Code Geass: The Realm of God

Chapter 04: Scared terrorist

Writer: Asheron Karuma

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-The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth-

Chapter04A: The bleeding Prince

The blood covered the back of the chair in which moments ago the Prince was begging for his life, the body slowly fell forward and fell down on the ground as a lifeless heap, as a doll whose strings have just been cut...

The wound in his head was visible through the back and Lelouch vi Britannia looks at him with horror and shock... it was his first time... and slowly he thinks about the thoughts that rang through him when he pulled the trigger... he felt nothing when he pulled it...

With his left hand he tugs the pistol back in its holder and with his right he covers his mouth as he feels his stomach twisting around, he falls on his knees as he gasps for air, the small coughs coming in between and his will to not throw up make sure that he doesn't spill on the floor, he looks up again as he whipes the drool from his lips, he looks at the black glove for a moment as a smile crosses his face and for a moment he laughs at the dead corpse in front of him, eventually he stares upwards and tears dwell in his eyes...

"And so... it begins..."

Chapter04B: Scared terrorist

The liquid of the IV had formed a puddle by the time that he began to speak, the lights remained turned off and the door behind Schneizel closed as he walked forward, he bend down next to Lelouch and picked up the small eye patch, hanging it around his finger by the two elastic strings that encircled the item...

Lelouch didn't look at Schneizel and didn't see the item that he held before him, the eye patch dropped onto the white fabric that covered him and he starred at it...

"Where am I?"

His voice sounded harsh due to the lack of water in his throat...

"Safe... for now that is all you need to know..."

"Why...? I..."

"You're no longer Zero..."

Lelouch shut his eyes as he bend forward, his head leaning against his knees as he clenched his teeth in anger and confusion...

"From now on your name will be Lelouch vi Britannia... you're a Prince... so act like one..."

Lelouch remained silent for a moment, only the fast breathing that came form his lungs were hear able, that was until he clenched his hands to fists and turned to Schneizel, his geassed eye flashing dangerously as he commanded...

"Answer my questions!"

He could feel a warmth spreading from his eye and a buzzing sound entered his consciousness, he gasped in pain as he reached for his left eye and covered it with one hand as he felt a pain spreading through his head, he cried out in pain as he doubled over, Schneizel looked at him observing the boy's reaction...

"It won't work Lelouch... from now on you belong to the Avalon... if you don't cooperate... then Nunnally..."

Lelouch gasped at those words... surprised to find out that they had found his younger sister as well... he would swear revenge for this... one day he would pay them for it...

He looked up slightly as he saw the door open once again, Schneizel stood in the opening and looked at him coldly...

"Where is she!"

Schneizel said nothing, instead he turned around and left the room...

The landing was rough, not only that Lloyd was shouting at him once again for breaking precious equipment, Suzaku ignored him slightly and turned to Cecile, he had calmed down a little after the battle... it kept his mind away from the reality that haunted him, Euphemia, Lelouch... Zero...

"Suzaku, we will arrive in Area 11 in about 2 days..."

"What will we do?"

"It is still unknown... Schneizel doesn't tell us much about his thoughts... no news has reached the mainland ever since the assault..."

"But the Black Knights?"

"Don't worry..."

Cecile wanted to say more but was cut off by a soft beeping sound that came from a phone on the control panel, she picked it up and held it against her ear...

"Cecile Croomy speaking..."

"Yes he is here... right now?... I understand..."

She placed the phone back on its holder and turned to Suzaku, who had figured that the message was about him... yet wondered what was going on...

"Prince Schneizel wants to speak to you... in private... he expects you in his quarters in 5 minutes..."

Suzaku frowned, he thought about the reason behind the message, yet he couldn't clearly place its meaning... it could be about anything... his battle against Zero... Geass... the future of Area 11...

"Are you alright?"

Suzaku looked up when he felt a hand cover his forehead, he looked at Cecile surprised and she smiled to him...

"You don't seem to be warm, but then again I guess you have a lot to think about... Suzaku it isn't good to keep everything towards yourself..."

She looked at him angry and it reminded him of a mother, or at leased he thought it was...
Suzaku couldn't remember his own mother... but he guessed that if he would have one now she would be like Cecile, kind and warm...

"You still have 4 minutes, Suzaku don't be late!"

Suzaku blinked and finally realised that he was going to be late for his meeting with Schneizel...
He thanked Cecil and ran off to change into his uniform, Lloyd's complaints faded away in the background as Cecile scowled him for being so hard on Suzaku...

Minutes later Suzaku arrived at Schneizel's quarters, he waited in front of the metal door, not knowing what to say nor what to do, he looked around and noticed the lack of guards... he wondered where they were but for the moment he didn't thought about it... carefully he reached for the communicator next to the door and pressed a green button with a small speaker printed on it, as he pressed it a soft buzzing sound came from it and eventually Schneizel's voice came through it...

"Who is it?"

"Kururugi Suzaku..."

He answered and the door flung open, revealing the office looking room behind it, a large desk stood in the middle, the Britannian flag hung against the wall behind it, a light standard on each of its side, Suzaku walked inside and saw Schneizel sitting behind the desk, in his hand a map and a small box lay on the table, Schneizel gestured Suzaku to sit down on the chair in front of him, Suzaku did what was asked and looked at him confused...

"Cornelia has told me that you've become a true Knight..."

Suzaku's eyes widened as he stared at Schneizel

"She survived?"

Schneizel nodded and placed the file that was in his hands on the table, it contained a report from Cornelia...

"Cornelia doesn't die quickly... even in her condition she made sure I would get this report... right now she is in Area 11... She is badly injured but she will life..."

Suzaku was glad to hear this and smiled at Schneizel, however Schneizel still looked at him strangely...

"But that is not why I summoned you..."

Suzaku's expression turned serious again as Schneizel grabbed the small box lying on the table, he opened it and Suzaku looked at the item in shock as he remembered what it was, it was given to him when he became Euphemia's Knight, the small winged badge shinned in the light as it was being shoved to his end of the table...

"You left it... but I want you to take it back..."

"But I can't... Euphie is..."

"I want you to become a true Knight once more... She may have passed away but there are still people who need protection..."

Suzaku looked up at Schneizel, his expression was cold... but even with his coldest glance Suzaku was able to read his emotions, after spending his childhood with Lelouch he had learned how to look through those eyes... and right now he could tell that Schneizel was having a difficult time... Suzaku couldn't agree more... with the current situation...

"You will become someone's Knight Suzaku..."

A cruel fate indeed... Suzaku couldn't protect anyone... why would he...

"The Knight of Lelouch vi Britannia..."

With that his mind stopped working all together and his eyes widened as he starred at the wooden table in front of him, the ticking of a clock in the background as he wished he could say more...

Minutes passed, neither of them moved until Suzaku finally turned to Schneizel with anger in his eyes...

"I refuse!"

Suzaku didn't know what happened to Lelouch, he didn't care either... he would never fight for that bastard instead he would want to murder him and bring justice to the world... that was all that Lelouch deserved... death...

"You cannot... from the minute you leave this room you will be known as Lelouch vi Britannia's Knight..."

"Why... Why do I have to stay with that bastard! He is the person behind the mask, Zero! He murdered Clovis and Euphemia and still you protect him! Why!"

"It doesn't concern you... I will tell you... but only if you become his Knight..."

"I don't have a choice do I! Tell me!"

"So you accept it... I'm glad... I will tell you, but not now... leave, I have business to attend to..."

"What do you think will happen to Area 11?"

Lelouch didn't answer and merely tabbed his hand against the white sheets, his back was against he wall, it felt cold and it pleased him... the wound on his shoulder ached... it was annoying...

"Haven't you already figured it out?"

With that Lelouch looked up at his older brother, Prince Schneizel... what was he planning... Lelouch's eyes narrowed as he starred into those cold eyes...

"Father wants me to reign with an iron fist... but I believe you would have a better solution... just think of it as... making up for abandoning them..."

"I had no choice... Nunnaly was..."

With that there was silence and after a while Lelouch spoke again...

"Sumeragi Kaguya... I'd leave it to her..."

Schneizel looked at Lelouch for a moment...

"Give Japan the freedom it longs for... after all this it is the least I could do..."

"And so it will be..."

With that Schneizel stood up and headed for the exit, however before he opened the door he turned around once more

"I have assigned you a Knight... Kururugi Suzaku..."

Lelouch's eyes widened at the mention of his name... and much like the response Suzaku gave off hours earlier did Lelouch respond the same way... he cursed slightly as he lay down on his bed again, grabbing his shoulder tightly as he leaned back, starring at the ceiling...

"... Suzaku..."

Suzaku on the other hand starred at the clock, 2 AM and still no urge to sleep... the clock in his small room was part of the communication device build in the wall, the red numbers changed over time but he didn't notice... his mind was fixated on other things and the Knight badge lay on the floor near the wall...

If Lelouch was in fact still alive he had to be hiding somewhere... otherwise he would be the subject of very talk on the ship... Schneizel would be hiding him... but he couldn't figure out the location... Lelouch was injured and helpless... Suzaku wondered if Lelouch made a request that he was to become his Knight... he would find out... he would scan down the ship in order to find him... it would be logical for Schneizel to keep Lelouch close... so he had to be here... he would find out about it... but first he needed rest...