Stage Six Battle At Narita

Dalton and his squad of two continue up the mountain, and quickly they come across the remains of a Gloucester. The area was scorched by the flames while parts littered the area. Dalton glared down with a shocked look in his eyes. "Alex was defeated?" He looked over at his side monitor while gripping the controls tightly. "What about our forces?"

The female pilot defending his back scans the nearby area with her factsphere. The data flashes on her computer while the results were less than astounding. "Sir, we're only at twenty percent of our full force." Dalton shook his head, and rubbed his temple while the stress started to build up. "We can't employ our order of battle with only twenty percent." He turned over to the wreckage once more, and sighed. "Does headquarters know about the Knightmare that defeated Alex and Kalius's unit?" The female pilot shook her head while she lightly tapped her headset. "This is Dalton's unit to headquarters, do we have any information about what defeated General Alex's Gloucester?"

Suzaku sits inside the cockpit of the Lancelot listening to the many radio calls from the units in the field. His brow twitches with the temptation to deploy growing larger in the back of his mind. He turned around to stare down Lloyd while he monitored the battle from his computer console. "Lloyd, there are rumors that there are two Knightmare that are unidentified lurking the battlefield." Lloyd waved his hand dismissively while the subject to him seemed disinteresting. "Oh, rumor has it that those two frames are from the Order of the Black Knights, but that information is completely unreliable in this situation." Suzaku looks over with determination burning in his eyes. "That would mean Zero is there." Lloyd touches his headset, and lets out a large smile. "Congratulations! You might get to go out!" Cecile turns over and shoots him a disgusted glare. "Lloyd, you lack discretion in a time like this." Lloyd turns over to her and shrugs his shoulders. "How so?" Cecile lets out a smile, and laughs. "Shall I teach you?" He turns away from his assistant with an uneasy expression forming on his face. "No thanks, anyway before we can deploy the Lancelot, the command office needs to finish their intelligence gathering, until that is completed we are to remain on standby."

Inside the Command G1 vehicle, the officers still go over the immense data collected from the various field units. The commander rests his hands on the display table, and shakes his head. "This is impossible, we lost not only Kalius, but Alex to the attack of that Black Armor." The younger officer shook his head, and stared at the data coming in from his console. "We just got word that the idiot Gottwald just got killed by a Red Armored Knightmare." Euphemia and the commander turn over with shock in their eyes. "That fool deployed? Do we have an image of that machine?" Euphemia looks up at the battlefield again, and holds her hand to her chest. "Commander Creswell is my sis…the Governor-General safe?" Creswell looked down at the data, and let out a nod. "Lady Cornelia wasn't caught in the path of the landslide, but after the rear support units moved recklessly she's in a compromising position." The young officer shakes his head while a look of resentment fills his face. "What was the purist faction thinking?"

The new filler is loaded into the Voulge while its eyes flash back to life. Its limbs start to move as it rises back to its feet. The cockpit flashes around the pilot while the Burai take a defensive position. "Resupply complete good luck out there Voulge." She turns around over at Inoue in the foliage holding the rocket propelled grenades with a few others. "Don't worry, I'm going to give support to Zero now." Her hand slides on the throttle, and the Voulge rushes off towards the firefight in the distance.

The members of the Purist faction quickly battle in close formation while the Guren and the entrenched Burai fire back from their concealed formation. Kallen spins around the foliage, and dashes forward at Kewell's unit. "You're not getting away from me this time!" Kewell's eyes widen while he quickly docks evading the radiant Surger and aiming his rifle at the center body of the Guren. "You're just an…." The Guren's leg flew forward knocking the Sutherland on its back. "This is why I hate Brittannians, you have too much pride!" Kallen pulls back the right arm and slams in onto the Sutherland's chest. The Radiant Surger flares up while Kewell's unit is boiled by the intense heat. Kewell jerks on the controls, while the ejection system and the electrical systems all fail in once instant. "Damn it work, how is this possible! I lost to an eleven?" His Sutherland changes to a bright red before it explodes from the intense radiation.

Villetta pulls back with shock and fear growing in her eyes while the ominous Guren turned to her. "Lord Kewell…everyone pull back don't engage that unit in melee!" She raised her rifle and the two remaining members of the Purist faction start to concentrate their fire at the Guren and the Burai behind Kallen. Kallen easily evades the fire, and hides behind a hill top. The bullets pelt into the side while a Burai falls and ejects. "All Right, Guren move to the designated spot!" Zero's Burai glides across the devastated landscape towards Cornelia. "The remaining forces will break through here. Aim for Cornelia…" Lelouch looks over at the unit running beside his Burai.

"What the hell is that?" The Voulge leaps down from the sky slamming onto a Sutherland breaking both its legs from the intense weight of the machine. "Shoot at it!" Feite throttled backwards while the Knightmare boosts backward in a feat of agility. The Voulge skids to a stop while pulling out its Cutter. The blade glows a bright red while Feite let out a small laugh. "You guys are no match for me…" She dashes forward in a zigzagging movement towards the first Sutherland. The Cutter flies forward through the torso shredding through the metal, and cutting the machine in half. The pilot ejects while what is left of his machine explodes behind Feite. Her eyes turn to the supporting unit while the Voulge hurls the cutter at it. The Sutherland pauses while the blade flies straight through the abdomen causing sparks to cover the Knightmare frame. The pilot quickly ejects, while the Voulge throws its arm out and fires a strange harken at the hilt of the cutter. "It's re-arming itself?" The harken retracts backward pulling the cutter back into the Knightmare's palm.

Lelouch stares at the results of his plan and strategizing both Kallen and Feite were rallying the Black Knights behind their talented piloting. They were a perfect one two punch, Lelouch tapped his gloved hand on the console and smiled to himself. "Yes, move. You'll become a warrior if you manage to survive this battle. Only in a time of crisis…"

"The purist faction is engaging them?" Creswell turns over and nods slightly while he hunches over the tactical table. A scrambled message from a nearby squad relays the information, while a few units in that flash lost on the center console. "Yes, they are being led by Villetta! Damn it, hold that Black armor back! We can't let it get any further in!" The message cuts out while Creswell lowers his head. "We should use this to have the Governor-General Escape…the air force will.." Euphemia shakes her head, and looks down at the map. "Wait…something is approaching from behind the Governor-General!"

The pair of transport trucks belonging to Tohdoh and the holy swords moves effortlessly across the remains of the roadway. "To all machine's are you preparations complete?" A unanimous yes follows through the radio while Tohdoh continues his orders. "Good, Burai Kai, prepare to launch." The top hatch over the cargo containers open while a lift rises the Burai Kai to the sun's light. "Listen up. If this landslide is manmade, we should be able to launch an ambush on Cornelia's back. Capture Cornelia, its time to take revenge for what happened seven years ago. For our pride as the Shisekien!"

"What the hell is this?" A pilot turns around while a Burai Kai leaps out from the tree formation. The Katen Yaibatou slashes through a Sutherland's arm joint while the chainsaw on the blade's edge hacks the metal apart. Tohdoh's machine hack the Sutherland apart and continues forward with the five others rallying behind him. "Surround her." Tohdoh easily makes work of the other Sutherland at Cornelia's rear hacking them into pieces.

Cornelia looks over with shock growing on her face. "The Japanese Liberation Front?" The Sutherland turn and fire their machine guns with little regard about the technical capabilities of the enemy machines. The Burai Kai easily evade the incoming fire, and are swiftly overtaken while Tohdoh stares down his target. "This isn't a normal Burai, don't get it confused with the lower grade model!" Guilford growls while he dashes to block Tohdoh's attack. "Your Highness, leave this place to us. Please take this chance and retreat!" Cornelia stands stationary while staring over at her knight and her soldiers. "Since we are retreating, Guilford. Move towards point nine while engaging them."

Meanwhile, Villetta and the purist faction manage to hold back Kallen and Feite's advance on the battlefield. The bullets pelt along the rock formation keeping Zero and the others from pushing forward. Tamaki looks up at the data on his side monitor. Kallen and Feite were making no progress on the battlefield. The Guren and Voulge were being overwhelmed and taken out of their Knightmare's weapon range. "Hey, I think it'd be best if we pulled Kallen and Feite…" Zero quickly shakes his head at the suggestion of pulling them back. They were dealing with the advance forces and if they were to pull back it would risk not only their lives, but the only two machines that made a difference on the battlefield. "No, the operation would fail if we change their positions now." Lelouch shakes his head and contemplates the situation inside his head. "Taking what I said..our situation looks pretty grim. If this continues, we'll be forced to engage their reinforcements."

Feite hacks a Sutherland's arm off and uses it as a shield while pushing forward with a pair of Burai behind her. Her eyes widen while she looks down at Cornelia's unit and unknown machines attacking below. "Are those Burai? Those swords are exactly like the monomolecular cutter." She growls while shooting the magnetic harken at an enemy Sutherland and rippling the rifle out of its hands. The Voulge creeks while its armor was littered with scratched paint, and machine oil from fallen Knightmare Frames. "Zero, Cornelia's unit is being ambushed below!"

Lelouch looks over with shock in his eyes. "Feite, which unit is moving? I didn't order anyone to advance just yet!"

The Voulge pulls back behind a hilltop and sheaves its cutter while pausing beside her two subordinates. Feite wipes her forehead with her sleeve while she grips a spare Burai rifle. "It's not us, Kallen and I are in no position to get to her, and we're the only ones out this far. Those designs, its most likely the Liberation Front!"

Lelouch squints while he looks up at the visual data being transmitted from the Voulge. "There's someone else who understands my intent? How excellent. They should be able to hinder the actions of their reinforcements."

Tohdoh's image flashes in the main command center of the JLF's headquarters. "General, sir, sorry for arriving late." Katase looks up with an uncontrollable happiness glowing on his smiling face. "Tohdoh, I've been waiting."

Tohdoh relays his position and targeting data for the remaining tanks and turrets in the JLFs control. "Sir, please concentrate all fire here. If we can hold back the Brittanian main force from advancing. Right now is the time for us to turn the situation around."

In an instant the dying attack from the JLF begins anew. The remaining squads are also hit heavily by this renewed fighting spirit and are forced into a retreat. Feite's unit stands up while the Sutherland in front are quickly backing away. "Attack them now, don't let them be able to support Cornelia!" The pair of Burai leap up at the same moment and the three Knightmare Frames unleash concentrated fire at the fleeing Knightmare.

Creswell rubs his temple while many more units are lost to the combined forces of the Black Knights, and JLF. "Princess Euphemia, please allow us to deploy this G1. We can assist Cornelia, and turn this battle around." Euphemia shook her head and slammed her fist onto the table. "No." Creswell looks down at the data. "The Red and Black Armors of the Black Knights are going to converge on…" Euphemia shakes her head while forcing back her feelings. "We can't, at our position we have the field hospital, and residents that are seeking refuge. Not only that, this G1 base is the symbol of the main headquarters." Euphemia holds back her tears while her arms started to lose their strength. "We were given strict orders by the Governor-General not to move no matter what happens."

A image flashes up from the special envoy with Suzaku, Lloyd and Cecile looking in at the camera mounted inside the cockpit of the Lancelot. "Hello, Hello! This is the special envoy deployment, the tech department!" Creswell shook his head and growled. "Insolence, you are just irregulars with special permission to even be listed as part of this campaign." Lloyd let out a mocking laugh, "We're waiting at our leisure because of those orders." Suzaku looks up at Euphemia with an intense and fiery glare in his eyes. "Vice-Governor Euphemia, I beg of you. Please issue an order to the special envoy." Creswell scoffs and puts his arms behind his back. "Don't think we don't know about it. You just want the credit for saving the Governor-General." A subordinate officer nods, and growls at the special envoy's message. "If the situation could change because of one machine, we wouldn't have anyone suffering! Not only that, you are just a number." Lloyd shugs his shoulders, and laughs again. "If that is the case, it doesn't matter if we try, right? It isn't a loss if we were to fail right?" Euphemia gasps for a moment, and nods over at Lloyd. "I understand. I'll leave it to you."

Feite runs through the forest while the other two Burai hover behind her. "What is going on Zero? The Britannian forces are all being distracted by the JLF's miraculous appearance. So what do you want me to do?" She taps her finger against the control, and lets out a sigh.

Zero travels forward along a canal with Kallen and Tamaki behind him. "That's good to hear Feite, can you rendezvous with us? We're going to checkmate Cornelia. The JLF have forced her to move into our trap."

Feite rubbed her neck, and let out a small laugh. "I can't say no to that Zero...I'll be there in a few seconds." She turned over her shoulder at the units behind. "Ogi, you and Hayashi, rally up with Inoue and the others. I'm going ahead to join up with Zero." Ogi appears on her console, and nods. "Good luck." Ogi and Hayashi's unit break off towards the other group of Black Knight units in the distance. Feite glances up ahead while her hand moved to play with a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her eyes. "I'm starting to feel somewhat anxious about this. Cornelia I've never seen her fight...her skill alone can probably best me in this Voulge. I'm going to need Kallen's help in the Guren."

The Guren and Zero's units quickly roll through the dusty trench downward towards a single fleeing Knightmare. Kallen looks at the radar, and lets out a soft smile while the Voulge quickly converged on the position. "We're going to have to make a decision; Feite is going to take at least ten minutes to get here…" Lelouch rubbed his temple and turned his gaze over to the Guren. Kallen turned back over at Zero's unit and sighed. "We don't need the Voulge, we have the Guren, and we can't take our Cornelia easily." Lelouch shrugged his shoulders, and nodded. "Very well, she'll join mid battle hurry up, we can't lose momentum!" Tamaki and Kallen's units pick up speed and continue forward with Zero's unit lagging behind. Lelouch looks at his rear monitor, and shakes his head in disappointment.

Meanwhile, Tohdoh is still in a stalemate against Guilford and the last of Cornelia's personnel guard. Tohdoh growls inside while his eyes were fixed on the purple cloak clad Gloucester. "This guy is something else; he must be an ace…" With no more time to rest from the fierce melee between the Holy Swords and Guilford's unit a Chaos Grenade is thrown towards Tohdoh and his subordinates. The Grenade opens up while the Burai Kai quickly disperses. The grenade whirls loudly while a barrage of flechette is thrown at the ground where Tohdoh previously stood. "Colonel what should we do about Cornelia?" Tohdoh leans to the right while his Burai comes to a spinning stop. His machine holds the Yaibatou in defense while he stares up at Guilford yet again. "If Zero is the kind of man I think he is, he has something planned. We have no choice, but to believe in him!"

On a steep hill, the remains of the Purist faction traverses the rough terrain with Viletta leading the remaining members. "What? Zero has changed course, are you sure of this Marcus?" Marcus stared at the data on his monitor and let out an irritated sigh. "Not only Zero, but the Red machine, and that Black one are regrouping." Viletta turned her sights towards the Burai Kai attacking Guilford, and prepared to fire from down range. "We will assist you, Lord Guilford."

Guilford blocked another attack from Tohdoh while his Gloucester's arm had started to show signs of its fluid burning from over exposure. "I don't need any support, I need to know the location of his movement!" On a small top mounted monitor a small window with Villetta on it opens showing a projected course from the three machines. "This is their course of movement; However a fourth machine is ten minutes behind the others." Guilford's eyes start to tremble while Zero's movement was toward point nine. "Damn it, they are approaching where we were supposed to lure Tohdoh's forces to. Your Highness Cornelia!"

In the ravine towards point nine the Guren at the forefront of Tamaki and Zero's Burai stare down Cornelia's Gloucester. Cornelia stares at the two and lets out a mocking laugh. "I know Guilford…" Kallen pushes the throttle forward and dashes at Cornelia. The Guren's right fingers twitch while Cornelia lunges with her lance. Kallen swings the arm forward only for Cornelia to evade it quickly by shooting her harken into the nearby rock face. She stares down at the Guren with an amazed look. "It seems that unit isn't your average custom machine." Cornelia turns over acting purely on instinct to dodge fire coming from Zero and Tamaki's Burai. Lelouch pushes the loudspeaker with victorious smile forming on his face. "Can you hear me Cornelia? It's a checkmate for you. Shall we celebrate our reunion? I do hope that you surrender to us before that. There's something I want to ask you. "By the way, your reinforcements won't make it in time."

Cornelia lets out a small laugh and charges forward. "How foolish Zero…as long as I can defeat this one, my escape path will be revealed!" Taking the rifle in hand Cornelia fires a burst at the Guren only for it to quickly evade the incoming fire. The slash harkens fire only for the Guren to easily catch them with its left hand. Cornelia let out a small laugh while she jabs the lance forward. "You're Agile!" Kallen glares forward while activating the Radiant Surger. The lance starts to bubble from the intense heat while it continues up to the right shoulder in an instant. Cornelia eyes widen while she quickly jettisons the arm before the Surger could do any more damage to her unit.

In her distracted state, a hail of gunfire rains down from Zero's Burai at Cornelia's remaining arm. The hand is mangled instantly while the rifle slams into the soft earth at the machines feet. "Such cowardice to attack me from behind!" Lelouch scoffed over at Cornelia while letting out a small laugh. "Oh? Then your operation wasn't cowardly at all?"

"Damn you, we won't let you get to the Governor General!" Feite's eyes widen while the Voulge comes to an abrupt stop to spot Villetta and the remaining members of her squad. "Oh? Is that so? Do you want to lose any more of your men?" Villetta stared down the Voulge with sweat pouring down her face. She had to stop at least this unit in order for Cornelia to escape. She closed her eyes and gripped the controls tightly. "Attack it now!" Her men quickly split out while they quickly opened fire at the Voulge. Feite shook her head while she started to dodge the fire instantly. She shook her head, and let out a small laugh while a disinterested look flashes on her face. "I'm losing my high because of you…"

The Voulge threw both its arms out to shoots its magnetic harkens. The wires attached themselves to the cockpits of both nearby Sutherland. Feite looked down while her hair came undone inside the cockpit. A shadow falls over her eyes while she smiles slightly. "It's over…" She pulled both arms forward pulling both Sutherland forward off their land spinner. The pilots yell while Villetta's eyes widen at the pure strength of this single unit. In mid-flight the magnetic harkens detach and retract back into the forearms of the Knightmare before the Sutherland slam into each other. The canopies open while the pilots quickly try to escape from the remaining two units. Villetta growls while staring down at the Voulge. "That means nothing. I will take you out no matter what!" She charges forward and extends the melee tonfa. Feite backs up while Lelouch yelled into the wireless receiver at her ear. "Feite, where are you?" She scowls up at Villetta and throws a punch at her. The fist digs into the shoulder denting the joint and mangling the right arm. "I'm busy Zero. I'm got caught by some of the reinforcements!" The Voulge turns its head to Villetta and fires its head mounted CIWS. The cockpit flashes red while the automated eject activates.

Tohdoh and the Holy Swords keep Guilford on the defensive while Villetta's pod flies overhead. "That black machine over there, that's one of Zero's machines isn't it?" The Voulge was in view for only a moment before running off to re-join Zero and Kallen. Tohdoh let out a nod and glared down at Guilford's remaining forces. "With Zero's forces suppressing their reinforcements, we will change our operation objective to capturing them alive." Guilford's brow trembles while he looks at the Burai Kai quickly surrounding him. "If this goes on, Her excellency, Cornelia will be…"

"Guilford…my Knight Guilford…I hope that you and Dalton will aid Euphie. I won't surrender." Cornelia's unit stood in the middle of a large group of Black Knights with her unit completely disarmed. She stares up head with little regard for her life while staring down the Guren. "I will fight to the end as an Imperial Princess!" Lelouch frowns at Cornelia's decision and shakes his head in protest. "What a boring choice…" The ground starts to tremble while everyone looks around in shock. The trench is filled with a thick cloud of smoke while Feite reaches the outskirts. "What the hell is going on?" She looks forward whiel checking for Zero, and Kallen's units. "Thank god, they're alright…but what caused…."

The Lancelot leaps out from the smoke and stands beside Cornelia's wounded Gloucester. "Governor-General, are you alright? I've come to rescue you." Cornelia looks up in total shock of the Lancelot standing in front of her. "Special Envoy, who authorized you?"

On the downside of the trench Zero kneels down with Tamaki and one other behind him. "Don't tell me it's that one machine…" Minami looks up and nods while turning over to Tamaki's unit. "Yeah, it's the unit from Saitama, and Kawaguchiko." Lelouch growls inside the cockpit at the sight of the Lancelot. He slams his hand against the side of his machine while anger burned deeply in his face.

"I'm sorry Zero that I'm late…" Feite's voice fills the nearby cockpits of the Black Knight units in the vicinity. She exhaled while turning her view to Kallen. "Shall we take out that bothersome machine?"

Lelouch clenched his teeth while staring down at the Lancelot and Cornelia's unit. "Good, Guren, Voulge take out that machine! His ability to break through is a hindrance."

Kallen charges forward while Feite leaps down from the other side. "Right!" The Guren rushes forward evading several shots while the Lancelot. Suzaku quickly rolls backward and throws the left foot forward in a desperate kick. The Guren's right arm catches the bulky attachment on the Lancelot's foot and quickly burns it away with the Radiant Surger. Suzaku detaches the attachment and leaps back only to jump back from the Voulge's downward strike. "Another one?" The Voulge turns around and flashes its eyes at the Lancelot. "That thing…it's not like that Red One…."

Feite kicked off the wall, and dashed forward at the Lancelot for a quick strike. Suzaku turns quickly and slams his Maser Vibration Sword into the Monomolecular Cutter. "This unit, it's able to parry against my MVS?" A large array of sparks fill the area between the Voulge and Lancelot while their blades are interlocked. "This machine is as impressive as I initially thought at Kawaguchiko! Kallen, I have him!" Suzaku shakes his head and leaps backward letting the Voulge's blade cut into the ground. He raises his Varis rifle and fires a round at the Voulge. "Watch out!" Kallen leaps in front of the Voulge and activates the Radiant Surger at the incoming round. "It blocked it?" Suzaku looks in shock while from the explosion, the Voulge lunges forward.

"Round two begins….now that I can get a glimpse of your fighting style, I guess I'll have to stop fooling around." Feite moved some of the loose hair behind her ear, and gripped the cutter tightly. Suzaku leaps backward and shoots its harken at the incoming Voulge only for it to flip over and evade. "It's faster?" The Lancelot is forced into a defensive position while the two machines viciously fight one another. The MVS starts to fracture against the M-Cutter while in the background the Guren's right arm sparks wildly.

Ogi, and Sugiyama both roll up behind the damaged Guren, and secure it while Feite keeps distracting the Lancelot. "Kallen are you alright?" Kallen looks at the flashing red display of the Guren's schematic on her computer. "Yeah, but the Radiant Surger is out of commission. The entire arm needs to be repaired." Ogi zooms in on the right arm and notices the torn metal in the palm. "I see…"

The Lancelot and Voulge leap away from each other and skid backwards while holding their weapons steady. Suzaku starts to sweat inside the cockpit while Feite wipes some with the sleeve of her uniform. "Do you think that your sword is able to block another attack?" Suzaku looks down at the MVS; the entire blade was fractured and dented beyond any further use. "Damn I didn't know that this machine was stronger than the Red one….this pilot…" Feite took a few deep breaths while staring out the corner of her eye at the others.

Zero growls at the Guren and looks up at the stalemate of the Lancelot and Voulge. "Damn it with the Guren damaged, and the Voulge engaging the Lancelot we have no-one to chase after Cornelia…Feite can't keep this up, her unit should be reaching its operational limit….Damn that white armor!" He leaned forward and gripped the controls tightly. "Everyone retreat!"

Feite looked over and growled at Zero's orders. "I can take him out Zero, give me more time!" Zero's voice filled her cockpit while Lelouch's face appeared on a mini-monitor. "Feite you're filler is already reaching its operational limit. Follow my orders and withdraw!" Zero's unit starts off with the others behind it. "I won't let you get away Zero!" The Lancelot shot its Harken forward only for it to be hacked away by the Voulge. Feite looked out of the corner of her eye and sighed. "I guess I should listen to our glorious leader for now." The Lancelot turned to the Voulge only for a thick cloud of black smoke to start venting from the Black Machine. "Sayonara Britannian-ace-kun…"

Suzaku looked over at the retreating forces, but instead of chasing after them rushes over to Cornelia's side. "Governor-General?" Cornelia's brow trembled in anger her machine had gone dark while the last bit of its energy was expended. "You chase after Zero, my filler has run low and I can't pursue them!" Suzaku holds his arm over his chest and nods. "Yes my lord." The Lancelot dashes off after Zero, and the Voulge.

Along the retreat bath, Tamaki and Ogi escort the Guren out of the battlefield. "Are you sure it was right to leave?" Ogi shook his head and sighed. "Victory was already certain, Feite's unit was keeping that machine at bay, we could have taken Cornelia during their battle. If this goes on…." Tamaki sighs, and looks backward with a smirk on his face. "We left the Japanese Liberation Front behind as bait and escaped?" Kallen looked behind her and shook her head. "As much as I would like to deny that, yeah…" Ogi looked up ahead and nodded. "People aren't pieces in a chess game, Zero wouldn't think that way. Otherwise he would have manipulated us like chess pieces. His hatred for Britannia is real. People who understand hared should also understand sorrow…"

Zero rolls backward only for the Lancelot to chase after him. He fires a small burst, but the bullets are easily deflected by the Lancelot. Lelouch growls while the Lancelot quickly shoots its Harken at the remaining arm tearing it off. "Damn it, I can't get away from this! Feite, where are you?" Lelouch looks at his radar but his Knightmare shakes abruptly. The Lancelot presses harder on the fleeing Zero and fires a round tearing off one of the legs toppling Zero's unit to the ground. The escape pod shoots off, but the frame grinds against the ground and topples across the ground.

The Lancelot walks up slowly while Zero steps out of the cockpit with his mask on. Suzaku glares down while taking aim with the Varis at the figure below. He lightly touches a button at the base of his headset receiver and lightly speaks into it. "This is Special Envoy to control truck, I'm proceeding to capture Zero…"

Feite looked backward, and her machine quickly came to a stop. The feet slammed down into the soft soil unearthing several trees while it came to a stop. "This machine is bothersome, I lose whatever momentum I gain when I stop." She turns around and scans the nearby area. "Zero's unit isn't here? Where the hell are you?" Her eyes rapidly scan the nearby area while her stomach started to turn. Feite started to feel sick to her stomach in anticipation of some strange emotion. "What's wrong with me? Why am I getting an unsettled feeling?" C.C. walked past the Voulge, and came into sight of Feite's camera. "You, why are you…" C.C. stared up at the head of the machine and shook her head. "I will protect him, you have done your job for now. This is something that I have to do myself…I apologize.." She touches the side of the Voulge while Feite's eyes widen. "Return to the others, I will keep him safe…do not interfere." Feite's hand shook while she nodded at C.C. "Bring Lelouch back…or I'll be forced to come back." C.C. removed her hand and walked off without responding to Feite's last words.

At the rendezvous point several of the Black Knights members cheer for their so-called victory against Cornelia. Out of the handful of Burai that were given to the Order, only a few and the Guren remained. Tamaki looked down at the others while leaning down on the edge of the cockpit of his Burai. "So, where the hell are Zero and Feite? Do you think they ran off together?" Ogi turned over shooting Tamaki a disgusted look. "Why would they abandon us? They either are still pulling back here, or dealing with that white armor." Kallen looked over and pointed her finger at the machine approaching the group. "Its Feite…" A smile forms on her face while the Voulge kneeled down to open its cockpit. Feite climbed out of the cockpit, and leaped down to the ground below.

"You were awesome Senpai." A female member rushed over to Feite with a smile on her face. Feite looked down at her and nodded while unbuttoning her jacket. "Good, it's nice to see that we made it out safely." The member let out a nod, and held out a water bottle to her. Feite quickly grabbed the water, and took a sip while Kallen walked towards the two. "Feite, where is Zero? You left with him right?" Feite lowered the bottle and looked over her shoulder. She remembered C.C.'s words, and shrugged her shoulders. "We got separated, but don't worry about it. I don't think he will get captured." Kallen put her hands on her hips, and let out a sigh. "There's still a chance that he'll be captured right?" Feite shook her head while taking a seat on a nearby rock. "I doubt it, Kallen don't worry about it Zero is the type of guy that always likes to make a dramatic exit. He'll contact us when he's ready to be picked up." Kallen stared down at Feite, she was putting on a strong face, but there was an unusual uncertainty in her usual energetic eyes. "You're really something in that machine. If I hadn't gotten the Guren damaged we could have…" Feite shook her head and looked up at Kallen. "If you hadn't blocked that hit, I would be dead right now. I'm grateful for that Kallen, that's why I managed to hold off that machine for so long. I wanted for you to pull back…"

Moments later, a few of the transports had loaded up the remaining Burai and the Voulge. The Guren however was resting beside the edge of the lead transport. Feite laid on the rooftop of the transport while staring up at the sky. She pulled her pendant out from underneath her shirt, and stared at the clock. "You're taking too long…Lelouch…" Kallen let out a small gasp while climbing up the ladder on the side. "Feite, we still haven't gotten a contact from Zero yet. Do we want to pull back or wait for him? The battle seems to have died down; the JLF and Britannian forces have stopped almost entirely." Feite sat up into an Indian style position while Kallen's phone started to ring. She gasped while Kallen pulled the phone out form her pocket. "Zero!? Where are you at?" Feite looked up at Kallen while she talked with him over the phone. She nodded a few times while confirming directions before hanging up. "So, I guess you should hurry up and retrieve our wayward commander?" Kallen let out a grin, and climbed down the side of the transport. "Good luck Kallen, We'll wait here until you get back."