Sylvia's POV
In the Aurora...
"Invade the Empire of Misurugi?!" Rosalie asked with surprise.
That's what I'm waiting for. I hope Sister is safe and sound, so we can rescue her.
"Julio is in charge of all of the human world's defenses," Tusk explained. "Their air defenses aren't great, so the invasion itself should be easy."
"That's good to hear, Tusk," I complimented his statement.
"Thank you, Sylvia."
Hilda, the new commander of the Aurora, said the plan. She and Rosalie will lead the invasion of the Empire of Misurugi and draw Salia's people away. Vivian will storm the empire's headquarters to find Angelise and the Villkiss. To do that, Vivian will sniff for them, and I saw Rosalie is annoyed by this. I snickered on that part. At least we don't have to use a radar to find them.
Once we find Angelise, Tusk will go in from very low altitude and meet up with her to get her on the Villkiss and escape. The new troops, which are Nonna, Marika, and Mary, will stand by the border. They'll help Angelise and the Villkiss escape.
Judging the way those three said, 'Yes, ma'am', it's as if this is their first time going to the human world. Luckily, Rosalie said this is her first time as well.
"What am I going to do?" I asked Hilda.
"That's what I'm going to assign you for, Sylvia," she ordered. "You will keep an eye on the new troops so that they wouldn't do any stupid in case anything bad happens to us."
"What?" I asked with chagrin.
"Besides, they said this is their first time going to the human world, so now that you've grown used to our world, you can be their tour guide," Hilda said with an amusing smile.
"Okay, fair enough."
I can't believe she just put me into a task that involves babysitting these three while the rest go and fight the enemies to rescue my sister. Then again, those three would even get lost by any slightest provoking.
I hope Angelise, Lelouch, and Momoka are doing okay.
Lelouch's POV
So far, so good.
With the DRAGON princess and her two bodyguards coming to the rescue, this should be an easy escape for Ange and Momoka. At least no one is pursuing them. With Hilda arriving, this should be a successful rescue.
However, I saw Chris will attempt to stop this by shooting at the Villkiss' weakpoint. This sends them to the river below.
So much for the escape plan, but this is just the opening act.
I watched Momoka helped Ange get out of the river, and they're heading to where the Aurora is. I land my Knightmare Frame to the ground and went outside of it, so I can keep a close eye on them.
I can only hope Julio will do exactly what I would think he would do. When that happens, the Geass command I placed on Momoka will foil that, causing him to fell for my trap. Next, I got a message from Jeremiah via my cellphone, and it said the Norma kids in Ersha's daycare have perished during the fight.
That's exactly what I needed to get her back to our side. Those kids had already died during the invasion at Arzenal, and they're being revived as pawns to get her to fight on Julio's side. With them out of the way and him refusing her request to revive them, this should be an easy reformation lesson for her.
Anyway, back to Ange and Momoka, the latter attempts to get a car and the former apologized to have burdened her. Momoka is her top maid, so she is not burdened. As soon as I saw a little girl with lifeless eyes and a small screen where Julio, that's exactly what I'm preparing for with my Geass command placed in Momoka and the other Mana people I recruited to fight on our side.
Sylvia's POV
As I'm stuck babysitting the three new pilots, we heard a sound from the battle that Rosalie is in danger. Because of this, Marika attempted to join the fight to help her against their orders to stand by. Even so, she left to help her guardian.
"Wait!" I exclaimed.
With her leaving, we got no choice but to follow her.
Momoka's POV
"That girl was Julio?" I asked while driving the care to help my princess escape. "What's going on?"
"I don't know, but she looked like she was being manipulated," was her reply.
Suddenly, I felt some force is trying to take over my mind, but nothing happened. Then I saw we're not going anywhere.
"Momoka," I heard Lelouch is calling for me.
"Lelouch, what is going on?" I asked.
"Time has stopped for five minutes, and I need to talk to you right now."
Once I got out of the car, our conversation begins.
"To get this conversation started, look at yourself in the mirror first," he said.
Good thing I found a mirror in the car and I used it to look at myself. When I look at myself, I saw my eyes have transformed and it horrified me.
"Just to make it clear, the state of your eyes matched from the girl that Ange saw," Lelouch explained.
"You mean...?" I realized.
"That's right, Momoka. You're being mind controlled at the moment."
I was horrified to learn about this. First, that girl Princess Angelise came across, and now me. Just what is Julio thinks he's doing? I know he is God, but using mind control on people like us is the lowest thing he could do. In fact, I never forgot the fact that he used this power on my princess.
"Don't worry. Your mind is still your own, even though your eyes are in a state that show mind control," Lelouch continued.
"How is this possible?" I wondered about myself in terms to what he said.
"The moment when I used my Geass on you when Ange came to fell for Sylvia's trap," was his reply.
That's when I realized it. I recall that he borrowed me for a while so that he can use his Geass on me. I remember the command, 'Whenever this is any form of mind control, you will immediately break free. You will gain the appearance of mind control, but you still have your free will'.
"Looks like my experiment worked. Thanks to my Geass command, you're still yourself," Lelouch explained more. "Exactly what I think Julio would do, and he fell for my trap."
"Oh..." I realized what he is preparing me for.
"Momoka, do you know how to pretend to be a mind control slave?"
I realized the task he assigned me to do.
"Yes, I know how," I replied.
"Do you feel what he expects you to do, but your mind is still your own?" Lelouch asked next.
"Yes, I feel it."
"That is what I'm going to assign you for. You pretend to be under this guy's control."
"Okay, I got it."
"Also, don't tell Ange about this."
"Why not?"
"For two things. One, I don't want her spoiling my plan by blurting it out accidentally, and two, this is a surprise plan. It won't be a surprise anymore if she found out before the attack is made. This is to help your princess escape Misurugi. Understand?"
"Yes, I understand," I understood the plan.
"I'll be giving you an earpiece," Lelouch gives me an earpiece. "Put it on your right ear."
I put the communication device on my right ear.
"I'll be guiding you by talking to you from my walkie-talkie so I can send messages to your earpiece," he continued. "Get back to your car. Time will start again in 10 seconds."
I did exactly what he told me to do, and I'm in the exact position before time started again.
"Have you forgotten?" I heard Julio is speaking to the princess through me and my head turns to her. "Have you forgotten who created these humans?"
"Momoka!" Princess Angelise punched through the screen where Julio is and I looked to a small mirror in the car to see my eyes are back to normal.
"Now, don't tell Ange about my plan," Lelouch told me from the earpiece at my right ear.
I gotta find a way not to let my princess know about his plan or our escape is ruined.
"What did I just..." was I could say to not let her raise suspicion about it.
"Momoka, ahead!" Princess Angelise exclaimed as we were about to crash to a lamp post, but as a ninja maid, we escaped the car.
However, this is just the beginning. When we got out of the car, we saw a lot of people being mind controlled and having a small screen with Julio's image.
With the fact that he can use mind control on those that use Mana, it's as if he is playing a game. It's unforgivable.
Lelouch's POV
So far, so good with my plan. I saw Ange and Momoka are heading to a nearby building.
Let's see how far my plan will go.