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At the bottom of the Narita mountains, the Purebloods faction received word about the landslide.

Jeremiah: That can't be good.
Villetta: All those people... They're all dead.
Kewell: The Black Knights are converging on the mountain!
Jeremiah: Zero!? I'm out of here! (Sutherland breaks formation and begins ascending the mountain) See you never, jackasses!
Villetta: What are you doing?!
Jeremiah: What does it look like!? I'm ditching you racists! Time for some redemption!
Kewell: Don't let him get away!

2014 a.t.b., Raven Rock. Hawking was in his office when Zanzibar walked in.

Hawking: You're back! Good God, you look exhausted.
Major Zanzibar: I had to walk all the way here.
Hawking: What? What happened to your tank?
Major Zanzibar: It was thoroughly disabled and stuck in a ditch. Our vigilante just happened to be a 13-year-old with a car that could turn into a tank.
Hawking: A teenager? That's exactly Mercer's age.
Major Zanzibar: Unlike Mercer, sir, the boy isn't a cyborg. He has cybernetic prosthetics, with military grade muscle fiber. His right leg is the reason why my tank was destroyed.
Hawking: Hmm. Well, California encountered the kid, and one of her favorite knives was destroyed. The blade shattered in his grip.
Major Zanzibar: But, that's impossible! No one can stand up to the Agents! Besides, she's one of the few Agents that bears the power of Geass!
Hawking: Yeah, and the kid doesn't.
Major Zanzibar: Don't you have that power, sir?
Hawking: Nope. Don't need it. I'm already overpowered, with Mephisto in hand.
Major Zanzibar: What about Mercer, sir? Should we send him in? Should we wake him up?
Hawking: That's the thing, man. You don't wake him up. He wakes up on his own. He's an independent SOB, I'll give him that.
Major Zanzibar: You mean, no one can control him?
Hawking: He takes what he wants, he kills when he wants, et cetera, et cetera. Anyone who gets in his way, or hinders him, dies. Remember what happened to Connecticut?
Major Zanzibar: So, Mercer was the one who wiped Connecticut off the map.
Hawking: All because he was bored. Or mad. Probably both.
Major Zanzibar: You don't...go to see him, do you?
Hawking: Nah. His repurposing was the only thing I had to supervise.
Major Zanzibar: "Repurposing," sir?
Hawking: Why don't you take a nap? I'll tell you, later.

Meanwhile, on the road, in Missouri, Alistair was driving to the next hideout, with Alison.

Alison: I actually never thought that an Enclave officer would be on our asses.
Alistair (Age 13): He'll be back. I know this trope too well. He'll always come back.
Alison: What, like Inspector Javert?
Alistair: A more evil Inspector Javert.
Alison: Roddy Zanzibar...
Alistair: "Roddy"?
Alison: Just something that would piss him off, probably. Besides Sears, Roddy's like the second-in-command of the Enclave's operations, better than any General.
Alistair: So, Major Zanzibar is like Darth Vader, in that sense?
Alison: "The Dragon."
Alistair: I'm familiar with that trope, too. What else, does he play Chopin at a bar?
Alison: I think you're the only one that would do that. You don't act like a guy that would play "Camptown Races," day and night. You're more like a guy that would play difficult music.
Alistair: I'm actually curious about something...
Alison: What's up?
Alistair: If you were an Agent of Civility... Would you happen to know about an incident in Connecticut?
Alison: Yeah. Basically, the best cyborg Civility has to offer went off and wiped Connecticut out of existence.
Alistair: A walking nuke?
Alison: Power of a nuke, yeah. His name is Mercer.

2017 a.t.b., in the skies above Narita. Alistair looked at the ensuing battle that was taking place on the mountain.

Alistair: Look at that. The fight has begun.
Tokyo Maverick: Now?
Alistair: Nope. I wanna see the Guren in action.

Zero's Burai and a squadron of other Burais made their way down the mountain path, the Guren Mk. II in tow.

Zero: Cornelia's got limited reinforcements. Steamroll them!
Sugiyama: Right!
Zero: We need to keep pushing! Let's make an attempt at settling this!

Immediately, a Sutherland emerged from the trees and pointed its SMG at the Burais belonging to the Black Knights.

Jeremiah: Behind you! Scatter!

The Burais broke formation and Jeremiah's Sutherland fired at the ambushing Sutherlands that were about to attack the Black Knights.

Jeremiah: Everyone alright? It's me! Jeremiah!
Zero: Well, now. It's been a while, Jeremiah. I'd love to stay and have a chat, but I don't have the time, Orange-boy.
Jeremiah: Orange! (pauses) Did you actually make that up?
Zero: Huh?
Jeremiah: I'm asking a question.
Zero: You're not...pissed at me?
Jeremiah: Nope. I defected from those racist ass-clowns, a couple minutes ago. As of now, I'm a Maverick.
Zero: Uh... (to Black Knights) Don't shoot him. He's a friend.
Kallen: Sounds good.
Kewell: Jeremiah!

The Purebloods faction Sutherlands blocked the path down the mountain.

Jeremiah: You, again? Screw off!
Kewell: You would dare to desert the army!?
Villetta: Come to your senses, Lord Jeremiah!
Jeremiah: What do you think I've been doing? Did you actually forget the genocide fact?
Villetta: True, but...
Kewell: Enough! I should have done this a long time ago!
Villetta: Lord Jeremiah...
Jeremiah: I am no "lord," I'm no one's master, but my own. I'll fight to redeem myself, as well as all of you.
Kewell: I need no redemption, Orange.
Jeremiah: (chuckles) Yeah. You'd best fear that codename. 'Cause I'm gonna kick all your asses!
Kewell: You're outnumbered! You can't beat an entire army, let alone four Knightmares!
Zero: Guren?
Kallen: Yeah?
Zero: Would you mind backing up our new ally?
Kallen: Time to test this bad boy in battle.
Tamaki: Hey, anyone want a piece of me?
Kewell: Kill them all!
Purebloods: All hail Britannia!

As the Purebloods' Sutherlands took the fight to the Black Knights, Kewell, Villetta and three Sutherlands stayed to fight Jeremiah and Kallen.

Kallen: One day, we're fighting, another day, we fight alongside each other. What are the odds?
Jeremiah: Very nice odds, actually. I like the new Knightmare. The Guren, it's called?
Kallen: Yeah?
Jeremiah: I like it.
Pureblood Soldier: Die, Orange!

As the soldier shouted at Jeremiah and the Sutherland's Slash Harken approached Jeremiah's Sutherland, the Guren caught the Harken in its fork knife.

Jeremiah: That would be a negative, Ghost Rider. (to Kallen) How does your Harken fair, to his?
Kallen: Let's find out.

The Guren fired its Slash Harken, which was smaller than a normal one, and also had a pincer design to it, and destroyed the Sutherland. The resulting explosion launched that Sutherland's lance into the air, and stuck into the ground, near Jeremiah's Sutherland's feet.

Jeremiah: Nice! (Sutherland picks up lance) I'll take this. Check this shit out.

Jeremiah's Sutherland walked towards the remaining Sutherlands, while those Sutherlands charged at Jeremiah. Jeremiah's Sutherland proceeded to use the lance in a different manner of combat that it was not used to. Using the broadside of the lance to stun the enemy Sutherlands, then impale them, Jeremiah dispatched them with absolute profession.

Kallen: Where'd you learn how to do that!?
Jeremiah: From the ace pilot of the Mavericks. I've been watching the tapes.
Villetta: Please, stop this, Jeremiah!
Jeremiah: You take her, I'll take Kewell. He's ripped off Conan O'Brien long enough.
Kallen: Let's get this done.

As the Guren went to fight Villetta's Sutherland, Jeremiah's Sutherland threw the lance away and attached the tonfas to its writs.

Kewell: Orange! You'll pay for becoming a traitor!

Back in the skies, Alistair was watching the fight unfold between Jeremiah and Kewell.

Alistair: What the hell?
Tokyo Maverick: What's going on?
Alistair: I don't even know. Jeremiah's Sutherland broke formation, and now he's fighting his allies? The hell's going on?
Tokyo Maverick: Who's winning?
Alistair: Well, he was using my techniques with a lance against two mooks, and the Guren caught a Slash Harken with its knife. That's sort of a sai technique, isn't it?
Tokyo Maverick: Maybe that's where the design came from.
Alistair: Either way, Jeremiah's kicking ass.

Kewell's Sutherland got knocked back by Jeremiah's Sutherland, and Kewell was outraged at how the battle was going.

Kewell: This is absurd! Just die, already!
Jeremiah: Really? You say that, even after you haven't landed a single hit on me?
Kewell: That's what you think!

Kewell noticed that Villeta's Sutherland and the Guren were fighting right behind Jeremiah's Sutherland. The Guren was about to grab Villeta's Sutherland with its right arm, but missed. In that instance, Kewell's Sutherland pushed Jeremiah's Sutherland into the right arm of the Guren, and the Radiant Wave Surger activated.

Kallen: Oh, shit! No!

Jeremiah's Sutherland began to bubble up and fall apart, as the Radiant Wave Surger destroyed the Sutherland from the inside-out.

Kewell: That's what you get, Orange! This is what happens when you defy Britannia! You can just join all those dead Elevens that were slaughtered!
Jeremiah: Kewell!

The Guren let go of Jeremiah's Sutherland, and the Sutherland looked at Kewell's Sutherland.

Jeremiah: (enraged) You racist asshole!

Jeremiah's Sutherland charged at Kewell's Sutherland and brought it to the ground, pinning it in the process.

Kewell: What!? No! No!
Jeremiah: There's only one place for you, Kewell! And that's hell! I'll make sure your sister doesn't make the same mistakes that you did!

Immediately, Jeremiah ejected from his Sutherland, leaving Kewell's Sutherland stuck under the rest of Jeremiah's.

Kewell: (frightened) No! I can't die here! I can't die at the hands of Orange!

The Guren retracted its right arm, and the rest of Jeremiah's Sutherland exploded, taking Kewell with it.

Villetta: (thinking) They... They killed Kewell. Jeremiah killed Kewell. What the hell is happening?

In the skies, Alistair saw the event transpire, and was completely surprised.

Alistair: Uh...
Tokyo Maverick: What?
Alistair: You're not gonna believe this, but... I think Jeremiah just killed Kewell.
Tokyo Maverick: Whoa.
Alistair: Let's hope Jeremiah's still alive. I think he grew a heart.
Tokyo Maverick: I'm curious about something...
Alistair: What's up?
Tokyo Maverick: You said that you were able to put an end to the operations of the Enclave and Civility... Did the Agents pose a challenge?
Alistair: The Agents were a threat, yeah...

2015 a.t.b., unknown Civility lab. A mysterious shadowy figure walked through the lab, filled with the corpses of countless Civility scientists.

Alistair: ...But, they were poultry...compared to Civility's pet project.

The cybernetic silhouette grabbed two microchips and placed them into its neck. It then let out a sinister, evil laugh, which echoed across the empty room.