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Code Geass: Rebellion on the Other Side

Intro

In a world surrounded by white fog, Lelouch found himself floating in nothingness. Lelouch immediately looked around in order to get his bearings, yet the only thing he saw around him was the dense fog. Confused and slightly dizzy, Lelouch decided to "swim" through this empty, weightless void.

"Where am I? How did I get here? Why is my whole body numb?" thought Lelouch as he glided aimlessly through the fog.

Suddenly, the fog in the distance started to dissipate, and rays of light began to shine through. Lelouch even had to raise his arms to cover his eyes from the blinding light. As the light grew brighter, Lelouch suddenly started to feel strange.

"My body feels cool...my hands feel movement...my feet feel a surface beneath them."

When the lightly suddenly started to disappear, Lelouch could hear noises around him.

"WHOOOOOOOOT!" Lelouch heard. Soon after, Lelouch heard noises of people, horse-drawn carriages, and more whistles. Suddenly, Lelouch could smell what was around him. From what he could deduce, his surrounding smelled of mainly smoke and coal.

Lelouch then lowered his arms and saw a whole new picture in front of him. He was apparently walking towards a train station. Lelouch tried to stop walking in order to get familiar with his surroundings, but his body wouldn't respond.

"Strange, why can't I stop walking? I mean, it feels like I'm walking. I feel each step on my foot and the motion of my legs. But why can't I stop?" wondered a confused Lelouch.

Lelouch meanwhile looked at what he could before he lost sight of his surroundings.

"Well I'm at a train station, which would explain the smell of coal and the whistling noises. The people around me are either wearing typical suits or traditional dress. By my guess, it was traditional Chinese clothing. The signs surrounding me are in Chinese too, which makes my guess more likely correct. The fact that people are wearing either top or bowler hats makes it seem this is around the late 19th-early 20th century."

As Lelouch felt and saw he was walking through the train station, he suddenly noticed he was carrying a lunchbox in his hand. He tried to let go of it with all his might, but he maintained his grip on the lunchbox. He also noticed that his left-ring finger was the severed at the top, making it look like the ring and pinky fingers were the same length.

Once at the platform, Lelouch suddenly felt himself stop. He noticed tons of well dressed, powerful-looking people waiting at the platform as if something was arriving. He also saw soldiers dressed in what appeared to be Russian uniforms all organized in perfect formation.

"WHOOT WHOOT!" Lelouch suddenly heard. Suddenly Lelouch saw a train starting to slowly arrive at the station. The train was hanging what appeared to be the red, white, and blue striped Russian flag and the Japanese flag on its side. Lelouch knew whoever was arriving was Japanese. When the train came to a complete stop, a large hissing noise was heard before another loud whistle was blown.

Several wealthy-looking men, along with a few in uniforms, suddenly went to the door of the passenger car, which looked ornate from the outside. As the door opened, a few Japanese-looking men walked out onto the platform before greeting their visitors.

Suddenly, when an elderly, bearded Japanese man stepped out onto the platform, Lelouch found himself opening his lunchbox, which to his surprise carried a gun. Lelouch felt his hand grabbing the gun, putting his hand in his pocket, then suddenly walking towards the Japanese men who came off the train. Lelouch suddenly started to slightly move faster, and when the elderly, bearded Japanese man was in full view, Lelouch suddenly felt himself pushing away some people before taking out his concealed gun and aiming it at the elderly man.

Against his command, Lelouch shot at the elderly Japanese man, along with some the people who came to greet him. Some of the people he shot at looked like they were injured, but the elderly one laid on the ground, apparently dead.

Out of nowhere, Lelouch felt his whole body being sucked by an unknown force. He tried fighting against this force, but with no avail. The world in front of him started to become smaller and more distant as each second passed.

"Wait! What just happened?! What exactly does this have to do with me?! What is the meaning of all this?!" yelled Lelouch as he felt pitch black darkness consume him.

When Lelouch found himself smothered in pure darkness, he suddenly opened his eyes. He found himself laying down on a bed, staring at the ceiling. Lelouch quickly got up and found himself in his room at Ashford Academy. His clock said 2:04 AM, therefore the whole room was dark.

"Was it just a dream?" Lelouch asked himself.

Lelouch wanted to believe he was just dreaming, but he felt some connection to what he saw. Lelouch couldn't even describe what kind of connection it was. All he knew was that it held more meaning than what was seen. Lelouch suddenly looked towards his left and saw C.C. standing right by the bed.

"What the hell C.C.?!" said a surprised Lelouch.

"Merely observing you sleep and the behavior you exhibit." responded C.C. with little emotion.

"Well don't do that again. It's awkward and intrusive."

"I was simply observing you by placing my hand on your forehead during your sleep. I feel that your geass is acting abnormally." C.C. said.

"Wait, you said you feel that my geass is acting weird?" asked Lelouch.

"Since you think my observations are awkward, I'm not quite in the mood..."

"I'm not playing your game witch. Just tell me now!" yelled Lelouch.

"Well you're no fun. Anyway you're geass' performance is ok, but your geass is resonating with some disturbance." answered C.C.

"Disturbance huh...well I wonder if it's connected with something I saw in my sleep." Lelouch then proceeded to explain to C.C. what he saw and felt before he woke up.

"I see. It's quite possible your geass is resonating because your mind is reacting to some other entity, causing you to experience the same things the other side feels. Because geass relies on the brain and therefore the mind, your geass could theoretically act as a "bridge" between two separate, but identical minds, no matter the distance. But as far as I know, each mind is unique, and such resonance between two separate minds is something beyond our understanding of the universe."

"Well, at least we have some potential reasons on why my geass is reacting." Suddenly Lelouch remembered something he heard on the news yesterday.

"C.C., yesterday scientists said that the Earth was going to be bombarded with harmless, but rare subatomic particles that could potentially unravel the mysteries behind the structure of the universe. Is it possible that these particles are causing this?"

"Well, since geass and the mind are connected with the universe around us, it is a possibility." responded C.C. in her typical monotonous tone.

"Ok, just wondering." said Lelouch before both of them headed back to bed.

Author's Note: The conversation between Lelouch and C.C. is supposed to take place in R2, in between the Cupid Day Festival at Ashford Academy and right before Shirley regains her memories (Both these events took place in the same episode, but I am assuming there was a little bit of time between the two events). To explain C.C.'s understanding and explanation, supposedly C.C. got a lot of this info about geass when she was the head of the Geass Order, which researched geass.

What exactly did Lelouch see? Is C.C.'s theory correct and Lelouch's mind is therefore resonating with another? If so, then who's mind is it and where are they from? These questions will soon be answered.

Hint: If one is good at picking up historical details, then just looking at Lelouch's out of world experience will allow you to determine what exactly Lelouch is experiencing and what direction this story is heading towards.