"We, the Black Knights, shall be the judges of the world." Lelouch Di Britannia
"What?" Dietard asked as he fished while Neige watched. "Car #3 was stolen by Zero? How is the military managing this?"
"It seems it was stolen without them noticing." A reporter replied.
Diethard looked frustrated. It was currently hour six of the hostage situation and already enough had happened to Britannia to make everyone concerned. All of their attack waves had been subdued by the JLF. Even the Britannian secret weapons (the reploids) were pushed back. X himself received no significant damage, but the fact that Harpuia had lost his arm in the fighting, forced X to stay back. He had no idea how accurate the sniper was. Any further attempts would bring more damage. Now Britannia could not stop the JLF. And they were preparing to execute civilian after civilian.
Not like he cared too much. Hell, he even brought his pole to fish.
"The officer seemed to blank out for a second and it was gone." He continued.
The streets were full of Knightmares upon when the discovery of Zero approaching the site was made. The entire street was illuminated with spotlights from the Knightmares as they viewed Lelouch's appearance. Snipers watched Lelouch as he passed by some of them.
"We have confirmed that is Zero." One of the pilots called out.
"Should we give the order for the Sniper teams to open fire?" Another pilot asked.
"Allow him to pass till the viceroy-governor gives the order." A captain called out.
Lelouch continued to ride by on the top of the car almost as if he was unnoticed as the Knightmare units surrounded him. Lelouch made no effort to look at any one of them as the car continued to ride down the path.
"Hey." Ohgi asked Kallen while they drove the car forward. "What do you think he means by allies of justice?"
"Beats me." Kallen said. "But we might be killed before we know. The ones left behind don't have any escape either."
"Nah." Zero said as he rested his back on the wall with his arms crossed and his head down. "I don't think Zero would have made this move unless he knew exactly what he was doing. Let's just have a little faith."
But even I don't know how he's going to make it out of this one.
"Why are we using the trailer?" Yoshidia asked.
"Do you think that man," Kinoue asked. "Zero, can be trusted?"
"That's why I said before that he's suspicious." Tamaki said. "You wouldn't happen to know more about him Ciel would you?"
"I…probably know just as much as you guys." Ciel said. "Zero came and found me first."
"And you Leviathan?" He then asked, hoping to get a better answer from the spunky one.
"Nah." She said as she put her Lance together. "If I did, I probably would have spilt the beans on him awhile back."
Lelouch and his convoy continued to proceed down the road. He never looked at one of the Knightmares as he passed and continued to focus his eyes on the objective. He knew for a fact that Cornelia was going to show up and speak to him, or even worse, try to kill him.
That's okay. She won't pass up the opportunity I'll give to her. She just needs a little…motivation.
Lelouch heard the sound of three Knightmares speeding towards him. He looked down the right of the street where the sounds were coming from to see three Knightmares appear in front of him and block his access to the building. Mega Man X speeded along with them with his acceleration system, X-Saber out and ready, and pointed his X-Buster at the car. Lelouch didn't know too much about X yet, so he was not sure if X would fire at him or not. No matter what the scenario was, Lelouch showed no fear and waited for Cornelia to come out and speak to him. Lelouch was hoping that it would not require him to use the Geass. He was going to save that for another time.
After what seemed like minutes, Cornelia opened the hatch to her Knightmare, and got out and looked right at Lelouch. Lelouch again showed no sign of fear. More or less joy (if anyone could see it).
As much as I would love to pay you back my dear Cornelia, now is not the time. If everything goes as I planned, the Geass will not be necessary.
Harpuia was watching the whole situation on a small television screen that the R&D wing had. When he saw Lelouch appear on the top of the car, he exploded with anger. He still felt that his honor had been damaged by both Zero and his master.
"It's ZERO!" He shouted. "THAT MEANS THAT ZERO IS NEARBY! Where are you!?"
Harpuria attempted to get up from his repair bed. However the sharp pain he felt in his arm made him immediately fall back down.
"ARGH!" He said.
"Calm down Harpuia!" Cecile said "You are in no condition to fight!"
"LET ME AT HIM!" He shouted. "I WILL DELIEVER SWIFT JUDGEMENT TO THAT REPLOID!"
Harpuia again tried to get up, but he could not. He collapsed back on his bed and began to hyper ventilate as he tried to recover from the pain.
"Stop!" Cecile said. "You'll just damage yourself further."
"Cursed sniper!" Harpuia said.
"We met again, Zero." Cornelia said as exited the safety of her Knightmare. "Are you a member of the Japan Liberation front now? Or do you intend to provide assistance to them?"
Lelouch said nothing to Cornelia.
"However, our business comes first!" She shouted. "Vengeance for my dear brother Clovis."
Cornelia pulled out a massive pistol from inside her Knightmare. She pointed it and aimed right for Lelouch's head. The barrel was estimated to be at least six feet long, complete with a silver bayonet on the bottom of the barrel. But before she could fire it, a large green disk appeared from nowhere and sliced the gun's barrel in two. Cornelia backed up for a second and looked to see Zero descend from the sky and catch his Shield Boomerang. Zero landed in front of Lelouch and lowered himself in front of Cornelia, so that she could still see Lelouch' head. Cornelia looked shocked for a second, but then regained her posture.
"Cornelia." Lelouch said. "Which do you prefer? The Dead Clovis? Or the alive Euphemia?"
Cornelia felt her blood instantly turn to ice at the mentioning of her sister's name. Her expression turned from anger to instant shock. Lelouch, even from the distance, saw her expression change and sounds that she made from her mouth. It was all the information that Lelouch needed.
Right on the mark. Objective one has been cleared. You're just the same as before Cornelia. You've always pampered Euphy. That's why you cannot make your move. You want to protect the life of your dear little sister.
Cornelia still continued to stare at Lelouch coldly. Lelouch could see increasing hostility in her eyes, and knew that he had her right where he wanted.
"I will save her." Lelouch said.
The entire army gasped when they heard that. Zero, the enemy of the empire, requested a chance to save the princess. Such a thing was unexpected among the entire forces; especially the ones primed and ready to fire at Zero.
"Zero." She said. "I don't know what you are saying."
"I will save her." Lelouch repeated. "I can do it!"
Cornelia stood at Lelouch in complete shock. She was caught in between motives. How she longed to fire her pistol (which now stood in pieces) straight into the heart of Zero and make him pay for the sins he had caused. Yet she also desired to see her sister saved. Cornelia stood still; realizing that Zero had defeated her and forced her in a position where she was unable to act. In the end, she allowed Lelouch to enter the building.
"All forces." Dolton called out on radio. "Let Zero through. I repeat; let Zero through."
Lelouch passed by Cornelia. He inched his eyes across his face to get one look at Cornelia. She looked angry. Lelouch knew that he had insulted her by doing this; and that she would be after him for the rest of his life. Nevertheless, he accepted that truth and continued to ride toward the building. Two JLF guards watched Lelouch approach the area.
Will the JLF treat me as a fellow comrade, or as a nuisance? Either way though, they cannot remove the increasing desire to meet with Zero. Which means…
One of the guards went to the gate and opened it up for the car to pass.
Good. The prerequisites for the operation have been met.
"Cornelia…" X asked. "What now?"
"Because of the arrival of Zero," Cornelia began. "The time for the next hostage being executed will be delayed. Which means we have an opportunity. We shall wipe them all out, together with Zero."
"Thank you for the appointment!" Lloyd shouted in pure joy. "She said we can use the Lancelot! Suzaku is to charge directly down the tunnel towards the enemy!"
"Lloyd!" Cecile shouted. "Don't tell me their using Suzaku as bait!?"
"Yes!" Lloyd shouted as he turned off the screen with Cornelia on it on his computer. The R&D command center, which was a series of computers and desks; all hooked into a single server, and an outside window which allowed for the team to repair and prepare the Lancelot for movement. "It seems while he is charging, Cornelia's special team will be deployed in."
"Seems!?" She shouted. "How can you…"
"Cecile!" Suzaku shouted while in the cockpit of the Lancelot. "Allow me to go! If there is still a chance to save them, if the Lancelot is required to serve, then I must go! Even if it means acting as bait!"
Cecile looked at Suzaku for a minute with a surprised look. But after a few minutes of staring at Suzaku's confident face, she nodded for approval. Within a few minutes after Suzaku prepped up for battle and set up the Lancelot combat ready, Cecile created a 3D simulation; and began to relay instructions over to Suzaku.
"Allow me to explain the operation in detail before you are launched." Cecile said.
The 3D simulation was at first angled up on the top of the tower. It then lowered to the west side of the building. After a few seconds, digital rings appeared around the tower. An orange cube appeared in the wire frame of the building; on the twenty ninth story.
"According to surveillance," Cecile continued. "The hostages are believed to be in the food compartment storage room."
The simulation zoomed out and revealed the building's support tunnel of which Suzaku was going to ride down. The ocean appeared above the tunnel as well. Under the hotel model, a symbol of where Suzaku was going to shoot appeared.
"The guiding weapon Z01 Lancelot will move through the lifeline tunnel and towards the hotel basement. Once there, you will destroy the foundation block and sink the hotel. It is estimated that it will take eight minutes for the place where the hostages are will become submerged. We will leave the rescuing of the hostages up to Mega Man X; who will deploy immediately after the foundation block is destroyed. The complete elimination of the terrorists and Zero will be carried out by another unit."
Suzaku nodded his head as a crane began to lower him into the hole where the original three Knightmares were loaded into; before they were destroyed by the Anti-Knightmare rifle.
"In order to sink the foundation block, the VARIS will have to be deployed. Anti Material has been loaded into the Impact Rail." Cecile continued.
"The problem is the people lying around in ambush in the tunnel." Lloyd said as he observed Suzaku getting loaded into the tunnel from the command center window. "Lancelot's evasion is estimated at only 47.5% due to constriction."
"Is this really necessary?" Cecile asked as she worked next to Lloyd.
"Yeah." He responded. "So come back when necessary Suzaku. You can't afford to damage my machine."
"When necessary?" Suzaku asked.
Suzaku heard nothing more than a simple laugh from Lloyd's communicator. Suzkau understood that Lloyd was making a humorous gesture. He resumed back on the mission.
"I understand." He said.
"Suzaku…" Harpuia said over radio.
"Yes Harpuia?" He asked.
"It is not a likely scenario." Harpuria said. "But be on guard: It is increasingly possible that whoever sniped me out of the sky is still wandering the area. Tunnel or not. Anti Reploid rounds are meant to take out Reploids and all forms of high grade machinery in single blasts. Stay on your guard. If even one of those Sniper bullets pierces the Sakuradite tank, it's all over."
"Is it even likely that the sniper is still around?" He asked.
"He wouldn't be good at his job if he didn't know how to conceal himself." Harpuia said. "But a warrior must learn to prepare for the unexpected. Stay on your guard and if you see anything suspicious, I would recommend activating your shield."
"I understand." Suzaku said.
Suzaku watched as the crane began to descend him into the hole from the street. Darkness began to surround Suzaku as he was lowered in. While he descended, he thought back earlier when Shirley had asked him to go with. Thinking back on it now, he probably should have.
"Suzaku, I am going with the President and Nina to Kiawaguchi today. Do you want to come?" Shirley asked.
"I'm sorry." He said. "I have work today."
"I see." She said. "Guess it can't be helped."
"But thank you for inviting me." He said. "I really appreciate it."
"Twelve minutes before operation starts." Cecile said.
The situation with the Britannian hostages had not improved in the least. All of them were scared out of their minds. Nina was beginning to cry as she believed she could be the next one to fly. Axl stood there in a corner with his head down. He still couldn't believe that they resorted to such lengths.
I know why they did that. I read the history between the two. I know that neither Britannian or Eleven likes each other. In clear way, it's no surprise that they did that and they have full right to do so.
But it doesn't mean it's right.
Nina became even more shocked when one of the guards walked near here. She was calm with avoiding saying their dog name for awhile, but she lost her self control after the guard walked near her.
"El…Eleven." She said completely on accident.
"What did you say bitch!?" The Eleven asked.
"Whoa, easy man!" Axl said, picking his head up. "She said it on accident."
Nina quickly hugged Millay tighter and almost began to scream.
"ELEVEN!?" He shouted at the top of his lungs. "WE'RE JAPANESE!"
"DUDE; CALM THE FUCK DOWN!" Axl shouted angrily.
It was increasingly obvious the JLF stopped paying attention to Axl.
"We heard so stop!" Millay shouted.
"TAKE YOU'RE WORDS BACK!" He shouted. "We are not Elevens!"
"You are not Elevens!" Shirley shouted angrily.
"What's with your attitude!?" He shouted. "Come here! We will make you learn!"
The Japanese grabbed hold of Nina and began to tightly pull her away from the others. Nina began to scream at the top of her lungs as the JLF member pulled her harder and began to cause her pain. She began to shot "NO" As loud as she could. She fought desperately to keep the member away from her as she continued to scream.
"STAND YOU FOOL!" He shouted.
A loud bang was heard from the corner of the room. Nina felt the grip of the man become lighter and then felt nothing as she saw the man fly from where he was into the wall. A large railroad spike was embed into his head, blood trickling down at an alarming rate. The man's eyes seemed to go back into his head as his life slowly vanished from sight. The JLF stood in complete shock as they saw their comrade dead in front of them. They turned into the corner to see Axl with a large nail gun; pointing right in the direction where the man was killed. Axl lowered his weapon and it dematerialized. Seconds later, he replaced that gun with two large sub-machine guns and slowly walked over to Nina. Nina felt her bladder release at the sight of the man.
Instead, Axl went in front of her and turned his back to her. He pointed both sub-machine guns at the remaining JLF members, who had currently surrounded him.
"The next person to harm ANY of these people; is going to die." Axl said.
"WHAT!?" A JLF member said. "You betray us!?"
"No." Axl said. "I don't betray the JLF. But Tohdoh would never approve of this; and neither do I. I will fight Britannia; but not its civilians. And if you don't like it, just try and stop me! I'll kill every one of you! You watched me take out that sniper when your rounds did nothing. What makes you thinK I can't beat a couple people in rags holding guns!?"
Both Britannia and the Japanese were in shock from the ordeal. The tension in the room was so apparent, a single movement might have triggered a gun fight. Everyone did their best to remain still.
"HOW DARE YOU!" One shouted. "After we fed and clothe you…"
"You guys did neither." Axl said, opening a portion of his arm up. The Japanese and Britannia were shocked to see the man known as Axl, was nothing more than circuits, wires, and hardware; as Axl revealed his true form with the opening of his arm. He quickly closed the opened portion and returned to a battle ready stance.
"I'm a Reploid!" Axl shouted. "A machine. Nothing you gave me I required. I could have went on my own and found a different job, but instead I decided to help you guys!"
"WHY YOU LITTLE!" A JLF member shouted, pointing his gun at Axl.
Big mistake. The moment he pointed his gun even remotely nearby Axl, Axl turned and fired both submachine gun rounds into the member, killing him in a matter of seconds. The Britannians ducked to the floor as soon as the firing began. All of the members now pointed all of their guns at Axl.
Axl looked around to analyze the scenario. He knew he could kill them all, but he didn't know how collateral damage would work out. He wanted no civilian causalities, but it didn't look like it was going to work out that way.
"Stop this now!" A voice behind them said.
Axl and everyone in the entire room looked at a single glasses wearing girl who stood up among the crowd. "Take me to your leader."
"Who are you bitch!?" A JLF member yelled.
"I am the third Princess to the Britannian Empire." She declared, taking off her glasses. "Euphemia Li Britannia!"
The entire room was filled with large gasps and shocks of surprise. Even Axl was surprised when he heard the whole thing.
"Whoa!" Axl shouted. "We kidnapped the princess!?"
The resistance had already entered the building. As soon as the car they were riding in was inside the building, under the cover of darkness, they all left the truck and infiltrated the building. They were currently moving through the air ducts, until they were right above the sewer. Zero took out the grating of the duct by simply kicking it. He, the resistance, Leviathan and Ciel descended from the duct and into the sewer below the building. Zero looked around, watching the water flow from the 4 way intersection they landed nearby. He could smell the choking fumes around him, but being a machine, made no clear but desire to care. Ciel and the others applied oxygen masks to be sure that none of them choked. Zero looked around for a few more seconds to be sure everyone was ready. When all the Resistance had landed, Zero turned to their direction.
"Head out to your assigned points in the building." Zero said. "Plant charges on each of the supporting sections. Leviathan and me will return to where Zero is and be sure the JLF has no ill intentions. The rest of you stay sharp and radio us if things get bad."
"Yes sir!" They all shouted, running to where they needed to go.
Zero and Leviathan looked at each other and nodded. They began to run towards the staircase to the top of the building.
"Ugh…" Leviathan said. "I need a bath!"
"We're in the middle of a mission so put a lid on it." Zero barked.
Lelouch and the JLF leaders met in a small conference room. The room was small, having only a small table, a few couches, and a large table; currently full of tactical papers and documents from the JLF. And a small television displaying all the tactical data of the battle situation at hand. Kusakuba stood in a chair, his samurai sword at hand as he went over the terms with Lelouch.
"I want to know your intentions for allying with me." Lelouch asked.
"Show us your face then Zero." Kusakuba asked. "It is rude of you."
"I understand." Lelouch said. "However, there is something I would like to ask before that. What do you intend to receive from this actions?"
"Is it not obvious?" Kusakuba asked. "I want to announce to the world that the Japanese are not dead."
"How old fashioned." Lelouch remarked in disappointment. "You're all too old."
Kusakuba looked at Lelouch in anger at the comment. Lelouch had implied that they were not old in the sense of age, but of way of life.
"B-bastard!" A JLF Member shouted.
"What did you mean by that, Zero?" Kusakuba asked in anger.
"Lancelot!" Suzaku shouted. "ME Boost!"
Exceeding speeds of two hundred MPH within three seconds, the Lancelot launched towards into the tunnel. Thick smoke appeared behind it as the Lancelot proceeded into the tunnel. Suzaku kept his arm in front of the body of the Lancelot, baring Harpuria's warning, and the fact of the Anti Knightmare rifle.
As Suzaku proceeded down the pathway, he looked on the screen and saw an energy signature. He confirmed it was the rifle and increased the max velocity. Even though the Lancelot was in a confined space of a hundred meters from top to bottom, he would not let himself be defeated easily. The first shot was fired directly at him. Suzaku hit the brakes on the Lancelot and backed up, completely avoiding the attack. After the momentary setback, Suzaku again proceeded forward down the tunnel.
Suzaku managed to dodge a second shell barrage from the cannon again. He did it so by making a loop on the walls of the tunnel. Suzaku reached behind him and grabbed the VARIS cannon that was stored on the back of his Knightmare and proceeded further into the tunnel, realizing that the closer he was to the tower, the more energy he would need to protect himself against the cannon.
"I've brought the hostage as requested." Lelouch heard one of the JLF members say from behind the door. "She claims to be the Princess of Britannia."
What the hell?
Lelouch quickly returned back to the matter at hand when Kusakuba grabbed his sword and charged at him.
"Zero!" He shouted. "I have nothing left to say to you!"
Lelouch made a small sigh to himself. He had his mask open up so that his eye socket could be seen. He activated the Geass and the marking appeared on his eye.
"Die." He commanded.
From the outside, several gunshots and the sound of a sword slash were heard. The members proceeded in with terror from the safety of their commander.
"Colonel!" One shouted.
A second after he opened the door, Lelouch pointed his pistol and fired it into the arm of the member, immobilizing him. The other members felt threatened and began to point their weapons at Lelouch.
"Calm down." Lelouch said. "The Colonel and the rest of the men here have committed suicide. They realized the futility of their mission, and have joined the ranks of the dead."
The JLF were in fury over the whole ordeal, even though clear cut evidence indicated that all the JLF members committed suicide. They believed in some way that Lelouch was responsible. In all ways, they were right on the mark.
"Zero." Euphemia said.
"Euphy." Lelouch asked. "Did you stand up to the JLF to save the hostages? You haven't changed one bit."
Euphemia didn't really know what to think at the time. She didn't like Zero for the murder of her brother. But to see such a being in person was…nostalgic. She didn't really know what to think. All she knew now was she now had a chance to sit down and talk to Zero in person.
"What?" Cornelia asked. "The Special Envoy unit is closing in?"
"Yes." Dolton said. "It will break through any minute now."
Cornelia made a small grunt.
"Should I expect that of him?" Cornelia said.
"Whether you expect it or not, Suzaku is about to break through the enemy defenses." X said.
Suzaku had now withstood five volleys from the Magnel Shrapnel cannon and dodged each and everyone with minimal to no damage. He now encountered a sixth volley. Do to the close range of the shot; he had to activate the shield to block the shot. Luckily, the shield held in place perfectly. The cannon was not strong enough.
"Okay; I can still handle this level of damage." He said. "Miss Cecile, I'm going to fire the VARIS now!"
"Wait Suzaku!" She shouted over the radio. "Not at that close range!"
"My time to act is disappearing." He shouted. "I have long braced for the explosion!"
Outside of the room that Euphemia went into, the resistance made their move. After they had successfully planted charges all around the building, they charged at the unarmed JLF guards and forced them to surrender.
"You…bastards…" One of them said.
Axl however, made no effort to stop. He walked towards Lelouch, his guns materializing in his hand.
"Hey!" Axl shouted. "They may be human, but I'm not. How are you guys going to beat me?"
However, while he aimed, Leviathan descended from the ceiling and attacked Axl by kicking him the face. Axl flew in the neatly decorated hallway and landed on his back. Leviathan resumed a battle ready pose, by holding her lance with one hand and the other on her hip.
"Hold it right there buddy." She said.
"A Reploid!" Axl shouted as jumped from his back to his feet. "You got to be kidding me!"
Axl pointed both of his pistols at Leviathan as she picked up her lance and pointed it at Axl.
"Oh I see." She said. "You have to be that sniper that shot poor Harpuia out of the sky?"
"Yeah and I was a Class-S hunter back when the Maverick hunters were still around!" Axl shouted. "Think you can take me? I've retired more powerful Reploids than you!"
"Try me then." A voice said from behind Axl.
Axl was about to turn and look at Zero, who was behind him. Zero activated his Green Z-Saber and put it right next to Axl's throat. Axl's expression was that full of shock and surprise at one time.
"No…fucking…way." He said.
"It's been awhile, hasn't it?" Zero asked.
Suzaku grabbed the VARIS and pointed it right at the cannon. He activated the gun and allowed the full barrel to extend for proper aiming. He noticed that the cannon in front of him was beginning open up more sections, indicating that the JLF was beginning a final attack. But it was now or never.
The cannon fired one more time, unleashing more ball bearings than ever. However, it was the last shot ever fired. Suzaku fired the VARIS cannon right at the cannon. The ball bearing that came into contact with the VARIS cannon were instantly destroyed and fell harmlessly towards Suzaku. The VARIS penetrated the barrel of the four Glasgow cannon. Within seconds, the entire machine was consumed in fire and exploded. The explosion was so massive, that it blasted Suzaku out of the tunnel and into the sky. A massive pillar of water followed.
"He did it!?" Cornelia yelled in complete shock. Cornelia could only stand there stupefied as Suzkau loaded another clip into the VARIS rifle and began to fire at the hotel's key points that made it stand above water. The entire building began to sink into the water. When Cornelia began to see the hotel sink into the water, she knew it was time.
"Gilford!" She commanded.
"Yes your highness!" He shouted.
"X!" Cornelia yelled at.
"Yes my princess!" X shouted as he charged directly at the building with blinding speed. He appeared as nothing more as a blue streak on the ground.
Suzaku observed the area as he slowly descended on the ground. He felt filled with pride on the accomplishment he had done for the empire. However, his pride was soon returned back to duty as Suzaku zoomed in to see Lelouch standing as Zero in one of the windows.
"ZERO!" He shouted.
Seconds after he saw Lelouch, Massive explosions were seen all around the building. All of the charges that were planted by the resistance exploded and caused the building to be consumed by fire.
"EUPHY!" Cornelia shouted.
"FRIENDS!" Suzaku shouted as he zoomed towards the building.
"OH NO!" X shouted as he added more energy into his acceleration system.
X and Suzaku rapidly proceeded towards the building and the many explosions occurred around it. However, by the time they got remotely near the building, it had already completely collapsed under them. Suzaku looked at the ruins of the building in complete agony, as X stared it in with disbelief. The smoke cleared away allowing the rest of the military to see Suzaku and X unharmed.
"Suzaku is safe!" Cecile shouted.
Lloyd just sighed with relief.
"I couldn't save them…" Suzaku said in disbelief. "I couldn't…I couldn't…NOT AGAIN!"
"This can't be…" X said. "This wasn't how it was supposed to be…DAMN IT!"
Diethard was still examining the camera feed since the news car was stolen by him. Diethard was in his news van, which looked like a typical news van. One of the main news screens was still out and full of static.
"Where's camera #3?" He asked.
"I told you Zero took it." The lesser reporter said.
"Zero…" Diethard said. "What we're you thinking? What do you have planned?"
Diethard and the others looked with questionable faces on the screen. A few minutes later after they on the screen, the image of Zero appeared crystal clear on the TV screen.
"Britannians!" Lelouch called out on the radio. "Fear not. For I have saved all the hostages and now return them to you."
A large boat was seen coming out of the ruins. Many small lifeboats were sent out on the water and were now on their way returning to the people.
A shameless lie. It only means they will come your hostages if we act now!
Everyone…
No way. He and Zero saved them?
Lelouch stood still on the top of the boat in full view of everyone. A few seconds later, lights from above flashed and shined on the whole boat that was now in the middle of the lake. The entire resistance was now shown, including Ciel, Leviathan, and Zero. Zero standing on front of Lelouch, but far enough to allow the camera to see him, Leviathan on his left, and Ciel on his right.
"To all the Britannians and Japanese!" He shouted. "Fear us and seek us out! We are the Order of the Black Knights!"
"A Knight order!" Cecile asked.
"Weird that a terrorist would call himself a Knight." Lloyd commented.
"We Black Knights are allies of those who have no weapons!" Lelouch continued. "Be it Eleven or Britannians! The cowardly Japanese Liberation Front took unarmed Britannians, used underhanded tactics, and killed them in cold blood. Therefore I have punished them with death! Clovis, the original governor of the settlement was the same. He massacred Elevens that had no weapons to defend themselves. I cannot stand these acts of cruelty. Therefore I killed him. I do not wish to fight; but the act of the strong killing the weak is something I cannot stand. That is unforgivable. The only ones who should pull the kill, are the ones prepared to be killed! When those with power attack again, we shall appear again. No matter how powerful the enemy is!"
"Allies…of justice?" Kallen asked.
"You crossed the Rubicon Lelouch." Zero said. "There's no going back from this point."
"Those who abuse power!" Lelouch shouted. "FEAR US! Those without it, SEEK US! We, the Black Knights, shall be the judges of the World!"
Without waiting for a response, the entire boat that Lelouch and the others were on glowed white, which eventually made them glow white too. The entire ship turned into a small white sphere and teleported out of the lake and into the evening sky.