The Demon's Pride V2
Hey everyone. Anyone familiar with the original posting of this story may remember He listed out a few items that were mentioned in reviews of his previous chapters. I won't be mentioning them since I didn't include any of the questions at the end of chapter two. I will say that the items he mentioned are under review but that's all for that, for now. On with the show!
Chapter 4: The First Blow
Suzaku Kururugi sat in the cockpit of the Lancelot, mentally preparing himself for the battle to come. 'This really has been a strange day.' Suzaku thought.
(Flashback)
Suzaku blinked and groaned as light flooded into his sight. "Wha-what happened?" He asked no one. Apparently, asking no one guarantees a response from someone.
"WHY HELLOO PRIVATE KURURUGI!" The voice belonged to a tall, lanky man with light purple hair and glasses. "I see you missed your chance to see the bright golden gates! Why that's simply splendid!"
Next to the man stood a young woman with dark purple hair in a tan uniform, looking at the man with an exasperated expression.
"You're quite lucky Private! This pocket watch saved your life, taking the bullet meant for your internal organs! Isn't that-"
"LLOYD!" The young woman exclaimed, getting the scientists attention. The two began to argue, while Suzaku looked at the pocket watch, thinking of its original owner. 'Father...' Suzaku was shaken from his thoughts by Lloyd.
"Well Private Kururugi, would you like a once in a lifetime opportunity?"
Suzaku cocked an eyebrow at that, not knowing what Lloyd was talking about, before both eyes widened in shock as the scientist held up a Knightmare ignition key.
"Would you like to become a Knightmare pilot?"
(End Flashback)
Suzaku snapped out of his reverie to the voice of Lloyd's assistant Cecile Croomy.
"Suzaku have you read the operation manual?"
"Yes Ms. Cecile... well I skimmed it."
Cecile raised an eyebrow before shrugging it off. "You tested better for Knightmare's then most of the other soldiers we tested. Almost 98% sync! That's unheard of Suzaku, so I'm sure you'll do fine."
"Yes yes, I'm sure that he'll be perfect for the Lancelot." Lloyd interrupted "Just to let you know, I got the green light from Prince Clovis, so you are clear to pilot and use the Lancelot in this battle. Your mission is to find the remaining terrorists and eliminate them. Clear?"
"Clear Lloyd. By the way, I noticed that the Lancelot doesn't have a cockpit ejection system...should I be concerned?"
Lloyd laughed. "Concerned? As if those Sutherland's can stand a chance against my Lancelot." Seeing Cecile glare at him, Lloyd stammered.
"But just in case, I'll put one into development immediately. But for this mission you should be fine Private Kururugi."
Suzaku nodded.
"Ready?"
"Yes. Z-01 Lancelot, launch." With that, the White Knight sped out of the A.S.S.E.C trailer into the Shinjuku ghetto. Unaware that, when the smoke cleared, it would be forever lost in the after.
(10 mins ago)
(Shinjuku Ghetto)
Cheers rose up from the resistance fighters as they destroyed the last of the Britannian Sutherlands. They had done it, they, a dinky little resistance group, had given the Britannians a loss twice as bad as the Battle of Itsukushima.
'This kid... maybe if we get him to help, just maybe...we can be free.' Ohgi and Nagata thought. They both knew that a group like theirs was not top rate. Hell, the JLF only recognized them as a resistance group in order to have some sort of station in Shinjuku. But now, now they had someone who knew what they were doing, someone who could lead them to victory. The only three not cheering were C.C., Lelouch and Kallen.
C.C. wasn't cheering because she personally didn't care. Her only thoughts were 'When can I kill Prince Assbag?' and 'When can I get some pizza?'.
Kallen, while happy that her friends were ok and that they had won, was angry that the only reason they had won was because of some Britannian punk who, in her mind, had no idea the suffering her people had gone through.
Lelouch was thinking about what Viletta had told him earlier under his thrall. 'An experimental Knightmare frame. Well, if Clovis has any competent generals, they would send that out with the best devicer they have. And they would send it out...now. Shit!' Out loud Lelouch began to give more orders to the resistance.
"While I am happy that we achieved a victory here today, the battle is not yet completely won."
Ohgi was confused. "But K-1, we destroyed more than 90% of their forces. What else could they have to throw at us?"
"They have an experimental 7th Generation Knightmare Frame."
At those words, the blood of every fighter ran cold. The machines they were in were 5th Generations, while Kallen was in a 4th Generation. A new Knightmare-one whose frame was a whole two generations above theirs-could turn the tide, especially if they had the right Devicer. Even Tamaki understood what could happen.
Nagata was the first to respond. "So, what do we need to do?"
Lelouch thought about it. "In all fairness, it will be about 9-10 minutes before the Knightmare is deployed, due to it being experimental, finding the right pilot, yada yada. But the real question is how to deal with. It's probably not a Heavy Munitions type. The environment and warzones of the country don't suit those kinds of machines. Honestly, we are most likely dealing with a Close Combat type frame. Which means it'll be very fast and hit very hard... I want P-Group to dump all their Chaos Mines and take the Long-Range Hellcat Rifles. Use those to slow the damn thing down and see its capabilities. Record the combat and upload it to my frame. The rest of you, turn on the remote detonators for the Chaos Mines and place them on the supports for the buildings you are in. Tamaki and Nagata, I have a special mission for you two."
(Fast Forward to the Lancelot)
(Shinjuku)
Suzaku followed the path his fellow soldiers had taken to the construction site and where they had been slaughtered. As he went, he saw the signs of war and resistance. Yet to him, all they were, were signs of horror and it made him sick. 'Why can't these terrorists understand that we lost and Britannia won. It's better to follow the system, so that tragedies like this don't happen.' So lost in thought was the Honorary Britannian that he barely noticed the sound of a gunshot and the bullet flying towards him. Quickly dodging to the side, Suzaku's eyes widened when he saw that more bullets were flying towards him. Bringing up the Blaze Luminous Shields Suzaku began to wait out the sniper shots. When they finally stopped, Suzaku looked and noticed that the snipers were fleeing.
"You cowards!" He cried before following them.
He quickly caught up to them and was about to attack before the strangest thing happened. The Sutherlands in front of him began to drop small HP-2 Knightmare Grenades, which were essentially smaller and less destructive Chaos Mines. The Grenades fell and exploded at the Lancelot's feet. Suzaku was fortunate enough to jump back, however, many of the Landspinners on the Lancelot's feet were damaged, preventing the Lancelot from going at full speed.
Shaking off his surprise, Suzaku once again began to chase after the terrorists.
'Damn them! How dare they use such tactics!.' Suzaku continued to follow them until he found himself in the same construction zone that many of the Purebloods had died in. Quickly activating the Blaze Luminous on both of the Lancelot's arms, Suzaku waited for the swarm of bullets...which never came.
'What's happening? Did they all leave?'. Then, a lone Sutherland appeared on the other side of the zone. Seeing it standing there, Suzaku began to move towards it. That was when, in Suzaku's opinion, all hell broke loose. The pilot of the Sutherland must have had some sort of detonator, because the buildings that boxed in the construction zone began to crumble. The debris fell in large quantities, and in such a manner that Suzaku was forced to move the Lancelot away from the two exits towards the surrounding fence.
'If I leap over that, I can double back and track that Sutherland.' Suzaku thought. Unfortunately for Suzaku, he had forgotten about how the Landspinners on the Lancelot were damaged, causing the Lancelot take more damage from the debris. Suzaku reached the fence and jumped. Unfortunately, he couldn't have seen the large piece of debris that crushed the lower half of the Lancelot. Nor could he have known about the three ton wrecking ball that was headed towards him.
(Flashback)
(With Lelouch, Tamaki, and Nagata)
"Alright you two, I need you to abandon the Knightmares early for this part of the plan." Nagata and Tamaki were confused at this.
"Uhh K-1, wouldn't we, you know, need these to fight that new Knightmare frame?"
"Nope." Lelouch said, popping the "p" at the end. "In this plan, I need the two of you to man those machines. The ones with the wrecking balls. Your fellow resistance fighters are going to be setting Chaos Mines in very strategic locations. However, should this new Knightmare be that fast, then we'll need a backup plan. The two of you will be on either side of the zone, and should this new frame leap the fence...drop the ball!"
This had Tamaki and Nagata grinning in anticipation.
'Maybe this kid's alright.' Tamaki thought. 'At the very least, he knows how to stick it to them.'
(The Lancelot)
(Shinjuku)
The wrecking ball collided with the top half of the Lancelot, separating it from the bottom half. The legs were trapped under tons of rubble, crushed and unsalvageable. The top half-with Suzaku in it-was flung through the air about 20 yards before crashing and rolling and coming to a stop. Groaning, Suzaku opened his eyes and undid the straps that tied him in.
"Suzaku! Are you ok?" He heard the voice of Cecil coming in over his comm link.
"Yes Ms. Cecile, I'm ok. In pain, but alive."
"Yes, that's all well and good Suzaku but-" Lloyd said before he began yelling. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO MY LANCELOT! I SWEAR, WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU I WILL-" Lloyd was cut off and the line went silent. Eventually, the line was picked up by someone else.
"Private Kururugi, this is Margrave Jeremiah Gottwald. I have taken over here at the A.S.E.E.C. Base as Lloyd and Cecile are...indisposed. Exit the Lancelot and return to base. Now."
"Yes sir. Sir, if I may ask...where are Lloyd and Cecile?"
"...According to the squints here, this happens every now and then when something bad happens concerning the Lancelot. Lloyd and Cecile usually return in around three to four hours later, the later sometimes having pudding in her hair."
"..." Suzaku had no way to answer that. He simply climbed out of the damaged Lancelot and began the long trek back to base.
(Command G-1)
(Shinjuku)
"What do you mean Lloyd's toys lost! What the hell do we do now?" Clovis said. Bartley began to stutter before the door to the room opened and a common soldier walked in, followed by a young girl with green hair in a straight jacket.
The men in the room were too shocked to move as the young man-his face obscured by shadows-opened the screen on his helmet.
"{All of you leave!}"
Clovis watched in shock as all of the personnel in the room-Bartley included-left.
The young man drew a pistol and pointed it at Clovis. "Now then, order all of your remaining men to stand down."
Clovis growled and opened a channel to all of the outside forces.
"This is Prince Clovis to all remaining forces! Stand down and return to base immediately! Do not do anything but return!" Turning back to the mysterious soldier and the girl. Putting on a brave face, Clovis began to talk.
"Very well then, what shall we do now. Perhaps a game of chess." To Clovis's surprise the man began to laugh.'
"Chess? Oh, does that bring back memories doesn't it...brother."
Clovis's eyes widened in shock as the soldier walked into the light, revealing his face, violet eyes ablaze, ebony hair framing his face.
"Le-Lelouch?"
I'm keeping this one short like the original, mostly because like I said, I don't plan to make major changes just yet.
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INUYAHA signing out.