"Face forward and look to your right." Alex was overhearing the conversation between the school girl and Lelouch. "What do you see?"

He looked to in across the aisle to the opposite window on the right. He saw the active, lively city the Britannians built. "The Britannian city," He overheard the girl in the other car speak over the phone. "It was stolen away from us and built on our sacrifice."

He looked at the people in the same car as him. They had a strange look on their face, and kept looking forwards no matter what. It was moments before that Lelouch had shown him his power. Lelouch only had to get everyone's attention, and then tell them to be silent and ignore whatever goes on in his car. As far as he could see, it was some form of brainwashing. Alex felt a combination of hope, curiosity and shock when Lelouch's powers were reviled, but it explained to him why he was so certain he could win Alex's trust and defeat an entire empire. He didn't ask what it was or why he had it, he'll get those answers later.

"Good answer. Now make your way to the front of the train." He heard him hang up. Keeping absolutely still like the others in his car, he watched as the girl passed through, followed by three more terrorists.

As he waited for Lelouch to finish his discussion with the girl and her lackeys, he leaned his head back and looked up to the ceiling of the train, thinking back to the Manhattan incident.

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Karen Parker had sold him out. He was filled with rage, wanting nothing other than to find and kill her.

His glide high above the ground slowed, and he came crashing down in the middle of Central Park. The smell of infected flesh was faint and the red tint in the air from infected areas was gone. "Huh… looks like the military has this area under control again." He stood up from his landing position and dusted himself off. He walked over to the path that ran though the park and strolled casually along it. "It's getting dark. I'd better wrap this up and…" He was interrupted by a pained grunt coming from a park bench a ways from him. He ran at a humanly pace to avoid suspicion. He found saw a woman in the distance on a bench, hunkered over in pain.

"Grr… ahhh!" She was rocking back and forth slightly and grunting even louder. Mercer slid to a stop in front of the woman.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" He activated his infected vision. She was not infected by blacklight, so that wasn't the problem.

"M-My water just broke…"

He examined her closer with the infected vision. Sure enough, inside of her was another sign of life. 'Oh great, I'm not trained for this… wait, what would Doctor Drake Twin do? I've consumed him, so I should be able to…'

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He felt the train come to a stop. The eyes of the passengers were suddenly not so blank and they started to move as usual again. Some got up to leave. The door to Lelouch's room slid open and the newly dubbed insurgents slid out. One of them faced him and spoke out to him. It was a slim male with blue hair wearing a pale green shirt along with the headband the other males were wearing. "Hey, the superhero in the other room told us to follow you."

Alex stood up from his seat, his head lowered so his face was barely visible because of his hood. "Right, this way." He went towards one of the open doors and waved his hand as a motion for the others to follow him.

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"Wait, so that hero back there wants us to make this hunk of junk into the Prince's personal transport? This isn't some stupid reality T.V. show, here."

"Don't worry, all that matters is the exterior. I'll do all the heavy lifting."

A big man wearing a brown jacket and a afro-like hair style spoke up. "Yeah, I can handle that. I'm pretty sure I'm stronger than you."

"No, I'll be doing the lifting." Alex turned around and walked over to a junk pile. "Okay, we'll need to start off with this ten-by-fifteen wood plate. I'll hold it while you nail it down". He picked up hammer and a box of nails and tossed it to the tall man. "You can spray-paint it white." He picked up a can and a cloth and tossed it over to the girl. He then picked up the wood plate with one hand and went to the transport, holding it on the left side. "This will cover the 'package', and before we cover everything up, I'll install the sound-activated device that will deliver it."

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Alex looked to his right over at Lelouch in his suit. It really accentuated his slender body and height. It also matched his current armored state, with a similar shaped head and body. "Ready for this?"

Lelouch nodded. "I'm a bit nervous, but I'm 100% sure this will go as planned." The transport came to a stop, and Lord Jeremiah's voice was projected to them through a loud speaker.

"You dare desecrate his highnesses transport? Come out of there!"

"Show time." Lelouch pressed a button on his helmet and stomped down on another button on the floor. The fuel-soaked-curtain in front of them was lit up in a blaze, revealing themselves to the entire crowd. He could hear Jeremiah's slight gasp in surprise. He sensed a hint of confusion in his voice. This was shortly followed by the confused voice of the crowd around them. "I am… Zero."

It was his turn to shine now. "… and I am Zeus."

Over the murmuring and confused sounds of the crowd, Lord Jeremiah spoke out. "I've had enough of you jokers already." He pointed his pistol up and off to the side. "This little show of yours is over!" He pulled the trigger, creating a loud crack that rang out in the air. The air transports flying above them released the Knightmare frames inside of them, and four of them landed around the transport, pointing their guns at them.

Out of instinct, Zeus hunkered over a little bit and formed his battle stance. His forearms bulged up with bio-mass as he entered his muscle mass mode. Zero just reached his left arm to the side in front of Zeus as a sign to stop. "That won't be necessary, Mercer…" he said softly to him and with his helmet's headset turned off. "Everything's going as planned." The slight breeze caused by the landing of the Knightmare frames caused Zero's cape to lift up dramatically. Mercer straightened himself up and released the bio-mass from his arms.

"First things first, why don't you two lose those masks?" They looked to each other, nodded slightly, then reached towards their faces. Instead of taking off their masks, however, they lifted up their arms straight into the sky and simultaneously snapped their fingers. The wood of the transport burst apart, revealing the strange looking device. It was never explained to him what it really did, but he assumed by the design it was some sort of gas dispersing device like the ones spread around Manhattan that released the bloodtox into the air, killing the infected. "What in the name of…"

"Be careful, Jeremiah, he's got the poisonous gas!"

He saw the prisoner, Suzuki, try to speak out. "Wait, you don't understand! Erhgahh!" He was cut short by the electric collar around his neck.

Jeremiah hold out his gun, obviously nervous about being around that gas. "You intend to shoot?" Zero said confidently.

Alex took a step forward. "I think you know full well that doing that would be a terrible mistake. You don't want anybody here hurt, do you? I think not."

"You… you bastards… Fine! What are your demands?"

The wind lifted Zero's cape again, waving it around in the breeze. "In exchange, this for Kururugi."

"Like hell! He's charged with high-treason for murdering a prince!" Jeremiah responded, "I can't hand him over!"

Zeus just chuckled with a tint of manic in his voice, loud enough for everyone to hear him. "You're mistaken, Lord Jeremiah." He saw a news man run out in front of the transport, pointing his camera at the two. "He's no murderer."

Zeus stepped back a couple of steps and let Zero take the spot light this time. "The man who killed Clovis…" Zero turned his head and looked straight into the camera the news man was carrying. "… was myself!"

The crowd gasped in surprise again, and the chatter picked up even louder. He could tell Zero really had a flare for the dramatic and loved manipulating the general populace. Zero faced Jeremiah once again, speaking out to him once more. "For a single Eleven, you'll save scores of precious Britannians. I find THAT to be a bargain." Zeus looked down at the camera man and noticed the big, happy yet manic grin on his face.

"He's MAD I tell you! Disguising his truck as the highnesses, he'll pay the price for mocking the crown!" The Knightmares pointed their guns at the truck again.

"Careful, you don't want the public to learn of 'Orange', do you?" This comment got a bit of confusion from the audience. Zero tapped twice on the top of the truck, and it moved forward a bit.

"Orange? What's he talking about?" Zeus heard a solder ask another. To be honest, he didn't know either, this wasn't part of the plan Lelouch told him about.

"If I die, it will all go public. If you don't want that to happen…"

Lord Jeremiah had his eyebrow raised, with a very confused look on his face. "What are you talking about?"

Zeus heard a sliding sound from Zero's helmet. "… You'll do everything in your power to let us go… your prisoner as well!"

The look on Jeremiah's face suddenly changed from confused to serious. "Right, understood. You there, release the prisoner! Get that man over here!" The soldiers guarding Suzuki were hesitant to follow his order. "Hand him over!"

Zeus watched as the strange scene unfolded before him. He assumed that Zero was using his power to command this man to release Suzaku while making it seem he was going to reveal some sort of secret.

"Lord Kual, this is an order!"

Zeus jumped off of the truck, followed by Zero. Zero lead the way towards the middle between the two transports. Suzaku was heading towards them. He was clearly beaten and bruised, and he was dressed in some crude prison garb. "So who the hell are-" He was cut short by the strange collar releasing a strong bolt of electricity through his body, causing him to wince and grunt in pain.

"As I thought, they didn't allow you to speak."

Zeus shook his head in disgust. "You call this a judicial system?" Zeus spoke out loudly though the loudspeakers, "Sentencing a man to his death without even letting him speak? Pathetic. Zero, let's get out of here."

"Well then, 'till next time." Zero pulled out hand-held device and pushed a red button on it. A hissing came from the large gas container and a dark purple gas flowed from the openings. Zero turned around and ran toward the bridge. "Mercer, let's go." He took the girl's hand, wrapped his arm and cape around Suzaku and jumped off the bridge, bringing the both down with them. Mercer jumped off with them, retracting the bio-mass forming his shell so the impact wouldn't cause too much damage. They were caught by a net, which broke, then fell through that and landed on some soft padding in a truck. The top of the truck closed shut on them, and it started to move. Everybody lifted themselves back onto their feet. Suzaku looked depressed, and the girl had a relieved look on her face. Mercer coughed a bit into his hands and looked towards Zero. "Well… I think that was my first major operation without taking a single life."

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Alex held the small newborn in his hands. "Congratulations, it's a boy… a healthy baby boy." He wasn't lying about that, he was of perfect weight and size for a baby and there seemed to be no signs of deformities or illnesses. The baby was crying loudly, but for some reason it wasn't annoying like he would expect it. He handed the baby to the woman, who was still a little dazed from the birth.

"Oh… oh my god… he's beautiful… thank you!" She kissed the baby on the forehead, and the baby lessened his crying. "I'm sorry, I never caught your name in all of this… my name's Joy…" She cradled the baby in her arms. "… and this is Justice."

Alex turned around, walking down the path. This was making him feel strange, like he was deviating from his sole purpose. Ending a life was easy, but bringing a new one into the world was hard for him to stand. "My name is Alex Mercer." As he walked forwards he charged the bio-mass in his legs. He crouched down a bit, then kicked off from the ground, soaring high above her."

"Alex… MERCER! Th-The terrorist?" She stared where he once stood with a shocked look on her face. She looked down at her child and he look of shock melted into one of joy. "Mercer… maybe he's going to be the one to save us all, huh?" She kissed the baby on his cheek and rocked it back and forth in her arms.