Lelouch woke up to the sound of song birds chirping outside. It was morning. Sunlight was shining in from the window on the tent ceiling. He felt refreshed after a long night of sleep.

'Wait a minute. Where's C.C.? Did she run off somewhere?' Lelouch looked at the headless pillow with a mere dent in the fabric laying beside him. He became frustrated. He started rubbing his temples.'Can't she stay put for five seconds?'

He reached into the breast pocket of his jacket. He flipped open his cell phone. It was low on battery.

"Damn it," Lelouch started wandering around the tent, searching left and right. He finally found C.C. outside, sleeping. The rays of sunshine beamed onto her face. She looked radiant. She was leaning back-to-back with Albertine, who was fast asleep with a cell phone in her hand.

'Hmm, why are they together?' Lelouch wondered. He walked up to the two and shook them a little.

"Hey, wake up. It's morning." Albertine woke up immediately, clutching onto her phone.

"Oh my god! Alexander! I completely forgot to text him back!" She slid her phone open in a flash and began typing at the speed of light.

"Uhhh, who?" Lelouch was puzzled.

"My brother. I was texting him and I must have fallen asleep in the middle of our conversation," Albertine rushed to say. "Oh, uh, good morning."

"Morning. Heh, I guess C- I mean, Yukana slept late last night."

"Hmm, I have no idea about Yukana, but C.C. and I. talked for hours last night"

Lelouch's breath was caught. 'How did she-' "I have no idea what you're tal-"

"C.C. told me everything last night. About you, Zero, Nunnally, Geass, the Black Knights, you being the former emperor of Britannia. Everything. Lelouch, you can trust me. I'm your ally."

Lelouch had no idea what to say. Was she telling the truth? Can he really trust her? Why is all of this happening so fast?

She looked deep into his eyes. "Lelouch, please, I know you would do anything to see your sister again. Siblings are the only family you've got, especially when your parents are dead. I know what it's like Lelouch. I wouldn't be anything without my little brother. He's everything to me. I can help you reunite with Nunnally"

Lelouch didn't say a thing. His face was emotionless. He just turned around and walked towards a sleeping C.C. Before he could kneel down to pick her up, Albertine sprinted in front of him and lifted her eye patch and looked him straight in the eye. Lelouch's body began to freeze. His arms and legs were tense and stuck in place.

"What kind of response was that? I just said I'll help you. A bit of gratitude would be nice, thank you." She smirked.

"What are you doing to me?"

"Hmm, I thought you of all people would know. This power is a lovely thing, isn't it?" She covered her eye again and Lelouch was free of her restraint. He fell to the ground. Albertine offered a hand to him and lifted him up.

"Geass?" He asked. His eyes were filled with shock.

"Yes, I can manipulate physical activity. And I can use it on anyone, anytime, and anywhere."

"Physical manipulation……" Lelouch pondered. "So you're saying that you can control a person…. down there, right?" Lelouch furrowed his eyebrows. Lelouch thought this Geass was an unusual one.

"NOT IN THAT WAY, YOU PERVERT!" She blushed and slapped him hard on the back. Lelouch let out a heart-warming laugh. His smile made her cheeks turned a darker shade of red and she walked away in a fast pace.

"Idiot. If you wanna discuss our little situation, come tent number 6 anytime you would like," she yelled as she made her way towards the food pavilion for breakfast.

'Hmph, still got the charm' he thought. He kneeled down to C.C. and shook her once more. She barely fluttered her eyes open. She struggled to adapt to the bright light.

"Ugh, what time is it?" Her voice was groggy.

"Almost seven. But you should get more rest. You must have been freezing out here." Lelouch's hand rested upon C.C.'s back. It was warm and comforting. He lifted her up like a husband lifting his newly-wed wife through the threshold. C.C. wrapped her arms around his neck for support and rested against his chest. Falling back to sleep would not be a difficult task is she was in his arms like this. 'He's so warm', she thought.

Two hours passed and Lelouch was deep in thought. His unreadable. Could he be distressed? Frustrated? Both, one might say. An opportunity to see his younger sister once more.

Nunnally. The only other part of his family he held dear to his heart. The other being Euphemia. Lelouch was Nunnally's guardian. Care-taker. More importantly, her older brother. He would do anything to hear the sound of her voice again. Anything to look at her sweet, innocent face one more.

"Big brother, I learned this the other day. It's how the Japanese make promises: Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye! Pinky Promise!"

Lelouch was a bit confused and skeptical at first, but then understood the meaning of it. "Heh, that's creepy. Do you really have to stick a needle in your eye?"

"Yeah! So you can't break it!"

"That's okay. I never lie' 'At least not to you…'

Lelouch made a new promise he would keep to himself whatever may come. Even to his death: He will protect Nunnally. When she's distraught, he'll bring her comfort. When ever she's sad and gloomy, he'll cosplay for her own amusement.

"Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye. Pinky Promise…" Lelouch recited quietly to himself.

"What was that?" C.C. heard his mumbling

"Oh, nothing. Kind of private"

"Hm, I see." C.C. said in a 'I-couldn't-care-less' tone.

It was 1:00 pm. The day just seemed to never end. Lelouch was bored out of his head and had nothing to keep him occupied. C.C. would usually be one to annoy him and start poking him at random, but even she was too lazy and exhausted to do so.

He walked up and marched over to tent number 6: the tent in which Albertine resided in. When he approached the entrance of the tent, he took a deep breathe. 'For Nunnally' he thought.

He cleared his throat and called out her name. "Albertine?"

"Yes, come in, what's the problem? Low on blankets? Pillows, water-?"

Lelouch walked in.

"Oh, Lelouch, it's you. Have a seat, please," she pointed to the enormous Hello Kitty-print beanbag chair in front of her desk.

Lelouch did as she asked and took a seat. He sank into the beanbag chair slowly.

"What's with the kitty furniture? This is hardly professional."

"Shut up, that's not what I want to discuss."

"Okay, okay. So I've come to my decision, and..... I want to know how you can help me see my sister again."

"I'm glad to hear that. I really want to help, I truly do."

"Thank you. If it were any other Britannian officer, I'm sure I would have been on my way to a prison or something."

She smiled. "Not a problem. Okay, you and C.C. can hop onboard the plane with me when I return to Britannia. In about 3 days or so. We might have some more time on our hands though because we still have hundreds of people we need to tend to. But after we've taken care of them, we'll send them back to their homes. I'll tell my commander that you two are close friends of mine who were only on vacation in South Korea. Before any of this takes place, I'm going to have to sneak you out of here so you can go home and gather your belongings. I'm hoping this plan will go smoothly. Ever since that bombing, security has been heightened up, worldwide. It's going to be difficult bringing in foreigners into the mainland. They probably won't let anyone into Britannian territory, but I'm guessing they can make an exception for a high-ranking soldier." Albertine said has she smirked to herself.

"Sounds like a plan." Lelouch said. He sure was gonna miss South Korea. This was one place where he wasn't branded as "the enemy".

Yeah, I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry I haven't updated in months. I had like, no time to write and I should have AT LEAST posted up a chapter during Memorial Day weekend. By the way, for the Code Geass quote with Nunnally and Lelouch and the 'Pinky swear' thingy, I give credits to Shinsen-subs & Ureshii for the subs/translations.

Also: You know that baby that was found in the arms of her dead mother like, in the last chapter? Well, let's just say she's now in the care of a nurse. I kind of forgot about her x]