"Kallen, what's wrong?" That's seven times. "Talk to me!" Eight. Shut up already. "What's up between you and that guy back there?" Rivalz was trying her patience.
She whipped around and replied in her fake illness voice. "Nothing! I just need fresh air. Feeling a bit woozy." However, Rivalz scowled and ran ahead of her, halting her.
"Now, I'd roll with that any other time, but no." She glared at him, but he didn't falter. "I used to accept any excuse from Lelouch when he started to disappear at a moment's notice, and look what happened? I'm not out of the loop anymore. Tell me what's going on." They looked at each other, neither backing down until Kallen's glare started to fade. Just as she was about to speak. . .
"Heya." They both looked over, surprised to see the red haired Axel leaning on the far wall. "Lover's spat?"
Kallen looks away scowling. "None of your business."
Rivalz arches his brow as he looks to Axel. "It's a private conversation, but hey, you're new right? What's your story?" He was back in his normal Rivalz mode with a smile.
Axel chuckled. "Well, not much to it. I used to live in Britannia, and I transferred here because of the atmosphere."
Kallen turned to him, slightly less hostile. "You said to the class that you heard you could find what you're searching for here. What is that?"
Axel smiles wide. "A sudden interest from a fellow cute redhead? I must be lucky." His tone held a sarcastic undertone, which only pissed her off more. She bolted down the hall away from him, leaving Rivalz confused.
"She always so pissy to strangers?" He asked Rivalz.
"I don't know." Rivalz answered hesitantly.
"You mentioned a. . . Lelouch? Was it? Surely you can't mean the demon emperor." Axel asked like he was half interested.
Rivalz jolted from the question, feeling uncomfortable with the guy, but replied happily as always. "Yep, we went to school here together." Axel nodded as if in thought.
"I see. What was he like?" Rivalz didn't like where this was going, but didn't know what this was about.
"Why the interest?" He asked carefully. Axel's smile faded as he took an emotionless face.
"I'm interested in what his connection was with her."
. . .
"A Geass user?" The voice over the phone spoke. "You're sure?"
"Yeah. He's setting off all my alarms. I don't know anything about him, but he said his name was Axel Nolan." Kallen spoke over the phone. She waited a minute while looking around the alley for any eavesdroppers. "Anything on him, Lulu?"
At Lelouch's current hideout, a hidden room under some old warehouses he built as a backup base during his rebellion, he sat at a computer. "His name appears all over the place. He's been in every Britannian controlled area, originating in Ireland. Guess that explains the hair. It's weird that he's been through North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe alike, but otherwise nothing associating him with any group, but be careful with him."
"Okay, but he won't leave me the hell alone! He's in every single class I have. . . He might be working for someone."
"Well, there's an insta fix for this situation." Lelouch smiles. "See if you can get any info out of him, but if all else fails, lead him here tonight and I'll force the information out of him with my Geass."
Kallen replies worried. "You sure? What if he's with the Dawn? If that Valden creep has Geass, this guy might have something to help him as well."
"Suzaku will be here as well. If the guy turns out to be a problem I can't handle, Suzaku can take him out."
Kallen nods to herself. "Okay. I'll-"
"So, this is where you went." She turned around to see Axel standing at the end of the alleyway. "Keeping secrets?"
"Are you?" She asked angrily. He chuckles.
"Of course?" He said as if it was obvious but not sure if it was the answer she wanted. "Who doesn't keep secrets? Although. . ." He starts to step forward towards her. "I'll tell mine if you tell yours."
"Who are you?" He stops and smiles. "Are you working for the Dawn?" His smile widened. "What are you after?"
He chuckled. "Answer me this. . . What is your relationship with Lelouch Lamperouge?"
Kallen scowled. She was about to say he's been dead until Lelouch's voice cut in from the phone she had yet to hang up. "Kallen, bring him here as soon as you can."
She nods to herself. She hangs up the phone as Axel asks another question. "Are you to take me to him?" That question stopped her cold. "Is he the 'unknown Geass user' Valden told us of?" Axel smiled. Kallen started to sweat. He WAS with the Dawn.
She simply said. "Come on." As hateful as possible.
. . .
"This place is dirtier than a pornstar's closet." Axel scowled as they walked through metallic hallways further underground. "Seriously, this place is so far, I'll have plenty of problems getting out." He grumbled.
Kallen ignored him as she came to the final door. This place was a good distance from Lelouch and Euphemia's current hideout, but was in the same general location. "We're here."
They walked into the large dark room with little light. No one else was present. Kallen lead Axel to the middle of the room under a well lit light. He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers, hearing an echo that seemed to disappear into the darkness quickly. He then whistled, impressed. "This place is friggin' huge."
"That is no concern for you." A familiar voice rang. Axel and Kallen looked around for the voice until Zero stepped into the light. Kallen could tell it was Suzaku. "State your business here in Japan."
Axel smiles, a little too smug for the situation. "Ooooo, an audience with the famous Zero. Well, A Zero that is." he chuckled lightly. "Give me one reason to answer you."
Zero nodded, before turning to his side to reveal the violet Geass symbol in the darkness. The command hits dead on, leaving Axel to stand there, waiting. Lelouch calls out as he steps from the darkness. "Tell us who you are, you're objective, and kill yourself upon my command." stacking his orders to exploit his one time use per person.
Axel nods emotionless. "I am Axel Nolan, 3rd commanding general of the Dawn. Ordinarily, I would be giving commands to my troops via communications, though General Valden has graciously taken that over as planned. My objective is the same as it always it for the Dawn. Move to a location believed to hold a Geass user, detain them, bring them in or kill them should they be too much a threat."
Lelouch took this all in. "As I thought. Go ahead and kill yourself."
Axel nodded. "Yes, my l- HAHAHAHA!" His outburst of laughter caught them by surprise. "Sorry, I couldn't keep the charade up anymore." He speaks wiping a fake tear from his eye. "I told you that based on my own will, not yours. At what point did you think that same trick would work?" Axel looked up at Lelouch, his left blue eye containing the Geass symbol. . . upside down.
Lelouch barely spoke. "Geass Canceler!" Lelouch pulled a gun out, pointing at Axel as Kallen pulls her hidden switchblade out. Suzaku, as Zero, pulls out a sword hidden under his cape, the same used to kill Lelouch in Zero Requiem. Axel claps as they surround him with a smile.
"Thank you for serving yourself up to me, usually Geass users tend to give me a better chase!" He then takes a contact out of his right eye, revealing an orange Geass eye. "But, I guess it would have been pointless anyway."
Kallen attacks from behind as Axel's Geass activates. He catches her switchblade arm by the wrist, barely looking as he pulls her over him while Suzaku attempts to impale him. He uses her body to force him to avert the sword as he sweeps his foot to Suzaku's ankle, pulling Zero's footing out. He pushes forward and punches Suzaku back as Kallen rolls to her feet. His Geass deactivates when he takes his eyes off Suzaku and reactivates when looking at Kallen.
He once more parries her aside, hitting her footing out and tossing her hard into the metal floor, kicking the switchblade away. Suzaku swings his sword at Axel, but the enemy general ducks the swing, falling back as he kicking Suzaku's right hand, knocking the sword out of the grip. Once more, the Geass deactivates, then reactivates upon changing what he looks at. Suzaku catches the sword just above him with his left hand, spinning back around to slash again, but Axel moves too fast as he elbows him away.
Axel then hears soft clicks, his Geass activating once more as he wheels around to hold his right arm in front of his face as two gunshots are heard. Lelouch stands holding the gun towards Axel as the redhead lowers his arm, unharmed. "How?!" Lelouch asked. Axel holds his arm up, pulling the sleeve down to show the bullets stuck in his skin. His Geass switches off and on again as he uses the right arm to guard to his right, blocking Suzaku's sword strike and breaking the sword.
He brings his arm down, gripping Suzaku and pulling him into a jawline punch, knocking off his Zero helmet. Suzaku hits the ground hard, almost unconscious. Axel then shows surprise as Lelouch jumps onto his back into a choke hold with his left arm while trying to use his right to point the gun at Axel's temple. The Geass activates once more just as Lelouch lines up a point blank shot before Axel whips the man up and slams him into the charging Kallen.
Suzaku gets up and charges again. The action is obscured in darkness as nothing is heard in the warehouse but strikes and grunts of pain. Lelouch hits the ground, his vision blurring as he sees Kallen hit the ground. Axel steps over Kallen, looking at Suzaku who is still recuperating. Lelouch, before blacking out, throws his gun at Kallen just as Axel's orange Geass appears. She catches the weapon and unloads the clip into Axel's defending up. Upon the clip being empty, Axel moves his arm to show his smile. Just before he strikes, Suzaku kicks his leg out from behind, grabbing it and throwing Axel away.
The redheaded man rolls to his feet, seeing Suzaku's eyes and finding a dull ring like glow in his eye associated with Geass. Before he can do anything about it, the two charge, Suzaku hearing one word in his mind. 'Live.' Suzaku ducks a hit, knocking Axel's leg out, to the redhead's surprise, and kneeing him in the jaw. Axel falls and rolls to his feet. He smiles as a trail of blood leaves the corner of his mouth. Suzaku takes a fighting stance.
Axel chuckles. "Well, well, well. A Geass command. Wonder who that's from?" He looks to the unconscious Lelouch. "Oh well, enough of that." He looks up as his blue eye lights up. A wave seems to emanate through the warehouse and, upon hitting Suzaku, the glow around his eyes from the Live command disappears.
"Wha-" Suzaku was shaken a moment being Axel rams his right fist into Suzaku's face, launching his across the ground, out cold. Axel smiles, then turns serious as his orange Geass eye activates once more. He hops to his left, dodging a spear tackle from behind with Kallen. He then brings his right elbow right onto her back, crashing her body into the metal floor, knocking her out as well.
He looks around to make sure they're out before pulling his shirt sleeve all the way up, showing all the bullet marks and the long cut from Suzaku's sword. He whips the arm around, bone popping sounds being heard as he clenched his fist with a smile. "I love cybernetics." He didn't know he was speaking out loud, but oh well. He walks to Lelouch, gripping the man and hauling him over his shoulder. "Now, you got a meeting with us." He smiled as he turned to the exit, his Geass activate the whole time now. Just as he got the the still opened door, he stopped. "Get out of the way."
In front of him, Rivalz stood in shock and horror of what he just say.
Axel sighed. "I only do as I'm told. Please move." Rivalz shakes as he more or less collapses into the wall beside him in shock as Axel walks out the exit. "Now, to get the hell out of here."