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A/N: I'm gonna make it quick. This will be a two-part finale, as some seriousness comes alone in the very 'last' chapter and I will finish it off with a lemon taste. I'm gonna start tonight, but it won't be up until next week. Anyways, if anybody is wondering why Bender is in their time, here's a quick side-story: Back in the year 3010, Professor Farnsworth was testing out a special transporter/time machine that can travel to any dimension and any date. Bender, decides to test it which brought him into the Code Geass universe. Although he can go back to his time either way, he decides to stay and wreak havoc. Around the time, he met Lloyd and Cornelia. And the rest was history.
Okay, enough of that. Now, enjoy?
Chapter Five: Discovering The Truth Part One
To recap the last two weeks in it's entirety, let's sum it up in this way: When Bender was testing a series of experiments on Cornelia, he intentionally gave her a drug called the Love-Emulator, in order to experiment/research on her. He also planned it completely, as he sent Lelouch and Suzaku to 'pick her up', only for his plan to go into full swing. As she woke up, she began to believe that Lelouch was her husband and to keep the progress going, Bender lies to him and he is forced to hold her until they make such a antidote...
However, Bender revealed to Suzaku that he had already made it, what the drug is and his full intentions, while Lelouch falls in love with Cornelia during this mess; now with Suzaku sworn to secrecy, they watched over and research them as Bender manages to get the help of her knight, Guilford and two others on the way. They find out about this and Bender decides to conclude his research for the time being. And so, all him and Suzaku could do is wait for the finishing results...
-At Bender's lab-
With the two week deadline up, Bender and Suzaku packed things up and got ready to end things for good. They kept a good distance from them since their trip and when they got back and they were better off doing so; but in the last two weeks, they learned some things about this but what they had to do was try and think of a good story on why it took so long. But since Lelouch didn't care, it didn't matter much but they had to think of something nonetheless.
After putting all the files away, they were ready to head off. But not before Bender got the antidote and placed it into his compartment for safe keeping. However, there was something on Suzaku's mind that he needed to be solved. Since day one, he had some strange feeling about this but not just that, but Bender entirely.
Before they left, Suzaku approached him and asked, "Okay, what's next on your jacked up list?"
"Well, now that the two weeks are up...let's just give Cornelia the antidote already."
"Should we come clean about the whole thing while we're at it?"
Bender looked at him for a second, just to look away and not respond to his question. Yet, he knew something...but he wasn't gonna reveal it anytime soon. They both leave in his transporter, headed to Lelouch's home. Although he was ignored, Suzaku let it go and was ready to finish this whole headache of a experiment.
-Meanwhile-
Lelouch was reading on the couch while Cornelia was sleeping on his lap, for someone who hated the whole thing in the beginning, he was really tolerant of the whole thing now. He didn't care about what Bender and Suzaku was doing, in fact he wouldn't care less about what they're doing. The only thing/person he cared about at the moment was Cornelia, and during the whole time span, they've spent nearly every waking moment with each other. He liked it a lot, and so did Cornelia; despite being controlled by Bender's drug. Or so she thought.
He didn't have a clue about the whole situation, not the surveillance, not about Bender's intentions. Nothing. Not thinking about what he told him to do, it was obviously clear that Lelouch just forgot about it and all he cared about was his sister.
As for Cornelia, her mind was a complete whirlpool. Only god knows what is going on inside of her mind at the moment and although the drug had completely taken over Cornelia, somewhere in her twisted mind, was the real her and she was fighting the drug the best she could. But for her real feelings, the true affections she has for Lelouch, are still there while the drug showed that affection. But if she does snap out herself, who knows what would happen to her...but that was gonna be discovered soon.
Looking down at her, he smiled at her with some warm feeling while he took his hand and stroked her hair some. He no longer cared about the entire thing, and he wondered how things will change if she was given the antidote...but he didn't want to think about it, all he cared about was that he was actually close to her without getting hit somewhere. Going back to his book, she got some odd feeling, which resulted with her suddenly waking up...as if she had a nightmare.
Breathing heavily and very dazed out, Cornelia looked around a bit until looking at Lelouch, while he was concerned about her. He decided to break the silence and asked her:
"Um, are you alright?"
"...Yeah? I don't know..." She slowly replied, still looking around.
"Well, at least you aren't hurt then."
"Yeah sure." Cornelia distantly said, but was wondering something, "Hey, what time is it?"
"Um, it's 1 o'clock. I believe?" Lelouch answered, looking at his watch.
Suddenly, she quickly got off the couch and rushed upstairs. While she yelled, "Damn it! I almost forgot. We have to go soon!"
"What? Where exactly?"
"Do you remember? We were going out with some friends, if I remember correctly."
"Okay, I don't remember but okay then."
As he threw the book on the coffee table, he went upstairs with her, until they heard someone knocking on the door. Lelouch and Cornelia knew that the last time either of them opened the door, something strange would happen after that.
"It's your choice..." Lelouch told her, still staring at the door.
While they decided if they or they shouldn't open the door, Bender and Suzaku waited for one of them to open the door. A few minutes of knocking, both of them got pretty irritated. And that was very much true.
"Jesus Christ, will they ever open the door?" Bender mumbled.
"Maybe they aren't home? Who knows?"
"Suzaku, I know for a fact that they aren't gone. They're inside, just doing something..."
"Like fucking?"
"Maybe. But still, I'm tired of waiting. Time to try some different measures." Bender told him while he took out a battery ram, so they could bash the door down. Inside, as Lelouch and Cornelia walked upstairs, they heard a loud smash. They went downstairs to investigate, only to find out that the whole door was bashed off it's hinges; showing the two behind the now crushed-down door.
Walking down slowly, both of them wanted to scream but they completely resisted doing so. They were in complete shock for a while, they mostly didn't have the will to talk at the moment. Probably not enough too.
As they were rather silent, Bender decided to greet them, "Heyyy, guys. Nice you see ya, eh?"
"Well, it's not the strangest thing I've seen." Cornelia inquired. Lelouch looked at her for a bit, but just walked towards them. He didn't seem angry, but he had something else in mind.
"Guys...why did you break this thing off, exactly?"
"Wow. You're more calm than I expected..." Suzaku stated, really surprised at his attitude.
"Whatever. Now why are you guys here?"
"Do you remember? We were supposed to hang out today, remember?"
"No I don't. If I did, then I wouldn't go with you both. But I'll come along anyways, not for you but for my sweet Nellie." He told them very formally, if I'm mistaken.
"Um, okay? We didn't care for that but oh well. Let's go, you two lovebirds..."
"Wait a few minutes, I gotta freshen up then I'll come out." She told them, running upstairs for a little while. As they waited for Cornelia, the other three patiently waited for her, as they did, Suzaku started thinking. He was still curious about what he had planned and just in case, he was prepared to unleash some fury if something goes down. It was clearly obvious that Suzaku didn't trust Bender, or what he said they were gonna do.
Before she came back down, Bender looked around and told Lelouch, "Nice tattoos..."
-Later that day-
Bender, Lelouch, Cornelia and Suzaku were at a park which was around the downtown area, basically just a peaceful Sunday outing. Bender had planned this last week, as he and Cornelia decided for the four to spend a Sunday all together. But what he didn't tell her why he wanted to in the first place, which made Suzaku more suspicious. Either way, Lelouch enjoyed the time out since they came no less than a hour ago. Throughout their time, Cornelia never once left his side for even a little while. She was also enjoying a beautiful afternoon with her 'husband' and that was all.
As they spent the remaining time they unknowingly had, Suzaku finally decided to ask Bender a question:
"Okay, Bender. I need to ask you: Why did you bring them here? What is your reason for all of this exactly?"
"You are really impatient," Bender answered him, "Okay, I'm gonna tell you this only. I set up this get together so I can personally examine the two weeks by their respective. It's more like a evaluation report. What I'm doing is evaluating them to see how things changed."
"And then what? Are you gonna extend the deadline if things go good?"
"Oh no no no, I have no intention to do such a thing. This is my final report of this drug and if I see some great change to their relationship, then I will give her the antidote. Simple as that."
"What if Lelouch tries to stop you? He's actually fallen in love with her, and he might not want this to end."
"I don't expect him to do such a thing. Knowing him, he knows what's best for her." He continued to explain, "That woman with him isn't Cornelia. The real Cornelia is trapped inside her own subconscious, while she tries to regain possession of her body but the Love-Emulator won't let her. She's pinned down mentally, and there's no way she can get out until I give her the antidote. Just wait, Suzaku. I know exactly what will happen and I'm prepared."
"You better know what you're doing. I don't want this to end in a horrible way."
"What 'horrible way'?" Cornelia asked, while she and Lelouch walked over to them. They weren't listening to the conversation but she did pick up 'horrible way' from Suzaku..
"Huh? Oh no, we are just talkin' about this relationship. More like my friend's relationship."
"Oh okay then. Probably shouldn't get involved."
"Okay. Just a casual conversation."
After that was cleared, Lelouch and Cornelia sat with them, while they were on the other side of the bench table. They looked at Bender and it looked like he wasn't very amused. Either way, he needed to ask some questions while they were all together.
"Alright, you two. I need to ask you guys some things. Don't be afraid to answer them, just some important stuff." Bender calmly told them, "Now I'm gonna you both some questions about the last two weeks now. What was your best experience with each other? Please chose your own answers. Lelouch?"
"Well, I guess my best experience with her was when we spend our first night together." Lelouch answered him.
"Okay then. Cornelia? Now you..."
"My best experience with him was...I don't know. There was so many good times, I can't choose."
Bender looked at her for a moment and continued, "Alright, now explain the past two weeks for you both in full detail, and through your own perspectives."
They looked at each other and Lelouch chose to go first, "I'm gonna be honest here. When this happened, I couldn't understand it. It was too insane. But there was something that really sparked between us. And it was amazing. It was hard for me to love Nellie like I do right now, and in a way. Being with her has made me into a even kinder man. And someday, if it ends. I'll have no regrets about what we've done together."
"Good, good. Now you, Cornelia..."
"Well, if you ask me, my experience with him has been great. In recent weeks, I was feeling somewhat sick. It wasn't morning sickness or anything like that. But instead, it was purifying to be by his side as always. I've had these blurry flashbacks where I mistreat him and I just didn't know if I would ever do such things." She completely explained to him, "But overall, being with Lelouch made me complete. How I kiss him, how I love him, how he holds me. Everything. From the moment we got married, I told myself I would never go into bed alone and I will not wake up the next morning without him by my side. Although he was persistent with me at first, he let me in his heart and from that moment on, we promised we would never let each other go."
After telling him all that, she touched her necklace; which prompted Bender to look at both the ones that they were wearing. It made him very curious apparently.
"Excuse me, but where did you get those necklaces from, Cornelia?" Bender curiously asked her.
"Oh these are two special heart necklaces. I once gave him this necklace for a reason."
"What was that reason?"
"So we could commemorate our special relationship. These necklaces may not mean much to some people, but they are the one thing that will always keep our love strong. Even from the most dangerous obstacles, when I wear this, I think of Lelouch."
And so, a brief moment of silence swept the four. Cornelia looked at Bender with a concerned look, while Suzaku gave him a blank look. But then, Bender got up, grabbed his things and told them all...
"Well, that all I needed to know. Thanks guys for answering my questions, but I think it's time to go."
"Go? Where are you going?" Lelouch asked him.
"Back to your place, where else?"
"Okay then."
-Back at Lelouch's house-
Bender had dragged the three back at Lelouch's house in order to finish this. Lelouch and Cornelia were confused about why he brought them to his house and why. As for Suzaku, it didn't take him too long to know that he was gonna give her the antidote. With the massacre still on his mind, he reached into his pants and grabbed a gun he was hiding. He seriously didn't want anything to go bad, regardless of what Bender told him last time. And either way, it was about to end.
"Okay, now does anyone know why I brought you guys back here?" Bender asked the two.
"No. You never told us." Lelouch answered. He sighed and walked over to him, along with Suzaku and making sure Cornelia doesn't follow. He needed to know what they were gonna do and they had to inform them first.
"Lelouch, we need to tell you this now." Suzaku began to tell him, "If you haven't noticed, the two weeks are up. We made the antidote in time and I'm sorry but we have to change Cornelia back to herself."
He stayed silent for a bit, but he sighed with some kind of relief, "Okay then, I get it. Do what you have to do, guys."
"You mean you don't care that we're gonna switch her back to normal?"
"No. I don't. Listen, I may have fallen in love with Cornelia but even though I have somewhat adjusted to her new attitude, I still believe she deserves what's best. Cornelia is still inside somewhere, but I won't let be someone she's not."
Bender and Suzaku gave him good looks, but instead of doing it himself, he thought of something else.
"Maybe...you should be the one that does it." Bender told him, as he gives him the syringe, "Aim at the right side of her neck. That will help."
He stared at the thing for a bit and walked over to Cornelia, he knew that it was gonna end, but he didn't want her to deal with this any longer. Cornelia looked up at him, then stood up and faced him. He hid the syringe behind his back so she wouldn't see it.
"Cornelia..." He quietly said while placing his left hand on her face, "Do me a favor and close your eyes."
She stared at him for a bit until closing her eyes. So then, Lelouch leaned over and gave her a kiss, while he held her in his free arm. While completely off-guard, he took the advantage and injected the antidote inside of her. Her eyes widen when the needle goes into her neck. He broke the kiss and watched her completely faint into his arms.
Looking down at her, he murmured, "I'll remember the good time we had...so thank you. At least then she won't kill herself, am I right?"
They looked away from him, which puzzled him. They both went and mumbled, "Well...she probably wouldn't."
"What do you mean?" He wondered, until it hit him. The way they were acting, it wasn't right so he stared at them with angered eyes and asked, "Bender...Suzaku...what were you guys planning?"
To be continued...| End of Chapter Five
