Sanguin Tears
A/N: This is my second story, so please any advise would be helpful. Also I made up a few Knightmare frames (i.e: Helios and Fortis), they are listed in the Extras section, I also will be adding character bios for characters that are not from Code Geass or any anime. So please don't be confused. Also if this story is related to anything on this site please let me know.
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Sanguin Tears
Chapter Two: The Princess
Unknown…, six months later, 0900hrs
A/N: Am am truely sorry for what is about to happen to Euphy...
A young woman sat on a chair, her arms were strapped together attached to the back. The room was pitch black, except for the small circular light that was placed above her head and the blocked out skylight. Three men approached her, upon seeing their faces she quickly moved her own away from them. She felt a cold hand grab her chin and forcibly move her face towards the men.
"Princess Euphemia li Britannia, are you ready to comply with our demands," one of the men asked while his face was concealed in the shadows. "If not I guess, we'll just force it out of you,"
She could feel a hand slide up her dress, she yanked her body to the point where the hand was forced out; a sharp pain hit her face. The man who was forced out had slapped her across her face. She took a look at these men and began to wonder why they were doing this.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" she asked still restraining the pain in her face.
The men looked at her, as if she had insulted them; she felt another sharp pain in her cheek. "You arrogant fool!" shouted the man who slapped her. "Think of what your brother has done to our beloved country?"
Euphy thought for a moment, their accents were familiar; it was Japanese. She didn't remember Clovis ordering anything that could have angered them. "What has my brother done?" she asked preparing for another slap; once again the cold blooded fingers forced her to look her captors in the eye.
"Your brother has ordered the destruction of the Shinjuku Ghetto, he slaughtered hundreds of innocent civilians!" the words were to shocking for her. "I was there! I saw the Knightmares and Brittannian troops kill everyone!"
Euphy winced at the thought of her gentle brother giving such a crude order. She felt the hand once again move up her dress; her response was the same. She looked up and noticed what these men were going to do to her.
"If you aren't going to help us, then you might as well service us," the men replied as she could start to feel more hands trying to violate her body. "Stay still it won't hurt for long,"
Euphy was squirming trying to prevent what they were going to do next. She looked up as the blocked skylight shattered, the moon's glorious white light illuminated the room and as the glass shards fell it they gleamed together in a beautiful waltz. As she starred up to see a white cloaked figure next to the broken skylight. The figure jumped down from the skylight as the glass shards fell. To Euphy the figure looked like an angel descending from heaven with the pure white feathers falling with him. He hit the ground at the same time as the glass; broken small pieces began to dance around the figure as he stood up.
Upon hitting the ground the three men reached for their assault rifles. The figure quickly threw a three daggers at the man who had his rifle first. The sharp silver blade penetrated the neck of its victim, in response he grabbed his neck as a pool of blood drained from it. His two allies had their rifles in hand and opened fire on the assailant. The flashing lights of the bullets exiting the barrels gave little excitement to the assailant as he quickly dispatched of the two men with a few more daggers.
Euphy looked at the figure that had entered as an angel; his once white robe was now dyed a crimson red. She looked in his hand at the three blood stained daggers, what she didn't expect was that as he approached each of his victims; he took out a pure white feather and placed it on their bloodied corpses. Euphy knew where this robed figure was from, he was here to finish the contract. The figure faced her and looked directly at her, she knew what was coming next; the daggers were ready to be thrown and there was a feather.
"Before you kill me, could I at least see your face?" she asked knowing it would be futile; yet the assassin withdrew his daggers and the feathers.
She watched as the assassin reach for the hood and slowly pull it down, it was a man. His messy brown hair wavered in the beautiful moonlight, as he turned to face her; the expression on her face lit with relief.
"Suzaku…," she said, with a sigh.
The young brown haired teen approached the princess and he untied her. Once freed she immediately embraced him in a hug. He blushed as he felt her warm body press up against his crimson robe.
Pulling her from him she looked her in the eyes. "We have to hurry, someone may have heard us," he said right before there was a loud clanging on the exit.
"Hey you guys alright we heard gunfire?" a man asked as he slowly opened the door and spotted the bodies. "Intruders, we have men down!"
There was a deafening noise as the alarms went off in the building. Suzaku quickly grabbed Euphy and turned over the metal table that was near them. Once the table was turned over, a group of heavily armed men entered the room weapons raised.
"Surrender! You are outnumbered!" the men shouted as they clicked off their safeties.
Suzaku picked up one of the hereby assault rifles and blind fired. His attack had been successful as he heard at least three groans of pain. Suzaku checked the gun, he only had four shots left. He heard a loud thud, moments later he heard only one thing. "Frag Out!" the enemy had thrown some grenades.
Suzaku once again grabbed Euphy and quickly flipped over the table and a split second later the grenades went off, the inertia from the explosion pushed them towards the enemy group. He quickly fired all four rounds into the group of men; he made sure each shot counted as they struck the men's head. When they landed Suzaku was met with several guns to his face. Suzaku gripped onto Euphy tighter; he wouldn't let these men have her. He could see that the men would kill both of them, he loosened his grip on the woman.
Euphy looked him in the eyes, she knew that he wouldn't let anything happen to her. She walked over to the them as Suzaku stood up. Euphy was grabbed by one of the men.
"Alright, hands up!" he shouted; Suzaku followed his order as his blood stained hand rose into the air. "Good, now your weapons get rid of them,"
There was a smile on Suzaku's face. "Alright," he said before reveling two swords one in each sleeve of his robe.
He armed for the legs of the first two men, his attack resulted in the dismemberment of their legs; gunfire sounded Suzaku ducked just in time as a bullet slightly grazed his left cheek. Still in his duck he threw a series of daggers, each one killing striking their targets in vital parts of the body. Getting back up the room that was once filled with armed men was nearly empty. The man whom had taken Euphy hostage stared in complete dismay. Euphemia as well was shocked at how quickly Suzaku dispatched of the men.
Suzaku approached the man, as a response he threw Euphy towards him. "T--- take her! Just don't kill me!" he shouted only to see that Suzaku continued to move forward, a blade ready to kill him.
The man fired off his gun into Suzaku but he continued to walk evermore closer. "What the hell are you!" he shouted before Suzaku lunged forward extending the blade and impaling the man into the wall.
Suzaku leaned towards the man's ear. "I am an angel of death," he replied jabbing another blade into the man's torso. "I grant you crossing through the river of Acheron, so that you may enter the deepest depths of hell."
The man's breath began to become shallow, Suzaku plunged the blade even further in his torso. Finally the man gave in and collapsed onto the floor.
Suzaku approached Euphy, he held out his hand. She stared at the young teen whom had just saved her life, her heart was pulsing; her chest felt like it was about to collapse. Suzaku took notice in Euphy's silence and moved closer to her, but as he did her heart continued to pulse even faster. It was getting harder for her to breath, darkness started to overtake her as she collapsed into Suzaku's arms.
The teen looked at the beautiful woman he now held in his hands. He began to carry her towards his escape route; it was a quiet walk. It was a short distance but once outside the Helios was waiting for him. Taking another look at the princess Suzaku placed her gently on the pilot seat. He took one last look at her before he placed himself in the cockpit. Once he was inside he took Euphy, sat down in the chair and placed her on his lap. Starting up the Knightmare he began to pilot it towards the G-1 Mobile Base just outside the area he was in where he was going to drop her off.
Along the way Suzaku started to remember the first time they met, looking down at Euphy he felt rather tired. Suzaku flipped a switch and the control panel automatically read "Auto pilot engaged." Almost immediately Suzaku closed his eyes and dozed off into a deep sleep.
Six months ago, Pendragon Capital city shopping district…
This wouldn't have been Suzaku's first time in Pendragon's famous shopping district, but it was his first time exploring the city without having to plan anything. Though in his mind, he knew that this "free time" was an excuse for Lelouch to kick him out of HQ. Suzaku didn't mind getting a break or two it was just that his job was all he really had left. He continued to walk about the busy streets of the city, only to see many people paired up together. It was an odd sight, seeing that he was the only single man in a crowd of couples. There was nothing that could be done the job of an assassin was a life of solitude.
Continuing to walk along the path Suzaku decided to take a break at a nearby café. He decided to visit an old contact; as he approached the small café, the man outside greeted him with open arms.
"Ah! Suzaku! How have you been?" the man asked with much excitement, "It's been too long!"
Suzaku approached him and they embraced in a quick hug. "I am fine Nigel," he replied looking at the small café; there were plenty of customers inside of the small building. "I see business is going well,"
The man smiled at Suzaku. "Of course, ever since you took out that group of drug lords, I've been getting more and more customers." his smile was ignored, "So what brings you back to Pendragon?"
Suzaku stared at the man deeply, "Nigel, I was merely in the mood for shopping," Suzaku's stare told Nigel he was here on business, Nigel took the empty seat next to him and whispered. "So what do you need intelligence, maps, weapons?"
Suzaku looked at Nigel shocked. "I am here on business, but Lelouch already took care of everything," he replied, Nigel nodded his head in approval. "Can you just get me some coffee,"
The man nodded as he quickly ran back into the café to get Suzaku his drink. The young teen took the seat nearest to him and stared at the wonderful city of Pendragon. He remembered his last assignment here was to assassinate a couple of drug lords that were terrorizing the locals and spiking the drug intake within the city. His thoughts were distracted upon hearing a cry of terror. Standing up he immediately saw, a young woman being chased by what seemed a group of royal guards. Suzaku quickly ran towards them once there he grasped hold of the young woman. As he held her arm tightly he looked upon her beauty, the long silky pinky hair, slim body and a gentle face made Suzaku's heart skip a beat. He didn't notice it but his face was lit up like a Christmas tree, the young woman's face also glowed a bright red.
A cold voice broke Suzaku out of his trance. "Thank you stranger, you've saved us the trouble of catching her," one of the royal guard stated, as he approached Suzaku with his rifle raised. "Now if you be so kind, please hand her over,"
He turned to the woman, her face told him that she didn't want to go with them. He looked at the men, their rifles were raised and loaded.
Suzaku frowned. "What are soldiers like you planning to do with a fine lady? His question startled the soldiers.
They fired their weapons without warning, Suzaku quickly pushed the woman as gently as possible as he charged at the royal guard. They fired their weapons but Suzaku already knew how to dodge them, he leaped into the air and twirled in a complete 360 before somersaulting to the ground. He had jumped behind the group of soldiers, he quickly then knocked them all in the back of the head to knock them out. Approaching the maiden he reached out his hand and she gladly took it.
Suzaku noticed at that moment he was holding the hand of the woman he saved and he blushed a bright red, the woman noticed and she blushed as well. They parted with their hands, and Suzaku started to head back towards the café, only to notice a tug on his shoulder. Turning around he saw the young lady blushing looking him straight in the eye.
"Umm… sir, would you mind escorting me around the city?" she asked fearfully, only looking into his eyes. "I don't know when they'll try anything, but you don't have to,"
Suzaku stared back into her violent pearly eyes, they held such innocence. He wanted to leave her, but something in his heart told him to stay.
"Aren't you afraid?" he asked looking at the woman whom seemed unfazed at what he had done to the soldiers.
She smiled back at him. "No, I don't mind, it was more exciting than scary," she replied, she began to giggle. "Um, sir that man at the café is calling you,"
Suzaku quickly turned around to see that Nigel had returned with his beverage. He walked back to the café and took his seat, Nigel at the same time began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" he asked looking directly at Nigel.
The man giggled once again, "Suzaku, aren't you going to offer your lady friend a seat?" he replied, and laughed once more when Suzaku turned around to see the woman.
Suzaku had forgotten about her, acting on instinct he stood up and offered his seat while he sat down in another.
His face was once again red, but this time it was embarrassment, the young lady laughed.
"Suzaku was it?" she asked looking at him nod his head. "There is nothing to be embarrassed about, my name is um… Euphy,
He calmed down after a few minutes, the two of them looked at each. "Euphy-san, why were those soldiers after you," he asked taking a sip out of his beverage.
Euphy looked at Suzaku confused. "Why did you add -san at the end of my name?" she asked curiously.
Suzaku knew she wouldn't answer his question, yet he wanted to open up to her. "I was just being polite, where I come from we usually add -san to the end of a person's name when we first meet them," he replied staring into her eyes, his heart once again skipped a beat.
Euphy stared into the man's eyes, she was trying to hold back from blushing but she couldn't. "So Suzaku where are you from?" her question startled as he dropped his drink on the table.
"I'm from originally from Japan," he replied noticing that she was blushing he began to quickly clean the mess he had made.
Euphy also reached for a napkin and began helping Suzaku clean up his mess. When they were finished talking Suzaku agreed to escort Euphy around the city. As they traveled throughout the city, they began to open up to each other rather quickly.
Several hours later…
The two of them continued to walk down the city's park that lead towards the palace. In Euphy's hand was a small bag of the items she had bought with Suzaku. In her mind she began to notice that she was standing awfully close to Suzaku. Something in the back of her head told her to wrap her arms around his arm and rest her head on his shoulder. As she did Suzaku took notice and gripped onto her hand. Euphy felt his warm hand in hers it was a peaceful and beautiful moment, she closed her eyes and nearly dozed off when she heard an all too familiar voice.
"Euphy!" it shouted, "Where are you? Father is looking for you?"
Suzaku looked at her as she sighed sadly. "I guess this is goodbye," he said his face only focused on her.
Looking around she noticed that the park was filled with couples. She wanted to make this moment special, nodding her head she stared him straight in the eyes, and leaned forward. Her lips met his in a beautiful moment. Once she was done she backed off and quickly ran towards the voice.
Suzaku looked like he was hit by a tank shell he was speechless. He had been hit by bullets, grenades, and stabbed countless times, but this woman hit him the hardest. He could still taste her lips on his, gently he placed his fingers on his lips, and shrugged.
In his mind he began to think. "I am sorry Euphemia li Britannia, for what I am going to do to you," that thought repeated in his head as he began to walk in the opposite direction of the woman he had just kissed.
Six months later, Japan codenamed Area 11...
Euphy awoke to find herself in the bed of a familiar room. The design was unmistakable, she was in the medical bay of the G-1 Mobile Base. Standing up she noticed that her older brother Clovis was sitting next to her.
Once he saw her eyes opened he was overjoyed. "My beloved sister! It's good to see you are alive and well," he said hugging her tightly. "I don't know what those terrorists plan to do if that assassin hadn't saved you,"
Euphy remembered that she had fallen asleep in her savior's arms. "Clovis," her voice was soft, she took notice of her brothers gentle nod. "Where is the man that rescued me?"
The young blonde sighed as he stood up from his chair. "Euphy, the assassin was hired to save you, nothing more, nothing less," his reply, caused Euphy to hurt deeply inside of her. "He left when he dropped you off. It a coincidence since the same terrorists group that abducted you stole chemical weapons and are planning to kill thousands of their own citizens with it,"
The news broke her heart, the thought ran through her head. "Suzaku is this your doing?" the thought established in her head but she quickly shook it off. Brother let me join you at the command center, I know a little bit of the area layout as well as some enemy outposts,"
Her brother sat by her side, "My dear sister, it's alright we have everything covered," he looked into her innocent violet eyes, they told him she wanted to help. "If you wish to help go see Mark Hummel and his group, they are at loading bay 1."
Euphy seemed a bit upset with her brother's decision but at least he was giving her a duty to fulfill. The last thought to run through her head was. "Brother you are always so kind."
Clovis watched as his sister ran out of the room towards her task, his face dramatically changed. From underneath his clothes he revealed and earpiece, once placing it into his ear he heard a voice.
"My lord are we allowed to commence the operation?" the voice asked. "The men very eager to extract their revenge,"
Clovis' face went from a gentle demeanor to a rather evil one. "Very well, commence with the cleansing operation," his reply was dark, "Make sure you teach those fool not to make a mockery of me,"
Clovis could hear in the background his troops shout of approval, Clovis began to think to himself. "All the pieces were in place, all I need to do now is make the first move."
Loading Area One, several hour later…
There were a total of five people in the loading area, Euphy just sat down on the lobby couch seeing as Mark had no need of her. She began to just sit there beginning to wonder about how well her brother's operation was going; but almost every time she thought to herself, Suzaku appeared in her mind. It was like she couldn't stop thinking about him and the time they had spent together in Pendragon. She remembered how reckless he was to save her, he nearly got shot trying. She could recall the feeling of her heart racing as he beautifully saved her from her captors.
"So reckless," she thought as her fingers touched her lips. "I want to meet you again Suzaku… on less dangerous terms though,"
The door opening caught her attention as three women walked into the room. All except one seemed to be her age. They were very beautiful, the one whom seemed oldest was wearing a pair of glasses and had beautiful blonde hair. The other two seemed identical except for their hair; one had long light blue, the other had a short light red color. The three of them suddenly noticed Euphy.
"You majesty, sorry to have left you here with nothing to do," the blonde haired woman apologized. "My husband doesn't wish the data we've gather to be corrupted, your eminence,"
The red hair girl intervened, "He's not your husband yet Cynthia," she barked, the woman who she called Cynthia was shocked.
The light blue hair girl looked at Cynthia. "I am sorry for Glacia's behavior Cynthia, she was unable to attend the wedding due to the pile of paper work she needed to fill out," the girl said with a smile.
"God, I wish you weren't my sister Jaania!" Glacia's harsh comment made Euphy flinch.
The two sisters began to quarrel with each other; Glacia was rather hot headed and aggressive, Jaania was very shy and defensive. Euphy giggled, it was the two of them were like opposites.
"Just like fire and ice," Cynthia said catching Euphy's attention. "It's hard to believe that those two are the second and third top pilots, Hummel Industry has to offer,"
Euphy was shocked to hear that people as young as her were that skilled. She had only heard of people this young and skillful in the Knights of the Round. The fighting broke off when they heard Cynthia's proclamation.
"Cynthia you know I can beat you!" Glacia shouted rudely, only to get slapped on the head by her sister. "What the hell Jaania!"
"We both know that's a lie, besides you'd have to get past me in rank Glacia," Jaania said as her sister's face started to boil. "Wait Glacia we can talk things out right!"
Glacia exploded into a fury of rage. "Like hell I am going to talk things out!" she shouted reaching out for her sister's neck. "When I get a hold of you, you're going to regret mentioning your rank!"
Cynthia sighed as she stopped the squabbling between the two siblings. "Would you two cut it out!" she shouted as the two of them calmed down. "Now our break is over let's get back to work,"
Glacia wasn't calmed down just yet. "No, it's boring here, Mark promised that we'd be able to test pilot the 'Spartan' Knightmare frames!" she complained looking at her sister who seemed bored as well. "All we do is work on that bloody 'Fortis' Knightmare frame!"
"I know you are upset about not getting any action but we can't test out the special units until the mass production ones are complete," Cynthia's reply stirred up Glacia's anger even more. "Glacia besides we can be ordered to the front line by a general or one of the royal family members."
Glacia calmed down upset, she seemed rather bored, the door once again opened and a distinguished young man walked in, he seemed out of breath.
"Dear! The Helios has been spotted on the battlefield, it's intercepting our Knightmares," Mark shouted as he quickly turned on the screen to the television.
Euphy jumped as she saw Suzaku fighting against the Brittannian Empire. She quickly knew what she had to do, it was reckless but it was what needed to be done.
"Mark… do you have any spare Knightmares?" she asked rather shy.
Mark thought for a moment. "I am sorry your majesty I don't have any Sutherlands available," his reply sadden Euphy. "I can't simply risk your life on the battlefield my lord."
"Mark, please I can make Suzaku stop!" she said hastily, "I can end this needless fighting!"
Her words seemed to make Mark ponder. "I do though have a prototype Knightmare…" he stopped his sentence once he saw her eyes hold up hope. "but I believe you won't be able to meet it's qualifications."
Jaania, nudged Mark's arm. "Mark, just let her take to Aegis," she said Euphy's expression cheered up a bit.
"Unfortunately you both don't understand, that the Aegis requires a person with a strong mentality," he sighed, looking at his wife as she nodded. "The Aegis, in the past has known to cause permanent brain damage to those unqualified to pilot it,"
The young princess' determination fell quite a bit upon hearing the statement. "What? What caused that?" she asked curiously, Cynthia approached her.
"The Aegis is outfitted with a Neural Interlink system…" she paused looking for Marks approval, his nod signaled it. "the system links directly to the brain if the pilot cannot take the strain, many of them end up going brain dead,"
Euphy once again began to doubt, but this was Suzaku. "Mark Hummel, I Euphemia li Britannia, order you to hand me that new Knightmare," her reply shocked the four people in the room. "Mark Hummel, as an Imperial Princess I command you!"
Mark smiled. "Alright then your majesty, seeing as a member of the royal family asked for it," his approval gave Euphy a big relief.
Euphy smiled, "Thank you Mark," she said silently as she walked toward the loading area.
Euphy had placed on a pilot suit which seemed different than a normal suit. To Euphy is was extremely comfortable, it was like an extension of her body. She approached the new Knightmare frame walking up she noticed the golden engravings in the Knightmare's shoulder. It read "Hummel Industries, XAK-003 Aegis" as she looked further down and noticed three identical Knightmares, their shoulders all read. "Hummel Industries, SAK-004 Spartan."
Upon entering the cockpit the controls were similar to that of a Sutherland. Once settled in Glacia, Jaania, and Cynthia's face appeared on her communication's screen.
"You majesty, we are requesting permission to launch with you and escort you throughout the battlefield," they all said in unison.
Euphy smiled as she looked at them all. "Very well, I trust Hummel Industries with my safety on the battlefield," she replied seeing the cheerful faces of the pilots.
G-1 Mobile Command Center…
Clovis sat in his chair with full satisfaction, his plan was working out perfectly. It would only be within a matter of hours before all the Japanese in the area were exterminated. Clovis ate his food in full comfort but what he heard next nearly made him choke.
"My lord, the four knightmares from Hummel Industries have launched," as soldier stated as he brought up a communication line with Mark.
Clovis was furious. "Mark who authorized the launch of your machines?" the prince demanded, looking at the man who seemed unfazed.
"My lord it was Princess Euphemia li Britannia that authorized the launch of our machines," he replied. "Or am I not to obey the orders of an imperial princess?"
Clovis' face lit up in rage. "Damn it let me talk to my sister!" his demand only made Mark smile. "What the hell is so damn funny!"
Mark stared at Clovis through the screen. "My lord the Princess requested the use of a Knightmare and as a gentleman I gave her the Aegis, my wife and test pilots are acting as escorts for her majesty," he replied only to see Clovis' face once again light up in anger. "Now if you don't mind I have work to do,"
The screen cut off and Clovis sat back into his chair and began to laugh. "Fine sister wander into your doom!" he shouted as he watch the clock above his head countdown from three hours. "In exactly three hours there won't even be a building you can hide in,"
None of Clovis' staff were against his plan, because they all believe that Princess Euphemia was nothing more than a sympathizer for the enemies of the empire.
"Tell all our units that these new knightmares were stolen and are part of the terrorists," Clovis said as he returned to drinking his wine.
They heard they his order and agreed to his order. Clovis sat there happily watching the battle unfold. What Clovis saw on the screen shocked him to spit out his wine.
"What are the Japanese Liberation Front (JLF) doing here!" he shouted looking at a bunch of Akatsuki frame Knightmares baring the Japanese flag. "Tell our units to give the JLF some space, we'll do a pincer attack on Euphy and finish her."
The plan was simple really, use the JLF to finish off Euphy, then send in his royal guard to finish off the escorts. It would solve two problems on his checklist. "Alright pull back our regular units in their sector and dispatch the royal guard in their place." he smiled while giving the order. "Tell them to kill everything not Brittannian in their path."
His staff turned to their lord. "Yes your majesty!" they replied as the turned to relay their orders.
On the Battlefield…
The four Knightmares were charging towards the point in which the Helios was last spotted at. Euphy couldn't stop thinking of why Suzaku was doing this.
"Why is he doing this?" she thought, her grip on the Knightmare's controls loosen, the machine fell flat on the ground. "Sorry I am still getting a hang at this,"
The three woman following her laughed. "It's alright your majesty, it's not common for new pilots to quickly adjust to the Aegis' neural link system." Cynthia replied, still smiling. "Just try to relax your brain it'll make it a lot easier."
Euphy's radar suddenly responded with a loud noise, Cynthia's Spartan knocked Euphy out of the way as a missile exploded into a beautiful disoriented red bubble, in the spot she used to be in.
Jaania and Glacia were surprised to even see the missile explode. "Cynthia, could the JLF be here?" Jaania asked through her communications. "If they are then the Four Holy Swords are with them, along with that man?"
Cynthia's face was calm, her eyes were closed. "Jaania, The JLF are the only ones that use Radiant Wave technology, that missile had Radiant Wave energy inside." she replied, her eyes still closed. "There is no doubt that those five are here as well,"
A voice on their COMM link caught them all off guard except for Cynthia. "Very good Cynthia, you are very observant," a voice appeared on the COMM link. "I presume those new Knightmares are for the Empire? But there are four of you who is the fourth?"
Cynthia grinned, "Long time no see Kyoshiro Tohdoh," she said gripping her Knightmare's controls. "Your Zangetsu is doing well I suppose,"
The man in a black colored Akatsuki Knightmare frame, it a long mane of red like hair on top of its head, approached them followed by four blue Akatsuki knightmares.
"I see you haven't forgotten about our last duel," the pilot of the black Akatsuki said. "Well who is the fourth Knightmare pilot?"
Cynthia was silent. "Tohdoh, behold Princess Euphemia li Britannia," her voice was rather bold. "She has asked us to escort her to the Helios,"
The Zangetsu suddenly rose its massive sword and swung it where Euphemia was. Noticing it she quickly jerked the control to role the Aegis out of the path of the sword.
In response Cynthia, Jaania, and Glacia reached for a long golden like spear from the scarab on the Knightmare. Euphy knew they looked similar to the SHOT LANCER of a RPI-209 Gloucestor, within moments the spears turned a bright red, and in the gauntlet of the hand opposite of the spear released a burst of energy became a bright red particle shield.
"Tohdoh! What are you doing?" Cynthia shouted through the communications. "Princess Euphemia can end the battle! She can stop this unnecessary killing!"
The man in the black knightmare was silent. "No, she is a Brittannian! She is no better than her brother!" he shouted before trying to strike Euphy down; Jaania pushed her aside and blocked the attack.
Euphy's radar sounded once again as machine gun fire hit her as she struggled to get up. A zoom in revealed a group of Gloucestors, on their shoulders was the mark of the royal guard. They were surrounded, it was hopeless.
Euphy closed her eyes. "Why Clovis?" she thought.
Cynthia's voice caught her attention. "Jaania, Glacia, hold off the Royal Guard," she said gripping the controls tight. "I'll handle the JLF, Princess head over to the Helios and finish your business,"
Jaania and Glacis gladly replied by rolling their Knightmares towards the group of Gloucestors. Something in Euphy's mind told her that they would be fine, she pulled the controls so that the Land Spinners would accelerate to its maximum speed.
Euphy, turned the Aegis' head around one last time. "Be safe everyone," she thought before she returned to her search. "Suzaku where are you?"
Upon seeing her comrades retreat Cynthia then turned her attention to the five Akatsuki knightmares in front of her. The Zangetsu was the first to charge in with it's heavy sword primed for a strike, the other four serpentine preparing for a synchronized attack. Cynthia rose her shield up and pointed the spear in the direction of the enemy advancement. She was waiting for the right moment. Tohdoh's knightmare swung its sword in response she rose the shield to block off the attack; sparks ignited as the massive blade tried to penetrate the shield. With Tohdoh pinned down, she waited until one of the blue Akatsukis were close enough, in one fluid motion she broke free from the lock and threw her spear at the knightmare. It struck the torso of the machine rendering it inoperable. Upon seeing their comrade struck the others repositioned themselves as the knightmare explode and the cock-pit block ejected.
Cynthia's heart was racing. "One down four to go," she thought as she jerked the throttle to retrieve her spear from the destroyed knightmare.
Her Knightmare returned to it's defensive position, once again the Zangetsu led the attack with the three Akatsuki knightmares behind. It was a repeat of the first attack, but this time the blue knightmares circled around for a flanking attack while she was pinned down. Cynthia pushed back the Zangetsu and did a back flip to position herself in a secure position. Once she reached there a Katen Yaibatou slashed in front of her knightmare's head. Luckily she had quickly moved back. The blue knightmare charged at her, Cynthia threw her spear into the ground and found the nearest wall and bounced off it. The Akatsuki was shocked at the sudden movement, she used her Land Spinners to disable the knightmare's head camera, thus enabling it useless. Machine gun fire bounced off her Knightmare's armor as it turned it's head.
The remaining three knightmares were in the perfect position. Cynthia calmed her mind and focused on the knightmares approaching her. In her mind she could see their movement, in a quick motion she jammed the trigger as it released a swarm of Slash Harkens. Despite their attempts the Slash Harkens struck their targets with deadly accuracy.
Cynthia opened her eyes, the Harkens returned to their ports on the Spartan, she gave out a sigh of relief. But in an instant her radar flashed red and Cynthia quickly dodged what had been thrown at her. A surge of translucent red energy hit the spot she had just been in, turning the knightmare behind; Cynthia saw a red knightmare that was soaring in the sky.
Cynthia was shocked to see the knightmare. "What is the Gurren SEITEN doing here?" she wondered looking back at the familiar knightmare.
The Gurren once again opened fire with its radiant wave surger, another beam of red energy descended on the spot Cynthia was at. She quickly dodged it and fired another swarm of Slash Harkens at the knightmare. They all bounced off a translucent object upon impact, it was the Gurren's radiant wave shield.
"Damn," Cynthia thought as she embraced herself for one hell of a fight.
Near the Helios…
Euphy had been avoiding the JLF knightmares and solely looking for the Helios. She continued with a constant speed with her Fact Spheres searching for any abnormal activity. In an instant a slash harken nearly struck her Knightmare. It was then the Fact Spheres began to pick up abnormal movement coming from the direction the slash harken originated from. She turned her knightmare and saw the Helios charging at her with full speed. Before she could fix up a communications line a group of slash harkens pinned her to the ground. She struggled to move the controls but they weren't responding to her commands. The Helios was right in front of her, with it's Fate energy rifle raised at her cockpit.
"Pilot, surrender and I will not harm you," Suzaku's voice emitted from the Helios. "Abandon your knightmare, and leave at once,"
Euphy silently pressed the button to open the cockpit of the knightmare. The back hatched opened and the chair she was in lead her to the outside. Standing up, she immediately noticed the Helios lower its weapon and the machine's cockpit open up itself. A young man emerged out of the machine his eyes were focused on Euphy as she stared at him.
"Euphy… what are you doing out here?" he asked still in shock. "You should be at the G-1 Mobile Base convincing your brother to end the massacre!"
Euphy froze upon hearing the word massacre, it was then she began to look around, there weren't any terrorists, only Japanese civilians who were slaughtered.
"My brother did this?" she asked herself in shock as the image of her kind brother disappeared. "Why would he do this?"
Suzaku looked away from her. "Many of us believe that your brother holds a grudge against us for sending him here," his reply still didn't mean anything to Euphy. "He's decided to take his grudge out on all the Japanese."
Euphy was silent as she took another look at the bodies on the ground; she stared at Suzaku. "Suzaku… let us set things right," she said finally her voice was rather confident. "I want you to help me overthrow my brother,"
Suzaku took a bow as he stepped back into the cockpit of his knightmare. Euphy followed him, once they were inside, a transmission from Mark was blinking on the monitor.
She opened it to see that Mark was in the control room of the G-1. "My god! Princess Euphemia you have to get out of there!" Mark was panicking. "Hurry you only have four minutes before they reach your position,"
Euphy seemed confused, she decided to zoom in and in the distance she could see a multitude of missiles. Euphy was stunned, there was no way she could make it out of there in time and even if she did thousands would die. Suzaku approached her he kept on trying to snap her out of the trance.
She was frozen. "No, there's no escape… but there has to be some way for me to save them," she thought.
It was then Suzaku's voice reached her, she began to feel a strange tingle in her back, it was telling her to use the Aegis. Euphy snapped out of her trance she reached for the controls and began to focus on the city. In her mind she could picture the city itself and how she was going to protect it.
"Suzaku," she said with confidence. "I want you to stand back."
The Helios moved a few yards from the Aegis, Suzaku could hear the sound of the missiles closing in. It was then that the Aegis began to emit a strange blue energy that gave it an ominous blue glow, a swarm of mini shards immediately departed from the machine and began to move towards the front of the city, at that moment they all ignited into a beautiful ominous blue energy shield that surrounded the city. Matched with the explosions of the missiles it was a beautiful fireworks show. Euphy had stopped the missiles from annihilating the entire city; Suzaku stared as the glow disappeared and the shards returned to the Aegis.
Euphy felt a strong headache once the shield had dispersed. "Suzaku, I did it," she said happily, as a thought entered her head. "I finally protected you,"
Suzaku could see Euphy's bright smile, on his monitor. "That's great Euphy, but what about your brother?" he asked as he smiled at her. "How do you plan to overthrow him with just our knightmares?"
Euphy smiled as she switched her frequency to a public communication line. "Attention all Brittannian troops, this is Euphemia li Britannia and third imperial princess of the Empire!" she said clairvoyantly. "You are all ordered to fall back to the G-1! My brother Prince Clovis la Britannia has overstepped his bounds and threatened the lives of both our own soldiers and the natives of Area 11,"
She opened up a public communication video feed, as she began to record her surroundings. "Soldiers my brother is responsible for the death of innocent civilians, along with hundreds of Brittannian soldiers," she said as the video stream showed countless bodies of Japanese unarmed civilians, and Brittannian soldiers. "My brother is also charged with the an attempt to assassinate, me when I came to negotiate peace!"
There was a commotion throughout the battlefield as soldiers began to fall back to the G-1 while other began to disperse towards another group of Knightmares. It was Clovis who was retreating seeing as how his plan had failed and his sister had discovered the truth.
Euphy returned to the G-1 Base to find hundreds of Sutherlands and a handful of Gloucestor waiting for her. She also spotted the three Spartan knightmares,, one of them was scorched up pretty bad, but she was glad to see the Cynthia, Glacia, and Jaania had made it back safely.
Euphy rose the Aegis' hand. "Soldiers of Britannia, get some rest because later we are going to arrest my brother for his crimes against the empire!" her small speech ended with the applaud of her fellow soldiers.
Unfortunately Suzaku knew how many soldiers had occupied Japan. The number he was looking at right now was only a fourth of the main force. "This is going to be one hell of a fight," he thought while watching Euphy greet her new troops. "I'll protect you Euphy…,"
To Be Continued…
I hope you all enjoyed the second chapter of my new story. Once again I ask to please help me with my writing by telling me what is missing. Also if you don't know some of the terms such as FACT SPHERE, LAND SPINNER, they are common equipment on a Knightmare Frame. Please rate and review, thanks for reading XD.
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Character Bios:
Mark Hummel: Mark Hummel is the vice president of the private military contracting company Hummel Industries. He is currently in a betting agreement with his sister Alexis Hummel in creating the prefect Knightmare. Mark is also engaged to the company's best pilot Cynthia Hummel. He has a brilliant mind and a kind heart which helps Princess Euphemia end the massacre caused by her brother Prince Clovis. Mark currently pilots his experimental Fortis knightmare frame.
Cynthia Hummel: Currently the top pilot at Hummel Industries, she is a brilliant mind and a very strong willed woman. She is at time kind hearted and others she is ruthless, but her dedication to her husband's line of work is strong. She is married to the vice president of Hummel Industries. Cynthia pilots the experimental Spartan Knightmare designed by her husband.
Jaania Clarke: Jaania is the second best pilot of Hummel Industries despite her age of 17. She is very timid and doesn't speak up for herself often. She does though often quarrel with her sister Glacia Clarke. Jaania is supportive of her friends and as often she stands up for them but never herself. Jaania currently pilots an experimental Spartan Knightmare, designed by Mark Hummel.
Glacia Clarke: Glacia is the third best pilot of Hummel Industries despite her age of 17. Her personality is opposite that of her sister Jaania, their personality difference usually end up in fights between the two. Glacia is an excellent pilot but her lack of patience is the cause of her being below her sister. Glacia pilots an experimental Spartan Knightmare, designed by Mark Hummel.
Knightmare Frame Overviews
Unit Description for the Fortis Knightmare: The Fortis Knightmare is a prototype mass production model which is made to replace the widely used Sutherland. This model solely focuses on an offensive attack rather than a balance of both defense and offense. It supports several prototype weapons that allow it to dominate any other knightmare frame in it's class. This Knightmare was designed as part of an agreement to the Hummel's bet to design the perfect Knightmare. This is Mark's personal Knightmare.
Unit Description for the Helios Knightmare: The Helios Knightmare is a prototype eighth generation knightmare. It is a designed by Alexis Hummel and is later stolen by Suzaku Kururugi, like the Aegis it has a specialized system. This system was stolen from Mark's Spartan design and was converted into a different offensive system for the Helios. The Helios uses a "Super Spearhead" offensive system which causes all it's weapons systems to overheat upon use; during this time the offensive capabilities are multiplied by eight. Unfortunately the pilot has to meet certain conditions making it impossible to mass produce.
Model number: SAK-004
Code name: Spartan
Unit type: Prototype mass production Spec Ops Knightmare Frame
Manufacturer: Hummel Industries
Operator(s): Cynthia Hummel, Jaania Clarke, Glacia Clarke
First deployment: a.t.b. 2010
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit with neural interface in torso
Dimensions: overall height 4.44 meters
Weight: combat weight 6990 kilograms
Armor materials: unknown
Energy Source/Power plant: energy filler, replaceable electrical cartridge, uses Yggdrasil drive superconductor transfer system, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: 2 x fact sphere open sensor camera, mounted in shoulders, range unknown; land spinner high-mobility propulsion system, mounted in legs; cockpit ejection system; air glide wing system, enables atmospheric flight, cockpit with neural interface system for "Spearhead" attack.
Fixed armaments: 2 x slash harken, mounted on hips, 8 x "Spearhead" wireless mini slash harkens; mounted on hips and forearms. 2 x needle blazer, mounted on elbows; 1 x SHOT LANCER MVS (maser vibration sword) stored in scabbards on backpack, hand-carried in use, 1 x XRP-45 Dragoon energy based auto cannon; mounted on back when not in use, 1 x "Phalanx" particle shield.
Optional fixed armaments: N/A
Optional hand armaments: N/A
Unit Description: The SAK-004 Spartan is a prototype Spec Ops Knightmare built by the private military contractor Hummel Industries; it is designed to replace the longstanding RPI-209 Gloucestor. The Spartan is designed for close ranged combat and relies on it's primary weapon the SHOT LANCER MVS along with it's "Phalanx" particle shield. Though the weapon is still in it's development phase it is very formidable. Piloted by the Cynthia Hummel she proves the Knightmares effectiveness against the Japan Liberation Front's five best Knightmare pilots.
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Model number: XAK-003
Code name: Aegis
Unit type: Prototype Eighth Generation Knightmare Frame
Manufacturer: Hummel Industries
Operator: Euphemia li Britannia
First deployment: a.t.b. 2010
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 4.44 meters
Weight: combat weight 6990 kilograms
Armor materials: unknown
Energy Source/Power plant: energy filler, replaceable electrical cartridge, uses Mana drive superconductor transfer system, power output rating varies
Equipment and design features: land spinner high-mobility propulsion system, mounted in legs; energy wing defense/propulsion system, enables atmospheric flight, "Super Phalanx" mana shield
Fixed armaments: 4 x slash harken, mounted 1 on each hip and 1 in each forearm; 2 x "Aegis Shield" energy particle shield; mounted on forearms; 1 x "Warhammer" mana spear, 1 x "Othinus' Bow" energy bow; mounted on the forearms, 1 x "Arectaris" (variant of the MVS, more effective), 20 x mana shards (necessary for the "Super Phalanx")
Optional fixed armaments: N/A
Optional hand armaments: 2 x Super VARIS (variable ammunition repulsion impact spitfire) rifle
Unit Description: The XAK-003 Aegis was part of a bet made between the siblings of Hummel Industries. In theory the Aegis is the Helios' sister Knightmare in both power and defense. The Aegis was designed with an experimental mana drive which is used to power the "Super Phalanx" mana shield. In addition to the mana shield, the mana drive can synthetically create certain weapons such as the "Othinus' Bow," and "Warhammer." The Aegis is primarily used as a prefect defensive Knightmare, although mass production is not possible due to the extreme conditions that are necessary for the pilot, making Euphemia li Britannia it's permanent pilot.