Authors Note: Hello! sorry for being a bit, ya know... slow? But I plan to make it up to you guys! I will try to release chapters as often as I can with my schedule!

The explosion kept going off, the sounds of metal warping and tearing, the screams of those who died from his actions, the ones who looked to him only for him to turn his back on them, the look of the many as he annihilated armies with the wave of his hand and a few words. The looks they gave him when he stripped away their will and forced them to do his devious bidding, the results he accomplished by stepping over their corpses.

The noirette heard a gasp behind him, his heart clenching as he spun around, Nunnally siting in her wheelchair, a knife in her chest, her trembling hands reaching up to touch it, a look of horror on her face and she turned her head to face Lelouch, "Brother..." then the color faded from her skin, her eyes glazed over slowly as her arms fell limply down to her sides, the noirettes scream drowned out with the laughing, the weeping, the begging of the thousands of people whose blood is on his hands. Their arms wrapping around him as a final embrace, bring him under the surface of the translucent ground, his breath lost as everything faded to black...

Lelouch shot up, sweat making his clothes damp, his eyes darting around the room, his breath ragged as he let out a heavy sigh.

After a couple of seconds and a more than a couple deep breaths he laid back down, his fingers running through his hair as he closed his eyes, focusing on calming down his his speeding heart as he pushed the dementing thoughts from his previous life down, "Guess I can't escape it all..." He sighed again as he rolled out of bed, stripping out of the damp clothes before heading towards the shower, intent on cooling down his shaking body.

PB

Cornelia sighed as she finished expending her magazine, the remaining rebels of this camp dead.

"Dalton. Prepare the disposal team, I want this place clear before the week lets out."

-/- Yes Your Highness -/-

Her hand went up to cup her cheek while she let the Yggdrasil core cool down from the mission, her mind racing with the next sectors purging.

Just as her plan had all but been finalized, a small knock got her attention, Her Factspheres showing but a lone figure, a person dressed in all black with a visor over their face.

"What the hell..." She approached the figure, her knightmare kicking up some dirt into the air, the figure remaining unaffected.

"Who are you and why are you here?" The princess taking the precaution of having her lance on standby, "Speak quickly or I'll cut you down where you stand"

"I have a message" The voice of a girl rang out in the silance of the now abandoned fort, "One you might want to hear"

The princesses frown set it, the expression still heart racing on her features, "Well? speak."

The servant nodded, no apparent unease from the fact they are single handedly facing down a machine of death with nothing more than the shirt on their back.

What the servant said couldn't have surprised the princess more, "The person whom you are targeting is far more powerful than a mere goddess. Even if she had the strength of a third the world, you would die by Zero's hand in mere moments after coming in contact with him."

"What do you mean? Zero is nothing but a lowly terrorist, and nothing more, anything they come up with would be worth less than the dirt they gravel in." the servant tilted their head, their voice calm, "Zero is no ordinary terrorist, Your Highness, He is the one martyr, the one to destroy everything, the one who shall hold the world in the palm of his hand, the one to destroy Britania. Zer-"

"Impossible! A number would never be able to defeat a Britannian, let alone Britannia!" The princess shouted over the comms relay, panic setting her off, 'Why though? Why do I feel as if this isn't just empty threats?'

The servant remain unmoved,"But your Highness, Zero isn't a number, Zero is a Britannian, and a royal at that."

Cornelia's eyes widened, her jaw slack with shock, her mind raging at that thought of a Britannian, a royal, would want to destroy their own homeland, their birthplace. She could understand hatred for their father, she could understand a hatred for her and her other siblings, but to hate so much to destroy a nation? A third of the world? It seemed unfathomable for someone to hate that much inside their body.

The servant started to laugh to themself, the princess' silence apparently amusing, "Oh how I love thi-" The servant once again cut off as a round pierced her chest, a now gaping hole where her stomach should be.

"Enough of this, die knowing that I will fully crush Zero and leave nothing but dust" She turned her Gloucister around, making quick to leave the servant and this miserable den of infidels.

PB

Ohgi and his team looked in awe as they explored their new mobile headquarters, something Zero had apparently picked up on the side.

"Theres even a second floor..." Tamaki exclaimed, going up the stairs to look at how much space they truely had.

"Zero, I want to thank you, you know, for taking us in, we were all unsure baout you hut with that stunt you pulled with the margrave, I would say it was a miracle." Ohgi stood on the opposite side of the table from the masked renegade, a bead of sweat going down his forehead, "So, Im assuming you used your power on him?.."

Zero chuckled underneath the helmet, the voice modulator making it sound almost inhuman, "No need, I simply had a secret for time long forgotten. A simple task if you had all the pieces..." Zero put his arm up on the back of the couch, his hsad tilted towards the rest of the group, "Cornelia has appeared in the country, my spys have already confirmed her appointment as Vicroy of Area 11, and the destruction of several terrorist cells, knowing her and her tactics, I can firmly state that she will try to lure me in with another Shinjuku."

This caused everyone except Kallen to gasp, a few whispers going between the current members, Ohgi being the first to speak up, "What will you do? It'll obviously be a trap."

Zero shook his head, "Oh but what fun it is to spring a trap so carefully prepared for me, ashame I have to crush it..."

Ohgi frowned, "So youll dive right into the mouth of the tiger? What about us? What about your knights for justice?"

Zero raised his hand, "Do not worry, I have made all necessary arrangements for my victory, all I need now is my ace in the hole."

"And what will that be?"

Zero stood up, his cap billowing slightly as it shifted, "My most loyal knights will be critical in this endeavor, as they will spell my opponent's defeat if I levy them."

Alrighty, another chapter closed and done with, I plan to release the follow up in about two months, sorry for the long wait times but I hope its worth it!