Sorry for the late update, but I hit some writers block on the month of July and in August College classes started. But here's Chapter 4 and it's a real treat. It's a long chapter and for this I'm really proud. Can't believe I wrote something this long. But I was really motivated or I guess I should say inspired to write this chapter. Really this chapter wrote itself. I couldn't put the pencil down and now I'm writing the chapter for you guys. I appreciate the support for this story and for waiting for this chapter for three months, well, almost three months. But now here it is. The awaited Chapter 4. Also thanks for all the people that have been reviewing, favoring, putting this story on your alert lists. I really appreciate it. Here is the awaited Chapter 4.
Fourth Evening
Summary: On an evening ball in Pendragon, one of the E.U. important family members attends. The only problem that everyone encounters with this family is the strong resemblance with Lelouch. But, why is this? Is it just coincidence, or is there something more sinister going on?
Chapter Summary: On a bid to get what he wants, Sir Mark makes a deal with a mercenary. Luanns' three brothers come home with him and a bit of Luanns' past is revealed. The more things are revealed, the more mystery surrounds the Black Family.
Warning: Use of different languages. At the end there are going to be translations, just like before, so don't worry if you don't understand. Everything shall be at the end of the story.
Memories.
Fourth Evening
His happiness and Sir Mark strange deal
"Back away you monster. You don't deserve to live!"
"Have you seen his eyes?"
"Those are the eyes of a monster"
"Those red eyes…"
"You're nothing but a monster. You don't deserve this life!"
"Monster!" "Monster!" "Monster!" "Monster!"
"FORGET!"
Rain and thunder could be seen from inside a window. The figure inside was moving restlessly on the bed, and sweat clung onto the figures forehead, and clumps of hair clung to the figures' face. A clap of thunder and the figure on the bed woke up gasping for breath. Another clap of thunder and light enter through the window of the bedroom towards the boy on the bed. The boy on the bed was Luann.
'What was I dreaming? I can't remember' was his consistent thought. For him, it was palpable, crucial that he remember, but something was preventing him from remembering. It was there, he could almost taste it, but like all dreams are, once you wake up, it's difficult to remember, and the more you try to remember you find that you can't remember anymore what you dreamt about.
'I better make tea. It's almost 4 a.m.' he thought and got out of bed. 'Better take a shower first' and he went into the bathroom. While he was in the shower, he let his thoughts wonder towards five days ago.
Five days ago
When the dust cloud settled, only one winner was left standing with a sword pointing at the other.
It was showing that the Guren was on the earth floor with Genesis sword pointing at its throat. Everyone was speechless by the loss of the Guren and the win of the Genesis, but not more so than Rakshata, the one who made the Guren. Lloyd was almost salivating at the thought of taking this new Knightmare Frame apart piece by piece and meeting the person who made and design it.
The Genesis back off towards a safe distance from the Guren and powered down. When this happened, the pilots' cockpit open and Luann came out. What no one – apart from Luanns' people, Kallen, Zero and the Empress – noticed was how weary and tired Luann looked after he came out of the Genesis cockpit. It wasn't until Luann touched the ground that they all noticed how bad it was. Luanns' legs were trembling, but not so much that he would fall to the floor, but enough to be noticed by the few observant people.
Luann was woken up from his thoughts by a huge clap of thunder. He got out of the shower and while he was drying himself with a towel, a few scars could be seen here and there. After he dried himself and dressed, the first thing he did was look for the hour in one of the many clocks on the house. In the kitchen, the clock read that it was exactly 5 o'clock in the morning. While making tea, a soothing music could be heard from the radio that was in the kitchen counter, but it was far enough away from the dishwater so it couldn't get any water.
While the tea was making, he turn off the radio, to turn on the 52" (inch) plasma TV to see what was on the news. Nothing interesting was on, so he turned it off and switch on the radio to hear the soothing music again.
When the pot started screeching that the water was hot, Luann got up to turn it off, and he put the tea leaves in the water. Once this was done, he pours the tea in a tea cup and went towards the living room with the soothing music still on. Once he sat down, he started thinking again about what happened five days ago.
"Germaine, nehmen Sie es weg.(1) Lizbeth, assicurarsi che in cinque giorni, chiunque si sente a casa mia. Sono sicuro che ognuno di noi ha domande e io risponderò loro allora.(2) Miashka, aduce aceste pastile, și să le aducă rapid"(3), said Luann in a hurry with a strained voice, barely noticeable to everyone else.
When Luann started walking back towards where Zero, Nunnally and everyone else was, Nunnally was the first to ask a question. Well, she tried, but was interrupted by Luann before she could speak.
"All your questions shall be answered five days from now. Someone shall be waiting for you and your companions to take you to my home by plane and car. You shall all know then" and Luann left without another word.
Everyone else was left speechless with how rude Luann was with the empress and with everyone else.
When Luann left the stadium and the party altogether he said to Sasha to prepare everything and leave nothing to do on the fifth day.
"Takzhe pozvonite imperatritsy na tretiy den' i sprashivat', skol'ko lyudey prikhodit, i ne ubedites', sdelat' predvaritel'nyy zakaz dlya biletov na samolet. YA ne khochu, lyubyye neudachi . Vse, chto ya dolzhen sdelat' , chtoby peremestit' yego na sleduyushchiy den' posle vstrechi. Teper', chto dobavit' Sasha ?" (4)
"Net, ser. Tol'ko to, chto vashi mladshiye brat'ya dolzhny prikhodit' na tochno takoy zhe den', pyat' dney s segodnyashnego dnya " (5)
"Khm" Sigh "Ubedites', chto vse idet po grafiku. YA budu zabotit'sya o moikh brat'yev , kogda pridet vremya . Teper', davayte idti domoy i nemnogo otdokhnut'. My poluchili neskol'ko bespokoynykh dney vperedi nas" (6) finished Luann saying to Sasha.
After this, Luann left.
A phone ringing woke Luann from his memories and he went to pick it up.
"Yes? Who is it?"
"BIG BROTHER! Can you pick us up in two hours?"
Sigh. "Did you have to scream right in my ear Lucian? Pass me to Leon."
A distant conversation could be heard through the phone and then a new voice was heard.
"What is it, brother?" asked a more cultured but young voice.
"From which airport am I supposed to pick you all up? By the way, how's Chenova?" asked Luann, slightly worried at the second question.
"He's getting better all the time. I can put him on the phone for you if you like brother."
"Please do that, Leon."
"Alright. I'll be right back" and Leon left the phone on hold.
For a few minutes of silence, the only thing that Luann could be thinking about was his youngest brother health. When Leon came back on the phone, Luann came back from his thoughts and paid attention to what Leon was saying.
"He's asleep at the moment, but everything is fine."
"Thank god."
"So…uh, um…are you going to pick us up? We're landing at Q. Vic. Int. Airport."
"Sure. Just make sure to be ready to get in the car and leave fast. Oh, and do take care of your brothers and yourself."
"Will do, brother. Take care."
"Yeah."
And the conversation finished on this happy note.
"Two hours, huh. What time is it?" and he looked towards the clock which read that it was 6:45 am.
'So that gives me until 8:20 to ready a few things in the house. I better get to them' and Luann got up and started preparing breakfast and cleaning at the same time.
If someone saw Luann now and compared him to the one from five days ago, people would say that they were completely different beings entirely. After completing what he wanted in an hour, he went and prepared himself.
He got dressed in tight thigh short jeans, a black tank top, a bracelet, a ring on the middle finger, sunglasses, beach sandals, and his hair was done in a high ponytail with two side bangs framing his face. In short, Luann looked like someone who was going to the beach.
He got in the car and got out of the drive way and into the road.
When he was close to the airport, some kind of traffic jammed was blocking everyone from going too fast or too slow and advancing forward.
While Luann was waiting for the cars in front of him to move, an SUV moved to the front on his left. The people that were inside were teenagers joking and jerking around. When all of them moved their heads towards their right, they found Luann immediately. One of them, the one on the passenger seat and the one closest to Luann decided that this beautiful 'girl' was all his. Since Luann had all his windows down, it would be easy to talk to him. When (I'm going to name them Jerk #1 and so forth.) jerk #1 roll down his window he said:
"Hey there beautiful. Why don't you ditch where ever you're going and come with me? We could have a great time. Those legs of yours are to die for, baby!" and he started laughing along with his friends.
"Come on, beautiful. Ditch whatever you're doing and stay with us" voiced jerk #2 and he started laughing with his friends following him thinking that this beautiful girl would not be able to resist them.
What Luann did next, no one shall know, since as of right now, no one recognized him. He pulled the finger and told the jerks that were pestering him, to go fuck themselves in a pit filled with lava and burn themselves while they're at it. After that he rolled up the tinted windows and turn on the air conditioner.
Finally, the traffic jammed started moving again and Luann left behind those ignorant fools. When the exit towards the airport came into view, Luann took it, and in less than five minutes later he was in the airport looking for a nice parking space close to the front doors of the airport so that his brothers could see him when they got out of the front doors.
He found a good parking space, turn off the car and got out, ready to wait a little. He didn't have to wait long, since only five minutes have passed since he got to the airport, and he could already see three raven heads coming out of the front doors of the airport. Once those three raven heads saw Luann, running as fast as their legs allowed them, they took off towards him. They put their bags in the trunk, got in the car and drove off towards their home.
While this was happening, somewhere else a deal was being made.
Unknown location
"Are you sure it's going to work?" asked someone, making sure of some kind of transaction was going to go right.
"Really, Sir Mark? Must you doubt me?" asked another person. "Now, care to tell me, who's the person you want me, and my men, to capture for you."
"The person I want you to capture for me is…", a deep breath and, "Luann Alois Black"
A heavy silence filled the area. The atmosphere was tense and it could be broken with a knife, but it was broken by a resounding laugh from the man in front of Sir Mark.
"Well, well. You caught my interest. And, how do you propose I should capture the most powerful man in the E.U., Sir Mark? I don't suppose you have some kind of weakness, liability that could be used against him, right?"
"Actually, he does have a weakness. Three younger brothers. Let me see here" and he kept looking in his pockets, trying to find something. It wasn't until five minutes later that he found what he was looking for. Three photographs of three young raven headed boys; all three of them a year and two apart. "Here you go. His three younger brothers. He's very protective of them, so once you capture them, he'll surely come."
The man was looking at the three photographs with careful precision and formulating plans on how capture these three children.
"They're oddly beautiful, aren't they, Sir Mark?" finished this man saying with an odd glint in his eye.
"Well, yes they are, but they're not comparable with their brother, which is the one that I want. You can keep his brothers if you want. Can you do it?"
Laughing. "Of course I can do it. When and where."
"Here's his address. This week if possible."
"Alright. Give me five days to plan everything out. On the evening of the sixth day, we'll attack."
"That fast? I mean, not that I'm complaining, but…"
"Don't worry my good sir, it shall be done. Now, about the payment"
"Right, of course"
After an hour of discussing prices, they came to an agreement. After this agreement, Sir Mark left in a giddy state with what was about to happen in five days' time. For what he considered 'his', he would do anything; even ruin other peoples' lives to get what he wants.
'I will finally have you in my grasp, my little raven. Just you wait' was the thought of Sir Mark, and he left the place he was meeting at with a chilling smirk plastered on his face.
With Luann and his brothers
Inside the car, there was laughter, and everyone was happy. It would be a huge surprise, passed those five days, but not only for the family of four, but for those kidnapping them too. But for now, everything was fine with no trouble at all.
When they got home, everyone was happy, including Luann, who was smiling at the antics of his brothers. They all, except Luann, sat on the dinner table.
"Now, now children. No fighting on the dinner table. I already made breakfast, so you can begin eating. I'll be in the living room, watching the news."
"Sure thing, big brother" all three of them said at the same time, making Luann chuckle softly and gain a soft and gentle look in his eyes. Because of this, his face became relaxed and younger looking. After that, he left, while the three children ate to their hearts contents.
Once they finished, they decided to go the living room and stay with Luann, to make him company. But when they got there, Luann was breathing deeply, fast asleep. They all wanted to rest too, with Luann, but before they all could go to sleep in the embrace of their beloved brother, the doorbell rang.
"Lucian, check who it is. Chenova, stay with Luann. I'll be right behind you Lucian" said Leon in a commanding voice.
Lucian and Chenova did what was told of them without complaint, since they couldn't argue with their older brother when he used that tone of voice.
When Lucian opened the door, a bunch of people were there. Before he could speak, a cold tone of voice asked them:
"Who are you? What's your purpose and what are you all doing here?"
End of Fourth Evening
Here are the translations of the languages used in the story. Bold is for the language used in the story and Italics is for the translation in English.
Translations:
1) German - English: Germaine, nehmen Sie es weg - Germaine, take it away
2) Italian - English: assicurarsi che in cinque giorni, chiunque si sente a casa mia. Sono sicuro che ognuno di noi ha domande e io risponderò loro allora - make sure that in five days, everyone gets to my house. I'm sure everyone has questions and I will answer them then.
3) Romanian - English: Miashka, aduce aceste pastile, și să le aducă rapid - Miashka, bring this pills and bring them quickly.
4) Russian - English: Takzhe pozvonite imperatritsy na tretiy den' i sprashivat', skol'ko lyudey prikhodit, i ne ubedites', sdelat' predvaritel'nyy zakaz dlya biletov na samolet. YA ne khochu, lyubyye neudachi . Vse, chto ya dolzhen sdelat' , chtoby peremestit' yego na sleduyushchiy den' posle vstrechi. Teper', chto dobavit' Sasha ? - Also, call the empress on the third day and ask how many people are coming, and do make sure to make reservations for the plane tickets. I don't want any mishaps. Anything I have to do, move it to the day after the meeting. Now, anything to add Sasha?
5) Russian – English: Net, ser. Tol'ko to, chto vashi mladshiye brat'ya dolzhny prikhodit' na tochno takoy zhe den', pyat' dney s segodnyashnego dnya - No, sir. Just that your younger brothers shall be coming on the exact same day, five days from today.
6) Russian – English: Khm. Ubedites', chto vse idet po grafiku. YA budu zabotit'sya o moikh brat'yev , kogda pridet vremya . Teper', davayte idti domoy i nemnogo otdokhnut'. My poluchili neskol'ko bespokoynykh dney vperedi nas. - Hmm. Make sure everything goes as schedule. I'll take care of my brothers when the time comes. Now, let's go home and get some rest. We got a few hectic days ahead of us.