Code Geass: The White Devil R2
Act 2: The History of X
Stage 11: Union of Nations
Shiro POV
I could only gaze at a new unit built for me, it was called the Strike Orchis, a Knight Giga Fortress that uses a 2 huge weapon pods that use Chaos Missiles that are missiles that is more like a huge Chaos mine, 108 tubed Micro Missile pods, 3 large tube Missile pods, 2 Mega Beam Cannons, 2 Large Claws that come with sabers, and a S-Field generator.
(AN: Let's just base it on the RX-78GP03 (RX-78GP03D) Gundam "Dendrobium" from Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory, only it has 2 Mega Beam Cannons. Now that is overkill to the point where OP doesn't describe it at all.)
"They want US, to pilot this thing?" Isaac ponders. "The hell is THAT thing?"
"It's your ride." I heard a voice.
It was Holly, she was a mechanic aboard the Archangel. Her blond hair and blue eyes just make her seem unbelievably beautiful. She can be kind of a dunce at times. She's been in the Blue knights since she was 8.
"Now you'll be just fine. I'll show you the cockpit." Holly said as she went to the giant Giga Fortress. "Come on! You'll love it."
I go to the machine, but I have nowhere to start on getting in. there's a handle that is revealed in a hole. Holly pulls the handle out, opening the hatch. The Cockpit block angles upward, it then opens the hatch, then the chair slides out. I enter the chair.
"You did quite well on the simulator. Do you'll be fine." Holly said as the chair slides inward.
The hatch closes behind me and all is black. The Orchis was to be deployed on the Columbian Carrier Transport Marlow. It was too big for the Archangel, so it would not fit inside. The Blue Knights were about to launch a attack with the Black Knights, but first, there was going to be a speech coming from Zero.
Mitsunari POV
I had looked at my new Knightmare. It was just completely big. It had looked like a blossom, a deadly one. It held a armament of a Bayron Cannon, 9 Beam Cannons, 4 large missile launchers in the hip boosters, carrying a 5 round magazine, 6-tube micro-missile launchers, each holding a 10 round magazine, the last missile launcher,a 12-tube missile launcher, had 10 rounds in a magazine per tube, and heavy claw arms with beam sabers, Beam Cannons and use harken boosters. It also has sub arms with the same weapons on it. And lastly, it comes with a new S-Field generator.
(AN: Base it on the AMX-002 (AMA-X2) Neue Ziel from Gundam 0083 Stardust Memories. Oh the overkill, I can smell it from here.)
"You're sure you can pilot that?" Kycilia asks me.
"Why of course I can, why do you think I wanted this unit ready?" I inquire my second in command of my private army, Axis.
I made Axis after the fall of the Titans, I had gathered all my resources and men that stood with me and turned them into an Army that could defeat the Blue Knights once and for all.
"What about him?" Kycilia inquires.
(Play Ace Combat Zero Soundtrack - Galm 2)
I begin to remember the times we used to call each other brothers, the time we had shared, the time that we fought beside one another, the time we spent was real. Even if we are enemies, we are both brothers doomed to kill one another unless there is a change in fate.
"Kycilia," I say her name. "Did you know that they're 3 kinds of aces?"
"Sir?" she asks me with surprise.
"There's one that fights for honor, one that fights for their beliefs, and one that can read the tide of battle." I said to her. "Those are the three."
"Sir….." she said with a bit of concern.
"And him? He was a true ace. Fighting for what he believed in, even if it meant becoming the White Devil many call him, that is why he is both admired and feared by many." I said. "I have a reason for fighting, it is to take him down and become a legend just as great as his was. Even if I must become the Angel of Death. Will you….. Watch me as I fight?"
"Yes sir. I will follow you into the depths of hell if that is where you intend to go." the emerald haired girl said to me as she knelt on one knee.
Pendragon, Britannia
Normal POV
Schneizel had been conversing with his father, the Emperor about the current situation as it stands.
"It seems that the United States of Japan, the Chinese Federation and the EU could be allies now, this could pose a problem." Schneizel said to his Father.
"I know Schneizel, but unless you have an idea, you better speak up now rather than regret it." Charles said to his 2nd son.
"Why of course, we use The Knights of Rounds, they may help us out in the endeavour." Schneizel said to his father.
His father gives his soon a "hmph." like he knew his son would say that.
"You never considered them to be soldiers, you just see the as pawns and now you are going to use them for propaganda." Charles said to Schneizel.
"When the people know that Britannia's greatest knights are going to fight against the threat of the Black and Blue Knights, the people will feel invigorated." Schneizel said to his father.
"Only a fool would think that would work, even with the rest of the Royal Family fighting out there, something tells me you want the throne more better than anyone else, even in the situation we're in." Charles said to Schneizel. "Acting like that will destroy the empire."
"Then shall we include the Axis as well?" Schneizel inquiries.
"Mitsunari?" Charles inquiries.
"That's right. His army is waiting on standby." Schneizel said.
"You know Schneizel, you are a cold strategist, not caring about those who die for you no matter who it is, yet you seem to care for your subordinates, including your siblings." Charles said to Schneizel.
"That's why I'm suggesting that we use the Damocles." Schneizel said.
"No." Charles said coldly. "That thing is a double edged sword, even without the FLEIJA Warheads, do you even seem aware of the consequences of such a thing falling into enemy hands?"
"Father, what is it that people truly want? Starvation and poverty? Discrimination and corruption? War and terrorism? They want the problems that are flooding the world to go away forever. People can't understand each other under these situations at all." Schneizel explains.
Charles is quiet. He does not speak for a few seconds, he clears his throat.
"Say my child, have you read about Adolf Hitler?" Charles asks.
"Why of course father, I have read about him. He was cold as ice." Schneizel said.
"If I were you, I'd avoid trying to become him. The last thing Britannia wants is a 'Fuhrer' of Britannia." Charles said coldly to his son.
"I'll try my best father." Schneizel said as he left, clenching a fist.
"May the world be spared from my son, I don't even know what the others are planning. In the end, Hitler's own men tried to kill him." Charles said silently.
Tokyo Settlement, United States of Japan
Lelouch gets dressed as he is about to send a live broadcast about the Union of Nations that he will declare as the United Federation of Nations.
'It's showtime.' Lelouch thought as he put on his mask.
Lelouch in his Zero costume comes to deliver his speech. The United Federation of Nations, a Union of 47 member countries, was made to combat the Britannian Empire's dominion. As the speech kept going, The Blue Knights get ready for launch as they are about to enter the biggest battle ever known since the Battle for the Tokyo Settlement.
The capital of the UFN was going to be the Tokyo Settlement, since it was where it all started.
"Paragraph 17. Any and all states who ratify it will forever hand their military might to the Black and Blue Knights!" Zero declares as he spreads his arms wide open.
"Handing all the country's military might over to the Black and Blue Knights?" Cornelia inquiries.
"He literally just split the world in half. Just like that." Carine said.
"Well this could be troublesome." Guinevere said.
As Zero went on, Shiro thinks about everything he had gone through, both good and bad.
(Play Ultraman Orb Gai's Orbnica or Ace Combat Zero Soundtrack - Galm 2)
Flashback
"Big Brother!" Shiro said to Mitsunari.
He turns to face his brother.
"Well Brother, you came just in time." Mitsunari said as his little brother hugged him.
The 2 brothers look up at the stars. Wondering what their wishes are.
Flashback Transition
Shiro caught Nunnally as she fell off a tree.
"Are you ok?" Shiro asked the girl.
"Um yeah. And you?" she asked.
"Well I wasn't expecting an angel to fall in my arms." Shiro said as Nunnally's face grew red as tomatoes.
Flashback Transition
Shiro had walked around the battlefields of Cambodia, he saw corpses everywhere he went. It fed him more sorrow and rage. He finds a broken down Sutherland. He looked at the Sutherland, it was damaged beyond repair, its leg joints were blown off by an RPG, the cockpit didn't look better. It went right through the block, destroying it entirely.
'Is this what war is?' Shiro thought as he continued walking. 'I thought I was fighting for a just cause, I guess that just shows you just how much of a fool you are.'
Shiro fell on his knees, sobbing. He had hated the fact that he was lied into killing people because he was 'told' that he was fighting for a righteous cause.
Flashback Transition
Shiro was in a cave, surviving the cold winter night. He had looked at the floating robot that looked at him back.
"Why?" the robot asks.
"Hm?"
"Why did you save me?" the robot asks.
"Because I don't sit back and watch people suffer." Shiro said.
"But I'm a-"
"You're not just a machine, I can see that now, you have a heart. Just like I do." Shiro said.
"But mine doesn't make a heartbeat." the robot said.
"No. it means you can feel, have emotions, and even the strength to keep going no matter what the situation." Shiro explains.
"Oh…." the robot said.
"I'll call you…. Isaac." Shiro said, surprising the robot. "Hows that?"
"That seems like a good name." the robot said.
Flashback Transition
"You are X.X." Auron said.
Flashback Transition
"Yes just like." Cornelia said as she helped the boy with his aim.
Shiro aims the gun, it's off by a few inches to the right. He moves the sight a little to the left and fires, it shatters a whisky bottle.
"That's better. Now let's just-"
"Sister?!" Euphemia said worriedly.
"Hide." Cornelia said as the boy hid himself.
Flashback over
"Hey!" Isaac shouts, snapping Shiro out of his trance.
"Wait, where are we?" Shiro asks.
"Were in the Pacific Ocean. The Britannian Empire just made its way into Japanese waters. Let's get ready." Isaac explains as a green light, indicating the key port, glowed. "Put the key in once ready."
Shiro puts the key in, suddenly, the screen around him begins to light up.
KMOS 1.5.0
EZ-013-OC
STRIKE ORCHID
INITIALIZING…
A checklist appears, Shiro flips the switches, the checklist is cleared. The Knightmare's Yggdrasil Drive activates. The screen around Shiro begins to show images outside the cockpit in a 360 degree view, his cockpit even gave him vision from below him.
"So what now?" Shiro asks Isaac.
"Well, we've been instructed to fly right into the hornet's nest. The second the Mega Beam Launcher from the Raiden clears a path for us, we are to charge right through the Britannians defensive lines. Once we get through, the ship that Schneizel's in will be waiting for us." Isaac explains.
"Chances of survival?" Shiro asks.
"About… 10.5%." Isaac said.
"No regrets then." Shiro said.
"Huh?" Isaac said.
"Even if I die, my spirit will linger on in everyone's hearts, though, there is one regret." Shiro said.
"And that regret is?" Isaac asks.
"I didn't say goodbye yet." Shiro said.
The screens show 4 bars, they reach the ¾ line, Shiro hits the red button.
STARTUP COMPLETE
"Get back y'all, she's about to go on her maiden voyage!" Holly said as she enters the control room for the hangar.
The Marlow opens its hangar door. The wind blows right in the hangar bay. The Orchids Float Unit activates. The Orchid's Thrusters begin to prime for launch.
A white ball of light fills the sky. The Britannian Air Fleet's front guard is down.
"LAUNCHING!" Shiro shouts as the locking clamps disengage, letting the Orchid loose.
Everything was riding on this battle, if one side wins, that side will rule the world.
Who will survive?