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Ashford Academy, Lelouch's room. Lelouch awoke in hid bed, suddenly, his heart beating abnormally fast.

Lelouch: (breathing quickly) Wha-? Where?
Rolo: Lelouch! Are you alright?
Lelouch: I...don't know. (thinking) I'm breathing...so fast. I can't control it... Nunnally's safe...but that sight...
Rolo: The Enclave showed up. Apparently, Sears was on the flagship. They're gone, but we don't know for how long.
Lelouch: (out loud) That's...good... (gets up, looks in mirror)
Rolo: Lelouch?
Lelouch: (thinking) Pupils receded. Heartbeat fast. (pauses) Heart attack. I had a heart attack. Need to calm down. (walks to door)
Rolo: Where are you going?!
Lelouch: (out loud) Uh... Walking. (exits room)
Rolo: (sighs) I'm thinking you might be right, Alistair.
Alistair: (walks to Rolo) He didn't even notice I was here. Hell, he wasn't even looking in my direction.
Rolo: So... He really had a heart attack, when he saw Nunnally about to die.
Alistair: Hey, you would, too. I guarantee it. (exits room)
Rolo: ...What would you know?

Meanwhile, in the student council room, Milly, Rivalz and Shirley were looking through the contents of cardboard boxes.

Rivalz: Man, I can't believe we need all this stuff.
Shirley: I guess we'll have lots of fun, with this trip.
Milly: You bet! Wait, is Lelouch up, yet?
Shirley: I'll go check.

As Shirley exited the student council room, she saw Lelouch about to exit the clubhouse.

Shirley: Hey, Lelouch!
Lelouch: Hey.
Shirley: Where are you going?
Lelouch: For a walk. Bye. (walks out door)
Shirley: Wait, Lelouch-! What's wrong? He looked so...out of it.
Nunnally: Shirley?
Shirley: That voice! Nunna-!

When Shirley turned around she saw that Nunnally had her eyes open and was wearing a Mavericks outfit, with a captain's hat.

Shirley: Oh. My. God. (immediately hugs Nunnally) You look so adorable and cool!
Nunnally: I could say the same about the adorable part, for you. I knew you sounded cute, but you look cute, too.
Shirley: (stops hugging) I can't believe you can see, again! How-?
Nunnally: Alistair helped me.
Shirley: Figures. What's with the cool hat?
Nunnally: Well, since I tested the Hadron Gatling Cannons, and got the crew motivated, the Mavericks made me captain of the Yatagarasu.
Shirley: You are...the cutest badass.
Nunnally: Wheel me to the council room.
Shirley: With pleasure!

Shirley takes Nunnally's wheelchair by the handles, and runs it to the student council room.

Shirley: Look who's back!
Nunnally: (waves) Hi.
Milly: Nunnally! You're a captain, now?!
Rivalz: I am holding back a very serious urge to hug you, right now.
Nunnally: Good to see you, too. For once.
Milly: How are you able to see, again?
Nunnally: It wasn't the trauma keeping my eyes closed... It was my former dad, the Emperor of Ego.
Rivalz: Whoa, whoa, wait! You and Lelouch are former kids of the Emperor?!
Milly: (thinking) Here comes the support...
Rivalz: He did that, to you, his own kid?! What a dick!
Milly: Or, maybe not. (out loud) He's always been like that.
Rivalz: How did I not see this, before!?
Milly: Was the Mavericks' proof not clear enough?
Rivalz: ...No...?
Milly: Oh, right! Come in, you two!

Immediately, a boy with bright blonde hair and a girl with black hair and blue eyes entered the room, both wearing male Ashford uniforms.

Nunnally: Null...? Tex...?
Alison Healey: Hi, Nunnally!
Chance "Null" Schindler: H-Hi...
Nunnally: Are you...being shy, Null?
Alison: Considering that he mostly talked with me and Alistair, he barely has a social life.
Milly: I had them enrolled as students, here, and made them members of the council.
Rivalz: Uh... Why is she wearing a guy's uniform?
Alison: 'Cause, I don't like skirts. And, I prefer pants.

Suddenly, a strange meow rang out, across the room.

Rivalz: Whoa!
Shirley: What the hell is that?! It looks like...the house cat version of a leopard!
Alison: Oh, that's Adam's pet ocelot.
Null: I don't even know where Ocelot got that.
Shirley: Ocelot...? Wait, that Russian guy with the beard?
Milly: Yeah.
Shirley: Huh. (pauses, gasps) I've never seen an ocelot! (runs to ocelot)
Rivalz: So, that thing's domesticated-?
Shirley: (excited) Holy shit! You guys! Look at his little spots!
Alison: Yeah. Although, I don't know where he got him from.
Shirley: He's got little tufted ears!
Rivalz: How is it domesticated, though?
Alison: That's the mystery.
Ocelot: (opens door) He was like that, when I got him.
Shirley: What's his name!?
Ocelot: Schwann.
Shirley: I love him!

Ocelot entered the student council room, alongside Chief Hanlon and General Chase.

General Chase: Wait until you meet Alistair's Huskies. All 50 of them.
Chief Marcus Hanlon: We weren't gonna leave them, alone. So, we brought them to their owner, and his friends.
Alison: Faces are gonna get licked.
Milly: I get the feeling that some of the students will wake up, with a dog on their chests. Which is...actually pretty cute.
Shirley: (walks back to group) I'm not a pet owner, but I can tell that he's really patient, and likes people. I can only guess that he would've been desperate for something to play with, before you got him.
Nunnally: By the way, where's Lelouch?
Shirley: He went for a walk. But, he seemed...really off.
Alison: Hmm... Maybe, the surprise will take your mind off of that. (leads Shirley out of the room)
Shirley: Wha-? Hey... (pauses) Oh, my God!
Nunnally: (giggles)
Ocelot: So... What did Alistair tell you, about us?
Nunnally: That you were good friends.
Ocelot: Well, naturally! Check this out! (pulls out revolvers, twirls them)
Nunnally: So, that's how it works! (claps hands) Yeah!

Meanwhile, at Yokosuka Harbor, the Black Knights were relaxing in their submarine.

Tamaki: Well, I'd say that the rescue of Miss Lamperouge was a big success.
Ohgi: I'll say. We even fought the Enclave.
Tohdoh: Hawking's army... They're much more powerful than Britannia's forces.
Kallen: Then, we've got Sigma, controlling Suzaku's body.
C.C.: It's hard to believe that an AI made by Civility could control a living body. Must be an upgrade. Or, psychotic rage.
Tohdoh: I could feel every ounce of anger and hate Sigma had for Alistair. More hateful than AM, that thing.
Kaguya: That was pretty bad. At least we dealt with Roddy, and pushed Sears back. Hey, where's Zero?
Kallen: I don't know. I haven't called, yet.
Kaguya: When you get the chance, do it. We don't know what Britannia's planning, now.

Meanwhile, at the Britannian royal palace Sigma got off of a transport vessel, alongside Gino and Anya, and Sigma punched and headbutted several guards, in anger.

Sigma: Dammit! Dammit, dammit, dammit, DAMMIT!
Gino: Man, Sigma's really channeling Luciano, there.
Luciano: Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit!
Anya: Speak of the devil.
Gino: Here we go...

Luciano jumped past the stairs and walked toward the returning Knights of the Round.

Luciano: You! Knights of the Round! Defeated! Explain, now!
Gino: Well, we were defending the Viceroy, against the Black Knights, until we encountered Alistair Wake.
Luciano: Who the hell is Alistair Wake!?
Anya: Essentially, someone who can kill a god.
Luciano: Bullshit! There's no way someone can kill a god! I'm standing right here!
Gino: Do you honestly believe your own hype, that much?
Luciano: (gets in Gino's face) I am the hype!
Sigma: Wake...! Damn him! Moralist bastard!
Luciano: (approaches Sigma) Are you alright, Suzaku?
Sigma: (takes a deep breath) Let's go, Luciano. There's work to be done.