I apologise for any spelling and grammatical errors, along with not calling C.C. a mysterious girl, instead just calling her by name, despite her not being identified, as for chapters, They will most likely not be weekly, though I will try, as I've finally found a comfortable position to write in, over the course of several hours.

2010 a.t.b. War zone, on the way to Ashford.

Contrary to popular belief, the Japanese weren't the only people to suffer in the invasion. Not only were there Britannians in the hell that the emperor ordered, but there was, in fact, one being from an entirely different realm, and not only does hell hath no fury, like a woman scorned, but couple that with a state of genius, insanity, and lust for revenge, and you will have a very volatile mixture.

Add a mind capable of beating almost any opponent in strategy, and you'll have a near unstoppable force, toppled only by the greatest of armies. And if that's not bad enough, then back up the madness, lust for revenge and strategy, with an army, and defeat is almost guaranteed.

Unfortunately for the Britannian empire, two minds of that exact description were currently walking through the worst hell imaginable, united.

The walk was almost completely silent, with nothing but the cracks of the sticks, twigs and other greenery beneath their bare feet.

Ruby and Lelouch didn't in fact hide their agenda from Lelouch's younger sister. Instead, they not only told her together, but they allowed her a spot in their plans for not only a brighter, gentler future, but a world without Britannia.

Despite being the gentle, loving soul that she was, she accepted, and swore the same vow the two others did, only she did it with her brother, and soon-to-be sister, in all but blood.

Ruby had quickly told Lelouch and Nunnally about her past, and how she had nowhere to go, and they almost instantly took her in, as she, unlike the two siblings had even fewer places to go.

'We're going to the only place we have left to go, The Ashfords' Lelouch had said, after having been asked by Ruby.

However, as they were walking, Nunnally, having sharpened her senses over the previous six months, quickly heard a military patrol up ahead, most likely searching for innocents to slaughter.

"Wait, brother, I hear a patrol up ahead," Nunnally whispered, allowing the trio to stop their almost week long hike.

"Hmm, we could circle around down wind to avoid, dogs, but that still leaves us in the mercy of the knightmares on patrol in that area," Lelouch mused aloud, allowing the two girls that were listening to comprehend his currently building strategy.

"I think that that's out of the question unless we have some form of distraction. Ruby, does that gun still have any bullets left in it?" He asked.

"Y-yeah…" Ruby said, fishing out the weapon from her scavenged pack, warily avoiding the remaining stump of her left arm, despite it being bandaged, along with the rest of her left side.

Ruby had not been quick to adapt to her sudden right-handedness, so she had primarily just been carrying the supplies they needed, with the help of a crutch to support her severely burnt left leg, that almost certainly needed to be amputated later, replacing that one with a prosthetic, along with her previously loved arm, that was barely hanging on by a thread when she finally made it to the hospital. Needless to say, the had been terrified when she tried to move her left arm, only to find that she had lost it to a napalm strike.

"Good, we'll need to time this perfectly. By my estimation, we have about fifteen seconds to pull this off, before the Glasgows spot us." Lelouch quickly explained the plan to the two girls, and with a little help from a used Britannian handgun, they were good to go.

Ruby was to circle around upwind, allowing the guard dogs to catch her scent, not only sending them after her, but also the knightmares stationed at the base. This allowed Lelouch and Nunnally to get past the south end of the barracks without incident. The handgun was to be tied to a tree, with an intricate trigger system, that was attached with a spool of string the group found on their way to Ashford, allowing it to be fired from a distance, drawing the soldiers away from her, and scaring the dogs, as to throw them off long enough for her to escape around the north end of the base.

It was a nearly perfect plan, that allowed her to escape unscathed, provided she execute it properly.

Thankfully, it seemed that after the event with the napalm bomb that very nearly took her live, her luck seemed to want to balance itself out.

The plan went off without a hitch.

2017 a.t.b. Shinjuku ghetto.

"uh, what?" Ruby asked confusedly at Lelouch, who, even through what he just did, was still smirking.

"I ordered, and they obeyed." He answered, as though what he did was just par for the course.

"With this power, we can finally start our rebellion. Hehe, This is simply brilliant news. Ruby, I want you to analyse this power every opportunity you get, we need to either learn how to control it or seal it away in an event that I loose control." Lelouch hastily exclaimed. "What data did you get from my biometrics scan?" He asked.

Ruby, being the ever curious sociopathic and insane scientist that she was, decided to completely ignore Lelouch's previous question, instead replacing it with her own: "Can you tell the next person you meet to obey without question?"

"Ok, but why?" He asked, slightly frustrated that She didn't answer his previous question. Thankfully, the follow-up was much more consistent with the previous chain of conversation.

"I didn't get much, as the system wasn't fully activated, and I'd like to see what effect different commands have, compared to each other. And on other people as well." She explained.

"Ooh, by the way, the girl with bullet-in-head-syndrome is actually alive." Ruby exclaimed, shocking Lelouch to the point of almost falling over, simply by the amount of decibels she was outputting.

"What?" He shouted in surprise, looking at the now, completely fine, but still unconscious girl, lying right in front of him.

"I was scanning for life in that sector, when a new one just popped up at your feet, I scanned again just to make sure, but… she's definitely alive." Ruby explained.

"it at least makes sense why they were looking for her now." Lelouch mused, smirking.

Just then, a Knightmare frame burst through the remainder of the door of the building Lelouch was currently residing it.

Being the so-called mask wearer that he was, he quickly slipped one of sorrow on, allowing tears to spill, while he looked down at the girl in front of him, his bangs falling over his eyes.

I need to play it smart, as I don't yet know the specs of this power, It could only work once, like Ruby said, or perhaps only with direct eye contact. The most efficient way of solving this would to act as she were my dead fiancé, while I Myself am the mourning son of a noble. With an ID in my pocked, which any proper Britannian solder wouldn't let me remove myself, as I'm in the ghetto for an unexplained reason, making the only option to come out of the KMF with most likely a gun, if I speak fast with a relatively short command, it wouldn't pose any risk to me, like an otherwise longer command could, if the pilot gets suspicious.

Bowing down the not so dead corpse, Lelouch quickly pecked the girl on the forehead, lifting her from the ground bridal style.

"My name's Alan spacer, My father's a duke. Once you confirm my ID, please escort me out of here… I cant just leaver her here, not like this," He whispered the last part, pulling the mysterious girl a little closer, in hopes of showing that he was sincere and not just some award winning actor.

It seemed to work, as the now confirmed to be woman, came out of the Knightmare.

Villetta Nu, being not only an experienced Knight, but also a top trained foot soldier, certainly didn't expect her mind to be taken over by what seemed to be a grieving noble.

She had barely set her feet down on the ground, before his command took over her mind, she only had about a tenth of a second to contemplate what he meant, until her will was completely crushed with the simple command of "Obey."

Almost instantly, she was under his command without any form of release or restriction. The worst part was, however, that she somehow, greatly enjoyed the sensation.

"Now then, Hand your Knightmare over to me." Lelouch ordered.

Villetta quickly felt a rush of pain as she tried to resist, however her will was once again crushed by the unknown power the boy in front of her possessed.

"Understood," She said, holding out her pistol in one hand, the grip facing Lelouch, with the KMF's key in the other, "The code is XG21G2D4."

Upon fulfilling the command given by her new master, Villetta's consciousness quickly felt a mind numbing rush of pleasure, throughout her entire body.

"Hmm, interesting," Ruby mused, "when you gave the command; 'Obey', your mental utilization spiked, as well as your adrenaline. That could just be chalked up as 'first time' use, however it could also be a vital part of the process. Unlike the first time, however, when you told her to give you the KMF, you brain activity and stuff remained almost exactly the same." She continued, her ever-present smirk easily audible through the small ear bud Lelouch currently wore.

"We need more tests and better hardware if we want more info." She explained. "Make her a sleeper agent or whatever, I don't care. Just make sure I can study someone who's under the effect's brain."

"… Sure," Lelouch replied, a little scared of Ruby when she's in her… curious phase

"Whenever I say Heaven's fall, you will obey me without question, until I say Heaven's Rise, be it over the phone or otherwise. This also applies when you receive a text with the contact listed as either zero or Nihil. Help me get this girl into your Knightmare, after that, simply go back to your usual self, until I command it, after waiting until I've left the building." Lelouch ordered, smirking all the while.

"Understood," Was Her simple response.

"Oh and, what's your name?" Lelouch asked

"Villetta Nu, sir." She responded

"Good, forget everything that just happened, until I contact you again," He finished, before getting into the Knightmare with the not so dead girl, with the help of Villetta.

Kallen quickly dodged another burst of rifle fire, from the pilot chasing her, before firing a barrage of her own.

The shots hit their mark, although they didn't do much damage, as she was almost out of ammo.

Had she been any worse of a pilot, this would've definitely been the end, since no matter how good the pilot was, two Sutherlands would always win against an old, crippled Glasgow.

She was almost about to just give up, as the ever escalating odds seemed to only rise against her, this time it was her energy filler that was giving up on her, rather than something of less importance. However, before she could fully surrender herself to the enemy, and finally rest in peace with her brother, a voice came over her coms: "Head to the west entrance." It spoke with confidence, despite clearly being in the middle of a battle, if the sounds of gunfire over the coms were any indication.

"What, who are you, how'd you get this frequency?" She asked, fiercely, not knowing the voice she was speaking to.

"I am Zero, Follow my orders if you want to win!" The radio responded.

'zero? Here?' She asked herself. She had heard of Zero a few times now, him being the only person other than Todoh to actually win a battle against Britannia. Admittedly, he used Knightmares, unlike Todoh, but he was still outnumbered and out gunned by the enemy. She had many a time heard that he was a brilliant strategist, and that he despised the slaughter of innocents. Seeing as she was currently in the middle of one, it wasn't too unthinkable that he would be there to help.

"Y-yes sir." She responded.

It was also common knowledge that he was there during the invasion, as that was when one of the two battles he commanded happened. He's also stated later, that he'd lost something very precious to him in that war, Weather it was family or fiends, nobody knew, what they did, however, was that he hated Britannia as much as any terrorist faction, if not more.

She was cut out of her musings when she heard his voice again.

"Jump up on the tracks," He commanded, "After that, jump onto the train."

Having no other option than following his orders, not that she wanted to disobey, she jumped up onto the railway tracks. Following up with another short leap onto the train itself.

"After her," one of the Knightmare behind her shouted, as it stopped the train with its left hand.

The other quickly obeyed, jumping over the one who issued the order, before being completely annihilated by a pair of slash harkens.

"What is your name and unit soldier, we're after this one armed Glasgow," the soldier asked through the loudspeaker system.

There was no response other than a hail of bullets from the wreckage of one of the nearby buildings.

Kallen quickly dived in for the kill, hoping to catch what was left of the Sutherland off guard. She wasn't fast enough, however, as the pilot quickly ejected, recognising more threats than he could fight with a crippled frame.

Stopping just short of the frame, Kallen quickly looked up to the previous building, seeing the Sutherland quickly execute another unit. He was by no means an excellent pilot, however he did have his strong points, and had experience, an invaluable element in combat.

"Apologies, I got caught up on my end." Zero exclaimed, only to be interrupted by Ohgi's group, who were running up to Kallen's Glasgow.

"Kallen, who was that on the radio, just now?" Ohgi asked, with a tinge of concern in his voice.

"That was Zero," She responded immediately. "I don't know why he's here, but I know he is, and I can't thank him enough." Kallen continued.

Just then, a Sutherland jumped down from just above the tunnel they were near. it landed on the train with an audible thunk, before holding its hands up in surrender, "Relax," Zero said, "It's just me," he said, lowering his hands. Causing the rest of the resistance to do the same.

"Your fighting was cool and all, but how'd you get your hands on a Sutherland?" Kallen asked, as she opened her Glasgows hatch.

Lelouch looked at the others slowly lower their weapons, as he did his own, before dropping his rifle entirely.

"Your fighting was cool and all, but how'd you get your hands on a Sutherland?" Kallen asked with curiosity. He saw her open the rear hatch of her Glasgow, before stepping out, revealing the same woman from the truck.

Quickly flicking the on switch for the radio once again, he responded: "I'll tell you the details later, however, for now, let's just say that I won't be the only one fighting with this kind of vehicle."

Before the group of terrorists could respond, he immediately ruined and punched a hole straight through the train's door, and began to rip open the material, revealing brand new Sutherlands.

"Before I go any further," He started, punching another one of the train cars, now with Kallen helping, despite her energy filler being all but depleted. "I want you to know that what you stole wasn't poison gas,"

"What?" Ohgi and Tamaki responded, of course they'd be a little pissed if they found out that they stole the wrong thing all along.

"Don't get me wrong, what you stole was called 'Code-R', however, it's far more dangerous than mere gas. What it was, was human experimentation, I don't know for what, but I do know that she has some kind of power." Lelouch explained. All the while, the resistance group was completely slack jawed. Excluding Tamaki, of course, who was yelling furiously, cursing the Britannians and whoever was behind this.

"I'll be taking care of her for a while, as I both need some answers, and a team of people that can take care of her." Lelouch continued, "Before we get started," He said, fishing something out of the train, and chucking it over to Kallen. "Refill with this, you won't be getting a Sutherland, as they only know that we have a single Glasgow, and that Glasgow will be running decoy." He finished.

He quickly gestured the Sutherlands in the train, and sped off, before jumping up onto higher ground, continuing until he could see most of the battlefield without the enemy being able to see him.

"I'll be commanding you from up here, as it's a better vantage point." He said again.

"Why should we follow you?" Tamaki yelled at the top of his lungs, Severely irritating both Lelouch and the rest of the group.

"Because, Tamaki, Zero is one of only two people to actually win a battle against Britannia, not only that but he has won two. He is considered one of the best battle commanders of all time, matched only by some members of the royal family. Besides, could we even fight at all if he hadn't handed us all these KMFs?" Kallen responded, irritated.

"And," Lelouch continued, "I would like to save as many civilians as possible, and to do that I need support, rather than a tactical nuclear strike." He finished, leaving the resistance members slack jawed… again.

"…" Was Tamaki's only response.

"Good, now that there's some nice peace and quiet, we can continue. Q-1, do you see three Sutherlands about twenty metres in front of you?" Lelouch asked, thankful of the silence provided by Tamaki.

"Yeah," she responded, before relocating her Knightmare back behind cover.

"Good, grab their attention, and lead them back to point G-11, P-1 and P-7, you will intercept it in twenty three seconds at point G-9." Lelouch ordered hurriedly.

Meanwhile, Groups P-2 and B-1 were intercepting two Sutherlands of their own, following Lelouch's orders to the letter, and firing four slash harkens directly through a thin wall, impaling the two Sutherlands on the other side, killing one pilot, and forcing the auto-eject of the other's Knightmare.

"Nihil, I need a map of the old city." He said, deliberately over the channel they were using, allowing the terrorists a little more confidence, knowing that they were secretly being backed by one of the three best scientists in the world.

The sound of a lollipop exiting a mouth was heard, before a short "Yep," Was heard over the radio.

There was a short silence between the radios, before more shouting came from Tamaki, "Nihil's a SHE?" He shouted indignantly, but was quickly silenced by more orders, this time he was to ambush another pair of Sutherlands from behind, along with B-2.

"Yes, Tamaki, Nihil's a she, she's also not airdropping any better machines, because the area's currently surrounded by SAM AA missiles, that would shoot almost anything within the surrounding area," Lelouch responded, smirking at the completely gobsmacked sound he was making, despite still being irritating… somehow.

"Okay, I'm sending the map to your Sutherland now," Nihil chirped, glad that she could finally be part of the battle, despite only providing some minor intel. The state of minor-intelligence-provider, quickly got elevated to secret agent, at Lelouch's next orders.

"Good, how, hack into the G1's servers and tell me whatever you can," He said quickly, before ordering another ambush for the enemy. "Okay," She responded instantly.

"Well, fuck." Was the indignant response from Nihil, as she hacked into the G1 mobile command centre. "They're sending in a new prototype, it's called the Z01 Lancelot, and from what I'm reading here, you can't beat it right now, even if we had a pilot for the Shōkan, we'd be hard pressed to destroy… wait, what?"

"Nihil?" Lelouch asked.

"Pull back now, They've got the MVS' and Blaze-Luminous online. You can't beat that thing," Ruby immediately shouted.

"But what about the civilians?" Lelouch asked in horror.

"The pilot is too prejudiced to actually hurt them, much less kill them, besides, I hacked into the local TV network, and told them to evacuate via save routes, there are barely any people left in that area." After only two seconds, Ruby was back to her chipper, and happy self, with nothing but a smile on her face, as she reported back to Lelouch.

"Very well. All pilots, Withdraw through the southern entrance, keep the Sutherlands if you can, If you see a white and gold unit, run in any direction other than south, or eject, you cannot and will not hope to win against that unit." Zero ordered, grimacing all the while.

"I'm going to complete the last part of this mission, I'll contact Q-1 or P-1 with further objectives within the next week. Over and out." Lelouch was almost done with the mess that was Shinjuku, all he had left to do now was kill his brother after making him declare a ceasefire.

Preparing himself and the girl that was with him, by pulling her into a more comfortable position, he quickly pulled the eject lever, pointing him in the direction of the G1.

"What? Nothing? Not even a single filthy eleven?" General Bartley snapped, outraged that, not only did he lose all but one unit, but now he was failing to even hunt the pests that he was ordered to kill. He was surely going to receive a demotion for this.

Before he could reminisce on the current situation, a heavily panting private came in, wearing a full foot soldier uniform.

Noting that the helmet was still on the private, even though regulation stated otherwise, he was about to ask what unit he was from, when he simply stopped panting, before standing up straight, and simply ordered the staff to "Obey, now piss off."

They were about to question as to why he was, not only wearing his helmet indoors, but now also commanded the entire staff to 'Obey', and then subsequently 'Piss off'. They were quickly quieted from their musings, however, as they began to file out of the room, very much to the chagrin of Clovis, who was currently sitting on his throne, a little fear in his eyes, as his entire command staff simply obeyed some random private for no reason.

His musings were also cut short, however, instead of simply being ordered around, he now had a firearm pointed at his head.

Slowly raising his hands, as to not aggravate the offender, and to show that he didn't mean any harm, Clovis gulped, but asked all the same.

"What do you want?"

"What I want is a cease fire order, broadcast to all troops currently in Shinjuku. Well, at least the ones I left alive," The soldier stated, smiling all the while.

"Y-you were the one commanding the-" Clovis quickly stopped his stuttering at the cocking of the gun, which was now aimed directly at his crotch.

"Cease fire, now." The soldier ordered.

"Very well," Clovis responded, flipping a switch on the edge of his throne. "I, Clovis la Britannia, hereby command you, all of you, cease fire at once, Treat all injured whether Britannian or eleven. All burials shall be treated equally and without prejudice. I shall allow no further fighting." He flicked the switch back into the place it was previously. "Satisfied?" He asked, as the gun was now pointed somewhere other than him.

"Very, however you still have to atone for your sins." Clovis gulped. "Tell me, why would such an upstanding gentleman such as yourself issue this order?" The soldier asked, pulling a recording device from his pocked, pressing the play button. "I hereby order you, Destroy Shinjuku ghetto, leave no one alive."

T-they stole poison g-gas fro-" He was hit with the butt of the gun. "No, what they stole was a canister that held nothing but a little girl, no older than 16. She was not only held against her will, but was, in fact, experimented on by your very own staff. You simply wanted to retrieve what you lost, so tell me, does that justify the loss of…" the soldier turned his head for a second, before continuing, "Thank you, Six thousand four hundred and seventeen lives?"

"T-They were only elevens." Clovis shouted in protest, tears streaming from his eyes. He knew he wouldn't live another day.

"I've heard enough," The soldier said, before pulling out a recording device from his pocket. He held it to his mouth, allowing the microphone to catch the full amount of, both malice and sincerity in his voice. "I am Zero, and as much as I hate taking live, this man is not innocent, he has been judged by me, and the innocent lives he has taken, and has been sentenced to death… by beheading." Zero declared.

"Do you have any last words, perhaps for your family?"

"Y-y-y-yes, Brothers, sisters, Farther, Mother, I-I-I-I am truly sorry for what I have done. M-may fate be kinder to you, t-t-than it was to me. Please C.C. forgive me for your torture. At least I'll see Lelouch and Nunnally again." As much as he cried for the first half of what he was saying, he at least managed some serenity, at the end of what he had to say.

"I will make sure they get your message." He said, patting Clovis' shoulder, "May fate be kind indeed. Rest in peace, Clovis la Britannia, and may god have mercy on your soul." He leaned in, right next to his ear and whispered. "Lelouch and Nunnally still live."

Zero slowly put the gun away, before he extended a thin silver blade, which quickly ruined red upon extending. With a single tear falling from his eye, he swung. Decapitating Clovis, The High frequency blade cutting cleanly through even his spinal chord without issue.

Lelouch quickly turned the recording device off, and walked out of the base. For as evil as Clovis was, he was still his brother, and he still grew up, and played with him as a child. Oh how the hell was he going to explain this to Nunnally, Ruby would probably just find it funny. Well, that's insanity for you…

Lelouch, upon carrying the mysterious girl for well over two hours, finally set her down on the bed of his room, before unfurling a spare Futon he had lying around, in case of guests.

After that, he instantly collapsed, sleep catching him before he even reached a 40 degree angle.

A/N: Well, that's my take on the Shinjuku massacre, with just a little backstory for you. Next chapter: Clovis' death announced, More Ruby content, The first meeting with Zero, more backstory, Kururugi rescue, and some Kallen shower time. As for the Shōkan, That, along with the Sukui and Absolution will turn up in later chapters… I did say Ruby was working on anti-gravity technology, where oh where will she put it.