This chapter is late because I was out celebrating with the family during the lunar new year... then to came back home... to find out that someone in my apartment block got hit with the CO-VID19 so we were in quarantine for the last two weeks. That was the bad news.
Good news is no one in my family contracted it and are extremely glad about.
During my time stuck in there, I was playing with the idea in writing other fanfics which sadly has somewhat killed my motivation to write this story as I realized a few things that clashed with each other and annoyed me. More on that later.
Right now, Hong Kong is a bit crazy because of the Corona Virus to the point where masks have been sold out everywhere and schools have been closed down till further notice. We're already on our 4th box and I have more incoming from a friend of mine overseas.
Stay safe everyone and remember to maintain strict personal hygiene.
Anyway on with the fanfic news.
Previously, I was pondering how I was gonna set my schedule for posting new chapters. I have decided that I will be releasing things bi-monthly, meaning releasing a new chapter every 2 months. Originally, I was gonna post 2 chapters a month for this story... along with a couple of new stories but realizing how ambitious that was, I decided bi-monthly was better. Also I'm changing my mind about the promise of the 8000 word per chapter per month. Mostly because that I am planning to post other stories as well. I'll still try to keep the story to more than 5000 words but again. No promises.
The new possible stories will be:
1) A semi-crack fic about why Ichigo's Zanpakuto is shaped like a kitchen knife that loosely follows canon and will be a fluff piece.
2) A Gundam Build Diver's crossover with another Gundam franchise. This one is something that has been on my mind for quite some time, if I'm being honest. I had a few things I wanted to add to Jason's Rebellion before I realized 'Wait a minute... This is becoming a Gundam story!' so I thought why not make it simple and make a gundam fic instead of shoehorning clearly Gundam elements in a Code Geass story.
3) An Overlord story. Again, wondering if it should be a crossover or alternate universe or an another insert character story.
4) A Naruto and Justice League Animated or Superman the Animated series fiction where Naruto gets sent to the animated DC universe after a battle with an enemy in the Boruto timeline. I was about to say the name but it's mild spoilers. If you want to know who I'm talking about, go check out the manga. The anime has it's moments but the manga is the one I actually love a lot and have a physical copy of. I.e. in Japanese which I cannot read lol.
5) A Naruto multi cross over similar to a fic I have been reading but has Ichigo as the main character. That one is in pending as I am waiting to get approval from the author.
Out of all of them, the Gundam story is the one I have the biggest drive to write for at the moment. I'm tempted to do Seed as that was a series that got me into Gundam (I love how many there are but seeing how some of them have died prompted me to do this). I wanna do Universal Century but I am sad to say I'm not that much of an expert and my lack of knowledge will no doubt piss some fans off. For example, comments/reviews such as: "Actually, that didn't happen in the timeline. Because you did X: Y and Z will be completely different to what you wrote" or "There is no way Char would be like that!" or "Amuro would not be so callous to X's feelings!" or "The whole point why they hate each other is because of Insert reason here _".
I can only read so many of the same type of comments before I can get put off in writing a new chapter. Seed on the other hand was something I religiously watched as a kid. Mostly because there was a lack of other Gundam series material around here and there was a library nearby that had Gundam Seed Mangas and VCD Box collections that I watched any chance I could get. It wasn't until I went to high school where I found out that people detested Seed and Seed Destiny. That made me a bit sad. I have come to see why others don't like it but Seed and Seed Destiny will always have a place in my heart in keeping me company in my lonely childhood.
Anyway. I'm entertaining the idea with doing Seed but again there are a few out there that already did what I wanted to write so I'm a bit bummed out about that. I'll still need to think about the premise though. As to why it's Build Divers instead Build Fighters? Mostly to do with the latest series, Re:Rise. In any case, I'm still deciding whether the series I'm gonna cross over is going to be with Seed, Seed Destiny, 00, Iron-blooded Orphans. It's gonna be an Isekai-like fanfic by the way. I know, so original.
What? I like Isekai. Taste is subjective and overrated anyway, if you don't like the idea then you can always ignore what I write easily. I'm only doing writing these to mostly entertain myself and any other's that like it. I'm not getting points in originality anyways.
Edits
Remember how I said I would edit things? Yea, I've already done it. Nothing too major, just cleaned up some grammar, replaced a word that popped up one too many times in a paragraph, changed a few sentence structures. You're free to read the previous chapters to see the differences but it's so minor there's no point.
With that out of the way.
I will be issuing a spoiler warning for this fanfic. The OC has in-depth knowledge of Code Geass and information will be spoilt throughout the story,
This is Metalhound signing off.
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"Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you"- Speaking.
'Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you' - Character's Thoughts.
"Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you" - Telecommunications.
"[Japanese: Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you]" - Language change
"LELOUCH VI BRITANNIA COMMANDS YOU" - Speakers or Intensity
"Lelouch vi Britannia commands you" - Geass Command
(Flashback) Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you - Flashback or Intro recap
Please suspend your disbelief.
Line Break
Previously
Hi there, my name is Jason Jung Ehn Everett.
"...so when I say that even with this under our belts... I have no confidence in us in beating that monstrosity."
I'm a 25 year old male born to an American Father and a Korean Mother whom I love very much.
"Who the bloody fuck is this crazy dipshit?"
I have an older sibling who I am quite close with. My hobbies include watching anime, reading manga, cosplaying and listening to music.
"Wait for me Lelouch! I'll find you!"
I'm a Mid Level Office worker with a decent salary. I don't have a girlfriend but I have friends who I can call family.
"Everyone! Be ready! He might not be downed yet considering what we saw this thing could do!"
Did I mention I'm in the body of an anime character from a TV show that I watched from high school?
'NEVER'
Now
Suzaku's POV - Just before Lancelot entered the Lumine Shopping mall
I'm pretty sure that if the handle grip wasn't made of steel it would have been warped out of shape by now, thanks to the amount of pressure my hand is making.
Not because I was scared. Oh, I was scared alright, but scared for someone. I wonder if you met my friend, Lelouch?
Tall? Pale Skin? Eyes of the most vibrant purple and one of the most skinniest guys I have ever seen? Oh and also that he is hiding from Britannia?
No? Good. I wanted it to keep it that way. Not because I hate the guy. I admit I didn't like him at first but that's beside the point. Right now, I'm hoping that I either find him first or that he used his massive intellect to get out of here. The last thing he needs is to be discovered by Clovis or by any of his staff. Heavens forbid if he ever gets discovered. I had nightmares about that situation a few times after we separated all those years ago.
Right now, my main focus is making sure I eliminated these terrorists before I even attempt to find him. 1) Because there's no way in hell I will risk his life when I haven't cleared all hostiles in the area and 2) Because he's Britannian and the terrorist might come up with the stupidest idea to use him as a hostage not knowing how much danger they will be putting both themselves and Lelouch in.
I can just imagine His Highness, Clovis' reaction when he sees his long lost brother surface up again.
I'm rambling a lot aren't I? It's mostly because I'm trying to distract myself from the increasing amount of pain from the gunshot wound I suffered from before. Granted, the bullet didn't penetrate my body but it did leave a massive bruise and may have broken some bone. In fact, I'm pretty sure I might be bleeding internally and 'am gonna black out from the pain any time soon but I soldier on. Pun intended. Mostly because I need to make sure Lelouch is safe.
Oh there they are. Good.
The Lancelot slowed to a snail's pace as it finally caught up to it's prey. Turning on the sensitive antenna that was able to pick up on noise miles away, Suzaku could hear the terrorists panicking about the Lancelot. As he moved closer and got into a position where he can see them, what caught his attention was that: what they were saying and what they were doing were giving off a contradicting vibe. To Suzaku, it was obvious from what he can hear that they were scared about facing the Lancelot again but their actions said otherwise.
'In that case, you should have surrendered instead of resisting back there' Suzaku scowled as he continued spying on the enemy.
While their voices were sure enough, in distraught. They seemed to be leisurely reloading their ammo. Suzuku's brow crunched up when he saw and calculated just how much ammo they seem to be loading up with.
Reaching up to the earpiece on his right ear, he clicked a button to seek advise from the two people who equipped him with the White Frame.
"Miss Croomy, this is Suzaku, can you see what I am seeing? Over."
The face of Cecile Croomy appears in a small monitor located about the center panoramic monitor in front of him. From the earpiece, the clear voice of Cecile replies "Yes, we see it clearly. It's disturbing how much ammunition they seem to have. Just be thankful they didn't use it on the regular forces. With the Lancelot, ordinances like those will not be a problem. Even with that amount." Relief fills Suzaku.
Although he sounded skeptical, Suzaku just wanted to make sure. Seeing how this is the first 7th Generation model, he thought it was fair. He asked if the Lancelot could handle the amount of firepower it was going to be faced with. So far, Suzaku was impressed and his expectations were shattered by the white Knightmare Frame's performance but what Miss Croomy said next surprised him, honest to God.
"Yes, thanks to lacing the entire body with Sakuradite and if you decided to, the Lancelot can handle bombardments as long as it is covered up and has enough energy to spare. Seeing how you have north of 72%, I'm confident that you will be safe. The only thing you have to worry about is if this was an ambush."
"Roger, Thank you Miss Croomy. Over and Out." Setting the channel on stand-by, Suzaku readied the Lancelot to attack the terrorist before a cold feeling enveloped him. Almost as if it was a warning. Trusting his instinct, Suzaku ceased his actions and decided to see what might be wrong.
'I need to think... Think, Suzaku think. What would Lelouch do in this situation?' Imagining about how Lelouch would be reacting, Suzaku had the morbid idea that he might have joined up with the terrorists but he got rid of that thought.
'Lelouch may hate Britannia... but he loves Nunnally more. There's no way he'd risked her life and safety in something like this. Unless something extreme happened to him.'
A flash of inspiration hits him as he remembers a particular memory he had spent in his childhood with the exiled prince. One of the reasons why his past self and Lelouch as a kid hated each other was the fact that they were complete opposites. One was a hot blooded fool, i.e Suzaku. The other was a cold individual, Lelouch. Ironically, it would be for the same reason why their friendship worked out so well, as they helped balance the other out.
There was an incident where a group of kids bullied Nunnally for being a disabled Britannian. Taunting at her that she couldn't be Britannian if she was so pathetically crippled. Hot anger coursed through Suzaku's veins as he remembered the cruel words of the Britannian bullies. He would have throttled them if it weren't for the fact Lelouch had stopped him.
At first Suzaku was surprised and bordering on horrified that perhaps Lelouch agreed with them. The notion was lost when he saw the cold raw hate that the little prince eye's was exhuming.
"No Suzaku. We're going to think. Then we're going to plan. We will scope out where they live. Memorize their habits. Familiarize ourselves of their daily routine. Then we strike."
Suffice to say, the bullies did not have a chance. Till this day no one knew what happened to the bullies and they would never utter a single word fearing the promise spoken of broken bones and leaking blood.
While it was needlessly cruel, there were a few lessons he learnt that day. 1) Don't ever insult Nunnally... ever. Even if Lelouch wasn't present. Somehow, Lelouch would know. 2) Don't go charging in and plan.
In normal circumstances Suzaku wouldn't have taken his time in planing things out properly. He would consciously say, that it was because there was no time and he needed to act or that he left it to people who knew better as he wasn't as intelligent in that regard. But deep down, so deep down that even Suzaku himself didn't know. He wanted to die on the battlefield, to die a warrior's death to atone for the fact he murdered his own father with his own 2 hands.
Now that Lelouch's life could be in danger, his subconscious brought out that memory to protect itself before allowing it to self destruct. In layman terms. Suzaku is unconsciously being more aware of the situation because he wants to make sure Lelouch doesn't die of his actions.
Thinking back on that memory, 'I can't memorize their habits and such because of the time frame... but I should probably scope things out more.' Nodding to himself, Suzaku opened up a program on the dashboard and loaded up the thermo-scanning function of the Factsphere. He wasn't surprised to see that the remaining terrorists have now grouped up. What he was surprised about was seeing a lone heat signature miles away directly out in view of the windows near the group he was hunting.
Cross referencing his IFF display to see if that might be a downed ally, a look of surprise is formed on Suzaku's face. No signal on the IFF.
'Another terrorist...wait that means!'.
Now Suzaku may be considered to others as naive and somewhat dim witted, but that did not mean he was unintelligent. Putting 2 and 2, he realized what had happened. The leisurely way the terrorist were reloading despite the urgency in their voice. The lone heat signature that did not have a IFF code mile away and had a clear view to where they were. Along with his assumptions that the terrorists were, almost as if, waiting for him.
'Well, that confirms Lelouch isn't with them. There's no way he would plan something so sloppy. Plus the long game of bringing me here. Lelouch always had a flair for the dramatic so he'd be more secretive in this case. To think I thought he'd be leading them.' A small smile forms on Suzaku's face.
Suzaku indeed thought the trap was sloppy. For Lelouch standards anyway. This was a good tactic for an average general but Lelouch was no average person. Even if he hadn't studied any martial strategy, his friend had a keen mind in tactics if his chess game with the raven haired boy was any indication. Even Tohdoh-Sensei had an incredibly hard time in beating Lelouch in shogi. A tactic game that originated from the country where Tohdoh was from! Lelouch only lost because of how unfamiliar the game was to him. Tohdoh had an overwhelming advantage over the raven haired Prince, however that changed for the next few games as it started to end in a stalemate. Eventually, Tohdoh-Sensei would have to fight til tooth and nail to even scrap a victory against Lelouch and that was saying something.
'Lelouch, you're still helping me even after all this time' Suzaku smiled fondly, almost believing somehow his friend was assisting him.
"Everyone, heads up! That thing is here!"
'Oh dear, they caught me.' Suzaku frowns. Seeing how his cover was blown reveals himself to the group in front of him. Normally he would have gone closer but there's still that other Frame nearby. If this was an ambush and not a caught-with-their-pants-down situation, Suzaku made sure that he would not be visible to that Frame as best he could and took cover behind some busted mall walls.
Turning on his own speakers Suzaku pleaded them to surrender. While he would fight for Britannia, he still would give his fellow countrymen a chance to surrender since they didn't know any better. That didn't mean he wouldn't defeat them if they rejected his offer.
"Slaughter!? Us!? Are you kidding me!? After what you all did to the civilians?!"
Suzaku brows narrowed. 'Us?' Suzaku thought. 'What did we do to the civilians? The reason why they're dead was because you terrorists used the gas!' Suzaku was flabbergasted and enraged that the terrorist would try to blame the Britannian army in massacring the Japa- The Elevens.
What Suzaku did not know was that Clovis ordered his troops to indeed slaughter the citizens of the Shinjuku Ghetto. As to why Suzaku was ignorant of that fact. He was simply out of commission at the time and didn't wake up until after the order was given. To him, the destruction he has seen was because the Britannians were trying to stop the terrorist after they had hijacked a bunch of Knightmares and that they had used the poison cap-
His eyes widen in alarm from the realization. The poison capsule! Miss Croomy explained before he deployed that the terrorist have recaptured the poison capsule and used some of it to distract the troops! But he knew there was no poison but, quite confusingly, a girl. Who was with Lelouch. Miss Croomy sounded sure that the terrorists had the capsule in possession... did that mean they have Lelouch hidden somewhere?
'Suddenly, him being used a hostage bargain is becoming more frighteningly real.' Clenching his fists, Suzaku started to worry for the safety of his friend.
He had to word this properly. If they did have Lelouch, he'll have to make certain he didn't reveal anything about his true heritage. In the case they didn't have him, he didn't want to expose his friend needlessly.
"What happened to the civilians was tragic... but they wouldn't have been killed if it wasn't for the fact you guys used the poison gas! Where did you put it!?" Suzaku replied back. He detested lying as a principle but for Lelouch, he would throw away his honor.
Hopefully one of them would spill the beans unknowingly and Suzaku would have an idea on where to start looking for Lelouch. So far, one of the terrorist was going on a rant about Britannia.
Rolling his eye, the white Knightmare Devicer questioned himself on how can they not see that they lost and they're only making the situation worse for the other conquered Japanese through their acts of terrorism?
"We'll admit that we have the poison gas capsule... but like he said! We weren't going to use it! We were going to show the world what Britannia was doing behind closed doors! Conducting experiments on bio terrorism! Hell! Even that kid we found with it was horrified!"
Suzaku's heart spiked in activity. The terrorist admitted in having contact with his friend. Good, hopefully he can segue way into a position where he can convince them to handover Lelouch and reduce their punishme-
"Q-1! NOW!"
Time had frozen for the Eleven Devicer. Before he acknowledged his thoughts his body automatically responded to the threat and performed several motions which resulted in him raising the arm of the Lancelot up and deploying the Blaze Luminous, just in time to feel the impact of a sniper round shake the cockpit.
'Thank you Lelouch!' Grateful in remembering the memory of Lelouch, Suzaku made the Lancelot go into defensive position to block the sniper rounds that were now continuously being shot at him. Suzaku reactivated his earpiece to ask for support from his operator.
"Miss Croomy! How many rounds does a Sniper Rifle hold!?"
"Wait a second!... Got it! 5 if it's standard! 8 or more if customized! No more than 10!"
I did a headcount of how many went off. 'The 1st one was at the beginning. The 2nd and 3rd was during my talk with Miss Croomy. The 4th one was just after she finished talking. Now I need to wait for the 5th and see if there's anymore.' After the 5th round was shot there was a silence that followed when the firing restarted.
'Okay, if it's a standard sniper magazine then 5 is the limit. Now I gotta time this out righ-' Suzaku's thoughts were interrupted when the floor suddenly both caved in and exploded. He was about to leap up and deploy the slash harkens but seeing how the Sniper kept on shooting, he had to angle it so it would not only block himself from the shooter but also not get too damaged from the debris that's being flung up at the Frame.
The interior of the Lancelot shook violently before it slammed onto the floor below. Suzaku's abdomen flared up and his vision turned to static from the amount of pain he had just felt. He almost gave up until the image of a young Nunnally crying desperately over the corpse of Lelouch haunted his mind.
'No... NO!' Summoning strength from a place he did not know, Suzaku forced the pain down and immediately went into action. Firing the slash harkens on the Lancelot's hips he jumped into the air and kicked one Knightmare out of the building then descended back down to where he fell. Immediately the terrorists retaliated and unleashed a hell storm of metal. Suzaku energized the Blaze Luminous and diverted all power to the shields, powering down the lights in the compartment as well as the small cooling unit that kept him cool inside.
Suzaku gnashed his teeth in anger and frustration. There was no opening he could exploit. He tried and tried but no matter what, someone seemed to know exactly what he was doing and stopped him. Suzaku's frustration turned to anger. Which then turned to rage. Which simmered down to desperation then to impatience.
He did not have time for this! He had to find Lelouch! And these terrorists weren't allowing him to do it! Why can't they see it!? Why are they being so stupid!?
Then finally he saw it. An opening! Gritting his teeth, Suzaku pushed the control stick forward with all his strength and broke through the terrorist perimeter. Finally.
Right now, Jason was in a dangerous predicament. There were currently 4 Sutherlands engaged in a death match with the Lancelot. Thankfully, thanks to Villetta and Kallen they were able to coordinate somewhat and use each other to fend off the Lancelot. While it wasn't shown in the anime, there was a reason why Jeremiah inducted Villetta to the Purist's Knightmare Brigade. She was a hell of a pilot. Too bad that there were many more out there who were her superior in that field.
Kallen and Villetta acted admirably. But it simply wasn't enough. Suzaku was a pilot on par with Kallen but what gave him the edge was the technology. If he was in a Sutherland then no doubt this would be completely different.
'Ah. There goes Sugiyama.' Jason was biting his lips in trepidation as he saw that there were only 3- scratch that. Make that 2 Knightmare's left. Frankly speaking, Jason was amazed at how the Lancelot was brutally eliminating them left and right. It'll only be a matter of time before Kallen and Villetta will be downed and that was unacceptable.
Jason had already initiated his contingency but it would not work right now cause it was too soon. Despite how valiantly they were fending off Suzaku's relentless offensive, they would not be able to stall him in time. Jason mused over the several possible ways he could distract Suzaku right now. Most of them were too risky and would expose him to Suzaku and that was a can of worms he was not willing to open. The few left in his mind only worked in certain situations and none of them were currently available.
What annoyed Jason was the fact that he could have beaten the Lancelot earlier but he had made a mistake. A downright simple and infuriatingly stupid one. When he signaled Kallen to take the shot, he had left his speakers on. Suzaku's reaction is impressive but it was downright frightening seeing how fast he blocked that sniper round. The Lancelot's arm was already up with the Blaze Luminious already on. Which meant that either Suzaku was a goddamn Newtype or that he knew Kallen was in a position to snipe him.
Incidentally, Jason made a small prayer begging the Collective Unconscious to not let Newtypes be a thing here. Villetta told him to pipe down since she needed to concentrate.
It seemed that Suzaku had spotted Kallen before he confronted him and the Shinjuku group and the way he positioned himself, shielded him from Kallen's sight. Hindsight was 20/20 but still.
Making sure that the speakers were off this time, he contacted Kallen to let her know about what he was going to do. From the way she sounded, Kallen sounded annoyed that she had to divert some of her attention to Jason while she was fighting for her life.
Jason POV
"What!? I'm fucking busy right now! Whoever this is, call me later!" I could hear her growling and snarling. Actual snarling, from fighting the Lancelot.
"Q-1! I'll distract him! Ignore what I say and get in position!"
"Just do it!" The radio crackled and silence ensued from the channel signalling that Kallen had disabled the radio on her end.
Turning on the speaker, I take a big breath and gambled with what I was about to do. That was until the Lancelot completely overpowered the Sutherland I was in. Villetta and I screamed as we skidded along the floor then smash into a wall.
Fortunately for me, I was securely strapped by the seat belt. Which was unfortunate for my co-pilot. With the exception of the Gawain, all Knightmare Frames come equipped with one seat. Which meant that the belt had only enough length for one Devicer plus a few inches to accommodate for the Devicer. All this meant was that Villetta had slammed her head into the dashboard in front of us, knocking her out completely.
Panicking, I immediately set about to check if she was alright. Unlike most forms of entertainment media. Receiving a concussion is a lot more problematic in real life. Seeing how this whole thing is now a reality, I was certainly worried for Villetta. The long term effects of a concussion was extremely detrimental to a person's health. Said effects being, problems in memory recollection, a headache, a general sense of fogginess and...
Now that I think about it that kinda sounds like the side effect's of Lelouch's Geass being casted. Does his Geass cause a concussion from the massive amount of power that forces itself into the recipient's mind?
'THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW! Pull yourself together Jason!' Shaking my head, I checked to see Villetta's injuries the best I could, considering my lack of medical knowledge. She seemed to be relatively okay. Me on the other hand...
Without realizing I had gulped, I gingerly look towards the main camera monitor to see what was going on.
There, standing directly in front of me... was the Lancelot in all it's wrathful glory. It's face plate was looking me at an angle that cast a dark shadow across it's visage. It's 2 blazing emerald eyes pierced through the veil of shadow, alive with anger. The smoke and fire in the background made the machine look like it had personally come out of hell to drag me down to it. It was at this moment I could see how people had given Suzaku the silly and unoriginal moniker of, The White Reaper of Britannia. Amuro's White Devil sounded cooler anyways.
"I am only going to say this once... Surrender."
'Suzaku, is this for all the time I called your character a piece of shit naive soyboy all these years?' I thought in a pointless attempt of humor and self deprecating manner.
Looking around, I saw no sign of Kallen. Good. With a false confidence I tried to talk defiantly to the future Knight of Seven. To try and make some time for my last ace in the hole. Remember how I said I'm quite good in spouting bullshit?
"Surrender? After everything you have done? Where will the justice be for the slain? What meaning was there in their senseless deaths? Why should I surrender... after everything you fucking Britannian's did in destroying my home?!"
"...I am not Britannian."
I let out a staged gasp. "W-what? but that means... You're a number?! They don't even let Honorary Britannian's pilot Knightmares! You're lying!" Taking a look at my watch I see I have 1 minute 6 seconds left. Okay. Time to crank it up a notch. Ball's on your court Suzaku!
"I am telling the truth. I'm not Britannian... I'm... an Eleven.."
Pausing for dramatic effect (and more importantly, to stall. 58 seconds).
"J-Japanese!? You... You fucking traitor! How can you be with those Brits?! Where's your fucking pride?! Your father would be ashamed of you and rolling in his grave, kinslayer!" I honestly cannot believe the words I am spouting. I'm running on an adrenaline high and I seem to be wanting to cause as much mental harm as I possibly can. I'd say poor Suzaku but... I still don't fucking like him.
There's a moment of silence which I take it to be Suzaku wincing from when I brought up the topic of his father. 43 seconds.
"Nonetheless... I'm serving Britannia for my own reasons. So far it finally seems to be working. As I am currently piloting a Knightmare which can only done so if you're a pure blooded Britannian."
There was something seriously fucked up in hearing Suzaku utter the words - Pure Blooded Britannian - that I couldn't help but shiver. 34 seconds.
"What kind of insane logic is that!? Just because they allow you to ride a Knightmare...!" My hands grab onto the control sticks in front of me.
"...Doesn't constitute the fact that a number!" Placing my feet on the pedals and from what I could remember from seeing Villeta piloting, I did a poor imitation of what the controls were in making the Sutherland stand up.
"...Being in a Knightmare means jack shit to them! You think you being in a Knightmare means shit?! That's just a fallacy!"
"Then what are you doing!? Do you think your actions are any better than what I am doing!? Your group has done nothing but prove the fact to the Britannian military and the populace that the Japanese are nothing but barbarians like they say! That we are deserving to be treated like things instead of people! Because we result to violence instead of dialogue! At least I'm trying to show to them that some of us are peaceful!"
'This...motherfucker...how dare-'
That was all I thought until I heard a ping go off at my console. A message was delivered that contained the one word that refilled me with hope.
"Ready"
'Thank fuck!' I typed out a message but didn't send it yet. I wanted to time this right. No way in hell I'm leaving this up to chance. Considering Suzaku fucking blocked the sniper round from Kallen.
"Then Traitor there's only one thing..." My finger pressed the send prompt and with that... I slammed my feet down on the pedal and punched in the right console stick.
The Sutherland went from 0 to 20mph in a few seconds as it's right hand cocked back, readying itself to punch the Lancelot. Jason clicked on the circular button twice then squeezed the trigger on the joystick to activate the stun baton on said hand and went for the Lancelot's chest.
The Lancelot easily dodged by simply side stepping to the right. The slash harkens on the Lancelot's forearms jut out from their default resting dock making it look like a forearm blade like that of Baraka from Mortal Kombat. The Lancelot immediately severed the right arm of the Sutherland from the shoulder and did that ridiculous Kururugi Spinning kick decapitating the Sutherland.
In the Lancelot's cockpit, Suzaku breathed out a sigh of relief thinking it was over which was his mistake. He grunted in pain and his eyes widened as he saw the enemy Sutherland wrap it's remaining arm around the Lancelot's torso and push it forward with all it's might with it's Landspinners. Before Suzaku could activate his own Landspinners in response, the inside of the Lancelot rocked violently as something collided into the Lancelot's Frame. Suzaku coughing out in pain.
'Where did that come from!' Suzaku's questions were answered when after a few seconds looking around with the main camera he was stunned to see an intact Sutherland behind him, aiming a bazooka at the Lancelot's back.
Panicking in seeing a new Knightmare joining the fray he realized that this one could not be the other one that was here a few minutes ago. Before the other Sutherland retreated Suzaku was able to sever both of its arms off. Seeing how this one still had both its arms meant that this new presence was a different Frame. It didn't help that this one's IFF was not appearing in the radar in his console which annoyed Suzaku since this meant it wasn't backup either.
Suzaku didn't have the luxury to continue on pondering where the hostile appeared from as it fired 2 more rounds at him. Pivoting the Lancelot he raised it's arm up to block himself with the Blaze Luminous so that the RPG shells didn't kill him.
It was working up to a point. Suzaku tried to break free from the grasp of the Sutherland that was holding onto him by getting ready to sever its remaining arm off but once he did the RPG wielding Sutherland decided to unload 8 shells and blasted him mercilessly. His attention turned back to the RPG Knightmare. The bruise he sustained from the gunshot earlier was starting to numb all sensation in his right arm from the constant physical stress Suzaku was going under and the rocking inside of the Frame was doing nothing but aggravate his condition.
A warning blurted out on the Lancelot's console indicating that the Sakuradite in the Energy Filler was reaching dangerously low levels in the Frame's operational time. Miss Croomy was even advising to Suzaku through his ear piece to just retreat as it was dangerous. Lord Asplund seeming to be screaming incoherently in the background.
It all came into an end when Suzaku heard the warcry of a Devicer. The last thing Suzaku saw before he blacked out was the figure of a Knightmare with only one arm... dressed in red.
Jason was breathing heavily as his back rested on his chair, his eyes closed. The fight with the Lancelot was too close for comfort. Thankfully that blasted Mech laid inactive on the ground as the lights on it's eyes slowly dimmed into a lifeless green indicating a complete wipe out in energy.
He turned on the private radio channel to relay his thanks to the 2 Knightmares here with him. "Thank you Q-1 and thank you Captain."
The voice of Ohgi Kaname replied "No, thank you. If it wasn't for you we would have been slaughtered by the Britannians. Still what on earth is this Knightmare? I know you told us that this was a new model... but I didn't think it'd be that scary."
(Flashback)
After Jason's private meltdown, he was suddenly enveloped by a wave of calmness that made him remember that Ohgi was technically still active and hoped that his Knightmare wasn't too damaged when he was literally kicked out of a building. Thankfully Ohgi was fine but was somewhat dazed from the experience.
Ohgi received a radio call from Zero asking if he could continue to which he replied with an eager yes. He was then instructed to grab Q-1's (Kallen) Glasgow that was parked near the opposite entrance to where they all entered and bring it to the 2nd floor. Explaining that Kallen would need the Frame as her Sutherland was running our of juice. They couldn't afford to waste any time in uninstalling the Energy Filler because Ohgi was needed elsewhere.
Elsewhere being in a position where he can shoot the 7th Gen Knightmare in the back with an artillery weapon. The only thing Ohgi could find was a Knightmare RPG and had to look for spare cartridges. 2 if possible was what Zero instructed but he could only find one.
Hoping that this was enough he went into position and sent a text message to Zero saying that he was ready. Waiting at his spot he could hear the clash between Zero and the White Frame come closer to him. The exact moment the White Frame was in sight, Ohgi aimed and let out a round onto the enemy Frame's back. He was stunned to see that it was okay. Upon further inspection it turned out while the White Frame was okay, it's armor was now slightly warped.
Once he saw that the White Frame's eyes were on him, Ohgi panicked and let out a couple more RPG shells to which the enemy Frame blocked with those energy shields. Cursing at the fact he panicked, Ohgi reloaded his RPG and used the remaining 8 shells as best as he could.
In Ohgi's eyes, it seemed the White Frame had moved in for the kill, to eliminate the Frame Zero was in. Seeing no other option Ohgi let loose all remaining 8 shells at the White Frame hoping that would be enough. He was slightly overjoyed when he saw those energy shields flicker out of existence but it didn't last as Ohgi couldn't find any more ammo or even a rifle in his vicinity.
Just as about he was going to charge and tackle the White Frame, the warcry of Kallen echoed throughout the walls. Ohgi turning his attention to where he placed the Glasgow, saw the Red Frame land a devastating right hook to the White Frame's cockpit block.
The White Frame freezed then fell to the ground like a puppet whose strings were cut. Ohgi and Kallen distance themselves away from the Frame waiting it for it to get back up with Zero readied his last remaining Chaos Mine.
But it was all moot as the 7th Gen White Frame known as the Lancelot stayed on the ground.
"Indeed." Jason responded. "I had my confidence that we could overcome the 7th Gen. That just meant that whoever the Devicer was, was extremely formidable."
Kallen joined in. "Yeah. This guy seriously had some skills... we should do something about him... I know he's Japanese like us but... I don't think it be good for us in the future if he was still around seeing that he seems to be in the Brit's side."
Jason was wholeheartedly agreeing with that. Suzaku may be Lelouch's friend but he was also Lelouch's bane. Getting rid of him would solve a lot of problems... but getting rid of him would also make just about an equal amount of them. If Suzaku was to be killed now, then Zero's debut would not be possible and would have to be from something else. Possibly from Saitama but Lelouch lost in that battle. Hell, it was thanks to Suzaku that Zero and the Shinjuku resistance members teamed up in the first place.
'What to do?' Jason questioned himself. He was still not sure if he should go with the canon's timeline. In fact he was still not sure that this was some sort of elaborate fever dream he cooked up. If it was, by golly, he could have some chaotic fun! If not however...
Shaking his head, Jason came to a decision. "No. If we were to kill the Devicer here and now, the Britannians can spring this and use it to their advantage via propaganda. Just imagine. "Brave Honorary Britannia gives his life to protect his Britannian brother in arms" or something along those lines. The last thing we want is Clovis to spin this into hi-"
Eyes widening Jason freezes up as he remembers what was about to happen next.
"Hey you alright?" Ohgi asked.
Thinking on his feet Jason went along with his impulse. "No... I just received word that His dickhead Clovis is about to round up all Japanese civilians and shoot them". Expectantly Kallen roars out in anger.
Jason, knowing what was about to happen felt his chest tighten. Grimacing, he resolved to settle this matter like in the show.
"You two... I'm about to do something that hopefully will stop this... I'm not sure if I will make it out... if I don't... it was an honor fighting alongside you." Jason maneuvered the Sutherland to head towards the location of the G1.
"Wait! What are you planning!?" Ohgi calls out in worry. Despite the short time he spent with this unknown person, he was starting to feel a sense of camaraderie with this Zero character.
"I'm planning to sneak into the G1 and threaten the prince in surrendering. From what I know from the intel I received, he's a sniveling coward who would give up the moment he is threatened by gun point. If that doesn't work I have a few blackmail materials I have been saving up for later." Said blackmail being Geass.
"Captain. Q-1. Before you leave to find your compatriots can I ask you a favor?"
"Of course, it's the least we can do but if it's something we can't do I hope you don't mind if we said no." Ohgi might like this unknown person but there was no way he was going to risk his and Naoto's little sister if it was dangerous.
"Smart move but I assure you it's not too dangerous... in fact it might help you in the future." The Sutherland that Jason was piloting points with it's remaining hand to the inactive Lancelot. "It's best that thing is damaged to the point so it won't be deployed again in the near future. Hell. Depending on how much you damage it the higher ups might think that the test run was a waste of time and from what I gathered an extreme waste of money to develop."
If Jason was in charge of budgeting and saw the result of a mindbogglingly expensive company product ending in failure, he would be on the warpath with that department not caring how and why it failed. Since the only thing that mattered was that it failed. Hopefully this would happen thus rendering the Earl and his assistant out of the job... and Jason being able to swoop in and take them for himself... but that was thinking too far ahead.
"Leave the Devicer alive since we don't want the Brit's propaganda machine hindering us. If you can, rip out the 2 Factsphere in it's chest and tear off it's head and hide it somewhere where only you would know. I would love it see what made that machine tick."
"Wait, does that mean you're thinking of meeting us after?" Kallen asked.
"Yes. If I'm successful in what I'm about to do I'll contact you. Word of advice, get rid of the radio and scrub whatever data and fingerprint off you have on it. Don't worry about how I can get in touch with you... [English]My noble lady of the Vermilion Moon."
With that the headless Sutherland rides off into the shadow and disappears from both Kallen and Ohgi's sight.
With Jason
'Hopefully, the hint that I knew of Kallen's identity was enough for her to get me. It seems Lelouch's flair is rubbing off of me lol...'
Letting out a sigh, I rub my face and frown when I feel the sweat and oil on my face. I never liked that feeling. I slowly made my way to the G1 after I reactivated the Britannian IFF code. More specifically Villetta's who sadly was still unconscious.
From what I heard through the radio, Clovis was issuing out orders in trying to find the terrorists location. Which meant that either he had already ordered the rounding up of the civilians and offed them by now or he has yet to. I was praying for the latter.
As I made my way to Clovis, I was seriously thinking on what I was about to do. There was the easy stuff like, trick a lone soldier nearby and Geass him into giving me his clothes and off himself then infiltrate my way into the G1... That was all in the show... but did I want to do that? Which brings up my conundrum.
I'm about to kill someone... wasn't I? I mean there's still that disbelief that this was happening to me. I mean seriously. Being... whatever happened to me and end up in a place where it is exactly like the Code Geass anime? I frowned and look at Villetta.
No, not exactly like the anime. There were some differences. Like Villetta's reaction when she first saw me then there was the way she talked to me while under Geass. In the anime, they would talk somewhat robotically but with me they seem to talk... as if they were alive. I mean alive in the sense that they weren't being mind controlled.
Now, I was on my way to kill someone because that's what the anime dictated. To be honest I really don't seem to care about what I am about to. If I was to describe what I am feeling right now... it's like the feeling of being a murder hobo.
(Murder hobo: A term used in Dungeons and Dragons where a player controls their character in a manner where they feel unattached to other characters/npc's in the game world and indiscriminately kill off anyone without care and of consequences from said actions.)
'I mean it's just an anime right? ... Right?' The thought should freak me out... and yet I don't seem to care... and that was terrifyingly worrisome to me.
Jason parked the Sutherland behind the wall of a demolished building. He checks on Villetta one last time to see if she was awake but it was to no avail as she was unresponsive. As he checked for a pulse on her wrist, he was relived to find that it was still there albeit somewhat weak.
Turning his attention to the console he brings up the radar to the monitor to search for a nearby company of soldiers or a Knightmare. 27 meters west, a friendly Knightmare signal pings off in the radar. Loading up the terminal he sends text message to that Knightmare hoping they will come towards him.
"This is Lanchester 03, message received. Do you need assistance? Over."
I purposely don't respond to the radio and send another text message to this Lanchester fellow.
"This is Villetta Nu of the Purist Faction. Callsign PF 02. I receive you loud and clear but it seems my radio has been damaged more than I realize. I request assistance. I captured a noble hostage that escaped from the terrorist's base. Noble is willing to tell us where the location is. I have been trying to radio the G1 but I can't reach them. I am also injured with my Frame severely damaged. Noble needs to make it back to the G1 urgently. Over."
"This is Lanchester 03, message received loud and clear. I can make my over to you. Should I call the medics? Over."
"This is PF 02, much appreciated and no need. I can make my way there by myself now that you're coming over. Over"
"This is Lanchester 03, Wilco. Heading to you now. Break. ETA: 2 minutes. Over and Out."
Jason lightly slaps his face with both of his hands, readying himself for what he was about to do next. As he reached for under the seat he heard a moan escape from Villetta's lips. He reaches for Villetta, who he had placed in the seat this entire time. He gently places his hand on Villetta's shoulders and waits till she opens her eyes.
"J-Jason? What happened?" Said Jason let out a sigh of relief when he saw that the Geass command was still active. I.E. the barely noticeable red ring around her irises.
"You have a concussion or at least I think you may have one. I have someone coming to pick me up. You need to get to a medical center and get yourself checked."
"But what about you? I won't be able to rest till you're safe."
"I said someone was coming to pick me up. That someone is going to take me to the G1 so relax. I will be okay."
Hearing that placated Villetta. The two then discuss on how they were going to stay in contact after all this with Villetta promising to get the ID encryption devices and with Jason revealing to Villetta to send one of the devices to the Student Council room in Ashford Academy with the recipient to one Lelouch Lamperouge. As he explained to her, his civilian cover identity.
Villetta lets out a chuckle. "Strange, Lelouch is the name of someone my superior laments over. It's funny how I serve someone called Lelouch now."
"Anyway. When contacting me be as discreet as you can be. Either say I'm your boy toy or someone you are interested in but you cannot... must not divulge my existence to anyone. Not your superior, not to the emperor. Hell, not even to your own mother."
"My mother is dead." Villetta's replies in a deadpan manner.
"Funny, mine as well". What was cruel in hindsight was that that statement rang true for both Lelouch and Jason.
A static noise cracks from the radio.
"This is Lanchester 03, I am about to reach your destination. Break. Ready Noble for departure. Over and Out."
Villetta stares at Jason with her right eyebrow raised. "Someone has been busy when I was knocked out."
Jason scratches the back of his head in response. Not because it was itchy. "Right, if you can, can you delete the messages from text messages sent from the terminal?"
"Yes I can. I can do it from my end but we're going to need to somehow delete it from his end as well and scrub the date from the G1."
"I can cover for the second and third bit. Just make sure you delete yours and come up with an excuse in case you're questioned." Jason reaches down the seat and stumbles around looking for the button that opens the hatch entrance.
Seeing what Jason was looking for, Villetta slaps his hand harshly who looks back at her incredulously. She motions Jason to move as he was blocking her a bit. Villetta reached out just below to the left control joystick where Jason saw another joystick. Villetta grabs onto the other joystick and presses the button on top then pulls. A loud hiss then the hatch opens. Jason fumbles but catches himself from falling as the seat extends out of the cockpit block.
Jason stares at Villetta with a pout as she lets out a chuckle in amusement.
"So how do I get down from here?"
Villetta points to the section behind the seat. "See that triangular object? Place your feet firmly within the cavity and hold onto the the zip line that will come out. It'll move down slowly so don't worry about that too much. Until enough of the zip line comes out, grab onto something in the meantime. Tug the zip line hard once when you reach the ground so it can roll itself up."
As Jason did as he was instructed, both Villetta and he could hear the tracks of a Knightmare coming closer.
"Please stay safe Jason."
"You too Villetta. I'll be waiting for you." Tugging on the line, Jason walked to the front of the Sutherland and waited for Lanchester 03.
'Okay, now I just need to Geass him and... wait a fucking minute...'
Time cruelly came to a halt as Jason realized something. This whole time he was so sure of himself simply because he was following the script that was laid out in the show, somewhat. Also that as long as he followed it he will be fine. All he needed to do was use his Geass and continue using it in the future for his survival. However, Geass is something that was not possible from where Jason originated from. Any superhuman ability in that matter as well. To ask Jason to use his Geass is like asking someone to think of the flavor: Sour, to someone who has never tasted anything sour before.
From what Jason remembers, whenever he issued a Geass command he wasn't exactly in control per say... or was paying attention when he cast the Power of Absolute Obedience onto a target. Which brings him to the question of...
'How exactly did that happen again?!'