Chapter 9 - An Order and a Brave Act

"C.C.," Lelouch began, "is it possible to trade in my Geass to another individual?"

"Yes, Lelouch," C.C. nodded. "However, the person who uses your Geass has to share your blood, or else it wouldn't work."

Lelouch then looked at Euphemia, who began to shed tears.

"Then I choose Euphy," Lelouch replied. "She and I may be born of different mothers, but we have shared the same father." Turning to her, he continued, "Euphy, my Geass has been rendered uncontrollable when I ordered you unknowingly. However, in spite of this, you must make sure that it doesn't afflict anyone without uncovering it at any time."

"Uncovering it?" Euphemia replied. "But how...?"

Before she could continue, Lelouch took out his contact lenses, which concealed his Geass.

"Oh. I see."

Replacing his contact lenses, Lelouch said, "Don't worry, Euphy. I'm sure that nobody, not even Frieza, will be any match for you. I'm also sure that it will condemn you to a life of solitude, like it almost did me. Are you prepared for this."

When C.C. heard Lelouch mirror her words to Euphemia, she started shedding tears.

"Lelouch," she whispered, "the price for using your Geass will be a dear one."

"Yes," Euphemia answered. "I accept the terms of this contract C.C. shared with you."

With that, both Lelouch and Euphemia held C.C.'s hands so that the trade would begin.

"Frieza!" Euphemia shouted, Lelouch's Geass permanently active in her eyes. "Don't move!"

With that, the sygil in her eyes flew straight into Frieza's mind. With her order given, Frieza froze in fear, and his eyes glowed pink.

"I...can't...move..." Frieza said haltingly. "What have you done to me?"

"What a fitting fate fora terrible bloodthirsty ruler," Goku gloated.

"Golensi!" Frieza began. "Attack!"

"With pleasure," Mao replied. "And Euphy, you will pay dearly for..."

Before Mao would continue, he got shot in the shoulder, his legs, and his hips.

"Golensi!" Frieza shouted in fear. "But how...?"

He saw that Urabe, Rolo and Shirley, whom he had also revived and made his soldiers, had held guns that had shot Mao. Their eyes, too, were glowing pink. Euphemia had ordered them to shoot Mao at a chance when he would attack.

"Lomepa. Eparg. Logenta. She must have ordered them, too."

"That's right, Frieza," Euphemia replied. "And I'll be taking what you had used to revive me and your soldiers, so I'll be making my ownwish."

With that, she walked to her former master, took the Dragon Ring from his right index finger, and put it on hers.

"Now I'm the one who's going to make a wish. And I wish for Suzaku's freedom and Nunnally's resurrection!"

In a flash, Suzaku was instantly freed from the shackles that bound him. Also, Nunnally appeared, standing on her two feet. She had been resurrected and healed. Lelouch shed tears of joy.

"Nunnally!" Lelouch said happily, hugging her.

"Big brother!" Nunnally replied.

"Don't move!"

Diethard had held his own gun so he could shoot Euphy.

"Ah, very well, Diethard," Frieza congratulated, despite still under Euphemia's order. "Finish the traitor off."

"Euphemia, this story is finished!" Diethard shouted. "You never should have betrayed Lord Frieza! A bitch like you shouldn't even be alive!"

Just then, a gunshot. Euphemia didn't flinch, as she was not shot. But Diethard was, and he fell to the floor.

"You have no right to deny my existence, Diethard," Euphemia replied as Lelouch, who shot Diethard for his betrayal toward him, put his gun away.

"Well," Diethard grunted to Euphemia, "at least you can Geass me and have me finished off, too."

"I'm sorry, Diethard," Euphemia replied, covering her Geass-tinted eyes with the contacts C.C. originally gave Lelouch. "But you're just too worthless."

Diethard then died after hearing her words.

"And now, Frieza," Goku began, "you're defenseless. At least you can face your defeat with honor."

Frieza then grinned.

"Well then," Frieza began, "if I'm going to hell, then I'm taking you withme!"

With that, his left arm, which was aimed toward a control panel while being frozen, produced an energy orb that flew right at the panel, destroying it. Goku was taken aback by this.

"We have to get out of here!" Goku shouted.

The orders Euphy had given Urabe, Rolo and Shirley had worn off, and they were in shock that Frieza's ship was about to explode.

Mao, who was still alive, despite being shot, writhed on the floor to his master.

"Lord Frieza."

"If I hadn't been ordered to not move, I would have vaporized you for your failure," Frieza replied.

"But why?" Mao asked. "I'm your servant."

As Suzaku, Jeremiahand Goku aided Nunnally, Urabe, Rolo, Shirley, Kallen, and Ohgi to the Knightmare Gohan piloted, Euphemia somehow refused to enter.

"Come on, Euphy!" Goku commanded. "Get on! The ship's about to explode!"

"I can't get on without Lelouch!" Euphemia replied.

With that, she ran to her brother.

"Come on, Lelouch! We gotta go!"

"I have to stay," Lelouch replied.

"No!"

"I've committed sins against Britannia under the guise of Zero, and I must pay for it."

"But Lelouch, if you don't get on the Knightmare, you'll..."

"I know."

With that, Lelouch gave Euphemia a hug.

"Take care of Nunnally for me, Euphy. You were my first love."

Euphemia kept her eyes on him as long as she could when she ran to Suzaku, Goku and Jeremiah. When she was within reach, the four got on the Knightmare.

"Well," Frieza gloated, "at least someone's going with me."

"Yes," Lelouch nodded. "I destroy...the world...and create it...anew."

With the Knightmare out of reach, Frieza's ship exploded, taking Frieza, Mao, Diethard's body and Lelouch with it. Nunnally shed tears of grief when she saw the explosion. She had just been resurrected, but she also lost her brother.

"It's unfair," she said. "All I really wanted was to spend some time with you, big brother."

Suzaku, however, had his eyes narrowed.

"Lelouch,"he thought, "I cannot thank you for what you did today, but your sacrifice was the bravest thing you've ever done."

With that, he bowed his head.