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Geass Order base, 2:13 p.m. A task force of Mavericks and Black Knights Knightmares assaulted the artificial city within the dome of the base, most of the personnel not panicking and minding their own business.

Kinoshita: What the hell is wrong with these people? It's like they don't realize they're being attacked...
Seth: I think you're gonna realize that these people don't have heat signatures.
Kinoshita: I... I don't get it.
Seth: They're already dead. These guys are run by AIs, the ones used to pilot Knightmares and for mass-produced cyborgs.
Kinoshita: (trembles in fear) I think I'm gonna be sick.
Lelouch: (over radio) There's nothing we can do, for these people, Kinoshita. We can't let their bodies be used, like this. If there are heat signatures, spare them, if possible.
Seth: V.V. and his cronies are kill on sight. They aren't getting away. Not after all they've pulled.

Meanwhile, Bartley and Cornelia were running toward an exit, and C.C.'s Akatsuki intercepted them.

C.C.: (opens cockpit) Hi, Cornelia. (glares at Bartley) Bartley.
Bartley: C.C.!
Cornelia: So, you're in the same boat as V.V., huh? How long have you lived?
C.C.: Hundreds of years, give or take.
Cornelia: Friends with Lelouch?
C.C.: And Alistair.
Cornelia: Good. Bartley will be heading back to prison, so don't kill him.
C.C.: He's too pitiful to kill, anyway. What happened to your arm?
Cornelia: Took a bullet, broke some bones. Speaking of Alistair...

The Yoshitsune flew over to the building, next to C.C.'s Akatsuki.

Cornelia: Thanks for the save, brother! I've been missing you, this whole time-
Yoshitsune: Alistair's not piloting me, Cornelia.
Cornelia: What...? You can speak, now?
Yoshitsune: Yup. You wanna pilot me, now? I may not have the spear you liked so much, but...
Cornelia: I've...fancied myself a swordswoman, anyway. Although, you'll have to pilot yourself, for the most part.
Yoshitsune: Right. You've also got a plan in mind.
Cornelia: I saw that giant thing that Jeremiah was piloting, back during the attack on Tokyo. V.V. might pilot that thing, and I've got a counterattack idea.
Yoshitsune: I'm all ears.

Back with Kinoshita, his group encountered a group of children.

Black Knight: We can't kill kids!
Kinoshita: Wait... Something's not right.

One of the children attempted to control Kinoshita, with their Geass, but the cockpit of his Akatsuki was still closed.

Black Knight: What in the world is up with that eye?
Kinoshita: Looks kinda like...the symbol all over this place.
Black Knight: Don't tell me... These kids-
Rolo: I've got it.

The Vincent stepped in front of the Akatsuki squad, and opened his cockpit.

Geass Order Child A: It's big brother Rolo!
Geass Order Child B: Did you kill a lot of people?
Geass Order Child C: We're gonna fix the world, one day, big brother!
Rolo: That sounds great, guys! I've missed you, so much. Could you close your eyes, for me?

The Geass children did as they were instructed, smiling. The Vincent's cockpit closed and the Vincent brought out a combat shotgun, shooting the children and killing them.

Black Knight: Why?!
Rolo: They were made that way, with Civility tech. Those personalities weren't natural. It couldn't be fixed, any other way. In a sense-
Kinoshita: They were dead. From the moment they were experimented on.
Black Knight: I'm... I'm gonna puke...
Kinoshita: Rolo, right? Were you...?
Rolo: I was one of them, yeah. That was long ago, and I want to put it behind me.
Kinoshita: I'm glad we have you on board. Your sister's the captain of the Yatagarasu, right?
Rolo: Yeah. Nunnally's my sister.
Kinoshita: And, these are the sons of bitches that kidnapped her?
Rolo: Now that you mention it...they did do that.
Kinoshita: I see. Zero, we're getting more guns.

Above the center of the base, the Shinkiro oversaw the attack on V.V.'s base.

Lelouch: (thinking) At this rate, V.V. will face us, personally. Thankfully, I've had the Vincent upgraded, especially with the armor.
C.C.: Something's coming up, towards you!
Lelouch: (out loud) What?!

Suddenly, the Siegfried emerged from the ground and rammed the Shinkiro outside of the base and into the desert.

C.C.: The Siegfried!
Lelouch: Jeremiah, is that-?!
Jeremiah: It's the Siegfried! I want it back! And, the only one able to pilot it, that isn't me...!
Lelouch: V.V.!
V.V.: You know, I honestly actually liked you, Lelouch. You and Charles were essentially the same.
Lelouch: I'll take that as an insult. You're more like my former dad than anyone else could ever be.
V.V.: You reverted back to your childhood, thinking the world can be a better place, through peace. For what?
Lelouch: For my sister, and for my friends!
V.V.: And, there you go, again, spouting bullshit. I know what you've said. All that crap about "justice" and "righteousness". As far as I can tell, there's no such thing.
Lelouch: So? There's still idealism and hope, to keep the world moving.
V.V.: Cute thoughts. But, you forget how the world really is!

Suddenly, a loud gunshot rang out, barely damaging the Siegfried, and V.V. saw James' Knightpolice on top of the Yatagarasu.

V.V.: Oh, that's just precious. Nunnally's here, too, huh?
Nunnally: V.V.! It's over! Surrender yourself, or we will continue this fight!
V.V.: That's rather rich, brat. You're not even grateful, to me. And, what's your cop friend going to do? Shoot me with that peashooter?
James: Oh, you'll find out.
V.V.: I'm sure I will-

James' Knightpolice shot its Farsight Sequoia revolver, again, piercing through one of the Siegfried's Slayer Harkens.

V.V.: You know, you're pretty rude, for traitors against the world. But, I have an excellent retort. I brought friends! No, friends is too much. Associates? (pauses) Slaves, I brought slaves.

Britannian Knightmares flew out of the base, with float units and run by Civility AI, as well as Geass Order members, in Vincent Wards.

V.V.: Are you terrified, now?
Nunnally: We have a giant airship.
V.V.: (pauses) Well, that just defeats my point.
Alistair: (Masakado flies up) Hey, buddy. Remember me? The guy who foiled your plots, time and time again? You blew up an island and kidnapped my friend. You've thoroughly pissed me off, pal.
V.V.: Then, there's this wretch. Why are you so defiant of the current world order, oh present day entry in the family tree of Ireland's Child of Light?
Alistair: 'Cause it's the right thing to do, obviously. Law and chaos aren't constants, they don't control a damn thing.
V.V.: Honestly, you're just pitiful. I'll enjoy taking my time in putting you out of your misery.
Alistair: And, I'll enjoy tearing you a new one. Sic 'em, guys!

Black Knights and Mavericks Knightmares engaged V.V.'s forces, the Okuninushi, cutting its way towards the Siegfried with its Tesla Blade.

Jeremiah: V.V.!
V.V.: You couldn't just let Maine control you, could you? You had hate, you had a reason to stay with Britannia. Yet, you threw it away, when you saw Alistair.
Jeremiah: I had lost my purpose in life, and found a new one. I'll fight against Britannia, for the sake of Zero, for the sake of Alistair, and for the sake of Marianne!
V.V.: How dare you say that name!

As some Akatsukis fired at the Siegfried, the Siegfried spun and deflected the bullets.

Lelouch: So, spinning isn't just for offense, huh?
V.V.: Precisely. Now, die!

The Shinkiro evaded the Siegfried's charge and fired its missile launcher, the missiles being blocked by the Siegfried's defense, yet barely damaging it. The Shinkiro then fired its wrist-mounted Hadron Cannons at the Siegfried, but dealt minor damage. The Okuninushi charged at the Siegfried, while it launched its Slayer Harkens, and slashed both of them off and repeatedly cut the Siegfried's armor.

Jeremiah: I stole this, first, V.V.! Only I have the right to upgrade it as I please!
V.V.: I don't rightly care what you think, you can't hurt me.
Alistair: (Masakado pierces Siegfried's armor with MVS) How about now?
V.V.: You're obnoxious!

As the fight with the Siegfried continued, Cornelia was working with some Mavericks and Black Knights, jury-rigging a wrecked Akatsuki with some heavy weapons.

Black Knight: Like this?
Cornelia: Yeah. Fit as many onto it as you can. We've only got one shot, with this, and we need to time it just right.
Maverick: We found one of those gatling cannons that the Enclave was using!
Cornelia: That oughta help, with the attack.
Black Knight: Done! When you press this remote, you'll let loose all kinds of ballistic hell on that bastard.
Cornelia: Yoshitsune?
Yoshitsune: Missile launcher and bazooka, check.

Back outside the base, the Gawain Nexus slashed at the Siegfried's armor, with its Galatine axes.

V.V.: And now, we have the President of the United States, in a Knightmare. Don't you have a country to run?
Seth: This is one way of doing so. Besides, you've got a bounty that Alistair needs to collect!

The Gawain Nexus fired its Hadron Cannons, directly onto the Siegfried, causing quite some damage to it.

V.V.: Damn you! (notices Vincent and Vincent Alpha) Alpha! You're defective, just like your partner, there.
Alpha: I'm not taking your shit any longer, V.V.! Civility is finished!
Rolo: I'll fight on! For Lelouch, and for Nunnally!

As the Siegfried launched its Slayer Harkens, the Vincent and Vincent Alpha dodged, and used their respective Needle Blazers, destroying the Harkens.

V.V.: You don't even know the truth, do you, Rolo?
Rolo: And, what truth is that?
V.V.: You're a failed experiment. The flaw with your Geass is that your heart stops, every time you use it.
Rolo: That's just the thing. I don't need my Geass to kick your ass!

As more Knightmares arrived to defend the Siegfried, the Vincent and Vincent Alpha destroyed the AI-controlled Knightmares with their MVS polearms. The Vincent grabbed onto the front of the Siegfried, while the Vincent Alpha pulled back, just as the Siegfried activated its newly installed shock generators, causing Rolo to scream in pain.

Lelouch: Rolo!
V.V.: You're nothing, Rolo. You've always been nothing. You have no past to call your own, thanks to my efforts. And, since you betrayed me, you don't have a future, either.
Rolo: You're wrong, there...
V.V.: Hm?
Rolo: Sure, I don't have a past... Hell, I barely remember my own childhood, before meeting you... But...I decide how I live my life, not you...! I've become somebody...! I'm...a brother!

The Vincent aimed its shotgun at the Siegfried, hitting it with the burst fire function, at point-blank, the force of the three shots forcing it away from the Siegfried.

V.V.: You really enjoy trying to outsmart me, don't you? Well, it won't work, any longer-!

Suddenly, the Siegfried was hit with heavy fire, damaging the shields. V.V. saw the Yoshitsune and several Knightmares armed with heavy weaponry, aimed right at the Siegfried.

V.V.: Cornelia...!
Cornelia: Now, you're going to pay for the hell you've caused. To my sister, Euphemia, to my brothers, Alistair and Lelouch, to Nunnally!
Lelouch: It's checkmate, V.V.
V.V.: Damn you...! This isn't over! I'll never lose to traitorous filth, like you!
Lelouch: Today, you pay for making Alistair cry...
Cornelia: Dakka, dakka, dakka...
Lelouch and Cornelia: (in unison)...you son of a bitch!

The Shinkiro fired its Phase-Transition Cannon at the Siegfried, without the prism, and Cornelia pressed the button on her remote, firing the jury-rigged Akatsuki's numerous guns, as the Yoshitsune fired its missile launcher and bazooka and every other Knightmare fired their weapons, including the Gawain Nexus and its rocket launcher, effectively damaging the Siegfried. V.V. angrily panicked as he was stuck in the cockpit of the crumbling Siegfried.

V.V.: No...! No! I won't end, here! I'll never die! You hear me!? You're all traitors to humanity! Dregs, the scum of the earth, the trash of society! You'll never understand this world! You'll all fall and be lost in the abyss! And, when you realize too late, I'll laugh at your demise!

V.V. laughed maniacally as the Siegfried began falling towards the base, looking at the screen and seeing the Shinkiro.

V.V.: Even you, Lelouch! You're an abomination! You had your chance to become part of the proper new world! And, you threw it all away! When you die, I'll be the happiest man-!

Before V.V. could finish his insane monologue, his stomach was pierced by two MVS katanas, as the Masakado came into view, slowing the Siegfried's descent.

Alistair: WHERE ARE YOU GOING!? THIS AIN'T OVER!

The Masakado dragged V.V. out of the Siegfried and ascended with him, letting the Siegfried crash into the base. High in the clouds, the Masakado let V.V. drop a while, as it drew its Capital Blade MVS and slashed V.V., repeatedly, as it dashed by, without mercy.

Alistair: This is how we do it in America, bitch! WELCOME TO THE THUNDERDOME!

The Masakado slammed the Capital Blade on V.V.'s back, causing him to plummet to his base, at high speeds.

Lelouch: I think we got him.
Alistair: Not yet, we haven't. You go on ahead. I need to pick something up, from my room.

Meanwhile, V.V. crawled toward his door to the Thought Elevator, in his throne room, bleeding and slowly recovering from Alistair's karmic attack.

V.V.: Damn...them... How dare they...wound me... Wake...

As V.V. approached the stairs, he saw Charles at the door.

V.V.: Charles... Sorry about the mess...we got...attacked.
Charles: I can tell. Tell me, big brother, did you send an assassin after Lelouch?
V.V.: He forced my hand... He's Zero. He's lied to Nunnally, all this time, betrayed us...
Charles: Big brother. I already know.
V.V.: What...? What are you talking about...?
Charles: My dear elder brother, Victor... I'm afraid you've lied, for the last time.

The Shinkiro approached V.V.'s throne room, and saw the door.

Lelouch: That door...! It's like the one at Kamine Island! There's more than one!?

Suddenly, a stream of energy emerged from the open door, enveloping Lelouch and the Shinkiro.

Lelouch: Shit! Whatever's in there is pulling me in!

After a flash of light, Lelouch found himself outside the Shinkiro, in front of it and a set of stairs, leading to a temple-like structure.

Lelouch: What is this? How was I pulled out of the Shinkiro?
Charles: This is my project. I, too, am surprised at a Knightmare being brought here, inelegant as it may be.

Lelouch recognized the voice, as Charles walked into view, at the top of the stairs.

Charles: Behold, Lelouch, my wayward son! The Sword of Akasha!
Lelouch: (glares angrily) You! Charles zi Britannia!