"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Albert Einstein

Suzaku was taken from the R&D division and taken directly to the Hospital. With that, Suzaku began a quick medical exam. Cecile and Alia we're taken to record the results in their databases (which was the reason Alia was there). The two waited patiently outside, enjoying a latte while Suzaku was conversing with the doctor.

Alia herself was not in her usual armor, but more civilized clothing. A top similar to that of Cecile's, a long black skirt, high heels, and black tights. She looked more professional than she ever had before. Her hair was longer now as she took it out of a ponytail.

"The test results are good." The doctor said.

Suzaku breathed a sigh of relief. He had hoped something bad was happening.

"Although," she began. "It seems your results pertaining to discipline and life is too high."

"Will that cause a problem?" Suzaku asked.

"There excellent qualities in a soldier." The doctor said as she continued to enter in data into the computer. "Do you think that subconsciously, you compare yourself to your father?"

Suzaku flinched at the thought. Something about her saying that prevented him from saying anything.

"That may be what's ruling you." She said.

"But…" Alia said. "Will that be a problem for him in the field?"

"Not at all." The Doctor said. "After all, it's quite common for children of famous people. And besides, your data on his mental stress during combat indicates otherwise. Genbu Kurururgi. I understand that he was a great man."

"That he was." Suzaku said.

The doctor smiled.

"Well, I believe that is all for today then." The doctor said. "You said you wanted the documents electronically via USB."

"Alia will handle everything from here." Cecile said.

Alia took the flash drive. Since Reploids we're still hidden from public knowledge, Alia had to quickly make something up in order to keep it.

"Umm…is there a bathroom here?" Alia asked.

"Third room from the left." The Doctor said.

Alia left the room with the flash drive in hand. She went into the washroom and closed the door. After she got the in the stall, she sat down and inserted the flash drive into her neck.

With C.C. now gone, Lelouch felt as if one of his lifelines to the entire organization was falling apart. He couldn't help but think there was a secondary motive behind the whole thing of her leaving. Regardless, time was quick. He needed to kill Mao now. As he continued to find a way to locate her, he had to talk to Dietard who was organizing plans for the Black Knights.

"I had a look at the plans to reorganize the Black Knights." Lelouch said, throwing the disc he had off to the side. "There are a few parts I'd like to improve on, but I get the general idea. I'm going to run the idea by Ohgi too. I'll call you if I need you."

"Thank you." Diethard said.

Lelouch turned off his receiver and then continued to look out the window.

Diethard. Even Britannian, he's proving more useful than I expected. Still, I can't eliminate a possibility he could be a spy.

Lelouch picked the phone back up, dialed an area code, then put the headset back to his ear. It rang only once.

"Zero." Lelouch said. "Are you still tracking C.C?"

"Yes." Zero said over the receiver. "I'm still outside the predescribed target area as requested…I don't know Lelouch. I don't think Mao would be able to read my thoughts."

"All thoughts or opinions humans think with their brains are based on electrical impulses." Lelouch said. "Your mind works in a similar manner; only electronic. In other words, I can't have Mao reading your thoughts. Anyway, do you still have a lock on C.C?"

"Yes." Zero said. "She's at an abandoned carnival on Main street. She hasn't moved for about an hour so I'm assuming this is it."

"That's even better than expected." Lelouch said. "There's plenty of video screens there. This will be all the more easier."

C.C. was indeed alone. She had to get Lelouch away from herself. Mao wasn't going directly after Lelouch, she knew that. If Lelouch was around her at the time, she had no doubts Mao would kill him and be done with him. She did not want that; no matter what. In a way, she cared for Lelouch. At least, she hoped that she did not.

She was all alone. For now anyways. Lost in the middle of an amusement park. She had no idea that Zero was monitoring her from such a huge distance. Of course she would underestimate Zero's abilities. She existed in a time where machines like Zero we're impossible; even in these modern times. Zero kept a close eye on her and waited for something to happen.

At once the lights popped on. Zero noticed this and began to zoom in to where she was. Zero leaped to another building to look at the situation. Zero's optical eyes zoomed in and watched as first the ferris wheel lit up. Next, buildings in the general vicinity went on. Finally, the Merry go round went on. As it spun around, C.C. saw him.

Mao.

"C.C!" He shouted with his childish voice. "You're so quiet. The only mind I can't read. It's perfect."

"As childish as ever." C.C. said.

"I'd like you to call me your prince on a white horse." Mao said. "After all, I came here to see you."

Mao got off the horse as he laughed manically from it. C.C. stared at him emotionlessly.

"Mao." She said. "Didn't I tell you before…you and I…"

Mao interrupted before she could finish.

"Oh." He said. "That you we're kidding. You really do love me!"

Mao took off his headgear, revealing to be headphones. The headphones began to play back several different voice recordings of C.C. when she was with Mao. C.C. knew that Mao had gone off the deep end.

"BE QUIET!" C.C. said.

"C.C!" Mao said, ignoring her. "You're the only one who puts me at ease. You're the only one I want. I don't care about Lelouch, as long as you come with me!"

Mao moved to touch C.C. She pushed him back and screamed. She pulled out a pistol and pointed right at him.

"STOP IT!" C.C. shouted. Mao looked surprised when she pulled the gun at him.

"I should have done this from the start!" C.C. said.

C.C. held the gun there.

And it just stood there. Zero looked at her with anticipation.

C'mon…do it…

But she didn't do it. She was unable to fire at him. No matter what she had told herself, she still held on feelings for Mao. The gun itself began to shake. Zero looked at her with anger from the distance he was at.

"Didn't Zero already defeat this guy?" Axl said as he looked through his scope of a rifle pointed right at Mao.

"He did." Zero said. "But it looks like he got right back up. Then again, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Then Mao pulled out a gun and shot her. C.C. startled back and collapsed on the ground.

"I knew it!" Mao shouted with joy. "You really do love me! You weren't able to shoot! You love me after all C.C!"

Mao began to laugh manically and clap his hands repetitively. Zero gritted his teeth in anger. Zero turned to Axl who was in the area, sniper rifle formed and pointed right at Mao.

"Damn it!" Zero said. "Axl…take him out!"

"Roger!" Axl said.

Axl's sniper rifle HUD began to align for the perfect shot at Mao. Zero stood there as he watched the whole situation. As Axl's sniper rifle was about to perfectly align, Zero saw a pink light behind him. He turned around to see Dynamo in the air.

"Shit!" Zero said. "Axl!"

Axl looked up and saw Dynamo in the air. He dematerialized the Sniper rifle and leapt back. Dynamo's saber came down right on top of where Axl was. Axl formed a pistol in his hand. Zero activated his saber. The dust cleared and Dynamo was still there.

"Sorry Zero." Dynamo said as he held the long silver rod with the glowing pink bar on top of it. "But Mao's paying quite a pretty penny for my services. I'm afraid you getting in the way, just isn't happening."

"Damn it!" Zero said as he held the Z-Saber. "You just don't give up, don't you!"

"You have told me I was annoying." Dynamo said.

Axl pointed his pistols at him, while Zero kept his saber out and pointed at Dynamo. Axl leaned over to where Zero was.

"Who the hell is this?" Axl asked.

"He's an old servant of Sigma." Zero said. "He's the one who directed the Space station Eurasia to fall down to Earth. He sold out the entire planet for a few measly C-bills."

"What!" Axl shouted. "You sold out our world to him!"

"My, my, my." Dynamo said. "MY reputation precedes me."

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Axl shouted.

Axl propelled himself forward with his thruster shoes.

"AXL!" Zero shouted. "He's dangerous!"

Dynamo charged forward, dodging all of Axl's shots. Dynamo activated the bottom part of his saber and then used this sudden surprise to sever Axl's arm off. Axl gritted his arm in pain as Dynamo spun his saber around. He was about the plunge the saber into Axl when Zero flew towards him and blocked the saber slash. Sparks shown over Axl as Zero and Dynamo fought.

"Persistent as ever." Dynamo said.

"I was always one to act without thinking." Zero said.

Zero pushed Dynamo away from Axl. Zero then charged himself towards Dynamo. Dynamo deflected Zero's slash and the two entered blade combat.

Alia, Cecile, and Suzaku walked out of the doctors and began walking back towards the R&D facility car (which had to be moved due to a NO parking Sign Lloyd neglected overlooked). Lloyd and X we're talking amongst themselves as they saw the three walk towards them. Alia's different appearance caught X's attention.

"How does he look?" Lloyd asked.

"Like a million bucks." Cecile said.

"Oh god; could I use that right now." Serges said in the car.

"If you had a million bucks," X said. "You wouldn't have to come to work anymore."

"EXACTLY!" He shouted.

All the people there gave themselves a heartily laugh. Cecile then turned to Alia.

" Alia has all the files in her system for us."

"Good." Lloyd said. "Alia, be a dear and upload them to our personal computers."

"Yes sir." She said.

She passed by X who was still looking at her. She begun to stare at X.

"What?" She asked. "What are you looking at?"

X Just blushed as he looked at her.

"You…uh…" X began. "You look great."

Alia herself began to blush for minutes. The two we're caught staring at each other for a long period of time. However, Iris soon broke it up.

"Hey guys!" She said. "I got the fix on more Reploid capsules!"

"You're wrong!" C.C. shouted. "I was just using you!"

Mao stopped laughing.

"You're lying." He said.

Mao pointed his pistol at C.C. He began to fire at her. C.C. began to scream in agony as the bullets pierced through her skin. Mao circled around her.

"Lying is bad." Mao said. "You know you shouldn't lie."

Mao continued to unload ammo into her. She continued to cry in agony as the steel tipped bullets hit her.

Don't you worry. I understand.

Zero clashed his saber with Dynamo. Dynamo leapt back and threw the whirling blade at Zero. Zero leapt into the air and charged directly at Dynamo. In the air, Zero fired a Z-Buster into the air at Dynamo. Dynamo simply jumped back and dodged the attack. His saber began it's return and he grabbed it. Then he leapt towards Zero and then tried to slash at him. Zero zoomed forward and dodged the attack. Dynamo and Zero exchanged saber blows as they tried to break each other's stance.

"I must say Zero, I've been getting better." Dynamo said. "Awhile back, I would never have been able to last this long against you. And now look at me….I'm keeping up with you. I think you lost your edge Zero."

"Shut up!" Zero shouted charging at him.

Dynamo simply gracefully spun around, dodged Zero's stab, and then made a long red streak on his back. Zero held onto his back from the pain that registered into his brain. Dynamo stood over him.

"Well now…" He said. "I guess holding back over the mountain was a bad idea. I got stronger over the years. This proves it."

Zero simply turned around and smiled.

Mao stopped shooting, giving her time to rest. She lay there, trying to mask the pain she had. Mao stood there blankly into the sky.

"C.C." He said. "I built a house in Australia. A lonely, quiet, white house."

C.C. tried to get up, but even an immortal can feel pain. She was unable to from the pain afflicted on her. She could only stare at Mao with his insane glare.

"But we'll need to take a plane to get to Australia." Mao continued. "And your too big for me to bring on a plane."

C.C. struggled to stay awake from the shots. Mao began to walk away from her. She moved her head, hoping to find some way to figure out what Mao wanted. Mao went behind something and revealed to be carrying a large power chainsaw. HE pulled the rope on it and then watched it run.

"So you see…" Mao said. "I'll make you nice and compact with this!"

Mao swung around and cut a stop sign in two. It was a perfect slice too. Went straight through without a second delay. C.C. watched in agony as the manical child approached her.

"Is this…" C.C. asked. "For vengeance?"

"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no." Mao said. "This is expressing my gratitude to you!"

"So this is where you are." A voice said.

Mao and C.C. turned their attention to the TV screens around them. Each of the screens showed the Tokyo tower. IT eventually zoomed in and showed Lelouch standing there.

"Hmm…" Dynamo said. "Who's that on the screen?"

Zero knew if he didn't move fast, another would know Lelouch's real identity. Zero deactivated the Maverick armor and went into his Resistance armor. His body glowed white and his heavier armor vanished. When Dynamo looked down, Zero had already zoomed away from the area. He reappeared a few feet from him, gripping his sub-tank.

"Didn't think I would need to use it here." Zero said as Dynamo looked at him.

Zero gripped the small energy capsule. Energy began to become released from the tank and surrounded all of Zero. All of the wounds Dynamo afflicted faded out of existence. Zero just stood there with his resistance saber at Dynamo.

"But I'll admit; you got stronger." Zero said. "I won't make that mistake again."

"How did you…" Dynamo asked.

Zero dashed forward and swung his saber at Dynamo. Dynamo jumped in the air. He looked at Zero who just turned around and charged back at him.

"He can change his armor systems!" Dynamo asked. "But I thought only X could…"

Zero swung back at Dynamo. If Dynamo hadn't reacted within a .6 more of a second, he would have been sliced in half. Zero's speed had essentially doubled, and Dynamo was now having a hard time keeping up.

"What the hell is this Reploid!" Dynamo shouted.

"To where the thoughts of others would not be." Lelouch continued on screen. "That naturally narrowed it down to a few places."

"Lelouch…" C.C. squeaked.

Mao turned off the chainsaw and looked at the startling picture of Lelouch on screen. Dynamo tried to see it too, but Zero loyally didn't give him much in the window of opportunity. He hoped to diverege him away lone enough for Lelouch to pull of whatever he had planned.

"The maximum range of your geass is 500 meters." Lelouch continued. "It won't reach me here at Toyko tower."

Mao smirked.

"So, what do you have planned then?" Mao asked. "Attacking me all the way here with remote controlled toys? After all that time spent hacking the system, you'd think you would have had a better plan. Or…do you plan to talk to me to death with that mouth of yours?"

He wishes…

Zero parried another strike from Dynamo before kicking him onto the next building. Zero did not pursue to avoid putting himself in Mao's range.

Lelouch's image did not move for a few seconds.

"What?" Mao asked. "Cat got your tongue? If you really want C.C, do you…"

"Mao!" Lelouch said suddenly. "Do you really think that C.C. is her real name?"

Mao suddenly stopped. After all this time obsessing over this girl, he had never thought about it. C.C, after all was not a good name for a girl. Mao looked at the bloody corpse of the girl, trying to think if it was or not.

"I know it though…" Lelouch said. "I know her real name."

Mao looked down at her.

"C.C." He said. "Why did you not tell me?"

"You don't know why she doesn't tell you?" Lelouch said. "Because she belongs to me."

Lelouch continued to repeat that a few times until Mao broke into a rage.

"She doesn't!" Mao shouted. "She doesn't She doesn't She doesn't She doesn't She doesn't She doesn't!"

"I have gained everything from her." Lelouch said. "Including the parts you have never seen."

"Everything!" Mao shouted.

Mao broke into a rampage. He revved up the chainsaw and began to attack the TV screens that floated on screen. Mao continued to slice them, with a force so strong, it was like a beam saber. Mao continued to strike at the screens until there was nothing left of them.

"Mao…" Lelouch said. "You…lost…"

As Zero fought with Dynamo, a signal cut into his head.

It's done. Quit holding back and finish his bodyguard.

Zero smirked when he heard the order. Mao was probably communicating to Dynamo via wireless. Lelouch had guessed that Dynamo would attack Zero when they tried to set up sniper position. That was all a distraction. Lelouch had the foresight to set Zero up so in an obvious manner so Dynamo would attack Zero first. He then had Zero delay the fight as long as possible so that he could move in. Zero saw the Knightmares and cops moving in.

"What!" Dynamo shouted. "What are you staring at me for like that!"

Zero said nothing. He got on his knees and held onto his saber with his left arm, eyes closed.

Then he struck. He blinked out of existence for a second and then appeared behind Dynamo with his saber swung. Dynamo's left side was sliced right open. Dynamo gripped his side and he stood there.

"Sorry Dynamo." Zero said. "I have no time for games."

"You we're holding back!" Dynamo shouted.

"Of course." Zero said. "I'll admit, your skills have definitely increased with a beam saber, which is fact. But the mere fact is that I also got stronger. But not just stronger. Faster too. That's what your downfall is. You just got stronger. You can't keep up with me, unless I say you can."

Dynamo looked angry, but then calmed down. He struggled and managed to get back to his feet, still holding his side.

"That's pretty good Zero." Dynamo said. "I'll give you this for now. But as long as Mao lives, and as long as he gives me orders, I won't ever stop fighting you. And you know for a fact that I'm significantly more durable than I look. I'll get stronger and then come back. I'll be back."

"I look forward to it." Zero said.

Dynamo smiled and then teleported away. Zero deactivated the saber and then grabbed Axl. Axl moaned in pain.

"Quit it; you're a big boy." Zero said.

"I got my hand sliced off!" Axl shouted.

"Been there, done that." Zero said.

Zero's predictions came true fast. Mao was quickly surrounded and Lelouch managed to grab C.C. When Mao caught Lelouch's thoughts, he was shocked.

"WHAT!" He shouted. "You we're just at Tokyo Tower!"

Lelouch turned to him and smiled.

Are you an idiot? That was all a recording.

"Impossible!" Mao shouted. "You we're just there. You talked to me!"

Your mind is easy to read. Your mind reading is a crutch now.

"You predicted all my responses!" Mao shouted. "Don't you fucking test me!"

Mao himself began to hear a series of voices in his head. Each one of them we're the Knight police who began to think about how maniacal Mao was. Even though he was legitimately in the right.

"STOP!" Mao shouted. "DON'T MAKE FUN OF ME!"

C.C. told me you can't turn off your Geass. I have used that to my advantage.

"That may be…but…" Mao began

Dynamo has already been neutralized by Zero. I took care of all the inconsistencies way in advance. Your plan was a fluke.

"Even without Dynamo…I hold all the cards still." Mao said. "I can still bring you down with me!"

"The moment that you do, you will die." Lelouch said.

Lelouch began to walk away with the injured girl in his arms. Even though she was clearly in pain, she still wanted to help.

"Wait Lelouch!" She shouted. "I can still talk to Mao!"

"Like Hell I'll die!" Mao shouted. "Hey everyone! That guy over there is the terrorist…"

What Mao did not know is that the Captain was under Lelouch's control. Before he could even mutter the word Zero, all the soldiers began a barrage of gunfire at Mao, seemly killing him. Lelouch ducked so that C.C. would not see his death. C.C. screamed his name, right before he collapsed and stopped moving.

So I decided to finally update...yeah...I haven't been working on this cause if you haven't noticed...which the majority haven't (Bastards), I have been working on Link Thy Chain. More of my personal friends prefer this over Code Rockman so I went to work on that. Thus, the chapters spiked from 14 to 27. It's already 70% done.

That's why Link Thy Chain is switched to my primary fanfic. I also started two novels on my own. Completely original ideas. Game Programming, RPGMaker 2003, girlfriend (yes I'm dating again) . I got alot of shit to do, alot of projects, not alot of time.

Umm...well...can't see anything to point out right now...other than this chapter was hurried. I'm hoping to get back into this one.