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2017 a.t.b., Ashford Academy, Lamperouge residence. Alistair had just finished telling Nunnally about one of his extraordinary exploits.

Nunnally: Amazing! You and Ranger Jericho beat six unmanned tanks, with nothing but explosives and a Batmobile!?
Alistair: How do you know about Batman?
Nunnally: I've been looking up some popular subjects from America.
Alistair: Aww. You little sweetheart, you.
Sayoko: I can't believe that you could drive at the age of 12.
Alistair: (looks at Sayoko) When'd you get here?
Sayoko: Right in the middle of the mentioning of unmanned tanks.
Alistair: (looks back at Nunnally) Well, everything turned out okay.
Nunnally: I agree. Until someone could take charge as the President of the United States, you were all America had to fight all of those bad guys.
Alistair: Yeah, being pro at a young age has its perks.

Alistair's cellphone started ringing and Alistair looked at the caller ID.

Alistair: Sorry, I gotta take this. (gets up, walks towards window and opens phone) Mr. President?
Nunnally: (gasps)
Sayoko: (surprised) What did he just say?
Seth Kimball: (over phone) Alistair, you are friends with the President of the United States of America. You know full well that can call me Seth. Wait a minute...
Alistair: Take your time.
Seth: Proving your feats at school, huh?
Alistair: Nah, just to my adorable friend, here.
Seth: Oh, my God. You have a girlfriend, now!?
Alistair: She's 14, dude.
Seth: Two years younger. Man! Wait, you've only been telling her?
Alistair: Well, she's suffered a lot. Leg damage and her eyes are stuck.
Seth: That is just sad.
Alistair: Why are you calling me, anyway?
Seth: Well... Uh...
Alistair: You miss me, don't you?
Seth: (sighs) Yeah...
Alistair: Dude, you're 38 and you're the President. You've got duties to uphold.
Seth: Well, so do you. You're a do-gooder to be reckoned with. Oh, and Britannia's in Japan.
Alistair: Too late.
Seth: You're already involved, aren't you?
Alistair: Oh, yeah.
Seth: Well, there's no signs of Civility or the Enclave, here. Either they're underground, or they've left the country.
Alistair: Well, I think I'll leave you to your job.
Seth: Wait! Let me talk to your friend.
Alistair: Alrighty, then.

Alistair walked back toward Nunnally and handed her his phone.

Alistair: It's for you.
Nunnally: (holds phone to ear) Hello?
Seth: Hello. I heard about you from Alistair.
Nunnally: Yes, sir. My name is Nunnally. Nunnally Lamperouge.
Seth: Nunnally? What a sweet name. My name is Seth Kimball, President of the United States. Please, call me Seth. You're a friend of Alistair's, which makes you a friend of mine.
Nunnally: Thank you, sir! Uh, Seth.
Seth: I understand that you've been trough a lot.
Nunnally: Alistair was worse off than me. I was shot in the legs, while my mother died protecting me.
Seth: I'm sorry to hear that. You have my condolences, Nunnally.
Nunnally: To be honest, having Alistair with me is the best thing to ever happen to me. He's so nice.
Seth: I know, right? Sorry, I've got business to do, now. Oh, you are kidding me! How do you expect me to sign all that!? (hangs up)
Nunnally: (chuckles and hands Alistair back his phone)
Alistair: Now you know where my comedy came from.
Nunnally: How did you get to become friends with the leader of your country?
Alistair: Well, it was on my first day on the job...

April 1, 2014 a.t.b., 7:00 a.m., Georgia. Alistair awoke in his Georgia hideout to find Alison with the happiest smile that she had ever given.

Alistair (Age 13): (sits up) I already know that you're cute, Tex. You can quit that.
Alison: You know what day it is.
Alistair: Oh, that's why.
Alison: (hugs Alistair tightly) Happy birthday, man! (kisses Alistair on the cheek)
Alistair: Thanks.
Alison: You are very welcome. (stops hugging Alistair) Alright, you're officially a mercenary.
Alistair: Mercenary benefactor.
Alison: Yeah, gotta keep the do-gooder title going. But, why don't you join your friends in the military? They could use your help.
Alistair: If they need my help, they can easily find me and ask.
Alison: If you say so. Sorry that I couldn't find a cake, for you. It's your birthday, and...
Alistair: It's alright. I don't need a party, or anything like that.
Alison: That's another favor that I owe you.
Alistair: Pretty sure that's the only one.
Alison: (sighs) Whatever you say. Come on, get your badass duster on, and let's hit the town.

As Alistair and Alison were about to exit the hideout, someone was knocking on the front door in an urgent manner.

Woman: (behind door) Hello!? Is there anyone there!? Please, somebody!

Alistair opened the door and saw the frightened woman looking him and Alison up and down.

Woman: Please, are any of your parents home!?
Alistair: My parents are dead. They've been dead for 7 years. What is it that you need help with?
Woman: Dammit! Sorry to bother you! Where can I look now!?
Alistair: Again, what is it that you need help with?
Woman: Just don't bother with it, okay!? Stay here!
Alistair: (stops woman from running off) How long is it going to take for you to realize that I want to help you, but you don't tell me what's going on?
Woman: But, you can't help! You're a kid!
Alistair: Today, I'm 13 years old. I'm officially a mercenary benefactor. With that said, you know the question that I'm asking.
Woman: Let go of me! (escapes Alistair's grasp and runs off)
Alison: That was just stupid. You were clearly trying to calm her down, and she didn't even understand you.
Alistair: Well, at least I got this card off her person.
Alison: She dropped that, didn't she?
Alistair: Yeah. (looks at card) Looks like some information about how to get into some place in Atlanta.
Alison: Great. Atlanta's a long walk. Two days, at least.

Immediately, the sound of car engines started to get closer and closer until two vehicles stopped in front of the hideout. One of the vehicles was the one Alistair had acquired, back in Virginia, and Ranger Jericho exited the vehicle.

Ranger Jericho: Happy birthday, Alistair! (throws keys to Alistair) All fixed up, just for you.
Alistair: (catches keys) Make that less than two days.
Ranger Jericho: So, you're Alison, huh? You sure you're not Alistair's girlfriend?
Alison: I'm trying my damnedest. However, he says otherwise.
Ranger Jericho: So, where will you go, first?
Alistair: Atlanta. We're on an investigation about a woman who constantly refused my help, despite my telling her about me being a mercenary benefactor.
Ranger Jericho: Atlanta? Just, uh... Just keep your head low. Don't do anything stupid, while you're there. If you do, shit will hit the fan.

Ranger Jericho entered the other vehicle, and it drove off.

Alistair: Tex... To the Batmobile.
Alison: You did not just say that. Do you realize how awesome you just became?

After only two hours of driving, Alistair and Alison arrived at the pristine city of Atlanta, Georgia. The city appeared to not have been affected by the situation with Civility and the Enclave.

Alison: Wow. I thought that this place would be wrecked. How come-? Oh, my God. I just remembered that this is Civility turf.
Alistair: No Enclave?
Alison: Only some prison facility, southwest of here.
Alistair: The card says to ask for someone named Bennett. Let's find the alley, and ask about the woman.
Alison: Over there.

Alistair parked his car near the alley, then he and Alison exited the vehicle and entered the alley. At the end of the alley, they approached a steel door and Alistair knocked on the door.

Male Voice: (behind door) No solicitors.
Alistair: We're looking for Bennett.

Immediately, the door unlocked and opened. As Alistair and Alison walked through the steel door, the door slammed closed, behind them. The room was dark, but Alistair and Alison could hear the sounds of multiple guns being pointed at them.

Male Voice: You should have walked away.
Alistair: We just got here, idiot. We're not leaving without answers.
Female Voice: Shut it! We're the ones with the guns!
Male Voice: Tell you what. If you promise to leave, we'll let you two go.
Alistair: What do you know about a woman with one of your cards? She was looking for help, but kept declining mine.
Male Voice: Yeah, right. Why would she give you that card?
Alistair: She dropped it. What sort of help does she need?
Female Voice: That's none of your business. Leave, or die.
Alistair: I'm a mercenary benefactor. My name is Alistair Wake. Tell me what's going on.
Male Voice: Mercenary...benefactor? What, like a do-gooder?
Alistair: I do good, yes.
Male Voice: Well, then... Lights on! They're friends!

Immediately, the lights in the room turned on, and the people surrounding Alistair and Alison lowered their guns. One person from the group approached them, with the looks of a leader.

Leader: So, you know nothing about us, huh?
Alistair: I assume you're Bennett?
Randy Bennett: Yeah. We resist Civility and the Enclave.
Alistair: So do I. Hawking let Britannia in, in the first place.
Bennett: Ohh. So, Britannia screwed you up, pretty badly. That explains the arm.
Alistair: And my dead parents.
Bennett: Wow. Alistair, I believe it was?
Alison: Yeah. I'm Alison Healey.
Bennett: Alistair and Alison. So, you need answers about that high-strung woman. Well, she had received word about the successor to Daughtry, and she freaked out.
Alison: Successor?
Alistair: So, this person would be the next President?
Bennett: Exactly. However, he's in the Enclave prison, southwest of here. Busting him out would make you public enemy number one.
Alistair: Fine, then. I can take a fight. I'll take the job of rescuing the presidential candidate.
Bennett: What?! You're crazy! You're fighting the freaking Enclave!
Alistair: Good. (walks toward door) Tex, let's save the President.
Bennett: You're gonna piss off Hawking, kid! Don't do it!
Alistair: Benefactor vs. Malefactor. Fight of the century.

As Alistair and Alison got into the car, military vehicles run by Civility blocked the road in front of them.

Alison: Oh, crap. They're here for me.
Alistair: What did you do?
Alison: I haven't been truthful with you. I was an Agent of Civility...
Alistair: Past life left behind. Civility doesn't take quitters.
Alison: You figured it out and understood everything?
Alistair: All part of the job. Man the cannons.
Alison: (enthusiastically) Yes, sir!

As Alistair drove the car, Alison fired the car's weapons at the Civility vehicles and destroyed some of them. Alistair's car sped through the streets, while other Civility vehicles appeared and began chasing Alistair and Alison.

Alison: So much for evening the odds!
Alistair: Lock on to them, so I can fire the missiles.
Alison: (excited) Oh, God! Here we go! (locks on to vehicles) Make it rain!

Alistair pushed a button and his car fired a barrage of missiles at the Civility vehicles chasing him. The missiles connected with the pursuing vehicles and destroyed them.

Alison: Yeah! Suck on that, bitch!
Alistair: Tank blockade.
Alison: Need me to lock on, again?
Alistair: You can't. The missiles need time to reload. Use the 60mm cannons.
Alison: We're speeding towards them at 60 miles an hour! If they're blocking the road, then slow down!
Alistair: Or, put this car into battle mode.
Alison: Battle mode? What?

Immediately, Alistair's car started transforming itself into the form of a tank. It began moving slower, but was able to move in all directions.

Alistair: Open fire.
Alison: Loving it!

As Alistair's car was strafing in front of the blockade, avoiding their fire, the 60mm cannons destroyed the tanks with ease. After the blockade was cleared, Alistair's car reverted to its normal form and sped out of Atlanta.

Alison: Oh, my God, you have no idea how cool that was!
Alistair: The prison is southwest of here, right?
Alison: Yeah. Does this bad boy have any EMP stuff?
Alistair: An EMP wave. Should leave enough of an opening to shoot down cronies in power armor. Use the Vulcan guns to shoot them, though.
Alison: Why not use the cannons?
Alistair: I'd rather not leave a mess.
Alison: I'm so glad that you know how to drive.

When Alistair and Alison arrived at the prison, the car was confronted by Enclave soldiers wearing power armor.

Enclave Soldier: You're trespassing in a restricted area! Leave now, or we'll shoot to kill!

Alistair's car emitted an EMP wave that disabled the power armor of the Enclave soldiers, rendering them immobile. Then, Alison fired the Vulcan guns on the car at the Enclave soldiers, killing them within two minutes.

Alison: To be honest, this was much faster than using the cannons. Constantly waiting 2.5 seconds for each shot to reload...
Alistair: (draws Desert Eagles) Let's go.

Inside the prison, an African American man in his 30s was laying down on the bed in his cell. The guard overseeing him had his back turned to the prisoner. All of a sudden, the Enclave guard was shot and killed, then a teenage boy approached the cell and looked at the prisoner.

Seth Kimball: That was the gutsiest thing I've ever seen, in a while. You have no idea how much trouble you're in.
Alistair: We're getting you out of here.
Seth: Really, now? Wait, how'd you get in?
Alistair: I went through the front door. My partner blew a hole in the wall, to cover my back.
Seth: Whoa. So, uh... How are you gonna get me outta here? That guy doesn't have the key, and...

Alistair immediately pulled the cell door off its hinges with his prosthetic left arm and threw the door aside.

Seth: Holy shit, man.
Alistair: Alison, exit point.

Immediately, cannon fire could be heard from outside the prison, and a hole emerged behind Alistair.

Seth: Is that...your car?
Alistair: Yeah. I'm getting you somewhere safe.

Alistair and Seth entered the car and Alistair drove the car away from the prison.

Seth: Do you...even know who I am?
Alistair: Name-wise? No. Career-wise, yes. You're supposed to be the successor to Daughtry, right?
Seth: Yeah. I'm Seth, by the way. Seth Kimball.
Alison: Alison Healey.
Alistair: Alistair Wake.
Seth: Wake? Like, Cheryl Wake?
Alistair: That was my mom, yes.
Seth: God, I hate Hawking. He's worse than Britannia, as a whole. Truth be told, I was actually looking up how he got elected, at all. Turns out, he threatened to murder everyone in their sleep, for screwing with his plans.
Alistair: Go figure. He's a sociopath.
Seth: Besides, he had a lot to gain with Britannia, with that temporary alliance and everything.
Alistair: Just for an erection.
Seth: Gross.
Alison: Just to let you know, sir... I'm a former Agent of Civility.
Seth: That would technically make you a cyborg, right?
Alistair: (surprised) I actually didn't get that concept down. How the hell do you look like that!?
Alison: Disguising tech. What, you think I want people to freak out?
Seth: I actually imagined Civility having a "no quitting" policy.
Alison: Well, when a friend you make somehow kills an AI with words and a will to do good, you tend to be extremely impressed and get a desire to help him.
Alistair: (normal tone) So, what about the AI?
Alison: Beta's chip is pretty much toast. Disintegrated, really.
Alistair: Tex, do you know where General Chase is, right now?
Alison: I'm looking.
Seth: So, Alistair...
Alistair: Yeah?
Seth: You wondering how I know about your parents?
Alistair: A little bit.
Seth: You know what? Screw the long story. You've been friends with me and Daughtry, ever since you were born.
Alistair: What?!
Seth: Your parents and Daughtry went to school together. I mean, do you realize the amount of badassery you grew up around? Your mom illegally fought in World War II, saving the day in the process, your dad was the greatest hero actor, and Daughtry was the only guy to step up as President, since Nixon decided to be a tour guide. Maybe he had the jowls for the job? I don't know. Anyway, Daughtry really laid down the ground rules, getting rid of the Democratic and Republican parties.
Alistair: Why would he step up, in the first place?
Seth: Well, I think you know about what was going on, at that time, right?
Alistair: President Kennedy's assassination.
Alison: Three and a half seconds later, Vice President Johnson was assassinated. In which case, Nixon said "Screw this, I'm outta here".
Seth: Word for word. Nice duster, by the way.
Alistair: Thanks.
Alison: You're gonna find this hard to believe, but General Chase is at Seattle.
Alistair: We've got a long drive, then. We stop at the hideouts one night, boosting through the roads.
Seth: How'd you figure out that there were no speed limits?
Alistair: I didn't. I just want to get you to General Chase. You better be buckled up, 'cause we're going to be going fast.

After four days of travelling by car, Alistair found General Chase's hideout and delivered Seth to him.

General Chase: How the hell did you manage this?! Why do you look so badass?!
Alistair: I'm a mercenary benefactor, General Chase. This was my first job.
Seth: Well, Alistair, expect to be paid, when Hawking is out of the picture. If we've got something only you can do, we'll give you a call.
Alistair: Sounds fine.
Seth: As for you, Tex, it's good to have you at our side.
Alison: Thanks, Mr. President.

2017 a.t.b., Ashford Academy, Lamperouge Residence. Alistair finished telling Nunnally about how he was friends with Seth Kimball.

Nunnally: You're car is also a tank?! That's amazing!
Alistair: I know, right?
Nunnally: It's, uh... Uh...
Alistair: Cool?
Nunnally: Yeah! It's really cool! You are a superhero!
Alistair: Oh, come on...

Lelouch entered the room, surprised by Alistair being there.

Lelouch: Alistair... You've been here?
Alistair: Yeah, man. Why wouldn't I?
Lelouch: Fair enough. Thanks for taking care of Nunnally, while I was away.
Alistair: (gets up) Anytime. See you, Nunnally.
Nunnally: See you.

As Alistair left, Lelouch approached his sister, who had the happiest look on her face.

Lelouch: Seems like you had fun, while I was away.
Nunnally: Mm-hmm! Alistair's my hero.
Lelouch: Good to hear that, Nunnally.