Stage 1: Take to heart
12:32 A.M; off the ports of San Juan, Puerto Rican Settlement of Faithmaria. Britannian Human traffickers unloading their cargo to sell off. Chained women that came from Britannian controlled areas in the Middle East were forced out of the containers. "Come you Eighteens, time to meet your buyers." said one guard as he aimed his assault rifle at them. Some of the captured women cried silently as the walked. "So who is coming to buy this shipment?" asked the ship captain. "Two crime lords, one is Britannian and the other is Faithmarian." said his quartermaster.
Two limousines pulled up; one was white and the other was black. From the black limo, came out a tall, heavy built, Britannian man; wearing a blue suit and a gold-colored trench coat. From the white limousine came out a young, Faithmarian man in his late-teens; wearing a white tuxedo with a light blue scarf, a white fedora, and sunglasses. They both stood in front of the ship captain; waiting to see his merchandise. "You must Ashton Richards?" the Ship Captain said to the Britannian gentleman. He then looked at the Faithmarian with disdain. "And who are you?" he asked. "You can call me RG." said the Faithmarian.
All of the captured women were lined up in front of Ashton and RG. RG was more focused on the Elevens that were in the line up. "All these fine looking women here don't go cheap gentlemen. Price varies on which girl you'll like." Ashton giggled and then he smiled. "I don't know. What do you think Roberto?" asked Ashton. "Roberto?" the Ship Captain asked. RG took off his sunglasses and revealed himself to be Roberto. "I think they should be free." He said. "IT'S COMMANDER KNIGHTWOLF!" yelled the Ship Captain and he pulled out his pistol. The guards that were with him also aimed their guns at Roberto and Ashton. "You two picked the wrong crew to screw with." said the Ship Captain.
Muzzle flashes burst from thin air; killing the captain and some of his crew. Roberto's soldiers deactivated their cloaking devices. "All right brothers; search the rest of the containers to see if there are more captured people," said Roberto, "Any hostile you come across, take him or her down." He then looked at Ashton. "You're True Knights are going to intercept the buyers right?" he asked. "Yes my friend. You can rely on them." said Ashton. After hearing those words Roberto looked at the women who were line up. One of his soldiers came up to them with a bolt cutter and started cutting the chains of the captive women. Roberto looked on and he starting thinking about Milly. He pulled out a picture of Milly and himself still wearing their cat festival costumes. Milly was sitting on his lap with her face close to his. Roberto began to reminisce when he was in Ashford Academy, when he was having fun with his friends over there.
"You truly miss her do you Mr. Garcia?" asked Ashton. "She is beautiful, young woman whom you known since childhood." Roberto put the picture back in his pocket. "I still stay in touch with her through email, but I do miss her." said Roberto. Ashton understood how Roberto felt. "Roberto I know how you feel, but I still need you to talk to my spy from the Babel Tower." said Ashton. Roberto just stared at him. Rojas patted Roberto on his back. "We released all the captives." He said. "Good. That's at least a plus side." said Roberto. "You really are him," said an Eleven woman, "You really are Commander Knightwolf." Roberto and Rojas looked intently at her. "You really believe that Euphemia was not responsible for that massacre? How stupid can you be?" she said angrily. "Princess Euphemia lied to us, hell even Los Guerrero's and the Black Knights did a better job then you did." Roberto tightened his fist, but he turned away. "Rojas go ahead and pay the limo driver. I feel like driving with Carlos and the others." said Roberto. Carlos was waiting for Roberto by a military Transport truck. "I was thinking you were going to take the limo back." said Carlos. "Felt like I needed to drive with ya." Roberto answered. "Commander Knightwolf," said another Eleven woman, "Not all of us think you're a fool." Roberto cracked a smile from her comment. "I was there when the massacre happened. A Britannian Knightmare was about to kill me until one of your men came and rescued me. To me the Brotherhood of Lycans and their leader are heroes." She said. After hearing those things Roberto felt better.
Everyone was in the transport truck that Carlos was driving. Roberto, Rojas, Marco, Antonio, Paula, Ernesto, and two new faces. Everyone was quiet during the drive to the True Knights headquarters; especially Roberto, who was still thinking about Japan and Zero. "I still can't say I am for sure that it is time to return," Roberto thought, "We still don't have the proof to clear Euphemia's name and the plastic surgeons we have listed are in Japan. We're in a deadlock." He continued to think. "Hey Roberto you feeling alright back there man? You quiet." asked Carlos. "I was just thinking man." answered Roberto. "About Japan and Euphemia, why not we just go man? The Brotherhood has grown even larger and stronger ever since you struck a deal with Eddy Valentine and the Black Wolves." said Carlos. "Yes, we have grown. We have over 3,000 men strong, but returning to Japan is not a wise choice at this time." said Roberto. "If you are worried about General Guerrero or Diego, we have not located them are seen activity from any anti-britannian terror groups." said Paula. "Si, not even Delgado Vega has seen any activity of his twin brother." said Marco. Delgado looked at Marco, but said nothing. "We're at the True Knights HQ." said Carlos.
Roberto was inside the medical room where he was to meet Ashton's spy from the Babel Tower. He sat next to his spy; who was recovering from 3rd degree burns. Ashton was at the other side, observing the monitors. The spy looked intently at Roberto. "You are the Lycan Crusader." He said to Roberto. "Yes I am," said Roberto, "I need you to tell me what you have seen over at Babel Tower." The spy recollected his thoughts and remembered what happened. "I remember escorting three captured women for The Black King. There was two students; I think one of them was named Lelouch." said the spy. "Lelouch? I told him to stay out of the casinos." said Roberto. "Wait there is more," said the spy, "When the Black Knights attacked, we tried to evacuate I manage to free the captured women, two of them went the other way, but one went with me. The elevators wouldn't work and then the military came from behind and killed everyone, but me." Roberto became disgruntled from hearing those things. "One last thing, I saw one of the students. He said his name was Lelouch vi Britannia and he ordered those soldiers to die and they killed themselves and I heard something called geass." Everyone beside him was confused from that. "I got out because those two Japanese women I freed rescued me." The spy finished.
"Lelouch vi Britannia?" said Roberto. Roberto questioned himself if whether or not he was it was the Lelouch he knew. "Roberto my friend it's been a long night for all of us. Go home and get some rest." said Ashton. Feeling as if his head was going to explode, the thought of rest was good for him. "Maybe you're right." said Roberto and he left the room.
Morning came and Roberto asleep on a hammock in his condo's patio. The sun was shining and its beams shined on Roberto's eyes. Awaking from the sunlight, Roberto looked at his watch. It was 10:30 and he decided to get up. He went to his refrigerator and pulled out a pizza box. "Forget dieting, I need pizza." said Roberto. He put a couple slices on a plate and he turned on the TV. "The Britannian Military are not sure who is attacking, but they have suffered massive casualties from the gas attacks." Roberto saw that the news coverage was about Japan under attack by an unknown enemy. "Who is attacking Area 11? The Black Knights again?" said Roberto. The news coverage continued, but it got cut off from an outside source. Static covered the screen. Seconds went buy and a picture of General Guerrero appeared. Roberto was shocked to see him on TV. "Ladies and gentlemen of the world, my name is Ivan Guerrero; you may also know me as Fox. I am the leader of the Third Foundation." He said. "The Third Foundation, THAT NEW COUNTRY THAT CAME AROUND SIX MONTHS AGO?!" Roberto yelled. "By now you all heard that Area 11 is being invaded. You can blame the Third Foundation for that. The reason for this action is to let out a call to arms for those who stand against Britannia." His broadcast was being seen around the world where billions were watching. "At first when I lead Los Guerrero's; it seemed meaningless then I decided to run my own country. Now I have an army that can take down Britannia and it will start with the loss of there precious Area 11. To those who will join my cause, feel free; as for those who stand against it, feel my wrath." and the broadcast ended. Roberto was horrified from seeing that; he knew that things were going to get more intense. "The Second Crusade has just begun." he said to himself.