Code Geass: Black-Blooded Orphans R2
Stage 6: The Legend of Hashmal
Daylight
Ikaruga
Xingke and Tianzi looked at each other.
"I'm sorry you had to go through all of that. It's just that I….." Xingke said.
"I know but…." Tianzi said.
"Well the wedding just got canceled. Now what?" Diethard asked.
"We get the Prime Minister back home." Naoto said.
"Senba, you think you can arrange an escort to take Lady Kaguya back?" Todoh asked.
"Of course. I'll have Katase arrange one." Senba said, "as for me, allow me to come back into the Black Knights. Japan has enough generals to defend itself now."
"Welcome back you old man." Asahina said.
"I never thought I'd see you again, we were just about to have the little lady take your place." Urabe said.
"How is she actually?" Senba asked.
"Oh she's fine. The Ganymede's been cozy too." Rivalz said.
"Well in any case, I guess we oughta clean up I guess." Kallen said.
"Yeah, everything is out of control right now, better fix everything." Naoto said.
"Agreed, we move out." Lelouch said.
"Aw…. Can't you-"
"Just go and get ready to head home." Lelouch said.
Kaguya crossed her arms. She got ready for the return trip and got in a VTOL shuttle and was flown back with an escort. The Ikuraga and the Black Fleet rise up to mobilize.
Pendragon
"Schneizel? A traitor you say?" An old man said.
"I'm telling you old man, this guy doesn't give a damn about Britannia, he-"
"Enough!" The man said as he drawed his sword.
The man was none other than Bismarck Waldstein, the Knight of One, the greatest Knight in Britannia. He was the pilot of the Gallahad, a unit based off the Gawain. It uses a gigantic MVS called the Excalibur, the legendary blade of King Arthur. It also held the Gawain's slash Harkens.
"But Bismarck, he-!"
"Enough with the excuses, you are to go back with Anya to fight on the frontlines of the EU. Do not hesitate in obeying your orders, especially one from the crown." Bismarck said.
"Yes sir." Gino said as he gritted his teeth and left.
"Don't you think he may have a point?" A brown skinned woman asked.
"Dorothea, the prince may have done some questionable things during this incident and the Black Rebellion a year ago, but I do not see how he could be a traitor." Bismarck said.
Dorothea Ernst, the Knight of Four. The fourth greatest Knight in Britannia, the pilot of the Palomitas. A unit that can shoot hadron energy bolts from its guns.
"I know that he did, but what if he's plotting something behind the emperor. There is the death of our previous emperor. A heart attack couldn't have possibly ended his life, he's too young to have one." Dorothea said.
"Are you suggesting it was an assassination?" Bismarck asked.
"Well I mean, It would explain the sudden chaos in Britannia last year, wouldn't it?" A voice asked.
Out came Monica Kruszewski, the blonde Knight of Twelve. The pilot of the Florence.
"It's no coincidence that I heard gunshots or something." Monica said.
"Still, we can't be certain. Bradley." Bismarck said.
"Yes?" A voice asked.
"I want you to keep an eye out for Schneizel, he hasn't been himself lately, he might be supporting the Black Knights, if he is, then bring the traitor to me or at least get evidence of his connections." Bismarck said.
"But why of course." An orange haired man said, "I, Luciano Bradley will do it, but only because I get to kill someone for once!"
Avalon
The Avalon had dropped Odysseus off and picked up Suzaku, Rai, and Euphemia and took off to meet up with the Black Knights.
"Sir, should we tell her the truth now or-"
"There's no need, I already know that she won't kill Nunnally or Lelouch, she would rather help them if she wants to. I am giving her that opportunity by arranging this meeting with my brother." Schneizel said.
"Right sir." Kanon said.
Ikaruga
Lelouch was in his Quarters. He narrowed it all down. The Location in which Rolo knew about. It only took one use of Geass to get it out of him.
'Once I take that place from my uncle, the source of Geass will be easy to control from there.' Lelouch thought, 'Me and Schneizel made arrangements to meet up, thankfully, if he's not being followed, he'll stay unsuspected.'
In the desert
The Avalon was being followed. A Logress air battleship was following it. It was accompanied with two escorts. The Avalon lands at the meeting point. The Ikaruga lands at the meeting point as well as the Black Fleet.
Schneizel went out with Kanon to meet his brother. Zero and Schneizel stood face to face.
"We meet again brother." Schneizel said.
"Yes, we meet again." Lelouch said.
"I think we both know why we're here." Schneizel said.
"The obliteration of what's left of our father's regime?" Lelouch asked.
"That's right, we both want the last embers of our father's legacy to be extinguished. For far too long his legacy has caused too many mistakes that must be dealt with." Schneizel said, "I want to reform Britannia while you want to destroy the very things it stood for. Our goals are one in the same after all."
"You are right. I want to destroy Britannia for everything it has done as much as you want to purify it," Lelouch said, "and what better way is that other than to strike it as one?"
"Now you understand. Where shall we begin?" Schneizel asked.
"Follow me." Lelouch said.
Lelouch and Schneizel went to the Ikaruga. They went to the briefing room to discuss things further.
"An ancient ruin hiding a hidden Britannian research facility?" Schneizel asked.
"Yes. We will head out and capture the scientists and the test subjects. The security forces we will have to contend with." Lelouch said, "There is also something strange about that's been affecting Xingke lately."
"Strange?" Schneizel asked.
"Have you heard about the rumors about the Angels of Death?" Lelouch asked.
"Yes, I think I have. Tell me more." Schneizel said.
"Well, apparently, back then 7000 years ago, an ancient civilization were the original creators of the Knightmare Frame, which would explain the damaged exoskeleton of the Ganymede that was found back in 2004." Lelouch said, "They created them to protect them from these Angels that turn out to be unmanned weapons. They went out of control and started a killing spree. The only to eliminate them was with brute force. They created the Ganymede frames to hunt down these Angels and put an end to them. The angel in question is a Knight Giga Fortress."
"So you're saying it could be there?" Schneizel asked.
"Yes, that is why we must destroy it and gather any of its remains. They could prove useful. That thing is useful to us destroyed than intact. If it wakes up, it'll attack the first enemy it gets in its sights." Lelouch said.
"Then it will be even harder to take out." Schneizel said.
"Yes, we must move, for all we know, our uncle must be onto us." Lelouch said.
The Ikaruga and the Avalon flew up and went on course for this mysterious research institute.
Avalon
"So now we just struck a deal with the devil." Rai said.
"Say what you will, I will not turn back." Schneizel said.
"Look, I'm not saying let's make friends with him, I mean, think about it. He managed to cause a huge black rebellion in China in about 3 days." Rai said.
"Even so, we have to keep going." Suzaku said, "For Euphie's sake."
"That's right, we mustn't er because of what happened. We have to make things right again." Euphie asked.
Cambodia
VV was about to board his personal vessel, the Great Britannia up until he got a call from one of the researchers.
"Yes? Hm? Are you sure? Rolo?! That little….. Yes…. Yes, the weapon is being transported to the nearly complete Damocles. Just make sure that no one gets outside and make sure the Black Knights and Schneizel don't, I'll have the Knights of the Round handle this." VV said.
He hung and called Bismarck on his phone.
"Come on….. Pick it up….." VV said.
"Hello, this a voice message from Bismarck Waldstein, I am doing something important right now so just leave a voice message after the tone." The phone said before the tone played.
"Look, Bismarck, It's your emperor, I think Lelouch just found out about everything, get over to the research institute and burn everything. I want a new one set up somewhere in the Himalayas." VV said, 'What could be more important than anything else.'
In the desert
Bismarck and the rest of the Knights of the Round were enroute. Luciano Bradley, the Knight of Ten was already waiting.
"So sir, what do we do when we regroup with the others?" A soldier named Marika Soresi asked.
"Isn't it obvious? We kill the Black Knights." Luciano said, "hell, we'll kill anyone that gets in the way."
"R-right." Marika said.
Ikaruga
"Oh no! You are not touching my Guren! Out of the question!" Rakshata said.
"Oh but, please Rakshata, it will only be a slight modification. You'll get double the credit for making the first 9th Generation Knightmare." Lloyd said.
"The only credit you're getting is a foot to the face!" Rakshata said as she firmly got her foot in Lloyd's face.
"But please Lady Rakshata, It is only a slight modification." Cecile said.
"Yeah, besides, as long as the Guren still has its core features, it will be fine, yes?" Nina said.
"But I can't allow this vile man to defile my Guren!" Rakshata said.
"But what about my Lancelot?! Need I remind you that these people trashed it during its first combat deployment?!" Lloyd said, "Those people vandalized it and took its parts and you reworked them and the shield generators were replaced! And what about the Gawain?! Remember how you people stole it?!"
"But Lloyd, you missed the Siegfried." Cecile said.
"The what?" Lloyd said, "Oh well in anycase, I'm pretty sure the Guren would be a nice thing to even the damages."
"Well you can forget it!" Rakshata said.
'Man, they fight like a couple.' Nina thought, "I guess we can compensate."
"Nina! How could you?!" Rakshata said.
"See? Your pupil understands. Now move it." Lloyd said.
"You wouldn't mind getting some improvements." Rivalz said.
"How about a shoe, you pervert!" Shirley said as she threw a shoe at him.
Later….
The Black Knights and Schneizel's forces, now colored blue, launched an attack on the Geass Order. The Shinkiro broke right in.
"Black Knights! Attack! Capture any and all noncombat personnel, deal with any of them that happen to be using Knightmare." Zero said.
"Right!" The Black Knights said.
The Bael along with blue colored Grazes, Sutherlands, Vincent Wards, Gloucesters, the new Gareths, and the Lancelots and the Kimaris attacked as well. The enemy was using Vincent Wards to defend the place. The Ganymede charged in and smashed a Ward to pieces.
"This is all they got? Pathetic." Nunnally said.
The Ganymede turns around and guns a Ward down. The Rei shot down a few more Wards. Tamaki shot down one Ward, only for his Akatsuki to get shot down. He ejected as the unit exploded. The Gusion fired all four guns that it held in its hands. The Flauros fired its Hadron Cannons at the Wards, decimating one. The Black Knights began capturing the Scientists and the subjects. The Zangetsu slashed a squad of three wards.
"Too easy, no combat training at all." Todoh said.
The Gekka fired a beam, destroying the Wards below.
"And I thought these were the elite." Naoto said.
The Black Knights were eliminating the enemy. Suddenly, enemy Knightmares appeared. It was the Percival, Bradley's Knightmare frame.
"So Bismarck was suspicious of my actions." Schneizel said.
"You were followed?" Naoto said.
"I didn't think he sent Bradley after me." Schneizel said.
"I missed it! There goes the party. And I haven't even opened up my presents yet." Luciano said.
"The vampire of Britannia? Man your uncle hates you." Naoto said.
"He's nothing to Nunnally, he'll be dead." Lelouch said.
"Schneizel el Britannia, I, the Knight of Ten, hereby have you under arrest. Your treacherous actions, though they make me ogle in joy on how merciless you were to those Eunuchs, must end." Luciano said.
The Hashmal's systems began to boot up. Schneizel eyed the machine as its claws twitched.
"Luciano! Step away! You have no idea what has been-"
"Quit whining and let me kill you why don't you?" Luciano said, "I hate it when people try to talk things out."
The Hashmal's optical sensors activate and immediately sighted the Percival.
"Luciano! That's enough!" Schneizel said.
"Sorry, your uncle won't save you." Luciano said.
A giant pink beam suddenly erupted from the ground. The Hashmal broke free of its restraints as it pointed its laser to the sky. The beam cuts through, reaching the sky. Nunnally stood surprised as the bird shook around as the laser disappeared. It looked at the Ganymede. Nunnally felt her nose bleeding.
"What's wrong? Ganymede?" Nunnally asked, "Why are you scared?"
"I think we're gonna need a bigger gun." Naoto said.
"Bigger gun? Try a bigger Knightmare." Yoshida said.
"The Sutherland wasn't designed to fight a giant bird, plus, this size makes me move less in this cave. I need more space." Jeremiah said, "Plus, I doubt a bigger Knightmare will be enough."
"Those fools….. They have awoken the great and terrible Demon Bird!" Xingke said.
"Demon Bird?!" Todoh said.
"I knew I shouldn't have eaten that fried chicken on the way here." Asahina said.
"I shouldn't have eaten that turkey." Urabe said.
"Great, now that it's awake, we have to escape!" Yoshida said.
"All units retreat at once!" Zero said, "We'll devise a plan to destroy it later, grab everything and move out!"
"Yes sir!" The Black Knights said as they retreated with their captives.
"Retreat." Schneizel said.
"Yes, My lord." The troops said.
"Sir Bradley, I think we should leave." A soldier said.
"It's just some buzzard, it won't take long." Luciano said.
The Percival charged at the Hashmal. It formed a Blaze Luminous Drill Lance. The Hashmal dodged the attack and used its tail harken to skewer the Percival. The Hashmal fired its laser and blasted the Percival into atoms. An army of black robotic insects, Pluma, it's subunits, began to loot the entire underground city of the Geass Order. Luciano's troops with the exception of Marika Soresi died. Marika was the only survivor left. A Pluma came from behind and skewered Marika. The Black Knights and Schneizel's forces ran away. The ancient weapon of destruction has awakened.
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