A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed, but I should address an issue some people were concerned with.

In regards to magic being a rare trait on Earth, but yet people feel it's being forced somehow and appearing no longer to be rare, allow me to assure you otherwise.

A handful of people who can perform magic out of total population three million is still rare, and I know my slow updates are partly to blame for this, but the Mandarin has also demonstrated the means of granting others magic through artificial means as well by cybernetics or other bio-enhancements specifically designed for it.

C.C., on the other hand, is capable of magic due to her Code, but she just can't perform Al-Hazard magic.

Suzaku and Kallen won't wield magic, but they'll get weapons and armor, allowing them to fight just fine against those who do I can assure you.

Anyway, sorry about that, on with the chapter.

Special Thanks to JameyoftheMegacosmos for editing and his contributions to the chapter.


Chapter 29

Anything is Possible

The following day Lelouch, as Zero was meeting with the Black Knights he had chosen to accompany him alongside Quattro, Sette, Otto, and Deed with C.C. in tow.

C.C. was dressed in her own Black Knight outfit, consisting of the unusual top worn by members and shorts with long boots like Kallen.

A small unit of the Black Knights gathered in an abandoned storage facility outside of Satsuma near the Shibi Post Office. The group was composed of Kallen, Ohgi, Tamaki, some of the other senior officials, and some of their new members, which included a disguised Dieci. By using a security camera to record Lloyd's discussion with Darlton about their planned route, Quattro was able to obtain their ultimate destination. Discovering the roadblocks scheduled by the police and military only confirmed the research base's location.

"Here is our plan," Zero began before gesturing for a masked Quattro to bring up a holographic map of the region. "Clovis and his escort will be landing in the Britannian Tarumizu Air Force Base soon. Right after sundown, he'll begin his journey under armed guard to reach a hidden research facility located in Kiraranosato National Park, just outside of Satsuma."

"They'll be moving by armored convoy composed of a half-dozen armored cars, twenty Sutherlands, plus the Lancelot and its trailer accompanying them," Quattro added. "Furthermore, four VTOL gunships will provide air support."

"So, are we taking out that bastard Clovis?" Tamaki asked.

"As much as I would like to repay him for what happened in Shinjuku Ghetto and outside of it, we cannot," Lelouch offered. Before Tamaki could protest, Lelouch quickly interjected. "General Darlton will also participate in the mission along with the Glaston Knights. And besides…"

Lelouch paused before continuing.

"The TSAB are pursuing Clovis planning to capture him already. Considering what happened at Port Yokosuka recently, I intend to avoid combat against them."

"So, we're after the research facility itself?" Kallen assumed.

"Correct, and thanks to landing a far distance away from their destination, we have at most two hours before they arrive," Lelouch explained before Quattro displayed their projected route from Tarumizu to Satsuma. Traveling highway would take them an hour and forty minutes to research Satsuma and an expected twenty-two minutes and more to complete the last neck of their journey to Kiraranosato Park.

"We have learned the Code R research lab has been hidden disguised as Park Ranger Station that acts as an entrance to an underground facility," Quattro explained before showing the gathering a holographic display of the ranger station. It was a two-story building complete with a lookout tower, a garage for emergency vehicles, and a helipad. Much of the facility was covered in moss and thick vegetation with apparent signs of age. It was clear the building itself appears to have not been used in years. "They plan to use a transport truck will be traveling with the convoy to collect whatever materials are left from the facility. The garage likely holds an elevator for moving large equipment."

"Tamaki and Inoue will command our trucks to move whatever is useful in the facility," Lelouch explained. "We'll use teleportation magic to move any equipment or objects of interest to this location, ensuring you two and the truck are out of harm's way. Sette, Deed, and I will investigate the interior and search of a connection so that Quattro can raid the facility's server of its data files. Kallen, you and the others will secure the perimeter and our escape route."

"Understood," Kallen replied while Sette, Otto, and Deed nodded in response.

"This a simple snatch and grab operation. Once we have what we can take, we'll leave before the TSAB, or the Britannians can arrive, so speed and accuracy are key," Lelouch commanded. "We'll move out after sundown and hit and the research facility hard and fast. The base must have something worth a lot to the Britannia if they are taking an abnormally high caution and security, especially sending Clovis back here to retrieve it. Whatever it is, we'll seize it!"


Aboard the Arthra, Chrono was overseeing a tactical planning meeting with all significant members of their unit. Everyone was gathered around a holographic projection of the Britannian Tarumizu Air Force Base.

"We confirmed Clovis's arrival at the Air Force base moments ago," Chrono began the meeting with a video clip of a private plane landing at the base, which was quickly surrounded and secured by soldiers. "He'll be leaving soon judging by the preparation and readiness of the convoy with several armored vehicles."

"Aside from the Lancelot, the convoy will be accompanied by the team of Gloucesters, twenty Sutherlands, and four VTOL gunships for air support and recon," Lindy noted.

"Beyond them, there is a transport truck, which we believe Clovis and his escort will be moving something from the base itself once they arrive," Chrono added. "Lastly, it seems every member of the convoy is part of the Office of Secret Intelligence, the A.S.S.E.C. unit, and the Glaston Knights lead by their father, General Darlton."

"That is quite the escort for someone who lost their job as Viceroy," Vita remarked, reclining in a chair with both hands behind her head.

"We think it's for whatever Clovis and his escort are recovering from the research base, not Clovis himself."

"So could be at the base, then?" Shamal asked.

"We don't know," Hayate joined the meeting. "We tried to invade its network from the outside. Unfortunately, it seems all outside connections save for encrypted radio signals were cut to prevent anyone from doing so."

"We will follow Clovis's convoy and have him lead us to the research facility," Lindy briefed. "Once they arrive, we'll deploy a Temporal Field and capture Clovis while the second team infiltrates the base itself and retrieves whatever data they have."

"And we're all here in case the Mandarin shows up," Ginga asked, which Hayate confirmed with a nod.

"We considered the likelihood that the Mandarin could get involved, so everyone is to be combat-ready. The rest of us will be on standby to join the battle if a fight does break out."

"How do we follow the trailer then?" Signum cautioned. "The Mandarin might attack if he notices we're following Clovis, given how he and the Britannians are allies."

"One of us will have to be aboard the transport truck," Hayate suggested before turning to Vita. "We will track your movements more easily while keeping a safe distance."

"What!? Why me!?"

"Actually, you and Signum will be stowing away on the truck with Nanoha and Fate," Hayate clarified.

"Shamal will help our operators teleport you into the truck before they depart, minimizing the chance they'll check inside," Lindy said, offering clarification while resting both hands on the tactical display in front of her.

"Once you are all on the truck, Shamal, with support from the Arthra, will monitor your position. Hayate will then command the infiltration team with Ginga and Zafira," Chrono issued. "When the time is right, we'll begin our plan to capture Clovis and seize whatever data the Britannians have at the base before they realize what happened."

"This should be a simple snatch-and-run mission," Lindy reminded everyone. "So remember to be on your guard."


On the ground at the Tarumizu Air Force Base, Darlton was inside one of the briefing rooms. As he stood before a wall monitor, Darlton was addressing the soldiers gathered in the room.

Part of the unit was his own sons, the Glaston Knights, who had arrived in Area 11 shortly after the fiasco at Port Yokosuka. They were Darlton's children by adoption; all were left orphaned as the result of losing their parents on the battlefield. Therefore, Darlton would take their sons, and each became well-distinguished knights and soldiers thanks to their father raising them well.

The rest of those in the room was made up of special forces soldiers, drivers, and OSI agents in tactical combat gear.

Finally, there was Suzaku, who kept quiet during the briefing.

"For those of you who haven't been briefed, this is a recovery operation given to us directly by the Emperor himself," Darlton began as a map of the Kagoshima Prefecture appeared on the scene. "Former Viceroy Prince Clovis is present on the Emperor's behalf to oversee the operation, but I have been granted overall military command in the event of an enemy attack."

Drawing out an extendable pointer, Darlton began his briefing by pointing at their current location on the map.

"At 1900 hours, we'll move out and make our way to Satsuma before heading straight for the Kiraranosato National Park," Darlton explained before bringing up a map of the national park was the research base was. "We'll be traveling along the National Route 220 from this base to our destination. Once we arrive, armored vehicles and Knightmare Frames will secure the perimeter while the OSI teams enter the facility with Prince Clovis to oversee the retrieval of all research materials."

Once he was finished, the map zoomed back out while Darlton put away his pointer.

"This should be a simple clean up, and then it becomes a torch-and-burn op, which will be handled by the OSI demolition teams. Once our objective is complete, we'll return to this base where everything recovered will be sent to the Homeland. Now, we leave in one hour, dismissed!"


An hour later, Lelouch led the Black Knights to the ranger station located at Kiraranosato. The nearby buildings were demolished during the war, and nature had since reclaimed much of the surrounding area. It became a popular place for Britannian tourists that the government redesigned it into a national park.

The area where the Code-R research base was located was in a more remote area where very few visitors wandered.

"Four," Lelouch said, referring to Quattro by her code name when in the presence of those not allowed to know her identity. "Are you detecting anything on scanners?"

"Nothing, but I am not picking up anything from the underground base itself," Quattro reported as the Black Knights' trucks came to a stop a half-a-mile away from the ranger station.

"Very well," Lelouch said as the trucks opened one by one, and Knightmare Frames began to roll out. "Everybody, stick to the plan and secure the area. Eliminate anything hostile to us and watch each other's backs."

Upon emerging from one of the trucks, Lelouch activated Abyss Soul, transforming into his Barrier Jacket.

"C.C., Sette, and Deed, you three are with me," Lelouch commanded as he activated his Seraph Wings.

"Cheese-kun, Device Set Up!" C.C. commanded her Armed Device by referring to the name she gave it.

"Activating," Cheese-kun spoke with an oddly adorable voice.

In less than a minute, C.C.'s attire was replaced with that of a new Barrier Jacket. It was white, a two-piece style military tunic trimmed with gold on the edges and front with red around the shoulders. Its boots were integrated with white gloves.

Although C.C. nicknamed it Cheese-kun, its real name was Freagarach. It had been designed and customized to not only fit the immortal woman's preferred tastes but also to meet her fighting and magic styles.

"Everyone, stay alert," Lelouch said as he led Deed, Settle, and C.C. into the ranger station.

Holding Abyss Soul in hand, Lelouch was reviewing the data his Intelligent Device was feeding into his mask, and according to the sensor readings, there was no one within the building. Of course, it was likely the underground complex itself was constructed with materials that blocked even the sensors of Devices.

"Commander, perhaps I should walk ahead," Sette offered.

"Very well," Lelouch replied, stepping aside to allow Sette to take point. "But don't hesitate to strike at anyone or anything that is a threat."

"If we run into a researcher, I can't promise anything," C.C. remarked, who expressed that she had an ax to grind against the Code-R researchers. Considering what she was put through, it wasn't surprising.

"Let's focus on the task at hand, and remember we have a time limit."

After entering the building, the group searched the garage, which was large enough to hold three fire trucks. The room was suspiciously large for such a park building, combined with the design of the ranger station.

"Commander," Sette began before leading Lelouch to a switch hidden behind a metal cover. "This switch was recently activated, compared to the rest of the machinery in this room."

"Good eye," Abyss Soul commented. "My readings detect electricity flowing."

"Activate it," Lelouch instructed Sette, who promptly assumed a combat stance.

Instead, the floor beneath their feet began to descend, revealing the hidden elevator below them.

Deed had her blades at the ready while C.C. had her Armed Device in Shooting Mode, assuming a more assault rifle design with the blade slightly retracted. The ride underground took two minutes as the elevator descended one hundred feet underground.

Upon arrival, Lelouch, Deed, and C.C. entered the complex with Sette taking point. But once they were through the main entrance, an unexpected sight greeted them.

"These men were researchers," Lelouch commented as Sette knelt near one to check the unfortunate man's pulse.

Lelouch examined the bodies of seven men wearing white lab coats, which he assumed they were researchers. Ten of them wore black uniforms, which were akin to security guards and business people. Furthermore, Lelouch saw signs of a fight with bullet holes dotting the walls with blood smears everywhere. Judging by the position of the bodies and how most of them were piled up near the entrance, it appeared they had been trying to escape.

What were they running from? Lelouch examined the walls. The blood seemed fresh because it didn't look dry and still felt warm.

"This didn't happen too long ago did?" Lelouch said to the combat cyborg.

"Negative," Sette answered as she stood up, "No pulse detected. Scans show rigor mortis hasn't set in yet. Subject's death estimated to be less than an hour ago, but without a proper examination of his corpse, time estimation is unknown."

"So whatever did this is still around," Lelouch said as Abyss Soul transformed into its Shooting Mode.

"I don't recall hearing about another test subject," C.C. commented.

"Somehow, I get the feeling this wasn't the work of a single person," Lelouch replied before opening up communications within his mask. "Are you reading me, Quattro?"

"I am reading you loud and clear," Quattro answered. "Just find any working computer terminal, and that will be all I'll need."

"I don't see anything usable in here," Lelouch said before gesturing for Sette to lead the way as the group decided to proceed into the complex. "Let's look for an office or somewhere else with a computer."


Miles away from the facility, the convoy carrying Prince Clovis was on the move. They already moved past the city of Kirishima and were on the final stretch to the assigned research facility. So far, the convoy met no resistance, which is most likely thanks to the careful planning set up by the military on their part. All auxiliary routes along their path were blocked off to prevent any unwanted guests. Then, there was the secrecy set up by the Office of Secret Intelligence forces.

Nanoha, Fate, Vita, and Signum were already inside. Although they were supposed to be covert, Vita could help but feel bored and decided to monitor the communications from the Britannian escorts.

"So, what kind of data do you think the OSI was sent to retrieve?" David T. Darlton, a young Britannian with short red hair, chatted with his adopted brothers within their Gloucesters. Part of it was to kill the time it took as they remained on guard. The other reason was out of curiosity. Like the other Glaston Knights, he was aware of the experiments done by Prince Clovis, which gave him the unusual feeling that they're protecting the fallen prince for something that would be sensitive even for them.

"Keep quiet," Claudio S. Darlton, another young man with curlier brown hair, warned David with anxiety. "We're working with His Majesty's personal legions. If we get too close..."

"Alfred, you know anything about this?" Bart L. Darlton, one with short blue hair, asked the oldest and leader of their unit.

"More interested in what the Special Corps is doing here," The blonde man named Alfred G. Darlton answered with a change in the subject. They were aware of the Lancelot partaking the assignment but felt unnerved about the pilot.

"Isn't that the Eleven piloting that Knightmare?" David inquired. "I heard he was there when Her Majesty Cornelia got captured."

"Her Majesty ordered her to go after Zero before then," Edgar N. Darlton, a bespectacled man with short white hair corrected. "Father already told us the details."

"But to think he put that much trust in an Eleven," Bart remarked. "Especially now of all times."

"That's enough," the brothers' father ordered them through the line. "We're almost to our destination. Remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity in your vicinity."

"Understood, sir!" The Glaston Knights said in unison on the line. They swore to remain silent for the rest of the trip, especially when this would be a perfect time for an ambush.

Even then, General Darlton was more bothered by the lack of manpower they had. Despite his background, Suzaku showed his loyalty to the crown, especially when he rescued Cornelia once and has a knight-like relationship with the current Viceroy. Besides, they no longer had room for incompetent personnel that plagued their ranks, and the operational efficiency Suzaku had promised high potential for Britannia's next-generation Knightmares and their pilots.

Meanwhile, Darlton was trying to hail the research lab, but all he was getting was static. He understood the research lab avoided communicating with the outside unless it was absolutely necessary, but the General was growing increasingly concerned.

"Something must be wrong. I could be overthinking it, but," Darlton mused before shaking his head.

Better to overreact and laugh it off later than to regret it.

"Contact the Lancelot trailer and order them with Margrave Jeremiah's vehicle to move up ahead," Darlton responded from his command vehicle. "Head for the research lab and investigate."


Shortly after they received the message, Cecile relayed the message to the Lancelot, who was ahead of the trailer for advanced scouting. A second Knightmare trailed behind to protect the Special Corps unit.

"You heard the General. We'll be right behind you when you arrive," Lloyd laid back as Suzaku nodded. His pilot accelerated the Knightmare's Landspinners, continuing onto his destination as he put a leg up. "General Darlton must be getting paranoid."

"I don't think so," Cecile, who was driving at the time, doubted. "But, we should inform Margrave Jeremiah of the change."

Inside his trailer, behind the original Special Corps, Jeremiah awaited within his Sutherland for the order to deploy. It wasn't long before he received the Camelot team's message about the Lancelot going ahead of them to investigate the Code-R base.

I don't like this, Jeremiah thought as he had been growing deeply concerned.


Not long after Jeremiah met up with Suzaku, he was approached by Darlton, who called them into a meeting at the Government Bureau.

"The Government Bureau came across this report the other day," the General showed a list of soldiers. "It says you were not among those deployed at the Ou Mountains. But clearly, the original copy shows that you were assigned to that location. Would you care to explain this?"

"I thought that you already ordered it," Jeremiah answered against Darlton's clasped hands and glaring eyes with frustration. "I requested this to you along with my transfer to the Special Corps, and you approved it with my consent."

"I'm not the type who takes lies for an answer."

"I swear I'm not lying!" Jeremiah demanded. "You and I both have a copy of the exact document, both of which we signed together!"

The Margrave showed a scanned copy of the order document, which had each other's signatures and the Government Bureau's stamp on it. After reviewing the order number, he found the same record in his personal files. It was clear that Jeremiah wasn't lying, as there was no reason it was fabricated or forced, but the General still found it a little odd, drawing much confusion to the General.

"Hm, can't say I exactly remember giving such an order," Darlton replied, which shocked Jeremiah. "I would have carried out a much deeper investigation, but it's a shame we don't have the time and resources to do so. I'll look into it some other time, but for now, just prepare for the upcoming mission."


From that point on, the General dismissed the oddity and focused on the new mission. But the confusion from the General over an order they agreed upon raised some flags that brought high suspicion among Area 11's current leadership.

No, I don't like this one bit, Jeremiah remarked internally. Aside from having fewer people I can trust, this situation could turn into a death trap...


Back at the underground research lab, Lelouch and his group had located an office that presumably belonged to one of the researchers. Sette and Deed guarded the door with weapons drawn Abyss Soul interfaced with the computer inside. Now that they had established a remote connection for Quattro, she had begun hacking into the research base's systems and downloading all of their files.

"Any clue what happened here?" Lelouch asked as he glanced around the office.

The office was in apparent disarray, especially around the desk. Whoever had been sitting at this desk left in a hurry, no doubt trying to escape whatever killed those men at the entrance into the complex.

"I just gained access to the security systems," Quattro replied. "Give me a sec."

Abyss Soul displayed footage from the remaining security cameras through holographic screens. Some corridors and offices they saw had a slight mess, an indicator that their occupants were in a hurry to leave, taking what they could carry. However, one corridor caught their attention, where they found three women in black suits. They all had metallic armor on their legs and arms, wore visors around their heads, and had pink hair. Near them were the bodies of presumably more Code-R personnel while the holes in the wall and blood splatters suggested a fierce battle occurred.

"What are those?" Lelouch asked. "Somehow, I doubt they are human."

"They are nothing I've seen before."

"I know nothing either," C.C. added.

"Where is that corridor from here?" Lelouch requested a map of the facility from Abyss Soul.

Using the make-shift map, Lelouch and his group cautiously made their way to the corridor, where they found the bodies of the unknown female soldiers. Sette approached them, kneeling next to one while Lelouch used Abyss Soul to scan them.

Two of them were slain by gunfire, judging by the holes in their bodies, and the lack of blood was noteworthy. One was shot in the forehead, indicating that whoever killed that one had taken it by surprise.

"Scan complete master," Abyss Soul reported, "Results indicate its an unknown type of combat android due to a large amount of internal mechanical components."

"I see, and are they inactive?"

"Yes sir," Abyss Soul replied.

"Quattro, send a notice to Tamaki and Inoue that I am sending these three for Peter to examine," Lelouch asked before using Abyss Soul to transport the three android corpses to the truck at their fall back location using a transfer spell.

"Transfer initiated," Abyss Soul reported as the three corpses dematerialized under the magic circle.

"Quattro, how soon are you from downloading the files?"

"Almost, and there is a lot more here than what I initially got from Clovis," Quattro explained. "I think it's safe to assume there was some research being conducted here separate from C.C. According to this, there was a second test subject being kept here for extensive study and storage in suspended animation."

"I had a feeling, especially since this place seems excessively large and well-furnished for another off-site location," Lelouch said, having been suspicious of this base's intended purpose given its size.

A loud bang drew the attention of Lelouch and his team.

"Recommending we withdraw for your safety," Sette advised.

"I have to agree," Lelouch conceded since they accomplished their primary objective, so why stay with an unknown enemy lurking the facility. "Quattro, we're falling back. We're leaving once we get to-"

An explosion erupted nearby, causing Lelouch's team to take cover and protect themselves from the smoke.


A few minutes ago, outside of the facility, the Black Knights secured the parking lot. Two Burais guarded the entrance while Kallen remained by the trucks. Tamaki, Ohgi, and Inoue remained in the driver's seats of the respective vehicles they drove. Sugiyama, Yoshida, and Minami remained on standby in Burais.

"Route 504 is secure," the disguised Dieci guarded the entrance. "No sign of Britannian forces."

"Affirmative," Ohgi complied on the radio.

Before heading to the facility, Dieci already informed her siblings and the Doctor about the newest mission by Zero. At first, she thought some like Otto, who was also present, might notice her presence. Given her excellent performance as a sniper at Yokosuka, it was reasonable that she'd be the best and most likely person to participate among all the Numbers. Of course, she worried if she stood out a little too much, but the covert research facility was something the Doctor couldn't ignore either.

If one reviewed Earth's history with Lost Logia and those experiments exposed months ago, then there has to be something worth finding at this facility.

Ohgi had similar thoughts back in his truck. Indeed, the Britannians arriving earlier is something to worry about. But considering the revelations throughout the past month, even with the new support, he couldn't help but feel unnerved.

"So, what do you expect Zero will uncover this time?" Tamaki ranted on the communication line.

"Tamaki, please keep the conversation limited to only us," Ohgi's order prompted the rebellious member to jump. The former teacher swore he heard the guy juggling his radio before entering the right frequencies.

"I mean, we're all in the middle of a big ass war around here. With these LOGOS guys, Britannia, and those space cops around?"

"What do you think we'll find here?" Kallen inquired Tamaki, having a bad feeling what he inferred.

"Well, the bastard prince has been doing some crazy experiments, and the Mandarin's involved. What if he found some cyborgs? Or some lost technology, they call it?"

"Man, don't jinx us," Sugiyama retorted, unnerved at such a statement. "Next thing we know, the whole TSAB may come after us."

"Sorry to interrupt," Quattro butted into the conversation through the radio. "But it looks like the jinx worked long ago."

"W-What do you mean?" Kallen snapped at Quattro's statement.

"First, we discover the bodies of dead researchers, and then we find what appears to be slain androids which were likely responsible for what happened to those researchers," Quattro pointed out with a matter-of-fact tone.

"Are you thinking this is some kind of trap?" Kallen asked.

"No, but I think we just walked into something else. But at the moment, it's clear we aren't the only ones interested in this place." Quattro answered. "With that said, I am expecting all of you to be on high alert. If it's a threat to us, then take it out."

Unknown to Quattro were parked vehicles on the very edge of her sensors' ranges. Upon closer inspection, they appeared to be civilian rig rigs for transporting enormous containers. However, within the next few seconds, they would transform into something far more dangerous, mobile missile batteries.

Each truck has its trailer suddenly transform into missile-launching platforms, all of which aimed towards the facility. The next moment, a massive barrage of missiles flew into the air, ready to rain shrapnel on their targets.


Before Lelouch was a young woman in her twenties or even a younger age. She had green eyes, a fair skin complexion, and long red hair styled into a braided ponytail. She wore what seemed to be a Barrier Jacket, but the design was unlike anything Lelouch had seen before. It consisted of a short-sleeve jacket, blue shorts, boots, gloves, and thigh-high leggings with neon-green lining on her limbs and torso area.

Is she with the Mandarin or someone else? Lelouch tried to decide a course of action, but the young woman saw them before she suddenly glowed bright pink, causing her hair and eyes to assume a similar glow while a field of red energy surrounded her.

"Stay back," Deed said before stepping to Lelouch's defense with Sette.

Moving faster than the eye could track, and despite the limited space provided in the ruined corridor, the young woman got behind Lelouch. Thankfully, Lelouch had instinctively activated his shield, protecting his back from the incoming attack. However, the impact of the young woman's rifle that materialized into her hands knocked Lelouch forward.

She's faster than Fate, Lelouch thought as he recovered, prompting his team to protect him.

C.C. tried to assist, but she wasn't able to line up a clear shot without potentially shooting Deed or Sette.

However, Deed and Sette were already moving to engage the enemy to protect Lelouch.

Deed brought her blades down upon Lelouch's attacker after stepping in between the two. The woman quickly backed away to evade them. Sette fired energy blasts from her forearm mounted gun, allowing Deed to close the distance for another attack.

But that gave her the distance C.C. needed to take a shot.

"Aura Tiro," her device called as it fired green bursts of energy akin to Divine Shooter and Abyss Shoot. But the woman took the shots head-on and charged for another attack.

From there on, the immortal switched her Device into its sword mode, imbuing the blade with more green mana.

"Aura Cotada," C.C. clashed her blade against the unknown woman's arms. Her challenger was winning that match as the witch found herself slowly knocked back. But the empowered attack was enough for her to get away safely without breaking her new toy.

Her method of evasion was Offshoot, a spell similar to Fate's Sonic Move and Signum's Flash Move. It was a short distance that allowed her to get out of the way of such a fast opponent. That left Sette to tackle their new enemy with her Slaughter Arms.

Around the same time, Lelouch quickly recovered and switched Abyss Soul to Eclipse Mode, recognizing this enemy was potentially too dangerous to risk holding back. Furthermore, Lelouch knew the corridor they were in didn't allow for much room in terms of maneuverability, and there was no cover either.

However, the same was true for their enemy facing the same problem.

"Scatter Shot," Abyss Soul said as it released a burst of different purple spheres towards the woman, shortly after Sette backed away.

Lelouch was doubtful he could hit such a speedy enemy, but he hoped his attack could leave her open against his other allied. At least she would be struck by Lelouch's attacks, which could allow him to win and quickly end this battle.

I didn't want to use it again, but we need to leave now...

During the encounter, C.C. charged up for another spell, much more advanced than the basics she had shown.

"Gwyllion!"

Before their enemy realized it, stalagmites made of the facility's floor burst underneath her, similar to the Steel Yoke spell. Although the surrounding spikes of the deformed metal floor didn't do much as she cut through them with ease, it was enough for Sette and Deed to attack her from both sides.

However, she surprised her attackers by grabbing one of Sette and Deed's weapons with both arms. Despite the limited amount of elbow room, the young woman was holding her own, even after Lelouch and C.C.'s attack forced her to engage in a sword fight. The young woman's rifle transformed into a sword allowing her to parry Deed's attacks properly, then deflected Sette's boomerangs back at her. The young woman seized the chance to escape after Lelouch's strike ended.

Working together with Deed to corner their foe, Sette fired off another barrage of shots from her forearm-mounted blaster weapon while the accompanying cyborg charged at the red-haired woman. If not for the enclosed space of the hallway, then fighting the red-haired woman would've been far more challenging given her blinding speed.

Both of their options for combat was limited, but there was no doubt both women were making the most of what few advantages they could seize. Even if Deed was at a disadvantage in speed, she took advantage of the enemy's limited amount of space to evade forcing the red-haired woman to confront her. However, it seemed the red-haired woman was physically much stronger than the combat cyborg because Deed was struggling whenever their blades met with the young woman trying to overpower her.

The stalemate lasted until Sette had to stop her attack due to exhausting her magic. However, Lelouch was already preparing another attack as well.

The woman slipped past Deed and Sette using incredible speed, which was unlike anything Lelouch and the Combat Cyborgs had encountered before. It wasn't before the young woman appeared in front of him, holding her rifle to his head.

Reacting on instinct and having anticipated such a move since it was a logical move to take out the leader first, Lelouch vanished before the young woman could pull the trigger, confusing her for a moment. Mere seconds later, a dozen bindings erupted from the ground to hold the woman in place. Behind her, Lelouch was glowing red as a sign he was using Overdrive to quickly end the battle despite the risk it posed to himself.

And Lelouch used it to prepare his final attack.

"Twilight Breaker!" Abyss Soul echoed as Lelouch fired an intense blast of magical energy that filled the corridor. Even if his foe broke free of her bindings, there was no way for her to evade.

The blast hit its target, throwing the young woman clear to the other end of the corridor. As a result of the resulting explosion and the damage releasing a Twilight Breaker within an enclosed space, the hall collapsed onto her, separating Lelouch's group from their enemy.

If he was lucky, that might've buried her, too.

Despite having secured a quick victory, Lelouch was already feeling the strain of using Overdrive. Even if it was brief, his muscles were already screaming. The physical stress sapped him of his strength and left his muscles far too sore for him to walk properly.

"Commander," Sette said before catching Lelouch before proceeding to carry him. "Deed will lead the way and let us escape with the commander so we can mend his injuries."

Damn it, Lelouch cursed as Sette carried his and team headed for the exit. I thought using it for less than a minute wouldn't hurt my body like this.

"You four need to get out here now!" Quattro reported, "We got a problem up here!"


Above ground, the Black Knights found themselves the target of a missile bombardment. However, the origin of the attack wasn't known Quattro was using her Inherent Skill to confuse the guidance systems of the missiles causing some to veer off course, providing a better chance of the Black Knights shooting them down. Otto was helpful with that as she used her Inherent Skill to wiped nearly half the missiles in her attack.

Despite Quattro and Otto's best efforts, they lost two Black Knight Burai Units, but their losses could've been a lot worse.

Not even using the elevator, Sette and Deed flew up to the exit and hurried out to Lelouch's Commander Burai Knightmare Frame. Unable to pilot the machine properly due to his muscles in pain, Sette sat on his lap, allowing her to steer in his place.

"All forces fall back! I repeat, fall back!" Quattro shouted as the Black Knights hurried away from the research facility.

The Black Knights didn't attempt to board their trucks. Still, the possibility was already planned before the mission began, and Quattro directed the Black Knights to use their secondary fallback plan in the case of an immediate attack by an enemy. Kallen covered Ohgi and Tamaki's truck, using the Guren's Radiant Wave Surger as a shield.

"Quattro, send the message to Tamaki, Inoue, and the others," Lelouch commanded, despite the pain his use of Overdrive left him in. "We are to flee to our alternate escape route as per our plan."

"You really shouldn't be talking," Quattro snapped.

"I can still use my arms and magic. Once we are safely far away, I'll use a Mass Transfer Spell to move all of us to the rendezvous point. But for now, let's focus on putting as much distance between them and us as possible."

Quattro didn't argue with Lelouch's words. But even she didn't know who attacked them with those missiles. Was this a trap? And if the Mandarin did not do this, then who?


A distance away, a small group observed the fleeing Black Knights. A pale young woman projected a holographic screen with light red hair and orange styled into a ponytail and red eyes. She additionally wore a red and black dress with brown stockings and sandals. Her face also appeared on another observer's tablet, indicating that the life-sized version was just a virtual projection. Next to her was a young woman of sixteen years old with flower ornaments in her waist-length pink hair, a fair skin complexion, and pink eyes. She wore a white short-sleeve dress shirt with a pink skirt, black socks, and brown shoes.

"The Black Knights are retreating," The red-haired young woman commented. "I suppose their curiosity was satisfied."

"We should pursue them?"

The suggestion came from another individual, a man in his late twenties with a tanned complexion with brown eyes and slightly curly brown hair mostly covered by a loose light blue turban he wore. His attire was of a form-fitting black suit with a blue top with long sleeves, gloves, light blue, and white pants with black boots. He also had several piercings on his ear, above his right eye, and a chain connected to a lip piercing.

Behind him was a team of soldiers wearing dark metallic gray armor and helmets with single-eyed visors. They all wore black cloaks and gold shoulder plating, symbolizing their role as an elite unit.

"No, the Black Knights aren't a threat," the pink-haired girl suggested. "They only came with such a small force likely to investigate the research facility. We should let them go."

"I concur with Kyrie," the red-haired girl advised as her tablet screen switch to another incoming force. "The A.S.S.E.C.'s Lancelot will approach the facility within the next five minutes. It is followed by another unit carrying many soldiers, but they're roughly over thirty minutes away due to their inability to keep up with the Lancelot."

"I see, so you want us to prepare a welcome party?"

"Yes, considering Lancelot's combat performance," Kyrie pointed out to their ally. "Furthermore, our research shows the pilot is a close friend of our primary target."

"If our main target doesn't show herself, we could take the Lancelot pilot hostage if the need arises," the virtual adjutant recommended. "In the meantime, our secondary target is on the loose in the facility. I trust you'll deal with her, Mr. Qujappat, and I have extra Iris-Units to assist you and your assassins along with our hired help."

"Consider it done, Miss Iris," Swaile Qujappat replied before his team left Iris and her companion Kyrie Florian alone to strategize their next move.

"As for the rest of the Britannians," Iris remarked as she shifted her projection shown in her hand to a construction yard. "I believe its time."

The last thing Iris and Kyrie saw of the Black Knights was the group flee into a large clearing where their leader Zero had cast a mass transport spell. As the magic circle appeared under the feet of his followers and Knightmare Frames, the Black Knights vanished moments before another missile strike could rain down upon them.


Moments after the missile attack that would rain down upon the Black Knights, the convoy led by Darlton was traveling along National Route 504 as it ran alongside the Ana river on the outskirts of Satsuma. As the caravan began passing an old and seemingly abandoned construction yard where dozens of different construction vehicles were parked, a pair of fuel tankers began speeding down the road towards the convoy.

"Attention all forces, we have approaching vehicles," Darlton commanded. "Weapons are free! I repeat, all weapons are free!"

But before they could fire their weapons at the approaching fuel tankers, they suddenly turned and crashing into one another. The convoy immediately stopped with Clovis being tossed around in his transport vehicle just as fuel tankers exploded. The road was now completely blocked off with the trucks' wreckage and a wall of flame.

"Damn, is this an ambush!?"

Before Darlton could issue an order, a Temporal Barrier was being raised. But within the construction yard, dozens of construction vehicles began activating and combined into dangerous forms.

Their forms varied, but excavators and bulldozers combined to form a gigantic multi-arm mech. More excavators and a crane created a mecha-like machine with lanky arms with fused excavator buckets acting as claws. Tunnel boring machines and foundation pilers formed a mecha with drills for hands and foundation pilers used as make-shift projectile weapons.

Darlton had little time, but within minutes, the convoy was under attack as the walls of the construction yard were torn down. Hidden among them were also Glasgows and Burai units, which joined the advancing construction units or appeared elsewhere by latching on the highway with their Slash Harkens.

The Glaston Knights were the first to respond using their assault rifles combined with the use of their integrated grenade launchers to wipe out the approaching enemies. They fired their weapons upon the construction vehicles smashing their way through the wall. Despite the number of grenades fired at them, the first wave transformed construction vehicles were purposely designed to act as shields to protect the rest of the attack force.

"What kind of machines are these!?" A Britannian OSI agent shouted before he and his men began firing their assault weapons at the impending threats. His words were quickly cut off as a pipe fired by one of the transformed construction machines impaled him through the stomach, causing the other soldiers to spread out to avoid becoming easy targets.

"Bravo Team, support the Glaston Knights!" Darlton commanded. "Delta Team, protect the convoy!"

"Yes sir, but I don't think we can," the soldier's words were cut off as he began screaming. An animated steel cable grabbed his VTOL gunship before throwing the unfortunate man into the air. It wasn't long before the other gunships were shot down as well.

Darlton quickly made his way to his Knightmare Frame, which had been towed behind the armored truck he had been riding in.

"Spread out and form a defensive premier around his highness!" Darlton ordered.

After giving those orders, Darlton found himself dodging gunfire, which shredded the armored vehicle he had been riding in moments ago. Darlton moved away from the destroyed transport before engaging the enemy using his assault rifle to push back the enemy while hoping to get close to them to fight the enemy machines head-on.

The armored trucks were among those being swiftly destroyed, due to having limited space on the road to move to evade enemy attacks. Those closest to the construction yard were the first to be taken out despite the efforts of the Glaston Knights. In a single minute, only the vehicle containing Prince Clovis remained aside from the escorting Knightmares.

Darlton dodged another stream of gunfire coming from one of the construction machines. By using his Gloucestor's mobility, he was able to outmaneuver the fused monstrosities that attacked them. He used his lance to trip the loader-based machine, sending it crashing onto the ground.

Shortly after that, the General went over to another construction machine made up of two or three excavators. The robot fired one of its cannons at him, but he was far from its line of fire. The impact of the round blew his Gloucestor's cape, throwing chunks of asphalt into his Factosphere's view. Darlton then fired his Slash Harkens that anchored onto the side, pulling him onto the giant machine.

"Shoddy oversized imitation, Knightmares!" Darlton shouted as he swung to the top of the contraption. He landed near the exposed driver's seat and smashed the window with his lance. He hoped that his blow disabled the machine with the pilot gone. However, his eyes widened over the empty driver's seat vacant, not a single speck of blood on his lance either.

The excavator machine then threw one of its arms in Darlton's way. By releasing himself from the main section, he stabbed into the hydraulic arm to minimize the impact. Nonetheless, the fused construction vehicle swatted Darlton's Gloucester off itself as it crashed onto its side.

"That thing is automated!?" Darlton cursed as he recovered. He had no idea what kind of enemy his unit faced, and he knew it. But the machines were fallible, just it that was going to take more than simple attacks to bring them down.

He faced the excavator again, which transformed one of its arms into a chaingun. Darlton instinctively dashed to the side to avoid the incoming gunfire. His new aim was to divert its attention and keep it away from Prince Clovis. It responded by slamming its left arm, but Dartlon latched on with his Slash Harkens and rode it onto the right side. The robotic weapon turned to shake off the Knightmare, but the General managed to get a good view of its treads. He took out his assault rifle and fired a few rounds onto the treads before jumping off the immobilized vehicle.

As their father defeated one of the excavators, one of the Glaston Knights were facing down the horde of converted construction vehicles.

"Don't think you can take us on with such obsolete weapons!"

Bart's opponent was another Glasgow, which didn't prove to be a challenge. The Knightarme's gunfire was adequate, not too skilled for a professional warrior. He cut apart its right arm before impaling it with its sword, assured that he defeated his opponent. However, he didn't expect the Knightmare to still move after such a lethal blow.

"WHAT!?"

The Glaston Knight witnessed the Factosphere change into an anti-Knightmare missile. He only had a second to dodge the sudden projectile launched at him, which still got him by the right shoulder, forcing him to eject his Sattel Waffen missiles. The explosion didn't destroy his Knightmare, but the blast shook Bart within the cockpit. The enemy Glasgow raised its rifle again to fire more rounds, damaging his Knightmare's left arm. Alfred then came in and hacked apart the zombie-like vehicle, destroying it for good.

"Edgar, look out!" Claudio shouted to his brother.

The bespectacled knight witnessed a bulldozer unit charing towards him with its raised metal plow. Claudio fired four Sattel Waffen missiles at the driver's seat. The attack only seemed to phase it by a margin as the machine continued to move despite taking significant damage, which meant the Knightmare was automated.

Edgar then propelled backward as the machine smalled its blades onto the road. As he regrouped with his brother, wires suddenly entangled the leg of Claudio's Gloucestor, dragging him towards the deformed machine.

"Claudio!" The knight shouted as he went to return the favor for his brother. Two Glasgows got in the way; he cut the first on the right in half with his sword before destroying another with one of his shoulder missiles.

"Watch your backs, but no matter what, we must protect Prince Clovis," Edgar said after covering Claudio, cutting the wires the bound his leg. His brother used the chance to recover and return to the fight.

"Where the hell did these things come from?" Claudio snapped.

Remarkably, the transport truck at the heart of the convoy remained unharmed so far. But aware of what was happening outside Nanoha, Fate, Signum, and Vita were faced with a severe problem.

"Is it the Mandarin attacking?" Vita asked with her hammer ready.

"I don't know," Fate replied, using Bardiche to collect data on what was happening outside. "These machines and Knightmare Frames seem very different compared to what he has used in the past."

"I am calling for back up," Signum reported. "We need to get a temporal barrier up as soon as possible."

Moments later, the rest of the support team consisting of Hayate, Chrono, Ginga, Shamal, and Zarfia quickly arrived. Chrono projected a Temporal Barrier separating Darlton and his men from their battle against the construction units and Knightmare Frames, or at least those they were not fighting. Furthermore, Clovis's transport was pulled in as well.

Floating beside Hayate as she arrived with Chrono and the others was Reinforce Zwei, a short girl with long white hair, almost like the original Reinforce. After having some forced time off and her regular check-ups, she finally returned to duty with her mistress.

"Nanoha, Fate, Signum, Vita," Chrono began using a communication line, "Take care of the enemy machines. We'll take care of Clovis."

"Let's finish them off quickly," Signum replied before opening the transport with her sword ready.

Upon opening the doors, Nanoha was ready with a blast of magical energy from Raising Heart in Shooting Mode, which consumed a giant multi-limb construction machine after it was unleashed.

Noticing one of their own had been destroyed, the other machines converged upon Nanoha, but Fate and Signum were already going after the others.

Signum infused her blade with fire before decapitating one of the machines created out of various cranes and excavator parts. At the same time, Fate switched Bardiche to Zanber Mode to cleave an incoming rocket-propelled claw-like fist.

Nanoha joined Fate before using Raising Heart in Shooting Mode to shoot apart and shred the machine which had fired that fist at them.

Vita, on the other hand, used Graf Eisen in Gigantform to flatten one of the machines, a type composed out of bulldozers and heavy machinery making what was described as a metal pancake out of it. Upon flattening the enemy machine, Vita switched Graf Eisen to Hammerform to bash the head of an attacking Glasgow when it attempted to attack her from behind.

"Where the heck are these things coming from?" Vita snapped. "Is it just me, or no matter how many of them we destroy, more just keep coming in?"

"The majority seems to be coming from the construction yard," Signum said overhearing Vita's outburst. "Perhaps we should investigate to find the source?"


Inside the convoy, the guards sent to protect Clovis readied their rifles. They had no idea what was happening ever since they lost communication with the outside. But did matter was that they were possibly after Prince Clovis.

Ginga ripped the rear doors open, sending them out onto the street. The soldiers opened fire on her, but all the bullets were deflected by the cyborg's Barrier Jacket and Panzerscheild. As the soldiers eventually ran out of rounds, Ginga charged in and slammed one guard into the right wall. She threw a second guard onto the left wall just when the third one was finished reloading. Ginga finished with an uppercut, sending the last guard into the ceiling. The cyborg then checked their pulses, find all three guards incapacitated.

Ginga then approached Clovis, who has panicking with his eyes shut during her brawl with the guards. He opened his eyes to find the cyborg facing him directly.

"So, you're the prince of Brittania?" Ginga observed the fallen royal cuffed to the wall in a prisoner jumpsuit. "Never thought royalty would fall so low tied up like this."

"W-Who are you?" Clovis hesitated to ask, shocked by the girl's strength after she took out all of the guards. It made him wonder if they were dead and what was going to happen to him.

"I'm part of the Time-Space Administration Bureau," Ginga firmly responded as she prepared a binding spell. "And you're coming with us."

Ginga bound Clovis's legs and arms. Shamal then used a spell to put the Prince of Britannia to sleep as the cyborg contacted the team.

"Are you guys going to be okay cleaning the rest of them up?" Ginga asked after securing Clovis.

"If this is all the enemy sent, I think we can handle it," Shamal replied.

"Very well," Ginga said before using a spell to teleport to the Arthra with Clovis in tow.

But seconds after leaving the Temporal Barrier was shattered.

"What happened?" Chrono asked, noticing the barrier had been dispelled.

The sound of footsteps approaching led the young man to turn around to find the source of the noise.


Back at the Research Facility, when Suzaku arrived in the Lancelot, he met opposition in the form of strangely fused construction vehicles alongside Burai Knightmare Frames. Despite being outnumbered ten to one, the Lancelot had the advantage in both agility and offensive power.

Suzaku began his attack with a few shots from the Lancelot's VARIS rifle using it to destroy one of the large multi-armed construction machines moving to attack him.

The white Knightmare Frame had to veer to the left to avoid a rocket-propelled excavator-like claw fist flying at him before Suzaku retaliated with the VARIS. With no cover and only the Blaze Luminous shields to protect him, Suzaku was continually moving and ready to evade enemy attacks. If there was an attack he couldn't dodge, then he would deflect it with the Blaze Luminous shields.

The different construction machines, which Suzaku saw were made out of a mix-mashed assortment of construction vehicles, although threatening at a glance, they were rather sluggish and slow. The Burai units were no different from enemy Sutherlands Suzaku had dealt with in the past, so dispatching them wasn't troublesome as long as he was mindful of the larger enemy machines.

I should have this area cleared out within a few minutes, but what's going on inside?

Little did Suzaku realize the real danger awaiting him would be inside the facility.

Suzaku found himself evading animated cables from one of the machines created from a mix of cranes and bulldozers right before having to dodge another rocket-powered fist sent flying at him. However, Suzaku used it to his advantage and acting on raw instinct. He avoided the claws at the right time, causing it to strike the other construction machine and stun it enough for Suzaku to finish it off with an MSV blade he was wielding in his free hand.

Using the VARIS rifle in the other, Suzaku spun around and shot the machine that had fired its fist at him as a projectile weapon.

Once Suzaku finished off the last of the enemy Glasgows and mix-mashed construction machines, he checked the area to ensure it was clear, and there would be no further threats for the time being.

"This is Warrant Officer Kuruguri," Suzaku reported. "The area around our destination has been cleared of hostiles."

"Roger that, Lancelot," Cecile replied. "Proceed inside the facility and secure the entrance. Reinforcements will be arriving within the next few minutes."

"Understood," Suzaku remarked before moving the Lancelot towards the garage, which he found the large elevator shaft.

Unknown to Suzaku, the pilots of the Glasgow's he had defeated all ejected safely from battle once their machines received critical damage. However, what emerged from the cockpit wasn't your average pilot, but more of those androids Lelouch had found inside the facility.

At least a dozen of them were slowly converging upon the facility itself.


Around the same time, Darlton and his men noticed whatever had caused some of the enemy machines to vanish had suddenly reappeared. However, along with the reappearance of the enemy that had suddenly disappeared, they saw young women floating in the air fighting the enemy machines.

Am I seeing things?

Darlton wasn't sure what to make of it, but they were fighting the enemy machines plaguing them. However, more worrying was the fact that Darlton noticed in the corner of his eye that Clovis's transport had been attacked. And outside of it, he saw a group of people in what appeared to be some kind of standoff.

"Anyone not engaged against an enemy, recover Prince Clovis immediately!" Darlton ordered before being forced to face an enemy Burai.

However, the holographic projection of Iris noticed the incoming Sutherlands and Gloucesters, ordering several Glasgows and a bulldozer-based vehicle to impede their path.

"That should prevent further interference," Iris commented as she accompanied by Kyrie and one other who approached Chrono. "I was worried we would have to take some hostages, but this works out better for us."

The man accompanying them had spiky brown hair, a fair skin complexion with brown eyes. He was at least six feet tall and possessed a far more muscular frame. He wore a red shirt under a black leather jacket with a white fur-collar and matching pants. He had a silver necklace and gloves that held that, at first glance, seemed similar to an Armed Device. However, it appeared more akin to a sawed-off shotgun with an integrated curved sword-like blade below the barrel.

"If you are here for Clovis, then you are too late," Chrono pointed out.

"Actually, we don't care about a disgraced Prince, but we do want the Book of Darkness held by you," Kyrie said before pointing to Hayate. "Hayate Yagami, we would like it if you could hand over the Book of Darkness to us. Do so, and no one has to get hurt."

"Who are you, people?" Hayate demanded.

"Be careful, especially of that big one," Reinforce whispered, worrying who clearly had a bad feeling about the large man with them.

"I am Kyrie Florian," Kyrie replied politely as she offered introductions of her companions. "This is my friend, Iris, and this fellow is an associate we hired to help us. His name is Veyron of…"

"Veyron?" Hayate said as her face paled. "As in Veyron of the Hückebein Family?"

"That's right," Veyron answered with a grin. "I heard you faced one of our family members last year and got away alive, so you should know what we're capable of. And for the record, I am among the strongest of the family whose reputation could be cemented as the strongest if I take down the so-called Three Aces of the Bureau."

Veyron brandished his weapon in a more threatening manner.

"So please let negotiations crumble so I can rip into all of you!"

The threat from Kyrie's associate caused Reinforce Zwei to panic and hid behind Hayate. It's as she feared, just like her fellow Wolkenritter members and Ace companions. Chrono also hesitated for the moment as they were unprepared for such a situation. He's one of those responsible for the Reinforce Zwei's partial absence this past year, and member of killers known as the Hückebein.


A/N: the fights in these chapters might've been light, but the next chapter will make up for it I promise you guys.

This hasn't been a good week for Lelouch, but they didn't escape empty-handed. They completed their mission and got something extra for their troubles.

But it seems Hayate and the others are in a real bind as well, and Suzaku will have his own hands full as well.

And yes Kyrie and her sister from the Nanoha movies Reflection and Detonation have joined the cast with Iris and a few others from Force much earlier.

If you guys were curious C.C.'s magic and attacks are Gaelic and based on the Dunbine franchise.

Thank you for reading everyone, and I thank you advance for your reviews and feedback.