A/N: Enjoy, don't flame, and I hope you like it, that's all I'm saying for now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass, need I say more? Didn't think so.
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It was a glowing summer morning. Dew sparkled and the air was sweet with the smell of flowers all around.
Second Princess Cornelia li Britannia and Third Prince Clovis la Britannia sat in the beautiful garden of the Aries Villa. Just days before, the resident of the villa, Empress Marianne vi Britannia had been shot and killed by terrorists. Her daughter and youngest child, Nunnally had been with her and was now being treated for her injuries.
"Have you been to visit Nunnally?" Clovis asked.
Cornelia sighed and shook her head.
"No, this investigation has been taking up all of my time and I still have found nothing. It doesn't make sense, how could terrorists have been able to get in here?"
"Don't ask me," Clovis replied. "You're the military expert here, not me."
Cornelia frowned.
"Lelouch is an absolute wreck," Clovis continued. "He blames Father for what happened, saying that he should have tried harder to protect Lady Marianne."
"So I heard," said Cornelia. "And in response, the only thing His Majesty did was make the decision to send Lelouch and Nunnally away to Japan to be used as political hostages."
"Well, we both know for all of his talents, being a doting father is not one of them," Clovis couldn't suppress a slight smirk.
"You do realize we can't just stand idle and allow this madness to happen," his half-sister glared at him.
The sixteen-year-old prince sighed and rested his head against his hand, something he always did whenever he was thinking of something.
"I'm aware of that, sister," he said after a while.
The two teen royals thought for a moment.
"I've got it," Cornelia said. "We'll sneak Lelouch and Nunnally out of Britannia before His Majesty sends them away to Japan."
Clovis said nothing.
"The Ashford family might help," Cornelia continued thoughtfully. "They were Lady Marianne's greatest supporters."
"That is true," her brother agreed. "Of course there's still the issue of Euphie."
"What do you mean?" Cornelia demanded. "What does Euphie have to do with this?"
"Think, Cornelia," her half-brother explained. "Lelouch and Nunnally are the children of Lady Marianne, his empress and favorite wife."
"And?" Cornelia was growing impatient.
"If His Majesty has no qualms about doing something like this to the children of his favorite wife, what's stopping him from doing it to the children of his other imperial consorts, like Euphie?"
The nineteen-year-old princess saw her younger sibling's point.
"Then we have to take her as well," she said. "As I said, we'll go ahead and take them to Japan ourselves. After all, that would be the last place anyone would look for them, including someone as intelligent as Emperor Charles zi Britannia."
"Of course, one of us will need to go with them," Clovis pointed out. "It would be best if it were you."
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The next chapter will be out on Saturday, September 19th.