Chapter 127: Fear and pain, part 3
In another tent Kaguya sat in front of a small table, her face pale and with an expression of fear and anguish.
I'm afraid ... I don't want to be consumed by that damned virus, as happened to Princess Eufemia!
She thought, afraid.
In the last 7 years, fate seemed to have turned its back on her: the invasion of her homeland by Britannia, the death of her parents and her uncle, the late Prime Minister Genbu, the disappearance of her cousin Suzaku ... And now, most likely , an alien virus was destroying her from within, transforming her into a ferocious zombie ready to attack any human that came within range. The very idea of her made her sick, she had preferred death to such a fate. For a moment, in her mind, she imagined himself vomiting profusely, her face disfigured by the effects of the virus. That vision of her was so frightening to her that he covered her eyes with her hands.
I don't want ... I don't want ... I DON'T WANT!
She told herself, terrified.
She remained in that position for a couple of minutes, then she stands up.
How stupid I am ... Whether I want it or not the virus will turn me into a monster ... But before that happens ...
She wiped away her tears and looked determined.
There is one last thing I need to do!
Leaving her tent, she wandered through the camp. Around her, civilians, British soldiers and Black Knights were intent on having dinner, doing various activities (such as listening to music, watching videos on mobile phones, etc.) and arguing with each other.
"Damn ... Until yesterday I lived in a luxury villa with all the comforts, now I have to stay in a miserable refugee camp, with Eleven and terrorists!" She exclaimed a blond woman with blue eyes, whom Kaguya recognized as Sharon Statfeld, a British noble.
"The choice was here with the Japanese (the term Eleven is now obsolete) or in Tokyo with the aliens, Miss Statfeld." It reminded her of a girl with short brown hair and sky-blue eyes, wearing a British military uniform.
The blonde woman reacted with a gesture of annoyance.
"I know well, Miss Soresi! But keep in mind that until yesterday the Black Knights were mortal enemies of the empire, responsible for very serious crimes! Yet Emperor Charles made an alliance with them and, even worse, with Europia! An alliance even more unholy than the one made in the 16th century between the kingdom of France and the Ottoman Empire! He is crazy or what?"
The girl turned to her.
"If this situation can be a comfort to you, I don't like it either ... I hate the Black Knights to death, and if I haven't killed one yet it's just so as not to compromise our alliance."
Stupid whores ... Don't them understand that either we fight together or they will kill us down one by one?
Kaguya wondered, irritated, stopped to listen.
The woman named Sharon stared at her interlocutor curiously.
"Why do you hate them? Is there any reason in particular? "
"They killed Kewell, my older brother, during the Battle of Narita. His knightmare literally exploded, with him inside. " As she said this she clenched her left hand into a fist.
Sharon looked sorry.
"Poor boy ... Victim of such cruel terrorists!" She commented.
"Yeah… And it makes me angry not to be able to avenge his death. As mentioned above, the upper echelons do not want to compromise the current human alliance (as some call it), and I would risk passing for manipulation. In any case, I would end up executed. "
Bored by those speeches, Kaguya resumed her journey.
Damn ... I can't point this out to others, but I'm scared. Perhaps the virus has already infected me, and is slowly consuming me ... Maybe in a few hours I too will become a zombie, as happened to Euphy.
Lelouch thought, in his tent, lying on his back on his cot.
If this happens, the Black Knights will find themselves without a leader, and I fear that a struggle for succession could break out, which would further weaken the order.
He let out a sigh.
I should choose someone, to prevent any eventuality, but I really don't know who to choose as a possible successor.
He began to think of various possible candidates.
Ohgi is my second in command, so the assignment would fall to him, but he is inexperienced and hesitant. Kallen is dead, killed by CC. Tamaki is a idiot. Todoh is a good commander, maybe I could name him ...
Suddenly, however, a doubt hit him like a kick in the testicles.
What if he is infected too?
He shook his head.
I have to keep calm and think clearly.
He ran a hand over his face.
Easy to say ... But in the meantime the fear remains.
It was not only his fate and that of the order that worried him, but also of his mother, Marianne, who he had believed dead for years, only to discover that she had simulated her death to escape those who, at court, hated her and they conspired against her. If the virus had caught her ... The very idea terrified him.
I just retrieved her... I don't want to lose her, this time seriously! She is the only member of my family that I can blindly trust, and the one I care the most in the world, especially now that Nunnally is dead.
At that moment he heard Kaguya's voice from outside.
"Zero? Can I come in?"
"One moment!"
He put on the mask and turned around.
"Now you can enter."
The little girl made her entrance; Lelouch immediately noticed her change of mood; what was usually a cheerful, carefree, and at times bold girl was now deathly pale, and in her eyes he saw fear, anguish, insecurity.
I don't blame her, given the current situation.
He thought.
"How can I help you?" He asked her.
"I-I…. I have a request. Indeed, two. " She replied, keeping her eyes down.
"Which?"
Kaguya rolled her eyes.
"The first is that ... I would like to see your face, Zero."
Lelouch was surprised by that answer.
"And the second?"
"I'll tell you only if you accept the first one."
"I'll only do it if you tell me why."
"The reason is that the virus that killed Euphemia may have already infected me, and you… Or maybe everyone. And I ... I don't want to die before seeing the person I love right in the eye!"
He thought about it. By now the leaders of the Black Knights had discovered his true identity, and the fact that one more person knew this would have made no difference. But… Kaguya was affiliated with Kyoto House, whose members (except Kirihara, who vanished into thin air) didn't know who was behind the mask. But maybe she was right, maybe they were already doomed.
"Promise me you will not reveal to anyone what you will see." He said to she.
"I promise." She replied the dark-haired girl.
In case of problems I will neutralize her with the geass
Meanwhile he was thinking.
He put a hand to his face and slowly unmasked himself, placing the mask on the table. He then he turned to Kaguya, looking straight into her eyes. The girl she stood looking at him for a few seconds, then she exclaimed:
"But ... But you are ..."
"Lelouch. I see you still remember me. " He said with a smile.
Kaguya was surprised. She would never have imagined that Lelouch, a former British prince exiled to Japan shortly before the outbreak of the Second Pacific War, was hidden behind the mask of Zero. She still remembered the day he and her younger sister Nunnally arrived at the Kururugi shrine eight years earlier. She had looked at the new arrivals with a mixture of curiosity and awe, hiding behind the right leg of her uncle Genbu, the last prime minister of Japan. She had given them for dead during the war, and instead Lelouch was there, in front of her. After the initial amazement she smiled at her.
"I see you've become a splendid boy." She claimed.
"Thanks, you're pretty too. But now tell me what the second request is. "
Her interlocutor blushed, looking down again.
"I ... I want ..."
"Mh?"
"I... I want ..."
Damn, Kaguya… Don't be a coward! Tell him!
She told herself, then stared straight into her eyes.
"I want… I want you to fuck my pussy, Lelouch! Fuck me more hard you can!"