Roxas wakes up to see a green-haired girl eating pizza.
"Finally awake, huh?" She says.
"Who-?" Roxas starts.
"You must be the remaining experiment." Lelouch says, walking into the room in his Zero costume.
"You all rescued me, eh?" Roxas asks. "Oh, crap! Axel! Where's Axel?!"
"We were forced to leave him behind." C.C says.
"No!" Roxas shouts. "Why?! Why not me?!"
"There was no time to be picky." Zero says. "Besides, you've piqued our interest."
"Piqued you're interest?" Roxas asks. "You left my friend to die just because I'm different?"
"He is safe." Zero says. "There are people there who are taking care of him."
"Anyway..........." C.C says. "Have you heard of the term 'Geass?'"
"What's a 'Geass?' Roxas asks.
"It's something like a superpower." Zero explains. "You do not know of it yet, but Geass flows through you're veins."
"You people are crazy!" Roxas says. "No way an average joe like me has this stupid power."
"Actually, one of you're ancestors had it and it passed on to you." C.C says.
"Hmmm............" Roxas says.
"We would like you to use you're abilities to serve our cause." Zero says.
"Forget you people." Roxas says. "I have a friend to save."
"That power alone will not gain you you're friend back." Zero says. "You cannot take on Britannia by yourself. That would be very foolish. Join us, the Black Knights. Through our power, we will destroy Britannia and gain independence for the rest of the world."
"Screw the rest of the world!" Roxas says. "These pathetic countries can destroy each other for all I care! All I want is Axel!"
"Of course, we shall save you're friend as well." Zero says.
"You promise?" Roxas asks.
"Of course." Zero says.
Roxas holds his hand out.
"If you really mean it, then shake my hand." Roxas says.
Zero reaches out only for Roxas to pull his arm back.
"Don't shake......unless you mean it!"Roxas says, extending his arm again.
Zero shakes Roxas's hand and turns to C.C.
She knows what to do................
We switch to Axel, who has woken up in the Medical wing of the Britannian palace.
"Where...........?" Axel stutters.
"Oh? Your'e finally awake, my little experiment!" A man's voice says.
Axel sees a man with blue hair, glasses, and a goofy smile on his face.
"My name is Lloyd." The man says. "I cannot believe that you passed the Tests!"
"Where's my friend, Roxas?!" Axel yells.
"Oh, you mean the cute blonde?" Lloyd says. "He was captured by the Black Knights. They are the ones who destroyed my beautiful lab!"
A girl with a schoolgirl's outfit and a boy with a white robe enter.
"Ah!" Lloyd turns to them to talk. "Cecile! Suzaku! This is him! This is the Chosen One!"
"Hi there!" Cecile, the girl says, waving an arm. "Welcome to the Britannian family. This is Suzaku, the Knight of Seven."
"Hello." Suzaku says, looking Axel up and down.
"Holy crap!" Axel says. "I've been kidnapped!"
"No, no." Lloyd says. "We took you in. You would have died under a pile of rubble unless Suzaku hadn't fished you out. Besides, we gave you new powers, so you need to be thankful!"
"Lloyd." Suzaku says.
"Yes?" Lloyd replies.
"He is merely in shock." Suzaku says. "He will grow accustomed to us. Why don't me and Ceclie show him around in the meantime?"
"Fine, fine." Lloyd says. "Oh, by the way, My most hot hothead. If you try anything funny, this thing will beep and 'KA-BOOM!' You will shatter into a million pieces............so be a good boy now."
"Come with us, Axel." Cecile says. "Ignore Professor Lloyd. He's usually in his own little world."
"Try snapping him out of it with you're cooking, Cecile." Suzaku says, chuckling.
"Hey, be quiet!" Cecile says. "You said that you liked my Miso Soup!"
Axel looks at Lloyd with a "What's goin' on?" look while the other two continue to bicker.
Lloyd just shrugs his shoulders in response.
"Let us go, Axel-kun." Suzaku says. "In the meantime, Lloyd. Please finish the preparations for Axel's Knightmare Frame."
"Oh, goody!" Lloyd says. "Finally I can use those blueprints."
The trio leaves Lloyd to the weird concoctions that are his mind.
"So, what's going on now?" Axel asks Suzaku.
"You will be assigned you're room and Knights uniform." Suzaku says.
"Knights?" Axel asks. "You don't mean as in Knight of Rounds, do you?!"
"I do." Suzaku says. "Our Knights of the Rounds were originally twelve members strong, but have been reduced to eight since then. You will be the Knight of Eleven."
"But why?" Axel asks. "Not only do I not know how to pilot a Knightmare, but I have no skills."
"That Geass of yours will be a great asset to yourself as well as to Britannia." Cecile says.
"According to our intelligence.............."
We switch to Roxas, who has just joined the Black Knights.
"Ah, a new recruit." Someone says.
Roxas turns around to see General Toudou.
"You must be the person that I'm hearing so much about." Toudou says. "Zero says that a new person with specific qualifications has joined our ranks and has become one of his main subordinates."
"Well, I have no clue what qualifications these are, but I'm just worried about my friend Axel." Roxas says. "He was captured by Britannia."
"Well, since the Knights are Britannia's enemies, we will eventually storm their fortress." Toudou says. "We shall save your friend then."
"Thanks." Roxas says. "I guess......."
A man walks up next to Toudou.
"My name is Ohgi Kaname." Ohgi says. "I am the Deputy Officer."
A woman walks next to Ohgi while sneaking glances at Toudou.
"I am Chiba Nagisa." Chiba says. "One of the Four Holy Swords who serve General Toudou."
"Nice to meet you all." Roxas says. "My name's Roxas."
An Intercom blares announcements.
"ALL BLACK KNIGHTS REPORT TO THE MAIN PODIUM."
"That's our cue." Toudou says. Come, Roxas. Let us go.'
"R-Right." Roxas says.
The Black Knights all gather at the podium to hear Zero speak.
"My Black Knights." Zero says. "At last the time has come to crush Britannia!"
The Knights cheer Zero on while Roxas listens out of curiosity.
"Britannia has been cornered and has summoned a flying fortress known as Damocles." Zero says. "It is Britannia's final mode of defense. If we capture that fortress, then we can destroy Prince Schneizel and end his reign of evil!"
"But i've heard rumors that Damocles is inpenetrable and inflated with FLEIA Warheads!" One Knight speaks. "How can we get in?!"
"Not to mention the Knights of the Round." Another chimes in.
"I have prepared every contingency plan avaliable." Zero says. "You all will have to trust me and my abilities. We will gather in 1400 hours. Prepare during that timeframe. Thaty is all. Also, the Knight known as Roxas must accompany me to my personal chambers along with Kallen Souzuki and my other subordinate who knows who he is."
Roxas obeys and enters the chambers to see C.C and Kallen sitting opposite from Lelouch.
"You really have them riveted, huh?" Roxas says to Lelouch, who is still Zero to him.
"The Knights, while able to protect themselves are not completely dumb." Zero says. "If we do recklessly charge the Damocles, then we will be destroyed."
Rolo Lamperouge, who is Zero's other subordinate, enters the room.
"Rolo!" Kallen says, motioning to Roxas. "This is the new guy."
"Should I kill him?" Rolo says, preparing to use his Geass.
"No, Rolo." Lelouch says. "He is an ally and is more useful than you think."
"Who are you people?" Roxas says. "What's goin on?!"
"Britannia has the world in shackles, and has driven this planet into terror." Zero says. "We must liberate it from Britannia, who to me, emboies the evil in man's heart."
"So, you just formed this team to prove the point of a metaphor?" Roxas asks.
Rolo gives Roxas an icy look. Roxas must've said something that he shouldn't have.
"Now you do not understand the true meaning of this war, but in timeyou will realize my ideals." Zero says. "But I have called you here for a different reason."
C.C. looks at Roxas.
"You're Knightmare Frame's ready." She says. "Zero himself aided in the building."
"I sense that you have a special talent, aside from Geass, that has yet to be unlocked." Zero says., "Therefore, I have come up with a Frame that symbolizes that."
He shows Roxas a picture of the completed Frame. It looks similar to Toudou's Zangetsu model, but without the hairpiece, and a Keyblade for teh weapon.
"Cool!" Roxas says.
"Yes." C.C says. "It is equipped with Slash Harkens as well as a Float Unit. It's main focus is defense, but it can dish out some pain, though."
"Kallen will teach you how to pilot it." C.C. says.
"Yeah, yeah." Kallen says. "C'mon, Rookie."
Roxas follows her and Rolo out the door.
"He's getting pretty close to the truth, you know." C.C says.
"I know." Lelouch says. "But I have plans for him............."
"This is your Knightmare Frame, Axel."
Axel looks in awe as he views his Knightmare. It has a build similar to the Lancelot, but is edited for Axel's purposes.
"This Custom Frame is the first of it's kind." Lloyd says. "It has Float Units, Slash Harkens, and it's most powerful feature, heat resistance. It can withstand temperatures of up to 500 Degrees. It can also shoot fire from up to 3 miles away."
"What are those things on the hands?" Axel asks.
"Oh, those?" Lloyd replies. "I forgot to mention, I gave the Frame a unique style. Those are ring weapons, which people in the Middle East and Western China used to use. Until we blew them off the map, that is."
"Right." Axel says. "I can't believe that I could even be a Knight of Rounds."
"It's not you." Lloyd says. "It's the abilities that we gave you. You're just an avatar. Now gear up and meet Kururugi in the Docking Bay. You're entering you're first mssion."
Over the course of 3 months, Roxas and Axel ascended the ranks of the two organizations.
Roxas became known as the Black Bishop due to his strategic approach to battle.
Axel, who had become the New Knight of Eleven, was nicknamed, the Azure Flame. Due to his hotheadedness in battle.
Roxas and Axel were best friends in their minds, but were enemies in the field.
They haven't seen or heard from each other in 3 months.
And the tides of war are growing stronger.........................