Code Geass: Brand New World

Episode 1: The Two Emperors

Part 4

Author's Note: I have no connection to Sunrise, CLAMP, Bandai, and all those lovely people. As a fan of Code Geass, I am inexplicably drawn to the universe to write fanfiction in. Much like my Rivalz fanfiction (which I probably will return to much later) this world is non cannon and should only be used for non-profit entertainment purposes only. Please support the official release.

The date was August 10, 2015 of the Imperial Calendar. On the fifth anniversary of the subjugation of Japan and the incorporation of Area Eleven, Charles zi Britannia, the 98th Emperor of Britannia, was poisoned by his own son, eleventh prince Lelouch vi Britannia, last remaining of the vi Britannia. In the following coup, he executed princes Odysseus and Schneizel, his main opponents to his rule, and transferred his militaristic siblings away from the palaces at Pendragon. Taking upon the title of 99th Emperor, Lelouch is determined to keep his Empire under an iron grasp...

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In the darkness of the abandoned tunnels under Shinjuku, a stolen military truck stood, stuck in a ditch in the ground.

"Is it safe?" Naoto asked through the radio, his voice distorted.

Miname jumped out of the truck, still holding onto the radio he used to communicate with the terrorist leader. "I'm checking on it now," he replied, pulling the release lever on the side of the truck as he did so. The side fell open, revealing the sparse insides of the truck. Two guards, responsible for guarding the package, were dead, sprayed with bullets when MIname and Nagata first hijacked the truck. However the package stood with nary a scratch, a spherical container with incomprehensible hoses and dials stuck to it, almost at random.

"Aye, it's safe," Miname replied, "nobody's going to get to it in a while. But they're going to find it eventually Naoto. What are we supposed to do? Open it?"

"Are you nuts?" Naoto nearly cried through the radio, "If it is really poison gas as our informant said, opening it without the proper tools could doom all of Shinjuku!"

Miname winced at Naoto's outburst, "You're right. But I can't move it with the truck stuck down here. And with Nagata..." He glanced back at the bloody body in the passenger seat of the truck.

After a moment of silence, Naoto responded, "There's nothing we can do for him now. Meet me at the North entrance, I'll disengage and help you move it out of the ghetto, where they can't find it.

"Yes sir." Miname replied and, with a last look back at the still body of his friend, he dashed off.

...

Quietly, the two terrorists made their way down the tunnel, feeling their way through the darkness. Kallen lead the way, her weapon at the ready, eyes and ears keeping watch for any movement. Lelouch followed behind, eyes darting around, noticing familiar details in the tunnel.

"We're close," Lelouch muttered, "I remember this place."

Kallen turned back and whispered, "Are you sure?"

Lelouch nodded and pointed down the tunnel. Turning back, Kallen saw for the first time in a year the truck. It was different than the one she and Naoto used to carry out the poison gas in their universe; it was a military vehicle, for one, practically a tank with the amount of armor covering it. It was smaller too, but the extra plating gave it a feeling of incredible density.

The side door was open too, revealing a familiar object inside.

"Unbelieveable," Kallen whispered as they both approached the truck, "even in this universe, the truck is here. It's like everything's different and yet..."

"I know," Lelouch muttered back, climbing into the open door. "This clearly isn't the truck you used to carry CC." He ran his hands over the bullet marks embedded into the side of the vehicle. "It looks like this was stolen from a convoy in this time..."

Kallen whistled, "Not even Naoto was that crazy."

Lelouch turned to the container inside the truck, not commenting on Kallen's brother. He frowned as he felt the sides of the container, "How do you get this open?"

Kallen peered into their dark surroundings. "How did you get it open before?"

"I didn't," Lelouch replied, 'It just opened on its own after..." He suddenly hissed and turned around, scanning the tunnel around him.

Kallen heard him and raised her pistol, pointing it at the shadowy shapes. "What did you see Lelouch?" Kallen whispered.

Several tense moments of silence later, Lelouch sighed, turning back to the container. "Nothing," he replied, "I was just half expecting to be knocked to the ground by a spinning kick." Kallen glanced up in confusion. "If things were truly going by the original schedule, this would be the point at which Suzaku would show up." Kallen turned away, understanding. "Then I would chew him out, he would accuse me of being a terrorist, and then the container would just..."

Suddenly, Lelouch's hands caught an edge, depressing a hidden button. A whirr came from the device as laser lights suddenly emerged from the top, scanning Lelouch's shocked face and eyes. As suddenly as it had started it stopped, and the truck was silent again.

"What...?" Kallen started to ask, but was soon caught off guard as the container fell apart in a blinding flash of light that caused Lelouch to stumble back, nearly falling off the edge of the truck. Tubes and nozzles disconnected as the panels that made up the sides of the container fell off, revealing its occupant. The green-haired girl inside was suspended for a moment in a gel-like substance before falling to the floor of the truck.

"CC..." Lelouch whispered.

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"Kannon, what happened?"

Kannon turned around at the sound of his majesty's voice. Apparently the Emperor had heard his butler's instinctive gasp when the package's faint signal disappeared altogether, signifying one thing. Nervously, Kannon stood and turned to find the Emperor risen out of his seat and stared into his eyes.

"Your majesty..." Kannon stuttered, "The package has..."

The Emperor's eyes narrowed in fury.

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Author's Note: Well I can blame homework for this brief delay, that and not knowing exactly what the heck I was going to write in this part. Still, there's only one part remaining, and we all know what happens at the end of episode one, but it needs to be written. It's a short part, I know, but hang on and the last part of episode one will be up. Until then, read and review!