Tokyo Settlement, Viceroy's Palace, rooftop, August 26th, Sunday, 2017 a.t.b, 10:25 hours local time.
Guilford was tense while wearing a tuxedo that would look more in place in a seventies movie and for good reason. Today was the day that he was officially marrying Cornelia li Britannia, his lady and the Holy Britannian Empire's Second Princess. She had intended for the wedding to happen yesterday, but the Hotel Jacking had screwed over their plans on that day. It was not long before his lady arrived wearing a frilly wedding dress that had no train behind it that also accentuated her breasts and curves.
"My lady, you look lovely." Guilford said with a warm smile.
"You're quite handsome yourself, Guilford. I was right to choose you as my Knight back when I became seventeen and you've lived up to and went beyond my expectations. After today, we will officially become husband and wife." Cornelia replied.
The day was perfect and everything was arranged well: Euphemia had been selected as the Maid of Honor, Darlton was their best man, and surprisingly Kewell Soresi had volunteered to be the priest. Guilford and Cornelia waited for only five minutes until the procession began. They went down the makeshift aisle several soldiers set up in preparation for the wedding and when they stopped in front of Kewell they exchanged vows.
"I am honored to announce that today, Gilbert G.P. Guilford and Cornelia li Britannia are man and wife. He may now kiss the bride." Kewell said after hearing both Cornelia and Guilford exchange wedding vows with each other. Guilford immediately kissed his princess as chastely as he could while Euphemia and Darlton were really happy to see that the wedding had gone off without any trouble.
Meanwhile at Suzaku's apartment on the roof, 'the Phantom of the Flash' was watching the people moving around on the streets below as she said, "This is such a nice day. I suppose that today I can go for a run by that prestigeous academy Reuben is currently managing."
The woman known as 'the Phantom of the Flash' jumped down to the street and quickly leaped her way to Ashford Academy. Lelouch was on the track field and trying to get physically fit when he heard something nearby and saw Shirley run up to him. Like him, she was wearing the Ashford Academy gym uniform right now, although she had switched her dark green skirt for a pair of shorts that were a similar color.
"What is it, Shirley? I'm trying to get some exercise in before classes resume on Monday." Lelouch said.
"Lelou, I think I just saw 'the Phantom of the Flash' run by the academy grounds while I was getting ready to go to the school's gym." Shirley stated.
"That is interesting. . . In any case, care to exercise with me?"
"Sure!" Shirley said before thinking to herself, 'Anything to get over the fact that I peed myself when the hotel came down!'
-ten hours later-
Gunfire was heard as the Britannian Special Honorary Foreign Legion broke through the meager defense set up by the counterfeit money dealers and their security teams. Alice's Knightmare, a streamlined version of the Lancelot that had been created from spare parts and experimental components known as the Lancelot Club, used its VARIS Rifle to destroy the various pieces of cover that the cartel gunmen were using so that her dark-skinned comrade Dalque could kill them easily.
"Nice move, Alice!" Dalque said as she gunned down the last three cartel gunmen with her assault rifle.
"Alice, Dalque, status report." someone transmitted.
"We just finished up cleaning house in our area, Captain." Alice replied.
"Good job, you two. Let's head back home."
"Understood, Sancia. Dalque out." Dalque said before ending the transmission. A few minutes later at the Honorary Foreign Legion section of the Viceroy's Palace, Alice and the other members of the Britannian Special Honorary Foreign Legion were lounging around in the recreational area of their section.
"Whew, this was a good day ladies. We'll need to keep this up because we're going to avenge Clovis and get that masked freak Zero's head on a pike." Sancia stated while sitting in a leather chair. She currently wore a white tank top and khaki shorts. She came off as serious and mature, something that earned the respect of her subordinates in the Special Honorary Foreign Legion. It made sense since she was leader of the team and was around nineteen years old.
Dalque was a very down-to-earth sort of girl and was the strongest individual member of the squad. She was the only member of the Britannian Special Honorary Foreign Legion who wore pants and was the second oldest team member at sixteen. Her light green pants and the orange bra on her chest were the only clothing she wore while she was off-duty and in the Honorary Foreign Legion section but when she was out and about while off-duty she also added an orange blouse to those clothes. "I hear you, m'am." she curtly replied before going back to beating up a punching bag.
Lucretia, on the other hand, was the youngest of the girls at fourteen years and she was also the most serene member of the team, looking for a way to avoid fighting Britannia's enemies and trying to make them surrender so that she could avert unnecessary bloodshed. She was very feminine unlike Dalque and had no shame due to having lived in poverty before joining the Britannian Special Honorary Foreign Legion at age ten when it was first formed. As a result of that, unless she went with Alice elsewhere it was common to see her only wearing a dark grey blouse and a pair of white panties. "Y-yes, Ms. Sancia." she said shyly.
Alice was straight to the point in terms of what happens, being the fastest member of the team due to her Irregular Geass of 'The Speed' and having a serious personality just like her squad leader Sancia. Her off-duty attire consisted of a short white skirt and a red blouse worn under a blue jacket. At the moment she was completely asleep and lay on one of the couches in such a way that Lucretia swore that she could see the fifteen-year old girl's striped panties from where she was in a chair next to where Alice was sleeping.
"My my, your squad girls are a lively bunch." a voice said suddenly.
"Who's there?" Sancia asked while looking around before she saw a black-haired woman who wore a blue blouse and a pair of hip-hugging violet shorts. Upon seeing the woman Sancia whispered, "Oh, its you. Please don't spook me like that next time, Marianne."
"I apologize for that, Sancia. Do you think that you could get at least one of your girls assigned to that prestigeous academy run by my old friend Reuben?" Marianne replied.
"I will see what I can do, Lady Marianne. I might do a bit of snooping around there."
"Splendid, my little friend. Anyways, I'm going to go visit someone. I'll meet with you again."
"Take care." Sancia said as Marianne left as suddenly as she arrived. Lucretia was getting tired and asked, "Were you talking with the Phantom of the Flash just now, captain?"
"Yes, Lucretia. You also look tired. Let's tuck in for the night, ladies. Dalque, could you carry Alice over to her bunk?"
"Sure." Dalque said as she picked up Alice in a bridal carry. Meanwhile in the almost-defunct Purist faction barracks, Villetta sighed as she heard another Purist threaten her. These threats were getting on her nerves and she knew that this was because she gave up Suzaku in exchange for a canister of poison gas. Jeremiah came by and asked, "What's wrong, Villetta?"
"Jeremiah, it's. . . do you ever get the feeling that you're forgetting something important?" Villetta replied.
"Yeah, during Shinjuku I dismounted my machine to get past a bit of wreckage to see if I could find a trace of Prince Lelouch when I got hit from behind. When I came to, the terrorists had already won and not only was my Knightmare gone, the key had been stolen. To be fair, I had been knocked out."
"With me, I can faintly remember Zero opening part of his mask during his debut. Everything else is just too hazy for me."
"It's been a long month. Cornelia's resumed her hunt for the Blood of the Samurai and even though she's pregnant with Guilford's child she still does her job as a commander, albeit she's been content with sitting in her G-1 instead of heading out into the field."
A/N: The challenge is closed and as it turns out, the mystery woman is Marianne. Only Sancia knows that Marianne is still alive.
