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Scenario 0.1: Lelouch vi Britannia

To unite the world in peace, one must eliminate the hate. A difficult task but not impossible. He and Suzaku managed to become the most hateable people in the world, he became the evil emperor who wanted to conquer the world. And what the world needed was a masked hero that ended such evil.

So it will be their punishment for their sins. And the end of all this hate. His friend, wearing the mask of Zero stabbed him in the heart, a clean hit, with no chance of recovery. So he fell down from his made-up throne and spent his last moments with the most important person in his life.

He could merely hear her, he didn’t understand what she was saying to him. But it didn’t matter, the kind world that she wished for. It was a shame that he wouldn’t see it.

But that’s okay.

Everything is okay.

He made mistakes, sins. But he had no regrets. He closed his eyes with a smile on his face and accepted his fate.

Lelouch didn’t believe in heaven or hell, even when he saw the literal gods his beliefs didn’t change. As a matter of fact, it solidified them. Islam, Catholicism, Judaism, were all wrong after what he saw. Nietzsche said it the best: God is dead and we kill him. It was nothing more than a concept made by mankind to explain the world. The collective conscience or the world of C showed him what happens to humans when they die.

So when he was lying on his own blood, he was expected to come to that place. All he could see when he closed his eyes was darkness. A fitting end for someone like him. But he….was feeling something, a light illuminating his eyes. Could this be the famous light at the end of the tunnel?

But….something told him that it wasn’t that. He did something that he didn’t think was possible by being dead: open his eyes.

He was expecting complete darkness, instead, he was looking at a light on the ceiling. Lelouch woke up and looked around, he was inside of an unknown room, lying on a bed. There was a desk and wardrobe as well. Lelouch looked at what he was wearing, it was his royal uniform. Even the blood of his wound was still there.

Quickly, he removed his upper clothes to see his chest. It was dirty and had blood on it. But no wound nor scar, no signs of current medical procedures. What was going on? That stab was a death blow, there was no way that he could survive that. Unless…

He grabbed one of his jewels, one that had a pointy end, and cut his own finger. He could feel the pain and blood was coming out of his cut. Thankfully, it didn’t heal. He was still mortal but somehow alive.

Why? And who did it? Schneizel? No, that didn’t make sense and Cornelia wouldn’t allow him. C.C? She was the only one who could pull off such an impossible feat. But why? Didn’t they plan this together? Why ruin it?

“Calm down. Think.” He had to analyze the situation coldly. He was in an unknown place, he had no cuffs no belts on him, was this a cell? There was a door, was it open? “There’s only one way to know.” The former king put on his dirty clothes and walked towards the door, he touched it and it automatically opened. This was weird, if he was a prisoner, why would they let the door open? Unless he wasn’t a prisoner but a guest. But of whom? And why there were no guards?

He looked outside the room; it was a large hallway and really plain looking. “A military base?” It looked like one, the monotonous tone resembled one. But where was the security?

Should he risk and get out or stay here? Perhaps it was a cruel trap that gave him some hope of escaping. He decided to take the risk and get out of the room/cell. He was cautious with his movements, the last thing he needed was to die….again. The place was big, there were plenty of rooms with the same doors as his.  

Where was he? A secret geass laboratory? No, they wouldn’t let him unstrained. Could he be dreaming? The pain from his finger told him otherwise. After a while, he didn’t find a single soul. Was he alone? Impossible, then, how did he come here? They bring him and then let him alone?

Who gets benefits from this? His death was shown to the entire world….or wasn’t it? If he was alive, was his plan a success? Or did they bring him back from death to ruin his ideal world? Having him could work as a way to break the current government, it will mess up everything he and Suzaku were working for.

Still, why did no one greet him yet?

Having a prisoner unguarded and without surveillance, it was beyond reckless and stupidity. Lelouch kept his search with no results. He was getting anxious, what was going on? How long was he there? Was it hours? Days? Months? No, he needed to calm himself before he get into weird conclusions.

It wasn't until he got into another hallway that he managed to have some idea of time, there was a massive window showing the starry night. At the very least he knew the hour, if there was a window then he could have an idea of the terrain. Lelouch approached the window, the night sky was indeed beautiful. He wasn’t very into astrology but he knew some stars.

And he couldn’t recognize any of them, as a matter of fact, he had never seen a starry sky like this before. It was…beautiful, breathtaking. Was he in the Arctic? The emperor looked at how large the window was, it expand all over the border, like the ones on a ship. Maybe he was on a ship? The black-haired boy walked to the window, he couldn’t phantom where he was. So he looked down only to see….more stars?

Could be a reflex of water? Shirley once showed him pictures of lakes at night that make it look like they were two skies. Lelouch stared down, he noticed that the stars he saw didn’t match with the ones in the sky. How was that---? Unless…

“Impossible” He said. What he was thinking was impossible, not even the Britannia was able to reach this far! But what his eyes were seeing contradicted history. “Is this…space!”

It was impossible yet his eyes didn’t lie to him. Lelouch vi Britannia, the 99^th emperor of the Britannia empire, was in space. He was trying his best to not lose his composure but it was truly hard. What the hell was going on?

Maybe this was a prison after all. With no means of escaping. How far was he from Earth?  He tried to search for his home but the window didn’t allow him. Perhaps if he go all the way around…but for what purpose? How could he get back to Earth?

No….should he get back? The blood on his clothes was proof that the plan was a success, meaning that for the entire world, he was killed by Zero. In a way, he got what he wanted. But…why he was still alive? This was beyond frustrating, if anyone learned about his whereabouts and the truth behind his death….he rather not think of the repercussions of such information

“First of all, I need to find someone. Even a guard.” The moment he found a person, he was going to use his geass on them. He needed information, soon!

There were a lot of questions that he wanted to ask: Who is behind this? Which year is it? What is this place and who built it? He needed to be careful, this place was a big trap, and he could get ambushed.

*Click*

“Don’t move.” A very familiar sound stopped him from moving. The sound of a gun taking its safe off. “Your hands where I can see them.” The voice belonged to a man, a very young man. He sounded very young and cold. “On your knees. Now.” Lelouch lacked the strength or skill to go against an armed soldier. He was a tactician, not a fighter. The only thing he could do was to obey him.

The worst part is that whoever was pointing a gun at him was behind him, unless he was before him, he wouldn’t be able to use his Geass. He tried to move his head to see his-

“Don’t move.”

“I would like to see the person who is threatening my life.”

“Don’t talk.” This was bad, this was the worst situation possible. “You’re going to answer all my questions.”

Questions? What does he mean? “What is this place?” Lelouch was genially surprised by that question. “How did I get here?”

“….”

“Answer.” He sounded very serious. Why? Unless this man wasn’t a guard but another prisoner as well. If that’s the case, why was he out? A prison break? No, he was asking where they were so he didn’t know this place either. What kind of prison was this? “I’ll count to three.”

“I will make an assumption about you, mister. Before pointing a gun at my head, you wake up inside a room that you have never seen before completely alone. You wander in these halls without seeing a single human soul….until now.” He could feel the barrel touching the back of his head. “The same is true for me, I’m telling the truth. There’s no reason to fight with each other.”

“Why?”

“Listen, I’m as clueless as you are. Whoever brings us here, doesn’t want us to come back to Earth.”

“So we are in space”

“You don’t sound surprised…”

“I’m used to being in it.”

“What you say?!”

“I’m the one who asks the questions. Who are you?” This was a problem. If he reveals his name to this man everything he worked for would be in vain, the same if he saw his face. He was the most hated man on Earth, even people in small villages knew who he was. Should he risk it? Perhaps if he reveals himself to him, he would understand the level that they dealing with.

“Lelouch vi Britannia.” He decided to take a risk, he wasn’t in a position to lie. If this person believed him, then he might realize the level of the situation. Lelouch heard his footsteps surrounding him, the former emperor saw the face of the one who was treating his life.

He was a…..young boy. His skin was brown, and so was his hair. He must be someone from the Middle East. His eyes…. were full of resolve. He was ready to kill someone. Lelouch looked at what he was wearing.

“Are you a soldier?”  He was wearing a black and blue bodysuit, similar to the ones Knightmare pilots were.

“The blood in your clothes, of who is it?” Lelouch cursed his emperor outfit.

“Would you believe me if I said it is mine?”

“No.”

“Is that so then---Obey me.” He could feel the Geass inside his eye activating, he was making direct eye contact with-

*Thud*

The boy hit him in the head with his pistol. How? He directly used his Geass on him? Was he like Jeremiah? “You….you tried to do something to me with your eye.” Did he see his Geass and didn’t get affected? Who was this boy? “Last chance, answer me.”

This was bad! This was beyond bad, this was catastrophic! “Do-Do you even know who I am?”

“Lelouch vi Britannia, is your name supposed to impress me?”

“How can’t you don’t know about me?! I’m the Emperor of Britannia!”

“Never heard of that country.”

“That’s impossible. Or one of us is lying or something else is going on, boy.”

“Don’t call me, boy.”

“You haven’t told me your name, so forgive me if I call you boy.”

“I’m Setsuna F. Seiei.”

“Setsuna….are you Japanese?”

“I’m not,” Setsuna answered. “Stand up.”

“Do you believe me now?”

“No, but you haven’t attacked me outside that eye thing. So you’re not a physical threat, but if you do something suspicious I’ll shoot you.”

“Understandable.” Lelouch slowly stood up, he was looking at Setsuna, now he was standing his mind pointed out something important. “He is too small.” Lelouch was at least two heads taller than him. For a moment, he reminded him of his…..his young brother Rolo. “Setsuna, was it?”

“Yes.”

“Setsuna….before waking up here, were you injured but when you woke up those injuries were gone?” Setsuna wined his eyes in surprise. “You ask me about this blood. Before waking up here, I was stabbed. My clothes had a whole because of that, look.”

“You’re right…..how are you alive?”

“I want to know it too, Setsuna F. Seiei. Listen, as we both see, we’re in the same situation. I propose that we cooperate until we find a way out.”

“You’re not trustworthy. You tried to do something to me with your eye.”

“He doesn’t know what a Geass is, so is impossible that he had a Geass Canceller.” “You’re right and I’m sorry. But in my defense, you pointed a gun at me first.”

“I will do what I say, Lelouch Vi Britannia.”

“Very well, let’s go before someone dangerous found us.” The two males walked the hallways, Setsuna was always behind him in case he did something that seemed suspicious. “How long have you been awake?”

“Fifteen minutes.”

“Twenty. And not a single soul to be seen outside you and me. It doesn’t make sense. Why would they leave us unguarded?”

“And no one is here, not even automatons. How can they run this place without people? By looking at the hallways, windows, and rooms, this ship must be the same size as a cruiser.”

“Setsuna there’s something I want to ask you. How are you not surprised by any of this? Aren’t you disturbed to be in space?”

“I’m not, I spend more time in space than on Earth.”

“What?! How?!”

“I can’t tell you. And I assume that this is your first time out of Earth.”

“Y-Yes….” Lelouch was disturbed. How can someone of his age spend so much time on space to be used to? “If we find some kind of capsule or ship, will you be able to send us back to Earth?”

“Yes but first we need to know where we are exactly.”

“I may not know about these cruisers you talk about, but if it works like the other ships I travel in, then it should be a navigation system somewhere. Although, we first need to find it and that will be difficult on our own.” They have to be careful from this point-

*Foosh*

*Click*

“Don’t move.” Lelouch knew when a day wasn’t going his way. This was the second time that someone was pointing a gun at him. The person this time was a guy of his age, he had short purple hair and was wearing glasses. Behind him was a young girl, she had large brown hair being pulled back by a white hairband.

“Tiera!”

“Setsuna?!” The man named Tiera was surprised to see him.

“No way! That can’t be Setsuna-san! He is too short!” The girl gasped.

“Do you know them?”

“He is my companion, but I don’t know who that woman is.”

“How mean! I’m Mileina Vashti, I’m Celestial Being’s mechanic!” The girl complained in a very childish way.

“I don’t know you.”

“Eehh?!” She was acting like a little child.

“All right, let’s all calm down and try to talk, understand? Tiera, was it? Please, pull down that gun.”

“Who are you?”

“My name is Lelouch vi Britannia.” He revealed his name but he didn’t get a reaction from them, just like Setsuna. “I believe that you know Setsuna.”

“We do….” Tiera said with suspicion when he was looking at Setsuna. “Setsuna, what happened to you? You look younger.”

“What do you mean? This is how I look.”

“Hold on, before you keep talking, did you two have were injured prior to waking up here?”

“No.”

“I was sleeping in my bed and then I woke up here!” They answered, breaking apart his theory. “Wait, is that blood?! Are you ok?!”

“I’m fine, thank you.”

“Tiera, are the others with you?”

“No, I managed to find Mileina by chance. I can’t communicate with anyone either.”

“I don’t want to be rude but I keep wondering, who are you people? By your clothes and how you move, I believe that you’re military.”

“Who are you again?”

“Lelouch vi Britannia, does it mean anything to you?”

“Should be? And what happened to you? You’re tainted in blood.”

“IT’s mine.”

“Impossible, a wound in your chest so close to your heart can’t be healed.”

“You’re right, I should be dead. Je, I even feel how I was dying.”

“And yet you’re not.”

“I’m not. Where did you two find those guns?”

“They are ours.”

“They left you two with weaponry? This place doesn’t make any sense, that’s---“

“Beyond reckless?”

“I would say stupid.” He had to agree. Nothing here made any sense, were they even prisoners to begin with? “Regardless, we can stay here, we need to keep moving.”

“Tiera.” Setsuna got close to his partner and whispered something to him in his ear. The feminine-looking man stared at Lelouch with suspicion. Lelouch was starting to regret using his Geass on him.

“Can we go now?”

“Yes, but you stay up front.”

Figures. “Fine.” Lelouch followed the group of apparent soldiers. The four were inside an immense hallway…no, it was more likely a main hall. The doors were different from the ones in the hallways. “Where do you think the navigation room could be?”

“We don’t know at which level we are currently, logic dictates that is on the top or in the front. We can’t know unless we find some kind of map.” The girl said, her two companions were looking at her like she said something she shouldn’t, making her blush.

“Forgive me for being redundant but you haven’t answered my question, who are you? A PMC?”

“Like hell! We are Celestial Being!”

“Miliena!”

“Sorry!”

“Celestial….Being?” Was that some kind of organization? It was a very….extravagant name. Well, this was coming from the man who made the Black Knights.

“By the look on your face, the name doesn’t mean anything to you,” Setsuna commented. “Just like your name didn’t mean anything to us.”

“It seems that is the case, Setsuna. F. Seiei.” The more he learned the more clueless he was. “Allowed me to introduce myself properly, I’m the 99^th emperor of the holy Britania Empire.”

“No way! Are you royalty?!” The girl gasped in surprise and she was the only one who got a reaction.

“Britannia….that’s in the AUE.”

“AUE?” He supposed it was an acronym by how it sounded like. The two soldiers looked at him like he was some kind of idiot. It was a good assumption that it was something truly important. “Anyways, we should get presentations for later, we can’t stay here any longer.”

“I agree. Mileina if we get you to a terminal, would you be able to get inside the ship’s systems?”

“Of course!”

“Keep your voice down.”

“S-Sorry.”

*Foosh*

The four heard one of the doors on the other floor opening. They quickly hid, and a young man was on the floor above them. Lelouch analyzed his looks, the man was the weirdest-looking man he ever saw. The man was wearing a full red military-style uniform, even a black cape over his shoulder with some kind of symbol boarded on it. He was wearing a mask that covered the upper part of his face and his eyes as well.

He looked like a cartoon villain. “Is he a clown or something?” He thought, Setsuna and Tiera looked at each other and nodded. With their guns, they quickly move to the stair that leads to that floor. The odd-looking man was coming down, and Lelouch noticed that his face had a confused expression on it.

“Don’t move.” They both aimed their guns at their newest arrival. The man froze where he stood. The man was European, his blonde hair and Caucasian skin were given. Everyone was wondering who he was, but Lelouch had a bigger question after inspecting him again.

“Why is he wearing sandals?!” His clothes had a military style, and his sandals broke that style completely. He was even wearing socks, like an old man.

“Hands on the air.” He obeyed, sweat coming down on his face. The man was definitely nervous. “On your knees.”

“O-Ok…” Even his voice was cracking this man was really scared of them. “Listen, there’s no need to use violence.” Tiera didn’t listen to him and proceeded to remove his mask away. The man….was actually really good-looking.

“Who are you?”

“I’m N-Nishi….” Wait, he was Japanese?! “I’m sorry but could you stop pointing at me?”

“What are your intentions?”

“I-I’m just looking for my (maybe) little sister.” He could sworn that he said maybe in that phrase.

“Wait a second, you two.” Lelouch stepped in. “He is as scared and confused as us. Sorry for their attitude, they did the same with me. Nishi-san, was it?” He picked up the mask and offered it.

“What are you doing?”

“Being nice, you should try it sometimes.” It wasn’t a good idea to make angry the people with guns but the look on Tiera’s face was worth it. “May I ask you some questions?”

“As long you don’t point a gun at me, sure.” Nishi grabbed his mask and put it back. “Before you ask, can you tell me where I am?”

“We’re trying to learn the same. Nishi-san, before did you wake up inside a room after being injured?”

“Being….AH! I remember now!”

“What?!”

“Sayla and I were coming back home after taking Zaku to the vet. We were minding our own business when…..”

“When?”

“When that truck morphed into a giant robot and said ‘It’s isekai time’ and punched me in the head. The next moment, I was inside a room that wasn’t mine and ended up here.”

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“I don’t have a proper comeback from such buffoonery.” He thought with a grimace, that was the most idiotic and nonsensical story he ever heard. And he saw a god! Could he spend five minutes without something crazy happening?

*Foosh!*

They all turned their backs abruptly when they heard another door opening behind them. When they turned their eyes what awaited them wasn’t a human being.

But a white horse.

“Oh, you have to be kidding me!”

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Scenario 0.2: Ikari Shinji

“Misato-san! Help me!” Ikari Shinji was a fourteen-year-old boy. Not a special one or a normal one. Just a fourteen-year-old boy. He was the only one who could pilot the unit 01 and that makes him feel….special. Being an Eva pilot was the only thing he could do with this life. He told them that he was Number One, that he could take care of the angel,

But it was eating him! It turned into a shadow and he was sinking inside that monster!

“AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” He screamed completely terrified. “Misato-San! Asuka! Ayanami! Someone!” Everything was turning dark, his unit wasn’t responding anymore.

Ikari Shinji was in fetal position, shaking like a baby. He couldn’t see or hear anything anymore.

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“No!”

“I don’t want to die!”

“I don’t!

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Shinji woke up screaming. He was panting, his breathing was erractic. How could he get sleep in a time like…..wait….he wasn’t inside his cockpit nor it didn’t seem like the darkness inside the Angel.

He was resting inside a room. It didn’t look like the infirmary rooms that they always put him in after he got injured, for starters, it didn’t have any windows….it didn’t have any of the hospital stuff that one should expect. As a matter of fact, he was still wearing his plugsuit and he didn’t seem injured.

Did Ayanami and Asuka save him from the angel? If that’s true, where were Misato-san and Dr.Akagi? Shouldn’t someone should check on him?

It was strange. Really strange. He didn’t feel any pain, nor was he injured. Not that he was complaining about that, if he was fine the better but that didn’t stop him from asking questions.

Could he leave the room?

Shinji approached the door, and it opened immediately, meaning it was automatic. “Hello?” He timidly said, there was no one in the hallway. It was strange, really strange. What was going on? Did they left them alone? Was he-?

“SHOKO! SIMON! KITTAN! FOREHEAD BOY! WHERE ARE YOU?!” Shinji fell to the ground after hearing one of his life's strongest yells. His ears hurt from hearing such a thing. Who in hell has such a strong voice?! “OI!”

“Eh?!” Shinji looked at the one who was yelling at him, the guy was….scary looking. He was shirtless but he had a sarashi in his midriff completely covering his navel. On his upper torso had blue tattoos that extended to his arms. He had black pants that were held together by a white belt. He was wearing a geta without socks. He was very tall and bulky, his hair was spiky and blueish.

He somehow reminds him of a yakuza. He even had a Katana.

“Dude!” He screamed at him and got really close. “I’m looking for my friends. One is a super-hot chick with big boobs. The other is a tiny guy like you who has a collar in the form of a drill! Have you seen them?!!!!” He has shaken him violently!! Did he know some manners?!

“N-N-NO! STOP SHAKING ME!”

“Oh, sorry!” He let him go.

“W-Who are you?”

“ooooh?! Don’t you know who I am?!” He smiled. “I’m the mighty leader of Dai-Gurren team! The great Kamina! The symbols of masculinity that any man follows! The beastmen crumble in fear when they hear my name! That’s who I am!!!” He said while pointing his index finger towards the roof.

“What’s wrong with this man? Is he insane?” If Asuka was here, she would be cringing hard and saying a hurtful comment.

“You!”

“M-Me?!”

“Who are ya?!”

“IKari Shinji….”

“Nice to meet ya! Next question: Do you know where the hell we are? I wake up in a room completely alone and I’ve been searching for my friends since.”

“Y-You too?”

“Oooh, so the same happen to you, huh. Mmmm, well, who cares?! What matters is that we are together and we can help each other!” He grabbed him and pulled him tightly close to him. “Welcome to team Dai-Gurren, Ikari Shinji!”

“I didn’t join anything!”

“Nonsense, fate has brought us together! We’re going to have great adventures, I’m gonna present you to my lil bro, I have a feel that you two are gonna get fine together!”

Was he even listening to him?! He was trying to get out but he was really strong! He didn’t understand what was going on here. Was he even inside a Nerv facility?

How did he got out of that angel? What happened to that angel? Did Ayanami and Asuka defeat it without him? Were they fine? Where was everybody? How is that he was not injured after that battle? What happen to Unit-01?

“Oi, Ikari, look at that.” Kamina put him out of his inner thoughts and pointed at a giant window. It was already night, the stars in the sky were the proof. “What a cool view, don’t you think, buddy?”

“I-I guess…”

“You aren’t a very confident guy, don’t you?” Shinji didn’t want to answer that, after what happened in that battle, being confident only brought him trouble… “HAHAHAHAHA! I knew it, you’re just like Simon! Don’t worry, pal, the mighty Kamina will show you the ways of a man!”

“The ways of….a man?”

“Of course! I’ll make a man out of you!” Kamina was perhaps the most obnoxious man he had ever met. Not that he was going to say that at loud. “Let’s search for someone who can give us some food!”

“Weren’t you looking for your friends?!”

“I’m doing both! Be ambitious, Ikari! That’s the way of Team Dai-Gurren!”

“What does that even mean?” He said to deaf ears. “Aren’t you freaking out from all of this?!”

“Eh, this isn’t the weirdest shit I've ever seen. And if things start to go to shit then we fight our way through it.”

“That’s impossible…”

“Then we make it possible!” This was getting beyond annoying. “By the way, what with that tight suit of yours?” Shinji blushed a little, well, he was right that it was skin tight but… “Where are you from? I never see clothes like yours before.”

“I’m not wearing this because I like it! This is my plug-suit!”

“Oh, and what does it do?”

“It protects me and it helps me to synchronize with my unit.”

“Unit? Wait, you also have a robot?!”

“Also? You are a pilot?!”

“Who do you think I am? I’m the pilot of the awesome Lagann, while my bro is of the Gurren! Together we are:

GURREN LAGGAN (グレンラガン)!!!!”

It was definitive, this guy was a nutjob! He didn’t like people that he couldn’t comprehend! Is not like he was good at that but this Kamina person was full levels of insanity.

“What is the name of your robot?! How big it is?! What are your moves?!”

“Let me go!” The guy didn’t have any kind of respect for boundaries. Not even Koji and Kousuke were this touchy.

“What’s your problem?”

“What’s going with you?! Don’t you think nothing of this is strange?! Aren’t you afraid of what’s going on?”

“Ah, yes I am.”

“Then why are you showing it?”

“And how is that supposed to help me? Do you want to cry and hug me? That won’t change the situation that we are in.”

“Then why are you smiling?!”

“….Shinji, let me ask you something: what do you think courage is?”

“W-What with that question?”

“Hey, you’re the one who keeps asking me stuff. And? What’s it the answer?”

“To-To not be afraid of anything?”

“IDIOT!”

“Ouch!” He punched him in the face!

“That’s a typical answer that only an idiot says! Hear me, Shinji. If you ever heard about some dude telling you that he doesn’t know fear, then the guy is full of shit. IF YOU DON’T KNOW FEAR THEN YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT!”

What was going on with him? Why was he so angry all of a sudden?! “Let me tell you! Courage is not being afraid! IS to be afraid and still acting despise of it! GET IT?!” He was grabbing his head and pulling it very close to him. He could smell his terrible breath. Did he ever wash his teeth? “So? Aren’t going to say something?”

“….I….Don’t act like you know me!” He pushed the blue-haired man away and ran. He said it like it was something easy. What was wrong with not wanting to face fear? Who in the hell wanted to do something that makes you feel bad?

Who was he to say all that? They were strangers, they had nothing to do with each other. It wasn’t his business to step in!

Where was everybody? Why was no one here with him? Why did they leave him alone?!

“AHH!” Shinji tripped and hit his face on the floor. He wanted to cry and disappear. He just wanted—

“That’s not a good place to take a nap.” Shinji was being lifted from the ground by Kamina, with one hand. “You ok?”

“L-Let me go!!” He was blushing, he felt like a little child being grabbed by an adult. It was embarrassing! “Leave me! I want to be alone!”

“Nah.” He said.

“You don’t know me.”

“You’re right, I don’t. We’re complete strangers.”

“Then leave me!”

“But I know your type. You are the kind of person who doesn’t believe in himself and is constantly putting himself down in order to survive. Never stand up to themselves because they think if they stand out bad things will happen if they do. So they decided to leave under other because they don’t want to take the initiative of anything.”

“…”

“Did I hit the spot?” He smiled while winking an eye. “Let’s say that I know a little guy about your age that he is just like you.”

Just like him? What does that mean?

“oooooh, look at that!!!”  Kamina dragged toward the end of the hallway, at the end was a massive window that covered all the side of the building. “I never seen stars like these before! How cool!”

He had to admit that it was a very beautiful sight. So it was already night, when the battle started it was almost noon and now it was a starry night. How many hours was he out? However, it could have been days.

“Wait….something is wrong.” He was looking down and the stars were still there. It wasn’t a reflection because the ones upward were completely different from the ones down. How was that possible? He kept looking around outside the window, he looked at the end to his left. He spotted an engine? 

Why does a building need an engine? Unless they weren’t inside a building but inside something that needed one. Like….like….like….like…a ship.

They were inside a ship. But….where was it going? And where it was? Why were they inside a ship? Did his father set this up? Why? Is it because he failed and needed to be rescued? Was he being sent away?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

*Foosh*

They both heard a door being opened. Shinji jumped out of fear, Kamina wasn’t scared at all. In fact, he put his arm before him and put himself before him like he was protecting him.

*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*

They heard the heavy panting of someone coming inside the now-opened room. Whoever it was, they didn’t sound to be fine. A girl came outside, she looked terrible. She was full of bandages and her right arm was broken.

“AYANAMI!” It was her! There was no doubt! Why was she injured? She looked at them, she could merely walk.

“hhnng”

“Ayanami!” Before he could do something, Kamina grabbed the girl before she hit the ground. She looked terrible, was she like this?! Why was she on this ship?! Did she get injured trying to rescue him?!

It was his fault.

It was his fault.

It was his fault.

It was his-

“OI! Snap out of it!” Kamina pulled him back to reality. “We need to help her!!”

Kamina was a man who was an expert in the art of hiding his true feelings. He started to do it when he met Simon many years ago, he loved the little one. He was his lil bro. Kamina grow up without his parents, his mom died when he was too young and his dad leave to see the outside world.

He was alone most of his life but instead of resenting his dad, he realized how important was to have someone to look up to you. When he met Simon, he saw a little of himself in him. And when he learned his story, that’s when he decided that he will be that person for him. He was only 18 years old, but he was almost an adult. If the little ones saw the grown-ups being scared and crying for help, what would be for them?

Right now, he was in that situation again.

Ikari Shinji was A LOT like Simon. But…. perhaps he was worst. He looked way lonelier than Simon, and, while he wasn’t saying anything, he was feeling more guilt than he should have. Add this Ayanami Rei girl who was really injured.

Shinji told him that she was his classmate, whatever that means. He didn’t know them, but he could tell that they were close.

They both have Simon’s age.

Shinji was terrified and Rei was injured. He couldn’t leave them alone. As the leader of Dai-Gurren, as a man, as an adult, and as a brother, he HAD to protect them.

Kamina took the girl to an empty room and put her on a bed. He inspected the room, it had a very nice-looking bathroom. It even had a glass but for some reason, it was attached to the wall, thankfully, he was strong enough to take it off.

“Here.” Kamina offered the young boy a glass of water.

“T-Thank you.”

“Don’t sweat it.” He sat at his side, they both were looking at Rei. She was very bad, he was no doctor but he could tell easily that this girl was in pretty bad shape. If only Ron or Yoko were here, they could help her! “Do you have any idea what could cause this?”

Kamina noticed that the teenager wasn’t looking at him, he was grabbing his knees like a little boy. “B-Because of me……I was captured and she got injured trying to save me!” He sounded really regretful.

“I see.” Kamina took another glance at the blue-haired girl. She was panting but not as badly as before but still…. “This Rei girl…..must be a really kickass friend.”

“Huh?”

“If she is willing to go this far for a friend then she is someone that deserves my respect. You should be glad, to have such a friend.”

“….but….what if that person she saved didn’t deserve it?”

“According to who? She is the one who decides whether she wants to save someone or not. If she wants to save someone, it doesn’t matter what others say.” At least, that is what he thinks.

“You don’t know anything…”

“You’re right.”

“Then why are getting in someone else’s business?!”

“Because I don’t care what others say and I do want I want.”

“You-“

“Hnnng!” Before Shinji could complain, the girl was starting to wake up.

“AYANAMI!” The boy immediately stood up and went to see her. He was panicking, the poor kid didn’t know what to do. It didn’t help that the girl was also getting scared, her red eyes were looking at a place that she wasn’t familiar with.

How can you ask him to not mend in?

“Yo, Rei-chan, right?” He got close to her with a big smile. “I’m Kamina, Shinji’s buddy. Don’t worry, you going to be alright.” He took away Shinji’s glass and gave it to her. “Here, drink.” He helped the girl to drink what was left of the water. “Good.”

“Where…..where I am?”

“Safe, don’t worry. You’ll be fine. Now rest.” Kamina was worried. They needed to get her with a medic quickly!

“¡!” He heard something, a lot of footsteps. “Shinji.”

“Y-Yes?” He searched for something, he still had his katana, he should have the other thing that Yoko gave him that day. And it was there, the ‘gun’.

“Do you know how to use this thing?”

“I-Is that a weapon?!!”

“Do you know how to use it?!”

“I don’t want to use it!! I don’t!”

“Someone is coming. I don’t if they are good guys or not, but I can’t risk Rei getting more injured.”

“B-But I can’t shoot another person!”

“Then don’t.”

“But-Aahh!” Shinji fell down when Kamina pointed his gun at his face. “What’re doing?!!”

“It was scary, wasn’t it?” He kneeled and gave the gun to the boy. “If I don’t go back in five minutes, grab Rei and run. Ok?”

“What about you? You can’t go alone!” Kamina stared at the boy and smiled.

“Who the hell do you think I am?! I’m the mighty Kamina! They should be the ones that need to look up for themselves!”

The leader of Dai-Gurren got out of the room, and when the door closed his smile disappeared. He hated to sneak like a coward, in any other situation he would face them like the man he was. But he couldn’t risk those two getting hurt, especially Rei.

So screw his honor, he was walking without his sandals to make less noise. After months of fighting the beastmen, he sorta developed a sixth sense for danger. There were a lot of people coming their way, he needed to be ready.

He slowly unsheathed his katana, it was now or never!

*CLICK*

He was facing face to face with his opponent. His Katana was touching their neck, but his enemy was pointing a gun at him. Kamina checked out his opponent, the person before him was tall. It…was a man, right? Because he had a really pretty face and had long blue hair. But then he remembered Ron so….

“Don’t move.” Yep, it was a guy. No woman would have such a deep voice. He was wearing a suit similar to Shinji. Shit, he could see his bulge. “Get down! Now!”

“What if I don’t wanna?” He looked at his eyes, the guy was serious but he had some sense of doubt. “Scared?” He teased him a little.

“Like hell!”

“Good answer!” Kamina swing his sword, which the other guy docked. But that was what he wanted, with his free hand, he punched him right in the gut.

“GUAH!” He screamed while he fell to his knees, Kamina took the opportunity to take off his weapon. The guy was on his knees, Kamina pointing his own gun at the pretty guy.

“If you lose your cool, you lose the battle, dude.” The guy was pretty piss off and that was kinda funny.

“ALTO-SAN!” Someone screamed a name loudly, and suddenly someone tackled him….or at least tried. Whoever tried to attack him, failed spectacularly. He looked down and a girl was grabbing his waist, she didn’t have the strength to move him. The person was a dark-skinned girl, who was wearing white and black clothes, they were very boyish, shorts and long sleeves.

“MMM?”

“Suletta-chan!”

“What are you doing, you idiot?!” Kamina looked at the end of the hallway was a group of girls. There were four, counting the one who was trying to attack him. They were all very young.

One of them was wearing the same kind of clothes as this one but they were green instead of white. He was surprised when he saw her skin and hair, they were reaaally white. She looked like a smug bitch but at the same time, she looked really concerned about her.

Two of them were wearing really weird dresses. They made Ron look like a plain guy. They were different sizes, one was tiny and with green hair. The other….DAMN. She was a very hot blonde! With great attributes! Well, he had Yoko, but is a man’s job to stare at a woman’s body!

“Idiot, go with the others and run!” The guy, whose name was Alto, yelled at the girl.

“Let him alone!”

“Sure.”

“Eh?” Kamina put away the gun and step back.

“You’re very ballsy, girl. I like that. What’s your name?”

“S-Suletta Mercury…”

“Don’t give your name so easily!!”

“S-Sorry!!”

“HAHAHAHAHA! They got you whipped girl!” He looked at the guy who was on the floor. “Can you stand?” He extended his hand to him, he looked angry but decided to take it.

“You could have gone a little easy on me.”

“Hey, you are the one who pointed a gun at me. I’ll say we’re even.”

“Motherfucker.” He insulted with a tiny chuckle. “You also wake up here, right?”

“Yep. Me and Shinji are the same!”

“Shinji? You find more people?”

“Oh, yeah. That reminds me, does any of you know something about medicine?”

Shinji was having a really bad time. There were a lot of weird people that he didn’t know in the same room as him, plus….Ayanami was….

“She has a broken arm, her right eye was hurt but I don’t think that the cornea was hurt but how she is breathing, she has broken rips.”

“Anything that you can do?”

“I-I’m just a rescuer, I only know first aid. She needs a real doctor….sorry…”

“Don’t be hard on yourself, Suletta-chan.” The blonde girl said.

“I don’t want to be rude, but we need to talk about the elephant in the room.”

“I agree. Where are heading?”

“Before, that. I think we should introduce ourselves. I’m Ranka Lee.”

“Sherryl Nome, and the nice guy over here is Alto Saotome.”

“Don’t say it like that.”

“Suletta Mercury! It’s a pleasure to meet you!”

“Miorine Rembran.”

“Well, then is my turn! I’m the awesome leader of the greatest army of team that fights for the liberation of mankind from the beastmen! I’m the mighty KAMINA!!!”

…

…

…

God! Seeing their reaction was even more embarrassing!!!

“Are you an idiot?” Miorine Rembran bluntly said.

“Eehh? Wanna fight, midget?”

“I don’t fight with monkeys.”

“WHO IS A MONKEY, YOU FOX-GIRL?!”

“How the hell I’m a fox?!”

“Please, don’t fight! We can’t afford to fight each other!” Ranka Lee said.

“Like, Ranka-chan said, we’re not in the situation to fight. First, we need to know where we are.”

“All we know that we inside a ship somewhere in space-“

“WE ARE IN SPACE?!!!” For the first time since they got here, Shinji talked. “HOW?!!”

“Like if we know. I woke up alone inside a room, I was lucky that Sherryl and Ranka were in the rooms besides the mine.”

“Excuse me…but Miorine-san and me were in the same room…”

“Not that it matters, we all in the same page. What is the last thing you remember prior waking up here?”

“I was resting in the barracks after a field exercise and woke up here.”

“The same with me. Sherryl-san and I were taking a nap in our car after our concert.”

“I thought that some creep drug us but when we saw Alto, we knew that wasn’t the case.”

“Can I ask something?” Kamina interrupted. “What is space?”

…

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…

…

…

“Are you really this stupid or are you messing with us?”

“M-Miorine-san…”

“What?! I don’t know what that means, that’s why I’m asking, bitch!”

“Don’t call Miorine-san tha B word!”

“I’m with them, did you live under a rock or something?”

“Yeah, what about it?!!” Even Shinji was taken back by such ridiculous answer.

“Space is the region beyond a planet’s atmosphere.”

“Alright, next question: What’s a planet?”

“Wow.”

“Seriously, how dumb can you be, man?”

“Hey! Don’t treat me like a dumbass! If you don’t know something, you ask! That's how learning works!”

“A-A Planet is as celestial body that has the sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium shape.” Suletta answered like she was answering a teacher’s question.

“Ohh…”

“You’re going to ask what the hell she just said, aren’t you?”

“You’re winning a beat down, you asshole.”

“For Christ’s sake. Listen!” Sherryl Nome got close to him, she lost her patience. “WE.ARE.IN.SPACE.WHERE.THE.STARS.ARE! THE PRETTY THINGS ON THE NIGHT SKY, THAT WHERE WE ARE NOW.”

Shinji couldn’t believe that someone as big as Kamina was getting lectured like a four-year-old.

“Stars….where are….beyond the sky?”

“YES!”

Kamina looked…..calm. He didn’t say anything but he turned his back and went outside. He looked at the giant windows and stared at it in silence. Shinji…understand him. He couldn’t comprehend it either. How-

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” He was laughing! Why he was laughing? “This is great! I managed to get beyond that anyone could imagine!”

“What’s with this guy?”

“Shinji! Did you see what we have here?!”

“Space?”

“WRONG!! IT’s an infinitive adventure!!! Team Dai-Gurren is more than just fighting the beastmen! Is about going to where our dreams take us! Listen, people! I, the great Kamina, welcome you all to Dai-Gurren!”

Chapter Text

Scenario 0.3: Banagher Links.

Even at this moment, he could still hear his father's words about the Beast of possibility that all mankind had inside them. During these past months, he had killed and lost precious friends. But even so, he still believes in Audrey and their goal. His father gave him the key to open the Laplace’s box and now they know the truth, but the Federation wanted to hide it.

They were about to shoot that colony laser at them, his Unicorn could stop the blast thanks to the NTD system. Ensign Riddhey with his Banshee was going to help him. No, Marida was with them too. Her spirit was giving them the strength to stop the blast.

The laser was shot. And they used all their power to stop them.

During those moments, Banagher felt a warm feeling inside his soul. The hearts of everybody were with him, he could feel Audrey too. Lights of every color were passing through him. Filling him with feelings.

It was like what Full Frontal did with him but the exact opposite. Instead of a hopeless world devoid of life, he could see a bright future for mankind. The thoughts of everyone were fusing into one. A possibility for peace was coming to him.

Banahger Links could see time.

“Audrey!” He screamed as the sixteen-year-old Banagher Links woke up inside a room that he didn’t know. Banagher looked around, this wasn’t the medical room, but was a regular room. What happened? Did they survive? Of course, they did, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to be here. But where was here? Did the Federation capture him again? One thing was for sure, he couldn’t stay here.

Banagher ran away from the room, even the hallways were unknown to him, he was starting to get nervous. Did they get Ensign Riddhey too? What about Audrey? He wanted to yell but if he was on an enemy ship, they could shoot him.

But if he was a prisoner, why didn’t they lock him inside a cell or put a guard? This was wrong. He wanted answers.

He could walk without problems, was he on Earth or inside a colony? Maybe, it was a ship with artificial gravity, but the walls lacked reels to use. So, he should be on Earth or a colony.

Banagher took a deep breath, it wasn’t the time to lose his mind. First, he needed to know where he was and find a way out.

Someone put him down to the ground before he could get to the hallway.

“Don’t move” A voice said to him, it was a male voice. A very young one. His grip was too strong, and Banagher wasn’t able to get away. “Where I am?”

“Let’ me go!”

“Where I am?”

“I don’t know!” Banagher looked as best as he could from the ground. “A kid?!” He thought that it was an adult because of how strong was his grip. He was really young, maybe younger than him. “AAAHHH!” He twisted his arm.

“Answer me.”

“I don’t know anything, I just woke up here! I’m as clueless as you are!”

“Ah. Ok.” He let him go. “Sorry for that.”

“I-It’s ok…” He massaged his arm, it hurt a lot. Banagher now had a better look at his attacker, the boy was young and really tiny, maybe tinier than Audrey. Even so….he had more muscles than an adult. He could tell that because he was shirtless. “W-who are you?”

“Mikazuki Augus.”

“Banagher Links…” His voice was truly monotonous, even more than Marida. Even his face was more stoic than hers.

“Banagher….weird name.”

“I-Is that so…wait, we shouldn’t be wasting time here!”

“Don’t yell.”

“Huh, sorry.”

“It’s ok.” Mikazuki offered his hand, and Banagher took it. “Do you have a gun?”

“N-No.”

“That’s bad, I only got mine and only six shots.”

“Are you going to kill people?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“So they don’t kill us.” He could understand his logic but…shit, he didn’t know anything about this place. So, he kept silent and walked with him.

When they saw a window, they realized that they were both inside a spaceship. The stars were the proof. The Unicorn pilot looked at the boy and….

“Oh my god, what happened to you?!” He pointed out three things coming out of the upper end of his spine.

“Eh? Ah, this? Is my Ajavana System?”

“Your what?”

“Is an operation that I did so could pilot better a mobile suit.”

“You are a pilot?”

“Yes, you?”

“Me too.”

“Oh, that’s cool.” He kept walking, he didn’t want to be rude but Mikazuki was a little…off. He didn’t feel like the other pilots he met. And those things on his spine….that didn’t look safe, it was….disturbing to look at.

Why was he here? He wasn’t wearing a normal suit like him, he was completely shirtless. His pants were military style but it didn’t fit with any military group that he knew.

“Mikazuki-san.”

“What?”

“What was the last thing you were doing before being here?”

“I was fighting Gjallarhorn in Mars with my friends….I was really messed up, really….” Mikazuki looked at his left arm with curiosity. “Banagher, were you fighting too?”

“Me? Well…I was also fighting for my friends.”

“I see….did you win?”

“I don’t know, that’s what I want to know.”

“Ah, I guess that makes us two.” He answered. Perhaps they were in some kind of space prison that he didn’t know about? The Federation had a lot of power and dozens of secrets that went very deep, heck, Laplace’s box was one of them

And what was Gjallarhorn? It sounded like some type of military organization. The young pilot looked at the other one, he told them that he got that thing to be a better Mobile suit pilot. Could he be a Cyber-Newtype? His personality reminds him a lot of Marida’s.

¡!

Suddenly he felt something, a presence. A door behind them was open, Mikazuki was so fast that he was with his gun pointing at whoever was behind them

“Don’t move!” A voice told them, seemly male. “Drop your-“

“Banagher?!!” Banagher heard a familiar voice. A voice that last time he heard was…

“M-Marida-san?” It was her! It was Marida! She was alive!!!”

“What—what are you doing here?” She pulled down her gun, she was as shocked as he was. Without noticing it, he was crying. Both friends hug each other.

“I’m glad….I’m glad you’re ok…” This was a miracle! He didn’t understand how it happened but to have Marida with him brought him more joy than he could imagine. She wasn’t saying anything but she was glad too.

“A friend of yours?” They almost forgot about the stranger who was with her. He looked young, he was a teenager, and he was even wearing a high school uniform. But two things stood up, the first was the blood on his abdomen alongside a hole. The second was his…ears, they were pointy.

“S-Sorry…who are you?”

“Michael Blanc, a pleasure, Banagher, right?” He smiled, he seemed nice. “And who is the little fella who is still pointing a gun at me?” Michael pointed with his thump at Mikazuki who was still aiming at him.

“Mikazuki-san, could you-?”

“Alright.” He lowered his guns. “Who are you?”

“Marida Cruz.” She answered in her usual tone. “And you?”

“Mikazuki Argus. You’re friends with Banagher?”

“Yes.”

“And you?”

“I’m just a gentleman who guards a beautiful lady.” He said with a confident smile. “By chance, you two also wake up inside a room?”

“Yes.”

“Then this is not a coincidence. Someone put us in there for some reason.”

“Could we be inside a secret space prison?”

“And where are the guards? Who leaves their prisoners unguarded and free to walk? Shit, I’m still wearing the same bloody outfit as before. If someone had healed me, they should have thrown away my shirt.”

“How did you get a hole in your shirt?”

“Believe it or not, I was stabbed.” Banagher wined his eyes. “Marida-san told me that she was heavily wounded too but now she is fine. What about you two?”

“I couldn’t move half of my body.” Banagher was taken back by his comment. “and I was really hurt, I should be dead.”

“Then however bring us here must have extremely high medical equipment.”

“But for what purpose?”

“I would like to know but do you people want to find out?”

“Marida-san, by any chance did you see Audrey and the others?”

“No. Banagher what happened after I was taken down?” The boy grimaced at her….

“The federation fire the colony laser at us, me and Ensign Ridhey used our gundams to stop it. I’m alive but….”

“If you are alive, then the others must be too.”

“You’re right.”

“Listen, I don’t want to be rude but we can’t stay here any longer.”

“S-Sorry.”

“Do you have a gun, kid?”

“No.”

“I have an extra gun.”

“Why?”

“In case I lost the first one.” Mikazuki give Banagher a gun, he didn’t like them at all. He hated the idea of killing someone, but they needed to protect themselves of whoever bring them here.

The four of them walk inside the ship, so far they haven’t found a soul or a robot. Strangely, a ship of this size needed dozens of people to maintain it, not to say to run it. If this was the Federation then this place would be more controlled, how is it that they didn’t find anything?

During that time they went inside other rooms, there were bathrooms, and storage rooms with a lot of toilet paper, and cleaning products.

They went like this for an hour, at this point they started to worry about not seeing anyone.

¡!!

Suddenly, both Banagher and Marida got a feeling. Someone was rushing here, they could feel their feelings: it was despair, sorrow, and fear. But…some familiarity as well, they knew who was coming.

*FOOOSSSH!!*

A door opened and someone came from it, that person tripped and was on the floor. It was a blonde man wearing a black normal suit.

“Ensign Ridhey!!”

“B-Banagher?!!” His face looked terrible, there was sweat everywhere and he was pale. “YOU ARE!!” He saw Marida, the woman that he thought he killed. It was at that moment that he started to cry. “AAAHHHHH!!!” He grabbed his face and crouched. “I get it….I get it now. This is the afterlife! You two are here to take me for my sins!!!”

For what he knew, he killed Marida with his Gundam. He thought the same but Marida was here and alive.

“Ensign.” It was Marida who got close to him and put a hand on his shoulder. “We are real.” The crying man looked at her completely shocked, he slowly touched her hand and stepped back.

“Ensign Ridhey, we are not dead. The three of us are alive and we are real. So are you.”

“H-H-How?”

“That’s what we wanna know, buddy.” Michel interrupted them. “I don’t know your story with them but whatever business do you guys have, leave it for later. We don’t have the luxury to waste time.”

“Who are you?”

“An ally. Ridhey, right? Stand up, we need to get out of here.”

“Wait!! Who are these two?!! What’s going on?!! Where’s Mineva?!!”

“Calm down, we’re going to find the princess.”

“Princess?”

“Hold on. Banagher, you are a Newtype and have a strong connection with her. Have you tried to call her? She did that with me! Maybe you can do the same!”

He…never tried that. Well, he managed to speak with Loni but that was a coincidence. He never tried to talk mentally at will. But, he didn’t lose anything by trying. “Audrey?”

“Banagher!!”  

“I heard her! I heard Audrey’s voice!!!”

“What are they talking about?”

“Don’t know.” Mikazuki and Michel whispered, not knowing what they were doing.

“Are you ok?! Where are you?!”

“I’m fine, Micott and Takuya are with me as well? How about you?”

“And with Ridhey and….”

“Princess.”

“M-M-Marida? How?”

“We don’t have time, where are you?”

“That’s very hard to say, we don’t know either but if we keep talking, then you could sense me if we are close. Marida….help him.”

“Understood.” “Banagher, we need to keep talking with her. It will help us locate her. Ensign, you’re a Newtype as well. Help us.”

“I-I don’t know how to do it! I’m not like you two!”

“Yes, you are! I know that you can hear Audrey, too!”

“Whatever you three want to do, do it quickly.”

“Audrey/Princess/Mineva??”

“I can hear you. Ensign Riddhe, I’m glad that you’re fine too.”

“I-I’m hearing her! I’m hearing her voice!!”

“I think I know where she is!” Banagher started to move and the other started to follow. Marida and Riddhey were feeling the same, and they eventually found stairs. The group went downstairs, the ship was getting even bigger than they had imagined.

Who was the owner of such a behemoth?

“Oi, you guys!” All the soldiers grabbed their pistols and aimed at the man who was screaming in the hallway. “No need to be violent.” The man was an adult man, he was old, about his early thirties. He had brown short hair and blue eyes.

He was also wearing a green pilot suit. Was this man also a pilot?

“Who are you?” Marida asked.

“I’m just another fella who is as confused as you, kiddos.” The guy has a very pronounced accent. “Is any of you Banagher?”

“Why do you want to know?”

“Because there’s a pretty young lady who is looking for him.”

“You know where Audrey is?”

“Audrey?”

“Sorry, I mean Mineva!”

“BANAGHER!” A door behind the man opened and two teenagers got out.

“Micott! Takuya!” They were here! They were fine! He ran to his friends and the trio hugged. “I’m glad!”

“You’re scare us, Banagher! After you tried to stop the colony Laser, we woke up here and we couldn’t find anybody of the Nahel Argama!”

“We only find Mineva. Lockon-san is protecting us since we met him!”

“Lockon-san?”

“Me. Nice to meet you.” He waved his hand. “You came out too, missy.” From the same door, a young girl come out. She was wearing a formal attire with the Zeon logo on it’s chest.

“Audrey!!”

“Banagher!!” The two newtypes ran to each other and hugged each other. But it didn’t last long, because she saw someone that shouldn’t be here. “M-Marida?”

“Is a pleasure to see you again, Princess.” Audrey’s eyes were almost tearing up, but she fought her tears, but she smiled regardless.

“Yes.”

“Takuya wasn’t she…?”

“Yeah, but she is here, but….”

“I don’t like to be an asshole, but we shouldn’t stay here.”

“Sorry, but, who are you?”

“Lockon Stratos.”

“We meant a real name.”

“Is all that you will get from me. Don’t worry, I’m in the same situation as you kids.” Banagher didn’t know what to think of him but he didn’t look like a bad person. “Does any of you know how to fight?”

“I do.” Marida, Mikazuki, Michel, and Riddhey answered at the same time.

“Great that makes us five.”

“I can fight too!”

“Six then.” He smiled while patting his head. “I will be at the front, you stay with the other short guy and protect your girl.” Banagher blushed at his comment, the group followed the older man.

“Are you a soldier?” Marida asked, still suspicious of the man.

“Something like that.”

“A space pirate?”

“You don’t see me with an eyepatch, don’t you?”

“How did you find Audrey?”

“I found these lads roaming around here, I pity them and decided to help them.”

“How kind.” Michell made a snarky comment. Lockon chuckled, the guy was really relaxed and confident. He didn’t want to be paranoid, but could he be one of the guards?

“Hold.” He whispered. “Someone is there.” The group put themselves behind the walls, at the end of the hall, was a man looking at the space. Banagher couldn’t see him clearly because a red cape was covering his body.

“Does he look familiar to any of you?” Lockon asked them but their looks were enough to answer him. “I’m going to approach him, if he does something run away.”

“From whom?”

The man was already before him, Lockon grabbed his pistol but the stranger grabbed the hand that was holding the gun and elbowed his face. Marida and Michel tried to shoot him, but they both got punched in the stomach. Mikazuki was next, the small boy had a knife that Banagher didn’t know he had. But the man was faster than him, he grabbed his arm and threw him to Lockon.

The Ensign tried to grab him but he was meet with a kick to his chin. Before he could do anything, the stranger pointed a katana at his neck. “Don’t move.” It was at that moment that the man realized that… “Kids?”

“Stop this right now, sir! We don’t have reasons to fight!” It was Audrey who spoke for them. “You are a prisoner as well, aren’t you?”

“….”

“Please, stand down. My name is Mineva Lao Zabi, I’m the leader of Neo-Zeon. I can help you after we escape this ship.”

“I see….” The man put the sword away. “Sorry about this, but you were suspicious. I couldn’t take a chance.”

“I would say no problem if you didn’t hit us like a truck.” Lockon said while helping Mikazuki standing. “Who the hell are you? Bruce Lee?”

“Domon Kasshu. You three can stand?” Marida was helping Riddhey standing up.

“I can, but my pride will be on the floor for the next days.” Michel said while standing on his own.

“Sorry for that, kid. I was making sure to not hurt you badly.”

“Do you perhaps know our captors, mister Kasshu?”

“Domon, and no. I woke inside my Gundam inside this ship docking bay.”

“Gundam?!! Are you a pilot?!”

“Yeah and I think this place has a lot of Gundam Fighters as well. The docking bay was full of them.”

“Docking bay? You find the Docking bay?”

“More like the hanger, to be exactly. I walked for a while after talking with my radio didn’t work. I found the elevator’s keys and went up here.”

“Elevator? Do you find one?”

“I can show you where it is. I still have the key card.” Domon showed them a card. “You guys must likely want to escape, I don’t mind helping you to get down but I’m looking for someone.”

“Who?”

“My wife, Rain Mikamura.” The fighter grabbed a pendant from his neck, he opened it and showed them a picture of a woman in her mid-twenties. “By any chance, did any of you see her?”

No one answered.

“I see…”

“Are you sure that your wife is here, Domon-san?”

“Maybe, I have no idea who brought me here. But something tells me that Rain is also here. Did you people also didn’t find guards?”

“We didn’t. So far, you and these kids are the only humans we see so far.”

“That’s bad….Anyway, I will show you how to get down. I can open the bridge for you but I won’t leave this place until I find her.”

“Thank you very much, sir.”

“Please stop the formalities, Mineva.” He smiled kindly at her. “Follow me.”

Chapter Text

Scenario 1: No one has any idea what’s going on.

Lelouch was a man who liked to be in control, it seemed that it was something that ran in his family. Clovis, Cordelia, his father. They all wanted to be in control. Although, this is something that most humans struggle with. No one liked the idea that their lives were out of control, people like to believe that they control their fates.

Even with his status, Lelouch was still human.

But there’s a difference between being capable of choosing your fate without the influence of external forces, and don’t know what the hell was going on.

“Good boy! Hehehe~~!” The Mileina girl was playing with the white horse that they found. “Tiera, he is kissing my hand!!!”

“I’m seeing it.”

“He seems to like you a lot.”

“Be quiet.”

“This isn’t a way to treat an adult, young man.”

“You are suspicious.”

“That’s my line!!!” Nishi was weird and that made him suspicious. Everything about him was odd, he had never seen someone failing on fashion so badly as he. “You!!”

“What you want?”

“Look at him, he has blood on his clothes!”

“Shut up! If there’s someone suspicious is you! By starters, your looks! Why are you wearing sandals?!” He should be asking something else but that particular part about him was too obnoxious to ignore.

“Because they are comfortable?”

“Then wear something that matches with the rest of your outfit!!”

“This is how I dress! Is not my problem!”

“Yes, it is!!”

“Stop.” Setsuna stepped in. “We don’t have time to waste.”

“Then can you free me?”

“No.”

Lelouch started to ignore and tried to understand the situation….who was he kidding? Nothing here makes sense! What the in the hell was a horse walking freely inside a ship?! How was he in a spaceship to begin with?! Humanity only managed to reach the moon and that was it! How was he so far from Earth?!

Suddenly, Setsuna’s hand stopped them from moving. He made a gesture to Tiera, and made them step back. Setsuna knew that someone was coming, how? He had no idea, but Suzaku was also like this. They hid their best, but it was hard with a horse and their tracks, but Lelouch was shocked when he saw that the horse was sitting on the ground, hiding himself as well.

He knew smart animals but this…this was another level.

Then he heard footsteps, they were slow but steady. That means that it was someone trained, before the person could pull their gun, Setsuna already have them on the ground with a gun pointed at their head.

“Don’t move.” Lelouch looked at the one who was on the ground, he was a teenage boy around his age. He had dark skin and white hair, but instead of an American, he reminded him of an African. He was wearing a red suit and at his side was a pistol, most likely thrown away by the hold Setsuna did to him. “Answer my question or I kill you. Who are you?”

“Didn’t they tell you that it is bad manners to not introduce yourself to others?”

“Answer.”

“What are you doing?! Are you insane?!” That idiot got out of his cover. “You can hurt him!”

“Who the hell are you people? Are you with Gjallahorn?!” This man was saying another name that he wasn’t familiar with. It was just like him and Setsuna.

He got an idea, a risky one but if he played it well, it could work. “Wait, Setsuna.” The boy looked at him with scorn for revealing his own name. “My name is Lelouch vi Britannia, and I believe that we are in the same situation, sir.”

“What are you doing?” Setsuna asked.

“Trying a different approach to solving our problems.” He kneeled to see the dark-skinned teen face to face. “By any chance did you wake up inside a room that you didn’t know of?”

“No…I was lying on the ground of a dinner hall.” That surprised the two of them, his answer was different from the rest of them. “Who the hell are you people?”

“Like you, we are prisoners of this odd ship. So please, don’t cause any ruckus.” He used his Geass on him and it seemed it worked this time because he was suddenly calm. Setsuna glared at him, he was onto him.

The Arabic boy released the young man. “May I know your name?”

“Orga Itsuka, from Tekkadan.”

“Is that place or an organization?”

“Wait, you never heard of us? We are the biggest military group on Mars!!”

“Mars?! By Mars you mean the planet Mars?”

“Is there any other Mars that I don’t know of?” Everyone was surprised by his statement.

“Is he an alien?!!!” Nishi stated something ridiculous but not impossible.

“Do I look like an alien, you…? What the hell are you wearing?”

“Why does everyone keep asking me the same question?”

“Enough.” Tiera stepped in. “Stand up. Now.” Orga stood up, he was really tall but the moment he stood up they all realized that his shirt was soaked in dry blood. “Why are you bloody?”

“It happens to be my blood.” Lelouch took a mental note, he was wounded before waking inside this ship, just like him. “What about him? He has blood too.”

“I was wounded as well, but somehow I’m fine.”

“What happen to you?”

“Stabbed in my heart. You?”

“Gunshots. Damn, how are we alive?”

“That’s what I want to know. Did you perhaps find someone? Like guards or something?”

“Well, some people passed nearby me, they looked like pilots because they were wearing those custom normal suits.”

“And why didn’t you try to talk with them?”

“They could easily have been guards, I’m good but I can’t take care of five soldiers on my own.”

“I see…does that make you two happy or do you need to ask more questions?” He asked to the pilots. “Do you still have your weapon on you?”

“I do. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna use it on you.” He said. “Can I ask you something?”

“What?”

“Is that a horse that you have there?” The boys looked at the white horse standing at the hallway.

“Yes. Yes, it is.”

Sulletta Mercury was on the verge of a panic attack, the last thing she remembered was when she and Miorine were at Plant Quetta talking about…she blushed when she remembered how she hugged her and asked her to never leave her side. It was one of the happiest moments in her life, she even managed to give her the present that she wanted to give her. And she liked it!

But then the Plant was attacked, she was at her side when the place started to shake. Everything was suddenly dark, they were on the floor together, and they were hurt but they were fine.

Then they saw a golden light coming from the outside, breaking the window with the impact. They both instinctually hugged each other, it was like they wanted to protect each other with their embrace.

It was sudden, but they knew what was going to happen.

No one can’t tell how is to die, people can only speculate how it feels like but no one can truly tell you. Those seconds felt like an eternity.

But after a while, they realized that something should have happened, that’s when they opened their eyes and found themselves alright. They were in front of an unbroken window and the lights were on. For a second they thought that everything was some kind of shared dream, but things started to not add up.

The structure of the place wasn’t the same, the stars outside weren’t the same. Their phones marked ‘no signal’ on their screens, it happened before but now with everything so calm it didn’t make sense to not have a signal.

Both girls started to look around for their friends, it was when they were looking for them that they realized that something changed. For starters, the artificial gravity was all over the ship, they didn’t have to use rails to move which made no sense because every single ship and space base had one.

It didn’t make sense but they weren’t inside Plant Quetta anymore. They both got scared when someone pointed a gun at their faces.

That’s when they met Alto and the girls. He was wearing a pilot suit and the other two…they were wearing very weird clothes, the same one that those space singers wear at their concerts.

They introduced themselves and tried to understand where they were but they didn’t have the answer, so they decided to work together. Mostly because Alto was the only one with a weapon to defend themselves.

And now….

“All right, let’s go, everybody!”

“Do not shout our position, dumbass.” Kamina was a very….peculiar person. He was loud, confident, and strong, he was a lot like Guel but he wasn’t a jerk about it. Sherryl was looking at him with little trust. “Shouldn’t we leave her in the room? It doesn’t feel safe to carry her.” They improvised a stretcher with the beds and the steel parts of chairs, she and the boy named Shinji were carrying her.

“And leave her alone? Let’s be honest, I don’t think there is a safe place for us here until we find a way home.”

“I still don’t hear a plan…”

“The plan is simple, blondie.”

“Don’t call me that.”

“Is simple as cake! We found out the guy who runs this place, we beat his ass, stole his ship and we go back home to a party for an entire week!”

“That’s your plan…?”

“That’s stupid.”

“Stupid awesome, that was it is!”

Suletta laughed forcedly, she would like to have that much self-confidence. Although it seems that level of self-confidence wasn’t something that everyone liked.

“K-Kamina-san?”

“Mmm? What’s wrong, raccoon-girl?”

“R-Racoon girl?!”

“Because of those big-ass eyebrows of yours! You and the forehead boy had something that makes you stand out a lot!!” H-Her eyebrows are not that big, right?!

“Stop yelling. You’re gonna kill us all!” Alto said angry. “Can you say that we’re in a bad position?”

“And what do you want me to do? Whine about it?”

“We have women and someone injured, can you understand that?”

“I do. Do you understand it, pretty boy?”

“Better than you, for sure.”

“Stop it, you two!” Miorine stopped them. “We are not in a position to argue with each other.”

“She is right, Alto.” Sherryl backed her.

“Tch.”

“Whatever. By the way, what do you want to tell me?”

“Eh? F-Forget it, it’s nothing important.”

“Are you sure? I don’t mind answer you.” Suddenly Kamina stopped walking.

“K-Kamina-san?”

“What’s wrong-?”

“Shhh.”

“Don’t-“

“Shhhh.” Everyone didn’t say anything, he was trying to hear something. “Did you guys hear it?”

“What?”

“Someone is screaming.” Sulleta and the other couldn’t honestly heard anything, how could he able to do that. “They are getting stronger?”

“Wait! I heard it too!” Ranka commented. “I think they are girls.” Suletta tried to listen too, thankfully she was able too.

“Could it be more people like us?” Shinki asked.

“Or could it be a trap from our captors,” Alto answered. “We don’t who brought us here, so they could easily pretend to be one of us.”

“Guys.”

“Wouldn’t that apply to you as well?”

“Miorinie-san?”

“What? I’m right.

“G-Guys.”

“That’s how you treat the people who help you, Miorine Rembran?”

“Who was the guy who pointed a gun at two defenseless girls? Besides, you three are the most suspicious of all. Especially those two.”

“WhY?!”

“Why would a couple of singers be inside a ship? In fact, what would they gain for doing that?”

“Miorine-san, you shouldn’t say those stuff about people!”

“And you shouldn’t be so naïve!”

“Calm down, people!”

“That’s right. Alto-kun, Miorine-san, please stop this at once!”

“Guys…”

“And you want me to do? Ignore what this little bitch said to me?”

“What do you call me?!!!”

“GUYS!!” Shinji screamed with all his strength, making everyone wined their eyes. All their eyes were on him, and he realized that he blushed. “mmm…Kamina left…”

“WHAT?!!!” Alto, Sherryl, and Miorine screamed at the same time.

“Where did he go?!” Shinji pointed to the direction he went and Alto followed behind. “Shit! What is that idiot thinking?!!!”

Domon was pissed off. He was angry at the situation, but mostly at himself. He didn’t know how but someone was able to capture him and Rain from their home and locked them inside this ship.

He wanted answers but mostly to find Rain. She was also inside this ship, she could feel it.

But he couldn’t let these people on their own, they were a lot of kids with them. Why would they kidnap children as well? Some of them were wearing pilot suits, the same that the military of the colonies wore.

“Do you have a plan in mind, Mister Domon?” Mineva asked him. The group were inside the elevator, it was a little packed for the amount of people inside.

“Your friends over here are pilots, right?”

“Y-Yes!” Banagher answered.

“I woke up inside God Gundam with my regular clothes, the last thing I remembered was that I went to bed with my wife and-“

“Wait! Did you say Gundam?!” The blonde kid with no glasses, who’s name was Riddhe, scream at him. “Y-You have a Gundam too?!”

“Too? Are you guys Gundam Fighters?” Domon’s mind was being filled with inner questions and theories. He remembered at the last Gundam fight, how all the colonies were using dirty tactics to get advantages in the tournament. Shit, the only reason why Argo was fighting back then was because Neo-Russia was extorting him with his crewmates.

What would stop other colonies who wanted to win at any cost, to kidnap the future candidates for the next Gundam fight?

“Wait, you kids have Gundams?” It was the man in green, Lockon, was the one who asked the kids with a very serious look. “Where did you get them?!” Banagher was taken aback.

“We have Barbatos inside our base for years until Gjallarhorn attacks us and I bring it out.”

“Barbatos? I never heard of such Gundam before.” Mikazuki shrugged his shoulders.

“Regardless, we need to go to the hanger and find a way to escape.”

“I would help you get there, but I can’t leave without my wife.”

“I understand, Mister Domon. And you have my gratitude.” Mineva thanked him.

“Sorry to interrupt the conversation.” The blonde kid with glasses and pointy ears (he didn’t know what was going on with those but he didn’t want to be rude so he didn’t ask). “But what is a Gundam?” Everyone inside the elevator looked at the boy with confusion. “W-What?”

“How can you don’t know what a Gundam is? Did you leave under a rock your whole life?!” Takuya asked completely shocked.

“What? I never heard of such a thing before. If I have to make a guess, is some kind of machine, right?”

“Didn’t you say you are a pilot?” The redheaded girl, Marida, asked.

“Yes. Of my VF-25G Messiah, my Valkyrie.”

“Valkyrie? What is that?”

Now it was his turn to be confused. “Alright, how can you not know the name of the jet fighters that the N.U.N. has been using during the past fifty years?”

“Fifty years? Dude, what are you talking about?” Takuya said.

“That’s enough, kiddos. We will have this conversation later.” Lockon stopped the conversation, he was right, this wasn’t the time nor the place.

The elevator door opened, and the hangar was before them. They entered the room and all were shocked by the crazy amount of Mobile Fighters inside of it. Domon Quickly spotted his God Gundam, but there were a lot of Gundam as here as well, and some machines that didn’t resemble one.

The Hangar was huge, even bigger than he initially thought. Which brings the question: How big was this ship?

The group was on the ground, looking from below the massive machines. The kids were impressed by their size, Michel was completely out of words when his eyes spotted a Gundam. His Gundam.

“W-What is that thing…?” The curly-haired girl, Micott, was pointing at a massive Gundam. This one was really weird looking, it looked….fat. The body of the Gundam was very circular instead of square, it had two colors, black and grey with green glass on the chest. And it had a black cape. “It has eyes….”

She was right, the head had the usual yellow eyes that many Mobile Fighters had, in other words, those glowing eyes. But this one was different, it had pupils on it. Like real eyes.

“C-Creeppy….” Takuya commented, disturbed as well.

“Zabanya?!” Lockon rushed towards a green Gundam. This one had green giant structures at its side, it reminded Domon of a soldier. “This is my Gundam! Zabanya-00 Raiser?!!!” His eyes looked at another Gundam that was nearby, this one was quite imposing. This one colors were the more standard for a Gundam, but it had two giant pointy shields over its shoulders. “Harute…and Seravee too?!!”

“You know these Gundams?”  Riddhe asked him.

“They belonged to my friends….if their Gundams are here, then they should be here too!”

“Banagher, look! Unicorn!” Micott pointed at a white Gundam across the room, this one was completely white, with a single frontal horn instead of the usual V-fin.

“That’s a Unicorn, alright.” Domon thought. “Alright, now we are here, let’s find our Mobile Fighters and see if they are not blocked.”

“And then?”

“We tried to find a way to find our friends and get out of here.”

“But to where? We don’t know where we are exactly.”

“Perhaps if we connect to a main computer we might be able to learn the navigation system.” Lockon suggested. “Or if we find a guard and beat the crap out of him.”

“I can help with that.” Mikazuki suggested.

“Kshatriya?!” Marida stared at a massive mobile fighter. This one was bulkier than the other ones, it was green with four giant-like wings on its back and front. “Is repaired…”

“Repaired? It was broken before?”

“It was not even at half is usual power…but now is intact, like new.”

“Why would they fix our Mobile Suits?” Riddhe asked concerned. “I understand that someone would like to know the technology behind them, but-“

“They are saved here like any other one.”

Domon agreed with them, if they wanted to steal their Gundams they wouldn’t let them this unguarded. Were they even guards to begin with or any kind of crew inside this ship? They didn’t even have robots that do those roles.

But the ship couldn’t be empty, someone put them inside….

*FOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!*

Suddenly they heard the sound of an engine starting, every single one of them knew what that sound was. It was the same they heard whenever they started their machines.

And they were right, from one of the spots, a Mobile Suit jumped and hit the floor. “Shit! They found us!” The robot busted its way towards them, that thing wasn’t as big as their Gundams but it was still dangerous. But its designs completely differed from all the robots in the hangar. This was humanoid but it didn’t resemble a human like theirs. Its limbs were more bent, its inner frame was mostly exposed except for some turquoise bits spreader in various parts.

It didn’t have something that looked like a face, but rather it was just a big green visor. This Mobile Fighter was more machine-looking than their Gundams.

[[“Don’t move!!”]] Everyone froze when the weird-looking Gundam pointed two machine guns at them. [[“Anything and I’ll shoot you!”]] Domon was wondering who was this person, he could tell that it was a woman from the voice.

*Bang!*

“AAAAAHHHH!!” She fired a single shot to where the kids were.

[[“I’m serious!!”]] Lockon and Marida were clenching their teeth out of frustration if they could only get inside their machines.

But Domon was not altered, he was calm. He remembered all those battles during the tournament. Quickly, he threw his Katana and broke the main camera of the robot. [[“WHAT?!”]]

“Soryaaa!!” He removed his cape and jumped very high. He twisted it and tied it to the left arm of the weird Gundam, the woman started to shoot aimlessly thanks to her lack of vision. Domon took advantage of the arm’s movement to get momentum, his body was thrown to the air but he was still holding his cape, by a combination of various factors, he was able to rip off the robot’s left arm.

The King of Hearts controlled his direction and retook his katana. “OOOOHHHH!!!” Domon was back on the ground with his katana in his hands. Slowly, the right hand of the robot was chopping off.

[[“WHAT?!!!”]]

“It’s not over yet!!”  Domon screamed with passion. He jumped once again and kicked the chest of the unit with all his might, his foot pressed down the chest plate, bending it inside the cockpit.

[[“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”]] He could heard her screaming of pain, his kick elevated both several meters from the ground.

*THUNK!*

The robot fell on its back when it hit the floor, Domon landed before it with a fighting position. “Sei!” He was in a fighting stance waiting for the next movement, but it wasn’t one. The robot was still. “Fuuuu.” He let a big breath and relaxed, the fight was over. “Are you guys fine?” He turned around to see the others and they were shocked, like they see something impossible.

“Did you…Did you beat a Mobile Suit…..with your bare hands….?” Mineva asked, trying her best to be calm but she was truly struggling.

“Yes.”

“HOW?”

“I train a lot.”

“ooh, that makes sense.” Mikazuki said with obvious realization.

“No, it doesn’t…..” Michel counter-argued.

“Man….” Lockon got close to him, trying to keep his cool. “What are you?”

“King of Hearts, Domon Kasshu.”

“Eh? What does that mean?”

“Hmph, a lot of things. But first…” He turned to see the machine. “Let’s get some answers.” Domon incrusted his sword to the side of the chest plate and use it as a shovel to open it. Once opened, Domon was able to take out the pilot from it. On his arms he was holding a young-looking girl, she had blonde hair tied with two low twintails, she was wearing a white leotard outfit that revealed a lot of her figure.

“She…she is a girl….” Lockon was surprised as well, she couldn’t be older than fifteen. Her head had blood on it, likely because of the hit she got from Domon.

Regardless of her age, they needed answers from her.

Nishi was freaking out. Not so long ago, he and Sayla were minding their own business, they were bringing Zaku back home from the vet and then the truck turned into a giant robot and told them: “It’s isekai time”. The next thing he saw was the roft of a room that wasn’t his. And now he was a prisoner of some crazy cosplayers and a horse.

“Could you please tell him to not breathe so close to me?” The horse’s face was very close to his, and it was really uncomfortable.

“Be quiet.”

“And he just wants to be nice!” The twin tail girl said to him.

“I don’t get it, why would they leave a horse run free on the ship?” Their newest member, a young man named Orga, said.

“Why would they leave their prisoners with weaponry and unguarded?” Le---Lekroux---the guy with the pope outfit asked rhetorically. “The only thing we know is that we know nothing, Mr. Itsuka.”

“Be quiet.” The Setsuna boy (perhaps the one with most normal name of the bunch) stopped their conversation, he and the glasses boy were the ones who antagonized them the most. They were also the ones who carried the weapons.

Nishi was scared for his life, but he was even more scared for Sayla. If she was inside this place and were people like them with her…..she was strong but she was a kid. As her (maybe) older brother he needed to protect her.

If he could find a way to free himself

“Vrrrff” The horse got close to him again, it was trying to become a nuisance.

“Oi, I’m not a chewing toy….” The horse was putting his mouth on his sleeves, chewing his sleeves.

But suddenly, he felt something different in his wrist hands. They didn’t feel as restring as before, in fact….he was free. He looked at the horse, he was staring right through his eyes even when they were hidden behind a mask. Did this horse help him on purpose? He was a horse but he was a good guy.

He didn’t say anything but he nodded as a sign of gratitude.

“Sorry for this, miss.”

“Hmm? Woah!” He grabbed the girl and threw her with all his strength to the armed boys. The moment he did that, he turned back and ran like a chicken.

*BANG!*

*BANG!*

*BANG!*

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Nishi cried while trying to get himself killed by a gunshot, he didn’t know where he was going but it was better than being with them.

After a while, he stopped, his lungs were killing him, he was in good shape but the situation was stressful enough to lose his energy quickly. Nishi was panting heavily, he had both hands on his knees.

He recovered and tried to walk again, he needed to find his (maybe) sister before something bad could happen to her.

But how?

He didn’t have a gun or anything to defense himself. He was unprotected and exposed.

“It doesn’t matter, I live unprotected anyways.” He said with resolve, he continued his journey to find Sayla. The blonde man kept walking, trying his best to not make much noise and don’t get captured again by those lunatics.

But now he was lost….well, is not like he knew where he was to begin with. None of them did.

Was this an actual isekai adventure like the ones Sayla watched on TV? Perhaps those lunatics were isekaid as well? They didn’t look wearing the same type of clothes and they were from different ethnicities.

But as little as he knew, those shows had a fantasy setting, not a sci-fi one. Could this be a really elaborated dream of his?

*Slap*

Nope! It wasn’t a dream! And that hurt a lot! Damn! He regretted doing that!

“This isn’t a dream…” He said while touching his cheek, he should have used that strength. Nishi tried to ignore the pain and kept walking, he needed to grab Sayla and run away.

“Woah!” Someone grabbed him from behind by his collar and pulled him inside a room.

*Click*

Once again, he had a weapon pointed at his face. They weren’t the same guys as before, in fact, they were young women. Three to be exactly, two of them were tall while the other one was a teenager. A silver-haired woman was pointing a gun at his chin, at her side was a brunette woman, and behind them was a red-headed girl. The three of them were wearing spandex suits that were extremely tight to their bodies. The first one had a purple and light purple spandex, the second a black and yellow one, and the youngest one a red and black spandex.

They looked incredible pervert.

“Don’t move.” The silver one said, and it was at that moment that Nishi realized the nature of the place he was. Their outfits were the answer.

Isekai stories had the trope of being fantasy settings with video game mechanics put them into the mix. But some of them in order to stand out from the others, they changed the formula, some of them were very edgy.

He remember a very scary game that Garma showed him one day, apparently, it was getting very popular on the internet. It was a dark fantasy RPG with heavy sexual components, but not erotic, it was incredibly disturbing. They couldn’t spend more than one hour playing that monstrosity and he made sure that Sayla never saw that thing on her phone.

“Indeed….that game….FEAR & HUNGER!!” The most horrible game he ever played, and what it has to do with it? Easy, their outfits were the clue:

THEY ARE SEXUAL PREDATORS!!

“Who in their right mind would wear something like that willingly? Only a disturbed pervert!”

“What the hell is wrong with this guy? Is he a pervert or something?” The youngest one said but he wasn’t sure if she was actually young, she could easily turn into a disgusting eldritch abomination at any moment and do horrible things to this hole!

“He.”

“What are you laughing about?” The brunette asked.

“I’m not going to let you turn me into one of your *** toys!!” He kicked the silver-haired woman and ran away once again, he saw a railing and tried to jump over.

“COME BACK HERE!!!” The red monster jumped to him, trying to….

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” They both fall off the floor but Nishi managed to grab the creature from its waist.

*THUD!*

They both fell to the lower floor, but Nishi wasn’t hurt. In fact, he was German suplexing the monster, its head hitting the ground. He left his grip when he realized that she wasn’t moving, blood was coming out of its head fast.

“You bastard!!” The brunette monsters had a gun! “What are you doing?!”

“Defending my body!” He was using the defeated monster as a shield.

“You coward!” He didn’t care what he said to him, he wouldn’t let them to harm Sayla!!

“Liutenant!” The silver one said while pointing its weapon. “Shit!”

“I’m not going to let you get away from this!!” He would saved his (maybe) sister! Not matter what!!”

*Foosh!*

“Don’t move!!” The glasses boy and Setsuna came into the room, pointing their weapons at them. “Drop your weapons and on your knees!”

*Bang*

“Now.” Both degenerates dropped their weapon and kneeled. “You….”

“H-Hi….sorry for run-away….but I defeated one of our captors!!”

“Captors? What are you talking about, you idiot?!”

“I don’t want to hear words from a pervert!!”

“P-Pervert?!!”

“What’s going on here?”

“These are sexual predators, boys. Look at what they’re wearing!”

“WHAT?!!”

“Nishi.” Setsuna entered the conversation. “I believe these women are prisoners as us.”

“You’re right.” The silver one said.

“What?”

“And I think that she is just a regular girl.” Nishi looked at the red one, he stared at her more closely and she wasn’t turning into an eldritch creature.

“Oh.”

Kamina heard them! He heard their voices! They belonged to girls and they were calling for people!

“Cryska!!”

“Big Bro!”

“Cryska!”

“Big Bro!”

“Oi!” Kamina finally found them, they were two girls, one older than the other. The eldest one was a blonde woman wearing a pink jacket, and the little one was a silver-haired little girl who was wearing the same kind of clothes as Shinji and Rei, and she was carrying a toy in her arms.

Shit…she looked very young….

“Are-?”

*PSSSSHHHTTT!!!*

“AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

“I have a right to defend myself! No means no!” The blonde chick was spraying something to his eyes and they were burning.

“What the fuck?!”

“Sayla, I’m scared!!”

“Don’t worry, Inia-chan! I’m going to protect you!!”

“Kamina-san!” He heard Shinji coming to his aid.

*PSSSHHHHTTT!!*

“My eyes!!” Shinji was subdued by the same attack from that woman!

“You did it, Sayla!”

“What’s going on here?” The others came here, she tried to do the same but her thing was spaying anymore.

“I’m….out of ammo…”

“Don’t give up, Sayla!!”

“Please, wait!” Miorine stopped them. “We don’t want to harm you.”

“And why is he not wearing a shirt?”

“Because he is an idiot.”

“Hey!”

“Ah, ok.”

“Oi!!”

“Are you two fine?”

“My eyes are burning!” Shinji said while crying. “I heard about pepper spray but god…” Ranka helped the boy to stand up.

“Are you people trapped inside this ship as well?” The little girl said to them.

“Yes, my name is Miorine Rembran. And yours?”

“I’m Inia Sestina!”

“I’m Sayla~~!”

Chapter Text

Scenario 1.2: Strange encounters.

Kurugi Suzaku was a man who tried to change the world for the better without resorting to wrong means. Ever since Zero entered his scene, the people of Japan have been supporting armed resistance all over the country, making the lives of the citizens of Japan even worse. Those fools were misguided, the more they fought for them so-called “justice” they made things worse for the innocent.

That’s why he refused to join Zero when he saved him back then, the people of Japan needed to know that force wasn’t the only option. It could be a peaceful one as well. The world was constantly kicking him for that kind of thinking, he wasn’t that naïve. But he needed to endure to make his dream come true.

But one day, out of nowhere, someone fell from the sky into his arms. A young lady with pink hair. He spent the day with her until he had to save someone with his Knightmare. It was there when she revealed her true name: Euphemia vi Britannia. Or Euphy, like she wanted him to call her.

She had to be one of the best people he ever met, she was the proof that Britannia wasn’t evil by nature. They could change from the inside. And she believed the same.

So imagine his surprise when she asked him to become her knight.

He accepted of course, with honor.

With Euphy at his side, then perhaps he could make a better future for the people of Japan, and perhaps the other areas.

But Zero kept fighting. He and his Black Knights were a menace to his goals. Terrorists who tried to achieve peace through force, imposing their morality and beliefs by force. They said that they fought against Britannia but in his perspective, they were doing the same as Britannia back then.

Suzaku didn’t hate Zero but he did hate his methods. What he couldn’t understand was why was he so focused on bringing him to his side. It was during Kaminejima that he learned that Zero knew more about Suzaku than anyone in this world.

He knew…he knew the truth behind his father’s death. He didn’t commit suicide, but rather he was killed by his own son. His father wanted to do or die resistance, which was a fate worse than the one that the people of Japan were living. They couldn’t defeat Britannia, such a tactic was foolish and would bring nothing but death for Japan. They would been exterminated!

That’s why he did what he did! Zero had no right to judge him! He learned from that sin! He dedicated his whole life to atone for that sin! That’s why…..!

But it was at that moment he got a chance to atone, to stop all this madness. Britannia was going to throw missiles at their location to kill all the terrorists, and Zero was before him. So he took the chance and captured Zero at gunpoint, he didn’t care to die. But he would have like to see Lelouch and Nunnally one more time, and said goodbye to Euphy.

He locked him, inside his Knightmare always pointing at gun. He was starting to have some doubts, but Zero needed to be stopped.

“SUZAKU! LIVE!!”

“Ah!!” Suzaku gasped, he couldn’t remember what happened back then. “Zero?!!” He woke up on a bed inside what seemed like a medical bay. How did he survive the bombing? Was Zero killed?! “Is someone there?!” He asked but no one answered.

Suzaku felt disappointed, he was ready to die only to find himself inside a medical bay. Shouldn’t he be glad to be alive? To be alive was a good thing, he could see his friends and Euphy again. He chuckled. What was he thinking? They would be so mad at him if they learned what he was thinking back then. Euphy would have been so sad, and so Nunnally. He promised that he would never hurt them but by dying they would be in such a pain that no one should go through.

Well, he had a last will that he gave to Cecile and Lloyd in case he ever died in combat. Actually, it wasn’t a will but instructions. If he ever were to die, they needed to do two things: one, was to say to all his friends at the Student Councils that he transferred to another school, and two, to deliver a letter to Lelouch Lamperouge.

Lelouch was a smart man, perhaps the smartest person he ever met. He would easily put together what happened to him, so he wrote a letter as a way to say goodbye to his friend. At the very least, he could say goodbye to him. He also put a present for Nunnally as well, the letter that he wrote asked Lelouch to say to his sister that it was a parting gift for her. At the very least, she would have something to remember him.

Looking back, it was stupid what he was going to do.

Time passed by and no one came to check on him. As a matter of fact, he was still wearing his pilot suit. He didn’t seem to be harmed either, so why was he in a medical bay? Procedure?

If he managed to survive without wounds….could have Zero?

“I’m thirsty….” He stood up from his bed and walked for water. The medical bay was enormous, and the number of beds and machines was amazing. As one should expect from Britannia. But they were all empty, how was he the only one here? Even Britanians treat their prisoners' wounds.

“Shit! Where are my clothes?!!” He heard a girl screaming, for some reason, that voice sounded familiar to him. Suzaku rushed and found that it came inside from a bathroom. He gulped and knocked on the door, the last thing he needed was to cause a misunderstanding.

“Excuse me, is anyone there?” He asked. “My name is Kururugi Suzaku, may I ask you some--?”

*Fooosh*

The door suddenly opened and his eyes were on the incoming knife that was about to stab him. His Aikido and military training kicked in, and he threw the woman over his shoulder to the ground. He put himself on top of her and restrained her limbs.

“Kallen?!” He knew her! “Kallen….Stadfelt”

“No! Is Kozoki Kallen!” She was Kallen from school….but what she was doing here? She should be at the academy not inside a Britanian medical bay. Unless…. “Get off!”

“…..Kallen Stadfelt, you’re under arrest for terrorism.” He grabbed a piece of sheet and tied the girl's wrists. She tried to struggle but his grip was stronger than hers. “Everything you said can be used against you. You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to an attorney.”

“You bastard!”

“Don’t make it more difficult than it is, Kallen.” He grabbed his…..classmate and put her on a bed. “What are you doing here?”

“Like I’m going to answer you!!”

“And Zero? What happened to him?”

“Why don’t you ask your Britannians buddies? They should tell you what happened.”  

“So you’re clueless as well.” Suzaku wondered what she was doing inside that bathroom alone. If she was a prisoner, she must have custody, even if she was wounded. No one would be that stupid. He looked around, he recognized some of the equipment. “How long have you been here?”

“Why do you care?”

“Do you found weird that you are inside a Britanian base without supervision? You are not even handcuffed.”

“And?”

“Kallen….is this your base?” The redheaded looked at him in confusion. “No, it isn’t. Otherwise, you wouldn’t freak out.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“You were at Kaminejima, you’re Zero’s ace, aren’t you?”

“What if I am?”

“Kallen…how did we survive the bombing?” Kallen stared at him with anger, but she didn’t respond. She didn’t know that either. “What was the last thing you remembered?”

“I was saving Zero from you!!”

“Before the bombing….”

“That’s right! You damn traitor wanted to bring down Zero with you! If you want to die, just commit seppuku like your father and save us the problem!” Suzaku didn’t say anything, and decided to ignore her.

Suzaku wondered why no one was looking for them. He thought of something very risky.

*Bang!*

“What the hell are you doing?!!”

“A test.” Suzaku fired a bullet into the ceiling, it was odd enough that they left him with a weapon even if he was at an ally facility. A gunshot was a bad sign anywhere.

But no one was coming.

*Bang!*

“Did you lose your mind?!”

“Don’t you find it weird that no one is coming here after two gunshots?” Kallen was angry but even she knew that he had a point. “How is it that neither of us are locked and unguarded? We even have our weapons on us.”

“Who would be that stupid to do such a thing?”

“I don’t think we are in a Britannian base, nor a Japanese one.”

“Then who’s?”

“I don’t know.” Suzaku looked at her eyes. “I should say we should be on a truce until we figure out what’s going on.”

“And why should I help you? You’re a damn Britannian dog!!”

“Do you want to be caught with your hands tied?”

“Tch!!” He helped stood up and free her. “You’re going to regret this.”

“We better get out of here. Cautiously.” Suzaku turned his back on her as a form of trust. Even she wouldn’t be that stupid, and he wanted to believe in her. They went outside the room and found themselves inside a hallway. The honorary Britannian looked both sides. “Is pretty large…”

The hallways were long and plain looking, they were military. Similar to the ones he was used to. But if it was a Britannian ship, then they should be sigils of the Empire to see on the walls, meanwhile, they were all gone.

They went outside, the redhead never took away her eyes off him. Since when was she a terrorist? He remembered back at Shinjuku that there was a Glasgow pilot that aced a lot of soldiers, people speculated that it was the first time that Zero appeared, mostly because he confessed that he was the one who killed Viceroy Clovis.

Could she be the Gurren’s pilot? He didn’t want to doubt their time together in the academy, he didn’t believe she was that cold-hearted. He wanted to believe that it wasn’t false!

They kept walking but they didn’t find any signs of live or who this place belonged to. This was weird and that worried him. This didn’t make sense, if any of them were the prisoner, why they be left alone and without supervision? It didn’t make sense!!

“Do you recognize any of this?”

“No….” For how frustrated she said that, she wasn’t lying. “If this isn’t mine nor yours, then who is it?”

For a second, the thought that it belonged to Prince Schneizel passed inside his mind. But that man was known for his efficiency, there’s no way that he would leave them unguarded and unprotected. Whoever this ship belonged to, it wasn’t a Britannian or a Japanese. The Chinese Federation, perhaps?

But when they were captured? How did the sneak into Kaminejima without them noticing it? Why they kidnap them? Because of their relations with Princess Euphemia and Zero? Could they want to use them to get close to them?

It could be a possibility, but then he remembered their current position and that theory shattered.

“You wouldn’t happen to know how to hack systems?”

“I don’t, why?”

“If we could only hack into one of these terminals…” Suzaku observed the screen of one of the computers. “Aquiles…..” The name of the famous Greek hero of legend, could this place belong to the European Union?

“The hell does that mean?”

“I don’t know….”

“Kallen, besides your knife, do you have another weapon on you?”

“No, only that…”

“And my pistol only has six shots left. If we are caught in a fire….” Even with their weapons, they would be at a great disadvantage if they went to fight directly. “You wouldn’t happen to have a way to contact your partners?”

“If I have, I would already use it.” So they were both unable to communicate with their companions.

“And your Gurren?”

“What about it?”

“My Lancelot has a tracker inside.”

“Do you think they have our Knightmares?”

“I was inside mine, and so did you. Besides, it would be a waste to capture the pilots without their machines.”

“Wait, wouldn’t that mean if we find them we could escape this place?”

“Most likely.” They kept walking, using the walls as a way to hide themselves. They couldn’t risk to be spotted. Suzaku wasn’t able to see any cameras, another oddity. Perhaps they were so small that couldn’t be seen, he knew that they were cameras that were as small as a button.

And yet, no one was looking for them.

“Suzaku! Look!” Kallen pointed at an open door, it was dark but they could notice a small light coming from inside. Suzaku looked at the girl, he didn’t said anything but he talked to her via a face gesture. Quickly, they ran towards the door, each one on each side of the door. The looked at each other and nodded.

“Don’t move!” He shouted pointing his weapon at--- “A girl?!” In front of him was a young girl, she was small, with short blonde hair and she was looking directly at a screen. She had both hands on the air, as a sign of surrender.

“Why is a little girl doing-?”

“You should have pointed that gun at me. She is gonna rape you.”

“What?!”

*PPPAWWW!!!*

Suzaku could feel a foot striking his stomach, quickly digging. Kallen felt the same. Next thing they knew, both of the bodies were launched and bounced against a wall. Before they could recover, they had their faces pinned down.

They couldn’t move, whoever was grabbing them by their necks, had the strongest grip they ever experienced.

“Where are we? How many you are? And you want from us?” A female voice asked them, it didn’t belong to the blonde girl that was inside the room. “Alice-chan, their weapons.”

“I already take care of it.” He could hear the girl talking from behind their backs. When did she get here?!

“You fucking-AAAHHH!!!”

“That’s voice—Kallen?!!!”

“You said Kallen?” The grip on their necks loose a little and the dashed away from them, they both looked at the girls who were treating them.

And it that moment, Suzaku’s world broke apart.

Beside that girl was another one of her age and size. She was wearing white hakama pants, on her top body was a white jacket with long sleeves and blue lines coming from the shoulders to the wrists, and a tight black shirt underneath. Her hair was brown and long, tied with a high ponytail. Both her hands were covered in big black gloves.

Even with those clothes, he could recognize her everywhere and anytime. Her face, her unopened eyes.

“Nunnally….” That name sounded like a stranger right now….he could accept from Kallen but….Nunnally…..she was walking!! She was walking!!! Nunnally was walking!!! How?! When?! Was….Was….

“How….How is she….?” Kallen was as confused and shocked as he was, she couldn’t believe it either.

“Kallen.” She said while….was she…..Nunnally was seiing her?! She could see again?!! Without noticing, her eyes were on him. “….”

“N-“

“Don’t move.” The girl beside her was pointing their guns at them. “Or I kill you.” Suzaku didn’t know this girl, she was wearing a female pilot suit similar of a round, leotard-type bodysuit with thigh highs. But she lacked the Britannia symbol on her chest like the others. She was young, around Nunnally's age and height.

“What are you doing here, Nunnally?!” Kallen was the first to snap. “Why are you here? And how are you walking?!”

*Bang!*

“Hnngg!”

“Kallen!!” His classmate was shot, but the bullet just brushed her right arm.

“I told you not to move.” The blonde girl said to them. “Next one is to the head. Answer, our questions.”

“Wait.”

“Nunnally, they can’t be-“

“That’s what I’m going to find out.” Nunnally walked towards them, but to Kallen specifically. For a moment, the brunette hesitated but he got very close to her and….licked her blood.

“Hyyyyeee!” She shrieked. Why would she do that?

“She is human….”

“Can’t you tell by looking at me, you brat?!!”

“Nunnally! What are you doing?”

“What did I-?”

“Wait!!” Nunnally ordered the girl. She then, put both of her hands on his face and got face to face.

“Nunnally….”

“July 20^th of 2010, what happened?”

“That’s---“

“Answer!!!”

“Britannia went to a full war with Japan, and you have no other choice to change your name and leave….why do--?”

“Y-You are him…..You are Suzaku-san……how…?” She stepped back completely in shock.

“Don’t get foul, Nunnally! This is another trap from the cult!!”

“I….I don’t think so….this man is the real Kururugi Sukazu.”

“T-That can’t be, if he is then she…”

“She is Kallen….I would never mistake her….”

“Nunnally…”

“Just hold for a second, and just tell me what the hell is going on?!!” Once again Kallen snapped.

“That’s Kallen Stadtfelt, alright.”

“Kozuki, you little brat.”

“What you called me, you slut?”

“Don’t start a fight, girls. Please.” Nunnally stopped them.

“I still have my-“

“She is Kallen!” Nunnally stopped her. “She is Kallen.”

“Nunnally, what’s going on? What are you doing here?”

“I wouldn’t ask you if I know the answers, Suzaku-san.”

“Wait a minute! How are you able to walk?!” Kallen made the true question that they wanted to know, but what surprised them was that Nunnally was surprised by that question.

“Kallen….what is the last thing you remember?”

“I was at Kamenijima with the….”

“With the?”

“I shouldn’t talk about it.”

“She was with the black knights.”

“Hey!!”

“….” Nunnally was confused, and so was her companion.

“Anyways, we can’t stand here! If something happens to you, I won’t be able to see your brother to the face!”

“W-What?”

“Your brother, Lelouch.” He answered as the most obvious thing to say, but something was very wrong. Nunnally was quiet and confused.

“Who?”

Her head was killing her, she got hit pretty hard. This was one of the downfalls of having a physical body, she honestly hated the flesh and preferred her transcended body from DEVA. But to go to the Real World, she needed a flesh body. She needed to complete her mission as quickly as possible, that’s why her body was of a teen rather than an adult woman like herself.

Her mission was simple, localized Frontier Setter and eliminate the threat. An easy task that she could resolve in a matter of hours before the others arrived.

But something was wrong when she was sent to Earth.

She was supposed to land in the real world alongside her Ahran. But something went wrong. Her body was supposed to be inside the artificial womb that was making her body, but instead, she was already inside her Ahran. She should have been on an open field, not inside a base. That’s when she thought the worst.

Frontier Setter could already hacked DEVA’s servers without leaving any trace, so what stopped them from changing the course of a ship landing on Earth?

So when Angela woke up, she knew that she was captured by the enemy. That’s why she needed to escape as fast as she could.

But….What happened?

“Ah!”

“Seems that you finally woke up, little miss.” Before her eyes was an adult male wearing a green jumpsuit. “Guys! She woke up!!”

“Who are---?” She tried to move but found her hands being tied. “Let me out!”

“Not until you answer some questions.” At his side, was another man. This one was wearing a red cape.

“You’re that brute that break m---Where is my Ahran?!!”

“If you are talking about that tiny Gundam, is over there.” The man pointed with his finger to…

“Ahhhhhhhh!!! What did you do to my Ahran?!!”

“I would usually apologize for that but you were the one who pointed a gun and fired at us.”

“I remember now! You’re that brute from before!”

“Domon, and me and my friends want to ask you some things.”

“If you think that I’m going to talk to-“

*Bang!*

“Eeepp!!”

“Is not nice when someone shoots at you, little miss.”

“What happened?!” Suddenly a group of people came rushing, two of them holding guns.

“Nothing to worry about, I just gave her a warning to our little miss.”

“I would like you to not fire unless is necessary, Mr. Lockon.” A young girl wearing formal clothes suggested. “Is this the pilot of that tiny Mobile Suit?”

“Yes, she is. Miss…”

“System Security Third Officer, Angela Balzac. And if you think that you’re going to get something from me, you’re wasting your time. You just better just off me, kids.”

“Alright.” The tiniest of the males pulled off his weapon.

*Bang!*

“What the hell are you doing?!!” A blonde boy with glasses grabbed his arm, making him miss his shot.

“Dude! You can’t do that!”

“Why not? She told us that she isn’t going to talk.”

“Mikazuki-San, you can’t just go and kill people like that.”

“Is what I always do.” All the young people stared at the boy in shock.

“I will take this from you.” Marida grabbed his gun, and the boy looked a little upset by it.

Angela was thankful that she got escapism training, without them noticing it she was slowly---“Kept doing what you’re doing and I’ll cut your throat, Angela Balzack.” She stopped moving when the coated man talked. “You’re good and subtle, but I already know those tricks. So start talking.”

“Domon-San, may I talk with her?” A teenage boy walked close to her. “Sorry for this, my name is Banagher Links and we don’t want to hurt you! We just want to go home.”

“Home? What are you talking about?”

“Hold a minute, lad.” The green man stepped in. “Just answer this: Who do you think we are?”

“You’re Frontier Setter’s…..” For a moment she started to rethink everything that went on. Why was she inside her machine? “Oh shit.”

“Seems that she figured out, and so we did.”

“You have to be fucking kidding me. I was beat by a prisoner?!”

“You are a prisoner as well.”

“shut up.” The man with a coat walked to her back and unlocked her cuffs. “And you are a barbarian.”

“Is that so? My name is Domon Kasshu, by the way.”

“Kiddo, how you know that she wasn’t an enemy?”

“I had a hunch.”

“A good one, for what I see. Remember to take you to a Casino when we get out.” Banagher left a nervous laugh. She slowly stood up.

“And what you people are supposed to be?”

“Such a bunch of strangers who are as confused as you are.” The green man answered. “I believe that we should introduce ourselves, you can call me Lockon-“

“Later, I need to see my Ahran!” She pushed away to see closer her machine. “Aaaahhh!” She put both her hands on her head when she saw that it was worse than she expected. “How did this happen?”

“That’s a very good question. How the hell did you do this?” Lockon asked what everyone wanted to know. “I see a lot of impossible stuff in my life, but this is definitely one of the top 3.”

“I want to know that too!” The blonde kid with freckles asked. “That was the coolest thing I ever see!!”

“Takuya…”

“Hahahaha! If you think that’s impressive, you should have seen my master in his prime!” Angela stared at him with cringed when he heard.

“Did you people touch my Ahran?”

“We did.” A black-haired girl commented. “We tried to use the interface to contact the outside or trying to understand who put us here.”

“Let me see.” She entered the cockpit, thankfully the inner computer wasn’t broken. “You’re lucky to be close to me, in a matter of seconds I’ll be in touch with DEVA’s servers and….”

“What’s wrong?”

“Everything! This doesn’t make sense! The inner antenna has a direct link to the servers! I should contact them immediately! This is all your fault!!”

“Mine?”

“You busted my machine!! Now we can’t contact DEVA!”

“Officer Angela, please calm down. My friends are engineering experts, they could help you with any problem.”

“Just let us see.”

“…Fine! The Ahran has an inner antenna inside its back. Maybe if we-“ Before she could say something, Domon took the back plate. “STOP BREAKING IT!!!”

“Could lower your voice? Your voice is already high pitch enough.” She groaned.

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong, Micott?”

“The antenna is intact.”

“That’s impossible, my interface says that I don’t have signal.”

“Well, the antenna is intact and I don’t see anything wrong with it.”

“Hold it.” The guy with the glasses said. “Angela-san, right? How far those the DEVA’s severs reach?”

“384400 kilometers, the same distance between Earth and the moon.”

“Hmmm.”

“Michel?”

“We don’t know where we are but at least with this information we know that we aren’t close to neither nor the moon.”

“H-How? I mean, we were fighting close to a colony but we weren’t that far from Earth!”

“But I was. On Jupiter’s orbit to be exactly.”

“What? Are---Are we that far from Earth?”

“At least, I was before I woke up here.” Angela was angry, she hated when she didn’t have control of the situation. She was an agent of DEVA! The blonde woman looked at the screen, trying to get something.

And something did get.

“I got a signal from inside this ship!” She opened the channel but it was encrypted. “Crap! What the hell is this code?”

“Maybe we can help. Takuya.”

“Yes.” Both boys got close to the cockpit and try to see the encrypted code. “Woa, that’s a hell of a lock.”

“We could be getting inside the captors’ radio signal.” Everyone got close to them, looking at the holo-screen.

“That code!” Lockon said surprised, he pushed over the others.

“What are you-?!”

“Let me see…” The man pushed her aside. How rude was this barbarian?! “This is Celestial Being encryption!”

“You know this code?”

“Is an encryption we use that we don’t get hijack, thankfully I know how to access the communication.” He pushed her aside and used the keyboard. “If I do this…Done!” The screen changed into an audio syntonic.

[“Calling Ptolemalios, please respond.”]

From the speakers, they could hear the voice of a woman calling somewhere. “Does this thing have a microphone?”

 “Here.” She pressed a button and activated the microphone.

“Feldt! Can you hear me?”

[“L-Lockon?! Is that you?”]

[“Did you say Lockon?”]

“Allelujah! Are there too?”

[“Lockon! Thank god! We’ll be trying to contact our ship for half an hour!”]

“Sorry to disappoint you buddy, but I’m not at the Ptolemalios.”

[“What?”]

[“Who are you talking to?”]

[“Miss Sumeragi, we contact Lockon.”]

“Is Miss Sumeragi with you too?”

[“I am, I’m glad that you’re fine, Lockon.
I was afraid when I didn’t see you after the battle.”]

[“We woke inside a waiting room of an unknown ship, we’ll found the bridge of this ship abandoned, and we’ve been trying to contact our base since then with no effort until now.”]

“Sorry to disappoint you but I’m not at neither our ship nor our base, but at the same unknown ship as the rest of you.”

“Pardon for intruding. Miss Sumeragi, my name is Mineva Lao Zabi from Neo Zeon. I and my friends are currently trapped as you inside this ship. We don’t want to harm you or your companions but we need your help.”

[“Mineva Lao Zabi, my name is Sumeragi Lee Noriega, Commander of Celestial Being.
I see that you are with one of my crewmembers]

“Yes, Lockon Stratos has been a great help for all of us.”

[“I’m glad to hear that. Lockon, where are you now?”]

“We’ve been able to get into the hangar bay. Miss Sumeragi, I found our Gundams in here as well. In fact, the place is full of Mobile Suits, even Gundams that aren’t ours.”

[“More Gundams….? Lockon, are Setsuna and Tiera with you?”]

“No, but if Allelujah’s Gundam is here and he is here too, then those two could be here too. Although, 00 and Seravee are here instead of Qan[t] and Raphael. Besides you three, who else with you?”

[“Marie is with us….but we also find someone that is in the same position as us.
Miss Zabi, do you know a man named Ryoji Kaji?”]

Lockon looked at the girl but she denied with her head, they looked at Domon, Michel and Mikazuki, they didn’t know that name either. “Sorry, but that name doesn’t sound familiar to us.”

“Excuse me. Noriega, right? My name is Domon Kasshu, did any of you happen to bump into a woman in her early twenties and short brown hair? Her name is Rain Mikamura.”

[“I’m sorry but we didn’t find anyone besides this Ryoji Kaji.”]

“I see…”

“Miss Sumeragi, what do you want me to do?”

[“If you can, lock all the controls of the Gundams, just in case.
I’m going to send Allelujah to look for you.
Please be safe.”]

Nishi was sweating like a prisoner in death row. He was currently sitting in Seiza style, Lelouch and the others were looking at the….girl he knocked out.

“She is bleeding a lot…”

“!”

“I’m not a medical expert, but a wound like that…she must likely have a head concussion.”

“!!”

“I can stop the bleeding but without proper medical care….she could die.”

Nishi was grabbing his own head in despair, if she died he would go to jail. But if she wakes up, he will go to jail too. He couldn’t afford a lawyer, he only had ten thousand yens in his bank account!!

This was bad! He couldn’t let Sayla alone! She doesn’t know how to pay her taxes!! He needed to find a way-!

“Do anything out of line and I’ll shoot you in the head.” The glasses boy threatened him.

“Pardon me, but, who are you people?” The brunette woman in a…..not PG suit talked.

“I was about to ask you the same.” LE-Leouk? The pope boy asked her. “Once again, I apologize for the trouble. This idiot escaped from us.”

“Yeah! He threw like I was some kind of barrel!!” The drill girl complained. “And you should be madder about that, Tiera-san!”

“I just threatened his life…”

*Click*

The other woman in a not PG suit was pointing a gun at him. Setsuna and the glasses boy were pointing at her. “Start talking.”

“Calm down, Ensign Barchenowa.”

“Lieutenant Takemura, I’m not in the mood to do so. I need to find Inia.”

“Alright, listen, everyone is on edge but this is not the time for pointing our guns at each other.” Orga tried to calm the situation.

“T-That-“

“You shut up.” All the men made him shut his mouth. Nishi felt like a little kid being scolded by his teachers.

“I believe we should introduce ourselves. I’m Lelouch vi Britannia, and like you girls, I’m imprisoned in this ship as you.”

“Why there’s blood in your clothing?”

“Would you believe me if I tell you that is mine?”

“No.”

“I know but I’m not the only one in here.”

“That would be me, I’m Orga Itsuka.” The dark-skinned boy turned his back and showed them his bloody jacket. “I was fired multiple times, I remember how I lost consciousness from the blood lost, and yet I’m standing here like new.”

“How is it that you survived that many gunshots?”

“That I would like to know. I was bleeding like a dog on the streets of Mars and the next thing I knew was that I woke up inside a ship in space.”

“Did you say Mars?!!”

“Why is everyone so surprised when I mention Mars? Are you people from Earth?”

“Where else we’ll be from?”

“How is it that people are living on Mars? We could only reach to the moon before the BETA attacked it?”

“The BETA? Who are they?” The two girls stared at them in complete shock. “W-What?”

“How is it that you people don’t know about the BETA? Are you joking?”

“I have never heard of such a name before.” It was Setsuna who said what everyone was thinking. “Who are you? By your suits, you must be pilots.”

“I’m Lieutenant Takemura Yui from the Imperial Japanese Army.”

“I was guessing that you were Japanese by your looks and when she called you Takemura.” Lelouch commented.

“And you two, you look like pilots.”

“Setsuna. F. Seiei.”

“Tieria Verde. And tell your subordinate to pull down her gun.”

“Ensign.”

“We don’t have time to waste, Inia is alone!”

“Who is this Inia?”

“My sister and I can feel that she is inside this ship! Now, stop-“

“Calm down.” Lelouch interrupted her. “This isn’t the time for fighting, we need to find a way to help each other.”

“Brrrr”

“….I being meaning to ask you.”

“Yes, that’s a horse.”

“….Why-?”

“I don’t know, we just found him.”

“Right….”

“I’m going out.”

“Ensign Barchenowa!”

“I’m not going to waste any more time!” Nishi could understand her a little, he was feeling the same about Sayla all this time. “And none of these fools can give us a proper answer. They are just saying nonsense to us.”

“If I’m allowed…”

“What?” Everyone threw daggers at him.

“I believe I may know the reason why our stories don’t concur with what the other is saying. For example, Orga says that he is from Mars but mankind was only able to reach the moon as far as I know. And I never heard of the BETA either.”

“And what would be the reason?”

“I know is sounds crazy, but is the only explanation of all the inconsistencies we’ll be hearing so far and how you two are alive even after you had mortal wounds. But there’s only one explanation for all of this…”

“WE ARE ALL FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS!!”

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“Setsuna, please shut his mouth.”

“Understood.”

“What?”

*Twack!*

Chapter Text

Scenario 1.3: Encounters in space.

Riddhe Marcenas was a young man who knew that he had done something unforgivable. The sole reason why he joined Londo Bell was because he wanted to do the right thing, even if the Federation was corrupt----what was he saying? That wasn’t the reason, he used Londo Bell as an escape from his family. He never felt com----no, that wasn’t true either, he was just a spoiled brat who was infatuated that he born into a Wealthy family and wanted to show everyone that he was more than his name.

That’s why he got so obsessed with Mineva. At first, he thought that she was like her family, a maniac who wanted to take over the entire Earth Sphere but she wasn’t. She was truly willing to sacrifice herself to protect the people of the colonies and Earth from war. When Banagher and the Unicorn were captured, she encouraged him to follow his heart.

But….looking back, he realized that he was a great fool. For a lot of things. He should have been more open and those people inside Palua would have been spared. He got so obsessed with Mineva and his hate for Newtypes, that he wasn’t able to listen to reason.

And people paid the price for it.

So when he woke up, he thought that he and Banagher were able to stop the colony laser. But soon he realized that things weren’t as they looked. But the moment he saw Banagher alongside Marida Cruz, the woman he killed, he thought that this was hell, that they were here to punish him for his sins, but they weren’t ghosts, both of them were alive for some reason.

Even with Mineva at their side, things were getting even weirder. It all culminated when they saw that Domon Kasshu defeating a Mobile Suit with his bare hands. Well, it was a really small one but it was still a feat that was impossible to do without explosives.

Now, Lockon and that Takuya kid were trying to make something of a map of the ship that would guide them to the bridge. Meanwhile, he needed some time to think about what happened during the past weeks. To be true, he couldn’t face her after what he did to her, even though she survived that doesn’t change the fact that he fired a weapon to kill her.

Riddhe looked around the hangar and was surprised not only for how big it was but the amount of Mobile Suits inside. He recognized some of them like his Banshee and the Unicorn, but they were other Gundams that he never seen before. Some of them were from Lockon and his friends but he never heard about other Gundams, well, he never heard of the Unicorn and Banshee until a couple of week ago, so it wouldn’t be crazy that there were more secret Gundams out there.

“You look like you need someone to talk to.” One of the teens that was with Banagher joined him.

“Michel was it?”

“Still is.”

“Aren’t you going to help them with the tracker?”

“I’m not so into electronic like those two.” He said. “Soooo, you’re friends with Marida.” Riddhe flinched when he mentioned her name. “Sorry, if is a touchy subject…”

“Is very complicated….is why I decided to walk away for a second.”

“I see, sorry for that.”

“It’s okay….”

“Emmm, which one is yours?”

“I’m sorry?”

“You guys were talking about those Gundams things, I heard that Lockon found his. So, which one is yours?”

“That one.” He pointed at his Mobile Suit. “Banshee Norn.”

“Banshee Norn….” Michel stared at his Mobile Suit in deep silence. “Doesn’t look that loud to me.” He stared at the blonde boy for a couple of seconds until he started to laugh.

“Hahahaha! Never thought of that! I supposed that they call it like that because is black, and that’s the color of death.”

“Although there is some gold in it.”

“See that big horn over there? It split into two antlers.”

“And what do antlers have to do with Banshees?”

“I don’t know, I didn’t make it. I just piloted it.” Honestly, he never thought of the name of the Mobile Suits before. He honestly liked it when they were just Greek numbers, at least that made sense because it was a succession. “Which one is yours?”

“I was hoping to find it now that we got some time.” Michel joined him in his walk. “I must say, these Gundams look way cooler than our Valkyries.”

“I don’t know how a Valkyrie looks like, but at least I know what the name means. I read in history books about the Gundams and even to this day, I have no idea what the word means.”

“Maybe they use it because it sounds nice.”

“There’s no denying that there might be some military propaganda behind the name,” Riddhe commented until he stopped when he caught the eye of a red Gundam. This one was blue and red and on its back was a pair of red wings.

“Ok, this one looks badass as hell.”

“Yeah. I wonder where this one came from.”

“There it is!” Michel rushed towards a Mobile Suit, but just by looking at its design, he could tell that it was completely different from any type of Mobile Suit before. The Valkyrie was humanoid looking but it was more robotic than your regular Mobile Suit, it was like someone made a robot out of plane parts. “Durandal?!” Beside Michel’s Valkyrie was another one but this one was red instead of blue.

“It belongs to one of your friends?”

“Yes, Alto! If his Valkyrie is here….”

“Then he would be here like the rest of us. Do you have a way to contact him?”

“If I had one, I would have done it already. I hope that he is all right.”

“Let me guess, he is the type of guy that always gets into trouble.”

“You could say that.” The two blondes chuckled. “But he is also very smart, he won’t be in a situation where he doesn’t know how to act.”

Alto Saotome was in a situation where he didn’t know how to act. It all started when he woke up inside that room, at first he thought that he was back at the S.M.S ship after their fight against the Vajra queen, the last thing he remembered was that he was saying goodbye to Sherryl and-

What happened next?

He couldn’t remember.

When he got out of the room, he found himself on unknown hallways. Did he return to Frontier? Or was he back at their ship?

When he spotted Sherryl and Ranka he thought that things would start to make sense but they didn’t. They were as clueless as he was, they tried to contact their friends but they didn’t have any signal. So they cautiously walked through the ship until they found more people.

Now they were a group of ten in total.

“All right, we need to put out things together if we want to escape this place.” Miorine commanded, they were currently inside a resting room. It had some couches and a big table. “All right, let’s start with the most basic. Our names. I’m Miorine Rembran, she is Suletta Mercury. We are both students of Articassia. ”

“N-Nice to meet you.”

“Are we-“

“SSHHH!!” Miorine silenced Alto. “If you want to talk that much then introduce yourself.”

“What are you, a teacher?”

“I go first! My name is Sayla, nice to meet you all!”

“And?”

“Oh yeah! I’m a little sister!!” Alto arced an eyebrow.

“I’m Inia Sestina and I’m a little sister too!!”

“You too…?”

“Ranka Lee, I’m an idol but I’m also a little sister…”

“Ranka…”

“Ranka-chan.”

“Really? Oh, that makes sense! For a second I thought you were a cosplayer.” Ranka blushed a little by Sayla's comment. “Wait, does that mean that girl over there is also an Idol?!”

“I am, actually. Sherryl Nome, nice to meet you.” She elbowed him to introduce himself.

“Alto Saotome, S.M.S pilot.”

“Pilot? Oooh, so you’re a racer!!” Sayla said.

“Not that kind of pilot.”

“I-Ikari Shinji….”

“AND THEN THERE’S ME!!” Kamina stepped onto the table. “I’m the leader and founder of the Dai-Gurren team! A badass that travels the world for mankind’s freedom! I’m the mighty Kamina!!!” The loud asshole was pointing his index finger to the ceiling.

“And why is there a reflector on him?” He couldn’t be the only one that noticed it, right? And what was with that pose? Alto looked at their two newest arrivals, they were staring at Kamina with sparkles in their eyes. They really thought that he looked cool?

“*cough!* *cough*”

“Ayanami!!” The injured girl was resting on one of the couches, they needed to get her to a medic quickly.

“Hmmm…”The Sayla girl got close to Rei, and stared at her. “Mmmmm…..”

“S-Sayla-san, could you not get too close to her. She is in a very bad shape.” Sulleta suggested but the blonde ignored her, she put a hand on her forehead and grabbed one of her arms. Then she pulled off a syringe from her pocket and injected something.

“Woah! What are you doing?!” Kamina rushed, ready to attack.

“Helping her.”

“How?!”

“Is that penicillin?” Suletta asked. “Where did you get it?”

“There’s plenty in the infirmary~~!”

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….

….

“What?”

Nishi was slowly waking up, he couldn’t feel the ground but he knew that he was moving. “Guys, he woke up!” He realized that he was tied up and been carried by the white horse. Everyone was looking at him, he noticed that the girl that he suplexed was standing with her arms crossed, her head was bandaged.

“Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.”

“One word.” The Setsuna kid talked. “And I will hit you again.” Nishi was shaking.

“This is the asshole who hit me?” The girl asked. She looked too young, even younger than Sayla. Oh god, he was going to jail. “Not so cocky now, huh?”

“Souryuu Asuka Langley, this is not the time for your childish behavior.”

“Shut up, you Russian cow.”

“Enough!” The girl in yellow interrupted. “This is not the time, whatever you want to do with him you will do it later.”

“Don’t tell me what to do!”

“You.” Setsuna approached the red girl. “Shut up.”

“Huuuuhhh?!!! Say that-!” When she tried to grab him he immediately punched her in the throat. “Hiiiiii….”

“Asuka!”

“Why did you do that?”

“She tried to attack me and I defended myself.”

“Listen, we won’t get anywhere if we keep fighting each other. That’s why…”

*click*

“What are you doing?!!” Setsuna pointed his gun at Lelouch, after doing it, the two older girls grabbed their weapons and aimed at the boy.

“You were about to use that eye thing of yours.”

“What is he talking about?”

“When I met him, he tried to use something with his eye. He did it to Orga Itsuka when we met him.”

“What? You did something to me?!” Lelouch found himself cornered. “You bastard!!”

*Pow!*

Orga punched Lelouch in the face, making him fall to the ground. “No wonder I was so calm….”

“What are you talking about? What did he do to him?”

“I was the first one to encounter him. I have him on his knees, and he said ‘obey me’.”

“He asked you that?”

“No, he ordered me.”

“Maybe he is just a spoiled asshole. I mean, just look what he is wearing. He must likely be used that people do what he says.”

“It wasn’t like that. The way he said it, it wasn’t arrogance or delusion, he was convinced that I was going to obey him. And his eye did that thing…..when we found Orga Itsuka, he did what he wanted to do with me.”

“Mind control.” Everyone stared at Nishi. “I-I mean for what you say, and all the weird things of today, I think this guy can control minds.”

“Do you want to get knockout again?” The white-haired woman said to him.

“Wait, Cryska Barchenowa.” Setsuna stopped her. “He might be right.”

“You don’t believe in other worlds but yes in mind control?”

“There are people who had their brainwashed by others.”

“Setsuna…”

“Brainwashing is not impossible, but to do it you need equipment and drugs. You can’t do it by looking at someone.”

“It could be hypnotism.” Mileina commented. “I know it sounds like a parlor trick, but hypnotism is quite real!”

“Regardless of what he does, he can’t do it anymore,” Asuka said a little weak, he bent and touched Lelouch. “Shit, he is out.”

“What should we do with him?” Nishi asked. The guy with the glasses walked to him.

“If you do anything stupid again, I’ll kill you.”

“U-understood….” Tiera helped him get out of the horse and untied him. “Listen, all I want is to find my (maybe) sister and get back home! I’m sorry if I cause you problems but I’m at my limit!”

“We are all.” The woman in yellow said. “What is your name?”

“Nishi.”

“Nishi? You are Japanese?”

“Well….I can’t assure you that. Well, I live in Japan, and all of my memories are from that country….you are Japanese?”

“Yes, Takemura Yui. She is Cryska Barchenowa, and the girl who you assaulted is-“

“My name is Asuka Sourryuu Langrey!! And I’m going to get back at you when all of this is over, old man!”

“That’s not the way you should address an adult, young lady!”

“And what’s with that outfit? Are you a military or something?”

“Ah, no.”

“Then what do you do?”

“I’m a kindergarten teacher.”

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…

“Wait! I’m telling the truth!! It’s the most stable job I've gotten so far!!”

“Then why are you dressing like that?”

“…….is my character design?”

“You know what? Forget it.” Tieria gave up, if he got riled whenever he talked he would lose his mind. “What is the name of your sister?”

“Sayla. She is sixteen years old, blonde hair, and she is always wearing a pink jacket. I’m quite worried about her, she is strong but she is not very clever, we recently taught her how to pay for her phone….”

“…..I see….” Tieria had faced many situations in his life but this was defeating him. “We should move”

“And this guy?”

“We should blind him, so he doesn’t use that thing with his eyes.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I’m asking you who Lelouch is?”

“Nunnally, if this is a joke, I’m telling you that is not funny.”

“I’m serious, Suzaku-san.”

“He is your brother!”

“I have plenty of brothers.”

“You have?” Kallen asked confused.

“What? Kallen-san, I told you about…..” Nunnally stopped mid-sentence. “Kallen…..how did you meet me?”

“Hmm? How did I meet you? At school, when I was introduced to the student council….” The girl who thought as a little sister looked disturbed.

“Wait.” The blonde girl was holding her. “Suzaku, how is Tindalos?”

“Who?”

“Tch!” The girl looked frustrated.

“haha…..” Nunnally started to laugh. “Hahaha….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!” Her laugh turned into something grim, Suzaku never expected Nunnally to laugh so….inhuman. “Shit! I can’t take a fucking break for once, can I? Something is always had to fuck me over!!!”

“Nunnally?!!” This was wrong! Nunnally wasn’t like this!! “No! Who are you?!!” He was about to pull his gun but-

“I wouldn’t do it if I were you.” Nunanlly was grabbing his arm with a strength that a girl of her size shouldn’t have. “I’m not the Nunnally vi Britannia that you know, and you are not the Kururugi Suzaku I once knew. I must sound like a crazy bitch but we are from other worlds.”

“Ehh? Do you expect us to believe that crap?”

“……believe….what you want….Regardless, we are currently in a spaceship. I can feel Getter and Epyon nearby.”

“Who?”

“Our regalias.”

“What?”

“I’ll explain to you later, first we need to----hide.”

“Here we are~~~!!” Sayla guided the group to the medical bay of the ship.

“Alto-san, help me with Rei-san!”

“On it!” Alto helped Sulleta to carry the injured girl to a bed.

“Need help?” Kamina offered.

“Could you put her on the bed?”

“Sure.” Kamina carefully grabbed the girl and put her on a bed. “And now?”

“That’s where I come in.” Sayla was using a stereoscope to analyze Rei. “Her breathing is weak, most likely a broken rib. I’m connecting an IV.”

“You surely know your stuff.”

“I’m a natural at healing stuff~!”

“Healing stuff….”

“You are amazing, Sayla~~!”

“Would she be all right?” Shinji asked concerned.

“Now that she is here, she will.”

“You heard that, Shinji? She will be fine!”

“Yes….”

While they were taking care of Rei, Miorine and the other girls were looking around the medical bay for supplies. “Anything useful?”

“Outside medicines, nothing.” Sherryl answered.

“What are you doing?” Alto asked when he saw Kamina moving a bed.

“A barricade.”

“Do you think someone is gonna attack us?”

“I ain't a smart ass, but if this place were abandoned it would be dusty and rotten not clean and with stuff.”

“Shit, you are right.” Alto helped the man to move the beds. “You know they are automatic right?”

“Which means?”

“This.” He put his hand close and the door opened. “They open themselves.”

“How?”

“There’s a mechanism inside that-“

*Crash!*

“What the hell?!!” Kamina put his katana inside the door’s gaps, sparkles were coming out from there. “Are you insane?!” The door couldn’t close anymore, at least not automatically.

“Shut up for a second. Look.” He grabbed the door. “It can still move, but we have to do it ourselves.”

“K-Kamina-san, why are you doing this?” Shinji asked.

“Gonna go out for a while…..” Kamina suddenly stopped talking, everyone looked at the blue-haired man with concern. Shinji saw Kamina doing this face before when he went alone and found Alto and the others. “I’ll close the door. Don’t open it.”

“K-“

“Fine, I won’t open it.”

“Eh?”

“Put more beds just in case.”

“Alright, I won’t open it for nothing in the world.” Kamina closed the door from outside and sighed.

He unsheathed his katana and walked, he soon heard footsteps that weren’t his. Coming from the corner was a man in red, his eyes were the most stoic ones he ever saw. But he immediately knew that those eyes belonged to a warrior. The way he was looking at him sent some chills down his spine, Kamina noticed the gun on his left arm.

“Don’t move.” A voice said to him from behind. “Drop your sword.” Suddenly, he was surrounded by women pointing guns at him. There were four of them, a brunette, a blonde, a redhead, and a black haired.

He was at a disadvantage but was also very close to the infirmary where everyone was. He couldn’t let him get close to them, especially when Rei was so injured.

The blue-haired man approached him and grabbed his sword. “Start talking. Where are we?”

“In space.”

“I’m not in the mood. Who are you?”

“Back at you, old man.”

“Get down!!”

*Bang!*

“Ahh!” The brunette woman got her hand shot.

“Fyanna!”

“Don’t move!” Kamina grabbed the woman by the neck. “Move and-“

“Misato-san!!” Kamina looked at the ones who saved his life, Shinji and Alto were at the other side helping them. “Kamina-san! I know them!”

“Shinji-kun?!” The black haired woman and the blonde said at the same time.

“Do you know these women?”

“Eh? You guys are Shinji’s pals? Why didn’t you say it before?!”

“Let me go!”

“Ah, sorry.” He let the woman go, the man quickly went to her side.

“Shinji-Kun!” The woman known as Misato hugged the boy. “I’m so glad that you’re okay…” Alto touched the back of his head awkwardly while looking at them.

“R-Risato-San?!”

“Ara, you finally realized that I’m here.” The blonde woman in white clothes answered.

“Do you know this boy, Risato-sensei?”

“You could say that.”

“Misato-San, Risato-san, who are these people?”

“We could ask you the same. Since when have you been friends with punks?”

“Eh? If you want to say something then say to my face, old lady.”

“K-Kamina-san…”

“O-Old lady?!”

“Well, to be fair that applies to a lot of you…” The women shoot daggers at him. “Oh, by any chance one of you is a medic?”

“I am.” Ritsuko answered.

“Cool, because Rei-chan needs some medical attention.”

“Rei is here too?!”

“Yes! And she is badly injured! We found the medical room and let her there!”

“Can you boys guide us to her?”

“Sure.” Kamina and the others walked but he turned back to see the blue-haired man. “You coming?”

“Chirico?” The brunette woman called the man by his name. Chirico was staring at the corner of one of the hallways.

“So you feel it too, huh?” Kamina said with a serious face. “Alto, take Shinji and the others back.”

“There’s someone there?”

“Yeah. I don’t know about you guys, but I can feel a murderous intent looking at us. So does this guy.” Chirico had his gun ready and Kamina was unsheathing his katana. “Shit!”

*Clank!!!*

“Kamina-san!!!”

Kamina merely stopped with his katana a brown claw. The person before him was tiny, he couldn’t tell their gender right away but their eyes…were full of dread. “A beast man?!”

*Bang!!!*

Chirico reacted fast and shot the attacker in the head, the blood painted Kamina’s face and the wall nearby.

“NUNALLLY!!!!

“Don’t move!!” Two other people appeared, a brown-haired guy and a woman with big breasts and red hair. The first one was furious and crying.

“You killed Nunnally!!!”

“I said don’t move.”

“ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRHGGHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” An inhuman scream took them away from their incoming showdown. The girl that Chirico shot almost took his head off, the tiny girl looked even more terrifying than before. Her face was covered in blood, her head change from brown to yellow and it was rectangular, and her eyes were completely red.

“What the hell is that?!!”

“Nunnally?!!”

“Alright! Stop!!” Out of nowhere another little girl appeared between the two. “Nunally, stop scaring people.”

“He shot me in the fucking face!!!” Her voice sounded deep and distorted

“The first thing you did was to attack them, so that’s on you.”

“HE SHOT ME IN THE FUCKING FACE!!!” She roared monstrously.

“And that hurt your feelings? Stop being a bitch and calm down.” The now blonde girl was huffing in rage.

“Fine….” When she closed her eyes her entire aura changed, her hair turning brown and wavy.

“Oi….the hell are you?”

“All right, if what we got from Miss Sumeragi, this is their current location.” Lockon showed the group a signal from his device. “While is not an actual map, it will show us were they are located.”

“What can you tell us about that woman?”

“She is the greatest strategist in the world.”

“That’s quite the statement.”

“The amount of times that her plans save my arse more times than I can count.” Lockon answered. “Allelujah is coming to us, I can vouch for him.”

“One of your friends?”

“Yeah, a really nice fella.”

“Are you two done?” The Angela girl interrupted them.

“Mr. Lockon, do you think that we can access the controls of this ship?”

“If Tieria is here, he will mess up the computer of this ship and we will have it for ourselves.” Lockon answered. “How many weapons do we have?”

“I don’t have any fire weapons on me.”

“Mate, after what you did, I don’t think that I can kill you with a rocket launcher.”

“We have five pistols, including yours.” Marida answered.

“And five of us don’t.”

“I know how to fight hand to hand.” Mikazuki said before eating a raisin.

“How good?”

“I’m used to killing people that are taller and bigger than me.” Some of them grimaced that someone that young said that so easily, except Domon and Lockon.

*Beep*

*Beep*

“Hold on..” Lockon put his device on his ear. “Allelujah?”

“Look up.” The Irish man looked up and saw on the railings a young man wearing a similar normal suit to his, except that his suit was orange. He had light-tanned skin and black hair.

“I’m going to guess that’s your bud.”

“Yeap. Okay, kiddos time to go up.” The group followed the man to the elevator. Up there was his friend, Hallelujah, waiting from them. “Yo.”

“That’s quite the group, Lockon.”

“Allelujah, I suppose.”

“Yes, Allelujah Baptism, and you are?”

“Mineva Lao Zabi, a pleasure to meet you.”

“I don’t want to be rude, but we should move.”

“Indeed. Follow me.”

“Hggnnn…”

“G-Guys, he is waking up.”

“Well, hello.”

“What’s going on?!” Lelouch couldn’t see anything, he tried to move his hands but handcuffs restricted him. “Let me go.”

“And why should we do that, mister?” Lelouch deduced by the voice that it was Orga Itsuka who was speaking. “To do that eye thing of yours?” Lelouch was a good gambler, so he didn’t react when he asked him about his Geass. “You know, I like to think of myself as a calm down but right now, I’m waay calmer than usual. What you did to me actually helped me a lot, Lelouch.”

“I didn’t do anything.”

“Don’t lie.” He heard Setsuna speak. “The moment we met, you tried to do something with your eye. I even saw how it changed colors, so don’t lie again or I will kill you.”

“T-That’s a little too much, don’t you think…” Nishi commented.

“Shut up.” Multiple voices said to the masked man at the same time.

“Listen, I can assur-“

“Like you are the one to talk, Lelouch vi Britannia. If that is your name.” Lelouch wanted to curse, he was in a bad situation. “Why are you doing this? I didn’t do an-“

*twack!*

The hilt of a gun hit Lelouch. “We ask the questions and you answer, understood?” The way he was talking, Orga Itsuka was used to do this. He was the only one wearing a suit, could he be some kind of criminal lord? “Why are you wearing those clothes? You’re a priest or something?”

“He told me that he is the Emperor of Britannia, whatever that means.”

“Oho, so we are talking to royalty. Forgive my manner, Your Majesty.” Orga Itsuka mocked him.

“Wait….” Nishi interrupted. “Could be that Lelouch….is a chunibyo?”

“Seriously?” The female pilot known as Takemura Yui asked.

“What is that?”

“Is a Japanese term. It means “eighth-grade syndrome”, which describes immature people who believe themselves to be greater than anyone.”  

“You know….I know what a chunibyo is….” Lelouch tried his best to hide his anger. “Listen. We are all this together, we need to-“

“Don’t tell me what to do, you creep!” Asuka yelled. “Who the hell you think you are?!”

“Asuka Lonryuu Langrey, please be quiet.”

“Shut up, doll! The only reason why I joined you was for my convenience.”

“I agree with her. You are too loud.”

“Agree.” Setsuna and Tieria said, making the girl even angrier.

“L-Listen, Asuka-chan…”

“Don’t you care to call me that, Old man!!”

“How rude! I’m (maybe) 20!!”

“You just said maybe, didn’t you…?”

“Can we focus?”

“Brr!” The white horse called for their attention.

“What’s going on, boy?” Miriella asked the horse. “Is…”

“Someone is coming.” Setsuna warned the others and they hid.

“W-Wait! Don’t leave me here!”

“He is right, what if they hurt him?”

“Then stay.”

*Foosh*

One of the doors opened, Nishi tried to hide but he was stopped when a gun was pointed at his face. “Don’t move.” A redheaded woman said, she stared at him with confusion. Nishi looked at her, she was tall and was wearing one of those pilot suits. The blonde man gulped, he was terrified.

“H-hi….” He would have chosen a better word but the situation enabled his mind. “Do you come here often?” Perhaps he could play the handsome hostage and distract the other to do something, but he was dying for embarrassment.

“Hands up.”

“Y-Yes…..”

“Don’t move.” Nishi sighed in relief when he saw Setsuna and the others pointing their guns at the girl.

“Setsuna?!” Another person entered the room, this time a young man.

“Lockon?!”

“Tieria too?!”

“You know these people?!”

“Those two are my friends!”

“Hey! I’m here too!”

“Brr!”

“Fuunsaiki?!”Another man entered the room, this one was the oddest looking of the bunch. He was wearing a brown jacket under a red cape.

“IS that a horse?!” Lockon asked in surprise. “And what happened to you, Setsuna?! You….you look too young!”

“I look like this…..” Setsuna was staring at the green man. “Who are these two?”

“They are friendly.”

“Who is there?!” Lelouch asked.

“Should I’ll be worried for that guy?”

“We can’t trust him, that’s why we tied him.”

“I see….”

“Lockon.” The redhead woman talked to him. “We should go to the others.”

“You find more people?” Orga asked. “By any chance did you find a guy named Mika-“

“Mikazuki Augus?” Orga wined his eyes. “He is with the others, he is….a special fella.”

“Heh, that’s a way to put it.”

“G-Guys, I don’t want to be rude but….what should we do now?”

Banagher had a gun in his hands, something that he despised, but the situation required him to have one. Audrey and his friends looked at him with concern, trying to calm him down. He looked at Riddhey, who was on edge. Since they found him, he had always looked at Marida.

He couldn’t blame him, he still couldn’t believe that she was alive.

“Calm down, Angie.” Michel said, angering the blonde girl (who was wearing a VERY revealing outfit). She was with her arms crossed and tapping her feet.

“They are taking too long, all because she fell something odd.” And he felt it too, something that they were familiar with.

Full Frontal.

If he and the others were here, why wouldn’t he be here as well? If Marida was able to survive, why not him?

Could he be the one behind all of this? If so, then why?

“And don’t call me Angie, brat. I’m older than you.”

“Don’t worry, Lockon is one of the best marksmen there is. He never misses a shot, your friends are fine.” Allelujah commented Banagher had a strange feeling from him. His emotions and words were true but there was something inside him that made him uneasy, something dark. “Do you need something, kid?”

“N-No!”

“Don’t be so nervous, I don’t bite. But I notice that you are staring at him for quite a while.”

“I’m sorry….”

“That girl, Marida, she felt something inside her mind, right?” The kids and Riddhey wined their eyes. “And so you.”

“I…we feel someone that shouldn’t be here…”

“Someone dangerous?”

“Very.” Mineva intervened. “His name is Full Frontal, he is a dangerous individual that has no problems in sacrifice anyone in order to get his goals.”

“In other words, we kill him.” Mikazuki commented, the young boy was sitting on a wall while eating a reisin. “How does he looks?”

“I don’t-“

“He has blonde hair and wears a mask.”

“Ensign!”

“Mineva, he need to die. If he doesn’t kill him, I will.” Riddhe said grimly.

“<Allelujah.>”

“Copy, Lockon. What’s going on?”

“<We found more people and we are bringing them with us. But I warn you….they are strange bunch.>”

“<I heard that!>”

“<We are coming to you. Out.>” Allelujah wondered who was the girl he heard screaming at the back.

“I suppose that things went well on their side.”

“Yeah, but let’s don’t drop our guard yet.” Banagher and the other were nervous, but he and Mineva were felling HIM.

After a while, he saw Lockon and Marida coming from the hall, they were a lot of people with them but one took their attention was a blonde man with a mask.

Banagher’s eyes almost left his body when he saw the masked man.

“C-Char…?” Mineva was the one that spoke.

*BANG!!*

“AAAAAAHHHHH!!!” Char screamed when a gunshot merely missed his head

“Woah!”

“What is this?!” The people who were with them pulled their guns when they saw the gunshot. They were mostly women but two people looked similar to Lockon and Allelujah.

“Tieria! And….Setsuna?!!”

“Allelujah Baptism?”

“DROP your weapons!!” The women in….very tight normal suits were pointing guns at them.

“Calm down!” Domon screamed putting himself between alongside a.

“Is that a horse?!” Takuya screamed in shock.

“It seem like it…

“Mika!” From the crowd, a dark-skinned young man in a red suit appeared.

“Ah, Orga.”

“Do you know this guy?!” Char was on the ground.

“He is my friend.”

“Well, you friend try to use me as a bullseye!!!” Banagher saw the Char-like person before him, he was wearing a red Zeon uniform and the mask that was associated with Char Aznable. Banagher saw Mineva, the only person in their group who knew the true Red Comet himself when she was young.

She had the face of someone who was looking at a ghost. Banagher looked at him, he looked like the Char he saw in history books but---

“Why is he wearing sandals?” Micott asked what they were thinking.

“Why did you shoot me?”

“Banagher told me to be careful about a blond guy in a mask.”

“Why?! I’m not suspicious at all!”

“How do you look at yourself?” One of the girls said.

“I don’t want to hear that from you.”

“ENOUGH.” Domon managed to calm everyone. “We don’t have time to fight, nor are we in the place to do it.”

“Mr. Domon, I don’t want to be rude….but why there’s a horse with you and why is he caring a tied man?”

Suzaku thought that he had lost his mind. His childhood friend, whom he saw as a little sister was completely changed. Nunnally was a kind and calm girl, always smiling at any situation but…Nunnally was not only walking but hitting people and cursing.

Was this person Nunnally? He wanted to ask her questions, but the situation prevented him.

“She is stable, but she needs to rest. She is not in any condition to move.” The woman, Mikamura Rain, was treating the bandaging teen on the hospital table. “What happened to her?”

“We find her like this. But I think these two hags should know the answer of her injuries.” Kamina pointed at the two older women.

“Who are you calling a hag?”

“She is Shinji’s friend, and they are very young. What were you two hags making them do?”

“K-Kamina-san!” The boy, Shinji, was nervous. Suzaku looked at him and grimaced, he couldn’t be older than thirteen years old. What was he doing here?

“Didn’t your parents teach you about respecting your elders?”

“And they didn’t teach you to protect kids?”

“Enough!” Suzaku decided to intervene. “We don’t have time to fight each other! We are all in this together!”

“Tell that to those two.” A white-haired girl pointed at two people who were staring at each other. One of those people was Nunnally, who was standing on the edge of a bed with her arms crossed. She was staring at the man who previously shot her. He looked young but at the same time, he looked like he went through a lot.

“Chirico…” The brunette woman looked at the man with concern.

“Watch out, you might go blind.” Alice mocked Nunnally. “And you.” He pointed at Chirico. “If I wasn’t there, she would have gut you like a fish. So don’t provoke her.”

Nunnally? Guttin someone?! That was ridiculous! But….she was now walking and seeing…..was….was she her friend?

“What’s your deal, midget?” Nunnaly finally broke her stare only to focus on Kamina. “You are beast man or something?”

“Who wants to know?”

“The mighty leader of team Dai-Gurren, Kamina-sama.” Kallen and Suzaku twitched their eyes at his presentation.

“Nunnaly, a pleasure.” Suzaku noticed that she just said her name but she didn’t use the Lamparouge family name. “What happened to her?”

“You didn’t hear anything we talk?”

“She tends to ignore everyone around her, is a bad habit that she doesn’t take away.”

“Excuse me but who are you?” Kallen decided to talk, she and he didn’t know who this girl was. “You talk like you know her well.”

“I’m the only one insane enough to be around her.”

“Insane enough---?”

“What are you?” Chirico asked her.

“I could ask you the same, sir.”

“Listen!” Sulleta yelled but the moment she raised her voice and everyone stared at her, she lost all her confidence. “w-W-we need to focus on Rei-san’s wellbeing! W-We can’t fight each other!”

“Don’t worry, I won’t hurt any of you as long you don’t do anything to stand in my way, miss.”

“You know that is not a good idea to threaten people, you know?”

“hnng…”

“Ayanami!” The girl was starting to wake up.

“Shinji-kun, right? Please, let me see her.” Rain calmed the teenage boy. “Rei-san, can you hear me?”

“…..who are you…?”

“My name is Mikamura Rain, don’t worry, you are safe.”

“Rei.” The Misato woman talked. “What happened to you?”

“Mayor Katsuragi…..I was fighting the angel inside…..”

“An angel? What is she talking about?” Alto talked, and the elderly women looked at him confused.

“She still hot, the fever must be making her say those things.”

“Can we tal-“

“No.” The tone that Rain delivered her answer startled the women. “She needs to rest.”

“I’m her personal medic, I know all her medical history.”

“Then tell me why she is so heavily wounded.”

“That’s confidential.”

“Then, don’t expect me to let you closer to her.”

“You are not in a position to nego-“

*Foosh*

“Kamina-San! What are you doing?!!” Ranka and the other teens were nervous when he pointed his katana at their necks.

“Sorry but I don’t trust fishy people like these hags.”

“Kamina-san, please, stop it!” Shinji tried calming him down but he didn’t know what to do.

“Y-“

“He is right.” Before Suzaku could do something, Nunnally interrupted him. “Is far too obvious that they are hiding something, something that has to do with her.” She walked to her bed, the girl looked at him with empty eyes.

*LIIIICCCKKK!!”

“Hieie!”

“What you’re doing?!”

“The fuck?!”

For their surprise, Nunnally licked Rei’s face. Even the girl was completely shocked by her action. “Eh…..I see now….” She was standing, her back facing them. “You don’t care about her….” Then she twisted her neck back and saw them. Her eyes were completely opened and were all red. “You don’t just want to others to find what you make.”

*crash!*

It all happened so fast that they eyes didn’t catch it until they weren’t there anymore. They all saw that Nunnally and Ritsuko were on a broken bed. The little girl was stomping her chest with force.

“RITSUKO!!”

“Nunnally!!” Suzaku couldn’t believe it! What.---

“Mr. Kamina, please, don’t let that woman get any closer.”

“Sure.” They were surprised that he restrained the woman without hesitation. “Midget, what did you find about her?”

“Human beings have a particular taste, there are some variants but they are mostly similar. She has a similar taste…but she also tastes generic like she comes from an assembly line. So, I’m going to bet that she was made artificially, I am right, Mayor Katsuragi?”

*click*

“Chirico!”

“Start talking. What did you do with that girl?”

“Do you believe what she is saying?!”

“Yes. Because I saw this before. For them, she is just a weapon.”

“Chirico…”

“I believe you see this before, mister.”

“You could say that.”

“….Shinji, give me some ropes. I’m going to tie these two.”

“W-WhaT?!!”

“I have some ropes ready!!” Sayla and Inia had robes made from the sheets.

“When did you do that?” Alto asked with a sweat drop.

“If you-“

*POW!*

Nunnally was now before Misato, her fist shoved in. The older woman fainted from the pain of her punch.

“Man, you are the most aggressive and badass girl I've seen in a while, missy.”

“Thank you for the compliment, mighty Kamina-sama.”

“Nunnally….what are you doing?”

“Making this easy for us. Doctor, if we improvise a stretcher, can we move her?”

“She is-“

“I can move-hnngg-“ Rei tried to move but she was still in pain.

“Don’t worry….” She approached while searching for something inside her pockets. “Do you have alcohol?”

“Here.” Sayla gave her a bottle of ethanol.

“Thank you.” He saw Rei into her eyes.

*POW!*

“Ayanami!”

“Oi, what the hell?!”

“Nunnally?!”

“This will get her asleep for at least three hours.” Then she proceeded to open the bottle of ethanol and started to drink it.

“Aaaahhhh!!” A lot of them yelled in disgust.

“Seriously?”

“I was shot in the face, leave me alone!”

Mineva remembered Char Aznable, the hero of Zeon. She remembers him fondly, as the last member of her family, Char was one of the closest persons to be a family. He helped her escape from Haman’s hand when she was a child.

But then his rebellion happened and she realized that she couldn’t run away from her duty anymore and needed to find a way to make a new path for her people and the people of Earth.

When she heard about Full Frontal, a part of her wished that he was Char but when he talked to her, she knew that Char Aznable was dead.

And yet…this man who looked, dressed (mostly), and sounded like Char was before them. She…she didn’t understand who this man was….

“Excuse me.” The Char-alike talked to her.

“Y-yes?”

“You been staring at me since we met….are you….you’re not going to shoot me, right?”

“What?”

“I mean, your friends over there and that scary lady are always shooting daggers at me.” He pointed at Marida who was never stop watching him. Marida was a splendid soldier, so she coul count on her if something went to happen. Riddhe was looking at him the same way, but he was less subtle in his distrust. “Did I do something to you?”

“They are just wary of a perverted man like you.” The girl in a red pilot suit commented.

“Who is a pervert?!”

“Did you look in the mirror?”

“You look very suspicious.” Angela commented.

“I don’t want to hear that from a girl wearing a swimsuit.”

“What was that?!”

“You two.” One of Lockon’s teammates, Setsuna, called them. “Be quiet.”

“S-Sorry…” This man couldn’t be Char or Full Frontal, not how he backed out so quickly.

“Alright, I have to ask because no one dares to do it.” Michel stepped up. “Domon, what is with that horse?”

“He is Fuunsaiki, my partner.” Domon pet his head.

“And why is he here?”

“Why any of us is here?” He counter. “But believe it or not, having him with us could help us. He is an excellent tracker.”

“How? He is a horse, not a dog!”

“They are other ways to track people outside smell, girl.”

“My name is Asuka, not girl, old man!”

“Is that so?” Asuka grunted when he ignored her. “Allelujah, can you tell your commander that we are bringing more people than expected?”

“I’m already doing it but I want to keep communications at a minimum in case someone intercepts it.”

“Is been like, what? Four hours? We didn’t find any kind of security.”

“And that’s makes things even more suspicious.”

Indeed, someone put them inside this ship but they also put their Mobile Suits as well, they even went so far to fix them. Why would someone go so far to help them?

Lelouch’s head was killing him, he slowly opened his eyes, and he remembered how those bastards who knocked him-

*thumb*

His body felt to the ground, what was restraining him was cut, so he immediately took away the blindfold of his eyes. His purple eyes saw that someone was standing before him, it was a young girl wearing a purple dress….

“Nunnally?!!” Before his eyes was his little sister and---and she was standing. His instincts were to hug her, he never thought that he would ever see her again, to hold her once more. The last memory of his sister was she crying over his dying body.

He stroke her long and pink hair with the same tenderness-----

Pink hair?

Nunnally’s hair was brown not pink!! Who was this girl?! He pushed the girl away to see her, she was very young and her face was the same as Nunnally! But she couldn’t be Nunnally!!

Lelouch didn’t notice it but she fainted, tears were coming out of her eyes and her mouth was foaming.

“Who are you…?”