A/N: Hi! So it's been a while since I last posted, I know, I know. It's okay and all that, it's just that I write when I feel like in the mood for it. I'm still open to suggestion's on whether or not Lelouch has his Absolute Obedience or some other power for Geass. And part of me really want's to see what you all come up with, leave your idea's in the review's to this chapter, but try to keep it to what you can expect the Code Geass Universe to actually give as a Geass Power please (although granted, there doesn't appear to be any defined limit to what it can grant to people, considering what happened in Lelouch of the Resurrection with the main antagonist's of that whole thing. I won't be sticking to canon per-say as I'm sure most of you are aware, but that isn't to say canon doesn't have interesting Idea's that I can spin to my favor with the story I'm trying to tell, a Nation who's main export's benefit directly from war and conflict, only to find themselves in a world of Peace? That is a good premise for an interesting story-line for those who have to deal with such people's, as even though most would like to say otherwise. There are many People both in the world of Code Geass (and more sadly our own) who would rather have unending conflict instead of lasting peace. And when I say 'People' I mean ACTUAL, SINGULAR, Person's, not big conglomerate's or Military-Industrial Complexes or Corporation's, those are the obvious one's, I for one would rather place a focus on the Individual Example's over the like's of Companies and Businesses, those are self-explanatory, their main product deal's with warfare, so if customer's are in active conflict, they stand to gain a net positive in most cases in term's of Order's for their product's, as such there is a 'Purity' involved with such thing's, it really is just a matter of work for them, but when it is an INDIVIDUAL who demand's war and conflict, there is a complexity that mean's it's not so black and white. Although Code Geass is mostly a sort of Black and white world when you think about it, even if most like to claim it's not and more of a Black and Grey morality, but let's be real here, a Banished Prince leading a rebellion against his asshole of a Father and also Mother as he find's out, who end's up attempting to stop a plot by said Father and Mother to make all of Humanity into one entity so a to bring about 'a world without lies', how is that STILL a Black and Grey Morality? Of course many would say 'But the method's he use's are rather Dark and Cruel! So it MUST be Grey!' And to that I have to say you don't really get it do you? Lelouch didn't really NEED Geass to achieve his goal's, he just found that it made said goals MUCH Easier and faster to achieve than if he had went about it the normal route, so he just used what he could at the time, yes dealing with Charles's Own Geass would be a hassle, but I am certain Lelouch would find a mean's to overcome it. The fact that most of his result's were of a 'Grey' nature is because it was mostly due in part (at least in my mind!) to be because of his perspective of those around him, he viewed people like piece's of a chess board, rather than as actual people (As evident during the Battle of the Shinjiku Ghetto). I for one think it's a way to keep himself from being too deeply impacted by the eventual losses he would face and also as a mean's of ensuring some amount of control despite the difference of power stacked against him, mind you that for most of the series he is facing of against THE Dominate Power in the world with only a number of Resistance soldier's who's motivation's and goal's do not line up with his more often than not, and the one's that he would find to have formal Military Training would be too few and far between to ensure no one would end up breaking rank's when they should have held in a battle for example, because for all that he has, it is lesser compared to what he has to deal with. Really an issue that could be had is that once he DOES take control of his Homeland and has it's armed forces at his beck and call, he still keep's himself distant as he can not fully get out of his mindset of viewing people as Piece's on Chessboard. And as such mostly leave's it to other's to do the major work of Strategy in terms of actual military campaign's for him. As such, they would be less considerate of what is done on the small scale while Lelouch is concerned with what is going on in the gander strategy. I could go on, but I think I've done enough with this long wall of text. If anyone is interested, I am not opposed to writing a whole chapter/one-shot detailing my view's on the major character's of Code Geass. Part of me is even looking forward to such an Idea as a way to compare and contrast the character's from my version of Code Geass vs the 'Canon' Version's. But I've taken enough of your time with this, let's get on with the story!
Code Geass: Specter of the Rebellion
Chapter 3
To be forced to run away...
Imperial Palace, July 30th, 2010 a.t.b
A Few Hour's Earlier...
Lelouch couldn't help but be amazed by what the people who built the Imperial Throne Room must have felt was fitting for such an environment, though he felt some of the rendition's from earlier ruler's was a bit overly gaudy. His father must have felt the same as the room was regal, yet not obstinate, as befitting one who had dealt with the common people more often than not compared to most of the royal family for generation's now. A fact that Lelouch hoped would change if he were to be placed on the Throne. Lelouch held no grand ambition's as to take the throne by bloodshed and force, he felt it would be better if the reason why he was on the throne was because he was proven the most capable and effective person to lead, rather than because of his bloodline or heritage...
'Although considering what some of these noble's are saying, perhaps it might be more in spite of such thing's.' Lelouch thought to himself as he couldn't help but overhear the various highborn and lofty Noble's make all sort of comment's of how he and his sister weren't worthy of being royalty, that since their mother was a commoner, they should be treated as such, in a way it reminded him of the world he had left behind, only instead of people demanding they should be treated differently because the group they were a part of had been treated poorly in the past, which many of those demanding such preferential treatment had no actual experience or connection too, being more along the line's of ancient history relatively speaking. Only this time it was those who claimed to be better because of what family they were a part of. It wasn't so much of him to claim that ALL Noble's were bad, it's just that many of those who held most power and influence over the lesser Noble's and common-folk proved to be unworthy of the power they held...
Jeremiah Gottwald noticed his Prince's annoyance and asked "Is all of this bothering you, Young Prince?" as even he could hear the comment's the various Noble's made in regard's to his young charge's.
Lelouch gave a slight smile at the Guard's Concern "It's nothing I can't handle, honestly I've grown used to it." He spoke, Jeremiah could only frown at how such a kind and well meaning person such as Prince Lelouch could be so used to such condemnation and scorn from those who acted as if he was lesser due to his mother. To say nothing less of the woman herself, nor how Princess Nunnally could bear to deal with such thing's being pointed at her Brother.
Jeremiah cleared his throat "Forgive me for asking my Prince, but how can you bear such slander and insult's as if they are nothing? Surely you feel the effect's of them on some level correct?"
Lelouch gave a slight smirk and said "I know better than to let such thing's affect me, they are empty word's and nothing more, and I am not a thin skinned brat like most would think of royalty as being akin to. I am willing to endure any attack's against me. Be they physical, verbal, or mental in origin."
Jeremiah couldn't help but be impressed by the Young Prince's response, showing Lelouch to be one that many would willingly follow under if for no other reason than of how he was willing to endure the same hardship of other's and was willing to take any hit's thrown toward's him. Speaking of...
"And are you not afraid that some noble would attempt to assassinate you? Be it directly or through other mean's?" Jeremiah asked, as it was his duty as a guard to the Lux Britannia Family to ensure his charge's are kept safe from all matter of threat's, even if they came from within, as it was all too well known in the history of the Royal Family how many among them would seek the death's of relative's that would pose a threat to their power. The Emblem of Blood was a perfect example of how such thing's can spiral out of control, thankfully such day's were behind them all, at least he hoped so.
Lelouch gave a warm smile at Jeremiah and said "With brave Guard's like you, and being led by Sister Cornelia, most Noble's know better than to attempt Regicide, and even if you all can't stop them, there is one last defender any would-be assassin would have to go against. And I don't mean to sound arrogant or so certain, but do you really think they can get past him?" with the last part of the comment referring to the slient, armored figure that stood beside the Prince, constantly scanning the whole room for potential threat's, even the point's Jeremiah had once didn't think would be used for an attempted assault, but now made sure to keep an eye on such area's himself if only not to be found lacking.
The figure was, strange to say the least... 'He' (as it appeared to respond to masculine pronoun's) was absolutely silent, never speaking even once, and yet despite that, Jeremiah felt that it didn't need to speak to ensure that he knew what 'his' intent's were, the way it stood and looked all over, it was as if it was trying to goad any would be assailant's into attacking as if it were saying 'Come on out so I can beat your asses into a pulp!' and while he didn't exactly approve of such behavior from his own men, Jeremiah could tell that the this figure was doing it was NEVER out of arrogance, but rather a promise and a threat to anyone who acted as if they could do the impossible that they WOULD be Broken and left for the rest of the guard's to deal with, and that such a figure was NOT to be trifled with. Such it has been since it first showed up the day after the prince's birthday a year ago, to think it has only been a year and yet this Figure had been so involved that it felt as if it had always been there, and in a way perhaps it had, only that beforehand it kept itself to one location as to not show itself, and that now it felt that it was time to take a more active approach in watching over Prince Lelouch.
Then Jeremiah noticed something out of the corner of his eye and then heard bellowed across the chamber "Presenting his and her Imperial Majesties, Emperor George Lux Britannia and Empress Marianne Lux Britannia! All Hail Britannia!" Knight of One Bismarck Waldstein Proclaimed to all present the arrival of the two Most key figure's present.
Of course there was the regular 'All Hail Britannia!' that came as a response that the Noble's knew to say as it was common among them to say when in the presence of the Emperor and Empress. Still, when they said it it appeared as if they didn't give as much enthusiasm as would be expected of those in their standing.
Lelouch gave Jeremiah a slight tug on the sleeve and whispered "You noticed it too?"
"Yes, I'm certain your Parent's and Bismarck know as well." Having been trained to spot out the sign's of Noble's who would get to uppity and have the annoyance of dealing with a number of such figure's as a part of his normal duties as a Soldier of the Britannian Military more often than he'd like. he also noticed the figure go through a rapid cycling of observation's of the entire throne room to no doubt analyze potential point's of assault, and escape point's no doubt, he figured it would be good to go over them as well in case thing's got problematic in a hurry.
George Lux Britannia appeared to be keeping a mask of calm on his face as he spoke, giving no indication as to the rising tension so as to lull the arrogant Noble's into a false sense of security. "With regard's to the proposed invasion of Japan as conquest and it's re-branding into 'Area 11' so as to control it's Sakuradite deposit's. I absolutely and wholeheartedly refuse!"
Quite the matter to bring up, as it was well known among the higher Noble's of Britannian Society that there was a strong push to invade and annex the island Nation of Japan for it's Sakuradite deposit's, being the main source of it across the whole world. As well as the attempt's of the new Kightmare Frame's being developed and entering Mass Production with the so called 'Glasgow' frame being chosen for production due to it's effective usability and ease of production, even if it is lacking compared to the 'Ganymede' that Marianne herself had become famous for using in certain respect's. Projection's for an Invasion of Japan would see the Japanese military quickly routed and broken due to the deployment of Knightmare's being a new form of Weaponry the Japanese would not be able to adapt to fighting and much faster than a Main Battle Tank.
While the gathered noble's began to protest and complain about the motion, Jeremiah, Lelouch, and the Figure made their way to the Emperor and Empress, figuring that it would be best to keep them all close by in case the worse happened. All the while keeping a close eye on all those present and being careful not to get to close. When they finally got to the Emperor and Empress proper, Lelouch felt it would be best to draw the attention to him and spoke up "Exactly why is this such an issue?"
"What are you saying boy?! This is a CRITICAL point against our continued dominance!" One Particular noble exclaimed, a harsh glare from the Empress quickly made him cower for speaking to lowly of the Prince, as everyone knew that one of the worst thing's to do was piss off Marianne, as she was known to give harsh reprimand's to those who acted out of line, and if that didn't work... Well her nickname wasn't 'The Flash' just because of her skill's in a Knightmare Frame, but also because she was known to strike quickly against those who bothered her, and how she wasn't so beholden to just strike at the face or chest...
Many an uppity Nobleman found himself clutching his Family Jewel's asking to himself how one woman could move so fast and hit so hard after being found targeted by her wrath. Which those present knew better than to happen to themselves.
Lelouch gave a smile at his mother but gave his response regardless "What good is having the most Powerful Army in the world, if there are no more foe's to fight? What good is waging war's that end with animosity and resentment of the conquered people's who are reduced to being labeled as 'Number's'? What good is it to force people to die for those who have not proven themselves worthy of such leadership? The way I see it, the only one's who should kill, be it on the front line's or directing the soldier's who fight on said front line's, are those who are prepared to be killed! And I don't see any of you willing to die for your belief's!" To which a sense of applause would have been given by Jeremiah and Bismarck as well as his Parent's, if the tension wasn't so palpable, it was pretty much a waiting game at this point, to see who would strike first.
And yet someone did clap, a rather slow, mocking even golf clap that would be expected of someone who was unimpressed, yet none of the Noble's present were moving so who?
Then Jeremiah noticed the figure was looking at something, and followed it's gaze to see what got it's attention, part of him almost wished he hadn't.
The thing they all saw was strange and looking at it felt so wrong, as if it was looking at something that shouldn't be here. It appeared as if it were shrouded in some sort of dark field, even though it was standing in broad daylight, it moved and acted in such a way as if it were some sort of Wraith, it's presence unsettling the nerve's of many of the guard's present, even Jeremiah would not lie and admit he felt a sense of unease at the figure. And then it spoke...
"My, my, that was quite the speech boy, too bad it won't do any good for you or those people, like it or not, they are going to be subjugated." It's voice was dark and malice incarnate, uncaring of those who it spoke too as if they were little more but ant's to be squashed.
'No, not that, less than that even.' Jeremiah thought to himself, he wondered how this thing got past the guard's beyond the door, and why was he not alerted? Surely Princess Cornelia would have contacted him to the presence of such an Intruder, it either managed to slip past ALL of the other guard's.
'Or it killed them all...' Jeremiah couldn't help but think, he was certain that the Princess would be kept away, captian of the Royal Guard or no, she would have been forced by the like's of Darlton and Guliford if no one else, he prayed those two men were not caught in the crossfire and died. Darlton was a good soldier and Guliford was rumored to be a good fit for Cornelia as a potential Husband (Not that anyone mentioned it around her unless they wanted to be beaten on or worse, be sent to Latrine Duty).
Bismarck moved to stand in front of Them all but George stopped him, and instead stood in front to face this dark figure.
"Who are you? And why are you here?" Demanded George Lux Britannia, steadfast as a leader should be in the face of such a thing, Lelouch for his part merely scowled at the unknown figure in front of them and seemed to show no outward fear in the slightest, an impressive feat for one so young as Lelouch.
"Who am I? Well I have never been one of title's, but I guess you can call me, Lord of Wraith's!" It proclaimed in a booming voice, making a number of lesser guard's cower slightly in fear and some showing sign's of despair.
"As for why I'm here, well it's simple really, to kill you, your wife, and your two children, that boy of your's especially. And to have your Empire be led by the one's I've picked out myself." It spoke, pointing to Lelouch as if to single him out above all else.
"And how do you plan on achieving that? I see no army to threaten with, and I doubt any of these Noble's here have the mean's to do as you will." George countered.
"Well I can answer both question's quite easily, I don't need these noble's, although they might be useful fodder if nothing else, I'm sure you'll recognize who I have picked out to lead" The Lord of Wraith's spoke, and stepped aside to reveal a Man who looked very much so like George, only his hair was in a different style and white as opposed to his own, and when he spoke it sounded almost identical to George's own, only that the man's voice clearly showed he was of a far more callous nature and did not care for who dared to speak before him.
"I am Charles vi Britannia! The True ruler of the Britannian Empire!" Charles spoke, George had a brief moment of shock across his face, only to then begin to laugh!
"Do you think showing me a visage of what I could have been had I went a different Path will be enough to cower me!" George spoke, Jeremiah did happen to know that George Lux Britannia was not his Emperor's given name, instead having chosen it upon what was described as a 'life changing event of epic proportion's' and figured that this 'Emperor Charles' was merely a mean's of showing how he could have been. Jeremiah honestly Preferred his actual Emperor very much so, and wished this fake would be gone from his sight.
"I assure you I am VERY Much real." Charles spoke with a certainty in his voice that made it clear he was NOT joking when he said that and he was actually here and in front of them.
"If that is the case then you can DIE!" Bismarck yelled as he prepared to strike down Charles and the Lord of Wraith's.
Yet, faster than they could even blink, the Lord of Wraith's held Bismarck by his sword arm and held him back with only one hand! It didn't even appear to be even trying to apply any effort in it's antic's.
"What? But how-" Bismarck began to question before he let out a cry of pain as the Lord of Wraith's tightened it's grip on his arm before throwing the Knight of One into a wall as if we was a rag doll!
"Did you really think your Geass would help you? I am beyond such power's that even the one's who are the penultimate source of them are nothing compared to me." The Lord of Wraith's spoke, as if disappointed in Waldstein's preformance
'Geass? What? What is this Geass he speak's of? Does the Emperor know of it?" Jeremiah couldn't help but think, unsure as to what it is he is dealing with now.
Regardless he figured that he should do something against this thing that wished to kill his prince and his family "If you think I will let you lay a single hand on Prince Lelouch or Princess Nunnaly, then your are SORELY Mistaken!" He cried out in challenge to the Lord of Wraith's, ready to strike out even if it was futile...
Only instead he found himself faced with a number of figure's that blocked his path two of them coming up behind him and restraining him even!
"Well, I did say I was a 'Lord of Wraith's' didn't I? You wondered about my army, well here it is." And as it finished, the whole room was filled with such figure's, the 'Wraith's' appeared to be somewhat human formed in shape, though they held no defining feature's aside from having a torso, two arm's, two leg's, and what could be considered a 'head' even if it was mostly a blank form that held no indication of what lay inside if anything was even inside at all.
The Lord of Wraith's stepped in front of Jeremiah and spoke "Ah Jeremiah Gottwald, I've dealt with the like's of you before, always so loyal to your Prince and Princess, even after it's revealed that their Mother was okay with leaving them to die, you kept being loyal to them to the very end, even when Lelouch would make himself be the enemy of the whole world, you would be Loyal to him and that sickeningly sweet Nunally. And it's always like this no matter how many time's I come across you! No matter, it's not the first time I've killed you. And I never get tired of doing it either, it's almost as fun as killing the rest of them! But You don't know who I'm talking about, not most of them anyhow, that Villetta Nu girl you know of course, and other's you'll never get to meet. No matter, I love the despair that come's from it all. So show me it!" And while yes Jeremiah did know a woman by that name, as far as he knew she was still new to being a solider, and he didn't say he knew her all that well, but even still...
Jeremiah went ahead and spat in the 'face' of the Lord of Wraith's and yelled out defiantly "If you believe I will give you want you have asked for, you will be disappointed!"
His action's clearly pissed off the Lord of Wraith's to a high degree, and that was just what he needed...
Quicker than what anyone else could see, the guardian figure to Lelouch sprang into action, breaking all of the 'Lesser Wraith's' easily and sending the Lord of Wraith's skidding back in surprise at being so quickly intercepted, the Guardian quickly took into fighting the Lord of Wraith's while Jeremiah went to help George get Bismarck on his feet.
"I do believe it's best if we leave those two to themselves, wouldn't you agree Bismarck?" George spoke to his highest ranked Knight and long time friend.
The Knight of One gave a cough as he tired to regain his bearing's and said "Yes, we need to get to Nunnally and leave the capital, if not Britannia itself!"
Jeremiah knew what was needed of him, to help escort Lelouch and Nunnally to the airport so as to get a mean's of safe passage, and if it came down to it, to care for the Prince and Princess in the absence of of their Parent's, as they themselves told him as such if the worst came to pass.
All he gave was a nod and told them 'good luck' before they all separated.
Now...
"Of all the thing's to happen today, THIS was not one I had in mind!" Lelouch yelled rather angrily at the situation they had found themselves in.
"Young Prince, I would advise you keep yourself in cover if you know what's best for you!" Jeremiah yelled back over the sound's of gunfire from the guard's across the palace and Ares Vila came through the air, undoubtedly fighting more of these so called 'Wraith's' that was seen in the throne Room.
Thankfully it appear's that the guard present was able to keep the worst of the enemy at bay from the Vila's Residential Suite's and most likely meant that Nunally was safe, it was a slight blessing that none of the other royal consort's or their children were anywhere near the capital, with many of them being across the various City's or Area's for their own reasoning, Jeremiah was grateful for that, for he doubted that the like's of Princess Euphemia would be able to survive such a thing such as this...
He supposed that it was also a blessing then that this so called 'Lord of Wraith's' appeared to be dead set on ONLY Killing the Lux Britannia's and apparently having no real interest in anyone else, if that was the case he would have no doubt heard about it by now, unless the enemy was jamming all communication's somehow...
Damn it! And he called himself a member of the Royal Guard!
Thankfully they were able to find Nunally, a bit scared and frightened at all of the fighting, but alive and unharmed at least.
"Something is bothering you Jeremiah, speak, now." Lelouch spoke after found they had time to talk thing's over.
"My apologies, my Prince. It's just that, we had no prior warning as to all of this, and I should have taken better precaution's against all of this, I understand if after this, you decide to not want me to watch over you both." Jeremiah answered truthfully, as he knew any attempt's at lying would be easily found out and figured it would be best to be honest with his charge.
Lelouch had a soft look in his eye's when he said "The fact that you are here, trying to keep us safe, mean's I would be all the more proud to have you by our side, Knight of Orange." Referring him by a title they had done at first as a mere joke at his expense but had since grown to a sign of trust to Jeremiah, and he was all the more proud of it.
"I honestly don't deserve such kindness, but thank you my Prince." He spoke with tear's in his eye's.
"Aw. How cute, the little boy trying to be nice to the worthless guard! Blegh, make's me want to throw up!" A rather annoying voice that Jeremiah swore he could recall from somewhere popped up behind them. Turning around he saw someone who he was quickly able to put a name to.
"Luciano Bradley? What is your involvement in all of this? Hoping to have another chance at being a Knight of the Round again?" Jeremiah spoke with disgust in his voice, knowing all to well about the so called 'Vampire of Britannia' a man who many felt should have gotten the death sentence, yet disappeared before he could be executed. His ambition to become a Knight of the Round was well known by those in the Military who were around during his trial, the fact that he would side with such figure's...
"Ha, ha, ha! I got an even better deal, I help them get rid of any annoying loose end's, and they'll give me the title of the Knight of One! Can you believe it!" Luciano spoke, as if he was going to be rewarded for a job well done.
Jeremiah sneered at the man "I don't believe you could EVER go so far as to be called the Knight of One, if anything you are LESS than that Bradley! You aren't even worthy of being called a Human Being, much less to be a Knight!"
Luciano's gleeful look soon twisted into a malicious visage and yelled in rage "Just for that I'm going to make you watch them bleed and suffer! I wish I could kill them myself, but the big guy say's they are his to kill, so I'll just settle for you hearing them scream and cry out in pain instead!"
TWACK!
Someone hit Bradley in the back of his head and knocked him out, Jeremiah look to see his would be savior only to find...
"Sister Nelly!" Nunally cried out in happiness as she saw her older half sister and ran to hug her.
"Thank goodness you're alright, and Lelouch?" Cornelia asked, trying to find the boy.
"I'm right here Sister, how bad is it?" Lelouch spoke from above them, seemingly having been ready to pounce on Bradley himself to provide an opening for Jeremiah to incapacitate him, now though he just finished tying a tight knot of rope around Bradley's arm's and leg's, meaning that when he regain's consciousness, he won't be able to follow them.
"I'm not going to ask were you got that rope, and good idea tying him up, as for how bad thing's are, I don't think there has ever been an assault this bad in the history of Britannia, maybe even the world for that matter. They are relentless, uncaring, unfeeling, it's like nothing I've ever faced against." Cornelia spoke, knowing that her younger Brother had a good tactical mind that even while not as experienced in actual conflict as her's, was a good enough resource as any to have right now.
After giving some time to think it over, Lelouch responded "It's best if we give them what they want."
"WHAT?!" Was the replies of both Jeremiah and Cornelia.
To which Lelouch gave a knowing smirk "Well, it's more like let's give them what they THINK they want, after all war is as much about Deception as it is actual combat."
After going over the plan and explaining it in more detail, Jeremiah couldn't help but ask "How do you know for sure it'll work?"
All that Lelouch said was "My instinct's tell me it'll work out, plus my Guardian and I have a sort of link, I can't really tell you what it think's, but it does know what I am thinking at the very least, and I feel that it can do it."
Having agreed on the plan of action, they all proceed to make their way to the Airport, with thankfully minimal fighting going on.
"You know the plan right Nelly?" Lelouch ask's, wanting to make sure she know's what has to be done.
"I know what it is, I don't like it, but if you think it'll work then okay." Cornelia say's to her younger half brother, giving him a sisterly hug before going off to her men and carry out her part of the plan.
It didn't take long for The Emperor and Empress to reach them knowing the general idea of what Lelouch is planning, the Lux Britannia family as well as Jeremiah and Bismarck then proceed to board the plane, waiting for one last passenger...
"There he is!" Lelouch say's as he point's out to were his Guardian is landing after being clearly thrown across from wherever he and the Lord of Wraith's were fighting, it waste's no time getting aboard and they take off...
"Well that was annoying, oh wait there's that one last trick I've got planted." The Lord of Wraith's say's before pulling out a Remote with a single button on it, and presses it.
A Missile shoot's up into the air and make's contact with the Plane, causing it to explode...
"Well, at the very least that's one issue taken care if, and if they somehow survived so be it, I'll just let them try to put up a fight, make's it all the more enjoyable when I can savor their despair anyhow. Either way, it's time to get to work on an invasion plan, that Princess could be a good tool, even if I can't make her my puppet, I can hold the one she hold's most dear hostage, and it's not like the rest of them are in any position to challenge me..." It mused, figuring that it would be too boring if they just died then and there, and that having them try to have hope, only to take it all away, would make it all the more enjoyable when it finally got around to it.
"Beside's, there's still one more left to take care of, but that can be put off for a while now." It finished, taking glee in it's victory, even if it wasn't much of one, he still got his people in place to take over with no real counter action possible from anyone who could oppose them, while it could just wipe out any potential opposition. It felt that it would be just to dull and boring to do just that and instead figured to let them have that chance, only to take it all away when it finally had enough fun, then move onto the next group.
Meanwhile, across the Pacific Ocean, on the shore near one of the Beaches of Tokyo Bay, a few people and a metallic figure appear in mid air and end up landing into the water nearby, thankfully a young boy and his father happen to be strolling by at this time of night, and help them all get out and onto land.
The father take's a moment to take a look at the odd grouping and exclaim's "George?!"
George Lux Britannia, his clothes somewhat burnt on the edges and soaking wet simply replies "Prime Minister Genbu Kururgi, you look well. Mind if my and my wife and children stay with you at the shrine for a while, oh and don't mind the man with us, he's one of the guard's who Marianne and I asked to take care of the kid's if thing's got bad, as for the last figure, I'm sure Stradfield has mentioned something similar to what is with his daughter now correct? And before you ask, I know because she mentioned it, also you should prepare for war, and one that your people will not win on top of that."
Lelouch walked up to the boy and held up a hand to shake with "I've heard about you, Suzaku Kururgi right? I hope we can be friend's!"
Suzaku for his part acted rather normally for a boy in his situation...
That is to say he fainted.
Lelouch couldn't help but sigh "Well, at least he doesn't hate me it look's like, honestly I'm getting kind of tired too." and soon enough wound up falling asleep.
And as for the Guardian? Well, it's thought's were as thus.
'Yeah, this is going to take a LOT of work and time to pull THIS off, but I'm sure it'll be impressive, wouldn't you agree, C.C.?"
All the while a Green Haired girl a few miles away couldn't help but feel that thing's are going to be VERY Interesting, and that she hope's her pizza will be coming soon...
A/N: Okay so there was a LOT going on in this chapter, so what do you all think? As for Geass, I'm kind of partial to letting my Lelouch use Absolute Obedience, if only because it's one I have the most familiarity with and that it's an easy one I can find my way to work with, and with regards to how I view Geass, I don't really see it running amok as a result of it's overuse (though that isn't to say constant use can't have an affect) but that it's rather a part of how the person's psyche respond's to stimuli. I mean think about it, Charles has UNDOUBTEDLY used his Geass more than enough time's to have it go awry, yet he seem's to have an ease of use so as to keep it from affecting other's when he doesn't want it to. When Lelouch had his go out of control, it was when he felt that his ability to maintain control was at it's weakest, the SAZ that Euphie was planning to set up would derail his plan's if not halt a fair few key point's about them, therefore his subconscious responded by having his Geass be always active, therefore meaning that he would (barring external force's/influence's of a certain kind) be able to have Total control over other's even if he doesn't actively want it to be the case, or it could be just that Charles and Vincent wanted to screw over Lelouch by killing the only other really kind member of his family beside's Nunnally that wouldn't try to turn him in or kill him for killing Clovis (Cornelia was bound by duty so if SHE found out Zero was Lelouch, well let's just say it would be a crisis of loyalty for her.) Either way I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and let me know what sort of Geass you think would better fit my version of Lelouch in your own opinion's, nothing too Over Powered or Game Breaking (Like making something out of nothing or fully resurrecting the dead as they once were) and also mention if you'd like me going over and doing an in depth 'character study' of the major cast of Code Geass (and who know's, I might even do such thing's for other fiction's as well if anyone ever get's an interest in it!) Either way it's been fun writing, till next time!
