I'm sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter out. Had to rework the plot a few times before I could start writing.
Also, this chapter is part one of a two-parter. I'm hoping the next part will come out sooner than this one did.
Anyway, I do not own Code Geass or X-Men. They are the properties of their respective owners.
Enjoy!
"Does anybody have any questions?"
Lelouch looked out to his assembled team. Cera (C.C) was standing to his right, where she always was.
Before him, stood two temporary allies. Temporary allies he hoped to make permanent. Leila Malcal and Akito Hyuga. Two mutants that he shared history with.
For the mission, they agreed to be called Blink and Taecyeon, respectively.
And to his right stood Lelouch's old friend. Susazu Kururugi. His true mutant name would be known to the world soon enough.
"Everyone is clear on what their assignment is?"
Everyone present nodded at him. Lelouch took that as confirmation.
"In that case, the only thing left to do..."
Lelouch took the helmet off of his head.
"...is to make the first move Everything else will work in our favor."
A few days later...
If there was one thing Ed hated about being a guard, it was the fact that the job was more boring than the paper would lead you to believe. He was told that he would be guarding peoples of both extreme interest and of a threat to the empire. He was a patriot, he was happy to take the job.
But after a full week of things being uneventful, Ed was starting to feel disappointed. It wasn't that he hated the facility. No, he admired it. Every soldier here was well-trained, able to follow orders quickly and efficiently. There were Knightmares here as well, and current generation Sutherlands to boot. And ever since that whole mutant fiasco at SAZ, production had only gone up. Every soldier here was ready to fight and die for the crown.
Maybe if there were some Elevens or Mutants to shoot, then he might feel less inclined to complain. He wouldn't mind a little excitement.
"Hey! Whos' that?"
Ed stopped staring at his gun and looked at the front entrance of the facility. A person was walking towards them.
Looking closer, Ed could see that it was some punk in a white jumpsuit with black pants.
"Is that an Eleven?" Ed wondered as he started to see some of the kid's features. The eyes gave it away.
Ed stood up. He was happy to have something to do now. Even if it was just getting rid of a potential trespasser. And since it was an Eleven, he might as well do it however he wanted to. No one would blame him for it.
"Hey! Move along kid! We don't want any Elevens coming near here. Get back to your monkey ghetto where you belong."
The kid didn't stop walking. He kept going towards the gate.
"Are you deaf kid? Your people know how to listen, right? I told you to stop."
He finally did. He made it to the floor of the gate and stopped.
"Good. Now what I want you to do is..."
Ed stopped talking when he saw the green light taking shape around the kid. It was becoming clearer to see, and it was shrouding the Eleven's entire body.
The green light took form. It was the shape of a very large man, with the kid floating in the center of the green construct.
"What the hell?!"
Ed could hear his fellow soldiers shouting. They were just as confused as terrified as he was. They were scrambling now, trying to fire at the clear green monster and get the Knightmares ready just in case. The bullets were flying off of its skin. They were all, Ed included, at a disadvantage.
The only thing they had that he didn't was distance.
The green light monster lifted its fist and bought it down. He destroyed the gate. And crushed Ed.
"He really is good at being a distraction, isn't he?"
Lelouch did not respond to Cera. The two of them, along with Leila and Akito, were walking towards the back of the compound. The soldiers were too busy focusing on Suzaku to even look their way.
"Did you bring the map?" Leila asked. Nodding under his helmet, Lelouch handed the European girl a sheet of paper. She quickly scanned it, memorizing the important sections of the area. Especially the entry and escape points.
"I got it," she said as she hid the map back in her coat pocket. She then aimed her hand towards her right and tossed a piece of her violet energy. A portal erupted from the energy.
"Let's go," Lelouch said as he walked ahead of his group.
Suzaku made sure to make his armor as big as he possibly could. He needed to buy as much time for Lelouch and the rest as possible. Breaking every mutant out of the facility would take a while.
"Where are the Knightmares?! Get those things out here!"
Suzaku saw the man who had shouted. The medals on his chest suggested high rank.
Suzaku started barreling his armor toward the man. Taking out a leader would throw the outside army into even greater disarray. And keep all the focus on him.
"No! Stop!" The man tried to stop Suzaku by shooting at him. But the son of the former Prime Minister knew that it would have no effect. He and Lelouch had been testing the capabilities of his armor for years now. Suzaku knew that bullets would have no effect on him. So there was nothing the man could do to stop him.
"No! NO!"
Suzaku kicked the man from inside his energy armor. It was a basic kick, the sort used for a football soccer game. Even so, the force of the blow was enough to blast the man towards the wall of the facility. Suzaku heard the bones and limbs crack and break as the man fell from the wall down to the ground.
"The captain's down! We need to those Knightmares!"
SKID!
Suzaku heard them before he saw them. Five humanoid metal machines that the Britannian military used to oppress all the people they conquered. And they were of the newest model, being purple Sutherlands.
"Halt!"
"You have trespassed on and destroyed Britannian property!"
"You have attacked Soldiers of the Empire!"
"Stand down and face the consequences!"
"You won't be leaving here you filthy Eleven Mutant!"
Suzaku agreed with the first four statements. He knew what he did. He had come here with the intent to perform those actions. And he understood why they would want him to stop.
But he took exception to that last remark.
Moving quicker than the Knightmares could, Suzaku sent a punch directly into the face of one. The energy fist was strong enough to knock the machine straight on its back.
"It's fighting back! Stop it!"
Another one of the Knightmares tried to use its slash harkens to grab hold of Suzaku's armor. But Suzaku's reflexes were too quick. He turned around just in time to grab the wires of both projectiles. He yanked on them, pulling the Knightmare directly towards himself. He then lifted his leg and sent a kick directly at the machine's head.
This time, the blow took the Knightmares head clean off.
"What the hell is the matter with you?!" The Knightmare that shouted had a piece of gold plating on its head. It had to be the leader of the five. "We cannot be defeated by a lowly Eleven! Least of all a freakish one! So stop messing around and fight!"
Suzaku could agree with that sentiment. He was a mutant. The next step in human evolution. And it would be unseemly for him to lose a fight to a bunch of emotional humans in robot suits.
So he held up his fists and steadied the legs on his armor. He was going to fight. And he was going to win.
For the Brotherhood.
The first thing Lelouch felt when he saw the prison from inside was disgust. Pure and simple disgust.
The number of prisoners outnumbered the number of cells. And almost every one of them was a mutant. His people, locked away and expected to rot.
"Hey! You're not supposed to be here."
Lelouch smirked when he saw the guards running towards him. Each of them was armed with guns, strapped to their bodies. And each of them thought that those weapons would help them.
"Free the mutants. Leave the guards and the target to me."
The other three moved on, walking through one of Leila's portals. Once they were gone, Magneto was left to deal with the guards himself.
"Put your hands up!"
"Tell us where they went, then we'll deal with you ourselves!"
Smirking, Magneto decided to comply. He lifted up his hands.
And lifted the guns as well. And since they were strapped to the soldiers, they were lifted off of the ground as well.
"Hey!"
"Put us down!"
"Ugh! You freak!"
Magneto guided the guns to the ceiling, where they became magnetically stuck. The guards would not be coming down any time soon. And with them out of the way, Magento was free to walk towards his goal.
"Do you remember where the control room is?"
"Yes," Leila told the green-haired telepath.
"Good. Akito, you remember your role?"
"I'm on guard duty," the quiet boy responded as he unsheathed his short sword. C.C could see what looked like translucent blue energy covering the blade.
"Alright then. Blink, Tachyon, both of you get ready."
When both of them nodded back at her, she gave them the signal. Leila opened another portal. This time, directly in front of the door to the control room.
"Tachyon? If you would?"
The blue-haired mutant positioned his blade in the space between the door's frame and the wall. With one downward motion, he sliced through all the locks and chains keeping the door in place. He then turned the knob and opened the door.
C.C grinned at the two men inside. The stunned looks on their faces were priceless.
"Who are you?"
"Don't waste time asking them questions! We need to-"
"Stay exactly where you are," C.C commanded them. "Sit down and relax. And don't tell anyone else that we are here."
One of the men had already placed his hand on his radio. He immediately let it go.
"Good," C.C said as she took her fingers off of her forehead. "May we come in?"
"Of course," both men mindlessly obeyed.
"Come along you two." C.C waved for her partners to follow her inside. Tachyon closed the door behind them.
"Now, where is the button to open the cells?"
Magneto was almost bored with how easy this part of the mission was turning out to be. More guards came his way, but none of them posed any threat to him. They were all armed with metal weapons, which meant that disposing of them was more than easy.
It took him no time at all to reach the large door that separated the cells from the main facility.
Magneto mentally activated the communication piece inside his ear. "Is it ready?"
"Affirmative," Leila responded. "We located the way to open the cells. We just need your order now."
"Just a little bit longer," Magneto responded as he shut the comm off for the moment. He then aimed his fist at the door. He felt as his powers took hold of the metal frame. He opened his fist, which in turn opened the door.
He was greeted by the sight of a dozen soldiers all aiming their weapons at him.
"Stop right there!"
A captain stood behind his men. He was ordering them to aim at Magneto. And he was also shouting at the mutant.
"This is as far as you'll go! Surrender and face Britannian justice!"
Magento smirked.
"Now."
*BUZZZZ*
The sound was heard throughout the entire complex. It was one that would only be heard in the case of an emergency. One that would require the evacuation of all personnel.
And all prisoners.
Almost every cell door in the facility opened automatically. Once it did, every prisoner housed in the facility was free to exit their confinement. And once they did, they were greeted by the sight of a man in a cape having weapons aimed at him.
"Now is the time," Magento whispered to himself as he levitated above the ground. As he did so, he also tore the guns from the hand of the soldiers. he would not tolerate any interruptions.
"My fellow mutants! I have come to liberate you!"
The eyes of every mutant in the facility turned to the caped man floating above them. He was hard to miss. One particular pair of eyes belonged to a mutant with blue fur and amber eyes.
"The humans imprisoned you out of fear. They fear your abilities. They fear your power. They fear their own weakness in relation to you!"
Every word he spoke hung over every mutant onlooker. They were enchanted by the man they saw. And the inspiration he was giving them.
"Tell me, how much more of this are you all willing to take? How much longer are willing to let the humans walk over us like bugs?"
"Not anymore!"
"Screw them!"
"No one deserves this!"
Magento smiled at his onlookers. They were a mix of ethnicities, Japanese and Britannian alike. And all of them were united by mutation. And a common goal.
"Then I come to you with an offer. Join my Brotherhood! Join my cause! Together, we can overthrow Britannia and other others that seek to supplant us. This world belongs to Mutants! And we will claim it!"
The cheers and shouts from the former prisoners wall all that Magento needed to hear. He had more mutants to follow him.
"And as for you," Magento spoke now to the guards he had disarmed. All of them, the captain included, were on their knees in fear. They all looked to Magento, their eyes blazing with concern for their lives. "Do not stand in our way.
Magento crushed the guns and dropped the crumbled remains to the ground. He had no desire to kill needlessly. Mutants were better than humans. it was time to prove it.
"As for all of you, my mutant brothers and sisters, go to where all the lost find themselves. You will find the rest of us there. And you will have a place to be your true selves."
Cheering still, every mutant jumped and ran from their cells. They raced outside the door Magento had created. They intended to make use of their new freedom.
"I take it everything has been successful so far," Magento heard through his comm. It was Tachyon.
"So it would seem," Magento silently agreed. "It is time to claim the final piece."
Magento could hear the cheers and joyous shouts from his fellow mutants as they all ran outside. They would be more than capable of escaping on their own now. He had taken care of the guards on his way in, and Suzaku should be wiping the floor with the outside forces. C.C, Blink, and Tachyon could help the rest as they made their own escape.
Which meant that Magento could now focus on the final part of his mission. The main reason he had come.
It was time to break out an old friend.
Todoh had been meditating. The same way he often did. He kneeled on the floor, his breathing slowed to allow the oxygen to better flow through his body. To allow his energy to move more effectively through his body. This process was easier when he was under the sun, but there was nothing he would do about that now.
His peace was interrupted when he heard the sounds outside.
It started with shouts and screams. Then he heard the voice of a man. He seemed to be giving a speech, but the words were hard to hear through the wall.
"...fear...bugs... brotherhood..."
Those were the only words Todoh could make out. That was when he heard new noises. These were coming from his thick cell door
*Bam*
*Crash*
That was when he heard a scratching sound against his cell door. It sounded almost like putting a metal rod inside of a paper shredder. It was not a nice sound. Todoh had to cover his ears to keep his hearing intact.
That sounded continued to scream as the cell door was suddenly torn open. From the center. It was almost like the opening of a camera cover, a spiral untangling. The door itself was torn open, leaving a gaping hole one could walk right through.
On the other side of that hole was a person Todoh had never seen before. He wore a black bodysuit with purple gauntlets and boots, and he had a large black cape draped over his shoulders. On his head was a helmet that somewhat resembled a missile head. The helmet shrouded his face, leaving only a pair of striking violet eyes visible.
"Who are you?" Todoh asked calmly, not bothering to stand up. He did not know who this person was, but he was not about to be intimidated.
"It has been a while, hasn't it Todoh?" The figure asked. Todoh raised a brow.
"Am I supposed to know you?"
"Yes, but that is a discussion for a different time. I would rather break you out without revealing myself just yet," the figure responded. He waved his hand, and suddenly the chain keeping Todoh in place came undone.
"Come with me. We can break you out-"
"I do not intend to escape."
The figure stopped in his tracks. His eyes were dead set on Todoh.
"Excuse me?"
"Escaping from this cell will not fix the problems outside. If anything, they might make everything worse."
"What?"
"No one has accomplished anything in the years since I escaped Prince Clovis. And my escape will not change anything. The people of Japan are doomed to rot under Britannia. Nothing that is done can change that."
The figure merely stared at Todoh. If the old general didn't know any better, he would assume his face was incredulous.
But then the man straightened himself out.
"Japan may be doomed. But what about our people Todoh? Are you willing to doom them as well?"
Todoh raised a brow. "Our people?"
"Mutants. Extraordinary people like you and me. People who have ascended past humanity."
Todoh scoffed. "Is that what we're called now? I was already used to 'freak' and "monster'."
The man shook his head. "They insult us because they fear us, Todoh. They fear the power we hold. The truth that our existence apparent."
"Truth?"
"Humanity's time is coming to an end. The day will come when Mutants rule this earth."
"And what makes you so sure this will come to pass?"
"Because it must. Failure means extinction. And besides..."
The figure lifted up his helmet. Todoh's eyes widened when he realized who it was.
"You trained me yourself, sensei. I have an idea of how to achieve victory."
This is where I will be stopping for now. Lelouch and his cohorts have just completed their second successful attack against Britannia.
As for Suzaku, was anyone expecting the power he has? The mutant he is based on is called Armor in the comics. Her real name is Hisako Ichiki, and her power is described as a psionic energy exoskeleton body armor. That name is a mouthful, and I think it is fitting for Suzaku. He is known for being one of the world's best Knightmare pilots in canon, and now he can basically make his own on command.
And Akito is based on the character of Silver Samurai from the comic. He can create an unbreakable field around anything he touches. Anything he grabs onto becomes an indestructible weapon. The power in the comics is described as "the ability to generate a tachyon energy field from his body. He can focus this energy through anything he touches." Hence the name Akito chooses. Tachyon.
Anyway, please leave reviews, tell me what you think, and I will see you all next time.
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