Lelouch's POV
I'm getting desperate to warn Ange, Sylvia, Tusk, and Vivian that they're walking to a trap. I thought about the call I got from last night. It was from Suzaku, and he told me that Riza got captured by Julio. If I'm not mistaken, the latter has forced her to tell about her friends' plans.
This is when I know their invasion of Misurugi will backfire.
I typed and typed with my computer in hopes to get a signal and tell Sylvia of the bad news.
"Sylvia..."
Just then, there is a bleep, and that means I got a signal.
"Sylvia, are you there?" I spoke.
"Yes, Lelouch, I'm here," she replied.
"If I got your signal, that means you are now back in this world. I can tell Ange, Tusk, and Vivian are also coming back."
"I see you're quite the genius, Lelouch, but why are you calling me at this minute?"
"Because I got bad news to tell you," I replied to her firmly.
"And what is the bad news?" she asked me.
"Riza, or Lizardia, got captured by your brother."
"WHAT?!"
Judging by that tone, she is not taking the news well.
"Yes, and that you're all being tricked into walking to an ambush because the portal didn't take you to Misurugi as planned," I continued.
"Oh, no..." Sylvia said with chagrin.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine as long as Ange is with you. I'll be sending people to come and pick you all up at Arzenal. As for the ambush, I'll send Akiho, Reika, and Maki for backup. I got your coordinates."
"Thank you. See you at Arzenal."
"You, too."
As the transmission ends, I hope I could get close to Julio enough to undo his plans. Speaking of this, I wonder how is my spy from the inside is doing.
Sylvia's POV
It's a good thing we escaped from the ambush. I can't believe what I saw there. Salia, Ersha, and Chris; three Normas with different pilot suits and machines that are like my sister's. Good thing I managed to hear the transmission Salia has received, and I just knew it.
Julio.
She is working for him, and so do Ersha and Chris. It's a good thing we escaped and teleported back to Arzenal, but not without Akiho, Reika, and Maki having died protecting us, although they're doing this against their wills because Lelouch geassed them into fighting for the Norma.
What's more is that the Shinkiro was lost in the fight. I could only hope Lelouch would come up with a back-up for this. Speaking of Arzenal, it's totally wrecked ever since Julio's invasion.
Tonight, Angelise, Tusk, Vivian, and I are sitting by the campfire. I saw Vivian eating, and so I joined in.
"We're back at Arzenal," Sister said in worry. "Where did everyone go? Do you think..."
"I'm sure they escaped safely. Jill wouldn't go down so easily," Tusk said in reassurance.
"And he's right, Sister," I spoke of the matter.
"Hm?" Vivian noticed something, so we take a look at it.
We saw a glowing ball, and four mysterious people coming this way. Tusk and I pull out our guns in defense.
"Monsters? Ghosts? Umibozu?" he asked about them in fright.
"Umibozu? Really?" I asked him with chagrin.
Then, Sister clung on to his head.
"Pri... An..." one of them spoke and try to come to my sister. "Princess Angelise!"
Who is this person having the right to say my sister's name?
Wait a minute.
'Princess Angelise'.
Could it be?
The person removes her mask, and it's Momoka. She hugs her princess with joy, and the other reveal themselves as Hilda, Rosalie, and Lelouch.
As for Hilda is happy to see my sister again, Rosalie is grossed on seeing Vivian again.
Lelouch is glad to see us again.
Anyway, Hilda inspects Tusk as she touched his crotch and saying he is really a man.
"Deal with it, Tusk. When I came to the airship, she did the same thing to me," Lelouch commented with chagrin.
Next, she turns to face me.
"Aren't you...?" Hilda asked me with suspicion.
"Yeah, I'm Angelise's sister, and I know what you're thinking because she already told you what I did on that night, but I'm not that person anymore. I'm on your side, and you don't have to believe me if you don't want to," I said in reassurance.
"But you helped in fighting the DRAGONs, gave Ange and I food weeks ago, and helped in getting her Villkiss back while you were Zero. If Ange regained her trust in you, then I can trust you, too."
Well, that's a relief.
Anyway, we're going to where Lelouch will be taking us.