Room 123 Britannian military hospital Area 11

General Bartley Asprius, The overweight head of Britannia's Cyborg modification program, was feeling a bit unappreciated. He had requested a full laboratory to finish the modifications on Jeremiah Gottwald , but to his dismay all he was given was a hospital room in area 11.

"Ok lets test the Geass Negator " the Husky General said "then we can get the hell out of here"

A Flash of blue filled the room and immediately after the scores of computers began to show readings. "No its not strong enough, at this level it would only grant gradual a release from Geass's power ... Fuck it, we'll work on it tomorrow, dismissed." As the room began to empty Bartley began to wonder if someone was in the next room that would have been effected by the experiment, but even if there were, he decided that it was highly unlikely that they were a victim of Geass.

Room 124 Britannian military hospital Area 11

Geri felt weird, not the "Morphine" weird or the "morning after shore leave" weird. It could be described more as a "fuck I left my homework in my room"kind of weird. He had had some strange dreams. Dreams of another life... His thoughts were soon interrupted as he was greeted by Lloyd and Cécile.

"Welcome back to the land of the living" Geri's effeminate C.O. said "it would be a shame to lose such a good subject"

"Yes indeed we are so relived you are ok" Cécile pressed, then she presented a plate of food to Geri , and Geri, not acknowledging Lloyds puking motions, took a bite, an action he immediately regretted. But not wanting to hurt Cécile he Smiled and said "it is good thank you."

"What happened to me " the young pilot asked

"Well" Cécile said "apparently someone" she paused and looked at Geri Scorchingly "did not read the manual , and that someone disengaged the safety protocols in the HAAF allowing them to got abnormally fast. Then that same someone went into a 14g dive for a minuet and a half."

"So my internal organs got slapped around and became my rib cage's bitch " Geri said ignoring the gravity of her statements

"Err... yes that's a good way to put it" Cécile said looking down at the floor

"So" Lloyd threw in "you have been removed from active duty"

"What" Geri said angrily then standing up he added "I'm fine" but as soon as he began to walk a familiar wave of nausea hit him as he began to sputter up blood.

"Sit down and listen to us" Cécile urged handing him a rag for the blood "this could be permanently debilitating,...you would just be a liability in the field,... and....." Cécile's voice zoned off .

"And" Lloyd quickly added "we have worse news"

"Fuck" Geri whispered under his breath as he cleaned the blood from his chin.

Before Lloyd could continue Cécile stopped him and asked a bit conserned "Should we tell him"

"oooh do I have a tumor?" Geri Interrupted sarcastically "Or is it Lupus" he said with a fake expression of fear. "Oh I know" he said with increasing anger "I'm pregnant, I knew my nipples were unusually tender".

"Oh none of those things" Lloyd said then with a sigh he added " your terminal" at that Cécile turned away.

"Get the fuck out" Geri Laughed, then seeing the serious expression on Lloyds face he straightened up and asked "How long do I have."

"Its not that simple" Lloyd said " Your like a leaking boat, at least thats what the doctor said, we have treatments that will extend your life, but you most likely won't live past 30"

Geri Stared at them for a while, but he couldn't say anything. A big fat realization had fallen on top of him, and it was smothering him in it's blubbery rolls. He had always knew he was going to die but he never thought it would be this soon. His feeling of mortality began to sink in. Of all the times he had swung at, stabbed at, and shot at none of them had made him feel as scared as he was now. He felt totally helpless.

One month later

The pain wasn't as bad now. Geri could walk without help and even run a little. The mechanical augmentations to his heart and lungs made that possible. He even started to feel better about his assumed fate. After the victory in the EU Suzaku put Geri's name in for a promotion. Although the "fame" and title were nice it was merely way for Suzaku to give him officers housing and medical treatment, as for his role in the military he was just an vessel for experimental medical procedures. "But hell" he thought to himself "the pay is good and I've got a sweet apartment courtesy of the Britannian military. About the only downside is their making me go back to school.

The apartment was truly spectacular. It had a full kitchen (not that he would ever cook for anyone but himself, some might see it as a bit feminine) a full bathroom, two bedrooms (but in his eyes it was only one bedroom and one game room) and a balcony from the master(non game room) bedroom. " hell maybe its worth dieing to get to live here" he thought to himself cynically.

Two days later

"I swear you'll like It there" Suzaku said into the phone. "Just look for Milly Ashford, tell her Suzaku sent you"

"Ok" Geri said " but when are you coming back"

"in a couple months" Suzaku replied " I've got to clean up here first"

"Man I wish I could be there now" Geri said

"well the "Vampire of Britannia" showed up so maybe its better your gone" Suzaku said with a hint of relief

"God I can't stand that Sadistic fuck, I don't know why but he gives me strange look every time he sees me" Geri said "he's not gay is he" Geri added "… I mean I'm cool with that... but I don't swing that way"

"No, but you would do right to stay away from him, he is quite the Sadistic fuck" Suzaku said " oh shit I got to go tell the student council I said hi" and with that Suzaku hung up the phone. He had to be careful when he spoke to Geri. He knew it would be worse once he was at school. Then he would have to deal with Geri and Lelouch at the same time, and that would be too much lying all at one time.