Stage 11: Heroes Reckoning
The Poseidon...
Commander Paul Wallace looked at the TV screen in his room as he saw the Britannian capital being invaded by the Vagan. Having seen the aliens in combat he knew that even the Knights of the Round would have a difficult time dealing with them. He was dealing with a moral conflict on whether or not to save the civilians. He walked out and walked toward a technician who saluted him.
"At ease soldier. I need to know something."
"What is it sir?"
"Do we have any fleets in the Atlantic Ocean?"
The technician pressed some buttons on his PDA. "We have the 36th company fleet stationed near Cuba."
"Send them a message."
KOE headquarters...
C.C. and Mereo walked into the warehouse. All around the HQ, several troops and technicians armed themselves in preparations for an inevitable Vagan attack.
"What's going on?" C.C. asked. Clovis walked up to her.
"Ms. C.C. Thank heavens you're alright."
"I wouldn't I be?" Clovis expression darkened.
"I'm afraid the situation with the Vagan has gotten much worse."
"Were we attacked?"
"No. Area 11 is secure. But the Vagan have killed my father and invaded the homeland."
C.C.'s eyes widened. "What? You're joking right?"
"I wish I was."
"Wait then that means... Oh D'ast!" Mereo said.
Clovis raised his eyebrow in confusion. "And who are you?"
"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Mereo." He said as he shook Clovis' hand. Nemo floated toward them.
"Greetings Earth meat. I am Nemo."
Clovis freaked out and fell on his ass. Mereo palmed his face. "You need to work on your introductions Nemo."
Unknown...
Anya opened her eyes. She looked around and saw that she was in a beautiful garden.
"Where... Where am I?" She looked and saw the flowers in the garden. "I think... I think I've been here before."
She started walking until she saw a beautiful ebony-haired woman drinking tea. She turned and smiled.
"Hello Anya."
"Who.."
The Britannian Royal Palace...
A loud explosion woke Anya up. She sat up in her bed and saw the Britannian Capital under attack. Her eyes widened for a second before she opened her closet and pulled out her devicer suit.
In the city, Bismarck dodged enemy fire and threw a Chaos mine. The shrapnel rain gave him a chance to move toward another group of enemies. Two enemies tried to attack Dorothea but she stopped them with shotgun fire.
"There's no end to this!" The Knight of Four grunted. On her screen she saw Gino.
"The Air force has tried to shot down as many Vagan as possible. From a bird's eye view, we're severly outnumbered. But... I think we have a bigger problem."
"Gino's right." Monica said. "There's a large mech heading toward the palace. The data from the Sutherlands showed it has a powerful beam weapon."
"So on top of being outnumbered, we also have a colossal mech with a giant laser to deal with." Dorothea scowled. "Just great."
Bismarck activated his factsphere and saw the Defurse. "We cannot despair just because the odds are against us. We are the elite warriors of Britannia." He charged toward the towering Vagan mech. "And would sooner die than let some monsters take my home!" The stitches on his left eye broke and the Knight of One opened it, revealing the Geass symbol in his pupil.
He armed himself with a machine and opened fire. However, the bullets did nothing but bounce off. Gino and Luciano flew toward the Defurse and fired a salvo of missiles. But the smoke cleared showing no physical damage.
"That thing really is a monster." Nonette said. "I better get out there."
The four Knights of the Round opened fire on the large mech but it remained unfazed.
"Oh come on! This isn't any fun if it can't die!" Luciano screamed.
A new voice boomed over the Defurse's speakers.
"Please do not resist. It will be worse if you struggle." Umbra said in a tender voice.
"What? Someone's piloting that monstrosity?" Monica gasped.
"Your death will be even more painful you fight back." The Defurse raised its arms and opened fire on the fighter jets. They dodged the laser fire until Bradley's fighter had its wing blasted off and he was forced to eject.
"God damn it!" The Vampire of Britannia yelled as he activated his parachute.
Dorothea activated her slash harkens and hooked onto a nearby building. Her Knightmare climbed the building before retracting the harkens and jumping onto the Defurse. The cobalt Sutherland and the top half of the Vagan mech locked arms in a struggle. However the Defurse's stronger arms crushed the arms of its opponent. Dorothea ejected right before her knightmare was ripped in half.
Bismarck stood ahead of the Defurse ready to fight the alien mecha like a knight of ancient times fighting a dragon. He charged and dodged laser fire using both his geass and his natural reaction time. He jumped and swung his javelin at the knee. A scar was made and the Defurse staggered a bit.
"Its knees are its weak points!" Bismarck said as his Geass faded out. "Take them out."
Gino flew toward the machine and fired missiles at it, but to everyone's surprise the monstrous mecha jumped and floated in the air.
"It flies? Talk about over powered." Gino said.
"Enough fooling around." Umbra said as she pressed a button. "Firing Defurse beam."
The Crystals on the lower belly started to glow as the Vagan mech turned toward the palace.
"It's firing its laser attack!" Dorothea yelled.
"Monica! Nonette!" Gino yelled.
Suddenly, several blast hit the Defurse causing it to forcibly land and stop its charging attack.
"What was that?" Monica asked.
Gino flew over the city and saw three Destroyer-class warships off the shore. His eyes widened when he saw the symbol on the ships. "Those ships are from the Euro Universe."
"What the EU doing out here?" Monica asked.
"My lady. The EU warships are hailing us."
"Let them through." The screen changed and showed a man in an EU admiral uniform. He had a full-beard that was black like his hair and had a massive frame. (Voice: Roger Craig Smith)
"This is Andrew Lago, Admiral of the EU Atlantic Navy." He grinned. "A friend of mine told me that you Britannians needed some assistance."
"Why would you help us? The EU and Britannia are at war." Monica asked.
"Oui Chica. I think it's safe to say that with these "Vagans" declaring war on the world we don't have time to argue. Just get your forces to handle the cannon fodder. Leave the big ugly to us."
Monica was astonished before she smiled and turned toward her come link. "You heard the admiral. Bismarck, Gino, Nonette. Deal with grunts on the ground. The G1 and the Destroyers will continue bombardment on the big one."
"Yes ma'am!" The three knights said. Nonette launched from the G1 in a silver Gloucester armed with a lance she headed toward battle.
"Dorothea, Luciano. Find any civilians you can and lead them to the palace.
"Roger." Dorothea replied.
"You got it." Luciano said.
In the sky above any detection range, a gold Dorados floated in the air. The pilot was the blond assassin herself. "(Looks like Umbra might need some help.)" Decesso said with a smirk.
The Tokyo Settlement...
A Chinese man wearing a purple visor and white cloths was pushed against a wall. A figure in high-tech suit held him by his throat.
"Why?" he gasped. "Why can't I read you?" His last words before he fainted.
The figure pressed on its helmet. "(Target acquired. Returning to base.)" The figure and the passed out man vanished.
The Jabberwock...
Zeke laid down a blueprint on a table. He started writing on it while typing and making adjustments to a digital copy on his laptop. He looked at the footage of the Zedas R and the Nirvash on his PDA as rock music blared on his stereo. On the paper and the computer screen was an image of what looked like some kind of futuristic jet.
"With the success of the Aestivalis, the EU production plan has reached Stage 2. Even with the Vagan invading, I'll still fulfill my dream." He thought to himself as he remembered his past.
5 years ago...
A young brown-haired boy with glasses and dressed in a black school uniform was pushed to the ground. Several bigger kids surrounded him.
"Are you gonna cry again you freak?"
"I think he just pissed himself."
"Please stop it!" The bespectacled boy cried as tears ran down his face. He closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable beating to come. To his surprise, no beating came even he heard someone being hit. He opened his eyes and saw the bullies lying on the ground. The only one standing was a black-haired boy who was cracking his knuckles.
"Punks." He said as he walked to the crying boy. "Are you alright?"
"Um.. yeah." The bespectacled boy said. "Thank you Mister."
"Don't call me mister. We're both students." He pointed to himself with a smile on his face. "I'm Marcus Gables. What's your name?"
"Ezekiel Hudson."
"That's a weird name. How about I just call you Zeke?" Marcus asked.
"Zeke." The boy said to himself. He smiled. "That does sound better."
That was the first time I made a friend. After that, I had the confidence to make more friends.
A young Zeke sat in front of his TV as footage of a Britannian Battlefield was shown. On the screen he saw a Glasgow and looked at it with astonishment.
The next day he walked to school with Marcus when he told him something.
"You want to build Knightmare Frames?"
"Yup."
"But I thought Britannians could make Knightmare Frames."
"It doesn't matter. I'll build best Knightmare Frames ever!" Zeke said with a smile.
"Well does that mean you'll make one for me?" Marcus said with grin.
"Sure it's a promise."
A smile appeared on Zeke's face as he remembered his younger years.
KOE Headquarters...
Lelouch paced in a circle as he gripped his hair. "Damn it! These aliens are too unpredictable! To actually attack the capital and murder the Emperor. Just how powerful are the Vagan?"
Someone knocked on his door. "Lelouch we have a problem." Kallen said.
"Not now."
"But..."
"Come back when it's a catastrophe." He said before he heard screaming coming from outside the mobile fortress. He pulled out his gun and walked out with Kallen. They dodged a soldier being tossed at them and saw several KOE members pointing guns at Mereo.
"What's going on?"
"That man is a Vagan." Cornelia said. "Apprently he has some form of telepathy."
"Please don't do this! I'm on your side!" The blue-haired alien said in desperation.
"I find that hard to believe since you just threw someone across the room just by looking at them." Tamaki said.
"Please just hear me out."
"And give us one reason." Villeta said.
C.C. walked in front of Mereo and raised her arms in a protective way.
"C.C. get out of the way!" Clovis said.
"I won't. Mereo isn't our enemy."
"And what make you so sure of that?" Chiba asked.
"I've seen him fight against the Vagan. He saved several people. Would an evil person do that?"
"That depends on what his real goal was." Lelouch said as he walked toward the two Geass-weilders. "Mereo was it? I'd like to have a word with you."
Pendragon...
"Come on people this way!" Dorothea said as she lead civilians to the Palace.
"If guys don't want to die, I suggest you move your asses!" Luciano yelled.
A Sutherland was blown up by a Gafran before a jousting lance was tossed and pierced through its torso. Nonette's Gloucester grabbed the Lance and pulled it out before pulling out a pistol and shooting the alien mech in the head. She tossed her cape at another mech, distracting it before roundhouse kicked the head. She zoomed toward the next battle.
Bismarck cleaved an enemy in half while he zoomed toward four more Gafrans. Without stopping, He impaled the first one before tossing the body at the second and slicing them. The remaining two mechs tried to attack but he swung his spear cut both of them in half.
Gino barrel-rolled out of the way of a building and enemy fire as a Gafran flew after him. No matter what he did he couldn't shake him off. Much to his surprise, the Vagan mech was destroyed by a rocket launcher. Gino looked and saw the one that fired was a violent Gloucester.
"Anya Alstreim eliminating targets."
The blond knight smiled. "Alright! All the Knights of the Round are on the scene!"
The Defurse was being bombarded by enemy fire. In the cockpit, Umbra calm demeanor vanished as she started to worry.
"Looks like you need some help." Decesso said.
"Any time would be nice!"
"Well since you asked." The Golden Dorado flew in front of the larger mech and unleashed several sparks from the shoulders. The incoming missiles were destroyed as though attacked from an invisible enemy as the same fate awaited any more missile attacks.
"What's the status of the Defurse?"
"The main cannon is offline and I got damage on my right leg."
"Das't. Looks like we won't be able to destroy these Knights. Let's go back."
"Roger." The two Vagan mechs took off into air and flew off at supersonic speed.
"That's it?" Nonette asked. "Did we win?"
"I doubt that." Bismarck said as he re-sowed his eye. "If anything, this is just the beginning."
Location Unknown...
"(It looks like the Defurse has had minimal success.)" Inglese said. "(But it looks like we have new enemies.)"
"(It appears that these Knights are determined to stand in our way.)" Lord Trona said. "(But even with the Nirvash, their fate is the same as the others who rival the Vagan.)"
The man in the dark suit walked toward the two men and through the unconscious Chinese man at their feet. The headphones and visor fell off his head.
"Good job Mao. Don't worry Mao. I'm here for you Mao."
Next Time: Know Thy Enemy