Phase XVI: Shikinejima.
(Lelouch's apartment)
It was now early morning and Lelouch was lying naked in bed, he had done this often when he got up to early, a habit he had courtesy of his time at West Point, but what was different this time was the fact that besides him a naked Kallen was lying also, she was sleeping soundly from exhaustion since they had just spent the night making love.
Last night after they arrived at the restaurant, which was one of five stars and ordered their meal Lelouch asked Kallen to dance with him, during the dance he inspected her muscles, her body mass and hair color , length and density and concluded that there was now a 95% change she was Lady Devil.
But while he did this Kallen herself fell under a spell, the restaurant, the music, the food, and the company made her feel like she was in ninth heaven.
And before Lelouch realized it she gave him a kiss and another and another, Kallen with her body strength easily overpowered him and while his policy was to avoid getting involved with a woman, he realized that if they become romantically involve he could use that to his advantage, if she couldn't meet with him it meant that she was with the resistance, and it would give him a insight on their operations, so he decided the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages of such a relationship and her return the kisses with all his passion, the next thing he knew they were in his bed having passionate sex, he off course used protection since Cornelia made sure he was fully informed in matters of sexual relations.
After last night he now realize why great men lied, killed and even went to war for a woman, his train of thought was interrupted when his Blackberry started beeping reminding him he had a military base to inspect this afternoon, so he got up and started dressing himself.
"Where are you going?" Kallen asked half awake, the Blackberry beeping had awakened her.
"There are maters with the Phoenix Fund which require my attention, I'll be gone for most of the day, but I will call you as soon as I get back" Lelouch replied and gave her a kiss.
"Also would you mind if we kept this a secret from Shirley and the others? I'm a little shy when it comes to things like this" Lelouch said lying through his teeth.
"Sure, no problem" Kallen said while smiling as she watch him dress and leave.
She then happily turned over and gazed at the ceiling, she never knew that having a boyfriend could make a person so happy, up until now the only boys she met were either from the resistance group or stuck up brittannians who treated Japanese like dirt, but Lelouch he was different, he not only cared about the numbers but also fought for their rights, it's no wonder she had ended up in bed with him.
Just then her cell phone rang signaling a text message, she saw that she was being summoned for an operation and she quickly left.
"(Governors palace)
"I do not like your appointing of Kururugi as a number, but it is a prerogative of royalty so I have no power over it" Cornelia said to Euphie over the computer screen.
"Although Suzaku may be an honorary brittannian he has proven himself in battle and…."Euphie said but was cut off.
"Sub-Viceroy it is our policy to separate ourselves from the numbers!"Cornelia said loudly.
"Then I will change that policy!"Euphemia said determined.
"Ugh!..In order to do that you'd have to be the queen!"Cornelia replied.
(Sword of Akasha)
"You sure have the misfortune of having such talented and troublesome offspring's Charles" V.V said to his little brother.
"I wouldn't exactly say they are troublesome, rather they are too efficient" Charles replied.
"Lelouch progress in particular is alarmingly fast, at the rate he is going, combined with Schneizell and Cornelia I'd say they be able to conquer the world in lest then a year." V.V replied.
"That was after all the reason for making a contract with that Kusakabe fellow wasn't it?"Charles asked with a chuckle.
"You don't sound to concern for your son, despite the fact that I just gave his enemy superpowers, why is that anyway?" V.V asked curious.
"That boy is the product of my blood and that of my dear Marianne, that clown Kusakabe will barely slow him down, but it will slow him down just long enough for the Ragnarok Connection to happen" Charles replied with a smile.
"You know the way you speak of Lelouch, it's like your Phillip of Macedon speaking about his son Alexander the Great, you sure are immature Charles!" V.V replied.
"Is that so? Guess your right big brother" Charles replied.
(Slayers submarine)
"Things sure have changed fast; a few months ago we had trouble getting a bike, to think we now have a submarine! Just how did that Laksharta woman get all this?" Inoue said to herself out loud while she was on look out duty.
Meanwhile in the command deck Kaguya was explaining the reorganization of the Slayers, Kirihara Taizo was watching as well from a video transmission.
The basic hierarchy was the following, Ohgi was the official leader, but the real leader of the organization was Kaguya, her managerial and oratory skills made her a necessity to the slayers, command of the military branch would fall to Todoh, the Shiseiken and the original members of the Slayers would be squad leaders and Laksharta would be in charge of the R& D branch.
"And now I will inform you off our latest objective" Kaguya said and the map of Shikinejima appeared on the screen.
"Princess Euphemia, Prince Lelouch and Kururugi Suzaku will be performing an inspection of the island of Shikinejima this afternoon; our Intel reports that an important nobleman will be arriving from the mainland!" Kaguya told them.
"What of Kururugi-kun?" Todoh asked.
"We will capture him and the Lancelot, Leave Kururugi to me, I will convince him to join us" Kaguya replied.
A breath of relief was heard from both Kallen and Todoh.
(Shikinejima island)
The ship which was carrying Lelouch and the rest of his party was now preparing to dock.
"What is the reason for coming to this island?" Cecile asked curious.
"General Lelouch said that we had to scout it since an important nobleman will be coming from the mainland" Suzaku responded.
"We will also be seeing just how hard it will be to take it back" Lloyd replied as he bent slightly over and looked out the window.
"What do you mean?" Cecile asked curious.
"Well isn't it obvious, the base hear is essentially one big border guard house, if the Chinese want to invade they'll have to first take this base before they land on Kyushu or Honshu or wherever " Lloyd replied.
"But if this base is likely the first to be attacked, why don't we fortify it?" Suzaku asked concerned.
"Because it's not feasible such a defense" Lelouch voice was heard from the door way and he entered the room.
"In order to defend it we would need to deploy a substantial amount of troops here, how do we feed them? Give them ammunition? Medicine or even fuel for their fires? The answer is we can't, we have to either supply them by sea or air, which would mean we would have over stretched supply lines, while the Chinese would have shorter ones, and we would also need to take a significant amount of planes and ships from other theaters of war where they are desperately needed, we would weaken our other fronts, put our troops on a island with no way of retreat if the battle is lost and would throw away lives needlessly, tell me something is a piece of dirt in the middle of the pacific really worth all that?" Lelouch finished and the implications of these thinks sunk into Suzaku head and it was the reason why Lelouch was the general and not Suzaku.
"But what about the men stationed on the base? Won't they die if the Chinese invade? Should we just abandon them?" Suzaku asked Lelouch .
"Those men are soldiers, like you and me the moment they enlisted in the army they enlisted to fight and if necessary die for 50.000 pounds a years, I know that you don't like seeing the dozens of men stationed her die, but remember that without them we wouldn't have an early warning for the Chinese attacks, we couldn't deploy the troops to defend the landing zones or to concentrate the armies fast enough to respond to the threat and instead of tens of men dying, tens of thousands of men would die simply needlessly simply because we didn't get the head's up" Lelouch replied and that silenced Suzaku.
"I….I understand….in war you must choose the lesser of two evils" Suzaku hesitantly and angrily said and he tighten his arms into a fist, he was angry at Lelouch for his kill one man to save a hundred ideology, but at the same time he envied him for being able to do such a thing, he knew that with Lelouch blood spilled in battles would be to a minimum.
He knew that he himself would choose to evacuate the soldier on the island and leave them blind and vulnerable on the mainland, he knew that if put in command he could never make that kind of decision to let one man die so a hundred may live, but Lelouch could do that without a moment's hesitation, he hated him for that, but also adored him for that, a mixture of attraction and repulse, of friendship and rivalry which had made them inseparable friends, and perfectly synchronized brothers in arms.
"I know you don't like it Suzaku, but war is hell, we can't change the fact that sometimes we need to do evil, but take solace in the fact that what we do is necessary and there is no way out of it" Lelouch said and placed a comforting hand on Suzaku shoulder, this greatly appeased Suzaku, and he immediately calmed down.
Lloyd himself was amazed at the Prince's oratory and debate abilities "He could make a lawyer tell the truth if he put his mind to it, I'm sure of it!" Lloyd mentally said to himself.
Lelouch then placed his helmet on his head and said "Now all of you prepare to disembark, we will be docking soon!" and they all replied in kind by going with him to the unloading area of the ship.
(Slayers submarine, Laksharta's research center)
"So this is the area?" Raksharta said as she looked at a map of the island.
"Will it go well?" one of her assistance asked.
"It should be fine. The stealth generated as a byproduct still seems to be operational." Laksharta replied.
"How do you know that?" her assistant asked.
"Well, Brittannia hasn't discovered us, right?" Rakshata replied.
"Ah, then…." He replied.
"This is just the first step though." Rakshata said and she continued to trail on about her inventions practicable uses.
Meanwhile on the ledge above them Kallen was sitting there and looking at a picture of Lelouch and herself which was taken last night by the restaurant's photographer.
"Is that your boyfriend?" Kaguya asked curiously while peaking over Kallen's shoulder.
"Ka….Kaguya-sama!" Kallen said and jerked up to attention.
"Ara don't be so formal, it's just use girls now, so it's safe to gossip!" She said with a Cheshire cat smile, and Kallen could swear she saw a pair of ears pop up from Kaguya's head for a moment.
"So anyway is that person your boyfriend?" she asked again curiously.
"Yes, he's the manager of the Phoenix Fund, so despite being Brittannian he is a good man" Kallen said as she handed Kaguya the picture.
Kaguya immediately recognized that the man in the picture was Lelouch and in response to this revelation she gave Kallen the following answer.
"Congratulations then, but Kallen-san remember that in Brittannian society polygamy is legal" and quickly left leaving an embarrassed and confused Kallen to prepare for combat.
(Shikinejima port)
"The arrival time will remain as planned" the officer responsible for their reception informed Lelouch, Euphie, Cecile and Lloyd.
"Headquarters has already prepared a room to rest in, what should we do next?" the officer asked.
"I heard that the boat will be docking here" Euphemia replied.
"Yes that hasn't been changed" he replied.
"Then let's wait" Euphie said with a smile on her face thinking that she could spend time with Suzaku on the beach before Schneizell arrives.
"Understood ! The one in charge of security is…." The officer's sentence was interrupted by a sudden radio transmission.
Back at the airbase the place was being bombarded by mortar from all directions.
"Terrorists ? How did they get here?" the base commander said in shock as he watched smoke rising from the damaged buildings.
Outside one of the base's helicopters rode out to face the enemy, only to be hit by Todoh's blade mounted Slash harken, following this Team One advance forward attacking the main base's defenses.
"Team one continue your advance forward. Team Slayers (which was Kallen squadron) will provide cover from behind Team One." Todoh ordered over the radio.
"Damn you, Elevens" one knightmare pilot said as he charged Team one while firing his machinegun. Only for Kallen to knock his rifle with her left arm and then destroy his knightmare with her right radiation arm.
"That girl is unexpectedly good." Asahina said as he passed her on his way forward to eliminate the remaining enemy.
Above a hilltop overlooking the battlefield Kaguya was sitting in a knightmare and following the battle below.
"As expected from Todoh shogun. He defeated the Brittannian army before without any knightmares. All that is left is to get this information to Lelouch and Euphemia…" Kaguya said to herself.
Meanwhile back at the docks.
"Headquarters seems to be under attack" one officer informed those present.
"Eh!" Euphemia gasped in shock.
"Let's go back to the settlement. Can you arrange for an escort?" Cecile asked concerned.
"Going back might be more dangerous. Communications jamming seems to be going on around this area" the officer replied.
"We will do no such thing!" Lelouch loudly proclaimed which cause everyone present to turn towards him.
"Suzaku and I will head out in the Lancelot and my Sutherland."
"Listen up, we can no longer let Todoh roam free as he pleases, we must remind him of the power of the Black knights here and now!" Lelouch proclaimed.
"Understood!" Suzaku said and then turned towards Euphemia.
"Please don't worry. I will protect Lelouch with everything I have Euphemia –sama!" Suzaku said towards Euphie with a very determined tone in his voice.
"Very well! Both of you are to help the base and return safely do you understand?" Euphemia ordered using her best authoritarian tone she could muster.
"Vice-Governor, General, he is an honorary Brittannian. Changes are high that the enemy is 'The Slayers' If the Lancelot defects then…." The officer protested, Lelouch was about to put him in his place when Lloyd beat him to the punch.
"Erm…do you know what you're saying? You are criticizing royalty!" Lloyd replied which made the officer jump back in realization in what he just done.
"No….that wasn't my intention.." the officer replied frighten.
"Well then next time think before opening your mouth!" Lelouch shouted towards the officer which made him bow his head apologetically.
"Commander Zero, you will take command and defeat the enemy.
Kururugi Suzaku, you shall demonstrate your capabilities here. By doing that, those criticisms will eventually disappear, right?" Euphemia ordered both men.
"Yes madam!"
"Yes madam!" both men said in unison
Back at the base Kallen fired a shot from her wrist mounted gun in her left arm, this disabled one of the two knightmare in front of her, the second fired a barrage of bullets at her, at which Kallen avoided through zig zaggind maneuvers, as soon as she got close enough she jumped high into the air.
"You're just the defense force!" she said as she landed on the enemy knightmare and destroyed it with her radiation wave arm.
"I will deal the final blow!" Tamaki proclaimed, but his knightmare was disabled by a slash harken, causing his cockpit to eject.
"Captain Tamaki!" the other members of his squad pronounced and started firing upon the Lancelot, only for they themselves to be disabled by a barrage of gun fire which came from the forest.
It was Lelouch who did that, and he emerged from his concealed position with a knightmare rifle in each arm.
"Bait and trap always works like charm, right Suzaku?" Lelouch said as he and Suzaku glued their back to each other.
"It always did work out fine at West Point! Glad to see you haven't lost your touch General!" Lelouch replied cheerfully.
Just then a barrage of fire came towards Lelouch Sutherland which Suzaku blocked with his hand mounted shield, both men now looked towards the heights where it came from.
"Suzaku, from monitoring enemy transmission I can say without a doubt that there is the Leader of the Slayers!" Lelouch replied.
"The Leader!...So he finally decided to show himself!" Suzaku replied.
"Come, charge towards me, Suzaku!" Kaguya said to herself from on top of the hill.
"Confirming the target. All units maintain formation three and retreat!"
"Don't do anything to the target"
"I repeat: Don't do anything to the target!" Todoh ordered while he backed up his knightmare with the rocket engines mounted in his sword.
Meanwhile back at the island base.
"Yes…All thanks to the special envoy….."
"But th-that is…"
"Yes, Your highness!" the base commander said in his phone and he fulfilled the orders he received,
Back on the beach Kaguya jumped into a prepared sandpit with Suzaku and Lelouch hot in pursuit.
"To actually jump onto sand without any special equipment on…" Suzaku asked Lelouch confused.
"Does he intend to get the Lancelot surrounded by using himself as bait?" Lelouch replied, he himself puzzled by what was happening.
"However !" Suzaku said over the speakers as he fired a slash harken in front of Kaguya Burai, forcing her to stop and turn, only for Lelouch to knock the gun out of her grip and Suzaku then jumped behind her and drew out his sword, trapping her between the two of them.
"Leader of the Slayers! With this!" Suzaku said
"The two of you!" Kaguya continued.
"Are captured!" Rakshata finished and she pressed the on button with her pipe.
Immediately the Gefjun Disturbers energy emitters emerged from beneath the sand and the Lancelot circuits shut down.
"What is this?" Suzaku asked as his display monitor and instruments began crashing.
He immediately tried to move his Lancelot but realized it was useless.
"I can't move" Suzaku said towards Lelouch.
"Neither can I!" Lelouch replied frantically as he himself was struggling to restart his knightmare.
"I have something to tell you Kururugi Suzaku! Do you and your comrade mind coming out?" Kaguya said and she exited the knightmare, she was wearing her usual red kimono, but her face was covered by a fox noh theatre mask, and her voice was scrambled, so even though you could tell she was a woman, you couldn't tell it was Kaguya's voice.
Around the Sandpit the remaining Slayers knightmares encircled it.
"Everything except for the first propulsion system should be still operational, I will be following international laws in terms to how to treat captives, if you and your comrade are not willing to listen, both of you will be shot from all four directions." Kaguya replied.
Back at the Lancelot transport van.
"It's all right! Tell Lelouch and Suzaku to go out!" Euphemia replied scared for the two men.
"More importantly, why is the Lancelot and the Sutherland not moving?" Euphie asked even more concern in her voice.
"Something is interfering with the reaction of the Sakuradite that is inside the knightmares propulsion systems." Cecile said as she looked over the data collected.
"Gefjun Disturber" Lloyd replied dismayed with of hint of shock in his voice.
"Could it be?" Cecile said shocked as she snapped her head towards Lloyd.
"But part of the cause is due to the jamming that is going on" Lloyd continued.
"I thought that it would continue to exist only in theory….I was to careless, So it really is you, Rakshata" Lloyd mentally scolded himself.
"The effective radius and operation time is still not ideal." Rakshata said as she fiddled with her pipe.
Both Suzaku and Lelouch now exited their knightmares.
Kaguya followed suit with a gun pointed at the both of them.
"I am surprised to see you here Prince Lelouch, I would have thought you would have remained at the docks where it was safe!" Kaguya said and she was genuinely surprised.
"If the king does not lead the charge, his knights will not follow, and I would prefer of you call me Zero" Lelouch replied with a voice which was filled with authority like he was the capturer and not the captured.
This made Kaguya admiration for the man grew more, but she quickly got to the point of her meeting with Suzaku.
"Kururugi Suzaku, I will be blunt. I want you to be one of my comrades." Kaguya told him.
"Is that a threat? Even so, I refuse. I said it before and I will say it again. It's worthless to achieve results using wrong methods, and that is what you people are doing!" Suzaku responded angrily.
"Then I ask you, is the peace we have is it worth it all?" Kaguya asked
"What do you mean?" Suzaku asked wearingly.
"What I mean is, despite you and Zero's efforts to improve the lives of the Japanese, the fact remains that we are still not masters off our own fate, no matter how comfortable, beneficent or profitable the presence of a foreign power is in our country, that fact remains we are not a nations, not a people, we are just servants, can you really call that a life, where no matter how much rank or how much skill you have, there will always be someone above you just because that person is a Brittannian and you are a number?" Kaguya replied and the truthfulness in her words made Suzaku lower his head in defeat, there was simply nothing he could say or do to counter that.
"Well what do you say? Will you join us and give Japan's the power to decide her fate back to her people" Kaguya said and extended her hand.
"You already had that change and you led your own people to disaster!" Lelouch suddenly shouted with a thunderous voice which caught Kaguya and those present off guard.
"W..what do you mean?" she asked hesitantly.
"Seven years ago your government decided to enter a war against the Empire, a war which was ordered by a group of all fat farted senators and bureaucrats, who wanted to make a name for themselves, and a land filled with millions of people is now paying for the mistake of a few hundred" Lelouch said as he maneuvered himself between Kaguya and Suzaku.
"That is not true! The reason for Japan being conquered was because you attacked!" Kaguya retorted.
"It is true, for I was there at the meeting room, and I recorded it all!" Lelouch said and he pulled a tape recorder from his pocket, and at this even the Slayers were all curious to know its contest, for the infamous last meeting between Genbu Kururugi and Schneizell was a mother myth.
"I was Schneizell protégé in terms of politics, and as part of my training he brought me to every diplomatic meeting he could, the standard procedure in a meeting like that was to record it for posterity.
Normally such a tape would only see the light of day in about fifty years since its creation but for you all I will make an exception.
After each meeting was over he would give me a copy of it so I could play it again and analyze it, this copy I have been carrying with me since that fateful day seven years ago, waiting for the right moment to show you followers of Genbu what really happened that day" Lelouch replied and he pressed the play button, the tape recorder had special powerful speakers which enabled even the Slayers in their knightmare to hear the tape.
"This meeting between the emissary of the Empire Schneizell bi Brittannia and the Japanese government now commences" The voice of Taizo Kirihara was heard.
"A pleasure to be here Prime minister, recently you have asked that we pay double the amount of the market price for Sakuradite is that right?" Schneizell asked calmly.
"Yes that is correct!" Genbu Kururugi replied.
"We agree to those terms and would like to know when the first transport can be sent to the mainland?" Schneizell replied.
This cause a round of gasps and murmurs from the Japanese representatives, and they started talking among themselves, and after a minute they gave their reply.
"I am afraid that the price is now three times the market value" Genbu replied.
"Agreed, we will pay three times its value, so I ask you again when can you send the first transport?" Schneizell replied
"Geh!" Kururugi Genbu gasped in shock at the fact that he said yes to such harsh demands.
"We also want the exploitation and taxation rights to the Bering Strait!" Sawasaki suddenly blurted out.
"Agreed, so for the third time in a row I ask you when can we expect the first transport?" Schneizell replied unfazed.
This shocked those present, those demands where outrages, any other diplomat would leave outraged, but this was not any other diplomat, this was Schneizell the 'White Prince' and it took more than that just to surprise him, let alone shock him, or outrage him.
"I can see that you are wondering why I am agreeing so easily, let me explain why" he paused an took a sip of water.
"Brittannia is a rich country, we are not greedy, we are not savage, despite what people say about us, and my intention is to resolve this political crisis and avoid war, and with such terms :three times the Sakuradite market price and the rights to the Bering Strait your people and country would surely prosper, so do we have a deal?" Schneizell asked calmly.
At this third answer Genbu and the others once again started another round of murmuring and talking among themselves, until finally they came to a resolution.
"We will have a deal, if you agree to one more term" Genbu replied.
"And that would be?" Schneizell asked curiously.
"We want Hawaii to be given to us!" Genbu replied with an authoritarian tone in his voice.
"I am afraid that is asking too much" Schneizell unfazed by this replied.
"Then we have no deal!" Genbu Kururugi said firmly.
"Prime minister and honorable representatives of Japan, I have seen your country, it is beautiful, I have seen your cities, they are magnificent, and I have seen your people, they live happy and prosperous lives, we have agreed to an unequal treaty on our part in hopes to avoid a war and if you do not agree to it then the country, the cities and the people will all be subjected to the hell on earth called war, I myself have a great distaste for war and would like to avoid it."
"So I ask you will you not reconsider your decision, accept the treaty which is so beneficial to you, with the exception of Hawaii and spare this land war?" Schneizell said and he was sincere in his short monologue.
"I am afraid we refuse, if you cannot meet our demands then we will have war!" Genbu Kururugi said determined.
The other members of the government all loudly agreed with his statement.
"Then may God help us both!" Schneizell replied a great sadness in his voice since he failed to prevent a war.
"May your God help you Brittannian, for our God will deliver us victory!" Sawasaki boasted and laughed and then the tape ended.
I…Impossible!" Todoh said out loud which was heard over the speakers.
"Our own government is responsible for the invasion!" Kallen also said out loud equally as appalled, everyone present was equally shocked to the core, even Chiba who was a staunch anti-brittannian was in disbelief over what she just heard.
"As you can see, 'w savage Brittannians' forsake our pride, accepted an unequal treaty, did everything in our power to prevent war and offered you and olive branch, and you're 'civilized' Japanese government took the olive branch and snapped in two!" Lelouch said which shook the Slayers even more to the core; the truthfulness in his words was like a bullet to the heart.
"You dare call Suzaku here a traitor, but his only sin was that he is repenting for his father's mistakes and trying to give the Japanese their lives back without bloodshed, of which this nation has seen too much of it" This brought Suzaku back from his tormented mind state and he looked at his friend with admiration and appreciation for him.
"The only traitors to the Japanese people are you!" Lelouch said and pointed towards Kaguya and Todoh and Kallen who were behind her, which made both of them jump back in shock.
"You! Who are followers of Genbu, who want to return Japan to how it was before the war, a power hungry nation, who no matter how much compromise it is given, no matter how much power it has, it still craves for more, without regard to the consequences it may have upon it's people!"
"A MONSTER SO GREAT AND GREEDY AND HORIBLE, THAT IT MAKE'S US LOOK LIKE ANGELS OF MERCY!" he shouted the last part and by now everyone present was in a mental state of desperation and disbelief, there whole system of thought which said 'we are good, Brittannian is bad' was completely shattered, even Chiba was affected like that.
Lelouch then turned towards Suzaku, made a hand sign, put his arms on Suzaku's shoulders and said:
"Suzaku, my friend and brother in arms, I ask you what can be done in this situation?"
Suzaku was silent, but from the hand sign he knew what Lelouch was planning.
So he smiled and said:
"Can we retreat?"
"No"
"Can we maneuver?"
"No"
"Then the only thing left to do is…." Suzaku said and he grabbed Lelouch arms, smiled a devilish smile, one which you expect to see on Lelouch's face and then slammed Lelouch in Kaguya's direction making her drop her handgun, after Lelouch landed he was still holding Suzaku hands, and he slammed Suzaku into Kaguya's direction, Suzaku immediately caught her arm, twisted it and put his left arm around her, trapping her.
Lelouch immediately followed suit and grabbed her handgun, he then aimed it at the surrounding knightmares.
"If anyone tries something stupid I will order Major Suzaku to kill your leader!" Lelouch shouted towards the Slayers, which snapped them out of their daze.
"Those bastards!" Kallen said, angry that the person who helped them and turned them into an army had fallen in enemy hands.
"Don't move, if you get caught in the field your machine will stop" Todoh quickly told her.
"But….." Kallen said dismayed at the scene before her
Lelouch then took on the roll of Kaguya's hostage keeper, from Suzaku and said to him:
"Suzaku get inside the Lancelots cockpit, they can't maintain the field forever and when it drops you can chop these bastards to bits!"
"But what about you?" He asked concerned.
"Don't worry they won't dare try to hurt me when I have their leader as a human shield!" Lelouch replied and Suzaku quickly got back in the Lancelot.
Just then a radio transmission was heard from the base, Suzaku picked it up and it immediately shocked him.
"General! Colonel Harris just ordered me to keep the leader of the Slayers here and they're going to bombard the area !" he said through his radio to his friend.
"What did you say!" Lelouch replied and quickly activated the radio in his helmet and contacted the base.
"This is Major General Lelouch vi Brittannia, I order you to cancel that order!"
"I am afraid my lord that it is a level one order, and it takes three persons of the rank of general to annul it" Colonel Harris replied.
Lelouch was shocked at how the events had turned out.
Back at Euphemia's position, she had hijacked a Portman and after hearing what was going on was racing towards Lelouch and Suzaku position.
"Suzaku, Lelouch, both of you can't die! I won't let any off you die!" she said to herself.
Back at Suzaku's position Todoh noticed missiles on the horizon.
"All units fire on the advancing missiles, it doesn't matter if you run out of ammunition, stop them at all costs!" he ordered and the Burai's and Gekkas obeyed
"Stop it, let her go! Suzaku it's me Kouzuki Kallen of the student council!" Kallen desperately shouted as she got out of her knightmare and ran towards Kaguya.
The missiles were now only a few moments away from impact, Euphemia was arriving at the location, V.V then activated his powers and amides this chaos and madness the only thing the prodigy Lelouch could do was say the following.
"Checkmate!" he said and closed his eyes and awaited for death to claim them all.
The missiles impacted, turning the sandpit into a field of smoke and confusion, and when the smoke cleared down it would be anybody's guess who survived and who didn't.
Authors note.
Read and review let me know if I should continue