Chapter 3: Aftermath from the first battle.
The five teens were teleported back to the underground base.
"Ugh, a little warning, that you are going to warp us, would be nice next time." Groaned Gino, feeling strange.
All of them removed their helmets, revealing their faces and their glowing eyes.
"A brilliant performance!" Lloyd applauded them through the video feed. "I can't wait to examine you when we arrive in Japan!"
"You're coming to Japan?" asked Suzaku surprised.
"That's right. We'll be taking a flight tomorrow, so we'll be arriving in Japan in two days." Smiled Cecile.
"Good job out there, all of you." Said Cornelia, avoiding the posing part and how embarrassing she thought it was.
"You were very fun to watch." Giggled Marianne.
"Let's get back on track, shall we?" said Genbu Kururugi.
Everyone calmed down and listened.
"Good, now let's get a few things out of the way. That Cherkans character has no doubt returned to the main force to inform them of his findings. In short, this was only a scouting party. They will most likely return with heavily armed and stronger forces." Explained Charles.
"Your objectives are simple. You must defeat the invading armies of the Kreuz empire and learn to better control your powers. In the process we will further our data on the enigma that is the Geass and an optional objective is to make contact with C.C." finished Charles.
"Um, I have a question, sir." Shirley raised her hand.
"Yes?" the tall man turned to her.
"In the end, all of us are just high school students. We have our own lives to consider." Said the orange haired girl.
The four adults looked at each other, as if making a telepathic conversation.
"Well, we won't force you to choose. It is as you said, your lives are yours." Said Cornelia.
"But it's not right to leave things as they are." Suzaku disagreed.
"Then what about this? All of you will continue your daily lives and will respond to a threat if it occurs. During the weekends you will come here for practice. Is that ok?" asked Marianne.
The five students seemed to agree to that proposal.
"What about our Geass?" asked Euphemia.
"You will keep it a secret from the rest of the population." Said Genbu.
Suzaku then remembered something.
"Mr. and Mrs. Lamperouge, does anyone from your family know about any of this?" asked Suzaku curious if Lelouch knew anything about this.
"No, no one except for the people you've seen here and a few others know of this operation. I assume you were asking, because you wanted to know if you could speak with Lelouch about it?" said Charles.
"Yes, I guess all of us will have to keep this a secret from our friends." Suzaku was somewhat saddened that he couldn't share the news with his best friend.
"Cheer up, Suzaku. This way you're not unnecessarily involving anyone." Smiled Marianne.
Euphemia put her hand over the boy's shoulder.
"If it's to protect the people around us, then we'll have to keep to ourselves." She tried to reassure him.
"Um, Mr. Lamperouge." Gino was the next to have something to say.
"What is it?" asked the man.
"Well about the keeping it a secret part. I don't think that I'll be able to keep my little sister from noticing." He laughed nervously.
"Ah, little Anya. How is she?" asked Marianne, since one of the times that she had visited her own kids, she was introduced to her and Gino by Lelouch.
"Oh, she's fine. She'll most likely not let me home, since I'm kind of late." Gino laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his head.
"If push comes to shove, you'll have to be frank with her and tell her that it is for her own good to remain uninformed." Sighed Charles.
"What about you, Miss Fenette?" Cornelia asked Shirley.
"Well, I don't think that I'll have trouble keeping this a secret, but I would be grateful if we were taught how to better control our powers." Said the orange haired girl.
"Ah yes, about that. According to the data which we've acquired, the Geass works on a subconscious level. In short, as long as you are calm and collected there shouldn't be any problems, unless you will your Geass to activate." Explained Genbu.
The five students were glad to hear that bit of information.
"Good, it would be pretty bad if everything I touch constantly blew up." Kallen was relieved.
"Alright, with the matter settled, all of you are free to return home." Said Charles.
"Uh, sorry, but I have another question, Mr. Lamperouge." Gino raised his hand.
"Yes, what is it?" The man turned to the blond teen.
"How are we going to get home?" asked the boy.
"Don't worry, all of you will be home shortly." Smiled the middle aged man, as he glanced at his wife, who was at the controls for the teleporter.
The teens paled, as Marianne smiled at them.
"Remember that tomorrow is Friday, so we'll be seeing you after school." She said and all of them were sent to their respective living place.
With the teens now gone, the adults seemed to be satisfied at the development of everything.
"You should return back to England. I'm sure you neglected some matters to fly over here." Said the Japanese prime minister to the king of England.
"Yes, I'm leaving things here in your hands." Said Charles, as he turned to his wife. "We should pack our cases."
"Right." Nodded Marianne.
"I have a plane prepared for you in the hangar. When you are ready I will fly you back and return here." Said Cornelia.
"Thank you, Ms. Karsten. I'm sure that with your training those kids will turn into real fighters for justice." Said Charles.
"Thanks, Cornelia. Try to go easy on the kids." Smiled Marianne, as she and her husband left to grab their stuff.
The five teens were all teleported to their homes, but Gino's case was the most severe.
He had been teleported in his room and now had to think up an excuse, as to why he had returned so late. When he left the room, crappy ninja style, he was trying to walk over to the living room as silently as possible. In the middle of the hallway a voice stopped him.
"What are you doing?" asked him a monotone girly voice.
He turned around with a nervous smile.
"Evening, Anya. Sorry I'm late." He laughed weakly, as he rubbed the back of his head.
Anya Weinberg was a short pink haired girl with red eyes, who was adopted by Gino's parents, making the boy and gir, siblings. She wasn't really communicative and liked to take a lot of pictures with her phone. For as far as Gino was concerned, he loved his little sister, although he always managed to upset her.
"You're late." The girl pointed out.
"Uh, yeah, about that… Look I got caught up with some friends after school, so I, uh…" Gino wasn't good at thinking up excuses on the spot.
"It doesn't really matter, as long as you are back." Said the girl as she walked past him and got into the living room and sat on the couch in front of the TV.
Gino couldn't help but smile at his little sister's funny way of forgiving him. He went over to the kitchen behind the couch and leaned on the bar.
"Make food." Said Anya, while watching a cartoon.
"Sure thing lil sis." He smiled and took out the cooking utensils.
While he was cooking Anya started a conversation.
"Today was a strange day. There were a bunch of weirdos dressed in different colored armor fighting some bad guys on the news." Said the little girl.
Gino felt ashamed being called a weirdo by his sister.
"They were really cool. I wish you could be at least a bit as cool as them." Added the girl, with a happy smile, causing Gino to feel relieved.
"Yeah, we heard that there was a commotion going on." Said the blond.
"And you were where?" asked the little girl.
"Well, I was with the others checking the place where we thought the earthquake came from, though it turned out to be nothing." Gino told her a half truth.
"You no doubt got lost on the way back." Said Anya.
"How did you know?!" Gino was shocked that she could figure out that they got lost at some point.
"You're my big brother after all. It's natural for me to be able to expect your actions." Replied the girl with a smile.
Somewhere far away in space, where the southern fleet of the Kreuz empire was stationed.
Cherkans arrived back at the main cruiser. When his fellow commanders noticed that his squadron was missing they got curious, but decided to not get in his way of reporting back to the fleet general.
The red scaled serpent entered the general's headquarters.
"Sir, I have returned from the scouting mission on planet Earth." Saluted the humanoid serpent.
"Report, commander. Lord Kreuz wants to hear if this issue is worth his attention, though I highly doubt it is." Said the general.
He was a humanoid being encased fully in silver armor with gaps, through which ran a light blue liquid. He was half a head shorter, but it was clear that he was the more threatening of the two, as the red serpent was a little anxious when conversing with the general.
"Sir, it would seem that there are strong fighters on that planet. They called themselves the Geass Rangers and had some strange powers, which weren't in the initial report on the planet's inhabitants." Said Cherkans.
"Is that so? Then I guess we'll have to investigate the issue further. If these powers that they have could benefit the Kreuz empire, we'll need to figure out a way to get the assets on our side." Mused the general.
"Sir, what will our next course of action be?" asked the red scaled serpent.
"We will further our efforts on that planet. I will relay the orders to the other fleet commanders. If we manage to find anything of use, I'll inform lord Kreuz. If not, we will destroy that planet." Said the general putting his hands together and leaning forward on his desk.
"Understood, sir!" the commander saluted and walked out of the office.
When the silver armored general was left to himself he stood up and stared through the space viewing glass windows on one of the walls that made up his office.
"Geass, huh? … So you are still running around, aren't you, C.C?" the fleet general chuckled to himself.
Cherkans was walking down one of the corridors of the cruiser when he was stopped by someone.
"So, I take it that your conversation with the general went well?" asked the person in question.
"You'll have to wait for when the general gives the orders, Rander. The only thing that I can tell you is that we'll most likely get to fight some interesting opponents." Said the Serpent to his fellow commander.
Rander was a being in green ninja cybernetic armor. His head was encased in a black metal helmet with his eye lids glowing yellow.
"Oh goodie. I've been itching for a good fight." Shrugged Rander, as his colleague passed him.
Lelouch had finished with his homework for tomorrow and was now playing with his two siblings.
"Rolo, could you pass me the blue marker?" Nunnaly asked her twin.
"Sure." Said the boy, as he handed her the item.
The three were currently having a drawing contest. Lelouch was in the middle of drawing a chess board with all of its pieces, while Rolo was drawing a clock. Nunnaly, unlike her two brothers, had decided to go with a more nostalgic thematic. She was painting a garden with flowers, which was supposed to resemble the garden they had back home in England.
When they were done, they revealed their paintings to each other.
"Wow, yours looks almost like a real chess board, big brother." The twins marvelled at their brother's work.
"I'm sure yours are much better than mine." Lelouch smiled at the two kids.
"Not really, mine's just a clock." Said Rolo, receiving a pat on the head from Lelouch and a smile from Nunnaly.
"I think it's wonderful, Rolo." Said the little girl.
"Thanks." replied the young boy, as he and Lelouch turned their attention to Nunnaly's painting.
They instantly recognized the place she had drawn and smiled at her.
"It's really good." Said Rolo cheerfully, making his sister smile happily.
Lelouch embraced his two siblings and stroked them on their heads.
"I'm very proud of both of you." He said, making the two very happy and they hugged him back.
"We love you, big brother!" said happily the two.
"I love you, too. Don't worry about anything that's happening, I'll make sure that all of us are safe and sound. I promise." Lelouch said, as he let go.
"There won't be anything to threaten your happiness, not until I draw breath." Thought the dark haired boy.
"I'll have to go to bed. I have school tomorrow, after all." Said the teenager.
"Ok, Good night, big brother." The twins bid their sibling good night.
"Good night, my lord." Bowed Sayoko, who was in the room.
Lelouch walked out of the room and headed to his own. He stood in front of the mirror in his room, his eyes glowing with the Geass in them.
"I need to learn more about this power. Maybe I'll do some tests tomorrow." He thought, as a smile appeared on his face.
The next day, Lelouch met up with his friends on the way to school.
"Yo, morning." He waved at them.
"Good morning." Replied Euphemia with a smile.
"What happened with you yesterday?" asked Kallen, interested to hear the boy's story.
"I was about to ask you the same thing, actually. After I got lost, I wandered around for a while in the forest, but I eventually gave up on finding you and returned home." Explained Lelouch, lying about what had happened.
"We were worried about you for nothing it seems." Sighed Shirley.
"Did you guys at least find something interesting?" asked the dark haired boy.
"Well, to be honest, there wasn't anything in the stupid forest. Big waste of time that was." Lied Gino.
"Well, as long as everyone turned out to be fine, it wasn't anything worth worrying over." Said Suzaku.
"You know the news yesterday were really strange. A bunch of masked individuals were fighting some strange creatures in the city center." Lelouch said.
The other five got a little nervous from the topic being brought up.
"Yes, I saw the news, too. Those people were really cool." Said Euphemia happily.
"You sound like Nunnaly and Rolo. The two were like they were seeing real life super heroes." Smiled Lelouch.
"Meh, I didn't watch the news, but it sounds like they were interesting for a change." Shrugged Kallen.
"You should learn to lighten up. Even my sister liked the bunch from the news." Retorted Gino.
"Oh, how's Anya?" asked Shirley.
"She's fine, though she was a little cross that I came home late." Gino laughed lightly, rubbing the back of his head.
"What about Nunnaly and Rolo, how are they?" asked Suzaku.
"Both of them are ok. They were worried that I had gotten back home late." Smiled Lelouch.
"That's good to hear." Smiled Shirley.
"We should hurry, or we'll be late for class." Said Euphemia, as she quickened her pace.
The others did the same, as they arrived at the school and attended their first class for the day. They seated themselves and awaited the beginning of class.
The bell rang and the teacher entered the classroom.
"Good morning, class." Said the teacher.
"Good morning, sir." The students stood up from their seats.
"Sit down everyone. I have some news before we start class." Said the teacher, gaining everyone's attention.
"We have a new transfer student to our class." He said and turned to the door. "You can come and introduce yourself."
From the door entered a girl with long lime green hair, styled in twin tails with white ribbons and yellow eyes, dressed in the school uniform. She stood in front of the class with a bored expression.
"Catherine Cross, nice to meet you." Said the girl, as a fake smile popped up on her face.
And here we go, C.C will ruin Lelouch's school life XD. I linked her to one of the fleet generals, for future plot convenience, cause i have plans for Lelouch *cough, Zero, cough* that concern her and the aliens, for it'd be a waste to just fight the aliens, when you can gain so much from the concept. I've been toying with this idea, but there will surely be a couple of main character deaths, not only the enemies that are sent to fight the rangers. That way i think it'll make things more interesting, though i can't even remember if there was a season in which one of the rangers dies permanently without any shenanigans about bringing him back to life being pulled XD. Anyway, thanks for reading and i bid you a good day!