One Last Shot at Life…One Last Shot at Victory

Stage 4 "Broken Wings"

A/N: Wow, this story is moving quickly. I'm not sure how many chapters I wanna add, so write me about how many you think should be in this story. I'm guessing around fifteen or sixteen…maybe more. But so far out of all the stories I've written and published on FanFiction, this is my favourite and for all of you who actually READ my authors notes…thanks for not yelling at me about my rambling…I tend to do that a lot. Now, about each chapter, I tend to try and add at least one authors note…and whenever I am typing these chapters up I am listening to some form of music, for this chapter, it happens to be the Code Geass insert songs…they're really quite amazing. They have nice rhythm to them, and are very quiet, just he kind of music perfect for writing. If you would like me to send you my playlist list, I will be glad to. Just send me an email (my email can be found on my profile) or send me a PM via FanFiction. Also, don't forget that I do beta stories. Now, remember, not everyone is perfect and before you on saying "But, Kaze, there are mistakes in your stories!" I know. I'm sure there are and I just edit too fast to catch them all. I try and put these chapters out in a timely manner for all of you. So anyway, let's shoot for disclaimer number two! I should get in the habit of writing them…

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Oops, sorta rambled in the disclaimer too…so, anyway, before I completely waste your time, onto chapter four of One Last Shot at Life, One Last Shot at Victory.

Stage 4 "Broken Wings"

She smiled at Lelouch, and then saw him smile back at her.

Kallen popped herself in the cockpit of the Guren Mark II and placed the key in the ignition. She looked out the window and saw Lelouch waiting for her patiently so he could ride in the palm of her hand. She smiled when she saw Zero's mask dangling by his hip, his hand tapping gently against the inside. "You ready, Zero?" She asked, calling down to him.

Lelouch glanced up at her and nodded slowly. "Yeah, let's get outta here." He waited until Kallen lowered her arm down, and he jumped into the Knightmare's palm. "We'll get these people once I know the situation outside, Kallen."

Kallen blushed hearing Lelouch's voice. That kiss that the two of them shared. Commander and soldier had shared, must never be known by anyone but them. She'd have to control herself around Zero. Kallen kind of hoped that Lelouch was thinking the same thing to himself. Though, knowing him, they were tactics for how the Black Knights were going to take down Britannia.

Kallen was wrong. Lelouch was trying to compose himself too. He couldn't let the Black Knights know of his and Kallen's little exchange. That would screw things up and the Knights might focus on their relationship more than their mission. Plus, he couldn't put that kind of pressure on her. Honestly, Lelouch really thought that he could say that he loved Kallen. Not that she would find out anytime soon. Maybe after they get back he would tell her. That would be the more appropriate thing to do.

The Guren Mark II broke down one of the walls and all the Black Knights who were on the other side of the now broken wall cheered when they saw Zero, standing up in the palm of the Knightmare's hand. Lelouch heard them cheer and some of the lady Knights cried "We love you Zero!" His violet coloured eyes drifted up to the head of the Guren and a small smiled played at his lips, not that anyone could see it under his mask. Looking back at his people, Lelouch extended an arm, turning his palm upward. "Black Knights. I thank you for your loyalty to me and let it be known that none of your sacrifices will go in vain. We, together, we shall create a new country! We shall create the United States of Japan!"

The Order of the Black Knights cheered, some of them screaming "All hail Zero!" Lelouch's gaze drifted down to where the Lancelot stood. Why wasn't Suzaku attacking? Was it because that the Knights were off guard and that he, a warrior at heart, was too prideful to attack? Lelouch's thoughts were interrupted when Gino shot at them. He wouldn't shoot unless he had orders though. So, Suzaku must've given the order.

***CODE****GEASS****

Suzaku Kururugi groaned, leaning back in his pilot's seat. The boy had to keep telling himself that he was dealing with Zero, not Lelouch vi Britannia. Not his best friend. He knew that he was going to break eventually, so Suzaku had to get this job done quickly.

"Oh, Suzaku how's the Lancelot?" Lloyd Asplund chirped through the radio to Suzaku, he was grinning ear to ear, lifting a hand up to adjust his glasses.

Suzaku blinked, snapping out of his thoughts. "Oh, hey Lloyd…yeah, it's running just fine." He paused, examining Lloyd's face. "Why…did you do something that I should know about?" Suzaku interrogated, narrowing his gaze slightly at the major.

Lloyd laughed from the other end. "Well, I guess. We adjusted your guns a little, they should be stronger and they also should be able to knock the Guren Mark II out of the water! You know, I hacked into that system without Rakshata knowing and they did some M.A.J.O.R adjustments to it. Flight system, new weapons system and everything, it's truly incredible. So, I tweaked the Lancelot to compensate."

The Knight of Zero couldn't help but grin. Lloyd sure knew how to break someone's wallet, and the Earl of Pudding honestly did it well. Really well…maybe all to well "thanks a lot Lloyd." Suzaku said, grinning. He was going to have to test all of this out, and honestly, the Guren Mark II was a perfect target.

Lloyd laughed lightly. "All right then Suzaku, please be careful…oh, and Cecile has come out with some other crazy kind of jam thing. She put it on my toast this morning…it was quite disgusting, so check anything that you eat that requires jam, all right?"

The green-eyed honourary Britannian smiled even more. This was turning out to be an okay day. "Yeah, thanks a lot for the warning. I'll be sure to be careful." After that, Suzaku cut the connection and prepared himself for battle. He charged up the first new weapon that Lloyd had added and aimed towards the Guren. "Fire," he muttered to himself, releasing the trigger.

****CODE****GEASS***

Kallen's attention was quickly directed to the blast heading her way. "Shit…" she cursed, moving the hand holding Lelouch out of the blasts way of destruction. "Suzaku, you bastard," she hissed. She charged up her radiant wave surger, grinning as she did so. "Now you die!" She yelled.

Suzaku quickly moved the Lancelot out of the way and then charged the Hadron blaster. "You're not getting away from me Kallen, just leave Zero and let me finish him off!" Suzaku released the blast and Kallen blocked it, then shooting her own weapon at him.

Kallen cursed quietly to herself and activated the aerial system, sending her and Zero into the air, flipping on the radio, Kallen smiled and asked Lelouch. "Hey, you okay down there?"

Kallen received a shaky reply from the commander of the Black Knights. "I…I really think Suzaku is trying to kill me…" was his answer, which Kallen laughed at. The red-haired Knightmare pilot headed backward, away from Suzaku after noticing C.C piloting the Shinkirō. "C.C, can you take Lelouch, Suzaku's really trying." She asked, via radio.

C.C radioed back in. "Yeah, I'll take him, just hurry up and finish up Suzaku…we need to head back to Japan."

Kallen nodded. "You got it." The Knightmare pilot pulled back on one of the controls, moving her Guren even closer to C.C and the Shinkirō. "There you go, Zero." Be careful…She thought to herself.

Lelouch nodded and moved from one Knightmare to the other. The cockpit to the Shinkirō opened, allowing Lelouch to quickly jump inside and accsess the controls. He started a quick video feed with Kallen. "So, Kallen, what's the battle like right now?" Lelouch asked, pulling off his Zero mask and shaking his hair so his bangs didn't stick to his forehead due to the sweat.

"Everything is going in our favour, Lelouch. Tohdoh just pulled back the rest of his company after defeating some Britannain Knightmares. Ohgi just reported in saying the Tohdoh is now dealing with Guilford…Xingke even has his Knightmare out here. So, we're in good shape for now." Kallen reported swiftly to her commanding officer.

Zero nodded. "Excellent. This is going just the way I wanted it too." Everything is running too smoothly. Wasn't Tohdoh suppose to try and find Nunally? Lelouch blinked and directed his gaze back to the video feed with Kallen. "And Nunally?" He added, not missing a beat.

"Yes sir, Tohdoh successfully retrived Japan's viceroy. She's safe for now, Ohgi is taking her back to the Iceberg Ship where Sayoko is."

"Even better. All right Kallen, pull back. We've done enough damage. I want Nunally safe. She is top priority. I'll give the order for everyone to pull back." Lelouch lifted Zero's mask from his lap and replaced it on his face. "Make sure that the Iceberg Ship leaves as quickly as possible." With that, Zero ended the video feed with his most trusted soldier. Switching on the radio, Lelouch quickly ordered for his men to pull back. They were to head back to the Iceberg Ship that Xingke had provided for them. They were already heading back to Japan. I need to thank Xingke later for letting us use the Chinese Federation's Iceberg Ship so many times. Lelouch mentally remdinded himself. "C.C." He said, he knew that she would know what he wanted.

"Yes, of course." C.C answered, not bothering to look back at the Order of the Black Knight's teenage commander. And with that, the Shinkirō made its way to the Iceberg Ship, where Rakshata and Sayoko stood on deck, awaiting the Black Knights to return…and with Zero too.

A/N: Ugh. I hated writing that chapter. Some parts I really liked but the Knightmare battle…never again, I swear. It's a pain in the ass to write….blah…so, anyone reading this chapter should click that little thing called a review button. It's in green lettering too…nice and pretty. Thanks again for all your support! I'll try and get chapter 5 out swifter and quicker than this one. ~KazeRose.