YAY my exams are officially over today! I'm really sorry I didn't write during them, but the math exams were brutal and there was just so much to focus on. I'm sorry if this chapter isn't as good as the others, my brain is pretty much drained.

On another note, this story has reached 10'000 views! Shit, I did not expect this. Thank you all for your support, I really appreciate it.

Lelouch rushed through the hallways, eyes searching the non-stop flow of people in the palaces walls. People looked at him confused as he charged through the halls, but none-the-less made an effort to get out of his way.

Lelouch had made a good guess that they weren't at their office- if they had an office yet, so he had opted to searching all the halls without discrimination. He made a small skid at a corner in the hall to be relieved to spot Abigail exiting what looked like an office room.

Lelouch headed towards her in a controlled and authoritative manor as possible, despite being in a complete state of panic behind his mask. What if it wasn't her? What was he going to do with her anyway? If worst came to worst, he could always use his geass on her.

Lelouch grabbed Abigail's shoulder, "Was it you?", for a moment Abigail looked confused, before her eyes momentarily widened and she tilted her head.

"You're going have to be more specific, what do you think I did? It might be better if we talk in my office, I'd rather not receive a lecture in the hallway." Lelouch once again made aware of the people watching nodded and followed the girl into her office, Abbigail closing the door behind him.

"Don't worry, I have made checks and I'm certain that this room is cleared of bugs. I'm guessing that you were the 27th reader right, that makes things easier." Lelouch raised an eyebrow.

"27th?" Abbigail sighed.

"I took down a webpage about 15 minutes ago, said webpage had only had 27 IP addresses that had viewed it, of those 27, one had a military address, was that you?"

So, Abigail was the one who took down the website, and from what she just said, no one else in the military got to it either.

"That's right." Lelouch allowed her to continue to explain herself.

"You don't need to worry about the articles writer, not only did I give their computer a nasty virus, I blacklisted them from all the other media websites and flagged their permanent record, no-one will be willing to listen to what they have to say, I did the same to all the other writers for the articles I have found." That certainly made things for Lelouch a whole lot easier, but still, something was eating at him.

"Why are you doing this? What interest do you have in hiding information about Nunnally?"

Abbigail's usual look of disinterest changed into an almost unreadable expression of concern.

"If Nunnally is brought back into the royal family she'll be in danger, won't she?" Lelouch couldn't say that was one of the reasons he suspected. "If an attempt on your life wasn't enough to go by, I did some research on you, I even hacked a few sources, and I found out about you're mum. There are a lot of people who would want to hurt you two because of her. I can really respect that you would keep her out of the fold rather than just dragging her in with you." Lelouch could tell that her answer was deeper than that but he decided that was an acceptable response.

"What made you go looking in the first place? What gave me away?" This was important, Lelouch did not think that he had made a mistake, but for Abbigail to get this curious, there had to be a hole in his mask.

"When you said your sister would be my age without even hesitating, when she should have died 5 years ago, that didn't feel right. When I was little, my parents and big brother died and I know firsthand that your memory of those who have died doesn't change. There was no way you would draw that line between us if she had died back then." Abbigail replied, eyes averting Lelouch's. So there wasn't a hole in his mask, but rather a small a small mistake that others usually wouldn't pick up on.

Now that Lelouch was done questioning her, now came the question of what to do with her. He could easily just use his geass to force her to continue what she was doing without telling others, but considering that she would likely do that anyway, it seemed like a waste. The girl seemed manipulatable enough, and Lelouch had controlled people easily enough without geass before, remembering Rolo.

"You're going to stay behind in Area 11 with Euphie after Cornelia leaves tomorrow, aren't you?" Annoyance clearly appeared on her face and glared at the Prince.

"Yea, don't think that I have forgiven you for that stunt you pulled."

"Then I am going to move your office to my 'receptionist's' office so if anything important surrounding Nunnally happens, you can inform me as soon as possible." Plus, keeping the girl at close distance would mean that he would be able to manipulate her better.

"How do you hope to cover that up, it's kinda going to be obvious that somethings going on? How are you even going to find an excuse for this private meeting?"

"That's easy, with your bad reputation for trouble and your uncle out of area 11, I can say that I have moved you to keep a closer eye on you, as for this meeting, with Euphie's attitude, by now, everyone in the Viceroy's palace knows that you're her friend, and I am simply being the overprotective big brother I am by threatening you not to hurt my little sister."

"You don't need to worry about me doing anything, with my Uncle out of the area." Abbigail mumble in a small voice.

"Don't tell me that you hacked into the Brittannian Military only to get your Uncle's attention." Lelouch commented with an eyebrow raised.

"My Uncle gives all his attention to his job, he doesn't even bother with sending me to school or hiring me a tutor, it's really annoying. Still being stuck in an office with two high ranking officers, that' going to be fun. Abbigail changed the subject sarcastically, to which Lelouch raised an eyebrow.

"Because of the special treatment Cornelia gives me, it's easy to say most high ranking officers hate me, not to mention everyone else." That would do it.

"I doubt Jeremiah would be too disrespectful, but if he does I will talk to him."

"This is the Jeremiah Gottwald we're talking about, known for his stubbornness, how loyal to you is he?" This made Lelouch chuckle.

"You have no idea… You said you hacked into some high security files to get information about me, would you be able to do the same for Lieutenant Hawkins"

"Of course, but why would you want me to do that?"

I'm sorry this chapter is so short, but with my brain completely fried, this somehow took two and a half hours to write.