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Tokyo, Black Knights storage facility. The Black Knights arrived to find a large supply of Burais, for them to use against Britannia. Kallen, Ohgi, Tamaki and other Black Knights were gazing at a special Knightmare prototype.

Ohgi: So...that's it, huh? The Japanese Knightmare?
Tamaki: That thing is a beauty.
Kallen: Guren...Mk. II...
Black Knight Recruit: Um... Can someone help me with this equipment?
Tamaki: Yeah, I'm on it! Hang on! (runs off)
Ohgi: I think we should go, too.

Ohgi and the others walked away, leaving Kallen alone. Zero emerged from the shadows, to talk to Kallen.

Zero: Now, we're getting somewhere. Is it true that Kyoto is backing other resistance groups?
Kallen: Yeah. I think this means that we're finally in.
Zero: No... I think they want to test us. See what we're about.
Kallen: Ever still, this is incredible.
Zero: True enough. (throws activation key at Kallen) There you go.
Kallen: What...?
Zero: The Guren Mk. II. It's all yours.
Kallen: What? No! We have more people, now! We can't afford to lose you! The Guren's defenses can protect you-!
Zero: You know full well that I'm not that good at piloting a Knightmare. You're an ace pilot. I'll stick with the basics: a Burai. I may be a commander, but I won't deny a chance to..."kick ass," as it were.
Kallen: (looks at key) Wow. How did I forget?
Zero: Besides, that unit's more of a close range fighter. Only one long range attack option.
Kallen: Fair enough.
Zero: It's also red. You like red.
Kallen: (chuckles) Yeah.
Zero: Don't worry. I'll get better.
Ohgi: (running towards Zero and Kallen) Zero! Kallen!
Zero: Ohgi?
Kallen: What's going on?
Ohgi: More renegades of the Japan Liberation Front!
Zero: Excuse me?! I thought-!
Ohgi: So did I! They've taken over Hiroshima and Osaka!
Kallen: What do we do!?
Zero: Unfortunately, we can't do a damn thing. They're too far for us to reach. If we try, we'll be too late, and they'll be gone.
Ohgi: So, we just sit here!? I mean the Tokyo Mavericks are there, but...!
Zero: I'm sure that the Mavericks can handle it.
Tamaki: Guys!? There's a gang with Knightmares attacking one of the ghettoes!
Zero: This, however, we can handle. Kallen, get your Burai. The Guren will be used, later.
Kallen: But...!
Ohgi: I don't think we have the time to get it ready, Kallen. Quick deployment.
Kallen: Fair. Let's go!
Tamaki: Wait, what?! Not a ghetto?! They're attacking...somewhere in the settlement?!
Zero: (thinking) They're in Tokyo? What the hell's going on?

In the streets of Tokyo, Sutherlands were immediately attacking Britannian civilians, who knew nothing of what was going on. A news crew was trying to get footage of the situation, but their equipment was malfunctioning.

News Reporter: Are you recording this!?
Cameraman: I'm trying! Something's wrong with this damn thing!
News Reporter: This isn't right! Are there terrorists in those Knightmares!?

The speakerphone of one of the Sutherlands turned on, and addressed the news crew.

Unknown Threat: Terrorists? Hardly.
News Reporter: Who are you people!? Elevens!?
Unknown Threat: Not even close. They can die, sure, but the law must die, as well.
News Reporter: The... The law?
Anarchist: We seek anarchy, not monarchy. The emperor may be anarchic, but he uses law to bring about the anarchy. Us? We prefer other means. The true means of bringing anarchy.
News Reporter: What the hell are you talking about!?
Anarchist: Introduce a little anarchy...disrupt the established order, and everything becomes chaos. We are agents of chaos.
Zero: Anarchists, then?

The anarchist's Sutherland turned around to see a squadron of Burais, attacking the other anarchists, with a red one and a commander model standing there, their attention on the Sutherland threatening the news crew.

Anarchist: Zero. He who defies Social Darwinism. I'm impressed that you showed up.
Zero: I was in the neighborhood. So, you're Britannians, yet you also defy the Empire... Why?
Anarchist: Simple, rebel. We want chaos to engulf Britannia and its territories.
Zero: And that includes Japan, as well?
Anarchist: Correct. We pretty much want to bring about the apocalypse. Without nukes, if we have to.
Zero: In short...you're batshit insane.
Anarchist: Ooh! Expanding the vocabulary! Impressive, rebel! However, you're little rebellion must come to a close.
Kallen: Let's get this guy.
Zero: Got anything witty?
Kallen: Yeah, I got something...
Anarchist: Oh? Are you an Eleven?
Kallen: Yeah. And you must be the guy that eats all the bullshit that gets thrown at him.
Zero: Damn...!
Anarchist: I'll say. Not even I could come up with that. Ever still, you will die. (Sutherland attaches tonfas to wrists and charges at Zero's Burai)
Zero: I have to try something witty, now. What is there...? Ah!

Before the anarchist's Sutherland could strike Zero's Burai, the Burai aimed a large cannon that was attached under its left arm right at the cockpit of the Sutherland.

Zero: Boom...bitch.

Zero's Burai fired the cannon at point-blank range and destroyed the Sutherland.

Kallen: Did you really just say...?
Zero: I did. Proud of me?
Kallen: Damn right! Did that get your heart pumping?
Zero: It did, actually. That's quite fun, being witty.
Kallen: Yeah. By the way, how do you think these guys got this equipment?
Zero: Considering that they don't like the law of the land, or even the law, in general, they stole all of this.
Kallen: They'd even resort to killing their own people, just for the sake of a chaotic world? "Batshit insane" is right, Zero.
Tamaki: Zero! All anarchists have been defeated! There's more to come! Should we stay?
Zero: What do you think?
Tamaki: Preaching to the choir! Long range guys, set up a line of fire! Those guns on the arms might not be as powerful as a real minigun, but they'll work out just fine!
Zero: I'm actually impressed that Tamaki thought that kind of strategy up.
Kallen: He's right, though. Those gatling guns can only do so much damage. It's basically got the same firepower as a Knightmare SMG.
Zero: True. In fact... Tamaki! Have some SMGs behind those long range units!
Tamaki: Beat me to the punch, man! I'm lovin' it! You heard the man!
Kallen: Who the hell are these guys? How have they been able to make a move, now?
Zero: I don't know. But, they thrive solely on chaos. You heard what the Tokyo Mavericks said? "Britannia is nothing more than an anarchic monarchy. It thrives on the unjust law that it brings, torturing populace after populace, for their own good." What we have, now, is an anarchy brought about by law. What they want is the true anarchy. Unjust freedom, chaos on the world, unstoppable slaughter and hatred. Our current enemies are, in fact, agents of chaos.
Kallen: So, worse than terrorism?
Zero: Anarchy is pretty much a form of terrorism. These guys destroy anything, and everyone is afraid.
Kallen: Good God... And the renegades of the JLF... They want Japan to be an empire, again.
Zero: Another force wanting world domination. They'll fight Britannia, but take their territories, in the process. We don't want that, do we?
Kallen: Hell no. We've had enough of that bullshit, already. Screw world domination, screw anarchy, screw destiny!
Zero: (thinking) She sounds like... Alistair... Could...he be a Maverick? It seems that they're inspired by him and his ideals. Independent, free-roaming do-gooders. What he says is true, but... It sounds like there's a reason for him to do what he does. Why isn't he with his parents? Why was he abused? How could he become a mercenary? When I get the chance, I'll have to ask Nunnally about him. God, those drawings... I can't get them out of my head. Those metal monster things... Sinister, scary... For some reason, they were holding some kind of weird guns.
Kallen: Zero? Are you alright?
Zero: (out loud) Yeah. I'm fine.
Tamaki: Reinforcements have been eliminated!
Zero: What?! I missed it!? Dammit!
Kallen: Were you deep in thought?
Zero: Yeah. The Black Knights, the Tokyo Mavericks... We've gone so far.
Ohgi: I'll say. Anyway, that should be all of them, for now. Let's head back, before the military shows up.
Zero: That's enough action, for one day. Let's go.

Meanwhile, at the Britannian government bureau, Euphemia was in her office, when she heard news about an attack in Tokyo.

Euphemia: What did you say?!
Soldier: There's an attack, somewhere in the settlement.
Euphemia: Terrorists!?
Soldier: Not...necessarily. Surveillance footage showed that young Britannian males killed numerous groups of soldiers and stole Knightmares and other various equipment.
Euphemia: What!? Why?!
Soldier: We identified the perpetrators as members of a gang of anarchists. Lord Guilford has tangled with them, before.
Euphemia: Anarchists!? Are you freaking serious!?
Soldier: Dead serious. As their title implies, they're not very fond of order, or law. They go against the Emperor, your father.
Euphemia: Worse than terrorists, then?
Soldier: Much, much worse.
Euphemia: Okay, how do we combat these insane bastards? We have very few Gloucesters, right now. Sutherlands will do.
Soldier: (talking into communicator) Huh. Well, then. (talking to Euphemia) I just received word that the Black Knights have dealt with the problem.
Euphemia: (sighs) Thank God. At least Cornelia doesn't know about this.
Soldier: Where is the Viceroy, anyway?
Euphemia: In her room, taking a nap. She's been deprived of sleep, being in Egypt. What about Darlton and Guilford?
Soldier: They are en route to Osaka, to deal with renegades of the Japan Liberation Front.
Euphemia: There's more of them?
Soldier: Evidently so.
Euphemia: God's sake. Could this get any worse?

Immediately, the office door opened and Cornelia walked into the office.

Cornelia: (yawns) I'm up from my nap. What did I miss?
Euphemia: (thinking) Oh, shit.

2014 a.t.b., New York, Empire State Building. Agent York was in the middle of planning something when his phone rang. He immediately answered the call.

York: Hello?
Carolina: (over phone) Hey, York.
York: Carolina? Why are you calling me?
Carolina: Well, Wash is currently taking care of a guy who was gonna snitch on me for calling you, by choking the shit out of him. (chuckles) It's funny to watch. I'll send you the footage.
York: So, what's up?
Carolina: Nothing much.
York: How's life with California?
Carolina: Better, now. She had her ass handed to her, and she doesn't sound sultry, anymore.
York: (wheezing laughter, smiling) What?
Carolina: She was after a target, a teenage kid. Apparently, he knows how to fight.
York: I think I know the kid you're talking about. He single-handedly freed New York from a guy who used my name.
Carolina: Sounds stupid.
York: Right? It's actually pretty impressive that the kid outmatched her... Uh, what's that power called, again?
Carolina: Geass.
York: Yeah, her Geass. Doesn't that thing enhance her physical abilities?
Carolina: Who'd have thought that cyborgs would have magic powers, huh?
York: Wyoming, Louisiana, so many others have that power. Probably not Florida, though. He's harder to kill than Hawking on Mephisto.
Carolina: Well, that guy's not gonna be snitching, any time soon. Hey, Wash, get the footage of that, and send it to York.
York: There'll be time to laugh when Hawking's dead and Alpha is free.
Carolina: How's that coming along?
York: Not well, unfortunately. If we piss off Hawking too much, he'll sic Fort Helios on us.
Carolina: Fair. Out of all the abominations that Civility makes, Helios is the worst.
York: Just stay safe, and know your allies.
Carolina: Like the kid who beat up Carolina.
York: Exactly.
Carolina: I love you.
York: Love you, too. (hangs up) Dammit. I wish I had Delta with me.
Delta: You do, actually.
York: No freakin' way.

Immediately, Delta's miniature green form appeared in front of York.

York: Delta!? Oh, my God! How did you-!?
Delta: Simple, actually. I snuck the entirety of myself into your cybernetic body.
York: This is amazing! I'm so glad that you're here!
Delta: I've been working, too, York. Unfortunately, I couldn't come up with anything, either.
York: Damn. We need to help Alpha. He's suffered enough!
Delta: True. Perhaps we could inquire the help of the mercenary benefactor.
York: The what?
Delta: The only mercenary benefactor in existence: Alistair Wake.
York: Alistair Wake? Wait, like Phoenix Wake, the actor who can portray any hero?
Delta: Correct. His wife, Cheryl "Paragon" Wake, the first female Ranger in the United States Army, gave birth to a child, Alistair. They lived together for 6 years, until Samuel Hawking allowed Britannia to test out the Knightmares on innocent civilians, including Alistair's parents.
York: (growls angrily)
Delta: The Knightmares also took Alistair's left arm and right leg. Currently, he has cybernetic prosthetics to serve as proper limbs.
York: I get the picture.
Delta: I get the feeling that you are enraged.
York: That's an understatement. I'm pissed.
Delta: I feel the same way. However, I find difficulty in expressing it.
York: Actions are a way of expressing things.
Delta: Agreed.
York: Tell me, Delta... Why are you mad?
Delta: Because Samuel Hawking exists. He let 50,000 people die, solely for his own entertainment. He is a disgrace to humanity.
York: It think that's the point.
Delta: I am not prone to using swear words, York. What word would you use to describe Hawking, that means disgrace?
York: A shitstain on the face of humanity.
Delta: Very fitting.
York: So... How do we find Alistair?
Delta: First, we need Agents other than Carolina and Washington on our side.