AN: I think you have all waited long enough.

"The older I get the more the world makes sense and the more insane that sense seems."

Alexander Andreas Gustavos Di Britannia.

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Why was it taking so long, she should have sent the confirm signal minutes ago, he felt his Geass tingle the back of his mind, wanting to be released to help him. He forced the feeling back, it was no use here, this was the time for strategy, the time for true battle. Why was he even so nervous, she had not disappointed him yet after all.

"Something is wrong K-2, Zero's transponder has gone dark." That was not supposed to happen, C.C would never turn that off herself, something was going wrong, he had to move now.

"Alright then." He took a breath to focus, the Shogun coming to life around him, "Black-knight! Its time, let us fight our first true battle as more then rebels, let us fight as an army! Let this mark our revolutions start! To war!"

He led the spearhead with the Shogun, the Green Fire Dragon at the front, the other Dragons coming to his side quickly, Kallen the Red Champion Dragoness at his left, Rai the blue Thunder Dragon at his right, Sayoko the Black Shadow Dragon at his back. They were followed by the holy swords, their new Gekka as fast as the Dragons if not faster, and the Ronin took up the rear, piloted by the most motivated warriors the black knights had.

'What is this feeling...'

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"Enemy is on the move, Warriors of Britannia stand ready!" Marius could not hide the exhilaration in his voice at the sight of the enemy, so many targets, so many challenging fights¸ oh it would be glorious. But first to keep to his Prince plan, he opened his phone once again, ringing the speed dial number.

"Major Kururugi speaking?"

"Suzaku, you up for a rematch against the Black-knights?"

"Naturally Ser Marius!"

"Then come to my location, bring the Lancelot and get here quick."

"I must ask for permission from my lady first, but I think she will be fine with me going, I am ten minutes out at most!"

Hanging up Marius turned back to the charging enemy, Dora by his side getting a lock for her weapons as the Spartans consolidated a line to face the enemy.

"Inee menee, minee moe, you." Dora muttered a millisecond before the cannon in the Hippolyta's chest spat a charge of plasma at an unfortunate Knightmare group. "Boom, killshot, dibs on those holy swords by the way."

"Fine dibs on the blue dragon."

"Deal."

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Kallen found her eyes searching for her prey, where was that overgrown housecat, she should be fighting him, not these basic Brits. Driving her spear between the shield and sword of another Spartan, she triggered the auto eject and sending the pod flying away. What was that man up to, he should know by now he was the only one she really enjoyed fighting, if he was a no show it would be really boring.

"Q-1, move to the main gate, break it down!" She smirked, well that could be a little fun she supposed, heavy resistance that way, maybe she would get a little challenge after all. The Guren swerved between the first few Spartans in her way, they were battling the Ronin and distracted, the new machines proving their worth.

"Out of my way Brits!"

A quick slice of her spear here and a short burst of radiation there and five more Spartans who stood in her way ejected due to radiation overloading them.

'Hurry up now Andre, this is getting boring.'

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"Why would I take that deal of yours? My contractor can offer the same."

"He can yes, but I can offer you it now or however much longer you need to set your affairs in order." C.C turned her head in curiosity again, was I like that once?

"You know what a code does yes." Not a question, but might as well treat it as one.

"I know what happens, you are like I used to be, how I think I want to be again, these emotions of mine, they are troubling, I want rid of them, that code of your will help with that." Lets test how much she knows of father plan. "Beyond that it will help me deal with fathers plan very efficiently, removing his win condition from the board, I could get rid of him in half a year, control the empire in seven months. What do you say, will you give me your code."

"..."

"..."

"No."

Despite the answer I found myself smiling, because I knew why she had declined, it was not because she disliked my plan, or disagreed with my thoughts, she did not even catch the lie about wanting to lose my emotions, because I quite like them these days. No, she declined for a different reason, one I find entirely too amusing, I could see it in her eyes. God that is fucking hilarious.

"You know, I was once as you are now, not because I became that way, but because I was born as it, I learned to read other people very well in that time," Her frown was genuine, true anger shown for the first time. "You love him."

"..."

"You know, of all the things I expected to happen with the changes I made, this was not one of them."

"..." her frown lightened slightly, she was thinking. "You are one of His..."

"Yes, He has made his move, if you won't take the deal, will you do one thing for me? If you work with me I can promise you what you desire, what you truly desire."

"Go on."

"Disregard Charles, do not aid in his idiotic plan, and I promise you, I promise you I will make sure you get to live a true life."

"We have a contract then."

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"Get her away from that gate Marius, I am on my way, be prepared for the Black-knights to retreat."

"Roger that my Prince, Kururugi is two minutes out."

"Perfect."

"You heard the Lion, Dora, let's get to work." Dorathea smirked at that, sure harassing the holy swords from long range was fun, but she was getting a bit bored with their ability to dodge. So she joined the Hercules in its charge towards the Red Champion Dragoness, a group of Spartans taking over their respective opponents, she charged her brace cannon while arming her micro missiles.

If what she had heard was true then the Dragoness was the biggest threat the Black-Knights had which meant they were in for a fun fight.

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With Todhoh handed over to C.C's care I climbed into Perseus cockpit with careful ease, my orders were relayed, everything was in place, even if my plans had to be altered due to some unforeseen circumstances. I should be immortal right now... such a strange thought, despite it being one of my goals when I first arrived here I no longer desired it, despised the idea of it even.

My eyes shone as my battle meditation kicked into overdrive, my senses extending beyond myself and into the very fabric of reality itself, I perceived the battle from hundreds of eyes, felt hundreds of minds in the midst of the most intense action humanity could experience, battle for life and death. The black-knights were alien to me, determined and inspired by their aces, but my Spartans, they were as familiar to my mind as my own, blazing pillars of confidence, even while outnumbered and on the backfoot with lesser machines they still fought as if they were the three hundred that were their namesake.

The Perseus rose from its kneeling position in a single swift motion, grabbing a spear from my back that quickly buzzed to life with burning green plasma I used my boosters to make my way to the gate. When I got close to it I felt the fight right outside of it, two familiar minds, my Knight and our sister by bond, hey Dora, nice to have you over, along with two more minds, one that I was sure was Kallen, focused and highly entertained, and one, angry, worried and calculating, one that I was reasonably sure was Lelouch piloting my Agemem- no, its his Shogun now. Well time for a little music.

"All alone, a man with his gun! Wanders into the wild! Track you down, you can't hide! Once he is on to your trail!"

The gate opened and all eyes turned to me, with a smirk I tugged the hope and elation of my Spartans to the front and inflated that slight despair that the Black-Knights felt, always nice to make an impact. I however, have a duel to get to, Kallen and Lelouch fighting Dora and Ri, well sorry guys, but those are mine, you can play with the other dragons.

"Well, well, Dear Dragoness, is it me your looking for?"

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"Fucking finally pussy cat, I thought you would never show up." Kallen's excitement is not something Lelouch can find within himself at this point, he was both tired and fearful for C.C, the Shoguns Katana was blazing green still and his only point of focus other than the battle map, which had devolved into an all-out brawl. This was not how he wanted it to go, it was meant to be a smash and grab, but he had let himself be read perfectly, he allowed himself to be led into a trap just because he had was confident that the Lion was not aware of their plans.

Still he had to focus now, he had to get past his brother if he wanted to find her, so he would¸ the Shogun rushed forward at his command, its Plasma Katana clashing with the shaft of the Perseus spear, Kallen coming from behind him to trust her spear towards the Perseus chest. Unfortunately it was not to be that simple, the Lion jumped over them using the Perseus thrusters shoulder cannons firing a blast that he could just barely dodge.

"Now, now you two, no going in there, that place is off limits." The voice was female if rather deep, and now blocking his path, the Hippolyta and the knight of four, fuck it was only going to get harder and harder wasn't it. Nothing was ever simple.

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Rai spotted the incoming enemy first, the white shape familiar, it was coming, that white devil that had a performance that Rakshata said was off the scale, and it was coming in fast, blazing past buildings towards the battleground fast enough to appear a smudge.

"We have the White machine incoming!"

"Goddamnit! Try to hold it off Rai, Shinobi assist him, I need you to buy as much time as possible, beat it if you can!" Well Lelouch seemed to be rather busy, best to fight the thing as ordered.

The Gekka preproduction test type, or as he had been referring to it, the Raiden, sung with power as he amped the reactor up a notch, the claw crackling with blue radiation as the Shinobi took position on his right, the two of them against the white machine, it should be a easy fight. Of course that did not make it feel like it would be easy, he had heard Rakshata's reports on possible performance, and the thing was particularly scary, like more performance then the Guren scary.

The machine touched down a few dozen meters ahead of him, instantly unsheathing its two glowing red swords and charging wordlessly at the two of them, moving fast enough that their sensors had trouble keeping up. He was left with one option while fighting this thing, his eyes, well fuck, this might actually be a problem.

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"Now, Lulu, we both know I am not going to let you get in without acknowledging me, no matter how worried you are for your little lady." My brother was actually not half bad when he was angry or desperate, or both as he was now, making it so I actually had to divide my attention between him and the more dangerous Kallen. I am not able to focus on either alone, with how they come in to take any chance to get into the prison, hmm, quite a pickle, and a lot of fun.

"What have you done to her?" His growl is almost intimidating, and rather cute, he really does care for her. And he finally acknowledges me too, good, putting pride behind you is a wonderful lesson little brother, still, victory to me, and I do so love victory.

"Ah good, no games then, she is fine I assure you, I just confiscated her electronics, and with the Colonel still out like a light it would take her a few minutes to get into their machines." The relief I could feel thanks to my Geass was like a blazing beacon. "Now Lulu, why don't you go on in so I can have a little fun with our Dear Dragoness?"

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"Ah did you miss me Lion?" Kallen found herself smirking at Andre's words, rushing in as Lelouch finally entered the prison with the Shogun, she trusted her spear towards his chest in a feint, catching him off-guard by redirecting to his shoulder cannon, taking one of them out of commission. She found herself almost purr at his angry growl, glad to have finally gotten a clean hit on him, the Lion was not without counter to her either, setting into a swift series of spinning jabs that left her with half a dozen marks across her frame.

"Well, miss is such a strong word... But yes." He continued his attack with a series of twirling slashes, this time she was able to block and counter back, attempting a grab of his other shoulder cannon, which he unfortunately fired, forcing her to counter the blast with her radiation burst. The fight continued immediately, the lion kicking in his thrusters to send himself back and then forward into a charged upwards thrust. She deflected the thrust getting a firm grasp on his spear with her surger, blasting it with radiation, forcing it to drop him and causing a slight lull in the fight.

"Damn, Dear Dragoness, do you always have to destroy those, they are rather pricey you know?"

"Oh come now Lion, do you really want me to stop having fun?"

His laugh was pleasant as he charged back through the now fading smoke, to her great pleasure now wielding his sword instead of another spear, finally, he was taking her seriously. She was instantly on the back foot, forced to block and deflect instead of try and counter, he was fast, faster than he had ever seemed with his spear, almost like a whirlwind of glowing plasma and metal. His shoulder cannon fired and she had to leap back from her one attempt at a grab lest she lose her claw arm, her follow up thrust deflected and countered.

"Gah, alright then Lion, if you want to fight all out then lets!" With her words she hit the switch for the Reactor Amp Rakshata had installed, the Guren tapping into its brand new secondary battery, causing her claw to crackle with red lighting and the green plasma of her spear turning red, not necessarily more powerful, but it fit the theme so Kallen had insisted on it.

"Nice colour scheme Red, lets see if it matters!"

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"Persistent fucks!" Marius shout was broadcasted loudly to his opponents, two of the holy swords working in near perfect sync with one another, not giving him the inch he needed to take advantage. With their chainsaw swords able to chip even the Hercules armor he was not able to use his standard bruiser fighting style, forcing him to counter and defend. "Let me fucking punch you already!"

One of those Gekka's just barely dodged around one of his punches, the electric crackling leaving several burn marks in its paint. Its partner came in with a thrust from bellow, easily blocked with a backhand followed with a jab that for once connected. The EMP effect of the punch combined with its physical force were enough to leave a crater in the Gekka's head while knocking out its sensors. Yet before he could finish it off its partner hammered a series of grenades into the Hercules

"Fuck you, Motherfucker!"

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"Click, click, boom, boom little samurai." Dorathea smirked as her micro missiles engulfed the Gekka's again, slowly wearing down the rather impressive machines while keeping her distance, the Hippolyta's lithe frame easily sustaining rapid movement even without the increased fuel reservoirs that her Brothers machines had. Her targets emerged from the smoke with some new damage and a lot of anger, she deflected their Katana strikes with her plasma axe, firing her knee cannons she put a massive dent into the left ones chest armor. "How much ordinance will this nut take to crack I wonder?"

"More then you have Widow-maker!" What must be the oldest of the swords shouted back, its sword ready to cleave her Hippolyta's head off, well that was never going to happen, she twirled her frame into a spin, her brace cannon extending, a single shot loaded and ready. Her frame hummed as she pulled the trigger, watching it connect with her target, smirking as its arms collapsed and melted, the machine tumbling top over under, ejecting its cockpit block into the far distance.

"Oh well it was fun while it lasted."

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The shogun responded almost eagerly as he tore through the empty halls of the prison with lighting speed, the eerie silence making his nerves rise. Lelouch felt both shame and worry, emotions he was unfamiliar with, shame for caving in to his worry over C.C and ordering the charge, and worry for her safety. Damn that infuriating Witch and her wicked ways, making him feel like this!

"Where the fuck are you C.C?"

"Come on now Boy, you're not getting rid of me that easily." His eyes widened at the response that came through the Shogun's communicator, her familiar dry tone, the slightest tint of amusement that was ever-present when they talked. "I'm with the Colonel down in the tunnels, he is finally awake and inside his Gekka, we are bailing, see you back at the Ikaruga Lulu."

"Good, see you then Celine."

Her growl was enough to light a smile on his face, but she cut the connection anyway, he opened a line to all of his knights via the Zero line installed in his Shogun, activating his voice modulator.

"This is Zero to all Black-knights, our objective is complete, fire chaff smoke and retreat!"

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Kicking the white frame in the chest Rai acknowledged Zero's orders, releasing a wide range blast of his radiation claw that stunned their opponent, Shinobi pinged him and he returned an affirmative, time to bail out. They had been on the worse ed of the fight this time, the white frame had dealt a lot of damage to both of them, leaving the Raiden down its sword arm and with a lot of scratches and the Shinobi with enough surface damage that its bare metal was showing nearly all over.

Fuck that guy was tough, it might even take all of the four dragons to take him on, a scary thought.

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Dorathea frowned as the enemy began to retreat, planting her axe down she extended her brace cannon once again, time to pick a target, who was the biggest threat here... well that was easy, the Red Champion dragoness, well you're a target now girl. Her target had quickly disengaged from her fight with Andre, turning her undamaged back to her brace cannon.

She waited in anticipation as he cannon loaded with the ever familiar series of thumps and hums, licking her lips as she lined up her shot, the Guren was a fast frame, highly dangerous, this should really hel- Loaded. She pulled the trigger, but something was wrong, from the corner of her eyes she saw the Perseus move, faster than anything she had ever seen, its sword lashing out right as the bolt of plasma entered the barrel of her brace cannon, cleaving the barrel off, and sending both the Hippolyta and the Perseus flying back from the following explosion.

"What the fuck Andre!"

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"Getting injured is never fun if you don't get a scar out of it."

Alexander Andreas Gustavos Di Britannia.

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