*Don't own Code Geass*

Suzaku soon approached his rental room for the night, ready to go to sleep early and return back to the village to interrogate anyone that seemed to know this strange girl. But when he opened the door, he almost dropped his mouth, his eyes bugging out in surprise. There in the middle of his room was: Lelouch vi Britannia, the next in line for the throne.

The prince gave him a questionable look, but Suzaku soon understood why.

"What's brings your humble presence to this village, Prince Lelouch?" He questioned, quickly bowing to the royalty, present in his room.

"Stand," Lelouch commanded and Suzaku complied.

"I am here to see about your findings on our target, and because of the circumstance that you are staying here for the night, I am guessing you haven't obtained her?" He replied.

"No," Suzaku admitted, looking away from the glaring prince, "but tomorrow is a new day, and she was holding a young man captive."

"Oh! Well then you better have here by tomorrow, prove how much you love Japan to Euphemia," Lelouch lectured, secretly pleased how Suzaku's face was broken with grief for that one second.

Lelouch knew of Princess Euphemia being wrongly accused of a crime she never committed and Suzaku believed that Lelouch tried to stop them and had no part in the affair, missing he's cousin as much as he did. But the hideous truth behind it was that Lelouch was the exact reason that the Princess was now six feet under. He had believe that she stood in his way for the Throne and had known far too much about his and his father's plan to change the world for their liking and got rid of her with the help of his Geass.

"But may I question something?" Suzaku asked, somewhat shyly and out of character for him.

"What?" Lelouch retorted, his voice a solid steel wall of no emotions.

"What is your purpose for having the girl? What use is she to Britannia?" He asked, finding his courage.

"That is a long story for another time and I must leave at the moment," Lelouch pronounced, not wanting to tell Suzaku of his selfish reasons of forcing him to complete this mission.

"Alright, farewell Prince," Suzaku finished, saluting his leader as he left.

After he closed the door, Suzaku finally let out a breath he was holding.

Seeing Lelouch was sometimes...scary. He wasn't scared of Lelouch, hell no! He know he could kill Lelouch faster than the Price could think (Trust me that's fast), but seeing what his friend became was somewhat unusually uncomforting. Lelouch seemed to be so hell-bent on killing his Father and helping Japan, but after he actually saw his father seven years after the war, it seemed like he had changed. It was like he forgotten about the war, about his vow to destroy Britannia. He wondered why his friend changed his mind, but those where less important things, right now he needed to sleep for tomorrow.

Vicki sighed, as she held her chin in her hand, monitoring the computers with absolute boredom. This was why she sometimes wished she had more friends, people to help her pass her times of dullness, but it was dangerous to have too many friends. Nicolas was even a risk for her, but luckily he wasn't Britannian or Japanese but of another origin that he never spoke of and he helped her when she was required to lay low. And now was one of those times. She let out another sigh!

"If you're that bored than do something," Nicolas stated, entering the room.

"Why are you still here?" She asked, her voice monotone as she slowly peered over to his direction.

"Cuz I was adding on to the Echo," he affirmed.

This lifted Vicki's mood, Nicolas might have been a pervert but he was far from stupid and was one of (if not the best) best hackers global. She jumped out of her seat, following Nicolas to where her Suit was placed. When she entered her room, her smile disappeared.

"Where is it?" She exclaimed, worrying that his addition was something small and powerless.

"It's IN the knightmare, but just like your speakers it comes out when needed," he explained, pressing a button to use the conveyer belt lift to raise them to the cockpits level.

"Get in," he suggested and she did.

"This new button is for your new weapon, it's something I stole from the Britannia's mainframe and it is their most powerful weapon yet." He lectured, his voice filled with pride.

"You stole this from the enemy? Couldn't come up with something better?" She teased getting inside the mobile frame.

"Don't have the time right now, but as I was saying it's called the Hadron Blaster. And it's supposedly the best weapon they possess and even the Lancelot has it," He answers, smiling at the stunned girl.

"Let's take it for a test run," she smirks evilly.

"NO! It's too powerful, it a life or death situation only use! It can destroy a city without fail so DON'T USE IT UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO DIE POSSIBLY!" He shouts, taking her card key before she could install it.

"Okay don't get my panties up in a knot," she stated.

"Well they are a nice color," he murmured, earning a smack on his forehead.

"OW OW OW!" He stuttered, pressing the descending button when she got out of the cockpit.

"Now what else is there to do?" Nicolas pondered out loud, regretting it shortly after.

"TRAINING!" A devious grinning Vicki shouted.

"SHIT!"

*that's all folks*