Another life loss to the one armed warrior.

Bone crushed, flesh torn, organs ruptured beyond repair.

All because of one person, and Luciano Bradley loved this fighter he captured. He was in Area 11 at the time hunting down some two-bit terrorist for some thrills when he discovered this warrior. Despite losing an arm when he was captured, the man in question was quite lethal and was brutal in his means of killing. Despite it all, he was tempted to fight such a warrior and kill him with his own hands. The Vampire of Britannia licked his lips, savoring the time when this enigma would be his opponent in the future.

Lelouch was not impressed with the armor, not one bit and he gave Leon a look that said 'Explain yourself.' on it. "Listen Your Highness, this is a prototype of the armor you wanted. They needed data so they can improve on the flaws with better quality stuff. Listen, even some superheroes from my old comic collections start of as rags and makeshift stuff but they improve into the awesome clothes they were in their present. Similar for you at the moment." Leon reasoned as Lelouch eyed the suit warily.

It was a suit that looked roughly made in clothing article as the helmet was crudely made and had a blue slit that glowed, giving it an unnatural appearance and spinal armor with some sort of monitoring system attached to it that was currently off as there wrist devices and a pair of metallic boots. "What is this stage of the prototype for exactly?" Lelouch inquired as Leon was cautious with how even the prince's tone was.

"For now, it focuses mainly on the user's health, life support and such. Once we get enough medical data in a controlled enviroment upgrades will be available and you get the next model. One focusing on enviromental protection, then combat protection. Of course, they'll all gonna be in a controlled enviroment so we should be able to have those guys set up your real armor when we're done." Leon told him as Lelouch looked at it and nodded his head. He strapped on the suit and despite the cloth's rough appearance, it was quite smooth and comforting to wear.

"What kind of cloth is this? Wool?" Lelouch asked as he placed the helmet on as it connected to the suit and locked itself. "Special kind of animal wool from another reality; good for test suits and civilian clothing-dang, the HMG is offline. Let me turn it on just a second." the Rouge Cypher explained as he began fiddling with the spinal armor as the machine turned on and numerous coding appeared in Lelouch's HUD (Heads Up Display).

"The HMG is short for Health Manage Gear-designed to observe the user's health conditions and provide vital information on any part of the body if there is any infection, wound or illness and handle it if there is no time for treatment. For some of those video gamers back home, they call it their HP gauge because why not?"

Lelouch rolled his eyes under the helmet as the programing finished its job and began displaying his current physical and mental health statuses. Physically healthy although he should take it easy with the sodium intake when eating while his mental health was on a concerned one that recommended he see a therapist. Given the fact Cyphers are all mentally damaged in some way, Lelouch figured he must have something as well and filed that away for later.

That was when an explosion hit the warehouse, sending both Leon and Lelouch flying into unconsciousness. "Oh what's this? Something to bring back to the homeland and play with!" a voice spoke with an unhinged voice and insane bloodlust to it.

*?*

Lelouch felt his head pounding as he opened his eyes and the HUD started to slowly glow for him and giving him a diagnostic of what happened. Mild concussion, few bruises here and there and-!

Right forearm amputated to prevent infection.

Lelouched quickly looked at where his right hand should be and all he saw was a stub up to the elbow joint as that was sealed off by his suit somehow. "Lelouch, you're up!" Leon's voice spoke, getting the armored prince's attention and he looked a bit disheveled himself but alive.

"What happened?" he spoke, the voice module synthesizing his voice to a more mechanical tone as Leon had a grim expression. "Luciano Bradley is what happened. Bastard dragged us to one of his arena games back in the Britannian Homeland." he explained.

If Lelouch wasn't awake yet, he was now. Quickly uprighting himself and winced in pain, he examined their surroundings. They were in some sort of primitive prison cell made of stone with minimum lighting and a single function toilet and sink. This wasn't good, being captured and forced into one of the Vampire of Britannia's sick games was the worst fate to become of even the worst of criminals.

"My arm...what happened to it?" Lelouch asked as Leon shook his head. "Got blown to bits, your suit activated life support systems to aid in your survival by sealing the wound and now rendering you to a cripple. Gotta make you a prosthetic arm now if we survive this mess..." the man grumbled with an apologetic look on his face. Underneath the helm Lelouch was officially pissed off and he wanted to give the Knight of Ten a beating so bad that he'd regret ever leaving his mother's womb.

They heard footsteps and were on alert as a few guards armed opened their cell. "You in the suit, your match is up." he told Lelouch who got up only for Leon to grab him by the shoulder. "Kid, throw away any mercy in there. They will kill you and you know what happens next-don't be afraid to show off your powers if neccessary." Leon whispered as Lelouch nodded his head before heading out.

*Arena*

"Alright ladies and gents, the long awaited Deadlock Show has returned! I'm Chet Ubetcha and I'm proud to say we've got a new competitor! He's one armed but that doesn't mean he's h-armless! Go introduce yourself sport!" the announcer from above in his seat spoke out to Lelouch as cameras were aimed at him and his mind had already decided on a name. One that would one day instill fear and hope to enemies and friends alike-a symbol of hope.

"I am...Zero!"