[Luciano interrupts a conversation between Nunnally and Kallen]
I don't believe I gave you permission to enter this area, Sir Bradley.
My apologies, Your Highness.
KallenWell, so you're the Vampire of Britannia.
Yes. It's a shame we're not on a battlefield, or I could savor your blood as well.
Kallen
Pity. So, you here to finish off the hostage?
Not so. Hostages have only one value I care for. It seems to hold dear to life, and when alive, one can do anything he has a whim for…to its body.
[Luciano and Kallen trade barbs while dueling over the skies of Tokyo in their respective Knightmares.]
Eleven! Do you know the prime truth of the battlefield? Kill a man off the field, and you're a criminal, but kill him on it, and you're a big hero!
Kallen
So, the Vampire of Britannia wants to be a hero now, is that it?
No, not at all. War allows me to officially take what people value most: Their lives!
Kallen
Some knight. You're barely a scoundrel!
[Kallen destroys the Percivals shield with a ranged Radiant Wave Surger blast; Luciano readies the Percivals drill lance in response and charges.]
Kallen
And now what? [shatters the Percivals drill lance with the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N.s knife] That's not going to work.
Ah, but now I've got you in close range.
[Luciano fires the Percivals head-mounted Slash Harken, only to have Kallen snag the cord in the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N.s hand and then latch onto the Percival with the Radiant Wave Surger claw.]
Kallen
Question: What do you value the most? Your own pitiful life!
[livid] You think an Eleven can threaten me?!
Kallen
[quietly, under breath] Send a postcard.
[Kallen fries the Percival with the Radiant Wave Surger, with Luciano still inside.]
[disbelieving] My life! My life is taken… by a lowly Eleven?! AAAGH!
[The Percival explodes, killing Luciano.]
[The Black Knights put Zero and Kallen at gunpoint]
CChiba
How dare you try to run a con game on us?
We know everything about your Geass power!
[Lelouch, under the mask, is horrified about what they know]
Zero, the renowned hero, died in battle before he could triumph, but his gallant life and daring deeds will continue to live on in myth and legend.
Is that the script you've written for me, Diethard?
Actually, I wanted to film your brilliant campaign and glorious victory over Britannia, but I'm afraid that show's been permanently cancelled.
[thinking] What do I do? Knightmares are beyond my reach, but Ohgi and the others are defenseless. If I can use my Geass secretly...
MMinami
Everybody trusted you, Zero.
SSugiyama
Inoue and Yoshida sacrifice their lives for you.
Kallen
Wait a minute! This is all one-sided! Look at how far we've come because of Zero. At least let him answer!
You're in the way, Kallen!
SSugiyama
Do you want to die with Zero?
MMinami
Don't tell me he used his Geass on you, too?
Kallen
I need an answer, Lelouch. What do I mean to you? I have to know. If I could stay with you, I would. Please.
(thinking) Schneizel! You made your move and now you're calling check. There's no way out of this for me. It's over!
Kallen
Please answer me, Lelouch.
(laughing) Fools! You finally figured it out. That I've been using you all along. That's right. You're all just pawns in my game.
Zero, so you really are...
Kallen
Lelouch, no...
Kallen. You were my most useful piece. Much like a well-played knight. This whole world was the board for the game, and all for my entertainment.
Kallen
I see. Goodbye then, Lelouch.
[whispering] Kallen, you have to live.
[broadcasting] It has been one month since the destruction caused by the F.L.E.I.J.A. warhead. Today His Majesty, Emperor Charles will make an important announcement to the entire nation. We will bringing you live international coverage of this from Pendragon Imperial Palace. Even though His Majesty had not made any public appearances in the past month.
CLCarine le Britannia
Didn't somebody say that the emperor was missing?
GSGuinevere su Britannia
Bismarck was the one who reported that and he is gone.
OEOdysseus eu Britannia
As for Schneizel and the others, where are they?
GGuinevere
Don't know, there's been no word from Cambodia yet.
Presenting His Imperial Majesty!
GGuinevere
But that's not...
CCarine
Where's His Majesty?
Kallen
But how...? There's no way!
Greetings, I'm Lelouch vi Britannia of the Royal Family, 99th Emperor of the Realm.
BWBismarck Waldstein
Good Lord!
CCarine
It's really you?!
GGuinevere
You're alive?!
Yes, sister, I am. I've returned from the depths of hell intact.
OOdysseus
Lelouch, how good to see you! When Nunnally was located, I figured that you would be found alive too. But now, aren't you carrying this joke a bit too far? That's the throne of our father...
Charles zi Britannia, the 98th Emperor, no longer lives, and I'm the one who took his life. [Everyone gasps] Therefore, that makes me the next emperor!
CCarine
What are you saying?! Are you nuts?!
GGuinevere
Guards! Take that fool and execute him! He's guilty of murdering our emperor!!!
Kallen
Suzaku! But why?!
May I introduce, Suzaku Kururugi, my knight! A knight of the realm above all others! I granted him a title the "Knight of Zero"!
Suzaku?! They're working together?!
OOdysseus
Lelouch, Sir Kururugi. This just won't do, pulling a bad stunt like this on an international broadcast...
Do you think so? Then let me make this easy for you all to understand... [activates his Geass on everyone] Acknowledge me as your emperor!
OOdysseus
Lelouch, I insist that you stop joking around like that... [Everyone is now under the control of his Geass] We hear and obey, Your Majesty!
CGCarine and Guinevere
All Hail Emperor Lelouch!!!
EEveryone
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!
[Kallen has just exhausted her Guren S.E.I.T.E.N.'s last Radiant Wave Surger blast in her final fight against Suzaku.]
Kallen
The Radiant Wave Surger's out of ammo...!
[The Lancelot Albion's Blaze Luminous shields also power down.]
Now my shield energy is exhausted, too?
Kallen
BIG DEAL!
[Kallen chases after Suzaku; the Lancelot uses its Landspinners to scale the Damocles to gain some ground, but the Guren catches him as he reaches footing. The Guren jumps over the Lancelot and fires its Slash Harkens at the Lancelot. which dodges narrowly only for the Harkens to anchor on the Lancelot's back. The Guren then launches itself forward and swipes its Radiant Wave Surger claw at the Lancelot; Lancelot redirects the strike and throws a punch, only for Guren to block it with its forearm. The punch causes the Guren to roll back as its Harkens reel back into its shoulders. The Lancelot is pushing it back due to the force of the punch, but the Guren proceeds to lock its hands with the Lancelot's, struggling against it.]
I can't beat her! Even using the Geass I'm cursed with... your strength is unimaginable, Kallen.
Kallen
My machine has better specs than yours, yet... why? While you're this strong... do the right thing!
[This time, the Guren uses the same trick Suzaku did to get some space. Ending up on another platform, the Guren dodges the Lancelot as it whirls at it with a kick. Face-to-face, the Guren and the Lancelot throw furious, rapid-fire strikes at each other before the Guren flips over the Lancelot, launching its Slash Harkens yet again only for the Lancelot to jump over them as they hook into the wall behind it.]
LET'S END THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL!
[Kicking one of the Guren's Harkens aside, breaking it, the Lancelot latches to the wall with its own wrist-mounted Harken, then jumps off the wall at the Guren for Suzaku's signature kick.]
Kallen
IF ONLY... YOU HAD JUSTICE ON YOUR SIDE!
[Kallen has the Guren draw its arm back, retracting the claw to reveal the Radiant Wave Surger apparatus underneath, before thrusting it at the Lancelot's leg as it gets in range; the claw arm stabs into the Lancelot's leg and splinters it into fragments, causing it to grind to a screeching halt. As the Guren lunges yet again, Suzaku has the Lancelot fire its waist-mounted Harkens to fire at the Guren; they succeed in slicing off the claw arm and decapitating the Guren. As a result, the Guren glitches and shuts down.]
KKallen (shocked and upset)
What happened...? You mean I didn't get him, then?
SSuzaku (quietly, defeated)
You're wrong... you got me alright... Kallen.
[The Guren's claw arm is revealed to have lodged itself in the Lancelot's chest, impaling it. Both Knightmares are critically damaged and deactivated. Kallen gives an exhausted smile before fainting, and the Guren falls, leaving its severed claw arm lodged in the Lancelot. The Guren is caught by Gino and his badly damaged Tristan Divider, while the Lancelot crackles with electricity before violently exploding, presumably killing Suzaku.]
You won. You beat him, Kallen.
[Kallen is resting inside the cockpit of her Guren, completely drained and unconscious.]
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