"Lelouch"- speaking
'Baka.'- thoughts
"Roger."- Radio/Walkie-Talkie
A street in the Tokyo Settlement, Area Eleven, May, 2018.
Gino and Anya were both out on patrol in the settlement. Apparently it wold take a bit longer for their Knightmares to be prepped and readied for deployment and so the two Knights of the Round were ordered to go incognito and patrol the settlement for signs of the BTR-80s that the Black Knights were confirmed to be inside of. While Gino had settled for a simple pair of jeans and a red T-shirt and green jacket, Anya must have been knocked upside the head pretty badly in the past as she wore a purple miniskirt and an orange low-cut blouse. All in all, she looked like a Britannian prostitute. It had been a miracle that no males tried to hit on her so far while she patrolled with the Knight of Three on the sidewalks and Gino knew that it couldn't keep going like this forever.
'Does she even know what a Lolicon is?' Gino thought to himself as he knew that Anya had only reached puberty around seven months ago. He was quickly shaken out of his thoughts when a BTR-80 came into view and started rolling onto the sidewalk like it wasn't there. Quickly realizing that he and Anya were both in the path of the Russian armored personnel carrier, Gino grabbed her and rolled to the right into a small alleyway that the BTR would not be able to fit into. Once the two Knights had stopped rolling, Gino noticed that Anya was on top of him and had a light blush forming on her face before releasing his grip on her. She then got off and thanked him for the fast action that the Knight had taken to save them both from getting run over before pulling Gino back up on his feet. Gino then peeked his head out of the alleyway and saw the BTR still on the sidewalk roll back onto the street and leave his line of sight before two customized Sutherlands and a customized Gloucester sped past, apparently in pursuit of the BTR.
Even though they were incognito, Gino and Anya still had radios on them. The Knight of Three pulled his out and said, "Do you have any information on two customized Sutherlands and a customized Gloucester, Viceroy Cornelia? I just saw them speed past me and I'm sure that they're pursuing one of the suspect BTR-80s."
"The only information that matches up are from three Knightmares belonging to the Glinda Knights, Princess Marrybell's anti-terrorist unit. They're quite similar to Darlton's Glaston Knights, but the Glinda Knights only respond to orders given to them by Marrybell mel Britannia herself. They must have found out about what transpired in the Administration Building from a mole that they had placed inside and are launching their own operation to rescue Princess Nunnally. Anyways, you and Anya are to return to base. Your Knightmares are ready and you'll need the rest for what's coming up. Cornelia out." Cornelia answered before cutting the transmission.
Gino put his radio away and said to Anya, "Miss Alstreim, we need to get back to base and rest up for an upcoming mission. Direct orders from the Viceroy."
Anya looked at Gino for a few seconds and said nothing before a powerful breeze swept by and lifted her skirt. Surprisingly, she didn't care at all and merely stood there, even though Gino turned away before he even saw that Anya was wearing a pair of orange panties. Once the wind had died down, Gino turned back to her and muttered under his breath that it was not proper for a man such as himself to see a lady's undergarments only to be laughed off and told by Anya that she had regularly teased the other soldiers back in the homeland when she was a relatively new face amongst the Knights of the Round. Gino knew that Anya still retained the habit of only wearing a bra and a pair of panties until she had coffee. Many of the younger men quickly learned to avoid the mess hall when she was up before them, and to have both a mug of sweetened coffee and a robe on hand for when she DID wake up if they didn't want to get a nosebleed from seeing a girl wear next to no clothing. The older men were more likely to verbally reprimand her for not being decent before offering a cup of sweetened coffee to her if she changed into her Knight uniform.
Meanwhile in the BTR-80 that Gino had spotted earlier, Zero was watching Jeremiah very closely as the former guardsman kept his eye and weapon trained on the door. Nunnally had woken up about fifteen minutes earlier, but Zero opted to tranquilize her and put her to sleep again before she realized what was going on and her head was currently slumped against his left shoulder, her breathing being very slow and steady. Zero then whispered over to Tamaki, "Any idea who's pursuing us?"
"I'd say that it has to be the Glinda Knights. Cornelia hasn't sent her troops after us and the Glaston Knights haven't been sent here yet." Tamaki whispered back.
Very suddenly the BTR driver saw a VTOL Gunship and had the gunner shoot it out of the sky while he kept his eyes on the road. Unfortunately the noise caused by the BTR firing its machine gun woke up Nunnally and she then realized where she was.
"Ah it seems that our captive is awake. No need to worry though, so long as we have her the military can't use explosive weapons against us." Zero said before turning his attention to Jeremiah and saying, "Orange Boy, our captive is awake. Turn around and use your Geass Canceller on her."
Jeremiah turned towards Nunnally and the metal cover over his left eye opened and revealed the inverted Geass symbol for a few seconds before the cover reappeared. The Princess's eyes twitched before slowly opening and when they did she then knew that she was surrounded by unfamiliar people.
"You're probably wondering where you are right now, but that's the easy part. You're inside a BTR-80 Armored Personnel Carrier that is being used by the Black Knights. Anyways Fourth Princess Nunnally vi Britannia, you probably know who I am, but allow me to introduce myself in case you forgot. I am Zero, leader of the Black Knights. Your Knight is being held inside another BTR at the moment while we are fleeing the Tokyo Settlement." Zero said to Nunnally.
Before Nunnally could begin to ask what Zero was planning to do with her, a radio transmission that came from one of the customized Sutherlands chasing them stated, "Attention, forces of the Black Knights! This is Leonhardt Steiner of the Glinda Knights speaking! Surrender and hand over Princess Nunnally right now if you want to get the chance to defend yourself in court! If you do not comply, we will drag the Fourth Princess out of that vehicle ourselves and destroy you all!"
"Like hell would we surrender to the likes of you! Your kind are leeching the lifeblood of Japan from its rightful people! Until Japan is freed from its shackles, we will not rest if you don't want to kill us all!" the driver of the BTR transmitted back.
This time the pilot of the customized Gloucester rammed in with, "This is Oldrin Zevon, you guys seriously aren't this zealous, are you?"
Before anyone could respond, a slash harken rammed into Leonhardt's customized Sutherland and forced the pilot to eject to avoid being killed. The other customized Sutherland turned towards where the slash harken came from as the pilot transmitted, "Oldrin, continue the mission. Peace Mark has made its presence known!"
"Understood, Sokia. Commencing hostilities with the Black Knights!" Oldrin transmitted before cutting her communications and attempted to force the BTR-80 in front of her to crash by giving its wheels the slash harken treatment, only for the Armored Personnel Carrier's machine gun to make a 180-degree turn and shoot out her Knightmare's slash harkens once the weapons had exited the shoulders of the machine. Another BTR-80 then arrived and was moving on the left side of the other one. Unlike its partner this one had a 30mm cannon on top and this became apparent once it fired at Oldrin's Gloucester and destroyed a landspinner.
The BTR-80 that was armed with a machine gun immediately deployed a smokescreen and managed to evade the Gloucester. The Britannian Knightmare then leapt to dodge a slash harken from behind and once it landed turned around to see a gold and silver Knightmare retract the offending hook into its chest. Its pilot opened a communication link to Oldrin's Knightmare and said, "So you're still fighting for the Empire that destroyed everything that I had? It's a shame that we have to see each other as enemies now, sister."
"Wh- Who are you!? Why did you call me your sister!?" Oldrin demanded.
"I hate to remember the past, but when I killed one of the men responsible for the death of Euria, I took upon my first identity from when I was born and now, the Britannian Empire shall feel the anger, sadness, hopelessness, and unforgiving rage of Orpheus Zevon! I was born a Zevon as a twin brother to the real successor of the family, and that successor is you, Oldrin! I will prove my worth and show that I am no commoner by delaying you long enough for the Black Knights to escape!"