I was bored so I updated again. No reviews but this time I'd like some. I love feedback! ALSO I'm on winter break so much much uploading! This chapter is really...confusing I guess but I'll explain some stuff that is just glossed over. I have to get this moving so yeah...and is Isabella an OK character? I'm wondering if she seems kind of annoying...I'm working on making her seem more sad because of all she's going through so I'll be making her more...typical I guess to how someone would react to all that's happening.
Isabella groaned in her sleep and regained feeling in her arms and fingers as she slowly raised her left hand to rub her eyes.
"Hey, welcome back, we thought we lost you for a while there," Shirley's voice faded into her ears and Isabella groaned, her hip extremely sore.
"What happened?"
"You got shot in the whole panic streak in the mall a few days ago," Shirley told her and Isabella opened her eyes to see herself lying down in her bed in the dorm room.
"Here, you've been out for four days," Nina said and handed her an ice cold bottle of water. "The doctors did your surgery and you were somewhat conscious afterward but you've been sleeping since noon two days ago."
"I guess the drugs they use to knock patients out were really strong," Shirley remarked and Nina shrugged.
"Well, Isabella was still breathing when we checked on her, not to mention, Rolo and Lelouch have been worried sick about you," Nina told Isabella as she drained the water bottle, her paper dry throat returning to normal.
"Rolo?" Isabella asked, genuinely confused and Shirley cocked her eyebrow.
"Yeah, Rolo, Lelouch's little brother. You two have been best friends for as long as you and Lelouch have," the red head told her slowly as if Isabella had no memory of the past seventeen years of her life.
"Shirley, Lelouch doesn't have a little—"
"Shirley, is Isabella-onee awake yet?" there was a knock at the door and Nina walked over to open it.
"Yeah, she just woke up a few minutes ago, Rolo," Shirley answered from the bed and a small boy two heads shorter than Isabella walked into the room, his dark violet eyes lighting up at the sight of her.
"Isabella-onee! Onii-san and I have been worrying about you so much!" he beamed and threw his skinny arms around her neck.
"Who—are--?"
"Isabella-onee, it's me, Rolo," the boy said and his eyes were pleading when he looked up at her face, which had a "What the Hell?!" look written all over it.
"I don't know anyone named Rolo…" Isabella told him then glared angrily at Shirley and Nina. "Look guys, I don't have amnesia, alright? I swear to all of you I don't know who this boy is!"
"I'm Lelouch's younger brother! You've been like my older sister since you and Lelouch became friends! It's my Isabella-onee!" Rolo looked heart broken and Isabella wiggled out of bed, her pajama pants crackling with static.
"No, Lelouch doesn't have a younger brother!" she spat at the boy and crossed her arms.
What the hell? Lelouch has a sister…where is Nunnally?
"Isabella, you're awake finally," Lelouch's voice came from the door and Isabella turned her eyes to see him smiling at her, Suzaku beside him.
"Lelouch, where's Nunnally?" Isabella demanded and Lelouch's face twisted in confusion.
"Who?"
"Your sister, Nunnally! Where is she?! And who is he?!" Isabella pointed her long, pale finger at the brown haired boy sitting on her bed, staring up at her, totally shocked.
"That's Rolo, my brother," Lelouch answered and Isabella growled.
"You don't have a brother. You have a sister, now where is she?"
"I think Isabella-onee needs some more rest. We should leave," Rolo said and no one but Isabella noticed the brief, intense flash of hate he shot at her with his violet eyes.
Lelouch, Nina and Shirley all gave Isabella quizzical looks then left and Suzaku followed Lelouch. Rolo got up but stopped at the door to give the ebony haired girl a cold stare.
"Who are you?" Isabella growled and Rolo clenched his fist.
"I'm Lelouch's brother," he said before departing and Isabella was left alone, almost suffocating with confusion.
Two Weeks Later…
Isabella waited in her dorm room, rocking back and forth on her bed, her hands clasped over her crossed ankles. The knock at the door she had been waiting for sounded and Isabella sprang up from her bed and opened the door to see C.C. standing before her.
"We need to talk," Isabella said and yanked the green haired girl inside the dorm and locked the door.
"I was wondering when you'd let me back in here. We haven't spoken much since I gave you your Geass," C.C. said monotonically and Isabella pursed her lips.
"I am so damn confused it's not even funny!"
"I beg to differ, I find it hilarious," C.C. sighed and welcomed herself to lie on Isabella's bed comfortably.
"Look you, I have been dealing with some kid named Rolo who claims to be Lelouch's little brother. Lelouch has a sister named Nunnally and I can tell you I have racked my brain more than enough times to try and figure out if I have ever met some boy named Rolo. I swear I never have!" Isabella hissed and C.C. flipped through one of Shirley's fashion magazines.
"So, what exactly are you going to do? Did you read his mind?"
"I can't, that's the other half of the problem!" Isabella spazzed and C.C. chewed her lower lip but her face was empty of emotion.
"There's something else you need to know, Isabella," C.C. told her quietly.
"Am I going to like it?" Isabella asked, her hands muffling her voice as she used them to cover her face and sank down to the floor, exhausted.
"No, most likely not," C.C. answered honestly.
Isabella groaned but C.C. informed her anyway.
"Zero's gone missing."
"Green haired Geass giver says what?"
"Zero's gone."
Isabella felt as if her insides had disappeared and she stared at her green haired companion.
"Z-Zero…how could he…?"
"I don't know but he's gone."
"Is he ever going to…?"
"I don't know."
Isabella felt her knees go weak and her fingers went numb as her breath was strangled in her chest, unable to come in or let its self out.
"Zero…is…missing…is he alive?"
"I think so, I just don't know where he is," C.C. told her and lightly stepped down off of the bed. "Listen," she continued and knelt down by Isabella, whose face was paler than a vampire's, "you still have the chance to fight with me and maybe Zero will return to us. I'm leading the war in Zero's place until he returns, alright? Do you still want to fight? Your Geass is extremely useful and it is a very valuable weapon."
Isabella ran her fingers through her black hair before answering and then inhaled deeply.
"Just tell me what you need me to do. I'm not going to stop fighting for Japan," Isabella declared and stood herself up. For the first time since they had met, C.C. felt a true smile of gratitude spread across her face for Isabella.
Later that Day…
Kallen paced around the Academy's campus, a red notebook held in her slender hands in front of her. She didn't know who or what she was looking for in particular but C.C. had ordered her to find Isabella. Without any knowledge of whom Isabella Liberata was, Kallen could only aimlessly walk around until she had overheard the name.
"Shirley, hey, when is the next Student Council meeting?" a girl with hip length, ebony hair jogged up to her red haired friend and Kallen slowed her pace down, hoping to hear a name.
"Tomorrow, and oh, Isabella, Rolo wanted to talk to you. Last time I saw him he was over by the hill with Lelouch," Shirley informed her and Isabella tried not to grimace. She hadn't gotten used to the fact that Rolo was in the picture instead of Nunnally (she had also began a search for the true sibling of Lelouch) but forced a bright smile on her face anyhow.
"Alright, I'll go find him. I'm not doing anything," Isabella said and Kallen followed her as Isabella half jogged, half walked away.
Isabella didn't sense Kallen behind her, and continued walking as Kallen did without causing suspicion. She casually stopped a few times but kept Isabella in her sight for at least ten minutes. Finally Kallen decided to stop the girl to confirm if she was the warrior that had helped Zero against the Britannians in the bombing threat and attack.
"Hey, Isabella," Kallen called to her and the girl stopped, turning around.
It is her…
"Hello, Kallen," Isabella greeted and smiled.
Yep, I remember you…you're that same girl that helped me fight those Britannians in the bombing attack in Hiroshima…
"I was just wondering if I could get a homework assignment from you…"
What are you really thinking Kallen?
Isabella cocked her eyebrow and her Geass activated behind the green contact in her eye but Kallen didn't notice. Isabella stared straight into the sapphire blue eyes, the hidden thoughts now becoming obvious as Isabella explored her mind.
I know you have a Geass…I don't know what exactly you can do with it but I know you have one.
"Go on," Isabella's thoughts encouraged her as she telepathically transferred her thoughts into Kallen's. "What is it you want? I can read minds and possess and control people's bodies with my Geass. How did you find out about it?"
I saw you do something when that solider shot you. Your body was transparent but became solid and you looked like a spirit. My options were either A. Not human or B. you had some type of power that allowed you to…well I'm not exactly sure.
"I can possess and control anyone's body anytime I want. I can also read people's minds when I want to and I'm just now discovering I can transport my thoughts into someone else's mind as long as I am looking at them."
Okay…so it only has to be you looking right? I don't have to make eye contact?
"Why do you ask?"
Just incase I ever need to tell you something and I can't say it in the hall but somehow get your attention and not have to look like I'm staring at you. If that happens too often…people will assume things…
"I get what you mean. I can't hear what your voice is saying though. How can you hold two conversations at once…one being telepathic…which is sort of weird…?"
I don't know…from what every one on the campus hears I'm just rambling.
"Right…"
We better get out of each other's heads or something before this gets weird.
"We're having a telepathic conversation, Kallen, how much weirder can it get?"
Good point…
Isabella pulled herself out of Kallen's mind and felt herself sway slightly as she regained her balance.
"Alright, just do questions one through fifteen at the end of the chapter and you should be good," Isabella said and handed Kallen a slip of paper.
"Thanks Isabella, I really appreciate this," Kallen told her and started back to the building.
"No problem, I'll see you later!" Isabella called and Kallen waved.
This Geass is so convenient…I honestly can't see many draw backs in having it.
Later…
"Isabella, wait up," Suzaku called to her as the students flooded out of history, Isabella weaving skillfully between them.
"Hey Suzaku!" she said to him and flattened herself against the wall for him to catch up.
He stood in front of her; books clenched in his hand and pressed his hand against the wall beside her.
"I wanted to ask you something," he told her, his face flushing red and Isabella tilted her head slightly.
"Okay, what's up?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to go see that new movie coming out next weekend with—"
"Suzaku, Isabella, hi," Lelouch was twisting through the crowd and for the first time in his life, Suzaku was not happy to see him.
"Lelouch-kun! Hi!" Isabella's face lit up and she sprang into his arms for a hug. (She did this frequently to pretty much everyone she knew.)
"Hi Isabella, are you busy next weekend?"
Suzaku felt his face begin to burn and it turned redder than a Valentine's Day heart.
"Suzaku was about to ask me something," Isabella said and then turned to back to the brunette, "you asked if I wanted to go see a movie right?"
"I was about to, yeah."
"How about we all go then, it would be fun!" Isabella (who was oblivious to Suzaku's true intentions due to interruption) beamed and her smile shone brighter than the lights in the hallway.
"Sounds good to me," Suzaku shrugged. I guess…
Isabella gave a light giggle then left the two boys to return to her dorm room, Suzaku's face reddening again.
"I spoiled it didn't I?" Lelouch asked, almost reading his best friend's thoughts.
"Not to sound cold but, yes. Are you sure you're not interested in her? That move just screamed 'I like her, back off'," Suzaku half accused half teased.
Lelouch rubbed the back of his neck and sighed.
"Well, I've had a thing for her for a while," he admitted, "but I don't think she's reciprocating the feelings."
"It would suck if she's not interested in either of us…maybe there's some other guy…" Suzaku wondered.
"No, she doesn't talk to or know any boys but us, Rivalz and Rolo…actually, she hasn't talked to Rolo since she came back from the hospital," Lelouch remarked and Suzaku's eyebrows rose.
"That's weird; she's always been attached to his side."
Unless Charles forgot to rewrite her memories too…if he forgot that's setting a death bed for Isabella and everyone she knows!
"I know, and she kept saying something about me always having a sister," Lelouch continued.
NOT GOOD!
"The medicine must have done something to her, making her hallucinate or something. I'm sure she's off to find him now," Suzaku covered his inner panic and Lelouch shrugged.
"As long as they get back on good terms. Rolo has been heartbroken Isabella's being so cold to him," he said and Suzaku pushed his fingers through his brown, wavy hair.
When she got shot…she must have been taken to the hospital right away because Charles has rewritten everyone's memories except for mine. Lelouch, Shirley, Nina…everyone that Isabella is close to...their memories are gone…
Flash Forward four months…
Shit this sucks! So effin convenient! Isabella thought bitterly to herself as her Knightmare was struck by the Britannians.
Isabella yanked the steering wheel upward towards her chest and made the machine jerk up as well, pinning her against the driver's seat.
"Damn it…" she muttered and sped forward before flipping over and striking the Britannian Knightmare in the middle with her sword.
"ISABELLA BEHIND YOU!" Kallen yelled into the ear piece and Isabella swung the sword protruding from her Knightmare's arm blindly.
"What the hell!?" she cried as a white Lancelot soared through the air above her. "The Lancelot…again…but how--?!"
The Lancelot began to fire mercilessly and its Maser Vibration Sword swung out of its wrist and plunged through Isabella's Knightmare. The blade skimmed across her bicep, scarlet drops beginning to slip between the cut skin and trickle down her arm.
"What the hell?!" she gasped and jerked the steering wheel.
The Lancelot retreated back it's MVS as Isabella struggled to regain control of her Knightmare.
"Kallen watch for the Lancelot!" Isabella yelled and she saw Kallen's red Knightmare dodge the MVS effortlessly while firing endlessly.
"What is with this…?" Kallen gasped as the Lancelot threw a red shield around itself.
Damn it…this is going to really irritate me…I can't defeat it as easily as the other Britannians…
Isabella sped in for back up and readied her sword to plunge it into the Lancelot but it turned and caught the blade right as it was about to impale the great mechanical warrior. Isabella swung her Knightmare away, letting the Lancelot rip a chunk of her Knightmare off. She lost control and the Knightmare spun through the air and toward the crumbling ghettos.
"ISABELLA!" Kallen screamed as the Knightmare erupted in a cloud of smoke and dust as it plunged into the ghettos.
The Knightmare screamed against the concrete and jolted to a stop. Isabella felt her body fly forward and crush her head on the control panel, a thin ribbon of blood trickling down into her eyes.
"Shit…" she muttered and yanked her gun out. "I need to get back…then get some Advil when I get back to Ashford…everyone thinks I'm out shopping with Kallen and Suzaku…"
Isabella adjusted the same icy blue wig she now used as a disguise during battle and carefully tucked back her ebony bangs before cautiously stepping out of her destroyed Knightmare. The white Lancelot shone against the smoke covered sky and Isabella desperately connected to C.C.
"C.C., my Knightmare is completely annihilated and Kallen's fighting against the—"
"Don't move," a sharp voice ordered from behind her and Isabella felt her heart stop.
That voice…why is it so familiar…?
Isabella gripped the cool gun in her hand and C.C.'s voice whispered into her ear.
"Where are you? I can't find you!"
"DON'T MOVE!" the Britannian yelled as Isabella made a gesture to turn around.
His voice…I can tell it's the general…but his voice is so familiar…
"Isabella, answer me!"
"Ghettos…"
Isabella heard more footsteps approaching and let her head turn slightly over her shoulder to see yet another Britannian running toward the general.
"Sir, you sent for me."
"Yes, Jeremiah, I did. Lord Kururugi is battling two Eleven Knightmares and I need you to stay here and finish her off so I can help him," the general said and Isabella felt a twisted smile pull the corners of her mouth upwards.
"Kururugi…Suzaku…he's the one…ah…haha…hahaha!" Isabella's shoulders shook as she threw back her head, the icy blue hair cascading down her back to the middle of her rib cage as she laughed maniacally.
"You…all this time…these past four months…Suzaku…I thought I had actually destroyed the Lancelot…" Isabella whipped around and fired her gun four times, striking the general once, her green eyes glowing like a cat's.
"First you bastards take my parents and brother away from me…then my best friend…my freedom…now Suzaku…." Isabella said between crazed fits of laughter, "you killed my parents…my brother…you stole my life…!"
Jeremiah stood back up, his blade protruding from his shirt sleeve.
"You'll see them again," Jeremiah hissed and motioned for the general to leave.
"You—BASTARD!" Isabella screamed and fired her gun until she was almost deaf from the sound. Jeremiah only walked toward her, unharmed and Isabella gasped as she seized her wrist and threw her against a broken stone building.
"What the--?!"
"I am a creation of the Britannian emperor," Jeremiah stared as Isabella forced herself to her feet, blood still staining the white flesh on her face. She growled and yanked her dagger out of a strap on her leg and attempted to plunge it into Jeremiah's heart.
"YOU STOLE EVERYTHING FROM ME!"
Jeremiah stepped out of the way and crushed Isabella's wrist with his hand. She heard her bones crack under the steel grip and her head crush into another brick wall as her teeth gritted, her head throbbing.
Possess his body…do it…possess him…
Isabella's Geass activated as she glared straight into Jeremiah's gleaming eyes and she felt her molecules expand. She had almost entered his body but a force had blown her back as she toppled to the ground once again.
How can he deflect my Geass?! No one has ever done that before…what the hell is he?!
"What are you?" Isabella snarled and Jeremiah smirked as he kneeled down before her.
"In short simple terms, the Britannians used my body as an experiment and I'm able to negate the power of your Geass," he said and Isabella grimaced as he yanked her back up to her feet by her broken wrist. "You're bullets are useless against me as well. You're powerless next to me; you're a sad case really."
The blade shot back out of Jeremiah's wrist again and Isabella felt her body crashing into another building.
"I won't—let—you—win--!" she gasped through her pain and she felt her warm blood flow over her pale lips.
"What makes you think you can stop me?" Jeremiah asked and Isabella quickly observed around.
The train station…go there…
Why?
Run…
Isabella struggled to her feet, swaying back and forth, the throbbing and stabbing pain making her want to lye down.
Come on…run…get up…
Isabella felt her feet begin to move under her and her arms pumped at her sides as she sprinted away to the train station. She stumbled around, almost falling several times but she kept going, tears of pain blinding her.
Lelouch…Lelouch…!
Run…keep running…almost there…
Lelouch…I finally figured it out…Lelouch…I'm doing this for you…I'm fighting because of you…
Jeremiah chased her through the polluted street, firing his gun every few paces but Isabella dodged them, her mind only on Lelouch.
Four months…it has taken me four months to finally admit it to myself…Lelouch, your existence is the very reason I'm fighting…
Isabella reached the station and sprinted across the tracks to the control panel…
I put myself in this position because your very existence is the one thing that keeps me going in life…I live for you…I'm here right now because of you…at first I thought it was because of my parents but now I've come to realize…I'm fighting…for you…
She yanked the control panel open and pressed a red button making four Gefjun Distributors emerge out of the tops of the trains.
"Impossible! How could you have known that?!" Jeremiah yelled as the Distributors paralyzed him.
"Lelou…"
Isabella kept her hand pushing against the button, tears streaming down her face and gasped for breath.
I'm fighting for you Lelouch…I'm here because I want you to have a happy life…I want a world where you can just live in peace…even if I'm not there as well…if I die in this war…it's in your honor…
"Kallen, I've found Isabella!" C.C. yelled as she spotted the icy blue wig in the train station, and sped her Knightmare across the sky to her friend.
Lelouch…my reason for existing…
Her mind flashed back again to kissing him for the first time…the many smiles that lit up his face when she saw him…kissing him in the rain after Scotty's death…his comforting and consoling arms wrapped around her body…he had always been there for her…he had been her reason for existing since they both had been born…
Yes…it's because of him I am here now…he's the one that kept me going all those years…
Jeremiah's yells continued as he struggled to move his feet over to the young soldier. Blood dripped over his orange eyepiece as he force himself to move, Isabella also feeling herself beginning to slip into unconsciousness.
"C.C., there's a Britannian with her," Kallen cried back and C.C.'s gold eyes widened when she saw the fading girl holding the Distributors control button with every effort she had to not faint.
C.C. landed her Knightmare and dashed out over to Isabella, whose eyes were half closed and cloudy.
Lelouch…Lelouch…don't let me slip away…not yet…Lelouch…I love you…
Jeremiah fell to the ground, blood dripping off his eyepiece at the same time Isabella fell back into C.C.'s arms, the crimson ribbons still trickling down her forehead and out of her mouth.
Lelouch…Mom…Dad…
Tears slipped through her eyelids as C.C. swiftly carried her back to her ship and took off as more Britannian soldiers began to circle the area.
Yeah...things are going to be happening fast because of how much I want to happen in this story. I'm making it as exciting as I can.