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“It is said that a king is bestowed with the powers of the gods. A king can lose his power only through death. Some ask, how than, can an immortal being be stripped of his Geass.” Says the voice of a familiar woman.

OP 1 [Answer by FLOW]



“The year was 2060 a.t.b. in accordance with the imperial calendar and 40 years after peace was declared following the death of ruler of the world Lelouch vi Britannia. A relic of the past brought back by a force that took action during a time of peace. The Black Knights, a group of rebels that confronted Britannia on the front lines through and through had vanished in the future that is time itself. Sazaku Kururugi had grown weak over the years and a radical group of former Britannians took Zero’s life revealing his true identity. With Lelouch and Zero taken out of the past the Geass the once controlled the millions had vanished and wore away. Schneizel le Britannia regained his seat at the throne by taking the life of Nunnally vi Britannia. With the world at a state of peace and without the will to see more fighting Schneizel became the 101st Emperor of Britannia and his actions gave him the world. All Hail Britannia, All Hail Britannia, All Hail Britannia.” Soon the woman’s voice disappears into a crowd of cheering Britannians yelling out her same words as the Emperor of Britannia, Schneizel, took a seat in the king’s throne in front of the royal family that had be reestablished by Schneizel himself. The broadcast was live and the civilians of the world watched in horror as the force that was Britannia had been reborn from the ashes, much like another group that came to save the world in this time of eternal darkness.

The white king takes it move by moving down left, taking his seat at the throne behind his white knight. A small black pawn moves forward and touches the other side of the board. The pawn is switched with a black knight and the white knight moves to save the white king incase the black knight decided to take his life. The black rook slides across the field to remove the knight from office, sending him off the board and into destruction. The white King sits alone, in checkmate. The noble in a chair across from a mere child sits in shock as he stares at the black and white checkered field covered with black pieces. A motorcycle with a sidecar roars down the street with two student passengers. The driver takes a quick glance at his passenger, his friend, and gives him a smile.

“Wow, seven minutes, that’s a new record isn’t it?” The driver says to his friend who stares ahead blankly. The friend soon breaks his train of thought and looks up to his friend with a smile.

“I guess it is, isn’t it Duo.” He says letting a small smile crawl across his face. The bike swerves to a stop, almost hitting the concrete barrier keeping them on the road. A helicopter styled vehicle known as the Mark IV flies over the highway blowing Duo and his friends hair in the strong wind let loose by the flying Mark IV. “Jeez, can’t you keep this thing on the road Duo?” the boy in the sidecar asks with a little sarcasm in his voice.

“Hey what do you suppose is going on, Erich?” Duo asks as he starts to stir the bike back towards the road.

“You’ve got me; probably some terrorist trying to take action, sense Britannia has control over the world.”

“Wow that seems pretty arrogant to me.” Duo replies as the bike continues on its path towards Ashford Academy. As the reach the exit to Ashford Academy a question finally reaches the mouth of Duo, one he wanted to ask during the chess match but knew it would be rude. “So, Erich, back there at the chess match?” He starts to question as he takes the exit, leading down into the tunnels below the restricted area of Area 11, or Japan as the eleven’s would say.

“Yes, you were saying?” Erich replies as he stares blankly in the darkness of the tunnel ahead. ‘Is this what my future is, nothing but darkness. I can’t feel it or touch but I can alter it can’t I? Why do I, a royal Britannian, feel this hatred of my own kind within me? Why does my anger grow when I think of Schneizel and my former siblings?’ Erich thinks to himself as the travel through the tunnel. The soon go up a ramp into the sunlight and Erich’s casual thinking is broken by Duo’s voice shouting at him.

“Hey were you even listening to me?”

“What, no sorry I must’ve been caught up in my thoughts again, can you ask that again?” Erich replies with a smile and a laugh.

“I asked you why you lead with your king every time you play chess.”

“If a King doesn’t lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?”

“Wow that’s dark, whoa!” The bike swerves off the road again and slams into a metal barrier. The lead black van of a convoy hits the motorcycle, sending it flying of the road.

“Damn kids should’ve been watching where they were going.” The driver says as he continues on. Erich was launched from his seat and he rolls down the street and soon falls of the edge of the road and landing on the hard ground of a construction site. Duo sits unconscious in the motorcycle, ignored by ignorant drivers that only seem to care for themselves.

“Where are Duo and Erich, they should’ve been here by now!” An orange haired girl questions as she puts her hands on her hips and stares out the window.

“You need to calm down Abby.” A woman says from a table she is sitting on top of. The girls in the room are wearing the Ashford Academy school uniform and sit around in this room practically everyday; After all it is the student council meeting room.

“But madam pres…” Abby starts to say before she is cut off by the beautiful blonde haired woman sitting on the table.

“I Elizabeth Ashford, daughter of my mother Milly Ashford, who married Rivalz Cardemonde, my father who is slightly dim-witted but, say to you Abby…” She starts to say as she stares at Abby who gives her a worried face. “that the new swim suits make you look nice and big.”

“Madam pres, you perv!” Abby yells out as she starts to blush.

“They’re probably out gambling like they always do on school days.” A girl says from her computer desk, not turning away from the screen. Her brown hair and small figure give her the look of being shy and secluded. Even her comment just then seemed very quiet.

“Devon, you’re so right!” Elizabeth says out loud, pointing her finger up as if an idea had just come to her.

“Are you sure?” Abby asks waiting for the moment of truth to come out of the student council’s president’s mouth.

“I’m sure of it, I saw that purple haired Duo take Erich out on the motorcycle.”

“Ooo, when Erich gets back here, he’s so gonna get it.”

“I knew you had a crush on him Abby!” Elizabeth says with a loud laugh following.

“Is it that noticeable?” Abby replies becoming all shy and embarrassed.

Erich’s body lays on the cold dirt, motionless. Blood starts to run down the side of his face and his eyes open slightly. His vision is blurred and he can’t move, he can’t even turn his eyes from starring up into the sky. Soon he sees a woman come to him and signal two other people over. The pick him up carefully, but the pain is too much for Erich to take and he passes out before they take him to one of the black vans, that are part of the convoy. Duo regains consciousness and looks down the road for Erich. He can’t find him anywhere, even after shouting his name he doesn’t get a response.

“Where does that guy go all the time, and how could he just ditch me like that.” Duo says under his breath as he starts the motorcycle up and takes off down the road.

Erich reawakes with medical gear hooked into him, and some of his limbs wrapped up in bandages. 'Am I a hostage to these terrorists, are they going to show my face to the Holy Britannian Empire? I can’t allow this, I have to escape, but how can I I’m too badly injured.’ Erich thinks to himself as the black vans continue forward. A girl in black clothes and green hair stares down at his face and for some reason that Erich can’t figure out she is constantly smiling at him.

“I never thought I’d see you again, after all kings are immortal.” The woman says to him and soon the vans all come to a stop. In the blink of Erich’s eyes the girl is gone, vanished in seconds. ‘What did she mean by that?Who was that girl? She knows me, and what was that about being a king and immortal?’ Erich thinks to himself as he slowly removes the medical equipment from him. Gunfire is heard from outside the van and Erich uses all his strength to pick himself up. He opens the van’s back doors and falls onto the concrete floor. They were in a dark and dimly lit tunnel, and from the darkness Erich sees a hand offered to him.

“Come on kid, take my hand we need you alive. My name is Naoto, I’m the son of Ohgi, ring any bells?” Soon gun shots are fired their way and Naoto is shot and collapses to the ground with Erich.

“I’m sorry but I don’t know you.” Erich says looking at the dieing man next to him.

“That’s fine; I knew my death would come this way. A Black Knight always protects his king he may even need to give his life for him. I Naoto, name for Kallen Kozuki’s dead brother, son of Ohgi and Villeta, saved you my lord, Lelouch.” With the end of Naoto’s statement his body falls limp and cold in the pitch black darkness that is Erich’s future.

“My lord all of the terrorists have been killed, but there is still a problem.” reports a soldier who salutes to his higher ranking officer.

“Oh, and what might that be private?” The officer replies as he scans over the dead bodies. “They were all elevens weren’t they?”

“Yes my lord, but we can’t find the girl anywhere, and we found a severally injured Brtiannian student, probably from Ashford Academy.”

“You don’t say, show him to me.”

“Yes, my lord.” The soldier leads his officer to Erich, who grips his arm from the pain, and his blood oozes from his shoulder and through his hands. He looks up as the entire group of soldiers approach him.

“What, what’s going on?” Erich asks as he looks up to the soldiers.

“This isn’t your day is it, school boy?” the officer questions aiming his pistol at the student.

“But I’m just a student, I was kidnapped.” Erich tries to explain.

“Yes, but you see, we can’t have any witnesses. Who knows how long you’ve been kidnapped. Maybe you were brain washed, yes? Ready? Aim?” the officer starts to give commands but soon stops to say one last thing. “Any last words, school boy?”

Erich’s eyes move from gun barrel to gun barrel watching each soldier’s emotionless face as all their iron sites stay targeted on him. ‘This can’t be the end, do I really die here? I still have so much to live for don’t eye? What of this world, what will become of it if Britannia continues to move forward, will they kill the world and all those who live in it? What of my friends, will Britannia turn on their own kind like they are now? No, I must see what lies ahead, this world needs me.’ He thinks to himself as he prepares himself for death by closing his eyes.

“No last words, eh? Now than I shall settle this, fire!” The triggers are pulled and the guns are emptied. The world waits for the king to rise again.

ED 1 [Natural Pop by Orange Range]