Rivalz, what's going on," I asked, irritated, as he pulled me into the student council room. He turned on the TV to the news; yes they had a TV in the student council room.
"Just watch," Rivalz told me, sitting down and staring at the TV.
The shot on the television was showing a Hotel. A reporter was speaking, "It's been almost an hour since the Lake Kawaguchi Convention Center Hotel was taken hostage by the terrorist group known as the Japanese Liberation Force. Just a few minutes ago we were informed that Zero has offered to help with the situation at hand-"
"Zero?" I looked at Rivalz, he looked sucked up in the information. His eyes were wide. "Rivalz, are you okay?"
"Kayla, don't you know where Millay, Nina, and Shirley are?" He asked me, shocked. I shook my head. Rivalz pointed at the TV, "right there! They're stuck in this whole thing." My eyes widened. Then something else hit me.
"Where's Lelouch, Suzaku, and Kallen?"
"I don't know," he told me blankly. There was a silence. "The news these days," Rivalz murmured.
"Huh?" I turned toward him, he looked distant.
"You know, all these terrorist popping up, almost every day something is happing." I nodded in agreement. First it was just small terrorist groups, and then Zero popped up, gaining power dangerously fast. Who knew what he'd do next. And now me, I had joined the fight. I looked at the screen. I wouldn't do it this way though. Not kidnapping innocent people. I mean sure, I kidnapped Cornelia, but that was different, right?
"I need some time alone Rivalz. I'll be in my room, okay?" I didn't wait for his answer. I'm not sure why, I wasn't best buddies with the student council but I wanted to save them, maybe because of the look on Rivalz face or maybe I cared more than I thought.
As much as I wanted to help the hostages I knew I couldn't. I got to my room and turned on the TV.
"Come on Zero, do something," I told the TV. I was trusting Zero to do what I couldn't. I sighed.
…
A few hours and a package of ramen later the whole thing was over. The hostages were free and Zero had announced The Black Nights. It was very dramatic, and I was somewhat proud. He hadn't formed a terrorist group, it was something more.
I flipped off the television and went out for a walk. Not long after getting outside I saw Lelouch. He was sitting on a bench. I walked over to sit next to him.
"So where were you today?" I asked. Funny how he'd asked me the same way the other day.
"You know," he smiled, "around." I looked into the distance. The sun was setting.
"You're watching the sunset?" I asked him. "You never stop surprising me Lelouch."
"I guess I'm just a surprising person," he murmured. "Nina, Shirley and Millay will be back soon, we should go see them."
"You go ahead; I'll talk to them tomorrow. In school…" I sighed.
"Okay, well, see you later then."
...
"Euphiemia was there? Wow, but you guys are okay, right," I asked Nina, Shirley, and Millay. Nina nodded, Shirley smiled.
"Oh we're all fine, we just couldn't believe it when she stood up and told everyone who she was," Millay told us. We were all standing in the hallway talking before class started. Lots of people were coming up to Millay, Nina and Shirley asking what the hostage situation had been like.
"That's good. I don't know what we'd do without you guys," Rivalz said. The bell rang and we all rushed to class. While walking to class I muttered, "Thank God Zero did something." I didn't notice Lelouch staring at me as I passed him into the classroom.
After school we had another student council meeting.
"So," Millay said, standing up professionally, "we need to discuss the coming up School Festival."
"Oh! That sounds so fun! I can't wait," Shirley said.
"Yes, we're going to be making a very large pizza and we need to make preparations." I kinda tuned the whole thing out until everyone started getting up and leaving.
"Oh, it's over," I told myself, standing up. I walked to the door and accidently bumped into Kallen.
"Oh, sorry, hey Kallen, where were you yesterday?" I asked.
"I was sick," she told me, smiling politely.
"Okay, well, see you around then," I waved as I walked toward my room.
When I got inside I closed to door and fell onto my bed looking at the ceiling.
"What next," I asked myself. I turned to my dresser and slide it opened. Inside sat two pieces of paper. I remembered why I'd gone to the ghettos in the first place. I sat up, now with my new Geass I could bring justice to my father's death (wow that was dramatic). Sure I wanted to change Britannia, but my father was important to me.
I walked into my bathroom and looked at myself in the large mirror. I brought my hand to my eye.
"I wonder," I muttered to myself. Could I use my Geass on myself? If so I could see just how I made those people feel.
"Alright," I activated my Geass and looked at myself in the mirror. The light of the room was sucked away along with the sound. Complete silence. I didn't know if my body was still in one piece because I couldn't feel anything. I couldn't even think. It was like being stuck in time.
Now I didn't think of this at the time but this was a very stupid thing to do. If I couldn't see or move then how could I turn off my Geass? Darkness was everywhere choking me, the only thought I got through my mind was, idiot.
The next thing I knew everything was way too loud. I heard every car, every footstep and someone saying my name.
"Kayla?"
I blinked and opened my eyes. I moaned. Light flooded into my eyes. Everything was way too bright. Then I felt my head pounding.
"Owie," I muttered. I slid my eyes open slightly. I was two purple eyes in the brightness. "Lelouch? Is that you?"
"Kayla! Your okay, what happened?" He asked me. I looked around, sitting up. We were sitting on the bathroom floor, I blinked and rubbed the back of my head.
"I was hoping you could tell me," I groaned.
"Well, I-I came to your room to see if you wanted to meet my sister. I knocked and you didn't answer. I was just about to leave when I heard something fall. The door was unlocked and I found you on the floor here. You don't remember anything?" He asked. I shook my head, and moaned. I stopped moving my head. Really I started to realize what must have happened. I must have used my Geass on myself and now I couldn't remember it.
"I'm fine really," I told him standing up. My head ached, "and I'd love to meet your sister." Lelouch placed a hand on my shoulder to steady me.
"If you're sure you're alright." I nodded.
….
"Nunally?" Lelouch called from the doorway. "I'm home, and I brought a friend I want you to meet." We walked in. When I saw Nunally the air stopped in my lungs for a second.
"Hello Nunally, it's good to meet you."
"Oh, hello, I love it when Lelouch brings friend home" Nunally said, smiling.
"This is Kayla," Lelouch told her.
"So Kayla, how are you liking it here, you're new to Ashford, right?"
"Yes I am, it's nice here," I told her. I wasn't totally lying.
"So what brought you to Ashford Academy?" She asked.
"Well, um…."
"I've been curious about that myself," Lelouch put in.
"I just wanted to change schools," I told them quickly. The conversation moved and then I told them I had to go.
"Oh you should walk her to her room Lelouch," Nunally told him.
"Okay," Lelouch smiled at me. We walked out the door and a long silence began. I finally broke it.
"Lelouch, there's something I said tonight that wasn't really true." "Oh? What was that," he smiled at me.
"I-I came to Ashford Academy because I was sent here by Britannia. My father… died and I didn't have anywhere to stay." I looked down at the floor. I started wondering why I'd told him that. Lelouch stopped walking; I looked up at him slowly. He was staring at me.
"Kayla," he said softly.
"It's no big deal, I mean I-" I started, even though it was a big deal to me. I looked down again, but his hand caught my chin, softly lifting it up. "Um."
"Of course it's a big deal, and I'm sorry," he told he, dropping his hand. I stared at him.
"And besides, I know how you feel," he told me.
"You do?" I asked. We were still standing in the middle of the hall, not far from my room, it was dark and no one was around.
"My mother died when I was young, tell me Kayla, how did he die," he looked at me intensely.
"He… he was murdered." I told him. After a long silence we started walking again. When we reached my room Lelouch finally spoke up.
"Thank you for telling me that," he said with a smile. "If you ever want to tell me anything, I'll listen."
"Thanks Lelouch, same for you."
