I think this fic is kinda feeling like the real Code Geass. That wasn't exactly my plan, but I just watched the whole thing recently and got reminded of what really happened. But you'll you see how Suzaku's role is switched with Lelouch's. At least…I think they switched roles. Just tell me what you think after you finish reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass, but I do own the human trafficking ring Kallen's going to be forced into XD. Muahahahaaa!

Chapter 17: Pining

It was hard to believe that a few hours ago she had been worrying about Millay forgiving her. A trivial problem when compared to the predicament she was currently in. Suzaku Kururugi sat in front of her on a stool, staring intensely at her, doing this to make her fear him even more than she did. She was shaking in her seat, her hands thankfully free. She chewed on her bottom lip as her eyes darted around the room. As long as they didn't meet with Suzaku's eyes then she would be fine.

The room was painted in black, a rather strange colour for a normal person's room…but Suzaku wasn't normal! He was the gang leader of probably the most infamous gang in all of Britannia. There was one word to describe how she felt and it was scared. She was scared because when he had pulled up to the seemingly normal house in a seemingly normal community, they had been greeted by men with guns – huge guns – as soon as they had entered the house. Men who had halos of smoke floating around their heads, men who were staring lustfully at her as she was led by Suzaku to the basement, men who were clearly dangerous and had these guns carelessly slung around their shoulders or hanging from their hands. But now, it was just her and Suzaku, none of his henchmen had been allowed into the room with her and him.

She almost jumped out of her chair when she felt a hand on her arm, running up and down it, sending shivers along her body and causing goose bumps to pop up on her arm. She looked at who was caressing her hand so gently and she met with his emerald eyes. She tried to swallow, but a huge lump had formed in her throat, cutting off some of her oxygen, causing her to take shaky and gasping breaths. Suzaku smiled at her and continued to caress her arm.

While she had been trying to avoid his gaze, Suzaku had silently pulled his stool closer to her. In fact he was so close that he could make out every individual lash on Kallen's eyelids. His touch drifted to her shoulder and then to her neck. He took it in his hand and cocking her head to the side, revealed her slim neck. He pulled his stool even closer, this time so close that his legs trapped Kallen to him. He leaned his head forward and like a vampire, he sunk his teeth into her skin. She winced as he sucked and pulled and nibbled on her neck, creating his mark. He titled her head to the next side, doing the same thing again. She didn't try to shove him away, he had guards right on the outside of the door who would come storming in and shooting if Suzaku so much as snapped his fingers.

"Relax, I'll be gentle…or not," he said, grabbing her hair and pulling her head back. She let out a quiet expression of pain as his mouth touched the underside of her chin. He let go of her head and captured her lips with his, biting down on her bottom lip so hard that she tasted blood. He moaned into the kiss as his hands wrapped themselves around the small of her back. He stood up, carrying her with him, her feet barely touching the ground. He let her go and took a step back.

"Strip," he said and pulled his seat back and sat on it, preparing himself for a show. He was dying to see what her body looked like under her clothes. Her baby bump was no big deal, if anything, it made her all the more desirable. Kallen blinked and widened her eyes in confusion.

"Wha…what?" She asked.

"I said, strip," Suzaku said, impatient as he eyed her. She jumped at the tone of his voice and quickly tugged her blouse over head, watching it flutter to the ground. She clutched her body as tears formed in her eyes.

'Do it, Kallen! Do it! Do it or die!' She thought pushing herself. Her hands fell to her side and she lifted her hand, gaining a strong posture. She'd rather die than willingly let someone defile her. Suzaku felt the change in her emotions, her defiance hanging heavily in the atmosphere. He flew from his seat, pushing it violently to the ground in the process. He noticed that she flinched only a little, almost unnoticeable. Wasn't she afraid of him? Then he would give her a reason to fear him! In two quick strides he was in front of her. He grabbed her bra and with the flick of his wrist snapped it from her body.

"No!" Kallen screamed and punched him in the face with one hand while trying to cover herself with the other. Suzaku was stunned for a second that her punch could actually make him take a step back. Exactly how tough was this girl? He growled, clenched his hand into a fist and swung it at her.

The guards heard a woman's scream and then the chair connecting with the wall. There was a lot of sounds of furniture scraping on the floor, more screaming and sobbing from the red headed woman and then the creaking of the springs in the mattress. They grinned to each other. Their leader had sure shown her. She would probably be unable to walk for the next week, not that it mattered when Suzaku was planning for her execution along with his former best friend, Lelouch.

The door was flung open and the two men standing guard jumped and aimed their guns at the person exiting. Suzaku narrowed his eyes as he looked between his two men. The men immediately lowered their guns and started babbling their apologies.

"We're sorry, sir," they said and bowed their heads in respect to their leader. With their heads bowed, their eyes were widened in shock. Why had he emerged from the room so soon? Normally, he would relish in the weaknesses of his female victims and he wouldn't stop until they bled on the floor and screamed for God to take them away. But this girl…what had happened to this girl? And why had he exited clutching his stomach? Was there something wrong?

How dare you point your guns at me? I'll teach you a lesson," Suzaku said.

"Sir…" one of them spoke as he lifted his head to plead with the brunet. He was met with a shot between the eyes. His eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed with much dramatic effect to the floor, his body writhing for a few seconds before it stiffened. The other didn't dare to look up as he saw his dearly beloved friend lifeless on the floor. If his leader was merciful, he would kill him too. After all, without his friend, he had no one else to share his life with.

Suzaku pocketed his gun and grinned sadistically at the dead man at his feet. He glanced at the other who still had his head down and decided to spare him. He didn't feel like fetching anyone to dispose of the body.

"Get rid of him. You know the drill, no cemeteries," Suzaku said and walked off. The man waited until Suzaku had left before he fell to his knees and allowed his tears to flow freely. How could he simply toss him away? Why couldn't he get a proper burial, like all normal human beings? But they weren't normal. A lot of them had joined the gang of their own will, but the majority, much like himself and his now dead friend, Tamaki, they had been forced. Their wills had been taken away from them and slowly they had found themselves enjoying the lifestyle, turning into the monster their boss was. But it was moments like these that brought out the humanity that had evaded them ever so much since recently.

Kallen lay down on the bed, her blouse clutched to her naked chest, her pants halfway down her legs. She was crying, albeit silently. She had fought him off as best as possible. She would keep her dignity to the very end. He hadn't done a thing to her, he had only managed to strike her a time or two, an explanation to the blood on her bottom lip and the red marks due to turn black and blue with time on her hands and all over her body. She had protected her baby as much as possible and she wanted to cry her eyes out, because she wasn't sure if her protection had been enough. She curled herself into a ball, tears forming in her eyes as she admitted a few things to herself.

She missed Millay and wished that she hadn't broken her best friend's heart so often, but she also knew that she had broken her friend's heart…because she wanted to save hers. It was a rather selfish reason, but at first she didn't want to admit it. She wanted to avoid him almost as much as she wanted to be in his presence, a contradictory feeling that led her to live with him…twice. She had somehow fallen in love with Lelouch. Whether it was how stunning he looked, or maybe it was how he gently touched her during their one night stand, or maybe it was how he had opened up to her since recently and shown her a side of him that was…decent and charming and even a little goofy. Or maybe, even though this would be extremely wrong in so many ways, maybe it was because of the persona he had adapted. The persona that had become a huge part of him as he continued to use it. Maybe she had fallen for him simply because he was the last person on Earth she had dreamed of falling for.

She touched her stomach and regretted being so stubborn and not asking Lelouch to kiss her, because, now that she had admitted it to herself, admitted that she was in love with him, she realized that she needed him. She needed him to save her right now. She needed him to hold her and carry her to safety. She needed him because she had never felt this way toward any other man. She blinked back the tears, deciding that crying herself to sleep wasn't the best thing to do. She had to be like Millay. She needed to be strong. She clutched at the top of her jeans and managed to pull them back up. She slipped into her blouse and realized that when Suzaku had angrily stormed out, he had left the door wide open and now, a man was sprawled over another man on the ground.

She tentatively eased herself from the bed and with small steps, walked over to them. If she could just…

"Stop right there. You think just because I'm mourning a fallen comrade that I would let you escape? You're our prisoner…and I have a job to do," the crying man said. With a final sob he rose to his feet, his head slightly bowed as his hair drooped in his face. He reached for his gun that was hanging from his shoulder and aimed it at her as he flashed his head back and revealed red eyes to the red head. She took an obvious breath, but held her ground. She was going to die anyway. Suzaku was bound to return with a vengeance. After all, he hadn't gotten what he so wanted from her. So, why not choose when to die instead of being at the mercies of others?

"Tell me, do you also wish to choose when you die?" She asked in a soft voice. She could see his gun hand quiver. His eyes revealed to her that in his head, a million thoughts were running through his mind. He glanced down at his friend and with a sigh lowered his hand.

"Yes," he simply answered and Kallen knew she had found an ally in him.

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Suzaku tried his best not to storm through the hallways of the house, obvious anger set in his brow. She had refused…multiple times. No matter how hard he tried to touch her where he desperately wanted to, she would fight him off. He had backed off after her face was replaced with someone he would never hurt. And he had left her there, not knowing what he was to do with her or matter of factly, what he was going to do with himself. It was her fighting nature that reminded him of her. It was strange how a little thing could bring back memories. He had never dared force himself upon her. It wasn't just because he could be beheaded because of such a vile action; it was because he respected her. But, that was a long time ago, and now he found that he couldn't respect anyone. He had lost that side of him when he had lost her.

He quickly whisked past his lackeys and went into his designated office, closing the door behind him, knowing that no one would disturb him unless they wished to die. He collapsed in his couch and, like many times before, stared up at his ceiling and wondered if becoming their leader was the best path to go down. He had accomplished the feat in a matter of weeks, being superior in thought and strength to all the gang members and their various leaders. It was exactly this reason of having more than one leader as to why Suzaku conquered them so quickly. United – they would have stood firm, but being divided- they fell. And now, he had them all in just the right place, a comfortable spot indeed.

He sighed and his shoulders slumped as he gained a look of pure innocence on his face. Recently, he had allowed this side of him to surface hoping that maybe he would finally get over her death. She always liked him when he was gentle and kind, and so he would forever reserve that side of him specifically for her.

"Euphie…I miss you…won't you come back to me…even if it's just for a day. I never got to say a proper goodbye," he whispered to the empty space around him. Though he had tried not to love her more than she loved him, he had failed. He had allowed her to capture and rule his heart and now he was paying the price – perpetual loyalty to a dead person. It frightened him yet satisfied him at the same time.

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Lelouch couldn't help the shaking that had enveloped him ever since Suzaku had called him and told him that he had taken Kallen bondage. What had gotten him confused was Suzaku shouting his dead sister's name. What did Euphie have to do with all of this? Lelouch had never been close to her. He hadn't even involved himself in Suzaku's and Euphemia's relationship. As he thought about it, he clenched his trembling fist. That was when they had turned enemies, hating each other and always on the look-out for threats. Euphemia's death had coincided with Lelouch's marriage problems and that bastard had slept with his then wife to ease his pain of no longer having his lover by his side. He had backstabbed Lelouch by stealing his love from him. Lelouch managed to smirk though he was trembling. His love? C.C. had sure seemed like the love of his life back then. They had somehow found a way to be different yet to agree most times. He had never thought that the reason they had "fallen in love" would be the reason they split.

He leaned back in the couch, closing his eyes and trying to figure out how to rescue Kallen. He knew exactly where Suzaku would bring her, he knew Suzaku too well to not be able to read his moves. He turned his head to the side and opened his eyes. He could come up with nothing, too many thoughts were running through his head. Thoughts of the past, thoughts of the present, thoughts of the future…and thoughts of Kallen.

He smiled as he imagined her in the room, running from him as he splashed water on her. Maybe he should thank Suzaku for removing the likes of C.C. from his life and for removing the blindness of love that so many people had experienced and for allowing him to see true love, finally. He frowned, an ugly angle of his face as he tried to imagine not seeing her again. It didn't matter if she didn't love him now, he would spend his whole life trying to win her over, because if he didn't have her…then he would spend the rest of his life going through the years without really noticing it, without really living, he would just be waiting for his death. His existence would be a blur.

"I'm sorry," Millay whispered to Rivalz as she leaned into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her waist and lowered his head to whisper in her ear.

"I don't care, I'm just glad we're here now," he said and kissed her below the ear. She closed her eyes and smiled. She had been wrong…about a guy. That was something she had never experienced before Rivalz.

"Stop," she said, squirming playfully in his lap. He laughed and grabbed her firmly so that her back could rest against his chest for as long as he was with her.

"I wish you'd be the one to stop, Millay. I'm a guy after all," he murmured to her, blushing as he tried to look away from her. She smiled and blushed also, her gaze falling on Lelouch who was sitting in the couch in his house. The three of them had tracked it back to his house for some unknown reason. Maybe it was because Millay had realized that the man she once hated with so much passion actually thought of Kallen as something more than huge breasts. She didn't approve of him…but his reactions to finding out that a gang leader had her best friend spoke volumes about him. It made her actually want to give him a chance to prove himself worthy of Kallen.

"Rivalz…what are we going to do?" She whispered. He jerked his head in her direction and followed her eyes to look at Lelouch. His playful expression darkened as he looked at his friend. He had come back to his house because he knew Lelouch probably wanted to feel as close to his missing love as possible. It was strange what love was able to do to a man.

"I don't know…but hopefully, Lelouch will figure something out. He and Suzaku used to be friends…but…something happened that none of them can forgive the other for it seems," Rivalz whispered back, making himself extra comfortable against his girlfriend.

Lelouch knew he was on the verge of tears, but really…what could he do? He hadn't been able to stop Suzaku before…how could this time be any different? Lelouch took a deep breath in and slowly let it out, trying to clear his mind and come to a conclusion. Should he go to the cops? Should he go in alone? Should he bring Rivalz? How long would it take to get to her? What were his plans for Kallen? Lelouch didn't want to think about that. He knew he had to act fast. Suzaku's hatred of him would lead to dire consequences for Kallen. He wouldn't be responsible for her unhappiness…or even worse…her death. He needed to save her!

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"You bitch!"

"You slut!"

"You homewrecker!"

"You dried up piece of shit!"

"I'll kill you!" C.C. yelled as she tried to stomp into the room. Ohgi held her back by grabbing one of her arms. She spun around to face him, murder in her eyes.

"Lemme through! I know that thang you got propped up on ya bed!" Shirley yelled pointing at Kallen and fighting to get past the guard.

"I can't allow any of you to enter. Strict orders from Suzaku," Oghi answered, emotionless.

Kallen breathed a sigh of relief as Oghi held back the two women who would surely end her life. She smiled on the inside. Oghi had proved to definitely be her friend in the hours she had been imprisoned in the house. She could hear the two ladies bickering with her guard and she drew her knees up to her chest, trying to block it out.

"You think you're safe here? If you do then you've got a huge surprise coming your way! Suaku's not going to go easy on you! Especially because of what happened today! He's going to kill you! He's going to do that for me!" She could hear C.C. yell, the evidence of tears slipping down her face obvious in her voice. Kallen couldn't help but think how strange it was that the two women out for her head were clinging so tightly to a man who in turn thought of them as useless. Did Lelouch think of her like that? Did he think of her as just something he would throw away with time? She doubted it. She had caught some of the looks he had cast on her, most times he had been surprised that he had been caught staring and had quickly averted his eyes in a suave manner. But she had thought every time that he was looking at her differently. She wanted to smack herself. She was becoming like Shirley and C.C. She was clinging to a man, a man that would probably discard her one day for another.

"What are you two doing here?" Suzaku's voice sounded strongly from the door. Kallen's head shot up and she tried to hide the fearful expression she had on her face. He was back, what was he going to do to her now? The bickering of the two women vanished at the sound of his voice and they slowly stepped away from Oghi.

"Su…Suzaku…are you going to…" C.C. started off tentatively.

"Kill her," Shirley said, looking him straight in the eye, trying not to show her fear. After all, she prided herself on not being afraid of any man. She had told herself that she had been through too many beatings and verbal assaults to hold fear for any of them. But she had bled crimson from Suzaku before, a deep red colour that had soaked through to the mattress and had caused her to scream in searing pain as he effortlessly and maliciously stared down at her, a smile on his face. He was the only man she was truly afraid of because she knew he was the only one that knew how to hurt her.

"Get the hell out of my way!" He yelled, "Oghi, take them to my room," he added as he turned to the guard. Oghi nodded obediently and cast a secret glance at Kallen. He had just met her, but he couldn't help the instinct he had developed so quickly to protect her.

Oghi grabbed the two women by their upper arms and managed to pull them to Suzaku's room through all of the words they keep throwing at him, at Kallen and at themselves. He locked the door behind them and was actually glad that Suzaku would straighten them out when he was finished with Kallen. He winced as he thought of what his boss was probably doing to the young girl and he clenched his fist as a battle of conflicting thoughts began in his head. He wanted to burst into the room and shower Suzaku with the bullets in his gun, yet he knew the consequence of that…death. Was he really ready to join the ranks of Tamaki? The man who he had simply throw away, his life-long friend, his only confidant. He felt the prelude to tears, a burning in his eyes. He closed them, clenching and unclenching his fist, trying to hold them back.

Suzaku closed the door behind him, locking it with his key. Kallen's heart was pounding so fast that she couldn't hear anything else. She watched his back as he pocketed the key and very slowly, turned around to look at her. He stood in the same spot and stared at her, his eyes glazed over. Kallen's eyes darted all over the room as she shifted uncomfortably on the bed.

"I know what to do with you now," he said, taking long strides so as to join her on the bed. She stiffened as he sat on the edge.

"Wha…what is it?" She asked timidly. Did she really want to know?

"I've decided that I won't make Lelouch watch you suffer," he said and reached out to grasp her chin. He lifted her head so that he could look at her face. What would he do now? His animal was screaming for her. He felt as if he would die if he didn't take her right then. But he knew he couldn't, not after what had happened earlier. Her resistance was applaudable he had to admit. She remained silent as she dropped her eyes from his. He smirked.

"That wouldn't be enough for my vengeful spirit. I want to make Lelouch suffer, yes…but I want him to be tortured for the rest of his life, not just for a few moments," he continued. He had originally planned to take Kallen away from Lelouch and then take Lelouch from the world and make him watch Suzaku violate his lover. Then he had planned to kill Kallen and then torture Lelouch slowly to death. But if he followed that plan, Lelouch would gladly accept his death, Suzaku didn't want that. He wanted more pain, more agony, he wanted Lelouch to feel what he was feeling. The feeling that Lelouch could have prevented if he had truly been Suzaku's friend.

"Is that why you tricked me…and captured me? To get back at Lelouch?" She asked softly, trying to accept her unknown fate. She didn't know what it would be, but she knew it wouldn't be fun. Suzaku scoffed.

"Does it really matter?" He asked.

"I guess it doesn't," Kallen murmured, closing her eyes.

'Please Lelouch! Do something! I need you! Please!' She begged internally.

"I have a friend who is the ring leader of a human trafficking chain. He's going to be in town in 2 days. You're going with him. Now you know your fate," he said, not a flicker of emotion in his face, neither were they interlaced in his words. Kallen's heart stopped pounding and she jerked her head from his hands. She was going to be…

"What? What do you mean by human trafficking?" She screamed at him. He stood up from the bed and stared down at her. She flew up after him grabbing his hand and trying to force him to explain. No, it was impossible. Things like this didn't happen to girls like her! She never idled along the street! She never got into stranger's cars! She never encouraged conversation with strange people! This couldn't be happening to her! He was just playing mind games! No! No! NO!

"I mean exactly what I said, Kallen," he said, spitting on her name, "you're going to disappear off the face of this earth. You're going to be in stranger's beds for the rest of your life. You will bleed tears and cry blood! You will wish for death but it will not reach you! You will never be rescued! You will never see Lelouch again and neither will he ever see your face again!" He yelled, watching her cower as his words slapped her across her face. She opened her mouth to say something, nothing coming out for a few seconds. Then her body shook and her eyes became glassy. Her knees wobbled below her and her hold on him became a way to hold up herself instead of a way of restraining him.

Suzaku watched as the tears fell down her face and her body wracked with sobs. Was it wrong that he felt no remorse in selling her? He pulled her to him, wrapping his arms around the small of her back. She was vulnerable now, now was the perfect time to take her. He bent his head, leaning his forehead against hers, watching the tears flow from her wide, terrified eyes. He always won, no matter what. He closed his eyes and pressed his lips to hers.

'Oh sweet, sweet, Kallen. I have wanted to taste you, ever since I met you and I must take this chance before I send you away,' he thought to himself as he trapped her below him on the bed. She wasn't fighting back, it seemed she had sent herself into another world. He licked the side of her neck and whispered against her ear.

"I will make you beg…"

OK! OK! I know you all must be fuming right about now! But don't worry, Lelouch will save Kallen! And that will be in the next chapter! And yes, I did mean bleed tears and cry blood. I thought this chapter was awesome! Please tell me what you really think.

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