Ok guys, I'm sorry for being gone for so long, but I finally got back to it and finished chapter 3! In this chapter stuff happens that I feel needed to happen for this type of story. We end up in Yokai Academy, and we meet people like Kuyou and Moka, albeit briefly. Full introductions next chapter :)

Also, Trey finally gets a Geass! I have a few ideas about what the power will be, but I'm still unsure. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to tell me, and of course, I'm always hoping for feedback, and reviews, so hit that review and remember to follow and favourite!

Trey Faulkner is out, PEACE!

3 months later

Trey stood on a knightmare's shoulders, in the engineering room in the Ikaruga, changing parts and in general making the knightmare function better.

"How did you go with the new designs?" Rakshata asked from the ground.

"Brilliant, I've already started a mark-up blueprint for it, and I'll start production for a prototype when those new parts get here. "

"Hmm, yes…" Rakshata said slowly.

"Are you ok? You've been a little weird lately, and for you to be weird is saying something."

"No I'm fine, it's just that…" She paused for a second, and then spoke. "The Black Knights are all but finished. We're just a small militia force now, serving the now united world. I don't know, sometimes it just feels so hollow. At least we were freed from the Demon Emperor."

"Hey, maybe he was a good guy, he just acted evil."

"Yes, of course. That makes SOOOO much sense." Rakshata said sarcastically.

"Whatever, you don't have to start a battle of words. We wouldn't want another bloodbath, would we?"

"Ha-ha, very funny. So how's your life doing?"

Trey ripped out the factsphere from the Vincent's shoulder, inspected it quickly, and then dropped it onto a pile of trash that was quickly growing on the ground. "Good I guess. I'm thinking about enrolling in school, actually."

"Really, why's that?"

"Well, I get a lot of downtime around here, I might as well meet people around my age, you know?"

"Yeah, I guess."

Their conversation got interrupted suddenly by a voice, running through the Engineering room; "Hang on, coming through, whoa, watch it!" Trey looked over to see a familiar face running towards him.

"Hey, Trey, what's going on?"

"Hey Tamaki, nice to see you!" Tamaki smiled, and then tossed up a file.
"The Blade Squad is being mobilised. As the leader of the squad I thought you'd like to see the mission."

The Blade Squad was a special, wildcard squad within the Black Knights. Trey could remember the day that he was pitched the idea:

"Come in Trey, sit down." Xing Ke said, gesturing to an empty seat.

"Thanks sir, what is it that you need?"

"I'm going to be very blunt with you. You have a great deal of charisma among the men, your skills as pilot is exemplary, and you have the potential to be a great commander. Therefore I'm assigning you to a new squad, a squad you will lead. In this squad you can pick anyone class B or below, and your squad will specialise as its own unit. You will be used as wildcards during a battle, as well as Black Ops missions and other similar missions."

"Wow. I must say sir, I'm very thankful for this opportunity. I hope I don't disappoint you."

"Good man, now all you need to do is pick your team. Take a look at these files, and pick about 8 to ten people, ok?"

"Yeah sure, sir." Trey was shocked. It seemed like this was coming out of nowhere, first he's an officer, now he gets command of an entire squad?

He could remember taking the files home, and when he saw his friend Tamaki he just knew that crazy man would have to be in the squad. The rest he hand-picked, from people who have been in the Black Knights since the beginning, to some brand new recruits. And before he knew it, the Blade Squad had been created.

"Ah, yes. Just thinking about some memories…" Trey said, opening the file.

"So yeah, that mission's looking pretty serious." Tamaki commented. "Do you think it's important?"

"I don't think so." Trey replied "Just another smash and grab mission."

"Fair enough. Shall I get the team ready?"

"Yeah, do that."

As Tamaki left, Trey once again looked at the file, with a grimace.

"What's wrong? Is the mission hard?" Rakshata asked.

"No, it's just that… well; the mission has us headed back to Area 11. More specifically, in the mines under Mount Fuji. Or at least, what's left of them after the Great War."

"Ok, ok. I understand, that's where you heard those voices. However, I'm confident that nothing will happen ok?"

"Yeah, ok."

"Do you want to finish up the designs for the new Laminas frame for your mission?"

"Yeah, let's do it."

A few hours of working and thinking later, the new frame was finished.

"That older Burei was a decent prototype, but hopefully this one will hold together better, huh?" Trey commented staring at the almost completed Knightmare.

"Almost, it just needs a core. Do you think that the new core will work?" Rakshata asked.

"Hopefully, I mean all of the tests have worked out, I only hope the reaction works fine."

"Well, all of the work here is done. Now all that's needed is to put your new core design in."

In his hand Trey held the latest advancement in Knightmare technology, an alternative to Sakuradite. Of course, the Sakuradite would still be spread throughout the system, but Trey figured that if he could find a substance that could react to the Sakuradite, it could produce far more energy than ever before.

Trey slowly moved up to the centre of the frame's chest, and slowly put the new core into the Advanced Yggdrasil drive. The Knightmare was complete. Trey closed up the chest, and climbed into the cockpit.

"Members of The Blade Squad, listen here!"

One by one, the members of the Blade Squad came in from the other room.

"My friends, we've fought through many battles, and fought side by side. I only figured that you should be the first to see this. Behold Laminas Mark 2, the first 10th generation Knightmare Frame!"

With that Trey inserted the key, and slowly heard the power come on. As Rakshata performed the checklist, Trey closed the cockpit hatch.

"Climb into your Knightmares. We're about to launch!" Trey exclaimed, ready for launching himself.

As his team prepared to launch, Trey looked to Rakshata, and nodded, Trey prepared himself.

"Laminas Mark 2, launching!" Trey declared, hearing the Knightmare roar to life.

Rakshata checked her metres.
"So, So much power!" She said, stunned. The energy amounts were nearly twice as powerful as the Shen Hu, and 4 times more powerful than the Shinkiro."

Trey pushed the Knightmare forward, launching into the air with incredible speed, he burst through the hanger of the Ikaruga and out into the sky. He stopped to draw his two blades, and assume a pose with it. This was without a doubt the most powerful Drive a Knightmare had ever used.

As his teammates came out of the Hanger, Trey looked down at them. They were ready.

"Onward, to Japan!" Trey declared, shooting forwards.

"Yes sir!" His troops responded, shooting off after him.

C.C sat in her miserable cell, and not for the first time, thought about Lelouch. Indeed, he had died in order to make the Zero Requiem possible. And yet, she felt something else. That guy she fought in the skies, when she was attacking the Damocles, she could communicate with him. It means that he is the one. She knew that she'd have to talk to him, face to face.

Yet still, how was the Emperor alive? The World of C absorbed him along with Marianne, and she was sure that he was finally dead.

Her thoughts however, were interrupted by the cell door opening suddenly.

A man poked his head in. He was wearing clothing expected of the Royal Guard, slightly altered with different colours and style.

"I've been ordered to take you to the lab."

"More experimenting, huh?"

The man nodded, and then shackled her arms. When she got there, she looked once again into Charles zi Britannia's eyes. For the past 2 weeks that she's been here, ever since she was caught at the Tokyo Settlement, she had been experimented on, put through incredible pain, yet it seemed like there was no hope that it would end.

"So, C.C., it's nice to see you again." Charles said in a booming voice. "I've brought you here to conduct a few tests…"

However, his words were interrupted by a loud beeping on the surveillance camera screen.

"What?" he asked, turning towards it. What he saw was the first worrying thing he'd seen for a while. He saw a squadron of Knightmares approaching quickly, flying the flag of the Black Knights.

"Deploy the Guard! Keep him busy while we escape!"

"Yes, My LORD!" They answered in perfect unison.

"And bring the Yokai to me, just in case they get in."

"Yes sir."

As Charles turned to leave, he saw behind him a large figure. "So, Kuyou, my old friend. Are you ready to go?"

Walking out from the shadows came a man dressed strangely. He wore a long, black overcoat, decorated with a range of white lines and edges. His hair was long and fair, his facial features soft and pointed. Even his ears were pointed, and he looked on the border between being human and something else.

Kuyou smiled. "Yes sir, let us depart."

From the outside, Trey could see smoke rising from the earth, in the area that they were designated to. This was the place. There were supposed to be rebels against peace living here, terrorists who were experimenting with strange powers, attempting to make immortal soldiers. Their mission was to stop their plans and destroy the base and everyone in it.

"It's weird, huh, how we got this information?" Trey asked over the radio.

"Yep, intelligence sent it over to us. We should be expecting company any minute now…"

At that, a group of security Knightmares came up from the ground, ready to attack their invaders.

"Here they are, coming around." Trey reported.

"Ok team, here is how we'll do it. Tamaki, you take point down in the bottom corner. Drew, take that secondary force to your side of the right, and get them caught in a pincer move headed towards this spot. The rest of you, follow me down below."

As his people moved into their appropriate positions, Trey watched from below. As predicted, his opponent's forces split off, trying to intercept the multiple enemies.

"Now!" Trey commanded, splitting off from his forces and blocking off the top, leaving them nowhere to go. At the same time, his troops swooped in, blades swinging, catching the enemies in their weakest points.

"Ha-ha! Rock and Roll!" Tamaki shouted, swooping in like a madman and dispatching a group of the hostiles at once.

"Good shot! Ok guys, let's regroup."

As the troops got back together, they peered down to see the enemies preparing for a counterattack.

"Hmm, that's problematic. Ok, how about you guys go down and intercept the soldiers inside, ok? I'll hold off the interceptors here."

"Yes sir!" The Blade Squad replied, splitting off from Trey.

"Ok Laminas, this'll be fun." Trey remarked, looking down at the marshalling forces.

The last time C.C. had been in this position, she had been escaping from the Britannians the day she met Lelouch. It only seems fitting that today be the day she escaped. In the midst of all the confusion, she broke away from the guard, and made her way to the surface. As she crawled out, a hand gripped her leg. She spun back, to see Kuyou's hand grasped around her ankle. She shrieked, kicking him back down the hole in the ground. She peered up to see a completely different Knightmare, flying the colours of the Black Knights. She waved it, and used her Telepathy to contact the pilot. After all, she knew who it was.

Trey's POV

Trey was just in the middle of fighting a Flight Enabled Sutherland when he heard the voice again.

"Help me, down here!"

Trey glanced down and saw a girl. She wore a white restraining outfit, customary of Britannian prisoners. Her hair was long and coloured green. At once, Trey swooped down, landing on the ground. He opened the cockpit and signalled to her.

"Quickly, get in!" he shouted, helping her into the cockpit. He stared at her. One detail he hadn't noticed about her was the mark on her forehead. It assumed into a pattern that seemed, strangely familiar.

"Look out!" the girl shrieked, pointing above as a Knightmare lunged. Impossibly fast, Trey swung the Knightmare around, smiting the machine with his blade.

"Hang on, things are about to get rough!"

Trey pulled a switch on his knightmare, and at once began to spin. C.C. watched his hands, and they were moving so fast they looked like simply a blur. The alternating VARIS rifles shot several times, alternating on their axis and moving so fast C.C. was sure that they could fly off at any second. The surrounding Knightmares were burnt to a crisp.

"Ok, I think it's time I get some answers!" Trey exclaimed, whilst beheading a knightmare and moving on "Your voice was in my head in the Tokyo Settlement, when we were fighting here a few months ago, then again in the Interrogation room in the Ikaruga. Why? And how?"

C.C. took a deep breath, and then talked. She told the story we all know, about Geass, and her Immortal Code, and about everything that had happened. Then, she explained what had happened. How she saw Trey and just, reacted with him.

"I think that in the existence of everyone with a Code, they find one soul who will bond perfectly with the Geass, and therefore with the Contractor. Most Geass is imperfect, with people often losing control of their power. You however, seem to have a reason to live, and you have the potential to join with your power. Will you accept my gift of power, in exchange for the fulfilment of one wish of mine?"

Trey thought for a moment, then replied "Look, I don't know very much about all of this, but if what you say is true, I could definitely help you. Very well, I hereby accept the terms of your contract!"

A blinding flash of red light illuminated the cockpit, as the Contract was entered.

When Trey recovered, he looked about, and regained his bearings. The other Knightmares had obviously retreated to defend from the Blade Squad, so Trey landed the Laminas, turned back to C.C., and spoke. "I figure we should formally introduce ourselves. After all, we'll be together for a while; we might as well become friends! My name's Trey Faulkner."

C.C. smiled and shook his hand.

"Trey, the enemies are pushing back!" Drew said, over the intercom. "The fire, it's just too… AARGH!"

The communication cut off.

"I guess testing the Geass will have to wait, something's happening.

"Trey, you should run. The man who is doing this, is not human! You have to run!"

"No, I will not abandon my comrades! I'll stand and fight!"

However, that statement was short-lived as he saw his comrades speeding towards him, and Kuyou flying towards them, no Knightmare, just soaring through the air.

"What in the…" Trey started, then saw Kuyou shoot a fireball clean out of his fist.

"… Time to go!" Trey exclaimed, shooting towards the man.

The battle lasted several hours, and it was becoming more and more clear that this man wasn't human. He obviously could fly, and control fire, he had superhuman strength, and the defence of a large rock. Eventually, the Knightmares were running out of energy. That's when Trey saw a large castle, with Kids all wearing the same uniform passing in and out of the gates.

"Is this a school…" Trey wondered, as Kuyou flew in for the strike. He successfully hit the Laminas, knocking it out of the sky. Trey finally crashed to the ground, scattering the students.

"Trey!" Tamaki shouted, landing next to him. Satisfied that there was no threat, Kuyou left them there. Trey climbed out of the wrecked Knightmare, and collapsed to the ground. His team landed next to him, and tried to resuscitate him. One of the students stepped forward.

"Someone get the nurse! Someone is badly wounded!"

Before Trey closed his eyes, he saw two things. The pale pink hair of the girl who saved him, and a simple sign that read…

"Welcome to Yokai Academy!"