Code Tenno Uprising of the Void
ESKK: Well, a brand-new chapter I hope you guys will enjoy it now let's begin.
(Start Clovis before the surrender)
Clovis never saw it coming as his entire command staff was slaughtered before his very eyes. Their limbs and remains scattered across the room, with even the window was even stained in their blood. Some of it managed to land on his face as everything was a gore filled mess. Standing in the middle of it all was that black monster that his forces have been reporting nonstop holding two Britannian Army issued rifles in his hands duel wielding them with ease.
The foe glared at Clovis who saw that he was cornered now. But before Clovis could cry out for help the foe charged at him and pinned him to his own throne using one of the gold curved objects attached to his arms. "Call off your troops NOW!" Ven ordered as he glared at his foe.
"I please don't!" Clovis begged as he was now afraid.
"Call them off and issue a full retreat! I won't ask you again you Void damned Orokin scum!" Ven yelled as Clovis was terrified for his life.
Just then a new voice was heard. "Now I think that is enough." Came the voice as Ven looked and saw a soldier enter the room. But before he could attack Clovis sigh of relief was short as soon the soldier pointed his gun at Clovis himself. "Now Prince Clovis I suggest you do as he says and stop the fighting... otherwise I don't think I can hold him back for long." The Soldier said as Ven looked to the being.
"I, but." Clovis stuttered only for Ven to shoot up the wall up next to Clovis. This in turn got the desired results and thus Clovis conceded defeat.
(After the announcement Ghetto)
"Why the hell are we letting the Elevens go!?" Jeremiah demanded over the radio. "What about the poison gas that they've stolen!?" He asked as the Elevens were being escorted to safety.
"But it's by order of Prince Clovis!" one soldier replied back as it was clear something had happened.
"What about Bartley? Get the general staff on the line!" Jeramiah ordered and in turn the Soldier already tried.
"They're not at their post, sir!" He said as something was going on in there.
"Are you telling me Prince Clovis is alone on the con!?" Jeramiah demanded as he glared at the soldier in question.
(Back in the Command Throne)
"I'm overjoyed, Lelouch!" Clovis said honestly, though a hint of fear in his voice. After all, as glad as he was to see his long-lost brother, said brother was still holding a gun at him. "I had heard that you died when Japan was brought into the fold. What a blessing to have you back! We should depart for the homeland immediately." Clovis offered but Lelouch would not have any of it.
"So, you can use me as a tool of diplomacy?" Lelouch asked with accusations clear in his voice. "It seems you've forgotten why we were used as tools in the first place." Lelouch said as Clovis let out a gasp at that as he was given a reminder. "That's right it was because my mother was killed." Lelouch reminded Clovis who then recalled the death, how she had mysteriously been assassinated. "Mother held the title Knight of Honor but was a commoner by birth. No doubt the other Imperial Consorts held her in contempt." Lelouch recounted as he remembered it well. Gunfire rained in from the windows shattering it killing his mother, traumatizing Nunnally to blindness while leaving her a cripple from the waist down, and Lelouch saw it all. "Even though it was made to look like the work of terrorists, it's clear to me the real culprits behind the assassination. You people killed my mother!" Lelouch accused and in turn fear returned to Clovis.
"It wasn't me! I swear to you, it wasn't!" Clovis said, clearly absolutely terrified of what Lelouch would do to him.
"Then tell me everything you know. The truth cannot be hidden from me any longer." Lelouch said as he began to activate his Geass. "By whose hand was she slain?" Lelouch asked and with his Geass used it on Clovis to get the truth out of him.
Clovis's demeanor then quickly changed, and he became much calmer. "My brother Second Prince Schneizel, and Second Princess Cornelia. They can tell you." Clovis said and in turn Lelouch was confused by this.
"So, are they the ones responsible?" he asked, but got no reply from Clovis who was still under the Geass. "So that's all you know, isn't it? Still, at least it's a start." Lelouch said seeing that he got everything he needed from Clovis.
As the Geass stopped affecting him, Clovis then began to panic again. "I swear it wasn't me! I had nothing to do with it!" He sputtered out unaware that he already told Lelouch everything he needed to know.
"I believe you." Lelouch said as he lowered his gun, and Clovis began to calm down a bit. "However, ..." he then raised it again on the now terrified Clovis.
"Please, you can't! We may have different mothers, but you and I are still brothers!" he fearfully protested trying to reason with Clovis.
"You can't change the world without getting your hands dirty." Lelouch said committing to this path and with that, Lelouch pulled the trigger. The gun shot went off and in turn Lelouch sighed. "Now what to do with... you?" Lelouch asked as he was going to force the Tenno into silence with his Geass only to find him gone. A body was moved from the terminal and from the looks of it he hacked into it and stole every bit of data inside it during the entire conversation. "Heh clever." Lelouch said opting to keep an ear out for the Tenno next time.
(Scene Break Tenno Sea Platform)
"So that is your report?" Lotus asked as she had gone over the events that took place the day prior. The Tenno were out of their Warframes and in their Operator forms and thus Sayak was revealed to them. Sayak was dark skinned young man with ivory hair that was pulled into braided dreads. After Tenshin had died during the New War when he faced Ballas and Erra on his own. Sayak managed to forge his own Dax Armor and started wearing it to honor the fallen Dax Soldier.
"Yes, it's clear that there are other forces at work within the Britannian Royal Family as well as outside it." Ven said as he looked to the Lotus who went over the report. Of course, Ven omitted the fact Lelouch was also a royal and had Ordis erase that bit of data.
"Well, be that as it may, we still have a problem." Lotus said as she showed the data they had on the Sutherlands and Lancelot. "While we may have enough data to start building them, we currently lack any Knigthmares of our own." Lotus said as the data focused on the Sutherland while the Lancelot had close to no data.
"Yeah, that's a problem." Sayak said as while they may be able to take them on the Knightmares were a serious game changer.
"Speaking of Knightmares what of that Black one?" Eureka asked as she looked to Ven.
"After yesterday's events I tracked it down all I found was the tracking device abandoned." Ven said and in turn Ava sighed.
"Well, there goes that idea." Ava said but Ven begged to differ.
"Not exactly when it appeared some key points were dropped, I might be able to use it to track down the pilot. I already have Ordis compiling the data and cross referencing it for the area around the tracking device." Ven said and thus that was good news for them.
"That's a lot of people to search might take a while." Ava said as Ven begged to differ.
"Maybe... maybe not." Ven said as he stood with his friends. "Still, we have time so let's focus on the tasks at hand." Ven said as Lotus nodded.
"Yes, but there is one discrepancy." Lotus spoke and thus she looked to Ven and Ava. "Ven, you reported crossing paths with a woman that had green hair and a white restraining suit, correct?" Lotus asked as Ven was confused.
"Yes why?" Ven asked confused as to why the Lotus would ask that.
"Because Ava had reported she was dead by gunshot to the head." Lotus said as in turn Ava shrugged.
"Honestly shit got strange after she was shot and considering the battle, I didn't check on her." Ava said and thus Ven looked to her.
"Did you check the area afterwards?" Ven asked as he looked to Ava.
"Didn't have the time since we had to book it to extraction." Ava defended and thus it was clear they had a mystery.
"If she is alive, we will find out, I'll send out feelers see what bites." Lotus said and thus they were in agreement on this. "Now then for now rest, I'll call you in once we have another mission." Lotus said and in turn Ven nodded and with his team took their leave of the Lotus. Once they were gone the Lotus went back to reviewing the data on the Lancelot and the Mark Nemo.
(Later outside)
"Glad to have you back Sayak." Ava said as she smiled to Sayak.
"Good to be back." Sayak said as Ven had to ask.
"So, what was this important Mission the Lotus had you undertake?" Ven asked as he looked over to Sayak.
"Mainly sticking it sideways to the Britannians." Sayak said as Ven listened to him. "But other than that, to make a long story short I've been helping the other Squads and Clans get themselves set up in areas that have already been taken by the Britannians." Sayak said as he looked to his friends.
"Oh?" Eureka asked as she heard this from the fellow Tenno.
"Yeah, so far our actions aren't overt enough to draw out our target... either that or we haven't messed with their plans enough to make them come out." Sayak said while scratching the back of his neck as this was a thing for them to consider.
"The Lotus would, agree with you on that. We may need to start coming out into the open if we really want to scare these guys into coming after us." Ven said as they needed a way to draw out their targets whomever they truly were. "But I'd like think that maybe our little adventure in Shinjuku may have got them sniffing." Ven said unaware just how right he truly was.
(Scene Break Area 5)
In a Battlefield closer to the Homeland a battle was waging. Regrettably the Tenno were not in the area and thus were unable to provide aid. In a ruined city block a group of Stolen Knightmare's were seen in use. Just then one of them had their heads blown clean off just before the cockpit was ejected.
This caused the Knightmare pilots to panic as the source came from another Knightmare holding a massive cannon like a sniper rifle. Just then from above they saw steel beams coming down on them causing them all to look. Once they did, they saw that rising above them was another Knightmare Frame with massive arms who proceeded to slam down a large piece of building on them crushing them all. Nearby a Knightmare was seen trying to escape only for it to suddenly be sliced to bits by an unseen force. Stopping another Knightmare was seen clearly the culprit who did the deed.
The battle was won and thus it was time to return to base or in their case get their next Black Ops Assignment.
(Later)
The Team later gathered up as they were revealed to be young girls. One was a tan skinned ivory haired girl with a bow on her head. The next was a pale haired girl who sat on a rock while the dark-skinned girl was eating her food. The third girl was wearing a mask to cover her face oddly enough, so her appearance was question beyond having blond hair. They were all cooling off before pickup arrived until someone approached.
"Irregulars." The woman said as she was a darkhaired woman with a cold look in her eyes. "Once pick up arrives we'll be departing for our next mission." She said and thus the dark-skinned girl was curious.
"Oh, where will we be going?" The Dark-Skinned girl asked with confusion.
"Area 11 formerly known as Japan." The leader announced and thus the pale hair girl spoke next.
"What is our target?" She asked and thus the leader had the answer.
"Targets plural and what they are, reports suggest either Geass users or targets using technology that gives them Geass like powers." She said and in turn this was all they needed to hear to be ready to move out.
(Back with Ven's Squad)
Ven was currently underneath a set of controls as he was heard tinkering underneath. Nearby Ava was Titania to better work on her own thing. The Tenno were inside what looked to be a Railjack but there were a few key differences such as the fact that outside the nearby window there was only water.
"So that girl you met." Eureka said as she had a data pad in her hands. "She was offering you power, and you took it." Eureka asked almost accusingly.
"Yes." Ven said not even denying it as Sayak was surprised by this.
"Why especially after what happened last time?" Sayak asked as Ven had his reasons.
"Insurance." Ven said which confused the group.
"Insurance?" Ava asked currently in Titania Prime's pixie form.
"Yes, she's connected to our target somehow she may have not outright had said it, but she knows more then she lets on." Ven said as he reached out and grabbed a tool before pulling it back in. "By taking her contract she will no doubt come to me saving myself time in hunting her down." Ven added clearly, admitting to them that he took a gamble on this.
"And how do you know she'll come back." Sayak asked and in turn Ven rolled out from under the console and glared at Sayak. "Ok good point." Sayak said realizing that was a dumb question on his part.
"It's smart but risky especially after the last deal you made." Eureka said crossing her arms to this. "Which reminds me why did you agree to help the Man in the Wall after making our lives a living hell?" Eureka asked with concern.
"Because he was open about it." Ven said as he took another part. "While I don't trust him implicitly the fact, he gave us these full details shows that whatever is going on is serious." Ven said as he then closed up the panel and rolled out from under the Console. "And while I won't deny that he's probably doing this to keep his entertainment going he also omitted information we could use, no doubt still treating it like a game of Komi." Ven said as he headed over to another console and began typing in a few codes on it.
"So, you think old Manny is going to screw us over again?" Ava asked as she came out of the walls and returned to normal size.
"I don't think I know." Ven said as he knew how The Man in the Wall operated, he always has some con to play. The loss of his two fingers, the Drifter, Rell, and even the Zariman. Ven wanted to kill that bastard but after what happened to Rell the ONLY Tenno to have truly died... Ven did not want to make any major moves until he was certain the Origin System can survive it.
"So how long do you think it will take for her to come looking for us?" Eureka asked as she was referring to CC in this regard.
"Once we return to Japan not long most likely." Ven said knowing full well what would be happening once they got back. Once he was finished imputing the Codes Ven spoke again. "Cy how goes the system formatting?" Ven asked and thus a familiar Cephalon came on screen.
"System Formatting on schedule." Cy spoke as the Red Cephalon appeared on screen. "This vessel will be ready for its Maiden Voyage within the month less if we can acquire more Sakuradite." Cy said as Ven nodded to this.
"The fuel and lifeblood of Britannia's warmongering." Eureka said as Sayak nodded to this with a smirk.
"The irony of that it will be fueling our efforts against them in not unknown to me." Sayak said as he crossed his arms.
"Yeah, may not look like much but it's pretty damn potent as a fuel source especially for Knightmare Frames." Sayak said as he was helping the other Tenno raid mines to get as much of the stuff that they could for research and analysis. The trick was trying to get the stuff self-sustaining for their needs.
"Also, Tenno the Lotus is on the line. She has need of your presence a mission." Cy said and thus the Tenno knew it was, go time for them.
(Later in The Lotus Chamber)
The Tenno stood before the Lotus as she began to detail their latest mission. "Tenno the time has come to make a leap in our resources." Lotus said as she looked to her Tenno. "My sources have located a storage facility where they keep their equipment to be transported off sight to varying locations of the Empire." Lotus said as she showed the facility in question. "Your job is to ensure those resources neve reach their intended targets and in turn come to our possession." The Lotus said and in turn showed to the Tenno a ship.
"Another team has acquired this ship and are currently impersonating the crew. Your job is to ensure the cargo is transported to this ship without alerting the Britannians so they may transport it to our base. From there landing Crafts will arrive to pick up the cargo before we stage an attack that will sink the ship." The Lotus said as Ven saw this plan had two stages and thus required two teams.
"Which team are we, transport or acquisition?" Ven asked as he looked to the Lotus wanting answers.
"Tenno, your team will be the acquisition team." The Lotus said showing the facility to the Tenno once more. "You must covertly make your way to the package, eliminate any security personnel and deactivate any security systems you come across, but you must gather as much of it as you can." Lotus said and in turn Ven could already figure out how to go about this plan.
"Is there anything we should know about this storage facility?" Eureka asked as she wanted to get the full details.
"Yes, other than the Knightmares and equipment this facility is owned and operated by someone called the Earl of Puddings." Lotus said as she had more to give. "After further digging I can confirm that he was involved with the White Knightmare Frame that was involved in the Shinjuku battle." Lotus said and thus Ven knew what this meant for them.
"Heh poetic, he fucked with us, so we fuck with him?" Ava said with a savage grin on her face.
"Do you all understand the mission?" Lotus asked as she looked to each of her Tenno.
"Yes, we understand get in get out and avoid alerting the guards." Ven said with a nod knowing this was their mission now.
"Good then suit up and deploy." The Lotus said and in turn they were ready to depart.
(Scene Break Tokyo Settlement)
In the Military Base within Area 11 work was being done on the Lancelot. Dents were being hammered out, gashes being welded, and all around ensuring that it would be ready for its next battle should that moment arrive. Lloyd was having a splendid evening after a hard day of going over the Lancelot's systems and specs. "I must say it seems Private Kururugi has shown excellent results with the Lancelot." Lloyd said as he had a sense of pride and joy from his creation. "It's a shame that Black Knightmare showed up otherwise we might have had more data to work with." Lloyd said as he sighed with a sad tone in his voice.
"It couldn't be helped I'm afraid." Cecile said as she knew that the Black Knightmare was an unforeseen incident.
"Perhaps but now, we have more data to work with, I'm most interested how it quickly perfected our little weapon addition to the Lancelot so easily and those Slash Harken Tendrils are most intriguing." Lloyd said but then he moved to the data on the Tenno. "But these beings are truly something else, so sleek, so elegant." Lloyd sighed longingly to find the creator of these armors and kiss him on the cheek for it.
"Well, the higher ups want to focus resources on acquiring them and reverse engineering them so you might be able to figure out how they operate." Cecile said and thus Lloyd was all smiles again.
"And I do look forward to such an opportunity." Lloyd said and thus something popped up for Cecile.
"Sir not to intrude but what do you plan to do with the Lancelot Noir?" Cecile asked worried over what was to become of the older model.
"Well, I'm afraid the test type is no longer needed now that the final product has been such a success. A shame really if I had more time, I'm sure I could have given my dear Lancelot Noir a chance to shine with his younger brother." Lloyd said as he knew what was to happen to Noir. "Noir is being sent to another location being relegated to a glorified test dummy." Lloyd said as he knew that Noir was given the short end of the stick. "Perhaps they might dine to send me the remains once his time is used up." Lloyd said which resulted in a sigh from Cecile at her boss's eccentric personality.
(Later that Night Clovis Avenue, Tokyo Settlement)
Private Jonathan Miller was bored out of his mind at the moment. And his two other companions next to him were not far off. They had been assigned by the Earl of Pudding himself to guard the warehouse, which not only held a large amount of military equipment most of it Knightmare related but also a failed prototype for the next generation of Knightmare. From what Jonathan had gathered, the Knightmare had failed since it had too much of an energy output on its functions. And there was currently no suitable power source available. Thus, it was getting shipped tomorrow in order to be scrapped while soldiers were to pick up the brand new Knightmare Frames.
"You ever wonder why we're here?" One of the two guards asked as the third one was currently out on patrol.
"All the time." The Second Britannian guard replied as they stood there in the dead quiet night. "Sometimes I wonder what our purpose is. Like were we some cosmic coincidence or is there really a God out there watching everything go down and if so... are we all but sinners constantly murdering or fellow men on the world god spent 6 days to make. Are just sinners waiting for our turn on the chopping block at this point?" The Second Guard asked and in turn all was silent.
His partner just stared at him with wide eyes and an open mouth of shock. "Um, actually, I meant, 'why are we here,' as in, why this particular warehouse? All it has several Knightmare frames and that one that's going to be canned." The First guard said as he then gestured to the building. "It's not even near any strategic locations, ours or the enemies!" He added and in turn it was clear that the second one felt stupid for what he said prior.
"I mean look at us just a small band of guards protecting a warehouse no stupid Eleven can ever hope to get close let alone break into. We should be out in the front kicking ass!" The First Guard ranted as he then gave his partner a concerned look. "Where did all that philosophical stuff come from?" He asked and in turn the second guard blushed.
"Nothing!" He said clearly trying to hide something.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" The first guard asked only for movement to be heard. Suddenly a stone then impacted his head from the side, making him stumble a bit. Luckily, his helmet took most of the blow. He looked at the direction it was thrown at to see an arrow coming his way. Neither he nor his partner were able to move fast enough to avoid it before the arrow pierced both of their heads at the same time. From the direction of the arrow Ivara Prime utilized by Eureka slid in while deactivating her Artemis bow to switch to Baza Prime. Joining her was Sayak using Loki Prime as he had a Boltor Prime equipped as his main arm weapon.
"Clear." Sayak announced and in turn Ven jumped down from above as he landed between the trio.
"Perimeter sweep is complete where is, Ava?" Ven asked as he scanned the area with Burston Prime.
"Here I am." Ava said as she grew to normal size showing she currently had Titania Prime for her Frame while drawing the Corrinth Prime shotgun.
"Alright I found a vent we can use let's get in and get out." Ven said and thus the group nodded.
"Right!" The Tenno confirmed before they began to move.
(Later inside Security)
The main Security station was calm as the guards in charge were doing something. "Guard Post 519 report." The Soldier said as he only got silence. "Guard post 519 report why are you not on your patrol route?" The Guard asked as his two friends were in the back playing cards. "Damn them." He said as he got ready to go check on them. "I'll be back boys we got a few idiots that decided to slack off." The Guard said as he then opened the door. But when he did so he only made it five steps out before Umbra came down behind him and killed him on the spot. Ven made sure to cover his mouth while he did the deed to keep him from alerting the others.
Once that was done, he held the door open remaining invisible due to the silent kill he performed and let the equally invisible Sayak into the room with Ava close behind him. Eureka was also invisible thanks to the cloak Arrow she shot in the spot to better hide them.
The Guards never saw it coming as Sayak reappeared and slice the throat of Dual Kamas Prime while Ava got back to her regular sized and busted out Pangolin Prime to end the life of the other guard. Once that was done Ava hacked into the computers with her Parazon as she began to search the data inside. Soon the red lights turned green and in turn Ava unplugged her Parazon.
"Ok security is on loop and we got access to the equipment to start loading up the truck." Ava said as she then sent the data to the other Tenno.
"Good, Sayak Eureka you two go secure the trucks for our escape Ava, and I will load up everything we can." Ven said and thus the Tenno nodded.
"Right!" Sayak and Eureka said and thus left the room to make sure the area was 100% secure for their escape. Once they were gone Ven and Ava nodded to each other before being the next to take their leave of the security terminal.
(Later with Ven and Ava)
With the two Tenno the pair had over to where the Knightmares were being stored in the warehouse. Not long after a bit of exploring the pair soon arriving to a large dark room which Ven said, "Get the door open I'll find the lights."
"Got it!" Ava said as she went off to find the control to the open the large doors with Ven look around for a switch for the lights, he came across a lever with a Lightning bolt above it as Ven could guess it was the power switch as he flip it on, suddenly the lights above were turning on, row by row as they went down lighting up the dark room showing rows of old Knightsmare's, as not only they were brand new Knightmares, but there were some older models, and others were broken and almost completely destroyed, no doubt some of them came from the rest battle at Shinjuku, and all of those were about to be shipped off to be either repaired, decommission and broken down for spare parts, or training dummies.
Ava soon found a set of buttons near the big doors which had with the one above that had the word open on it. Seeing this she then pushed the button, which in turn had started to open the doors as she then said, "Done."
AS the doors open, some trucks were being brought forth while they backed in with Sayak leading the truck in while Eureka was driving as she watch for Sayak's signaling as Sayak said, "Hey found some trucks we can use."
"Alright lets load up the new ones and others we could possibly salvage for our own use," Ven said as they no doubt have a lot of work to do as soon enough Ava operated machines the load up each Knightmare into each truck Ven was looking over each Knightmare to strap and secure each one for Ava to pick up before he notice something in the back of the warehouse.
A pair of heavy Sliding doors with a keypad next to it stood before the Tenno. Ven was seen coming up and looking over it as he said, "With a door this securely locked with a security code needed to access it, I have no doubt they have something top secret hidden here. Would be a shame if I didn't see what's back here then."
Ven soon hacked the keypad with his Parazon and open the large doors. and inside as the doors open and lights turn on, to his surprise to see a Black version of that white Knightmare he had fought back at Shinjuku, with a few detail that was different from the white one. As Ven got close to it and put his hand over it, getting a feel for it he soon called out, "Ordis, get a reading of this thing and tell me if this is the Knightmare that was used back at Shinjuku?"
He started to scan it as Ordis was receiving the data as he soon replied, "Hmm, interesting find operator. I can conclude this isn't the Knightmare you had face back in Shinjuku. The data shows the specs are the same but the equipment on it is different, probably an early model."
"What can you tell me about it from the scan?" Ven asked Ordis as he looked at the data carefully as he said, "It seem to be functional, but I detected an error in it. It seems with the current equipment, the power supply will drain too quickly thus it can only be operated for no more than 10 minutes with a full charge pack at a time, other than that flaw this Knightmare is 'BADASS,' very powerful."
"Interesting," Ven said as he looks at it and… something about it he feels from. The Tenno then turned away and began to look around to see what he could find to tell him more about this Knightmare. He soon found a desk with a stack of papers on it as he picked them and look over them.
Looking the front that has the name of the Knightmare which was "Lancelot Noir" which seem like an odd choice of a Name to a Knightmare itself. But what stand on out it was it has the word "Failed" stamped on it.
He flip it open and started reading, looking at each page very quickly as he reads and saw what it had for equipment, weapons, everything about it was there, and when he reach the last page, as he reads it was a Prototype Gen 7 knight, a test version really and due to the massive drain of power, the Knightmare was never really gotten a true field test thus the project on it was stop to work on a newer version, no doubt the white one being the finish model.
Ven read on as looks at it as he felt sorry for it in a way, as a great machine to be made only for it be thrown in storage and be used as a test dummy as he knew he cannot leave this Knightmare behind as he asked Ordis, "Tell me Ordis, you think this Knightmare can handle Void energy?"
"In theory, it's possible due to the equipment it holds, it may siphon the void energy enough to have it fully operational, but it's unknown if it will hold out long enough without it "BLOWING UP' Overloading the batteries," Ordis said as Ven thought over it.
Meanwhile with Ava was able to get 3 trucks full of Knightmares as she had already loaded up the new ones with as many weapons and ammo with them as well. She had just started to fill up the old ones next as she said, "There, we may need at least 4 more truck for us to get the rest of the gear, but we're making great time with what we have."
"Tenno, we have a problem," Lotus had started to contact them as everyone stop what they were doing as Eureka answer and said, "What is it, Lotus?"
"It seems the empire maybe onto you already. Satellite surveillance shows a squad is heading right to your location as we speak," Lotus said to them with Sayak and Eureka soon gotten to higher level to see what is happen as they saw a Squad of soldier coming their way with some Sutherlands as Sayak spoken up saying, "She's right, we got company heading our way."
"Did we trip a silent alarm or something?" Eureka asked Ava who then quickly did a check of the area for anything. She had even hacked into the computer system and when her search was done, she to the Tenno and then said, "No Silent alerts, nothing was activated as far as I can see."
"Could it be a surprise Inspection?" Sayak asked as Ava looks around the data and said, "If it is, then we just came out here at a real bad time."
"What should we do?" Eureka asked with Ven hearing everything that was just said as he told everyone, "We take what we have, and cut our losses with the rest, you three pack everything up and set some charges around and blow them before you leave."
"What about you?" Sayak asked their team leader as Ven said to them, "I have something to take care of first, now get started."
Everyone nodded as they quickly Lock up the trailers that were filled up before pulling out some bombs, they had on them and started to stick them around outside and in the Wearhouse as fast as they could.
With Ven he quickly connected a power core to the Black Knightmare, giving it power to open up the cockpit to it as he climbed in and hacked it with his Parazon.
Screens came online as Ven gotten started to get it moving until an Error came up showing the power was only at 10 percent already and charge was going very slow as he said, "I don't have time for this." He soon opened up some panels to some expose wires and large cords as he started to rearrange some wires as he looked for the power core and soon found what he needed as he pulled it apart breaking it before channeling void energy into the Knightmare as the eyes of it soon glows a bluish white.
(Outside)
The Squad soon arrived at the location with some Knightmares stopping near it as they notice the main doors open with trucks at it as one guy said, "What is going on here, a Shipment?"
"It can't be it not due for another week," another one said as the Squad leader soon said, "Report this to the base, quickly."
AS they started to do so as he said, "Kelso Squad to base, there's been a…" Before they could finish say anything their Radio suddenly burst out play static as if something was scrambling their signal, then suddenly the trucks were started as their engine turn and the head lights came on with 2nd guy said, "Hey ah- Hold right there in the Vehicles! Turn off the engines and step out, or be considered a-
Before that guy could finish an exploded happened, knocking down the Knightmare for a bit and distracted to others, with more bombs going off, and the three trucks quickly takes off with the Squad leader orders, "Stop those Vehicles!"
The Knightmares soon charge after them, but before they could get close, the sound of Jets coming forth suddenly out from the warehouse and knock away a couple the Sutherlands that were blind-sided by a familiar Knightmare, as some of the Soldiers gasp to what they saw, as before them was the "Lancelot Noir" powered up as Ven inside of it said, "If you want them, you have to get by me first."
The Sutherlands which were standing once more saw their foe and went on the attack. First then opened fire with their rifles and in response Ven activated the shield arms on the Knightmare. They took the shots before he charged at the foes and slammed the Land Spinners against its head. Doing so he managed to tear the head off and saw the rifle going flying. Grabbing the weapon, he pointed it the other Knightmare and let loose the clip on it riddling it with holes. The clip in question had some ammo left and with it Ven finished the Sutherland with a Slash Harken to the chest. Thankfully the pilot managed to eject just in time. He then grabbed the second rifle and used the old one to finish off the warehouse.
Inside fires were raging as they grew ever closer to the volatile materials still inside. Ven's gun fire became the finishing touch as the entire warehouse went up in smoke. The blast was seen for miles as the Britannian Soldiers saw what had happened. Using the chance Ven activated Noirs Land Spinners and began driving off to put some distance between him and the Britannians.
"Sir... are you ok?" A soldier asked to his commanding officer as said officer glared at the escaping Knightmare.
"Contact command tell them Terrorists have stolen valuable equipment from us." The Commanding officer said and thus with a nod he went to carry that out.
(Meanwhile with the Tenno)
"Well, that's going to get their attention!" Ava called out from behind the wheel of the Truck she managed to acquire.
"No kidding!" Sayak said as he saw the scene from the rearview mirror.
Then soon saw a black dot and upon closer look they saw it was the Lancelot Noir coming their way. But just as they were about to start maneuvers Ven was heard.
"Guys don't worry." Ven was heard causing them to calm down.
(Lancelot Noir)
"It's me." Ven said as he had a grip on the controls with several cables connecting Umbra to the Knightmare Frame to use its own Void Energy to power it. The concept was similar to the Archwing but with more armor to hide behind. Still at best it gave him 20 maybe 30 minutes of operating time assuming the engine didn't blow on him.
"Glad to see you decided to go mecha." Sayak said as the Convoy continued to move through the streets.
"Well, you know the saying!" Ava was heard from their chat links. "When in Rome do as the Romans do." Ava went on as she drove the truck with ease.
"Yeah, but right now I'm a walking target I'm going to need you guys to." Ven began until blips appeared on his screen. "Oh, Void dammit why." Ven cursed as he knew what the blips were.
(Road)
From down the road carriers in the sky were seen as from them Sutherlands landed and several of them in fact. In the air those same ships that chased Kallen were seen as the Tenno saw this. "Pull over you filthy Terrorists!" Came the voice of Jeramiah as Ven heard this. Ven noticed that some of the Frames had lances and others had rifles he could use this to his advantage.
Using his rifle Ven spun around and while in reverse began shooting at the Knightmare frames catching them by surprise. He then charged at them and continued shooting until he ran out. Throwing the empty rifle at one of his foes he followed it up with a Slash Harken and in turn sliced off the arm of one with it to take his rifle with a full clip. Following it up he fired another Harken at point blank range and took his lance before duel wielding the weapons. "Come and get some." Ven said and in turn the road battle began.
Thankfully since the Lancelot Noir was a 7th Generation Knightmare Frame Ven had the advantage with speed but when it came to power supply he was in a bind. Thankfully power conservation was something he always considered and in turn would be well ahead of his foes. Using the stolen Lance Ven stabbed the land rollers of one Knightmare frame forcing it to crash and burn due to the speed they were going before firing the rifle at another one.
"VEN!" Ava was heard over their communications and thus Ven moved in to aid her. Once Ven got close he saw the Sutherland pulling up on her side and in turn fired at its backside before stabbing into its leg forcing it to roll and crash off the bridge. Ven rolled back and focused on the group of Sutherlands.
"Operator they seem to be calling for reinforcements we cannot bring the cargo to its destination without alerting them of our intentions." Ordis said as Ven realized what this meant.
"Try and find a way!" Ven called out as he was not going to fail this mission.
"Understood." Ordis said and thus focused his time on finding a solution. Just then an armored truck came in as Ven saw it was coming up to their side.
"Oh no you don't!" Ven announced as he fired at its tires and thus smirked as the tires ended up flattened and the truck began to lose control once more.
"Die!" Jeramiah announced and thus Ven used the Lance to block his attack before pushing him back. Once that was done Ven fired off the stolen riffle at him as Jeramiah quickly used the shield attachment of his Knightmare to block it. Ven then went on the attack and began to trace weapon blows with Jeramiah attempting to take him down. Once Ven pushed him away he fired off his Slash Harken and in turn Jeramiah did the same. Ven easily dodged it and thus grabbed it under his frames arm before dragging him closer. Once Jeramiah was close enough, he riddled the right side of his Knightmare with bullets attempting to bring down the Pureblood. His Knightmare lost an arm for its troubles as it fell limp and then fell off completely.
"You damn." Jeramiah began but then stopped which confused Ven.
"Ven blockade!" Sayak called out and thus Ven looked and saw Britannians standing in their way ready to stop them.
"Plow through them!" Ven called out and thus went after Jeramiah and thus the two began to spin about. Once that was done Ven took it a step forward and charged straight at him. The Pureblood was forced to block but was being pushed forward unaware of Ven's plan. He then pushed Jeramiah back and then stabbed him with the spear before letting of it. He quickly followed it up with a Slash Harken and thus smiled when he saw the anchor enter the Sutherland. Ven then spun about and kept doing so until he had enough Momentum to throw Jeremiah who screamed in panic all the way. The Sutherland then crashed into the blockade and in turn created a path for them to get through.
"Hell yeah!" Sayak cheered as they passed the blockade with ease.
"I do not wish to rain on your parade, Sayak, but we got more company." Eureka said and in turn Ven cursed knowing they only had limited fuel and could not run without end.
"Tenno listen carefully." Lotus was heard as the Tenno heard this. "In five minutes, a turn into a tunnel will appear enter it and block the way behind you." Lotus said as Ven was confused until he figured out her plan.
(With the Britannians)
"Their moving into the tunnel!" A Soldier announced over the comm links as the one in charge smirked.
"Big mistake." The woman with tan skin said as she saw what was going on.
(Battle)
Once the Lancelot Noir was in it used the last of its clip to weaken the ceiling at the entrance before bringing it down with the Slash Harken. Once that was done the Knightmares moved in for the next phase of their improve plan.
(On the other side)
Not long after the three trucks and Lancelot Noir came out the other end to find more Sutherlands had joined the chase. Out of ammo Ven tossed the rifle and went for the Slash Harkens this time around. It was his best cause at the moment and so far, even if it was a test type the Lancelot Noir was proving to be superior to the Sutherlands now that it was not restrained by the stolen weapons. Keeping an eye on his energy gauge Ven glared seeing that the restraints of the weapons helped him conserve power thus he had to keep an eye on both battle and energy reserves.
As they continued down the road, they were heading into a merge to the main road which was where trouble would show itself. From the merging road a familiar container was seen as Ven saw something flash from it. Going wide eyed Ven moved into position and did so right in the nick of time because from the road the Lancelot launched down and met with its elder brother on the road in battle.
(Suzaku)
Suzaku was not having a good evening after being called in by Lloyd to use the Lancelot again to hunt down another Lancelot. Upon realizing it was the original prototype Lloyd had been contacted to clean up his mess and by extension Suzaku was brought in. "This is a familiar image." Suzaku said as he had a distinct feeling of DeJa'Vu with this opponent.
(Meanwhile with Lloyd)
"Oh, this is truly dreadful." Lloyd wept as he saw what was going on.
"Sorry we had to call you in for this Suzaku but being the only other person who can operate Lancelot we figured you would be best to help us bring Noir in." Cecil said as she knew it fell to Suzaku to retrieve the stolen prototype.
"Try to do as little damage to it as possible, please." Lloyd cut in as he saw what was going on.
"I'll try." Suzaku said before cutting the conversation.
"It's like the story of Cain and Abel before my very eyes." Lloyd said as he saw the brother Knightmares were about to do battle.
(Back to the Battle)
Noir and Lancelot soon charged at each other and began to do battle against one another. It was a case of Slash Harken vs Slash Harken mainly as the two Knightmares did battle. They fired off their slash harkens at each other as they attempted to get the other hand. Both were fast and powerful but even though most of their specs matched up near flawlessly Noir was suffering from lower power that it could not continue to keep up for long. Ven meanwhile had his focused divided between both the battle and his energy reserves knowing full well that if he did not win this he will lose because of low power.
The Trucks soon took a turn on the road in which the two Knightmares followed suit before continuing their duel. The Lancelot performed a kick against Noir who blocked and fired off a Slash Harken in retaliation. Lancelot backed off from the attack as the two continued down the road with one trying to escape with the trucks and the other trying to stop them. This went on for a bit before eventually they got to the end of the road and with it a large open area forcing the Trucks to stop. Tires screeched to a halt as the Trucks stopped at a dead-end causing Noir and Lancelot to both stop as well.
Once they reached the end it was clear that they were trapped as Britannian military all moved in with weapons armed and ready. "Attention deactivate the Knightmare and step out of the vehicles with your hands in the air." A Commanding voice bellowed as the Tenno then began to walk out with their hands up. Ven was the only one that wasn't moving but it could be assumed he could not, due to the fact that Noir was out of power.
(Suzaku)
As Suzaku saw the military began moving in to apprehend the Tenno as well as capture the Noir unit, he let a small sigh of relief out. "It's over." Suzaku said happy that these monsters will be made to answer for the deaths they had caused in Shinjuku. But just then an alert popped up indicating that the Lancelot's sensors had picked up on something.
(Outside)
The Military personnel began to open up the containers to ensure that everything stolen was accounted for. But when the doors were fully, opened the troops were shocked to find what was inside.
A flashing light and a timer both connected to a large volatile instrument. The Tenno smirked as their plan worked flawlessly. "Hit the Deck!" A soldier called out and in turn one by one the trucks exploded taking out several Britannian soldiers with them as the Tenno were unharmed. Noir was able to escape as soon the Landing Crafts flew in for extraction as the Military began to fire on the escaping Tenno.
Ava, Eureka, and Sayak managed to magnetize to their Landing Crafts, but the Noir did something different. Using the magnetic clamps from several Hijacking mission Ven's landing Craft managed to grab Noir. Suzaku was about to stop them before the Landing Craft fired off a pair of rockets which forced the Knightmare to shield itself and the troops from the blast. In turn the four Landing Crafts flew off before activating their cloaking functions to make their escape.
(Command Post)
"How could this be?" The Pureblood woman, Villeta Nu, pondered as she tried to figure out how these criminals pulled off such a switch when they had little... time... to. Her thoughts trailed off as she then realized they did have time in the Tunnel. She can picture it vividly when the stolen Knightmare sealed off the passage the drivers much have switched out with other trucks and those trucks waited for the Britannian military to head on chasing the decoys. Once the coast was clear they drove off safely to their intended destination without struggle. "Order our troops to the docks, keep any and all ships from departing!" Villeta yelled as the troops understood the order.
(Out in Seat)
Alas they were already too late the ship had already departed before the order was sent out and on it was the stolen trucks filled with the stolen equipment. Commanding the ship was a crew that the Lotus managed to get on their side as well as the Tenno themselves. Already they could hear sirens approaching the docks but by the time they got to the docks they'd had already made their getaway.
(Scene Break Tenno Sea Platform base)
It was late morning when the Tenno met with the Lotus to report on the mission. "Well done, Tenno." Lotus praised as the returning Tenno arrived with Ven's Landing Craft dropping off the Lancelot Noir.
"It was nothing." Ven said accepting the praise but being humble to it.
"Regardless thanks to your efforts our new equipment should arrive late afternoon today I'll have teams on standby to sort through it and have it ready for the Research and Development teams." Lotus said as they sat in the room with a TV in it.
"That's good to hear." Ven said grateful for things going their way.
Just then the TV screen started to change and seeing as it was Jeramiah looking pretty spry for someone who lost another Knightmare to the Tenno. "Prince Clovis has been taken from us! He fought for peace and Justice against all the Elevens! He died a martyr!" Margrave Jeremiah said from the press conference that had announced this tragedy. "We must all bury our sorrow and carry on his will!" He spoke as Ven, and his team rolled his eyes.
"He was a sniveling coward get over yourself asshole." Ven said as he saw Clovis and knew what he really was.
But before anything else could be said the screen changed signaling some breaking news. "We interrupt this broadcast with breaking news!" a news caster as she came onto the screen. "The one suspected as the murderer has been captured! According to this report, the suspect is an Honorary Britannian." The scene then changed to Suzaku being escorted by armed soldiers. As he came on screen, the Tenno recognized him immediately and knew that this was not good. "Private Suzaku Kururugi. A former Eleven and Honorary Britannian. I repeat, Suzaku Kururugi, arrested for murder!" The announced and in turn they all realized what this meant.
"Well shit." Sayak cursed as he saw that now they had to go in and rescue Suzaku for a murder he did not commit.
(TBC)
ESKK: Hey guys a brand-new chapter I hope you all enjoyed it. Anyway, before I log off, I have an announcement to make. I will be away for the next few days. Family emergency has come up and I need to fly out tomorrow for it. See my Great Grandfather had died recently and family from all over are flying over to pay respects. I hope to have a safe journey there so until we next meet be sure to leave a review for me and as always folks, ja-ne.