Chapter 2 - Disciples Of Damocles

"Launch the Lamperouge! Immediatly!" Zero screams as trys

"Yes, Zero."

"Prepare your Knightmares. Once we arrive to their location, we attack. I'll be proceeding to the bridge and get an update on the situation. Prepare yourselves as well."

"Yes, Zero!"

As they prepare for the counterattack, silence fell as they wait in the Knight's common room. Their minds have been into one thing only: Is it really Lelouch?

"No, it can't be him!" said Kallen as she sees Gino's doubting face.

"Kallen?"

"He's...dead. Right? There's no way...Its got to be someone else."

"Praising a dead person is a fool's game. But that is not the situation here." Jeremiah interrupted.

"What do you mean, Lord Jeremiah?"

"There are some people who believe that Lelouch's path of destruction was the true salvation of the world."

"No, that's not what he-"

"Kallen!"

"I'm sorry, Lord Jeremiah."

She knew she was at fault. Lelouch wanted everyone to hate him so that they would forget about hating each other. A sacrifice he had kept for the sake of the world.

To all Knights! An urgent message from Zero!

"It seems that East Britannia is experiencing a strong storm surge. Be careful in handling the storm. A report was given stating the the Gawain has begun its assault on the capital of East Britannia. It also states that the numbers of the Black Sutherlands have increased since the storm surge.
I know its not easy. But to preserve the peace we have created, I order you, Knights of Zero, to destroy all of the insurgents of the Gawain. For the evil to be truly vanquished, If blood needs to be spilled, then so be it."

" But-"

"You have your orders. For the current state of the world, we shall fight for its preservation! Am I clear?"

"Yes, Zero."

Is it possible the Gawain is piloted by someone else? It must be-

"We're approaching East Britannia. Be care-"

At that same time, the Lamperouge was attacked below. The attack was powerful enough to damage the Druid System of the ship, losing some of its stability.

"Knights, board your Knightmares immediatly. We have to protect this ship and Empress Nunnally!" ordered Zero.

The knights ran to the launch bay as they get ready for battle. As they proceed, the ship loses altitude again.

"What happened?"

"Lord Zero. The Gawain and six Sutherlands are on top of us. Knights Jeremiah and Gino have launched and are engaging the hostile units."

"Good. Tell Kallen and Anya to defend the left side of the ship."

"Yes, My Lord."

Jeremiah and Gino prepare themselves to face the Sutherlands.

"Sutherlands? Ha! This will be easy!" said Gino.

"Don't get too comfortable, kid. You might end up dead in a second."

"Me? Lose to this units? That's good for a-". Suddenly, four Sutherlands appeared on radar and at the back of Gino. As the blades are about slice his cockpit,
Gino quickly divided below and struck them down with his Tristan Divider.

"Look out!"

As he views his left side, a huge Hadron blast was about to hit. He was bearly able to dodge it as the Tristan Divider's legs were destroyed. He ejected as soon as he saw Sutherlands about to finish him off. Luckily, his cockpit was retrieved by Jeremiah and both returned into the Lamperouge. But the rest of the Tristan Divider was history as another Hadron blast destroys the Knightmare completely.

"Where you even listening to me?" scolded Jeremiah.

"Alright, I get it. I'm sorry."

"Don't tell me your sorry. Kallen and Anya are still out there, outnumbered!"

"Dammit!"

Kallen and Anya are surrounded by the Gawain and Sutherlands.

"That Hadron blast was unbelievable!" said Kallen.

"I can do that too, you know."

The Mordred Mrk. II charges up its Hadron cannons. The Sutherlands quickly advances to it but were destroyed by Kallen. The storm gets worse as the battle

continues.

"You'll pay for hurting Gino."

The Hadron cannons fire, targeting the Gawain. It then begins to charge up its own cannons, but in an unusual faster rate and fires as well. Both blasts collided.
Kallen moved away as the wave was affecting her Energy Wing System. Then a voice was heard. It came from the Gawain.

"I win."

Without Kallen and the others noticing, the arms of the Gawain have switched from a ten-finger mounted Slash Harkens into two Hadron cannons. The cannons charged up and fires at the stalemate of blasts. It proved too strong as the Mordred's cannons were destroyed from the surge of energy and leaving it defenseless. The Sutherlands begin to surround her.

"Anya!" screamed Kallen, as she quickly flys to try and save her.

"Don't interfere!"

Kallen uses the Radiation Wave to block the Hadron blast that was aimed on the Guren, Thus stopping her from reaching Anya.

"Get away from her!" Jeremiah exclaimed as he destroys the Sutherlands surrounding Anya.

"Thank you, Lord Orange."

Jeremiah smiled, as he was scared of losing someone who he was with him in adapting to new world. To him, Anya was his salvation.

"Hahahaha! You will all pay for what you did to Lord Schneizel!"

The Hadron blast stopped, and so did Kallen. Now, she knew one thing and was sure of it.

It isn't Lelouch.

"Who are you!" Kallen screamed, as her focus was set straight on the Gawain.

The cockpit opened. And they saw him. A man wearing the mask of Zero. He then slowly removed the mask.

"Kanon?"

May 19, 2012 - revised

Some lines went unlabelled. It got me confused as well. xD

-Alex