Stage Five The Guren Dances

The next morning the day progressed much like it normally did, Feite had her energy back, and Rai had started to attend classes due to the constant pestering from Milly to her grandfather. Suzaku was nowhere to be seen the whole day, but it was unexplained. Feite had been watching the news during the breaks in between classes. The Britannians were deploying to quell the rumors that the Japanese Liberation Front's main base of operation was located there. Something inside her body was telling her that something big was about to happen, and she would be able to be part of it. The Order was going to take this opportunity to ally itself with the Japanese Liberation Front, or deal a decisive blow to Cornelia.

Feite had to cancel most her afternoon appointments, and traveled downtown. It in the past few days, Feite had started to have a few suited men following her movements from the academy. However they underestimated the vixen of Ashford, and ultimately always lost track of her. Feite ended up at the docks where a shipment was being unloaded. She stared at the lights while they flashed on illuminating the nighttime sky. "They should be here soon."

Inside the warehouse, a group of Knightmare frames were standing against the wall. Their frames were Glasgow, but the heads were completely altered. Feite walked forward to spot Zero standing in the middle of the dark warehouse. "I'm glad you're here Feite, I was beginning to question you coming. How do you like them?" Feite walked up ahead and crossed her arms with an unimpressed look on her face. "Converted Glasgow is quite a start for Kyoto, but was this all the sent?" Zero let out a small laugh, and moved his hand over to the right. "No, they sent two others."

Feite walked to the right to spot the two Knightmare's that were in India two weeks ago, the Guren MK II, and the Voulge. Due to its larger size, it was knelt down on both knees with both arms held out. Its armor was no longer an ivory white, but a thick sheen of black with gold highlights on its body. It was completely different from its form two weeks ago. Several pieces of rugged armor were attached to its forearms and skirt armor. "It's impressive, I wasn't expecting this model. Is this the piece that was added into at the end?" Zero looked over while Feite ran her hand alongside the head. "Yes, it's a unit that I believe to be on par with that white armor of Britannia." Zero looked over with a shocked expression. "You know about that unit?" She looked over her shoulder and nodded. "Yes, or else why do you think this is here and not another of those Swap-head Burai?" Zero crossed his arms and let out a sigh. "There is no pleasing you, but having a group of Knightmares will help us turn the tide."

At the doorway to the warehouse, the first batch of Black Knight members walks through the doorway. Most of them were from Ogi's group, with Kallen walking behind them. "Welcome, everyone I bet you're wondering why I called you here." Kallen looks up and spots Feite standing beside Zero. "Feite?" Zero pushes a button in his hand while several lights flash revealing the Knightmare frames to the members. "Those are Knightmare Frames!"

Feite crossed her arms over her chest, and sighed. "They are Glasgow converted by Kyoto and re-designated Burai for Japanese use." She stepped forward, and only to look back at Zero for a moment before handing out various manuals. "Take a few moments to familiarize yourselves with this data. Zero will decide who pilots a Knightmare, but so everyone is on the same page please read this outline." Tamaki looks over at Feite, and sighs. "What is she some sort of expert? Come on Zero." Zero let out a small laugh and pointed at Tamaki. "You should listen, the only reason why these machines got here undetected is work on her end, in conjunction with Kyoto house. You really should hold your tongue." Kallen looks over while she grabs a manual from Feite as she passes by. "Just shut up Tamaki…"

After a small lecture about the Burai, and the Guren the crowd pauses in front of the Voulge. "Hey that unit, it looks Britannian! How did you get a machine like that? It looks too different for it to be made at Kyoto." Feite looked over from her clipboard and let out a nod. "It doesn't matter if it was made for Britannian use, the Burai are remodeled Glasgow, this unit makes no difference. We have Knightmare frames that will help us in our duty as allies of justice. Now, Zero will allow you to get more acquainted with the units."

The crowd starts to disperse while Feite lets out a loud sigh. She moves the clipboard behind her back and looks up to see Kallen's gaze. "Don't stare at me like that, it's icy enough already." Feite rotated her arm while letting out a half hearted smile at her classmate. Kallen looked up at the Voulge, then at the Red Guren before shaking her head. "Oh, I'm sorry…" Feite walked over and handed a manual over from the bag at her side. "Zero would like to speak to you. Something he thinks that fits you perfectly." She let out a smile at Kallen while a newcomer waves in the distance. "Um…Sempai! Can you help me with this equipment?" Kallen looked over at the girl and back over at Feite. "Looks like being the Equipment manager is a pain…go see Zero okay."

Feite runs over and looks at the open crate of wireless radio equipment. "What did you need?" The young girl looks over at the manual, and rubs the back of her head. "We need to get this loaded, but I don't know the proper procedure." She lets out an uneasy laugh while Feite exhales softly. "Don't stress over it, we don't need the gear now, but just read over the manual and you'll get it in time. If you have any other questions ask for Tamaki." The teenager let out a smile and bowed in typical Japanese fashion. "Thank you Sempai!" Feite waved her hand and walked off while staring over at Kallen and Zero talking between each other. A smirk formed on her face while Zero tossed the key to the Guren over to Kallen. "Will you be able to handle the machine Kallen?"

Over the course of several hours, Feite with the help of Tamaki start to move some of the hardware out of the warehouse. "Make sure we get everything cleared out, we can't leave any trail that we were here." Tamaki looked over while a few cargo trucks were moving forward. "Hey, Feite why are we moving out now?" Feite crossed her arms over her chest and let out a sigh. "Didn't you read the report? We're going hiking up Narita starting tomorrow for a three day event. We need all of this in order to do what Zero wants." Tamaki shakes his head and lets out a despressed sigh. "Come on why does he always leave us in the dark?" Feite let out a small chuckle and shrugged her shoulders. "It's part of his charisma, that's why we follow him." Tamaki puts his arms behind his head and sighs. "Whatever, hey don't move that crate yet!"

After loading up the equipment the Black Knights started moving out of the Tokyo settlement. Feite sat inside the cockpit of the Voulge while the monitor flashes several times in the cockpit. She let out a sigh while flipping through the updated manual. There were several additions to the unit, the slash harkens were removed and replaced with a magnetic grappler wire. She looks at the data while the truck transporting the Voulge hits a bump. Feite lets out a growl while she climbs up out of the cockpit. "Who the hell is driving this?" Ogi looked over with a smile, and sighed. "You should get some sleep Feite, we should be in Narita by morning." Feite calmed down and shrugged her shoulders. "Why aren't you asleep then Ogi?" He looked around the truck and smiled. "I guess I'm excited, and apprehensive at the same time. I don't know how to say it. I just can't sleep when I have something on my mind." Feite climbed out of the Voulge and her shoes tapped against the floor. "I'm the same way, but you can at least try." She moved her hand behind her hair and undid the tie. Feite's pony-tail came undone while she took a seat at the end of the truck. "I guess so; how are you handling that machine? From what I saw, it's a little more difficult to use than the Guren." Feite let out a yawn and pointed to herself. "That is why I'm the one using it. I'm more familiar with its system than anyone else. It would take a week to teach Kallen how to use it properly. Its not like a usual Knightmare frame." Ogi stood up and looked down at Feite while she lay back on the bench. "That's why we appreciate all the support you've given to us."

Several hours quickly pass by while the Voulge and Zero's command Burai are let out at the base of the mountain range. Feite grips the controls while she stares at the data. She touches her headset while Lelouch's voice plays through. "Feite, we'll need the stealth capability to mask our presence to the JLF's look point. So stay as close as possible to my Burai." Several panels on the Voulge's armor opens up revealing several lens emitters.

On a side mounted display Feite stares at the data from the sensors. "Jamming looks to be working, but it won't leave us masked so too long. So we'll have to do this quickly Zero." Zero's Burai starts to move while its landspinners deploy. The smaller machine starts to move while the Voulge walks behind it keeping pace despite its lack of the wheel support system. "We have to take out the station under ten minutes before the ECS Jammer starts to eat away at the main filler's energy supply."

The pair start to disappear in the light mist that had started to form around the mountainous area of the region. At the base, the black knights had already started to unload most of the equipment. The Burai and other members sit in the thick brush nearby hiding themselves while the two grew distant on their sensors. "We just lost contact with them, that unit is doing some powerful Jamming to my sensors." Ogi touched his headset and nodded. "It's a powerful unit, but we should keep going according to plan. Its invisible to sensors, and radar but not vision."

A small look out hut sits on a high portion of the mountain range, but due to the light mist and the jamming the Burai and Voulge make it past the sensors. Feite touches her headset while staring at the battery for the ECS Jammer. It was about to run out and start eating at the main filler. "Zero, we need to act now, we're on critical power." Feite shut off the jammer while Zero disembarked his Burai. He walked over to the back door of the hut.

"Region five, no abnormalities sighted. Okay, the next scheduled communication will take place in two hours." A young JLF soldier puts down the phone while walking over to a table with a shogi game on top. Another soldier looks over from his seated postion at the table. "Like anything abnormal happens out here. We, the Japanese Liberation Front, have influence over this area. It won't be easy to..." The door knob turns while both soldiers reach for their firearms. "Relax, I just came here to talk?" Zero grips his helmet and pulls it off his head. Lelouch's geass flares up while he puts them under his power. "It's okay for you to ignore them…all the abnormalities."

In an instant the two soldiers start to ignore Zero's presence and continue to play their game of Shoji. Feite looked down and let out a sigh while lying back in the seat. "I guess your power is really useful…I guess it's alright to transmit the signal to the others?" The Voulge gets to its feet and walks to the peek while its main camera starts to flash several times to the Black Knights at the base of the mountain.

"Receiving signal from Zero's unit, we'll move along to point two."

The Black Knights start moving up the mountain range with two Knightmare frames pulling a large excavator unit up. Some of the others sit on the back of the Burai while the Guren rides behind them. Tamaki's voice plays through the headsets. "So why didn't Zero or Feite use their wireless communicators?" Inoue lets out a disappointed sigh while looking up at the mountain. "More importantly what did he mean by hiking?" Yoshida shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe it's some military training." Tamaki let out a small scoff. "Even though Zero and the blonde are somewhere else?" Minami let out a sigh, and stared down at the excavator units. "Don't tell me we're going to dig up a hot spring." Tamaki looks back at the Guren and speaks into his headset. "Kallen, did you hear anything about those two?" Kallen shrugged her shoulders, and sighed. "Beats me…" Ogi looks up ahead with a serious look in his eyes. He started to get a feel of Zero's strategy in the back of his head. "Zero and Feite are avoiding having their transmission traced. Looks like Zero is being serious."

On the mountain top, the Voulge was kneeled down with its cockpit open. Feite leans on the edge of the cockpit and looks over at C.C. standing at the edge of the cliff top. "Huh?" She leaps into the snow and walks over slowly towards her. "You are one skilled person to climb all the way up here without any of us noticing. You're here to support Lelouch as well." Feite walked up behind while C.C. looked over her shoulder. "You were sneaking around as well. You're will power is strange. How are you so passionate?" C.C. turned around and looked Feite top to bottom while she looked off the edge. "Because I have nothing else to lose. You could say that I don't have a future." C.C. shook her head and looked at the hut. "I see…"

Lelouch walkes out of the hut, and yells loudly. "C.C. what are you doing here?" Feite looked over at the pair and let out an uneasy laugh. "I'm going back to my Knightmare, I'll let you two argue." Lelouch gave her a detested look while turning his attention back to C.C. "Didn't I tell you that'd I would protect you?" She eyes over at the Voulge returning to an upright position. Its eyes let out a flash while C.C. continued to stare at it. "That girl cannot protect you as well as I." Lelouch shook his head, and looked over the edge at the earth below. "Nonsense, stop acting like a guardian." C.C. stared up at the clouds, and sighed. "Lelouch, why are you Lelouch?" He turns around and starts to walk back up to the hut. "I have no time to play philosophy with you." She turns over her shoulder looking over at Lelouch while he continued to walk away. "You changed your family name to Lamperouge, but you kept your first name. How Naïve unable to give up the past." Lelouch turned and let out a smart grin across his face. "So is C.C. that is a strange name, its not even human." The wind blew moving some of the snow that had collected at the mountain top past the pair. C.C. shot Lelouch an angered gaze while the pair stared at one another.

At the base of the mountain, Cornelia was already inside her Gloucester waiting to deploy. "As planned, Euphemia will stay at G1 and support us from the rear. Give command of the medical troops for her."

"Yes, your highness."

"Princess Cornelia…"

Cornelia stared ahead on her monitors while she quickly recognized Guilford's voice over her intercom. "Guilford? Is it about Euphie?"

"Yes, shouldn't we have made her stay at the government office?"

Corneila closed her eyes and shook her head remembering a conversation between the two prior to this engagement. "She was unexpectedly stubborn. She said she wanted to witness a real battle with her own eyes."

Inside the G1 Command Transport, Euphemia look at the unit layout of Cornelia's forces. Her eyes move to a unit behind the main forces. She points her finger out at the lone unit, and turns to her advisor. "What unit is in the back?"

The advisor quickly replied back to the princess explaining that Kururugi Suzaku the known pilot of the research divisions Lancelot was in the "Back-up" unit. They also start to question the subject of allowing numbers to pilot Knightmare frames. However, the order was given by the second prince Schneizel making the subject extremely complicated.

On the mountain top several of the excavators where already pumping out some mud from the ends. Several of the black knights had taken up positions while the Guren and Voulge were next to each other with the cockpits open.

Several feet away from the two machines, Zero stood by Ogi and they seemed deep in conversation with one another. "Hey are we really going to do this?" Zero turned towards the excavator labeled by the number two, and nodded. "Our enemy is Cornelia. It's an army that has considerable strength within Britannia." Ogi looks over his shoulder with some uneasiness in his face. "That's why we should cooperate with the Japanese Liberation Front." Zero looks out the corner of his eye at him with somewhat of annoyed feeling about him. "Ogi, you don't believe in me?" Ogi quickly straightened up and turned over to Zero with a confident expression. "What are you saying? I was the one who wanted and asked you to be our leader." Zero turned back out to the field of pumping excavators, and put his hands against his hips. "Then there is only one answer."

"Open the capsule marked two Rookie." Feite pointed over to the capsule still on board the transport truck. A rookie member turned over to it and his eyes widen at the size. "It's huge…" She let out a small laugh and pointed her finger at a few other members. "I didn't say move it, open it up." The few of the veteran members let out a few laughs while the capsule opens revealing a large sized shotgun pained black with a few letters written on its barrel. "An Anti-Knightmare Shotgun, you don't see many of those here." Feite turned over to the Voulge then back at the weapon. "Well Britannia wasn't fighting on equal terms, you only see this variant used on the western front of Britannia's failing conquest over the Europeans." A few members let out a nod while Feite started off towards to Voulge. "Loading the weapons already? Zero hasn't given the order to deploy." Kallen takes a sip from a bottle of water, and turns towards the "Black Armor." Feite looked over her shoulder while continuing to the cockpit. "Unlike the Guren, the Voulge needs its weapons resupplied; I don't have a Radiant Surger."

Below down the mountain the battle starts to be underway. The large three front assaut provided by Cornelia and her subordinates begins. The Black knights all look in shock at the massive troop deployment. Tamaki is the first to relay his feelings on the matter by turning around and yelling over at Zero. "Stop Joking…Zero stop joking around! We'll be completely surrounded by them. There won't be an escape route."

Feite looked over from her Knightmare and leaped off running over to see the massive troop deployment. She couldn't believe her eyes while the Sutherland units were dropped by transport units several miles away. They were heavily bombarding the supposed JLF mountain base nearby. She also turned over to hear the last part of Tamaki's words. Zero stood still while he looked out at Feite from the corner of his eye. "We're already sealed in. If you want to live, we have no choice but to fight here."

Tamaki growls once more while anxiety starts to overtake the entire bulk of the Black Knights. Feite however let out a smile while staring down at the Britannia forces. "Are we going to go head-on with them? We're already surrounded." Sugiyama turns over and expresses his words against this operation. His words were quickly straight forward. The enemy was indeed Cornelia's unit, the same one that wiped out a large group of resistance weeks ago.

Zero let out a nod, and let out a small laugh. "Yes, it would be a miracle if we emerge victorious. A messiah will not be recognized until he makes a miracle. If that is so, we need a miracle." Tamaki growls up at Zero, and shakes his head. "Miracles don't happen so easily. You're damn useless as a leader. I should have been…" Tamaki pulls his rifle off his shoulder only to have Zero respond with his pistol. The weapon clicks while Zero takes his arm. Ogi leaps out of the way with a shocked look on his face.

To everyone's surprise Zero removes his finger from the trigger and spins the gun around holding it to Tamaki and Sugiyama. "All paths of retreat have been cut. If any of you think that you can win without me, feel free to shoot me." Feite looked over, she was the only member that wasn't a bit shocked by Zero's unique performance. She after-all would join this battle reguardless of Lelouch being alive or not. She was itching to jump out into the fray, but Lelouch…Zero needed her. "You've had only two choices ever since you joined the Order of the Black Knights. Either live with me, or die with me."

"We're completely surrounded, all our supporters on the outside have been captured." Inside the battle room inside the mountain complex the commanding officers of the JLF watch the radar on the monitor. "General Katase, there's a transmission from Cornelia's army asking for us to surrender." Katase growls, and shakes his head. "Idiot, if we give up now, the Japanese liberation movement will cease!" An officer takes his eyes off the topographical map, and up at his general. "Then General, are we taking an aggressive approach, or a defensive one?" Katase hesitated for a moment before turning to one of his subordinates. "Todou? What about Todou?" The communication officer looked over his shoulder. "He went to Kyoto to pick up the Burai Kai. The four swords are traveling with him. According to schedule they should be back soon, but…" Katase shook his head, and crossed his arms over his chest. "Todou won't arrive on time, Burai prepare for sortie. Break through the corners of the enclosure, and escape! The pride and honor of Japan is at stake here. It's time to make our comeback."

Inside the G1 the officer in charge of maintaining the bridge shows the map to Euphemia. He points out the movement with a positioning rod. "The enemy's main base should be inside the mountain, but we are unable to pinpoint its exact location. However, in order to obtain the list of the supporters, we cannot perform an aerial assault on their main base." He circles around a specific mountain top where the base is suspected to be. "The enemy would aim for one of the corners of our enclosure and try to break out from there. Once we do that, we will be able to identify the location of their main base. Three of our units will be going head-on with them. They are units lead by Generals Dalton, Alex, and Governor General Cornelia." The map starts to flash and scramble about as it is hit by jamming equipment. Euphemia looks over in confusion while the officer folds up the rod. "It's the enemies ECM. Its affecting our equipment."

A small forward group of Sutherland scales the side of the mountain while engaging their countermeasures for the JLF's jamming frequency. "Switch the communication channel over to Alpha-4." Dalton looks ahead with a content and overconfident expression on his face. "The enemy's…what is it called again?"

"You mean the Burai right?"

Dalton lets out a laugh, and nods. "Right. Just be careful of the thing that looks like a Glasgow."

From a surface elevator, a three man team of Burai rise up to meet Cornelia's front line force. "Oh so this place became a fortress in a matter of minutes." She let out a small laugh while Guilford's Gloucester pulled in front. "My lady please let me handle these." Cornelia scoffed and turned over to his unit. "Guilford, don't treat me like those other women." In a matter of seconds, her single unit takes out all three Burai decimating the defenses in that specific area. Cornelia pauses while her support unit stands behind her. "I, Cornelia am here now ! Isn't there anyone who wants to kill me?"

Zero stares down at the trembling Tamaki, with his typical confident tone. "Why don't you try and challenge me?" Tamaki scoffs and spits to the side of him. "Do what you want." Sugiyama lets out a nod, and re-affirms Tamaki's response in a more respectable one. Inside the helmet Lelouch lets out a smile while he continues to speak. "Thank you, I appreciate it. Everyone board your units." Feite tugged at her collar, and let out a grin. "Very well, let's go." She threw her arm out towards the others that would accompany her unit.

Feite rushes over to her waiting Knightmare and climbs inside the cockpit. The hatch closes behind her while the machine starts up. Its eyes let out a flash, as it starts to rise to its feet. Around the Voulge the Guren and the various other Burai come to life. The Voulge expels heat from its vents while it grips the shotgun at its skirt armor. The sensors flash the data on the console while Feite looks over at Zero's command Burai.

Below, it would seem that the JLF was losing their fortress, and many of their own Burai reserve. Cornelia's forces start to restructure behind Dalton's unit. This couldn't be any more of a sign for Zero to strike. The flare was the last straw in Zero's plan to set the rest into motion. Zero removes his helmet and puts it to the side while flipping through his journal. "As expected from the genius Cornelia, a well thought out tactic. However the more elaborate your tactics are, the easier it takes to see past it. This includes your location as well."

All across the fronts the JLF are losing the battle against the battle hardened Cornelia and her army. The command center for the fortress was in utter chaos with various of their units going dark on their monitors. "Communication with Nakamura squadron, terminated!"

"No Reaction from Region Three."

"Major Tabata was killed in action with Kuroda and Kumada!"

Katase looks in shock while his face shows an intense hatred for the sheer uselessness of his forces compared to Britannia. He looks down with the realization of the losing battle weighing heavily on his shoulders. With a saddened expression, he slowly whispers the name of the JLF's Miracle maker. "Tohdoh…If Tohdoh were here, the divine wind would blow again. Show me the miracle of Itsukushima once again…"

At a road block the large transport trucks driven by the four swords members, and various other from the JLF break past a Britannian road block on the freeway. Asahina leans over the chair behind Tohdoh and stares at his commander. "Aren't we being a little overbearing, Tohdoh-san?" Tohdoh looks out the windshield with a determined look on his face. Without turning to stare at his subordinate he speaks in a commanding and powerful voice. "Asahina, Chiba, prepare the Burai Kai. Tell that to Urabe and Senba in the car behind us too. All the roads leading into Narita are being restricted. The battle has started, we need to hurry."

Lelouch closes his book, and stares out with a look of determination on his face. "Our preparations are complete! All members of the Order of the Black Knights, prepare to sortie."

Feite lets out a grin, while the Voulge's foot digs into the ground while the other Knightmare start up behind it. The ground teams pick up their rocket propelled grenades, and various other Anti-Knightmare missiles. With steadfast determination the others start to rally at Zero's command. The large hand of the black armor pulls the bolt back loading the first of many rounds. "It's about time..Zero." She looked up at his Burai, and let out a large yet devious smile.

"From this point on, we, the Order of the Black Knights, shall head down the mountain, and ambush the Britannian army! Once I give my orders, dash straight to point three with all your might. The aim of this operation is to capture the second princess of Britannia, Cornelia, alive! The one who will clear the path for us is the Guren Mk. II."

Kallen sits inside the motor bike seat of the Guren, as it moves towards one of the excavators. Zero's voice fills her cockpit while she exhales softly. "Kallen, make use of piercing electrode number three. Do it with one decisive blow." The large silvery right hand of the Guren positions itself over the top of electrode three, and locks onto the end. "Checking power output, radiation wave activated. Atmosphere under control." Kallen leans back in the seat taking a deep breath before leaning forward to grip the trigger. "External Discharge!" The Radiant Surger fires off a charge into the electrode sending the super heated energy into the water trapped underneath the mountain top. The ground starts to steam and the earth starts to shake.

The water bursts through the earth causing a tremendous landslide to cascade downward at the Britannian and JLF forces fighting below. The Sutherland and Burai Kai are quickly buried while the landslide continues down the mountain overtaking the Britannian main attack force. "Impossible! Such a huge landslide…If this goes on we'll lost Alex and Dalton's units!" Across the tactical map, every unit in the path of the landslide flash lost while the casualties start to rise exponentially.

Dalton's forces use their harkens to anchor themselves and slowly pull them out of the raging path of the landslide. Their Gloucester buckle as the wave of earth, and mud starts to pelt the thick armor. "Climb up head towards higher ground. What the hell caused this landslide?" Dalton growls while his unit starts to move out of the path with a few of his surviving subordinates.

Beside the landslide Cornelia's unit stands watching the wave continue down washing away two of her armies in a single motion. "What's going on?" The command station replies with little answer it would seem that they were still evaluating the cause of the landslide. "Your excelency you should stand back, its dangerous." Cornelia looks at the Gloucester at her right and scoffs. "I don't care, where is Alex? Hurry up and find out Dalton's postion as well."

Despite the effects against the military target, the landslide continues into the dense city built around Narita burying the larger buildings and ripping the smaller ones in half. The streets are quickly buried under several feet of mud and Zero can only smile in the cockpit of his Burai thinking of the success of the weapon. "It appears more destructive than I thought. Even though we managed to divide up Cornelia's personnel unit we need to divide it more. Maybe next time I should consult a physics teacher instead of Nina."

At Cornelia's position, a radio message comes in from headquarters relaying the most recent bit of tactical data straight to her headset. "We've confirmed another unit on top of the mountain, we've sent Kalius's unit to intercept them." Cornelia shakes her head and lets out an overconfident scoff at the JLF. "They intend to make use of the confusion?"

At the top of the mountain Zero's unit turns over to the Voulge. "Feite, you're up dispose of the unit coming to intercept us now!" The Voulge's heel armor opens as it crouches down and lets out a loud winding noise. Feite grips the controls and presses down on the pedals. "You don't have to say it anymore Lelouch!" The Voulge's legs push off the earth while a small shockwave spreads out from its position.

"Damn that is something else…" Tamaki looks as the Voulge glides from the air and disappears from his sight. "Keep all unnecessary communication to a minimum; we will start our attack after Feite engages the enemy." Zero looks at the blip corresponding to Feite's unit on his radar before it disappears.

A Sutherland unit flies up the mountain town and zooms in at the main group of Black Knights. "Commander Kalius, that's not the Japanese Liberation Front up there! It's the…" The Command type Sutherland turns over to hear a loud boom followed by the Sutherland in front exploding into shrapnel. "What the hell was that?" Kalius's Sutherland screeches to a stop, and its factsphere opens. He looks at the data and growls while nothing appears on the system.

In the thick black cloud, the Voulge stands nearby several broken trees with smoke exiting the barrel of its shotgun. The Right eye let out a bright flash while the arm cocks back the shotgun expelling the spent round and loading another. "We are the Order of the Black Knights…." The Voulge leaps forward through the smoldering cloud, and into plain sight of the Kalius unit. "I'll be your greeter…" Feite licked her lips while she let out an almost sadistic laugh.

The Voulge lands in front of a Sutherland and slams its shoulder into the cockpit denting it inward. The mechanism sparks while the pilot tries to eject. The mangled Sutherland fall while Kalius and the other members of his squad start to back away. "Damn it, we're under attack! It's a new unit we haven't seen before! When did the Black Knights get such an advanced frames!" The Sutherland and Voulge quickly enter a firefight while Feite single handedly dodges most of the fire. "This is our power; Britannia you're time is over!" She pulls the trigger, and takes out another frame before turning her eyes to the lead unit.

"Everyone attack! Cornelia's reinforcements have been strained! Feite is distracting them enough, Finish them off in one blow!" Zero's unit with the various other Burai starts their attack on the charging Sutherland.

A series of panicked yells and escape pods fly out from Feite's position. The Kalius unit had been entirely wiped out while the Voulge stood in the flames. "This is Feite enemy unit has been dealt with continuing to split the forces in half." Feite turned the Knightmare around and started to rush off towards another area. The black knights surprise attack was going well. Zero was closing in on Cornelia, and Feite was going to counter the approaching units.

At the command station the officers stand in shock while the Voulge flashes on the monitor with a static filled picture. "This is impossible one machine annihilated Kalius's unit? Where is it headed next?" Euphemia stares at the Voulge, and looks down at the map. "Can we track it? Is this a new model?" The officer looks over his shoulder, and nods. "Yes, that machine type unknown, its movement is hard to track. It's approaching…." He paused for a moment while General Alex's unit appears on the monitor. "General Alex's position."

Alex looks at his console while his Gloucester pulls out from the thick landslide. His eyes widen and shudder at the current state of his forces. They were utterly decimated with most of his men trapped underneath the thick muddy earth. "General Alex…unknown Knightmare is heading your way! Intercept it now!" He grips his lance while his unit gets back on solid ground. Its factsphere opens up, while a large blip appears on his sensors. "I see it…" He let out a smile, and licked his lips. "I guess I'll have to entertain this fool."

Feite looked forward with the euphoria of battle still coursing through her veins. She couldn't stop the adrenaline rush was too much for her to control. It was the same feeling from Saitama the power of using a Knightmare to show her existence to Britannia. The shotgun is quickly replaced to the skirt armor while the hand grips the handle of an elongated blade. The mono-molecular cutter at the end starts to spiral giving the weapon a reddish hue to the blade. "So, you must be a commander…."

Alex charged forward with no words to speak to the incoming Knightmare. His unit brimmed with life moving along the battle scarred landscape around them. The Voulge, and Gloucester make an initial strike against one another with a large array of sparks from the pass by. Several scratches appear on the shoulder, and arm plating on the Voulge showing its gray undercoat while the entire left arm of the Gloucester crushes a nearby tree formation. A red glow appears around the fractured metal. "Who would have thought an Eleven would be this good…." Alex coughs out blood in the cockpit while a large gaping hole was cut in the side of the center console. His arm held a bloody mess of a right side, while he leans forward.

Zero and his unit continue forward to Cornelia's position while Lelouch with his mask removed stares at the outcome of his careful planning. "Fighting with one's back against a river, who would have thought the strategy used in the classic Chu-Han war novel is working so well." He lets out a small laugh while a series of gunfire strike the two Burai at Zero's left and right sides forcing them to eject. The yells of the ejecting pilots fill the radio while a Sutherland screeches to a stop in front of Zero with two others behind it. The pilot speaks in a familiar tone to the Black Knights in the area. "Is Zero here? If you're around fight with me…fight with me Jeremiah Gottwald!" Zero lets out a mocking sigh, and stares up at the Purist Faction painted Sutherland. "Oh, its you again…I never thought you'd still be in the army. But I don't have time to deal with you Orange-kun."

Jeremiah's eyes widen while he leans back in his chair with an appauled expression stretched across his face. "O-o-orange?" He clenches his teeth in anger and rushes forward only for the Guren to leap in his path and smack the rifle into the air. Jeremiah extends his tonfa while Villetta Nu looks forward with a shocked at the unknown red armored Knightmare standing in front of Zero's Burai. "Lord Jeremiah!" Jeremiah shook his head and glared up at the Guren with nothing but hate clouding his mind. "Don't interfere, this is my duel." Villetta looks forward while her computer shows no data for the Guren, and shakes her head. "But.. this is the first time we've seen a Knightmare like this. Don't tell me the elevens have…" Jeremiah shakes his head and scoffs at his subordinate. "How could those putrid Elevens have that king of technology?" He lunges forward slamming down at the Guren for it only to block it rapidly and spin around Jeremiah's secondary attacks.

A look of shock is spread over Jeremiah's face while the Guren's ability outperforms his Sutherland. "It's fast!" The Guren lands on the ground and pushes Jeremiah back with its left arm gripping at the unit's throat. "This guy... eliminated Kalius's unit?" Kallen yells at the shocked voice of Jeremiah, and beams a determined glare at the Sutherland in front of her machine. "Can you see it, Britannia? Finally…Finally we can fight at the same level as you! This Guren Mark II, signifies the start of our counterattack!" The right arm of the Guren flies forward only for Jeremiah to leap out of its initial range. "There's something about that arm, so if I get away I can…" Jeremiah's eyes widen while the arm extends to cover the amount he moved back. "Sorry…" Kallen pushes the trigger activating the Radiant Surger on Jeremiah.

The extreme heat and pressure starts to build up bubbling and crushing all the Sutherland's components. Jeremiah looks around him while the red energy from the Radiant Surger fills the cockpit. A scrambled picture of Villetta flashes on the screen prompting him to eject. Jeremiah shakes his head while trying to overcome the pressure and heat forced on his body. "I can't…I can't when Zero is right in front of me!" Jeremiah's head falls forward as he loses consciousness. The auto-eject activates sending the cockpit flying out of the battle. The Guren retracts its arm while the Sutherland explodes with the fire glowing on against the red armor of the Knightmare. Kallen stares at the other two that had been with Jeremiah, and grins. "With this Guren, I can't lose." Zero looks forward, and laughs to himself. "With that all conditions have been cleared."

Feite stared at the immobile Gloucester while it fell forward into the ground nearby. "Feite? We need you at my position, we're under heavy fire!" Zero's voice fills the cockpit while she lets out a small laugh. "I'll be right there, hold out until I get there." Feite stared at her energy filler and scoffed at the remaining energy. "It uses too much damned energy…" She pushed a button, and spoke into her headset. "Inoue, can you support Zero? Coordinates are…."

The Voulge started to rush off towards the battle raging in the distance. The three pronged battle between the conflicting parties were taking a turn. The Black Knights being in their first deployment were quite green at handling the battle. Feite keeps an eye on her monitors while replacing the cutter back into its sheave. "This is Inoue, roger that where are you going Feite?" The Voulge rushed past Inoue's position towards the cargo truck hidden in the tree formation. "I'm replacing the filler this thing eats up too much power." Feite kneeled down while the energy filler module opens up, and the Knightmare goes dark. "Hurry it up, we need this black armor back in action!" A Burai pulls out the old filler, and tosses it to the side. Feite stared at the blank screens and sighed. "You better be faring better than me Kallen. We can't lose this battle…"