Back at the school, after hearing the latest news on TV concerning the incident at Mt. Fuji, the Ashford Student Council was contemplating if they did the right thing when learning that the Magic Knights abducted Princess Euphemia. As the student members were sulking around in the Council Officer, Rivalz couldn't stop thinking about Hikaru and her Eleven-transfer student friends.
"I still don't get it!" Rivalz muttered. "Why would Hikaru kidnap the Sub-Viceroy for? And importantly, why would Hikaru and her friends be the ones fighting against Britannia as Knight Elevens from the New World? I'm sure there has to be an explanation for all of this!"
"I know, Rivalz!" Milly told the male student council member in annoyance. "Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu have already made their choices."
"Well, I still don't believe they're bad people, despite their true colors and their act of terrorism; not after how they got along with us nicely!" Rivalz continued in a persistent tone.
"Me neither," Milly thought. "They even didn't pose any threat to us during their time in Ashford."
"Face it guys!" Nina shouted at Rivalz and Milly in an angry tone. "I don't think we understood those female Elevens as well as we thought we did. Therefore, they're no longer allowed in this school!"
After hearing an angry Nina shout out loud in the room, Rivalz, Shirley, and Milly all looked at her under a state of shock. Ever since Nina heard about what happened to Euphy on the latest broadcast, the shy female council member made the immediate decision to force Milly to have Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu expelled from the school without consulting this with any of the other student council members.
"Besides, they're just as bad as those JLF ruffians that nearly ruined our tour back then!" Nina muttered as she stormed out of the office.
As the night sky appeared above Area 11, gunfire and angry shoutings erupted from all over Mt. Fuji. After Zero's announcement to unify Japan as an independent nation, the Black Knights expanded as the largest insurgent force. Much to the horror of the Britannian Government Officials at the Government Bureau, they discovered that the insurgents are on a rampage and are heading to the Tokyo Settlement, with Zero leading the attack. On the way there, various resistance groups joined up with the Black Knights, hijacking every battle tank and Knightmare Frame they can find, as well as arming the angry mobs with guns and melee weapons.
For the Armies of the New World, they made preparations for the final battle that will determine the fate of Area 11 and their homeland. Ever since Euphy gave out that genocidal order at Mt. Fuji, the ceasefire that she issued between the Cephirians and the Britannians is no longer intact. With that said, Cephiro is now at war with the Britannian Empire again. Thanks to the Black Knights, the Cephirians were able to gain the support they needed to launch their assault at the Britannian Government Bureau. From the bridge of the NSX, Geo watched the Japanese rioters accompanying the Black Knights inside their makeshift G-1 base, venturing through the war-torn city in the outskirts of the Tokyo Settlement. Behind him, Zazu and a platoon of Autozamian Marines stood up for attention before their commander. The moment Geo turned around to face his fellow crew, they all saluted at first sight.
"At ease, men!" Geo ordered as they all lowered their hands. "Zazu, what's the situation with the Magic Knights?"
"They on their way back to the Tokyo Settlement, sir!" Zazu reported in. "We just received word from Clef that they're sending in some data about the Government Bureau from our message inbox!"
After hearing Zazu's report, Geo went next to the young mechanic's computer and pulled up a secret file from Clef's email coming from his Knightmare. When the second screen appeared before Geo's eyes, it shows the code: "Empire11Sparks" which is seen under the Bureau's defense network.
"Way to go, Master Mage!" Geo muttered in delight.
"Geo! This is Captain Lafarga!" A voice spoke out from the communication network on the command bridge. "Do you read me?! Over!"
"Captain Lafarga, this is Geo Metro!" The commander spoke as he put on his communicating headphones. "Are you with the Magic Knights?!"
"Positive!" Lafarga spoke through Geo's headphones. "Is my men ready?!"
"Yes, they are!" Geo replied. "They'll be waiting for you and Topaz at the rendezvous! We also got the information that Clef has sent us!"
"Understood!" Lafarga acknowledged. "We also received word from Zero to have us prepare for the final battle at the Tokyo Settlement and wait for his signal. Colonel Tohdou and his men will accompany us during the assault there! During the fight, have Zazu hack into the Bureau's defense systems and disable them. This may give us time for us to free our people, secure the Sakuradite Gateway stationed next to the Bureau, and send our people back to Cephiro. Also, we do need someone else to close that gate behind us once we finish this mission."
"Copy that!" Geo responded as he turned to face Zazu, taking off his headphones.
"Zazu, get working on that code!" Geo ordered the mechanic.
"Roger that!" Zazu replied as he went back to his computer.
"Soldiers of Autozam, ready the guns! Get my GTO ready for combat!" Geo ordered as he makes his way off the bridge. "Prepare for battle stations!"
"SIR, YES SIR!" The Autozamians saluted in unison as they went to their posts throughout the Battleship NSX.
Back on board the Avalon, Suzaku parked his Lancelot in the hangar and disembarked. As Suzaku landed on the floor, he went to his private quarters and sat down on top of his bunk bed. As he took out his knight badge and stared at it, along with Euphy's cellphone, Suzaku started crying in silent as his eyes closed, with tears coming down from them.
"Oh Euphy, I don't understand!" Suzaku sobbed as his tears fell down on top of the Princess' cellphone. "Why did she gave out that order at the stadium? And why did Hikaru take her away from me?"
After a few minutes of wallowing in self-pity for not saving Euphy from Hikaru, the doors leading from the corridors opened up.
"Go away, Lloyd! I'm not in a mood right now!" Suzaku sniveled, unable to look up towards the open door.
"Are you okay, Suzaku Kururugi?" The unknown voice spoke.
"I SAID GO...!" Suzaku snapped as he finally looked up to where the voice is coming from.
Unfortunately, Suzaku stopped his ranting before it even started as he looked at a young person for whom he's not familiar with. At the door, the person revealed himself to be a young man with long, blonde hair touching the ground behind him and dark pink eyes. Unknown to everyone, that he is actually 60 years old but only in the appearance of a 10-year old boy due to his immortality. After taking a closer look at the young man, Suzaku nearly took his rage out on him by accident.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry about that, I thought you were Lloyd! But seriously, who are you?!"
"My name is V.V!" The immortal boy answered. "I may know some good reasons that led to those ominous outcomes that you're elaborating just now!"
As the three Cephirians and the Magic Knights reached their rendezvous at the outskirts of the Tokyo Settlement, they safely landed inside a huge dome-like building ruins. Not a moment too soon, Ferio and the rest of the Cephirian guardsmen came out from the shadows before greeting their saviors and their commanders behind him. Without further a due, the Cephirian Army formed up in a full battle formation with their Gloucester-customized Knightmares stationed in both their left and right wings. In addition, the Green Ranger, Smitherite, and the Dancing Siren are stationed in the center wing of the formation, while the rest of the guardsmen are left in reserve, behind the two Knightmare formations.
The moment Ferio approached the Magic Knight trio, they disembarked from their Rune Gods. For Ferio, he disembarked from his Green Ranger and embraced Fuu in his arms out of relief that she is doing okay.
"So Fuu, I take it you guys dealt with that crazy Britannian Princess?" Ferio asked.
"Why yes, indeed!" Clef said as he came out of his Archwizard and answered Ferio's question. "I still think something doesn't seem right with the way Euphemia acted!"
"Let's not dwell on that anymore, Clef!" Ferio grunted in disappointment. "We still have our mission to carry out in the Tokyo Settlement. The Black Knights are paving way for us as they're preparing to capture several buildings surrounding the Bureau during the assault. We are to meet up with the Black Knight main force before they push through the front lines."
"I understand, Ferio." Clef acknowledged. "We'll hold our ground until we receive word that Zazu has disabled the defensive systems at the Bureau. Once they're disabled, our Cephirian Army will push forward while the Black Knights follow from behind and cover our escape routes back to the New World. Our allied ships will provide air support against the Britannian Air force."
"Are you Magic Knights ready for this?!" Ferio asked the three Eleven Knights who were standing behind Clef.
"We do need to make amends with our parents first before we head out into battle once more!" Hikaru said, with Umi and Fuu nodding in agreement.
"Well, don't take too long!" Lafarga warned them from inside the Lancelot Blitz. "We need your aid as soon as Zazu shuts down the Bureau's defenses."
After heeding Lafarga's advice, the Magic Knights went back into their Rune Gods to meet up with their parents who were part of the angry mob of Japanese.
As the mob stormed though the streets of the Shinjuku Getto, they armed themselves with all sorts of blunt weapons, ranging from baseball bats to iron pipes, and handguns to shotguns. At the same time, the Britannian Riot Police appeared in several shield line formations armed with riot shields and handguns, along with a dozen Knightpolice Knightmares armed with machine pistols and riot shields. However, despite all their efforts to drive the angry Japanese populace away, the Riot Police were being bombarded by the enemy battle tanks and Burais coming from behind the mob, forcing the response teams to fallback deep within the city ruins.
Unfortunately, the mob wasn't done yet as they charged forward destroying everything in their path and beating policemen who were separated from their formation, to death while going after. While the mob moved forward, the three Shidou brothers were battering on one Riot Policemen with big wrenches while holding onto his shield up close to his face.
"How dare you try to kills us, you damn prick!" Masaru shouted as he tried to grab the riot shield away from the downed officer.
As they finally pried the riot shield away from the officer's hands, Mr. Shidou and Mrs. Shidou held him down, restraining both of his arms before Kakeru attempts to finish him off with a gun that he grabbed from the officer's holster. Without hesitation, Kakeru shoved the gun at the officer's head and with just one click from the trigger, the shot rang out and drilled in the officer's skull. After shooting him in the head, making the dead officer collapse onto his side, Rayearth appeared behind them and kneeled before the Shidou family.
"Hikaru, I'm so glad you're okay!" Mrs. Shidou cried in happiness as she hugged her daughter, the moment Hikaru disembarked from her Knightmare. "I missed you. We all did!"
"I'm missed you too, mom!" Hikaru muttered as she hugged her mother back.
"We thought we would never see you again!" Mr. Shidou added as he hugged Hikaru too, before he looked at Rayearth and back at Hikaru. "I mean, what happened to you after all those years? And where did you get that Knightmare from?"
"It's a long story, dad!" Hikaru told Mr. Shidou.
"Man, that was amazing from what you did back at stadium!" Kakeru exclaimed in excitement towards his little sister. "Though, its hard to believe that a Knightmare would start shooting out strange powers at the Britannians than rather use guns instead."
"How did you do all that?!" Masaru asked in surprise.
"I learned all of this from the New World!" Hikaru said, in a summarizing tone. "And this Knightmare with me is Rayearth."
"Thine is a pleasure to meet the parents of bearer!" Rayearth spoke in a metallic voice, surprising the Shidous in front.
"Wow!" Kakeru said in shock, realizing that Hikaru's Knightmare can actually talk."This is so cool!"
"I knew there will be a day that our beloved daughter would finally grow up!" Mr. Shidou thought before turning his attention towards Hikaru. "Though, we didn't think you would inherit something as unbelievable as this!"
"Why didn't you tell us any of this?" Masaru asked Hikaru, feeling a bit astonished on what has she been through.
"Everything I did up to this point only existed in the New World," Hikaru explained to her brothers and her parents. "However, it was thanks to our mentor Clef that I'm able to use what I learned in the New World to help defend our homeland from Britannia. I thought you wouldn't understand, however, since everything that I did in the New World wouldn't work here, until now that is."
"It's alright, my dear!" Mrs. Shidou told her daughter. "We all knew that you'd come back for us to face your past."
"Besides, I met people in the New World who need a hero that is worth inspiring!" Hikaru continued.
"What are you going to do now?" Satoru asked the young Flame Knight.
"When Britannia attacked the New World, they captured some of its natives residing there and held them prison at the Bureau!" Hikaru said, briefly. "They may need my help once more!"
"Hikaru, I don't know what to say, but you've been a very reckless, young lady ever since you started taking Kendo lessons from both our school and in Tohdou's school! In most cases, you were always helping out others before yourself, making us worry." Satoru summarized before getting straight to the point. "And for that, you made us all proud of you!"
"Thanks, Satoru!" Hikaru replied with a smile on her face as Kakeru and Masaru hugged her at the same time.
"Other than that, we heard about you from Princess Euphemia!" Mrs. Shidou said. "Though, it's a shame that Euphy turned her back on us, after she promise to free us from their enslavement!"
"Anyway, we're also grateful that you took care of that deceiver," Mr. Shidou said as he patted Hikaru's head softly in congrats.
However, Hikaru knew from Clef that there may be a good reason why Euphy acted genocidal after speaking to Zero in private. Since Hikaru doesn't know how to explain that Euphy isn't what she seemed and that she sent the princess to the New World along with her advisor, she decided to keep this quiet by saying something that wouldn't arouse suspicion.
"I know." Hikaru acknowledged her father's praise. "She won't be hurting us again. Though my actions have resulted in my expulsion from Ashford."
"We don't care about that either," Mr. Shidou said to Hikaru. "We always knew it was a mistake for you to get pressed into that wretched Britannian School anyway."
"And if it's true that you have friends from the New World you actually cared about, we won't get in your way!" Kakeru said, making Hikaru felt relieved that she isn't going to get nagged again after being the youngest in the Shidou Family. "However, just try to be careful out there. Britannia isn't going to let you off unchallenged, since you and your friends have already caused a ruckus in their presence."
"I understand, brother!" Hikaru said, feeling self-confident in herself as she left her embrace with her brothers.
"And Rayearth, please watch over our daughter okay?" Mrs. and Mr. Shidou said in unison as they looked up to the Red Knightmare.
"You have thy word, Madam!" Rayearth bellowed in a positive tone before facing Hikaru again. "Hikaru, thou will be the time to save natives of thy world!"
After hearing Rayearth speak to her, Hikaru turned towards her Rune God Knightmare, donning her Magic Knight Armor. As she approached her Knightmare, Hikaru made one last look at her family before going out into battle once more.
"And by the way, you look really lovely in that armor, Hikaru!" Mrs. Shidou smiled, making her daughter blush in bright crimson.
"Thanks, mom!" Hikaru reluctantly said before going back inside her Rune God.
"I can't help but imagine how great she was with that strange Knightmare!" Mr. Shidou thought as he held his wife in his right arm.
"I know, right?!" Mrs. Shidou replied as a single tear came out of her eye, feeling happy for Hikaru.
As Rayearth flew up in mid-air, Kakeru and Masaru ran as they shouted and waved goodbye to their little sister. At the same time, Hikaru looked down towards her brothers and her parents as she smiled at them before wiping her tears from her eyes.
When Umi and Selece hovered in mid-air, they went by to meet up with her parents at the mansion she lived in. At first, Umi could find where they're at, but in just a few minutes later she sees them waving at her from the balcony of the mansion. As Selece landed on the ground floor, Umi came out to meet her parents one last time.
"Umi, what happened to you?!" Mrs. Ryuuzaki asked, feeling astonished upon seeing Umi's blue Knightmare appear in front of her. "We didn't get the chance for you to explain yourself."
"You probably wouldn't understand even if I explained all of this to you!" Umi replied in a serious tone.
"It seems that you're actually able to do something very independent in your life!" Mr. Ryuuzaki said in surprise. "But, if you think we didn't understand what you have been through, we wouldn't consider you as a real woman, would we?!"
"Seriously?!" Umi replied, feeling a bit ecstatic.
"Your display of independence is what makes you more admirable than just being raised by a former rich family that was being controlled by a mighty Empire," Mrs. Ryuuzaki added in. "Besides, it won't matter what path you take, whether it is in Area 11 or outside of Area 11, we'll always be by your side."
"Thanks, mom!" Umi smiled a bit before she heard a loud thump coming from behind her.
The moment Umi turned towards the source, she spotted a weird Knightmare appear before her. It was a similar prototype to that of Kallen's Guren except that the Knightmare Frame has a solid, grey tungsten armor plating and head with green linings. For both of its arms, they're equipped with strange, metal claws similar to the Guren's Radium Claw. However, instead of red, they both have a purple circular orb in the middle of each metal claw and a small, one-barrel rocket pod on top of their wrists. On top of its shoulders, they're both equipped with Staffen missile launchers similar to those used by the Sutherlands and Gloucesters, except they're loaded with a salvo of 10 micro missiles in each launcher. Before Umi could say anything about the new Knightmare, she heard a familiar voice coming from inside its cockpit.
"Hey, Umi! How do you like my new Knightmare?!"
"Ascot, is that you?!" Umi asked in a surprising tone of voice.
"Ascot?" Both of Umi's parents muttered in unison.
"Yes, it's me!" Ascot spoke to Umi as he opened up the cockpit of the white-green Knightmare. "Sorry to drop in during your family reunion, but I'd like you to meet "Monolith!"
"Monolith?!" Umi exclaimed. "That sounds grim!"
"Hey Umi, is he your boyfriend?" Mr. Ryuuzaki cackled, making his daughter blush madly.
"What?! Well, I...um!" Umi gasped, feeling embarrassed with herself. "D-Dad, please! You're embarrassing me! Besides, he's one of the natives from the New World."
"It's alright, Umi!" Mr. Ryuuzaki continued. "If you already met someone like him that would support you, there's no reason to deny it."
"Your father is right, Umi!" Mrs. Ryuuzaki added in.
"Well, she did save me from my foolish behavior back in the world that I came from." Ascot told Umi's parents, scratching the back of his head as it turned slightly red. "There won't be anything that I can't do for her in return!"
"I do have to help out my friends in Area 11!" Umi told her parents. "I came a very long way just to protect everyone I cared about."
"We won't stop you as long as you have something to live for, because we all love you very much Umi!" Mrs. Ryuuzaki told her daughter.
"Thanks you, mom!" Umi smiled as she looked down at herself for a few seconds.
"Anyway, Ascot is it?!" Mr. Ryuuzaki said as he turned to face the Palu Summoner above him. "Promise us you'll look after our daughter okay?!"
"You have my word, sir!" Ascot replied in a confident tone of voice. "Come on, Umi! We have no time to lose!"
As Ascot went back into his Monolith Knightmare, Umi approached Selece. Before she embarked onto her Rune God, Umi turns around to face her parents one last time.
"I'll be back once this is all over, okay?!" Umi told her parents.
"Just try to be careful out there, okay hon?" Mrs. Ryuuzaki said to Umi.
After Umi nodded her head, she went back inside her Rune God and took off with Ascot following her while driving his Monolith Knightmare.
"I do believe those two make a perfect couple, don't you think?" Mrs. Ryuuzaki told her husband, referring to Umi and Ascot.
"Yeah! He does remind me of myself when I first met you!" Mr. Ryuuzaki said as he smiled at his wife.
After looking at each other for a few seconds, the Ryuuzaki couple looked up to the sky as they see their grown-up daughter fly off in a distance with her Rune God Knightmare.
After pelting several rocks at a nearby Britannian nobleman who is trying to flee the riot, Kuu was able to take him down only to let the other Eleven insurgents grab the nobleman and beat him repeatedly on the ground. While Kuu glared at the downed nobleman, she hears a loud whoosh coming from behind her.
The moment Kuu turned around, she sees Fuu appear before her in her Magic Knight armor.
"Wow Fuu!" Kuu exclaimed in awe upon seeing her younger sister once again. "It really was you back at Mt. Fuji, wasn't it?! Though, I didn't know you're actually able to fight back against the Britannian Empire with this! Other than that, you look really lovely in that armor dress."
"Oh, it was nothing Kuu!" Fuu said as she slightly blushed admirably. "I just wanted to make amends with you first before I help my friends save the natives from the New World."
"How long have you been doing this?" Kuu asked, expressing her curiosity towards Fuu.
"I've been fighting like this for three years but only in the New World!" Fuu replied as her blush started to fade away. "That isn't until Mr. Clef gave us the ability to adapt to our powers in our homeland just to save our people from the Empire."
"I always knew that one day you were able to do something on your own without me helping out, like any elder sister would." Kuu said as she looked up to the sky smiling. "I heard you were expelled from school because of what happened at Mt. Fuji. Well, I wish that there would be another school where we Japanese can attend to without being governed by those corrupted Britannian government officials."
"I know, I never was able to fit right in that place anyway!" Fuu muttered in annoyance. "Once this is all over, I'd like to go to a school where both Japanese and Britannians can get along without segregation, along with Ms. Hikaru and Ms. Umi."
"But no matter, I'm grateful you were able to stand up for me at Mt. Fuji!" Kuu grinned. "So Fuu, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes because I already met a very handsome, young man in the New World!" Fuu told her elder sister. "Since I fell in love with him, I'll do anything to impress him, as well as fighting for his sake."
"That's good to hear, Fuu" Kuu told her younger sister. "By the way, I want you to have this!"
Before Fuu could say anything, Kuu took out her childhood picture that shows her and Fuu when they're both little. As Fuu politely took the picture from Kuu she sees it for a while and smiled at her sister in return. When Fuu rotated the picture around, she sees a small writing on the back of it.
The writing on the back of the picture says, "Sisters to the end! -Fuu and Kuu."
"Please, come back soon, Fuu!" Kuu begged her young sister.
"You know I will, sis!" Fuu replied as they both hugged each other.
After they're embrace, Fuu lets go of Kuu and goes back onboard her Rune God Knightmare.
"I will return someday, Kuu!" Fuu said with a determining voice from inside her Knightmare. "You have my word! Farewell!"
As Windam Delta ascended into the night sky, Kuu watched it disappear from a distance while smiling to herself.
"Fuu, I hope will see each other again!" Kuu muttered to herself as she disappeared into the shadows of the alleyways during the riot.
Inside Euphy's room at the Government Bureau, Cornelia couldn't help but stare at the picture above the fireplace, with grief in her eyes while sitting down on the floor. The picture shows herself and Euphy when they're both young. In addition, it had portrayed a young Cornelia giving a crown of blue flowers to put on top of the head of a young Euphy. In the surroundings of the two sisters, the picture's background is filled flowers, grass, and trees.
In her mind, Cornelia doesn't know if she were to get revenge on the very same Eleven whose life she had ruined seven years ago or to desperately search and rescue her lost sister that immediately vanished from Mt. Fuji; or maybe do both. After looking at the picture above her, Cornelia stared at both of her hands for a few seconds before they closed tightly into fists. Just like that, Cornelia stood up on both of her legs and left Euphy's room.
In the hallways, the Glaston Knights stood up for attention from the Viceroy of Area 11. As Cornelia approached them, she makes her announcement to the five warriors of Darlton.
"Glaston Knights, prepare to stand by at the Government Bureau! We're going to engage the Cephirian Army, the Black Knights, and their followers. Have all anti-air defenses setup and ready to fire at the ships from the New World!"
"Yes, your majesty!" The Glaston Knights acknowledged in unison.
After issuing out orders to the Glaston Knights, Cornelia makes her way into the conference room. As Cornelia enters the room, she overhears Guilford and the Representatives of Britannia discussing the options of fleeing the Tokyo Settlement due to the unstoppable riots heading straight for them.
"Don't panic, everyone!" Cornelia ordered in a calm, intense voice. "I've put the Glaston Knights on stand-by and ordered them to setup anti-air defenses around the Bureau. Place all forces to the outskirts of Tokyo. We can end this; we just need to stop the Magic Knight Elevens and Zero! If we do this, the armies of the Black Knights and the New World will fall apart!"
"Yes, your highness!" Guilford replied as he carried out orders to the remaining forces in the Tokyo Settlement at will.
As the Black Knights went first to take out several of Britannia's defensive lines, the Cephirian Army marched in from behind Zero's main force, with Ferio's, Lantis', and Lafarga's Knightmares taking the lead. Caldina's, Presea's, Clef's, and Topaz's Knightmares are being prepped inside Zero's G-1 Base for battle.
Above the G-1 Base, the NSX, the Bravada of Chizeta, and the Dome of Fahren are taking flight once again as the forces inside their designated ships are preparing for the final battle that will change all of Area 11 forever.
When the Magic Knights finally arrived at the G-1 Base, they all disembarked from their Knightmares upon landing on top of the mobile fortress and looked out into the distance. Up ahead, they can see the red lights coming from Britannian Government Bureau and its surroundings.
"So this is it, guys!" Hikaru told Umi and Fuu. "This may be our final battle in Area 11!"
"I know, Ms. Hikaru!" Fuu replied in an anxious tone. "I hope Ms. Aska and the others are ready for this too!"
"Well, I already received word that the Bravada and the Dome of Fahren will give us air-support just as soon as we charge forward to the Bureau!" Hikaru informed.
"Let's do this for our loved ones!" Umi said with determination. "And let this be the hour where we will all draw swords together!"
"Umi's right, guys!" Hikaru acknowledged. "It's now or never!"
In less than a minutes, Ascot's Knightmare appeared right next to the G-1 Base as it stood right next to the Lancelot Blitz and the Black Crusader. The moment Ascot's Monolith halted, the Guren, the Gekkas, and all of the Cephirian Knightmares disembarked from the G-1 Base as they all drew out there weapons, readying themselves for the final battle.
"So Rakshata, are you sure that the Monolith will still bring out my other friends from the other side?" Ascot said, feeling a bit lost in adapting to a combat role that's not part of his Summoner abilities.
"There's always the first time for everything!" Rakshata spoke from Ascot's intercom. "Besides, I'm able to study carefully on how the locals from the New World can use their combat skills when resorting to Knightmare combat. In fact, it's thanks to Autozam's mechanized, technological resources that I'm able to create the Knightmares for the Cephirians to use, especially yours!"
"We're grateful that you where on our side!" Ascot said to the Head of the Researcher and Developer. "I guess it's more progressive than rather just relying on Rune Gods in Cephiro. No offense, Umi!"
"None taken!" Umi said as she spoke from inside Selece Omega. "If it hadn't been for Rakshata's work, we Magic Knights would've been outnumbered from a hundred to one."
As Zero's Gawain appeared into the sky, ascending from the G-1 Base, he makes his announcement towards the forces of Britannia.
"HEAR ME, BRITANNIA! This is Zero, a rebel against oppressors who abuse their power. We'll wait until midnight. You have until then to surrender to me. This will be your final warning! 12:00 midnight; not a single second later!"
When Hikaru went back inside her Rune God Knightmare and ascended up into the air with Selece and Windam, she looked at the clock from her cellphone, she sees that it is 11:57pm, which is three minutes before midnight. While waiting, Hikaru was thinking about everything that happened until now; how she met and faced off Cornelia as a Magic Knight, when she learned about Suzaku's true colors and his role as Euphy's Knight, and how she kidnapped Cornelia's sister just to stop the genocide at Mt. Fuji. She couldn't help but feel a chill crawling down her spine, for Hikaru is uncertain on how will the battle end. Will the battle end in a loss, win, or a stalemate? Will her liberation for Area 11 and Cephiro be the last thing Hikaru will ever do as a Knight fighting for the New World? Will she face death or survival when facing Cornelia and her forces one last time? Will her friends survive the final battle in Area 11 as well?
Other than that, Hikaru isn't sure if she did the right thing for Euphy after sending her to Cephiro, away from the destruction that she caused unwillingly.
"Hey Hikaru, are you feeling okay over there?!" Geo asked as his GTO appeared right next to her and the Magic Knights.
"Well, I uh..." Hikaru stammered while sweating underneath her breath, making her snap out of her past thoughts.
"It's not about what happened back at Mt. Fuji is it?!" Geo continued. "Just be grateful that you didn't choose what that kid Suzaku did. I mean, you were hailed as a hero too when saving all those innocent bystanders at the stadium; they said it themselves. Besides, we all have came a very long way in saving your world from the corrupted Empire of Britannia."
"I know where you're getting at, Geo!" Hikaru acknowledged the Autozamian's praise. "I still think something bad happened between Euphy and Zero that made her flip out like that. It may be just like what happened when we were forced to face off Princess Emeraude after we took down Zagato. But in this scenario, I'm having serious doubts of Euphy being just as crazy as Emeraude."
"Think nothing of it, Hikaru!" Geo told the Flame Knight in a confident tone. "She was a huge disappointment and played us all for fools in the end! Anyway, are you ready to lead us to the battlefield once more?!"
"Yes, I am!" Hikaru said as she looked at Cornelia's Gloucester in a distance. "Cornelia, its time to end this!"
When Cornelia's Knightmare appeared into the fray behind her battalion of Britannian Knightmares and Battle Tanks at the outskirts of Tokyo, her personal Gloucester is now equipped with a high-powered electrical rifle with a sling holstered behind its back. In addition, Cornelia's Gloucester has two MVS in both of its sheaths. Though, Cornelia still has her Assault Rifle and Jousting Lance as part of her primary weapons. As Hikaru glared at Cornelia's Knightmare, Cornelia was able to spot Rayearth Alpha in a distance from the interface inside her cockpit, glaring at the Flame Knight too.
"Hikaru Shidou, you will rue the day that you have defied the might of the Holy Britannian Empire for the last time!" Cornelia snarled at Hikaru's Knightmare, which is hovering above more than a 100 meters above ground and several kilometers away from her position. "For that, I shall rid Area 11 of the Magic Knight Elevens and Zero once and for all! When I'm done with that, I'll venture into Cephiro once again and save my little sister, Euphy!"
But before Cornelia or her forces were able to make their move against the Black Knights, the Magic Knights, or any of their followers, the clock has finally struck midnight. In an instant, the ground below Cornelia's battalion suddenly collapsed.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Cornelia gasped as she sees the ground collapse below the her Gloucester's feet, along with most of her troops.
As the floorings fell apart, the battle tanks were plummeting to the ground and exploded upon impact.
At the same time, when several of the air transports tried to take off, they accidentally ran into the jutting floor boards and exploded as they were unable to climb above them. In addition, the air transports that were still in the sky were getting slammed in by the collapsing floors while several of them attempted to veer away from it all.
For the Britannian Knightmares, some of them fired off their Slash Harkens at several objects that weren't falling down along with the plummeting floorings, just to hoist themselves back up and evade crashing into the ground below them.
As the forces of the New World and the Black Knights saw what was happening on the other side of the Tokyo Settlement, they couldn't help but feel a bit surprised that the Britannian Forces went in disarray.
"No way!" Umi gasped in awe. "Did that flooring area just collapsed all of a sudden?"
"You have to face the facts, Umi!" Tamaki said while inside his Burai. "That Zero dude never ceases to amaze us!"
After seeing the floors collapse, the Cephirian Knightmares drew out their weapons while the Green Ranger makes his announcement to the entire battalion.
"That is the signal everyone!" Ferio announced from inside his Green Knightmare. "Get to the prisoners. WE WILL FREE OUR PEOPLE!"
As the Green Ranger drew out his huge scimitar, Ferio bellows out his orders to his fellow Cephirian Warriors piloting their Gloucesters, with one of them raising Cephiro's banner up high and swung it left and right.
"CHARGE!" Ferio shouted as he steered his Green Ranger straight into the crippled enemy lines, with the Lancelot Blitz, Dancing Siren, and the Monolith rallying by his side.
At the same time, the Cephirian Gloucesters readied their spears and lances as they charged forward to ram the Britannian Knightmares head on. As for the Magic Knights, they flew forwards with their swords drawn, above their friends, before preparing to engage the Britannians at will.
Meanwhile inside the NSX, Prince Clovis pulled out a small emp device from underneath his sleeves and slammed it onto the door lock of the cell that he is in. Upon impact, the doors received a small electrical shock that made them open up immediately. As Clovis slowly peered his head up forward, he looked both left and right to make sure there are no guards nearby. In silence, Clovis snuck around in the shadows of the corridors trying to figure out what is going on around him. Eventually, Clovis stumbled into the armory and found a several autozamian marine uniforms inside an open locker, along with a helmet and goggles hanging on a shelf above the uniform. Without hesitation, Clovis replaced his regal clothing and disguised himself as an Autozamian Marine in order to blend in. In addition, he armed himself with an assault rifle and grabbed a communicator which was located next to the door. After he stuffed his clothing inside the locker, Clovis closed it and left the armory in a full disguise. While investigating on what's going on inside and outside of the NSX, Clovis kept under a low-profile by not attracting too much attention from the other Autozamians who were manning their stations all over the ship.
Back at the bridge, while Zazu was working on hacking into the Bureau's defense systems at the bridge on his computer, Clovis appeared at the door behind the young mechanic. As Clovis looked closely at what Zazu is doing on the computer and at the huge screen in front of him, he just realized that the young mechanic is attempting to sabotage the Bureau for he noticed familiar layouts of the Bureau's exterior at the Tokyo Settlement.
While trying to come up with a plan, Clovis sees the map of the NSX's interior layout on the wall at his right and spotted the generators powering up the battleship at the lower levels. With it, Clovis came up with a brilliant idea of trying to stop Zazu from digging into the Bureau's defensive network. While using the map to direct him around the NSX, Clovis finds an empty room to hide in, adjacent to the armory. As soon as Clovis entered the room, he pointed the assault rifle in making sure there are no guards sleeping or off-duty before sealing the door shut behind him. When Clovis put the communicator onto the table in front of him, he calibrated the channel in redirecting to the Britannian Communication Line at the Bureau.
"Can anyone hear me?" Clovis whispered through the communicator. "This is Prince Clovis of the Holy Britannian Empire. Please respond immediately. I don't have much time!"
After a few seconds of waiting for a reply, a voice finally came out!"
"Clovis, is that you?! What happened? We thought you have been captured!"
"There's no time to explain!" Clovis said silently back to his respondent. "Listen, I need backup in order to take this ship down. They're planning to sabotage the Government Bureau in Area 11!"
