Author's note:Welcome to Chapter 4 of Code Geass: Evolution. Yeah baby we got 8 Favs, 15 follows and 5 reviews. And to celebrate here is an early chapter...
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Rei Rusuragi- I'm glad you're enjoying the story and thanks for the support. I have a lot of good ideas for this story and your right it can only get better.
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BlAcKmIkUlOuCh18- I aim to please in this Chapter Francis uses his geass for the first time, even though this chapter is more central, I promise I will explain more about Francis in chapters to come.
Disclaimer: MR L VI BRITANNIA does not own Code Geass in any shape or form. If he did Lelouch would have been a better pilot, like seriously he is the son of the greatest pilot ever yet he is a horrible pilot, but Suzaku who has never even been in a Knightmare pilots like his the terminator...
Chapter 4: Aftermath...
War can bring the most unlikely people together under a single banner, but sometimes can drive a wedge between brothers. War is unpredictable and so are the people who take part in it.
C.C 'The Immortal witch'.
[THE RED LOTUS]
Kallen clutched the jacket around her shoulders. Around her in the ruined warehouse were the few survivors that remained. Most of them were just normal people who'd been living in Shinjuku. The few walking around carrying old assault rifles were her comrades.
"Damn it!" She heard one of the refugees yell. "If you guys just lived quietly and didn't antagonize the Britannia, this wouldn't happen!"
"Hey, shut your mouth!" Tamaki yelled. Before he could say anything more though, the warehouse's doors were blasted apart. After the smoke cleared, they saw the platoon of soldiers standing in a line, assault rifles aimed straight at the group. Behind them was an APC, its top hatch open and what she guessed was the commander sticking his head out. Raising his arm, he began to signal the troops to fire.
"All units are herby ordered to cease fire. In the name of Clovis La Britannia! Your Royal Viceroy I order you all to cease hostilities. All casualties whether Britannian or Eleven shall be treated equally and without prejudges! In my name I order all Britannian forces to cease fire immediately."
The message echoed throughout the entire ghetto, confusing both Britannian and Japanese alike. With the penalty for disobeying an order from Royalty being death the Britannian forces reluctantly lowered their weapons, letting the terrorists go.
And as the Japanese were escorted out of the ghetto, Kallen couldn't help but wonder if the mystery voice and the renegade unit had anything to do with the order.
[THE G-1 BASE]
When Prince Clovis finished his announcement only four people remained in the G-1 command centre. Francis was busy downloading data to from the main computer terminal, Lelouch was holding the prince under gunpoint, the green haired girl who introduced herself as C.C was watching the exchange with an amused expression and Prince Clovis himself who wore a weak mask of irritation in an attempt to hide his fear.
The staff generals had been ordered to forget all the day's events and get out, while the royal guard was sent to the Advance Engineering Corp storehouse to retrieve a certain object of interest.
"Are you satisfied?" The prince snapped at his younger brother.
"Yes, well done Clovis, no one could have guessed that you made the announcement at gunpoint." Lelouch complimented taking two steps forward, pistol barrel shifting to the prince's head.
"Don't do this Lelouch!" Clovis yelled out in fear, "If you father knew that your alive, you could return to the mainland and even see-"
"Enough!" Lelouch roared, his anger causing Clovis to shrink back on the throne. "Have you forgotten what happened 7 years ago?"
"Our mother was the Emperor's favourite consorts and a knight of honour, but because she was born a commoner she was never accepted. You people had her killed!" Francis reminded, unhooking his data pad from the main terminal.
"It wasn't me!" Clovis pleaded, his whole body shaking in fear, as the other twin approached the throne. "I swear I had nothing to do with it!"
"Answer my questions!" Lelouch growled, his left eye glowing demonically as the birdlike symbol reappeared, red rim appeared around Clovis's eyes and the prince calming considerably. "Who killed our mother?"
"Schneizel and Cornelia can provide you the answers you seek, they headed the investigations." The prince replied under Lelouch's power.
"They did it?" This caused Clovis to look hesitant, despite the compulsion. "Hmm you really don't know anything." Lelouch concluded as his eye returned to its royal purple colour.
"I n-never would do anything of the sort! Believe me!" Clovis cried, oblivious of the answers he had given.
"I believe you!" Lelouch said lowering his pistol.
"However" Francis stated just as Clovis released a relieved sigh, "You cannot be forgiven for your other crimes." The younger twin said before putting two bullets between Clovis's eyes, splattering the throne in blood and gore.
[THE COUNCIL]
(3 HOURS LATER)
When Lelouch and Francis entered the Student Council room they were feeling extremely tired from earlier events, the only reason they weren't resting was because the blonde bombshell Milly Ashford had ordered an emergency Council meeting.
"Lelouch, Francis! Where have you two been?" speak of the devil, the Student Council President was standing in the centre of the room, arms folded and an unhappy expression on her face.
"Sorry Milly, we had some errands to do." Lelouch offered as an excuse and for some strange reason Milly seemed to accept the vague excuse. Three other people were sitting at a large table behind Milly and when the twins saw the stacks of paperwork that populated said table, they mentally cursed the blonde to the deepest parts of hell.
"Where were you guys today?" A blue-headed boy named Rivalz, queried. "I thought we were supposed to go-" he stopped when Francis sent him a glare.
"Gambling?" The orange-haired girl, Shirley finished her burning gaze transferred to Lelouch. "Lulu if you and Francs keep skipping school to gamble you'll get held-"
"Do we have to do this today?" Francis interrupted with a scowl, taking a seat at the table and starting to go through the documents.
"Hey, why don't we leave this until tomorrow?" Rivalz grumbled.
"That sounds like a good idea." The twins chorused, exchanging looks.
"I do-don't mind the work." The ever shy Nina Einstein said for a side-desk with a computer, her voice barely a whisper
"GUTS!" Milly cried, causing everyone to jump slightly in their seats. Then Rivalz spoke again.
"That 'guts' thing again?"
"Yep, a spell to make you work harder." The blond replied with a prideful smile.
Everyone just grumbled and continued with their work, completely ignoring the President and her strange ways...
[THE RED LOTUS]
(THE FOLLOWING DAY)
Kallen was bored out of her mind as her history teacher spoke about how the Britannian Empire 'liberated' the uneducated nation of Japan. While on the surface Kallen seemed like an ordinary sickly, shy Britannian student, in actuality she was a part-time resistance fighter.
'Argh! I hate Britannia' Kallen internally cursed as her eyes scanned the classroom.
Her gaze settled on two Britannian boys that made her think she was seeing double. They had the same black hair, facial structure and most probably the same eye colour, but Kallen couldn't tell because they were asleep. Kallen studied the boys for a few moments when something caught her eye; a snake like symbol appeared on one of the boy's neck but when Kallen focused on it, the symbol disappeared.
'I must be imagining things' Kallen thought shaking her head, at that moment the bell rang signalling the end of the period...
[THE DYNAMIC DUO]
As the twins their seats in the math class. Francis a certain red-haired girl caught his eye, tapping his twin on the shoulder and pointed to the girl.
"That girl, is she who I think she is?" Lelouch turned his head slightly, until he saw the girl in question, his eyes widened. Before he could respond, Rivalz butted his head in between theirs, looking at the girl.
"That's Kallen Stadtfeld, she's the daughter of Earl James Stadtfeld, and she suffers from some kind of chronic illness. She isn't in school a lot but gets high grades. Quite a looker eh?" Rivalz grinned, as the twins eyed him suspiciously.
"And how do you know all that?" Francis queried with a sly grin.
"Milly..." Rivalz trailed off his face turning deep red, like an over ripe tomato.
Before anything else could be said the math teacher entered the classroom forcing the teens to postpone their little discussion for later time...
[THE RED LOTUS]
Once again Kallen was bored stiff, even though it with her sickly persona, it was still frustrating. It was lunchtime and Kallen was talking of two of her so-called Britannian friends.
'They're all a bunch of mindless parasites.' The redhead mussed as she chomped on her sandwich
"Kallen Stadtfeld?" a male voice asked, derailing her thoughts.
It was one of the twins from history class and Kallen wandered what he wanted with her. Most probably some rich Britannian kid trying to get lucky with a nobles daughter.
"Can I help you. Mr- huh?" Kallen asked cautiously, making sure to maintain her sickly persona.
"Forgive my rudeness." The boy said with a kind smile that looked good on his face. "I'm Francis Lankford, a member of the student council, in charge of recruiting. Please to make your acquaintance."
The boy, Francis extended his hand like a gentleman would when helping a lady up and Kallen begrudgingly accepted. In that short moment of contact Kallen felt a strange sensation shoot through her body and she could have sworn she saw the boy's right eye flash red.
"Are you ok, Miss Stadtfeld?" Francis questioned, seems the redhead had been staring too long.
"UH- yes sorry about that." Kallen said, shaking her head. "What can I do for you Mr Lankford?" the red head asked swiftly changing the subject.
"Oh yes, Miss Ashford requested your presence in the Student Council room, If you would be so kind as to follow me." The boy spoke, before he began to walk away, unable to ignore a request from Milly Ashford, the redhead decided to follow...
[THE BLUE STORM]
Once Francis was sure he had lead Kallen to an area, which was secluded and private he turned to face the confused teen, a sly smirk on his face.
"Hello Q-1." This seemed to catch the girl off guard because she took a few steps back.
"W-who are you and how do you know that name?" Kallen asked after her initial shock wore off, her right hand slowly moving to the pink pouch in her pocket.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Francis warned, revealing the pistol hidden in his jacket. "Besides I'm only here to deliver a message." He said as the girl raised her hands in surrender.
"You still haven't answered my question. Who are you and how do you know that name?" Kallen growled in defiance.
"Actually those are two questions, but I'll answer them anyway. You know me simply as K-1 and my brother is the voice that led your group to victory yesterday." Kallen's eyes widened with each word the boy spoke, her brain unable to comprehend why two Britannian teens would lead a band of misfit terrorists to victory against their own country.
"Be at the Tokyo Tower the day after tomorrow at 16h00 and bring your friends. My brother has a proposition for your group." Francis told the frozen Kallen.
"One more thing." Francis spoke his voice cold and his expression serious, sending a shiver down the redhead's spine. "The reason I revealed myself to you is because I want to know if you can be trusted, but if you tell anyone who I am, I will kill you myself."
Having said all he needed to Francis took his leave, While Kallen remained frozen on the spot for a few more minutes...
[THE BLACK PRINCE]
While Francis handled the situation with Miss Stadtfeld, Lelouch was in the office of headmaster Reuben Ashford. While the twins owed the Ashford family a great dept for taking them in after the war, and as a result Lelouch felt that they should be informed of what would come.
"What did you want to see me about Lelouch?" Old man Ashford asked with a warm smile.
"Before we begin Mr Ashford I would like to thank you for taking me and my brother in 7 years ago." Lelouch spoke nervously, Mr Ashford wanted to say something but Lelouch cut him off.
"You took us in and raised us like your own and for that you will always have or gratitude. Which is why I felt that you should be informed of our plans." The teen paused for a moment, taking deep breaths.
"I always knew this day would come, I just never expected it to be this soon." Rueben spoke in a supportive tone, while Lelouch stared at him in confusion.
"You and your brother are planning to take on your father, aren't you?" Lelouch's eyes widened, before he nodded.
"I've always known" Rueben said answering the unspoken question. "Lelouch, you and Francis are like sons to me and I could never abandon you. Even when I don't approve of your decisions, know that I will always stand by you."
"Thank you Mr Ashford." Lelouch's voice was soft and sincere. "For everything." He added bowing his head.
"No Lelouch thank you. Your coming here today shows how mature you have become, you're a man now and I'm proud of you." The old man spoke as he and the teen shared a heartfelt hug.
"If there is any way I can help you on your quest, don't hesitate to ask." The old man said as they broke their hug. When Lelouch heard this an idea entered his mind, the teen looked at the old man with a small smile.
"Mr Ashford, if you had the chance to complete the GX-1A, Arthur Knightmare Frame, would you?"
"I would love nothing more than to finish that prototype" Rueben replied with a sigh, "But the military h-"
"No they don't." Lelouch cut him off. "We stole it."
To say that Reuben Ashford was surprised would be a great understatement, but whether it was a good or a bad surprised. Lelouch was unable to tell...
[THE DYNAMIC DUO]
It was now early evening and the Student Council had just finished their planning of the next school festival when Rivalz called everyone over to the TV where a 'Breaking News' bulletin was being broadcasted.
A military man with dark-green-hair and orange eyes appeared on screen surrounded by microphones, reporters and flashing cameras. Francis moved closer to the screen, the man looking vaguely familiar.
"My fellow Britannians, it pains me to inform you that our beloved Prince Clovis has been murdered." The man paused as the reporters began to mutter amongst themselves. "But, fear not for we have captured the culprit."
On screen the face of an Eleven boy with brown hair and emerald eyes appeared, causing the twins to gasp.
"This man is Suzaku Kururugi, son of the former Japanese prime minister, honorary Britannian and Murderer of our glorious Prince. He will stand trial in 3 days." The man spoke before Rivalz changed channels.
Lelouch and Francis were frozen in place, how could this be happening? How could their childhood friend be accused of a crime they had committed? These and more questions rang through their minds, only one thing remained certain, they had to do something...
Author's note:
Ok guys I have some bad news, next week is registration at my college so I won't be able to update this story for a while, I promise to make it up to you with a double dosage, so next time I can update I will post two chapters. So please try understanding where I'm coming from...
Before I forget can anyone guess what Francis's geass is? If you get it right I'll buy you an ice cream.
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-MR L VI BRITANNIA