The ground shook as explosions were set off tremendously. Purple fire lit up the dark and a lone figure with the fire in the background regally walked toward his destination.
"My name is Lelouch vi Britannia, eldest son of Empress Marianne, the prince who was abandoned by his empire. If anyone wishes to stop me, let them try! If there is anyone who can go beyond my despair..."
Lelouch vi Britannia, former 11th prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, was ready to face his destiny. To challenge the man who had made his life a living hell by abandoning him and his sister and refusing to tell him about his mother's death.
Charles zi Britannia, prepare yourself!
The Black Knights and Schneziel's forces got wind of the incident that was happening on Kanime Island. They knew it was only one person that was capable for pulling this off. The top knightmare pilots headed out. One of them was a red-headed woman determined to get there first before anybody else. She had a few words for the person causing this mayhem.
"Stay alive, Lelouch. I have something very important to ask you."
Within the Sword of Akasha, Emperor Charles starts to set his grand plan into motion
"God! Hear me now! The time has come to settle this!"
Charles' geass mark glowed as the Sword of Akasha went into motion. Soon, it will come.
"You're wrong. You lift your voice to call upon God, but it's not God you need to settle things with, Charles zi Britannia."
Emperor Charles turns around to face his wayward son as Lelouch approach him
" It's me, your son!"
"And how will you challenge me? Neither gun nor sword will have any effect on me, nor will the power of your Geass! Nothing you can do can kill me!" Charles gloated at Lelouch
"But I don't need to kill you. By coming to this parallel realm, you've already ensured my victory."
Emperor Charles grunts in surprise as the Kaminejima Thought Elevator is demolished; the skies of the Sword of Akasha turn dark and flash lightning briefly
"You sealed the exit?!"
"Yes! You, I , and the power of Geass are now sealed in this space together. And if you can no longer interfere with the real world, then all your plans will be meaningless in the end. You may as well be dead!"
"Lelouch!" Charles said venomously as he realized what Lelouch just did.
"This system, which you created, has become a prison which now holds your own soul captive. Now, let us repent… suffering together for all eternity!" Lelouch said with an evil grin on his face.
It ends now, Father.
"You know nothing of the truth, boy. Your revenge is nothing but petty nonsense." stated Charles. "And you should know your place.
"No. You, Charles zi Britannia, will pay for the crime and suffering that you have cause others." Lelouch retorted back to his father.
"If you truly desire that than your actions have better back your words."
"And I plan to do that," stated Lelouch. "By placing you in your place."
Kallen run up to the cave where Lelouch was last spotted. She looked inside the cave, hoping to see Lelouch but saw that he wasn't there.
That's impossible! I just saw him come in here. What did he do? Vanish into thin air.
"Kallen?!"
Kallen turned around to see Suzaku, CC and a pink-haired girl who was also a Knight of the Round just like Suzaku.
"What are you doing here?" Kallen asked venomously.
"I'm here for Lelouch." replied Suzaku
Kallen went into a defensive mode, ready to fight Suzaku one-on-one but was interrupted by Anya.
"Oh, enough you two. You're act like children." said Anya.
"And you are...?' Kallen asked
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Marianne. I'm Lelouch and Nunnally's mother." Anya-Marianne said with a smile on her face.
Lelouch and Nunnally's mother! How is that possible? She was murdered years ago.
Anya-Marianne walked past Kallen and started working on a computer system that was damaged by her son.
"What are you doing?" asked Kallen
"Going to meet my husband and son, but it seems I can't get through." said Anya-Marianne. She turned to CC, "CC, can you lend me a hand?"
CC grabbed Anya-Marianne's hand as Anya-Marianne placed her hand on the door to C's world and the spirit of Marianne went in while the body of Anya collapse.
"Ever since I can remember, the world seem so surreal to me, especially on that day." said Lelouch.
Charles looked at his son, waiting for him to continue and to see where he was going at.
"That day when I was but a child, no more than ten, as I slowly made the walk from the opened doors of the audience chamber to the man who sat like a God upon his ornate throne. "
Lelouch started walking towards his father as he continued."Yet for me who strode towards, this God, with righteous indignation, the man before him was neither God nor Emperor, he was a father. A father, who had not seen nor talked to his son or daughter after his wife, their mother, had been brazenly gunned down by terrorists in the very home that was believed to be secure second only to the Imperial Palace was a father whose daughter, his precious sister, lay in an induced comma where the doctor's were not even sure she would awaken from. And if she did, she would never be able to walk was a father who seemed to care nothing for the motherless children who were now alone. Instead he sat upon that throne without a single darn sense of dignity to say anything."
Which meant that he, Prince Lelouch vi Britannia, seventeenth heir to the Imperial throne, must, no,will make him see.
"The day I told you that Mother...your wife was dead, you snob it off like her death was meaning but a useless catastrophe in the eyes of a powerful man like you. That she was nothing but a woman you just bedded and had children by." said Lelouch. "And now, I'm going to ask you again. Who was it that killed my mother?"
"How ironic, here you are seeking the truth, you who made it this far by your deception and your lies." said Charles
"That's true. I've lied every step of the way and not just about my name and past. I've hidden my true intentions too, but that's pragmatism isn't it? People need to play along with each other. We melt into a place. If we didn't then nations and people, these things called communities, wouldn't exist. Everyone uses lies on family, on friends, in society, and everyone wears a different face, but is that a sin? What is one's true face? Even you wear a mask; that of an emperor. None of us can make a move now without our respective persona's." stated Lelouch.
Charles didn't answer but looked over to see a person coming over toward him and Lelouch.
"Still questioning everything that pops up in your mind, aren't you, Lelouch?"
Lelouch turned toward the voice and was shock to see his mother standing right before him.
"Mother...!"
"My, Lelouch. How you've grown."
"Mo... Mother!" Lelouch stammered at the sight of his would-be dead mother
"Marianne, I see you've come."
"Is this an illusion?! You're doing this?" Lelouch yelled, thinking that this is his father's trick from his geass.
"No, it really is me, Lelouch. However, I can only take on my original appearance while I'm present within this system."
"It really is..." said Lelouch, still in disbelief
"Lelouch, I will now answer your previous question. Half a century ago, my elder brother and I existed in a Hell on Earth, our family were just rivals competing for the throne. Assassinations occurred with regularity, dealing with betrayal and spawned by lies. Killing each other off, my mother fell victim to it. My brother and I were sick and angered by the world, we, therefore, both sworn an oath: to create a world without lies.""
"Both C.C. and I agreed to this as well. V.V., however..."
Marianne continued explaining the story of her death and how her body ended up inside of Anya Alstreim, who arrived a week before for etiquette lesson. Her geass has the power to cross over to another person's mind.
Lelouch was upset by the aligation his parents were making. "How dare you! Don't try to pass off blame for everything on the dead! Nunnally and I... you send us to Japan as hostages!"
"IT WAS NECESSARY!" Charles bellowed
"Necessary for what?! What kind of parent does that?" Lelouch yelled back.
Lelouch was starting to feel the anger and hate that his own parents made this unforgivable decision until he remembered
'If you have someone you don't want to lose, you should keep them at a distance.'
C.C. said those exact words after saving Shirley from Mao and his manipulation. He understood now, that when you love someone deeply, you would do everything in your power to keep them safe.
"That's right, I sent both you and your sister to Japan to escape my brother's sight. That's also why I had Marianne's body secretly taken away." Charles stated
"As long as my body still exists, there's the possibility that I'll be able to return to it."
"Anya and Nunnally became witnesses, therefore it was necessary to rewrite their memories to protect everything."
"Nunnally?! You mean her blindness isn't psychosomatic after all?! But..." Lelouch said in shock
"Even though she was a false witness, there remain a very real danger she will be killed." Marianne explained the situation
"To ensure Nunnally's safety, proof was needed that would lead foul way from the truth."
"The original plan called for only one immortal Code. However, for research to progress we had to have an additional Code. In other words, without C.C., we didn't have an 100% guarantee that it would succeed."
"When Marianne was unable to persuade C.C. to help us, we were left with no choice. We were forced to use you, Lelouch."
"What was the point of me doing this?" Lelouch stated
"These tragedies will no longer be necessary once the Ragnarök Connection is established."
"Masks will vanish, then everyone can be exactly who they're supposed to be."
"I see, all for battle and bloodshed between Britannia and the Black Knights was to lured around C.C. Well then, it seems that from the beginning I was merely a nuisance, just a ruckus in the world."
Lelouch realized the truth about the reason he did all this. It was all to lure out CC for their plan and him, their own flesh and blood, was their pawn.
"The Emperor is immortal!"
CC had just told Kallen the truth about the Emperor's immortality. It was shocking to her. There was no such thing as immortality but seeing CC and knowing about geass, anything is possible.
"So, how do we get in there?" asked Suzaku as he placed an unconscious Anya on a rock.
"The Thought Elevator only open through thoughts and I can get us through." replied CC.
"What is the emperor planning to do?" asked Kallen, determine to understand what is going on.
"To kill Gods."
To kill gods?! How can anybody do such a thing as it wasn't even possible. But Lelouch was in there, confronting his father and mother at the moment and who knows what they were doing at the am I going to do once I get there? I know nothing about C's World and what it may contain. But...
Kallen's hands shook a little at the thought of the unknown dangers that were waiting for her but at the same time, so was ceased the shaking and strengthened her resolve. Her head reared back to lock eyes with C.C. with renewed rigor and fire.
"I'll do whatever I can. I will do what it takes. Let's go." said a determine Kallen.
CC, Suzaku and Kallen grabbed hold of each other and transport to C's world. The sky was yellow-misty green and everything was different from the real world.
"So, this is C's world." said Suzaku.
"Yes. The world of collective conscious." replied CC
They heard voices coming up front. As the three of them walked, they could see three figures standing there. One of them looked highly familiar with its regal purple suit with gold trimming and black gloves. Kallen recognize this person anywhere.
"Lelouch." Kallen whispered.
Apparently, Lelouch must have heard her from behind because he turned around and saw CC, Suzaku and Kallen, standing right there behind him.
How ironic!
"What do you two think of all this?" Lelouch asked, even though he probably knew the answer.
"Did you already know that I was going to come here, Lelouch?"
" And that you regained your memories too."
"It was necessary for this plan, wasn't it?" asked CC
"Precisely," replied Charles. "And now, the time is here. C.C., since we are all assembled, the plan can commence now. I will grant your wish after everything has been completed."
Charles and CC's geass powers activated, revealing the greatest weapon that will destroy god and create the world anew...The Sword of Akasha.
On the Avalon, Prince Schneziel el Britannia sat on his throne on his airship as Bismarck Waldstein was explaining to him about his father, the Emperor's plan to recreate the world.
So, this is what you been doing this whole time, Father. All this time, you been planning a secret project behind the empire's back. It was no wonder Clovis was so involved in this. the mysterious marking and the secret files. It was all of this moment.
"Behold! It's begun! The sword of Akasha is slaying God! said Marianne with a gleam on her face as she was seeing the plan coming to full wishing.
"Now once our marks of Geass become one, the old world will cease and the new world will spring forth.' stated Charles as he walked towards the four youth that were there.
"Are you insane?! This will never help humanity. It will only make it worse for everyone." yelled Kallen.
"From one who's born to a Britannian and Japanese, you should know what it's like to wear a mask." replied Charles.
Kallen grunt at the Emperor's remark.
"Do you realize what this might cause for humanity? There will be no balance or structure and everyone will just be mindless puppets in your so-called perfect world."
"In time, the people will come to understand..."
"That time will never come." Lelouch cried, interrupting his father. "Why do people lie? Because they yearn for something greater. If you had your way, then what will people have to yearn for? It will be nothing but a sad and depressing world"
"You're being too stubborn to see the truth." said Marianne. "If we do that, we'll be rejoin all the people of whom we are separated. You could be reunited to those who have died, even Euphemia."
Suzaku narrows his eye, clearly pained to hear Lelouch's mother talk about Euphie like she wasn't even dead.
'Especially you miss Stadtfeld. you,too, can be reunited with your brother as well."
Kallen tensed at the mention of her brother. She bared her teeth and narrowed her eyes at the slender woman.
"So, that's the truth then. Your plan is more important than your own children. That you could care less about what happened to us." Lelouch yelled in anger.
"I only want make a peaceful world. The world the Nunnally and Euphemia talked about."
"Liar! This plan only benefits your own selfish desires which you're forcing on everyone else without even asking what they want! This is nothing less than evil. It doesn't change that my parents abandon him and Nunnally and because of you two, Nunnally suffered for your greed. Suffering that you could have prevented."
"Lelouch, enough. Stop this nonsense at once. You're being a spoiled brat right now." Marianne said.
"Shut up! How dare you berate me on such a thing when you, my horrible mother, want to act like a saint who exactly gives a damn."
"Lelouch, you're wrong..."
"Enough! I want nothing more to do with you, woman." Lelouch said, snubbing his mother, a title she no longer deserve in his eyes.
"The future is the Ragnarök Connection! Once it's finally done, the gentler existence that Nunnally spoke of will—"
"Stop it! The world you're speaking of will be kinder and gentler only to you! The world that my sister wished for... is one in which kindness existed in everyone, even strangers!" said Lelouch as tears were starting to form in his eyes.
Suzaku thought about what Lelouch is saying. He may be right. At the very least, Euphie never said that Lelouch was Zero, even to the very end. Shirley didn't either. That's why I...
Kallen watched Lelouch argue with his parents. Seeing how much he was suffering because of what his parents are doing and did to him and his sister was just plain cruel and inhuman. She could imagine any parents doing that.
"Let's say it was true: what of it? There's nothing to be done about it, the Ragnarök Connection has begun!"
You think so? I am Zero!" Lelouch put his hand and activating his Geass. "The man who works miracles!"
"Your Geass power will have no effect on me, nor will on anyone else here!"
"No! There's someone else here, isn't there?"
Charles gasps, realizing what he means.
"That's right! C's World is the will of humanity itself! And "All men are not equal", remember those words? They're your own, and because of that, I'm sure you realize that my power will work!"
"You're a fool, Lelouch!" Charles cried. "God cannot be defeated by the Power of the King!"
"I don't intend to defeat God! This is a request! Yes, now I know who I really am! God, collective unconscious! PLEASE DON'T STOP THE MARCH OF TIME!'
"Lelouch, stop this at once." yelled Marianne as she ran towards her disobedient son but Suzaku stop her with his sword.
"No one ever want this. Not even Euphie!"
"Get out-of-the-way, now, at once." ordered Marianne.
Suddenly, the Sword of Akasha started to collapse and that when Charles and Marianne started to disappear.
"What's happening?!" cried Marianne.
"Impossible! I should be immortal, yet I am being devoured by the World of C? What is the meaning of this?" he bellowed.
"This is the Will of Humanity. It desires to continue living." said Lelouch.
"You impudent little brat. You've doomed us all." screamed Charles.
"But what about C.C.? Why isn't she disappearing as well?! You supported this plan as much as we did!" Marianne asked, not understanding why she and her husband were disappearing yet CC was still here.
"Sorry. But I finally realized: the love you have…is only for yourselves." said CC, finally realizing the truth.
"Why would you betray us, CC? I was going to grant you your greatest wish." said Charles.
"It is over, give up already since not even life itself wants them around!" Lelouch remarked.
"Lelouch, please stop this," Marianne begged. "We can still make a world that Nunnally desires. We're your parents."
Lelouch grind his teeth together. "You choose to be my parents now? Do they even know the meaning behind Nunnally's smile?"
"The meaning?"
Her answer anger Lelouch even more. How can a parent not know the meaning of their child's smile?! "Why don't you understand? Nunnally was blinded! My own sister was crippled! She knew... she knew that there were things in this world that she will never be able to do by herself! So her smile... Nunnally's smile... was her way of expressing gratitude! Nunnally's smile...Do you know what it means? Nunnally cannot accomplish anything by herself...she has to depend on others for everything. So her smile...her smile is the only way she can thank others for helping... She was the one who taught me, that there r things in life u can't accomplish by yourself.
"You're laboring under a delusion—!"
"I will not let you call that a lie! Over my dead body!" yelled Lelouch, even more frustrated. "You're refusal to face reality! Content to watch us from afar! Don't make me laugh! There's only one truth here! You, my own parents—YOU ABANDONED US!"
"YOU INCOMPENTENT FOOL!"
Charles rushes over to Lelouch, grabbing hold on his neck, using all his strength. Suzaku and Kallen were ready to interfere but Lelouch command they stay back.
"You ruined everything and that what awaits you is Schneziel's world! We desired peace, yet you, Lelouch, would deny them!" yelled Charles.
"Yes, I deny the selfish world you tried to create. BE GONE NOW! "
And with that, Charles zi Britannia and Marianne vi Britannia, Emperor and Empress of the Holy Britannian Empire have disappeared from existence, never to be heard from again.
"Uh, it can't be." said a shock Bismarck.
"May I assume..."
"Yes, His Majesty has been..."
Back in C's world, Lelouch, CC, Suzaku and Kallen were standing at the remnants of C's world.
"CC, will you be going, too?" asked Lelouch
"No." replied CC. "And what about you three? You'll rejected Charles' plan, but..."
"Right, Euphie's murderer is..."
Kallen jump in front of Lelouch, protecting him from Suzaku.
"Get out-of-the-way, Kallen." snarled Suzaku. "This is between me and Lelouch."
"If you want him, you have to go through me." replied Kallen.
"Enough, Kallen," said Lelouch as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "What is it?"
"What are you planning to do,now?" asked Suzaku, still holding his sword into place, ready to strike.
"I will make a world that Nunnally would have wanted to live in." stated Lelouch.
"Why he should just let you do as he pleases?"
"I don't have to do anything and if you wants to punish him than so be it."
Suzaku grunt.
"But I wants to at least try to make Nunnally's world a reality before facing judgement." replied Lelouch. "After all, wasn't it you that said that he should atone for his sins before dying?"
"Quite twisting my words, Lelouch." Suzaku stated.
"Now you're being the fool! This is what you wanted, right?! I'm going to pay for his sins and make a world where tragedies like what happened to Euphemia wont ever happen again. And what of Area 11?! I swore to liberate them and create a world where they can be Japanese once more!"
Soon the fate of the four will be determined during that final moment that would affect their lives forever.