"Lelouch"- speaking

'Baka.'- thoughts

"Roger."- Radio/Walkie-Talkie

Office of Secret Intelligence Area Eleven branch headquarters, Data Hive, Hiroshima, May, 2018.

Suzaku knew that almost nobody was inside the Data Hive and as such was able to reach where the confidential Intelligence was held and captured it. However, once he had grabbed the briefcase that contained the Intelligence, the alarm went off and he had to quickly plant the bomb and hightail it out of the Hiroshima headquarters. It took nearly an hour and even worse, once Suzaku got out the Britannian military opened fire on him whenever they saw him. After Suzaku managed to get the drop on a patrol of six foot soldiers and knocked them out, he grabbed the radio of their leader and heard something that foreshadowed major trouble for him.

"Suzaku Kururugi is still in the area. All local military forces are to kill him on sight. I repeat, the Ex-Knight of Seven is to be killed on sight. Furthermore, the decision has been made to revoke his status as a military officer regarding questionable loyalty." the transmission said.

'Shit! All of my effort to cooperate with the Britannians has all been for naught!' Suzaku thought to himself before he began a long and arduous effort of avoiding Britannian military patrols while escaping the city. Once he was out of the city, he journeyed to the one place where he could find much-needed solitude: the ruins of the Kururugi Shrine. Once there, he agonized for hours over what he had been doing and what he would have to do now before a thought struck him.

"When your ideals betray you, when you are consumed by despair, when your life seems to hold nothing but darkness, seek me out. Seek me out and join me so we can save not only Japan, but the world." Suzaku remembered Zero say to him before the Ex-Honorary Britannian had gone to his court-martial.

'Euphie is the only light that I have in this dark world now, and she's joined the Black Knights. I became her Knight so that I could protect her, so I have to join them too in order to avoid betraying my ideals. Yet, where are the Black Knights now?' Suzaku thought before heading to the Shinjuku Ghetto, where he had first fought the Black Knights when they were still the Kozuki Resistance.

Meanwhile in the Knightmare Hangar of the Area Eleven Administration Building, Lloyd had gotten into the cockpit of the Lancelot and began booting up its systems before taking off. Cecile had tried to stop him to no avail and could only watch as the Earl of Pudding went out to search for the devicer of his machine. Knowing that Schneizel would be undoubtedly furious, Cecile notified him about Lloyd's recent actions and said that he was acting out of line.

Schneizel laughed and then said over a video channel, "Well, consider yourself officially screwed, Ms. Croomy. My assistant Kanon has been pressuring me to marry someone for quite some time and now that your superior has gone and left with the Lancelot, I now have blackmail material on you. Face the harshness of reality, Cecile; if you want to save your career, you have no choice but to marry me at the end of the month. If you don't, I'll send Luciano Bradley over to fuck your sorry c*** for not being able to stop Earl Asplund."

Cecile's eyes widened in horror when the Second Prince mentioned the Knight of Ten and realized that what he had said was not an empty threat before saying, "Understood. I'll join our hands in marriage in four days. When will the wedding take place?"

"It will be held at the Viceroy's Palace. That is all, Ms. Croomy." Schneizel said before cutting the call.

On the news throughout the Britannian Empire, Second Princess Cornelia li Britannia was going to make an important announcement. In Pendragon, Guinevere su Britannia was in the middle of giving a servant from Area Six a verbal reprimandation while near a TV that Carine was watching when she heard an announcer say, "It is time for an address by Her Royal Highness Princess Cornelia, Second Princess of the Holy Britannian Empire."

Guinevere stopped reprimanding the servant and looked at the TV and saw that the screen was changing from the flag of Britannia to show Princess Cornelia.

"To my imperial subjects and of course, to any and all numbers who cooperate with us, this is a sad day for the Holy Britannian Empire. The Viceroy of Area Eleven and member of the Royal Family, Fourth Princess Nunnally vi Britannia, was kidnapped by the Black Knights and taken from the Area Eleven Government Bureau. In response to this brazen act made by the Black Knights and the absence of Princess Nunnally, I have decided to once again take up the responsibility of becoming the Viceroy of Area Eleven. Be assured that the Black Knights will be defeated and brought to justice for this crime, for I am appointing Princess Marrybell mel Britannia as my Sub-Viceroy. Let it be known that we do not tolerate terrorism of any kind and that any action made against the Royal Family was and still is not acceptable! Now then, I shall allow my Sub-Viceroy to address the nation." Cornelia said before stepping to the side and allowing Princess Marrybell to take the podium.

"I am honored to have been given the task of assisting our Goddess of Victory with her responsibilities as Viceroy and will balance this with my own responsibilies as leader of the Glinda Knights. As Princess Cornelia said, we shall not bow down to the demands of terrorists and let this heinous act go unpunished! Rest assured that we will find where the Black Knights have taken our beloved Princess Nunnally and rescue her from their diabolical hands! All Hail Britannia!" Marrybell stated before the screen returned to showing the flag of Britannia.

"Well, this was certainly unexpected. I didn't think that Cornelia was the type to make important speeches." Guinevere said to Carine.

"I agree, dear sister. I'm sure that she was only doing this because imperial tradition dictates that the Viceroy of an imperial Area announce their formal address on National Television before entering the position." Carine replied.

"Indeed. Even so, I would imagine that you don't feel sorry for those uncivilized plebeians who kidnapped our sister."

"Quite correct, dear sister Guinevere. I had told Nunnally that she should have been more accepting of violence and war before she went out to Area Eleven after Duke Calares was killed by a couple of Honorary Britannians who simply hated the man. She didn't execute those men for what they did to Calares and now it's bitten her in the. . . err, buttocks because the Black Knights managed to kidnap her. Honestly, I don't even know why she's such a pacifist."

"Tch, must I remind you that Nunnally told us that the Black Knight had executed her brother Lelouch!? The news even backed that up with a video that was shown on National Television, for Pete's sake! She was also forced to survive with Lelouch during our invasion of Area Eleven back when it was still called Japan and I clearly remember her telling me that she and Lelouch were almost killed by both our own soldiers and the Japanese Military! You, Carine ne Britannia, are a bitch and a half if you can't even remember that!"

"Oh, don't get all high and mighty about that, dear sister! They were both banished to that country because Lelouch had the nerve to stand up to his Majesty and demand justice for that commoner Marianne!" Carine shouted before Guinevere slapped her hard.

"You will NOT disgrace Lady Marianne's name with that impudent mouth of yours, Carine! Even though I didn't think too highly of her, she was able to best his Majesty's Knight of One, Sir Wadstein. Now then, where was I?" Guinevere said before trying to remember what she was doing before Cornelia had given her address.