Lelouch and Suzaku went into Rolo's room, investigating. Nunnally was there as well, searching for Rolo's future. She sat on the bed, rubbing her temples gently, concentrating.

"Find him yet Nunnally?", Lelouch asked.

"No, it's too fuzzy. It's like, the future is uncertain", she said, giving up.

"Hey, look at this", Suzaku said, calling from the closet."

Lelouch and Nunnally went inside to see Suzaku's discovery. They found the second door.

"Rolo must've gone through here", Lelouch said, reaching for the doorknob.

Suzaku stopped him from turning the knob. "Lelouch, calm down. We don't know what's behind the door, or if Rolo is even there. We have to think."

"Think, right, think. Sorry, it's just the thought of Rolo being in trouble. . . ", Lelouch took a deep breath.

"It's alright. Let's just think this through", Suzaku said, before turning to Nunnally. "Are you sure you can't find anything?"

Nunnally closed her eyes and focused again, before shaking her head. "No. I'm really worried. I've never not seen anything before."

"It's simple really", C.C. said appearing in the closet doorway.

"And why is that?", Lelouch asked. "You know something don't you!", he accused.

"The reason you can't see your brother's future is because it is intertwined with that of someone with the code", C.C. explained.

"The code?", Lelouch questioned.

"If someone has the code, then geass will not work on them."

"Why am I just hearing about this now?", Lelouch demanded angrily.

"You never asked."

"Forget it. I'll deal with you later, for now, let's find Rolo."

The four of them went through the door and came out on the other side with varying expressions.

"What is this place?", Nunnally asked.

"It's your trap", a voice said.

Suddenly a bag was placed over all of their heads. Lelouch and Nunnally were taken away easily, but Suzaku elbowed his captor and C.C. body slammed hers. Suzaku made a move to resuce his friends, but C.C. grabbed his shoulder.

"Leave them. Lelouch has a plan."

"But-"

"Come!", C.C. pulling him back towards the door that they had entered from. Suzaku wanted to at least try to help, but when the two men they took down started to get up, he followed C.C.. When they were safely through, he gave her a sharp glare.

"I could've taken on those guys easily. But you said Lelouch had a plan, so what is it?"

"Later", C.C. said nonchalantly.

"'Later'? Lelouch, Nunnally, and Rolo are all gone! They were taken away and you want to rescue them later?", Suzaku yelled hysterically.

"It's all a part of Lelouch's plan. Now then, we must prepare for this evening's dinner."

"'D-dinner'?", Suzaku sputtered out.

"I will be in Lelouch's room, getting dressed. I suggest that you accompany Euphemia and fill her in on the details. And we will have to speak with Tianzi as well."

"What does Kaguya's friend have to do with anything?", Suzaku asked.

C.C. sighed. "Have faith in me, will you? I won't allow those three to die. So until we meet up with them again."

Suzaku looked at her seriously. This was the first time that it was really just the two of them. Now was as good a time as ever to talk with her.

"C.C., what exactly are your intentions? Why did you give them these powers? Why did you come with us here?"

Amber eyes closed in deep thought. She opened them as she began to answer the question.

"I chose them, because they will set me free, and Lelouch seemed interesting. So not only am I able to complete my goal, I can watch this drama unfold."

"Do you even care about them at all?"

"I won't let them die, if that's what you're asking."

"I'm asking if you're a friend who wants to save them!"

C.C. walked towards Rolo's door and before she left the room, she turned back to Suzaku. "I'm an accomplice of course."

-o-o-o-

Lelouch and Nunnally were thrown into a dungeon. It was cold, dim, and damp. Lelouch immediately grabbed hold of his little sister and pulled her close. They heard a rustling noise on the other side of the cell. Lelouch pulled Nunnally tighter against him.

"Who's there?", he called out.

"Brother!", a voice answered.

"Rolo?"

A hand reached out and felt for Lelouch's arm, before clamping down on it. Lelouch felt a smaller body clinging to his own.

"Brother! I'm so glad to see you! I thought I'd never see you again!", Rolo exclaimed.

"Rolo, what's going on?", Nunnally asked.

"It's V.V.. He set the trap for Brother, I tried to use my geass, but it didn't work on him!"

"Accodring to C.C., they don't affect those that have the code", Lelouch explained. "If she told me this earlier, we wouldn't be in this mess."

"Rolo, is that them?", another voice called out from where Rolo once was.

Nunnally's eyes widened. "Is that? It can't be. . ."

The fourth person came from the darkest part of the cell, to come face-to-face with the siblings. She smiled gently.

"It's been quite some time, since I've seen you three."

"Since the fire", Lelouch muttered out.

She nodded.

"You've got a lot of explaining to do, Mary."

-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Yes, I'm alive! And I updated! It's been so long, I had to refresh my own memory on what happened. -sigh- I've been extremely neglectful to this story. Hopefully I can fix that in the future!