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Lelouch x Reader - Somebody To Die For Part 19

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All of us stood in a circle around the holographic table which was currently displaying a map of the entire space station. A small red spot blinked red, indicating our current position, and slightly further away, a blinking black spot represented the alien’s reported position.

“You’re asking us to battle the alien?” Cornelia’s voice went down by an octave, emphasizing her anger at the absurd task that had suddenly been thrust upon us.

Nina merely nodded, oblivious to the increasing tension in the room. “Obviously. The guards stand no chance. You guys are our only hope.”

“How about the emergency purge?” I asked.

“No. We stand to lose everything if we do that. It basically means packing up our bags and going back home.” Nina shook her head vigorously.

“That’s better than dying,” Kallen retorted. Beside her, Gino nodded in agreement.

Looking at each of us in turn, Nina cocked her head to one side. “Well, failing this mission just means I need to hand in a report detailing the cause of such failure…”

Euphy noticeably sighed in relief whereas Kallen and Gino relaxed slightly. However, the rest of us eyed Nina suspiciously, waiting for her to complete her obviously unfinished sentence.

“… and I could easily include the fact that the lot of you had failed to comply with orders that were given to you, which would mean that you would have to undergo inspection and follow-up interviews to decide whether you’re fit to continue working in the company. And I believe you know how that usually ends up,” she ended her speech, a small smirk dancing on her lips as she spoke the last words.

She didn’t need to spell out the last part. All of us knew what that would mean. Loss of a job, a black mark on our record, and for some of us, a bad life ahead. Such was the society that we lived in, especially since we worked in a prestigious company. For me, it would be particularly bad. Granted, I had a criminal record. So unless I got hired by the dark forces or something, you could count on me living on the streets. Apparently, the rest of the people here must have some problems as well – judging from the looks on their faces now. Well, except for Euphy who was looking slightly confused.

Wait, she should speak up. Of all of us, she held the most authoritative power given her status – Ah… I get it.  

There was a common rumor among civilians that Euphemia li Britannia was in fact the illegitimate child of Charles li Britannia, one of the highest officials of the World Government. Gossip magazines had ran with the story for a while before it was taken down shortly and an apology statement released saying that it was a false rumor. But news circulated around in the dark web which wasn’t as easily controlled by the World Government. I half-believed it at the time but judging from her silence at this crucial time, the rumors must have been true.

A quiet voice spoke up beside me. “We’ll do it.”

All eyes fell on Lelouch who was now staring at Nina, his expression grim and resolute. He had been quiet all this time, examining the map as the rest of us had focused on Nina.

A sly grin made its way across Nina’s face but before she could declare her triumph, Lelouch continued, “On one condition.”

Nina’s eyes narrowed in suspicion. “Go on.”

Lelouch glanced at me before laying down his deal. “The controllers are to be placed in a separate armored van in this alley.” He pointed to one of the back lanes that was a safe distance away from the alien but not too far away by space vehicles.

“But then the controllers wouldn’t be able to control the hybrids,” Nina pointed out.
Before I could interrupt Lelouch, he replied, “That shouldn’t be a problem. According to my calculations, this distance shouldn’t affect the controlling of the hybrid power.”

Wait, Lelouch. How could you give away that important fact? They’ll separate us later, remember?

I glared at him in annoyance, tilting my head to one side as I questioned his judgement. As if to answer my implicit question, he said, “When Gilbert was attacked earlier, Cornelia experienced something almost similar to a heart attack. According to what she described later, I believe that when the controller is facing a near-death situation, it also negatively impacts the hybrid.”

Nina contemplated this for a while before nodding her agreement. “Fine. We need to ensure the hybrids safety afterall.”

Meanwhile, I turned Lelouch’s words over and over in my head. Something was bothering me about what he said. It wasn’t about the negative impact he mentioned or what Cornelia had experienced. It nagged at my brain incessantly and then it struck me. I had been so taken by his act of concern earlier and it was only now that I understood why he had been so worried about my well-being. A sickening feeling threatened to envelop me as I realized how easily I had let my feelings take over my better judgement. How many times did I need to learn my lesson the hard way?

He was only worried about himself, you dummy. Why would he care about you?

I chuckled bitterly, earning the looks of some people around me. Mumbling that it was nothing, I hastily turned away from the table, took a deep breath to compose myself, and finally swiveled back to focus my attention on the discussion that was taking place.

Apparently, everyone had grudgingly agreed to take part in the taking down of the alien. The only one who was delighted with this situation was of course, Nina. Her eyes gleamed in pure excitement which made me wonder whether she even knew the risks that were at stake.

Kallen was the first to voice out her suggestion. “So why don’t we just attack it from all sides?”

“No. That would be suicidal. We would be staking it all on one move without understanding more about the enemy. What we really need is to figure out its weak spot,” Lelouch spoke without hesitation.

Gino nodded in agreement. “I think Lelouch should be in charge of the plan.”

Cornelia eyed Lelouch hesitantly. “Are you sure we can trust you with this?”

“Are you kidding me? Lelouch here is one of the best chess masters!” Gino exclaimed.

“That’s not really enough to go on- “ Cornelia started but was interrupted by Suzaku.

“I can vouch for him as well. He has gotten the both of us out of many dangerous situations with the least amount of effort and injury.”

Looking around the table, Cornelia heaved a sigh and nodded curtly.

“Fine. What do you suggest, Lelouch?”



“Hybrids, please acknowledge your position and status.”

“Cornelia, on top of building R.”
“Gino, in alley B with a space bike.”
“Suzaku, in alley F.”

“Roger that,” I spoke into the microphone while flicking the three screens to the side and bringing the fourth screen to the center, increasing its focus. All the controllers as well as Lelouch were stationed in the armored space vehicle located in one of the alleys. We had been outfitted with a headset each and all of us could communicate with each other. I manned the control console that was connected to the security feed from the cameras in the vicinity of the alien. Although there weren’t as many as we could hope for, it still gave enough visuals on what would go down later.

Sliding to the side where another set of screens blinked continuously, I checked the progress on the Y-wave scanner that was situated in alley F beside Suzaku. It was the latest scanner that exceeded the previous millimeter wave scanner and could easily allow visuals of a human’s beating heart, for example. Fitted with the appropriate equipment, it was now focused on the alien. Unfortunately, it took some time to power up and would require a direct line of sight.

That’s where the hybrids came in. With the appropriate amount of distraction, we hoped to be able to analyze the alien’s composition and identify its core. After which, it would all come down to a matter of the hybrids aiming for that sweet spot. Easy in theory, difficult in practice.

“Scanner is ready to go,” I gave the thumbs up to Lelouch.

“Alright, guys, remember the plan, follow my orders, and I can assure you we will win,” Lelouch spoke, sounding very much like the commander of an army rather than a nerdy scientist. Definitely surprising and very unexpected. Although I had my misgivings about him, I had to admire his myriad of talents.

“Begin synchronize,” I coordinated.

The three controllers in the vehicle fell still, beginning the process of achieving synchronization with their respective hybrids. On the screens, I could see Cornelia sprouting wings, and Suzaku with his claws and raptor-like legs. Gino didn’t need to morph as Lelouch felt his transformation wouldn’t be helpful to the mission. Since the alien was too close to the ground, Gino couldn’t slip under it even with his morphed tail. So to make up for the lack of mobility, Gino was assigned a space bike.

Lelouch watched as the other three hybrids finished their transformation. He nodded to me, signaling the beginning of the mission.

“Mission commencing.” I gave out the start command.

Cornelia flapped her wings twice, her feet lifting off from the roof of the building. Once she felt stable enough, she soared in the air before swooping down towards the alien. The sound of rushing air attracted the attention of the alien, causing it to swivel its head towards Cornelia.

“Gino, move to target,” Lelouch ordered.

“Roger!” Gino acknowledged and revved up the space bike. Zooming out of the alley, he approached the alien from the front. The alien was still looking back at Cornelia when Gino stretched out his right arm towards the alien’s front legs. Ice began to form around the right leg of the alien and noticing the abnormal sensation, the alien spun towards Gino, hissing in annoyance.

“Suzaku, move now!” Lelouch quickly commanded, his eyes darting across each of the screens.

Springing into action, Suzaku ran towards the alien at a surprising speed, boosted by his enhanced legs. He leapt in mid-air, his body poised with his claws stretched out behind him. In a swift motion, he swung the claws in a semi-circular motion down towards the alien’s back legs. The rest of us held our breaths as we watched the claws make contact with the alien’s body.

Suzaku’s claws sunk into the meaty leg but his inertia wasn’t enough for the claws to plunge deep enough to deal great damage to the alien. It did aggravate the alien even further as it turned around to face Suzaku with a pained roar.

Lelouch’s hands flew to his headset as he barked a retreat command to Suzaku who quickly extracted his claws and leapt back.

“All of you continuously distract it! Use sound, sight, anything!” Lelouch hastily said.

Turning to the second set of screens, he scanned the snapshots of the alien taken by the Y-wave scanner.

“We should help them out too!” Kallen exclaimed, her eyes furrowed in worry and agitation. Gilbert was already reaching out for one of the guns stocked in the vehicle. Euphy was fidgeting but obviously intended to do the same as her eyes flickered towards the weapon stash.

“Stop it!” I yelled. The three of them froze and stared at me, shocked by my sudden outburst.

“You’ll only be a distraction to them.” I gestured to the hybrids fighting on the screen. “Just stick to the plan and make sure their powers don’t get out of hand.  We don’t need more trouble on our hands,” I snapped, my eyes glaring daggers at each of them, daring them to disobey.

“Shit!” Kallen muttered in frustration as she punched the walls of the vehicle. Gilbert hesitated for a moment before returning the gun to its previous position.

“Wha- what should we do then?” Euphy asked hesitantly.

“I said it already. Control their powers. That’s it,” I replied quietly.

A small gasp caught our attention. Lelouch’s eyes were wide and he rushed to the screen, taking a closer look at one of the recently produced snapshots.

“Suzaku, the alien’s core is located in the center of its belly. Your claws should be able to reach it,” Lelouch quickly spoke through the headset.

A reply came over the speakers, slightly muffled by the surrounding noise. “How do we get under it though?”

Lelouch pinched the bridge of his nose, deep in thought. His eyes scanned the screens for a clue and finally settled on the building where Cornelia had taken off from.

“Wait for my signal. Suzaku, you’ll know how to take your shot then,” Lelouch said while hastily suiting up. “(F/N), synchronize with me now.”

“Wa-wait, what?” I asked, confused by the sudden turn of events.
“I’m going in.”
“Alone?” I followed him as he moved around.
“The others will be there.”
“Yeah they have their own backs to take care of and you aren’t even capable of taking care of yourself!” I retorted.
“Stay here, (F/N). That’s an order. You have to be safe.”

I stopped. “Oh right. MY safety,” I spat out sarcastically. Lelouch threw me a confused look.

“Why don’t you just be honest and say that it’s for your own safety? That you’re worried if anything happens to me, you’ll get affected just the same!” My voice rang out an octave higher.

Lelouch walked towards the door and slid it open. Before he stepped out, he paused. Without looking back, he said quietly, “Just… stay here.”

The door slid shut with a soft thud. Silence enveloped the vehicle as all eyes rested on me, waiting to see what I would do next.

Silently cursing the bastard, I spun around to face my screens, typing furiously like a woman possessed. I brought up an additional screen that focused on Lelouch racing down towards the battle field on one of the space bikes that were parked outside our vehicle.  My eyes burned into the screen, following the lanky figure as he sped towards his certain death. Meanwhile, I could already feel him beginning to awaken his powers and I easily kept up with his pace, subjugating the alien presence.

“I believe you had a valid reason.”
“…. People like you, with a criminal record…”

“Are you mad at me?”

I rubbed my head in mounting frustration as I recalled his words. My feelings were in turmoil and I felt like pulling my hair out to get them to settle.

Stay here…

Stay.

“Fuck.” I stood up suddenly, my chair rolling back across the floor. Stomping towards the weapon arsenal, I grabbed a crossbow and checked to see that it was loaded.

“What are you doing?” Kallen raised her eyebrows, questioning my actions.
“I’m going too,” I replied curtly.
“Then I’m going as well.” Gilbert stood up.

“No. One person needs to man the console and one person needs to be in charge of driving if it comes down to that. And of course, that includes babysitting Euphy here.” I tilted my head towards an indignant Euphy while I got ready.

“I’m sorry (F/N) but I can’t agree – “ Gilbert stopped, slowly raising his hands up as I aimed my weapon at him.

Kallen and Euphy stared at me, wide-eyed. “You wouldn’t shoot,” Kallen snorted.

“Try me.”

The malice that laced my words shut Kallen up and nobody dared to stop me as I retreated towards the door, the crossbow still pointed at them. With my free hand, I slid the door open and stepped out. I ran to the last space bike parked in front, hopped on and sped off, leaving a trail of dust in my wake.

As I headed to where I had last tracked Lelouch, I felt him using his telekinesis on something. More and more power was being extracted and I sensed that his energy was slowly waning. Muttering a silent prayer, I floored the accelerator, zooming past buildings at top speed.

I glanced at every alley way I passed, hoping to find Lelouch quickly. Although I tried to help out as much as possible, he was already close to his limit.

“Come on, come on!” I coaxed the bike to greater speeds. I rounded the last corner and as I turned to look down the alley, Lelouch stopped using his telekinesis. Gulping in fear, I hoped that it meant that he had succeeded.

I turned. My jaw dropped open as I saw Lelouch kneeling down beside his bike, one arm draped over its body. In front of him, the alien stood in the clearing with the left half of its body lifted off from the ground and leaning on its right half. A large water tank laid on the ground beside it, water gushing out from underneath.

As I sped towards Lelouch, I saw Suzaku leaping towards the exposed belly of the alien, his claws ready to dig in and end its life. The battle was finally ending. But as I relaxed slightly, the alien turned towards my general direction and hissed, its hideous tongue once again darting out towards…. Not me, but….

Lelouch!

There wasn’t enough time for me to aim at it with my crossbow. The only thing I could do was….

With a growl, I gunned the engine, covering the distance between me and Lelouch within seconds. The bike screeched in protest as I swerved right in front of him. In a split second, the alien’s tongue reached me and I closed my eyes in anticipation of the impact.

I barely had time to brace my body before I felt the burning and stinging sensation of electricity coursing through me, sending me flying a few feet back.

And then….


Nothing.
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Fairytailandhetalian's avatar
Going to sleep after reading this chapter. Will read it tomorrow