Nunnally of the Insurrection
Chapter 40
"BWA HA HA HA HA!" Milly nearly choked laughing.
"I hate you," the now BLONDE Nunnally sighed.
"That REALLY doesn't suit you," Nina noted gently.
"With my sisters coming here today, I decided that I needed to change my look," Nunnally said with a sigh.
CC smirked, "I helped her bleach and dye."
"And GLASSES? Seriously?" Milly added.
Nunnally sighed, "They change the look of my face."
"Well, yes," Nina conceded.
"Well, we'll just tell the Student Council you have a history with the Viceroy. They don't need to know anything else," Milly mused.
"And the new girl?" CC wondered.
Nina shrugged, "She can wonder."
Nunnally puffed out a breath, "Right."
As predicted, Shirley, Rivalz and Suzaku all laughed at her, but otherwise accepted it. Alice Dewit looked dubious, but decided not to ask. CC ducked back into Nunnally's quarters, as she wasn't officially a council member.
"All right, the Viceroy Cornelia and Princess Euphemia are on their way," Milly said to them briskly, "we'll be taking them on a tour of the school."
"It's too bad they didn't come during a festival," Shirley noted.
"Ahem," Nina cleared her throat, "we DO tend to get out of hand during festivals..."
"Oooh, yeah," Rivalz agreed.
Milly pouted.
"Lord Ashford will be greeting them first, right? Then the teachers?" Nunnally noted.
"Yes, yes," Milly waved that off, "then us."
"Considering Lord Ashford's tendency to hit on anything in a skirt," Rivalz mused.
"The Viceroy would shoot him if he tried it," Milly noted.
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The group was NOT connected to the Black Knights. In fact they were remains from forces that had sided with the Chinese invasion, then slunk off to lick their wounds. But eventually, they recovered and hatched a plan.
"Okay, I've got you inside." the young man blurted.
The six men were in the loading dock attached to Ashford academy. While most people didn't think too much about it, it took a LOT of supplies to keep the academy running, hence the loading docks and shipments...
"Now my debt to you is done, right?" the boy added.
The young noble's family despite maintaining a public facade of wealth, was not as well off as his peers. To hide that, he had borrowed money without really considering who he was getting it from. Now, that debt was being called due.
"Yeah, get out of here. And if you tell anyone we're here," the leader threatened.
"Hey, I don't care if you rob my classmates," the young noble noted then hurried off.
"Innocent little shit, isn't he?" one noted once he left.
"Small minds."
"We should have killed himn," another woman noted.
"If we succeed, it won't matter," the leader noted, "if we fail, we're dead anyway."
"Point."
"Get changed," the leader ordered, "we need to be in position when the time is right."
The six changed, then donned the fake ID tags. Once ready, they moved out.
"Hey, you're late," the staffer noted as they entered. "You're with Sunrise Catering, right?"
"Yes sir," the leader lied, smiling pleasantly.
"Well, the event starts in half an hour, let's get everything set up!"
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Lord Ashford was notoriously known as a letch, but thankfully he wasn't stupid enough to ht on either Cornelia or Euphie.
Alessandra was there with a group of teachers and Lloyd, from Camelots labs.
"Pleasure to meet you," Alessandra smiled warmly.
"Nice to meet you!" Euphie beamed.
'DAMN she's cute,' Alessandra mused.
"We will be meeting with the Student Council, do a tour of the faculties then have a small reception," Lord Ashford said.
"I had hoped we could meet with more students," Cornelia observed, frowning slightly.
"I expect your security did not like that idea," Lloyd offered.
Cornelia made a facr but nodded.
Alessandra watched several teachers trying to suck up to the Princesses. Alas, she needed to keep her distance, to maintain her cover.
"And this is the student council, led by my daughter Milly," Lord Ashford said as they went into the large room.
"Welcome," Milly beamed, then introductions were made.
"Nunnally Lamperouge," the blonde smiled.
Alessandra wondered WHAT the young woman was thinking, dying her hair blonde. And why wear glasses. Too? Weird.
Cornelia seemed bemused by her too, but moved on.
The other teens were introduced, all whom were polite and pleasant. Alessandra noted Alice also looking uncomfortable, but smiled too.
Euphie was looking at Nunnally and fighting back a giggle.
Milly clearly looked tempted to try to grope Cornelia, but was visibly restraining herself.
Lord Ashford them continued, "We'll have a quick lunch, them move on."
Staffered rolled in tables with food already laid out, mostly snacking items. Alessandra looked at the deserts, but held herself back.
"Oooh, that looks nice," Euphie noted with a smile.
The men who were there moved off as a group, and Alessandra frowned as she realized they all looked oddly... scruffy.
"NOBODY MOVE!" the leader of the gang yelled, drawing guns.
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Two security guards moved to protect Cornelia and Suphie, then the men fired, shooting both guards in the chest.
"Andrew!" Euphie yelped, seeing the man drop.
Nunnally exchanged a glance with Milly, both tensing.
"Don't hurt anyone else," Cornelia ordered. "What do you want?" she demanded.
"That's the politeness the Britannians are known for," the leader said sarcastically.
"Why did you...?!" Euphie demanded, kneeling beside the wounded men.
The leader ignored that, "We are holding you all until we receive our demands."
Nunnally realized that Euphie was reaching for the guard's gun. If she tried something on her own, they'd shoot her. 'Oh hell,' Nunnally thought, exchanging a glance with Cornelia.
"How DARE you?" Lord Ashford yelled, striding forward.
Another one of the attackers coldly shot him, even as the others turned to look, clearly showing they were all armatures.
Euphie brought up the stolen pistol and fired, even as Nunnally jumped the guy nearest to her. Cornelia grabbed the leader and broke his neck in a burst of furious strength. Nunnally was a bit surprised that the teacher, Alessandra, disarmed another.
"WHAT THE...?!" one of the kidnappers started.
"Stand down," Cornelia ordered.
The one guy brought his gun up, then he and the other were shot by the four women...
"FATHER!" Milly lunged to Lord Ashford.
"Shit," Nunnally ripped his shirt off and started trying to do first aid.
Cornelia looked over the bodies then sighed, "The guards...?"
Alessandra knelt down by one, then looked over the other as she said grimly, "Dead."
"Nana, is he...?" Milly asked Nunnally tearfully.
"Gone," Nunnally sighed.
Cornelia was looking at her in stunned recognition. "Nunnally?!" she breathed out, shocked.
'Oh hell,' Nunnally sighed.
To be continued...
Notes: YES I'm evil leaving it there.