Author's Note: This is the chapter which is probably the hardest to write; first is… well you see this one leads to the ending of the story (But I tell you that there are three extra side stories after the Epilogue)
And the second is, my writing mood is really dark, philosophical and emotional these school days since in school I'm kinda like a loner.
It was really hard to write this… for I want a very surprising and touching ending.
BUT DON'T STOP READING UNTIL the fic itself IS FINISHED NO MATTER WHAT HAPPEN YOU MIGHT MISS A VERY NICE ENDING
Enjoy
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"But it always happens…when I dream about being swept in the sea somebody always dies…"
CC lay on the cold surface of the ancient floor. Her blood seeped into the cracks, continually flowing out of her chest.
The imagined faces out of the cave's ceiling; that one looked like Lelouch's angry face, the one on the left is Eirian laughing but no rock can be made to look like Aurora's cute face.
I can't die yet… she thought. But her visions was becoming darker; even the water dropping on her face was not enough to stop her eyes from closing.
At least she could have said goodbye to everyone; or at least they could have to her. She already suffered bad deaths, so at least her last one should have been the best. At least…she could hear the voices of her children crying not far from her.
"Mama!"
She could not identify whether it was Eirian or Aurora calling her nor if the one she heard were not drops of water from the ceiling but rather faint footsteps and wheels approaching her.
"Mama!"
She could not discern whether it was water that touched her skin or rather they were small hands.
"Mama!"
She couldn't know if the images flashing in her eyes were memories, imaginations or dreams.
"Mama!"
She was pretty sure that it was Nunally who was crying, and the blue and green orbs staring at her were her children's. She was happy they're there…yet there was someone she needed to speak to: she reached for her phone at her pocket…struggling to dial one last number.
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Goodbyes
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He will never admit to himself that CC was indeed the better pilot than him.
"That CC! I'll prove to her that I can pilot too!" Lelouch was losing his pride as he was literally losing to the Siegfried…or Orange-kun. He can imagine CC's jeering face and he could already predict what words she'll throw at him is she's here.
The whole left arm of the Gawain was ripped off not long after Lelouch resumed fighting: After putting a considerable amount of effort making the perfect strategy- a soon as he was about to launch his perfectly timed harken when Orange-kun's ripped of his well needed left arm.
He was also sick from all the spinning from the whirlpools Orange-kun made at the sea that caught him. It spun him like a frog caught in something like gravitation that he saw in class.
He moved back quickly after this and hid behind a small hill. But the spinning top decimated it quickly into piles of boulders. Half of the Gawain got stuck beneath it…and seeing the Siegfried spinning like a top above him panic struck Lelouch. He struggled to break free but his right leg was stuck!
"I'M COMIIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!" Orange-kun taunted him.
Shit he's fast! He cursed himself as he detached the right leg and broke free. He used a harken to crush a pile of borders causing a screen of rubble and he escaped as fast as he can.
Ah! I'll just hide in the trees!
He disabled his flight functions for a while and hid among the thick trees but the Siegfried didn't even have a tiny love for the trees and uprooted all that blocked his path.
"I FOUND YOU!" he always say what he thought and it was making Lelouch more irritated.
How humiliating, and frustrating to realize than his enemy don't have tactics nor pattern that he could analyze, making his supreme intelligence utterly useless. From what he was seeing the epic fight turned into comedy; Poor fighter getting beaten up by a ridiculously looking orange robot.
So the Gawain hopped like a kangaroo amid the pouring rain- except that it has only one leg- away from the charging giant orange that is getting nearer and nearer and nearer.
"Work you stupid engine!" Lelouch was getting distressed as the flight system won't start- actually he doesn't know how to enable it again after disabling it.
No!! He gasped…within seconds the Siegfried was already behind the Gawain…and less than a second before contact; luckily, the Gawain instantly fell into an underground cave and was able to miss the fatal blow.
"Zero? WHERE DID YOU GO ZEROOOOOOOOOOO!?" luckily, Orange-kun was very stupid.
I forgot! I can't fight on the island, the caves might collapse! Lelouch was sometimes stupid too.
Miraculously, he was able to enable the flight functions again. He was desperate to find his way through the tunnels that seemed to be like an endless maze.
And his phone rang.
Who could that be?
"Euphie?" He answered it quickly for it might be urgent. "Are you alright Euphie?"
"That's what I'm going to ask you Lelouch…" it was Suzaku's voice "Lelouch-"
"Tell it to me later I'm busy here! Just rescue me here at Kaminejima Island, the Siegfried is attacking me!" he immediately hanged the phone and continued wandering through the darkness, he was getting annoyed and the situation required his full attention; a mistake might make the Gawain crash to the rocks.
He can't have Orange-kun chase him here; he can't hide there, if Orange-kun looked for him he might destroy the island. So he must make it to the sea soon.
The phone rang again.
Who now!? "What is it!?" he used his left hand for controls of the Gawain while the right handled the phone.
"Zero!? Is that you Zero? It's me Tamaki! How are you? Right now I'm using Kallen cellphone-Lelouch? You're name is Lelouch? Yata-"
"Shut up you monkey I might die right now! I tell you the plan-"
A call interrupted.
Who the hell is this one I'm going to kill him "Hello-"
"Lelouch where are you-"
"Milly can we talk later!?" He immediately hanged the phone. "Urgggh!!" he groaned in pain after bumping into a stone pillar. "Tamaki, tell Rakshata-"
A ring came again
"Lelouch-"
"CALL ME LATER!" He answered it quickly snarling as soon as a voice came out and
he hanged it "I'm at Kaminejima-" he was desperate for help.
But a call interrupted again, it was the same as the last one. Please let me have a break…please not now! "WHAT IS IT!?" he lost his patience already.
"Lelouch…"
It was CC.
"CC is that you!?" He stopped the Gawain and cut his communications with the other line. He asked again "CC are you alright?"
"Lelouch, I'm sorry…but there's nothing to worry about Nunally, Eirian and Aurora; they're…safe." Her airy and weak voice can be heard in between her long breaths.
"CC! What happened!?" He cried in agony, he knew what she meant but how could that happen? He knew that it was dangerous, and he knew of the risk. It was just that he wasn't ready…he wasn't ready for something like this. "Don't tell me…"
"Yes Lelouch, I called to say goodbye …I'm sorry." Her voice sounded warm and sad at the same time, far from the sarcastic, smart and strong CC he knew.
The knightmare stood there still against the cavern's cold walls lost in the shadows. Lelouch was as frozen as it is, then broke into a sob. But he held it to himself, speaking again to her now with his voice shaking a little. "CC…I just defeated Orange-kun! Wait for me, I'll be there soon!" His attempt to sound hopeful was futile as he heard Nunally crying in the background who was calling "CC…"
"Liar…" she chuckled a little then coughed "Don't go here…the place is falling soon. Don't worry, I'm sure the twins…they can save themselves and Nunally…"
His head was beginning to spin in loss of thoughts "CC!! Don't speak like that-"
A sudden explosion of debris cut off their conversation: The cell phone Lelouch clutched hard slipped out of his hands because of the impact. He tried to reach for it but a harken fired at him, hitting the side of the cockpit. The phone disappeared.
"No…" he choked his words in complete shock, he hastily tried to grasp the controls but his hand, which either became numb or can't stop shaking, had a hard time finding the it.
Also, it was not because the place was dark; it was because he shut his eyes to hold back the tears.
"I love you…" was the last words he heard from her before a harken was fired again and hit the a fundament bedrock behind him, causing the earth to shudder resulting in stalactites to fall unto him.
"You bastard!!" he growled at his opponent as he dodged it with amazing speed. He danced set the booster to maximum and followed an underground river he had just seen.
Orange-kun spun again chasing him but was met with too many obstructions. It hard a hard time fitting into a tunnel…but pretty soon it will.
He suddenly remembered her "CC! You're not a bastard, it was Orange-kun!" He declared her name again in a passionate manner "I LOVE YOU! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE!!" he called on her desperately but heard no reply.
He could see the end of the tunnel, the waves beating it, and the lightning the sky flashed.
"To call me bastard…that Lelouch." She sobbing in anger and just closed her eyes and let herself feel the tiny fingers touching her face.
She was sure that she killed VV for she doesn't sense him already. He might be more powerful but she knew that he'll die if she hit his sigil on his chest. Yet, it wasn't the same for her.
The drops of water on her face suddenly turned to rubbles; the cave was collapsing soon due to the activities that had happened.
"Darlings…take Aunt Nunally away from here…" she commanded them weakly.
But they can only teleport to a relatives place, CC remembered. Lelouch also told them to stay out of the mess which meant that they can't teleport to him at this time obviously. Euphie is a relative; CC was relieved to recall that.
Now she can't even feel her own wound and she just closed her eyes and prepared herself for death.
But she can still hear the twins calling her and the ceiling collapsing. Escape now, please now!
"ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Lelouch cried in helplessness as he continued running away from the monster. What to do…what to do… If I use hit the cave ceiling the place where CC is might collapse but if I don't I have to escape here or I'll be crushed!
He had no choice but to continue racing to the exit.
The Gawain broke free with a blast at the mouth of the cave; flash of lighting reflected itself upon the Gawain's surface as the rain continued pouring.
Lelouch headed farther to the sea, away from the island. He'll wait for Orange-kun there, and he'll settle it one and for all.
He saw the phone at his feet and quickly picked it up "Hello? Are you there!? Answer me CC-"
He heard the phone crushed by rocks.
"No…It can't be…" The he cried out her name at the top of his lungs, screaming "no!" again and again. It can be heard in the midst of the heavy shower.
He can't lose her; all that he has been doing and working hard for…isn't those for her as well? If that was so…he failed his promise, his vow to protect her this time. He resolved that he would share with a wonderful life with her. He would make her so happy that she'll forget that she was ever sad at all.
The contract was fulfilled, but it was still there; it was Aurora and Eirian. They were the living proof that he promised himself to her with love. All that was left was marriage- that's why she can't leave him now.
But it may have been too late.
The echo was broken by the burst of debris from the mouth of the cave Lelouch came out. It was the Siegfried, it continued chasing Lelouch, dashing straight and cutting its way through the huge waves.
"ZERO!! ACTUALLY…I LOVE YOU!! I LOVE YOU ZERO! Just joking, idiot!"
That crazy bastard! This is enough! Lelouch flipped upward to evade the attack. I'll settle this once and for all!! In that brief moment he formed a new resolve: it is to destroy his enemy right now…all his rage and frustrations he'll throw at him. Whether be killed or not in the process he doesn't care for he won't escape now. He won't hide behind his pawns, he'll fight not as a king now…but as a knight who honored his lady.
"I"LL PEEL YOU OFF ORANGEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" he cried with all his might as he countered the attack with a kick at the pinnacle of the big ball. It was followed by punches at the place where the Siegfried's cockpit was supposed to be located.
"We're at the sea now so… do your best Lelouch to defeat Orange!" he continued digging the Siegfried aggressively with every blow he lands. Large chunks of metal were flying around at the enemy knightmare started spinning slowly: he used geass on himself.
As Lelouch felt the centripetal force increasing and he quickly broke of from it, distancing a little. He'll fire his left rear two harkens! He predicted as the orange robot followed him.
"DIE ZERO!!"
But Lelouch's was right; Orange-kun would fire the two spikes. I can predict your movement now!
As the two shots are fire, Lelouch was able to dodge it easily. Idiot you fired a very long range haha! He countered him- used two of his harkens to cut the wires of the Siegfried's.
Orange-kun realized that at long range combat the Gawain's faster harkens gain the upper hand "I CAN STILL SPIN!!"
You fell into my plan Lelouch smiled and chuckled a little. "Now this is for CC…" a tear fell from his left eye…from the glowing geass mark.
The Gawain quickly fired two his harkens at the Siegfried's underside.
"IT'S USELESS ZERO!!" Orange-kun maniacally laughed as his Knightmare began spinning faster; the wires of the Gawain remained attached and were beginning to wrap itself unto the spinning top. Lelouch knightmare was pulled closer and closer.
"I GOT YOU ZERO!!"
"No, I got you" Lelouch spoke to himself as the Siegfried stopped rotating suddenly. I jammed the engine; I almost didn't notice that the spinning was caused by a side engine.
The Gawain's right arm attached itself to the Siegfried. Lelouch set his speed to maximum and pushed the object into the blue ocean.
"The problem lay there, I commanded them 'stay out of this mess' and they can't go back here. You see, it seems that they can only go to those blood related to them…"
CC heard Nunally scream as she felt a thud of rock fall…and he heard the babies crying.
ESCAPE NOW! What's wrong!? I'm so helpless…
She opened her eyes, she still can… and was shocked to see a stalactite that will fall soon. No! please no… she screamed "Aurora, Eirian!" as it fell from the ceiling.
"What's happening?" Nunally was shaking in fear.
Before CC knew it, she stood up and hurled herself to safe the three from a falling mass.
I'm alive!? She couldn't feel anything because the wound was gone, and she was shivering because she was bathing in blood. She wasted so much time. But how?
"But you might have lost your immortality CC, and little by little you are losing your abilities…you are turning into a human…" she remembered when VV told her.
And so much for my good bye speech!
Her usual zest returned and she lifted up Aurora and Eirian from the floor and handed them to Nunally. "Let's escape from here and meet Lelouch!" She looked around for other possible enemies but found nobody except a dead child on the floor not far from her.
"CC you're alright!!"
"Mama! Mama!" said Aurora.
She pushed the wheelchair and run as fast as she could. "Nunally, hold the two tight!"
All Nunally can do was scream as she experienced the worst ride ever; rock dodging and hump bumping. CC didn't even rest; she needed to hurry.
"Where's brother!?" Nunally was worried sick.
"He came to save you too also, he's outside!" CC shouted back so she can be heard amidst the noise of falling rocks.
Lelouch don't die! I believe in you. I know you that you can beat him! We're all alive for you.
She saw the small exit of the cave…she ran to the faint light of the lightning flashing. She has gotten nearer and nearer to him.
She fitted the wheelchair first at the small hole as hastily as she can and she succeeded.
She followed after her and exited into the pouring rain before the hole was sealed by a fallen rock.
Alas she saw the sight: The Gawain pushed the Siegfried into the violent sea and disappeared.
The lightning revealed her expression nobody can describe.
"LELOOOOOUUUUUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" she uttered a long cry. "Don't die, don't leave us alone!"
Her knees fell weak and collapsed into the ground as the rain beat her body. She hugged crawled little and hugged Nunally and the twins tightly. She continued sobbing wildly, shivering in the cold air.
Nunally realized the situation and started crying too.
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A lightning revealed a rising figure from the ocean- a shining black chrome that mightily stood in the air.
"CC? You're alive?" Lelouch smiled as tears welled up in his eyes. "CC it's me! I'm here, I'm so happy!" he called out as he saw his family below.
She turned around and saw the figure looming above- the Gawain. "Lelouch…"
A sudden glimpse of each other, a sudden joy, a sudden heartbeat and sudden pang as a sudden lighting hit the Gawain and a sudden explosion
It all happened too sudden.
"LELOOOOOUUUUUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
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Next chapter: Epilogue (it's a little shorter than this)
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