The Warlock and the Harpy

by Colvamoon999

As Britannia continues to oppress the people of the world, two exiled members of the Imperial Family will take up arms against them. One, to take revenge, and learn the answers to long sought questions. The other, to keep a promise. This is their rebellion.

2. Chapter 2 The Battle of Shinjuku

Chapter 2: The Battle of Shinjuku

Shinjuku Ghetto, Tokyo

'Well….shit.' Lelouch thought as he stared wide eyed at his older sibling. She had apparently seen what he just did, so his options for escaping his predicament. 'I could bluff my way outta this, or say they were fanatics. No, she's too smart for that bullshit. Maybe I could you my new powe~NO! I'll never use it on my sisters.' He could see that Cornelia look of shock was turning into frustration. 'Welp, direct approach it is then.' "The Royal Guard were searching for this girl," he pointed to the dead woman with lime green hair, "She jumped in front of a bullet meant for me, and, as she died, offered me power in exchange for me fulfilling her wish. Though, how I can figure that out when she's dead, I have no idea. Using my power, I forced them all to 'Die'."

Moments turned to seconds as Cornelia simply stared at him, processing what he told her. Eventually, she moved past him, and knelt beside the girl. "Despite my better judgement telling me to simply get you outta here, this girl has answers we need. At the very least, I'll take her body to Ruben, and R&D can do an autopsy on her."

Before Lelouch could reply, the main entrance to the warehouse exploded. Cornelia immediately moved to Lelouch, placing herself between him and the entrance. From the dust, a purple Sutherland appeared.

Villetta Nu bust through the warehouse, expecting to see Eleven terrorists, but what she saw perplexed her. 'What happened here. An entire team of Royal Guards DEAD, dozens of dead Elevens, and two Britannians standing in the middle of all of them. Gotta give the woman spunk, though, not many would stare down a Knightmare with only a rifle from this distance.' "You there, what are two Britannians doing in a place like this." She then noticed that one of them had a school uniform, though which school she couldn't tell. "And a student of all people."

Lelouch activated his power, "I order you to come out. At Once!"

"Who the hell do you think you are to order me!?"

Cornelia felt sweat going down her head, 'Maybe it only works with direct contact. Makes sense if the only way the power can flow from is the eyes.'

"My name is Alan Spencer. My father's a duke, and this is my bodyguard." Lelouch lowered the gun in his hands, which surprised Cornelia. 'Where did he get a gun, I was watching him the entire time?' Nevertheless, she lowered her rifle, but moved her hand over to her sidearm on her hi~ 'I forgot my pistol at Ashford, godDAMNIT. I'm off my game today.' "My ID is in my breast pocket. After you confirm who we are, I'll request your protection."

Villetta Nu smirked, 'Having a duke owe you a favor would be beneficial.' "Student, keep your hands up. Bodyguard, put your weapon on the ground and do the same." However, while the woman lower her weapon, she didn't put the weapon on the ground. "Do it NOW!" Villetta raised her rifle at the two.

"Miss Levetia, please do as the knightmare pilot requested." Villetta heard the student calmly order his bodyguard. After his statement, the woman placed her gun on the ground, and raised her hands up. "Good." Villetta then exited her knightmare and pulled out her pistol as she approached the two.

"Now then, hand me your knightmare." Lelouch said, activating his power.

"Understood. The code number is XG21G2D4."

"Got it. You will remain here for 10 minutes, afterward you will have no memory of meeting the two of us."

"Understood."

The two siblings then separated, with Lelouch taking the knightmare. Though Cornelia was adamant in getting him out of the area, he pointed out that, since Clovis had surrounded the ghetto, the only way out was through him. And that meant either revealing themselves, or beating the Britannians, and Lelouch felt the latter was more appealing. Begrudgingly, she agreed, and grabbed the dead girl's body, but not before commenting on how she and Lelouch would have a long talk about Lelouch beginning 'Kingsglaive' way too early. She also handed him one of their private radios, small earpieces that can be easily concealed.

'I'm screwed!' Kallen thought as she swerved around some crumbling buildings, trying to lose the Sutherlands hot on her tail. Her Glasgow made a warning noise, and she saw that her energy filler was dangerously low. "Damn, only 30 minutes left?"

"The west entrance." Kallen's radio blared up, and she heard a voice. One that didn't belong to anyone from her brother's resistance cell. "Use the tracks to move to the west entrance."

"Who is this! How did you get this code?!"

"If you want to win, then you'll have to trust me."

"To win?" Kallen replied. She had only hoped that Oghi and the others would get the civilians away from the battlefield, but to actually defeat the Britannians. 'Well, got no choice really, do I?' She maneuvered her Glasgow onto the train tracks and, as she traveled down the rails, she saw a train approaching her "Okay, what now?"

"Since you've decided to trust me, you're going to win. Jump on the train." Kallen jumped onto the train and continued down the rails. She turned around, and she saw one of the two Sutherlands stop the train. But as the second one jumped up to continue after her, bullet fire tore it apart. The first Sutherland turned, and both saw another Sutherland inside a ruined building.

"You there," The first Sutherland yelled out over it's intercom system, "What's your name and unit? We're after the one armed Glas~" The third Sutherland then proceeded to fire upon the first. Kallen smirked, seeing how quickly the tables turned 'Must be our mysterious savior. Welp, might as well get the last blow.' She let out a wordless battle cry as she charged at the Sutherland.

However, before she could hit him, the pilot ejected. 'Coward.' "You saved me. But how did you get ahold of a Sutherland. And a Pureblood one, at that."

"The pilot was kind enough to let me borrow it." Kallen then saw the Sutherland move from his spot inside the building.

"Kallen!" Kallen turned back to the tracks, and saw Oghi as well as most of the resistance cell converging on the train, "What the hell was that radio message earlier?"

"Huh, you mean he contacted you too, Ohgi?"

"Sure did, and Yoshida's group will be here any second."

"Are you in charge?" The radio in Ohgi's hand stated.

"Ah, yeah."

"Before I continue, that 'poison gas' that you guys captured." Kallen noticed the sarcasm when he mention the gas they stole. "What were you going to do with it."

"We were going to broadcast it, and show what the Britannians truly were."

"I see. Then I present the contents of the train. Use them, and, should you follow my instructions, we will achieve victory."

The train doors opened, revealing a dozen Sutherlands. Kallen's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. 'How did this guy get so many Sutherlands?!'

"Woman in the Glasgow, no doubt you're low on energy, so refill. You'll be playing decoy. In ten minutes I'll respond with your codenames, as well as your next set of orders. Make sure you leave one Sutherland empty."

After several minutes, Lelouch contacted them, giving them code names, though the simplicity of it, such as Kallen being Q1, Ohgi P1, and Tamaki being P5 annoyed some of them quite a bit. As instructed, they left the last one at the back end of the train alone.

"P1, can you move it? It operates the same as what you're used to."

"Could you at least tell us who you are, or even just your name?"

"Negative, what if these signals are being intercepted. For now, refer to me as K1."

"Hey," Tamaki's Sutherland exclaimed, pointing towards the back of the train, "Who's taking the last Sutherland?" Ohgi, and anyone still at the train turned in sync, to see the Sutherland exit the train.

"Um, K1" Ohgi responded, contacting the mysterious savior, "Someone's taking the Sutherland."

"K1," The last Sutherland replied, a female piloting it based on the voice, "This is K2. I couldn't wait any longer. My spot was compromised."

"Understood. All forces, K2 will act as second in command. Any orders she gives are equivalent to an order from me, Understand. Anyways, if Q1 is on schedule, enemy Sutherlands will arrive in 23 seconds. Shoot them through the wall."

"This guy's nuts!" Tamaki replied, however Ohgi was already aiming his Knightmare at the wall.

"Everyone, double check your weapons."

"What?!"

"You deft." K2 replied, taking position behind Ohgi's Sutherland, "Check your guns. Incoming in 10."

Once the countdown reached zero, they opened fire, blasting through the wall and eliminating two Sutherlands.

"Hol~That worked?!" Tamaki exclaimed.

"Alright guys, like K1 said, follow their orders, and we'll win this."

Over the next ten minutes, Lelouch and Cornelia systematically eliminated most of Clovis's forces. It culminated when Lelouch collapsed the central portion of the ghetto, bringing several Sutherlands down with it. Cornelia was both impressed and infuriated. 'Seriously Clovis, you watched to many medieval movies back in the Homeland, and it seems that you haven't stopped in the years since.' She got a signal from Lelouch, indicating that he wanted a private talk. She turned off her 'terrorist radio' then gave the return signal. 'Though I wish they made Sutherlands have bigger cockpits. Squeezing the girl behind me is giving me a sense of dread, for some odd reason.'

"Things are going more smoothly than imagined."

"Yes, by the way, radio reports indicate that Clovis is about to bring something in."

"What?"

"Most likely a new Knightmare. Radio has kept quiet. We may have ended up killing most of the enemy Sutherlands. We should proce~"

"Well, this is interes~"

"BAJIGU!" Cornelia shrieked as she whipped her arm behind her shoulder, extending the armblade. When she turned, she saw the supposedly dead girl staring back at her… with Cornelia's armblade through her mouth and out the back of her head.

"Oh, hive ee a fucig reak." The woman said as she slumped forward.

'Okay, so the girl's either immortal, or has a super healing factor. Don't know which is less believable right now.' Cornelia retracted the arm blade, and the girl fell to the cockpit floor.

"Who was that?"

"Well, now we know why Clovis wanted the girl so badly."

"She's alive?!" Cornelia felt a tinge of embarrassment on her face.

"Not… at the moment. But she'll be back in a little while, if my hypothesis is correct."

"Ooookay. Now returning to combat radio, K2."

Cornelia reactivated her general radio just as she regrouped with Lelouch's Sutherland, located in a ruined skyscraper.

"K1 to all forces, the Britannians are on their last legs. But don't think we're out of the fire yet."

"What are you talking about," The one called Tamaki replied, "We've got them on the run!"

"As I have just informed K1, Clovis has a special weapon, most likely a new knightmare, in his possession. He'll likely deploy it now, seeing as nearly all of his forces are decimated. So, don't get cocky, P5"

"This is P7," a female voice exclaimed over the radio, "spotted something."

"Report."

"White knightmare. Doesn't look like a Sutherland. I can't seem to spot any weapons, but it's fast. Really fast. And it's heading straight for P5!"

"What do you mean, I don't see any~wait, what's that? Wait, what, oh KAMI!"

"This is P7, P5 just ejected. Didn't even get a chance to fire." Cornelia could hear the panic in the woman's voice.

"Calm down. Can you see where it's going?"

"Yes, it's heading straight towards P1's group."

"What?" Ohgi replied, "Which direction?"

"Uuummm, 11 O'clock. No no, I mean 5 O'clock."

"Okay," Lelouch's voice finally responded, "P1, hold position, any units near P1 move off the street and prepare to ambush the unknown knightmare. K2, you're better at timing than I am, so I give the reins to you."

"Understood."

"This is P1, P2, 4, and 9 are off the street. Orders?"

"P2 and 4 should still a Chaos Mine each. P1, hold position at the center of the intersection. When you spot the knightmare, estimate how long it would take before it reaches you. On my signal, P2 and 4 will toss their Mines out at the entrance of the intersection, then afterwards you will have to rush him." She heard several 'Affirmatives' from the radio, but she was just panicked as Lelouch most likely was. 'If the Britannians have a new knightmare type, then that could complicate work on the Gorgon.'

"This is P1, enemy spotted. Arrival in 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,"

"NOW!" Cornelia could hear explosions going off, indicating that the trap worked. Or so she thought.

"HAHA, we've got him now!"

"WHAT!? It's got SHIELDS!"

"Dude just blocked the mines! OPEN FIRE!"

"He's too fast. We can't~P9, watch out!"

"P9 down, P2, he's coming for you!"

"P2 and 1 are~ oh jeez, he's coming aT ME!"

"What's happening?" Lelouch nearly shrieked out, but Cornelia was more composed. 'It's clear a new generation knightmare has been made. The only way to end this fight… is by making Clovis stop it himself.'

"This is K2 to all units. The Britannians have deployed a new knightmare onto the battlefield. Unfortunately, it appears we do not have the means to combat it. All ground units are to assist in evacuating civilians. Any knightmare units should either hide their knightmares and disembark, or eject now and assist with the evacuation."

Despite the woman in the red Glasgow complaining about losing her knightmare, the remaining Sutherlands began to find a hiding spot, or ejected from their knightmares. "K1, follow me, NOW!"

"Right." The two then descended the building, reaching the ground floor. The two had switched to their private radios at this point.

"I have an idea of how to reach the G1 without fight the new knightmare."

"Okay," Lelouch replied, "Hit me."

"That's the idea."

"What?" Cornelia then pressed her knightmare rifle up againsts Lelouch's Sutherland's left arm, and blasted it clean off. "What the hell?!"

"Trust me, brother. If we encounter that knightmare, this will make sense."

"Fine." The two then sped off towards Clovis's G1 command center. Not ten seconds later, as they crossed a junction, the white knightmare appeared on the left. Cornelia immediately raised her rifle at the knightmare.

"State you name and rank!" Cornelia howled over the knightmare intercom, hoping her military discipline would trick the enemy enough to squeeze past him.

"Private Suzaku Kururugi, pilot in the A.S.E.E.C. I've been tasked with eliminating the terrorists."

'Suzaku?' Cornelia thought, glad that he took the bait. 'Lelouch must be going crazy that Suzaku of all people is ruining our plan.'

"I would question why they let an Eleven pilot a knightmare, but I don't have time. I need to get this rookie out of the combat zone."

"Let me escort you."

"No! We need all the men we can muster. Focus on eliminating the terrorists. Good luck, private." Cornelia then began speeding off towards the G1 as the white knightmare made its way further into the ghetto. She then noticed Lelouch was simply staring in the direction the knightmare went. "Private Spencer, NOW!" After that statement, Lelouch caught up to Cornelia's Sutherland.

"Suzaku," Lelouch almost whispered, clearly still in shock.

"I know you're surprised to see him again, but right now we have to focus. We'll hide the knightmare near the G1. From there, we'll confront Clovis, and force a ceasefire."

"Got it."

"Now, before we confront him, I want to get several things clear. First, we're going to be wearing full military gear. Your power seems to require direct eye contact, so you won't need to wear a mask, but I want you wearing a helmet and breather mask. I'll be wearing a full set myself. Second, I expect that you'll want him to tell you anything relating to Marianne's death, so do NOT reveal yourself. Simply use your power, nothing more, nothing less. GOT IT!"

"Understood."

The two then reached an abandoned building near the G1, and departed their knightmares, heading straight for it.

Kallen had just regrouped with Ohgi and his group inside a warehouse. While Ohgi was currently trying to calm down Tamaki, who was yelling at some of the civilians, Kallen's mind was focused on their two 'saviors', even though they technically lost.

'What did K1 mean when he said 'poison gas'. He implied that we didn't know what was in it. Was it even poison gas.'

Just then, the main entrance to the warehouse exploded, and out came a Britannian infantry squad, backed by a tank.

"So," The Britannian commander sitting in the tank exclaimed, "This is where you Eleven vermin scurried off to. All units, prepare to fire!" The Britannians aimed their rifles at the people.

'Naoto, I'm sorry' Kallen shut her eyes tightly, bracing for the end.

"Commence~"

"Attention all forces." A voice replied on an intercom system.

'What'

"I, Clovis, third prince of Britannia and royal viceroy of Area Eleven, here by command you, all forces are ordered to cease fire at once. You also cease destruction of any buildings or property. All casualties, whether Britannian or Eleven, shall be treated equally and without prejudice. In the name of Clovis la Britannia, you are hereby ordered, cease fire at once. I shall allow no further fighting."

Kallen's eyes threatened to bulge out her sockets. 'K1 and K2 did it. Somehow, they ended the battle.'

G1 Command Center

"There," Clovis exclaimed, sitting the G1 throne, being threatened by two masked terrorists disguised as Britannian infantrymen, "Satisfied." He had no idea why Bartley and the others just left for no reason, but he wasn't going to die here. The two terrorists were armed, the man having a pistol aimed at him, while the woman had a rifle slung over her shoulder. He had two options: One, hit the emergency alarm button on his left, warning all nearby units that he was in danger; Or two, hit the button on his right, which would reveal the hidden pistol in his chair. He had to decide fast.

"Very much," Lelouch replied, then he activated his power, "Now then, you will answer all our questions." The power took effect, as red rims appeared over Clovis's eyes.

"Of course."

"First off, who killed Marianne vi Britannia?"

"My brother, Second Prince Schneizel can tell you."

Lelouch was shocked at his response. Cornelia decided to take up questions.

"Why do you think he's involved?"

"Father charged Schneizel with moving her body."

"For what purpose?" All Cornelia got was silence. "Looks like you can't answer what you don't know." She then got a recording device out. At this point Lelouch was refocused, and now they were executing the next part of their plan.

"Now," Lelouch stated, "The poison gas the resistance stole. Was it poison gas?"

"No, it was not."

"Why did you say it was poison gas, then?"

"To cover up what I was really doing."

"And what would that be?"

"Human experimentation. I had discovered a girl with unique powers, and I had wanted to bestow that power on my most loyal forces." Lelouch was disgusted, 'No doubt her immortality, you bastard.'

"Why did you order the extermination of Shinjuku?"

"I was worried if word got out about her, my father would disinherit me."

"Did you even consider all the innocent lives down there!?"

"Of course not. I'm a prince of Britannia, and they're only Elevens. It didn't matter if the vermin died, so long as I got the girl back."

At this point, Cornelia turned off the recorder.

"Clovis," She replied, "Where is all data on the girl. And what's the password to gain access to it?"

"I only keep personal data here at the G1, as I don't need to be concerned with Code 'R' unless an emergency occurs. As for the password, it's the date I first dueled my brother Lelouch in a chess match."

Both Lelouch and Cornelia were dumbfounded at the statement, even as she went to the terminal. 'The idiot doesn't even keep the LOCATION on him. Guess the saying about the best swordsman fearing the worst is true. Hopefully Cornelia can get something out of the list.' He then turned to Cornelia, lowering his gun. "Done?"

"Yes, I copied the list."

"Good, then we should leave," Lelouch replied, turning back to Clovis, "But first, you will forget ever seeing us here."

"If you think that's gonna happen," Clovis venomously replied, see the man's gun is now lowered, "You're wrong."

'WHAT?' Lelouch and Cornelia both thought, 'The power didn't work?' Lelouch saw Clovis press a button, and a compartment next to him opened, revealing a pistol. Clovis grabbed, and as he raised the gun towards Lelouch, Cornelia, acting on instinct, pulled out her rifle and fired a triple burst, with one of the bullets hitting Clovis dead in the head.

Moments turned the seconds, but to the two of them it felt like eternity had sped past them.

"We need to leave. Now." Lelouch heard Cornelia calmly tell him, as she slung the rifle over her shoulder once again.

"Alright." He replied, but he could see her right hand.

And it was shaking violently.