Chapter 50 : Explanations

"Ioan!"

"Do you know this individual?" Jan asked.

"He's my half-brother ... I haven't seen him in years."

"It is reliable?"

"I guarantee for him."

"Ok ... Alan, free him."

The pilot obeyed, freeing him from the handcuffs. Ioan stood up.

"It's been a century since our last meeting, little sister ..."

"13 years."

"For me a century."

"What are you doing here? How did you escape the destruction of Paris? "

"When those spaceships started to position themselves above the main cities, I immediately understood that they could not have friendly intentions. So I thought it best to remove the curtains. I took refuge in Dijon, where I stayed for some time. But the destruction of Paris, the City Destroyers and the battles that raged everywhere convinced me to look for a safer place, namely this fortress. Of course, I didn't expect to find her already occupied. "

"I see."

"But now tell me about yourself ... The deceased Smilas said you were dead. I have believed this for years. Then, in 2027, I find you alive and well, holding the position of prime minister of the empire, after the fall of the mad emperor Lelouch ... I try to contact you but your secretary always refuses to let me talk to you. Can you explain to me how it really went that day 13 years ago? "

"Smilas was a traitor ... He used me to gain power and then let me feed the British. However I managed to get by, and together with some friends, I went to live with a gypsy community. I was tired of wars and intrigues, I just wanted to lead a quiet and peaceful life in the woods with them. "

"Keep it going."

"After almost a decade of quiet life the British have identified our camp and destroyed it. Only Akito and I were saved, while Ashley was taken prisoner. "

"And then?"

"We fled to Paris, where we were hosted by a certain Francois Adjani, with whom I had made friends. But she was conditioned by the geass, and when Lelouch ordered her to kill us she obeyed. Akito died by hee hand, but I managed to kill her and escape. I took refuge in Madrid, where I was housed in a estate, owned by a girl. Her name was Nadie. She and her maid Roberta were affiliated with a sleeper cell of the resistance. They took me to Tokyo, where I met CC, their leader. She convinced me to take part in a plan that would lead to the dismissal of Emperor Lelouch, a plan that was successful. "

"You killed him, didn't you?"

"Imprisoned, for three years. Now we have freed him, his strategic and tactical skills are useful in the war against the invaders. "

"Leila, that man is dangerous! He has already enslaved humanity once and will do it again! You must get rid of him! It's a loose cannon! "

"We can't, we need it."

"Do you know that he could have imposed the geass on everyone here at the fortress? Maybe even control yourself! "

"The military successes of recent times are all flour in his bag. Without him the aliens will crush us. You know what it means. End of human civilization and beginning of Gerel's reign. However we have a valid anti-geass. "

"And who would it be?"

"Jeremiah Gottwald. He owns the geass canceller, which allows you to cancel the effects of the geass. "

"Are you sure?"

Leila nodded.

"It is thanks to him that now humanity is free."

Although I can't count on its reliability ... Lelouch could corrupt it by any means.

"I understand ... Who are they?"

"He is Tony, my ..."

She broke off, not knowing how to classify it. Kyoko stared at her.

"Your what?" The stepbrother asked.

"My lover."

"As the future husband and father of the child she has in her womb." Tony intervened.

"And the lady?"

"Kyoko Hayashi, I'm his wife." The redhead replied, adjusting her glasses.

"Ah ..."

"However you are welcome to this fortress, brother. I'll take you to the empress, before showing you the rooms where you'll be staying. "

"Do you want to introduce me to Cornelia? Why?"

"Well, if he saw you walking around the fortress without knowing who you are, he would immediately think of the worst, suspicious as he is."

"Then OK…"

"Come on, follow me."

Osaka, 7:00 pm

A boy with reddish hair and black eyes sat at a bar and sipped a glass of sake. Behind the bartender (a black man with a bald head) an old-fashioned television set was broadcasting a newsletter.

"The imperial air force launched air raids on alien military installations in Siberia, located near the cities of Omsk and Novisibirsk. According to information, a CD and various enemy ground units have been destroyed, as well as some fighters. "

"Fortunately, the City Destroyer that was above failed because of a malfunction, otherwise we would all be ashes now."

"They took him to the Uchinoura space center, right?" Asked the bartender.

"Exact. They want to study alien technology. According to them it could help human science to progress in various fields ... You know space stuff or something. "

At that moment two women entered the room: Saki and Gerel.

"Isn't your ex that?"

Intrigued, Hayato turned to the two newcomers. When he recognized Saki he said:

"What are you doing here?"

"I wanted ... to review an old my love," She replied, in a falsely loving tone.

"Maybe I didn't explain myself ... Our relationship is over! I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore."

In response the girl punched him in the nose, breaking it.

"What the fuck are you doing?"

She pushed him off the stool, knocking him over.

"Before you fucked me and drugged me ... Then you threw me away, like a waste. Now you will pay for what you did to me!"

That said he grabbed him by the neck and lifted him in mid-air, squeezing hard. Hayato felt suffocated, he was out of breath. His face soon turned purple. The bartender, at that scene, took a shotgun from under the counter and pointed it at Saki.

"Leave him!"

Gerel, however, did not give him time to shoot: she disintegrated it with a single movement of her hands. Only a patch of blood smeared on the counter and on the TV remained of him, which was destroyed.

"Strong!" Saki complimented.

"A gift of nature ... I gave to you too."

"I can't wait to experience it in high school!"

Meanwhile Hayato had breathed his last breath. When Saki realized it he threw it back on the floor, and then beheaded him with a kick..

"Now we have to find a place to spend the night."

"Do you already have a place in mind?"

"Yes ... Follow me."