Geass no naku koro ni Dokugoku-hen
(When the geass cries out Poisoned words-chapter)
Atb 2015 18 June
The tinkling sound of the chains were heard in the distant. The wind blew as the figure stood in darkness, watching bodies being hooked from the ceiling.
Blood flowed down the victim's hooked abdomen and dripped onto the floor, a drip at a time. The dripping of the blood echoed throughout the entire room, dispersing the silence as the blood droplets continue to pelt onto the floor.
The female body laid on the floor was depesrately gasping for her last few gasps of air, using whatever strength she had left, she slowly raised her hand upwards, reaching out for the corpse behind hung directly over her. "Ri...va..lz" she whispered and darkness soon enveloped her.
"Charles..." whispered C.C as she kneeled on the floor.
"You will do what i have said, or I will never grant your wish" boomed the towering figure above her.
"C.C! C.C! C.C!" hollered someone from somewhere distant. The world shook vigorously.
Rivalz was constantly shaking C.C to awake her. C.C opened her eyes and saw Rivalz directly in front of her face. Her eyes widen and she screamed.
C.C blushed as she pulled her blanket over her body for she was only wearing her undergarments.
"What exactly are you doing in my room?" enquired C.C once she had calmed down.
Without any hesitation, Rivalz grabbed onto C.C hands and pulled her along out of the room. Rivalz anwsered hastily,"you will understand once we get out of here." Rivalz and a C.C wearing her undergarments went jolting their way down the stairs.
The smoke in the dormitory thickened as the fire grew stronger. Half the building was enveloped in flames.
Rivalz and C.C managed to make it out of the dormitory through the main door. A large crowd of students gathered as they witnessed the dormitory burn.
"There was a fire?" questioned a confused C.C.
Rivalz gave a sigh and replied, "I was trying to wake you up but... you was still sleeping, i had no choice but to break down the lock with the fire extinguisher."
Rivalz continued,"besides... C.C, why were you calling out Nunally's name in your sleep?"
"I did? Oh... I was just missing her after she got kidnapped 2 years ago. I've been having nightmares about that incident." turning her head away from Rivalz as she replied.
Rivalz forced a smile and added in,"She will come back... Lelouch will be waiting for her to come back."
The morning sun crept its way up the skies as the fire was finally put out. The annual Ashford Festival was cancelled due to the sudden fire incident. Students who were living in that dormitory were reallocated to other dormitories. C.C was sent to Milly's room while Rivalz went to live with Lelouch.
"C.C are you alright?" enquired Lelouch while entering the councilor room.
Biting on a slice of pizza, C.C folded her legs on the sofa and gave Lelouch a smile.
Rivalz started to complain why Lelouch did not ask him about his safety.
Just before Rivalz could finish complaining, Milly's voice echoed from the public announcement system.
"This is Milly Ashford speaking. I am really apologetic for today's accident in the Eastern Dormitory. The academy is currently looking into the matter. On a lighter note, the academy has decided to host an election to elect the council chairman. The members of the council will be running their own campaigns to gain your votes. Each student is entitled a vote and can decide which council member they want to vote for. I will be initiating my campaign with a speech and dinner today at 6pm at the outdoor alfresco dinning area, all students are invited. Thank you."
Silence fell onto the council room.
"What the?" exclaimed an astonished Rivalz.
Lelouch, Shirley and Rivalz were all stunned by the announcement, they did not anticipate an election this soon. Especially not after an accident.
Lelouch gave a sigh and explained, "Milly is taking advantage of the current chaotic situation, if she manages to pull off a speech that can calm down the student population and guide them correctly, she would surely win their support. She is all out to become the chairman..."
C.C walked towards the door, thinking to herself," Nothing has changed... nothing..."
"Ah.. C.C? Are you alright? You seem pretty down today." Rivalz questioned.
Lelouch smirked an gave a reply, "Rivalz, have you not noticed that C.C is always like that. Its in her genes."
"Baki-mono," C.C rebutted, "Rivalz, mind if i have a word with you?"
Rivalz and C.C strolled down the academy's garden. "Yes? C.C?" enquired Rivalz. C.C turned to look at Rivalz and spoke, "I need your help."
The setting sun sunk into the horizon as the garden lamps simultaneously lit up. Crowds of students in their formal wear sat at the outdoor dining tables. Milly was seated with her father cum principal, Mr Ashford, and they were feasting on a widespread meal catered by the academy. With the backing of her father, Milly is assured the position of council chairman.
Lelouch, Shirley, Rivalz and C.C were all in the council room, killing time by watching television.
"All of you did not go for Milly's dinner?" Lelouch asked.
"Hah... i don't wish to support her," Rivalz hastily anwsered.
"There was no pizza..." C.C added.
Shirley stood up and told them that she wanted to see Milly make her speech, Rivalz and Lelouch both agreed and they left for the dinner, leaving C.C behind.
C.C sighed and said," there is nothing that i can help with..."
When Lelouch and company arrived at the dinner, Milly in a nightgown had just started to make her speech.
"Welcome guests, studetns, teachers and principal. I am Milly Ashford, spokeswoman of the Council. I am here today, to make my speech and to mark the beginning of the campaign movement for the elections that will decide -- "
Before Milly could finish her sentence, a few audience started to cough non-stop. Soon, a handful started to cough too. Even Mr Ashford joined in the coughing fits. It was not long before the entire audience were coughing, even Milly was clutching her own throat and coughing.
"Itchy... Itchy..." whispered Milly as she coughed. She then started to scratch her skin.
Lelouch, Rivalz and Shirley were bewildered by the situation. They started to back away from the scene as the coughing became worst and people started to cry as they scratch their skin became very itchy.
The audience were tearing away at their skin, blood soaked their fingers and fingernails as they dug deeper into their flesh. They were wildly scratching, or rather, slashing at every exposed part of their body with their nails. Many coughed out blood as blood streamed down their eyes, nose and mouth as they continued to peel off their skin. Screams filled the air as many bloodied bodies roamed the grounds. Milly was rolling about the stage scratching away her skin, blood trickled down every scratch as she sunk her sharp fingernails into her flesh and tear. The scene was horrifying as bloodcurdling screams were heard, many other students were attracted but were unwilling to help as they saw the blood stained mummies tear themselves apart with faces that were torn beyond recognition. Soon, the victims started to dig into their own throat and tore apart their windpipe from their neck. Blood spurted everywhere as they did so. Milly grabbed her neck and roared in pain as she pulled her windpipe out. Struggling with her windpipe in her neck, Milly twisted her body in sheer pain. The students around the situation were terrified, Lelouch, Rivalz and Milly were on the floor trembling as they refused to look. Milly finally managed to rip her neck and her twisted body clumped on the stage, her face could not be recognised and was twisted in agony,flakes of skin were hanging from her corpse. The entire stage and grounds were stained crimson red as approximately a hundred bodies laid torn and dead.
A large scale police investigation took place and the bodies were cleared. Hundreds of witnesses were sent to the hospital for medical examination, including Lelouch,Shirley and Rivalz. The incident was titled "mass poisoning of Ashford" as the food was contaminated with a deadly poison that would render the victims to think that their entire body was suffering from a severe itch and they would scratch to get rid of the itch, but this would cause their skin to peel off and invoking extreme pain and ultimately death. The containmination contained more than one type of poison. Another toxin found was so deadly that it causes the rupturing of blood vessels thus causing blood to flow out of the nose, eyes, ears and mouth. This was obviously a case of mass murder for these toxins were not usually common. Whoever wanted to killed them was all out to do so. They also realised that large amounts of chemicals in the academy's lab went missing and it was higly possible that the chemicals were stolen for this purpose however, the lab assistants argued that they did not find anyone suspicious.
The academy was closed until further notice while the police investigate the scene of murder. The students were all forced to go back home as the school was warded off to prevent anyone from disrupting the police's investigation.
The nest day,the councillors assembled at Rivalz's house to discuss what they would do next.
"Milly...died a horrible death..." mumbled Rivalz.
An awkward silence filled the house as Lelouch, Shirley and C.C refused to comment on it.
The television was on and the noise produced from the speakers strangely settled in very well with the awkward ambience.
Suddenly, a news broadcast was made.
"A group of Ashford students were protesting outside the Ashford academy school gates. However, the purpose of the protest was not to reopen the school, but rather to demand that the school committee placed Lelouch Lamperouge, a student councillor from Ashford, as chairman of the council. Lets take a look at the scene."
"We want Lelouch! We want Lelouch! Lelouch for chairman!" demanded the protestors as they carried banners and signages and marched outside the academy's gate. The television then flashed back to the news broadcast.
"The sudden protest has surprised the academy's committee. They were not expecting anything like this. The "mass poisoning of Ashford" has already created more than enough for the academy to manage, and yet the students are --"
Before the broadcast could finish, Lelouch's voice boomed through the house, "WHAT!? Why are they doing this?"
"My...my...this is something fresh," whispered C.C.
"Lelouch... what is going on?" questioned a confused Shirley.
Lelouch shook his head wildly and replied,"I have no idea, how could they start such a movement when the academy is still troubled by the mass poisoning?"
Shirley added in that Lelouch had many fanclubs in the academy because of his genius-level intellect and his charm,but why would they suddenly declare that Lelouch should be the chairman of the Council.
Although it does seem that the fans were trying to take advantage of Milly's absence to make Lelouch chairman, however, the true reason behind this was unknown.
Rivalz on the other hand, has disappeared from the scene. He was in his room, shaking uncontrollably, whispering to himself,"Lelouch...Lelouch... why did you do such a thing...why?...Let me win...please... let me win...You have always taken away the limelight from me...always...please...let me win once."
Evening soon came, Lelouch decided to remain for the night in Rivalz's house as the paparazzi would be waiting for him at his house. Wanting to avoid media coverage, Lelouch decided that it was best for him to remain in Rivalz's house.
C.C went to stay with Shirley as she did not have her own house. She was living in the dormitory all this while.
On the way back to Shirley's house, C.C decided that she needed to go somewhere.
"Sorry Shirley, you have to go back alone, I need to meet someone else." C.C told Shirley.
Darkness fell onto the Earth as C.C went off.
"Be careful!" cautioned Shirley as she watched C.C wandered off into the darkness.
After 5 minutes of C.C's absence, Shirley was about to reach her house. It was situated near the mountains and the road back was pitch dark. It has been 3 months since Shirley returned home, she was living in the dormitory because her house was too far from the academy. Shirley lost her mother when she was young and had always lived with her dad until he moved out of Tokyo because of work. She has to live alone now.
A trash can was knocked over and the crashing sound echoed through the night. Shirley was freaked out and started to panic. Paranoia caught up as she started to quicken her pace. Shirley started to run. She sped off for home, running in sheer darkness, her imagination ran wild as shadows passed her. An exhausted Shirley froze in her steps as she reached her house gate, attempting to catch her breath, a dark figure appeared from the corner of her house.
"R..iv..alz?" stammered Shirley as the figure of Rivalz appeared.
"Shirley..." Rivalz spoke,"Shirley...im sorry for scaring you like this."
"Rivalz? What are your doing here this late?"
Rivalz swayed his way over to Shirley.
"What? What is it, Rivalz?" Shirley repeated.
Without saying a word, Rivalz grabbed hold of Shirley. Under the moonless night, Rivalz kissed Shirley romantically. Shirley was astonished. Rivalz's tongue went in to explore every spot of Shirley's mouth. Overcame by sexual pleasure, Shirley gave in to Rivalz and reciprocated the favour. Both parties were kissing passionately, Shirley griped a tight hold of Rivalz's outer coat and pushed him closer to her.
"Rivalz..." Shirley murmered.
After a peck on her watery lips, Rivalz withdrew and declared,"Shirley, I really love you..."
The scene turned crimson red as Rivalz eyes lit up. Shirley worshipped his eyes as she continued to foolishly stare into his eyes. Rivalz muttered a few sentences and uttered "Geass".
The red light vanished.
"Rivalz, did you read the papers?" Lelouch questioned as an exhausted Rivalz entered the living room.
"Yawn...good morning" was the only reply he received.
Lelouch rolled his eyes and continued, "Three Ashford students went missing... coincidently, all three also took part in the protest."
The sound of spilling milk was soon heard. Lelouch turned his head and saw Rivalz pouring milk onto the table beside the mug.
"Rivalz!"
"Eh? AHHHH!" Rivalz shouted upon realising what he has done.
"No point crying over spilled milk..." Lelouch sighed.
A day of boredom passed and night came.
It was 11 pm. Shirley locked her house door and took out a note : "Genkichi Kuyuo, Leader of Lelouch's major fan club. The person who instigated the protest. He is waiting. p.s I love you!"
The curtains veiled C.C as she spied on Shirley. "Lies..." she muttered.
Silently and stealthily, Shirley crept towards the harbour's warehouse. Hidden by darkness, Shirley stood in front of Genkichi at the warehouse.
"Genkichi..." whispered Shirley.
Genkichi lifted up his head, the red lining around his pupil disappeared.
"Eh? Shirley? What are you doing here? What am i doing here tied up?" a puzzled Genkichi questioned as he frantically looked around.
"What are those?" Genkichi added, "Kumai, Innue, Shin! What? What... what... are.. they doing... why... are they being hooked onto the ceiling... what is... going... on?"
Shirley smirked as she saw Genkichi struggled with fear.
Three students were suspended in the air with mechanical hooks in their stomach which were hung freely by chains. The warehouse was abandoned and the three bodies were not discovered.
The bodies flowed in the wind creating a creaking sound as the chains moved. Their faces were twisted in agony and their insides were sprawling out of their stomach wounds. Blood dripped down their corpse, adding to the eerieness of the deserted warehouse.
Genkichi squirmed in fear as Shirley took a hook.
"Gomen...My boyfriend doesn't likes you." Shirley sniggered as she finished the sentence.
She gagged his mouth with a soiled handkerchief she found on the floor and raised the hook. Swiftly and silently, she brought the hook down onto his shoulder. Genkichi moaned in pain and shock, his face portrayed the very feeling of pain itself. With all her might, she severed his arm with the hook, causing blood to trickle out from his shoulder. She raised the hook once more and crushed his knee with it. Genkichi had no energy left but to submit to her cruel torture. The hook sunk deep into his knee bone and Shirley pulled the chain attached to the hook. His leg followed the hook but his body was bound to a strong wooden post. Shirley attached the chain onto a manual-operated wheel that was used to roll up the chains. She turned the wheel and the chain withdrew followed by the hook. His leg was being pulled apart from his body. It would be severed from his thigh if not for a few remaining blood vessels that link the leg to the body. Genkichi was sweating profusely as he struggled to keep himself alive.
Shirley smirked and took another mechanical hook and pierced open his stomach. Genkichi screamed in agony as Shirley fished out his intestines from his body. Blood spurted onto his whole body as Shirley toyed with his insides. He could feel hes stomach being touched and carressed by her cold and unfeeling hands. Unable to take it anymore, he departed.
Panting from the strenuous sins she had just committed. Rivalz arrived with Lelouch. Lelouch's pupils were similar to Genkichi. They were ringed with a crimson glow. He had his hands tied and was soon bound on the floor.
Seeing Lelouch in such a state, Shirley hesistated in picking up a hook.
"Kill him! He is too strong as a competitor... too powerful... i won;t be able to win with him in my way... kill him!" Rivalz ordered Shirley.
Shirley tried to resist... she tried, but in the end, she picked up the hook and raised it in the air.
The red lining of Lelouch's pupils disappeared.
"Shirley!" he exclaimed in shock.
"Lelouch..." Rivalz interrupted, "haha...you were as strong as Milly, your influence on the students is large, far larger than mine... i would have failed... if i did not have power... power is great Lelouch, it is far greater than influence, power... is the strength of gods, and it is something that has been bestowed upon me. As one with power, i do believe that i should win this election, haha... Lelouch...even you or your fans cannot stop me... god has granted me a path of victory...and it is the path that i would follow, all obstructions must be removed."
A tear streamed down Shirley's cheeks as she crushed Lelouch's ribs in, puncturing his heart and granting him a quick death.
"HAHA... this is it... i have won...i finally won... Shirley... thank you..." Rivalz laughed hysterically as his eye glowed red.
Shirley stood on the floor and weeped.
"Shirley... why? Why are you crying when i have won? " Rivalz questioned and ran up to Shirley.
Shirley cried as she looked at the bodies she had just killed.
Rivalz suddenly felt sadness, pity, compassion and kindness filled his heart. He broke down under these immense pressure. Before he could cry, an uncontrollable feeling griped his heart. He grabbed a glass shard on the ground and spasmically stab at Shirley.
Shirley did not made a single sound as she was pierced over and over again in the abdomen.
A blood stained Rivalz stood up and started to laugh.
Shirley gasped and raised her hand towards one of the corpse she had just hanged. "Ri..va..lz" she whispered. The red lining of her pupil dissolved in the tears in her eyes. A crimson tear flowed down her eyes, as the tear dropped, her hand began to descend. Till the tear left her face, she was dead.
The Rivalz she once knew, was already dead.
C.C stood outside the warehouse and spoke to herself,"Power brings out the ugly nature in man, isn't it?" Just as she said it, the scene glowed in red and dissolved.
Points to clarify
All my chapters for this season will begin on a.t.b 2015 June 18
including the first chapter