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Aboard the Avalon, 1:35 p.m. Schneizel was sitting in his seat on the bridge, looking at the sky.

Schneizel: I don't think I'll ever not find the sky beautiful, from this height. It's like we're sailing on clouds.
Kanon: It does sort of feel that way.
Schneizel: That was a good lunch, so I'm feeling quite energized. Once we get to our destination, I'm going to take my time-

Suddenly, metallic fingers pierced through the floor. Alistair used his prosthetic arm to push the bridge's floor open and enter it, causing Kanon to scream in fear and surprise. Alistair drew his silver Desert Eagle and aimed it at Schneizel.

Schneizel: ...You know, you continue to surprise me, at how you do shit, like this. It's really crazy, that you make these sorts of entrances.
Alistair: I'm not in the mood for idle chit-chat. Take me to Berlin. Now.
Schneizel: Yeah, that's where Kallen's at, isn't it? Lucky day! We're headed there, anyway.
Alistair: What for?
Schneizel: (pauses) Would you believe Nazi hunting?
Alistair: ...Why?
Schneizel: Because, I can.
Alistair: (sighs, holsters Desert Eagle) Whatever. I don't have time to argue. I'm using your toilet.
Schneizel: Sounds good, but... Am I to assume that the Yatagarasu is behind us, in stealth mode?
Alistair: Yeah. You're in its sights. (exits bridge)
Kanon: He's... He's bluffing.
Schneizel: He's not. He's too pissed to bluff. He rarely ever bluffs.

Meanwhile, aboard the Ikaruga, Tohdoh was having lunch with Chiba, Asahina and Urabe.

Chiba: So, Zanzibar's a super soldier?
Tohdoh: It's the only explanation to how he survived getting stabbed in the chest, by a giant sword.
Asahina: Seriously... Guess Alistair was lucky that he was in a tank, and not a Knightmare.
Urabe: A super soldier, huh? Now, I've seen everything.
Tohdoh: Hawking must have experimented on him, and plenty of others. Zanzibar looks like a success.
Chiba: No more one-on-ones, from now on.
Tohdoh: Agreed. We fight, together, no matter what. Zanzibar, California, or any other aces Civility or the Enclave have, we do it, together, whenever possible.
Chiba: That sounds much more fair than what I was thinking.
Tohdoh: By the way, two brake swords is much better than one. Though, I'll have to save the second one, for a last stand, or other sort of situation.
Asahina: Still, Alistair was pretty pissed at what the Eunuchs said.
Tohdoh: The poorest choice of words, in front of someone you don't want to make mad.

Zero approached Tamaki, who had just finished lunch.

Zero: Can I talk to you, Tamaki?
Tamaki: Sure, what's up?

Tamaki followed Zero down a corridor.

Zero: I've been meaning to talk to you...about your position, in the Black Knights.
Tamaki: Hey, don't worry about it. I'm fine, where I'm at-
Zero: I know, but it should be worth reiterating how you got to your position. You went from an obnoxious guy in a resistance group to a badass among ace pilots.
Tamaki: The obnoxious part wasn't my finest moment, I agree. Still, I'm fine with the position I've got. Besides, how else are the other snipers gonna aim true? Leave their training to Yoshida?
Zero: Fair enough. I also need you to cover me, while I make a phone call.
Tamaki: You got a girlfriend?
Zero: ...I'm thinking about that, yeah.
Tamaki: No sweat. Get in that closet, I've got your back.

Tamaki grinned and stood next to the door as Zero entered the closet. Lelouch took off the mask and dialed Shirley's number.

Shirley: (over phone) Hello?
Lelouch: Hey, Shirley.
Shirley: Lulu! Hey, you caught me at a peculiar time. I'm about to head for swimming practice.
Lelouch: I...really didn't need to know that detail.
Shirley: Huh? Why-? Oh, you are so smart. I'm so sorry.
Lelouch: It's fine.
Shirley: Anyway, since Milly's back, she's already planned her graduation event.
Lelouch: She's graduating, now, huh? Wish she'd graduate, alongside us.
Shirley: Same, here. So...guess I'll talk to you, later.
Lelouch: No, wait! I... I wanted to talk to you...about that time.
Shirley: That's a bit vague... Are you talking about...?
Lelouch: Yeah. I am.
Shirley: I was... I was depressed, Lelouch. I didn't know how to react, and you were the only one I could turn to.
Lelouch: I understand. I was caught off guard by it, but...I honestly wanted that to be under more...
Shirley: Romantic circumstances?
Lelouch: Yeah.
Shirley: Wait... You really-?
Lelouch: Not once in my life have I ever gone on a date. Save for getting Villetta a present, for her birthday.
Shirley: She's honestly been drinking it, ever since the Black Knights left.
Lelouch: Calming shots. I can see why.
Shirley: Well, thanks for enlightening me on how you felt, Lulu.
Lelouch: Talk to you, later. Bye. (closes phone, clenches fist) God, I'm awkward, at romance! (kicks wall) That was dumb... That was not wise... Ow...

Berlin, 2 hours later. The Avalon landed at an airstrip and Schneizel was met by two Last Battalion soldiers, both of which were shot in the face, by Schneizel, with a shotgun.

Schneizel: I'll try and get you some backup, while I deal with these guys. You should head to that building that looks like it's straight from Britannia.
Alistair: Thanks.
Schneizel: Now, to find the boss of these Nazi remnants...

Schneizel reloaded his shotgun and walked off, as Alistair sprinted his way to the Britannian building. 11 minutes later, he reached the roof, panting. He looked around and saw that he was in a garden.

Alistair: What is it with these assholes and roof gardens?

As Alistair walked onto the roof, Suzaku walked down from a gazebo, his eye glowing orange.

Sigma: Wake.
Alistair: Hi, again, Sigma. I didn't figure you'd be here. Two birds with one stone sounds pretty good, right about now.
Sigma: You think you can expel me, from this puppet? Even if you find my chip, you can't remove me, without killing your monkey friend.
Alistair: I've got a way.
Sigma: You think you can use your Geass? (puts on sunglasses) Oh. What a shame. It no longer has any effect. Now, stay right there, I'll get the Lancelot, so I can kill you. (walks past Alistair, towards the door)
Alistair: Yeah, about that...(activates Geass, smiles, turns around) Could you stop, for me?

Sigma suddenly stopped in his tracks, Suzaku's body betraying his commands.

Sigma: What?! Impossible!
Alistair: I wasn't just sitting on my ass, for months on end. I've been working on my Geass, using its abilities more. And, with this mastery comes some pretty nifty opportunities. I don't simply need to have eye contact, for this ability to work. I just have to look at you.
Sigma: You...! You bastard...! You can't do this!
Alistair: Hey, Suzaku! How are you?
Suzaku: Better... Now that you're here...
Sigma: Shut up! Why won't you die!?
Suzaku: I said it once...I'll say it, again... I have something...worth fighting for...!
Alistair: Well said. Now, what was that word that Lelouch said to you?
Sigma: This isn't over, Wake! I'll make you pay, for Mercer's murder!
Alistair: Now, I remember!
Sigma: You'll regret everything you've done, you monster! You're the ultimate evil!!
Alistair: Live!

Suzaku's eyes suddenly had a red outline on them, as Lelouch's Geass command became stronger. Suzaku yelled in effort, resisting Sigma's control, until Sigma's chip on Suzaku's neck, hidden by his shirt, sparked. Suzaku removed the chip from his neck and slammed it on the ground, collapsing to his hands and knees, panting.

Suzaku: Oh... Oh, shit...
Alistair: (crushes Sigma's chip, with his foot) Gone! (looks at Suzaku) Glad to have you back, Suzaku.
Suzaku: I'm...glad to be back.
Alistair: Look, the Yatagarasu shouldn't be too far behind. You can rest up, there, while I get Kallen out.
Suzaku: Alistair... I... I haven't been honest, with you.
Alistair: Huh? Where's this coming from?
Suzaku: (stands up) I haven't been telling the whole truth. Not to you, not to Lelouch, not to Nunnally... You all...honestly believed I was an idealist.
Alistair: You are an idealist, Suzaku, just like me.
Suzaku: (tears up) I'm not! God dammit, I'm not! I'm just an idiotic piece of shit! When I thought I killed my dad, and got separated from Lelouch and Nunnally, I didn't have any hope left, for this world! I was alone, I had no family to live with! My home and country were gone!
Alistair: Suzaku...
Suzaku: I was... After Britannia took control of Japan, I was homeless, poor. My isolation and loneliness did nothing but fuel my depression. I spent my childhood literally stumbling around in a depressed stupor, seeing destitution, ruins, suffering and corpses. At random, I sold out Japanese resistance groups, to the Britannians, for money.
Alistair: Seriously?
Suzaku: I was depressed and desperate. And, no, it was not worth it. There wasn't anything I could do, to change anything. I wanted to get my mind off of things...so, I decided to join the Britannian military. With that, I could get money, food, shelter. All that talk about wanting to change Britannia, from within, and all that other bullshit? I was just deluding myself. I didn't honestly believe that I could do it. I just stuck with the system that was in charge, went with the flow. People could call me a hypocrite, all they liked, and I wouldn't care. Deep down...I just wanted to die. I still do. So, I want you to take that big pistol of yours, aim it right at my forehead, and pull the god damn trigger, until I die.
Alistair: Suzaku... Look me in the eyes.
Suzaku: I am.
Alistair: Good.

Alistair immediately hit Suzaku, in the face, with a right hook, which knocked him to the ground.

Suzaku: (holds cheek) Ah! Dammit...!
Alistair: Are your brain cells working, now?
Suzaku: Yeah... I needed that.
Alistair: Thought as much. You were talking nonsense, with that last sentence.
Suzaku: Guess the depression made me lose my train of thought. I meant to say... After meeting you, learning about you, fighting you...having my ass kicked by you, I learned to have hope, again. I want to make things right, Alistair. Will you have me, in the Tokyo Mavericks?
Alistair: Damn right. (helps Suzaku up) First, we need to get Nina, Lloyd, Cecile and Kallen out of this place.
Suzaku: I believe you might also have noticed the huge-ass wall, over there?
Alistair: The hell's that?
Suzaku: The Berlin Wall. It was supposed to have been built, when the Nazis won. But, your mom ruined the construction that was already done.
Alistair: It's an aristocracy thing, ain't it?
Suzaku: Yep.
Alistair: Can I break it?
Suzaku: I don't see why not. By the way, how did you get here?
Alistair: Schmexy Schnizel.
Suzaku: Why do you-? (chuckles) It's the pretty boy face, isn't it?
Alistair: Yes. Yes, it is.
Suzaku: Figures. He's a vigilante, you know.
Alistair: Wait, he is? I didn't notice.
Suzaku: Yeah, he's got Deckard's pistol.
Alistair: Straight out of Blade Runner?! How?!
Suzaku: I don't know! But, I guess he's hunting Nazis, right?

Meanwhile, inside the Last Battalion's command center, Schneizel was in the midst of a firefight with Last Battalion soldiers.

Schneizel: So much for the stealthy approach!
Kanon: (reloads pistol) To be fair, they drugged out their dogs really badly! (shoots pistol at soldiers)
Schneizel: And, that's why I don't condone mistreatment of animals!
Kanon: Honestly, this heroics thing feels...pretty great! (laughs) I'm invigorated! Is this what it's like, being free!?
Schneizel: That's the beauty of deviance! You gonna use that shotgun I got you!?
Kanon: Got that right! (holsters pistol, pulls out shotgun) Wild card, bitches! (pumps shotgun) Let's go! (shoots shotgun)

Back at the roof of the Britannian building.

Alistair: I can imagine.
Suzaku: Nina should be in her room, on the 3rd floor. Lloyd and Cecile should be in the lounge, which you probably passed, on the way here.
Alistair: You handle Lloyd and Cecile, I'll get Nina, then we both go save Kallen.
Suzaku: Yes, sir!
Luciano: Ah, Suzaku.

Alistair and Suzaku turned to the entrance and saw Luciano, carrying knives.

Luciano: I see you've made a new friend, without me.
Alistair: Who's that douchebag?
Luciano: What a vulgar tongue! I love it! I am Luciano Bradley, the Knight of Ten.
Alistair: Oh! God-tier complex!
Suzaku: (snickers, covers mouth, quietly laughs)
Luciano: "Complex"? Good sir, I'm fit for being the Knight of One.
Alistair: Why, 'cause you fit some sort of hidden requirement of being a dickless sociopath?
Luciano: Alright, now you're just insulting me. (throws knife)
Alistair: (catches knife with prosthetic arm, crushes blade) It's the karmic thing to do, really. The name's Alistair Wake, by the way.
Luciano: (eyes widen) I'll...just sound the alert, now...
Alistair: Don't count on it.

Alistair dashed toward Luciano, before he could reach the door, and repeatedly slammed him against the ground, with German suplexes.

Suzaku: (laughs uncontrollably) He's gonna get a concussion!
Alistair: (suplexes Luciano a 12th time, lets go and stands up) I mean, why not, right? Don't need tables, for this situation.
Luciano: (grunts, stumbles to his feet) What's...going on, here...?
Suzaku: Hang on, I wanna help, with this!

Suzaku ran to Luciano and lifted him up, by his feet. Alistair ran towards Suzaku, who began dropping Luciano forward, and the reunited friends performed the Dudley Death Drop, knocking out Luciano.

Alistair: I've always wanted to do that!
Suzaku: That was the most kickass thing I've ever done, in my life!
Alistair: Let's get going, before he gets in his sucky Knightmare!
Suzaku: Copy that!

Suzaku and Alistair ran through the exit door and went in different directions. Meanwhile, Cecile and Lloyd were relaxing in the lounge, bored.

Cecile: So...you used to smoke?
Lloyd: It was a long time ago. Evidently, Jeremiah and I went to school, together. I remember that hair color, now. That was him, alright. I sure did cause him a lot of grief.
Cecile: What sort of trouble did you cause?
Lloyd: Too much to count. After one too many close calls with my experiments, and the coughing fits and having to look at my lungs, I quit smoking. (looks inside box, throws box in trash can) And, that was my last patch.
Cecile: Guess that explains the long sleeves and...I don't know if I can call that a turtleneck.
Lloyd: I don't rightly care what it's called, it suits me.

Suzaku barged into the room, panting.

Lloyd: Hello, again, Sigma. Done with your latest tantrum?
Suzaku: Lloyd, it's so good to talk to you, again. (pauses) Admittedly, that is the rarest sentence I've ever said.
Lloyd: Suzaku?!
Cecile: You're alright!
Suzaku: Alistair's here. He's dealt with Sigma, and we need to get going.
Lloyd: And, Nina?
Suzaku: Alistair's on it. The Yatagarasu should be here, still undetected.
Lloyd: Well, before I can go anywhere, I need to give Alistair something.
Cecile: I want to fight, too!
Suzaku: Cecile?
Cecile: I've stood around, long enough. I'm piloting, again!
Lloyd: Your Sutherland has been thoroughly updated, when you weren't looking. I still love the color scheme, it's beautiful.
Cecile: Thank you, Lloyd.

Alistair and Nina ran into the room, Nina putting on her lab coat.

Nina: I can't stand being surrounded by Nazis!
Lloyd: That's a good mindset, for a former racist.
Nina: Not my best moments and train of thought, I agree.
Lloyd: As long as you're aware of that mistake and want to correct it, it's fine by me.
Alistair: Where's Kallen at?
Lloyd: The prison. Right next door.
Alistair: ...Are you for freaking real?
Cecile: Afraid so. Glad to finally work with you, Alistair.
Alistair: So am I, Cecile. You know, I never noticed how adorable you are.
Cecile: Wha-? Excuse me? I'm in my 20s.
Suzaku: Yet, you still have a cute face.
Cecile: (pauses) I'm going to look in a mirror, while I change into my pilot suit.
Lloyd: When you're done, meet us by the hangar.
Suzaku: Before we go, Alistair... I've got an idea.
Alistair: Lay it on me.

Meanwhile, on the ground floor, Schneizel entered the building, wiping blood off his face.

Schneizel: I told him not to make me ask twice.
Kanon: You did warn him. I never knew there were one-handed shotguns. They're...actually rather beautiful.
Schneizel: And, this is why we're best friends.
Kanon: I can see that, now. I'm...sorry I didn't realize it, sooner.
Schneizel: You should have realized it, when I was choking out the guy that insulted you, with the whip.
Kanon: That was when you told me about America. Not even I knew about that atrocity. You think we can join the Mavericks, at this rate?
Schneizel: Small steps, Kanon. Speaking of Mavericks...

Gino and Anya noticed Schneizel and Kanon, and approached them.

Gino: Um... So, we found Luciano, unconscious, on the roof...
Schneizel: Oh, how I wish I could've seen that ass-kicking. Well, Gino and Anya, you may want to pack your things. You're joining the Mavericks, today.
Gino: Yes!
Anya: (closes phone) Finally.