Code Geass: The White Devil R2
Act 3: The White Demon Lord of The Round Table
Stage 15: Vault of Glass
Normal POV
The United Army was outside the Vault of Glass. Auron had opened the door for the Army to enter. Lelouch, Kallen, Naoto, Suzaku, Euphie, Nunnally, and Shiro entered the Vault.
"How deep are these tunnels?" Suzaku wondered.
"Well, I scanned the interior and this thing is deep as the mines in Mount Fuji." Isaac said.
"So in other words, we have to keep going." Naoto said before he sighed.
"Well I'm sure we'll make it to the bottom." Suzaku said as he saw red lights coming from the darkness. "Wait… red lights? Are those….. Zakus?"
Suddenly, an army of Knightmares came out of the darkness. The chassis of these Knightmares suggested that these were Aeons, humanoid types at best.
(AN: The Vex from Destiny emerge from the darkness.)
"Those are no Zakus boy, NO ZAKUS!" Naoto exclaimed as the group takes evasive maneuvers.
"Alright you don't have to shout at me!" Suzaku exclaimed as he shot and destroyed an Aeon.
"I guess this is the security system." Isaac said. "Let's take them out and move on."
After the group had destroyed the Aeons, the group descended deep inside. Facing even more challenges ahead of them. They reach an even deeper part of the Vault. They're more Aeons, except these Aeons looked weird.
(AN: if you've done the Vault of Glass Raid, you probably already know this.)
These were just like the ones found in China, only they seem very off.
"These Aeons seem to have an energy signature unlike any other, and I'm getting a dimensional influx in this maze." Isaac said.
"Gorgons, ontological weapons that can rewrite reality to their advantage." Auron said.
"They can rewrite reality?" Lelouch wondered.
"Oh dear god." Naoto said.
"I heard of the myths, the Greeks said that looking at a gorgon would result in death, so it's best not to look at them." Lelouch said.
"Well, that part won't be the only thing that can kill you, these things are sensitive to sound, so if they hear the sound of landspinners, weapons going off, or a loud sound, they'll go into a searching period, if they see you, look at the ground until they move. They won't be able to spot you if you do that." Auron explains.
The group tried to traverse the maze in a stealthy matter. They managed to reach the end of the maze, they move down the cave more and find an Aeon shaped like a tree. The Tree like entity turns around and notices the group.
"What is your purpose for being here?" the Aeon asked.
"We came here to find a weapon that can destroy X.X, a friend said you must have it." Lelouch said.
"A weapon to negate the Core of the Creator, that I have." the Aeon replied.
"Wait, you knew why we came then?" Naoto asked.
"The Core of the Creator was stolen by X.X, I have heard." the Aeon said. "This Knightmare you desired will negate Core of Creator, that I'm certain of."
A Knightmare came out, it had a V-shaped crest on its head, green eyes and red lighting inside the armor.
(AN: its the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam, only it's in Destroyer Mode at all times.)
"The Nu was designed to use TERA energy as a weapon, the energy is enough to cancel out the core's ability to enhance regeneration and energy use." The Aeon explained. "However, it would have to take someone who can really master this machine and resist the physical strain of it."
"So basically, Shen Hu 2.0, great." Naoto said. "Oh and do you have a lance we can borrow?"
"The Lance of Longinus, that you came for as well, here take it." The Aeon said as the lance materialized.
The Shinkiro takes the Lance as Shiro got out to enter the Nu. the cockpit opens up. Shiro goes inside the Nu as the cockpit shuts in. The Nu's key was hidden in the seat, so Shiro got it out of the seat and plugged it in the console.
NEZ-O NU STRIKE
KMOS 3.0
The cockpit began to show a 360 degree view outside the cockpit. The Nu began to move.
"The Nu contains a Beam Magnum that can fire a shot that equals the power of 4 shots from a Beam Rifle, Beam Gatling Guns, Beam Sabers in the forearms and the waist, energy wings, and vulcans in the head. This thing could be able to cancel out the Core of Jubileus. It even comes with shields that can deflect beams." Isaac said. "Let's take this thing with us. It could come in handy."
A gate opens up, leading to an exit. The Freedom suddenly vanishes. The group heads through the gate and finds themselves outside the Vault.
"Did you get what we need? aside from the new Knightmare I mean." Guinevere inquirers.
"Yeah. got the lance, now we stop the demonic demon dude before he makes things worse." Naoto said.
"Well just in time, the Damocles is nearing Pendragon." Odysseus said. "if the Damocles gets in range of Pendragon, there will be a catastrophe!"
"Well, better get moving." Naoto said.
The United Army headed out to intercept the Damocles, hoping they could stop the Damocles from attacking Pendragon.
Damocles
X.X watched as Pendragon came into view, he remembered what the area in Pendragon was like before his ambitions were snuffed inside the cursed Tree of Yggdrasil.
'Dinsmark…. Soon, I will wipe that pitiful replacement of my capital of the mighty Belkan Empire and use it as an example for those who dare to cling to the gods of old, and force them to worship me as their new god.' X.X thought.
Suddenly, X.X felt the presence of his other half coming towards him.
'So he's here? That makes things easy now.' X.X thought.
X.X ordered that the Cabal are to hold off the United Army until the Damocles fires the FLEIJA.
Skies above Pendragon
Nina was working on a countermeasure for the FLEIJA, all it would need to do was to defuse the FLEIJA in the case if it already reached critical mass. The Cabal had engaged the United Army. Max was piloting the Freedom while Shiro was piloting the Nu.
"If we can stop that maniac, this will finally end!" Naoto exclaimed firing the Gekka's Radiant Wave Surger, decimating the Cabal.
"This will turn into a free-for-all the moment we bust through their defences!" Shirley exclaimed as her Disk destorys a Cabal Sutherland with its Hadron Blaster.
"We got to get through, no matter what!" Nunnally exclaimed as she fired a Bayron Cannon at the enemy.
The United Army was cutting through the Cabal Legion. The Cabal's first line of defence falls.
"Nina, is the Eliminator ready?" Lelouch asks.
"Already done Lelouch, just pick it up and get ready just in case." Nina said putting on the finishing touches.
Lelouch goes back to the Avalon to pick up the new FLEIJA Eliminator, the countermeasure that should stop the FLEIJA. The United Army was knocking through the defences. The Nu fired its Beam Magnum at a Cabal Colossus, destroying it in one shot. The battery in the Magnum slides out. A new one slides in.
The Nu's Beam Magnum works differently in conjunction with the Beam Rifle. The Magnum uses a Magazine that makes up at least 5 Batteries, the Beam Rifle only uses one Battery that can fire multiple shots before reloading. There is a Magazine that can use 10 batteries for the Magnum.
The Beam Magnum comes with an underbarrel attachment, such as a 4 tube missile launcher. The Nu switches out its Beam Rifle and Shield with 2 Beam Gatling Guns with Shields attached. The Nu fires its Gatling Guns, destroying a few Cabal Sutherlands.
"It's amazing you're not going through what Xingke has put up with when he piloted the Shen Hu." Isaac said. "Either you somehow got used to it, or you may not even be human at all."
"I know." Shiro said as the guns detach and act as Bits as a third Gatling Gun appeared.
The Nu reloads. The Nu could also use a Beam Rifle, however, it is much more weaker than the Magnum. The Nu fires and destroys a Cabal Sutherland while the Gatling Bits destroy some of the Cabal Legionaries. Suddenly, a Hadron Beam Came out of nowhere.
"What?" Shiro muttered as he looked for the shooter, it was a Knightmare similar to the Gawain and the Gareth.
(Play Ace Combat 0 - Morgan)
It was Agravain, a Knightmare that was one-seated and uses designs close to the Gawain and Gareth along with the Galahad. The one piloting it was Schneizel, who was brainwashed by X.X.
"You are an enemy of my master, you must be destroyed." Schneizel said in a monotone voice.
"Oh boy….. Here we go…." Isaac said.
(Play Ace Combat Zero Soundtrack - Excalibur)
The Nu and the Agravain duel it out. The Agravain dodged the attacks from the Bits and shoots them all down. The Nu fires its Beam Magnum at the Agravain, it dodged and fires back with its arm mounted Hadron Cannons.
The Nu dodged the Beams. The Agravain fires missiles at the Nu. missile warnings go off.
"Missile! Evade! Evade!" Isaac exclaims as the Nu dodged the missiles and destroyed them with its Vulcans.
Schneizel seizes his chance and attacks the Nu from behind using his Hadron cannon as a melee weapon, a blunt one at that. The Nu dodges the arm but gets a jab to the midsection. Shiro firies his Beam Magnum at the Agravain, it dodged the beam and switches to its close combat mode.
The Agravain draws its swords held in the wrists. The Nu withdraws its Gun and Shield and brings out its 2 Beam Sabers in the forearms as they come out of the wrists and twists itself and activates. The 2 clash blades with each other.
"Schneizel! Snap out of it!" Shiro exclaimed to Schneizel. "You can still do good things! Just come back to us!"
"But I am doing good things, you are in the way." Schneizel says as he knocks the Nu back.
The Agravain switches back to long-range mode. It fires its Hadron Cannons.
"Killing millions of lives is never a good thing!" Shiro exclaimed as he dodged the cannons, switching back to his Magnum and Shield.
"My master told me that human beings are selfish beings, they have no right to live the way they do now, they must be united under a single god, a god who does not hesitate to force the people into submission, a world with order, a world without chaos, a world where peace is reality, and not an illusion." Schneizel explains as he intensifies his attacks.
"You're wrong!" Shiro exclaimed firing his Beam Magnum at the Agravain. "Humanity maybe selfish, but that doesn't mean you have to force peace with terror and fear. Humanity can see peace with each other if we can do it the right way, the way in which all of evil is eradicated once and for all."
"You think the idea in which peace through prosperity will be enough to end all conflicts? That is a false peace." Schneizel said as he fires again with all his weapons.
"That 'false peace' is the only optional peace left! One in which millions will live in fear and oppression is the 'false peace' I'm fighting against!" Shiro exclaimed as he dodged the attack.
"If humanity never learns to never cross the line at all, then war and chaos will repeat itself." Schneizel said. As he fires again.
"So how does that justify the slaughter of thousands?!" Shiro exclaims as he fires back.
"Because the people will never change, not unless you shatter their reason to struggle." Schneizel said as he dodged the beams.
"Humanity was built on struggle. Without it, how can there be a future to look towards to? Without struggle, how can mankind ever have emotions such as happiness, sadness, love, hate, how can people achieve what the desire?" Shiro asked as he fires again.
The Damocles is in range of Pendragon, it aims at the city.
"Fire." X.X said.
(Play Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion OST 2 - 21. Final Catastrophe)
The FLEIJA was fired, the warhead speeds towards the city.
'Damn! The FLEIJA!' Shiro thought as he was kicked to the side.
Slash harkens hold the Nu in place.
"Watch. Watch as how fruitless all your 'struggles' are when comparing that to the hammer of god." Schneizel said as Shiro watched.
The Nemo was going as fast as it could to intercept the FLEIJA, carrying the Eliminator.
"So based on your calculations, if I get the timing just right-!" Nunnally said.
"Yes, it should cancel it out, but hurry! You only have 30 seconds to stop it!" Nina exclaims.
The Nemo gets in front of the FLEIJA. She readies the Eliminator. The FLEIJA is about to detonate.
"Um….. Nunnally? Throw it." Nemo said.
"Not yet." Nunnally said.
The FLEIJA looks as if it is about to burst.
"Nunna!" Nemo said as the FLEIJA turned into a white sphere.
Nunnally throws the spear at the white sphere. For a second, it continued to expand. Suddenly it stops, and then it immediately shrunk and turned into nothing.
"It worked…." Nina said as she breathed a sigh of relief.
"WHAT IS THIS?!" X.X exclaims. "Who dares to ruin my plans?!"
The United Army cheered as Nunnally flew back to the Ikaruga.
"You… YOU….!" X.X says before he begins to grin sinisterly. "YOU IDIOTS!"
Suddenly, 7 Detonations occur all over Pendragon. The Bombs were FLEIJA bombs.
"The Capital! NO!" Odysseus exclaimed.
"Those bastards….." Carine growled as she removed her claws from a Cabal Sutherland.
"N-No." Nunnally muttered.
"We screwed up big time now did we?" Naoto asks solemnly.
"All those people….." Euphemia said.
'But everything was going according to plan…..why did this happen?' Lelouch thought.
"Now you know how pointless struggles are." Schneizel said as he backed off.
The Cabal retreated. Leaving the United Army defeated.
"Mission Failed. We'll…. We'll get'em next time." Isaac said.
'Damn…..' Shiro thought.
After the incident happened, over at least 12,000,000 people had died in Pendragon. All of it that remained, was lost in a huge conflagration. The only question that remains in all of the eyes of the who knew of this was...
Who will survive?