Ok before we begin I have something I need to say. I will be creating quite a few people when I want the perspective for a point of view where it is impossible to use a pre-established character or too progress the narrative. . MOST of these will not really matter and likely will never be seen again… You will just have to wait for those that do matter to show up again to know who they are.
Just another friendly reminder that I own nothing within the Code Geass Universe people :)
Chapter 3: Pouring the Foundation
Captain Smaldone jumped up from his desk when he heard the distinctly familiar sound of an explosion, which was followed by the building itself shaking. It may have been a few years since he had moved from his sea command of the Perseus Amphibious Landing Unit to his present post at the Minamiizu Naval Base in Area 11, but he had by no means gotten rusty.
He drew sidearm as he leaned against the wall of his office carefully looking through his window in the direction of the blast.
He vaguely heard the door to his office open as he tried to take in what he could see outside. How could an attack like this happen? How could have that many explosives have gotten onto his base?
He could clearly make out the slagged remains of some kind of vehicle parked on the pier, next to the Imperial Edmund, a Type 45 Destroyer. And next to where the vehicle had been was a large gaping hole in the ship.
He vaguely heard his aid behind him, "Sir. we have a transport coming around front for-"
Shooting the rule-bound fool a glare he started making his way to the door, "Get whoever is running things at the consulate on the phone, I want them to get a full briefing on what happened here, and get into contact with Pacific Fleet Command and let them know what happened. I want Admiral Stonewall to know what happened as soon as whichever fool is in control at the consulate now does. Is that understood?"
Not waiting for a reply he grabbed his cover as he made his way towards the explosion site. He wanted answers and he wanted them yesterday.
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Shirley couldn't help it as she almost ran to chemistry class. It wasn't that she really liked the Chem lab, but it was the first class of the day that she shared with Lulu and she was desperately worried about him. Although She had seen him already today and she knew he looked ok, she couldn't stop worrying about him. She had heard from Milly that he never made it home last night, and she knew he gambled so she couldn't help that she was worried that something serious might have actually happened.
Spotting the target of her worry and her not so small crush, though she could never let him know that, she called out, "Lelouch! Lelouch, wait up!"
She felt her face heat up a little when he turned and gave her an odd smile, "Do you need something Shirley?"
Coming up alongside him she gave him a once over just to make sure he was ok, then realizing that she might be construed as checking Lulu out she stammered, "I heard from Rivalz what happened yesterday, and Madam Pres said that you never came home last night so I just wanted to make sure that you were ok and that-"
She cut herself off when Lulu gave a long suffering sigh, "I am going to have to talk to those two about creating unfounded rumors."
Taken aback she started to feel embarrassed, "But Milly seemed really worried about you. She wouldn't lie about that. Would she?"
Lulu shook his head, "Well no she wouldn't but I did make it home last night. It was just really late."
"But you're ok right?"
He chuckled softly, "Yes I'm fine Shirley. There is absolutely no reason to worry."
She couldn't stop herself as she blurted, "Then what really happened?"
She was slightly surprised when Lulu wrapped an arm around her shoulders and started leading her to class, "I'll explain after classes, we wouldn't want to be late now would we?"
As he started leading her towards their class she had to gather herself so she did not pass out from Lulu touching her. When she looked up at him though she saw it, a slight shimmer in his eyes that almost looked like the wetness of a tear.
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Taichi Yagami couldn't help but feel like all this arguing was completely pointless, but then again since his 'promotion' he had found that arguing was all the long time members on the Blood of the Samurai Command Council ever did. Yeah, he might be a new member of the Command Council, but even he could tell when a Britannian transport truck pulled up at the front door of your base they knew where you were hiding. Something which was nothing but bad news for everyone in the Blood of the Samurai.
Suddenly one of the regular resistance members came running in, "We found something you have to see in the cab of the truck." She was frantically waving an envelope in the air above her head.
Deciding not to let this become long winded again he asked the question he had most wanted the answer to since the council had decided they needed to meet about the truck, "What was the contents of the truck?"
The young lady hesitated for just a moment and he could feel some of the council move to interfere, but she recovered before they could. "I have no idea what most of it is Sir. However, Shen has confirmed that most of what's in there is high grade medical equipment ranging from lab and research equipment to basic pharmaceuticals."
He sat back to think as the girl passed off the envelope to some member of the council while explaining how she found it.
None of this made much sense to him. The truck had arrived earlier and the driver had had no idea what was going on. According to him, his commander sent him to what was suppose to be a Britannian OSI command post, not to their base. A truck which by happenstance was full of medical equipment, something that they and every resistance group in Japan was desperately in need of, no matter who or where they were.
His musings were cut short when Ishida called for him, "Yagami will you be wanting to read the letter or are you just going to imagine what it might say?"
Ignoring the insult he looked up to see the letter waiting in front of him and many angry and perturbed faces at the table.
Members of the Blood of the Samurai. While it has not been announced yet, during the defense of Shinjuku Prince Clovis was killed. With the death of the viceroy there is a small window where the Britannian forces will be in disarray. Use this to your advantage, as soon Princess Cornelia will be arriving to replace her late brother. Her first objective will be to destroy any and all resistance groups in Japan. This leaves you in a difficult situation as the only major resistance group that the Britannian military currently has a definitive location for is you. As this predicament is my fault I feel I must at least offer a warning and the promise of aid if you so wish for it.
-Zero
Well that was a lot to think about. It did however explain some of the reports he had seen in the last twenty four hours indicating that the Britannian forces were confused and not at all the oiled machine they usually were.
Placing the letter down Ishida addressed him again, "And what does our newest member think of the letter?"
Choosing his words carefully, "Most of the recent reports from our people and from other resistance groups has shown disorder and disorganization within the Britannian military. We can only speculate as to the cause but it could be explained by the death of Prince Clovis. I believe that the contents of the truck should be delivered to Kyoto house, we could use the equipment but we lack the ability to make sure that everything is safe to use like Kyoto does. As for this warning, well that's a whole different matter. The smart thing to do would be to shore up our defenses. Then if it is proven both that Prince Clovis was killed in Shinjuku and that Princess Cornelia will become the new Viceroy of Japan, we can reevaluate the danger we are in and make plans accordingly."
As usual most of the table was sneering at him, and Ishida glowered, "So nothing intelligent then."
Taichi rubbed the bridge of his nose and not for the first time wished that his success as a team leader had not reached the point where these old fools decided he needed to join the council to avoid him causing fractures within the group.
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C.C. pulled the pillow closer to her as sat at Lelouch's computer. It was in all honesty a sad situation but without her Cheese-kun or Lelouch to snuggle with she just had to make do.
She had managed to get back to sleep after Lelouch had left for classes, a good thing for the boy for if not he would have heard it for waking her up so early. She had spent almost the entire last hour she was awake at Lelouch's desk looking through his computer, on his hidden profile of course.
His browser history showed absolutely nothing of interest and she couldn't help but be disappointed that there was nothing juicy there to tease Lelouch about. Well except the large quantity of Pizza hut and Cheese-kun merchandise he had looked at this morning. She was rather proud of herself that she had not opened and looked at all of the connected websites. Well except the local Pizza Hut delivery menu, but that was completely different. Besides she was going to have to order lunch soon anyway.
The frustrating thing was that besides not getting anything to tease the boy about she still had no idea what his immediate plans were. There had been nothing on the computer and, despite her checking all of them, nothing in any of his notebooks apart from schoolwork. There was nothing there that she had not already seen in the boy's memories.
Yet she knew he had been up all morning working out plans which left her wondering where everything of importance was. It was all quite frustrating.
Her search for answers was ended however when the door to their bedroom swung open, and in stepped Sayoko. She could remember that she and Sayoko had a good relationship of sorts from the boy's memories, or at least that they got along.
The older Japanese woman stopped as soon as she entered the room, immediately focusing on her. The ninja took in her state of dress, one of Lelouch's button up shirts loosely buttoned, the pillow she was holding and her posture, leaning back in the chair one leg dangling off and the other resting on the chair forcing the hem of Lelouch's shirt to ride up her leg, "If the young mistress would like something to wear I believe I can find something of a comfortable fit."
Somehow she knew this was a test as she studied the older woman, "Clothes would be very much appreciated…" she cast a glance at the piled up prisoner outfit and shook her head. "Please don't get rid of that though, I believe that Lelouch might have some use for it sometime later."
As Sayoko raised one delicate eyebrow in response to that she smiled sultrily, "You know I wasn't thinking about that, but I will make sure that it is recommended that he tie someone up in it for their mutual enjoyment as well sometime."
Sayoko's lips quirked into a slight smirk, "I'm not so sure the young master would enjoy something like that."
She couldn't stop the grin that formed on her face, "Well it's not all about him now is it?"
The Ninja maid chuckled lightly before becoming serious, "The young master impressed upon me while I assisted him this morning that you have his complete confidence and that I should feel no qualms about leaving this in here while he is away."
Looking at the hard drive in Sayoko's hands she decided to be lazy, "Any chance you could tell me what is on that without me having to waste time looking?"
Sayoko just shrugged in response as she lay the hard-drive on the desk, "I myself don't know what is on here."
As Sayoko turned to leave she interrupted, "You should stay."
When Sayoko turned to regard her curiously she continued, "You want to keep Lelouch safe right?"
At Sayoko's eyes narrowed at the perceived challenge she explained, "So it would be better to know what he is doing right?"
Sayoko nodded ever so slightly, eyes still narrowed as she moved to stand behind the chair in silence. Hoping that she had not messed that up too badly with the woman, she hooked up the hard-drive to the computer.
A few windows opened across the screen and closing most of them she expanded the window file for the drive and was shocked by what was there; inventories of trucks, itineraries of important individuals, military bases defense plans, their complete inventories and vehicle counts, lists of personnel for every base, listing of terrorist groups, maps of terrorist activities, maps of possible terrorist base locations and dossiers of every Britannian over the ranks of Major, Squadron Leader, or Lieutenant commander. As she scrolled through the window she could see it covered everyone and everyplace involved with either the rebel groups or military in Japan.
Then they came to the end and found three folders rather than files.
One was labeled Code-R, the second was labeled Confirmation Codes, and the last was labeled Letters Sent.
All she could do was stare at how much Lelouch had managed to do in such a short amount of time and couldn't help but wonder how he had managed to aquire this.
Sayoko finally broke the silence, "Open the Code-R folders."
As she turned to regard the woman Sayoko continued speaking, "Some of the things we off loaded from the truck were from that and I would like to know what they are. Like that odd spherical machine."
Turning slowly to click on the folder absently filing away that Lelouch now had at least the prototype of the Siegfried, she couldn't help but sigh when the first file in the folder was a pictured labeled Test Subject.
She heard a small gasp from behind her and felt Sayoko's hand fall on her shoulder before a moment of silence. Then Sayoko said in a gentle voice, "We can look at something else if you wish."
Looking back at the picture of herself bruised and beaten hanging from chains against the wall, she felt not just the anger and annoyance she expected but something else that she could not put her finger on, it was not a feeling she remembered having very often.
Her voice when she answered was more steady than Sayoko was expecting from the slight tensing of her hand at any rate, "That might be a good idea, there are things here that it would be best if Lelouch helped explain."
Slowly hitting the back button she clicked on a random dossier and started to scan the file.
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Lelouch was exhausted when he finally made his way to his room that evening, both in a physical and emotional sense. His talks with C.C. and Sayoko had set the tone for the day, and seeing Nunnally and Shirley alive again hadn't helped. The emotional toll of seeing them was very distressing.
That had been nothing on the energy it took to work through the day, as while he did everything he would need to do for school he was setting everything up for his first meeting with the future Black Knights, going over everything that could be done to unite the resistance groups under one banner and proceed with his 'new' plan for how he thought things would unfold. To top it all off there was what he was doing for the Student Council.
He knew tomorrow was the day the Council was going to have to balance the school budget like they had to do everytime at the last minute because Milly decided to just do it herself, the girl really had no concept of numbers or money. Milly had been forced to admit the problem today when she got everyone together near the end of the day.
It had been so easy to reconnect with Rivalz and Milly, both were so different in who they were and who they knew him as, and yet still they were two of his dearest and closest friends. It, however, had not been easy seeing Nina again, the girl that he had considered a friend, the girl that created the bomb that killed Nunnally and so many others. That could not be allowed to happen this time, he couldn't decide what to do about her, but the F.R.E.J.A. weapon would not exist again.
There had been an extra topic discussed at the 'meeting' today, and with only a little bit of prodding he had convinced Milly that Kallen needed to become a part of Student Council so that she was getting involved in some student activity.
He had not anticipated that Kallen would be so annoyed about being 'forced' to join a club, and as Milly had been there to discuss it he had not been able to tell her about the tunnels and access level available to her if she joined. There was nothing he could do about it, besides it would be a while until he was willing to reveal himself to her anyway.
After school had been dismissed he had sought out the same noble that he had won the Black Knight's marvelous hideout from last time and set it up again for when he brought Oghi and the rest to meet him. He had only just made it for a late dinner with his sister, then spent the rest of the night with her and Sayoko. He figured he would make the phone call to Kallen planning the meeting after he showered.
Though there had been something odd going on for sure. Sayoko kept giving him weird looks. He just assumed that he would find out when he talked to C.C. She was the only one that could have caused any form of chaos like Sayoko being emotionally confused this early in changing the timeline.
Finally reaching his room and pushing open the door he was greeted with what he considered a peculiar sight, his bedding was not out. C.C. was fast asleep in his bed cuddling with her Cheese-kun plush toy with his little black top hat. As he made his way over the linen closet in his room he smiled at what he saw. There on top of the extra sheet and pillows was a smaller Cheese-chan he had ordered for her as well, and attached to her pink bow was a note.
I thank you for going to get bedding for yourself last night Lelouch, as it would have been most distressful to wake up next to you in the morning. I however have spent today cataloging your memories, I feel as if you know me well enough to be able to use your bed. It is not like we have not slept together before. However, in the morning make time for us to have a deep discussion about matters, I have looked over what you have done so far and while I am impressed I am also worried.
A little miffed that she seemed to think that he could not handle himself, he still walked into his bathroom unable to get the smile that formed on his face off as he went to take a shower before making his phone call before going to give his witch something else to cuddle with tonight. Looking back into the linen closet he grabbed Cheese-chan and put her on the desk to remember for later. It was only fair that if C.C. cuddled someone else that Cheese-kun did not feel lonely as well.
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He sat down on an old park bench in a small park in Pendragon where he could watch the children play and spend time with their parents and siblings. It hurt like someone had taken his heart, and twisted it inside of a vice, Rolo mused. V.V. had told him this morning that he had a new mission and would be leaving in two days. Some lesser nobleman that had been caught backing the EU had run off to Russia, and now he needed to disappear. He had been informed that would be able to hitch a ride on the Princesses' air transport to Area 11 for the start of his journey, after that he was on his own.
He was their killer, it was his job, but that did not stop him from wanting more. Now however he knew just how he could do it, how he could prove himself.
He had decided he would not go to Russia after the wayward nobleman, no, he had a much more important thing to accomplish first.
Located in Area 11 was his ticket to being accepted, loved, a part of something more.
A sly grin formed on his face as he walked back towards the Geass Sanctum of Britannia, located in Pendragon. This time when he returned he would be welcomed, he would love him. All he needed was Lelouch Vi Britannia, a wanted son of the emperor, and he knew where to find him. Soon he would be on his way to Ashford Academy and there was nothing that would stop him.
He couldn't help but wonder what V.V. would do if he knew what was about to happen right under his childish button nose.
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Kallen lay in bed thinking about how frustrating that boy was, just your average Britannian superiority complex coming through because why else would he think he could make decisions for her? She had no desire to waste her time on some stupid Student Council, she had important things to actually accomplish.
That boy Lelouch, he was infuriating. How could someone that had according to rumor lost so much to Britannia's actions still be a proud Britannian. It was sycophants like that that made her sick. Especially with his sister as a living reminder of what happened.
Her angry musing was interrupted by her phone going off. Without second thought she answered, assuming that it was Oghi.
"I have a mission for you, Q1."
Her breath caught in her throat before she could even speak. The voice from Shinjuku was on the phone, meaning it had somehow gotten a hold of her number.
Unable to respond coherently she sputtered for a few moments before Zero cut in, "I am simply requesting a formal meeting with you and the leaders of the Shinjuku resistance cell tomorrow. A way of sounding each other out so to speak. The meeting will be at Warehouse B7 at the Eastern Waterfront after nightfall."
Finally getting her voice to work she blurted, "Why?"
Only to growl in frustration, as the line had already gone dead.
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Tohdoh looked at the letter in his hand then back up at General Katase in mild confusion, "You are certain that this was addressed to me General?"
He tried to ignore the sour look on the general's face as Katase replied, "Yes, it was your name typed on each of the envelopes that we found in the back of each of the four trucks, prominently displayed so that we could easily see it before we offloaded the supplies within."
Tohdoh looked back down at the letter again, "And nothing was found on the letters that can trace where they came from? Or who sent the trucks?"
Katase snorted, " The letters are completely clean. We know the Trucks came from around Tokyo settlement area that's about it."
Looking at the letter again he tried to understand who had written this and way, it made no sense.
There staring back at him were just five simple words in English, but he could not understand them at all. What Britannian could have written this?
"General I would like to think on this, and try to see if I can figure out who this might be. By your leave?"
As Katase waved his hand in dismissal he placed the letter on the table so anyone could read it. On it was one simple sentence, "My debt is not forgotten."
