A/N: well here is the chapter where a lot of bad stuff will go down, near the end at least. A special thanks to Holyknight5 for the explosive part of the chapter which you guys will see. And of course a thanks to those who have read and reviewed they help keep me going.
Chapter 5
Family
Lelouch was still sound asleep as Nanoha carried him off followed by Vita upon which the two agreed to let the former prince sleep it off until they arrived back at headquarters and they carried his sleeping form all the way to the hospital ward where the two were deciding on how to wake him up. The trio was outside the room Nunnally was in contemplating on how to best wake Lelouch up, but Vita already had an idea.
"Hey Rein," Vita called as Reinforce appeared emerging from Nunnally's room.
"Yes Vita-chan?"
"Bring out Shamal's Wake up Call," Vita replied as Reinforce Zwei saluted before leaving and then returning a few moments later with an air-horn.
"No wait, Vita-chan I don't think that's," Nanoha began trying to stop the small redhead from using it, but alas she was too late.
It succeeded in waking Lelouch up, but the former prince jumped up in fright especially as the young man was freaked out. However having overlooked the fact the Lelouch for the most part was fighting a guerilla battle against Britannia while leading his own resistance group so it shouldn't surprise anyone that Lelouch would react defensively to such a dramatic awakening.
Made worse by the fact he was still holding Abyss Soul.
Ruby Blaze
Those were the first words that came to Lelouch's mind as a red beam of energy was fired out, Reinforce and Nanoha dodged the beam but Vita wasn't so lucky. She wasn't seriously harmed, but her hair was burnt from the weak magical blast leaving her with a cooked Afro. Signum and Shamal came running out of the room when they heard the air-horn, but they were shocked by Vita's appearance.
"What on Earth happened here," Signum demanded while Shamal went to Vita to tend to any possible injuries she might have. Seeing the air-horn and Lelouch half-awake and yet fully alert for any possible attack the pink haired woman figured out what had happened. "You shouldn't have used such a method to wake him up especially if he was still holding onto his artificial intelligence staff."
"With that in mind I don't think I am at fault for that," Lelouch said as he was now fully awake, but he slapped his cheeks to help his clear his head a little more.
"Anyway Nunnally is waking up so you better," Signum said but she ended her sentence prematurely.
"I understand," Lelouch said following Signum into the room where Fate, Hayate, Zafira, Sayoko and even Lindy were present.
Nunnally began to sit up as her eyes opened up, but under normal circumstances Lelouch might have been overjoyed for Nunnally to have regained her eye sight. But Lelouch knew…he knew the expression his younger sister had on her face. It was the same one he had over seven years ago, her eyes held the same stare that Lelouch himself held after that day in the Throne Room. The eyes of a young child that has been brutally stripped of his faith and innocence, but for Nunnally it was even worse, as she was brutalized by her own father, shot, then her memories altered to help make a cover up more convincing.
Lelouch was both filled with sorrow and anger, so without hesitation the former prince approached his sister's bed side.
Nunnally looked up at him her eyes begging for help and so Lelouch knelt down and hugged his sister as the poor girl broke down at that moment as she threw her arms around her older brother hugging him with all of her might. The poor girl was crying bitterly, in-between gasps asking a question. It would be a question that not even Lelouch could answer.
"W-why he…sniff…shot me…why…why…Why he never cared?"
The poor girl kept crying as Lelouch held her as Nunnally cried her eyes out. Everyone watched the heartbreaking scene as despite her earlier words at Lelouch her opinion of the young man changed at this moment. Lelouch was silent as he couldn't speak the words his sister sought, but suddenly Fate joined Nunnally and Lelouch as she embraced siblings. Lelouch was surprised, but Nunnally welcomed it so the young man didn't oppose it. But it wasn't long before Hayate and Nanoha joined Fate in embracing Nunnally while due to their positions Lelouch as well, however Nunnally calmed down and her crying stopped.
Lelouch's cheeks reddened a bit, but this sign of affection from three of Nunnally's closest friends were helping her.
Later that morning as Nunnally began spending time with Hayate, Sayoko, Vita and Shamal the former prince decided to let the girls have their fun together. Lelouch stepped out of the room and went out to a balcony overlooking the city for some fresh air, but soon Fate joined him standing next to him enjoying the view.
"I am sorry about what happened, but," Fate began after an awkward silence between them.
"You have nothing to apologize for. I know what you are trying to say, but I don't think anyone could have really done anything about it."
"I know, but I just…"
Fate hung her head down low in slight shame, but she knew there was nothing she could have done different. Yet it was simply heartbreaking to see Nunnally so devastated it was unbearable. A dark part deep within the blonde woman almost wished Charles zi Britannia was still alive otherwise she might have gone to punish the man for what he did to his own daughter…almost. The dark temptation lasted only a few seconds before Fate banished it from her mind. Lelouch laughed bitterly before saying.
"Do you know I preferred that she hated me, rather than this because to see her eyes in that instant. The painful understanding that to Charles, we were nothing, to see the awareness of the depth of betrayal of a man that should have been our father, but instead was a heartless wretch more worried of his mad games of power and manipulation than of his family."
"I understand, but you shouldn't wish for your own sister's hatred. You and Nunnally are family, both of you have only one another now."
"What about you?"
"Huh?"
"Well I know Nanoha's family is on this world and Hayate has her friends, but what about you?"
"Me," Fate said as she became silent for a few moments before replying. "I suppose you could say I had a mother, but I was nothing more than a copy of her real daughter genetically. I didn't come into this world naturally."
"What," Lelouch said as he was taken aback by this as Fate revealed to Lelouch the full story of her origins including how she met Nanoha about over a year ago before they met Lelouch and Nunnally when the two were nine years old. She was the product of Project Fate, an artificial mage or to put it simply a clone of Alicia Testarossa the daughter of Precia Testarossa a mage who was driven mad by the loss of her daughter. When Fate finished explain her story to Lelouch the former prince was surprised that the blonde woman had such a story behind her origins.
"That explains your eyes then," Lelouch began while his statement surprised the young woman.
"My eyes?"
"They often held a depth of pain and longing, even if you smiled and played…it was always there, like a wound barely healed."
Fate was taken aback by Lelouch's words as they were quite unexpected considering it was coming from him of all people.
"You can read people very well Lelouch-kun, but that is why I became a full fledge member of the Bureau."
"Oh I thought you wanted to be with your friends?"
"Well that is one part of it, but I am pursuing a dream."
"What is it?"
"I wish to see a world where children can freely pursue their dreams. That way they won't be lonely when they become adults." Fate replied before she explained, "As an Enforcer I act as an investigator for the Interdimensional Navy of the Time-Space Administration Bureau where I deal with cases involving magical relics and related incidents, but sometimes I do end up having to protect a child caught in the crossfire especially those possessing high magical talent."
"I see," Lelouch began understanding the underlying reasons for Fate wishing to pursue such a dream because of her own life experiences and things she had seen while on the job as an Enforcer. "It's not bad; in fact I think it's a worthy dream to pursue."
"You say that because you wanted to pursue a world where your sister could live in peace," Fate said jokingly.
"Well I suppose our dreams are similar."
"You could still pursue that," Fate suggested.
"What do you mean?"
"Come with me," Fate said as Lelouch began to follow her. But on the way out of the building they met Regius with his daughter following close behind.
"Mr. Lamperouge I am glad I ran into you."
"I take it you have new business with me?"
"Yes, but I am come on behalf of my superiors who are extending an offer to you."
"I am listening," Lelouch replied.
"Until we can find some solid leads on Orpheus and his followers we believe we should develop your newly discovered magical talent so arrangements have been made for you to attend the Fourth Ground Forces Academy…I have heard you had done some basic training on its grounds last night," Regius said while obvious aware of the late night training between him and Signum.
"Yes, but I can't be tied down especially if I will be on call to help deal with Orpheus."
"Of course not, but you will be trained at the academy and your teachers will be among those you are familiar with. The Superintendent of the academy, Major Fern Corrado will be supervising and details will be worked out when you arrive there."
"It is a good school and if Major Corrado will be supervising your training then you are in good hands. I know her, so I can introduce you two," Fate said encouraging Lelouch to accept.
"Alright," Lelouch said agreeing to the proposal since it would be wise of him to develop his magical talents as soon as possible.
After that meeting Lelouch and being given directions to the academy the young man was led outside where Fate had an idea for their first lesson together. She led the young man to an open grassy field to practice an important basic move for mages like her and Nanoha. She brought out her own Intelligence Device, Bardiche before shifting to her own Battle Jacket in preparation for the lesson she had in mind.
"What I am going to teach you is flight, an important basic move for mages."
"Ok, so how does that work exactly?"
"I'll demonstrate for you," Fate said as she floated into the air before flying around the field before landing softly on the ground.
"I see, but how could I?"
"There should be a spell for you, perhaps your own flight capabilities might be similar to Nanoha who uses Axel Fin to spout magical wings upon her ankles to fly around."
"I see, so there is a possibility I might be able to use the same spell," Lelouch said as he believed Fate's assumption mostly came from the fact that the Devices Nanoha and Lelouch have are of the same type, practically counterparts of one another.
"Tutorial Mode, there is the spell Seraph Array." Abyss Soul spoke as it gave Lelouch the proper instructions to perform the spell.
"Alright, Seraph Array…deploy," The former prince said as six ethereal crimson wings emerge from his back, four in each limb placing two in the height of the hands and legs as well as two in the elbow and knees.
That spell seems similar to Hayate-chan's Sleipnir spell.
Very carefully, as Lelouch recalled his last attempt, rose into the air keeping a few feet off the ground before moving from one spot in the field to another. His movements in the air were a little shaky, but with some help from Fate as the blonde woman coached the young man on flight for a mage the young man began to get the hang of it. Once Lelouch was comfortable with his flight skills the young man was feeling bold and took off into the air heading for the Ground Academy where he was to train remembering the route Signum had used.
"Wait Lelouch-kun," Fate called before chasing after him.
Lelouch couldn't hear her as he was enjoying the experience of soaring through the air, but he did remain mindful of aircraft in the sky so he flew low and away from the heavily populated areas of the city. But nothing could explain the experience of flight through the sky as the wind was against his face and he felt absolutely free in the sky.
A short time later Lelouch saw the academy and began his descendant, but as the ground was coming closer there was one critical lesson Lelouch forgot to learn from Fate before boldly taking off as he did.
How to land…
"Lelouch-kun you need to slow down," Fate said as she caught up to Lelouch grabbing him by the collar of his shirt. Lelouch was slowed to a halt thanks to Fate's intervention.
"Thank you, so how do I land?"
"Just need to be calm and think slow and steady."
"That's it?"
"It will take time for you to get used to it," Fate cautioned.
"Ok here I go," Lelouch replied as he slowly levitated himself to the ground, but when he tried to move away from a tree he was likely going to land on the former prince of Britannia just suddenly dropped like a rock as he landed in the tree. Lelouch screamed as his body felt through the tree breaking branches before falling to the ground. The branches and the leaves slowed his fall considerably, but only Lelouch's pride had suffered injury in this mishap.
Fate landed by the base of the tree where Lelouch laid in a heap from his rough landing.
Lelouch's breathing was heavy as he spoke, "Definitively need to refine the landings."
Fate giggled before saying, "I'm sure that Nanoha will be glad to aid you in that aspect, otherwise you impressed me in how easy you took to flight."
"I actually enjoyed it, but the landing was rough."
"Everyone has trouble with the landing part of flight training, well except for Nanoha."
As Lelouch was recovering and moving onto his next stage of magical training events back on Earth kept spiraling out of control, one example of this was at Pendragon the location of the royal palace and capital of the Holy Britannian Empire. Ever since the sudden deaths of Charles zi Britannia and the Crown Prince the remaining members of the family with the exceptions of three other members were contending for the throne. Violence and assassinations were becoming increasingly frequent among the older members the longer the throne remained empty.
About seventy miles away from the capital was Britannia's second new aerial battleship the first of the line, the Caerleon-class dubbed the Grandberry. The ship was handled by members of the newly formed and recently activated Glinda Knights. The Glinda Knights were a new anti-terrorism search-and-destroy armor unit within the Britannian Military formed by the 88th Imperial Princess Maribelle mel Britannia, but recently events allowed the young woman to properly establish her anti-terrorism unit.
With violence beginning to grow and spread unchecked the anti-terrorism unit was charged with keeping order in the capital and the surrounding area. However since the anti-terrorism unit was newly established the unit was lacking in weapons. However Maribelle was able to acquire support from her older step-brother Schneizel el Britannia who saw an opportunity to further research and development for new Knightmare Frames by granting the Glinda Knights access to experiment prototypes and new technologies developed by the Britannian Special Research Division otherwise called Camelot.
In fact the Grandberry was departing from the main research headquarters of Camelot aboard the new light aerial battleship with six Knightmare Frames and five VTOL gunships. It had a crew of over two hundred and accompanying them on the ship's maiden voyage was Cecile Croomy. Originally she was sent to the base to acquire new components for the Lancelot, but due to events in Japan and then the demise of the Emperor she remained on hand to properly equip the Glinda Knights.
On the bridge of the battleship Princess Maribelle sat in the command chair while Cecile stood at the main control console observing the bridge operators handle navigation and other functions of the ship. The young seventeen year old Princess was beautiful in her own right as expected of many of Charles zi Britannia's children. Oddly through she bore a resemblance to Euphemia li Britannia except older and a little more mature. She had mid-back length reddish pink hair tied into a top-knot ponytail and navy blue eyes wearing a regal blood red, pink and black dress trimmed with white and gold along with what appeared to be angel wings on the back of the dress.
"Are engines and other systems still in the green?" Maribelle asked.
"Yes everything is operating within parameters, systems are fully functional your highness," Cecile replied after running a quick systems diagnostics.
"I know we are expected in Pendragon, but I am considering putting this ship and the new machines we have through a few quick test runs so our pilots can become more familiarized with them," The young woman suggested. Although the pilots under her command had completed simulation training for the new machines and did a few test maneuvers around the base, but what Maribelle wanted to test was operation of the new machines in rugged terrain.
She would have preferred conducting a mock battle at least, but with the situation steadily getting worst in Pendragon they didn't have a lot of time for that.
"I believe there is a region in the mountains here that could work your highness," Cecile suggested.
"Alright," Maribelle replied before turning to a bridge crew member. "Could you summon Lady Oldrin to the bridge please?"
"Yes your highness," The crew member replied with a bow before leaving to do as commanded.
A few minutes later a young seventeen year old woman wearing a uniform consisting of a red skirt, white boots that extended pass the knees, a red beret trimmed in black and a white blouse with a black tie and small red jacket completed the uniform. She had blonde hair styled into a pair of pigtails with a mole under her left eye and green eyes.
"You summoned me your highness," Oldrin asked.
"Yes I did," Maribelle said regarding her friend and subordinate. "We're planning on conducting a field test of the new machines so I would like you to have the pilots prepare for deployment."
"Consider it done," Oldrin said with a quick salute, but before she could leave the bridge a terrible shockwave shook the entire ship as a wave of dust and dirt swept over the ship. The vessel shook violently, but thanks to Cecile's intervention and excellent handling by the crew members handling the helm the ship regained stability.
"WHAT IN GOD'S NAME WAS THAT?" Maribelle shouted as she barely managed to brace herself in her command chair while Oldrin was thrown to the ground, but she wasn't injured.
"Unknown your highness, but we're trying to establish contact with Pendragon to find out more," A crew member replied while Cecile was already working on compiling a possible damage report. "The ship seems to be undamaged, but I sent a notice to engineering to conduct an inspection of the ship and the engines as a precaution," Cecile noted.
"Thank you for reacting quickly Miss Croomy, but do you have any idea what caused that shockwave?"
"I don't know how, but for a shockwave like that to have happened. You would need an explosion maybe a meteorite impact to generate a shockwave like that." Cecile began uncertain of what caused that shockwave, because the EMCOM systems were overloaded and not working properly so anything that could explain the explosion was pure guess work at the moment.
"How could that be possible," General Johann Schwarzer said arriving onto the bridge. He was probably the oldest member of the Glinda Knights dressed in a military uniform suitable of his rank; he served as Tactical Advisor to Maribelle. "I am not a scientist, but an explosion like that would devastate an area of sixty four miles."
"Nevertheless we were hit by a considerably large wall of dust and sand caused by SOMETHING," Maribelle shot back sharply.
"Your highness I cannot raise Pendragon and our communication systems are functioning," The communications officer reported.
"Make for all speed towards the capital right now," Maribelle ordered.
Meanwhile back at Fourth Ground Forces Academy on Mild-Childa, Lelouch was out on the training field once more after meeting with the superintendent of the academy and having changed into a black shirt and dark blue pants with black knee pads and matching boots on his feet, although he alternated between his Battle Jacket at times. Once he was dressed in appropriate attire Fate continued his training. Lelouch's flying skills were improving and the blonde woman began moving up to teaching Lelouch some aerial combat techniques.
"That's it Lelouch-kun you are getting better at this," Fate complimented as the two exchanged blows in a slow manner to help teach the young man on melee combat maneuvers in mid-air, but their training was drawing some observers as Ginga, Subaru and Teana noticed the training lesson in progress and went to observe.
Mostly they were curious about the new student.
"Ok Lelouch why don't we take five?"
"Sounds good," Lelouch replied while he was breathing hard. His body was already exhausted from training as his muscles were aching partly because they were not use to such physical activity. Fate and Lelouch sat under a tree together, but upon which the three girls approached them. Ginga was familiar with Fate by reputation for the most part, which only made her more curious about the black-haired young man.
"Can I help you," Fate inquired while Lelouch looked up at the three girls.
Two of them look young to be students here.
"Forgive us, but we were curious about him. Is he a new student?" Ginga asked politely.
"He is in a sense, but I would say he is more of a special case," Fate answered.
"Oh," Subaru said curious while cocking her head to one side while looking at the young man. "Who are you?"
"I am Lelouch, Lelouch Lamperouge," Lelouch said introducing himself to the three cadets, but yet a chilling wind blew pass Lelouch as he felt an ominous feeling in the air.
Something is going to happen, but I don't know what it is yet…I can almost feel it that something is going to happen, if it hasn't already.
Lelouch was half correct, but suddenly a red sphere of energy came zooming out of the sky. Fate quickly blocked it with a magical barrier.
"What was that," Ginga asked as Vita was descending from the sky with a look of pure fury on her face.
"THERE YOU ARE YOU BAKA!"
Vita's eyes burned with flames of fury at the sight of Lelouch who had burnt her hair with that accidental discharge of magic and now the red haired eternal little girl wanted vengeance.
Back on Earth hovering over the 10 km crater that had once been the Pendragon Royal Palace was a deep crater with much of the surrounding area for miles all around devastated and wiped from the map. For Orpheus Zevon who sat in the commander's chair of the ship on the bridge the young man was wondering about who was left to oppose them, but for now the young man was content and happy with all of the damage that had been done. The explosion and the resulting shockwave were quite something to behold there was no doubt about it, but Orpheus's good mood was interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected vessel that should have been destroyed.
"Commander the sensors have detected a single ship approaching us," A fifty five year old former Indian Merchant now turned engineer wearing a combat vest with black pants, combat boots and a short sleeve leather zip up gray shirt.
"Put it on the screen Ganabati," Orpheus ordered as the former merchant did just that. The lone ship approaching what used to be Pendragon was the Grandberry.
"According to our information the Grandberry is the ship of the Glinda Knights, which means," Ganabati began as a cruel smile appeared on Orpheus's face.
"Yes it means she is aboard," Orpheus replied referring to his twin sister Oldrin.
The young man could have easily gave the ordered to blow the ship out of the sky, but after some consideration he opened up a communication line with the room his superior was currently located in, but all the while he was remembering the thrill and the joy he experienced when he pulled the trigger unleashing the WNF round which wiped out Pendragon instantly in one shot and destroy a wide range of the surrounding area.
The weapon used was a Weak Nuclear Force Round. A mass round, that when it hits its target, it breaks the weak nuclear bonds at a basic level collapsing matter into the basic subatomic particles. Quarks and others and in the process releasing the 100% of the potential energy in the round upon which it collapses the mass in a determined area, then comes the 200+ MT grade detonation.
Orpheus remembered fondly watching the detonation process first hand as the detonation itself was an explosion of pure energy. The resulting crater would be from around 10 KM in size, inside this radius the death ratio was 100%. Then in the radius from the crater where the air pressure of 10+ Psi caused deaths on a near 100% combining shockwave damage, thermal damage, and more. Around a radius of 16 KM, where destruction inside of all buildings was total and complete and then past the line of 16 KM from ground zero the pressure reached a media of 4.6 PSI, till a radius of 42 KM. The casualties are above a 50% percent, destruction of most buildings, and then fires began erupting in areas that wasn't flattened outright from the blast. Then from outside 42 KM, till reaching a radius of 102 KM, most of the damage is caused by thermal effect of the explosion, but if caught outside during the blast third-degree burns were common, and everything inflammable started to burn. The Grandberry was safely sixty five miles away just being caught in the passing shockwave from the explosion.
"His majesty has agreed to my suggestion; prepare to drop the sheath cloak. After which open a channel, but during that prepare the Remote Mass Teleport."
Meanwhile on the bridge of the Grandberry everyone was in total shock as the horrific devastation they seeing left everyone speechless, but they were already expecting this in a sense as the ship was hurrying to Pendragon, but upon coming within one hundred kilometers of the capital just as the dust was finally dissipating, but what awaited them was a sight of horror. Where the palace, and most of Pendragon was only a crater remained, but the ship saw as it approached what little was seen outside the crater, completely flattened and then a ring of fire blazing far from the crater in what little remained of the outskirts of Pendragon itself.
No one on the ship had beheld such terrible devastation and the likelihood of survivors was zero.
"First the chaos caused at the Special Administrative Zone of Japan, the death of the Emperor and the Crowned Prince…now this," Maribelle said trying to comprehend the devastation before her wanting to believe it was all one terrible dream, but she knew it was real although she didn't want to admit it.
"I can't believe this, but how could this have happened?" Oldrin said as Cecile had no clue where to even begin.
"Most of the royal family was there with the exceptions of Cornelia and Euphemia. I think Schneizel was supposed to have arrived today, so," Maribelle said as there was a possibility that Schneizel, the Prime Minister of the Empire, was killed along with most of the royal family including a large number of noble families unless he was somehow delayed.
Suddenly in the skies above them a massive object began to appear before them, the ancient battleship under the command of Orpheus appeared before them in its full massive glory as the behemoth of at least three kilometers was looming over them.
"What in god's name is that," Oldrin said as everyone was shocked by the sudden appearance of the massive arrowhead shaped ship.
"Your highness we're being hailed by the unknown vessel."
"Put it on the main viewer," Maribelle ordered as everyone turned their attention to an overhead screen on the bridge. The image was fuzzy at first, but soon the snow cleared revealing a very familiar face with a very stronger resemblance to Oldrin.
"I am Orpheus Zevon, formerly of the Zevon Family and the commander of the ship before you," Orpheus declared as he turned his attention to Oldrin his twin sister. "We finally meet twin sister."
No one responded immediately, but Maribelle saw the resemblance between the man and her childhood friend. They were almost twins save for the gender difference between them.
"Did you do this," Oldrin asked.
"Yes I did, I wiped out Pendragon cleansing the world of the filth that is the royal family, and the sycophant rabble of parasites that were the nobility. Oh, that included most of the treacherous scum that was the Zevon Family…now only you remain Oldrin."
"Do you have any idea how many people you killed?" Maribelle snapped.
"Do you know how many people worldwide are killed by Britannia, no you don't because you don't care about them. You would sooner murder a child in cold blood because he wasn't born in Britannia. Why I've just done a favor to the world this day. Now they see the giant that is the Britannian Empire stumble and fall to their knees, its head gone, and the remaining leaders either hated as symbols of betrayal or warmongering. If the Betrayal of Zero ignited the flames of freedom, the Fall of Pendragon shall feed them to become a firestorm that shall cross all the Zones and the rest of the world…the Ragnarok of the Empire starts to approach."
"This won't stand, we'll stop you."
"Stop me," Orpheus said before he burst into fanatical laughter at Maribelle's statement before regaining his composure. "STOP ME…I could easily destroy your ship with one shot or did you overlook the devastation the WNF round caused to Pendragon."
"If you are my brother then stop this madness."
"No I will not Oldrin, but in fact instead of killing you I decided to make use of you and the man I serve agrees with my idea," Orpheus said before turning to a crewmember at the same time gesturing for the sound to be muted so Maribelle and Oldrin couldn't hear him. "Engage the Remote Mass Teleport, target the Britannian Frigate, but add a temporal displacement factor of 0.8. If we time it correctly, we can use them to appear in Cranagan just as our surprises go off. It will certainly be juicy bait for the TSAB to bite while they lower reinforcements in the area closer to the Maximum Security Lost Logia Containment Facility."
"What are you planning now," Maribelle began as the mute in the sound prevented them from hearing when Orpheus intended, but Orpheus cut her off as he regarded Oldrin as the mute was turned off.
"Well…I have enjoyed this small chat, but my Lord waits for me to start our crusade for our true dreams. However, Princess Maribelle, you, my sister and your ship can still do one thing."
"What do you mean?"
"Simple, become bait, Goodbye!"
The Remote Mass Teleporter acted as the Grandberry was caught in the teleportation beam before vanishing.
A/N: well Pendragon is gone and thanks to Holyknight5 for the information on the weapon used and thanks to NUKEMAP for figuring out the exact damage and how areas by miles would be affected. Next chapter another attack on Cranagan will happen as they will hit another Lost Logia Containment Facility, but this one is different and more heavily guarded than the others containing a valuable piece of Lost Logia Orpheus and his mysterious master will need.
Fate and Signum have both begun teaching Lelouch with Nanoha likely to get some lessons in, provided he can survive Vita's fury. But I suppose that would fill in for his physical education, running from a pissed off hammer wielding child lol.
Anyway thank you in advance for the reviews and see you next chapter.