Code Geass: Black-Blooded Orphans
Stage 8: The Miracle of Narita
"The Black Knights… t-they're attacking from both the summit AND from outside the encirclement line…. Oh god….. It's the Ganymede! They're saying the Ganymede is leading the charge at the encirclement line!" The soldier said.
(Play Gundam IBO - Surface of the Iron-Blooded Orphans)
Meanwhile, The Ganymede along with some Burais including the Rei and the Gusion charged at the encirclement line.
"Alright, charge!" Nunnally shouts.
"KURO BANZAI!" The Black Knights shouted their battle cry.
"Hold the damn line you fools!" A Britannian soldier said.
The tanks, Yorks and Sutherlands outside the encirclement line had fired at the approaching Black Knights. The Ganymede, Rei, and Gusion rushed at the encirclement line and breached the line. The Black Knights make their way up the mountain.
G-1 Base
"The enemy has just breached the encirclement line!" The first officer said.
'So, this is what Zero had planned all along… And it's all my fault that all those lives that I was entrusted with were ruined because of me.' Clovis thought.
Narita
"How many did we lose?" Kewell asked.
"80% of our forces are wiped out." A soldier said.
'80%? Gone? In just a matter of seconds? Even with 20% of our forces remaining our command structure is already falling apart!' Kewell thought, "Viletta, take the Purebloods and intercept the Black Knights! Warn Princess Cornelia as well!"
"Right!" Viletta said as the Purists excluding Kewell went to intercept the Black Knights.
"They broken through?!" Guilford said.
"Yes unfortunately. What do we do sir?" A soldier said.
"Have the Kimaris and the Julia ready. If we get caught in a pincer movement, we'll be slaughtered like pigs." Guilford said.
G-1 Base
Nonette got inside the Julia awaiting her orders as Euphie got in the Kimaris. The Julia was going to launch from the rear while Euphie launched from the G-1.
'To think that Marianne's Ghost would show up here. No matter, I'll take that thing down and put an end to this.' Nonette thought as she hooked up with the NLS System, "Nonette Enneagram, Launching now!"
The Julia launched as well as the Kimaris.
Narita
The Black Knights had destroyed Kalius's unit and approached ever closer to their objective. The Unit that was lead by Viletta was under attack by the Black Knights led by Nunnally. The Gusion pulled out a giant hammer and began destroying every enemy in sight. The Kishi Kai had pulled out what looked like a katana sword that samurai's once used and slashed away at its foes. Viletta's unit was taking a beating.
"Damn! Now what the hell are we gonna do?" A Purist asked.
"Fight damn it! We fight to the death!" Viletta said as she fired back.
Code R Project Lab 14
The Laboratory was going to be used as a temporary base for the Black Knights. Milly and Rivalz had come across a Knightmare of unknown design. It had the shape of a football. It had 4 spikes on the bottom and one on the rear. There was five in all that were actually harkens. Rivalz inspected the machine and notices that the head looked similar to the Gusion's head. He also found a red orb that was just below the head. He noticed the the Knightmare's head had a hatch and went inside to see an NLS slot in the cockpit.
"This thing is one weird cookie, just what is this thing?" Rivalz asked as he got out.
"Well this console says Siegfried, that must be its name." Milly said.
"Well whatever the case, this thing would need someone with a compatible NLS Whisker to use it, I doubt the ones we have will do." Rivalz said.
"I think I have a suggestion." A voice came.
The two teens turn to see Jeremiah back on his feet after resting a little bit.
"Well before that, we got to get this thing in working order, it doesn't took finished." Rivalz said.
"It's not finished?" Jeremiah asked.
"Thankfully we found the parts to finish it with so you just gotta wait." Rivalz said.
Narita
The trucks had deployed the custom Burais as Todoh and the Four Holy Swords got in their Burais.
"If Zero was behind the landslide, we should get to Cornelia and get her from the rear." Todoh said, "Capture Cornelia! Make them pay for what happened 7 Years ago!"
"Yes! By the honor of the Four Holy Swords!" The Holy Swords responded.
The Burai Kais lept into action with their katana blades in hand.
"Defend the area!" Guilford ordered.
The Holy Swords cut their way through the enemy.
"Surround her!" Todoh said.
"Right!" The Holy Swords replied.
'The Japan Liberation Front?' Cornelia thought.
A warning signal goes off as an enemy force is approaching her from the summit. It was the Black Knights.
"They're here already?!" Cornelia said to herself.
"KURO BANZAI!" The Black Knights shouted as they approached the front and the rear of Cornelia's forces.
"Guren MK.2, capture Cornelia." Zero said.
The Guren MK.2 charges in at Cornelia's unit. The Guren and the Gloucester clashed.
"Is this what took out Kalius's unit?" Cornelia asked.
Nunnally's forces moved in and attacked Cornelia's forces. Todoh saw the Ganymede as it speeds forth.
'So that's you in there, isn't it Nunnally?' Todoh wondered as he slashed a Sutherland.
"Your Highness!" Guilford yelled as he rushed forth to his princess.
"L-Lord Guilford wait—" a soldier said until the Gusion crushed the Sutherland the soldier was in, killing him as well.
The Guren knocks Cornelia's assault rifle out of her Gloucester's hands.
"So you Elevens were capable of having this technology." Cornelia said.
"That's right! Now we can take you head on with equal footing. This Guren MK.2 will lead the counterattack here and now!" Kallen said.
The Guren reeled its right hand.
'That arm is already making me feel uncomfortable. If I just back away—'
The arm extends as Cornelia tries to keep her distance. Guilford came in at the last minute to shield the Gloucester with his own as the claw grasped the head.
"Guilford, what the hell are you doing?!" Cornelia asked.
"Run Princess! Run away!" Guilford said.
'Sorry….' Kallen thought as she activated the Radiant Wave Surger.
The Gloucester began to expand as it looked as if it was inflating like a balloon.
"Run your majesty! Get away from here! RUN!" Guilford said.
"But—"
The auto-eject activates in response to Guilford's life being in danger. All Cornelia heard was Guilford screaming in agony as one of his eyes suddenly implode. His cockpit rocketed him away from the battlefield. The Guren deactivated the Radiant Wave Surger and tossed the Gloucester's head as it exploded into flames. Cornelia was left with a mortified look on her face. Tears began to flow down her eyes as she sobbed inside the cockpit.
'Guilford… why? Why did you have to die in my place?' Cornelia thought.
(Play Gundam IBO - Defenders of the Wild)
Soon, her anger was brought once again into the light of her eyes. She roared in anger as she swung her lance in fury. The Guren backed away from the Gloucester. All Cornelia could think about was killing the one person that caused her all this misery, Zero, whom she assumes is in the Guren MK.2.
"Kallen! Back off! You do not want to take on an angry buffalo on your own!" Tamaki said.
Tamaki began shooting at the Gloucester. Cornelia draws her attention at the Burai shooting at her. She rushed at the Burai and knocked it sideways with the lance she carried. The Burai gets knocked into a few trees.
Tamki Count: 1
"Ouch….." Tamaki said as he rubbed his head.
The Ganymede knocked the Gloucester away from the Burai.
"Tamaki-san, are you alright?" Nunnally asked.
"Oh yeah sure, I'm TOTALLY fine." Tamaki said.
"Begone you damn ghost!" Cornelia roared as she charged at the Ganymede.
The Ganymede dodges and folded out a semi-automatic rifle. She fired the rifle at the Gloucester. The Gloucester dodged the bullets and shot back at the Ganymede. The Gloucester gets its gun destroyed and charged at the Ganymede. The Ganymede withdraws its gun and brings out its swords. The Ganymede dodges the lance and cuts off the Gloucester's left arm. The Gloucester still held the lance. Cornelia saw Zero's Burai and went after it.
"No!" Nunnally said.
The Kimaris got in the way however as the Gloucester charged. The Julia speeds after the Gloucester.
"Nelly, you've done enough. Snap out of it!" Nonette said.
"How about you stay out of my way!" Cornelia yelled back at Nonette.
'What the hell has gotten into her?!' Nonette thought.
"Oniisama! (Big Brother!)" Nunnally said.
'Crap! Lelouch!' Kallen thought.
The Guren went to intercept the Gloucester as it made its mad dash. Todoh and the Four Holy swords were already engaged with the rest of Cornelia's troops.
"Um, Colonel?" Asahina said.
'I know Asahina. But if we break formation now….' Todoh thought.
"Run! Take her into the valley, we'll box her in! Run!" Nagata said as he and Sugiyama shoot at the Gloucester.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Cornelia roared as Zero turned his Burai and ran into the valley.
The Gloucester knocks the two Burai out of her way and pursues Zero.
"That's right you gutless coward. Run like the coward you are, for I'll make you suffer for every last subordinate you killed!" Cornelia said as her sanity began to leave her.
'Damn! She intends to kill me?! Even if I have to reveal my identity to her, she'll kill me regardless!' Lelouch thought, 'I should have known she was losing herself after what happened in Saitama.'
"GOT YOU!" Cornelia said as she was about to throw her lance.
The Guren went and shielded the Burai as the lance was thrown, taking its left arm out. The Guren falls over.
'Kallen!' Lelouch thought as he turned around.
Cornelia grabbed the lance and pointed it at the Guren's cockpit while the Gloucester's foot kept the right arm down.
"Now die you foolish Eleven!" Cornelia yelled.
The Burai knocked the Gloucester off of the Guren.
'Why would Lelouch save me just now? He should just get away from her.' Kallen thought.
'I won't lose anyone to her rage. Not even Kallen should die because of Cornelia's own rage!' Lelouch thought as he valiantly fought the Gloucester.
The Gloucester kicked the Burai into a wall of the valley. Cornelia began to laugh as her sanity began to trickle down even more.
"Well Zero, seems like vengeance is mine at long last!" Cornelia said.
The Gekka kicked the Gloucester away from the Burai. The Burai got back up.
Summit of the mountain
The Electromagnetic Cannon that the Black Knights found repaired was operational. It was aimed at the valley. It was held up by a tripod and was being aimed by a Burai piloted by Gin.
"Electromagnetic Cannon firing now!" Gin said as he pulls the trigger.
The Cannon howled as the shell was fired out of the Cannon. The shell streaked toward the valley and slammed through its walls.
Valley
The valley walls caved in behind the Gloucester. Cornelia had nowhere to run now. She was trapped.
"It worked!" Naoto said.
The Ganymede managed to get away from the Kimaris and made it to the valley as the rest of the Black Knights made their way to the valley.
'Gin did it!' Nunnally thought.
G-1 Base
"Dear god….. we're not going to lose the viceroy as well, right?" The first officer asked.
"Send the ASEEC Corps. Its our only chance." Clovis said.
"R-right away milord. We'll get to it." The second officer said.
ASEEC Corps
"It would seem they want us to deploy." Lloyd said.
"Finally! I've been waiting way too long!" Rai said.
'Euphie…' Suzaku thought.
Black Knights Temporary HQ
The Siegfried was being finished. Nina looked at the files that were related to the Siegfried. She was surprised by the fact that the Siegfried was an advanced Knightmare Frame that was called a Knight Giga Fortress. The machine also uses an ancient floatation device. The Code R researchers called it the 'Float System' or 'Float Unit'. The Siegfried also had a generator that makes a magnetic field that would stop incoming energy projectiles.
It could control its harkens using Harken Boosters and are wired controlled. That red orb that was below the head was actually just lenses that focus energy on a single area. The energy is fired in a straight beam of hot plasma particles. The machine was almost finished. Jeremiah got inside the machine and hooked himself up to the Siegfried's NLS System. His eyes widened as he felt the connection.
"So how do you feel?" Rivalz asked.
"Better." Jeremiah said.
"Wait, what—"
A gust of wind blew forth from the Siegfried as its eyes glowed with green.
"I FEEL ALIVE!" Jeremiah shouts.
'Whoa! Is that how Nunnally felt inside the Ganymede for the first time?' Milly thought.
The Siegfried's float activated and helped the Siegfried hover. The machine moved its legs around as it began to ascend. It flew out of the building and rushed to the mountain. With newfound confidence in himself again, Jeremiah now has found someone who he can serve to the end. And that someone was Nunnally Vi Britannia.
Narita
The Lancelot and the Club were climbing to where Cornelia was. The Guren retreats to get field repairs on the left arm. Cornelia was surrounded from all sides.
"You coward! You intended on luring me in here?" Cornelia said.
"That seems hypocritical. I remember that what you planned the last time we met seemed to have shown some cowardice." Zero said.
Cornelia clenched her teeth. The Guren was repaired and now has its left arm back after a few minutes of repairing and now heads back into the valley where the Black Knights have trapped Cornelia.
"You killed my royal guards, you humiliated me twice, and now you're going to capture me?" Cornelia asked.
"That is what I had planned all along." Zero said.
That's what you think.' Cornelia thought, "That one!"
She points her lance at the Ganymede.
"If I beat this one, i'll be—"
Nunnally shuts the woman up by kicking the Gloucester in the head, knocking it down.
'Do they even have any manners at all?' Cornelia thought.
"You talk too much." Nunnally said.
"Why you—"
The Ganymede swung its swords at the Gloucester, hitting it multiple times. The Ganymede kicks the Gloucester again.
"Besides, you've already lost just by challenging me." Nunnally said.
"I think not!" Cornelia said as she thrusts her lance.
The Ganymede dodges it and cuts off the arm that held it. The Ganymede kicks the Gloucester down and points one of its swords at the cockpit.
'It's over Cornelia, I won.' Nunnally thought.
"Well, what are waiting for? Finish it." Cornelia said, "I'd rather die than be your captive."
No response from the Ganymede.
"You think I'll just beg to scum like you?" Cornelia asked.
No response.
"Why the won't you finish me?! Haven't you already taken enough from me?!" Cornelia asked.
There was still silence.
"No." Nunnally decided, "You're not worth the trouble."
Cornelia's eyes widened.
"I won't kill an opponent whose spirit is already broken. I would only be wasting my talent by slaughtering the weak." Nunnally said.
Cornelia soon felt fear. She knew she was going to be captured. It was the end for her no doubt. She knew that it was futile to resist. There was nothing she could do.
'Please… Someone… Anyone….. Help me….' Cornelia pleaded with her thoughts.
The ground shook as an explosion tore a hole in the Valley. It was the Lancelot and the Club.
"Viceroy, are you alright?" Suzaku asked.
"Nothing bad happened while we were waiting, right?" Rai asked.
"Special Corps? Who authorized you?" Cornelia asked, 'Could it have been Clovis?'
'Suzaku…' Nunnally thought, 'I won't let you get in the way.'
"Actually, speaking of bad, I just remembered that I just saw a giant flying orange around here somewhere. I can't see him anywhere." Rai said.
"Orange?" Everyone muttered.
Another explosion came from the walls of the valley.
"You called?" A familiar voice said.
'Wait, that deep voice….. Oh no.' Rai thought.
"Who could it be?" Naoto asked.
"IT IS I, JEREMIAH GOTTWALD!" Jeremiah announced himself.
"Aw son of a bitch." Yoshida said.
"WHAT?!" Tamaki exclaimed.
'Death has no grip on that man.' Lelouch thought.
'We're all gonna die….' Rai thought.
"Lady Nunnally, are you alright?" Jeremiah asked.
'Jerry…' Nunnally thought, "Yeah."
'Does she remember however?' Jeremiah thought.
"Well Jerry, I guess I'm glad to see you again." Nunnally said.
'She remembers!' Jeremiah thought.
The Siegfried looks at the Lancelot and Lancelot Club.
"Suzaku, something tells me not to fight this guy at all." Rai said.
'You're not the only one with that feeling.' Suzaku thought.
"So you really have been an ally to Zero, Orange!" Cornelia said.
"I beg to differ Princess. I'm only doing what any loyal subject would do." Jeremiah said, "Now move aside Kururugi or face the wrath of one of Marianne's royal guard."
"Yeah right, as if I'm gonna move from this spot." Rai said.
"We won't let you have the Viceroy." Suzaku said.
"Well, I tried giving you an offer that would spare your lives, but I guess you don't know the comparison of bravery and stupidity." Jeremiah said.
The Siegfried begins to spin.
"Now I will show you how a real Knight fights his battles!" Jeremiah said.
The Siegfried flies right into the Lancelot and the Club. The Club picks up the Gloucester and the Lancelot and the Club jump out of the Valley. The Black Knights give chase. A light glowed from below the Siegfried's head.
"Now you shall witness at first hand the power of the Siegfried!" Jeremiah said.
The Siegfried fired an energy beam. The Lancelot and the Club along with the Gloucester narrowly dodged it.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Rai exclaimed.
'Just who in the hell made that thing?' Cornelia asked.
'The guy is a freaking Lu Bu in that thing!' Naoto thought.
'There's no way that someone could create that thing.' Suzaku thought.
G-1 Base
Clovis looked at awe to see that the Siegfried was operational after just 7 years of development ever since he found its damaged and ragged steel body buried beneath mount Fuji.
'So it was reactivated then….. And the Black Knights are in possession of it.' Clovis thought.
"Get me a communication line to the Lancelot." Clovis said.
"Right, your highness." a soldier said.
Narita
"Wait, you mean we can't do ANYTHING against THAT thing?!" Rai exclaimed.
"Yes, it's highly recommended that you do not engage the Siegfried in Knightmare Combat, the VARIS is practically useless against that magnetic field." Clovis said.
'That makes us sitting ducks then!' Suzaku thought.
"Orange, go after Cornelia. Q-1 and K-1, assist Orange in capturing Cornelia." Zero ordered.
"Right!" the Kozuki siblings replied.
"K-2, how are things on your end?" Zero asked.
"Pretty fine out here, the JLF is holding out just like you thought they would." Keitaro said.
"Have the bombs been planted?" Zero asked.
"Primed and ready to go once Katase's guys are done packing, we'll detonate them after they make it out." Keitaro said.
"Then keep doing what you're doing." Zero said.
"Right." Keitaro said.
"Q-2 and Q-3, deal with the Lancelot and its 'little brother'." Zero said.
"Right!" Nunnally and Shirley responded.
The Ganymede and the Rei were catching up with the Lancelot and the Club. The Julia comes in sight.
"Nelly, follow me! You two stay back and hold those two off. Me and Euphie will take over." Nonette said.
"Right." Suzaku responded.
"Got it." Rai said, "Wait, what about-"
"Don't worry, I faced more than one enemies at once a few times." Nonette said.
The Lancelot and the Club hold the Ganymede and the Rei off while the wBlack Knights went after Cornelia. The Ganymede charged at the Lancelot with its guns out. The Ganymede fires at the Lancelot as it blocked the bullets with the Blaze Luminous Shield. The Lancelot fired its VARIS. The Ganymede swiftly dodged it.
'It's as fast as the Lancelot.' Suzaku thought.
The Ganymede rushes right in and kicks the Lancelot. The Ganymede withdraws its guns and brings out its swords. The Ganymede knocks the rifle out of the Lancelot's hands. The Ganymede grabs the VARIS.
"H-Hey! Give that back!" Suzaku said.
"Sorry Zaku, I'm afraid you're a little too young for a dangerous toy like this." Nunnally said.
'Zaku?!' Suzaku thought, "Kisama no–! (Why you–!)"
"Now is that how you talk to all the girls, or just to the one in particular?" Nunnally mocked.
Suzaku soon fell to his rage as he brought out his sword and charged recklessly. The Ganymede dodges and shoots the VARIS at the Lancelot. The Lancelot's head gets blown off.
'Oh dear, I think my daughter is beginning take after me every second she fights.' Marianne thought.
'I feel bad for that poor boy, oh well.' Nemo thought.
The Ganymede slashed the Lancelot's arms off and cuts it in half, leaving only the torso to lie on the ground.
"Suzaku no!" Rai exclaimed.
Shirley took advantage of the situation and swung its two lances and severed the Club's arms. The Rei kicks the Club to the side. The Rei grabbed the VARIS Rifle the Club dropped.
'This seems important.' Shirley thought.
The two girls went to go assist the others who were in pursuit of Cornelia. Suzaku looked depressed inside the Lancelot.
"It's time to end it, don't you think?" A voice came.
It was a figment of Suzaku's mind. It had been there for as long as Suzaku has lived. Only he could hear or see it.
"No, I know I failed. I will find another way to fix it, if I ever get that chance." Suzaku said.
"If you had some pride left in you. But it's gone now! There's no hope." The other Suzaku said.
"I don't need my pride, I've been fine without it. It's not going to fix things." Suzaku said.
"Well look at you… What if Lelouch is Zero and finds out you're his enemy?" The other Suzaku asked.
"Zero hasn't shown his face in weeks after his debut, and I know Lelouch wouldn't stay close to that burning hatred against Britannia for after 7 years." Suzaku said, "Zero thinks he can just recruit me even after he caused enough chaos as he had already done."
"Maybe you're wrong. You haven't even bothered to think about it at all and he is still becoming even stronger and bolder with every soldier he adds to his army. How long do you think you can keep this up?!" The other Suzaku said, "You know it will all be over eventually anyways, so how about you stop right now!"
"I know he may be gaining support by the Japanese from the shadows, but I know he's just being self-righteous." Suzaku said, "He's nothing but a threat to the masses."
"Who cares about him?! There's no way to fight against him, there's nothing to fight for! There is no more honor." The other Suzaku said, "Come to think of it, the only honorable thing to do is—"
"Quiet." Suzaku said.
"NO! I WILL NOT SPEND ANOTHER ETERNITY IN THIS FORSAKEN CHARADE!" The other Suzaku roared at the real Suzaku, "If I have to live in this charade anymore, I'LL-! I'LL—!"
"What do you want from me?" Suzaku asked.
"I want it to end." The other Suzaku said, "Aren't you tired? Don't you want to be free of all of these burdens? Our ancestors await us, they want to see you."
The other Suzaku leaves as Suzaku got a hold of himself once again. Meanwhile, The Siegfried fought the Kimaris and the Julia while the Guren and the Gekka took on Cornelia's Gloucester. The Kimaris tries to get close, but the Siegfried's tail harken knocked the Kimaris away. The Kimaris fires its guns in its Lance. The bullets bounce off of the Siegfried's armor.
'Just how tough is this thing?' Euphie thought.
'There's no way for me to help Nelly if Orange is still fighting me.' Nonette thought.
Soon, Nonette's personal forces that were using Grazes arrived. However, they are in combat with the Black Knights. The JLF had finished preparing their evacuation and began evacuating as their forces had cleared the area and got away. Keitaro's unit falls back and lets the Britannians fall for their trap. As soon as the Britannians entered the base, they were all wiped out by a huge explosion. The base caved in, crushing all who were unlucky.
"What the hell?!" Kewell said, "It was all a trap!"
Kewell now had a chance to save the Viceroy to make up for what had happened in front of him. He had ordered the others to regroup with Cornelia as soon as possible. Meanwhile, The Guren latched on to the Lance the Gloucester held and activated the Radiant Wave Surger, destroying the Lance as Cornelia separated the only remaining arm left.
"Looks like you've been… Disarmed." Kallen said with an actual pun intended.
"That's not fun— wait, was that a pun?" Cornelia said.
Naoto giggled a little bit from Cornelia's reaction.
'No that wasn't a pun….. Thats…. Mockery! She's mocking me already and I didn't catch up on it!' Cornelia thought, "Do you even have any manners at all?!"
"Sorry, I don't think you taught me any manners at all." Kallen said.
The Ganymede and the Rei finally made it and managed to get in between the Julia and the Kimaris.
"Jerry, are you ok?" Nunnally asked.
"I'm fine milady. I do thank you concern however." Jeremiah said.
"ORANGE!" A voice roared.
It was Kewell. Apparently he had heard an unconfirmed report saying that Jeremiah had joined the Black Knights. Now he wanted to get even at the man for potentially stabbing him in the back.
'Does this guy even know that he's fighting a Lu Bu? He's gonna practically die in a few seconds against him.' Naoto thought.
The Sutherland pulled out its stun tonfas and charged at the Siegfried. The Siegfried revealed two generators that suddenly generated an electric current all around it. The Sutherland was repelled the moment it touched the current.
"Just what the hell is that thing?" Kewell muttered to himself.
"You can't possibly win Kewell, for as long as I can tell, this machine is actually 7000 years old!" Jeremiah said.
'7000?!' Everyone thought.
"There's no way that can be right!" Cornelia said.
"Oh, but it is. Originally, it was supposed to run on its own with a program that gave it its own independence, allowing it to act accordingly in any situation, that way no one had to pilot it." Jeremiah said, "But now since the Code R Project unearthed this machine and rebuilt it, it will now stain the battlefield as my personal unit!"
"We'll see after I turn that 7000 year old trash can into nothing but scrap!" Kewell said as he attempts to attack the Siegfried again.
The Siegfried releases all of its harkens to attack Kewell, who had tried his best to fight. Kewell blocked and dodged every single attack that came at him as he charged. Kewell managed to get close to the Siegfried, but the Siegfried activated it's electric current to repel the Sutherland again. The harkens hit the Sutherland from all sides, leaving Kewell in a bad situation.
'Damn… He's practically drawn out its full potential at this point. Is there anything that can be done against it?' Kewell thought.
The Kimaris and the Ganymede fought each other in high-speed combat. The Ganymede fires the VARIS at the Kimaris. The Kimaris dodges the shots and fired back with its guns inside its lance. The Ganymede puts the VARIS away and pulls out its swords and blocks the bullets using its Blaze Luminous shields.
'It's like it knows what more i'll make. I'll just have to use hit and run tactics for now.' Euphie thought.
The Kimaris charged with its lance. The Ganymede dodges the charge. The Kimaris comes around for another attack. The Ganymede dodges the charge again and pulls out its guns. The Kimaris charges again as it dodges the bullets. The Ganymede dodges the lance but gets tackled by the Kimaris. The Ganymede raised its sword and strikes the Kimaris's head. The Ganymede kicks the Kimaris to the side and recovered from the charge. The Kimaris's head had a scratch on it.
'Euphie must be the pilot of that Gali Gali….. it's the only reason why it's moving so fast.' Nunnally thought as her Geass glowed brightly.
The Rei and the Julia clashed. The two clashed fiercely as one or the other kept deflecting their attacks. Sparks flew all over the place. The Rei swung its lance at the Julia. The Julia blocks it with its arm-blades.
'This one's got some fire alright.' Nonette thought.
'If I can take her down…' Shirley thought.
The two combatants broke off from combat. The Gloucester took a stray shot to the leg, making it fall over. The Gekka and the Guren went and helped the others deal with Nonette's personal forces.
'Nelly!' Nonette thought.
'Sister!' Euphie thought.
'Now's my chance!' Nunnally thought.
She broke off from the Kimaris and raced towards the Gloucester.
"If I can get to her, it's over!" Nunnally said to herself.
The Julia got in the way. It charged in and knocked the two swords the Ganymede held out of it's hands. Just as Nonette was going to finish it, The Ganymede fired two harkens from its waist and cuts the arms of the Julia off. The Ganymede fired a point-blank shot at the Julia's head. The Kimaris however got in the way.
"I won't let you have her!" Euphie said.
However, CC was in between the two Knightmares. CC approached the Kimaris and puts her hand on it. Her forehead glowed as her code began to display images of her past inside Euphemia's head.
'What is with her forehead?' Cornelia thought, "I don't know who you are, but if I were you—"
But as Cornelia laid a hand on the green haired woman, she too saw CC's past.
"No…. Stop it…" CC said as she clenched her chest, "You're… Unveiling me…."
The images switched from time to time quickly. Suddenly Euphemia screamed bloody murder and started shooting everything.
"Whoa what the hell?!" Naoto said.
"Get back!" Ohgi said.
'Just what the hell is going on?!' Nonette thought.
CC suddenly had shrapnel penetrate her chest and fell unconscious. Cornelia snapped out of her trance and realized what was going on.
"Euphie? What's wrong? What's going on?" Cornelia asked.
"GET AWAY! I SAID GET AWAY FROM ME!" Euphemia said.
Apparently she was going through a state of hallucination and a state of psychological backlash from the images that emerged in her psyche.
"Retreat, we've done enough!" Zero said.
"Right!" The Black Knights replied as they all retreated and gathered around Zero.
The Ganymede quickly picked up CC and ran. The Kimaris ran out of power and shuts down. The Lance soon was dry, not a single bullet emerged from it. Cornelia opened the cockpit to see a wide eyed, scarred for life, and scared Euphie as she tried to breathe.
'What the hell happened Euphie? What did that woman do to you?!' Cornelia thought.
She ordered a retreat as her forces had sustained enough casualties to begin with. The Ganymede took CC into a cave and dropped her on the ground. Nunnally got out and went to provide medical aid to the poor woman.
"You do know she's immortal, right?" Marianne said.
"Yeah, I know. But she won't regenerate with that piece of shrapnel in her chest." Nunnally said as she attempts to remove the shrapnel.
"Trust me, she took WAY more injuries than you can imagine." Marianne said.
Nunnally removed the shrapnel and got a bandage around the wound.
"There, she'll be better now." Nunnally said.
Naoto was looking for Nunnally and found the Ganymede inside the cave. Naoto got out and looked for and found her with CC.
"Um….. I'm just gonna….. You know, let you—"
But Naoto got hit in the head with a rock Nunnally instinctively threw. He fell on the floor.
"Oh no! Naoto-kun!" Nunnally said.
"Naoto-kun? Oh Nunnally, did you two—"
"Don't do it Marianne. You don't want to do it." Nemo said.
"Oh but Nemo, it's like the birds and the bees. Surely even you—"
"Mother, can't we just get Naoto patched up?" Nunnally asked.
"Are saying that just to get knocked up with him?" Marianne asked.
"MARIANNE!" Nemo yelled as Nunnally's face turned red.
CC said something, except it wasn't clear enough. Nunnally heard it again. It made it clear to her that it was her name.
'Cera?' Nunnally thought.
'Seriously? All that immortality and her name is Cera?' Marianne thought.
'And I thought my name was lame.' Nemo thought.
Naoto suddenly recovered as did CC. They left the cave and reunited with the Black Knights. The rest were leaving the city to regroup with everyone on the mountain along with the JLF. The Alpha was right behind them.
'I have to eliminate the, in order for the secret of Code R to be safeguarded. If they publish any information relating to Code R….' Madd thought.
He then saw a man with a stick, it was Guilford, he looked horrible, his hand clutching his left eye.
"Princess Cornelia…" Guilford said before collapsing.
'Actually, I have a better idea.' Madd thought as he took the man and lurked in the shadows.
Joseph was wandering about the abandoned city to see the Black Knights as they drove past a building he quickly hid in. He could not afford to be caught by anyone, military or not. He kept going until he saw Madd right in front of him.
"Nice weather we have here." Madd said.
"Yeah, nice weather." Joseph said, "Where are the others?"
"They already got the truck loaded with the equipment." Madd said.
"So then what are you doing here?" Joseph asked, "Aren't you worried about the military? Or the Black Knights for that matter?"
"Oh no. I fear no man Joseph." Madd said, "Besides…. You got some explaining to do."
He quickly snapped his fingers and an explosion occurred beside Jospeh on his left.
'What in the—?! How did that—'
Before Joseph could finish the thought, he saw Madd's right hand glowing with a bird sigil.
"What in the—? Colonel what in the—"
"Hell did I do to myself?" Madd said as if the thought ran through him, "Oh Joseph, you would not understand."
"Understand what?" Joseph asked.
Suddenly it came to him. He remembered reading this somewhere in the bible when he used to be as pious as he was back then. He remembered that the bible coined the very mark he saw as 'The Devil's Sigil.' This sigil represented the fact that that person had a made a deal with the devil and his witches. Those who had the mark were either given godlike powers or were immortal. He remembered that CC herself also had that mark when the Code R Experiments were still being conducted.
'Come to think of it, No one ever knew how she became immortal in the first place… Could it be that… oh god…..' Joseph thought as his eyes widened, "Colonel, don't tell me you—"
"Made a deal with the devil?" Madd said as he began to laugh, "Oh Joseph, I am the devil."
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