A/N: Ahhhh! Bad author bad! Ah…I'm so sorry guys~ Finals…summer school…and my boyfriend is being…uh…a boy lol! anyways~ I was also trying to think about how the flow of the story was going and…I concludedddd that…I'm happy with it :D haha so here we go!
Lelouch: Karichan-senpai only owns Linamae, Z.Z., Sorale, and the Rosen
Kari: LULU! *jumps on him*
Lelouch: O.O *falls* OOF!
Linamae: R&R please :)
Linamae gasped after spotting a familiar figure inside the destroyed base from where she was standing on its roof, "Z-Z.Z.?" she muttered, causing said immortal to look up at her and grin. He continued walking as he gave one wave at her before disappearing down another flight of stairs to go underground.
"Lina? Are you alright?" Rolo asked cautiously from behind her.
"Y-Yeah…Rolo, can you take things from here?" she asked, tears drying from behind her mask.
"Huh? Well…yes but- hey wait!" Rolo yelled after her, making to reach out for her as she leapt down from the roof, landing safely even after a near 20 foot drop.
She looked back up at him, "Sorry Rolo! I need to go after Zero!" she yelled before taking off after Z.Z.
Linamae stopped to a halt to catch her breath upon spotting Z.Z. along with C.C. and another unfamiliar figure with long blonde hair. She took a few steps closer to stand next to Z.Z. who acknowledged her with a nod before he walked forward to stand next to C.C. from where she was squatting in front of the bleeding child.
"Charles…why steal V.V.'s code now? Why kill the older brother you loved so much?" C.C. smiled at the child.
Linamae blinked in surprise, 'What…? What's going on?'
"V.V….you loved Marianne, didn't you?" C.C. asked as Z.Z. walked up behind her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
C.C. looked up at him, peace written on her face, "It's time…" Z.Z. smiled down at her.
C.C. let out a breathy laugh, "Right" she slowly stood up and faced Linamae, "You'd like to come as well I presume?"
Linamae stared at her for a moment before nodding her masked head and walking forward to take C.C.'s and Z.Z.'s outstretched hands.
Linamae groaned softly, her eyes fluttering open to find a sunset-lit sky staring down at her, "Mm…where am I…?" she mumbled, sitting up slowly. She looked around to find that C.C. and Z.Z. were gone, and only the Shinkirou kept her company on the platform that seemed to be floating.
She slowly stood up, curiosity getting the better of her and walked around the Shinkirou. She immediately spotted C.C. who stood beside another familiar figure; a figure that made her eyes widen, both of them standing on a floating platform from up a flight of stairs to what looked to be a shrine.
"Hmph…it seems we have another visitor as well" the voice of the Britannian Emperor reached her from where she stood.
"Kh!" Linamae's features twisted to anger from behind her mask, "You-"
"Little Linamae…how long it has been" she smiled down at her.
Linamae gasped, her eyes widening, "H-How did you-"
"Kh! Lina?!" Lelouch's familiar voice came from above her in the Shinkirou.
She turned to look up at him, "Lelouch!" she called.
"What are you doing here?!"
"I…" her eyes shook, "I felt you disappear…and I…" she looked down, her hair hiding her eyes.
Lelouch softened inside the cockpit, "Lina…"
"Hmph…how touching" Charles smirked down at them just before large silver pyramids crashed into the Shinkirou, trapping it.
"Uh! Lelouch!" she yelled before swiftly turning up to the Emperor where he now held C.C.'s arm.
"Soon it will be over…Lelouch…sit where you are and watch" Emperor Charles smirked down at them.
"Kh! Uh!" Lelouch and LInamae watched as a strange light emerged from behind the Emperor and C.C. as Charles bent C.C.'s slim form backwards into a stance. "Stop it! C.C. is-"
"C.C. is mine!" a familiar voice rang out as Z.Z. jumped out from behind the Shinkirou, sprinting up the stairs, "C.C.! This isn't how things should end! Don't end your life for such a petty reason!" he yelled out, a voice that Linamae hadn't heard, "Live with me! I offer you my own life! We can live in this hell of an eternal life together! If we're together I know that this life will be worth living! C.C.!" he yelled before reaching the top platform, as C.C.'s eyes started to water, "Stop! I…I promise you the smile you never had! Please!" he screamed, shutting his eyes in desperation.
C.C.'s eyes widened before she came to a sudden realization and slapped Charles's chest away, "What do you think you're doing C.C.?!" he yelled. She scrambled away from him before running a short distance to a rising black podium where she pressed down and a familiar red light emerged from under her fingers.
Linamae looked up at the Shinkirou which was freed from the silver traps and its energy wings immediately activated, "Lina!" he yelled, a hand coming down to level with the floor. Infinity nodded and jumped on top of it, hanging on as the Shinkirou flew up, "You've stolen enough from me father! You won't have any more!" Lelouch yelled before raising the Shinkirou's free hand and shooting hadron spheres all around the shrine, destroying it with each fire.
"No! No you'll ruin it all!" Charles yelled as the pillars behind him were blasted into rubble along with the rest of the platform they were on.
Linamae crossed her arms in front of her face to block some rubble from herself; she gasped as she saw C.C.'s body spiraling downwards, along with Z.Z. who dove after her, reaching out a hand, "Lelouch!" she yelled.
"Uh!" Lelouch drove the Shinkirou forward toward the two immortals.
"C.C.! I know how much you've suffered! You suffered alone and I shouldn't have let that happen! I'm so sorry! I swear to you now! I won't let you suffer alone anymore!"
Lelouch opened his cockpit as they neared the two immortals, "C.C.! I understand now what your geass does! Please!"
"I know your true wish C.C.! Please! Let me help you!" Z.Z. yelled just as he reached her, hugging her body to his.
Linamae turned rapidly to Lelouch who nodded back at her before using the Shinkirou's free hand to catch the two immortals.
Linamae sighed as she sat with her back to Lelouch's chest, as said boy leaned back against the Shinkirou. Linamae looked over at Z.Z. who had C.C.'s head resting on his lap; she worriedly looked up at Lelouch who nodded back at her before they both stood and walked over to sit beside the two immortals, just as C.C.'s eyes popped open, a look of fright written on her features before she scrambled up to sit and backed up into a startled Z.Z.
Linamae and Lelouch looked at her in shock as she looked to Z.Z. in a panic, "Z.Z.? Wh-Wh-" she stuttered before looking back at the two teenagers, "Wh-Who are you two, sir and mam?" she asked in a gentle voice, unfamiliar to the two teens.
"What are you saying?" Lelouch asked, "We need to talk about the Emperor and the-"
Lelouch stopped as she looked up at Z.Z., "Are they…our new masters? I-I can clean, and help prepare food for cooking. I can also fetch water a-and tin cows and sew. I can read a little, and count to 20. Oh! I can even carry away corpses, if you need that" she continued talking, making realization come to Z.Z. and the young couple.
'She's…lost her memory…' Linamae's shoulders sagged, her eyes shifting to Z.Z. who was visibly softening.
"It's alright C.C….these new masters of ours…treat us well" Z.Z. explained to calm the girl, giving her a gentle smile.
"Z-Z.Z…." C.C. mumbled, relief in her eyes as Z.Z. took her into his arms.
A/N: Ok lol sorry guys I have so much stuff to do :D so enjoy! And please R&R :)
