Return of Orange
(you've waited, and here is the reward for your patience)
Lelouch sat on a crate, staring at a the poster of Villeta and Ohgi's wedding, thinking. His infinity brand stood next to him in hot coals.
Kallen was sitting the cockpit of the Tiamat, familiarizing herself with the Knightmare that she would be fighting alongside Lelouch with. She looked at the manual and then looked for the control mentioned.
C.C. lounged in the background. S.S. sat in shadows to Lelouch's right.
Lelouch then stood up, picked up his brand, and burned the symbol on a picture of Jeremiah.
"Are you truly intending on killing him?" S.S. asked," He served you very well in the past." Lelouch set the brand back down.
"No," he answered," I intend on capturing him, and then revealing my identity." S.S. nodded.
"Well thought," the immortal said. C.C. looked over at Lelouch.
"How do you intend on capturing him?" she asked. Lelouch smiled.
"The same way I captured Kallen," he answered," They will try to flee Japan, and I will catch them." Kallen popped out of the cockpit.
"Should I come?" she asked. Lelouch nodded.
"Of course, they need to see what Crimson is capable of," he said. Kallen smiled, and went back to studying the Tiamat. All in all, she found it quite similar to the Guren, but some notable characteristics really stood out to her. It is even stronger than the Guren SEITEN! she thought to herself with a smile.
"You changed, Lelouch," C.C. said calmly," You used to be a strategist, never really appearing to fight, now you never consider strategy, you just fight." Lelouch turned to C.C..
"That was because there are no strategics in a one person fight, just tactics," he said," Now that I have another person, that might change." C.C. looked at Lelouch and she had a suspicion that he was trying to convince himself.
Back in Tokyo, Jeremiah was being evacuated. He insisted on not being escorted, but he still got one nonetheless. He was in a Vincent, with the repaired Tristan, repaired Mordred, semi-repaired Shen Hu, and repaired Zangetsu.
Jeremiah was not on edge, he wanted to meet Infinity face to face.
He soon got his wish, when Todoh shouted a warning.
"There he is!" he yelled. The Nidhoggr plowed into battle, Infinity at the helm.
"I'll take Infinity!" Gino yelled, and he charged in battle, swinging the swords. However, the Nidhoggr dodged, and carved the Tristan across with its claws, weakening it, but not putting it out of the show. Gino roared as he shot back towards Infinity, catching him by surprise, he plunged the Tristan's swords in the direction of the cockpit, but the Nidhoggr rolled and dodged the assault.
"This time I'll make sure you fall," Anya said calmly, and she readied the Mordred's super Hadron cannon. She began to fire it, but she was caught off guard by another Hadron cannon. Though it missed, Anya looked up to see a bright red, dragon-like Knightmare. It was the Tiamat. The pilot opened the line.
"I am Crimson!" she yelled.
"You're in the way," Anya said, and she charged up her cannon again, but Crimson shot the Tiamat forward, and grabbed the Mordred in its claws. It then activated the Radiant wave surge, forcing Anya to eject. The Mordred, Knightmare of the Knight of Six, was completely destroyed by the Tiamat, Knightmare of Crimson.
"Just like the Guren!" Todoh yelled, and he shot in the direction of Crimson, and brought his sword down on the Tiamat, but the dragon held up its wing, and blocked the attack. The Tiamat then brought forth its claw. Todoh growled and shot back. When the attack halted, showing it could not extend, Todoh smirked.
"Nice try," he gloated. But then something unexpected happened, the claw disconnected from the arm, and shot forward, propelled by rockets on it back. Crimson smirked under her helmet, she then twisted the control stick, steering the hand. She brought it down on the Zangetsu.
Fortunately, Todoh blocked it with his sword, but Crimson pressed a button, causing it explode. The Zangetsu backed up quickly.
Meanwhile, Gino was desperately trying to combat the Nidhoggr with the Tristan, but it was only having a minimal effect. Infinity grinned under his mask. That was when he forgot about Jeremiah.
Jeremiah yelled as he brought down the Vincent's weapon on the Nidhoggr, but the dragon held up its wing, and blocked the attack. The Nidhoggr then swung its tail, swatting both the Tristan and the Vincent down.
At the same time, the Shen Hu crept up, and struck down on the Tiamat. However, it dodged. Xingke smiled, noticing the hand was still chasing Todoh.
"Your Knightmare's detachable claw is useful, but it leaves you vulnerable!" Xingke yelled. The Shen Hu then struck.
"It does now?" Crimson sneered, before she struck forward with the Tiamat's other claw, and grabbed onto the Shen Hu's other arm. She then activated the radiant wave surge again, blowing off the Chinese Knightmare's arm clean off.
"Radiant Wave Surger in both arms," Crimson sneered, as her Knightmare's other hand finally reattached. Before Xingke could react, the Tiamat grabbed his Knightmare's other arm, and blew it off as well. Todoh then struck, but Crimson effortlessly struck him down.
During all that, Infinity had bisected the Tristan, as well as taken off its head But that wasn't enough. The Nidhoggr charged up its Hadron Cannon. Gino quickly used the escape pod, but the torso of the Tristan was still vulnerable. Infinity fired, and the Tristan Divider was permanently destroyed.
Now with Gino out of the way, the Nidhoggr was capable of prying open the cockpit of the Vincent that Jeremiah was in. When it did, the dragon grabbed the pilot.
"Crimson!" Infinity yelled.
"Yes Infinity!" Crimson responded, and together they shot away.
Anya looked up from her escape pod on the ground as she watched the the two dragons disappear into the horizon. Todoh and Xingke watched from their ruined Knightmares, neither of them hoping to catch up. Gino slammed the side of the pod in frustration and a little bit of sorrow. Both his Knightmare and Anya's, were utterly destroyed.
At S.S.'s warehouse, the Nidhoggr gently set Jeremiah down.
"Good to see you are alright," Crimson said as she landed and climbed out of the Tiamat. Jeremiah glared daggers and he revealed both of his blades.
"Face me and see how alright I am!" Jeremiah challenged. Crimson then removed her helmet. Kallen shook her head slightly to get her hair free. Jeremiah froze.
"Kozuki?" he asked in shock.
"Actually, I don't know," Kallen said," I'm not sure wether or not I am Kallen Kozuki or Kallen Stadfeld." Jeremiah just stared.
"You truly are easy to surprise when it comes to these sorts of things," Infinity said as he jumped out to face Jeremiah. Suddenly, he found his neck being poked by one of Jeremiah's blades.
"Alright, now you explain!" he demanded. Infinity chuckled.
"You truly haven't changed, Orange," he said. Jeremiah tensed angrily.
"Only one person has the right to call me that!" he snapped as he got ready. Infinity held up his hand when Kallen tensed up to attack.
"Like I said, you haven't changed," Infinity said as he removed his mask.
Jeremiah became as still as a statue.
"It has been a long time, Lord Jeremiah," Lelouch said. Jeremiah actually fell back onto his rear.
"Is it... really you?" he stuttered, Lelouch nodded. Jeremiah suddenly got up and onto his knee.
"Your majesty!" he said respectively," It is an honor to stand in your presence again! But I must ask, how are you here? I was one of the many who saw your death." Lelouch grinned.
"It is a long story," he said," All we be explained later."
"Yes, your majesty!" Jeremiah responded, standing.
"Jeremiah Gottwald," C.C. said as she appeared," It has been a long time." Jeremiah turned.
"C.C.," he said, looking at the immortal. C.C. nodded. The sound of footsteps followed.
"At long last I get to meet the legendary follower of not Zero, but Emperor Lelouch," S.S. as he approached Jeremiah. Jeremiah looked at him suspiciously.
"An you are?"
"S.S.," the immortal answered, offering his hand," The one you have to thank for Lelouch being with us now." Jeremiah looked at the hand before shaking it.
"S.S.?" he echoed," Does that mean..." S.S. pointed to his back.
"I see," Jeremiah said.
"So, can I consider you an ally?" Lelouch questioned. Jeremiah bowed his head to Lelouch.
"Yes, your majesty!" Jeremiah said. S.S. smiled.
"Then you will need a good fighting instrument," he said, and he pointed to another massive Knightmare. It was about the size of the Siegfried. It had the same color scheme with the spikes all along its back. It had a head shaped like a dinosaur, and a long horn. It had two legs on the back, and wings that resembled the Nidhoggr and Tiamat's.
"This is the Fafnir," S.S. said," It operates the same way as the Siegfried did." Jeremiah looked up at in awe, it was an amazing Knightmare. He then paused.
"How did you get your hands on this?" he questioned. Kallen and Lelouch were wondering that as well. They had no knowledge as to how S.S. had the access to just about everything he seemed to need. Instead of answering, the immortal turned and left.
Jeremiah then bowed to Lelouch.
"Once again, I swear my undying loyalty to you," he vowed. Lelouch grinned, soon, his revenge would complete.
(interesting piece of trivia, Siegfried was actually the knight that slew the dragon Fafnir) (PS, I'm in need of some ideas, and I am very willing to take some)