(if you want to find out what all the elephants/dumbos *I think there was a comment about the Lion king* are about, skip to my comment area below at the end) To those who actually read the Author's Note: you'll maybe recognize at least two characters of code geass. But only if you know every character. And a part of Claude's dream was a premonition. (There might be mistakes, sorryif they annoy you.)
Disclaimer: I (sadly) own absolutely nothing. And I hope you like.
Chapter one: A New World Part II AND DUMBO
~Claude~ ELEPHANTS
As I ran through the crowd, I could hear my name being angrily called over the shouts of bystanders. By…my dad.
"CLAUDE!" Yup, that is most definitely Dad. My breath was already ragged even after five minutes of running. I realized could use a little break, so I quickly came up with a plan that would probably save my life. I passed directly through a group of teens, both Japanese and Britannian alike, making sure to (use my 'special' smirk on the ladies and) be as polite as possible as I said: "Hey, sorry okay to bother you guys, but my dad is really mad about me coming to the concert since I'm technically grounded. Do you think you can distract him for me while I sneak away?"
The most of the group started to laugh while some of them gave me…weird looks. Then, finally, a Britannian boy with reddish looking hair and kind blue eyes (it was too dark to know for sure), nodded and said: "Okay, we'll probably give you enough time to reach the exit near the stage. You should take the path that goes to the pond and then follow the bike trail to the park exit."
I sighed with relief and gave them a grateful smile. "Thanks! You just helped save a life!" I was about to say more but then I heard: "CLAUDE!"
"Oops! Gotta go! See ya!" I yelped as I took off running
I heard the redhead give a small laugh and replied with, "Wouldn't want to be ya!"
When i turned to look back at my saviors, I felt a bit appalled when one of the Britannian guys wriggled his eyebrows at me and winked suggestively behind the group's back. He had brown eyes and orange hair with what looked like purple spikes near the scalp. I simply gave him my, what I like to call, Death Glare. It irked me when I saw him chuckle.
As I neared the area where people had set up their blankets, I started to hear Dad's angry shouts. It seemed that the group was doing a rather good job. Or at least I thought so until I hear an angry yell only a few yards away. I saw a terrifying sight. My dad was trying (and succeeding) in breaking away from the group and the entire crowd itself. Shit! This is complete and utter shit! My eyes widened as I ran towards the stage at my line of thought. Oh gosh Mother would be so mad if she heard me use that word! Well…I could always say that Dad said it. Well he technically did. As I reached the shadows of the stage, a pretty good idea came to me if I do say so myself. I pressed my back against the shadow of the wall and held my breath.
The moment I saw Dad coming my way, I really started to get nervous and by the time he was a few feet away from me, I closed my eyes and started to pray even though I believed it futile. Please! Please! Please! God, I'll do anything you say, just get me out of this situation alive!
When I opened my eyes, I had expected to see my dad's face a few inches from my own but no. Instead I saw his back. I stared a bit, breath still held, and studied him. He wore his favorite brown leather jacket with some blue jeans and a pair of blue running shoes. Okay so not the most stylish type of outfit but it served its purpose. I quickly leaned back the moment I noticed him start to turn around and search for me. I heard my mother's yell being echoed by Suzie-chan's angry barks and I realized that Mother and Suzie-chan had either just arrived here or had followed Dad the entire time. I started to give a sigh of relief when they started to walk away only to have it cut short when I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I closed my eyes tightly and braced for death. Oh gosh. I could see my headstone now. It would say Here Lies: Claude "Lullaby" Saphir. Born: May 7th, 2019 a.t.b. Died: September 7th, 2035 a.t.b. Died an honorable death (a.k.a. running and screaming from John Saphir.) "Live!" Wait…why would I have live as my advice for life? Well it is pretty good advice for all the depressed people out there…oh, does it even matter!? I'm about to di-I was then forced to turn around. Only to be met with a face full of breasts.
From between the two mounds of soft flesh, I heard a very cheerful "So this is where you have been hiding, Mr. Big-Bad-Kozuki! You're gonna be on stage in less than five minutes so we need to get you there pronto!" And with that, she released me but gave me no time to argue with her as she led me to the bottom of a small flight of stairs that led up onto the actual stage. I then realized what she meant. I started to panic.
"Wait! You got it all wrong! I'm not-" I was then interrupted by a finger on my lips.
"Oh hush up! You're not getting out of this one, mister! Mr. and Mrs. Kozuki both agreed for you to be today's guest singer and you are going to do it! That and you're already famous because you're the son of the great Red Queen, Kallen Kozuki! And your father was the Knight of Three and piloted the Tristan Divider! Oh gosh! I still think he is hot despite being 34 years old! Kyaaa~!" I ignored whatever she said after that squeaky shriek she gave. I then began to study who had, basically, kidnapped me. She was Britannian and had blonde hair that reached a bit past her shoulders with big grey eyes. And very busty. She seemed…familiar. Like I had seen someone, or some ones, which look a lot like her.
What made me stop studying the strange girl was the fact that I was literally being shoved onto the stage. Next to the hostess. In front of hundreds of people. Oh my f-ing Go-
"AND HERE'S OUR NEXT CONTESTANT! WILL HE BE ABLE TO PULL OFF ALL THE NOTES AND STEPS?" In my state of shock, I failed to realize that everyone was screaming in excitement and the glowing floor of the stage started to light up erratically. What did get me going was that, right before the hostess gave me the mike and darted off the stage, I saw my parents trying to get backstage to get to me. I saw fear and worry in both their eyes. I then realized that I would have to play along or get them into trouble. The stunts they make the loser do are all embarrassing and public. And Mother and Father don't have the money to pay. Heck, I doubt Uncle Nathan has that kind of money. Please, God, let this be a song that I know! I'm begging you here. Thankfully it was a song that I knew. As the beginning began I thought: now all I have to do is follow the steps. Great. I then began to sing along quietly; knowing I had to get the timing right.
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
I'm an angel with a shotgun shotgun shotgun
Angel with a shotgun shotgun shotgun
As soon as I heard the click in the background, I was in my zone and following the steps that zipped across the stage.
Get out your guns
Battle's begun
Are you a saint or a sinner?
For a second, I thought there were fiery lights in the sky. Almost as there were explosions in the distance; however, the moment I moved they disappeared and the city's lights replaced the stars themselves.
If loves a fight
Then I shall die
With my heart on a trigger
For a strange second, I thought I felt a weight in my hand like I was holding something and my index was curved. Then, just as suddenly as it had happened, the feeling disappeared.
They say before you start a war
You better know what you're fighting for
Well baby you are all that I adore
If love is what you need a soldier I will be
As I blinked, the world darkened and instead of a crowd, there was a small girl with sand brown hair and a boy with brown hair and familiar green eyes. They quickly disappeared just as I had jumped in the air and bent my knees slightly before stomping as I landed.
I'm an angel with a shotgun
Fighting till the war's won
I don't care if heaven won't take me back
As I did a spin, with my back towards the crowd, the background lights flashed in my face and instead of the band I thought I saw a catwalk with a bunch of people on it. The light itself was blinding so I didn't give much thought to it as I finished the spin.
I'll throw away my faith babe
Just to keep you safe
Don't you know you're everything I have
The little girl once again replaced the crowd. This time she was older and by herself.
And I wanna live not just survive
Tonight
When the stage lights shot towards the darkening sky, I thought I saw fireworks going off.
Sometimes to win
You've got to sin
Don't mean I'm not a believer
And Major Tom
A man with blonde hair and light purple eyes appeared the moment a stage light fell on a section of the crowd but disappeared as soon as the light moved away. I mentally chastised myself for becoming distracted as I nearly missed a step.
Will sing along
Yeah they still say I'm a dreamer
They say before you start a war
You better know what you're fighting for
Well baby you are all that I adore
The face I saw next made my heart beat faster with fear and gave me…weird…chills running up and down my spine. It was the face of the brown haired boy. This time he was older but he no longer had innocent, cheerful eyes. No, this time he had cold, hard ones yet…I still felt…something for him; something other than fear. Something special.
If love is what you need
A soldier I will be
I'm an angel with a shotgun
Fighting till the war's won
I don't care if heaven won't take me back
I'll throw away my faith babe just to keep you safe
When I reached out my arm to the crowd that was going nuts, I saw an older version of the girl but this time she was in a wheelchair and had a rope tied around her. I almost tripped over my own feet when I realized she was never there.
Don't you know you're everything I have
And I wanna live not just survive
Tonight
Ohh ohh whoa whoa
Ohh ohh whoa whoa
Ohh ohh whoa whoa
I could hear the background music playing the words "I'm an angel with a shotgun" repeatedly.
Ohh ohh whoa whoa
I then proceeded to sing in my deepest voice possible…which wasn't very deep compared to Father's…or any male that I have heard for that matter.
I'm an angel with a shotgun
Fighting till the war's one
I don't care if heaven won't take me baaaaack
At the small pause, I saw the girl. This time she was sitting in a wheelchair that reeked of money and a pink dress with her bluish purple eyes wide open. And she was right in front of me. She was so close that I saw something in her eyes that shocked me for a second. I saw my real hair; all black and it had the same feathery style to it. I saw my eyes; a purple that was deep enough to be called amethyst. I am wearing my wig and contacts on right? I thought to myself. As I moved into place, the girl once again disappeared and, as I looked down, I saw my reflection on the floor and saw that I still had on my disguise.
I'm an angel with a shotgun!
Fighting till the war's won!
I don't care if heaven won't take me back!
I'll throw away my faith babe!
Just to keep you safe!
Don't you know you're everything I have!
And I want to live not just survive!
And I'm gonna hide hide hide my wings tonight
As I sung this, I saw a figure with a mask. As I stared at the figure's mask, I noticed my reflection stare back at me from the purple center. It felt like…it was no coincident that I saw my own face there. I didn't pay much attention since I believed it was just another hallucination or mirage or whatever. I was right because it soon disappeared; like all the other faces before it. I then began to bring down my pitch and start singing slowly.
They say before you start a war…
You better know what you're fighting for…
Well baby you are all that I adore…
If love is what you need…
A soldier I will be…
As I closed my eyes at the end of the song and listened to the very loud, excited screams of the crowd and the hostess that was trying to make her voice heard, I gave a smile to the image of the boy and girl, both young and the girl blind, sitting together on the familiar wooden floor of the storehouse near our home. They were smiling at each other happily. Then, surprisingly, the children turned their faces towards me and, to a certain degree, showed their slightly surprised faces before they smiled once again. It almost seemed like their smiles got brighter when they noticed I was there. The scene before me then proceeded to fade away and I was left in the darkness that my eyelids gave before I opened up my eyes to the lights and sounds images of the real world.
As soon as I came face to face with Father, I bent my head and held out the wad of cash that was given to me as my "prize" to him (the busty blonde was quite surprised when she found out that I wasn't the "awesome' Kozuki, whoever he may be). I started getting quite nervous when Father didn't say or do anything. When I took a chance and looked up, I was surprised to see him look at me with a kind of sad face. Even Mother looked confused.
"Father?" I tentatively asked as I put my arm down, cash still in hand. All was silent between us three until a sigh escaped Father.
"You know Claude, Rachel you too. There…there's a reason why I kept you two in that house for so long. Why I taught you how to use a knife and gun even though you two hate violence. Why I had Nathan setup that alarm system. It is to protect you both. To protect my family. And then I just wake up to find a note saying you guys left?"
~Earlier that day (John's POV)~
John rapidly blinked his eyes open as the sun filtered through the window. It felt like his eyelids were being roasted. "Rachel. Honey can you close the curtains? Rachel?" He quickly sat up and looked around the silent room.
"Rachel!?" John jumped out of bed when no one answered and ran down the hall to Claude's room. Clean. Not even a trace of dust anywhere.
"Rachel! Claude! Suzie-chan! Anyone!?" His face showed pure terror by the time he reached the kitchen. Fear was then replaced by rage at the sight of the small pink note hanging on the huge refrigerator.
Dear John, I WISH WE COULD TALK ABOUT LION KING INSTEAD
I hope you slept well! I just wanted you to not worry if you can't find us. I wanted to take Claude out today. I wanted him to see the outside world since I could not wait till his birthday. I hope you can understand and forgive us by the time we come home. I made sure to bring some Maize, two Tasers, two guns with extra ammo and five hundred dollars worth of Britannian money. Don't worry. We'll see you soon.
With Love, Rachel
After reading the note, there was a small dent on the fridge door.
~Present (Claude's POV)~
After hearing that, I barely realized how he must have felt. In fact he looked like shi-I mean poop. "I-I'm sorry Father." I saw Mother wrap her hands around Father's.
"I'm sorry too, John. I just-I just couldn't wait! I mean the anticipation was killing me!"
Father gave a small exasperated sigh before giving us a small smile. "All is forgiven. Now let's just finish this damned concert so we can just go home." Mother and I gave each other wide grins. For once, Suzie-chan gave Father a happy bark. I started to walk away from them.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go find some space near the stage! I don't know about you guys but I want to sit down without being crushed by other people!" They quickly followed me to the area where people were sitting or lying down. After I had sat down, Mother plopped down next to me and had Father's hand in her lap. Suzie-chan settled down beside me; slightly leaning towards me. We watched as other people tried to outdo me but they were obviously out-classed. Not that I'm arrogant or anything.
After a few more songs were played, the hostess started to say something that caught my attention.
"WE ALL KNOW THAT TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY. TODAY IS A DAY THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD CELEBRATES, BUT TOKYO-NO JAPAN-IS THE ONE IT MOST AFFECTS. FOR US, IT MEANS MORE THAN A DAY OFF FROM WORK. TODAY MEANS MORE THAN PARTYING TILL THE DAWN OR BUYING YOUR CHILDREN THE NEWEST IN CLOTHING STYLE OR TOYS OR PHONES. NO, WE TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO PLACES LIKE KYUUSHU, BABEL TOWER, MT. FUJI AND NARITA TO TRY TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THEY HAVE NOW IS A BLESSING COMPARED TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO. SO WE CAN ALL REMEMBER WHAT TODAY TRULY MEANS - WHAT ZERO DAY TRULY MEANS TO US ALL."
The hostess quickly moved off the stage as well as the band who had removed their instruments during the small speech. Though what got me annoyed was the fact that Father and Mother wanted to leave. Now.
"Claude, honey, please can we just go home? Your Father is feeling tired and I still need to…need to clean! And Suzie-chan needs to take a bath before it gets too late. Claude!" My mother started to shake me so I got up.
"Alright, Mother. Just start making your way through the crowd, I'll be there soon." I quickly moved through the crowd that was making its way closer to the stage; some people stepping on the hands or feet of the ones who had been sitting or lying down on the floor.
"Claude! Come back!" I heard Father yell out to me, but it was too late. The video was playing.
It looked like a camera was rolling up a figure in white. And the figure started to say "ATTENTION ENTIRE WORLD! HERE MY PROCLAMATION! I AM LELOUCH VI BRITANNIA, EMPEROR OF THE HOLY BRITANNIAN EMPIRE AND YOUR ONLY RULER!" The camera finally reached the tyrant's face. And I was surprised to see my own. The figure was standing on a floor that had a map of the entire world, and there was less than ten people with him. He wore some weird, white robes. (Actually, now that I think about it, they make him seem more like an emperor). And he had my face. Same hair style, hair color, eye color, and facial structure as me. And it left me paralyzed.
"SCHNEIZEL HAS SURRENDERED TO ME. AS A RESULT OF THIS, I AM NOW IN CONTROL OF BOTH THE DAMOCLES AND THE F.L.E.I.J.A. WEAPONS. AND EVEN THE BLACK KNIGHTS NO LONGER POSSES THE STRENGTH TO OPPOSE ME NOW. IF ANYONE DARES TO RESIST MY SUPREME AUTHORITY, THEY SHALL KNOW THE DEVASTATING POWER OF THE F.L.E.I.J.A.s. THOSE WHO COULD CHALLENGE MY MILITARY RULE NO LONGER EXIST. YES. FROM THIS DAY. FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD. THE WORLD BELONGS TO ME."
I stood with my mouth open. I just saw myself become the emperor of the whole world. A tyrant. "LELOUCH VI BRITANNIA COMANDS YOU. OBEY ME SUBJECTS. OBEY ME WORLD!" I simply could not move. Not after seeing that. So the only thing I could do was watch as the video continued to roll; the yells of "ALL HAIL LELOUCH!" fading away. This time, the screen showed an aerial view of the street with people that were lined up at the sidewalks. Some weird robot machines were in front of four cars. Two of them were lined up on the side, and had people in white jumpsuits cuffed to some weird metal boards that stood up from the rest of the car. A smaller one had a man with teal hair and wore a mask over one eye. The last was easily the biggest. It would have been all white had there not been that purple and blue walkway that reached up to the white robed figure. To Lelouch. To…me.
Then, suddenly, you could start hearing people say one word, "Zero." The camera quickly turned, zoomed out a bit and showed a masked figure at the end of the street. When the masked man started running, I realized that that was the masked man I had saw on the stage when I was singing. I saw as the machines started shooting at him my heart wanted me to yell out "don't hurt him," while my head reminded me that this was just a video and that they wouldn't show anything inappropriate for children.
Thankfully the masked man, this "Zero" as everyone called him, was not hit by a single bullet. Then for some reason the machines stopped firing and the teal haired man charged Zero. For some reason, I knew that he wouldn't get hurt and that the teal haired man would fail in killing him. Just as I had predicted, Zero surprisingly jumps up and off the teal haired man's shoulder and on to the very bottom of the white car next to the girl with sandy brown hair, her eyes wide open, before taking one giant leap onto the very top of the car and in front of Lelouch. Lelouch rose up, drew out his concealed gun, and started to say "Impudent fool-"before he was cut off by Zero and the pink sword he drew out. Zero then drew back a bit and…aligned his sword? I then figured out what was about to happen. No…please don't…please…not after all that… sadly my mental pleading was left unheard.
The black cape went flying as I watched Zero thrust the sword through Lelouch, through me, and out his-my back. And then everyone was silent. The crowd I was in and the crowd in the video. Not even a baby was crying. I felt extreme pain in both my upper abdominal and in my heart. Oh god it hurt so much. It hurt so much that tears fell from my eyes. I continued to watch the video as Zero kept Lelouch from collapsing. They seemed to have exchanged unknown words as Lelouch raised his bloodied fingers towards the mask and marked it with his blood. I realized that Lelouch started to smile and understood the fact that he was giving the masked man some sort of "blessing."
Then, dramatically, Zero pulled out his sword and I watched myself walk forward and fall head over heels down the ramp and next to the girl with sandy brown hair and beautiful eyes.
When she started screaming, I knew that the me on that car was dead. As everyone around me started chanting "ZERO!" I turned around and face my father and mother. My eyes were probably wide and filled with fear.
The moment I felt Suzie-chan nudge my limp hand and heard her give a small whimper, I bolted. I could hear my parents yell out my name as the sound drowned in the cheers for Zero. I ran pushing and shoving through the crowd; following the path that I took with Mother when we first came to this damned park. Running away from the people who could probably tell me the truth. The truth I did not want to hear. Suddenly I understood why they did not want me out in the world at all.
When I finally did stop running, I was in a dark alley; maybe a few blocks away from the park. I had a hand on one of the walls as walked through the alley. Or at least I was until I was violently shoved against the wall. "Ah!"
Even though I had my eyes shut because of the pain, I knew that my attacker was a male because of the rather large hands holding me against the wall. When he spoke I could feel the heat of his breath against my face and the smell of alcohol left me dizzy for a bit. "Did you think you could get away from me, you bastard!? After sleeping with my girl!?"
Great another misunderstanding. "I'm sorry sir, but I don't know what you're talking about. I don't even know you!"
As the drunk slammed me back against the wall I realized that that was the wrong thing to say. Now I was starting to get nervous.
"Don't you lie to me you, son of a bitch!" Now that ticked me off.
"Hey don't you dare call my mom that-that-that vulgar word! She is an honest woman!" Somewhat. The brute looked a bit shocked at my outburst but then proceeded to back hand me. Hard.
"Getting a little mouthy aren't we? Maybe I'll have to teach you a lesson." I was completely and utterly disgusted when he started to caress my face. "The thing is, your face is too pretty to mess up." I then proceeded to show my anger. I spit in his face.
"That's it!" he shoved me to the ground and held both of my arms above my head. I didn't realize what he was about to do until he started to try and open my pants. Oh my Go- I started screaming.
"Somebody! Please help me! Help!" I started bucking, trying to get him off but then he moved in between my legs. "Someone please! Help! Anybody!"
When he was done opening up my pants he slid his cold hand under my shirt and up to my waist. I started begging him. "Please don't do this. You're just confused. Just tell me your address and I'll make sure you get home safely. Just please, get off-" he slammed me back against the ground before grinning at me.
He started to say "I don't think so" but was quickly cut off with a foot in his face. I watched as he collided with a sickening crunch against a wall. When I looked up at my savior I was surprised to see a man around his early twenties with his long black hair tied up in a ponytail. His greyish blue eyes held complete and utter rage as he stared at the (now) unconscious drunk. When he did look back at me he stared for a bit, a slow blush spreading across his face before he quickly averted his eyes. When he spoke his voice was deep but I could tell it held warmth. "You…you might want to fix yourself. I-I'm not sure if that is how you want to walk around."
At first I was confused, but when he pointed and said "Look down," I understood completely. My legs were still open, my jeans were half way down (showing that I had briefs), my t-shirt was up to my upper abdominal, and my hoodie was halfway down my arms. My hair was probably a mess. I gave a "manly" yelp before I tried to cover myself.
I was too busy trying to make myself presentable to notice that he was looking at me from the corner of his eyes. Well that was until he suddenly grabbed me and pushed me back up against the wall. Oh God, please don't tell me he is another pervert!
He looked me in the eyes and said "You're Him."
"…Huh?"
When he raised his hand, I flinched, but, instead of hitting me, he held a piece of my hair. My black hair. My real hair.
I gasped when something caught my eye. My wig was in a puddle of water; it looked like a drowned rat. I tried to push the mysterious stranger away but he was stronger than me.
"Let me go! Let! Me! Go!" I was surprised when he actually listened to me. And apologized.
"I am so sorry for my roughness, I was merely excited. You're Him!" He looked like a kid on Christmas. Even though I enjoyed watching him jump around a bit, I was getting a bit antsy since he never explained by what he meant by "Him."
"Um, sorry, but do I know you?"
"Oh…no! No you don't know me! My name is J.J. and I-"
J.J. never did finish his sentence because a nearby explosion threw us to the ground. Right before I was knocked out I noticed J.J. had his arms wrapped around me.
~Omniscient~ DUMBO
Somewhere in Germany
"So, how long do you plan to remain hidden, C.C.?"
The black haired waitress set down the tenth bowl of Eintopf* in front of the jade green haired immortal. Even though she was on the job, C.C. sat down with a sigh in the empty seat across the grey eyed male. G.G. continued. "I mean, they are getting desperate. My source tells me that they are gonna do something. Something big." That caught C.C.'s attention.
"What do you mean 'big?'" her eyes narrowed. "How big?"
G.G. observed the immortal witch, carefully noting everything he could before finally answering with "I don't know.
"All I know is that they want to either exterminate whatever is bothering us or flush it out. How they plan to do that, I have no idea. All I know is that they are doing soon. The air feels like it's buzzing with their excitement." The pinkette shrugged before digging into his meal.
"So you have noticed as well? Though I must ask, are you going to join our 'siblings' or stand against them?" the cat-eyed girl asked all the while playing with her fake black hair.
Her customer raised one of his eyebrows. "You still consider them siblings? You do realize the only reason we call each other that, is because of our codes right?"
The witch was about to reply but then she screamed out, her code lighting up. The male she was talking to stood up to help her before he fell into extreme pain as well. All of the people in the pub were calm enough to realize that they needed help, not panic so they quickly called the nearby hospital. Well, they weren't panicking until they saw the global news channel change into an emergency broadcast.
…
Somewhere in Britannia
"Hey Cecile, don't you think we're…" the black haired girl yawned, "done here?"
Cecile turned her sleepy gray eyes to Mariel. "Yeah, I think you're right. Why don't you go to the break room and get our stuff while I make sure everything is off here? That way we don't have to lose too much time."
The honey eyed woman yawned again before saying, "Sounds like a plan. I'll be back soon." She left before Cecile can answer.
After making sure all the knightmares in the hangar were powered down and all the testing machines were off. Just as she turned to leave the room and meet up with Mariel, Cecile heard a familiar whirring sound. When she turned around, she was met with a near impossible sight. The knightmares were activated. She turned to look at the key box right next to the door. All keys were present. She stared in all as the machines lit up shaking and trembling. The moment she heard a snapping sound and saw one of the wires that had been attached to one of the knightmare frames waving around in the air she knew she had to do something quick. She ran to the control panels and hit the button that activated the Emergency Gefjun Disturber. She started to get scared when the active knightmare frames did not falter. In fact the knighmares seemed to fight against the disturbers, but after some time, to Cecile's relief, they fell silent once more. Since they were still activated she was on edge. So when Mariel burst into the room, she nearly jumped a foot in the air.
"Cecile! Cecile! Come qui-what happened here?" the honey eyed woman stared curiously at the knightmares around them.
"They-they just activated themselves! So I had to activate the E.G.F."
"Oh! Cecile! Come on! You have to see this!" Mariel pulled and pushed Cecile into the Break Room then pushed the volume button as high as it could go.
Cecile watched with a hand over her mouth and tears in her eyes. Several of the world's largest cities…
Somewhere in Britannia
"And that concludes this meeting of the UFN. I hope you all have a safe trip home" Lady Kaguya Sumeragi concluded the meeting by bowing her head slightly and stepping down the large podium. As the leaders of the world left the room many were saying their goodbyes to Zero. Soon, the only people in the room were Zero, the Britannian Prime Minister Schneizel el Britannia, the 98th Empress of The Holy Britannian Empire Nunnally vi Britannia, Empress of the Chinese Federation Tianzi and Chairwoman of the U.F.N. Supreme Council Lady Kaguya Sumeragi.
Lady Sumeragi was the first to break the rather awkward silence, her green eyes darting across to each face and mask. "So…what do you think about the Loyalists? Do you think they'll go for war?"
Empress Nunnally was the first to speak. "No. I think they'll take our offer of peace. They don't have the forces for war-"
"I must disagree with you on that point Empress Nunnally. I believe that they are getting some sort of help. Like you said, they don't have the forces for war themselves, but if they get help from an outside source then that'll change the game completely," Zero interrupted. The Britannian Empress narrowed her eyes as she stared at the masked man.
Or at least she was until Schneizel butted in. "I am sorry your highness, but I must agree with Master Zero on this point. We must think of every possible possibility and I believe that the idea of the Loyalists starting a war has a higher chance of becoming reality than the idea that they give up and cease their rebellious activities." Now the empress was outright glaring at both her elder brother and "hero."
She would have probably started an outright argument if Lady Kaguya hadn't interrupted her…again.
"I am siding with Empress Nunnally on this. We must have faith that the Loyalists will do the right thing."
Tianzi finally spoke up by saying "I too agree with Nunnally. Not everyone will believe that they are fighting for justice. People know how to tell the difference between right and wrong."
Zero suddenly turned and started to walk out the door. Before he was completely gone he turned his head slightly to show that he was addressing the three leaders and prime minister. "Don't forget, Empress Nunnally, Lady Kaguya, Empress Tianzi, the Loyalists believe that what they are doing is right and that we are the evil ones here. Believing that your side is the one that is completely just is what will lead to events similar to the Zero Requiem. Just as he was about to leave the room started to shake. As soon as it had started, Nunnally, Schneizel, and Zero felt faint. The whole world seemed to be spinning and they had to hold themselves against something in order to keep themselves from falling to the floor. As soon as the shaking stopped Schneizel's personal assistant came running in; his breathing irregular and he had a crazed look in his eyes. Schneizel immediately reaches out to his assistant as if to calm him but the blue eyed male subtly moved away as if he was trying to regain his balance. Schneizel el Britannia was rejected. Again. To keep the situation from becoming awkward, Zero took command.
"Kanon. What's going on?"
Kanon Maldini quickly turned to face the masked man. "Lord Zero…hah hah… all the—all the—all the–the major cit-ies of the—of the—the world…include—including here…"
Zero had enough so he walked up to Kanon and slapped him straight across the face. "Get a hold of yourself and tell me what's going on!" Out of the corner of his eye, Zero saw Schneizel clench his fist and the red rings around his eyes appeared. He internally smirked.
After taking a deep breath, Kanon was once again the professional they all knew him to be. "I am sorry for my panic Master Zero, Tianzi, Lady Kaguya, Empress Nunnally." He nodded to each leader as he said their names. Except Schneizel. "It seems that ten major cities in the world have been attacked. Including here. I was sent to come and take you all to your assigned hideouts and you, Master Zero, to your own Knightmare to escape to…well wherever you go to in situations like this." It was a well-known fact that no one knew where Zero's hideout was. Not even the top Black Knight Leaders.
Lady Kaguya finally spoke up. "Which cities have been hit and by whom?"
Kanon looked at a clipboard he had been carrying when he ran in. Suddenly the building shook again and was followed by a boom. "I'll tell you as we head towards the emergency hangars."
Zero swiftly walked toward Nunnally and gracefully swept her out of her chair and into his arms. "Sounds good. Let's go." And then they were off.
"Alright—hah—well these are the only cities that have been confirmed because they contacted us or we have a platoon of Black Knights stationed there."
"Okay, now tell me which cities." Zero was really irritated.
"Well in order of the distress calls: First it was the Vermillion Forbidden City in The Chinese Federation; the second call came from Shanghai that is also in the Chinese Federation. The third was from London in the E.U. The fourth distress call came from Mumbai in the Chinese Federation. The fifth came from Tokyo, Japan." At that bit of information, Zero stumbled and nearly fell after a quick exchange with Schneizel they continued on to the hangars that held their escape.
"The sixth was from New York City here in Britannia. The seventh came from Los Angeles here in Britannia. The eighth came from Yokohama, Japan and the ninth came from…well here."
Empress Tianzi then asked a pretty obvious question. "What is the tenth country?"
Right when they reached the hangar Kanon finally answered. "We had just received it when I was told to come and get you so I couldn't update my list. You'll probably get an update on the situation as soon as you reach your hideouts and that we have made sure the lines are secure. For now just please enter your respective airships."
One by one, the airships took off with their assigned passengers and destinations. Zero's airship was the last one left and it was assigned to drop off Schneizel and Kanon at their hideout.
Suddenly, just as it was about to take off, Kanon yelled "Stop! Wait for a bit I'll be right back!" and he runs out of the airship. Schneizel yelled at him "Kanon come back!" and tries to follow after him but Zero suddenly grabs him.
"Schneizel, don't worry he'll be back here in no time." And Kanon does make it back into the hangar, with Arthur swinging in his arms.
Strangely, Arthur bites and scratches Kanon until he let's go, and races up the ramp of the last airship…right when an enemy knightmare frame crashes through the wall of the hangar. And starts shooting.
Zero's airship left with a missing passenger and a heartbroken Schneizel.
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Somewhere else in Britannia
Just as Jeremiah Gottwald closed the door to Anya's room, he heard a scream from inside and he once again burst in.
Anya was sitting upright and was crying her eyes out. "Anya…Anya what's wrong?" The pinkette merely shook her head. Jeremiah then tried using his Geass Canceler. It didn't stop her from crying but it calmed her enough to speak.
"People…people are dying…they're dying such horrible deaths and I can hear their screams…" Then Anya once again collapsed into a sobbing mess.
~Claude~DUMBO
I was comfortable. Well as comfortable as I could be while lying on the ground with another man's arms wrapped around me and have itchy blood drying on my face. I stared at what I could to pass time since I couldn't move. I saw buildings burning. I saw trees and people burning to black. What fascinated me the most was the sky. It was black from the smoke but from time to time it had red fire dancing through it. As I once again fell under the waves of sleep, I quietly recalled the dream I had earlier that same morning. How there was a scene in it that had looked a lot like what I just saw. I dreamily wondered what else from my dream would be coming true. Will the girl in the wheel chair come rolling up to me? Will the green eyed brunette come up to me and hug me? Wait…where did that come from? My last thought before I fell asleep was, so this is the new world that I have wanted to see…my whole…life….goodnight…su….aku…I proceeded to fall into a dreamless sleep.
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*Eintopf is a type of German broth or soup.
Bluewings: Hi, all you weird readers out there! I just wanted to say that if you happen to run across a strange comment, such as the word "dumbo" or "hahahaha" in random places, with this :P face or something in piglatin, please ignore it. I was being childish while teasing Nana. Peace out! ~ Bluewings
OUR CONVERSATION: Bluewings didn't want to put this in the story but I found our weirdness funny. Sadly all the funnier stuff was cut out (by bluewings so blame her) so I decided to leave a bunch of the dumbos in the story. She was annoyed when she found out what I was doing. To: bluewings karma's a bitch! That and I find this very funny. I like Dumbo! The first few line the normal writing is bluewings, the writing with caps are my own. AND YES. WE WERE HAVING PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE ON ELEPHANTS AND DUMBO.
All elephants are dumbo, and dumbo hates mice. therefore all elephants hate NO DON'T DELETE IT! OKAY FINE REWRITE IT! that takes energy THAT AND DUMBO DOESN'T HATE MICE but haven't you ever seen those cartoons where elephants are scared of mice and jump?YEAH BUT THOSE ARE THE OTHER ELEPHANTS. THE ONES THAT MAKE FUN OF HIM yeah but since I said ALL elephants are dumbo it serves the purpose that all dumbo are elephants therefore all elephants and therefore all dumbo are scared of mice! HAH! it's philosophy deal with it. BUT THAT CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU! IF ALL ELEPHANTS ARE DUMBO AND DUMBO LIKES MICE THEN ALL ELEPHANTS LIKE MICE!okay, then dumbo likes mice… YOU LOSE EITHER WAY MUAHAHAHAHA!Nuh-uh! FINE WHATEVER! :Pwhy are we writing on here, anyway?IDK BUT NOW I WANT TO PUT THIS CONVERSATION AT THE COMMENTS AREA. NOOOOOOO… (here bluewings is writing in caps and I am writing normally) damn i thought my tears would work...IF YOU WERE 8 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME, THEN THAT MIGHT HAVE WORKED BUT YOU AREN'T fine :PI'M TIRED….. I THINK I'M GONNA GO SLEEP...but you have to do a 12 page essay! SO? ONCE I GET IN THE MOOD I CAN FINISH IT IN AN HOUR...lucky son of a bitch. I'M NOT A BOY! AND OMG ITS ONLY 7:40…. UGHwell go to sleep so i can finish this thing and find all the dumbosOK… JUST LET ME ADD A FEW MORE DUMBOS XD BYE ...im scared
…DUMBO IS GONNA STEP ON YOU go to sleep! NEVER! ITS' ONLY 7 AND I STILL GOT AN ESSAY TO WRITE. COME ONE INSPIRATION!
Well I need to finish homework. I hope this update actually makes you guys happy. and Now
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