His Actions
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass. If I did, I would have ended the show with Lelouch knocking on Kallen's doorstep. However, I would like to claim my unique characters. So… you know.
Guys, I am so, so, very sorry to say this, but this is the last update for a while.
I am going to serve a service mission for the next two years. I really wanted to finish this story before I left but I guess things never really go according to plan.
I am even more sorry that this update isn't long, but I didn't have enough time.
Please, enjoy.
Chapter 6: Ambush
The new arrivals to Lelouch's staff escorted the former captives to a nearby abandoned building, to debrief.
"Are you alright, Kallen?" Lelouch asked while he was tended to by pretty much all of the female staff members.
"I'm fine," Kallen replied, sounding more irritated than she had intended. The tabloids had always talked about the prince's popularity, but Kallen had always assumed that the writers were always distorting the truth. Now she knew that the tabloids weren't so far off. Literally, Lelouch was surrounded by ten… exotic beauties.
"Lucille, could you please stop that?" Lelouch asked, flinching. Lucille, apparently Jeremiah's ward, was disinfecting a minor cut above Lelouch's eyebrow.
"Forgive me, your highness," the girl stated rather unapologetically, continuing her efforts.
"Your highness, what course of action should we take now that you're safe?" Jeremiah asked.
"Are we finally done with being a part of Britannia, your highness?" Gale asked. The usually indifferent man's eyes were fierce, mercilessly icy.
"John, do you know who ordered my assassination?" Lelouch asked after pondering momentarily.
"No, only the head OSI officer knew," John replied. They then began a discussion of what to do.
Meanwhile, Kallen was still seething. She was not proud of it, all things considered. They were in a warzone! Even if she felt ridiculous, she couldn't help but feel….
"Jealous, Lady Kallen?" Natalia whispered. She had been double checking Kallen for any wounds.
"What? I have no idea what you're talking about," Kallen lied rather awkwardly.
"It isn't easy is it?" Natalia asked, ignoring Kallen's denial, "Sharing the prince."
Kallen looked up at the "maid." The blonde was staring at Lelouch with a gaze of longing.
"Natalia, what exactly is the story between you and Lelouch?" Kallen asked.
"I could ask you the same question, Lady Kallen," Natalia replied.
"He's never mentioned me?" Kallen asked.
"Well, I know that you and the prince were friends before Lady Nunnally's passing," Natalia replied, "However, the prince found me shortly after her death."
"I can see how he would forget to mention me after that," Kallen stated with an understanding nod.
"It's nothing special, really. We met at his sister's birthday party," Kallen stated.
"What about you?" Kallen asked.
"I tried to pickpocket Jeremiah and I was caught," Natalia replied ruefully, obviously embarrassed. Kallen stared at her with shock.
"What did Jeremiah do?" Kallen asked.
"Well, he grabbed my arm and tried to get me to apologize," Natalia replied.
"Why were you pickpocketing him in the first place?" Kallen asked.
"I was an orphan living on the streets," Natalia replied with a distant expression, "it was what I had to do to survive."
Was?
"His highness told Jeremiah to unhand me and approached me," Natalia recalled. She seemed to be reliving the moment, her eyes staring at the prince.
"I hated him at that moment," the blonde stated, "I thought that he believed himself to be superior, and that he was taking pity on me."
"I was wrong."
"He offered me his hand and asked me if I wanted to live in a gentler world," Natalia said.
"I took his hand… and here I am today," Natalia said. If felt like she was leaving out a lot of details. Kallen recalled that Natalia had several scars on her back when they had been in the school's locker room. Perhaps, it was too painful for her to talk about.
What has this girl gone through?
"Lady Kallen, why are you staring at me like that?" Natalia asked.
"Well, I can see why you'd like him," Kallen stated.
"I don't like his highness," Natalia said, shaking her head.
"I love him."
"Love? That's a pretty loaded word," Kallen said, taken aback by the bold remark, causing Natalia to giggle.
"I forget that you are still a high school student," Natalia said. Kallen supposed she was right; love in high school was well… not really love.
"Wait, I thought you were my age," Kallen said.
"I am," Natalia replied.
"What? You're a hypocrite!" Kallen said, frustrated.
"Lady Kallen, I was merely joking," Natalia said, appeasing her fiery friend.
"However, I do love his highness," Natalia then said seriously.
"I would give my life for him, even stand by him after he is married to another."
Kallen pondered on her words.
"To another?" Kallen asked.
"He is a prince, and I am merely a maid," Natalia stated depressingly.
"You really believe that Lelouch would think in such a manner?" Kallen asked.
The blonde seemed to answer the question in her head. She then blushed furiously at the prospects of a relationship between her and Lelouch.
Kallen guessed that Natalia was too scared to fantasize about such possibilities.
"Your highness, there's some movement in the area," a voice sounded from their radio comm.
"Japanese or Britannian?" Lelouch asked.
"No knightmares signals, I believe they're Japanese. The targets are moving quite fast."
"We will use our knightmares to neutralize them."
"Don't kill them!" Kallen exclaimed. The staff on the other side of the radio ignored her. Gunfire suddenly erupted.
"Your highness, we must take you to safe location!" Jeremiah exclaimed.
"No, I'm not leaving anyone behind," Lelouch said adamantly. He then took the radio.
"Do you have a visual of the targets?" Lelouch asked.
"They're ninjas!"
Everyone fell silent, uncertain if they had heard correctly.
"They're dodging our gunfire! Look out Matthew! They're planting explosives on your cockpit!"
An explosion followed the voice.
"Rocket fire!"
More explosions sounded.
"Reia? Come in, Reia?" Lelouch asked through the radio. An eerie silence settled.
"I'm going out there," Lelouch said as he began walking towards the door.
"Your highness!" all of the staff members exclaimed.
"I will not let any more of my family to die," was all Lelouch said as he left.
Two Japanese dressed in special ops clothing stood from the top of a building. Their faces were covered by black cloth.
"This is surprising the prince is coming out of the building, by himself," one of them said, a woman. In the distance, Lelouch was approaching the knightmare remains.
"What should we do, Master Shinozaki?"
"Have the snipers been captured?" the woman asked.
"Yes," the other soldier replied.
"Do not approach until I give the order," the woman then said, speaking into an earpiece.
Surprisingly, none of the prince's staff were following outside to protect him. This surprised the woman.
"I give myself up, let the others go!" Lelouch exclaimed with his hands up, "No one else needs to die!"
The woman was taken aback.
"Show him the captives," the woman ordered through the earpiece.
So, they didn't kill anyone.
Lelouch sighed in relief. The Japanese Special Forces approached with the three neutralized knightmare pilots, handguns aimed at their prisoners' heads.
"What are you going to do, Master Shinozaki?"
"Our orders are to kill the prince," the woman's subordinate stated.
For some reason the woman seemed unwilling to give the kill order.
"I want to meet this prince," the woman stated. Her subordinate stared at her with surprise.
"Strike him down and see what his men do," the woman then ordered.
I will be back in two years. Thank you for all your support.
During this time I would appreciate your input, where you want this to go and why.
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1. Keep Lelouch as a prince of Britannia.
2. Have Lelouch be 'killed.'
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