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Five years ago, in the Imperial Capitol of Pendragon, "Heh, heh, so you've finally come, Schneizel," a battered and bruised Charles Di Britannia said, sitting atop his throne in a ruined hallway, "It took you long enough."
"The throne is mine, your mad ambitions will end here," an equally battered and bruised tall blonde haired man said, tired blue eyes looking out from a blood stained face, "I'll bring an everlasting peace to this world."
"So what did that brat tell you Schneizel?" Charles demanded, slowly rising from his throne, "That I kept her against her will? That I was planning on destroying the world?"
"The breaking down of the restrictions on human consciousness, to force all to become one," Schneizel responded, Charles glaring at the younger man, "So it is the truth. I cannot accept that future."
"So you've done everything to defeat me. How many of your siblings have died because of this plan of yours?" Charles demanded, "How many of my children have you killed?"
"None, I have merely taken this chance, someone else has orchestrated everything," Schneizel said raising a gun and aiming it at Charles, "I will come out on top of it however."
Charles started laughing, "I see…so that's the plan is it…Kabine? You were never on my side, what is it that you are after?"
Schneizel shot Charles Di Britannia in the heart, "It doesn't matter," he said simply, a bullet ripping through his heart and lung that same moment, wheezing out Schneizel looked behind him, "Lelouch…"
"I'm here Schneizel," Lelouch said simply walking into the room, Schneizel dropping his weapon to the ground, his fingers unable to hold onto it, Lelouch was unharmed despite all the damage to the capitol, "Father, are you still alive?"
Charles let out a weak laugh, "You."
"How I long that I could take credit for this plan father, all those times I dreamt of killing you, for your heartlessness, for your foolishness, for your waste of human lives. But no, this was not my plan. This was Odysseus' plan, and I have already taken care of him."
"Odysseus? You take me…" Charles coughed up blood, slumped over in front of his throne, "…for a fool?"
"Yes, but it remains the truth," Lelouch stated simply, "If you have any last words or confessions father, I will hear them."
In the present, Lelouch woke up with a start, smiling he said to himself, "I thought I had put that behind me by now." Lelouch got out of his humble bed and walked to a nearby window, a porthole overlooking the ocean and the deck of the large ship below. "Only a few of us survived that day, and I was the one chosen to be Emperor. That plan, what was Odysseus aiming for, I still don't understand it." Lelouch clenched his fist, "Euphemia has already been taken by the Kururugi, and I won't let them take Nunnally as well."
A knock came on Lelouch's door, "My Lord, this is Andreas Darlton, your guards heard you tossing and turning. Are you alright?"
"Yes, I am, how long till we arrive?" Lelouch asked.
"A couple of hours still, the sun will have set again by the time we arrive," Andreas answered, "You can still get more sleep if you wish, I can personally see that you wake an hour prior to the operation's start."
"No, that won't be necessary," Lelouch said walking over to a closet, taking out his outfit he had been using, a simple black shirt, black pants, and a black duster coat, "There are some details I wish to go over before the operation begins."
"As you wish your highness, shall I gather the Court of Camelot onboard or should I limit it to my fellow members of the Court of Corbenic?" Andreas asked, "And what of Lady Kabine?"
"Go ahead and call both Courts, and if Kabine plans on attending she'll be there on her own," Lelouch stated as he began to get dressed.
North of that location, off the coast of Choshi, Kururugi Suzaku was on the deck of the ship he was on, a large Knightmare with horns adorning it's head being prepared to launch, a large device being attached to the back of it. "If I left right now, how long would it take for me to reach them before the interception?"
"You'd get there before either our transport or Lelouch Vi Britannia," a Japanese soldier replied.
"Suzaku-kun, you'll need to time it so that you get there after Lelouch Vi Britannia boards the ship, we've already as good as lost that ship and our chance to capture Nunnally Vi Britannia. But this will be our chance to kill Lelouch Vi Britannia. Without him Britannia will be weakened to the point where we can push them out of Japan," Toudou said looking at the Knightmare, "It certainly looks like it could be him."
"We're still sacrificing those men," Suzaku said, grimacing, "We're sacrificing our fellow soldiers."
"They are dead regardless of what we do. Even in the Tadakatsu you won't be able to save them. We can only make it so that they won't die in vain," Toudou said, "Even if my Zangetsu could follow you, we wouldn't be enough to save it."
"Very well, if it must be then it must be," Suzaku sighed as he climbed up into the Knightmare, "I await your launch command then Toudou-san."
"Glad you see reason Suzaku-kun, I don't like this anymore than you do,"
Back in the ship transporting Lelouch and the Knights of Britannia, in a briefing room in the bowels of the ship, "And then after the Helicopters have taken control of the air the attack boats will move in for boarding. Sir Darlton will lead the charge from the port side of the ship; Dame Nu will lead the charge from Starboard. Knights of Camelot, your individual assignments have been left up to them. They will be your leaders during this mission, turn to them for changing conditions. I'll remain here to watch and change the plans based on further change in conditions from any outside forces."
"If I may interject your majesty," Kabine said appearing from seemingly nowhere, standing next to Lelouch, "I would like to request a few soldiers and a ten minute grace period before your plan begins."
A dark skinned woman with silver hair, wearing a similar uniform to Darlton immediately spoke up, "How dare you interrupt…"
Lelouch raised his hand to silence the woman, "Stay your tongue Dame Villetta Nu," he ordered and then asked Kabine, "You have a plan then?"
"I believe you have an idea of what I intend," Kabine said with a smile as she took out three amulets, "Do you not?"
Lelouch smiled, "I see, yes that may just work. Risky though, which knights did you plan to use?"
"Sir Edgar Darlton, Dame Kozuki, and Dame Alstreim," Kabine responded with a small chuckle at a few surprised looks go about in the room, "Acceptable?"
Lelouch raised an eyebrow, "I really would love to hear what you're scheming…very well that's acceptable. None of them are crucial to my plan so if they fail then my plan will be unaffected for the most part."
Kabine bowed lightly, "You have my thanks your Majesty, I won't disappoint."
Lelouch straightened up and then said, "Dismissed then, you'll be contacted soon by your squad leader." The room slowly emptied until only Andreas Darlton and Dame Villetta were left in the room.
"Your majesty, if I may speak freely," Villetta spoke up waiting for Lelouch to give some indication she could continue, after he made a simple a hand motion she did so, "You give that woman far too much leniency. She's planning something, and it could be something that could harm you and the empire."
"While I am loath to admit it, I am in concurrence," Andreas spoke up, "The woman is too useful. There is something unsettling about…"
Andreas' words were cut off when Lelouch spoke next, "I shall reveal this to you two now. You are being considered for the Court of Avalon. As such, and due to your concerns I shall reveal something to you now."
Villetta blinked as Lelouch brought his hand up to his eyes and make a fluid agile movement, removing something from his eyes. "Your majesty…what is…" she said backing up slightly, Lelouch's eyes holding a bright purple glow with a strong avian sigil in them.
"The secret weapon of Britannia, a weapon only four people in the Empire possess, to our knowledge at least," Lelouch said as he then replaced what he took from his eyes, "A power that I possess, and that Kabine possesses. Who else possesses this power will remain a state secret. The same holds true as to the nature of this power. You need only know I fully realize what Kabine is capable of, you need only know I am aware of this and capable of defending myself from it."
Andreas smiled lightly, "I see. This puts my mind at ease, my thanks your majesty for entrusting us with this secret. I feel I can put more trust in that woman now, some supernatural power would explain a great deal on how she is capable of so much. Come Villetta, we have work to do prior to the mission start."
The two left the room and began walking down the corridors, "I still don't trust that woman, why can't his Majesty do as much…"
"He never said their powers were the same," Andreas pointed out, "His power is likely more combative in nature while hers is more information related. It would explain why he is so convinced he could defeat her."
On the deck of the ship, in front of a small speedboat, Kabine stood before the three knights she had called, a young man with silver hair, Kozuki, and a younger woman with pink hair. "These amulets," she began holding up the three tiny amulets, "Are stealth devices, they will allow you to enter the ship unnoticed, this boat is also equipped with one. Be careful with how much noise you make as they are not perfect, but if you are quiet then you will be enter and recover Princess Nunnally Vi Britannia without problem. And hopefully before the main operation begins. I chose you three due to you all being known for being very capable in combat situations and that you're of low rank. Succeed in this mission and you will likely look forward to far faster promotion than normal. This is a mission of critical importance to his majesty and of great importance to save the Empire's face on a global scale. If you succeed and neither his Majesty nor her highness are put into further danger then we can write this whole incident off as intentional."
"Why the non-Britannian?" the grey haired man asked looking at Kozuki, "She just got promoted didn't she? Can you trust her with this mission?"
"She could likely defeat both of you in combat," Kabine said with a small laugh, "Besides, she was knighted with Clarent, and to question her loyalty is the same as questioning his majesty's judgment. You do realize this don't you Sir Edgar?"
"Of course, my apologies Lady Kabine." Edgar said clicking his heels together.
"Good, launch in ten minutes," Kabine said, seemingly vanishing from sight, "I trust you three will complete this mission perfectly."
And they launched exactly on time, the three speeding off over the dark water towards a vessel painted black that just turned north. At the top of the vessel transporting Lelouch where his army was preparing to launch, Kabine stood, having removed her hood to reveal her eyes and removed several capes and sashes. She smiled as her eyes began to glow brighter, "Lelouch is down below monitoring his plan, and no one is nearby…I do wonder what an OB is though," she said as she made a triangular symbol with her hands, "Well I'll ignore that for now. I can use the full effect of my power now. Good luck Karen, finish this in twelve minutes and make this prophet proud. Absolute…"
And that's where I'll end this chapter. Next chapter is when the action picks up, now whether or not we'll see any Knightmare action is not certain yet. Now onto my lovely little questions…
1) A little of Kabine's motivations have been revealed, she (probably fairly obviously) is supported Karen/Kallen. Now my question is, why do you think she is doing so?
2) On the subject of Kabine. We've got a couple of names for her Geass already, Lelouch called it Absolute Empathy, and she calls it the power of connection. Though given what we know about it, that her power allows her to predict the future, that she can vanish from people's sight with ease, and that she can read minds neither of those really seem correct. What do you think the actual name of her power is?
3) Whose side do you think Kabine is really on? And what do you think her goal is?
4) On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is awful and 10 is godly, how would you rate this chapter?
And that's all; now press that review button before Kabine decides to send you on a dangerous suicide mission next.
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