Code Geass: Black-Blooded Orphans R2
Stage 4: Shen Hu's Glory
Vermillion City
The Chinese Coup Forces were escorting a truck with Nagata at the wheel.
"Remind me why we let you on the wheel back at Shinjuku last year?" Tamaki asked.
"Because I don't trust you behind the wheel and I know how to drive a stick shift." Nagata said.
"Well for your information, your driving's lousy." Tamaki said.
"Your everything is lousy." Nagata said, "especially your-"
"Don't even start with that crap." Tamaki said.
"Would you two just focus on what we're doing here?" Inoue asked.
"Fine." The men said.
"Alright they're coming in now." Inoue said.
The Shinkiro and the Ganymede land inside the truck. The truck itself seals the two Knightmares in. The Zangetsu along with the Four Holy Swords escape. The truck was being driven to a rendezvous point.
"I'm sorry that you had to leave the city this way, but I couldn't stand by and let the Eunuchs let my people to starve to death, you know how I feel. I won't hate for anything you may think of me, all I ask is that you put your faith in this man and I." Xingke said.
"A devoted knight and his princess, how cliche." Nunnally said.
"Xingke…. I…" Tianzi stuttered.
"Xingke, the Dragon Cavalry has been deployed. They're onto us!" Xianglin said.
"So after we rendezvous with the rest of the Black Knights, we will head for Xiaopei, right?" Zero asked.
"Yes, I'm hoping your ship is there." Xingke said.
"It will be, I know it." Zero said, "Ohgi, are preparations for our arrival ready?"
"Yup, on standby." Ohgi said.
"Good, have our model waiting in the hangar." Zero said.
The Chinese Forces were approaching steadily. The truck stops as the bridge was cut off. As they drew near, Akatsuki and Burai Knightmare frames came out and started shooting.
"An ambush?!" Zhao Ho exclaimed.
"I knew it! An ambush! Xingke must have thought this all through and made a plan that only he would have made!" Gao Hai said.
"If you knew all of that, then why didn't you say so?!" Xiang Weng asked.
"I tried to but no, you just had to listen to panda bear over there!" Gao Hai said as he pointed to Zhao Ho.
"Are you blaming me?!" Zhao Ho said.
"Um sir, we just lost the recon unit." An officer said.
"Ok… Where would they go?" Zhao Ho asked.
"I think I can be of assistance." Schneizel said.
"Oh thank you Prince Schneizel, grace us with your wisdom." Zhao Ho said.
"Well for I all know about Xingke, he might be planning to go to Xiaopei to regroup his forces." Schneizel said, "After that, he might have a hidden base somewhere near that area."
"Of course….. The Mausoleum. That's the only place he could go to hide." Gao Hai said.
"Alright, change course for Xiaopei. We cannot let Xingke and Zero escape." Zhao Ho ordered.
"We hear and obey." The soldiers said.
Avalon
Schneizel cuts off the transmission.
"Sir, is this wise to go about this and play along? What about-"
"Soon Kanon, we will commence our plan. We will. But let's keep playing our role until the time draws near." Schneizel said.
Ikaruga
The Black Knights got the truck on board along with a container in the truck. It unfolded and revealed a blue Knightmare Frame with an Air Glide System. It's name was Shen Hu. It had an NLS system integrated into the cockpit.
"That can't be….. It's finished?" Rakshata wondered.
"What is that Rakshata?" Nina asked.
"It's a Knightmare that me and a friend were developing before he passed away and I went on to work on the Guren. Still, to think they finished it so soon after all that's happened….." Rakshata said.
Rivalz popped his head out of his new personal unit, the Flauros. It had the same features as the Ganymede. It had two cannons on the side of its cockpit and could hold a mid-long range Hadron Rifle. He waved his hand.
"That's the Flauros?" Nunnally asked.
"Hey, we have three blue Knightmares! Cool!" Rivalz said.
"A kid?" Xingke deadpanned.
"Hey! I maybe 14, but you don't see my mother complaining." Nunnally said.
"Clearly your mother wasn't being rational at this point." Xingke said.
"Can I kill him?" Marianne asked.
"No." Nunnally said.
"Well, I'll be on the bridge for the time being." Zero said, "You and the empress have at least 2 minutes before the enemy catches up to us."
Xingke went to talk with empress alone. Zero went to the bridge.
"So where do we go?" Ohgi asked.
"Once we reach Xiaopei as instructed, we will head for the Mausoleum of the Emperors to discuss our plan of attack." Zero said.
"Right, Minami." Ohgi said.
"Set course for the Mausoleum." Minami said.
"Yes sir!" The helmsman said.
"Enemy closing in from behind." The person on the radar said.
"Full speed ahead, keep an eye out for enemy attack. Raise the shields." Zero said, "Fire Radiant Wave Missiles at the enemy. Prepare Jeremiah's Sutherland Sieg along with my Shinkiro and Nunnally's Ganymede once they're recharged. Have the Shen Hu ready for deployment. The Guren will launch after its recharged."
Hangar Bay
The Sutherland Sieg was loaded on the catapult. Jeremiah sat in the cockpit with stern eyes of sheer loyalty.
"Jeremiah, Sutherland Sieg, heading forth!" Jeremiah said.
Battlefield
The Ikaruga fired its Radiant Wave Missiles, hitting the Chinese ground forces relentlessly. The Sutherland Sieg fired its long-range beam cannon at a Chinese land battleship, destroying the bridge. The Chinese forces counterattacks. They used flak guns which were tech useless against it. The Sutherland Sieg fired 8 missiles from its back. The missiles burst open, releasing Hadron particles that devastated the Chinese. Gino got in his Knightmare, the Tristan and headed out. The Sutherland Sieg deployed its slash harkens. The Tristan was in its Fortress mode, a vehicle mode that made it look like a plane. It dodged the harkens.
"Well Orange, you seem to be having fun hanging with the Black Knights." Gino said, "Guess you really are loyal as they say."
"And clearly I don't think the Emperor was wise enough to make a boy a Knight of the Round, especially as the Knight of Three." Jeremiah said.
"Hey! I ain't no boy! I'm a knight of the round!" Gino said.
"Say what you will, boy. You won't last long." Jeremiah said.
The Tristan changes into its humanoid frame mode. It brought out its two MVS pickaxes. The Tristan charged in. The Sutherland Sieg held back the Tristan. The Sutherland Sieg fired a ton of missiles. The Tristan transforms into its Fortress Mode and dodges the missiles, only to get hit by a Slash Harken. The harken came from the Shen Hu. The Flauros was with the Shen Hu. Rivalz was nervous in the cockpit.
"First time out on the field, rookie?" Xingke asked.
"Dude, I've been apart of this organization for a year, I'm pretty sure I can handle myself!" Rivalz said.
"While you're in the ship that is." Xingke said.
The Flauros fired its huge Cannon at the enemy. The Tristan dodged the shot.
"Whoa, a new model?" Gino asked.
"The hell kind of shot was that?" Xingke asked.
"Dude, I'm scared as hell right now! I can't even get myself to be calm!" Rivalz said.
"Then just go with your gut." Xingke said.
"My gut?" Rivalz muttered.
He aimed the gun at the Chinese forces. He fired at them, destroying a tank platoon in a single shot.
'And I thought the Mordred was Overpowering.' Gino thought.
"That's better." Xingke said.
"Thanks. I needed that bit of confidence because I thought I was gonna die to be honest." Rivalz said.
"There is always a first, now let us deal with the foes at hand." Xingke said.
Slash harkens came at the three. The Sutherland Sieg shrugged them off. They were coming from the Tristan's mass produced models, the Tristan Ward.
"Lord Gino, are you ok?" A soldier asked.
"I'm fine. I can take care of myself on my own." Gino said.
A Ward got shot down by a red beam.
"What the-!" Gino said.
It was the Guren, fully recharged and ready to go.
"Alright, let's see if they work!" Kallen said.
The back of the float unit fired sphere like Gefjun Disturbers. The countermeasures on the Tristan kept it from being shut down, but it was immobilized.
"Ok, this isn't funny at all. Come on Tristan, move for me." Gino said, "Tell me I'm not gonna die before I get laid."
"Sorry bud, nothing personal, not like you were gonna get laid anyways." Rivalz said.
The group backs away as black beams shred through the sky. It was the Mordred, a Knightmare using two hadron cannons mounted on the arms that can be held up by sub arms on the back to form the Stark Hadron Cannon. The Mordred has shields on these cannons to double as offense and defense. It uses missiles stored in its body.
"You are utterly hopeless Gino." Anya said.
"Geez, Can't you at least get me out of this?" Gino asked.
"Only if you promise to stop hitting on me." Anya said.
"Ok fine, just get me out." Gino said.
The Flauros Fire its two cannons, blasting the Tristan's wings off, causing it to fall.
"NO! I'M STILL VIRGIN! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Gino said.
"GINO-SAMA!" The pilots of the Tristan Wards said as they went to catch their loyal master.
"Idiot." Anya said.
The Shen Hu revealed an energy weapon in its chest. It fired a golden Bayron Beam that knocked the Mordred back as its shields protected it.
"Incredible. Firing missiles. All-Range Barrage." Anya said.
The Mordred fired a swarm of missiles. The Sutherland Sieg deployed flares, throwing the missiles off. The Ganymede launched and gunned straight for the Mordred, bringing its giant wrench mace out. The Ganymede swung the mace down on the Mordred, smashing the head in.
"You're in the way." Anya said.
"I would say the same for you." Nunnally said.
The two clashed. The Ganymede backed away and circled behind the Mordred, attacking it from the rear.
"Not very agile, are you, pinky?" Nunnally said.
"Pinky? That's a dumb name coming from you." Anya said.
The Mordred knocked the Ganymede back and fired its hadron cannons at the Ganymede. They clashed again and again.
"You don't know when to rest." Nunnally said.
"Nunnally, everyone, retreat. We don't have time, we are regrouping with the Black Fleet." Zero said, "Fire off Gefjun Disturbers."
The Ikaruga released Gefjun Disturbers in the air as the Black Knights withdrew. The Mordred and the rest of the Britannians retreated. The Gefjun Disturbers activated, disabling everything. The Avalon wasn't getting anywhere. The Chinese were left paralyzed. The Black Knights escape.
Avalon
Gino went to the bridge. Something was bothering him. For instance, why didn't he deploy the rest of the troops? They would have the advantage in numbers.
"Why didn't I deploy all our forces? Well, you see Gino, I don't exactly trust the High Eunuchs. They don't seem to be the very kind bunch. I think for one that this marriage arrangement will have to be terminated. We may as well observe for the time being until there is a solid reason to get involved. Until then, you are to not go outside the ship without permission, is that understood?" Schneizel asked.
"Yes. Your majesty." Gino said as he got off the bridge.
"Sir, we may need to eliminate him. If he finds out about our plans-"
"Don't worry, he'll soon find himself to stay in line for now on in the future." Schneizel said, "Once the enemy is surrounded, we will deploy our forces to simply keep the enemy boxed in, there's no need to press the attack on them, just box them in."
'In reality my lord, you are just trying to observe and see if the High Eunuchs are really trustworthy, if they show signs of incompetence and corruption to be true, we'll slay them all on your order.' Kanon thought.
Xiaopei
The Black Knights rendezvoused with the Black Fleet at Xiaopei. They make their way to the mausoleum.
Ikaruga
Xingke went ahead to talk to Tianzi about the sudden turn of events.
"Xingke…" Tianzi said.
"Empress, it's good to see that you are unharmed after what has transpired. I'm sorry this all happened. It's just that I couldn't allow the disgrace the High Eunuchs brought to China ever since their rule began. I couldn't let the people starve. It was the only thing I could do for them. Please forgive me." Xingke said.
"I don't blame for any of that, it's just that well…. I…. I wish knew what was going on. Everything was so confusing up to this point. I just wanted to go to the outside world, but….. but…." Tianzi said.
"It was for your own good. Otherwise, you would have seen what I saw when I first got to see the world." Nunnally said.
"You! What are you doing here?" Xingke asked.
"Oh, I just listened on your conversation." Nunnally said, "other than that, I saw what the world looked like long before you did?"
"What was it like?" Tianzi asked.
"Hell." Nunnally answered, "It was nothing but a living hell of what it used to be."
"Stop. I know you want to at least tell her the truth, but-"
"Trust me, if you saw what I saw you would never want to go out and see it for yourself. The discrimination and racism, disease and poverty, war and terrorism, corruption. It was a horrible world. If you seen it, you'd most likely-"
"Enough!" Xingke said.
"No, let her go on." Tianzi said.
"Empress….." Xingke said.
"I could still hear it. The crying, the mourning, the sounds of the countless victims I killed. A knight of justice can make hard decisions. Some of them have to kill in order for society to move on without regret while the knight takes the burden of being the killer. I made some hard choices before, but I didn't let that stop me. One day, after I put an end to all this chaos and the world knows peace, you can see the whole wide world to your heart's content." Nunnally said, "Until the blood on my hands are washed away, there can't be peace, not yet."
"Lady Nunnally, we reached the mausoleum." Sayoko said.
"Ah, thank you Sayoko. As you can see, I must go now." Nunnally said.
Mausoleum
The mausoleum was a burial ground for the rulers of China. There hasn't been a funeral in years. The Ikaruga and the Black Fleet took their positions at the Mausoleum.
"Alright, prepare our ground troops. The enemy might come on to us." Zero said.
"Right, prepare the troops." Minami said.
"Have the Gawain and the Shinkiro on standby, we don't know what might happen. Just have our forces ready and on alert." Zero said, "Have Nina's new rail guns mounted on the Flauros."
Hangar Bay
The Flauros was being equipped with the rail guns Nina devised. Rivalz smiled at the Knightmare.
'Time for us to shine Flauros.' Rivalz thought.
Mausoleum
The Chinese forces caught up. They sighted the Black Knights inside the Mausoleum.
"They're they are. Now we can put an end to this." Zhao Ho said, "Deploy the troops."
The Chinese deployed their ground forces while the Britannians deployed their forces. Schneizel ordered the men to stay in formation and hold position. Suzaku got into the Lancelot Conquista, a remodeled Lancelot with a built-in float unit and a hadron blaster that fired hadron beams.
"Well Suzaku, it's been a year since we fought these guys. You're sure you want to do this?" Rai asked.
"I can't turn back the clock. It's already ticking, but we can the future. For now, we do as we're ordered and then once the right moment comes, we'll change this world into the one Nunnally…. what Euphie wanted." Suzaku said.
"So just play along and wait for the moment to come." Rai said, "Once you picked up that bottle, it's going to be hard to put it back down."
"I know Rai." Suzaku said.
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