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A/N: Surprise, Chapter 9 is up! Hope you enjoy it! Not so sure if I will be able to finish the next chapter within a year, since I'm busy with other stuff, but will see.
Viceroy's Palace, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia
Silva Mattus (also known as the Killer Harlot from the Britannian Criminal Underworld and former Model from New York) has been moved back to her cell, escorted by the guards. She has been wearing a straitjacket since her imprisonment and just recently she told Cornelia about the whereabouts of her younger sister. Silvia had hopes her plan work so that she could get out of here before the Viceroy realized that she has been tricked, god only knows what the Viceroy would do to her if the Viceroy is pissed.
Not like Lord Ritcher's sources are wrong however but the report from her superior officer pointed out that the location was dated. All well, she'll think about this later for now she just needs to 'charmed' the guards.
One of the royal armored guards shoved her, from behind, "Keep mover you whore!" said harshly.
"You know it not too nice to treat a lady." Silva sneered.
"Be quiet!" the other guard said.
They walked to the elevator that leads to the lower prison level of the Viceroy Palace. Silva sneezed, "Pardon me." she turned around and smiled at the guards.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing, turned around!" The two guards held up their state of the art assault-riffles.
"Oh I'm sorry~" she looked into the gaze of the Britannian soldier's gray armored helmets, "You two must be new around here," She said as she activated her blue Geass.
Ashford Academy Club House, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia.
Alice in her school uniform walked to the clubhouse with Milly wearing her light blue dress. They had just returned to Area 11 on a private Air Ship they have been talking to each other about silly stuff, Milly has been consistently teasing her younger friend about her being too serious and boring about her future. Alice in returned had been telling the older girl proudly about her role in the military and her skills. Milly Ashford then wondered loudly if Alice was ever going to have a relationship with a sly smile.
The fourteen-year-old Blond girl's face flushed, "M-Madam President I-I don't have time for that!"
"Oh come on Alice you and I both know that you're going to grow up to be a hottie just like your Mom," Milly teased.
"T-That's not funny, and I don't think I will be the exacted clone of my Mom!"
Milly giggled.
"Can we please talk about something else? As in why you dragging me here to see Nannlly?" Alice made a deadpan expression, "Not that I don't want to see her of course but..."
"Oh it's a surprise~" Milly smiled.
Alice glace at the Student Body President, "Just so you know, my birthday isn't today."
"I know! Still, it's a surprise!" Alice huffed in annoyance. Part of her is glad to see Nannlly again but on the other hand, she felt she had obligations elsewhere within the Geass Older and the Empire. Actually, that's why she's here, it's her job to deal with the Blood Thirsty Native Savages and traitors in some form or another- she has no idea on the full scoop on her assignment other than to add Princess Cornelia on the war effort against the uprising in Area 11. It could be that she can finally put her Knightmare Frame Skills to the test in battle.
That could make for some barging rights and add to Alice's kill streak. The Ponytailed blond girl grins to herself as she thought about her being in a possible real battle, she has been training all her life for this moment.
"We're here!"
Alice jumped out of her thoughts, she looked up at Milly's face then to the door to Nannlys house. Milly and Alice walked inside only to be greeted by their peers from the student council, Shirley, Rivals, and Nina in their school uniforms.
"Surprise!"
"Welcome the Student Council!"
"What?" Alice looked up at the decorations with a blank expression before glace up at the older cheery girl, "Is this the big 'surprise'?" Alice's right eye twitched.
"Yup! With Suzaku out of commission, I figured, 'hey why not ask another young Military worker to join the Student Council in his steed'?"
Alice was about to retorted 'No way in a million years that I'm going to play secant banana to an Eleven Monkey, even if we both work for the Military.' but then the blond fourteen-year-old saw Lelouch and Nunnally with their maid. Nunnally is still in her automated wheelchair with her maid, she then caught the site of a white Cat laying down on her lap.
Wait, isn't that the same Cat!? Alice's eyes widen in shock.
"Yup! This is the same Cat by the way~ Lelouch found the White Cat at the Kitchen during our school festival~!" Milly said.
Alice made a comical shocked expression, "What?" The Ponytailed blond looked back at the Student Body President with a disdained look before looking back at Nannlly and sighing, "Well at least you find it." She remarked and walked up to her classmate and friend Nunnally
"It's good to see you again Alice," Nunnally smiled as she was stocking her cat's fur. The said cat looked away from Alice's gaze.
Alice smiled back, "It's good to see you too Nunnally," Alice hesitated before petting the Cat, she notices the Cat giving her the look in return.
Milly clapped her hands, "OKAY! Let's get this party started!"
"I got the wine! Hopefully, I won't drop it!" Rivals said cheerfully.
"You better not drop like last time!" Shirley warned.
Lelouch shook his head as he watches his friend's silly antics, he watches Alice rolled her eyes who has stood beside Nunnally.
"Oh, by the way, Alice, I just named her Felicia since she doesn't seem to have an owner," Nunnally said.
Alice looked back at her classmate and giggled, "Well I can tell since she doesn't have a collar!"
"Actually she does have a collar it just that she docent have a tag on it."
Alice blinked in surprise, "Oh! Well, that's, um, interesting... I'm making my apologetic smile. For my lack of understanding..." Both Alice and Nannly giggled.
Lelouch watches his younger sister and her friend with a smile on his face.
Viceroy's Palace, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia
Viceroy's Office Entrance
Guilford, Cornelia's most trusted Knight, stood in attention outside her office. He thought about her Royal Highness's concern over younger Sister Princess Euphemia and about the possibility of the young Princess exact whereabouts so she had insisted on contacting her Elder Brother Schneizel.
Sir Guilford took a deep breath through his nose and breathe. If there any truth to Silvia's claim then Princess Cornelia's Elder Brother has been keeping them in the dark this entire time.
He also can't ignore the growing insurgency in Area 11, they had just lost the Kyushu Sector to the Rebels, and only this time around they were not backed by the Chinese Federation. How were they able to mount a successful invasion and occupied the Sector without foreign backing? He has not found the answer, for her Highness, yet.
However...
His thoughts were interrupted when an officer ran up to the Knight of Honor with a salute.
Guilford nodded, "What is it?"
"Sir, the prisoner had escaped!"
The Knight's eyes widen, "Is it, Silvia?"
"Yes, Sir! She- two of our men had completely lost it when they tried to put her back in her cell, they don't even remember how she was out of their site!"
"Are you serious, where is she right now?!"
"We're figuring that out as we speak, Sir!" The officer begins to stammer, "But we're having a hard time tracking down Killer-Harlot."
Guilford begins to scowl at the officer, "You idiot, how could you let this happen!? Find her, make certain that Killer-Harlot doesn't come near Princess Cornelia!"
"Yes, my Lord!"
Ashford Academy Club House, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia.
The Dining Room
60 Minutes during the party downstairs, Bianca, the White Cat was enjoying her lunch at the Dining Room; Salmon on a Bowl but the adult female Cat starts to notices the Kitten sitting up, tilting its head as its looking at her curiously.
Bianca paused for a moment... before she made a small hiss, at the Stray Kitten. The Kitten Arthur playfully rolled over unfazed, perhaps enjoying the attention he getting. Bianca already knows that random Kitten was already well fed before coming here so he probably wants her to play with him. Perhaps she could have chosen a better disguise, she's never a really good Cat sitter anyway.
Before she could communicate more to Arthur the door slide open the reveal Lelouch walking up to the White Cat and the Kitten, "I see you getting along quite well." he said as he observed them.
Bianca throws him a deadpan expression.
"Nunnally and Milly want both of you downstairs," He nonchalantly got to the point as he picked up Arthur, "Gotta keep up appearances after all, for Nannly's sake."
The White Cat rolled her eyes as she begins to follow Lelouch down the stairs with him holding on to the Kitten.
Viceroy's Palace, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia
Under Sir Guilford's orders, the Britannian Soldiers scrambled to find Killer Harlot, without fail or otherwise they'll have to answer to the Goddess of Victory.
Soldiers and Officers scrambling through the halls of the Viceroy Palace. None of them notice this one fully armored guard being grabbed from behind and bodied out cold on the floor and was dragged to a storage room.
Silvia Mattus emerged out of the room fully dressed in grey Military armor, which she had to 'borrow' from the guard. She checked to see if the 'borrowed' gun was full and took a left glance to see a group of Officers running past her. They haven't even bothered to notice her thanks to her helmet mask. The female crook was scoffed at the oblivious guards ran passed her thanks to her disguise and remarked, "Hmm~ Morons! Now, where too...? Oh, I know I'll hitch a ride on a Knightmare Frame."
...
The Princess slammed on her main office desk "What did you mean she escape?" Cornelia's scowl was viable to her Personal Knight as she stood up.
Guilford felt cold sweat but remain composed, "Those guards were not well apparently like they were suffering from a traumatic disorder - they let Silvia escape, Milady."
"This is not acceptable, Guilford! I want them made examples just like I will with that Moronic Colonel!" Guilford nodded to his Princess and turn over to the guards who are in the room.
The said two guards saluted, "Yes, you're Highness!" and took off without a moment to spear. Guilford turned to face his Princess, he noted that she was opening the small door of the office desk to get her ammo for her custom-made pistol before he would inquire to Princess Cornelia she loaded her pistol rather loudly.
"I hope I can shoot Silvia in the head point blank before I can do the same with Ralph."
Guilford sighed and cough in one hand, "You didn't really confirm that you wanted her dead or alive, you're Highness. If you don't mind me asking."
"No, you just burst in right after I was done talking to my Brother on the vidcom that those idiots screw up! Do you think I wanted her alive? No! Guess I'll have to kill Ralph for his previous failer then!" she sneered.
"F-forgive me, your Highness."
"It's not your fault Guilford," She said calmly, "It's the fault of my men's pathetic incompetence which I will greatly rectify."
*BEEP *BEEP
"This is Cornelia," Cornelia didn't have to push the com button on her desk as the com was also voice activated.
"Viceroy Cornelia, we're detecting two identified flying Knightmears heading towards our main government-controlled airspace it's not one of ours! Wait... their coming in fast in don't think-!" the Britannian Head Security commander shouted through the speaker line.
Cornelia's eyes widen in shocked, "Are you kidding me? Sound the alarm!"
"It shall be done, your Highness! We'll try to hold them off!" The Britannian Commander from the other line said.
"Don't try just do it! Cornelia, out!" She turned on her heel to look out at the window. At first, tried to figure this out but then, she realizes something "This has Zero and Bianca Alliance written all over it! But why now?"
Guilford tense at this as he probably knew the answer; the Hangers. Silvia must have been trying to get to Knightmare hangers from the grown level.
The Violet haired woman gritted her teeth, she remembered the Killer Harlot smirking at her as she was returning to her cell, "This has to be the Bianca Alliance doing, that criminal was playing with me from the start!" She remarked as she took off in a rush passed her Knight.
Guilford's eyes widen in horror, "Milady wait! it's too dangerous!" he said as he followed her.
...
Cornelia's Palace is described as a huge, vast, heavily armed military fortress. Tall, medieval-like skyscrapers lined up, all of which connected to what appeared to be a bridge monorail that leads to Cornelia's palace. There was also a roadway that stretches for miles and some small buildings. It is the heart of the imperial Colony's Governance and Military Power. No enemy from the air to the ground won't be able to attack the Palace, even mortars nor potential rockets are valuable to TLS defense systems tech around the Palace, until today when two Flying 'Custom Made' Knightmare Frames.
AAA Guns & SAM's fired like crazy at the two intruding Knightmares but they missed every shot. The two Knightmare, which both are sleek in design, dance around the fire in the air.
The thirteen-year-old Ram is the one piloting her advance Knightmare Frame cockpit, her eyes focus on the screen. She wore mostly a White with Black trimmings Spandex with chest armor and shoulder protectors. Her uniform matches the color of her Knightmare.
The Knightmare draw out a Riffle Saw Blade. Inside the cockpit, she licked her lips and smirked as she targeted the SAM's on her screen, she squeezes the trigger.
With Blue Plasma fire the AAA Guns were destroyed in Ram's view.
"Hey, Ram! I just cleared a path," Chirped Sam, Ram's twin sister from the com-link. Ram smiled brightly, "That's great sis! Now we have to wait for Mrs. Silvia!"
"I don't see her outside the hanger! Whats taking her so long?"
"She must be still in the Hanger," Ram exclaimed, "How about we play with these bad guys till then?"
"I dunno Ram, If we stay too long Cornelia will be sent out reinforcement."
...
Silvia gritted her teeth as she was being chased by enemy Knightmares. Okay maybe hijacking a standard Knightmare Frame model wasn't the best idea now that the Britannian Military is chasing after her. Silvia then felt a force from behind the cockpit, "An oil leak? Great, never been too good at this," She cursed under her breath, "At this rate, I won't be able to reach the hanger..." the vixion woman remarked.
She then detected something on her IFF from outside the Hanger; those two moving unknon objects, she smiled and punch in the codes "Well, if it isn't Ram & Sam." she said through the Com.
"Mrs. Silvia! Are you okay!?" Sam exclaimed.
"Yea, I'm fine!" Silvia replied resisting the urge to make a dirty remark, "Seem like you kids are cleaning house outside!"
"Uh huh! We almost have them in the ropes. We're ready when you are~!"
"Roger that, I'm on my way." She was close to the Hanger door and was about to blast it open with a sidewinder rocket launcher from mech's right arm.
"Enough!" Viceroy Cornelia's bone-chilling voice boomed through. Before Killer Harlot knows it her Mech fell to the group, she braced herself for the impact.
Good thing she was wearing her seat belts, before regaining herself "Um... girls," Silvia comically stammered, as she found out that the systems in the screen telling her that the Knightmare's legs were severed, "You better come get me..."
"Come out. Now." Silvia hunged her head in shame, she guesses she has no choices but to comply or otherwise Cornelia is going to bury her in this 'steel tome'. She could Geass her way out of this- no took risky plus she needs Cornelia's cooperation if they want to fine Euphemia, the vixen already told her what she knows about young princess's whereabouts.
Grinning the orange haired women picked up a loudspeaker mic and remarked, "You can't kill me because you need me in order to fine Princess Euphemia~!"
Outside her cockpit they were many gasped and mutters from Cornelia's Glacion Knights and grunts alike. Cornelia grunted inside her Purple Knightmare Frame, she heard her Knight Guilford from the intercoms shouted, "How dare you speak of her name you wrench! You will soon meet an agonizing death no more suited than the Killer Horlet herself!"
Cornelia heard Silva mocking yet seductive laugh, "Honestly Nellie, where did you pick up this guy? Four eyes sound like a doofus from a roleplay convention."
"How dare you!"
"Calm down, Guilford," Cornelia rolled her eyes thought great full that he's defending her honor, "I have verified your clams to my brother Shnezile and you are correct, Silvia."
"Hah! I knew it!"
"Don't get too ahead of yourself if you think you can worm you way out of this! I'm still going to shoot you, point blank in the face after I'm done with..." The Princess trailed off when she spotted two upcoming flying objects head toward the hanger. What followed afterward was two Knightmare Frames crashing through the sealed doors.
Cornelia's eyes widen in shock, as she watches the two Knightmare Frames rushed in and stood their guard behind the halved standard Knightmare. The Pale colored Knightmare was themed after a Humanoid Dragon Bone Skeleton, next to it was a light blue Knightmare that's themed after an angle with bird-like metallic wings.
Ram giggled, "Hey Sis. I think we got to the end of the rainbow."
"Hey Ram, I think its Princess Cornelia! Hello Princess Cornelia~"
"Hey Sam, don't say hi to the bad guys!"
"Oops! Sorry, sis!"
What... Judging by the sound of their voices those pilots are kids! How in the world... "There just kids..." Cornelia slightly stammered then shook it off.
Silvia got out of the cockpit and flung her hair, her blue eyes stared right at Viceroy's Knightmare with a smirk.
The said Viceroy stared back with a fury in her eyes as she watches the blue Angle Knightmare moved backward and kneel down, "On my commanded!"
The blue Knightmare canopy open to revile the thirteen-year-old twin girl Sam, "Silvia are we late?" Sam called to her comrade.
"Nope you just in a nick of time, now move over sweetie," The vixen grin as she climbed up the ladder to the canopy.
"I'm still in the driver's seat, you know." Sam said as she pushed the button to closed the canopy with Silvia holding on to Sam's seat, "You might want to take off those armored garbs since your boobs are like airbags, otherwise you better hang on." the girl smiled.
"Oh har har!" Silvia scoffed.
Cornelia watches the blue Knightmare stood up and drew out its weapon; a whip with razor-sharp edge's.
"Okay, now we're ready~ come and get some!"
"Sam, we're here to get out of here not pick on fights," Ram said tiredly.
"Princess Cornelia, what are your orders?" asked Guilford on the other line.
The princess closed her eyes for a few moments before opening them, "Stand down, we'll let them breathe, for now," Cornelia said, "I got other things in mine for them but now it's not the time, Guilford."
"R-right! Yes, your Highness!"
"Awe what... ah whatever let's get out of here!"
"Thank you for not attacking Princess Cornelia and I'm pretty sure your little sister is at Cambodia with Schneizel~!"
And with that Dragon Claw and Whip Angle turned around and few out of the hanger.
Cornelia sighed, after they took off from the hanger. The gears start to turned as she thought about her little sister, she hate to admited but she needed Silvia alive and well so that he can interrogate the criminal more about Euphie. For now she needs to set a plan in motion to deal with the JLF and the Black Knights, "Everyone to the war room."
Ashford Academy Club House, Tokyo Settlement, Area 11(Japan), Holy Empire of Britannia.
Outdoor bench
Milly, with the kitten in her arms, and the gang said their goodbyes to Lelouch and Nunnally. After they were gone the White Cat stretched and yawned while hopping on to the crippled blind girl's lap.
"I wonder if Alice will ever get along with Suzaku?" Nunnally wondered aloud as she gently stroked the cat's fur as she continued, "I know she can be pride full when it came to army stuff and a rulezy kind of person but will she ever get used to him when he'll eventually come back?"
Lelouch thought about it for a moment, "I Alice will come around, being a sub in Suzaku's potion in the Student Council isn't her idea of fun."
Nunnally giggled, "That's what Alice just said. Hopefully, Suzaku comes back after his discharged status."
"Yeah, hopefully," Lelouch smiled warmly at her. Part of him was hopeful that Suzaku would just stay out of the fight but he, and Kallen will have to face him eventually in the battlefield. However, he did hear reports of a mysterious Knightmare, by the name of Beowulf, had clashed with the Lancelot and won the first round.
He then heard his phone ring from his pocket, he picked it up to see Diethard name, rolling his eyes, "I'm sorry Nunnally I'll be right back after I'm done with this call Felicia will keep you company."
"C.C wants to talk to you privately I see," Nunnally giggled, "Okay big bother, me and Felicia will wait for you when you get back."
Lelouch presided to walk inside his house and to the main hall, "Okay what is it?"
"My lord I got some news that just might interest you," said Diethard from the other line.