Tokyo Settlement Imperil Air Force Base, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia
The guard yawned in his armored air traffic control tower, yawning as he watched two ADF-FALKEN jet-fighters land; they were on a sortie around the Tokyo settlement. It was such a boring job but he was honestly glad that he didn't have to go on another search mission or hunt down the terrorist. Viceroy Cornelia Li Britannia and her knights ordered the police and the military to find Euphemia, working round the clock till she was found.
It's been a week but the news is still raving about Sub-Viceroy Euphemia Li Britannia's disappearance and the failure of Euphemia's Knight of Honor.
The Britannian guard checks his watch, reading 10:48 PM, and shrugged
"Guess I'll take that small nap." the soldier said to himself.
Suddenly, a loud sound caused the guard to jumped "What the-" it was an explosion of some sorts and it seemed to have come from one of the hangers of the Tokyo Settlement Imperil Air force base, "I-It must be those terrorist!" The soldier shouted alarmed and without thinking, pushed the alarm button.
The shrill ring of the alarm rang about the base, sending the Knightmares, the soldiers, and the mech around the perimeter on full alert.
Ashford Academy, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia 11:16 PM
The Akatsuki was now successfully in mass production in Kyoto and India. With Britannia's most advanced Knightmare frame, the Gawain, now under the possession of the Black Knights, along with someone from the six Houses of Kyoto who had volunteered to help the Black Knights boost public support, Zero's plans for Japans liberation were running smoothly.
Lelouch Lamperouge, along with his younger sister Nunnally who was dressed in her nightgown, had been sitting in the living room watching the news. It was mostly concerning the whereabouts of the Sub-Viceroy, Euphemia. Suzaku Kururugi, their longtime childhood friend and Euphemia's knight, had been suspended from the academy due to Euphie's disappearance.
Lelouch was not pleased. Suzaku was the only one who he could trust to protect Nunnally, but now he's gone.
The last time Lelouch had seen the princess was the time they spent the day stranded on Kamine Island together. The next morning they managed to run into Suzaku and Kallen, this of course led to confrontation between them. Euphemia had given Suzaku the command to fight in defense against him, being Zero at the time, and Kallen. However, without warning, a giant bird like sigil appeared bellow them, glowing red. The sky went dark, and the black smoke that came out of the ground had temporarily impaired their vision, taking Euphie.
A noble appeared on the news with the news reporter discussing the possibility of the third princess being found and killed by Zero.
"Do you think they'll be able to find her in time big brother?" Ask Nunnally with hint of worry in her voice. Euphie had been her most favorite stepsister.
"Knowing Cornelia, they'll definitely find her, Nunnally," Lelouch replied assuring his little sister while holding her hand. Nunnally smiled in returned.
"I just hope Nina is will be okay." Nunnally added. They both knew how much of a fanatic Nina can be when it comes to Euphie. "I've hadn't heard from her since after what happen."
"I heard from Milly and Rivalz that Nina will be coming to the student festival on Saturday."
"I'm glad," Nunnally's smile brightened, "Euphie saved her life, and she really looked up to her, maybe that will cheer her up more."
Just when he was about to say something- "We interrupt with this special news bulletin; there has been an attack at the Tokyo Settlement Imperil Air force base." The screen began showing live footage of the air force base which lay in ruins. Most of the fires have been put out by the military firefighters.
Lelouch watched with interest while the news reporter continued rambling on about what happen. Who could have done this? It couldn't have been the Black Knights and C.C. was fast asleep in his room.
"We will reveal more information as it develops," the news reporter said.
It doesn't matter right now, he'll have time to ponder this tomorrow. It was late and time to take Nunnally to bed now.
"Looks like way past bed time." He said as he turned off the TV mid report.
"Okay big brother."
JLF Naval aircraft carrier, the Sea of Japan, 11:46 PM
"Black Dragon, commence landing check, you are clear to land," Said the automated voice.
The jet-fighter pilot then activated the landing gear, lifted the nose of the plane and landed softly on the deck. The maintenance crew started rushing in with a ladder to inspect the stealth fighter.
"Oi! Took you long enough," shouted the lilac haired girl wearing her blue business winter jacket, with dress pants, wearing a black beret. She walked to the CFA-44 with her arms crossed as the pilot opened the canopy, getting out the cockpit, and climbing down the ladder.
"So-" She punch him in the shoulder "Ouch! What the heck was that for!?" he winced as he rubbed his left shoulder.
"You know pretty darn well what Yuji-kun," The girl replied then with a long awkward pause "First, I'd like to congratulate you. You're the first JLF officer to go on an air strike." She said with a smirk.
"Well, I'm honored, I guess." The pilot replied nonchalantly.
"Oh and second, you need to be more informative to your commanding officer. Third, you are late again." The young commander said sternly. "I was starting to worry that you might never come back."
"Right… my apologies commander Nigma." The dragon pilot saluted.
Nigma and Yuji were related. They had been apart of the Japanese Liberation Front for four years as patriots to the imperial crown princess Kaguya and the land of the rising sun. Their talents and skills in the field had been recognized by the higher-ups of the JLF, due to trench management.
"At ease soldier." She raised her hand.
"Anyways, as I was saying your strategy worked pretty well. Didn't think this bird could get me through the enemy radar and the ADMM special weapon was incredible. It took out all the targets in one shot." He pointed out while they walked to the elevator that led to the hanger deck.
"I told you, the stealth features of this plane had been improved. Not like what happen seven years ago Yuji-kun." Nigma said as she pushed up her glasses, he simply nodded in return. "And I'm glad that you enjoyed the ADMM, I've never seen it in action though. This assignment will definitely send a message to those Britannians."
"So, does that mean are we can head back to HQ commander?"
"Yep, mission complete. So yeah we can report back and you can get some rest on the way." The girl yawned.
"You look tired." Yuji commented to his younger cousin, Nigma is good for what she does but sometimes it can be tiring.
"I'm not tired." Nigma hissed in annoyance. "If you need me for anything I'll be at the bridge." She turned on her heels and headed back to the elevator.
Yuji shook his head and sighed.
"Well… okay, good night commander. Don't stay up till morning." Yuji said and started heading to his private quarters.
Ashford Academy, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia 2:16 AM
He was standing on a wide plinth, of what might have been marble. Before him was a series of flat ovoids, arranged as a set of stairs. They led up to what appeared to be a temple, its style broadly Greco-Roman. The dark clouds that covered the sky turned to black and purple, the reflection like moon light. Then he froze at the site of someone there.
It was her, it was Euphie.
With her pink hair covering her eyes, she was standing between two tall stone pillars, chains on both her wrists. Lelouch was about to run toward her until he saw the shackles chained to her arms begin to lift her up.
Out of nowhere, blue flames had appeared and encircled him.
The he woke up. He found he was sitting on a chair as Nunnally lay in her bed, still sleeping. It was just a dream, or rather more like a nightmare than a dream. The dream couldn't possibly mean anything right? He checked his cell phone; it was 2:16 AM.
"The stars are the same," she said quietly, framed by the red blanket of his cloak.
"Euphie…" The raven haired student thought of her sadly. Just what was going on? He suspected C.C. knew something about this. At this point, Lelouch was willing to do just about anything to see her again. But the only right thing to do was to continue on with the plans for the rebellion.
He got up from his chair and kissed Nunnally's forehead.
"Goodnight Nunnally." He whispered and closed the door behind him.
Almost all the lights on the campus were turned off at night. A small white animal sprinted around the campus like a shadow. Eyes and a red jewel on the forehead glowed in the dark, it looked both ways, and then it continued to sprint.
It eventually found the schools warehouse, the lamp still on but the warehouse was close shut. The white cat stepped into the light. It wore a silver collar embedded with a gold geass sigil and a short blue cape with gold trimmings.
The jewel on its forehead started to glow brighter; using telekinesis to open the warehouse door, it went inside, the door closing slowly and quietly.
4/23/2023 Update: We're actively looking to commission artwork for this story and characters. With that in mind we add clarity to our lovable Cat's design.
Old concept: I was planning to have Cheese in a dark chao walker(from the Sonic the hedgehog series) and the Lancelot for this one-shot. I wanted Cheese as the comic relief.
Inspiration: The Island of the Gods episode is my most favorite one in season 1 of Code Geass, Card Captor Sakura, browsing through Ace Combat wiki, and reading fanfic's.
A/N: This prologue chapter takes place after the Sawasaki regime episode and before the Ashford Academy festival. I plan to have at least three arc's, (Nigma and Yuji are one of few support characters for the JLF for this arc as well as one character making her cameo appearance from Ace combat 5), If I ever find a beta reader, I'll proudly continue this fan-fic.
Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as me writing it. I'm actually working on another Code Geass fanfic project.
P.S special thanks to Masaki4everDead for the proofreading.
Code Geass (cc) SUNRISE Ace Combat references (CFA-44 and ADF-FALKEN) (cc) Namco