Sub-Chapter 0.0215: Code Malthus
Malthus sighed. He boredly looked around the classroom. There was a storm of classmate conversations, all blabbing on-and-on about dumb things. Things like, "Oh, look how cute Robby looks today!", "Janis looks smokin' in that schoolgirl uniform!", or "Do any of you guys think Ms. Courtese is hot? Cuz I do!"
Malthus groaned. He wasn't really friends with any of these people. The only one he could really connect with was Castor, and he still wasn't in class yet.
Malthus looked over at his supposed comrades. Leonid and Malthus were playing their fifth game of chess in a row. Vivian was multi-tasking. She was reading a textbook as well as writing notes at the same time.
Boy, she's really good at keeping up her human facade.
Malthus leaned back in his chair. He looked up at the ceiling and pondered about the old days.
To say the truth...not much has really changed over all of these years. From being raised in those headquarters, to being spies...What a life, huh? I can remember...back to where it all began...well, actually many years after it all began...
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Year: 2018
"We are Japan! And we are united! From this day forth, this very room shall be the first province of the United States of Japan!"
There was Zero, in all of his demon king glory, broadcasting live. He's somehow returned after so long, reappearing right before Britannia was about to execute the captured members of the Black Knights. He saved them, and now the Black Knights are wild again.
"Lelouch vi Britannia is a naive and stupid little brat. Who would state a room to be a country? Pathetic."
I looked over at the girl standing to the left of me. Once again, Vivian was being bitchy and annoying. But, I would never say that to her. If I ever did, she'd kill me in a heartbeat.
"It's probably part of his plan. You know, he wants to destroy Britannia and all that shit."
I looked at the guy standing to the right of me. He was definitely Leonid, always the thinker and a frequent user of curse words.
"Zero, or Lelouch, clearly wants to state Japan's independence."
I looked at the guy to the right of Leonid. Marsellus...also the thinker.
"Hmph. He's still naive. He is a teenager after all," Vivian said.
"He may be a teenager, but his conscious and mind is far above that of a regular adult male."
I looked over at master De Odin. He was standing by the large television screen.
"I'm tired of doing nothing but minor misdemeanor attacks and mere mischief. I want to do some real damage, not this kiddie stuff!" Vivian snarled.
"Do not step out of line, Vivian! Do you think I am any happier with this waiting than you are? The superior has ordered this, and if you do not like it, you can just get on out of the RU and into a world where everyone will reject you!"
Vivian silenced. Despite still being angry, she held her tongue. I tried my best not to look at her, or else she'd give me her death stare. And we all know how uncomfortable that is...
"Plus, your powers are still not up to speed. Until they have reached max, like mine, you cannot perform any major missions yet. The four of you are too important. For now, you will stick to Complication Training."
De Odin turned off the television screen, and went to the front of the small, empty room. He opened a door, and went through it. The four of us followed him.
-I-
All five of us were now in a large, empty auditorium-like area. At the end of the room was a small control room. De Odin walked over to it and went inside. Afterwards, the four of us went to the very center of the area. We faced away from each other, and each of us faced a wall.
"It is time for Complication Training to begin!"
Wait, hold on, hold the train! You're probably wondering what is up with this Complication Training. What is so "complicated" about it? I bet you're also wondering why we, the great R Universe, are not doing much other than minor misdemeanors. Well, looks like I'll have to start with the beginning.
Ever wonder what was so special about Vivian, Marsellus, Leonid, and I? Well, the answer is simple. We're not humans. You could take a look at us, and think we are perfectly normal human beings. Unfortunately, that is not the case. We are supernatural beings with human bodies, and we are known as... Geass Complications.
What are Geass Complications? Complications are souls influenced by geass that dwell in C's World's opposite, R's Dimension. Normally, Complications have no bodies of their own. They also don't normally have free will, and usually follow their leader's orders without question. We, however, are special.
I don't know very much about the superior's origins. I don't even know his real name! So, I'll just stick with what I do know. Shortly after the superior was banished to R's Dimension, he grew interested in the Geass Complications, and sought to create Complications that could masquerade as humans. He went through many trials and many errors. He found that although Complications would be capable of possessing human bodies, they would retain their lack of emotion, as well as lack of free will. Then, thirty years ago, he found his answer.
Through experimenting with human bodies, as well as the human thought and memory, he was able to create four Geass Complications with natural bodies. These Complications could grow just like regular humans, albeit with strange powers. Those four Geass Complications were, you guessed it, the four of us. The only problem with us was that our physical (not mental) development was considerably slowed down. So, despite the four of us being about thirty years old, we have the appearance of an eighteen year old teenager. Other than that, we had the other human aspects. We had the ability to develop, learn, and most importantly, have free will.
In order for us to truly learn to be humans, we were raised as humans since "birth". De Odin, formerly being a teacher from Ukraine, taught us the way teachers teach their students.. He taught us the usual stuff, like history, math, science, and all the other subjects. Even with this, the superior put severe emphasis on military actions and fighting. Other than the school stuff, we were pretty much taught to be self-disciplined, just like Spartan boys from Ancient Greece (even though one of us is a girl).
Now, about us not doing much in the world of terrorism...even I don't know why. First of all, let me explain a little more of the RU. Although we have yet to make a name for ourselves, the RU is composed of many people from lands conquered by Britannia. Some of these people are also from the EU. These humans despise all Britannians, Japanese, and some other groups of people. They wish to, basically, rule the world. They have sworn their allegiance to master De Odin as well as the superior, as long as the master and superior bring them their hearts' desires. The RU has been active for about three years, starting off small and slowly growing larger. Through all this time, the humans have managed to remain tolerant of the superior's lack of orders. The superior constantly talks about how we are not to do anything major until the date is close to January 5th, 2021. So...there you go. Now that my explanation is finished, how about we take a look at the Complication Training?
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"Begin!"
An alarm started sounding in the large auditorium room. Suddenly, Knightmare Frame-like machines (without pilots) dropped down from the ceiling. I counted perhaps fifteen of them. They all pointed their machine guns at the four of us. We all assumed the battle stance. It was time to begin!
"Split up!"
We did as Vivian said, and split up from each other. The Knightmares began aiming their machine guns and cannons at us. Four Knightmares started chasing after Vivian. With great agility and speed, she was able to dodge every single bullet and cannon shot at her. But then, the Knightmares managed to corner her. However, she did not appear to be afraid. Instead, as the Knightmares aimed at her, she started laughing.
"Oh, you really think you can defeat me?"
Vivian flipped her hair, and touched her right eye. Then...a green geass sigil appeared in her right eye.
"Re-Composition!"
The Knightmares began aiming at her. However, she was able to dodge them, but not by running or jumping. She turned into...gold. Her entire body was now entirely golden. The Knightmare's attacks simply ricocheted off of her, leaving her without a single scratch. She turned back into her normal physical form.
"Re-Composition!"
Vivian's body changed form once again. This time, she turned into stainless steel. With amazing agility, despite having a steel body, she jumped high into the air. She was now above one of the Knightmares. She lunged down at it, her fist ready to strike it. With a single punch-dive, she managed to completely cut the Knightmare in half, destroying it. She turned to the other three and sneered.
"It's your turn!"
She rushed to another Knightmare. It tried to shoot her again, but they continued to deflect off of her steel body. With amazing ease, she was able to pick up the Knightmare, and lift it into the air. She looked at another Knightmare. She grinned, and threw the one she was holding at it. Upon collision, the two Knightmares exploded.
Vivian turned to the last Knightmare opposing her, She rushed towards it.
"Re-Composition!"
This time, Vivian's body turned into hard rock. As the Knightmare shot at her, she jumped and dodged the attacks. In a matter of seconds, she arrived right in front of the Knightmare.
"Die, machine!"
Vivian unleashed a barrage of rocky punches and kicks. She severely damaged the Knightmare's outside armor. With one last kick, the Knightmare flew across the room and hit the wall. Like the others, it exploded.
Vivian chuckled and went back into her normal form. She looked at Marsellus, Leonid and I and waited for us to finish off our own Knightmares.
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As I watched four Knightmares chase Vivian, I turned and also saw four Knightmares chasing Leonid. Leonid looked back at the Knightmares and smiled. He truly believed he could destroy them without breaking a sweat. Leonid touched his right eye. A green geass sigil lit up in it. He was about to activate his R's Dimension geass.
"Hyperspeed!"
With amazing speed, even faster than Vivian, Leonid quickly circled around and around the four Knightmares. They were apparently getting "confused", not sure where to aim.
"How about eating this!?!"
Leonid hopped up inbetween two of the Knightmares. One of them saw him, and immediately opened fire. Just when the bullet were about to hit him, he dashed down. The bullets instead hit the Knightmare behind Leonid, thoroughly destroying it.
Leonid laughed at the Knightmare. He then jumped up on the Knightmare's head. The other two saw him, and aimed at him. He jumped off the Knightmare, and the machines destroyed it. He jumped onto the other Knightmare, once again causing the machines to play a game of "friendly fire". Leonid stared at the final Knightmare going after him.
"How about a more strategic way of ending this?"
Using his incredible speed, Leonid attempted to defeat the Knightmare not by destroying it, but by dismantling it. Before the machine could see what he was doing, Leonid had already taken some of its bullets, and exposed its Core Luminous. Leonid took aim at the exposed core.
"Say goodbye!"
Leonid tossed his acquired bullets into the Knightmare's core. The Core started to react, and Leonid responded by knocking the Knightmare to the ground. The Core then exploded, causing the Knightmare to explode as well.
Leonid looked at what happened. He shrugged. "Eh. It's more fun destroying them anyway."
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Vivian appeared to be doing well. So was Leonid. I turned to look at my last comrade, Marsellus. Unlike Vivian and Leonid, instead of running away from the Knightmares, he stayed perfectly still. Four Knightmares took aim at him. One of them shot a large missile at him. Despite this, he stood perfectly still. He then touched his right eye. A green geass sigil appeared in it.
"Auto-Grav."
The missile continued and got closer and closer to Marsellus. However, as it got closer, its speed greatly reduced. Eventually, it stopped moving completely and fell to Marsellus's feet. Marsellus took hold of the missile. By using Auto-Grav, he manipulated gravity, allowing him to lift up the missile with ease. He took aim at a Knightmare, and another Knightmare standing behind the first one. With Auto-Grav, he hurled the missile at them. The missile's speed greatly increased, and the increased speed caused the missile to go through the first Knightmare and into the second one. Both exploded shortly after.
Marsellus rubbed his hands and looked at the two remaining Knightmares. He pointed his hands at them, and his geass sigil glowed brightly. Suddenly, the Knightmares began falling up. As they hit the wall, they received noticeable damage. Marsellus stopped Auto-Grav, and the Knightmares fell to the ground, receiving more damage. He turned on Auto-Grav again, and repeated the process two or three more times. Eventually, after the Knightmares received enough damage, they fell to the ground. Neither of them were able to move anymore.
Marsellus sighed and pushed his glasses up. "Too easy."
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After taking quick glances at Vivian, Leonid, and Marsellus fighting their Knightmares, I brought my attention back to myself. I looked at the three Knightmares chasing after me, and began running away from them. These Knightmares not only used machine guns and cannons, they also shot Slash Harkens at me. Those annoying anchors really get on my nerve. I quickly dodged several bullets and cannon attacks, but then the Knightmares unleashed their Slash Harkens unto me. I saw no possible way to dodge them normally, so I resorted to my powers. I touched my right eye, causing a green geass sigil to appear. Just when the Harkens were about to hit me...I disappeared. Actually, in truth, I teleported. I appeared behind the three Knightmares.
Another of the Knightmares shot another Slash Harken at me. It almost hit me, but I teleported away just in time. The problem with my teleportation is that I have a 2.83 second recovery time. This is my main problem. I looked at the machines, and tried to think of a way to destroy them. I then looked over at Leonid. His method of destruction was trying to get the machines to attack one another. I decided that that would be a good strategy for me.
I continued teleporting until the we were in the perfect formation: in a line, from left to right- Knightmare Frame 1, me, Knightmare Frame 2, Knightmare Frame 3
I made sure Knightmare Frame 1 was looking at me. When it saw me, it fired off (once again) a Slash Harken. Right in the nick of time, i teleported away. The Slash Harken destroyed both Knightmare Frame 2 and Knightmare Frame 3.
I was happy that the two had been beaten. However, I forgot to take into account one thing: Knightmare Frame 1 was still alive.
I groaned as the machine looked at me again. How am I supposed to defeat it now with only teleportation?
"You really are hopeless, Malthus."
Suddenly, the machine exploded. As its parts fell to the ground, I saw Vivian behind it. She was in her Gold Composition form. She turned back into her normal physical form.
"You have only managed to defeat two, while the other three of us have managed to destroy at least four. You're a failure as a Geass Complication. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were just another lowly human."
"Plus," Leonid intervened, "you can't even think of your own battle strategies! You had to copy mine! Pathetic!"
I said nothing. I looked over at Marsellus. He also said nothing, but he was shaking his head.
"Complication Training is complete," De Odin said as he walked out of the control room. "Now come along with me. The superior wishes to speak with us."
As Vivian, Marsellus, and Leonid followed De Odin, I looked at the gloomy walls of the training room. I'm trapped in these headquarters, and even if I go outside, my heart will still be trapped. I really am a failure. Sometimes, I even find myself yearning to be a human...
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Malthus deeply sighed. Even to this day, nothing has changed about him. He still believes that he is a weakling and a failure.
If I could, I'd probably commit suicide.
"Hey, Malthus! Good to see you!"
That all-too-familiar face came into the classroom. Malthus turned and smiled.
Then again, I might not.
-...Wow. It's been even longer since the last time I've updated, huh? Anyway, I have a legitimate reason for not updating. A few weeks back, I went to LA, where I wasn't even close to computer! Plus, I've recently begun high school, so I've had loads of homework. From now on, I'll try to update at least every two weeks, but I can't guarantee it.
To readers of Pokemon Battle Region and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Alternate Truth, I'm afraid I'll be putting those on a long time hiatus. For now, I want to focus on this story, plus some new Kingdom Hearts story ideas. Those new stories won't be coming out until after this story is finished. Anyway, thanks for reading and being so patient!-