GOT REALLY LAZY WITH THIS ONE x_x With grammar and punctuation, that is. Sorry it took so long to add a new chapter. School sucks sometimes =_=

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Chapter Three

Kim led them outside the door and into the street. The scene was absolutely horrific and overwhelming. The street was filled with black dust and debris. Buildings have collapsed and cars were blown on to their sides.

That was not the worst, of course. It was an excruciatingly gruesome sight. There were corpses in every sight. Ambulances were lined up against the sidewalk. Lelouch could only imagine what the amount of people wounded were. They passed an ambulance and Lelouch couldn't help but overhear a nurse talking. It appears as though the current death toll was thirty-two.

C.C. was holding on to his arm, trying to ignore her surroundings. She turned to her side and caught the sight of a woman sitting against a brick wall, holding what looked like a small bundle of cloth.

C.C. strayed away from the other two and ran towards the woman.

"Excuse me m'am, are you alright?" The women didn't respond. Her eyes looked cold and empty. C.C. took a peek at was inside the bundle of cloth.

A serene face that was sound asleep. C.C. was startled. A baby. She looked so peaceful. C.C. looked back up at the woman.

"M'am…." She shook her gently. The women slid down to her side and her bloody back was revealed. The baby slid out of her arms slowly and rested against the hard, rubble-covered sidewalk.

C.C.'s body was starting to tremble. She looked sadly at the baby before picking her up. She held her tight to her chest.

'So young. So helpless' She thought.

"Oi, C.C., what's wro-" Lelouch couldn't finish his sentence. He frowned at the sight of the dead mother and her child held in C.C.'s arms. He kneeled down next to C.C. and took a glance at the baby. The baby awakened and fluttered her eyes open. She smiled and Lelouch's expression softened.

"Look, C.C., isn't she cute?"

C.C. looked down at the infant's soft, golden eyes. The baby smiled. C.C.'s heart felt warm.

"Hey, what's going on?! Oh…… oh my……" Kim ran up to the two and immediately knew what the situation was.

Kim walked up to the mother and kneeled down in front of her. She lifted her wrist and pressed her fingers tightly against it. There was no pulse. Kim's face turned grim.

"Kim! Hey, what's wrong?" One of the other soldiers sprinted towards them.

Kim looked up at the soldier, then turned her head towards the lifeless body of the mother. The soldier shook his head.

"Another one, huh?" the soldier's eyes were dark.

"Yeah. You know what to do. Take back to our site and identify her body."

"Yes, my lord" the soldier walked up to the dead body and slung it over his shoulder.

"What about her child? What are we going to do with her?" Lelouch asked as he stared worriedly at the baby. The infant was giggling and playing around with C.C.'s silky hair.

"Not to worry. I'll take care of her for now and take her to a doctor for examining. Uh, if you will please…." She opened her arms out to carry the baby. Once C.C. let her out of her hold, the baby started bawling.

"Uh, oh, uhhhhhhh, this isn't good. Maybe it's best for you to keep holding her", Kim blushed.

C.C. took the baby back into her arms. "Oh, okay then."

"Well then. Follow me." Kim started walking. Lelouch and C.C. immediately followed. It didn't take them long to reach a giant tent. Inside the tent, there were hundreds of wounded patients. Soon they would all be sent for more thorough medical attention and be sent to Yangcheon district.

Lelouch and C.C. were given a clipboard and pen.

"I want you to fill out your names on this form. I also need your blood type, age, address and if possible, any relatives, former guardians, et cetera." Kim explained.

Kim walked away to aid other patients.

"We need to think of aliases."

"What for? We've, well, you've been using Lamperouge this whole time since we've lived in South Korea."

"This is government business C.C.. Also, take a look to your right."

C.C. turned her head, only to catch the sight of a few Sutherlands. "What's so serious about a Knightmare frame?"

"Take a look at the Wing system."

C.C. took a long stare at it before she could spot the small Lion and Snake emblem on the edge of the wings.

"Oh. Well….. that's not good."

"Which is why we need to hide our identity for now."

"So what's your new 'name' gonna be?" she leaned over him to take a better look at the paper.

He scribbled quickly on the paper.

"Alan Spacer?" C.C. found the name odd.

"It was the only thing I could think of in a situation like this."

"Hm, whatever." C.C. took the clipboard and the pen.

"So, what are you gonna put down?"

"…….Done"

Lelouch took back the clipboard and took a glance at the six-letter word: Yukana

"No last name? Bit too short, don't you think?"

"Why bother? If we don't have family, what's the point of having to write it?"

"Good point. You think I should change mine?"

"No, it's fine. If they find out you don't have any family with the same surname, just say they all died in the ghetto."

A few minutes later, Kim came to collect the forms. She looked strangely at the paper.

"No family members?"

"Uhhh, I only had my father to look after me since my mother left us and my fathers' side of the family died in the ghetto. My father uhhhh, was a drunk and was killed in a car accident."

"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Um, if you don't mind my asking, but can you tell me why you two are traveling together? Or did you just happen to run into each other in the incident back there?"

"We, uhhhhhh-," C.C. started.

"She's my girlfriend. We live with each other and were spending the day in the streets at the time."

"Alright, then" She walked away.

C.C. turned her head to Lelouch. "You know you didn't have to lie."

"About what?" "About the girlfriend part"

"Oh, that. Well, uh…. It just crossed my mind," he blushed.

Kim came back once again to give a final report. Alright, looks like you gotta stay here for the night. But, not to worry. We have plenty of blankets and pillows with us. Dinner will be served in a few minutes, so you might want to get settled in."

"Uh, when do we go back? You know, to our homes?"

"Oh, well, that depeneds if you need to go to the hospital or not. But it looks like you wo are in good condition. I think it's best that you stay for a day or two just in case."

"Okay then, thank you." "No problem"

30 minutes passed and Lelouch and C.C. were sitting in a far corner on top of a bundle of blankets and pillows. The two were eating dinner.

"Barley soup and bread? How boring. I want pizza," C.C. with a boring expression on her face. She was stirring her soup around and picking out little carrots.

"Hey, are you ever going to be grateful for anything? Just eat already." Lelouch sighed and scooped up some soup into his spoon. He lifted the spoon to C.C.'s mouth. "You really are a child, aren't you? Not even mature enough to feed yourself."

"Shut up, I can handle soup myself." C.C. puffed out her chest with a proud scowl on her face. She took a spoonful of soup but before she could eat, she burned herself. She spilled her scorching hot soup on her chest. Her wet blouse taking into the form of the crevice of her bosom.

"Uhhh, here, clean yourself up." Lelouch threw a few napkins to her face while looking away. His face was a deep shade of red.

"Well, don't throw it to me."

He sighed, then smiled, "You sure are annoying, aren't you?"

She giggled. Lelouch was relieved to here her giddy laugh even after all that has happened. She was the sun to Lelouch's cloudy day.

They finished there dinner and were getting ready for bed. C.C. was digging into her skirt pockets for her cell phone.

"Thank god my cell is still in tact." She checked the time. 20:30 pm "Why are we sleeping so early?"

"We need to get as much rest as possible.

A few hours passed by and C.C. couldn't sleep for a second. She tried closing her eyes and counting sheep but that didn't seem to work.

'Ugh, who was the idiot to think counting sheep was a good way to fall asleep?' she complained in her mind.

'Hmm, who's that?' C.C. wondered as she saw a slender figure outside the tent. C.C. quietly tiptoed outside, while trying to avoid stepping anyone's head.

'Finally, something to do. Ugh, I'm so bored it's killing me'

Her vision of the slender figure became clearer. She noticed it was Albertine. Her hair was tied back in a high ponytail. Her dark hair was glistening in the moonlight. Her eyes were strongly focused on a small glowing screen in the grasp of her hands.

C.C. chuckled. She walked up slowly and quietly up to Albertine from behind.

"Playing with your phone at this hour?" C.C. said. Albertine slightly jumped.

"Oh. Geez, don't do that, you scared me." Albertine placed a hand on her heart and chuckled. "I'm just texting my brother. I'm seeing if he's doing well. Since I'm here working at the South Korean post, my brother has to stay home alone for a week."

"You have a brother?"

"Mhm, he's the only family I have. At least, the only family I have with me."

"How old is he?" C.C. became interested.

"He just turned 15. He's old enough, so he could've tagged along with me and came. But, his body is too weak. He gets sick too easily."

"Are you two close?"

"Practically best friends. I would do anything for him. I miss him so much right now."

"Must be nice. Knowing you have someone you love and care about, and someone who loves and care about you back."

"Well, what about you? You have that Alan guy. Don't take it the wrong way, but he's not that bad of a looker." Albertine winked.

"Who? Oh, right, Alan." C.C. almost forgot about Lelouch's alias. "Yeah…. He's a great guy." She smiled, looking up into the night sky.

Albertine smiled. Her magenta eye gleamed. Her other eye: nothing. Just covered with a deep-brown fabric.

"Say, back there in the attack, when you find me and Lel- Alan, what did you do to that soildier?"

Albertine's eyes turned dark 'damn, she's onto me' she thought.

"I mean, it was pretty strange. Something took over his body and it seemed like he turned into someone's puppet in strings"

"Uh, well that was-"

"That geass power is quite amazing, isn't it?"

Albertine was speechless. Her eyes widened. "How do you know about geass?"

"Alberine…… I can trust you, right? You have the power of the gods. You know what it's like. I can trust you, right?"

"Well….. okay. But with what?

'Lelouch is going to kill me when he founds out I blew our covers. But somehow, I just know this girl is special.' C.C. thought. She took a deep breath.

That was the longest hour of her life. C.C. revealed everything. How Lelouch and her first met, the destroying of Shinjuku, the Black Rebellion, her previous work with geass. Everything

Albertine was speechless. Her expression was completely stoic, but in the inside, she was utterly shocked. She opened her mouth.

"Just a question…… but why me? Why are you telling me this?"

"Because I see, we relate to each other. We understand each other. We know what it's like, the benefits of the geass. But even you must understand there is a great burden of holding this much power."

Albertine was ecstatic. "Finally, someone who understands me!" She hugged C.C. tightly.

C.C. laughed. "I'm just so glad to be mortal again."

"Haha, was not being able to die that terrible?"

"Yes, you have no idea. By the way, you said you lived in the Britannian homeland, right?"

"Mhm"

"And you live near the imperial castle?"

"Yes, why?"

"I need your help. Help me re-unite Lelouch and his younger sister. I would do anything to have those two see each other again. Nunnally was heartbroken when Lelouch ran away with me."

"Wow. Alan, I mean Lelouch - I still can't believe he's Nunnally-denka's brother."

"Yeah, he's looked over her since she was seven."

"I'll do anything to help you and Lelouch. We should be going back to the homeland in two days. I'll be sure you two are on the flight back"

"Thank you, Albertine. I can't tell you how grateful I am."

"Not a problem Yuka- I mean, C.C."

'Just wait Nunnally. You'll see your brother soon. Just wait'