I don't own Code Geass or Death Note. Probably should've written that last chapter but oh well. Thanks for the positive feedback. Just an FYI when i mention the death gods i do know that Rem's already dead, I didn't forget.

chapter 2: A Madman's Ploy

Light sighed as he let gravity take over, pushing him down into the small green couch behind him. As he sank into its depths he used his hand as leverage to hold his head up. So much information to process yet he didn't have a moment to spare. Of course Misa over there was happily checking the bouncy-ness of their queen sized bed, apparently without a care in the world. It's not that she wasn't worried or too stupid to care, just that her trust in Light's judgment was absolute. In her eyes he could do no wrong, so of course this slight change of plans wasn't anything he couldn't handle.

They were resting in a spare guest room at the Black Knights "hidden base" wherever that was, after having spent the last few hours listening to Zero go on about their situation and what needed to be done, etc.

They were told that Zero's "witch", as he called her, had been contacted by others with similar abilities and after learning of Zero's defeat thought he could use some help. They had told C.C., who told Zero, that they could use their "powers" to summon him from his dimension to this one. Seeing it as a golden opportunity to strategize with someone of equal intellect Zero had agreed and the rest is history.

Then Zero had gone on and explained about his geass, the history of Brittania and the history of his Black Knights. Light had found the whole thing terribly fascinating and asked questions throughout. Of course Zero didn't reveal anything about himself or even how he got the geass except to say C.C. gave it to him. Though Light found this a bit frustrating he found himself thinking of Zero more and more as an equal. Perhaps his plan of world domination was possible, no, plausible.

He of course had had a problem with the Geass itself, what if Zero used it on Light? Since Light didn't know Zero's real name Zero was protected from the death note, yet Light had no such protection.

When Zero learned of this "problem" from Light he reassured them he would get them both helmets similar to what he wore as Zero (though he had a look of disappointment on his face as if he had hoped Light wouldn't come to that conclusion). After seeing the helmet in question Light had declined and suggested some heavy sunglasses instead.

Light ran his fingers through his straight hair as he watched Misa flip through the TV channels. One thing was still bugging him, a fear that, if true, could unhinge this whole thing before it even started. Since there was no Ryuk, no Rem to bother them he wondered if there even were death gods in this dimension. And if there were no death gods, would the death note even work?

Was it possible the one reason he was saved from death no longer had any power? Was it merely a black notebook? He had to test it, there was no way he was going to wait for Zero to tell him to kill someone to find out it didn't work.

"Misa, please change the channel to the news, I think you passed it a couple channels back." Light pushed himself off the couch and walked over to the bed.

"But Light we're in a different dimension and Misa-Misa wanted to see how different they're TV is from ours." She smiled at him with her eyes closed; however he was in no mood after the day's events to deal with her happy-as-a-school-girl routine.

"Misa," Light said in a much more commanding voice than before. "Turn it to the news, this is important." Misa frowned, but said nothing. As Misa reached the channel a young woman with long blonde hair came on.

Light had been hoping for something about a criminal he could kill off, but the young woman seemed to be interviewing a scientist of Brittania about some project. Light paid more attention and noticed the blonde was trying to get the young scientist, a girl with glasses identified by a bar on the screen as "Nina Einstein" (A/N: I'm serious, that's her name, I didn't make it up) to discuss some secret weapon rumored to be used against the rebel elevens.

'Well,' Light thought to himself, 'since I'm now working with the rebel elevens that makes her my enemy, she's as good a guinea pig as anyone else.'

Light pulled Misa's death note out of her purse and wrote down Nina's name on a blank page, but left the cause of death blank. He waited apprehensively; time seemed to lengthen from seconds to minutes. 5….4….3….2……..1.

Nina grabbed her chest with a gasp and fell to the floor. The blonde woman tried in some way to help her but the broadcast was cut and an ad for Pizza Hut came on. Light grinned, excellent, he thought. There would be no trouble and if he was lucky he may have taken out an enemy at the same time.

*knock* *knock* the loud banging resonated through the tiny room but before the guests could respond the door was flung open and Zero walked in, his outfit hastily put back on and C.C. trailing behind him eating pizza.

"Did you just kill that girl?!?" Zero exclaimed pointing his ungloved hand at the TV set.

"Yes, I wanted to make sure the death note worked as well in your world," Light shrugged, he didn't need to reveal that he hadn't been certain it would work at all. "The scientist appeared to be creating some sort of weapon against your black knights; I thought I would stop her before she completed it."

"I don't know how you did it in your dimension but you can't just go killing people off in mine! I actually knew that girl!" This caused Light to raise an eyebrow. Fraternizing with the enemy much?

"Listen it may not seem like a big deal to you, but King Charles has V.V. working for him and he'll more than likely know about the witch who pulled you from this dimension. I'm just saying we need to play it low key for a while."

"I thought we were partners in this," Light shot back at him. "Maybe you should stop criticizing my work and we can come up with a plan."

"We are partners but we're in MY world, and until you understand everything about that you need to follow my advice." Zero was about to continue his argument when he noticed C.C. had left the room. "Where did-"

But before he could even ask the question she returned with Misa in tow. "Ta-Da!" Misa exclaimed as she held her hands out in front of her like an Olympic diver. She was dressed in C.C.'s white jumpsuit.

"What do you think Light? Does Misa-Misa look pretty?" Her face sparkled as she spoke. Light had to admit, Misa looked good in skin-tight white. However he had a feeling she wasn't going to be very helpful on their mission. He rolled his eyes, 'oh well,' he thought. 'Every king needs his queen.'

ELSEWHERE

Suzaku cackled like a madman as the last of the witch's screams escaped her lips. After pulling Light and Misa from their dimension, the witch had eagerly left the secret base to get back to her own home. Unfortunately for her she had been spotted and captured by Suzaku's knightmare.

Suzaku had taken her back to his apartment where he proceeded to torture her for information. She had no true loyalty to Zero and quickly told him everything that had taken place and where Zero's base was. Suzaku's eyes lit up in greed at this information, he would be able to have his revenge for the death of his beloved Euphemia.

But the witch had told him something else of interest, this "Light Yagami" could be a problem. So how best to deal with a problem? Why confront it with an equal or bigger problem! So Suzaku forced the witch to pull someone else from the dimensional gate.

He watched as she struggled, two people in one day was a huge enough strain on her abilities, but three? Just as she finished pulling this unknown third person out of the dimensional gate she collapsed in unconsciousness.

Suzaku looked at the third person with a malicious grin and could barely contain the excitement as he spoke. "Welcome to area eleven, L." The apartment echoed with Suzaku's dark laughter.

So how was it? I'm not sure if I'm portraying Light and Lelouch well enough, theyre both incredibly genuises and....I'm not so its hard to relate. Give me some feedback on that because I dont want to continue if my portrayal of them is horrible. Sorry for the Suzaku bashing but i hate Suzaku and i needed someone to play that role and at this point in the story he's pretty much insane anyway.