And here we are, at Chapter 4 of Code Geass: Lelouch the Full Power. I felt as though this chapter might have been rushed, even though it took awhile to write. But, I digress. Now, onto the reviews!
Saki-Rose Chan, dragontear365: Glad you guys are enjoying it!
Moony the Mature One: Lelouch... whatever could you mean? I mean, there's no way Lelouch and this LL are the same person. *sarcasm* thanks for your support, and I hope that this section can help with thoughts about Mariel as well. (PS Mariel is a character solely used in the manga adaptation, Suzaku of the Counterattack, which I highly recommend, as well as reading Nightmare of Nunnally. These canons will probably be referenced quite a lot)
Well, That's all for reviews, let's get the story started! (BTW, don't ask this often, but please read the notes at the bottom of the chapter, if only this time)
"Bring me 87 grams of Sakuradite, quickly." Rakshata ordered.
"Right away!" Cecile said, running into the back.
"What is the status on the suit?" a voice said over the radio.
"We're kinda at a standstill, trying to figure out how to get the D.O.M system to work." Rakshata admitted. "Taking complete control of a knightmare from the outside is a difficult task to achieve. Though everything else had already been implemented."
"Tell me. Did you at all tinker with the Siegfried and it's technology dealing with the nervous system?" the voice asked.
"But that would require outfitting you with the required plug in, and that could take weeks, if not months." Rakshata explained.
"Do not worry about that." the voice responded. "Install the connectors to the neck, I'll take care of the other end here. For now, that suit is your number one priority."
"Wait! Where did you even get all this data?" Rakshata managed to get through before the man disconnected. "This data is confidential, and hasn't seen the eyes of any past the research team of the Black Knights. How'd you get your hands on it?"
"Rakshata, I have more connections than anyone in the world at the moment, even more than that leader, Gordon." The voice revealed before disconnecting.
"Cecile!" Rakshata sighed. "Better make that 100!"
"Careful!" Lloyd shouted, just before Mariel took a small tumble down the stairs. "These interns, just who do they think they're sending me."
"Sorry, sir." Mariel said, picking herself back up.
"You're lucky you're effective, otherwise, you'd be out by now." Lloyd sighed.
And effective she was. Before she had joined the team, Lloyd didn't expect to be able to finish the knightmare until another month, if they were given that long. However, her incredible knowledge of knightmares and their functionality shortened the production time to only a week.
"Mariel, go fetch Jeremiah." Lloyd said, "I'll put on the finishing touches myself."
"Yes sir!" Mariel said before running off.
It was about 10 minutes before Mariel returned, with Jeremiah following behind.
"So you have news for me?" Jeremiah asked as he walked into the chamber.
"Ah, yes." Lloyd said. "We've finished the new knightmare."
"Already?!" Jeremiah asked, shocked. "You said it would be months before it's completion."
"Well you can leave that to Mariel here." Lloyd said giving an uncharacteristic amount of praise. "If it weren't for her, I would have never been able to piece it all together."
"Well I'll have to thank you formally later," Jeremiah said, addressing Mariel. "However, Gordon has been scouting around the entirety of Japan for something. I need to get out there to find out what it is."
"Well then, follow me." Lloyd said, leading him to where the massive knightmare was. "Allow me to introduce to you, the Arthur."
As he said that, the rest of the crew pulled the tarp off of the knightmare, revealing its gargantuan frame. It rivaled the size of the Knight Giga Fortresses, but clearly was shaped in the normal knightmare shape. Each of the shoulders was one of the 3 barrel Rocket Launchers that was used on the Sutherland Sieg, however the center of each was replaced with a Hadron Cannon. Other than that, the frame slightly resembled the Shen Hu, with its Baryon cannon in it's chest, however, it had two rifles attacked at the hips and two swords attacked on the back. The head was replaced with one similar to the Gawain, which seemed odd to Jeremiah.
"We've put everything we could into this one for you." Lloyd explained. "It uses the Shen Hu as a base, but as you can clearly see, we've added a lot to it. We've attached an Energy Wing System to it, as well as the 3 barrel Rocket launchers and Hypervelocity cannon from the Sutherland Sieg. We've also taken the Massive Hadron Cannons from the Ikaros, as well as supplied you with all of the common infantry weapons, such as a Maser VIbration Sword and Chaos Mines. We've even equipped it with a VARIS rifle, in case of any complications."
"Are you sure I'll be able to pilot this?" Jeremiah asked. "I may be a skilled pilot, but I'm no Suzaku. The specs may be too high on this for me."
"It's simple. You'll just plug yourself in." Lloyd smirked. "It has the same system as the Siegfried, and you've already been outfitted with the necessary equipment to use it."
"Well it doesn't really seem like a stealth unit." Jeremiah said. "This mission may be difficult."
"All missions are difficult. That's what you get for joining the military." Lloyd quipped. "We'll put the final touches on it, and it should be ready for the maiden voyage in the morning."
"Alright, I'll be ready." Jeremiah said as he turned and left the base.
"Dammit!" the man yelled, slamming his hand onto the table. "They're moving too quickly, we don't have enough time to finish on our end."
"Have faith in Rakshata." the woman next to him said. "She's never let you down before. Either way, it may be necessary to contact Jeremiah. We'll need his assistance if we're to pull this off."
"As much as it hurts to resort to this, I'm gonna have to." The man said as he pulled out his radio.
"Hello?" Jeremiah asked as he appeared on the other end of the line.
"Jeremiah? It seems we've come to an impasse." the man said.
"Who is this? How did you get this frequency?" Jeremiah demanded.
"The Arthur is too large to go past their radar if you take the air route." the man explained, ignoring Jeremiah's order. "Ask Lloyd to install parameters to allow for underwater movement, I'll provide a distraction on my end. When you get to Japan, however, I'll need you to move to the following coordinates, get something to copy this down."
"How do you know about the Arthur!?" Jeremiah continued to ask.
"This is important, so grab anything." the man asked. "Do you have something?"
There was a silence on the other end of the line. "Yes." Jeremiah's answer finally came.
"35.392164,138.70509" the man answered. "In those specific coordinates, you'll find a small hideout. You should find what Gordon is searching for there."
"Wai-" was all Jeremiah could get through before the line was severed.
"Now we wait until night." the man said. "Then we need to take the suit from Rakshata, whether done or not."
"And if it isn't done?" the woman asked. "What then? You'll be completely vulnerable."
"Me?" the man scoffed. "They would've gotten the frame done, so that means it is definitely strong enough armor to let me survive."
"If you insist." the woman said, walking into the other room to leave the man alone.
"Suzaku!" Cecile called from the other room.
"Coming!" Suzaku said as he got up from the bed, "What is it?"
"Could you head outside and grab the laptop from the cellar?" Cecile asked.
"Sure thing." Suzaku said, opening the door to the outside. Night had already fallen, and the slight chill from the altitude could be felt. As Suzaku walked around the building to the cellar entrance, he was surprised to find it left open.
Walking down the steps, Suzaku found the reason for the cellar doors. Entering the suit Rakshata and Cecile had been working on was a man, with a blade, likely the man's, sitting to the side. Deciding to jump into action first before asking questions, Suzaku closed the distance between the two of them in an instant and brought the man to his knees, holding his arm behind his back.
"Who are you?" Suzaku asked, confident that he had the upper hand against the man.
"Been a while. Hasn't it?" the man said, a smirk apparent in his tone of voice.
"Answer the question!" Suzaku demanded, reaching to the side and grabbing the handle of the blade. "Unless you want to suffer the consequences."
"Do you really not recognize me?" the man asked. "I would understand Rakshata not being able to, but you're someone completely different."
"Quit testing my patience!" Suzaku growled as he pulled the blade completely out of its sheath, holding it to his back.
"The people need a figure. A Zero." the man continued. "One to rebel against the force, with charisma, to rally the masses."
"And that's my job." Suzaku said. "Not yours."
"I beg to differ." the man said as he pulled away from Suzaku, kicking at his feet, which caused Suzaku to jump back. Before Suzaku could catch the man's face, the man had already grabbed the mask and placed it on, concealing his identity and completing the suit.
"Answer the question, who are you?" Suzaku asked as he gripped the blade harder.
"That blade won't do much, its more of a ornamental blade than a actual fighting one." The man in the Zero suit suggested.
"Either way, it should be helpful." Suzaku said, before the man charged him. Swinging the sword, Suzaku was caught off guard when the man simply caught the blade and pulled it from his grip, pushing him back with enough force to topple him.
"Now if that's all, I should be taking my leave." the man said as he began walking up the stairs.
"No you don't!" Suzaku yelled as he charged at him, before stopping a few feet before him as he pulled the blade out, making a small cut on the bridge of his nose. If Suzaku had continued running, he would have been skewered on the blade. At this distance, he could get a much more clear view of the blade. It was as the man had said, it was mainly ornamental, but other than that, he couldn't make out due to the light.
"Give this to Rakshata to work on for me." the man said, throwing the blade to Suzaku. "Tomorrow is when this rebellion truly starts, my true reason to live."
"Wait!" Suzaku yelled, but the man had already left.
As opposed to chasing after the man, he did as he was asked, walked down the stairs to obtain the laptop Cecile wanted, and brought it upstairs, leaving the sword by the table for Rakshata.
"What took you so long?" Kallen asked as he walked through the door, before noticing the blood on his face. "What the hell happened?"
"Guys, we need to get ready." Suzaku said. "The rebellion's beginning."
"Are you sure this is fully functional?" Jeremiah asked as the circuits were plugged into his back.
"Perfectly. Just don't go too deep, maybe at most 800-900 feet." Lloyd advised.
"Alright, let's hope that that man is able to give me a good enough distraction to get this behemoth into Japan." Jeremiah hoped.
"Jeremiah?" a voice said over his comm station.
"Who is this?" Jeremiah asked.
"Listen carefully. I will be distracting Gordon at Tokyo in 3 hours, so you better be ready to go on my signal." the man said.
"Roger that." Jeremiah said as he flew from the platform his knightmare was stationed on and began heading to the ocean. "But I better get answers when I get there."
"Patience, Jeremiah. You know what happens when you don't have a clear head." the man said before the line cut off.
"So many questions left unanswered." Jeremiah thought. "I need this, for Anya's sake, for the world."
"Jeremiah!" a voice on the radio said. "Where do you think you're going!?"
"Keep calm, Guilford." Jeremiah said. "I need to do some reconnaissance."
"In that massive knightmare?" Guilford pushed. "You can't be serious."
"I am. This is what is required of me, as the current leader of the Black Knights, that means not leaving anyone behind. If I don't come back, then you're in charge." Jeremiah decreed.
There was silence on the line before Guilford spoke up again. "I don't want you coming back without them, you hear?" he said.
"I wouldn't dream of it." Jeremiah said before plunging into the ocean.
"Gordon!" the man shouted, standing outside the UFN council building, a dozen unconscious guards behind him. "Be a man!"
"If this is what you want!" Gordon's voice reverberated, as a hatch opened behind the Zero impersonator and Gordon rose, standing atop his knightmare.
"So the big man himself shows his face." Zero said.
"Yet another failure of an impersonator." Gordon sighed. "Oh well, do you want a quick death, or do you want to keep struggling?"
"You don't have the guts." Zero said, before he was face to face with the Stark Hadron Cannon.
"Checkmate." Gordon said, before pressing a button, unleashing the blast on Zero directly. "Someone, come and clean up this mess!"
"Are you so sure, Gordon?" a voice said from the smoke. As the smoke continued to clear, Zero was still standing, as if nothing had even happened.
"What!" Gordon shouted, shocked.
"Listen here, Gordon. Today's the beginning of your end." Zero said. "The rebellion, begins today!"
"All forces, to the central courtyard, assistance is mandatory!" Gordon ordered.
"Hmph. And here I thought you had actually learned something over the years." Zero scoffed. "Still just as foolish as the day I met you."
"No… It couldn't be…" Gordon stuttered, shocked, before his face transformed into an evil smirk. "Oh happy day! You have no clue how long I have searched for you! As long as I can take you here, the world is mine! I'll finally be able to complete the legacy you started!"
"Gordon, you fool!" Zero shouted, before knightmares fell from the sky and surrounded him. "Damn, Jeremiah!" Zero said, speaking into his radio.
"What is it?" Jeremiah said, picking up on his end.
"Where are you right now?" Zero asked, growing more and more impatient.
"I'm leaving the Tokyo Bay right now, Heading along the coast to the coordinates you gave me." Jeremiah answered.
"Perfect. Send a barrage of missiles into Tokyo, aim as directly as you can towards the UFN." Zero responded. "Quickly!"
"But why-" Jeremiah started, before getting cut off.
"Just do it!" Zero ordered.
"Well then. How's about you surrender?" Gordon smirked. "Even a master tactician like yourself couldn't get out of this predicament by himself."
"Who said I was alone?" Zero replied, as the barrage of missiles rained down on the unsuspecting knightmares, destroying all but the Perseus. When Gordon had recovered, Zero had already fled.
"Dammit!" Gordon cursed. "Finally, when I get him in my clutches, he just slips through. All troops, search the city, find me Zero!"
"Yessir!" the response from the radio was unanimous.
"Curse you, you're skills are just as I remember them." Gordon growled. "They didn't call you the Black King for nothing."
"Jeremiah, continue the original course. You're mission is done." the man said over the radio.
"Understood." Jeremiah said as he continued on his intended course.
"Are you sure we can trust him?" Guilford asked, appearing on the other end of the line.
"The Black Knights were ruled by a leader only a select few knew the identity of, and because of it grew to the power it once had." Jeremiah explained. "If I were to ignore this person, it would be to betray my loyalty. And I refuse to follow that path again."
"If you're certain." Guilford sighed. "Shifting you from this path is impossible, but I do need your promise to remain loyal to us, no matter the cost."
"My loyalty is all my own, and I shall control where my allegiances lie." Jeremiah explained. "I can not accept that promise." Before Guilford could get a word in, Jeremiah severed the line, his knightmare alerting him of his arrival.
"So what did he mean by 'The rebellion is starting'?" Cecile asked.
"Likely that he's starting to fight." Suzaku explained. "But this won't be as easy as the original fight. people can't just fight without knightmares anymore, that's practically asking for a death sentence."
"Clearly someone didn't look at the blueprints that man sent us." Rakshata smirked. "The man was truly a genius. He thought of using the Sakuradite as actual armor, brilliant!"
"But how could he do that?" Kallen asked. "Isn't Sakuradite incredibly radioactive?"
"Gefjun Disturbers." Suzaku said, finally understanding.
"Exactly." Cecile said.
"By putting Gefjun Disruptors in the suit, it's able to cancel the radioactivity of the suit, creating an almost impenetrable suit of armor." Rakshata explained. "How he came up with these theories, I'll never know. I hate to admit it, but these designs are on par with mine and the Earl of Puddings."
"Who are we dealing with?" Suzaku thought, remember the previous night.
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a knightmare overhead, which sounded as if it was descending.
"Everyone, hide!" Suzaku ordered, as everyone spread throughout the cabin.
The knightmare landed with a loud thud, but no one was willing to investigate. When the door opened, Suzaku quickly ran up to subdue the new arrival, however once again found himself at the other end of a blade.
"Suzaku?" the man at the door asked, lowering his arm.
"Jeremiah?" Suzaku asked, as he looked away from the blade. "How did you find us?"
"Someone gave me these coordinates, told me I'd be able to get the answers I needed here." Jeremiah explained. "So this would explain what Gordon's been searching for all over the country."
"That's where you'd be mistaken." a voice from deeper in the forest said, causing everyone to look in that direction.
From out of the forest walked a girl, who appeared at least 4 years younger than the youngest of the group. She was dressed in the traditional garb of a prisoner, her long green hair billowing to her hips. As the wind passed, the Geass sigil was clear as day on her forehead.
"It's nice to see you all again." C.C. said, allowing a rare smile to grace her face.
Well, there's chapter 4. Things are really shaping up, and this strange man "LL" is getting together everything he needs. How about we see how this goes?
IMPORTANT!
I just recently put this fanfiction up on the Code Geass Fanon Wiki, and am looking for someone who is willing to continue to update it for me. With school, and not actually knowing how to construct wiki pages very well (plus being to lazy to learn), keeping up the pages with characters knightmare, and such would be difficult.
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Well now that that is done with, I guess that's all. Until next time!