Chapter 12: Nunnally's Knightmare
"It has been a week since Infinite took over the Saitama Ghetto," Milly said on the news channel. "And Knightmares remain posted at the Shinjuku Ghetto. The Babel Tower is still under Infinite's control, many people are asking just what Infinite's plan is, during the last press conference, Zero said it was classified, and would not be released to the public yet." She stated and Suzaku turned the T.V. off.
He was alone in his room and was staring at his chess board, which he was using to show how well he was at the moment against Lelouch. It was a close running right now, but it seemed Lelouch was in the lead right now. He was thinking of whether or not to wait on Lelouch's next move, or make a move of his own, just then someone knocked on the door.
Suzaku put Zero's mask back on. "Come in," He said, and the person who entered was Nunnally. "Oh, Nunnally." Suzaku said, taking the mask back off as the door closed. "What is it?"
"I wanted to see how you were doing." Nunnally replied.
"I'm fine, I just wish I knew what Lelouch was planning."
"I do too, it's part of the reason I insisted on joining. I was hoping to find a way to somehow communicate with him."
"I understand Nunnally, but despite Lelouch's plans may be, war is war, we can't play this by our hearts."
"I know," Nunnally said, then a radio transmission came up from Lloyd.
"Excuse me, are you in there Zero?"
"Yes, what is it?" Suzaku replied as Zero.
"Nunnally Vi Britannia's Knightmare has been completed, we wanted everyone to come down to see it."
"Understood, Miss Nunnally is here with me at the moment, we will be right down." Suzaku said putting his mask back on and the transmission ends. Zero stood up and was about to leave with Nunnally but then another transmission came up on the screen, and Infinite appeared. "Infinite," Zero growled.
"Yes Zero, it is I. Lady Nunnally, I see you are here again. But why do you still not join me?" Infinite asked, Lelouch was still hoping to convince them for a while he was not Infinite. All Nunnally did was stare at Infinite.
"I assume you are going to tell me your next target." Zero said.
"True, I believe it is time I re-capture the Ashford Academy, and I propose a small scale battle for it. our best five fighters against each other."
"And what makes you think I would agree to something like that?"
"Something just tells me your that kind of sport, I depart Immediately, I suggest you do the same." Infinite said and ended his transmission.
"Let's go," Zero said and the two got to the closest elevator and went down to the Knightmare hanger.
"We have a new challenge from Infinite, he's going to try and take over the academy again." He saw Gino, Anya, and Nonette behind Cornelia, then Xingke and Kallen were beside them waiting to see Nunnally's Knightmare.
"Really," Cornelia started. How many troops should be mobilized?"
"He has proposed a small scale battle, 5 on 5, because he knows a large scale battle will destroy it, neither of us want that. Cornelia, you and I will go with Kallen and Xingke. Nunnally, it's time for your entrance to this war, once you get the hang of the controls, come and give us back-up."
"Right," Nunnally said and Lloyd and Rakshata started to take her to her own personal Knightmare.
Kallen, Xingke, Cornelia and Zero all climbed into their Knightmares and took off at once. It only took a matter of minute for the four of them to reach Ashford, once they arrived, they merely waited for Infinite to show up. After only two minute the group saw 5 KnightCrawlers approaching. The Gawain, Nerug, Deirfgeis, and Tolecnal, along with a new KnightCrawler they had not seen before. It was large, unlike the other model they assumed everyone in the Reverse Rebellion but the anti-Crawlers used, and appeared to have small cannons on each wrist. it had 3 feathered energy wings with a deep blue color to it. It was black, just like all KnightCrawlers in the Reverse Rebellion were, and then had a sword and gun on it's waist.
"I said five, why do I only see four?" Infinite asked as they approached.
"Our fifth will be here momentarily." Zero replied. "But I don't assume your actually going to wait for them to arrive before we start."
"True, just remember that it is their fault when you lose." Infinite told him.
"Enough talk then." Zero said.
Both sides charged, except for the fifth Crawler on Infinite's side. Zero and Infinite clashed, Kallen went to battle with the Nerug, Xingke fought the Tolecnal, and Cornelia went up against Jeremiah in his Deirfgeis.
"What's up with your fifth? I thought you weren't going to wait." Zero said to Infinite.
"The less power used in this fight the better, if he doesn't have to fight, he won't." Infinite replied as he backed up and shoot his finger Slash Harken at Zero, who dodged then struck at him with his blade, but missed.
"You say your loyalty is to the royal household," Cornelia spoke to Jeremiah. "Then why do you fight us?"
"My one true loyalty was always to Lord Lelouch. If Infinite fights in his name, and I serve him, I am only doing what Lord Lelouch wants." Jeremiah responded then span his machine and charged at Cornelia. She got out of the way just in time then launched her Slash Harken at it but they would only bounce off while Jeremiah was spinning.
"This second rate imitation of my Knightmare won't do you any good." Kallen shouted and thrust her Guren's right arm at the Nerug, which ducked then thrust its own right arm up at Kallen, but was unsuccessful in making contact.
"I may not know who you are, but I will not lose to you." Xingke told the pilot of the Tolecnal before spinning one of its Slash Harkens at it, but it used a shield to block. It then pulled out it's blade and jabbed toward the Shun Hu, but Xingke used his second Slash Harken to rap around the blade then throw him off course.
"We will never let you win this war Infinite." Zero declared.
"This was never a battle, I have already won, and you have already lost." Infinite replied, then shoot his Hydron cannon at Zero. Suzaku was about to use the HyBreD to stop it, but then the Geass Lelouch put on him to "live on" activated, and told him to dodge the blast, and under its power, he avoided the beam.
He looked back at the beam, still expecting it to twist back at him, but it didn't, instead it simply went on to hit the ground, and he realized that the beam didn't have any nano-technology inside it this time. Then everyone heard something approaching at a tremendous speed. The next second a new Knightmare appeared on the battlefield. If you had blinked you would have literally missed it come in.
"What is that?" Infinite howled at the sight. This new model was sleek and slim, and was an untainted shining silver in color. Looking at its energy wings, also silver, anyone would understand how it was so fast getting here, because most energy wings only had three feathers on them, but this model had a total of five. "Is that your fifth?" Infinite inquired.
"Indeed I am," The pilot answered, and Lelouch almost gagged when he heard the voice. "The first ever 10th Generation Knightmare, this is the Guinevere."
Trying to remain calm, Lelouch asked as Infinite. "And who might I ask, is the pilot of this Knightmare?"
"Infinite, as I stood against my brother one year ago, in his plot, I will do the same here against you. It is I, Nunnally Vi Britannia who pilots the Guinevere." Nunnally replied, and at hearing this, Lelouch practically let go of his controls. Jeremiah and C.C. were also shocked to hear this news. "I can no longer remain on the sidelines while the people I love risk their lives to stop you."
"I see, well then, fall before the power of our newest weapon, the Utsuri." Infinite said, and the fifth KnightCrawler pointed his wrist cannons at Nunnally's Knightmare and started to charge Hydron beams, but before he ever had the chance to try out the weapon, Nunnally swept forward in her Knightmare and kicked the two cannons, and they both completely snapped off, then her kick continued to knock back the Utsuri.
Infinite was instantly shocked at the speed and power of the Guinevere , even though it wasn't even using a weapon. Nunnally flew at the Utsuri and punched it so that it turned around, then ripped off it's energy wings using nothing but the hands of her Knightmare, then made a drop kick on it, and with such force that when it hit the ground, it completely stopped functioning. Infinite and the others all knew instantly that they were completely outmatched, it hadn't even needed to use its weapons to do that, there was no telling what it could do to them.
"Retreat!" Infinite screamed, and the four Anti-KnightCrawlers turned and flew away. Finally, they were pulling into the lead in this war.
The five of them flew back to the Knightmare hanger, and Lloyd congratulated his and Rakshata's new creation for doing so much better than they hoped. while Zero, Cornelia, Xingke, and Kallen climbed out of their Knightmares, Nunnally need a machine to lift her and her wheelchair out of the Knightmare and set her on the ground.
Everyone praised Nunnally for how well she had handle the Knightmare for someone who had never been in one before.
"I must say, I can't believe you didn't have to use any of it's weapons to take down the KnightCrawler." Zero commented, looking up at the Guinevere.
"Actually, it doesn't have any weapons." Rakshata told him, which completely surprised everyone.
"We almost completely disregarded weaponry to make the Guinevere the fastest Knightmare model ever." Rakshata explained.
"By upgrading the Energy wings and giving it almost nothing to weigh it down, it can fly faster than maybe some people can fallow. The only weapon it has at all is a single wrist blade. Marvelous, no?"
"Incredible," Cornelia said, and everyone else was thinking along the same lines.
This was truly the greatest Knightmare ever created.