Code Geass and its characters belong to Gorō Taniguchi and Ichirō Ōkouchi.

I only own my OC, Kistune. Her real name will be revealed later on.

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An Unexpected Saviour

Chapter 2: C's World

In C's World…

Shocked to see Charles, Lelouch hides behind the leg of the Shinkiro to avoid his Geass which requires sight.

"It's been a long time, Lelouch, my prodigal son."Charles stated with a smirk.

"Answer my question about 8 years ago! Why didn't you try to protect mother!?"Lelouch demanded. "You knew the others were plotting against her! You knew everything!"

"People are not equal."Charles replied.

"What?"Lelouch scowled.

"You have a unique form of Geass."Charles declared. "A power that no one else possesses. Use it. To get the answer from me."

Lelouch narrowed his eyes behind his Knightmare, knowing what Charles was planning.

"He's baiting me!"Lelouch thought with a glare. "Trying to get me to use my Geass on him. But if I look into his eyes and he'll look into mine! His Geass requires eye contact just like mine does. So the moment I look at his Geass will take control of me and he'll alter my memories. What do I do?"

"What's wrong? Are you not my son?"Charles asked. "A prince of Britannia."

"I have no time to make the wrong choice!"Lelouch thought.

Lelouch activated his Geass and took out a switch.


In the Geass Order...

In remains of the Geass Order's headquarters, the others were moving around the facilities and searching through anything left behind while also bringing all of the corpses to the designated area.

After placing them all in corpse bags they began setting up some equipment around the inside grounds.

Kitsune sees Jeremiah kneeling down next to a corpse and walks over to him.

"Bartley."Jeremiah said as he wiped the blood off of Bartley's dead body. "I hated you for reconstructing me with this body. But your loyalty to the Imperial Family was genuine. So be it. I'll make my final decision. I will respect you."

"Jeremiah, where is Princess Cornelia?"Kitsune asked.

"She is being held in a private room aboard the Ikaruga."Jeremiah replied as he stood up. "I'll show her to His Majesty after he comes back."

"Jeremiah. I know we just met, but I wondering if I can ask a favour of you."Kistune commented. "It can really help Lelouch get Nunnally back."

"And what that would be, Miss Kistune?"Jeremiah asked.

"You see…"Kistune started.


In C's World….

Lelouch clicked a switch that fired glass shards out from the Shinkiro that scattered around the area.

The former Prince of Britannia looks at one of them before giving the command.

"Lelouch vi Britannia commands you."Lelouch stated as he stared into the glass shard that shows a reflection of Charles in it. "And now…Die!"

After saying his command, the light from Lelouh's Geass bounced on the glass shard and into the other ones which causes a chain reaction where the Geass hits and bounces off every glass shard before it shots out and smacks into Charles' eyes.

All the shards fall to the floor and broke around Emperor Charles.

"Very well, then."Charles responded.

Lelouch remained behind the Shinkiro and takes out a single glass shard he had with him to use so that he can see Charles' reflection.

Now under the effect of Geass, Charles pulls out a pistol and shoots himself in the heart before falling over and appearing to be dead.

"I won."Lelouch whispered in disbelief as he came out from behind his Knightmare. "I won. Mother…I…I did it."

Lelouch wasn't able to suppress his emotions and let out a scream.

"GAAAHHHHHH!"Lelouch screamed out in mixed emotions.


In the Geass Order…

After explaining things to Jeremiah, Kistune went inside the Vincent to try and contact Lelouch again through the Shinkiro.

"Lelouch. It's Kistune."Kistune responded. "Where are you? Please answer."

There was no respond and the masked girl heard a fuzzing sound in the background.

Kistune angrily slammed her fist on the controllers of the Vincent when she realised there was no way for her to contact Lelouch.

"No use."Kistune scowled in defeat. "I can't contact Lelouch. But I know what I can do in the meantime."

Kistune's right eye glowed yellow as a bird like symbol appeared on it before she disappeared from sight.


In C's World…

Lelouch stood over the body of his father and looked over it, believing he was dead.

"I killed him. It was so easy."Lelouch whispered with a hint of disproval. "I had questions for him, deaths he should've answered for. But now…"

"Oh? Who's?"

Lelouch froze when he hears Charles speaking and open his eyes.

"You're impudent, Lelouch."Charles declared with a mad grin.

"You're alive?"Lelouch gasped in shock. "That's impossible! The bullet went through your heart!"

"Rotten schemes, deceptions. You really thought you could defeat me with those cheap tricks?"Charles said as he rose to his feet.

"You want the power of a king? Then have the courage to come at me like a king!"

Charles stood towering over Lelouch like a dark cloud as Lelouch reactivated his Geass.

"DIE!"Lelouch shouted.

The Geass flew into Charles' eyes again but nothing happened.

"You think that's how a king does it?"Charles scowled.

"My Geass isn't working!"Lelouch panicked.

Lelouch then looked to the side and noticed the gun that Charles was holding was now laying on the floor.

The former Prince of Britannia runs past Charles and takes the gun to shoot him a few times, but nothing happened.

"You still do not understand? I am beyond the power of guns or swords now."Charles stated as he removed the glove of his right hand. "No matter how you attack me it's useless!"

Charles removed his glove to reveal the palm of his hand was a Mark of Immortality vigil that meant that he was now immortal that made Lelouch's eyes widened in utter horror.


Meanwhile…

Ohgi sat on a rock in a field and stood up when he saw Villetta walking forward.

"Chigusa."Ohgi said.

"That was the name you called me when I'd lost my memory."Villetta replied and took out her gun to aim it at Ohgi. "What's my real name?"

"Villetta."Ohgi answered with a frown. "But that doesn't change anything."

"I'm a Britannian baroness."Villetta retorted. "No matter what the reason, if I don't erase the disgrace of my having loved in an Eleven, I won't be able to live in this world."

"I suppose not."Ohgi answered and looked away. "If I must die, I just wish it could've been in Japan."

"You came here knowing I was going to kill you?"Villetta questioned.

"Everybody dies."Ohgi declared. "I wanted to choose the time."

"You could also choose to kill me if you want."Villetta declared and became angry. "Tell me, why did a terrorist save a Britannian in the first place!"

"In the beginning I thought I could get information from you about Zero."Ohgi admitted. "I tricked you. Kept you under surveillance. But while we lived together…"

"I'm your sworn enemy!"Villetta snapped.

"But I still love you!"Ohgi declared.

"Are you insane?"Villetta scowled.

"I must be. You are the enemy."Ohgi responded and looked at Villetta. "But I can't stop myself from loving you!"

Villetta was stunned at Ohgi's words and continued holding her gun at him.

"I wish I'd never set eyes on you!"Villetta responded.

"Aw, how sweet."Kitsune's voice mocked.

Villetta and Ohgi looked up and saw Kitsune and Sayoko standing on a tree together looking at them.

"From intelligence?"Ohgi said in shock.

"We hate to interrupt a pathetic relationship between a traitor and a Britannian whore."Kitsune stated grimly. "But I'm afraid we have orders from Zero to dispose you both before any misfortune happen."

Villetta glared with an irritated look on her face before she started shooting at Kitsune and Sayoko, but the two immediately jumped out of the way.

Kitsune takes out a collar from behind her back and threw it at Villetta's neck.

The collar electrified Villetta as she cried out in pain before she dropped on the ground unconsciously and dropped her gun.

"Stop!"Ohgi shouted as he ran forward. "Leave her alone!"

Sayoko knocked Ohgi down and handcuffed his hands before Kitsune came forward and placed an electric collar on his neck.

"Wait!"Ohgi protested. "What are you-"

Ohgi winced when he got electrified by the collar on his neck.

"You have the right to be silent, traitor."Kitsune retorted in a cold tone.


In C's World…

Lelouch was knocked down the stairway and fell to the floor as he laid on his back and stared up at the ceiling.

"He's become immortal, too. I can't win!"Lelouch thought with a look of hysteria. "There's no way I can win!"

"I've gained new power in place of Geass. A power that goes far beyond." Charles announced as he laid at the top of the stairs. "And so Lelouch, behold and I shall show you the true nature of this world!"

Suddenly a mechanical control panel raises up from the floor beside him and Charles holds his hand over it as his Code started to glow.

Lelouch then sits as a circle of bright light appear on the floor around him and he finds himself becoming consumed by it.

The former Prince of Britannia found himself in a different world, a blank world filled with a void of white nothingness and white and red masks seemed to appear from nowhere and was staring at him.

"What is Geass?!"Lelouch demanded. "I want the truth!"

"How strange."Charles responded. "A child who's wrapped himself in lies desires the truth from others."

"What?"Lelouch scowled.

"The false name and false mask of Zero."Charles said. "What has it gotten you?"

"Everything!"Lelouch answered. "It got me all the things that ordinary people can never obtain! Followers! Territory!"

"You lost Euphemia."A Mask reminded.

Lelouch looked down at the mention of the half-sister he loved but had to murder when his Geass went out of control during the SAZ.

"Suzaku and Nunnally are also lost to your lies."the Mask added.

"Shut up! I did what I had to do!"Lelouch shouted angrily. "People lie to survive! No one is to blame us!"

"You want others to know your true self yet you only show them a false face."the Mask stated. "How can anyone know if you don't reveal yourself…"

The mask took the form of a masked Lelouch.

"If you hide behind mask."the Mask said."You are afraid that they'll find out who you really are."

"No!"Lelouch shouted.

Suddenly, all the masks vanished and Charles reappeared before Lelouch.

"In the end your lies serve no purpose."Charles said. "Because you are me and I am you. All else is illusion. Though there are worlds without end, there is but one being in the past, in the future, and now, only one!"

"One?"Lelouch asked in confusion. "What are you saying?"

Then C.C appeared between Charles and Lelouch.

"Charles. Play time is over now."C.C stated. "There's nothing in it for me now. No value in the games anymore."

"C.C?"Lelouch said in confusion.

"You don't have to cajole him like this to get me here."C.C responded. "I already exist in this realm."

"True enough, C.C."Charles answered. "In that case I shall grant your wish.0

"You know what C.C.'s wish is?"Lelouch asked.

C.C looked away from Lelouch unable to meet his gaze as he spoke.

"Lelouch, it's time you knew the conditions of our contract and what I desire."C.C declared. "My wish is to die. To end my existence in all worlds forever."

"But why?"Lelouch asked in shock. "Why would you want to die?"

"In the final stage of Geass, the user attains the position of the one who granted them the power."C.C explained. "Thus you have gained the power to kill me."

"Kill you? C.C…"Lelouch started.

"Of all those I made contracts with; none has ever reached that point."C.C complemented. "But now there's Charles. He has done it."

"You mean you made your contract with me so that you could cease to exist?"Lelouch questioned.

"Correct."C.C agreed.

"But…why would you want to die?"Lelouch asked.

"It's providence, a boundary."C.C answered. "Only when it's finite can we call it life."

Lelouch was takenback by C.C's complete willingness to die.

"That's wrong!"Lelouch protested. "We call it life because we feel it!"

"Same thing."C.C said. "There is no life unless there is death."

"That's just wordplay!"Lelouch shouted. "It's not real!"

"People die."C.C reminded. "That's real."

"Then why are we born at all?"Lelouch demanded. "What's the purpose of it? The meaning?"

"You know the answers."C.C said. "Those things are all just illusions."

"No!"Lelouch argued. "Living just to die is too sad!"

"Without death all we have are random events, accumulation, you can't call that life."C.C explained. "If you have a reason for living then you have to kill me. Do that and you'll be Charles's equal. You finally be able to beat him. So, fare thee well, Lelouch. You're too kind to end our contract."

The control panel from before reappeared beside C.C and this time she placed her hand over it as her Code started to glow as well as a red light appeared beneath Lelouch .

"Wait!"Lelouch protested. "You're…"

Lelouch didn't have time to speak when he found himself falling through the strange world into a pit of red lights where they vanished from sight.

When the former prince disappeared, Charles and C.C reappeared a the top of the stairs way within the Thought Elevator.

C.C looked at Charles.

"Charles, why did you steal V.V.'s Code?"C.C asked.

"Is there any point in asking such questions?"Charles said. "After all you are about to die."

"I suppose you're right."C.C responded.


In Area 11 Government Bureau…

Lohmeyer informed Nunnally that she will help with the reconstruction of one of the ghettos.

"So very well then, I'll proceed with the redevelopment of the Saitama ghetto according to this schedule."Lohmeyer declared.

"Wait a minute, please."Nunnally instructed.

"Huh?"Lohmeyer said.

"Here."Nunnally answered.

"Is there something wrong?"Lohmeyer asked.

"This plan you worked out."Nunnally said as she held Lohmeyer's hand. "It isn't going to penalize the Elevens, is it?"

"Of course not."Lohmeyer replied in a gentle tone. "It's the best possible plan for them and for us."

"That is…a lie, isn't it?"Nunnally asked, causing Lohmeyer to gasp. "Please rework the plan once more. I don't wish the Elevens to be disadvantaged by it."

Lohmeyer is shocked and pulled her hand away.

"Princess. I am an expert."Lohmeyer responded. "Please let me handle that."

"Miss Lohmeyer."Nunnally stated with a frown. "I…I believed it. That I…I'm the viceroy."


Meanwhile…

Kitsune and Sayoko tied up Ohgi and Villetta before four members of the Black Knights came to take the two traitors away in a shuttle.

"We'll have these two in separate cells and have them reported to Zero when he comes back."Sayoko declared.

"That's good."Kitsune agreed.

Kitsune narrowed her eyes behind her mask as a thought came into her mind.

"Now all its left it is to take care of the bigger rats."Kitsune thought with a hateful look.


In Area 11 Government Bureau…

Nunnally was talking to Suzaku.

"Yes. My brother Schneizel contacted me. We can raise Area 11 status to satellite region."Nunnally explained. "He said it's in recognition of improved public order and productivity."

"That's good news."Suzaku responded and thought."Lelouch must have been Zero all this time. But if I report that to the emperor what happens to Nunnally?"

Suzaku snapped out of his thoughts when Nunnally spoke up to him.

"Suzaku, you're not hiding anything, right?"Nunnally asked.

"Of course not."Suzaku lied. "You're the one person that I'd never lied to."

"Then will you tell me who it was I spoke to on the phone that time?"Nunnally questioned. "Wasn't it my big brother?"

Nunnally reached out her hand to touch Suzaku's, but the Knight of Seven backed away from her with a nervous expression.

"Suzaku, you're just like him, aren't you?"Nunnally said sadly. "Like my brother."


Somewhere…

Lelouch finds himself on an old road in a small medieval town.

"Where am I?"Lelouch asked.

Lelouch notice a little girl in tore up worn out clothes, a cuff on her ankle and a pained look in her eyes walking lifelessly down the road.

But when the little girl walked closer to Lelouch, she started to fall down to the ground.

"Hey!"Lelouch shouted.

Lelouch finds himself on an old road in a small medieval town.

"It's no use."C.C stated as she appeared. "These are on my memories. You can't interfere."

"C.C?"Lelouch said and notice the clothes she was wearing. "No, you're not, are you?"

"Who are you?"C.C demanded. "Tell me."

"I'm Lelouch."Lelouch responded. "I am your…"

Then numerous historical places such as the Colosseum, Stonehenge, and a Britannian palace were shown.

Lelouch eventually comes upon a small wooden church, where a Catholic nun has given the girl refuge.

"Do you have some reason to live, child?"A Nun asked.

"I know…I just…don't wanna die!"the girl cried with a desperate look.

"Then let's make a contract."the Nun insisted. "I will give you a special power so you can survive. And in return one day you will grant me a special wish. Do you swear that you'll do it?"

It is then revealed that the nun has a Code that makes a Geass contract with the poor girl, who Lelouch realizes was a young C.C.

"So, is this…?"Lelouch asked.

"It is."C.C responded. "I swore to uphold that contract."

"The Geass I manifested was to make people love me."C.C admitted.

"Love you?"Lelouch asked in surprise.

"Because deep in my heart I…I wanted to be loved by someone."C.C declared. "And my wish was granted. Because of my Geass I was loved by everyone. But in the end it was too much. Love without limit was love without meaning. I forgot what love really was. The only person I believed in was her. Because my Geass couldn't work on her she was the one person who would scold me for being trivial. And yet…"

Then one day, after returning dozens of proposal gifts and being stripped naked, C.C was told the nun that she was tired of all the gifts and that some had even started a religion around her.

"Yes, yes. I gave back all the gifts I received like you told me to."C.C stated. "But it can't be helped, can it? It's because of the Geass. I'm grateful to you sister, but this is a pain for me, too. I'm so tired of all the proposals and flowers. Now some of them are starting a religion around me."

"Then shall we end it?"the Nun suggested.

"Huh?"C.C said in confusion.

"I need someone to take my place. Someone with a Geass that's exceptionally strong."the Nun declared. "So, eternity can finally end for me. Can you imagine the agony? The hell of living on and on for eternity?"

"What are you talking about?"C.C asked.

"I'm sorry, dear!"the Nun shouted in a maniacal smile. "I'm afraid I tricked you!"

C.C gasped in shock.

The Nun then scarred C.C. to make her accept her Code which rendered the nun mortal again, resulting in her death.

"She had just pretended to be friends with me right from the start. I was a tool."C.C declared. "A way for her to end her life. That's all."

C.C now appeared in a world surrounded by paintings and picture-frames that all showed different points of her life that appeared to be a hall of paintings.

C.C notice Lelouch looking at her.

"You're still not in here."C.C said. "That means you're not from my past. You're a real person, aren't you?"

"Am I?"Lelouch said in confusion. "I couldn't really say."

"I wonder if you're very important to me."C.C declared.

"That's impossible."Lelouch answered.

"Oh? The fact you were sent here means I wanted to try to save you from something or someone."C.C commented.


In C's World…

Charles and C.C stood together at the top of the stairs.

"The people who hated me, the ones who were kind to me, all of them eventually vanished into the flow of time."C.C explained. "The endless flow of eternity."

"But now your tormented days…"Charles started.

"Yes, they're over now."C.C finished. "My long journey ends here."

Lelouch manages to snap out of his trance and reappear in the Shinkiro.

"C.C!"Lelouch called out.

"You've opened it, Lelouch."Charles stated. "The Thought Elevator."

"I see it now."Lelouch said in realisation. "This room of existence is itself a system for interfering with thought!"

Suddenly several magenta pyramids appeared to trap Lelouch in the Shinkiro.

"Soon it will be over."Charles declared.

Charles takes C.C and puts her in a dance-like posture with her hand on his chest.

"Lelouch, sit where you are and watch."Charles instructed.

A large flashing light appeared as C.C began to be afraid.

"Stop it! C.C. is mine! She's mine!"Lelouch shouted with a desperate look. "Tell me C.C, why didn't you make me take your place? You could've earned your death that way! Force me into your hell of eternal life! C.C, I wasn't out of pity, was it?"

Tears began to appear in C.C's eyes.

"Don't die looking like that!"Lelouch yelled out. "You should come to death smiling! I promise you to smile you never had! Please!"

Promising that he can give her a happy life, C.C was persuaded to let go and manages to release the pyramids from the Shinkiro.

"What do you think you're doing, C.C?"Charles demanded.

"You have stolen enough from me already, father!"Lelouch declared with a glare. "You won't have her too!"

With the Shinkiro free, Lelouch declares that he will finally take something from Charles, and proceeds to shoot at various parts of the Thought Elevator, to Charles' dismay.

"No!"Charles yelled. "No! You'll ruin it all!"

This causes numerous Geass illusions to run rampant.

After destroying the Thought Elevator, an unconscious C.C hurtled downwards with Lelouch flying after her.

"I know what it was now! I understand what your Geass was!"Lelouch shouted. "And I know your true wish! Come closer! Let me reach you!"


In the Geass Order…

Lelouch managed to get himself and C.C back to the real world.

"Hey, we're back C.C. Wake up. I've already contacted Kitsune."Lelouch instructed. "We'll use her to get out of here."

C.C opened her eyes, but didn't seem to appear to recognise Lelouch.

"Who are you, sir?"C.C asked with confusion.

"What are you saying?"Lelouch questioned. "We need to talk about the emperor and…"

"Are you…my new master?"C.C suggested. "I can clean and help prepare food for cooking. I can also fetch water and tend cows and sew. I can read a little and count to twenty. Oh, I can even carry away corpses if you need that…"

A realisation came to Lelouch's face when he realised C.C lost her memories.


Next is the creation of the United Federation of Nation and Kitsune discussing the next plan with Lelouch:)

Stay tuned!