Code Geass

Falling back onto the bed, he looked up towards the ceiling. Karin...where are you when I need you?

He began to think over what would happen next. Now that his face was known world wide, he could not do anything in private. A new Zero would have to be chosen. But that would be C.C. of course. But then again, the government knew her as well. Karin? No, he had to remind himself time after time after time. Then all of those other terrorists, his black knights, were probably already dead. They were too brainless to do anything without being ordered around.

But what if he just admitted he was Zero? Would the government just allow him to escape guilt free due to the royal blood sweeping through his veins? Or would he be stripped of his power and thrust into the dungeons to die? Grasping to his neck with quaking fingers, he quickly realized that he was not ready to face death. A sudden panic rested on his shoulders, weighing him down into the earth. Where had he left the mask and cape with all of his blood smeared across it? He would have to destroy the evidence? But how...

A bomb would work quite nicely. But that would be rude to incinerate Karin's body. Although based from his hunches he felt as though she still lived somewhere. He just had to find her first. If worthless Suzaku could survive, then surely she would have too.

Thinking, he wondered what happened to Suzaku after they had exchanged fire. He wondered what happened to everybody.. But nost of all he thought about one person in particular.

He laid on his side, thinking again of Shirley. What she would be thinking after seeing his face on the television. Would she be angry, upset, shocked...he couldn't tell anymore. After the incident with her father dying, she had become completely unreadable. She would no longer share her emotions nor tell about what she had done that day. It was as if she had become a mindless corpse.

Still, he wanted to see her again, to hear her voice. Even if it did result in her yelling at him, his heart just hurt too much to simply sit there and listen to the silence. Picking up his cell phone, a new battle began. Whether or not to bother him. It may have just been smarter to let her live her life without thinking about him. But still he wanted to be a part of her life again. He wanted to be the one she could trust and he wanted to be her shoulder to cry on.

That's not like you at all, Zero.

He turned in place to face the surprising voice, but was even further shocked to find nobody in the room. Was it just his imagination or had something really been there? Maybe just his subconcious or-

"Onii-sama." came a small voice from the corner of the room. Looking over, Lelouch spotted Nanaly sitting in the corner, C.C. standing behind her. No wait...that wasn't C.C. "This is V.V., C.C.'s cousin."

"Ah?" asked Lelouch, standing up quickly. C.C. was weird enough, I don't know how this girl is going to work out next.

"I'm a male." V.V. whispered.

Shocked, Lelouch quickly wiped his face with the long sleeve, then walked foward. "We need to talk." he hissed, suddenly full of pre frustration.

"Nii-sama?" whispered Nanaly.

"It will only take a moment." he whispered, grabbing hold of V.V. and storming out of the room.

"Don't touch me so formally." stated V.V., easily pulling out of Lelouch's monster grasp. "What are you hiding?"

"Hiding?" asked Nanaly.

"It's nothing, Nanaly." Lelouch practically cried. "V.V. and I simply need to talk for a few minutes. I'll be back."

With that, he closed the door between the two of them and the disabled girl.

"Where in the hell are you all coming from?" he asked angrily, glaring at V.V. with his geass flaring behind the eye patch.

"Your worst nightmare." he smiled from the corner.

"Let's be serious!!!" he hissed. "What in the hell do you want!?"

"I just wanted to meet you, Lelouch Vi Britannia."

Suddenly, his hand flew, grasping the blonde's upper arm with a crab-like peirce. "Just exactly who are you?"

He smiled. "I told you, I'm V.V."

"V.V.?" came a third voice from the door way.

Turning, they both saw the girl with long green hair standing in the doorway, her usual blank and emotionless stare distorted into one of shock.

"Heh..." laughed V.V. "Long time no see."

"What are you-?"

"That's none of your business Old Woman."

With that, the blonde began to leave the room. Lelouch began to step forward to try to stop the child from getting away when he had so many questions that needed answers. However, C.C.'s strong hand wrapped around his wrist and kept him from moving forward. Glaring back at her, he was answered with a depressed face and a small head shake.

"By the way." came the monotone voice near the opposite exit. "Somehow Suzaku had to learn about the Geass, didn't he?"

You..!?

Those few words unfolded into hundereds of questions in which he wanted to simply lunge forward and strangle the answers out of the seemingly young boy. However, he managed to keep himself still as he watched the boy leave. "This isn't over." he told himself.

You're right Lelouch. Thought C.C. sadly. This is only the beginning.

Hmmm yeah so that was a random chapter but mwhahahaha! I hope you guys liked it. Yeah now there will be another long pause so i laugh at you. Please review or else I'll cry. BaiBai +waves+