United Soviet Sovereignty, Moscow
"Viceroy Velaines, has given a full report on the shady dealings, made by the Voyager institute and the CLA remnants" The Britannian news reporter says, which get chuckle from Lelouch
"A lie of course" Lelouch says, knowing what thd reporter said wasn't true "Velaines, is currently in a picky situation. Compared to my father, Velaines is pretty liberal with his policies, making him a very bad pain in ass for 'dear old dad'" Lelouch says, which made everyone in the room agree
"Agreed, Velaines, probably had to do this in order to keep his position as Viceroy of Ireland. And lets be honest I don't blame him. Ireland is the only place where Charles's influence does not reach, I would definitely want him to have power there" Chihaya says, seeing why Velaines would be following such an order from the Emperor of Britannia
"But this all supposed to happen, right Lelouch? You said it yourself, for us to have a good chance of winning, we need for the Institute to be attacked" Kallen said, remembering the vision Lelouch had told them
"Yes, this all going according to plan, the guy may hate us for not telling him, but it's all part of the plan" Lelouch said, feeling some regret over his decision on not telling Brad that this was going to happen
"Takami is calling you, your majesty" Strakhov informed Chihaya, who got confused of the occasion
"Hmm, what does he want?" Chihaya asked, wanting to know why the Captain of the Imperial Guard had wanted her for
"He says, that lady Kaguya Sumeragi is calling for a meeting with the rest High council of Advisers and remaining members of the Imperial Senate" Strakhov says, which made Chihaya realise something
"Oh right, it's about my coronation"
Free Atlantica Empire, Chicago, Black Tower
Black Tower, a replacement of the old U.S White House, created two years after the destruction of old Washington D.C. Black Tower, was over 350 meters tall, and had 70 floors, all serving their needs of the Atlantica government. On the 70th floor was the Führer office, where Theodore Winston was currently watching out the glass windows, as he listens to the Britannian Britannian news
"With this reports indicate, that the NUDL will also be arresting the families of the employees who work with the Institute, finding reason to believe that the families were also involved with the CLA." The News reporter continued, making Theodore sigh in disappointment
"I really can't believe Chrales was being this stupid, attacking the company that was making your ultimate weapon, because he was paranoid. Unbelievable" Theodore said in annoyance, cannot taking anymore of Charles's stupidity. Suddenly the door opens, revealing to be V.V, the CEO of Anaheim electronics
"Oh don't be so sure harsh on Charles's, his still a child on the inside remember" V.V reminded him, as he stops at the windown beside Theodore, with his hands in his pockets
"But this child is the ruler of Europe, he needs to know his bounds. Sometimes I wonder if Charles's really that competent" Theodore says, which made V.V grab Theodore's collar
"Insult me all you want, but do not ever insult my little brother" He warns him, which made Theodore laugh
"Oh come on V.V we both know that Charles is getting incompetent these days. I think it's time to introduce Schneizel to our plan, he is more competent than Charles" Theodore suggested, which earns a snark from V.V
"Out of the question" V.V protested "Schneizel will definitely betray us, I know full well he will" V.V said, which gets a groan from Theodore
"Fine fine, can you at least get some more competent men over at Britannia" Theodore requested "From what my experts say, Britannia won't last a month from all the mismanagement by the Aristocracy"
"Is that why you sent Colonel Colt, to Francia?" V.V asked, curious as to why he ordered Atlantica's rising heroine
"Not exactly, but she might be the best option to take down the FLF. Fitzgerald is best at Guerilla warfare" Theodore points out, remembering the French Emperor's military record
"You have a point, though our most dangerous opponent is,of course my nephew" V.V said, suddenly remembering Marianne, which made him shiver in disgust
"Still holding a grudge against the dead?" Theodore asked, wondering if V.V was still holding a grudge against Marianne
"What do you think. Even after I killed Marianne, she still finds a way to annoy me" V.V clenched his jaw in annoyance
"Well in any case, about the Frost brothers?" Theodore asked about his Gundam pilots
"Improvements are to be made but they are steadily progressing" V.V said
"That's all I needed to hear" Theodore said, satisfied with his report
"I did do that thing you requested, Hailey Brown will no longer bother your nephew David from now on" V.V tells him
"Killed her?" Theodore asked
"Threatened her, she broke up with David. After that, she moved to Quebec city, as I requested" V.V replied, which made Theodore snark
"Forget it, whats done is done. By the way, we found KGB agents snooping around Chicago recently" Theodore informs V.V "Probably to find where the Gundams are being made"
"They haven't suspected Anaheim yet?" He asked
Theodore shakes his head "No, they don't have a clue"
"Then lets keep it that way, if Lelouch finds out I'm making the Gundams, he will definitely send a taskforce at once" V.V warns Theodore
"We have countermeasures for that, so rest assured if Lelouch finds out, we still have our underground facilities" Theodore assured V.V
"Lets hope those countermeasures will do their job" V.V said, looking out the window
Britannian Axis, United Provinces of Ireland, Dublin, Voyager Institute
Explosions could be heard from every direction as Jeremy and Derek run for safety. They ran past dead bodies of the professors who worked at the Institute all shot down by the Britannian military
"Shit, this is bad" Derek said
"You think?" Jeremy exclaimed, he stops at a cross section, checking if everything ok
"So?"
"All clear, we might be able to meet up with the CLA if we go left" Jeremy said, double checking to make sure if everything is clear
"Why left?" Derek asked
"Cause that's where all the shooting is happening" Jeremy replied, he then made a dash to the left hall
"I gotta know how does that" Derek mumbled, following Jeremy
Elevator, With Brad
The elevator kept going down and down non-stop for 2 minutes, it had already reached the 18th floor, and it still did not stop going down
"Come on, come on, faster" Brad muttered, waiting impatiently to get to the bottom floor. A few seconds later, a ring was heard, indicating its now on the bottom floor
"Finally, the elevator was really taking a long time" Brad said, getting out of the elevator. he looked both ways, before deciding to go right "But, why. Why do I know where to go?" Brad mumbled
"You there, stop!" A Britannian soldier points a gun at him, which causes Brad to stop "Who are you? You don't seem like a professor" The Britannian soldier demanded, wondering why a civilian is underground
"Well, ummm, I, uhhh" Brad couldn't come up with an excuse, as the Britannian soldier got more impatient without an answer
"Well? Why is a-" Before the soldier could finish, a bullet is heard and hits on the the side of the head, making the body drop on the floor
"Shit" Brad mumbled, as a squad of armed men came in
"Don't worry, we're security" One of the men assured "You don't look like you work here. You new?" He asked
"Yeah, yeah I'm new" Brad replied instantly
The man wipes in forehead in relief "Whew, you sure are lucky kid, follow us we know a safe passage to get out of here" The man said, as he turns around
"Wait, do you know where.. uhh" Brad stuttered
"Where what?"
"Where, Spartacus is?" Brad asked, which shocked the armed men
"You, how do you know about that thing?" The man asked again, wondering why a newbie knows about Project S
"I just.. I just do" Brad said, not sure how he knows himself
Mikazuki
"Anything new?" Tanjiro asks the Communications officers
"Well, the Britannian military is currently engaged with the CLA and FLF, allied forces. The Mobile Suits are making there ground, but the Ground troops are making some great progress" Sasaki informed, making everyone agitated
"Will we even make it in time?" Stewart asks
"I don't think so, the Mobile suits are merely just for show, by the Britannians. The ground troops are the ones doing all the hard work. By the time we get there it will all be too late" Sasaki replied, which makes everyone a bit more uneased
"Then why in the world are we even here!?" Bao screamed, slamming his fists on the table
"To start a butterfly effect"Suzaku replied, leaning on the wall, with his arms crossed
"A butterfly effect" Tanjiro asks
"What in the world are you talking about?" Stewart asks, confused by what Suzaku meant on Chosen one
"You will see" Suzaku replied, which makes everyone confused
Erickson Tower
"Forgive me, Euphemia" Velines apologised on the phone
"For what?" Euphemia asked
"For the attack, I couldn't go against your father this time" Velaines replied
"That's what I want to know. Why did father order such an attack?" Euphemia asked, confused why her father would order an attack on the Institute
"I don't even know myself, your father just called me and simply said to dispose of them, no reason whatsoever" Velaines said, which confused Euphemia
"Huh, that's strange. Father maybe arrogant and stubborn, but he would never do something without reason" Euphemia said, finding it odd that the emperor had given no reason as to why he wanted the Institute gone
"I found it strange as well but I I didn't let that bother me. He said this was a top priority order, and told me to remember the consequences if he does follow it" Velaines said
"Then something big must be happening at the Institute" Euphemia suggested
"Yes, I believe that to be the case, in any case I want you to remain where you are for now. Tell your mother to contact her associates at Camelot. Tell them to gather a special group" Velaines requested, which makes Euphemia get more serious
"So you are really going through with this?" She asked
"The Britannia I knew is gone, Euphemia. I must do what I must, return to London. I can no longer keep you here any longer" With that the call ended, and Euphemia put the phone down
"But, I don't want to" Euphemia thought sadly
Voyager Institute
Esmée and the CLA mobile suits have already been fighting the Britannian Mobile Suits for about half an hour
The GENOAS uses its beam spray gun on the oncoming Royal FLAG destroying it in the process
"This is not going well" She said, the GENOAS grabing the hand of a incoming FLAG
"Of course it isn't Frenchie, its the Britannian military, for christ sake" One of the CLA men clarified, as Esmée destroys the hand of the FLAG she was holding, and kicking the FLAG onto another FLAG
"I know that, I just never thought they were this good" She said, as the GENOAS takes it's Heat stick, destroying the head of the FLAG she threw at
"Welcome to the Britannian homeland, the units stationed here are the best of the best. What's not to expect?" The man said, making Esmée snarl annoyed
As the battle kept going, a strange shadow covers the Republican FLAG's which makes the CLA pilots to see what the figure was. They saw a FLAG in it's aerial type mode, only this one had a pseudo GN-Drive
"Holy shit" The second CLA pilot exclaimed from the radio "Is that a.."
"A GN-Drive, yeah it is" Esmée interrupts him, as the FLAG custom begins firing on Esmée's GENOAS "Damn it, be careful" She tells the CLA pilots through the radio
"Don't worry about us. worry about yourself" The pilot says, as the FLAG custom transforms into it's MS mode and starts attacking the GENOAS
"Just my luck" Esmée cursed, she takes the GENOAS's heat stick and tries to stab the FLAG, the FLAG dodges it and takes it's sonic blade and slices the GENOAS's shield in half
"Now that's useless" She says, throwing both pieces of the shield at the FLAG
The FLAG dodges the incoming shield bits, and once again engages the GENOAS. The GENOAS takes the sonic blade of a destroyed FLAG, and blocks the beam saber
"Shit, this guy is good" She says, struggling to hold the attack
"Not bad" Nathan compliments "But not good enough" He says, quickly stops his attack and slices the GENOAS's arms
He then makes a retreat and transforms back into his Aerial mode, he then proceeded to attack the Republican FLAG's
"Crap" The CLA man cursed before being shot directly at the cockpit, causing the FLAG to explode
"Bill! Why you" The other CLA pilot takes out his Linear rifle and starts firing at the FLAG custom
Nathan dodges all the attacks swiftly and proceeds to fire back at the Republican FLAG, the Republican FLAG takes out it's sonic blade, preparing to fight the FLAG custom. The FLAG custom, then engages attacking the Republican FLAG with its Linear rifle from the air, making the other FLAG get rid of it's sonic blade as it retreats
Nathan aims for the cockpit of the FLAG, but the FLAG intercepts the attack, and transforms into it's Aerial mode and starts a dogfight between them, with the Republican FLAG behind him
"Not bad, not bad at all" Nathan commented, dodging all incoming fire "But, let's see if you can keep up" Nathan makes his FLAG go straight up into the air, leaving the CLA pilot confused
"The heck is that Brit doing?" He said, as he starts following him up to the sky, they fly straight up into the sky as the CLA pilot tries to aim at the FLAG custom "Come on, come on" He tries to aim as he starts losing altitude, as they are about to leave the atmosphere
"In this was a normal FLAG, I would've already started losing altitude" Nathan commented, when suddenly the Republican FLAG engine stops and starts free falling
"Fuck" The CLA pilot cursed, trying to activate the engine
"But this, FLAG has a Pseudo Drive" Nathan said, as he turns around and starts firing at the falling FLAG
"LIBERTY TO IRELAND" The man shouted, as Nathan shot his FLAG, resulting him getting killed
"Well, last one" Nathan turns his FLAG custom back to the Institute to take out the GENOAS "Now this has become too weird" Nathan thought, finding it weird that the Voyager Institute is now suddenly an enemy of the state "If I can remember correctly, Mr Voyager was definitely anti-terrorist, so why would he help the CLA, this doesn't make any sense. Brad, I will make sure to keep your dad alive" Nathan promised, making sure his best friends dad's alive
In the ground levels, Brad was with the security team that had rescued him earlier, to where Spartacus was located. They were laying on the walls, as they were waiting for the Britannian soldiers to leave. As they were waiting Brad was deep in thought
"How? How did I know what the Mobile suit was called?" Brad thought confused, remembering that no one had told him what the MS was called
"Hey kid?" The head security guard snaps Brad out of his thoughts, causing him to look up on him "How did you know about Spartacus? No one without S-level status is supposed to know about it" He demanded, preparing to hold his rifle on Brad's head
"I don't know, I just knew about it's existence. Just not it's name" Brad replied, making the guard confused
"That's all you know?" He asked
"Yeah that's it" Brad replied
"Hey boss" One of the guards called out "They're gone we're good to go" The guard informed
"Alright you guys get out of here, I will catch up with you later" The head security guard instructed him
"Where are you going sir?" The guard asked
"To the Spartacus facility, I will meet up you guys later" The head security guard assured him
His squad hesitated, bot believing his words. But they eventually give in as they can't convince him either way
"Alright, be safe sir" one of the guard said, trying to give him some good luck
"Drinks are on me" Another one of the guards promise, trying to give his boss some encouragement to come back alive
"You make sure about that" The head guard exclaimed, wanting him to keep that promise "I'll be back" He said, he then made a peace sign with his hand. With the rest doing the same. After that, the two groups head they're separate ways
"So... About the peace sign?" Brad asked
"That's our sign of good luck, something that I made, when I first started working here" The head guard explained, which confuses Brad, but doesn't let it bother him
"Say, I haven't asked what's your name" He asked for the head guards name
"Damian Olsten" He replied "You?"
"Well people usually call me Brad, but my full name is actually, Bradley Michael Garcia" Brad replied, Brad's name widens Damian eyes a little. Making him realise something
"Hey kid, is your mom's name, Isabella, by any chance?" He asked, which surprises Brad a little
"You knew my mother?" Brad asked
"Yeah... Yeah I did" Damian replied, as he just finally realized who Brad really was "I can't believe, it's the doc's kid" He thought in shock. As they ran through the hallways, Damian And Brad stops running, as the former hears hears some voices chattering
"So where is exactly is this Spartacus thing, exactly?" One of the Britannian soldiers asked his comrade
"From what that, Garfield guy said, just across that hallway to the left" The other soldier assumes
"You sure?"
"Maybe" He said in an unsure tone
"That doesn't so sure, Brixton" The other Britannian soldier comments
"Oh cut me some slack, that bugger-" A gunshot was heard before he could finish. The man called Brixton immediately turns around, to see his comrade dropped dead on the floor, bleeding
"Fuck" He curses, before the soldier could react, He was shot on the chest, dead
"Well, now we know who shut down all the defense systems" Damian says pissed. Now knowing that chairman Benjamin's spoiled son, was behind the shut down of the security system
"And that would be?"
"Garfield Gromwell, his the son of Benjamin Gromwell" Damian reveals, shocking Brad
"What a twist" Brad says
"Exactly, what. a. Twist" Damian said, recalling how the times he met Garfield "let's go, we don't want to keep them waiting" He said, not wanting to spend more time standing
Brad nods in agreement, as they proceed to to head to the Sparatacus testing facility
"Garfield. Why do I feel like I know him?" Brad thought, wondering why the name was so familiar to him
Jeremy
"Right around here?" Jeremy thought as he made a left, thinking he managed to find the CLA men, Derek managed to catch up to Jeremy almost out of breath. Luckily enough they Jeremy assumption was right, and they managed to find the CLA group
"Hey!" Jeremy called out, causing three of the CLA soldiers to point their guns at them, making Derek hide behind the corner "Don't shoot, we're with the FLF team" Jeremy immediately said, making sure there friendlies to the CLA team
"His right, I saw him with the FLF guys" The leader of the CLA team, who Jeremy recognised as the guy who met with Arnold, confirm. The three men put down their guns to his response, causing Jeremy to sigh in relief and Derek to come out of the corner of the hallway
"you two alright?" The CLA leader asked, seeing the two men out of breath
"Well we've been running and hiding frlm the Brits for about awhile. So yeah, we've doing alright" Jeremy replied sarcastically
"Jeez, you don't have to be sarcastic about it" The CLA leader said, offended by Jeremy's response
"Can't you blame him sir, we're literally under siege" One of the CLA members said, defending Jeremy's response
"He has a point sir" Another one of the men agreed
The CLA leader sighed "I guess your right, In any case we better get out of here" He said, causing Jeremy and Derek to wonder why
"Why is that?" Derek asked
"The building is about to collapse" The CLA leader answers, making the duo widen their eyes in shock "I suspect that the two members of the FLF might have figured it out by now, and is now outside of the Institute with your friend" The CLA leader assumes
"No, Brad isn't with them. He took of to the lower floors" Jeremy reveals, Shocking the CLA team
"The heck was that kid thinking?" The previous man who had defended Jeremy asked in disbelief, wondering why someone would leave to the basement floors
"The hell do I know? But the point is we need to go find him" Jeremy said, not wanting to leave his friend behind
"Yeah, but we can't. The building will collapse in about any minute now" The CLA leader informs Jeremy of the building's situation, causing both Derek and Jeremy to flinch at his response
"Best to get out now" A CLA soldier said, wanting to shed light to the situation to the two men
Jeremy and Derek hesitated, Derek had only met Brad, two years ago, they hit off well and became good friends. Jeremy on the other hand met Brad after Brad got into the company three years ago, Brad, like Jeremy, are Mobile Suit nerds, except Jeremy only had interest in them, whilst Brad wanted to build one. Derek was about to open his mouth, trying to convince the CLA men to help and find Brad, but Jeremy put his hand on Derek's chest, preventing him speaking
"As much as I hate to admit it, he is right. We... have to leave Brad behind" Jeremy said hesitantly, which angers Derek
"What the hell man" Derek exclaimed in disbelief "he is our friend! We gotta find him, we can't just leave him here to die" Derek protests
"And risk our lives, Derek? We can't find Brad, before the place collapses, it's literally impossible" Jeremy points out, Derek could not believe what, Jeremy what was saying, yet at the same time Jeremy was also hesitating, in his head to leave, Brad behind
Derek was about to object to leaving Brad behind, until one of the CLA members radio was making some chatter "Hello, anyone there?" A man said on the phone, in a Russian accent
"What the" They all exclaimed
"This is Soviet secret intelligence" The man said, surprising the people in the hallway. Wondering how the Soviets found the transmission to the radio "We suggest you leave now before the building collapses. And if you are worried about your friend, he will get out alive. Do not worry" The Russian intelligence officer says, before cutting off the transmission, leaving everyone in the room stunned as to what happened
"What the hell just happened?" Derek asked, everyone responds with a simple shrug
Suddenly they heard voices from the Britannian military heading there way "Time to leave" The CLA leader says, taking his gun, followed by everyone doing the same as they all got up "If what those Soviets said were true, then your friend will survive. So hope for the best" He told, Jeremy and Derek. The two men had there doubts, but since they can't go back for Brad in the situation they are in, they must rely on the hope given by the Soviets
"Alright" They both said
United Soviet Sovereignty, Moscow
"It has been done, Premier" An officer of the KGB informed Lelouch, who sat on his chair in the Premier office
"Good work agent, dismissed" Lelouch tells the officer
"Yes, Premier" The officer salutes before leaving the room
Lelouch turns toward the window "Well that should do the trick" He says, with an amused smirk on his face
Britannian Axis, United Provinces of Ireland, Dublin, Voyager Institute, Spartacus facility
"Get out of here now, all of you get out!" William tells his colleagues to get to safety
"What about you?" One the mechanics asked
"Forget about me, you need to get as far as possible" William said, without concern for his safety
"But-"
"No buts" William cut him off "Get out of here before it's too late. I'm blowing up the Spartacus" William said, shocking the remaining people in the facility
"Sir, you can't be serious can't you? This is 20 years of hardwork" The Head mechanic, Roland, mentions
"Anything is better than having it be used by the emperor at this point. I tolerated him at first, but not anymore" William opens the cockpit of the Spartacus "His cockiness has led him to lose a valuable machine" He says, taking one of the monitor boards, preparing the self-destruct sequence
"Sir, wait!" Damian arrives to the facility right in time with, Brad "Wait, sir, give it to him" Damian points at Brad
"What is it, Damian, and who do you-" William turned his head around, and stops talking as he sees Brad in front of him "Brad! So, Lelouch, was telling the truth" William thought, shocked to know that what Lelouch told him years ago was right all along
"Who the heck is the kid?" Roland asks
"Well for your information, I am 24" Brad said, wanting to clarify he ain't a kid
"Still a kid in my opinion" Roland says, making Brad glare at him
"Change of plans, he is taking the Spartacus" William said pointing his finger at Brad, shocking everyone in the room
"Well that was.. Easy?" Brad says
"Your joking right? We're giving it to this kid, he doesn't look like someone who can even pilot a MS" Roland said, not wanting to give the MS to some random guy they just met
"Weren't you just complaining that we shouldn't destroy it, Roland?" William asks, Roland
"I did, but this is some random guy that Damian just met" Roland points out
"He isn't some random guy he is Isabella's son" William reveals, shocking everyone, excluding Damian
"You know my mom?" Brad asked, everyone's gaze then immediately switched to Brad in surprise, except for Damian and William, with the latter turning his focus to the Spartacus
"So, you were telling the truth" Roland said wide eyed in disbelief
"What do you mean?" Brad asks
"Enough" William shouted "All of you evacuate the building, your services are no longer required. For now" William announced, making some few minute changes to the program of Spartacus
"But-" Roland tried to protest again, before William cut him off again
"No buts, get out and hide. The Britannian military will round you up to make another Spartacus, and I won't let that happen" William said, not wanting any of his employees to be taken into questioning by the Military
"And we best do, the building is going to collapse anytime" Damian mentions, encouraging them to leave
The mechanics and engineers of the Spartacus project all hesitated, not wanting to leave behind their boss and the MS they've been building for 2 decades. It would've been a waste time, if William decided to destroy it, but they all gave in, since they have people waiting for them
Roland sighs in defeat "Alright, we'll leave"
To that William made a slight smile in relief "Good, I hope you all a safe time" William tells them
"We'll try" Roland says, turning around to the entrance "Alright everyone, let's get the heck out of here" Roland said, causing everyone to come the entrance
"Alright follow me, I know a way out" Damian tells them, he then starts running with everyone following behind him
"Well it's just you and me I guess?" Brad said
"Yes, it's just you. and. me" William said, looking at Brad, recalling some old memories from the past
"So what am I supposed to do?" Brad asked
"Come here, I just need to make a few adjustments" William tells him, taking another monitor
"Alright" Brad said, making his way to the stairs
Back in the cockpit, while William was making some few minute adjustments, he puts his hand on his mouth and starts coughing. He takes his off of his mouth, revealing blood
"Well, at least I get to die on my own terms" William thought with a smirk on his face, as he sees that he gets to die, more sooner than he thought
Outside
"Oh come on, he sliced both the GENOAS's arms" Esmée exclaimed worryingly, since the GENOAS was now practically without its arms
"Sis, you there?" Blaise asked, via radio
"Blaise, where are you? Are you okay?" Esmée asked, wondering if her half-brother is okay
"Yeah we're fine, me and lieutenant Arnold, what about you?" Blaise asked
"Well, both the arms for the GENOAS are destroyed" Esmée reveals hesitantly, which shocks Blaise
"WHAAATTTTTT!?" Blaise screamed through the radio, making Esmée cover her ears "Your not hurt are you? Cause if you are, I can never face mom and dad ever again" Blaise asked, not only worried for his half-sister, but also for himself. Before Blaise and Esmée signed for the military, Blaise's parents made him swear to the devil, that no harm must come to his sister. Or else he will regret it. And Blaise is terrified of what his parents would do
"I'm fine, but I'm getting out of this heap of junk" Esmée says, taking the radio with her, as the cockpit door opens "So, where is your location?" She asked, getting out of the Mobile Suit to on top of the chest of the GENOAS
"The greenhouse to the left of the Institute. We've managed to hold ourselves up here, hurry up though, we might be getting overrun soon" Blaise said urgently, as on his side, more and more soldiers, with Arnold shooting his pistol at them, behind a column
"Alright, I'll be there in a few minutes" Esmée tells them, as she rushes toward the greenhouse
"We may not even have a minute" Blaise says, getting Esmée to pick up the pace
As Esmée rushes to the greenhouse, she stops running, as she sees a dead Britannian soldier laying down on the floor. She then approaches the body, checking to see if he has a rifle, luckily enough he did. She takes the gun of him, and any spare ammunition with her "This will do" The pinked haired girl said, as she once again continues to head toward the greenhouse. Only this time she comes prepared with a gun
Nathan makes a flyby of the Genoas, making sure if it was down for the count and fortunately for him it was "Well at least the GENOAS is down for the count. The problem is the ground troops, surely the shock troops got that covered" Nathan reasons, seeing as how the NUDL has got that covered "The problem is where I can find Mr William" Nathan says, if the Military were to find William Voyager, they wouldn't hesitate to shoot him
"Ahh, why did this have to be so complicated" Nathan rubs his head with of his hands, annoyed by how complicated things now have turned
Suddenly a beeping sound came from the monitor, confusing Nathan "Why in the world did it start beeping" Nathan asks, he tries to turn the beep off, only to then be shown an image of the opening bay, for Facility 86 "Facility 86? Must be where Mr William is" He assumes, with no time to waste, Nathan goes full throttle and try to find the opening of facility 86
Spartacus facility
"So, what am I supposed to do?" Brad asks, seeing he has nothing to do, as leans on the railings on the platform
"Nothing. Just do nothing" William replied, as he inputs a strange set of coordinates in the Spartacus
"I can help you know, I graduated from MIT" Brad reveals, so that William would at least give him something to do. Instead William hide a sigh relief
"Well at least you didn't go to Caltech" William mumbled quietly, glad that his son didn't go to Caltech
"So, is there anything I can do?" Brad came up to the cockpit "Woah, a 360 cockpit!" Brad exclaims enthusiastically
"Never seen one?" William asked, still focused on the console
Brad nods enthusiastically "Never, only military grade Mobile Suits have these"
"Heh true, only the military has the best equipment" William stated, Brad nods to his statement
"Kinda sucks if you ask me" Brad said, agreeing with William
"Well can't do anything about it now, can we-" William starts coughing uncontrollably, panicking Brad
"Hey, you alright" Brad asks, putting his hand on William's back to keep him straight
"I'm fine" William pushes him aside gently, with his bloody hand. After William let's go his hand, Brad notices the bloodied up hand
"Blood!? Hey you alright" Brad questioned
"No, I'm perfectly fine" William assured Brad, getting back to the console, setting in the final program
"I don't think coughing up blood, is a sign of being perfectly fine" Brad said, not buying William's tough act
"Just stay there and be quiet for now. I'm almost done with the final program" William told him
"Fine have it your way" Brad said in response, irritated by William's actions
Outside, Nathan in his FLAG custom, managed to find the opening bay of Facility 86
"This must be it" Nathan assumed, seeing the location of the facility on the digital map. He looked around to see if there was a button to get in "Screw it" He aims the Linear rifle at the large opening doors "Please don't start a massive explosion" He asked, firing the rifle toward the door. Unfortunately it did cause an explosion
"I just had to jinx" Nathan said furiously, but without wasting anytime, he rushes inside
The explosion caused by Nathan outside, had affected the power grid of the Institute, causing an explosion, and a huge fire inside. The fire spreads to the facility hanger where Brad and William were
"How did fire get here?" Brad asked, confused by how there was fire in the hanger
"I have no idea" William said, not even knowing how it all happened. William ignoring all that, gets of the pilot seat "But enough about that. Come here" William told Brad, Brad obeyed and sat down on the pilot seat
William takes Brad's hand, and places it on a monitor. The monitor shows scanning Brad's finger print. The monitor stops scanning, registering Brad's DNA on it
"I have programmed it to respond it to you and only you" William tells Brad, confusing Brad, but as he does, he looks around the Cockpit, seeing all sorts of technology he had never seen before "If you can prove yourself to be a suitable pilot, Spartacus will grant you unrivalled that of any other" William continued, Shocking Brad, William then puts his hand on Brad's cheek. This action confused Brad
"What?" Brad thought confused. And at that moment, he starts having a headache, as he starts remembering things "What's happening"
After that, William let's go of his hand. He then proceeds to get out of the cockpit and close the hatch before leaving "Forgive me for what I did all those years ago, Brad. My only son" William sits down on the elevator "Don't make the same mistakes as I did"
Back in the cockpit, Brad was holding his head as he sees long forgotten memories of a man with his faced all blurry "What?" More memories could be seen of the man with his face getting more clearer in each memory that passes
Greenhouse, 10 minutes earlier
"We're surrounded!" Arnold exclaimed, as more and more Britannian soldiers enter the greenhouse
"Oh you think?" Blaise, gets up from cover and starts shooting his rifle, that he took from a dead Britannian soldier earlier
The Britannian soldiers on the other side, were crouching down behind tables, some behind pillars. Even though there were two men, they were all being overwhelmed
"Bloody hell, how in the world are they holding up there?" One soldier asked, wondering how they haven't managed to kill them yet
"Your guess is as good as mine, Caleb" Another behind the pillar said
"Well, they can't hold out forever, we outnumber to 0 to 1" The captain of the squad said, seeing as that the, two men were now at their limit "This is our chance, prepare to charge" He tells them, preparing to open fire, as the rest does as well
But at that moment, a shots were heard behind them, and a few Britannian soldiers were getting shot down from behind
"What in God's name is-" Before the Britannian captain could finish, his face gets kicked on the foot, by Esmée, who knocks him unconscious
"Looks like I made in time" She shouted across the room, as ducks down for cover, as the remaining Britannian soldiers retreat to the side of the greenhouse
"Yeah, we appreciate it" Blaise shouted relieved, since they were at a standstill
"Yeah, good timing" Arnold Also shouted
"We're the others?" Esmée asked, wondering if they are alright
"We gave them an opening to meet up with the CLA guys, so they might be alright" Blaise said, not sure if they made it out alive
"You what!?" She exclaimed
"Oh come on, it was better to rendezvou, than with stay with us" Blaise reasoned
"Oh, I guess you forgot about the infinite wave of Britannian soldiers swarming inside their didn't you?" Esmée mentions, making Blaise and Arnold come to a realisation
"Let's pray to god their safe" Blaise said, to which Arnold nod
"Yes, good idea" Arnold agreed, while a sigh could be heard from Esmée
"idiots, idiots I tell you" Esmée mumbled disappointed "I would expect something like this from the regular troops. But from you Lieutenant Arnold, You disappoint me" She tells them, which make Arnold bury his head
"She kinda has a point" Blaise said agreeing, after that the Britannian soldiers started firing their weapons again, as they had reorganised themselves
"We'll talk about this later" Arnold said, as he moved to the other side of the wall with Blaise moving ahead
"I hope those guys are alright" Esmée thought, concerned if the trio was alright. Little did she know
Jeremy
"Alright, we're safe for now" Jeremy said, out of breath from all the running they had to do, due to the place going to collapse
"Well no shit, wise guy" A CLA member exclaimed, panting heavily with his hands on his knees
"So what now?" Derek asked, wondering w their next move is. Unlike the rest of the group, Derek is breathing heavily like the rest, gaining some shock reactions from the CLA group
"How is your friend not out of breath?" The same CLA man asked Jeremy quietly
"Derek's has done a lot of marathons in his life, you'd be surprised how fast he really is" Jeremy said still panting, shocking many and surprising some
"Wait, that's not his true speed?" One of the CLA men asked, realising Derek was not running at his normal pace
"Oh no, that's just a fraction of it" Jeremy said, remembering the time he and Brad went to see one of Derek's marathons, he laughs nervously, Creeping the others
"You ok, lad?" The leader of the CLA group asked, concerned if he was alright
"Yeah, just remember one of Derek's marathons" Jeremy assured him, only for everyone to get concerned, as they were unconvinced by Jeremy's tone
"Hey guys, I think I see something going on in over there" Derek said, pointing toward the greenhouse where Esmée and the others are
"You think the FLF guys are there?" The CLA captain asked
"Possibly, who else could put up with with the military for a long time" Jeremy points out, convinced that Arnold and Blaise are there
"Alright, load up your guns, chaps" The Captain tells everyone, as they all ready their guns "It's time to show them Celtic pride" He said, forming a smirk across his face, getting everyone riled up. Everyone except for Jeremy and Derek, who all were tensed at their eagerness
"Why, why god, we just wanted to have a nice normal time in France" They both thought at the same time, wondering why they were in this situation
Greenhouse
"Shit we're back to square one" Blaise cursed, as he and Arnold were all out of ammo
"Same here, I was only able to get four mags from the dead Brits that I found" Esmée tells them from across the room
"God help us" Arnold prayed, hoping someone would come to their aid. Luckily his prays were answered, and the CLA team had arrived to the rescue
"Celtic pride, Brits!" The leader exclaimed, firing his gun at the remaining Britannian soldiers
"Shit, Shit, Shit, SHIT!" A Britannian soldier cursed, firing his gun at random
"Hey, preserve your ammo" the soldier beside him tells him, only for the man to get shot "Screw it, we might as well surrender, there too many of them" He told his commanding officer
"We have no choice, huh" He said, seeing what the other soldier said was true "Tell them we surrender"
"You don't have to ask me twice" Another Britannian soldier exclaimed "Hey, don't shoot, we surrender" He shouts out, getting out of cover with his hands above the air, with the rest of the Britannian soldiers doing the same, as they all stop firing
"Alright, move forward, slowly" Arnold tells them, his gun still pointing toward them
The Britannian soldiers all walk toward them, with their hands above the air. Nearly all ten of the Britannian soldiers stopped, as they came close to Arnold. They turned and drop their knees on the floor, with their hands still in the air
"Tie them up, take all their equipment, after that we're leaving them here" Arnold tells the CLA team
"What he said" The CLA leader instructs his team, and they all proceed to take the soldiers equipment and tie them up
"Should we really leave them alive, can't we just kill'em?" A CLA fighter asks
"We maybe resistance fighters, but we're not terrorists. We will follow international law by all accounts" Arnold said, due to him being a soldier in the French Army, he had to follow the established laws of war
"You are a soldier, alright" The same CLA muttered
"Hey" Derek surprises everyone waving his hand, Jeremy walks in later
"You guys are okay, where is Bradley?" Blaise asked, wondering where Brad is
"His off doing his own thing in the main building" Jeremy tells them, getting them riled up
"What!?" Arnold exclaimed
Facility 86, present time
"That's why" Brad thought in shock "That's why, we left you" Brad thought, now in anger. It cuts to a short flashback of Brad's past, when he still lived in Ireland, he was sitting down in a simulation chair, going screaming in pain and agony as he holds his head down. He was being observed by William, who was fascinated by the results he was getting
Just then, the simulation was over and a Raven haired woman came into the room in a panic, William and the woman started yelling at eachother, a young Brad was unaware of what was happening. After a while, William slapped the woman, the woman unfazed, approached Brad, taking off the cords on his body
"Don't worry I'm here, Papi is just not well" She assured him
The flashback cuts back to present day, Brad's headache stops, he turns to William who sat down peacefully on the elevator
"I may never forgive you for what you did to me" Brad says, looking at William "But you're the only family I have left. So, don't leave me, Dad"
With that, Brad activated the Spartacus, as it broke free from it's locks. It held out his hand to grab William, only for the FLAG custom to burst into the room, exploding the hanger door. The explosion causes the elevator to fall down, crushing William
"Crap" Nathan exclaimed
Brad, saw his father die right before at that moment. 15 years had past since they departed from eachother, and now 15 years later, they reunite once again, only for them to be departed, only this time, it was forever. Brad felt crushed in despair, as his only family died, he lost his mother to Atlantica, and now his father to Britannia. Brad, while never shown, has carried a deep hatred for Atlantica, after his mother's death. And now his hatred only grew, only this time, he wanted both Atlantica and Britannia to disappear
"That's right, I can now. With this new Mobile Suit, I will Obliterate Atlantica and Britannia" Brad declared, charging himself toward the FLAG custom
"What the hell" Nathan exclaimed
"Get out..." Brad tells him through the radio
"Wait, Brad?" Nathan thought shocked
"Get out of my WAY!" Brad accelerates the boosters
The speed of the mobile suit, causes the airbags in Nathan's cockpit to turn on, as the FLAG custom gets pushed out of the hanger. Nathan manages to get free from Sparatacus. The Spartacus turns around to face the FLAG custom
"Shit, his open" Nathan cursed in realisation, as Britannian FLAGs arrived at the scene
"All units, aim at the unidentified Mobile Suit, I repeat, aim at the unidentified Mobile Suit" The commander orders, as all the Britannian FLAG's transform to their MS modes, and aim their linear rifles at the Spartacus
"Wait, hold your fire" Nathan tried to delay the order, but the order was then carried out and all FLAG's fired at the Spartacus
Brad inside the cockpit, braced for the attack. And at that moment, a monitor appears in front of bad, with the word NT-D written on it. With that the cockpit began to morph, and the Spartacus was emitting and glowing white
The beams from the FLAG's linear rifle deflected, when an unknown field appears. And with that, the Spartacus morphs, it's legs extended to white glowing strips. The horn from it heads splits in to two, with it's visor now being a dual eyed. The right arm's attachment, releases and equip to the hand forming a handheld beam weapon. The Spartacus has morphed to the legendary Gundam frame
Everyone looked at the Gundam in awe and shock, they couldn't believe what they were seeing. No nation in the world , except for Japan, (Atlantica technically stole the data, so it doesn't count) had created a Gundam, and now after 500 years another nation has made a Gundam
The reactions from Arnold and the others were the same, However they have no idea who the pilot was.
Mikazuki
The Mikazuki had just arrived in time to withness the Gundam. All of them were also shocked in disbelief, all except for one
Suzaku with a stern face, stared at that MS and said "Gundam"
"You got to be joking" Stewart asks
"Prepare the Kusanagi, and prepare the Karura's (Anksha) and Kenji's (Jegans) for launch" Suzaku orders, leaving the bridge to the hanger
"Alright, what you say general" Bao said, hesitantly
"I seriously wonder why we are recruiting this kid?" Tanjiro asks, following Suzaku
"Holy shit" Nathan cursed, as he cannot believe what he is seeing, a Gundam "How in the world did we create a Gundam?" Nathan wondered
Spartacus aimed its beam magnum at the FLAG's and shot down one, one evaded the beam, yet barely grazed was destroyed
"It barely grazed him, what kind of beam weapon is that?" Nathan questioned, never seen such a weapon in the military records
Then another FLAG, takes out its sonic blade and charges right behind the Gundam. The Gundam notices the FLAG coming up behind it, equipping it's left hand with a Sword, coated in psycho-frame, turns around and slices it from the torso
"That looks like, Exia's GN sword" Nathan noted, noticing it's similar design
The Sparatacus then aims at the FLAG custom. Nathan notices and quickly evades all incoming fire, later a squad of three aerial mode FLAG's arrive to help Nathan. The three Flag's fire missiles at the Spartacus at the same time. The Spartacus takes aim at the Missiles, only for them to explode smoke
"Somke?" Brad thought
"Thanks for the assist" Nathan thanks the pilots who saved
"Please, that thing is a Gundam. There was no way we were letting you out there" The pilot tells him
Nathan chuckled "I guess your right"
"Still a Gundam, how were we be able to make one?" Another one of the pilots asks
"No idea" Nathan shrugs, not knowing himself
Just then, a beam shot down one of the FLAG's
"What the-" Before Nathan could finish, an unknown Mobile suit appears in front. Nathan quickly transforms into his MS mode. Before he could he react, he noticed something about the MS, it's designs were similar to that of the Karura's of Japan "Wait, a Karura!?" Nathan exclaimed
And at that moment, a ship appears out of nowhere, Nathan quickly noticed the ships designs, and was shocked, confused and terrified of who had arrived
"The Mikazuki, that means. Suzaku Kururugi" Nathan exclaimed his name. When two more Karura's appear, Nathan and the FLAG's immediately leave the area
"All units, retreat. Do not engage the Ship, I repeat do not engage the ship" Nathan orders
The Karura's transform into it's MS mode, and engage the Spartacus, the Spartacus aims it's beam weapon on one of the Karura's and fires, but the Karura's quickly evade the beam. The Karura's take out their beam saber's. One of the Karura's swings it's beam saber, and tries to slash the Spartacus, Spartacus blocks the attack by using its Psychommu sword. However it was all but a distraction, as the second Karura comes up from behind and tries to tackle the Spartacus. Spartacus, almost if it knew, turns its right arm behind and fires its beam rifle at the incoming Karura, destroying it
The other Karura stops it's attack, as it takes a few steps back and aims both it's beam rifles at the Gundam. Firing intensely at the MS, had not done any damage whatsoever, after the Karura wasted all its ammo, the Spartacus just dusts off its shoulder, it aims it's beam rifle at the Karura head, destroying it with one blast
"Wow" Brad exclaimed, amazed by what the Spartacus can do "Maybe with this, I can-"
A blast of beam suddenly is fired close to Spartacus, luckily it didn't hit the Spartacus. Brad looks up the cockpit, to see where the blast had come
It was from the Mikazuki, but Brad knew the blast didn't come from the Beam turret, it was too small of a blast. He then noticed, a mobile suit on of the runway's of the Mikazuki. Brad enhances the image on the Mikazuki, only to find it wasn't a just a Mobile suit, it was a Gundam, and it was no normal Gundam, it was the Kusanagi, the personal Gundam of the first sacred sword
"You've got to be joking" Brad asked, his eyes wide open
Erickson Tower
Euphemia, Nunnally and Victoria, were watching live footage of the Institute. All of them were shocked to see the Mikazuki, particularly Euphemia
"What the heck is Suzaku doing here?" Nunnally asked, baffled by how Suzaku was there
"Suzaku" Euphemia clutched her chest "Why are you here"
Voyager Institute
"So, mind telling us why the Japanese are here?" Jeremy asks Arnold
"Well, let's say your new boss has come to pick you four, up" Arnold replied
"Four?"
"Esmée is going with you"
"Ehhh!!" Blaise, Esmée, Derek and Jeremy exclaimed
"Shit, I can't win" Brad thought, trying to figure a way to escape "This guy is an ace, heck, scratch that, a sword, he one of the Sacred swords of Japan. God why?"
The Kusanagi, fires another round of it's anti-ship rifle at the Spartacus. Brad evades it immediately. He then begins to fly away from the area, while managing to avoid any hits from the anti-ship rifle
"Switch pack" Suzaku tells on his comms to the bridge
"Yes general, at once" The man on the other side replied
Immediately, the Launcher striker pack was removed, switching to the jet striker pack and sword striker pack
After the Packs were installed, the Kusanagi put both it's feet on the catapult launcher of the deck
"Suzaku Kururugi, Kusanagi, launching" Suzaku exclaimed, the Kusanagi being catapulted from the deck, after activating the Jet striker pack.
After successfully launching the Kusanagi flies in high-speed after the Spartacus
Brad desperately tried to get away from the Kusanagi, but the Kusanagi was too fast and eventually gained up on him. Suzaku takes out the Anti-ship sword from it's back, and tries slashing the Spartacus's hips, unfortunately for Suzaku, it did not do any damage
"So this is Psycho-frame. No wonder it was banned" Suzaku mentally noted down, now taking the Spartacus a back "Sasaki, activate the Psycho-jammer" Suzaku orders
"Yes sir, activating Psycho-jammer" Sasaki complied, taking out key, signalling another officer, who takes out a similar key "Keys to safety position" Sasaki exclaimed, inserting the key into a keyhole along with the other officer "Turn" Both of them turn the keys at the same time, activating a red glow on top of the bridge of the ship
The glow immediately affects the Spartacus, causing the NT-D system to deactivate and demorphing the Spartacus back to its original form
"What, how!?" Brad exclaimed, confused as to how the Spartacus demorphed
The Kusanagi tackles the Spartacus back to the Mikazuki, the landing to the deck of the Spartacus was so rough, that it caused Brad to hit his head and fall unconscious
"That should do the trick" Suzaku assumes, thinking the pilot has fell unconscious
"General, we got the other three, they are back in the mess hall" Sasaki informed
"Good, get the pilot out and send him to the mess hall with his friends. We'll tell them what's going on later" Suzaku tells him
"Yes sir" Sasaki cuts off the transmission
Suzaku sighs in exhaustion, as his worries were all for naught. Everything is exactly going as planned, Spartacus has now been retrieved and now they need to finish making the Aubrac. Phase 1 is nearly complete, phase 2 will initiate in 2 weeks. Long live the Empress
A/N
So, yes. It's a Unicorn type Gundam. Don't question it, in fact don't ask why. The Unicorn will have a cameo here along with Banshee and Phenex
As for why its do late, well I'm lazy. And I just started my tenth year of school so lots of time will be focused there, but I will try and manage
Fight scenes are really not my strong suits, it looked cool in my head, but how to exactly write is difficult
So Let's hope and do better in the future. We will no longer only focus on Brad anymore, as Suzaku has been added. So stay tuned for more
Check out Code Geass: Rebellion of the High Castle
Peace