The Demon's Pride V2
When I uploaded Chapter 1, I tried to copy-paste the chapter into the uploader. This resulted in a few moments where the chapter appeared in HTML. I corrected it shortly after. Sorry for any inconvenience. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 2: Introductions and Arming the Resistance
Lelouch looked out at the scene before him, the scene he ordered to happen. 'Interesting, this power appears to allow me to control how other people act. I told them to kill themselves... and they did.'
As Lelouch was lost in thought about his new ability, Nagata was on his own thought train. 'This kid...is Britannian royalty? But wait-' he thought, thinking back to the research Naoto Kozuki made them do about the royal family. '-Vi Britannia. The two kids were reported dead during the invasion. And their mom...was assassinated in her mansion. There is more to this kid then meets the eye, that's for sure. The real question is, what to do now?' Taking a step forward and catching Lelouch's attention, Nagata pointed to the captain. "So, your Majesty, what do we do with him?"
"Hmm. I think...yes that might work." Lelouch mumbled to himself before turning back to the captain, his eye ablaze with the mysterious bird symbol. "{I order you to answer the following questions. First, what is with this girl here? Why does the military want her?}"
"She is integral to an experiment being conducted by Prince Clovis and General Bartley." The Captain Replied.
"{What exactly is she being tested on for?}" Lelouch demanded.
The man just stood there silently. 'He must not know exactly what she's being experimented on for.' Lelouch thought. "{Very well. Who is currently in charge of this operation and who are the major units involved?}"
"General Bartley is in charge of giving orders, while the main unit in charge are Battalion 43 a.k.a The Purebloods."
Lelouch snarled while Nagata nearly blew up. "Those guys could turn Shinjuku into a necropolis and laugh while they do it."
Lelouch nodded in understanding. "{Captain, do you have any form of data that is about the inner workings of Clovis' government, backdoors into the network, etc?}"
The captain reached into his pocket and pulled out a flash drive, handing it to Lelouch. "The drive contains information about the movement of Nightmares, their parts and equipment, as well as a number of corrupt officials that Prince Clovis had in his back pocket."
Lelouch smirked at the ideas that the drive could be used for. "{Final question. Is there a supply depot that The Purebloods are using?}"
The captain shook his head. "There is no supply depot, but there is a train filled with Sutherland's that is en route, just in case something goes wrong."
Lelouch smirked at that. 'All the pieces are falling into place. Now I just need to set them up.' Turning to Nagata, Lelouch asked. "Do you have anything you'd like to ask him?" Seeing him shake his head Lelouch continued. "Then you may decide what to do with him."
Nagata grinned and nodded, before picking up a gun from one of the dead soldiers. Pointing it at the captain, Nagata pulled the trigger. The captain fell to the floor with a bullet in his head. Dead.
Nodding, Lelouch sighed as he heard an incoming Knightmare. "Grab the girl and hide, quickly!" They did, just in time, as a Sutherland crashed into view.
Taking a look around, the Sutherland's pilot spoke. "You there, schoolboy. What happened here? Why are all these men dead?" Lelouch looked at the Knightmare and activated his power. "{I order you to come out now!}" He was rewarded with a round of gunfire shot straight over his head.
"Who do you think you are to order a Knight around schoolboy?"
'Plan B then.' Lelouch thought before holding up his hands. "My name is Alan Spacer. My father is a Duke back in the homeland. Please, I seek asylum."
'A Duke's son? If I can help him, my career will skyrocket.' Getting the Knightmare to kneel, the pilot began to exit.
Seeing who the pilot was, Lelouch's eyebrow quirked. 'A female pilot huh.'
Said pilot began to walk towards him. "Stay where you are schoolboy. I'm coming to check your identification and we'll see if you really are the son of a Duke."
Lelouch nodded before looking the women in the eyes. "{Obey my every order.}"
The pilot immediately stopped in place, her eyes having a red ring around them. "Yes sir."
"{What is your name, rank, and unit}."
"Corporal Villetta Nu of The Purebloods."
"{Very well. Corporal Nu, is there any information of relevance that G-1 sent to any of your fellow Purebloods?}"
"Yes sir. About 10 minutes ago, my superior Margrave Jeremiah Gottwald was contacted to return to the G-1 in order to test an experimental 7th Generation Knightmare frame. The remaining Purebloods were given orders to slaughter everyone in the Shinjuku Ghetto. Lord Jeremiah refused to return however, leaving the Knightmare unmanned."
Lelouch looked stunned as he took in the news. 'A new generation! There's no way the terrorists here would be able to defeat it if a suitable Devicer was found, and Jeremiah Gottwald...that's it! He was one of mother's guards! Interesting...' Turning to Villetta, Lelouch gave new orders.
"{When you hear the words 'Final Geass' you will obey my orders without question with absolutely no memories of what happens in the time span. When you hear the phrase 'tempus finis' you will be removed from the trance. Now, I want you to hand over the key to your Knightmare, along with the activation code, and your sidearm.}"
Villetta handed over both along with the code.
"{Now, wait here for 30 minutes. When that time has passed, I want you to pick up any salvageable Knightmare pieces from the battlefield-preferably those of a higher generation and those that are more intact-before putting them into a secure location. At 10 pm three days from now, you are to call the number for the club 'The Ace of Spades' and ask for Dante. When you hear the words 'domina mea procedere' tell the person on the other end where you stashed the supplies. Then hang up and forget what happened.}"
"Yes sir."
Turning towards Nagata and waiving the key to the Knightmare. "Care to join me?"
(Scene Change)
(Train Tracks)
'Damn it!' Kallen thought in panic as she was maneuvering her Glasglow onto the train tracks, trying to get away from the pursuing Britannians.
"Well terrorist, I must admit you are skilled to have avoided me for this long, but the chase is now over. Feel the wrath of Jeremiah Gottwald!" The pursuing Knight called over his Sutherland's speakers.
Kallen closed her eyes in anticipation of the final blow. 'Naoto...I'm so sorry.'
"The West Entrance"
"Kallen's eyes shot open as a voice emerged from her radio. 'That's the guy who was with Nagata. What's he doing now?'
"If you want to win, then take the West Entrance. Now!"
'To win.' Kallen thought. The idea of winning any sort of battle against the Britannians was a faraway dream for her and her friends. 'What the hell. If it doesn't work, I'm dead anyway.' Jumping over to the West Entrance, Kallen continued following it until the tracks came back into view.
"Now, jump onto that train." Again, Kallen complied with the voice, before her blood froze.
"Hmph! So, we meet again. Today just isn't your day!" The voice of Jeremiah Gottwald sounded from behind her. His Knightmare leveled his rifle at her. "Goodbye terrorist scum!" He was cut off from firing however, by a swarm of bullets that destroyed his rifle and cripple his legs. Looking in the direction of the gunfire, Jeremiah saw a lone Sutherland standing on a nearby building. "Friendly fire! What's your name and rank? We are after the red Glasgow-" Jeremiah was cut off as the Sutherland fired again. 'Damn it! Have the terrorist taken over our equipment now!' Jeremiah was so deep in thought that he didn't see Kallen charging towards him until it was too late. 'Oh...Crap Baskets!' Jeremiah hit the eject just in time as the Glasgow's lone arm punched through his Sutherland's exterior.
'I-I did it! I made a Knight eject!'
"Well done. Now that you have followed my instructions you will win. But first, continue to ride the train. Your allies will meet you soon."
"Wait!" Kallen cried out, but the voice was gone. 'Weird.' She thought as she continued to ride the train. A little less than 10 minutes later, the train stopped. Kallen hopped off and looked around. They were in a relatively abandoned area, the sounds of gunfire a distant noise.
"Kallen!"
Turning to look at the new speaker, she saw that her friend and leader, Kaname Ohgi, was running towards her, leading a small group towards her. Exiting the Glasgow, Kallen was immediately engulfed in a hug. 'Oh god. He acts like Naoto so much it isn't even funny.' After being let go, Kallen looked at Ohgi with wide eyes.
Seeing her unasked question, Ohgi responded. "Tamaki and his group are on their way. And Nagata told me that the kid he's with is bringing himself by. Hopefully he can think of something."
After hearing that, Kallen's temper flared. 'That's right! That kids a Britannian. What the hell is Nagata thinking. Ohgi too. We don't need the help of any of those bastards to win this. We can do it on our own.' Kallen was thrown out of her thoughts by the loud voice of Tamaki as he and his group approached the area. 'God that was such a dumb decision. Putting that moron in charge of a group.' The Resistance Cell waited and talked for a few more minutes before they heard the sound of machinery and... arguing.
"C'mon man! Just once around the corner. I can handle this!"
"Like you handled that maneuver back there? Honestly my sister could drive better...and she's blind." Sweat dropped from the resistance members as a Sutherland came into view. The voices coming from the machine were Nagata's and the mysterious boy's.
'Wow. Really?' they all thought.
The Sutherland stopped in front of them and kneeled down. Nagata was the first to exit, carrying a young woman with green hair over his shoulders. Once he touched the ground, he looked up at the cockpit. "You comin. Nothing's gonna happen."
"The one with red hair is pointing his gun at the cockpit."
The group turned to look at Tamaki, who did have his pistol pointed at the cockpit. "What?" He asked. "The kids a Brit. In my book, he's the enemy."
Ohgi walked over and wrestled the gun out of Tamaki's hand.
"Tamaki the kid helped me out and saved my life. Plus... there's something about him. I really think we can do this with his help."
Tamaki scowled and looked at the ground. Seeing that the coast was clear, Lelouch exited the Knightmare. Upon seeing the Ashford Academy uniform, Kallen's eyes widened.
"Hey Kallen, isn't that that school you go to?" Tamaki asked. The Resistance members ether turned to stare in disbelief or facepalmed.
"You idiot! You blew my cover!" Kallen yelled before storming towards Tamaki, hands clenched and a fist raised.
"Uhm...while I understand that it's not my place and he did reveal classified information to an outsider please don't do any permanent damage. We'll need all the manpower we can get to defeat Clovis."
Kallen stopped, but glared at Tamaki, before turning towards Lelouch, glaring at him now. "And just who the hell are you?!"
Lelouch smiled and gave a bow, one arm falling across his chest. "Why friend my name is Lelouch Lamperouge. And according to Nagata's description, you must be Kallen Kouzuki. I must say, his description of your beauty did you no justice."
Kallen blushed and stuttered at that, causing several of her fellow Resistance members to chuckle, while some like Tamaki smirked. "Shu-shut up!" She stuttered.
Lelouch smiled and stood back up before turning to Ohgi. "Am I right to assume that you are the head of this terrorist cell?"
"Yes, but we prefer to be called a Resistance cell."
"I would too. So, considering that I saved Kallen's life, Nagata's life, and guided your group here to safety, would you consider lending me yourself and your cell member's lives in order to deal a humiliating defeat to our dear Prince Clovis?"
Ohgi looked at the faces of his cell members, then back at Lelouch. "On one condition. Should we win, I believe that we would all like some answers as to why you are here and why you are helping us.
Lelouch nodded and grinned. "Agreed. Now, if you look at the contents of this train you will find...party favors. Gifts from our dear prince."
Kallen went to open the doors to one of the compartments and gasped. "There's a whole bunch of Sutherlands here!" Upon hearing her words, the remaining members of the resistant cell went to have a look and whooped and hollered at seeing the machines.
"Yes. These are the tools with which Britannia can be dealt defeat. Now allow me to assign you codenames." Lelouch moved from one member to another, assigning names based off of chess pieces. Once completed, Lelouch began to walk back to his Sutherland before whirling around to face the cell members.
'Ok. That was impressive.' Kallen allowed herself to think before focusing back in on Lelouch.
"Everyone knows their codenames and has removed the IFF beacons correct?"
"Yeah, but Lelouch, shouldn't you have a codename. I mean if the rest of us have one, you should as well."
Lelouch nodded at Oghi's words. "Indeed. But my name needs to be meaningful. It needs to mock what Britannia stands for, what they do to-." Lelouch thought for several seconds before snapping his fingers. "Let me ask you a question. What do those who are trampled on by Britannia become once the dust settles? What happens to their way of life as they know it?"
It was Kallen who answered. "They lose it forever. They become Numbers."
Lelouch's face broke out into a malevolent smile. "Indeed. Therefore, the one who will liberate the Numbers, who will cast off their chains, must be the opposite of numbers. My codename for this operation, and for any future ones is...Zero!"
Despite herself, Kallen was impressed by his words and she could tell others were too. Unfortunately, Tamaki had to open his mouth.
"Hold on, what do you mean by future operations? Who the hell said we'd work with a stinking Brit like you after this?"
Lelouch pinched the bridge of his nose. 'And there goes the moment.' Out loud Lelouch spoke. "All in good time Mr. Tamaki. Now-" He said, the smile from before returning. "-who would enjoy assisting me in giving my beloved half-brother the beating he deserves?"
Absolute silence filled the area before Ohgi spoke up in a dry voice. "Your half-brother?"
Lelouch gave another theatrical bow and grinded. "Indeed. I am Lelouch Vi Britannia, former 11th Prince of the Empire, The Black Prince and..." he stood up, a fire in his eyes and intent in his gaze."I am the one who will destroy Britannia!"
I know I said one a week, but I just enjoy editing these so much, and uploading new chapters will be the best way to expand my audience. So, I may do one a day, or less who knows, maybe a few a week. Until we are caught up, then I will have to actually sit down and write new chapters, which will take time. Most of this is just spacing, grammar, and wording choice changes. Please review, questions, comments, issues, I will do my best to answer at the beginning of each new chapter.
INUYAHA signing out!