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Port Yokosuka, 8:45 p.m. C.C. was contacting Ohgi, to clarify the situation at the harbor.

C.C.: Ohgi. It's C.C.
Ohgi: (over radio) C.C.? Where's Zero?
C.C.: He's alright. Just a little shaken. He took some nasty hits.
Ohgi: I think we've done all we could. Should we head back?
C.C.: Yeah. Just go on ahead.
Ohgi: I hope he recovers, soon.
C.C.: He will.

C.C. turned off the radio and walked toward Lelouch, who was awake and holding his Zero mask.

C.C.: Was that the order you wanted?
Lelouch: Yeah.
C.C.: Alright, what the hell happened? Why are you so shaken up? Why is your Burai reduced to nothing?
Lelouch: I had a small chat with the puppet master behind both that bomb underneath the ship and the landslide extension at Narita.
C.C.: Who was it?
Lelouch: A woman. She even knew my name.
C.C.: That's not possible.
Lelouch: Exactly. The only people outside the Emperor of Ego's bloodline that know my name and past are you, Milly, Alistair and Hawking.
C.C.: Well, Hawking's a hard guy to deal with, let alone believe or talk to.
Lelouch: Yeah. Dead people usually are.
C.C.: Wait, Hawking's dead?!
Lelouch: Yeah. Alistair killed him. What, you didn't put two and two together?
C.C.: I thought... So, that explains how he could leave America.
Lelouch: Right. Also, my pistol's missing. Shirley took it.
C.C.: Oh, shit.
Lelouch: Someone else was here, too. They were shot...(looks at trail of blood)...and they were dragged into the water.
C.C.: If Shirley's the one that took your gun...
Lelouch: Yep. She saw. I need to sleep this energy off. I wrecked so much ass.

The next day, at the Britannian government building, Cornelia, Euphemia, Darlton and Guilford were meeting about the battle at the harbor.

Cornelia: That's two times that he's kicked my ass! Freaking ace and his vintage wrestling moves!
Guilford: There's also the fact that the Primebloods showed up, again.
Darlton: We were able to fight them off, but they're getting stronger.
Cornelia: Shit. Well, I'm out of plans. People believe that Katase's dead, even though he left with the Mavericks. Guilford, you've been looking into the Primebloods' old hideouts, right?
Guilford: Yes. Not a single person was there. What I do know is that we're not dealing with a teenager with a god complex.
Darlton: I think we're dealing with Kane Truman.
Cornelia: Screw me sideways. Why is he still alive!?
Euphemia: Who's Kane Truman?
Guilford: Only a person that the military knows about. Kane is basically Jack the Ripper, as a military General.
Cornelia: That bastard ordered murder after murder, without anyone telling him to murder innocent people. We sent, like, 35 hit squads after him, and only one came back. Apparently, they were too frightened to tell what really happened.
Euphemia: So, Kane's still out there, and he's leading the Primebloods?
Cornelia: Apparently. He's made them better, too. This guy wants payback.

Meanwhile, at the Black Knights' mobile base, C.C. was watching Lelouch pace back and forth, as he was literally thinking on his feet.

C.C.: Lelouch, we need to find Shirley.
Lelouch: She lives on campus, and had probably told everybody that I'm Zero. I can't take chances. Also, I have never piloted a Knightmare as well as I did, last night.
C.C.: I can tell.
Lelouch: (stops walking) Well, there's only one person to talk to.
C.C.: Don't you freaking dare.

At Alistair's warehouse hideout, Alistair was working on the S-850, without his jacket on, when a young woman's voice rang out.

Young Woman: Excuse me!
Alistair: (looks at young woman) Hey, there! (jumps down) You must be Doc Holiday.
Sharon Holiday: "Doc"? My name is Sharon.
Alistair: I know. Doc's your nickname. Ever watched Tombstone?
Holiday: The gunslinger. Good joke.
Alistair: So, welcome to the Mavericks. (extends hand)
Holiday: (shakes hand) I look forward to working with you. I've got some Knightmares for your crew.
Alistair: Alright. Set 'em up...wherever.
Holiday: You heard the boss!

As Holiday walked back towards the entrance, Alistair's phone rang, the caller ID reading "Lelouch". Alistair answered his phone.

Alistair: Hey, what's up?
Lelouch: (over phone) Hey, Alistair. Are you at Ashford, right now?
Alistair: Nope. I got a vacation day.
Lelouch: You get vacation days?! Never mind. I need you to find out if Shirley's there, or not.
Alistair: Wait, you're not at school, either?
Lelouch: Uh...no.
Alistair: (sighs) Work is a pain in the ass, huh? Alright, I'll check the cameras.

Back at the Black Knights' mobile base, Lelouch closed his phone, ending his call to Alistair.

Lelouch: He's going to check.
C.C.: I can't believe you convinced him to help.
Lelouch: Wouldn't you?
C.C.: I wouldn't tell him information about your past that could kill you.
Lelouch: He killed Samuel Hawking and freed his whole country. He had to fight freaking cyborgs, which I thought were fictional. He fought AIs, Roman impersonators, post-apocalyptic villain wannabes...
C.C.: I take it back. He's one of the most badass people on the planet.
Lelouch: He's the most heroic person on the planet. I figured out why he looks so good. It's his will to do good.
C.C.: So, his heroic attitude is why I have an urge to hug and kiss him, endlessly?
Lelouch: You're damn right. But, due to your immortality...
C.C.: It's an urge that I can fight. Even I have standards. Also, I don't want to kill him.
Lelouch: God damn trauma. (phone rings, answers phone) Hello?
Alistair: (over phone) She's not there. Where do we look, now?
Lelouch: You checked her dorm, too?
Alistair: Hell no. I firewalled myself, to those specific areas.
Lelouch: (pauses) Can you tell me why you don't have a girlfriend, again?
Alistair: I do believe Nunnally told you.
Lelouch: Hypothetical question. We should look in her dorm, for clues.
Alistair: That sounds just crazy enough to work. I'll meet you, there.

Meanwhile, at Urausu, Jeremiah awoke in unfamiliar surroundings, as he got up from the bed.

Jeremiah: Well, that feels much better. (notices blurry vision) Wait, what the...?

Jeremiah closed his right eye and could only see blurriness in his left eye.

Jeremiah: So, the Guren took something, after all. Dammit, Kewell. (opens right eye) This is a nice office, though.

Immediately, the door opened and a Japanese man in a doctor's uniform walked into the room.

Doctor: Oh, you're up.
Jeremiah: Hi. You're the guy that patched me up, right?
Doctor: Yeah. I'm Kou Yamada.
Jeremiah: Yamada, huh?
Kou Yamada: That's right. My wife, Jun, is to your left.
Jun Yamada: I just so happened to hear you talking to yourself.
Jeremiah: Well, at least I figured the situation out, right?
Jun: Touché. (walks towards Jeremiah) Well, here are your glasses. (presents glasses)
Jeremiah: The left lens is prescribed and the right is just glass?
Jun: You do catch on quick, don't you, Orange?
Jeremiah: (takes glasses, puts them on) That I do.
Kou: Well, now that that's taken care of, I need you to leave.
Jeremiah: What, me making sure that I didn't fall unconscious on a girl doesn't make me trustworthy?
Kou: Well, you're Britannian, for one thing...
Jeremiah: She didn't tell you that I was an up an coming Tokyo Maverick?
Kou: You legitimately deserted?!
Jeremiah: KIA, bitch.
Jun: (pauses) Ayaka? Can you come in here, please?

The door opened and the girl that Jeremiah encountered before going unconscious entered the room.

Ayaka Yamada: What's up, mom? (notices Jeremiah, tenses slightly)
Jun: Ayaka, you know who this is, right?
Ayaka: Orange... I mean, Jeremiah Gottwald.
Jeremiah: My codename, Orange, is quite fine.
Jun: Mr. Gottwald did tell you that he was going to become a Tokyo Maverick, right?
Ayaka: Yes, but...
Jeremiah: Where's the nearest recruiter?
Ayaka: (surprised) You actually want to be a Maverick?!
Kou: Well, you'll have to ask Lieutenant Fukui. He's waiting for you, at the base.
Jeremiah: Well, at least I have the cool clothes, instead of that extremely tight suit. That's the one reason my partner hated the pilot uniform: it's extremely tight.
Jun: Oh, my God.
Jeremiah: Bigots, right?
Jun: Perverted bigots. That's the reason why I wear pants.
Jeremiah: Yeah, well, Villetta's gonna learn that, the hard way. And my new boss is going to be pissed about that, too. Well, time to go.

Meanwhile, at Ashford Academy, Alistair met up with Lelouch and C.C., outside Shirley's dorm room.

Alistair: You're involved in this, too, C.C.?
C.C.: I have to do something.
Lelouch: Right. Only one problem with getting in there: Shirley's roommate.
Alistair: I got this one.

Alistair knocked on the door of Shirley's room, and Shirley's roommate, Sophie Wood, opened the door.

Sophie Wood: Alistair? What are you doing here?
Alistair: Hey, Sophie. Is Shirley around?
Sophie: I don't see how that's your business, even if you're part of the student council.
Alistair: (activates Geass) It's very clear that I give a damn.
Sophie: I have no idea where she went. You can search the room for clues.
Alistair: (deactivates Geass) Cool. Lelouch?
Lelouch: If anyone comes by, tell them that you're getting the room disinfected.
Sophie: Got it. Make sure that Shirley comes back, in one piece.
Alistair: Who do you think you're talking to?

Back at Urausu, Jeremiah entered the Mavericks base and was met with multiple guns aimed at him.

Jeremiah: Hi. I'm looking for Lieutenant Fukui.
Lieutenant Fukui: (approaches Jeremiah) Stand down, guys. The boss witnessed our new friend killing his own guys.
Jeremiah: Kewell was a racist asshole.
Lieutenant Fukui: I take it that's the reason why you powered through forced friendly fire and turned it into a weapon?
Jeremiah: Oh, yes.
Lieutenant Fukui: Alright. However, recruiting Britannians isn't my jurisdiction. You'll have to talk to Star Paladin Burns, inside.
Jeremiah: "Star Paladin"?
Lieutenant Fukui: He'll explain, once you get there.

At Ashford Academy, Sophie was waiting outside the door to her room and two girls walked by, wondering why she was.

Female Student: Uh, what are you doing, standing by yourself?
Sophie: Well, I'm waiting for the exterminator, as he's disinfecting my room.
Female Student: Alright. (walks away)
Alistair: (from inside room) This isn't working!

Inside Shirley and Sophie's room, Lelouch, Alistair and C.C. were searching the room for anything that could tell them of Shirley's whereabouts.

C.C.: I guess it actually makes sense for me to look through some girl's underwear.
Alistair: (stops what he's doing, stern tone) Close it.
C.C.: Make me.
Alistair: I will feed you your own leg.
C.C.: Sounds decapitating. I will oblige.
Alistair: And, put it back.
C.C.: How do you know these things? (closes drawer)
Alistair: (normal tone) Good. Anything, Lelouch?
Lelouch: Negative. Perfume, perfume, perfume... Jesus, what's with all the perfume!?
Alistair: I think that's Sophie's. Shirley doesn't wear perfume.
C.C.: No pistol, but I found her diary.
Lelouch: I think I found something else. (opens box, looks inside, immediately closes it) Nope! (puts box back)
Alistair: I've been through worse psychological damage.
Lelouch: No shit!
C.C.: The diary's entries stop on the 14th.
Alistair: The landslide. (notices small box) Oh? (opens box) Hey, these are pictures of you, Lelouch. Aww! Shirley looks so cute, with that grin!
Lelouch: (chuckles) So true. (notices small book) Hello.
Alistair: What's up?
Lelouch: It's a timetable. (opens timetable) Highlighted trip...to Narita?
Alistair: Then, we'd better haul ass and get over there.
Sophie: (enters room) Got what you need?
Alistair: Yeah. I think she went to Narita.
Sophie: Be careful. Those Primebloods are still out there.
Alistair: Don't worry.
Sophie: And, Alistair?
Alistair: Yeah?
Sophie: You think, sometime, you'd like to hang out? Go on a date?
Alistair: (walks off) I wouldn't suggest it, for the world. (rubs right side of forehead) Damn you, forehead. Quit tingling! I know!
Sophie: Uh...
Lelouch: He suffered some pretty abusive rejections, back in his country. Stomped by high heels.
Sophie: I'll just stick to friendly hugs.

Back at Urausu, Jeremiah entered the office of Star Paladin Burns, after being led there.

Star Paladin Jacob Burns: Jeremiah Gottwald?
Jeremiah: That would be I.
Star Paladin Burns: (stands up) Good to meet you. (extends hand) Star Paladin Jacob Burns. I run the Britannian units, here, at Urausu.
Jeremiah: (shakes hand) Your rank confuses me, sir.
Star Paladin Burns: Well, my rank is only available for Britanninan members of the Tokyo Mavericks. A much more fitting thing, for knightly folks. Think of Star Paladins as Generals.
Jeremiah: Oh, that is irony.
Star Paladin Burns: Indeed. Now, I understand that you wish to join the Mavericks.
Jeremiah: Yes, I do.
Star Paladin Burns: Done.
Jeremiah: Good.
Star Paladin Burns: Due to your skills as a Knightmare pilot, and recent experiences, you are ranked as a Knight Sergeant. You'll get your uniform, shortly. In fact... Cross!

Immediately, a woman entered the office.

Knight Judith Cross: Yes, sir?
Star Paladin Burns: This is Knight Sergeant Jeremiah Gottwald. He's your new partner.
Knight Cross: Wait, Orange? How's he here?
Jeremiah: Don't know. But, I'm here, now.
Star Paladin Burns: Foreseeing your survival, our leader and founder told us to recreate your Sutherland, and upgrade it, for that matter. Knight Cross, here, will take you to your locker, where your uniform resides.
Jeremiah: Good. I like the whole metallic look your clothes have.
Star Paladin Burns: The boss's design.
Jeremiah: Then, he's an artist.