When the Demon was Reborn

Lelouch's eyes opened, as he looked around. He didn't really know where he would end up, as either Heaven or Hell would make sense for a guy like him. What he saw was C.C., holding her Cheese-kun, in her typical, white attire. They were in a large warehouse, with the tarp still covering the object, the crates, the bed, and the only source of light were multiple oil lamps scattered around.

"Witch?" Lelouch asked. C.C. looked at him calmly.

"Yes?" she answered. Lelouch then came to his senses fully.

"WHAT THE HELL?" he roared as he straightened up," Why am I still alive?" C.C. didn't look like she was paying attention.

"I wish they delivered pizza this far," she mused.

"I'm talking to you, you monster!" Lelouch yelled. C.C. looked over.

"I'm not the one who did it," C.C. said, deadpan as ever.

"It was I," said the man, who Lelouch only noticed sitting next to the tarp covered object. Still in his cloak. He stood up, and walked over to Lelouch.

"The hell are you?" Lelouch demanded. The man smiled.

"I am the one who brought you back," the man answered. Lelouch scowled, and tried to stand up, but was brought back down by a pain in his chest. He cringed and grabbed the place where it hurt.

"I'd calm down if I were you," the man said, as he sat on a crate," To much stress will open your wounds again."

"I'm supposed to be dead!" Lelouch yelled," That was the point of the Zero Requiem!" The man just laughed slightly, not caring about Lelouch's anger.

"You are quite the specimen," the man said," Having both Code and Geass, I guess we can call what you had, 'Code Geass'. I guess that is what saved your life." Lelouch was shocked.

"When did I get Code?" he asked.

"When you defeated your father," C.C. answered," He transferred his code to you."

"Technically speaking, that should've ended the use of your Geass right there," the man said, and then he began to explain," And yet it didn't, meaning that your Code was lying dormant. When Zero 'killed' you, it caused your Code to activate. Your Geass then acted up, and they canceled each other out. That was what saved your life. Although, you were placed in a coma, so your body needed a jump start. It was my Code that really set you off." Lelouch gasped.

"Wait! Your code?" Lelouch asked. The man nodded, stood up, and dropped off his cloak, revealing he was bald, and wore a crimson red version of C.C.'s outfit, except with out the long sleeves and pant legs, having changed out of his shirt and pants. He was bald, and had a face covered with scars.

"Yes," the man said, as he turned his back on Lelouch, and dropped his shirt, revealing the Geass symbol on his back," And you asked you I am, well I went by quite a few names, but you can call me something particular, I am S.S." Lelouch was in awe at the man.

"Am I...," he began to ask, but S.S. cut him off.

"No," he said," Your Geass shut off your Code, as your Code shut off your Geass."

"Does this mean I don't have my Geass anymore?" Lelouch asked.

"Yes," C.C. said," And before you ask, no, I won't give it to you again." S.S. smiled.

"I can," he said," Of course, you have to agree to the contract though."

"What is the contract?"

"Did C.C. tell you her contract?"

"No?"

"Exactly."

Lelouch sighed.

"Fine then," Lelouch said. S.S. walked over, and pressed his finger to Lelouch's forehead.

"Do you accept the terms of the contract?" S.S. asked in Lelouch's mind.

"Yes, I accept the terms of the contract," Lelouch answered as he flew through the world of Geass.

S.S. stepped back, and Lelouch stood up, as though he was never injured. The prince smiled evily, and his eyes briefly flashed the Geass symbol.

"This power will be the same as your previous Geass," S.S. said, as he sat back down," Only, one difference, you can use it on a person multiple times." Lelouch grinned.

"Perfect," he said, but then that grin faded," But now what?" It was S.S's turn to smile now.

"You can take your revenge," the immortal sorcerer said.

"My revenge?" Lelouch asked.

"For your death, and the betrayal of the Black Knights," S.S. explained.

"My death?" Lelouch echoed," But I choose that path, it brought peace." S.S. grinned.

"Perhaps, but look," he pointed, and it was a big poster of Ohgi and Villeta's wedding, with of Lelouch's "friends" on it. He cringed as he saw Kallen among there, so happy.

"They celebrated your death with such a merry event," S.S. explained," They will always see you as a villain, they will consider your name a swear word. They will never learn the truth among your plan." S.S. then began to bore into Lelouch's mind with this. C.C. didn't try to stop him, as it wouldn't work. Lelouch's fists tightened. (note: DO NOT pass judgement on the story here, I'll explain in later chapters)

"Even the one you love," S.S. whispered, and Lelouch flinched, and looked at the smiling Kallen again," She celebrates your death." Lelouch's horror dropped, replaced by a cold face. S.S. smiled cruelly, this was going better than he thought.

"And then the treachery of the Black Knights, just because of the blood that ran in your veins," he said," Those weak minded, racist fools fell to the lies of your brother out of sheer spite." Lelouch tensed, as his wrath continued to grow.

"And your best friend," S.S. said, as he pointed to the right of the poster, showing an image of Suzaku as Zero," He killed you."

"On my own choice," Lelouch said, relaxing slowly," He made the world a better place."

"Wrong," S.S. hissed," You made the world a better place, think about it, would your true friend agree to kill you, and then go through it. If he was your friend, he would either never agree, or at least stop the process of killing most of the way through. But no, he went through with it." Lelouch tensed. C.C. watched on, knowing that S.S. was close to breaking Lelouch completely to his will.

"That agree to kill you was probably a grab for power," S.S. said darkly, almost there. He then stepped back.

"Now I ask you, why do you need revenge?" Lelouch didn't answer. He just looked at the poster. Lelouch then grabbed a lamp, and threw it at the poster, and it caught flame.

S.S. smiled, he had gotten his most important piece. C.C. sighed sadly, knowing that for Lelouch, there was no turning back. S.S. picked up a iron brand, and set it down next Lelouch.

Lelouch turned to them, his face empty and dark, the flames of the poster burning behind him.

"I am ready," he began, and then he finished by picking of the brand," to take my revenge." Lelouch slammed the brand into the ground, it was the symbol, of infinity.

(a lot of you are asking Lelouch could have become like this, but bare with me, I have a plot element that will be revealed near the end that should answer everything)