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Lelouch sat at his desk, in front of his laptop, reading the news on the internet. He was reading a report on Parliaments new law, passed this very morning. Underneath the report by his ex-school president, there was a heated debate being raged. At the moment, there were two sides, the ones who oppose Nunnallys new law and ones who support it, the ones who support it easily outnumber those who oppose it, but the opposers are putting up a very good fight.

Lelouch wondered if Nunnally was ready for this. It almost seemed as though the world had been split into two sides, those who loved this and those who hated it. In a matter of days, every inch of media was focusing on the new updates on Nunnally and the rest of the Parliament. Lelouch hasn't seen anything like it since his rise to power through Zero and then his retaking of the throne. He hoped Nunnally was coping with it, he knew Suzaku was there, forever looking over her, but Suzaku couldn't comfort her without blowing Zero's cover to her.

Lelouch pulled his head away from the screen and looked around the room. He saw CC snoring away on the couch, fallen asleep in front of the TV watching some crappy action film, a box of pizza and cans of beer spread across the carpet floor. He got and went over to her and lifted her off the couch and took her to their bedroom and laid her on the bed, he tucked her into the sheets and flicked the lights off and left her to sleep in her drunken stupor.

He felt nostalgic, remembering doing the same for Nunnally when she was little. These were the times when he longed for comfort outside of CC, he missed friendship but mainly missed getting around and having fun with friends. When he was in school he never appreciated it but when you live, thinking about all those fun times, spent together in the past, but the fact that he will never ever be able to have them again. He now knows what it means to be lonely. It now makes sense how CC was so unsocial when they first met, not having friends for years on end will do that.

Summer was setting in at Japan and days were hot, and this night was no exception. He tore off his baggy t-shirt and flung it in a random direction and whacked the ceiling fan onto full blast. The sweat cooling his body in seconds from the wind of the fan

After laying down he felt as though he needed a drink, after finishing the last two cans of beer in the fridge, he got up and walked to a cabernet, opening it up and pulling out a large bottle of scotch, he couldn't give a toss about a cup and drunk it straight from the bottle. After sitting through Die Hard and nearly gagging on the scotch he got up and went into the bathroom and flung open a drawer to reveal a small box, he opened it up and pulled out a small syringed gun, he screwed in a small cap of refrain into the end and stumbled back to the couch. "sweet dreams" he said, and jabbed the syringe into his arm and pulling the trigger.

CC woke in the morning, finding yet again her bed partnerless. She walked out into the living room and seeing the usual scene. She walked over to the kitchen pantry and grabbed the dustpan and brush and made her work on cleaning up the living room, sweeping up her leftover pizza and plucking up all the beer cans and empty scotch bottle, last time she saw that, it was half full. While doing all this housework she made sure not to make any noise to wake Lelouch at all. She knew why he used refrain and she too used it herself, it was the missing part of their lives, and the curse of living immortally. She bent down and inspected the syringe gun, at first Lelouch had hated the thought of even having this thing in his house let alone using it, but eventually he broke, and just like drugs before it, it became a craving. Now it was a household tool, as used as the kitchen microwave, to relieve the loneliness and take you to the place you love. She picked up the cap and put the tool back in its box and put it back in the bathroom drawer.

She started to feel hungry and decided to make breakfast; she checked the fridge and sorted through what they had left. Nothing but alcohol and bits of mouldy pizza. Friggen Hell, she would have to go to the shops, that meant having a shower and getting dressed in proper clothing, not just her underwear. She found some clothes that looked half decent and passed the smell check. After a quick shower, she pocketed some money and walked out the door, locking it behind her. They haven't been taking any chances with security and didn't plan to start now.

She walked down the street popped into the local market; she bought some bacon and eggs and picked up a loaf of bread from the bakery. It was surprisingly peaceful in the early morning. She walked back into the apartment, Lelouch still spread out across the couch, half naked and in deep sleep.

She cranked the stove on and pulled out a frying pan. Fried eggs on toast with bacon she thought. It turned out just as good as she hoped. She didn't know if it was the crackling and popping of the bacon on the frying pan or the smell of the bacon that woke Lelouch up, but it was enough.

"Morning CC" he said muggly, from her position he looked a right mess, drool smeared on his cheek, his hair messily sticking up on one side, jeans had another beer stain to add to the ever growing collection.

"You look like you've been deprived of sleep for years" she joked.

"Feel like it too" he mumbled.

"There's some tablets in the cabinet over there, down one of them and you'll feel tad better" she said, not taking her eyes away from the bacon.

Lelouch grunted in thanks and did what she told him. While he was doing that CC served the breakfast and she didn't even wait for Lelouch to come back, and wolfed straight into it.

Lelouch walked into the bathroom, and looked at himself in the mirror. She was right he was a mess, he didn't know much about who he is or who he was for that matter, torn between good memories of the student council and the black knights and horrible memories such as Shirly, Rolo and Euphemia. Both types made the other worse, he was seriously conflicted, and he guessed, Depressed. No comfort and no forgiveness.

CC knocked on the door and came in, in complete silence, she wrapped her arms around him, holding him tight. She pulled her head of his shoulder and looked into each other's eyes. She felt regret and he felt loss. They leaned forward and kissed and kissed like they never had before, it brought back comfort and warmth to each other as they broke apart to catch breath, "now?" asked Lelouch

"no, later, you have breakfast to eat" CC teased and kissed on the lips once again and led him back into the living room

He sat down and ate. While eating he got up and buzzed the TV with the remote. He flicked it off some shoddy entertainment channel and flicked it onto the news channel.

His stomach dropped, he was so surprised he dropped his fork, making a clatter on the floor. "What's wrong Lelouch?" Asked CC, seeing his stiff frame and unnatural behaviour.

"Look" he said, as he pointed at the TV.

"Yes, yes, we are getting reports that the same things are happening all over the world, but here in japan, just only a few hours ago an explosion was set off from inside the parliament building. What we know is that that all the government officials and Senators are inside the building and none are getting out. We are getting reports that this is happening all over the world, the Eiffel tower, the Sydney harbour bridge, the statue of Liberty and the U.F.N Headquaters in Brittannia" Exclaimed the reporter.

In the background you could see two large cargo trucks pull up next to the parliament building, and police trying to shoo the away from building which was blazing away and collapsing. A man jumped out of a truck cabin, wearing some kind of bright white uniform, he pulled a Assault rifle from the cabin of the truck as the two policemen walked over and let rip, tearing the two policemen into red ribbons.

"Oh my god!" screamed the reporter

"lets get out of here!" shouted the cameraman, too late

Another man in the white uniform turned around and fired at the cameraman and the reporter, the screaming of reporter ended with another bang from the gun, and in the last seconds of live footage showed the backs of the cargo trucks opening up to reveal knightmare frames spilling out before with another bang ended the camera and brought the screen to a technical error page.

Lelouch sat there as still as a tree, CC could not bring herself to break the silence. The TV did that for them and buzzed alive. In the picture stood many men and women all in a line behind a caped figure, it look exactly the same as Zero's costume except it was stark white with golden lining up the ends. The helmet was shaped almost exactly the same as the original Zero one except the helmet itself was white and the see through glass was golden instead of a dark purple. The helmet also looked a bit more elongated and had a sharp point at the end.

"We are the White nightmares." Bellowed the caped figure

"We stand for glory and Heritage" with a dramatic flick of his cloak

"How dare small league of men and women tarnish and revoke our rights as rightful owners of power and ownership" No doubt meaning the U.F.N

"We fight for all that is ours"

"We will not stand for opposition and those who deny us, so here to prove our point is the U.F.N government along with its prime minister" men in white uniforms dragged out the hostages, Lelouch's heart sank, no! Not Nunnally!

The men in uniform who dragged out the prisoners pulled a pistol each and handed it to the variety of men and women behind them, and then walked off stage. The masked figure pulled a pistol out from his cloak and grabbed Nunnally from her hair. All the men and women laid the pistols against the backs of the politician's heads. BAM! ,sprays of blood, splattering against the stage floor. no, no, this can't be happening.

The lifeless bodies sagged and slumped to the ground. The caped figure still hasn't fired on Nunnally yet. "Zero, are you watching this, you better be, and not that phoney Zero that follows this bitch around, No, i mean the real one, i know your alive, so I "Alpha" challenge you Zero to a game with the world as the prize. I hope you as good as you were, Lelouch vi Britannia. Until then."

And with that the TV went to black.

"i will obliterate everything that person holds dear to him!"

CC knew this was the start of something big, so much for a peaceful morning.