What Happens on Headquarters
By: C.C.
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Chapter 10: Life or Death
The porthole was fairly small, so that wasn't much of a problem, seeing that they were all fairly skinny. They were all quite small, in fact, including C.C. with her pizza stomach.
Lelouch was about to go out, but he saw C.C. trying to get over to something. "C.C., what the heck are you doing?" he asked, thinking that she was probably trying to save a box of pizza or something.
"You can't swim all the way up to the top! I'm getting you something you can breath into."
She opened a cabinet where there were all sorts of stuff; emergency gear, diving gear, canned food, bottled waters, lifejackets, goggles, things along that nature.
"C.C., the water's coming in fast!" yelled Kallen.
"Here, put this on!" she said, throwing them both diving gear to put on.
"We don't have the time to put that on!" yelled Lelouch.
"Well, then, you're gonna have to stop complaining and hurry if you expect to make it out of here alive!" C.C. didn't have to worry about being dead or alive, because she was an immortal, and would make it out of here alive no matter what. All she was worried about was if the two of them made it out.
Kallen and Lelouch looked at each other, and shrugged as they started to slip it on over their clothes. Lelouch had to take off his cape, but left the rest on under it.
As they put it all on, the water was rising up higher and higher, and by the time they were ready, it was higher then their hips.
"C.C., don't you need any on?" asked Kallen, forgetting for a moment what she was.
"Like the immortal witch needs diving gear on?" she said. "There's no way that we're gonna be able to get out through that porthole. Is there a hatch anywhere?"
"I think so," said Lelouch, moving the carpet. "I completely forgot about that, though!"
Under the carpet, there was a hatch that was big enough for them all to get out. "When I open it, though, water will come pouring in. I'll need you to go through as fast as you can, and I'll come out after you."
"C.C., you help Lelouch because, let's face it, there's no way he can get up there all on his own. He'll drown even with the diving gear on!" said Kallen.
"Alright, but you go out first. I'll drag him along with me," said C.C.
Lelouch began to grow impatient, and decided that when they got out of this, if they got out of this, he would start going to a gym. Heck, he might even get Suzaku to do it with him.
He grabbed the handle for the hatchet, and started to pull, but wouldn't even budge. He was even sweating, and Kallen and C.C. were snickering at his lack of physical strength.
"Maybe I should open it," said Kallen as he gave up.
"No kidding," he said, taking a deep breath. "Yeah, C.C., I think I'll be needing that help."
Kallen went over to the hatch and pulled it open, easily, but didn't have time to give Lelouch a 'see, wasn't that easy' look because, like he said, water was flooding in.
Kallen jumped into the water, and started to swim out, but C.C. held back for a moment.
"Come on!" said Lelouch.
C.C. just looked at him, then pulled his mask off for a minute, and stole a kiss only for a moment, then pulled back. "That's just in case you don't make it out," she said, putting the mask back on him in a swift manner, then grabbed his arm, and she dragged him out of the sub.
When they got out, they saw Kallen, looking at them like 'what took you so long?' She left it alone, though, because all they wanted now was to get to surface.
To Be continued…
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