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. 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 Three: The Lost Knight

Tokyo Settlement, 1900hrs

Prince Clovis smashed his fist against the wall furiously. His plan to kill off his sister and rule the Area with an iron fist had failed. To make matters worse she had a fourth of his army along with the prototype Knightmares. It was a dire situation, if Euphemia got word out of his actions here, he'd be disinherited. Most likely his sister did contact the homeland, and reinforcements would arrive only within a few days. He had to prepare the city's defenses if he was going to hold his ground, against his sister's treachery. It then slipped into his mind as the image of Suzaku Kururugi, absorbed into him.

"Of course if that man wasn't there then, she would've joined me," he said silently to himself, before two women walked into the room. "Who are and how did you get past my guards?"

Clovis quickly noticed the insignia on their uniforms. "My dearest apologizes you must be the brotherhood operatives." he pleaded to them.

The short red-haired woman approached him and grabbed him by the collar. "Listen you royal pompous scum, we are only here to retrieve Suzaku!" her shout made Clovis flinch in terror. "Now that you clearly understand, you do know that my partner behind me will do far worse to you than I can, if Suzaku is really working with your sister!"

Clovis turned fearfully to see a short dark-blue haired woman leaning on the wall, she was in deep thought. Clovis could tell that she was going to do a lot worse if Suzaku was with sister.

Leaning the dark-blue woman on the wall turned to her partner. "Kallen… this wouldn't have happen, if only I had rescued Princess Euphemia first," she said returning to her former position. "I should've stopped Suzaku when I saw him…"

Clovis was shocked at hearing her confession. "What do you mean, we hired a Brotherhood assassin to rescue my sister, it was that man that accepted it right," his curiosity sparked off a look in Kallen's eyes. "But he had the contract!"

Leaning she looked at him. "I gave it to him… even though it was against his sentence…" she turned away once again. "He is no longer part of the Brotherhood, he was sentenced into exile,"

Clovis became furious. "So you fools! Made me paid that sorry excuse for an assassin three million dollars!" his shout seemed to upset the woman leaning on the wall.

Glaring directly at Clovis her right eye glowed a bright red. In an instant she had disappeared while at the same time Clovis could only see a small red dot moving straight towards him. Only a second later he felt a strong pain in his arm, immediately the began to spew out a pool of blood. He screamed as he held onto the wound, moments later a disoriented shape took form next to him, it was the woman.

She revealed a blood stain blade, she knelt next to Clovis and whispered. "Insult that man again and it's your life," her threat frightened him, a group of royal guards ran into the room.

She disappeared and the only thing that Clovis could see was the bright red dot. "Watch out!" his warning came too late as his guards fell to the ground dismembered.

There wasn't a single drop of blood on her body. Her partner sighed as the dark-haired woman returned to leaning on the wall. "Cecile, You should really lay off using your Geass frequently," Kallen said as the woman seemed to ignore her. "Who do you think has to file out the paperwork that you killed several men and injured our client,"

Cecile looked coldly into Kallen's eyes. "Its his fault for insulting Suzaku," she coldly replied, only then calming down. "You're lucky I only cut down to just the bone,"

Clovis noticed as his finger slid all the way to a rough material in his arm. He screamed in pain once again as Kallen approached the man, her left eye then began to glow a bright red as well.

"Hold still or it won't work," she said, noticing that she meant no harm he lifted his hand from the wound. "Now just relax, it'll be quick."

Clovis did as she said and within moments a greenish glow began to surround the wound as the arm began to regenerate the lost blood and body tissues. Once she was finished he looked at the woman.

"Thank you, but what am I suppose to do with my sister's uprising?" he asked looking at the women. "She has Hummel Industries helping her,"

Cecile approached the man, and held out her hand; he was hesitant to take it. "We brought you some Knightmares to replace those useless Sutherlands," she said as she handed him the data pad. "Your own personal unit is the Vincent, and to replace the Sutherlands we brought a mass production type of your unit, the Vincent Ward."

Kallen also approached the man as she also looked him in the eye. "Of course you have our Knightmares at your disposal as well," she smiled, before they both left the room.

In Clovis' mind he knew that he could pull this off. Euphemia may have the Spartan, Aegis, and the Helios. Unfortunately her force was solely made up of Sutherlands and Gloucestors and a G-1 mobile base. He grinned as he called his men to set up the defenses around the city's perimeter.

Brittannian Naval Air Facility in Atsugi, 2200hrs…

Euphy exhaled deeply as she stood up from the chair in the meeting room. There had been a conference to ensure the she would receive reinforcements from the Homeland. The reinforcements would arrive within a week, seeing as how it wasn't a state of emergency. She needed to take her brother out quickly; the more they waited the stronger Clovis' defenses became. Euphy let out another sigh, only to feel a warm hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Suzaku smiling at her.

"It's going to be alright," he said, his face made her smile. "Your brother will pay for his actions,"

She felt a little better and smiled at him. "Thank you Suzaku," she said her face turning red, in response and moved slightly closer to him.

They were alone in the conference room, as she moved closer to Suzaku noticed her heartbeat was accelerating. Suzaku's heart responded to the same action as he moved closer to her. It was the same as in Pendragon, then leaned for each others lips. Before they could connect a sound in the door opened and two familiar faces walked in; it was Mark and Cynthia. Quickly the two of them took a few steps backward, their faces were bright red.

"Umm are we disrupting something?" Cynthia asked as the two of them began to shake their heads in disapproval. "Okay, but my husband has some business to discuss with her Highness,"

Suzaku nodded as he took a seat back at the conference table. Once the four of them were seated at the table, Mark slid a few pictures that surprised Euphy. They were detailed photos of new Knightmare Frames being station at the Tokyo settlement. Euphy knew that her brother now had the advantage of numbers and technology.

She looked at the man who was sitting next to his wife. "Mark… is there anything you can do?" she asked once again hoping for a better answer. "Please, even if reinforcements arrive, my brother will probably have reinforced his lines with even more technology."

Mark let out a sigh. "The only Knightmares that are technologically equivalent to Clovis' forces are my Fortis and Spartan knightmares; in order for me to mass produce them I need a to make a contract," Mark's statement made Cynthia nudge her husband's arm. "Of course you'll have to get proper authorization from the Homeland about funding this,"

Briefly Mark felt a sharp pain on his head; Cynthia had hit him on top of his head. "Euphy, all you need to do is just sign the paperwork and ask for approval of the funds; once that's done we can send the order in," Cynthia's statement also gave Euphy some upsetting news. "Do you need an estimate?"

Euphy nodded. And Cynthia started to calculate the cost. Once she was finished her face turned sour. Euphy could tell that she was not going to like what was coming up next.

"So how much is it?" Suzaku asked as he could see Euphy's face.

Cynthia faced Euphy, and handed a receipt, on it read four billion dollars. Euphy let out a sigh of relief.

"Cynthia, is a personal deposit alright," she said a bit cheerful. "I don't need approval to access a personal bank account,"

Euphy accessed the touch panel located on her chair and began to type in a series of codes and encryptions. Once she was finished she turned the screen over to the couple and Mark's eyes shot up in joy, the screen read "Transaction Complete." He began to hug his wife as she simply smiled.

"Yes, I did it I beat Alexis to a contract!" Mark continually shouted as he started squeezing Cynthia too tight. "Wait I'll call the order in right now,"

Mark slid the contract over to Euphy, and turned on the main monitor display in the room. The screen read "calling Hummel Industries President," a few seconds passed before a dark hair woman appeared on a screen.

"Mark what is the meaning of this intruding call?" the woman demanded as she stared at her brother, his smile seemed to throw her off balance. "What's so exciting?"

Mark and Cynthia smiled as Euphy handed them the contract and Mark waved it in front of his sister. "Sister I successfully sold a contract to the Brittannian Empire," he said with much confidence, his sister was shocked at his proclamation. "You said no one would buy the Fortis and Spartan,"

Alexis was too shocked for words, but she smiled. "Congratulation Mark, but who did you sell your merchandise to?" her question, made Mark seem worried.

"Princess Euphemia li Britannia, personally made a deposit," he said confidently, Alexis let out a sigh of relief.

"Brother… since she didn't get approval from the Emperor this is technically a private contract not a military contract, but I am enthralled that someone bought your useless pieces of scrap metal." she mocked her brother before she disappeared from the monitor.

Mark looked upset, Cynthia moved over to support her husband. Suzaku noticed how the two of them supported each other, he suddenly felt a hand on his, turning over he saw that Euphy was blushing as her hand was settled on his. He started to wonder why she was acting this way, it was then he grasped her hand and looked her directly in her eyes. It's that soft gentle loving face that Suzaku seemed drawn to.

Mark and Cynthia took notice at how the two of them looked at each other. She tugged her husband's shirt, he knew what she meant by. The two had exited the room without Suzaku and Euphy noticing.

It was happening again their hearts were accelerating, Euphy once again found it hard to breath. "What am I going to say?" she thought, noticing that they were all alone in the room.

Suzaku smiled at her before a massive urge of pain struck him; he reach for his chest as it felt like collapsing in. Euphy rushed to his aid yet she noticed something wrong with the coloration of his eyes; they were glowing a bright red, before he fainted. Euphy shook him constantly trying to get him to wake up. It was useless somehow Suzaku had fainted under abnormal circumstances.

Two hours later…

There was a thunderstorm which delayed the arrival of the shipment of Knightmares and equipment from Hummel Industries. Euphy was kneeled to the ground with Suzaku on her lap, asleep. Suzaku felt something warm at the of his head, he forced his eyes open. In doing so he saw the same gentle face that he seemed drawn to; it was Euphy.

She was crying, Suzaku reached out and whipped away the tears in her face, "Why are you crying?" he asked softly, as her sniffles started to wear down.

She looked at him again. "It's just… my wish came true," she hesitated to whip away the new set of tears forming. "You risk your life to protect me but never yourself, I wanted be with you like this,"

Suzaku smiled at her. "I don't want to see you sad," he replied as he grasped onto her hand, "Promise me you'll never stop smiling,"

She nodded as the two of them felt that moment and finished what they had planned earlier. Euphy's lips met with Suzaku's, it was as if heaven opened up as a ray of light descended onto them. The storm had subdued and the sun continued to break free from what was left of the dark sky. As more light entered the room, the two were still embraced in that wonderful moment. They hadn't noticed it but two more familiar people walked into the room.

Jaania and Glacia were surprised to see what was happening; Jaania blushed while Glacis had something planned. But before she could carry out her plan, the blissful kiss had ended and Suzaku noticed the two sisters. The two of them stood up and were embarrassed with what had occurred. They rushed out of the room before Suzaku could catch the two of them. Euphy had her fingers planted on her lips; she could still taste Suzaku's warm lips. She begun to wonder why she was falling for this man. It struck her as odd since they had only known each other for only a few days; yet she couldn't stop thinking of him.

Suzaku turned to face Euphy, her innocent face forced him to hide as he continued to blush. It felt odd to him, since he was the one that helped kill her family members; yet she was so interested in him. He noticed Euphy's sudden facial change she walked over to him and closely examined his eyes.

"It's gone," she said with a sigh of relief.

Suzaku was confused. "What do you mean?" he asked curiously, as the woman continued to examine his eyes. "Did something happen while I was out?"

Euphy looked at him. "Is there something wrong with your eyes?" she asked still looking for traces. "Before you fainted they were glowing red,"

Suzaku's nearly choked when he heard what she said. "Oh it's nothing," he lied, as he began to think. "Why is my geass working?"

The Hummel's Room, 2400hrs…

Cynthia stared at her husband as he slept on the bed with ease. It had been nearly four months since they had been in the same bed together; mainly due to the shifts of working on the Knightmares. Since Euphemia had bought the contract to the Knightmares, she knew that Mark would be with her more frequently. She sighed with relief as she got out of the bed and placed back on her sleeping gown. While doing so she noticed the distinguish scar on her left side; it was placed there by the current Knight of Ten, Luciano Bradley.

She turned to the calendar it read December 14, 2010; it had been nearly ten years since that day. She could recall the smoke and death that took place, it was all caused by Luciano. It was all because of her rank in Britannia; it was the cause of death for her troops, rank, and groom.

Walking into the bathroom she looked into the mirror and instantly she saw Luciano. Her fist made contact with the glass as it shattered.

Cynthia collapsed into tears. "Damn it! Why? Why did you save me?" she repeated that question to herself over and over again. "If you had let him finish me off you'd still be here!"

The noise attracted the attention of Mark, whom walked into the bathroom and helped his wife up. He took notice of her hand; it was bleeding. Mark reached for the first aid box, he began to bandage up her hand. Cynthia knocked away Mark's hand and the bandages fell off.

"I don't need your help!" she shouted as she began to bandage herself up. "Just go back to bed!"

Her harsh tone didn't reach Mark at all; the man continued to try and bandage up the wound. Cynthia pushed him away once again. "I said I don't need your help!" she shouted once again. "If you want to help me bring him back! Bring Gauss back!"

Mark, dropped the bandages and looked down once again. "We discussed this already Cynthia, Gauss isn't coming back!" he said as she slapped him across the face. "I'll give you some time alone,"

Mark put some clothes on and left the room; once the door was closed Cynthia slammed her already bleeding fist into the wall. She looked at the blood stains that were engraved onto the wall, they were filled with malice and hate. It wasn't until she noticed what she said to Mark that she finally calmed down and started to cry. The room began to fill with cries of sorrow, she had hurt the man that loved and supported her. She was still too attached to the past, she couldn't let him go. After she had finished with bandaging the wounds she moved over to the bed she fell into a deep sleep.

Area 10, December 14, 2005...

The cold December day, was filled with the heat of battle; Duke Luciano Bradley had attack the Knight of Ten Cynthia. Luciano's forces were raiding the settlement under her control and Cynthia wasn't about to let that stop her. She had deployed her forces to defend the settlement unfortunately for her the battle wasn't turning out too well. Luciano's forces had decreased her forces down to twenty percent and they were left to defend what was left of Area 10. For the past twelve hours the tenth most feared woman in the world was pinned down by, the man known as the "Vampire of Britannia." She gained her rank by with the highest kill rate of any knightmare pilot. Her troops knew that there would be no reinforcement so they were just left to throw away their lives.

Cynthia stared amidst the battlefield's gore, hundreds of Sutherlands and Gloucestors lay in waste. All she had left were twenty Sutherlands and four Gloucestors; including her own. The government's defenses were all but wasted and their supplies exhausted. She looked at the screen of her Knightmare, the screen was glowing a bright yellow; her energy filler was nearly depleted.

"All forces status report!" she shouted through her communications link.

"Milady we are being overwhelmed in Section Five," a familiar voice on the radio caught her attention. "The Vampire is here!"

Cynthia accelerated her Knightmare towards the collapsing section. Once she reached there, the scene was near disbelief. Her knightmare halted in front of three Sutherlands that were defending a small hill.

"Where is your commander?" she asked, as the machine gun fire stopped. "I demand to know where your commander is!"

The pilots were silent. "I am sorry my lord," one of them said before trying to jab its SHOT LANCER into her cockpit. "We don't want to die here,"

Cynthia jerked the control to the right and grabbed the lance, in a fluid motion she gripped it and jabbed it into the cockpit of the Sutherland. Other two tried the same tactic but this time Cynthia had her golden SHOT LANCER out. The golden lance extended into four prongs; using this weapon she was able to grip onto the two other lances. In a matter of seconds she impaled the knightmare with her lance then tossed it at the second; the first exploded taking the second with it.

She stared at the heap of burning scrap metal. "Fools! What a waste," her tone was rather harsh, her radar picked up an incoming group of enemy Knightmares; this was a losing battle. "Attention all forces! Lord Luciano is under oath by the Empire to treat you all as prisoners of war, you are to surrender; I will personally deal with the remaining forces,"

She moved towards the position to see a group of no more than twenty Knightmares. Raising her SHOT LANCER she charged in at full speed. Taken by surprise she was able to impale several of the Knightmares before they were able to form a defensive position. Machine gun fire bounced off her machine, as she pointed her assault rifle in that direction. Her own rifle pierced the armor of the enemy machines as they began to fall one by one.

Her radar picked up two more Knightmares approaching her rear; in response she fired her SLASH HARKENs into to ground. This allowed her Gloucestor to reach a high altitude, while she skyrocketed to the ground she fired her rifle taking out the two Knightmares approaching from behind. Before hitting the ground she fired her SLASH HARKENs into the ground in order to straighten her machine at the enemy.

She replaced the lance with another machine gun and began to force her Gloucestor to spin around in a complete 360, while firing both guns. Her clips ran empty, as the Gloucestor stood up there was nothing left of the remaining enemy Knightmares. The radar alarmed her as a projectile was traveling at super fast speeds, she dodged to see a oddly looking SLASH HARKEN strike the spot she had been in.

Turning the camera, she noticed a Knightmare she had never seen before. It was oddly shaped but what caught her attention was the claw on its right arm.

"Luciano! I know that's you!" she shouted as the Knightmare responded with another barrage of it's oddly shaped SLASH HARKENs.

"Ah! So the Knight of Ten still retains her skills," he mocked, "So what is it you wish?"

"I challenge you to a one on one duel," she replied, the man laughed at her as he fired more SLASH HARKENs.

"My dear! What is the point in that?" he asked as he charged at her continually firing SLASH HARKENs.

She laughed at him as she tossed aside her rifles and accessed her lance. Using the lance she wrapped all the projectiles around it and broke the cable connecting it to the machine.

"Luciano, what will you do now that your ranged weapons are gone?" she said confidently, "I don't think your claw will do you any good in close range combat,"

She felt confident in her SHOT LANCER, but something in Luciano's voice frightened her. "Foolish as ever, I hope you have a nice time in hell!" he shouted as he machine charged straight at her. "Today I will become the Knight of Ten!"

Cynthia quickly swept to the left as Luciano seemed to crash in to the ground, bringing up a cloud of smoke. Cynthia rushed into the kill as her lance seemed to pierced its target. A little of the smoke cleared and Cynthia was left in awe. the Knightmare had grabbed onto her lance and she was now in range for that claw. She jammed the trigger to fire her SLASH HARKENs, yet something was jamming them in place. She tried ejecting the cockpit block but the back of her Knightmare seemed to be attached to something. As the field of visibility began to expand she noticed that the horn on the enemy Knightmare was missing and in its place a cord. Moving the head she noticed that the horn was a SLASH HARKEN, it had wrapped her up.

"Cynthia? How do you like my Percival? Its full of hidden weapons," he mocked her as she struggled to move her own machine. "Now what is it you value most in life, Cynthia?"

The claw in the Percival's right arm began to spin around into a spear. Surrounding the spear was a greenish cone which would easily penetrate her armor. She watched as the spear moved closer and closer to her own machine; he was toying with her.

"Goodbye Knight of Ten," he said before a missile detonated on the Percival's back. Luciano moved his machine into view and it seemed to be another Gloucestor, it was armed with two missile pods, and a SHOT LANCER.

"Vampire your battle is with me, not her lordship!" the pilot of the Gloucester announced, to Cynthia it was a all too familiar voice.

Luciano pulled away his horn and took to the sky, as he waited for opportune moment to finish off the Knight of ten and her remaining subordinate.

"You fool! You should've have run!" she shouted at him, laughter filled her communications. "What is so funny Gauss?"

The man in the Gloucestor was giggling. "Cynthia, do you really think I would abandon you here?" his laughter brought a small smile to her face. "After all you are going to be my wife,"

Cynthia blushed and hide her face from the camera. "Gauss…," she was cut off as Luciano charged in and nearly impaled her. "If you wish to help me, then let's take out this bastard,"

The man nodded as he handed her his SHOT LANCER. She signaled his to flank Luciano when he got the chance. Cynthia positioned stood still waiting for Luciano to attack her; the Percival descended from the heavens and engaged her machine in combat. With her SLASH HARKENs now free, she wrapped the Percival in a web of cables. It was then that Cynthia didn't know what to do.

There was something that disturbed her. Her mind told her to draw in the SLASH HARKENs and impale the target with the golden lance. It was common logic, yet her years of battlefield experience told her not to. She chose to ignore her gut and started to reel in the Knightmare. Her FACTSPHERE started to begin blinking a bright red, a huge energy surge was building up within Percival. In a blinding light the machine broke free from the web of wires. The light dissipated and Cynthia could see Luciano heading straight for her machine. Quickly she force the controls but they weren't responding, it was the end for her. Staring at the gleaming lance shaped weapon it was the end of her.

Her machine shook as something had hit her from the side, it was Gauss. "My Lord you must live!" he said as his Gloucestor pushed hers out of the way. As the lance jabbed into the Gloucester's cockpit Cynthia heard Gauss. "My love… this is goodbye,"

She watched as his knightmare exploded in a ball of raging fire. A broken Gloucestor head landed in front of her Knightmare. "Gauss!!!" she shouted as went into a rage. "I'll kill you Luciano!"

Quickly releasing her controls the machine accelerated towards the enemy Knightmare, SHOT LANCER raised. She had caught Luciano off guard, but as her machine approached him it decelerated. Inside her cockpit all the screens began to shut off and on the main monitor, it read power failure.

Her machine's energy filler was all used up. She looked up a Luciano's machine as its lance rose towards her camera. "What do you value most?" he asked before jabbing the lance into her cockpit.

He watched as the machine blew up in front of him and pieces of it scatter everywhere. He began to laugh as the Percival, now soaked in the 'blood' of Cynthia's Gloucestor. Cynthia landed a nearby stream which drifted her to the ocean. She was still alive, there was a something in her left side; slowly the warmth of her body began to fade. The once cold blue water was dyed a blood red, her body floated motionlessly onto a nearby shore.

The Hummel's room, current time…

Cynthia launched herself up from the bed, the sheets close to her upper body. It was the same dream she had been having for the past five years. Beads of sweat dripped down from her body, the nightmare was over. The door opened as a familiar faced walked into the room, it was Mark. He approached Cynthia with a kind smile; that gentle face is what she had fallen in love with. She could feel his warm arms wrap around her body, it was like that on the beach five years ago. Amidst the cold darkness of death, his warm arms revived her, comforted her, and supported her. Tears began to form at her eyes as the man she now loved was comforting her, his soft gentle voice brought a smile to her face.

"I'm sorry Mark," she said as the tears dropped. "I just want to see him again, that's all,"

Mark sighed as he looked at his wife, she was in love with another man. He married her thinking that the feelings the two shared were mutual --- they weren't. He would still try though, he continued to embrace her and comfort her. Eventually the two of them fell asleep on the bed softly.

The Next Day…

The shipment of new machines had arrived, and the soldiers were excited to see that they could go one on one with Clovis' army. Though approaching the Tokyo settlement was the difficult part of the plan. Euphy and her commanding officers were starring at the strategic map in the G-1's control room.

"There seems to be no way for our forces to breach the settlement without losing forty percent of our forces," an officer slammed his fist on the table.

There was commotion within the room of how the operation was going to be conducted. No one could find a way to breach the settlement without either damaging the residential section, or losing more than 40% of their fighting force. While everyone was arguing the best course of action Euphy stared deeply into the three-dimensional map.

"Colonel, how many troops do we have in total?" she asked staring at a suspicious position on the map.

The man pressed a few buttons of the screen and a division of little blue dots appeared on the screen. "Ma'am we have a total of a thousand soldiers, four hundred of which are divided into Knightmare pilots." the officer said as he pointed at the dots on the screen. "The rest is evenly divided into both infantry and armored vehicles."

"What about this position here?" she pointed at an area of the map that the officers had ignored. "Why can't we use this point here?"

The officers sighed at the princess' question. "You highness, the terrain in that area is too unstable, trying to move troops through there would only cause them to succumb to the landslides." he said as the screen simulated the advancement of their forces, the blue dots quickly fell one by one due to the landslides.

Euphy slammed her fist on the table. "Damn why can't we find a weak point," she wondered before a voice caught her off guard.

"That area is the key to our victory your highness," the voice caught her attention, it was Cynthia. "Clovis doesn't suspect that we'll attack in this area."

The officers in the room began to mumble, they did not take nicely to Cynthia's proposal. "How dare you question our authority! Fallen Knight!" the comment hurt Cynthia deeply. "How are we to trust the word of a former Brittannian Knight who lead all her troops to their death?"

Cynthia stood frozen as the memory appeared fresh in her mind. She moved back a few steps, as the memories pierced through her thoughts. A familiar hand seemed grabbed hold of her' turning she noticed Mark. His gentle smile comforted her, as he seemed to regain her composure.

"The new Fortis Knightmares are capable of maneuvering through that terrain," she stated inputting the data into the machine. "They are equipped with terrain stabilizers, which adjusts the machine's weight to any terrain."

The blue dots reappeared onto the strategic map, this time as they pasted through the position and this time they weren't lost to the landslides. Euphy folded her arms as she began to think of how to successfully break through the enemy lines. The plan formulated quickly in her mind, she was thinking of the outcome. A few moments later she started inputting a new set of data into the strategic map.

The command staff watched as the computer generated the data, and simulated the battle to take place. They watched as a majority of the blue dots moved towards the main entrance way to the city. They were dazed to see as their army move into a fortified position's line of fire. In addition they paid close attention as the enemy soldier began to build up behind the defensive line. The plan seemed like an utter failure.

The soldiers in the room began to mutter amongst themselves. The chattering stopped when they saw another group of blue dots swarm the enemy lines. Just as the last enemy position failed the commanders looked up at Euphy. They rewound the data to see that a bulk of the forces had actually slipped through the undefended position to swarm the enemy.

Euphy sighed in relief as she placed her hand on the map. "The plan is to concentrate thirty percent of our forces at the enemy's main defense line." she said noticing the command staff's full attention. "While this is being done seventy percent of the forces including the Helios. Aegis, and three Spartan units will break through the weak point and outflank the enemy, once that is finished ninety percent of the forces with me will hold the enemy back and secure necessary facilities."

One of the officer spoke out. "What about the government building?"

Euphy paused for a moment and brought up the map. "The Helios and my unit accompanied by the Spartan Knightmares will storm the government building with the aid of Tactical Assault and Close Kill squads." she began to input the data once again. "I receive permission to use the Hummel industries orbital drop station to deploy any TACK squads into the area."

Startled and amazed at her proposal, the command staff stared at her. Noticing the complete respect of the command staff she quickly began to relaying orders the officers. In the background, Suzaku was leaning slightly near the doorway. Grinning he turned back heading for his Knightmare.

Several Hours later, outside the Tokyo Settlement…

A large group of Fortis Knightmares awaited the signal for the charge against the enemy's stronghold. They were preparing for an assault against their own strong hold. Each and every knightmare pilot knew this battle would be hell. There was an announcement emitting from the Aegis' cockpit.

"Attention all Brittannian soldiers under the command of Prince Clovis la Britannia, I Euphemia Li Britannia will take command here," her voice echoing throughout the battlefield. "You are to lay down your weapons and surrender, failure to do so will result in severe punishment."

A massive wave of commotion filled the channels as multiple enemy pilots began to deny Euphy's heartfelt request. A few moments later a barrage of enemy artillery began razing their lines. Euphy watched as her lines were pummeled by enemy artillery fire, the fog cleared her army had seemed to be unaffected my the barrage of enemy fire.

A sigh of relief over came her, glaring at her army. "All forces execute the assault!" she said loudly. "Alpha and Bravo company move to the designated point, Delta company follow me to the breakpoint."

Staring from the Helios' head camera he glared at Euphy's Knightmare as they were moving to the breakthrough point. He remembered that moment in the meeting room, a mysterious voice entered his head.

"Protect the future to ensure existence," it said as the words began to fade away.

To be continued...

A/N: Thanks for reading the thrid chapter... please rate and comment.