Area 11 - Tokyo
As four figures ran through a dark alleyway, they have all wondered the same thing.
'What the fuck did we do?'
Knight of Three Gino Weinberg, Knight of Twelve Monica Krushevsky, Knight of Six Anya Alstreim, and Knight of Nine Nonette Enneagram. The four Knights of Round, once regarded as highly respectable people of strength, loyalty, and courage, were excommunicated and sentenced for execution for unknown reasons. Knight of Ten Luciano Bradley and Knight of Four Dorothea Ernst gave their lives when covering their retreat from Pendragon and while Area 11, the place where Britannian Military are scattered everywhere, isn't the best choice to hide, the local terrorists might distract their pursuers for a while. When they found themselves in Tokyo, they were spotted by patrolling police officers. Running for their lives, they were eventually cornered.
Two police officers aimed their revolvers at the group and one slowly walked to arrest them. "Hands where I can see them! You three sure are making a lot of noise back in the mainland."
As the officer walked up to the three, they thought of their last words before being arrested.
'Oh, how I'll miss Cornelia's favourite brother. His eyes were quite alluring.'
'Where is Lady Marianne's son when you need him? He could easily come up with a plan to escape this situation.'
'At least my last seconds as a free lady will end thinking of my first love from my childhood.'
'If only I can send my recordings to Prince Lelouch who is in the afterlife in advance...'
The moment the officer grabbed for his handcuffs, a thump was heard. He looks at his back and sees his dead comrade.
"What on Ea-" And he goes down with a kunai stuck to the back of his head. The unknown assailant then jumped down from god knows where grabbed back her weapon and stared at the group, who were shocked with their mouths wide open. Save for Anya, who maintained her face of indifference.
"Please close your mouth. You are Knight of Rounds and not codfishes." The unknown woman asked. She wore a black officer uniform with a pencil skirt. A belt of knives wrapped around her hips. A white maid hat with a single small golden bar attached to the centre is worn on her head along with a shawl of the same colour that covers the lower part of her face.
Nonette, the first one to regain her composure, finally asked the question. "Who are you?"
"Sayoko Shinozaki, 37th Successor of the Shinozaki School, and maid/bodyguard for the vi Britannia siblings."
Monica, shocked at not just being in front of a trained ninja but learning her allegiance, then asked her question. "vi Britannia? As in Lelouch and Nunnally vi Britannia? I thought they died in the war..."
"That is what the general public believes. You four sure are lucky that while I was on surveillance duty, Academy cameras caught your chase." Sayoko said as she pointed at a security camera.
"Academy? What Academy?" Asked Gino, who was still taking in all the events that happened.
Anya took out her phone and pictured Gino's confused face. "Recorded."
"Ashford Academy." Sayoko answered with a smile.
When the four knights and the maid entered the Academy, they were escorted into the library. A locked door using biometric security systems opened sideways upon identifying the ninja maid. The room was white and had a few chairs, a sofa, a table, and a painting of the vi Britannia line. When they sat down with Gino lying down on the sofa, the floor shook a bit.
"What the hell was that?" Asked a startled Nonette.
Sayoko just smiled as she answered."The room is an elevator."
After a while, the door opened to reveal a sterile hallway. As they walked to a metal door, multiple hidden wall compartments opened to reveal multiple minigun turrets. Seeing this, Monica immediately hid behind Gino, who hid behind Anya, who hid behind Nonette, who hid behind Sayoko.
"Don't be such babies. They are remotely controlled. They only open fire when The Marshal orders them to." Sayoko snickered with a smile.
'The Marshal?' Questioned the four knights.
Upon sensing no intruders, the turrets retracted and hid behind their compartments. The door opened sideways to reveal a huge command centre laden with computers displaying maps, individuals of importance, statistics, and the International Stock Market. The room is filled with neon purple lights and a large rectangular table with swivel chairs stands at the centre of it all. At the front of the table, a young man around the age of Monica sat on a black throne. A nametag that says a certain dead man's name is attached to his black military officer suit. The ends of the collar leaf are adorned with a small single bar of purple sapphire that not only indicated his rank, but also his individuality. A black peak cap covers the top of his raven hair. With his black gloves and cape of the same colour, and his golden epaulettes, his presence instigates intimidation in the room. His purple eyes looked at the group then at Sayoko.
"General Shinozaki, what on Earth are four Knights of Round doing in our secret headquarters? Not that I'm upset about seeing four childhood friends in front of me. I am just curious." Lelouch asked. His right eyebrow raised, signalling his curiosity.
"Herr Marshal if you checked the mail in your holo-computer, you would be informed of my actions regarding the Knights of Round." Sayoko answered.
Lelouch got up and headed for his personal desk. On it was a storage of national secrets of every nation and his personal holo-computer. He checked its inbox and found one new mail from Sayoko. Upon reading it his stared at the screen in both utter shock and disbelief.
He then turned quickly to face Sayoko. "Has that man gone mad?! Executing his best soldiers!?"
"I'm afraid so Herr Marshal..." Sayoko said with a saddened response.
"L-Lelouch... Is that really you?" Monica asked with tears on her face.
Lelouch then turned to Monica and his face lit up with joy. "Aha! Monica, good to see you, darling my love!" He then rushed towards her and gave her two things. A hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Anya then took a picture of the moment. "Recorded."
She then fainted only to be caught by Gino.
Upon taking a glance at Monica, Nonette sighed. "I swear this girl is madly in love. And this boy is such a flirt master."