Here's the next chapter. Anyway, I don't own Code Geass or any of the characters just the OC.
18. The Island Of The Gods.
Laying on the shore of an Island was an unconscious Suzaku, after a few moments he wakes up and looks at his surrounding, looking at the sky, the sea, and the ground.
"Where's the Lancelot?" Suzaku spoke. "Zero!"
Suzaku tried to think back and figure out how and why he was here. "It's no use. I can't remember anything."
On a different part of the Island Zero was walking by the shore also not sure what to make of things.
"Where am I?" Zero asked.
Elsewhere Soul is looking around and is surprised as he looks up at the mountain and then back around at the beach.
"Where is this place?" Soul asked. "How'd I get here?"
Back with Suzaku, he walks around and confirms his suspicions.
"Just as I thought. This is another island." Suzaku said.
Suzaku walks and tries to figure out what he should do.
"The vegetation and climate are the same as Shikine Island. We can't be that far from it." Suzaku said. "There's no way to contact anyone without an in-com. But what's more important right now is to find a source of drinkable water and shelter."
Suzaku then walks and after some time, he sees someone. He sees a person near the waterfall, he got a closer look and was surprised to see it was Kallen who was completely naked and washing her body by the waterfall.
"Kallen?" Suzaku spoke. "It can't be." Suzaku then walked closer and called out to her. "Excuse me!"
Kallen was shocked as she recognized the voice and turned around to see Suzaku.
"Suzaku?" Kallen spoke before realizing he was there and glared angrily at him. Then she quickly picks up her Black Knight jacket to cover herself.
Suzaku is shocked and surprised to see Kallen with a Black Knight jacket.
"A Black Knight uniform?!" Suzaku said shocked. "You mean that you're a—!"
Kallen cut him off by drawing her hidden knife and charged at him with a roar intending to stab him.
"I don't believe it. It's really you?" Suzaku said still in disbelief.
As Kallen closed the distance between them Kallen thrusts her knife at Suzaku but Suzaku dodge and grabs her arm and uses her momentum to flip her into the ground, then quickly follows up by pinning her and holds down her arms to hold her down.
"Kallen! Kallen Stadtfeld! I don't believe it! You're one of—" Suzaku said disappointed.
"Don't call me by that name!" Kallen interjected strongly. "Kallen Kouzuki's my real name! I'm Japanese!"
"You're kidding," Suzaku replied surprised. "Then you really are—"
"Yes, I'm a Black Knight! Got it?" Kallen declared. "I'm not going to hide that anymore!"
"Well then, Kallen Kouzuki," Suzaku said with a frown. "I'm placing you under arrest for conspiracy and rebellion against Britannia!"
Meanwhile Zero was still walking around trying to figure out what to do. "Tch. Contacting Ohgi and the others is going to be a chore." Zero said annoyed. "Although I suppose I could pass myself off as an ordinary person and ask the Britannian forces to rescue me."
Zero stopped talking as he looked to his right and was surprised to see Euphie who was drenched with water and was standing not far from him, and Euphie was equally surprised to see him.
Meanwhile, Soul was also walking around the Island trying to figure out what to do.
"This is a problem and what worse I don't know what happened to the others," Soul said looking around. "Still though I made it out okay so hopefully so all did to."
Soul suddenly stopped talking as he felt someone approaching and then heard a sound coming from the bushes. And then to his surprise, R.R came out.
"Soul?" R.R said surprised.
"R.R?" Soul said also surprised. "You're on this Island too?"
"Yeah, but I don't know why." R.R said. "Speaking of which, where are we anyway?"
"I have no idea I'm afraid," Soul replied. "All we know is that this is an Island close to Shikine Island," Soul then looked around. "By the way did you run into anyone else?"
"No, you're the first and any one person I've seen." R.R said begrudgingly. "But besides that, how do we get off this Island?"
"I think I have an idea," Soul said as he reached into his pocket and took out a small device. "This is a radar that transmits a strong signal. I gave C.C the signal device that's linked to the radar if she's still close enough then she'll get the signal and tell the others where we are."
"Think that'll work?" R.R asked.
"Right now it's our best bet," Soul said as he activated the radar.
Meanwhile back near the waterfall, Kallen was sitting there on the ground in her piloting suit while Suzaku was standing there while tying Kallen's hands behind her back.
"I see," Suzaku said. "And you don't know what happened either. When you came to, you find yourself on this island. Is that right?"
"Humph… So then you're stranded here too, huh? Serves you right." Kallen said with a smirk. "When my people get here, you're the one who'll be a prisoner."
"You mean Zero and Soul will come to save you?" Suzaku asked.
"Without a doubt," Kallen said without any doubt.
"Okay, before they do," Suzaku replied. "Tell me one thing. Tell me who they really are."
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" Kallen said rhetorically.
"Oh, I see. You don't know either." Suzaku guessed.
"How did—?" Kallen asked surprised.
"I knew it," Suzaku said now convinced.
"You tricked me?!" Kallen accused.
"Isn't masking one's identity a bigger fraud?" Suzaku asked. "I'm curious—Why do you follow Zero and Soul?"
"I don't know. Figure that out for yourself!" Kallen said back.
Meanwhile back near the ocean Zero and Euphie faced each other and without saying a word Zero drew his gun and aimed it at Euphie.
Euphie was unfazed by this and just looked at him before speaking.
"Lelouch," Euphie spoke.
Zero was shocked and in disbelief unable to believe that Euphie knew his identity.
"Lelouch, it's you, isn't it?" Euphie continued. "I haven't told anyone about you, I swear! Please, before you shoot, let me at least see your face…"
Zero just looked at Euphie in silence and then lowered his gun and proceeded to remove his mask and faced Euphie as Lelouch.
"Lelouch!" Euphie said feeling very happy and emotional to the point where she shed tears.
(Shikine Island)
The Britannian forces stationed on Shikine Island were conducting search parties to find Euphie with Lieutenant Colonel Fayer overseeing the search as foot soldiers were using metal detectors.
"Find her!" Fayer ordered. "Whatever it takes, find Princess Euphemia! Why couldn't she behave the way a sub-viceroy figurehead is expected to?! What a situation. If Princess Cornelia hears about this…!"
(A.S.E.E.C Trailer)
Meanwhile, in the ASEEC Trailer, Cecile was looking over and doing calculations on the Lancelot.
"Oh, my!" Lloyd's voice said.
Cecile turned around to see Lloyd and was surprised to see who was there with him.
"Who would have imagined a floating aircraft carrier!" Lloyd said impressed. "You told me to gather data before practical application, correct?"
"Because I'm extremely interested in whatever you create." A male voice said.
The person that spoke was Schneizel.
"I needed to see if this could be made real." Schneizel continued.
"And the Hadron Cannon?" Lloyd asked.
"We wanted to know if the thing worked," Schneizel replied then looked towards Cecile. "I've been looking forward to meeting you, Ms Cécile Croomy. I am…"
"Prince Schneizel?" Cecile said surprised. "Right here?"
Someone suddenly rushed over and it was General Bartley and he was offended with how Cecile reacted.
"You impudent little—! How dare you look down upon the second prince of the Empire!" Bartley responded.
"G–General Bartley!" Cecile responded shocked.
Cecile was shocked by his sudden appearance and tried to stand up but tripped and fall on the floor landing on her rear and complained that it hurt.
"Nice one," Lloyd commented.
"You're not injured, I hope," Schneizel said as he offered his hand to Cecile to help her up. "Yes, I am Prince Schneizel el Britannia. Please, give me your hand."
"Yes…" Cecile said nervously as she was helped up.
"Gah… she's unworthy!" Bartley commented.
"General, you're quite the devoted subject, aren't you?" Lloyd pointed.
"Primarily because the prince is the one who commuted my sentence and saved me from being chained up deep beneath Temple Tower!" Bartley said.
"I wish you'd stop thinking of me so formally," Schneizel said looking back at Bartley. "You've been a great help to me in this current matter, as you were to my brother Clovis. It is I who am grateful to you."
"M–My Lord!" Bartley said.
"Please, Bartley…" Schneizel said then looked back at Cecile. "Now, my lady Cécile, if you'll excuse me."
Schneizel then planted a kiss on Cecile's hand.
"Y–Your Highness!" Cecile said with a blush.
"Farewell," Schneizel said as he and Bartley began to walk away.
"You can wait for me at the base, Cécile," Lloyd said as he began to leave with the two of them.
"Huh? Where are you going?" Cecile asked.
"Just a little errand," Lloyd answered. "While I'm doing that, I'll use the Avalon to look for Suzaku. It's hard to find devicers like that young man, especially after yesterday's exploits."
"Please wait!" Cecile said suddenly. "Were those orders yesterday issued by the prince?!"
"Silence!" Bartley said glaring at Cecile. "You don't want to be in contempt of royalty, do you?!"
"Those orders were mine, Ms Cécile," Schneizel answered as he turned around. "I also fired the Hadron. Even in a situation like that, priorities mustn't be forgotten. Besides, if something anomalous happened, we would have still been able to rescue him. That's what I gambled on. He is, after all, Suzaku Kururugi, ace pilot of the Special Corps and Euphie's knight."
"Yes, My Lord!" Cecile said. "I understand now, and I sorely regret my rudeness. I accept any punishment you decree."
"Nonsense. It's my fault for not protecting my subordinates." Schneizel said with a sad expression as he began to walk away. "Can you ever forgive me?"
The three of them then left leaving Cecile alone.
(Kamine Island)
Euphie was sitting by one side of a giant boulder with her clothes drying out and she wrapped herself around Zero's cape. Lelouch sat on the other side of the large boulder.
"When did you figure it out?" Lelouch asked.
"Back during the hotel jacking," Euphie replied.
"I see… At that time I said too much without thinking." Lelouch said.
"Still, I wasn't convinced until now," Euphie said.
"I'm naive, as well. Even so, why didn't you discuss it with Cornelia?" Lelouch asked.
"I didn't because my sister never listens to me," Euphie said. "Besides that… I think things are depressing enough as they are."
"Nunnally—how is she?" Euphie asked.
"She's living with me, but she's still blind and crippled," Lelouch answered.
"The hatred you must feel for us," Euphie said upset.
"I only want to find out one thing—do you know anything about the circumstance in which my mother was murdered?" Lelouch asked.
"I'm sorry. It seems my sister's investigated it extensively, though." Euphie replied. "Cornelia thought a lot about Lady Marianne and really looked up to her."
"May I ask you something now?" Euphie asked.
"Hm?" Lelouch spoke.
"Are you… Zero? Or… or are you…?" Euphie spoke unsure of what to say.
"I'm Lelouch," Lelouch answered for her. "Yeah… Here and now, I'm Lelouch, the brother that you know, Euphie."
"Oh, Lelouch…" Euphie felt relieved and happy so much so that tears streamed from her eyes. Then suddenly her stomach growled. "I believe feeling relieved has made me hungry."
Later Euphie was now dressed in her dry clothes and she and Lelouch were in the forest while Lelouch was struggling to dig a hole in the ground.
"Are you sure that this will work?" Euphie asked.
"From the paw prints and droppings, I can tell that wild animals use this path…!" Lelouch said while he started to lose stamina and was getting out of breath quickly. "I plan to set up a trap that dates back to medieval times…!"
Oh…" Euphie said.
Meanwhile on the other side of the Island Suzaku was in the ocean by the shore hand grabbed a fish with his hands.
"Gotcha!" Suzaku said.
"Oh wow, you're not bad at that," Kallen said sitting by the shore still tied up.
"Do you wanna try it too?" Suzaku asked. "I'll tell you what—I'll let you loose if you promise to help me find food. Is that a deal?"
"Hmph. You're not gonna win me over, so why try?" Kallen said turning away with an angry look on her face. "What do you take me for?"
"Man, you're stubborn!" Suzaku commented. "You're not anything like the way you are at school."
Meanwhile back with Lelouch and Euphie, Lelouch was sit trying to dig a hole.
"Even using… a lever…" Lelouch said now completely out of breath.
"Why don't you let me help you with that?" Euphie offered.
"Manual… labour isn't… for a… royal princess…" Lelouch said before regaining his breathing. "Don't worry. My method's perfect."
"Well, I suppose. I could go and search for something like fruit, okay?" Euphie said.
"Be careful, Euphie," Lelouch said.
"Right!" Euphie said with a smile.
Meanwhile, on a different side of the Island, Logan with his mask off was standing by the shore holding a few fish that he caught and Rolo who also was without his mask on walked up to him while holding a handful of fruit.
"Wow, I didn't know you could fish like that," Rolo said impressed.
"Yeah well, Suzaku showed me once," Logan said. "And you, where'd you find that fruit?"
"I found some on the trees by the mountain back there," Rolo said.
"Well that's good, we don't know how long we'll be here so at least we won't run out of food for a while."
(Black Knights Submarine)
Portman Knightmare Frames were underwater as they continued with the search but it wasn't just any clues to find Euphie that they were looking for, they were also trying to see if they could find the members of the Black Knights who were able to escape. Elsewhere under the ocean, the Black Knights Submarine was in a spot hiding from the Britannian forces. The submarine was also hiding from the Avalon that had just hovered over the sky. In the mess hall within the submarine, the remaining members sighed in relief as they were able to stay out of the radar of the Britannian forces as well as the Avalon. It was nerve-wracking for most of them and all of them were worried about the fate of the four that were missing.
"You've gotta be kidding," Tamaki commented.
"A battleship that can hover in midair? That's great." Sugiyama said.
"We can't remain in this area any longer—The risk is too great. We should pull out of here." Todoh said.
Ohgi nodded.
"Ohgi, I disagree," Diethard said. "We ought to at least stay put and look for Zero and Soul."
"He has a point," Ohgi said.
"But we can't send out a search party in this situation." Todoh pointed out. Even though we're able to hide, thanks to Rakshata, there's no guarantee Zero and Soul and the others are still alive. One wrong step and we threaten the very existence of our organization."
"What do you mean?" Diethard said. "It's entirely the other way around: This entire organization is built around Zero and Soul!"
"It's not a group without members." Todoh rebuked. "The way you speak, you sound like a typical Britannian to me!"
Diethard narrowed his eyes and then spoke. "All right then, answer me this. We the Black Knights have a powerful force able to stand against Britannia and because of that fact we have followers of almost every ideology under the sun gathered here. Yet how is it that the whole lot of them can cooperate and work together toward the same goal? Because of the results we get? Tell me, who is it that gets us those results?!"
Todoh slammed his fist on the table.
"I'll be the first to admit that they do and that Zero and Soul, and even R.R are the ones who made all this possible, but is are worth the lives of everyone?"
"At times the life of a single man is worth more than those of a million!" Diethard said. "I thought that would be common sense to a soldier!"
"You dare say that here?" Todoh said with a glare.
"Easy, guys…" Ohgi said trying to break them apart.
"Oh, all right, then I'll tell you." C.C said walking up to them. "They're very much alive."
"We can't put time in wishful thinking C.C," Todoh said.
The information's true." C.C then took out a small device. "I know because of this."
"Wait what's that?" Ohgi asked.
"It's a signal device." C.C said. "Soul gave it to me so that if a situation like this came out he would use his device to send out a signal, and my device would receive the signal along with his current location.
Everyone was surprised to hear that and relieved to know that Soul was confirmed to be alive.
"Are you crazy?!" Tamaki said loudly. "If you had something like that why didn't you tell us sooner?"
"Simple, it's because none of you felt the need to ask me," C.C said casually.
"Enough of that," Ohgi said. "C.C where is the location?"
"An Island near Shikine Island called Kamine Island," C.C responded.
"Kamine Island?" Minami asked. "How'd they get there?"
"So then should we go there and rescue them?" Yoshida asked.
"Okay, how about this?" Oghi said standing up. "We hang in a safe zone, an ocean area just outside of detection range, where we can wait until the end of tomorrow. How does that sound for a time limit?"
"All right," Todoh said with a nod.
"Well, I suppose we have no choice," Diethard said with a nod.
C.C sighed and left as the others discussed things among themselves and planned things out. C.C went into the hallway and was annoyed.
"For heaven's sake!" C.C spoke. "I'm seriously irritated now and it's all thanks to your silly prank. You sent Kallen to the island? You have a very poor taste for being such an imperious observer."
(Kamine Island)
It was now nightfall and Lelouch and Euphie were sitting by a fire. Euphie was eating some fruit while Lelouch sat there with his head down feeling upset that he was unable to catch anything.
"What's wrong? They're quite tasty!" Euphie said. "I'm sure you'll be able to make your pitfall trap tomorrow."
Meanwhile, with Logan and Rolo, they were both eating the fish that Logan caught after cooking it over the fire.
"This fish is pretty good," Rolo said. "At first I was pretty nervous since it was freshwater fish."
"Relax would you," Logan said handing him a piece of fruit. "Even if it didn't taste good, you'd still need to eat, and besides we've also got fruit so it isn't a problem."
"Yeah, I guess your right," Rolo said before taking a bite of the fruit.
Meanwhile, with Kallan and Suzaku, Kallen sighed with relief and she relaxed having eaten one of the cooked fish from the fish and Suzaku was still eating one.
"Ohh, I can't eat another bite!" Kallen said happily. "Boy, am I stuffed."
"So is this a glimpse of what you're really like?" Suzaku said with a smile.
"Yeah," Kallen replied. "You wanna make something of it?"
"No, I think it's charming to see you so much livelier than you are at school," Suzaku replied.
Kallen was taken aback by his words. Suzaku then looked at her seriously.
"Kallen, leave the Black Knights," Suzaku said.
Kallen was surprised.
"It's not too late." Suzaku continued. "A captured terrorist never winds up with a happy ending."
"I thought you weren't so bad, then you show your true colours," Kallen responded. "Well, that won't work! I happen to be the captain of Zero's elite guard. And in fact, I've fought you once back at Shinjuku in my Knightmare."
"Were you that red one?" Suzaku asked.
"Yeah, and even if I lose my life doing it, I'll beat that Knightmare of yours someday," Kallen said with determination.
"Using Soul and Zero's methods offers no future," Suzaku said with a frown.
"And what about your future then?!" Kallen rebuked loudly. "To just live the life of a conqueror's subjugated lapdog, an honorary Britannian? Or to be the knight of the third princess? Hah! The name of Genbu Kururugi, the Last Samurai, weeps! I'm not you! This world is wrong, and I'm trying to change it! If I don't… If I don't, my brother's death will have been for nothing. That's my reason for fighting… and I'll do whatever it takes to win!"
Suzaku took in all of Kallen's words unable to think of what he should say and then after thinking for a moment he decided.
"Kallen, the truth is… I killed my father." Suzaku admitted which shocked Kallen. "My father didn't commit suicide. I took his life… with this hand…"
Meanwhile, with Lelouch and Euphie, Euphie was laying down looking up at the stars and Lelouch sat by her.
"The stars haven't changed, have they?" Euphie spoke. "They were the same back then. Long ago, we all used to gaze up at the stars together. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could live like that again? I'd be so happy then. Can't we go back to that?"
"Yes, you're right. It would be so good to just go back to how things were." Lelouch responded.
Meanwhile back with Suzaku and Kallen.
"Zero and Soul are a lot like my father," Suzaku said with disdain. "They firmly believe that the entire world revolves around them. That's why he's able to justify spilling the blood of so many people."
"That's why you accept the way things are now?!" Kallen asked. "You call that peace?! Some things are more important than your life, you know!"
"It isn't that I want you to give up," Suzaku said. "I just want you to ask yourself. When you gain results the wrong way, what are you left with in the end? Only dark regret and a deep emptiness that has nowhere to go."
"Then explain something…" Kallen said as she lay down and asked. "What higher purpose did the death of my brother serve? Who gets to sit in judgment? Who decides whether it's right or wrong?" Kallen asked with sadness in her eyes.
Meanwhile back with Logan and Rolo. Rolo Layed down on the ground asleep while Logan looked up at the stars and thought back to the past.
(Flashback: Japan 7 Years Ago)
It was shortly after the Britannian forces had conquered Japan, it was a rainy down in a small ruined town all the houses and buildings were destroyed and in ruins, the people there were all dead and the ground was covered with dead bodies. Inside one of the ruined houses, there was an eight-year-old boy who was trying to find cover from the rain and was alone.
The boy sat on the floor with his arms around his knees and placed his head on his knees.
"Sniff..." The boy had tears in his eyes.
Suddenly the boy heard someone walking up to him and looked up to see another boy that was a little bit older than him who was holding an umbrella was now standing in front of him and looking at him.
"Hey," The boy with the umbrella spoke. "What are you doing here by yourself?"
The young boy just kept his head down.
"Where are your parents?" The boy with the Umbrella asked.
"...They're gone." The young boy said quietly.
"I see..." The boy with the umbrella said also quietly. "Mine are too."
The young boy then looked up at him surprised.
"Tell me, what's your name." The boy with the umbrella asked.
"Rolo." The young boy answered.
"I'm Logan." The boy with the umbrella said.
The young Logan then held his umbrella above the young Rolo's head.
"Hey, since we're both alone, why don't you just come with me." Young Logan said in a warm tone and extended his hand.
(Flashback End)
Logan looked at Rolo who was sleeping now.
"Ever since that day..." Logan said in his head.
Logan then stood up and saw something in the sky.
Meanwhile, Lelouch looked at Euphie who was asleep.
"Euphie… Even for me to survive…" Lelouch said in his head.
Lelouch stood up and then saw something in the sky.
Meanwhile, Kallen was asleep and Suzaku stood up and had a sad expression.
"Even struggling with my shame," Suzaku said in his head. "I still search for a reason to go on living. I'm a disgrace."
Suzaku suddenly saw something in the sky.
(Avalon Bridge)
Meanwhile, elsewhere within the island, the Avalon was on the island. In the bridge, Schneizel, Bartley, and Lloyd were looking at the screen and saw an entrance of a cave.
"We couldn't find Major Kururugi washed ashore on the other islands, so it's obvious we should look here," Schneizel said.
"We'll send a search party out in the morning," Bartley said.
"Hmm… And this must be what you mentioned?" Schneizel asked.
"Yes! We uncovered it when the Shinjuku incident occurred." Bartley replied.
"Ah… Yes, I can see why this would've attracted Clovis' interest." Schneizel said.
(The Next Morning)
It was morning the next day and the sun was shining as Kallen and Suzaku were walking up a hill.
"Are you sure you really saw a light?" Kallen asked.
"Yeah, I'm positive," Suzaku said.
Meanwhile, Logan and Rolo were also walking up the hill and they were both wearing the masks again.
"You think that the light you saw was a search party?" Rolo asked.
"That's right, this is our chance to get off this island," Logan responded.
Meanwhile, Lelouch and Euphie were also walking up the same hill.
"It must be a search party." Lelouch deduced. "Once we learn who it is, we'll know how to deal with them."
"Deal with them?" Euphie said worriedly.
(Inside The Cave)
Meanwhile, inside the cave, Schneizel and his team along with, Bartley, and Lloyd were looking over an artefact in which they believed was actually a Thought Elevator.
"A Thought Elevator, you say?" Lloyd said. "I'm afraid archaeology isn't my strong suit, especially this paranormal stuff."
"Why, you… Show some respect!" Bartley berated.
"As I was saying," Lloyd continued. "this is way outside of my field. I wish you could've asked Cécile about this instead."
"Please don't complain so much," Schneider said. "My father is infatuated with this as well." Schneizel turned to Bartley. "Isn't that right, Bartley?"
"Yes," Bartley answered. "We've found artefacts similar to these in a number of places around the world. Except for this one that I discovered, all the other sites are directly under imperial control. This is mere speculation on my part, but I think the real reason we're invading other countries is to obtain these objects!"
"And so," Lloyd said as looked at a large black Knightmare Frame with some parts golden that was being guarded by three, foot soldiers. "In order to analyze this ancient occult data, you're going to use the Gawain's Druid System, an untuned prototype that it is?"
"That's why we called you in," Schneizel said.
"AH-HAH!" Lloyd responded excitedly.
(Outside The Cave)
Meanwhile outside, Lelouch and Euphie were approaching the top of the hill.
"I think it was around here," Lelouch said.
"Lelouch," Euphie said. "If it is a search party, then will our time be over here?"
"Yes, it will," Lelouch said.
Euphie had a sad expression.
Lelouch then turned the face her and smiled.
"I'm such an undependable knight—I couldn't even capture you any food," Lelouch said in a joking manner. "And besides, that's a job reserved for a real knight — your knight, Suzaku Kururugi."
Lelouch then turns back puts his mask on while the two of them are in the bushes they see Suzaku and Kallen approaching the top of the hill.
"Mind if I ask you? Why choose an honorary Britannian?" Kallen asked.
"Well, I…" Suzaku spoke.
"What are those two doing together?!" Lelouch thought surprised.
Euphie on the other hand was happy to see Suzaku and came out of hiding.
"Suzaku!" Euphie said.
Kallen and Suzaku were surprised to see Euphie.
"P–Princess Euphemia!" Suzaku said
Lelouch then came out of hiding as Zero and grabbed Euphie and placed a gun to her head.
"Don't move! This girl is my prisoner!" Zero said.
Now Kallen and Suzaku were surprised again to see Zero.
"Zero!" Kallen said.
"Just follow my cue," Zero told Euphie quietly.
"I'll take back my subordinate you have there! We'll exchange prisoners!" Zero offered.
"Zero! Once again, you—" Suzaku spoke upset.
"Keep back!" Zero ordered. "Hmph! You find my actions cowardly? Eliminate terrorists, no matter what the sacrifice. Do you intend to follow this rule and let your mistress die?! In spite of the fact that your integrity has already been broken?"
While they were talking Kallen was finally able to untie her hands then grabbed Suzaku and the two started to scuffle.
"Leave him alone!" Euphie called out.
"Shut up, you royal puppet!" Kallen yelled at Euphie. "You're useless! You can't think for yourself or do anything on your own!"
"What?!" Euphie said angry and shocked at what Kallen said to her. "I'm not afraid of you, and I don't care what happens to me! Suzaku, I command you to fight!"
"Your Highness!" Zero said trying to stop her.
"With pleasure!" Suzaku said as he got Kallen off of him and ran over to Euphie, Zero let Euphie go and ran to stand by Kallen.
"You hardheaded fool!" Zero said as he aimed his gun at them.
"Enough!" A male voice said loudly. "Why don't you calm down for a moment."
Everyone looked and saw the came from Soul who was approaching them along with R.R.
"Soul?" Suzaku said surprised.
"R.R?" Kallen said surprised.
"You were on this island too?" Zero said surprised.
"That's correct and I'm glad to see you and Kallen are safe." Soul said before whispering to R.R. "Use your Geass and grab Euphemia."
R.R nodded and prepared to activate his Geass, however, suddenly there was a huge red glow on the ground that was actually a Geass symbol. It surprised everyone and it seemingly activated Lelouch, Logan, and Rolo's Geass.
(Sword Of Akasha, C's World)
A young boy, with a very short stature that has blonde hair, which was exceptionally long, to the point where it almost trails the floor behind him had a sadistic smile and was in glee in what was happening on Kamine Island.
(Kamine Island, Inside The Cave)
The ground that was above them started to give away and it began to fall much to the shock of the ones standing on it. In the cave, the tremors were going on and the Druid System of the Gawain was going crazy and the symbol on the thought elevator was glowing bright red, This shocked everyone as they didn't know what was happening.
"Oh, not good…" Lloyd commented.
Bartley got worried and all he could think about was the safety of Schneizel.
"My Lord, please save yourself!" Bartley pleaded.
The platform from above collapsed and there were the three small groups that were standing on the platform that had collapsed. The rest were surprised to see them.
"Major Kururugi!" Lloyd said. "And is that… Zero and Soul?"
Zero and Soul saw where they were now. Kallen and R.R were shocked to see where they were and Euphie saw that Suzaku just stood there.
Soldiers pointed their rifles at Zero and Soul and when Bartley saw what they were doing, he quickly intervened.
"Don't you, you fools!" Bartley said. "Princess Euphemia's with them! Capture them! Capture them!"
"Zero, Soul, that's a Knightmare over there!" R.R said pointing at the Gawain.
Zero, Soul, and Kallen saw the Gawain and were pleased.
"Perfect! We'll use that! Let's go!" Zero said.
"Right!" Soul, Kallen, and R.R said in unison.
Foot soldiers were rushing in to stop the Black Knights but Kallen started to fight them off. Zero and Soul got on the Knightmare while R.R hoped on its shoulder.
Euphie was concentrating on Suzaku who for some reason Suzaku appeared frozen and looked scared as he looked upwards.
"Suzaku!" Euphie said worriedly. "Suzaku, what is it? What's wrong?"
Meanwhile Zero and Soul were in the cockpit of the Gawain.
"This is good!" Zero said. "Not only unmanned but activated too!"
R.R then called out to Kallen to get to the Gawain.
"Kallen! hurry and get on!" R.R called out. "We need to escape!"
Kallen nodded and countered the soldiers rushing after them by shooting at them with the rifle she took from the soldier she took down. The soldiers retreated and shoot back.
"Form a wall in front of Princess Euphemia! Hurry!" One of the soldiers ordered.
Zero was getting the Gawain ready and closed the pod.
"What kind of Knightmare is this…?" Zero asked. "It's my lucky day!"
Soul noticed something and was shocked.
"Zero, look!" Soul said.
"What's wrong?" Zero asked and then saw who Soul saw and was shocked as well. "Schneizel!"
"But why's he here?" Soul asked.
Meanwhile, Schneizel looked on surprised.
"So that's them?" Schneizel asked. "That's Zero and Soul?"
The Gawain started to move and Kallen jumped on its other shoulder.
"Ah! The Gawain!" Lloyd said.
"Stop that woman now! Get the machine back!" Bartley ordered. "We can't allow it to fall into Zero's hands!"
In the cockpit, Zero took the controls.
"Schneizel… next time!" Zero said.
Sutherlands were rushing in towards the cave with the intent to stop the Gawain and the Gawain itself moved.
"Sutherlands are blocking our exit!" Kallen said.
"Hang on tight!" Zero said. "I'm going through them!"
"Huh?!" Kallen replied.
"Brace yourself," R.R said.
"Disappear," Zero said as he fired the Hadron Cannon of the Gawain and it fired at the Sutherlands surprising the people on the Gawain but the weapon was imperfect and it didn't hit anyone.
"Damn! The weapons are incomplete!" Zero said he and Soul took off their masks.
"Anything else we can use?" Soul asked.
Back with Suzaku, he was finally able to move and wondered what had happened to him. Back with the Gawain, the Knightmare was out of the cave and rushing to get away and more Sutherlands showed up with rifles ready to shoot the Gawain.
"Zero! Reinforcements!" Kallen said.
In the cockpit, Zero smirked.
"Don't be worried yet! Another system is operational." Zero said.
Zero pulled a lever and the Gawain started to levitate from the ground and was up in the air which surprised Kallen and R.R.
"We're flying?!" Kallen said. "This Knightmare can fly!"
"I don't believe it!" R.R said.
Zero and Soul laughed victoriously as Zero continued to pilot the Gawain.
"A new Knightmare for the Black Knights." Soul declared.
The Gawain flew and it had escaped from the Britannian Forces grasps. Back on the island, Bartley was mortified with what had happened as Euphie and Suzaku came out of the cave.
"The Gawain!" Bartley wailed. "Our beautiful prize Gawain!"
"Well, it was only a test model," Schneizel said as he turned to the two coming out of the cave and smiled. "Aside from that, I'm thankful you're both all right."
Schneizel smiled at them and Euphie was happy to see Schneizel.
"Oh, Schneizel, I missed you!" Euphie said happily as she rushed over to go to Schneizel.
"Dear Euphie, I'm sorry it took us so long," Schneizel said happily.
"No, it's all right," Euphie assured kindly.
Soldiers from Shikine approached them and want to Schneizel.
"Your Highness, shall we keep to the schedule?" One of the soldiers asked.
"Hm? Oh, right." Schneizel replied.
The soldiers then surrounded Suzaku.
"Major Suzaku Kururugi, you're under arrest for a violation of military regulations." One of the soldiers said.
This surprised Suzaku and Euphie.
"What's the meaning of this?!" Euphie asked. "Major Kururugi is my knight! You can't do—"
"This is something I can take care of later. For now, let them be." Schneizel interjected and the soldiers disbursed.
"Did something happen?" Euphie asked confused.
(Somewhere In The Air)
The Gawain was still flying over the ocean.
"I've contacted Ohgi!" Zero said. "We'll rendezvous with them out at sea.
"Right! And… one other thing. The Guren Mk-II?" Kallen asked.
"Don't worry all our Knightmares were recovered." Soul informed her. "You may thank Asahina and Chiba for that."
"Yes, sir!" Kallen said relieved.
"Suzaku, forgive me," Lelouch said to himself. "I never intended to use the power on you, but…"
"But you had no choice, right?" Logan said what Lelouch was thinking and Lelouch nodded. "It could be a good thing in a way, at least now we know he won't keep trying to throw his life away needlessly."
"Yeah, you have a point," Lelouch said.
(Flashback: Shikine Island)
Back at Shikine Island before the Hadron Cannon fired Lelouch activated his Geass and used it on Suzaku.
"LIVE!" Lelouch ordered.
Suzaku under the control of Geass quickly let go of Soul's arm and rushed to the Lancelot, Zero then turned off the Gefjun Disturber and Suzaku entered the Lancelot, powered it on and rushed to get away from the sandpit as the Hadron Cannon fired.
(Flashback End, Shikine Island)
In the military base within Shikine Island, Suzaku, Euphie, and Schneizel met with Cecile and Fayer along with several soldiers there. When they arrive Fayer plays a recording of Suzaku back on at the sandpit when the Hadron Cannon fired.
"Major Kururugi, follow your orders!" Fayer ordered.
"Shut up! Who cares about them?! I HAVE TO LIVE!" Suzaku rebuked.
"I have no idea how you got out of the Lancelot, but you blew a golden opportunity to put an end to Zero in order to save your own life according to this," Fayer said. "Are you going to protest this evidence?"
"Was that… really me?" Suzaku said confused, not being able to remember that event.
"This is nothing less than insubordination!" Fayer said not pleased.
(Area 11 Viceroy's Palace)
In the Viceroy Palace of Area 11, Cornelia was in her office and she was informed of the events that happened on Kamina Island by Darlton and was surprised to hear about Suzaku
"Kururugi did that?!" Cornelia asked.
"Yes. The details are unknown." Darlton said.
"Dammit, just when I thought we had nailed the lid on Ishikawa…" Cornelia said.
"Your Highness!" Guilford spoke as he rushed over in a hurry.
"What now, Guilford?" Cornelia drawled.
"The enemy has destroyed the Great Kamon Bridge in Kyushu block!" Guilford reported.
"What?!" Cornelia responded as she and Darlton were shocked.
"They also cut off vehicle access at four other points," Guilford continued. "and large numbers of assault landing craft are moving into the Genkai Sea!"
"The Chinese Federation?!" Cornelia replied. "But have they made a declaration of war?"
"No, Highness!" Guilford replied. "The crafts are bearing the flag of Japan!"
In the Genkai Sea, there were a large number of Chinese watercrafts approaching Kyushu and the watercraft all an image of the Japan flag print on them.
To Be Continued
And that's the chapter, and man I'm glad I got this done, and as you saw I decide to show a flashback on how Logan and Rolo first meet in case some of you were curious.
So see you next time, hope you enjoyed, and have an awesome day.