Storms of the Heart

Ch16: The Truth Pt. 2

Lelouch X OC

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass. I own my OC

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I just wanted to leave a little note to you all that my updating will be a bit scattered so there might be some delays. On Friday, I fell down the stairs (because I am horribly clumsy) and fractured two of my ribs and ripped the cartilage completely off of another one.

It's extremely painful and I have to be on strong pain medication and basically stay completely still as best as possible. As you can imagine writing a story and ingesting strong pain medication does not mix well unless you enjoy reading a bunch of words that make no sense put together.

So until I am feeling better and my bones have healed properly the updates are going to be a little sporadic.

I hope to make a speedy recovery as I hate being still throughout the whole day, just watching TV. I like to be productive and active so needless to say I'm going bloody mad.

Luckily my boyfriend has come to stay with me so I don't have to get out of bed a lot to do everyday things around my home and risk hurting myself again.

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"The power I gave him.", a woman's voice spoke making Adelice jump and turn to the doorway. A woman stood there with a smug expression on her face. Long green hair danced behind her as she leaned against the door frame. Adelice stared at the woman, completely speechless.

The woman had a white straight jacket on, which made even more questions pop into Adelice's head. "Who are you?", Adelice asked, staring at the green haired woman. The woman said nothing and instead stared at Adelice.

"Her name is C.C. ...or so she tells me.", Lelouch answered, frowning more. "And I thought I told you to keep in hiding.", he said sternly, giving the woman named C.C. a glare. "Hiding? She's been living here?!", Adelice asked, getting angrier with every new piece of information she found out.

Lelouch nodded slowly to Adelice's words and closed his eyes. Things were just not going to go well today. Adelice had basically found out everything and he hadn't had a chance to tell her calmly where she could understand his position on the matter.

How on earth was going to explain this to her calmly now? Perhaps she would be better after she had some time to think about it? Possibly the shock of all the news at once is what was making her upset but after some time to think about it... perhaps she would be calmer and willing to listen to him.

But what if she wasn't? What if she never forgave him? What if she left? Lelouch felt his stomach turn. Nausea started to creep into his body as he thought of Adelice never talking to him again. He couldn't have it. He just couldn't. It would be like losing Nunally. He couldn't it. He wouldn't have it.

He would do anything to stop that from happening. Lelouch's eyes fixed on Adelice's as he thought to do something that he wished he would never have had to do. Pain filled his heart as he thought about using Geass on Adelice.

He could make her forget everything. She would forget everything she saw... C.C., the outfit... the mask.. the gun. There would be no need to fight. She would go back to being like normal. The loving, warm and beautiful woman that she was.

He bit his tongue as he cursed himself for even thinking about using Geass on her. He couldn't bring himself to do it. He would hate himself for the rest of his life if he ever did anything like that to Adelice.

But even so.. as the three of them stood together... he couldn't shake the feeling that Geass would be the only way out of this situation. "You don't know?", Adelice said, raising an eyebrow. Lelouch shook his head a little as he was brought out of his thoughts.

"She doesn't really tell me anything.", Lelouch continued, turning back to C.C. who was still looking at Adelice. Lelouch turned back to Adelice. "I found her in one of the military trucks. They were transporting her. That day that I got involved in that mess in Shinjiku.. that's where I found her and got this power.", he said.

"So you just decided that you were going to not tell me for weeks?", Adelice asked, not really looking for an answer. Adelice who was just at about her wits end shook her head. "What power?", she asked again, sternness in her voice. She was quickly losing patience with both of them and was just about ready to walk out and never speak to Lelouch again.

"Geass. The absolute power to control someone. They will do your bidding no matter what you asked. All you need is eye contact. That's it. Such a simple yet powerful tool.", C.C. said, making Adelice's eyes widened.

The absolute power to control someone? Was that how Zero was building up his armies? How Lelouch had been able to convince all these people to follow him? Had he used this power on all of The Black Knights? Fear struck her and made her plant her feet on the ground to keep from falling over. Had he used it on her? He wouldn't... but.. what if he did and she hadn't realized it?

"There is one condition though.", C.C. continued taking a step into the room. Adelice was brought out of her thoughts as she did this and took a step back, not wanting to be close to this woman. There was something scary to her about this woman and she wanted her as far away as possible. "You can only use it on the same person once.", she said.

Adelice stared at her. So then perhaps Lelouch wasn't controlling any of The Black Knights. If he could only use it once then he couldn't have been controlling them for all these weeks. Still this didn't make her any less nervous at the thought of him using it on her or if he had already done it.

"Is there anything else you're lying to me about?", Adelice asked, feeling her heart sink. She felt so betrayed. "Adelice... I didn't mean to. Please.", Lelouch said taking a step closer to her. Adelice put her hand out. She didn't want anyone close to her. She just wanted to be alone at this point.

Her eyes traveled down as tears filled her eyes. "I can't believe you did this...", she said through her tears, her voice cracking a little. She quickly made a run for the door, running down the hall and out toward the dining room.

She could hear Lelouch shout for her and his footsteps coming quickly. Reaching down quickly, she grabbed her school bag and slung it over her shoulder. Lelouch was frantic as she could see, he was breathing heavily as he stepped toward her, holding onto the dining room table.

Her eyes traveled to his hand which was shaking with fear. It rested against a chess board which was set up and ready to play. Her eyes traveled along the pieces, she didn't look toward him. There wasn't much he could say to make her feel better about this situation.

A mixture of anger and betrayal caused a deep frown to appear on her face as her eyes turned upward again, meeting his. "Adelice this is not the way I wanted to tell you. I promise I was going to.", Lelouch said, through nervous gasps.

Adelice frown did not waver as she stared at him, saying no words at all. Her eyes traveled down to the chess table again. Walking over to it, she couldn't help but feel the chess peccaries were them, and all the people around them.

She took the white queen in her hands and placed it in the middle of the board. She glared at him. Lelouch looked back at her saying anything that came to mind. "I get it! I know I put you in the middle of everything Adelice but trust me when I say that it wasn't my intention."

She said nothing but took the Black King into her hands and put it beside her. Lelouch didn't say anything and continued to watch as her hand placed it on the tiled space next to the White Queen. "Please Adelice... listen to me...", but before Lelouch could get the rest of the words out, she gently hit the Black King onto it's side.

The silence was deafening as the Black King hit the glass chess board with a hard clang. Lelouch watched the piece roll off the side of the board and onto the woodfloor with a soft thunk. "Adelice please.. I know I hurt you but please listen to me.", Lelouch pleaded, taking a step closer. He watched as tears filled her eyes.

Before he could say anymore she quickly made for the door and stepped through it as it opened. She could hear Lelouch coming after her but she didn't care. She just kept walking at a fast pace. She had made her point clear and there was nothing more to say.

Her hands came up to wipe her eyes. They were burning from all the tears that she had cried. Her eyesight was blurry but still she kept walking. She felt a hand grab her arm roughly, making her look up. "Adelice please.", Lelouch begged. Adelice yanked her arm away from him.

"Leave me alone.", she said continuing to walk away. Lelouch quickly stood in front of her making her halt her pace. "Please...", he said, trying to get her to not leave. Silence fell over both of them as Adelice turned her eyes away from him. She just... she just couldn't trust him anymore.

Now when she looked at him, he looked like a completely different man. This was no longer the man that she was in love with. The one that she cared for with all her heart and the one that she would protect no matter what.

No... this was not Lelouch. The person that stood in front of her was Zero. Not Lelouch. Lelouch had been taken away from her and now this man stood in his place. "..just go away..", she whispered, through more tears.

Lelouch frowned more and softly grabbed her arm again, he gently stroked the inside of her arm with his fingertips trying to sooth her and calm her. "..you're not him...", she whispered, making Lelouch raise an eyebrow. "What?", he asked softly, leaning closer to her.

"You're not Lelouch...", she said, wiping her eyes. Lelouch was taken aback. He couldn't find any words to say to that. "You're not him.. you've changed. You're not the man I love.", she whispered, feeling completely helpless.

"Adelice please. I promise it was never meant-" he was cut off when Adelice looked up at him. "Tell me... truthfully. Did you ever use Geass on me?", she asked, looking into his eyes. Lelouch stared at her. If he wanted to... he could use Geass on her now. This would be his opportunity to use it on her.

He could prevent her from leaving. He could command her to forget everything. To support his decisions and support him being Zero. To stay with him forever. "Adelice...", Lelouch said, trying to buy him some time to think about what he was going to do.

"Answer the question.", she said, still staring at him. Lelouch shook his head slightly. He just couldn't bring himself to do it. He loved this woman and he couldn't bear to use Geass on her. "You no I would never do that.", Lelouch said sternly and truthfully.

Adelice nodded slowly and turned her eyes downward. Even though he had lied to her over and over from before she still believed him. His eyes hadn't moved and she could see that in that moment, truthfully he was not lying.

She slowly walked around him and continued walking. She just wanted to be away from all this. To be able to think in a quiet room and not have anyone around. Lelouch watched as she left, not knowing what else he could say. There wasn't anything. He could only hope that she would forgive him after she had some time to think about it.

For now he would leave her be and try to talk to her at the next opportune moment he could. He could talk to her when they were alone in the Student Council room. He ran his fingers through his hair as he saw her disappear around the corner and out of sight.

Adelice made her way toward her little suite. She passed other students on the way there but didn't bother to smile or wave hello to them as she passed. She just continued at her quick pace wanting to be alone and in the comfort of her own home.

Her front door was in sight as she reached into her purse to dig for her keys. She felt her fingers brush against the cold metal and quickly grabbed it and opened the door. Her home was cold from not being used for awhile. She slowly closed the door behind her and dropped her purse onto the ground.

She felt exhausted. Her eyes burned, her shouldered ached and her legs were shaking as she fell on the ground. Tears spilled down her face as she sobbed, she covered her face in her hands as she curled into a ball against the door.

End of Chapter 16

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