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Mutiny and Meteorite

Rolo was sitting in the knightmare hanger of the Ikaruga. Lelouch had just demanded that he leave him alone, confessing how he hated him for daring to take Nunnally's place as his younger siblings and even admitted that he had been trying to kill him. It was a complete shock to Rolo that the only he just did was leave in shock Lelouch's room. He just sat and look at the locket that Lelouch had given to him and wondered what was going to be the next thing he was going to do.

Assembly Hall of Ashford Academy

Survivors of the FLEIA blasts were gathering in and were being instructed by Britannian soldiers. On the second floor near a window, Milly Ashford looked out in the window with a downcast expression. She wondered what the world was really coming too. She didn't want to imagine how lives were lost in that blast. She suddenly heard a scream yell and it surprised her and she saw that it was Rivalz running to her and he stopped in front of her.

"Rivalz!" Milly spoke surprised.

Rivalz was so happy to see the former student council president, "Oh Prez, just tell me you're alive."

"Yes I am," Milly responded happily, "I'm alive."

Thank goodness."

"You can say that again."

The two of them laughed with joy that they were able to see each other again alive and well.

Conference Room of the Ikaruga

Meanwhile in the conference room, Schneizel, Kanon, and Cornelia were meeting with four core members of the Black Knights and that was Diethard, Todoh, Chiba, and Tamaki.

"Come to think of it, I never finished my match with Zero, did I?" Schneizel commented.

"Zero won't be attending," Diethard explained, "not until we have the details of the proposal."

"Of course I didn't expect him to show up."

Diethard raised his eyebrow, "Hmm?"

"He's not the type who consults with others, no; he keeps things to himself and keeps people at a distance."

"That's strange; you talk about him as if you know him intimately."

"More than any of you do."

They were taken back with what Schneizel had just said.

"Zero is our younger brother," Schneizel informed, "Cornelia and my own."

Diethard, Todoh, Chiba, and Tamaki gasped at the revelation.

"What are you saying?" Tamaki asked shocked.

"He is the former 11th royal prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, Lelouch vi Britannia, the man that I both loved and feared more than any other."

"Impossible!" Todoh said shocked.

"You're telling us that Zero is a Britannian prince?" Tamaki asked shocked.

Cornelia looked at Diethard, "Diethard please, in all this time, you never figured it out? Even with all the information you were getting from Jeremiah and Villetta?"

"You're wasting your time," Diethard said scoffing off what they were telling them, "You can't cause confusion here by spreading irrelevant stories. It's not Zero's lineage that matters but rather his efforts and all the miracles he has performed for us."

"But what if those miracles he performed were actually tricks?" Schneizel brought up.

"Tricks?"

"Zero possesses a special power, it is known as geass. It's the absolute power to compel anyone to obey him. You can think of it as extreme hypnosis."

"You're saying his miracles come from that power?" Todoh asked.

Tamaki got up from his chair angry, "Are you trying to diss my buddy Zero? He's got brains, guts, and he kicks Britannian butt. A prince with geass power? Where's the proof of all this bull, huh?"

"I have proof," Ohgi spoke as he walked in the room with Villetta surprising the others.

They all looked at Ohgi and Villetta shocked.

"Ohgi?" Tamaki spoke.

"And Villetta?" Cornelia spoke.

"What he's saying is all true. Zero is a former Britannian prince name Lelouch and he controls people with his geass power," Ohgi narrowed his eyes, "he's a con man."

Discussions continued on as Schneizel and Kanon presented evidence of Lelouch's treachery and it brought anger and despair to the members in the conference room. When it was said and done, a decision was made, a decision that had conditions that were made by Ohgi.

In space

Tekkapod was coming closer to Earth and it was just about the Earth's atmosphere as the exterior of the object of Radam was turning bright red. It would soon fulfill its purpose.

Tokyo Settlement

Suzaku was just standing in the crated that he created when he shot the F.L.E.I.A. warhead. He was very depressed. He never wanted things to end up as they did but they did and it was worse for him to know that Nunnally was gone as well, mostly likely caught in the blast. He wanted things to end peacefully but everything just ended up a terrible tragedy. Unknown to the Knight of Seven, he was being watched by someone who was in the tunnels that was exposed by the crater. It was the young woman with a cloak and hood over her head.

"Suzaku…" the woman spoke.

The Ikaruga

Lelouch, in his persona as Zero was walking in the hall with Kallen. Kallen had just came to pick up Zero, informing him that Ohgi wanted to see him in Warehouse Three and when Lelouch asked what was it about, Kallen said that she had no idea and that Ohgi just wanted to see him. Lelouch didn't know what was going on but he decided to go and see what was it about and had CC, who was still had her memories when she had geass lost, to remain here. Lelouch had explained to Kallen what happened to CC and how he blamed himself for what had happened to her. Kallen could see that Lelouch was depressed over it and it didn't help things with the added fact that Nunnally was gone was well. The Second Battle of Tokyo was a failure to him due to the blast when Suzaku shot the F.L.E.I.A. warhead and it had obliterated part of the Tokyo Settlement and worse for Lelouch as for Nunnally was lost in the blast as well as Sayoko. It was sad day for Lelouch and Kallen didn't know what she could do for her leader. Lelouch and Kallen were riding the elevator, heading for Warehouse Three.

"CC is gone and Nunnally has been killed," Kallen said in her head with sadness, "that means that Lelouch has…"

"Kallen," Lelouch spoke, "Thank goodness, you're safe. I'm sorry it took me long to rescue you."

Kallen looked at Zero surprised and then spoke, "Lelouch, I was able to talk to Nunnally. She saved me."

"I see."

The elevator stopped at the floor they wanted and they walked out of the elevator.

Kallen continued, "Umm, I know this is a weird time to be saying this, but I also had a brother and-"

Kallen was interrupted when lights flashed on them suddenly and she and Lelouch were surprised at what they saw. What they saw were knightmares and most of the core members of the Black Knights pointing their guns, specifically aiming at Lelouch.

"It's over Zero!" Todoh declared.

"How dare you play a con game with us!" Chiba added.

"We know all about your geass!" Ohgi said.

Lelouch was shocked at what he just heard and then he noticed Diethard filming the whole thing.

"The legendary hero Zero died in combat before he could achieve his goals," Diethard said in a documentary way, "however, his brave way of life will forever be told for generations to come."

"Is that your manuscript, Diethard?" Lelouch asked.

"To be honest, I wished to have filmed this until your victory over Britannia," Diethard shook his head and glared at Zero, "unfortunately the show is now cancelled."

"What should I do?" Lelouch asked in his head, "The Knightmares are an obstacle, but Ohgi and the others are still defenseless. If I use my geass without being noticed…"

"Everyone trusted you!" Minami said with anger.

"Inoue, Yoshida, they all died for you!" Sugiyama added with anger as well.

"Wait!" Kallen pleaded standing in front of Lelouch with her arms out to shield him, "This is too one-sided! This kind of…we all got here thanks to Zero, right? We should at least hear him out and-"

"Out of the way Kallen!" Tamaki demanded.

"Do you want to die with Zero?!" Sugiyama asked.

"Don't tell me you're under the control of geass as well!" Ohgi spoke in anger.

Kallen just looked at the people that were ready to shoot Lelouch and decided to find something out.

"Answer me Lelouch," Kallen said, "To you, what am I?"

Lelouch was silent.

"With you, I'd…well, c'mon…"

Lelouch was still trying to figure things out and then he looked at his upper left said and saw Schneizel with his aide Kanon.

"I see," Lelouch said in his head, "So this is your check, Schneizel? Then, in any kind of situation, there's really no way out."

Lelouch looked at Kallen who was still waiting for him to answer her question. Lelouch felt that there was no way out and since he was no longer able to reunite with Nunnally, all was lost to him and in the end, it was a reminder to himself that he was unable to help those that were dear to him and he felt that he had to do something right now, for at least that he would make sure that Kallen would not die because of him.

"Come on, please tell me!" Kallen pleaded.

Kallen was then surprised to hear Lelouch starting to laugh.

"Fools, you all realized it this late?" Lelouch said as he took off his helmet and surprising Kallen with his remarks, "About the fact that you were all being used? About the fact that you're all just pawns?"

This just made the core members of Black Knights angrier at the fact that Zero was saying these things to them.

"Zero, so it's true that you…" Ohgi spoke.

Tamaki was upset and it saddened him, "Zero…"

Kallen was in absolute shock and felt like someone was just took a knife and stabbed her, "Lelouch…"

Schneizel and Kanon just looked on and Schneizel half expected Lelouch to actually deny the allegations.

"Kallen, you were a very elite pawn among them all," Lelouch said with a smile and then gave his attention to rest of the core members, "indeed, everything was like a chessboard. All of this was a game."

Kallen turned with her head down feeling betrayed, "I see…" Kallen had tears that started to form in her eyes and felt betrayed, anger, and sadness, "Farewell, Lelouch."

Kallen began to walk away from the person she felt toyed with her emotions.

"Get ready!" Todoh instructed.

They all had their guns aimed and ready to shoot and Kallen moved out of the firing range.

"Kallen, you have to live," Lelouch said.

Kallen was shocked to hear Lelouch say those words and as she was trying to find out what he meant, the Shinkiro appeared and blocked the bullets that were meant for Lelouch when they opened fire. This surprised everyone in the warehouse.

"Big brother, are you okay?!" Rolo spoke.

Lelouch was surprised hearing Rolo's voice, "Rolo!"

"Never mind, get the Shinkiro!" Todoh ordered.

"Wait!" Kallen pleaded.

Rolo used the opportunity to use his geass and he was able to escape the Ikaruga taking Lelouch with him.

In the air

"Stop it Rolo," Lelouch pleaded, "you've done enough!"

The Ikaruga

In Lelouch's room, CC felt something was going on, "Oh, my master."

Meanwhile in Warehouse Three, the core members of the Black Knights were shocked at what had just happened.

"They're gone," Ohgi spoke, "the Shinkiro."

Kallen's eyes widened, "Vanished, just like in Babel Tower."

Schneizel and Kanon were surprised as well and Kanon contacted Anya.

"Anya, Zero has just escape," Kanon informed.

In the air

The Mordred was in pursuit going after the Shinkiro.

"Can you capture him with the Mordred?" Kanon asked.

"I can only destroy it," Anya answered.

Anya shot her Miniature Proximity Missiles at the Shinkiro and it was blocked by the Shinkiro's Absolute Defense Systems. As Anya was locking in on the Shinkiro ready to shoot it down again, it disappeared in front of her and Anya was unable to keep it lock on as he kept disappearing and reappearing randomly and soon, knightmare frames of the Black Knights were on pursuit as well given orders to destroy the Shinkiro.

Meanwhile, Lelouch got in the cockpit of the Shinkiro and told Rolo to stop protecting him. Lelouch lost the will to live and he wanted Rolo to stop helping him, even as to remind him that he saw him nothing more than a tool. Rolo refused to stop and even used his geass to help with the escape, straining his own heart at the process. Lelouch continued to beg him to stop but Rolo refused and made the decision to help Lelouch by his own freewill.

Meanwhile, the Tekkapod had finally arrived on Earth and it was heading straight down and it was about to collide with something moving and that was the Shinkiro.

In the Shinkiro

Rolo and Lelouch looked at something in the monitor and were confused.

"What is that?" Rolo asked.

"It looks like something is…" Lelouch's eyes widened, "it's heading straight towards us."

"What?"

In the air

The Shinkiro was suddenly struck by the Tekkapod, causing the knightmare frame to spin as it was crashing down towards a forest. The pilots of the knightmare frames that were pursuing the Shinkiro were shocked and giving reports of what they saw.

The Ikaruga

"What? What did you say?" Diethard asked on the communications surprised

Ohgi, Villetta, Minami, Sugiyama, Tamaki, Todoh, Chiba, Schneizel, Cornelia, and Kanon were there as well.

"Something from the sky struck the Shinkiro," a Black Knight officer reported, "it might be some sort of meteorite."

"A meteorite?" Ohgi asked.

Schneizel narrowed his eyes, "What about the ones inside the Shinkiro?"

"We don't know, the Shinkiro has crashed in the forest."

"Find them, we need confirmation," Diethard ordered.

"Yes sir!"

On the other side, Kallen was shocked as well, "Lelouch…what's going on?"

A forest somewhere

The Shinkiro was destroyed and the hatch of the cockpit broke off and Lelouch fell on the ground and Rolo was still in the cockpit feeling extremely weak from the excessive use of his geass. Lelouch gingerly stood up and saw Rolo.

"Rolo, Rolo, are you all right?" Lelouch asked with concern.

"I…think so…" Rolo said feeling weak.

Lelouch was about to go check up on Rolo when he suddenly noticed something ominous and his eyes widened. The Tekkapod appeared before Lelouch.

"What the hell is that thing?" Lelouch asked.

Rolo got off from the cockpit and rested on the ground and saw what Lelouch was seeing.

"Is that thing the one that crashed into us?" Rolo asked

Suddenly the Tekkapod began to move and moved by going a bit up in the air and moved towards Lelouch grabbing him.

"No, stop!" Lelouch demanded in horror, "Let me go!"

"Big brother!" Rolo spoke trying to get to Lelouch but wasn't able to move fast as he still felt weak from the crash and the excessive use of his geass.

Lelouch struggles to release himself from the grip of the alien object but it was of no avail and the Tekkapod moved itself up again and landed on top of Lelouch consuming him. Rolo was horrified in what he was seeing and tried to free his brother but was pushed away and the Shinkiro had just exploded sending Rolo flying within the forest and the Tekkapod heading toward the sea with Lelouch inside of it. Pilots of the knightmare frames that were pursuing the Shinkiro, which also including Anya piloting the Mordred witnessed what they had saw and were in disbelief in what they were seeing.

"What the hell happened?" one knightmare pilot of the Black Knights asked.

"That meteorite…it moved and it struck right on top of that person, but was that…no, it couldn't be, was that Zero?"

"The Shinkiro has been destroyed," Anya said.

The Ikaruga

The most of the core members of the Black Knights as well as Villetta, Schneizel, Kanon, and Cornelia were getting an update of what had happened through communications.

"Really, that's what happened?" Ohgi asked.

"Yes sir, it was some meteorite and it actually moved and it literally crushed him," a soldier said.

"So that's what happened," Todoh explained.

"That person, he…he was dressed as Zero. Was that Zero, were we actually going after Zero?"

Diethard cleared his throat, "Are you certain you of what you saw?"

"Yes, not just me but others as well and even the Knight of Six saw it. After the meteorite crushed him, the Shinkiro exploded and that meteorite fell in the sea. There's no way anyone could survive that."

"So, he's dead," Ohgi deduced.

"Most likely."

Kallen was shocked and felt depressed of what she had just heard.

"All right, all of you are to return here at once," Todoh ordered.

"Yes sir, but seriously, was that Zero? I mean, he didn't have his mask and he looked like some kid."

"Um, we'll explain everything when you get back," Ohgi said.

"Understood, returning to Ikaruga as ordered."

The communications were cut off.

"From what we heard, it sounds like Lelouch is dead," Schneizel said.

"It seems that way," Diethard said.

"Hmm, well, it seems to be retribution from the heavens for all the terrible things that he has done."

"Yeah, that's probably it," Ohgi said.

"With that, Euphie has been avenged," Cornelia said putting her hand over her heart.

"He got what he deserved," Chiba said.

"You have all done well," Schneizel said.

Ohgi turned to Villetta and gave her comforting expression, "Lelouch won't use us as game pieces any longer."

"Yes," Villetta replied, "I understand it wasn't easy for you but thank you…thank you Kaname."

Kallen just looked at them and abruptly left the room. Ohgi and the others saw Kallen leave.

"Kallen," Ohgi spoke.

Ohgi was about to go after her until Diethard stopped causing Ohgi to look at the Britannian news anchor and Diethard shook his head and Ohgi looked down.

Schneizel had his thoughts, "All of this could have been avoided if you had listened to me Lelouch," Schneizel said, "this would not have happened to you and it was your own pride that led you to your downfall," Schneizel then smirked, "well, there is no need for you worry now. Nunnally is safe now. I'm taking good care of her; she'll be under my protection for now."

F.L.E.I.A. Crater, Tokyo Settlement

Suzaku had tried so hard to keep to his principles. He believed that results through despicable means meant nothing and would leave bad karma. He desired peace. He wanted to become the Knight of One so that he could govern his land of his birth so that fighting could just stop. He wanted to prove that things can be done if one changes the system from within. He had truly believed that. But there was always something or someone getting in his way in of his goals and dreams. At that moment, Suzaku could only laugh. Laugh manically and loud. It seems to him that his notions were wrong and that he has been sadly naïve. There was just one path for him. He didn't care if people looked down on him or called him a hypocrite. He was going to get results. That's all that matter to him.

Under the sea

The Tekkapod that had Lelouch inside was falling deeper and deeper in the sea and inside the pod, Lelouch was screaming, writhing in pain as he was going through some sort of metamorphous as he body was being biologically alerted. Lelouch didn't know what was happening to him nor did he know what was happening to him but he figured that he was going to being tortured before he would die and if that was case, Lelouch concluded that he had no right to complain thinking about his regrets in his life. However, he would realize that he would become something different and soon, he would rejuvenate his vengeance against the country of his birth. The wheels of fate were turning in motion for Lelouch vi Britannia who was also known as Zero.

That's it for this chapter. Next chapter: A plot to assassinate Charles zi Britannia on Kamine Island and two unexpected people intents to prevent the Ragnarok Connection while Lelouch continued to go through being altered in the Tekkapod.