Chapter 28: The White Flame Burns
"Unit 4, Hold your position. Reinforcements are heading your way." Rachel said, "Unit 10 stop and fall back, enemy force coming in to flank you from the left!"
"Status report." Durandal said.
"It's bad sir, the Black Knights have caught our forces off guard, Sector 5-8 are being hit hard and we already lost Sector 4." Rachel said, "At this rate, the base will be lost!"
"What about Sector 11?" Durandal asked.
"Sector 11?" Rachel asked.
She looked to Sector 11 on her map and saw that a concentration of Black Knights were all over the place while one unit was charging at an ally unit.
'That red dot... that's not the Jack is it? And that many Black Knights in that area... they're not trying to steal the supplies here, are they?!' Rachel thought, "Sir, they must be after the supplies in Sector 11! We must have our forces there to hold it!"
"Yes, we should. But what if the enemy knew that we figured out what they were after?" Durandal asked, "It seems they made it so that even if we knew, we wouldn't be able to do anything about it. We may need reinforcements."
"But what about our forces sir?" Rachel asked.
"We Rose Knights will handle the enemy in Sector 11, you just keep an eye on the battlefield." Durandal said.
"R-Right!" Rachel said.
Elsewhere
A Sutherland was shooting nonstop at a Gekka. Asahina, who was piloting it, cuts the Sutherland down. Urabe sliced another Sutherland and shoots a burst of bullets into the Sutherland to finish it off. The Gekka's shoot into the air, signaling Burai to enter the base.
Over to another part of the base, Todoh's Black Gekka with red hair-like appendages along with Senba and Chiba's Gekkas came in and slashed the Sutherlands in their way.
"These Gekkas are better than the Burai Kais..." Todoh said.
"Are you sure handing those kids the Burai Kais was a good idea?" Senba asked.
"They fought excellently well in combat. They'll do just fine." Todoh said, "Guren Mk2, Pre-Gekka, are you there?"
Naoto fires off the Radiant Wave Surger and bounced off a Sutherland, knocking it down with a radiation blast. He fired at another Sutherland, gunning it down.
"Yup, got this end covered up." Naoto said, "These guys are nuggets, they can't even hit the broadside of a fruit, let alone a Knightmare Frame."
Kallen stabbed a Sutherland through the chest, killing the pilot. The Sutherland fell on its knees. Kallen took her fork knife out and shot her left cannon at another Sutherland. The round hits the knee, causing the Sutherland to lose balance. The pilot ejects from his Knightmare.
"I feel bad for whoever is going to take the blame for all of this." Kallen said.
"Battle first, regret later, we got more of them to deal with here." Naoto said.
"Right." Kallen said.
Sector 11
Aya and the first squad attacked a Knightmare hangar, destroying all the Knightmares in the hangar before they could be launched. The Britannian pilots were quick to take cover. The Sutherlands inside the hangar were reduced to scrap. The Burais stopped firing.
"Move onto the next one!" Aya said.
Koji and the second squad gunned down a platoon of Sutherlands. The area looked clear.
"Alright, take up positions, I want this route secured." Koji said.
Akihiro and the third squad broke into the army and gunned down anyone who was in the way.
"Come on! Secure those weapons!" Akihiro said, "We get these things hauled onto the trucks and leave after we're done!"
Rolo and the fourth squad arrived at the brig and blew a wall down.
"We've busted through!" A Black Knight said.
"Good, get ready to free the prisoners." Rolo said, 'Big Brother...'
Rei shot a Sutherland's head off, forcing the pilot to eject.
"He's right there! Shoot him!" A soldier said as a group of Sutherlands moved in and started firing.
He was quick to rip a chaos mine out of the hip of a Sutherland and toss it. The chaos mine splits open and spews shrapnel. The Sutherlands backed away. The shrapnel hits their rifles, damaging them. The Sutherlands ditch their rifles and pulled their tonfas out. He withdrew the cannon and pulled an irregular blade out. One of the Sutherlands rushes towards him. He dodged an attack and cuts one arm off. Another Sutherland tried to get him from behind. Rei senses the incoming attack and was quick to parry the attack and counters it with a horizontal slash. He blocked an attack from the first Sutherland and stabbed it in the chest. The unit fell on its knees. A third Sutherland jumped at Rei. He was quick to turn and face the Sutherland. He fired a slash harken. The harken tore itself in the Sutherland and is pulled out before the Sutherland exploded. A fourth charged in and rams the Byakuen. He stabilized the Byakuen and charged at the Sutherland. He feints with a left and then swung with a right. The Sutherland ducked at the last second and the blade cuts the top of the cockpit block off.
He whips out the cannon and fired a round at one of the Sutherland's leg, crippling it. It fell down. There he saw a female Britannian pilot looking at him with fear in her eyes. For a brief moment, he remembered why he was fighting and remembered all the soldiers he had killed. Within that brief moment, he thought about the very last few moments of the soldiers he killed. He thought of the horror the soldiers felt as he was about to kill them. He thought of the remorse of the families of those soldiers. Then that girl with the pink hair came to mind. He remembered who she was. She was Euphemia li Britannia, Third Princess of the Holy Empire of Britannia. He thought about her within that brief moment.
That Britannian Princess reminded him of his mother. Her eyes looked sincerely gentle. There was no deception in her eyes. They were of a beautiful color unlike his mother's eyes, which he had inherited. Her bluish violet eyes did not betray her peaceful nature. His mother's eyes felt just the same. Her tears showed true sadness when he told her that his parents had died. In a way, he thought she would make a genuine mother figure. Her sister on the other hand was different.
Flashback
Saitama Ghetto
"There's already been enough blood spilled here! Why continue this senseless battle?!" Rei asked, "All you're doing is inflicting suffering on innocent people! Don't you think this is enough?!"
"Me? Inflict suffering on innocent people?! You insult me, boy!" Cornelia said, "Your kind has inflicted suffering onto innocent Britannians! By what right do you have to tell me that I've inflicted suffering on innocent people when your kind has done just the same?!"
"You are a mere child who simply just can't accept the status quo! A child with mere delusions of the past!" She added. "Accept it already! Your kind has already lost a war that ended 7 years ago! Your kind are nothing but Numbers! You are beneath Britannia! You are nothing more but dogs!"
"Never!" Rei said.
Yokosuka
He watched as Cornelia's Gloucester pulled out a anti-personnel gun and aimed it at Nina. The memory of his father's death flashed back into his mind. Horror came to his head once again at the thought of losing someone dear to him.
'No... stop it...' Rei thought, "STOP IT!"
The anti-personnel gun fired a bullet at Nina's chest. His eyes widened. Tears came from his eyes as he saw Nina fall.
"N—Nina..." Rei said, "No... please... don't... don't leave me..."
He was so focused on Nina, he couldn't hear Zero roaring and rushing to Cornelia. He felt sadness come to him. He saw her arm reach out to him. He read her lips as she had trouble breathing.
R-Rei... I... I'm sorry...
His emotions surged as she continued to bleed. He felt his pulse getting faster, his breathing was getting quickly. His sobs were escaping his mouth. He then heard the sound of metal being crushed. He looked out in front to see Zero's Burai fall on its knees as a sword came down on it.
What was once sadness, sorrow, and pain now turned into anger, pure, burning, anger. He felt his eye beginning to tingle. His rage began to rise like pressure in a steam engine. His rage kept rising and rising and he felt the urge to murder Cornelia right now. The mental restraints in his head tried to hold back this encroaching rage, but it was only a matter of time before it erupted like a volcano. Everything turned red and all he could feel was rage.
Present Day
Britannian Military Base
That was probably the first time anyone had ever pushed him so far like that. If that were to happen again, he feared that he might not be able to come back from his rage and that it could actually kill anyone around him, be it friend or foe.
He shook his head.
'No, stop it. Focus on why you are here.' Rei thought, 'You chose this path because you want to put an end to the fighting, to stop all this unnecessary bloodshed. That's what you decided when you got in that Glasgow.'
He left the pilot to be alone by herself. He sensed danger as his alarms went off. He turned to see a chaos mine in the air. He backed away just as it opened and started spewing shrapnel. A Sutherland came out from behind and held him by the waist. Rei spun the Byakuen and forced the Sutherland off of him. He sensed danger coming from behind. He rolled out of the way as another Sutherland tried to attack him from behind. He knocks the Sutherland in front of him down. He jumped off of the Sutherland and kicked the Sutherland behind him. More Sutherlands came out from the shadows and surrounded him. He noticed that the shoulder pads were red, meaning just one thing.
"So we meet again, brat." A familiar voice travels to his ear.
Rei turned to see one of the Sutherlands with someone standing up from out of the cockpit. He recognized that face if he had seen it.
"Y-You..." Rei said.
"In case you forgot, I am Kewell Soresi." Kewell said, "The moment you shot me in the back was the moment you made the worst life decision on par with fighting for a terrorist group."
'Damnit! How do I get out of this one?' Rei thought.
"Because of you and your friends over there, my entire military career has been nothing but a downward spiral." Kewell said, "But here we are. I have you right where I want you and there's no way out for you."
He could almost imagine all the rewards he'll get from bringing this child in to the Viceroy. He could almost tell what kind of punishment this child was going to get for what he has done.
"I'll be known as the one who not only captured Andreas Darlton's murderer, but also the one who captured Zero's little student as well." Kewell said, "If you surrender now, maybe I won't have to hurt everyone you care about, or do their lives mean nothing to you?"
"You—!" Rei exclaimed.
"Hmph! Just as I thought!" Kewell said, "I figured the third princess of Britannia would try to keep you away from the battlefield by putting you in some school."
"L-Leave them out of this!" Rei said.
"Oh I will, but only if you really care about them that much." Kewell said, "Now out of the Knightmare already."
"You... heartless monster..." Rei said.
Kewell smirked, 'Finally... after all of this... I have finally done it...'
BANG!
A bullet went through his chest. He turned to see a Gloucester. The Gloucester in question had a anti-personnel gun with a smoking barrel. The Gloucester had red stripes that looked almost like blood splatters on its chest, it's arms, legs, and head. It had a lance and a shield in its hands.
"L-Luciano Bradley?" Kewell asked, "W-Why?"
"Because if anyone is going to kill him, it might as well be me then." Luciano said with the speakers on, "Anyone else want to call dibs?"
"Kewell!" Rei exclaimed.
"Why are you showing concern for him? Didn't he basically threatened to go after your friends if you didn't surrender yourself?" Luciano asked. "Then again, it's not like you two were friendly with each other in the first place. I practically did you a favor."
"But he was one of your comrades! Why?!" Rei asked.
"Boy, I am the Vampire of Britannia," Luciano said. "I could care less if I end up killing an ally or an enemy. Killing people gives me a huge rush in my head."
Rei was sending bloodlust within the Gloucester. It was pure chaos incarnate. The man in front of him was not human. It was as if the devil was standing in front of him.
"Killing just turns me on! The blood! The pain! The screams! It's so addicting! If I stop killing, I'll get bored! I want to take what people value the most! Their own lives that is!" Luciano ranted. "Tell me, how did it feel when you killed her Highness' Royal Guard?! Did it give you one hell of a rush?! Oh! No! Wait! What about the G-1 in Narita?! No! What about Andreas Darlton?! You must have gotten one hell of a rush from that!"
'This guy...' Rei thought, "I'm not like you."
Luciano stopped laughing. He knocked the Sutherland out of his way.
"What?" Luciano asked.
"Unlike you, I don't enjoy killing people. It brings nothing but pain." Rei said, "I know fighting won't bring peace, but I know killing people is absolutely wrong."
Luciano laughed.
"You think killing is wrong?! That's rich!" Luciano said. "You didn't hesitate to kill all those people in the G-1 at Narita! You didn't seem to care when you murdered Andreas Darlton with your own two hands! How can you say killing is wrong when you've already killed some people?!"
Rei rushed at the Gloucester and swung his sword. Luciano blocked it with his lance.
"Did I strike a cord?" Luciano asked.
Rei pushes the Gloucester back. The Purebloods grabbed Kewell and hightailed it out of here.
"Oh Valkyries~! Lucy needs a little bit of help with this one~!" Luciano said.
A group of four Gloucesters came out and joined up with Luciano Bradley. They were two-toned pink colored Gloucesters.
"Grausam Valkyrie Squadron, present!" A quartet of female voices said.
'Wait! Girls?! In Knightmare Frames?!' Rei thought, "You..."
"Jealous because I have more girls than you do?" Luciano asked. "Didn't your mommy ever tell you that one is enough, or are you just a naughty boy?"
"Shut up!" Rei said.
He charged in. The Valkyries charged in and came at him with a four pronged attack. He jumped over a Gloucester and rushed towards Luciano. Luciano smacked the Byakuen with its shield. The shield opens up to reveal missiles inside.
"Let's dance pretty boy!" Luciano said.
The missiles came at the Byakuen. Rei switched his Geass on. A red barrier appears. The missiles slam into the barrier and explode on impact. The Byakuen rushes out from the smoke and kicked the Gloucester in the head.
"Sir! All squads report that they have done their assignments!" A Black Knight said.
"Alright, send in the trucks!" Rei said.
He backs away as the Valkyrie Squadron rushed to Luciano. He runs away from them as Luciano got back up.
"After him!" Luciano ordered.
The Squadron went after the Byakuen with Luciano in hot pursuit.
At the Entrance
The trucks began to flow into the base and stopped by numerous areas of the base. The doors opened as Burai were loading the supplies onto the trucks.
Elsewhere
The Four Holy Swords were rallying to Todoh.
"Colonel, the enemy forces have been eliminated in this sector." Senba said.
"Me and Asahina are done up here." Urabe said.
"Good work, all of you." Todoh said. "With this, we will—!"
"Look out!" Naoto said.
Todoh dodged a harken. He looked to see the Lancelot along with the Club, and the two custom Sutherlands. The harken returned to the Lancelot.
"The Lancelot..." Todoh said, "The White Knight that has been interfering with the resistance movement..."
Lelouch looked at the Lancelot as it continued to approach him and the group that's with him.
'Suzaku... we meet again.' Lelouch thought, 'This time however, I already have an advantage over you.'
"Oh come on! The enemy has new models already?! And we just discussed that!" Rai exclaimed.
"It seems the Black Knights have already begun making more Knightmares to stand up against the Lancelot." Schnee said, "At this rate, they'll mass produce them before the Lancelot can be mass-produced."
Suzaku was feeling an ominous presence coming from the Black Knightmare coming to him. He suddenly saw an image of Todoh.
'T-Todoh-sensei?' Suzaku thought, 'Must I fight against you as well?'
"Zero, what are your orders?" Todoh asked.
"I know how his movement pattern works. The first attack isn't a feint. It's dead on." Zero said.
The Four Holy Swords came forth and were running to surround the enemy. The Lancelot Grail jumped out and fired its harkens at the Guren and Pre-Gekka. The two Knightmares avoid the attack.
"Durandal!" Kallen said.
"Ah, if it isn't the Red Queen and the Blue King." Durandal said, "I think it's about time we settled our little contest from Narita, don't you think?"
"Careful sis. He's always got something up his sleeve." Naoto said.
"Right!" Kallen said.
The Lancelot charged in head on and pulled a sword out. The Club puts its double spear together. The Lancelot swung its sword, but Todoh's Gekka dodged the attack. Rai twirled the double spear and swung it at Todoh. He blocks the MVS with his sword. He pushed the double spear back and swung its sword down. The Club protected itself with its shield.
"Who the hell is this guy?!" Rai exclaimed.
Todoh kicked the Club out of the way as the Lancelot pulled its VARIS out and aimed it at Todoh. He ducked as a shot fired off and backed away from the Lancelot. Schnee fires at Todoh as well. Ledo charged in with his bayonet. Todoh evaded the shots and shot a slash harken at the rifle Schnee held. The rifle was knocked out of his hands.
"I got him!" Ledo said.
"On the contrary." Todoh said as he blocked a bayonet thrust.
He forced the Sutherland back and cuts it down with a slash. Ledo bailed out of his Sutherland.
"G-1-5!" Lelouch called out.
The Lancelot backed off. Suzaku felt a threat in front of him. Asahina came out and fired at the Lancelot. Suzaku puts his shields up. The bullets were deflected and he backed away. He felt an attack coming from behind. He turned as Urabe came in with his sword.
"He's actually doing it." Urabe said.
Suzaku parried the blow and aimed his VARIS at the Gekka, only for it to knock rifle out of the Lancelot's hands.
'They're predicting my moves?' Suzaku thought.
Museum
Euphemia was still trying to think of the painting to choose as the winner. In the midst of it all, she thought about the boy.
'That boy... is there anything that can be done for him?' Euphemia thought.
Phones began to ring for some strange reason. People had been answering their phones and the TV screen behind the audience flickered on. Live footage of the base that was under attack was displayed on the TV screen.
"Of course I can see that the base is under attack, it's on live TV damnit..." Nonette said, "Call for air support obviously! Quit acting like ninnies!"
Black Knights Mobile HQ
"So that's the Lancelot?" Rakshata asked.
"That's the one." Ohgi said.
"And the red one is the Grail, correct?" Neha asked.
"Yup." Inoue said.
"It's definitely Lloyd's work no doubt." Rakshata said, "He managed to stabilize the Blaze Luminous shields he was working on as well as the particle accelerator on his little toy gun. He even perfected the MVSs' oscillation rates and heat temperatures."
"And it's using the implementation of Sakuradite all over the body." Neha said.
"You basically did the same thing yourself." Ganabati said.
"Yes, but the Byakuen is using parts that surpass it and the any other Knightmare Frame in existence." Neha said, "Besides, there is no way the Lancelot could surpass my Byakuen with specs like that."
Rakshata coughed.
"Oh! I forgot you helped in designing it..." Neha said, "Sorry."
Britannian Base
The Byakuen backed away from the Valkyrie Squadron as they chased him out to the center of the base. Rei saw the other Black Knights duking it out with the Britannians.
Lelouch saw the Byakuen and the Valkyrie Squadron that was attacking the Byakuen. He gritted his teeth at the sight.
'The Vampire of Britannia?! Why now of all times?!' Lelouch thought.
"Tell me that's not who I think that is!" Naoto said.
"Lord Bradley? I didn't know you had an interest in the Jack as well." Durandal said, "How about you take the Queen and King while I deal with him for you?"
"I don't need your help! Just stay out of my way! He's mine!" Luciano said.
Rei backed away from Luciano. A Valkyrie got behind him. He swung his sword at the Gloucester. The Gloucester lost its right arm. He brought the cannon out and blasted the Gloucester's head right off. The Valkyrie bailed out. He puts the cannon down and the blade forms up. He stabbed a Gloucester that was jumping towards him. The blade pierced through the waist of the Knightmare. The Valkyrie bailed out as the unit exploded. Two other Valkyries charged in for the kill. Rei backed off at the Gloucesters ran into each other and narrowly avoided killing one another. They were stuck as their lances were caught up by the prongs. He slashed the Gloucesters by the waist. The pilots bailed out.
"Bravo kid, but now you'll have to dance with me." Luciano said. "Let's make this fun!"
He thrusts the lance at Rei. Rei blocked the attack with his sword and pushed the Gloucester back. He fired off a few rounds at the Gloucester. Luciano puts his shield up to take the hits for him. Luciano charged at the Byakuen. Rei pulls back to get some distance. He dodged Luciano's relentless attacks.
Lloyd and Cecile were watching from the tower.
"My my... the Jack's doing surprisingly holding up against the Vampire of Britannia." Lloyd said. "That's a feat no one could accomplish easily. That is unless you're Bismarck Waldstein or a member of the Knights of the Round."
"And the new models the enemy are using are putting some serious pressure on Suzaku and the others." Cecile said. "I worry Lloyd. I worry that Suzaku and the others might not make it."
"Hm?" Lloyd muttered.
There was a yellow block on the back of the Byakuen. He had no idea what it was.
'What could that be?' Lloyd thought.
Black Knights Mobile HQ
"How's the Byakuen doing?" Neha asked.
"The Byakuen's response time is beginning to fall." One of the assistants said.
"What?!" Neha asked.
"Damnit... not now..." Tamaki said.
Neha looked a Tamaki.
"Is there something that I think I need to know about?" Neha asked.
"Rei's pushing himself and the Knightmare beyond the limit." Ohgi said. "He has fought some scary opponents before, but the fact that he's fighting the Knight of Ten isn't exactly making this any better."
"At this point, even the Byakuen might not be able to keep up with his movements..." Sugiyama said.
"Damn! I knew I should have known that was going to happen!" Neha said, "If I had put a magnetic coating on the Byakuen before it was shipped out..."
"A magnetic coating?" Ohgi asked.
"It's a coat designed to lessen the friction between the joints." Rakshata said, "Less friction, less trouble."
"Will it hold together?" Neha asked.
"I'm not sure..." Ohgi said.
Museum
"Wow! Look at the White Jack! He's fighting the Knight of Ten!" A man said.
"Get him!" Another man said.
"Hey look! That white knight dodged another attack!" A third man said.
Nonette and Euphemia watched as the battle went on.
'Lucy is really into it now... there's nothing that can stop his bloodlust...' Nonette thought.
'Run... please... just run...' Euphemia thought as she looked at the Byakuen thought, 'Just run away... get out of there... run...'
"When is that support going to be here?" Nonette asked on her headset, "Well make it faster! Say that we're aiding the base in repelling the terrorists!"
'Rei...' Euphemia thought, 'Someone... anyone... help him.'
Britannian Military Base
Rei was backed into a wall. Luciano continued his relentless assault. Rei blocked his attacks with his sword.
"Rei!" Kallen exclaimed as she tried to help him.
Durandal stopped her and swung his sword down. She blocked it with her fork knife.
"There's no need to be so hasty." Durandal said.
His Overman senses picked up on a attack coming from behind him. He threw the Guren at the Gekka, knocking both of them down.
"Damn..." Naoto said, "Kid..."
'Damn! Not this again!' Rei thought. 'Everyone is in danger!'
"Is that the best you got?!" Luciano said. "I'm going to violate you!"
Suddenly, a sword caught the lance.
"What?!" Luciano said, "Who dares?!"
Luciano turned to see a Burai Kai.
"A Burai?!" Luciano said.
"Stay away from my brother!" Rolo exclaimed as he activated his Geass.
Luciano froze before he could move the Knightmare. Rolo kicked the Gloucester away from the Byakuen. Luciano unfroze and looked around. He found himself knocked over. He got back up, now looking irritated.
"Now now... you're making me angry..." Luciano said. "I hate to be angry right now... and you don't want me to be angry... you wouldn't like me when I'm angry..."
"Brother, are you alright?" Rolo asked.
"Why? You know your power could stop your heart." Rei said, "You could have died."
"I know that brother. But even so, you're my brother." Rolo said, "I... I don't want to lose you... I don't want to be alone!"
Rei looked at his brother in shock.
"Rolo..." Rei said.
He got back up. Rolo took his heart medication. The brothers turned to face Luciano Bradley.
"Why? Why won't you just die already?!" Luciano said, "I'm the Knight of Ten!"
"Knight? You?" Rei asked, "Know your place. You think someone like you can be a knight? Knights are supposed to fight with chivalry. You aren't any better than some Refrain addict!"
A vein popped in Luciano's head.
"You think you deserve to be a Knight, least of all a Knight of the Round? Don't mess with me." Rei said, "Do you really think you'd be that lucky? A good-for-nothing thug like you?"
Luciano just about had enough of this child's drivel. He charged at the Byakuen with rage.
"Y... You sick bast—!"
The Gloucester was suddenly kicked over and fell on its back. Luciano was confused by it all. He had no idea what was going on. He got back up, only for Luciano to get shot at by another Burai Kai. The Yamato Kids we're rushing to help out Rei.
"Let's go!" Akihiro said.
"I called dibs on the head!" Koji said.
"Can we go focus?!" Aya said.
"Everyone!" Rei said.
"Don't worry, Shinji's in charge of getting everything in the trucks." Akihiro said.
"Let's get him!" Koji said.
"Right!" Rei said, "White Flames! Form up!"
"Wilco!"
Rolo, Aya, Akihiro, and Koji formed up around Rei. They surrounded Rei.
"You damn brats!" Luciano said, "I'll just kill every last one of you!"
"Go ahead and try. We're not afraid of some crazy whack job like you." Aya said.
A vein popped off in Luciano's head and he charged head forth at the five. They charged in.
"White Burning Trail Attack Formation!" Rei said.
Akihiro fires his cannons at Luciano, forcing the Knight of Ten to use his shield to take the hits. The shells explode and began to create a cloud of smoke. Akihiro breaks off as Koji fires at the Gloucester. The Gloucester had its shield up and dodged the shots and blocked the shots coming at him. A shot knocked the shield out of his hands. Koji broke off as Rolo and Aya charged at the Gloucester. They swung their sword down on Luciano, forcing him to block with his lance. The two backed off as Rei jumped and spin kicked the Gloucester. The Gloucester was knocked off to the right and tried to regain its balance. He landed and the Byakuen began to drift. It drifted to the right and swung around towards the Gloucester.
Luciano got his balance back and picked up the shield. But before he could fire the missiles inside, the Byakuen cuts the right arm off. Rei vanished with an afterimage in front of Luciano. He got behind the Gloucester and backhanded it. Rei pulled the folded device from his back. It quickly unfolded to reveal itself to be a barrel extension.
It looked like a long barrel with a bipod.
"Alright, Let's see if this bad boy works or not!" Rei said.
Black Knights Mobile HQ
"The VSEBD!" Neha exclaimed.
"The what?" Ohgi asked.
"Variable Super Electromagnetic Barrel Device." Rakshata said, "That's the seventh weapon the Byakuen's Type-7 Right Arm was going to use."
"Once the two combine, they create the Super Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon!" Neha said, "It uses a Sakuradite activation drive coupled with the Byakuen's Accelerator Cannon to fire an object at very high velocity and with high amounts of energy that it could shatter through the penetrate the Earth's crust and probably level an entire bunker!"
There was a pause.
"Wait... I... you lost me." Tamaki said.
"In other words, it's a mini Inazuma." Katase said.
"WHAT?!" The former Red Moon members exclaimed.
"Yes, it's like that." Rakshata said, "Now you're sure it won't explode or anything?"
"I... hope it works..." Neha said.
"It better work. I didn't bust my ass just to see it blow itself up." Ganabati said.
Britannian Military Base
Rei connects the device with the cannon. He got on one knee and activated the bipod. The bipod extended and land on the ground successfully. He aimed it at Luciano.
"What the hell is that?" Luciano asked.
Kallen and Naoto looked at the Byakuen with the barrel device attached.
"So uh... should we get to a safe distance? That gun uh... it looks real menacing..." Naoto said.
Durandal turned to see the Byakuen.
"That weapon... no... they couldn't have..." Durandal said.
"Lloyd, I think we should leave." Cecile said.
"I don't know, as I scientist, I have to see this through to the end." Lloyd said.
"How about we do that after we get to a safe place to watch?" Cecile asked.
"What's the worse that could happen Cecile?" Lloyd asked.
"Now I know what you're thinking," Luciano said. "Should I blast him with this very powerful gun? Now the answer may surprise you."
"What do you value most? Your own pitiful life." Rei said.
"You think that you, an Eleven, can threaten me?!" Luciano asked.
"If you didn't want to die, you should have stayed home!" Rei said.
He pulls the trigger. The sakuradite activation drive starts up. Suddenly, the cannon fired a shell going at super high speeds. The recoil pushes the Byakuen back. The pressure of the recoil strained the joints. Air blasted out of the vents. The round was moving so fast that there wasn't enough time for Luciano to evade. He puts the shield up. The shell slammed into the shield and with so much kinetic energy in it, it broke through the shield with hardly any effort. It broke through and smashed into the chest and smashes through its body. The Gloucester exploded as the round hits the tower Lloyd and Cecile were on and exploded. The tower began to fall over.
"Lloyd! Cecile! No!" Rai said.
"NO!" Suzaku said.
"By the Emperor..." Durandal said.
"Sweet mother of god..." Naoto said.
"What... What did we just watch?" Kallen asked.
"I don't know. Could be God, could be the Devil, maybe it could be both." Naoto said.
"Rei..." Kallen said.
Museum
Everyone in the museum looked at the Byakuen with shock.
"By god..." a woman said.
"Is the Knight of Ten dead?" A man asked.
"Cut off the—!"
"No." Euphemia said, "We must see it through to the end."
Nonette looked at Euphie in surprise.
"Sub-Viceroy..." Nonette said, "I see..."
'That boy... he's finally gone past that point now...' Euphemia thought.
Black Knights Mobile HQ
"Is the Byakuen alright?!" Neha asked.
"Status shows that it's still operating!" One of the assistants said.
"We're getting a lot of data from the Byakuen's Super Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon!" Another assistant said.
"By god, the thing actually works." Rakshata said.
"Did he just... did he just nail the Knight of Ten?" Tamaki asked.
"Is that even a question to ask anymore?" Sugiyama asked, "That guy just bought it big time."
"There's no way he can recover from that..." Inoue said.
"Thats..." Katase said, "Such power... and it's all in the hands of a child who's either becoming a demon or a god. Hell if he's both in this case."
Britannian Military Base
Lelouch looked at the Byakuen with surprise.
'He killed the Knight of Ten...' Lelouch thought.
He smiled, 'Good work, my student. You've made your master very proud today.'
He chuckled, "What will you do now father?"
Lloyd managed to get out of the rubble with some injuries. He held onto his broken ribs. He was glad that his legs could still work. He was dragging an unconscious Cecile who was bleeding by the head.
"That crazy woman actually did it..." Lloyd said, "She created a powerful weapon so powerful that even Blaze Luminous can't stop it."
He looked at the Byakuen.
"How I envy you Rakshata." Lloyd said, "Oh, how I envy thee with great vengeance and furious anger."
Rei looked at the Super Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon.
'This thing packs one hell of a punch...' Rei thought, 'With this, not even Britannia's powerful green energy shield can stop me and the Black Knights.'
He looked up.
'Dad... if you are watching, I hope you can forgive me for killing your countrymen. I just hope that you understand why I had to do this.' Rei thought, 'Mom... Dad... watch over me and my friends.'
