok, calm down, we can find a way out of this... I... still have one card up my sleeve if I need to..."
"You don't really mean...?" Kallen looked at him wide eyed in shock. "But, they would use you, and Nunnally, or worse yet the OSI would kill you ASAP!"
"I know, but if it means I can keep you safe with my status then so be it, even if it is only a temporary fix."
"Lelouch, no, don't sacrifice your freedom just for me, I'm not worth it."
He quickly cupped her face with his hands and stared into her watery eyes.
"Do not say that, you are worth more than the world itself to me, I love you, and I am more than willing to play my father's games to keep you safe." He gave her a full kiss, allowing both Kallen and himself to savor each-other before her reluctantly pulled back, and began to frantically search the cabin.
Eventually his eyes caught on to something covered in a white tarp, he pulled the tarp down and a large machine was revealed. A large dark blue Glasgow.
"Our Glasgow? That thing is a piece of shit held together by duct-tape an hatred, it'll fall apart if you look at it wrong!" Kallen ranted, while it was a bit of an exaggeration, it wasn't up to military standards for sure, but the armor plating of a Sutherland was almost exactly the same, it could still take a hit.
"Even so, this could be our ticket out of here, but for now, lets see what the driver has to say about this fine mess..." Lelouch intoned.
They both walked towards the door, only for it to open, revealing a red haired idiot.
"Tamaki, what did I tell the group they shouldn't do..." She said in a sickly sweet voice to a now very scared and surprised Tamaki.
"To not steal the poison gas..."
"Right, and what did you morons decide to go and do?"
"To steal the poison gas..."
"Exactly... Lelouch?"
"Yes?"
"We need to get going, lets take the Glasgow." Kallen said whilst staring Tamaki down. "The only reason your nuts aren't little pieces of shrapnel right now is because you are not the driver." The two teens turned away from the terrified idiot and began to start up the war machine.
They got it up and running in about half a minute, Lelouch sat down first, and Kallen sat in his lap. However just as luck would have it, they heard new aircraft join the chase, before the sound of metal hitting pavement reverberated through them, and the screech of tires grinding hit them. They both paled, and Kallen turned back to see they both knew what that was.
"They just deployed Knightmares..." They both said to each-other at the same time.
"Stop in the name of his majesty!" A male voice shouted over a loud speaker.
Suddenly, gaping holes where punched into the back of the truck, a pair of slash harkens hooked themselves onto the torn metal, before retracting, ripping them off. They stared out of the massive hole in the van, and to their horror see a RPI-13 Victoria Command Sutherland its red paint on the shoulder pauldrons and factsphere plating on the forehead giving away its allegiance to the purist faction.
It pointed its oversized auto-cannon right at them.
"Kallen!" Lelouch said in alarm.
"On it!" She fired off a slash harken at the ground directly in front of the enemy Sutherland, the concrete splintered, large chunks threatening to hit the machine, the pilot maneuvered to avoid the danger, and suddenly with the sound of gunfire obvious, the truck swerved again, going down a different road, and this time, it got worse.
Yet another RPI-13 Victoria Command Sutherland had appeared, and came from the direction the truck was initially heading, and the first one joined up with it, their land spinners roaring as the truck continued to get chased down the road.
"Out of the frying pan and into the fire." Lelouch muttered.
"More like out of the fire and into the shit..." Kallen deadpanned.
Lelouch blinked.
"Yup, that sounds about right."
"What do we do?" Kallen asked, an edge to her voice as she stared unblinkingly at the two military grade war machines in pursuit.
"... We need to run, jump out of the truck, quickly, then floor it!"
"Better than nothing!" She gunned the engines and the land spinners thundered against the concrete as the navy blue Glasgow hopped out of the truck, and speed in the opposite direction, blazing past the two Sutherlands whom where caught off guard by the appearance of the older frame. They looked at each-other.
"You stay on the truck, it is vital, and you deserve that promotion, I'll go rip those terrorists a new one!" A hearty male voice come from the speakers, the other one nodded, while the first Sutherland spun around and changed its course chasing down the Glasgow...
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