Divine Intervention.
'This is it: I know why, I know who and I know how. There's no way hazard brought me here. It was without any doubt the act of God: A Divine Intervention.'
AN: Hello guys, it's been a while! So here's a new chapter of Divine Intervention, who have its story's name, so it's the real deal.
A small precision, I didn't want Lelouch's children to be too perfect, so I added some flaws to their personality. Also, take in mind that I don't necessarily make my character say what I think, but what I see or hear around me. So, if you feel offended about what they say, well, this story is mostly about the ideals and opinions that offend us nowadays.
That, and also the never ending fights between the SJWs and the wannabe extremists on the Internet.
First Timeline.
Headquarters of the N&I Media Center, Bogota.
The 'room of communications' was a place in the 88th level of the skyscraper. It was mostly composed of computers, screens and servers and its particularity was that most of the Worlds information was circulating in this room. The White Knights could consult the data passing through the most encrypted canals in this World, namely those used by the Britannian Empire and the United Federation of Nations. It was the ears and the eyes of the organization. In the room of communications, press organs from different parts of the world, blogs of different ideologies and other Medias could be controlled at distance. It was Andrej Novak's sanctuary.
Novak was now 58 years old; his black hair and beard had turned into grey over the years. Andrej was getting old, like many of the original members of the White Knights. For example, his friend Henderson had already reached the 70 years. However, these 25 years of building, climbing and waiting had revealed to be worthy because Infinity was now able to make the next step.
Right now, the head of the White Knights' Intelligence was staring at a giant screen posed on a wall of the room of communications.
"President Jimenez has been found with a minor prostitute." He said smugly to himself while quoting what appeared on the screen. It showed the headlines of a newspaper who would be published the day after. There was a picture of the President of Colombia, Raul Jimenez, in his car, in company with a very young woman. The picture had been used as a piece of blackmail by the WK because Jimenez was publicly hostile to the Britannian National Front; he was also a close collaborator to Empress Nunnally and a fervent supporter of the Black Knights.
Then, Ivanov's censor motion would be more than legit.
His detractors couldn't accuse him of controlling the information because the paper Novak was staring at was known to be liberal. They were just a little bit sensible to these kinds of affairs; they were on the side of Justice, after all, and of course, they had to show the right example to the masses.
Novak smirked. During his life as a European spy he had learned how to predict and take profit of the future events. It wasn't because of his skills in finance that he managed to grow fortunes for the White Knights, it was because he knew how the people's mind worked, and how the World would react to certain events.
In 2018, the Croatian agent had analyzed Lelouch's actions and had figured that he hadn't been planning to rule the World for long. It took only a minute to imagine what the World look would like if The Demon Emperor was suddenly slain by Zero to understand that there were high chances that it was Lelouch's plan all along.
And Novak was right.
It was why he was there today, why he was doing all of this. He wanted, no, he was about to control the future.
On his right hand there was a white ring. On the top there was a symbol written in black: a 'W' with a line on top of the letter, so a 'K' would appear if one turned the ring to 90 degrees.
W, K, the White Knights.
It was first used to put the emphasis on the opposition to the Black Knights, but there was more than this.
Britannians and Europeans might have hated each other; they had a fundamental common point.
They were Whites.
Second universe, headquarters of the United Federation of Nations, Phoenix.
Lelouch Lamperouge was heading to the exit when he heard and saw two people arguing in the corridor. One of them was the President of Colombia, Raul Jimenez, and the second was the father of one of Bianca's friend, Rudolf Ivanov.
"President Jimenez." Lelouch greeted politely. The Colombian president shook Lelouch's hand. "Is there a problem?"
Jimenez smiled. "Not at all. This … man," he made a sign of head to refer to Ivanov, "was telling me that delinquency was a problem in our country."
Lelouch stared at the green-eyed man. "I remember you. Our daughters are friends if I'm not mistaken. Rudolf Ivanov, that's your name."
Rudolf nodded weakly. "I'm the Duk…"
But Jimenez interrupted him. "He's the leader of a yanqui supremacist party in Colombia." He explained to Lelouch. Yanqui was the slang for people of Britannian origins in Latin America. "The NGF, the New Grenadian Front." New-Granada had once been the name of Colombia, during the Spanish reign and the Britannian reign before the civil war who stripped the colony from its name. "Ivanov is also city councilor in Bogota."
Lelouch stared at the far-right politician with a puzzled look, then chuckled.
"What's so funny?" Ivanov asked, highly frustrated.
"City councilor." Lelouch said between two snickers. "I think that you've lost your way, city counselor. We are at the headquarters of the United Federation of Nations, and here the adults are discussing about important matters. This isn't a place for a city councilor."
Rudolf gritted his teeth. "I'm Duke of New-Granada!" He snapped. Rudolf despised them, those who still gloated over their victory against Britannia, who had destroyed the Imperial Palace and build their own institutions, controlling the world from up there. And Lelouch vi Britannia was the very incarnation of what Ivanov hated: the former Prince was reminding everyone, every day that he was the true winner of the war by simply… be what he was.
Lelouch was a lobbyist; for 23 years, he told everyone what to do but never publicly admitted that he had that much power without having been elected. And how? During the war, Lelouch had been stealing billions from the wealthiest noble families and had built a small Empire thanks to it. Now he had actions in companies serving the UFN and the Black Knights, namely a famous bank that loaned money to countries and many other tools they had created to keep on controlling what was once the Britannian Empire. Lelouch was a vulture.
'The vulture' stared at Ivanov with his penetrating gaze. "And I am the Eleventh Prince of Britannia; I could easily be a legitimate pretender to the Britannian throne simply with the fact that I am indeed the oldest male member of the Imperial Family, if you want to play that game with these rules." He said calmly. "Unfortunately, I'm not playing it for a long time, hell I haven't played it at all, which is why my place is here and yours is in the Bogota's city hall."
Then, Lelouch turned to President Jimenez. "As for your problem of delinquency, I'm sure there are other solutions than this gringo's." He said, referring to Ivanov in a belittling way. "I can propose you 2 billion dollars for the reconstruction of the risky areas and the deployment of 2 BK battalions in Colombia to train and help the local Police with these sensitive situations. Are you okay with it?" Lelouch asked.
Jimenez nodded with a smile. "Yes sir, thank you sir."
Ivanov gritted his teeth. Lelouch was acting like if he was the master of the place, which he probably was, and it irritated the Duke gravely. Lelouch didn't have to be elected in order to exist. He didn't have to stare at the polls, over and over, and hope that the score will increase thanks to the local delinquency. With this help plan Lelouch had proposed to the President of Colombia, the New-Granadian Front would fall down to less than 5% in the vote intentions.
The President of Colombia stared at one of the figures of his opposition with a look of disdain. "Have you heard? Here we're actually solving the problems instead of just blame the government in hope to gain the people's sympathy."
Rudolf winced. It was his mistake to even go there in the first place. He spoke out loud and Lelouch made this arrangement just to bash him, just like he did with those who wanted Britannia back in the USA. Lelouch hated his father, and made the Britannians pay every day God made by forcing everyone who wanted to shine in society to say that they hated Britannia and Emperor Charles too.
Jimenez left, and Ivanov was now alone on this corridor with the UFN lobbyist.
"Listen." Lelouch said suddenly, and Ivanov listened. "I won't tell you this because I despise what you want to represent, I will do it because our daughters are friends."
Rudolf widened his eyes.
"The Holy Britannian Empire only existed because the people acknowledged my family's rule." Lelouch said calmly. "When the Britannia dynasty controlled the entire American continent, it was easy to believe that the Emperors were the descendants of the Celtic Kings and that the Britannians were pure Celtics. But Britannia is a Latin word, and what we called pureblooded Britannians were in fact a large interbreeding of European peoples. The Britannian Nation is a lie of the past and is not worth fighting for, because whether you want it or not, what remains of Britannia now are its evil deeds, its cruelty and its mistakes. I don't know what you're seeking, but whatever you plan to do is bound to fail if you keep on believing to the lies of the past."
Original World
Alexander Ivanov had been speaking with Sonia Weinberg for five minutes now. He revealed to the daughter of Empress Nunnally's most trusted advisor that Alex's father, Rudolf Ivanov, belonged to a criminal organization that planned to overthrow the Empress and take control of Britannia.
"So, they want to put Prince William on the throne?" Sonia asked with a low voice.
Alexander shook his head. "He didn't tell anything about that, but it would make sense."
"Is it possible for you to come tomorrow?" Sonia asked. "It's not a proper place to speak about things like that."
He nodded. "I know."
"Your friends might get suspicious if we keep on talking." She continued, eyeing the table of the far-right students. To her relief, the three were rather inoffensive and did nothing besides drinking and talking.
"They're not very clever." Alexander shrugged. "I'll say that I've tried to persuade you to join our noble cause or something."
Sonia had an amused smile on her face. "Or you can always say that you tried to hit on me."
Alex made a face. "That wouldn't happen. I'm homosexual, even if they don't know a thing about it."
Sonia was about to tell something when the three students that accompanied Alexander were heading to them.
"What're you doing with this girl?" One of them asked.
Alexander stared at them. His expression suddenly changed; he just put his mask on.
"She's still a Stadtfeld and a Weinberg." He said while standing up from his chair. "I was trying to put her on our side."
Sonia chuckled. "It seems you have failed. You are nothing like your father."
They stared at each other for a second. Their gaze reflected the unspoken words they wanted to say.
'Thank you.' Alexander thought with a look of gratitude.
Sonia stared at him with a concerned look. 'Good luck, my friend.'
Second World, 6/30/1987, 7:30PM, Aries Villa
Aries Villa had been bought by Lelouch Lamperouge after his wedding with Kallen Kozuki in 2020. It became the home of the Lamperouge, just like it was once the home of the vi Britannia. Lelouch was living there with his wife, Kallen, chief instructor of the Black Knight Special Forces, his sister Nunnally and his son Naoto. When his daughter Bianca had begun her studies, Lelouch had bought her an apartment in downtown Phoenix so she could live her life as a student, even if she visited her family occasionally.
Bianca was sitting at the dinner table, along with the Lamperouge family as a whole and the Kururugi family.
"So, we won't see you for the summer?" Naoto asked nonchalantly to his sister.
Lelouch's son had inherited of his triangular chin, but his eyes and his hair color came from his mother. And he wasn't as smart as his sister, not like he cared anyway. Bianca had always been interested in boring things, contrary to Naoto.
"Straighten your back!" Kallen ordered to his son, who was sitting in an unfitting position.
Naoto glared at his mother but obeyed nonetheless.
"You should take example on your cousins." Nunnally added to Naoto while looking at her two other nephews. "They know how to behave on a table."
Suzaku and Euphemia's two sons were sitting next to Naoto. They were twins who had approximately the same age as Lelouch's son. Their names were Clovis and Genbu; they were given in homage to Suzaku's father and Euphemia's brother, who had been killed by Suzaku and Lelouch in times of war.
"Thank you for the compliment, aunt Nunnally." They replied in unison.
Naoto rolled his eyes. "At least I don't have pink hair." He muttered loud enough so Genbu could hear it.
"No, I won't be here for the summer." Bianca replied to her little brother.
"And since dad and mom will go to vacations alone, then…" Naoto said with a smirk on his face.
"You'll have two months free to do whatever you want." Suzaku concluded.
Naoto nodded. "Yeah."
Lelouch raised an eyebrow. "Actually, no."
Naoto's eye twitched. "Will I go to granddad and oobachan in Japan, then?"
His father shook his head. "No. I want you to do something useful of your free time for once."
"What?" Naoto exclaimed loudly.
"You'll be working for a benevolent association." Lelouch said. "I think you're old enough for that."
Naoto glared at his father. "So I can help with your public image?" He asked sarcastically.
Lelouch stared at his son sternly. "Let me tell you something. I would throw away my public image for you in a heartbeat."
Naoto flinched.
"You can do whatever you want when you're older; I'll always support you no matter what choices you make." Lelouch continued. "But you can't do nothing."
"It won't be unbearable." Kallen added, rolling her eyes. "Ten hours a week, maybe less. It could even be a pleasant experience for you."
His Aunt Nunnally stared at him and said. "It would make me very happy if you start to work for a good cause."
Naoto knew he had lost. He couldn't really refuse anything to his aunt Nunnally.
"Alright." He sighed. "I yield."
In the meantime, Bianca was speaking with her aunt Euphemia.
"So, you've made some friends at the university?" She asked.
Bianca nodded. "Yeah, I've met many people who would become allies of mine in the future."
Euphemia rolled her eyes. "I was speaking about real friends."
"I know." Bianca grinned. "Well, there are two of them. There's Alexandra, my neighbor, and Theo, the son of a Swiss diplomat…"
"Oh!" Euphemia exclaimed, suddenly interested. "Is he nice? Handsome?"
Bianca gave her aunt a quizzical look. "Well …"
"I met him this afternoon." Lelouch said suddenly. "He's a good bloke, good enough to become family."
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Nunnally exclaimed. "Will we meet him soon?"
"Well, it was about time." Suzaku joked.
Bianca cleared her throat. "Would you please stop your assumptions? Theo's just a friend."
Euphemia stared at her niece with mirth. "Oh, come on, we were just teasing you."
"I know." Bianca retorted. "But, come on, could you please contemplate the possibility that a man and a woman can share a strong friendship without innuendos? When I see Theo, I see an older Naoto with more brains and blond hair."
Naoto nearly choked with his food. "The fuck?"
"Naoto, language!" Kallen snapped.
Euphemia frowned. "So, you've never had any…"
"Nope." Bianca replied awkwardly.
"It's too bad." Euphemia said.
"Yup." Bianca continued while finishing her plate. "I know that you four were younger than me when you married but … well…"
Naoto, on the other hand, found the situation funny.
"Maybe you're a carpet muncher…" He joked.
Then, Bianca swung her leg below the table to hit her little brother.
"Ow!" He yelled. "Are you nuts?"
"I am NOT a carpet muncher!" She retorted angrily.
Kallen decided to intervene. "Naoto, you've finished your plate, you can leave the table." She said imperiously. "And you Bianca, don't hit your brother."
Bianca lowered her head. "Yes, mother."
Naoto stood up. "Alright then." He declared. "I'm going to my room, where there's loads of fun stuff to do." He turned his head to his cousins. "Genbu, Clovis, you're coming with me?"
The twins looked at their parents. "May we go?" Genbu asked to his father.
"Yes you may." Suzaku replied, and the three teenagers left.
"So, tell me." Euphemia said suddenly to her niece. "Why do you speak about the homosexuals in such crude manners?"
"That's right." Suzaku added. "It seemed at the tone of your voice that you don't like them."
Bianca looked at her Japanese uncle with a dull look. "I don't dislike them. It's just that at the university there are too many associations to defend them that it's ridiculous. I mean, they're always whining about homophobia every time someone says something unpleasant or how there's no gay marriage in Thingystan …"
Lelouch chuckled. "You're going to enter in politics, Bianca. You shouldn't say out loud what you really think, especially on this subject."
She rolled her eyes. "I know that, but still, there are many more important problems these people refuse to see."
Suzaku raised an eyebrow. "Do you have any example?"
Bianca shrugged. "Well, the banks who take small countries and companies by the balls because of loans with twisted contracts, the fact that we rely too much on the financial markets that now the work has very little value, the dumbing down of society, the …"
"Well, that's too complex for the general population, I'm afraid." Lelouch mused. "But I'm sure you'll know how to deal with these problems one day."
Bianca grinned. "Thanks."
Euphemia smiled at her niece. "You know, Bianca, nearly every people on earth has now access to food, education and water." She said calmly. "Every country are respecting the human rights and each other, there are very few problems in this World so, in the common people's mindset the only little imperfections seem … more important than they already are. But that's because we naturally want to be good people and defend what we consider to be just."
Bianca admired her aunt. Euphemia had been chosen by Lelouch to become the leader of the Black Knights after Zero's death and she had always been doing well at her post. Contrary to what a military leader was supposed to be, Euphemia was kind-hearted, close to the people and actually willing to solve the world's problems. Those who had said that Euphemia was too naïve for this post were wrong, because she was wise enough to make the right decisions. The war against Britannia had been led by Zero, while the war against starvation and poverty was led by Euphemia. Even though Bianca resembled more at her father and supported his methods, her aunt Euphemia was a massive source of inspiration for her.
"You're right." Bianca admitted. "People want to defend causes but there aren't many left. There are too many people who want to fight for social justice that they end up doing nothing useful."
Lelouch nodded. "And you'll have to accept them. Or at least to bear them."
Naoto was on his bedroom, along with his two cousins, Clovis and Genbu. His room was full of electronic devices; there were games consoles of all generations and a hundred video games boxes were posed on the ground.
"So, which game do you want to play?" Naoto asked.
"How about Zero vs. Space Invaders?" Genbu proposed.
Clovis stared at a helmet posed on Naoto's desk. "Is that what I think it is?" He asked.
Naoto flashed a grin of pride. "Yeah, that's my Virtual Reality helmet."
Genbu whistled. "That's pretty neat!"
Then Clovis looked at a pile of video game boxes posed on the desk. "Infinity?" He read the title of the first game aloud while holding it. Then he read the name of the game below. "I don't know them."
"Those are my sister's games." Naoto explained. "She gave them to me because she's too old for these now."
"Did you try them?" Genbu asked.
"Yeah, of course." Bianca's brother replied. "Bianca let me play with them, but they're incredibly difficult. And infinity's boring."
Genbu raised an eyebrow. "What's this about?"
Naoto shrugged. "The game generates a problem from real life, like, I don't know, an organization who works in the shadows to control the World or some stuff like that, and we have to solve it."
"Humanity can create infinity of threats to the World they live on." Genbu read aloud. "It's up to you to save it." He took the second game on his other hand and showed it to his cousin. "And this one?"
"It's a war strategy game." Naoto explained. "But there is no easy mode. It's the most difficult game I've ever played."
"And your sister gave it to you because of that?" Genbu asked.
Naoto shook his head. "No, she gave it to me because she had finished it a hundred of times."
Suzaku and Euphemia sat on the living room's sofa while Bianca helped her aunt Nunnally to sit down at an armchair. It had been 10 years since Nunnally had been operated from the legs and had received two complete artificial knees. Bianca was there when she had walked again for the first time in two decades. The only time she saw her father as happy was when her brother Naoto was born.
"It's been already one year and I can't believe it actually happened." Lelouch said to Suzaku while serving him some alcohol.
Suzaku chuckled. "Neither do I."
"As we say, if irony were made of strawberries…" Kallen said while sitting to an armchair.
"Suzaku Kururugi, Prime Minister of Japan." Lelouch said solemnly. "Who would have known?"
"I did." Euphemia said while putting an arm behind her husband's back.
"And now, it's Bianca's turn to enter in the twisted world of politics." Lelouch said, flashing a grin of pride.
"What do you want to be?" Suzaku asked to his niece. "President of the USA?"
Bianca shrugged. "It would be an interesting step, but what I want to be is the Supreme Chairman of the UFN."
"Well, you do have ambition." Euphemia stated. "Unlike your father, who refused to become candidate despise being wanted by everybody."
Lelouch only smiled at her sister. "I'm not interested in this seat." He said simply. "I know the place I'm supposed to hold in this World and it's not being at its head."
There was an awkward silence where only Bianca and Euphemia didn't understand the reason.
"So, you're on official visit in America for the launch?" Kallen suddenly asked in order to break the heavy silence.
Suzaku nodded. "It's the event of the year, probably of the decade. Japan and America have worked hand in hand to launch the first robot who'll go to the Moon."
First Universe, 12/5/2043, 11:30PM, Chigusa's Bar
Sonia was staring at the Moon through the window of her apartment, who was over Chigusa's bar. It had been an eventful day, with Ivanov's son confiding to her everything he knew. She felt weird, to be honest with herself, to know that those extremists were in fact more dangerous than expected. Sonia had probably the power to stop a civil war, if Alexander had told her the truth.
"What are you thinking of?" Sonia heard a soft voice coming from behind her. Chigusa's voice.
Sonia turned to stare at her golden eyes. "25 years have passed since the Demon's death."
Chigusa approached her slowly. "Yes."
"In 25 years we haven't stopped looking to the future." Sonia continued.
"And?" Chigusa asked, maintaining the eye contact.
"And we forgot about those who looked to the past."
Chigusa smirked. "Are you taking those who support the BNF into pity?"
Sonia shook her head. "No. But some people have been able to take profit of our mistake."
Villetta's daughter sighed. "Perhaps. But we shouldn't spend our nights talking about them."
Sonia smiled. "Yes, you're right."
Chigusa and Sonia were some kind of exceptions. Todoh and Chiba, Cornelia and Guilford, and other couples close to their parents during the troubled times had only male children. They were the only girls of this new generation. To their parents' point of view, Sonia and Chigusa were like sisters.
Yeah, right. Sisters.
Chigusa put her hand on Sonia's head and locked her lips with the blonde's. The couple shared a passionate kiss in front of the moon.
"We shouldn't lie to our family." Sonia said finally. "But we still do it. Why?"
Chigusa smirked, before kissing her again. "Because seeing their ignorance is amusing?"
The blonde put herself on the bed, then began to unbutton her skirt. "I'd rather say that we like keep our happiness for ourselves, as a treasure. Do you come?" She asked seductively.
Chigusa licked her lips. "Of course."
Second World.
Lelouch and Kallen were lying on their bed. His guests, Prime Minister Suzaku and his family had already left for their hotel.
"So, how was your day?" Kallen asked finally.
Lelouch caressed his wife's red hair nonchalantly. "Well, you know, the usual. A couple of lawyers gave me the dossiers of their important clients so I could check if they aren't doing any fraudulent affairs."
"Willingly."
Lelouch chuckled. "Try to prove the contrary. I've helped making an arrangement to limit the delinquency in Colombia and I've saved the World once again from the evil far-right that threatens our freedom. And you?"
Kallen turned and put her hand on her husband's chest. "I've trained a couple of recruits for the CIA."
Lelouch raised an eyebrow. "I hear by the sound of your voice that you're not pleased."
"Yeah." Kallen sighed. "I think I'll stop doing this job. I think I'll stop working at all, period."
Lelouch grinned. "A wise decision."
"Yeah." She planted a kiss on his lips. "Retiring at 42 is … good."
"Forty-three." Lelouch corrected.
Kallen put herself on top of him. "By the way, today's your birthday, isn't it?"
Lelouch nodded. "That's right."
Kallen took a more serious tone. "I wonder what happens, you know, there."
When Lelouch died for the first time, God had created this World to create the illusion that he was back in time to redo his mistakes and live a normal life. With his Second Geass who could switch a person's conscience from one World to another, Lelouch had been able to know what happened in the original timeline, at least until 2021, when he used his Geass for the last time on his sister.
"I don't know, I can only speculate." Lelouch sighed. "I suppose they face the same problems than us. Corporatism, reactionary ideals that pop up because some people forgot how the past was, the youth who rebel against society because it is cool and we let them…"
His wife frowned. "You're taking this too lightly. Schneizel's dead too there, Suzaku and Nunnally are from this timeline. Perhaps something bad is happening."
Lelouch stared at Kallen's eyes softly. Then he caressed her chin. "We belong to this World, love. Whether we want it or not, there's no turning back. Like I told you, they might have their own problems as well, but there's nothing we can do to stop them. Besides, I'm not entierly gone: I am the Demon Emperor, remember?"
Kallen squeezed his crotch. "And it was still one of the stupidest ideas you ever had."
"I know." He moaned.
The red-head kissed his neck, then descended to his chest, then a little bit lower… "But enought about that. It's time that I give you your birthday present."
First World
In Brazil, the night had fallen while in the meantime the sun was still high in the blue sky of Japan.
In his quarters in Horai Island, a man removed his mask and profited of the little moment of loneliness to give his face a bit of natural light.
Meanwhile in his HQ in the Amazonian forest, another man contemplated the brilliant full moon, but kept his own mask on his face.
Suzaku Kururugi wasn't bearing very well his role as Zero. He wasn't fit for it really, and even if he learned how to play the role of a leader, there were still many detractors who kept on gaining popularity. Suzaku had come into this World without being prepared to act like Zero, so he had decided to let the things happen and thoughts that the other people, still affected by Lelouch's reign, would keep on making the right decisions. He was partly wrong. Because of his inaction, he let the emotionless corporatism gain too much power and now the people were losing faith in their messiah.
It was a lesson he had to learn: a strong will and a kind heart wasn't enough to govern. With the benefit of hindsight Suzaku would never had been able to govern Japan properly should he had became the Knight of One. Suzaku had lost Euphemia, his engagement to the Britannian Army revealed to be useless, he lost his name too, and now he was losing the trust of the people.
"Perhaps it's my punishment."
For more than two decades, Infinity had waited. He didn't want to, but Lelouch had changed the rules and every action needed more subtlety. However, there were very little opposition to the White Knights, or rather, very little people who could oppose him.
Infinity had killed Schneizel, Xingke had passed away quickly, and Zero had lost a year worth of memories. Infinity knew many things, but he ignored the true meaning behind these memory losses. He had first thought that it was an after effect to the power of the Geass, but Jeremiah, who was immune to it, had been affected by these memory losses as well.
"But perhaps it is something else."
Second World
Bianca Lamperouge was on her bed, thinking about of lot of things. She had finally finished her studies and would enter the real life. First Bianca would be Martinez's assistant, and then she would become a deputy, probably in the state of California. Then she would become a prominent member of a political party, The Orange Party, of course, whose leader was Jeremiah Gottwald, and would become a minister. Then the real deal would begin, and Bianca could ascent easily to the supreme position UFN's leader.
She closed her eyes. "Ruling the world…" Lelouch's daughter mumbled. "It sounds pretty neat."
Bianca fell asleep.
Then, Bianca found herself sitting on a throne, in a room she saw in many videos. She was wearing … a male Ashford Academy uniform?
"My name is Bianca vi Britannia, 102nd Britannian Empress!" She declared while letting out a cliché evil laugh. "Bend the knee or I'll destroy you!"
Suddenly Bianca's face changed, and it turned to her father's when he was young.
Lelouch stood up and removed what seemed to be contact lenses. His eyes were strange, in his two irises there were red sigils.
"Acknowledge your Emperor!" He commanded, and surprisingly, everyone in the room obeyed.
Images flashed through Bianca's mind.
War, destruction and death. A fight between two champions in Knightmares near the Pendragon's aerial space.
Then, her father's voice resonated on her mind.
"The will to destroy the World, and even oneself!"
Then, Bianca saw a purple flash, and she woke up.
"What a strange nightmare." She said, breathing heavily.
Bianca stood up, and headed to the bathroom. "I need a drink."
In the meantime, Lelouch was on the bathroom, passing water to his face.
Earlier, he dreamt about Euphemia.
It was happening times to times, even after twenty-six years, to still dream about this moment where he accidently ordered his half-sister to slaughter the Japanese.
But this time, it was different.
This night, when Lelouch was speaking to Euphemia in the G-1 and when his Geass suddenly started to become fully active, Euphemia's face changed and Lelouch saw his daughter.
Lelouch removed his two contact lenses and stared at his two Geass through the mirror.
The power on his left eye, Absolute Obedience, could still be deactivated. Lelouch still used it, times to times, it was useful for many things in his work.
But his second Geass hadn't been used for more than 20 years.
Sayoko, Kallen, Jeremiah, Xingke, Rakshata, Todoh, Suzaku, Anya, Cornelia, Nunnally.
With his second Geass, Lelouch brought people back these to this World, and the consciences of those who belonged to this newly-created universe had been forced to occupy the bodies of those whose conscience had been brought there.
Lelouch had become conscious of this fact, but he kept on using his second Geass, on his best friend and on his sister, namely, who were the two most important people in the original World.
"Did I make a mistake by being this selfish?" Lelouch whispered.
Yes.
Because of Lelouch's selfishness, important people who were supposed to watch over the World, the one true World, had been sent there and hadn't been able to continue their task.
When Lelouch used his second Geass on Kallen, Suzaku and Nunnally, something had happened.
A chain reaction no one could have predicted.
The Zero Requiem was supposed to bring peace for at least a millenary, but…
Because the one true World is the one Lelouch vi Britannia has died for.
Because this World is now being tested by the worst of mankind.
Because Lelouch's actions in this World of illusions had indeed changed the fate of the Earth.
Because God has seen the future …
Bianca entered the bathroom, and Lelouch deactivated his second Geass as a reflex.
And, for the second time in his life, he couldn't.
Lelouch's second Geass didn't deactivate.
They were born at the same time, from the same mother, but at two different Worlds.
It was sufficient enough for the Absolute Switch.
