A/N: Well since the last chapter got such good feedback and responses I decided to post four ahead of schedule and so here it is. I have also taken the liberty of setting up a thread in my Code Geass R&D crossover forum on the site for this story where you can post questions and even off ideas and etc. Once again thank you all for the views and please enjoy chapter four.
Chapter 4
Arrival on Dantooine
Four standard days later after traveling a narrowing series of hyperlane routes the YT-1250 freighter piloted by Lelouch exited hyperspace near the planet of Dantooine around the Outer Rim providing time for the young Sith to activate the cloaking device of his freighter allowing him to slip onto the planet's surface undetected. Dantooine didn't have much in terms of a population mostly large farm lands and wide grassy plains that have been untouched for the most part while some of the larger towns and cities were thankfully a good distance away from the area Lelouch wished to visit.
The former prince of Britannia brought his freighter around as he did a quick overhead of the ruins of the Jedi Enclave as he searched for a place to land. The ruins had fallen into a state of disrepair after years of having not been used for its original intended purposes. Although Luke Skywalker's Jedi were growing in number they hadn't reached the point where they could either reclaim or restore the Enclave on this planet.
Unfortunately no other locations near the Enclave offered much in terms of an ideal landing area, why…it was because of the lack of cover and Lelouch would have to shut down the cloaking device of his ship so he could converse his ship's energy reserves. Left with little choice the Sith began feeling around the Enclave using the Force, but he didn't detect anyone present within the old structure.
It was risky, but the Sith had little choice except land inside the ruined landing platform of the Enclave. Upon his handing Lelouch knew he had to make doubly sure there was no one inside the Enclave he couldn't risk discovery. After landing the freighter he activated the security measures of his ship to lock out controls until his biometrics could be used to release the locks on the controls.
As he disembarked the landed vessel Lelouch made certain to keep the holocron of Revan close to him since the former prince realized it would be best if he didn't stay for too long. Once he reached the bottom of the ramp a voice called out to him from the shadows.
"Query: Ah could you be the one I was meant to wait for?" An electronic voice asked clearly belonging to a droid with a Masculine programming. A moment later a humanoid shaped droid with a rusty red colored body and red sensors stepped out of the shadows armed with heavy blaster rifle.
"An old HK-series droid I thought they were destroyed?" Lelouch inquired.
"Response: Someone knows their history…indeed I am an HK-series droid, I am HK-47 and I have question that must be answered are you the one my creator asked that I seek when his holocron transmitted the sub-space signal code upon its activation."
"Holocron…then you were created by Revan?" The former prince said as he brought out the holocron.
"Statement: Revan was my maker and he had one final mission for me to carry out."
"What mission is that?"
"Response: To aid his descendant in his quest and to serve him for all his days and from what my maker told me it would likely be filled with bloodshed when the war he foresees comes to past. Oh the thought of it makes me giddy with excitement to take part in such…engaging activities." HK-47 replied as he saw the holocron confirming it was the same one his master had completed making before leaving him on Malachor V centuries ago. "Confirmation: you are the one…finally how I have been waiting."
"I see…in that case perhaps my mission will go much smoother now."
"Statement: Of course master with my capabilities it will be a possibility."
In another part of the galaxy at that moment within her own private chambers aboard the Imperial-II Star Destroyer Retribution the fifteen year old former Princess of Britannia sat within what was made to be private meditation chamber as Nunnally sat in a cross-legged position in the heart of the room upon a black platform.
Deep in mediation the ash-blonde girl reached out through the Force and began trying to feel for those familiar upon her former home…the planet Earth. Instead of her usual attire which she wore at the base on Nirauan the girl opted for different attire which similar to her brother wore a black ribbed, padded, multi-ply body glove that covered everything below her neck. Naturally the flexible, quilted suit was blast-dampening providing protection against fire and well-protected against explosions, piercing, and poisoning.
Upon her feet were all-terrain black combat boots that were near-knee length while covering her hands were elbow-length black gloves made out of the same unique micronized iron used in her brother's gloves. Ever since she had learned the truth about the events that left her crippled and blinded, Nunnally felt as if someone had torn her heart out and crushed it in an iron grip.
A hatred and deep loathing of her family especially toward her father and mother took root that day. Although Dooku and Lelouch were going to leave Earth alone…Nunnally on the other hand couldn't let go of what had been done to her. Rather what they had done to her…the ash-blonde girl wanted retribution for what had been to Lelouch and especially her. For the suffering they endured and the pain and mental anguish she suffered as well.
There must be retribution.
The Earth and the Solar system fell under the careful watch of her ship so the girl had ample excuse to check in on the planet while on patrol, but it helped with the fact that Dooku and Lelouch didn't want her anywhere near the danger zones or areas known to be extremely hazardous. The region the Earth was in was well within the Empire of the Hand's influence and so was well protected.
The ship was crewed by a small number of humans and near humans from the Empire of the Hand while the rest of the ship's operations were handled by a large number of old battle droids which had been once the original crew of the ships that had once carried Dooku's clone body, but now modified to serve the new crew and its new commander aboard the new vessel. Guarding her personal chambers in fact were a pair of new and improved MagnaGuard bodyguards dubbed the IG-200 MagnaGuard battle droid a successor to the IG-100 series.
Aside from possessing more advance robotic parts and more durable armor plating which was not only lighter, but more resilient at the same time the IG-200 models wielded lightsabers and carried built in blasters in their forearms for additional defense making this new generation of droids deadlier than the previous generation.
Furthermore the girl felt it was time for her retribution while her brother cut all ties to his old home, but the former princess on the other hand couldn't let go of what happened to her, nor could she forgive for that matter. The benefit with her brother gone was that her overprotective brother could no longer bug her and track her movements allowing her to finally return home to take care of a personal matter quickly and quietly without anyone knowing of what was about to transpire.
Lelouch has been gone for four days now, so the time was prefect now.
Nunnally rose from her meditative position and left her meditation chamber to partake of her usual lightsaber training session. Stepping into her wide cabin the girl stopped by a solid metal table where her lightsaber sat. Unlike her older brother's lightsaber the ash-blonde haired girl's weapon was more based off of her grandfather's curved hilt lightsaber.
Hers was modeled after the curved hilt lightsaber of her grandfather; in fact the design was almost identical except that it was made from more refined and exceptionally fine materials. The majority of the hilt was made from a polished silver Phrik alloy while similar to her brother's new lightsaber was outlined with gold electrum especially around the blade emitter shroud and the pommel cap.
Igniting the blade a sharp hiss penetrate the air as Nunnally activated her custom made lightsaber as it shinned with a crimson red blade. But before she could begin her dueling practice a beeping sound from her deck interrupted her prompting the former princess to shut off her lightsaber. Nunnally stepped over to her deck activating the comm. device built into her deck.
"Yes captain?"
"Forgive the interruption Mistress, but we have arrived and the commando unit is ready for deployment."
"Good…I'll be joining them in the hanger momentarily."
"Yes Mistress."
Grabbing her long flowing black robe made of delicate silks wrapping around her body and an equipment belt which also held the control box for the environmental regulation controls of her body glove before finally pulling the large hood over her head to complete her appearance along with bell-shaped sleeves. After smoothing out her dress-robe she concealed her lightsaber in her black robes before leaving her cabin and making her way to the hanger accompanied by her mechanical bodyguards.
Upon reaching the hanger a Chiss officer waited for her.
"Madam we have confirmed the location of the Geass Directive."
"Already…good work."
"Shall we proceed with the plan?"
"Yes, but remember…no witnesses and leave no traces…however bring me the target alive and keep him imprisoned. I'll deal with him personally upon my return."
"As you command my lady."
Aboard the shuttle craft a troop of elite Stormtroopers commandos in the company of four of her personal MagnaGuard droids began their descent to the planet's surface below. They would carry out the task quickly and swiftly while two transport shuttles loaded with a combined small army of Super Battle Droids and a second group of old model MagnaGuards were being deployed to the surface for a special search and destroy mission which also had the aim of capturing a high priority target.
Back on Dantooine Lelouch and HK-47 after making a complete sweep of the grounds around the Jedi Enclave ensuring they were the only occupants of the facility before heading out to the grassy plains to begin making their way over to the destroyed ruins that once housed a Star Map. Taking a deep breath Lelouch smelled the cool air blowing across the plains as he and the droid make their trek towards the ruins.
The journey across the plains was uneventful for the most part, sans the appearance of a pair of kath hounds who were quickly put down by the two before they continued on. After a half-hour walk through the Khoonda plains passing an old abandoned mansion the group reached the site of ruins that had been destroyed almost four thousand years ago by orbital bombardment.
Eventually the two walked out to the heart of the ruins before Revan's holocron began to react to the presence of the ruins and the remains of the Star Map buried below the surface. Revan's holocron reactivated as the young man laid the device down on the very heart of the old ruins.
"You have done well and so you have taken your first steps."
"Thank you…"
"And you and HK-47 have found each other…excellent he'll be of great help to you."
"Greeting: I am pleased to see you again master. Statement: Don't worry I'll serve this new master well as you have commanded."
"Now that you have arrived at the ruins the first set of lessons within my holocron are yours now…shall I begin the lesson?" Revan inquired.
"Please do…" Lelouch asked as he began to absorb the lessons and knowledge Revan's holocron could offer.
Around the same time on Earth within the confines of the old abandoned Aeries Villa; Nunnally was standing with two Stormtrooper Commandos on guard to protect her should the need arise. However that would be required since the ash-blonde haired girl went through very large lengths to ensure the guards and most of the occupants in the palace remained asleep so they could interfere. Her usage of the Force Illusion and Mind Trick usage also helped ensure it. But Nunnally found it necessary to deal with a potential problem first and so luring him with aid of her ghostly ally succeeded in drawing her target to her.
Entering the foray of the abandoned Aeries Villa was the familiar towering form of the Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein. The ash-blonde haired woman couldn't help but grin maliciously as her suspicions supported by her ally were correct the Knight of One held feelings of requited love for the former Knight of Six.
Thanks to manipulation through the Force they were able to lure the Knight of One here while the rest of the commandos carried out the next part of the plan. Deciding it was time to drop the illusion a familiar Force Ghost appeared besides Nunnally as Bismarck awoke from the dream-like trance he had been under.
"Now the fool awakens from his dream." Darth Traya spoke.
"Huh…what…what in god's name happened…why I am here?"
"To remove you from the equation Bismarck...I can't allow you to live unfortunately, your loyalty to Charles it's commendable, but your disregard for this world's fate demands that you at least die an honorable death." Nunnally said removing her hood revealing her face to the Knight of One.
"Nunnally, but why are you?"
"I am here to ease the demons of my past, but you are an obstacle…pick up your weapon." Nunnally said igniting her lightsaber. Holding her weapon out in a Makashi opening dueling stance was ready to face the Knight of One. Advancing upon the Knight of One, Bismarck realized the danger he was in so he lifted up his signature sword to fight the ash-blonde haired girl.
Nunnally knowing she could easily slice through the massive sword used her powers to effortlessly evade all of the Knight of One's attacks while at the same time used her lightsaber to keep the towering Knight at a distance while skillfully avoiding contact with his sword to keep herself from ending the fight too soon.
Despite his experience and the power behind his swings the Knight of One was surprised by how easily Nunnally was slipping pass and evading all of his attacks. The fight dragged on for five full minutes until the rest of the Stormtrooper Commandos arrived with a bound and gagged Charles zi Britannia in their custody.
"YOUR Majesty!"
"Worry about yourself Bismarck…he has a lot to answer for when I am done with you."
"You may be his majesty's daughter, but I'll be damned if I allow you to harm him!" The Knight of One roared as he forced open his left eye revealing his Geass.
Feeling he had dragged this battle out long enough Nunnally went in for the kill sidestepping Bismarck using the Force to speedily get behind Bismarck moments before driving her lightsaber through the Knight of One's heart.
"Of what serves you to see the future in front of you, when you can't grasp what lies behind you?" Nunnally said as Bismarck's body slumped to the ground succumbing to his fatal wound which ended his life almost instantly. "And now for you Emperor."
Charles had recovered just in time to see his best and personal bodyguard slain by his own flesh and bloody so easily.
"Nunnally why…how…how did you survive I thought you and Lelouch were killed?"
"Are you sad to see that we survived?" Nunnally snapped as she began using her abilities to begin forcing her way into Charles's mind to see the truth for herself. Her attempts at forceful probing brought obvious discomfort to the Emperor.
"What…are…you…doing to me?" Charles struggled to speak as he tried to resist against Nunnally's mental probe, but a quick hand gesture and the ash-blonde girl paralyzed the man's vocal cords.
"And you dare to call yourself an emperor, when you are nothing but a foolish brat that never could grow out of its petty anger to existence for depriving you of your own family…a selfish and heartless man that saw fit to repeat the same errors that cause the death of your parents…sinking the world on a orgy of bloodshed, darkness and pain, because you found unfair that others could have happiness and freedom, while you wallowed on your so called fate…while trying to turn this world into an stagnant utopia that would have meant the death of all." Nunnally said bitterly as her blood was practically boiling at this point at what she discovered.
But silencing his vocal cords wasn't enough for the woman as she began using the Force once again, but this time the immobile and silent Charles, suddenly felt the pressure on his arms rise…until they all of a sudden became like if a press pressed over them…suddenly, it was heard the sound of bones cracking. Charles opened to scream, but nothing could go out from his paralyzed vocal cords.
"Do you think that's painful? Imagine the memories of having the bullets shot by your worthless bastard of a brother hitting your flesh, and cutting through your body, which reminds me…" Nunnally said stopping mid sentence to using her telekinetic skills.
(CRUNCH)
Charles's expression sunk into further agony, as Nunnally now directed her attention to his legs.
"...there, now you can feel how it is to have your legs shattered. However…"
The girl allowed her sentence to trail off as two of her MagnaGuards returned with another girl who was about Nunnally's age with pink haired, tied up and held over the right shoulder of one of the droids.
"Now it's time for the second act of this Aria. Welcome back, Anya Alstreim, or I should say…Mother?" Nunnally spoke as the pinked haired girl was thrown to the ground before she struggled to get up on her knees while looking upon the robed ash-blonde haired girl. On that instant the bound girl, still then terrified and silent, her expression shifted, and her eyes turned reddish, as a voice quite different emerged of Anya's mouth.
"N-Nunnally…what's happening here? Why is Charles afloat…(gasp)...why he's wounded!" Marianne vi Britannia spoke having been made aware of her Geass power to cross over into another person's mind.
"Oh...do you truly care for this pitiful excuse of a man, rather odd, considering that his children from you were nothing to care...even if this man raped my mind to hide the truth of your death." The outraged girl snapped interrupting her mother.
"Why you are acting like this…you were so kin-"
"Do not dare to presume to know me, you heartless wretch. That such a traitorous and selfish wastrel like you came from Grandfather Dooku, it's certainly something that he bemoaned as an ill luck."
Marianne vi Britannia didn't miss the mention of her father.
"Father? Did he take you and Lelouch away? To where he did…you didn't appear anywhere, no matter how much we seek to find you two."
A humorless chuckle escaped Nunnally's lips. "How someone with such skill and intelligence, even lacking the use of the Force, could be such a fool? I'll only say that Grandfather took us two far away from your madness and your foolish plotting…and into a far greater destiny, especially for Lelouch. As I speak he has gone forth into the greater galaxy begin his journey in preparation of his destiny."
Soon it dawned on Marianne her daughter's likely purpose here and the fact she went through the trouble to bring them all to the very spot where she had supposedly died.
"Why have you brought me here…I can see that isn't to talk Nunnally."
"Quite observant. Unlike my brother, when he learned of the depth of your deception, decided to renounce to all links to this world and walk forward, unhindered by the past. But I on the other hand…I need to bury this pain and deliver it back to those responsible of my suffering…with interest. And this is the first reason why you're here, mother, because…"
As the young girl spoke those lines…Nunnally raised her hand upwards like if grappling a sphere on her hand.
"I want you to see him die." and with those words the True Sith Mistress turned her hand suddenly.
(CRACK)
And with that sound, the head of Charles spun beyond the limit, followed by his body dropping like dead weight to the floor, as Nunnally didn't need to keep his body on the air.
"Oh god CHARLES!"
"Now you'll live with what you have witnessed and forever be a prisoner within the girl's body you have invaded." Darth Traya said as she joined the ash-blonde girl as the two together channeled a surge of energy through the Force slamming into Anya. The effect could be described as chaining Marianne vi Britannia, bounding her to the girl she whose mind she had crossovered into. With this effect the previous Knight of Six couldn't leave Anya's body nor could she ever take control over it ever again.
Marianne vi Britannia was now a helpless prisoner within the girl's body while Anya would now have full control of her memories and faculties. Satisfied with what had been accomplished this night all that was left was to ensure the confidential dossier package she had prepared for her older half brother Schneizel el Britannia reaches him.
But she felt through the Force that her older brother in question wasn't too far away.
A half hour later Nunnally snuck into her older half-brother's room where he found him asleep peacefully. Reaching out through the Force she gently nudged her half-brother awake who soon noticed her presence in his room standing by the window as the moonlight outlined her cloaked form.
"It's been a long time brother Schneizel."
The Prime Minster of the Empire sat up in his bed surprisingly not afraid of the intruder in his room, but when he turned the lamp by his bedside his eyes went wide seeing her younger half-sister standing there with a lightsaber, deactivated, but in her right hand while underneath was the dossier she intends to give him.
"Nunnally, but how…are you…here?" Schneizel said as he felt the need to pinch his own arm to confirm if he wasn't having some kind of odd dream.
"Hee hee…don't worry older brother I am real and I wish to give you something, Emperor."
"Emperor, but our father is still alive Nunnally."
"Not as of a half-hour ago he isn't it and with this everything you need to assume the mantle of Emperor for yourself is now yours." Nunnally spoke calmly which reasonably surprised the Prime Minster of the Empire. Not once could he have envisioned the ash-blonde haired girl before him capable of such an act.
"Then somehow I suspect you have discovered what had really happened…regarding the death of Marianne."
"You are correct I found out everything including Charles's pitiful plan of creating an enclosed world of memories neglecting his duties as Emperor. After carefully consider the possible futures and those likely to take the throne once word of his death gets out I have picked you to be the next Emperor. This will contain everything you'll need to ensure your claim to the throne." Nunnally said handing her older brother the dossier which contained dirt, codes of command and all required information with all needed codes for Schneizel, in order to affirm his claim to the throne
"So, at the end…he reaped what he sow, good riddance to bad trash. The Emperor it's dead, and now I have to fix this screwed world."
"I sincerely wish you luck brother and I am certain you will succeed as my vision foretold that you will." Nunnally said before she leapt out the window to rejoin her troops and return to her ship leaving Schneizel to begin examining the contents of the package while a plan in mind to secure the throne had already formed in his mind. As he reached the end of the dossier, a small sheet slipped into his hand. On it was a simple message what nevertheless, it made the man smile and hope for that his sister could find happiness on whatever path she was embarked on.
"Unlike Charles…you care on your own way by everyone…try to change the world for the better, now that you have the power to change it."
It didn't take Nunnally long to rejoin her men at their cloaked Lambda shuttle a safe distance away.
"Mission accomplished let us return to the ship." Nunnally spoke as she boarded being flanked by her bodyguards.
"My lady our men succeeded in capturing V.V." A Stormtrooper Commando said after the Sith was aboard.
"Good job and the Geass Directive?"
"Wiped out…no witness they left nothing behind."
"Excellent…I'll be dealing with V.V. myself when I return to the ship."
A/N: Well its official Nunnally is now the only Sith Lord who can be scary and mean while being cute at the same time. A lot of repressed anger and rage just came out at that moment when she saw her folks again, the floodgates were thrown wide opened. But now what will she do with V.V.
Find out next chapter and thanks in advance for the reviews.
