"Lelouch."- speaking
'Baka.'- thoughts
"Roger."- Radio/Walkie-Talkie/Cellphone
Area Eleven Administration Building, Viceroy's Office, Tokyo, April, 2018.
"And this room is the Viceroy's Office. Feel free to look around and greet the Viceroy, but please be courteous should you choose to speak to her or her assistant." Villetta Nu said as she escorted the Student Council inside the room. Rivalz knew that the Viceroy was currently dealing with paperwork and wouldn't notice unless she was spoken to directly. Knowing this, he saw an inconspicuous pile of things near the door and took a picture of the pile with his camera before planting the last of his Sleep Gas Satchels on the pile. It was disguised as one of the items in the pile so that there was no risk of it being discovered.
Rivalz suddenly felt the urge to go to the bathroom and asked. It was granted, but Villetta herself would escort the young man to the men's room. She followed Rivalz just outside the door to the restroom and as he got into an unoccupied stall, he first did his business and then pulled a gas mask out of his backpack and put it on before his hand pressed a button on a device that was clipped to his uniform. Rivalz then pulled a radio out of his uniform and said, "This is Cadmod, my orders have been fulfilled. Zero, your orders?"
"Assist Team Two is securing the High Value Individual (H.V.I.) and anyone else with her. Zero out."
"Roger that. Cadmod out." Rivalz said before putting the radio away.
Back in the Viceroy's Office, the Sleep Gas Satchel that Rivalz had planted was releasing an unknown sleeping agent into the air and since Princess Nunnally couldn't see, she was the first person in the room to fall asleep as she sniffed the air upon noticing that it was different than earlier and breathed in the gas. Alice was next and fell asleep before she could wake up her protectee. The sleep gas then knocked out Sophie, Milly, and Shirley. In other rooms within the building, similar satchels were releasing the same gas and it was even being released into the ventilation system of the building. Meanwhile in the garage, Zero and three teams composed of ten members of the Black Knights had gathered and then Zero said, "Alright, let's begin Fallen Noble, Phase Two. Team Three, remain down here and keep any Britannian forces away from our vehicles. Team Two, head for the Viceroy's Office and capture the Viceroy and anyone else with her, then bring them here. Team One, you're on cleaning duty and sweeping for any Britannian forces that are still awake."
As two of the teams left to complete their objectives, Private Brian Walker cursed his luck as he came upon the sleeping form of Villetta Nu. Unlike him, she had not been able to put a gas mask on and was knocked out as a result. The private picked up her body and carried it into a sitting room that didn't have any gas leaking in from either the air vents or out of a satchel before waking her up.
"Where am I, Private?" she asked.
"Sitting room number twenty-three. Unknown terrorists have planted sleep gas satchels throughout the building and even the ventilation ducts are spreading the knockout agent around. Please put your gas mask on and then we need to check up on the Viceroy." Private Walker said before giving the Knight a gas mask. She put it on and then the door burst open and three members of the Black Knights that wore gas masks opened fire and forced both Villetta and Brian to take cover.
"This is One-Six, we have Britannians awake." one of them, obviously a male, said into a radio.
"One-Six, you along with One-Five and Euphie are to pin them down while Team Two completes its objective. Once they are done, fall back to the garage and then return to your vehicle. Two-One out." a voice on the other end said.
"Understood. One-Six out." the Black Knight member said before cutting the transmission. Back at the Viceroy's Office, the ten members of Team Two plus Rivalz had entered the room and Two-One said to the gas mask-wearing sleeper agent, "So you're Cadmod, eh? Well then, consider yourself a member of Team Two now, new designation is Two-Eleven. Grab the Viceroy and follow me back to the garage."
"Yes, sir." Rivalz said before walking over to the sleeping Nunnally and began carrying her with the assistance of Two-Two. Two-Three and Two-Four had grabbed Nunnally's assistant while Milly, Shirley, and Sophie were being carried off by six other members of Team Two, with Two-One not being any of those members. The team then began to head to the garage and it took five minutes to get there. Once inside the garage Zero said, "We should split them up, two for each vehicle. The Viceroy will be with me in Team One's vehicle."
The troop compartments of three BTR-80s opened and Zero pointed to the nearest one and said, "I'll be in there. Cadmod, Two-Two, follow me inside."
No less than thirty minutes later, Cornelia looked extremely pissed off. She had just reached the security room of the Administration Building and looked at the security footage of when the Black Knights had struck. During the short firefight that had played out near the lobby at 11:50 sharp, one of the Black Knights had removed their helmet and proclaimed herself to be Euphemia li Britannia.
Cornelia thought to herself, 'Euphie is alive!? I can't believe it. Yet why did she join those damned terrorists!?' before shaking her head and saying to nobody in particular as she activated the PA system of the building, "Listen up! I, Cornelia li Britannia, am taking over as Viceroy of Area Eleven!"
A Britannian soldier who was in the room silently acknowledged Cornelia and ran off to reiterate her proclamation. Cornelia then went back to where her Gloucester was parked and got in it before booting up the Knightmare's systems. She then said, "Guilford, Darlton, how are you guys?" as her Knights appeared on two separate screens.
"We're both ready to kick ass, your highness!" Guilford said.
"Ready, your highness. What's the situation?" Darlton said.
Cornelia was unaware that Suzaku was listening in on her communication channel from the Lancelot as she said, "The Black Knights have openly declared their hostility to the Empire and have kidnapped Princess Nunnally! Are any units currently in pursuit!?"
"Six VTOL Gunships are currently in pursuit of three suspect vehicles in the Settlement. Forwarding the images to you." Darlton said as he sent pictures of the three BTR-80s to Cornelia's Gloucester.
'So those are the vehicles, eh? Russian BTR-80 troop transports. Interesting.' Cornelia thought to herself before she opened a video channel to the Avalon. Onboard the airship, Schneizel noticed that Cornelia was calling him and opened the channel before saying, "What is it, Cornelia?"
"Requesting permission to take over as Viceroy of Area Eleven, Prime Minister. I'll handle the necessary paperwork later because we have an urgent situation on our hands at the moment."
"What could be so disastrous that Nunnally wouldn't be able to handle it?"
"That's the problem, Schneizel. The Black Knights have kidnapped Fourth Princess Nunnally vi Britannia. Sending you security footage from the Area Eleven Administration Building." Cornelia said before sending the video logs that confirmed the Second Prince's worst fears to the Avalon.
Viewing the security logs, Schneizel knew that Cornelia wasn't lying and said, "You have full authorization to become Viceroy of Area Eleven. Also, it seems that your sister Euphemia is alive. I don't know how or why, but she's joined the Black Knights. If she is spotted, your orders are to capture her."
"I hear you." Cornelia said before cutting the transmission. Meanwhile inside one of the BTRs, which were now rolling down the highway, Alice could hear some of the Black Knights talking as she silently woke up. She then panicked upon realizing that she wasn't with Nunnally and had to be restrained by Ohgi.
"Whoa whoa whoa, ma'am, you need to calm down first." Ohgi said while remaining calm himself. It took about forty-five seconds for Alice to calm down and when she did she asked, "Where is Nunnally?"
"Oh, the Fourth Princess? She's with Zero in another BTR right now." Unfortunately the commotion caused by Alice had woken up the other Britannian captive who was in this BTR. The captive had blond hair and seemed terrified.
"Who are you two anyway? I'm Kaname Ohgi and although you seem worried, I swear my blood that I am not a pedophile." Ohgi said to the two Britannian captives.
"My name is Alice, assistant to Princess Nunnally." Alice spoke up.
"Milly Ashford, President of the Student Council at Ashford Academy. It's nice to meet you, Mr. Ohgi." Milly said with a terrified look on her face.
"Please relax, Ms. Ashford. None of us here are going to kill you. By the way, since you mentioned Ashford Academy, by any chance are you acquainted with Kallen?" Ohgi asked.
"Yes. Before the SAZ massacre, she was an excellent student who had a 4.0 Grade Point Average despite her frequent illnesses. She mysteriously left after the massacre occurred."
"I hate to be the one to break it to you, but that 'sickly girl' Kallen that you know is just an act. She's actually a high-ranking member of the Black Knights. Of course since we captured you, you would figure it out eventually. Still, you and Alice will be our prisoners along with those two other girls that Team Two brought with them when they came back to the garage of the Administration Building."
"What will happen to Nunnally though?" Alice asked.
"She'll be our honored guest and treated fairly. As for you, Milly, and the other two captives, you'll be treated as Prisoners of War (POW's) and held inside holding cells." Ohgi answered.
A/N: Well, it seems the Black Knights have now stirred up a hornet's nest by kidnapping Nunnally. Next chapter, Suzaku begins to dig into the deep dark secrets of the OSI.