Chapter 20: War on Zilkhstan part II
*20 minutes before Lelouch's squad reaches the city centre*
Suzaku's squad are distracting Zilkhstan forces while Lelouch and his squad back up Jeremiah's squad.
"It's time to get serious," Kallen said, targeting hundreds of Zilkhstanian troops. The Zilkhstan General fighting Kallen and Suzakus' squads begins taunting them.
"Suzaku take my squad and yours to deal with the troops the general is mine" Kallen said engaging the scorpion looking knightmare frame the Zilkhstan general was piloting. Kallen went to charge him but dodged all the missiles the general fired at her.
"Is that you got General?"
"You dare mock me? I've had more experience piloting knightmare than you?"
For once in Kallens life she laughed at the general knowing she was pissing him off which made it easier for her to win against him. Kallen used her radiant wave to wipe out all remaining aerial forces coming to reinforce the offensive attack force. Kallen went to charge him again but was stopped by a new knightmare belonging to the king of Zilkhstan Shalio. Shalio engages Kallen in a fierce duel with neither being able to top the other. Exchanging blows and dodging each other's attacks, Kallen ejects out of her gig fortress frame charging him in her Guren S.E.I.T.E.N Type Special and uses the radiant wave arm to grab ahold of Shalio and uses max energy bubbling the knightmare up and exploding it.
Suzaku took notice and charged the Scorpion knightmare frame called Batalalan Du. Suzaku charged up the WhiteFang and targeted all forces shooting him. "You had your warning" Suzaku said firing the WhiteFang destroying every knightmare targeted. Suzaku charged Batalalan Du in it's scorpion form but was caught by it's capture field
"I must live" Suzaku said to himself and eyes glowed red and ejected out of the giga fortress revealing the Lancelot siN;Suzaku grabbed his two V.A.R.I.S rifles and began firing at the frame he put away one of the rifles and grabbed his Master Vibration Sword and charged the Batalalan Du knightmare frame and was able to destroy the KMF. Suzaku was out of breath and panting he overexerted himself and was taking a breather before hearing on comms the city centers forces were wiped out and Lelouch had literally punched straight through the KMFs and was making his way to commander Bolvona Forgnars Knightmare frame. Suzaku and Kallens squads all headed to the city to join up with Lelouch and Jeremiah's squads. Upon arriving they see Lelouch's hand flaming melt the Knightmares cockpit and Lelouch drags Bolvona Forgnar out of his knightmare. Lelouch forgot to turn his communicator off and they all heard what he said. "I surrender, please spare me" Everyone heard, pleading to Lelouch
"You want to surrender now after threatening me and my sister" Everyone heard Lelouch say, they could see now both of Lelouch's eyes were flaming bright orange.
"I gave you a chance to surrender Forgnar and I would've spared your pathetic life but you made one wrong move"
Suzaku was able to see Forgnar look up at Lelouch.
"YOU THREATENED ME AND MY SISTER PRINCESS NUNNALLY" Lelouch shouted pissed off.
"As I said before you'll pay with your life" Lelouch said, picking the man up by the collar of his shirt.
'Lelouch what has happened to you while you were on Remnant?'
"The only ones who should be killed are those who are prepared to be killed" Lelouch said and pulled out his gun and shot him a couple times in the stomach and dropped the general's dead body on the ground. Everyone but Jeremiah and Cornelia were shocked at what they just witnessed, Lelouch mercilessly executed him. Lelouch stood there in Forgnars pool of blood before Lelouch went to move forward he heard a voice.
'I see my boy is finally becoming what he was meant to be a demon'
"I'll never be like you, I may have killed and caused innocent to die but that's war"
Another voice spoke.
'Why fight sweetheart?Why refuse what will be inevitable?'
"Why? Because I've seen things that are impossible and I can and will create what Nunnally and Euphie had always wanted a gentler world"
Everyone was wondering who he was talking to since they could no one.
Soon everyone saw Lelouch's other hand start flaming and then fire surrounded him but wasn't burning him even Team RWBY & JNPR were shocked they weren't sure if this was part of the maidens powers or if somehow Lelouch is altering the fall maidens powers.
Lelouch dropped to his knees taking a breath.
"Maybe I am a demon," Lelouch said.
'You are a demon but not just any demon you are THE demon/Lucifer than any other demon. Lucifer as you know was an Angel who fell from heaven and fell to Earth and became the first sin known to man preceding Adam he challenged god and failed but Lucifer learned from his mistakes just as you have. However where you and Lucifer draw the line of right and wrong is your love for those you care about, it's what keeps you sane' a voice said that Lelouch recognized which was the collective unconscious.
"You're right but I'm just scared what the world will think of me when they learn of these powers"
'As I have told you before that's up to you figure out'
Everyone rushed to Lelouch wondering what he's doing and what who he's talking to.
"I have one question to ask of you before I confront Shamna"
'Ask away Lelouch'
"I want to know why I'm hearing my parents voices"
'It's the maidens powers rejecting you and trying to test you if you're are truly worthy of wielding its power and because you're letting your anger and hatred consume and corrupt similar to how greed and pride corrupted Lucifer'
"Lelouch you okay...Lelouch hello"
Lelouch looked up and saw everyone looking concerned.
"The maidens' powers are trying to reject me seeing that I'm letting my anger and hatred corrupt my soul as Lucifer was corrupted by self-generated pride. I could hear my mother and father trying to turn me into a Demon Emperor"
That little twist caught everyone off guard.
"Lelouch you are no Demon yes you've committed horrible crimes...we all have" Suzaku said reassuring Lelouch
"You're wrong Suzaku I am a Demon...I am Lucifer but what makes us different is I have people to keep me in check compared to Lucifer who was all alone when he committed the first sin known to man"
"And I agree with the collective unconscious" Lelouch said standing up.
"After this is over I'll talk to Ozpin and have him help me train to control these powers...If the public were to learn of this power they'd reject me and want me killed or banished. That's why I might step down and allow Nunnally to continue what I started and I'll probably stay on Remnant where they'll accept me"
Everyone didn't like to hear what Lelouch was saying but Team RWBY and JNPR understood him and why he thinks that. Blake was the one to break the silence.
"The people may be scared but if you assure them that he can learn to control from a man that has helped us all out before, you can tell them that you will not fight in the battle unless absolutely necessary if that's what they wish. I don't care what everyone thinks just like how you didn't care I was a Faunus and supported me." Blake said kissing him on the cheek to reassure Lelouch that no matter what he thought she'd always be with him and they'd support him no matter his decision.
"Princess King Shalio, commander Forgnar and all remaining forces defending the city have been wiped out, what should we do?" One of the messengers asked Shamna. Shamna realizing the battle was lost pulled out a gun and shot herself, rewinding time to 8 hours earlier.