Chapter 12: "What happened to Viletta Nu?!"
Flashback: Takes place immediately after Hikaru and Zero are out cold in front of Shirley and Viletta...
After getting shot by a confused Shirley Fennette, Viletta collapsed on the ground, badly wounded. When Shirley winded up kidnapping Hikaru, unknown to the Britannian Baroness, Viletta slowly gets up on her feet with her hands onto a nearby storage container only to find Shirley and Hikaru disappear from plain sight. Viletta was thinking about going after those two. However, as she looked at herself, Viletta noticed that she sees blood coming out from her lower abdomen. While in pain, Viletta couldn't decide if she were to call in backup or find help in order to treat her of her injuries. As Viletta struggled to move away from the scene after seeing Zero's true identity and Hikaru on sight, she clutched onto her fresh wound while making her way out of the storage container area. However, because she lost so much blood, Viletta was going in and out of consciousness. Before she can see what was going on around her, Viletta fell into a off the port and collapsed while muttering to herself about someone being Zero and Hikaru being a Magic Knight.
Yesterday, after the Black Knights retreated from their assault upon Cornelia at the port, Ohgi is starting to have some personal doubts to himself about what happened last night when the JLF tanker blew up in the middle of the sea. As he started get drowned in his thoughts, the other Black Knights were all celebrating while Tamaki started drinking his favorite alcohol while laughing his face off. They find themselves inside their trailer and sitting down during their R & R. Even though the Black Knights survived another battle with Cornelia, several of them couldn't stop thinking from the fact that they still couldn't get anywhere close to the Viceroy before finishing her off.
"I can't believe it!" Tamaki complained while holding his bottle of alcohol with his left hand. "We were so close in taking down that Viceroy when that blasted White Knightmare showed up again! We had her right there!"
"What's worse is that Cornelia almost finished off Hikaru after she failed to stop the Lancelot in his tracks!" One of the Black Knights added in.
"I hope we can beat that White Knightmare one of these days!" Kallen said in a persisting tone of voice while reading a black-covered book in her hands. "It may be either me or Hikaru that needs to deal with him!"
"Don't sweat it, Kallen!" Another Black Knight said in sympathy. "Hikaru was pretty amazing when she took on Cornelia's Knight in Narita, especially when she fought with you and your Guren!"
"DON'T REMIND ME!" Kallen snapped in embarrassment over her defeat with one of the Magic Knights. "If my Knightmare gets upgraded someday, I'll demand a rematch with her!"
"Good luck with that, Kallen!" Tamaki laughed.
"What about the JLF? Why did their Tanker blow up last night?!" Ohgi asked to himself, while being heard from by Tamaki.
"Obviously, they self-destructed the moment the Britannians got close to them!" Tamaki answered.
"I thought we were to help them at the docks after we made contact with them!?" Ohgi said, denying Tamaki's claim.
"Well, Zero took action after they sacrificed themselves!" Tamaki continued. "Oh, I get it. They just want to see Zero's true face! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"You're not doubting Zero are you?!" Kallen asked, concerning over what Ohgi is getting at.
Just as Ohgi was about to make his statements in front of Kallen, Diethard appeared from above the stairs and walked down to join in the conversation with the Black Knights lounging around.
"The timing that Zero made was too convenient," The Britannian Journalist spoke, confidently. "Even if Zero was behind JLF's suicidal act, what are you guys going to do about it?! Well let's face it, if the Magic Knights were able to sacrifice everything to save Cephiro from destruction then so can Zero! You all have to accept my assessments; it's part of my job, you know?! Isn't that right, Ohgi?!"
"Um, sure. Whatever you say." Ohgi said, still unconvinced about what Zero is up to.
Even at sunset, Ohgi still couldn't stop thinking about the battle that took place at port last night. Despite the rest of the Black Knights telling him to move on, Ohgi went up to the pier where the previous battle was held at. As the Deputy Commander walked up to the port, he continues to make thoughts for himself.
"You not yourself yesterday Ohgi," The Deputy Commander said to himself. "Why am I still getting the feeling that Zero isn't doing the right thing for us and the Magic Knights?"
Before he could say anymore to himself, Ohgi looks down and spots a trail of blood leading down below from where he was standing. The blood trail led straight to a pile of rubble. Somewhere within the rubble, Ohgi spots an injured woman lying on her stomach, unaware that it was Viletta Nu, the Elite Soldier of the Holy Britannian Empire. Shocked by such a sight, Ohgi comes down to the rubble to check on the woman only to discover that she is still alive.
"What the?!" Ohgi gasped. "Hey, are you alright?! Can you hear me?"
As Viletta started grunting while unconscious, she started muttering about who Zero is.
"I-I didn't k-know it was you all a-along! Z-Zero, H-Hikaru!" Viletta muttered, not being able to open up her eyes due to her injuries.
Upon hearing what the injured woman just said, Ohgi gasped even more from the fact that she knows something about Zero and Hikaru. Unable to come up with any ideas at the moment, Ohgi quickly took the injured woman all the way to his house before treating her of her injuries.
End of Flashback, now back to the present:
At 6:00am, Hikaru wakes up to start a whole new day as she got out of her bed, undressed her nightgown, put on her school uniform, brushed her teeth, ate breakfast, and headed out of her dorm to meet up with Umi and Fuu. Feeling lost in not being able to find Viletta during the time she was held captive by Shirley, Hikaru walked down the hallway in a happy, nonchalant behavior. As she went to class, Hikaru spotted Shirley speaking to a group of female Britannian students outside of their class.
After the girls left, Shirley turns around to face Hikaru. Only this time, Shirley blinked her eyes for a bit, as if she doesn't remember who Hikaru really was last night. Thankfully, Hikaru was grateful that Lelouch did away Shirley's memories, in which displayed her dark-crazed emotions that the Britannian girl earlier. If Lelouch hadn't did what he had to do in order to put Shirley down without violence or death, Shirley may ended up ratting Hikaru out to the authorities in no time at all. Furthermore, if Shirley's memories weren't erased, Hikaru's friends would also be in danger of having their identities exposed to the Holy Britannian Empire and their mission in saving Cephiro from them will go up in smoke. Right now, she just smiled before Shirley moved on to catch up with her other friends in school.
After Shirley disappeared down the stairs in the hallway, Hikaru met up with Umi and Fuu feeling confident and cheerful as ever. However, Umi and Fuu were a bit concerned with what happened to Hikaru during the time she went missing after their previous fight with Viceroy Cornelia. Ever since Umi and Fuu were relieved to see Hikaru again, they were too traumatized to discuss on what happened to Hikaru yesterday so they waited until tomorrow morning to get to the bottom of all this. Not wanting to let anyone else hear their conversation, Hikaru directed Umi and Fuu to the storage closet before answering any of Umi and Fuu's questions.
"So Ms. Hikaru, what happened to you yesterday?!" Fuu asked out of concern for the safety of the Knight of Fire.
"Well, there was a bit of dispute between me and Shirley Fennette," Hikaru replied in a nervous tone. "She found out about who I really am so I have no choice but to have Zero and Lantis put her down immediately before she gets worse!"
"But how did Shirley find out?!" Umi asked, with her eyes widened with shock.
"Let's just say that Viletta brought her in no-man's land as bait to lure Zero in," Hikaru answered briefly.
"Wait, you Ms. Viletta was...?" Fuu asked before Hikaru continued with her sentence.
"That Baroness was already onto us ever since we ran into her when rescuing those villagers from her men earlier!"
"She must be pretty stubborn to think she can take us on all at once!" Umi grunted in annoyance.
"The only thing I could remember before I was captured by Shirley is when Viletta hurled something electrical at my face!" Hikaru huffed. "The next thing I knew, I woke up only to find Shirley interrogating me alone!"
"If that's true, then what happened to Viletta Nu?!" Umi asked further.
"That's the thing! Viletta wasn't there when I got taken in by Shirley!" Hikaru summarized before she continue with the rest of the story of what happened between her, Shirley, Mao, and Lelouch.
Upon hearing everything that Hikaru had to say from yesterday, Fuu and Umi all gasped in shock, realizing that Hikaru ran into a guy that might put their undercover mission at risk.
"So this Mao guy can actually read people's minds?!" Umi asked, trying to get the full picture.
"Yes. He was getting on my nerves when he brought up our past three years ago during our adventures in Cephiro!" Hikaru said grimly.
"If that's true, we should try to go after him, Ms. Hikaru!" Fuu suggested, referring to Mao himself. "If we don't, he'll expose our identities as Magic Knights to the Britannian authorities!"
"I'm afraid we can't do that, Fuu!" Hikaru denied. "If Mao reads our minds while we were trying to hunt him down, he might take advantage of us by exploiting our weak points mentally! After all, that'll be something that C.C and Zero need to deal with personally."
"Are you sure, Ms. Hikaru?!" Fuu asked, concerning our what Mao is planning to do.
"I had a talk with C.C before I went back to my dorm last night after being reunited with you guys at the bakery," Hikaru added in.
Flashback: Last night, one hour after Hikaru left the bakery...
As Hikaru made her way back to the Ashford Academy, she sees C.C appear at the main entrance in a calm pose. Before Hikaru could ask C.C anything, the green-haired girl approached her as she started making a serious conversation with the Fire Knight.
"Since you have seen too much from Mao before Shirley held you as her hostage, you be better off dealing with the other witness that saw your identity last night!" C.C suggested in a grim tone of voice.
"What are you going to do about Mao then?" Hikaru asked. "Because he sounded like that he already knew about you even before you met either Zero or me!"
"Since he has a supernatural power that allows him to read people's minds from 500 meters away from where he's standing at, he'll be hard to predict on where he'll show up at!" C.C explained further. "I've known him for a long time. Unlike you and the rest of your fellow Magic Knights, Mao was only 9 years old when I met him and took care of him. Since he didn't have any parents that could take care of him, I was the only person in Mao's little world. He didn't know how to read or write before then. However, as time went on, he didn't fulfill my contract after being with him for 8 years. So, I was just using him from the start. But Mao didn't give up on me. Instead, he vowed that he'll met me again somewhere in the future, as of now!"
"So, you're saying that even if you gave up on Mao after helping him out a bit, he got very obsessed with you?!" Hikaru asked, making her even more worried about her friends.
"I wasn't addressed as "the witch" for nothing!" C.C spoke in a stern tone. "He may have been trying to expose Zero's identity and attempted to use you as bait to lure him out in the open. However, I'm the only person that he is after the most! He'll make threats in front of people like you just to get my attention. So, I'll have to deal with Mao on my own, without you or Zero! Starting tomorrow, I do need to speak with Lelouch first before I make my move against Mao."
"Well, good luck then!" Hikaru said as she let C.C pass her before moving on.
When C.C is about to leave Hikaru alone, she turns around and gave her a smile before disappearing into the darkness.
"I understand that Hikaru has very strong powers that are far more greater than Lelouch's Geass, but I don't want to risk letting her get too much attention when using them in personal fights with her enemies; at least not here!" C.C thought to herself as she walked away from Hikaru.
"Wow, that witch sure got you there Hikaru!" Umi gasped in amazement. "I didn't think that she knows Mao more than anyone does out there. I'm mean, what kind of witch uses people just to repay them with their obsession?"
"There is still some things we don't know about C.C yet," Hikaru added in. "Anyway, we may need to find Viletta Nu after school!"
"Understood, Ms. Hikaru!" Fuu acknowledged.
As Umi and Fuu went out of the closet and headed to their other classes, Hikaru receives a phone call from Ohgi.
"Ohgi, what's up?!" Hikaru spoke through her phone.
"Hikaru, some woman was spouting your name while she was going in and out of consciousness," Ohgi replied from Hikaru's phone. "Can you met me at my house?"
"Sure, where is your house?!" Hikaru answered as she asked for info from Ohgi.
Back in Cephiro:
Clef appeared at the balcony of the Castle of Cephiro to see a bright sky shine down upon his beloved country with the NSX, the Dome of Fahren, and the Chizetian Bravada floating above from where he was standing. As he looked down from the balcony, Clef sees numerous Cephirian soldiers and officers refurbishing their new customized Knightmares. Thanks to the training given to them by some of the Black Knights residing with Rakshata, the Cephirian soldiers were able to fully adapt to their customized Sutherlands while sparring with each other out on the training field. Next to the Master Mage, Geo Metro appeared before him, accompanied by a Autozamian officer. As Geo handed Clef the Army Roster, he discovered that about 1,000 Knightmares have been secured, customized, and handled by the Autozamian soldiers and Cephirian soldiers. Upon seeing this, Clef felt a bit relieved that they might be able to get the upper hand in using Britannia's weapons against them. However, Clef still couldn't help but worry of what will become of the Magic Knights back in their own world during Britannia's invasion. Before Clef could say anything to Geo, Rakshata appeared from behind the two while smoking her pipe again.
"So Clef, what do you think so far?!"
"I still fear that we may not have enough Cephirian troops to fight back against Britannia out there!" Clef said in a worried tone. "Even if the Magic Knights were able to help out Zero and the Black Knights back in Area 11, they'll still be outnumbered if we don't make our move from Cephiro. As soon as we're ready, we have to meet up with the Black Knights at a safe area where the Britannias will not notice our presence."
"What about the new upgrades for Hikaru's, Umi's, and Fuu's Rune Gods?" Geo asked Rakshata. "Are they ready yet?!"
"Why indeed, they are!" Rakshata said, cheerfully. "However, we still need to find a way to head back to Area 11 in order to send their upgrades directly to them."
As Rakshata handed over a folder containing the files revolving around the new upgrades for the Magic Knight's Rune Gods, Geo and Clef took a good look at it before they could say anymore. Upon see what was inside the folder, Geo stared at it in shock and awe.
"Heh! Heh! Heh! This is going to be totally wicked!" Geo smirked with delight.
"This may help give the Magic Knights more magical abilities." Clef muttered in shock before asking Rakshata. "Is there any risks that the Magic Knights must be aware of?"
"Since their upgrades are enhanced by Sakuradite, their could suffer from overheating their powers if they used to too much!" Rakshata warned them. "At this rate, it takes several seconds before it cools down!"
"I see! Well, we need to let the Magic Knights know in advance in case they do something reckless out there with their new upgrades!" Geo suggested. "I have their upgrades onboard the NSX!"
As soon as Geo, Rakshata, and Clef went back inside the castle, Commander Topaz appeared before them to make another report about the enemy in their country.
"Master Mage Clef, we have received word that Prince Clovis' airship has been spotted in Cephiro's airspace, 2,000 meters ahead and is approaching the Castle!" Topaz announced out loud.
"Geo! Have your men prep the NSX for battle! Topaz, have your soldiers deploy the garrisons and their Knightmares! And send have Tarta and Aska get their men into position!" Clef ordered the two commanders. "We don't know what they're going to do as soon as they're in range yet! We also need to contact the Magic Knights as well!"
"Understood, sir!" Both of the Commanders said in unison as they saluted the Master Mage.
Inside the Armory, Presea and Caldina are working on their customized Knightmares. Presea's Knightmare happens to be a Brown and Orange Agravain and Caldina's personalized Knightmare happens to be a Yellow and White Vincent Glinda. They're both 7th generation Knightmare Frame that was secured during a raid upon a Britannian encampment owned by a group of Glaston Knights. However, thanks to Fuu, Ferio, and their platoon, they were able to defeat and capture the two Glaston Knights and had them both publicly executed, leaving their remaining Knightmares taken care of by Presea and Caldina. After repairing and rearming both 7th generation Knightmares thanks to Autozam and Rakshata, Presea's Agravain is armed with 2 Hadron Cannons and 2 Maser Vibration Swords and Caldina's Vincent Glinda is armed with 2 Hip-mounted Slasher Harkens, 2 Lance-Type Maser Vibration Swords, and 2 Elbow Mounted Needle Blazers, and a Anti-Knightmare Lance.
"So sugar, did ya feel nervous when handling the Agravain during your training?" Caldina asked Presea, trying to brighten up the female blacksmith in a cheerful tone.
"Well, I'm feeling a bit shaken after being trained by the Black Knight officers on how to operate it," Presea said nervously. "The last time I tried out its Hadron Cannons during shooting practice, I accidentally blew up several trees next to an abandoned village hovel. It kind of freaked me out, that these Knightmares hold such massive technological power like Autozam does!"
"It's alright, sugar! I had a lot of fun with this bad boy, Vincent Glinda!" Caldina laughed. "When I took it for a test drive when helping out Commander Topaz ambush that one Britannian Convoy at the river, I was on fire! Don't worry Presea, I'm sure you'll get the hang of your Knightmare very soon!"
As Caldina grinned and cackled some more, Commander Topaz showed up as he made his entrance into the Armory.
"Attention everyone!" Topaz announced. "A Britannian Flagship has been spotted 2,000 meters away from our Castle! Get all of your available Knightmares and troops out front and stand by for battle!"
Upon hearing Topaz announcement, Caldina and Presea put away their equipment before they went onboard their customized Knightmares. As Presea took a deep breath from inside the cockpit of her Agravain, a channel popped out and revealed Caldina in a happy mood.
"Just relax, Presea! Stay by me and everything is going to be okay!" Caldina spoke in a confident tone.
"Okay, thanks!" Presea acknowledged as she and Caldina powered up their 7th generation Knightmares.
Meanwhile onboard the Britannian Flagship, Clovis, Euphy, and Cornelia are all sitting at their seats at the bridge while their subjects are operating at their stations as they pulled out several screens. They were able to have their flagship enter Cephiro airspace thanks to a built-in jumpspace teleporter that was developed by Cecil and Lloyd back at the Government Bureau in the Tokyo Settlement. The moment the two Princesses and the Prince of Britannia looked closely at several of them, Cornelia was the first to notice that Cephiro's soldiers are using the Knightmare Frames that they stole from their army in full operation.
"Unbelievable!" Cornelia huffed in dismay. "Those Cephirian pipsqueaks think they can mock me by using our weapons against us?!"
"Easy there, Cornelia!" Clovis told his sister with sympathy. "As long as those Magic Knight Elevens aren't in Cephiro right now, they still wouldn't stand a chance against us even if they stole some of our Knightmare Frames!"
"Well, don't forget that Autozam, Chizeta, and Fahren still need to be dealt with!" Euphy told her elder brother and sister. "They can be just as threatening as the Magic Knights are!"
"Right, right!" Clovis replied in embarrassment. "From what our scouts reported, Tarta and Tatra are leading Chizeta's forces as their twin princesses and Princess Aska is leading the forces of Fahren. For Autozam, Sub-Commander Geo Metro is running their show here."
"I bet those Magic Knight Elevens were able to get through their thick skulls of theirs before Cephiro founded their own little empire!" Cornelia smirked in annoyance. "Ever since Clovis' G-1 Base is destroyed at Mt. Dakurd, we're not setting up any base camps anywhere this time. Instead, we'll drop our troops into the forests surrounding Cephiro's Castle. General Darlton and Lord Guilford will be leading their assault forces in attacking the castle's garrisons head on."
"You're not going to battle with the Cephirians?" Clovis asked.
"I'll be moving in with my reserve squads next, while Guilford and Darlton keep Cephiro's forces and their allies at bay!" Cornelia continued. "Clovis, you and Euphy are to order the ship to give out supporting fire from above the Castle's garrisons."
"Even if we did break through their defenses, the Magic Knights will show up in a matter of minutes before we even have the chance to breach the castle's keep!" Euphy warned Cornelia.
"It won't matter, the moment they arrive on the battlefield in Cephiro it'll be too late for them because we're going to perform a lighting strike assault into the Castle's weak points!" Cornelia denied in self-confidence. "I'm sure Viletta Nu will be taking care of those Magic Knight Elevens back in Area 11 before they arrive in Cephiro again."
As Cornelia got up and left the bridge to prep her Knightmare, she smirked underneath her breath thinking that her campaign against Cephiro will be a lot more easier to accomplish now that the Magic Knights are back in Area 11 now. What she didn't know is that Viletta Nu failed to report back to them about the info revolving around the Magic Knights of Cephiro.
Back in Area 11, Hikaru arrived at Ohgi's house at 3:00pm after school. The moment she approached the door, Hikaru knocked on it a few times to get a response from the Black Knight Deputy Commander. After waiting for 2 minutes, Ohgi finally opened the doors and greeted Hikaru up front. The moment Ohgi let Hikaru into his house, she sits down on the couch across from where Ohgi is sitting at, with a table in between the two inside the living room. After taking a deep breath, Hikaru sees another woman appear from the doorways. As soon as Hikaru noticed the woman, she noticed something seems off. Hikaru may have defined her as Viletta Nu, but instead of her ruthless attitude on the battlefield and from the Fire Knight's past childhood, the silver-haired woman was smiling in a calm pose and was wearing different clothes, apart from what she was wearing while out on the battlefield.
"So, are you a friend of Ohgi?" The woman spoke calmly as she smiled at Hikaru.
"Why yes I am," Hikaru said in a nervous tone.
"Would you like some tea?" The woman asked, nonchalantly.
"Sure!" Hikaru responded positively.
After the woman disappeared into the kitchen, Hikaru decided to kill some time by asking Ohgi on what is he calling her over to his house for.
"So Ohgi, what were you saying about that woman spouting out my name?!"
"I thought she might have discovered about your true identity as a Magic Knight," Ohgi assumed. "I did tried asking her name first but she was wounded when I first saw her."
"When was this?" Hikaru asked.
"I was just getting a little too distracted on what Zero is trying to do back there yesterday when I found that woman badly injured but still breathing," Ohgi explained. "After I brought her in and treated her of her injuries, I was about to interrogate her. However, as soon as she woke up, she didn't actually have any memory of what she said or did back there at all. She doesn't even remember her own name. It's as if I pick a bad time to check up on her! I called you in to see if you can recognize her from the start."
Before Ohgi could say anymore, the silver-haired woman appeared again. This time, she was carrying a tray containing two tea cups and a tea kettle with both of her hands. The moment she put the tray onto the table between Hikaru and Ohgi, they both took sips of their tea before the silver-haired woman left the living room.
"Now that you mentioned it, I did remember seeing a woman called Viletta Nu on the battlefield. She happens to be the Baroness of the Holy Britannian Empire and one of the pilots commandeering their Sutherlands against us." Hikaru explained briefly to Ohgi.
"Are you sure?!" Ohgi asked after taking another sip of tea from his tea cup.
"The last time I saw her was when she was about to capture Zero back at the docks two nights ago!" Hikaru continued. "It didn't take her that long for her to figure out that I was one of the Magic Knights."
"So, what did you do?!" Ohgi asked further.
"I was out cold after that Britannian witch hurled an EMP grenade at my face!" Hikaru grunted in humiliation. "I thought for sure that Viletta would bring me in, but instead some Britannian female student from Ashford Academy did in an isolated room."
"But how did you get away?"
"Let's just say that I had backup from Lantis and that there was a bit of a tragic misunderstanding with that student's family," Hikaru explained briefly as she took another sip of tea. "Not that it matters anymore, I'm still concerned about what Viletta is up to and why she didn't rat me out to the Britannian Empire yet. That woman in your house looked very familiar! She might not be what I think she is, right?!"
"Are you saying that she might be Baroness Viletta, the one that spotted you inside Rayearth?" Ohgi gasped in horror. "If that's true, we may need to put her in a more safe, securer area before we can fully interrogate her!"
"Not yet, Ohgi! For now, just take care of her until she gets her memories back," Hikaru suggested to the Deputy Commander. "If that woman is really Viletta Nu, you might as well let me know as soon as possible and don't get anywhere near her until I get there. I won't tell anyone about this, okay?!"
"I understand, Hikaru!" Ohgi replied, while sweating nervously under his breath. "So tell me, if what you're saying is true how do you think you're going to deal with her?!"
After hearing what Ohgi said, Hikaru got lost in her thoughts over that woman not knowing what to do yet. However, before Ohgi could ask Hikaru any further, the Flame Knight makes her speech in a calm tone of voice.
"I'll figure something out later on, Ohgi. For now, just don't lose sight of her!"
"Thank you, Hikaru!" Ohgi acknowledged as he sees the Flame Knight get up and left his house.
The moment Hikaru went outside, her medallion started vibrating again. As Hikaru took out her medallion and it shined another light-screen, Clef appeared before her.
"Hikaru! Britannia Empire is making another move against Cephiro. Have Zazu, Umi, Fuu, Lantis, Ferio, and Lafarga met up with you at the Sakuradite Gateway in the Black Knight HQ for departure. We need your help again!" Clef announced towards the Knight of Fire.
"Understood, Clef!" Hikaru replied as she ran off after putting her medallion away into her pocket.
The moment she arrived at the Black Knight HQ, Hikaru immediately met up with all 6 of her friends at the portal, much to the Fire Knight's surprise.
"How did you guys get here so fast?!" Hikaru asked, feeling a bit shocked.
"I'm still able to hear Clef's voice in my mind, despite not being able to use my powers in your world!" Lantis answered. "I already told the others about this."
"Are ya sure you don't want us Black Knights to tag along with ya?!" Tamaki asked while activating the gateway to Cephiro.
"Sorry Mr. Tamaki, but you need to stay here and report to us if something is happening back in Area 11 this time!" Fuu told the Captain of the second Black Knights squad.
"Just don't get too crazy my lady!" Tamaki said as he made a bow in front of the Magic Knights.
"Besides, the Armies of Cephiro need help in preparing themselves for battle in Area 11!" Lafarga added as he went onboard his Gloucester.
The moment Lantis and Ferio went onboard their Sutherland and Burai Kai, Zazu and Hikaru went inside Lantis' Knightmare while Umi and Fuu went inside Lafarga's Knightmare. After several seconds of handling the gateway controls, it powered up once again and revealed a huge, purple swirl with electricity flaring out from both sides of the gateway. It can only mean that the portal is open to Cephiro.
"Ready girls?!" Lafarga asked the Magic Knights while from inside his Knightmare.
"Ready!" All three Magic Knights said in unison.
Upon hearing the Magic Knights' acknowledgement, Lafarga, Umi, and Fuu were the first to enter through the portal and disappeared. Next, Ferio and his Knightmare proceeded through the portal. Lastly, Lantis, Hikaru, and Zazu went through as they held onto Lantis' seat inside his cockpit. After all seven people and three of their Knightmares disappeared through the portal, Tamaki turned off the gateway immediately and took a deep breath.
"I wonder what it'll be like if Cephiro fights back in Area 11?" Tamaki asked to himself as he took out another beer.
