After having been really busy these past couple of weeks, and this one being a very long chapter to write, I present you all the next exciting chapter of "The Gladiator and the Revolutionary!"

But before the chapter starts, I would like to make an announcement. I am revising Silent Metal Ronin and I'm not changing my mind this time. The story will be just about Soundblaster getting stuck in the CG universe and trying to get out, because I thought having two stories with similar plots involving the Dark Knights would be repetitive. Also there will be changes here and there to make the story better and even more humorous, but a lot of the scenes from SMR will be in the new story I plan on calling "Code Geass: Knightmare of Cybertron". Already I have the Prologue and the first chapter done, once I'm done with the second I'll upload them onto the site. Another reason I'm doing this is because it is my first fanfic, and since I've gotten better at writing than I was at first, I want to improve and make it better than it was before.

So expect a that soon, as well as the next chapter for "Grimlock, Slayer of Titans", and yes it will be revised just a tiny bit to remove references to SMR. Really it will be minor edits, like two or three sentences. And yes it will be the one where Grimlock is finally sent to the AoT universe. So with that said, it will be some time before I create the next chapter for "G and R", so good thing I made this chapter longer than what I usually type.

And lastly, I would like to give thanks to Winxfan808 for proofreading this new chapter. I also want to thank Leviprime for some great ideas for this chapter and other ones to come.

And now without further ado, let the show commence!

Chapter 2: The Demons of Shinjuku

In Shinjuku, the ghetto had become nothing more than a bloodbath as the Britannian forces continued to massacre the Elevens. Fighting back, Kaname Ohgi and his fellow resistance members use whatever means they have to take down the enemy forces, while Kallen piloted the Glasgow to take down the assault vehicles and knightmares. Even now she destroys a Britainnian tank right after it had killed several fleeing civilians.

"THOSE DAMN BRITANNIANS!" she cried out, tears in her eyes after having watched the military slaughter several of her people.

"Kallen! Can the Glasgow still move?!" Ohgi radioed.

"Don't worry Ohgi it's alright! I'll decoy them, get the people out of here! The only ones that'll be captured are those of us in the resistance!" she told him.

"I know, but we're trapped! They have us completely surrounded." Ohgi replied as one of the resistance fighters near him fires a rocket at one of the nearby gunships. Unfortunately the rocket misses, but before they could turn to retaliate, a blue, bird-like drone shot them down. Ohgi and his group watched disbelief as the drone flew off towards the other side of the ghetto.

"What the hell was that?! Did it just shoot lasers?!" Shinichirō Tamaki shouted, the advanced weaponry it carried stunned him and the others.

"Yeah, looked like a big, origami bird." Naomi Inoue replied.

"Well whatever it is, it looks as though we got air support." Ohgi said.

"But from who?" Yoshitaka Minami inquired. Unknown to them, on the other side and far from where the resistance fighters were, the Elevens were soon getting help from another group. One that was soon wiping the floor with the Britannians.

"COMMAND COME IN! I REPEAT, COME IN! DAMMIT WHY WON'T THEY ANSWER?!" one of the Sutherland pilots yelled as his squad sped down the street as they were chased by enemies beyond their wildest dreams.

"T-THEY MUST BE JAMMING OUR COMMS! WHAT DO WE DO?!" said another panicking.

"I DON'T KNOW! I DON'T KNOW!" cried another one.

"JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE THINGS?!" the fourth questioned as they soon turned right around the corner... and into oblivion. Ahead of them, a strange-looking, purple tank with a huge cannon fired an incredible blast, which completely annihilated the entire squad. Shockwave soon rolled over whatever tiny pieces of them were left as it continued to scour the area for other enemy knightmares.

In another street nearby, several Elevens were being rounded up by Britannian soldiers and were about to be executed. As soon as they were lined, the soldiers prepared to fire as their captain gave the order to fire.

"Ready. Aim..."

"BITE MY SHINY, METAL AFT!" Frenzy shouted as he fired a minigun he had recently "borrowed" from a nearby military truck. The minicon cackled as he tore the soldier into shreds, while the Elevens simply stared in shock as the sight before them. Close by, a Britannian tank was about to avenge its comrades. It soon turned its barrel, aimed, and then was promptly smashed to bits by Rumble's seismic hammers.

"Nice smash bro!" Frenzy complimented.

"Thanks, nice gun!" Rumble replied as they then face the Elevens nearby, who simply stared in fear and awe at them.

"Hey if you're going to stare, take a damn picture!" Frenzy told them.

"Yeah, don't you guys have a place to hide?" Rumble asked, to which they simply shook their heads.

"Jeez. Fine, then we'll help ya out. Soundwave?" Frenzy called their boss, and soon enough a portal opened before them. "Alright meatbags, listen up! This groundbridge will take you outside the ghetto, and into a vacant area. When ya get out, ya keep your trap shut about what ya saw here. There were no metal men helping ya and there was no portal, ya got out on your own. If we find out that you snitched or spread a single word about us to anyone, you'll end up how we found these guys over there, capice?" Frenzy warned them.

They nodded and proceeded going through the portal and into an alley outside the ghetto. Many of them were still trying to make sense of what just happened. And even though they couldn't speak a word of it, they nonetheless thanked their strange saviors. Back in the ghetto, the Decepticons continued to pulverize the Britannian forces on their side of the ghetto.

The Decepticon medic was currently being pursued by four Sutherlands, who were trying their best to shoot down the speeding grounder. Ahead of them, a four-way intersection, which Knock Out crosses. The Sutherlands soon cross it as well, only to be pieced simultaneously by a plasma arrow fired from Flamewar's Cybertronian bow.

"Yes, all in a row." Flamewar said as she fist pumped at her achievement. However, she was soon interrupted by a Sutherland that just smashed through the building near, and was about to gun her down. But before it could pull the trigger, the mech was soon electrocuted, by Knock Out's staff no less.

"Next time, you're the bait." he told her. Suddenly, the medic and the spark hunter were attacked by several gunships heading their way. But they were dealt with soon enough, as Soundwave flew by and shot them down, and then continued to monitor and block enemy transmissions.

Meanwhile, at a nearby refueling depot, crewmen were working hard to resupply the knightmares so they continue their assault. Nearby, down the road, Flip Sides whistled a tune that sounded like "for he's a jolly good fellow" as she loaded a rocket launcher. As the female minicon aimed, she then finished her tune before pulling the trigger. The rocket launched, headed straight towards the depot, and impacted one of the many fuel tanks. Flip Sides continued her whistling while walking away, casually discarding the launcher as the deport blew up in flames. At G-1 mobile command center, Prince Clovis and General Bartley could only stare at the explosion in the distance.

"Sir, one of our refueling stations has just been blown up." one of the staff pointed out.

"I can see that! What the hell going on over there?!" Bartley demanded.

"We don't know sir! We're unable to communicate with any of forces in that area, it's as though we're being jammed!" one of the operators reported.

"This unacceptable! Surely our gunships tell us from the air!" Clovis scoffed.

"That's the thing, any of them that moves nearby are soon lost!" another operator replied.

"Damn it, just who the hell are we up against?!" the Viceroy said, displeased by the turn of events. "Fine then, we'll call in an air strike on them. Bartley, call for the nearest airbase and tell them to send some jets."

"But your highness, that will attract attention! Sure we could ask Lloyd-"

"NOW BARTLEY!" Clovis roared, his patience wearing thin. Bartley soon contacted the nearest airbase, and soon enough, a squad of Britannian jet fighters was on their way.

In the air, a group of five jets were heading towards Shinjuku.

"Any idea what's going on over there?" pilot #3 inquired.

"How the hell should I know? All we were told was to deliver a bombardment over the Shinjuku ghetto." the lead pilot told the rest of his team.

"Do you think the resistance got a hold of some heavy firepower?" pilot #2 asked.

"Maybe, or maybe the Chinese Federation is making a move against us." pilot #4 added.

"Whatever it is, they're about to taste our superior might!" their leader remarked.

"Yeah, let's see them try take down all six of us!" pilot #5 spoke.

"Wait... six of us?" the pilots then notice an additional member behind their formation, who then fired a missile at the middle jet.

"WHAT THE HEL-" the squad leader was soon obliterated as his jet blew up. The others were scrambling as the newcomer began to take them on.

"WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY IS ONE OF OURS ATTACKING US?!" pilot #3 cried out as the hostile jet began firing lasers on his craft, destroying it in moments.

"WHAT IN THE NAME OF- IT'S ARMED WITH LASERS?!" pilot #2 shouted.

It soon fired a missile at his craft, and while he tried to shake it off, it soon hit him dead center. Fortunately for him, pilot #2 managed to eject before the impact. Unfortunately, he was then vaporized when the enemy jet's fired on him. As it did, the last two Britannian jets got behind their assailant and began firing. They then fired their missiles at it, but they never made it, as the "jet" then transformed, turned, and fired its blasters on the incoming projectiles. It then fired its wrist-mounted rockets straight at them.

"WHAT THE FU-" pilot #4 swore.

"HOLY SHI-" pilot #5 swore as well, as he and his partner were blown to bits.

Starscream quickly transformed back into his jet mode and took off. "Well that was entertaining, these fragging idiots took longer to notice than I expected. Now let's see what fools they send next." Starscream commented as he continued to own the skies.

On a railway within the ghetto, Ohgi and his group began preparing the captured Sutherlands they were given from their mysterious helper on the radio. Earlier, Kallen in her Glasgow was being pursued by two enemy Sutherlands. Then she was helped by someone on their radio frequency, who gave her instructions that soon led to the two of them ambushing her pursuers. He soon disappeared in his stolen Sutherland, but left them a train full of Sutherlands and soon began giving orders for them to get ready and move. As they did, Ohgi and the others took notice of the explosions occurring on the other side of the ghetto.

"What the hell is going on over there?" Tamaki questioned.

"Hey, whoever you are, by any chance those explosions your doing?" Ohgi tried to contact their mysterious helper.

"Negative. Apparently someone else is fighting the enemy over there, and any communications within that area is being jammed." Lelouch replied, having acquired a Sutherland from one of the pilots after having escaped the warehouse. Since then, he had been preparing the terrorists to help him succeed in escaping the ghetto.

While he didn't say, Lelouch had a good idea what was fighting back on the other side. Perhaps the metal monsters were still looking for that girl, or maybe they found her dead body already and were releasing their wrath on the Britannian military. Either way, he would have to make sure his "pieces" were not caught in their crossfire.

"So the drone the others and I saw wasn't yours either?" Noami inquired.

"Drone?" Lelouch answered, now surprised to know there maybe more of them than he thought.

"Yeah, looked like a giant, blue, origami bird that could fire lasers! Can you believe that?" Tamaki added.

"You don't say?" Lelouch replied. Yeah, he was definitely going to make sure they don't cross their path anytime soon.

"Well if that's not yours, then who else is using it against Britannia?" Ohgi thought out loud.

As soon as they were ready, Lelouch began giving them orders, and they were soon off to carry them out. Soon enough, the entire ghetto was in complete havoc.

Back in the warehouse, C.C. finished explaining to Megatron the power known as Geass.

"Fascinating. Supernatural abilities, the collective unconsciousness of the human race, just about everything about it seems out of the realm of possibility. Then again, everything I have experienced in my lifetime has been considered almost improbable." Megatron remarked.

"And just how long is that exactly?" the girl questioned, her fear having subsided and was comfortable enough to speak with the metal titan.

"In your measurement of time, give or take some millions of years." the giant replied.

"Millions?" C.C. said, surprised by his answer. This being before has lived far longer than she has. Then again, he and the others are made of metal, which would explain a lot.

"Indeed. But now is not the time for long explanations, that we can do later when you come with us. Right now I'm interested in making a contract with you for these abilities."

"A contract?"

"Indeed, that is what you do, is it not?" Megatron inquired.

"Yes, but I am unsure it will work on you. You're not exactly human." the witch replied.

"Maybe. But regardless, me and my fellow Decepticons are on a quest, and obtaining this power is one of our objectives."

"Is that so? Then if you don't mind me asking, what is exactly your quest?" C.C. asked curiously, wanting to know if the nightmarish visions she has had these past years were true.

"Again, it's a long story. But suffice it to say that should my team and I fail, this world, and possibly reality itself, will cease to exist." Megatron told her.

"Does it involve four giants and a glowing purple object?"

Megatron soon paused for moment, surprised that she knew about the Dark Knights and the Dark Spark. "How did you come to know that?"

"I saw them in a nightmare, or rather a frequent vision. In it the four giants rose as the appeared object appeared, bringing forth the destruction of Earth and humanity. Who are these giants, and what is exactly is that dark object I keep seeing?" she asked.

"What you saw was the rise of the demonic beings known as the Dark Knights of Unicron, and the object, the Dark Spark."

"Dark Knights? Dark Spark?"

"As I have said before, it is a long tale that will be explained in detail later. All you need to know is that they are powerful beings that long for destruction, and the object itself is an all-powerful artifact capable of bending time and space to its will." Megatron did his best to summarize and get things moving.

"I see, then before we make our contract, I would like to know everything about these "Dark Knights" and this "Dark Spark"."

"Fair enough, but I have one question before we get moving." Megatron stated.

"And that is?" she inquired curiously.

"Can more than two people be involved in it?" the gladiator asked.

"It can, but I don't think I've ever done it before with so many." C.C. answered, already getting at what he meant.

"Well there's a first for everything, and mind you, we specialize in the impossible."

"Well if talking to a living, metal giant isn't then what is?" she said sarcastically. "If we are to make this contract, I'll need everyone present."

"Then the contract will have to wait till later, my forces are currently dealing with the local military, probably having the times of their lives. Plus, we're hardly in a suitable location for such business. As such, I'll have someone take you back to our base, where you will wait for our return." Megatron told her.

"You have a base nearby?" the witch asked.

"More or less, it's on a nearby island off the coast of the mainland." he replied.

"And I take it my way out will be that portal I saw earlier?"

"We call it a spacebridge, it can take you anywhere, from one place to another, in a short amount of time. But I digress, it's time we get you out of harms way and towards where it's more secure." Megatron explained as he contacted his medic. "Knock Out, I need you to return to my location, you are to take our guest back to base."

"Understood sir, I'll be there shortly." Knock Out replied on his comm channel.

"Excellent, I'll be waiting."

"So, while we are waiting, you mind telling me about who or what you are?" C.C. began to inquire about her soon-to-be new contractors.

"Haven't I done so already?"

"Yes, but just saying "Decepticons" doesn't exactly explain what you are and where you're from." she explained.

"Very well then in short, and to quote how my old friend would have probably put it, "we are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron"." Megatron told her.

"Your from outer space?"

"Technically from a planet that exists on an alternate realm similar to yours, but yes, we are from outer space."

"Well that answers several age old questions. Wait, you said "an alternate realm from similar to yours", so that mean there's alternate Earth?"

"Indeed, though it's very much different than the one we are currently on. There is no Britannia, no Area 11, and Geass doesn't even exist in our realm. Plus the humans of this world are far more advanced the ones from ours, well except for one thing, that being reaching and/or having sent some of their own into space."

"Huh, interesting." she simply said as a red sports car soon returned to the warehouse and transformed back into his robot mode. Megatron soon handed him the girl and then began to contact his communications chief.

"Soundwave, I need a bridge back to base." he ordered, and in an instant a portal opened. "Now then, I'll see you two later when everything here is finished."

"Going to the battlefield sir?" Knock Out said.

"Indeed, I'm in the mood to warm up my new system, and these Britannian knightmares make an excellent target practice." Megtron told his medic. He turned to face the witch. "By the way, I have yet to ask for your name."

"Its C.C." she told him.

"C.C.?" Knock Out questioned, Megatron simply shrugged.

"I have heard stranger ones, take care of her until our return." he told the red Decepticon as he left the warehouse, Knock Out then entered the portal and left with the immortal girl. As Megatron stood outside, he then began to contact Soundwave for an update on his team's progress. "Soundwave, status report."

"Status: enemy forces in the southwest area have been eliminated, and we are pressing the advantage. Also, enemy forces are in disarray, due to local resistance having stolen several Sutherlands. They currently being lead by an unknown operator that they themselves don't know or have even met, according to their recent comments."

"Is that so?" Megatron inquired, intrigued that the rebels were able to acquire the enemy's mechs. Either the Britannians were being sloppy, or these insurgents were more resourceful than he imagined. Soundwave soon hacked into their communications and transmitted it to his and the other Decepticons speakers.

"R7 fire anchor. B7 use UN ordinance. N group you'll continue your advance." the voice spoke as it gave commands to the rebel knightmares. Something about it reminded the gladiator of a voice belonging to a Cybertronian he had known before, and it was nagging him. Suddenly, Flamewar began to speak up on their own frequency.

"Hey I know that voice! It belongs to that brat that was with green-hair when we first found her in the subway. In fact, before the fragging Royal Guards showed up, he was speaking with a soldier that was apparently an old friend of his. If I'm remembering correctly, his friend called him Lelouch." the female spark hunter reported.

"Well from what I'm hearing, this "Lelouch" seems to be outwitting the enemy, and is doing so excellent logic and impressive strategy if I may add." Shockwave gave his opinion.

"Either way, this sounds a like a promising opportunity to gain some allies and contacts within Area 11." Megatron said, already amused and possibly impressed with this group of humans and this Lelouch.

"I don't know about that chief, he may not be happy to see us... especially after I pointed my blaster at him." Flamewar said with unease.

"Of course he would." Megatron sighed. "Everyone, hold your positions. Soundwave, patch me to-"

Suddenly the ground shook a little, and in the distance, the was some smoke rising. "Soundwave, report."

"Update: Huge ground collapse spotted nearby, consuming several squads of enemy knightmares. According to the rebel transmissions, this was planned by their operator and caused by their top pilot in the Glasgow knightmare."

After a bit of silence, Megatron began to chuckle a bit. "More and more these humans continue to impress me with their resolve. Soundwave, isolate the knightmares belonging to this "Lelouch" and display it on our HUDs. Everyone, let's finish this fight. Destroy the rest, and spare the ones owned by the rebels and Lelouch. If you come across them and they fire upon you, do not kill them. Disable them and make sure they survive. We could tell them we are on their side, but knowing these humans, they'll probably shoot first and ask questions later. Decepticons, you have your orders. Carry them out, show our enemies who are true masters of war, and be hailed as heroes!"

"All hail the Decepticons!" they all cheered into their comms before continuing their attack on Clovis' forces.

Megatron was about to join in, but soon stopped when Soundwave alerted him on a recent development.

"Warning, enemy is preparing prototype knightmare designated as Lancelot."

"Is that so?" Megatron said as Soundwave soon replayed a recent transmission within the G1 Base.

Moments ago.

Clovis could only stare in shock as he watched as several of the sent knightmares were wiped out. Just who was this mastermind commanding the terrorists? Could he even be better than Tohdoh of the JLF?

"Lloyd!" the Viceroy called out to the scientist, who hadn't bothered to disconnect.

"Yes your highness?" he replied.

"Can it win? Will your toy beat them?"

"Hmph, my lord, please be so kind to call it Lancelot." Lloyd said, annoyed by the prince calling his marvel a toy. "Oh and one more thing, do you know anything about "giant, metal, transforming robots"? Our devicer was at the site where the truck carrying the poison gas exploded, and he said he had encountered two of them with along with your Royal Guards below."

"Please, and here I thought you were a scientist. Surely this pilot of yours has been affected by the poison gas released and was just seeing things." Clovis answered simply, not wanting to let the man know about the incident that occurred earlier.

"Just thought I ask out of curiosity, especially after hearing him say that the "two living robots" were a "motorcycle" and a "red sports car". But I guess that's just a coincidence then. My team will have the Lancelot up and running soon." Lloyd said his reason for asking, unnerving both the Viceroy and his staff.

"Be sure that they do." the prince told him as the scientist's screen closed and disconnected. After making sure he gone, the Viceroy then slammed his fist on the table and began to vent his frustration. "Damn it all, the more this continues, the more loose ends we'll have to take care of! Now not only will we need to recover the girl, but now we have possibly a witness that may have to "remove" later. Can this day get any worse!"

As if to mock his royal majesty, the Decepticons began continuing their assault in the distance and were slowly heading towards their battlefield.

"Sir! The unknown enemy is continuing their attack and is now slowly heading towards the rest of the ghetto!" one of the operators reported.

"Of course, our one other problem, these accursed "transforming mechs" I keep hearing about!"

"My liege, perhaps we should move you far from here. Just in case, should Lloyd's prototype fail and these unknown forces make their way here." Bartley suggested.

"Preposterous! We are well guarded by a few squads of knightmares, several tanks, gunships, as well as a few turrets attached to our base. Don't tell me you believe you're willing to believe some crazed story about some machines that can transform! There's no possible way such mechs exists!" Clovis lectured his right-hand man.

"But the accounts..."

"I'm willing to believe in motor vehicles being equipped with advanced weapons, since it sounds like something that is plausible and we have proof of it. But such simple modes of transportation turning into "living knightmares", that's something out of the realm of fantasy! We will hold our ground, and see what happens, understood?"

"Yes my liege."

"Good. Now where's that air support I ordered?!" the prince demanded.

"We don't know sir! we just got word back from the airbase, and they're reporting that they lost contact with the flight group!" one of his staff reported.

"They what?!"

"Contact them again, and find out what's going on! I want to know how they could lose track of five jets!" Bartley ordered.

"That's going to be a problem sir." One of the operators responded.

"Why?"

"Because all communications to or from the ghetto are being jammed."

Unbeknown to anyone in the room, on one of the small monitors within the room had been displaying a certain emblem for while and now disappeared as the screen returned to normal.

As the Lancelot was launched, Suzaku soon began taking down enemy knightmares with quick efficiency, which did not go unnoticed.

"This is B group, reporting enemy presence." one of the rebels reported to Lelouch.

"Hm, reinforcements? Real battle is different, isn't it?" the teenage chess master thought to himself as he picked up the radio. "Status."

"Everybody ejected, but they took out four units in nothing flat!"

"Enemy numbers?" Lelouch inquired.

"Just one. I think it's a new model, I never seen anything lik-AAAAAHHHHH!" the pilot cried out before he was taken down.

"What's happening out there?" Lelouch demanded. As he did, more and more of his units were being wiped out, much to the exiled prince disbelief and the Viceroy's relief. After taking out most of the enemy controlled Sutherlands, Suzaku soon discovers the location of the mastermind behind this. Using the Lancelot's Slash Harkens, the Honorary Britannian makes it up the building and onto the floor where the enemy leader was. Suzaku then charge's his knightmare at the Sutherland.

"You mean this thing is what's ruining my plan?!" Lelouch said as he tried to block the unknown knightmare's attack.

"Are you the guy that's in command?" Suzaku questioned the enemy pilot as he tried to push it off the building.

"Nothing more than a pilot! How dare he-" Lelouch was soon interrupted by his mech falling several floors. Fortunately his mech survived the fall. "I've no choice, I've got to get out of here."

Before Lelouch could do anything, his knightmare was knocked back by a mid-air spin kick by the new knightmare. Suzaku aimed and was about to fire his Slash Harken at the Sutherland when suddenly was intercepted by Kallen in her Glasgow.

"Hey, I'm returning the favor!" Kallen told Lelouch as she tried to buy him time to escape.

Kallen fired her remaining Harken at the Lancelot, only for it to catch it and crush it in its hands. Her Glasgow takes too much damage and is forced to eject. As she did, Lelouch quickly got out of the building and began rushing down the war-torn streets. The Lancelot was soon on his mech's heels and gaining. The fleeing mastermind then tried to fire the Sutherland's rifle at it, but Suzaku quickly dodged. Seeing that wasn't working, he tried firing at the building, hoping the debris would slow his enemy down. Unfortunately, Suzaku was able to dodge those as well.

"THAT DAMN MONSTER IS UNSTOPPABLE!" Lelouch said as he became frustrated with this unshakable menace. Suzaku was putting his all in trying to apprehend the enemy mastermind.

"Bastard, he's tearing things up for no reason." Suzaku said. Suddenly, his instruments began to alert him. Turning around, Suzaku saw a mother and her child falling from above. Quickly breaking off his pursuit with the terrorist, he turned the Lancelot around and made it jump, catching the two as he did.

Back near the G-1 base, Lloyd and his crew witness the heroic act on their monitors.

"Huh, he saved someone?" Lloyd asked.

"Yes, so it would seem." One of his assistants responded.

"Hmm, it's very strange of him." Lloyd replied as he walked away.

While still escaping in his Sutherland, Lelouch watched as the Lancelot saved the mother and child that were falling.

"In the midst of battle, he rescues someone? Hmph, I'll concede you the tactical victory here. Nevertheless..." Lelouch was about to eject from his Sutherland when suddenly his radio began speaking.

"R1 here, please respond." Noami Inoue reported.

"Your still alive? I thought you were taken out!" Lelouch questioned.

"On the contrary, me and the rest of R group survived. Apparently we entered a part of the ghetto that's been giving our radars problems, which seems to have helped us avoid being detected on it." she replied.

"Excellent, meet me at these coordinates."

"Actually sir, we found something that may even the odds with that unknown knightmare. I recommend you come here and take a look. Here's our coordinates."

Soon enough, it was sent to Lelouch's monitors. He spots their location on the display, and notices that are close to where the communications were being jammed, making him suspicious. It also wasn't helping that she sounded kind of off when she replied.

"I believe I make the decisions here. Why should I head to your location?"

"Because what we found is better to explain if we were to show you. Plus, do you really have a choice? Most of our Sutherlands are down, and we need to regroup. If you want to win as much as we do, come to our location."

Lelouch didn't like this one bit, something was definitely off. However, she had a point. While he could just leave them, eject from his knightmare, and find a way to escape on foot with his powers, he would also have a better chance at doing so with several knightmares to command. And though they were near that area where he assumes those... "mechs" were, he wasn't picking up anything strange on his radar from where they were. Lelouch then decided to go along with it and see what they found, though with caution.

"Very well, I'll be there shortly. This better be worth it."

"Trust me, it's very much worth our time." Noami said... as she and her comrades were held at gunpoint by two "living knightmares". The Decepticons Shockwave and Flamewar, who had just obliterated the Britannian Sutherlands before demanding them to bring their leader to where they were.

"Excellent, you and your friends can now exit your knightmares and regroup with the others." Shockwave told them.

"Yeah and when you do, let us know and we'll get all of you out of Shinjuku along with everyone else. And I recommend that you do, since it might not be here much longer when we are through here, ya got that." Flamewar added.

"Yes, we understand. But if you don't mind me asking, just what are you two exactly?" the human rebel asked as she and the others got out of their Sutherlands.

"We are called Decepticons, and when this is over, we request that you forget having ever encountered us."

"Why?" Naomi questioned.

"We don't want to exactly create a panic with the people on this island or the rest of the world. Besides if you told anyone else about us, they'll probably think you're crazy." Flamewar explained.

"We will reveal ourselves when the time is right, but until then, the war we have with Britannia is a secret one." Shockwave added.

"Alright then, but I have one more question."

"And that is?" Shockwave replied.

"Just what do you want with the guy on the radio?"

"Let's just say we would like to have a word with him when he arrives." Flamewar answered as they began waiting for Lelouch to arrive.

After putting the mother and child down, she ran off screaming with the child, leaving Suzaku perplexed. Cecile Croomy, Lloyd's main assistant, chimed in through the speakers.

"Suzaku, are you tired? We'll call it quits for today."

"No, I'm fine. Let me keep going." Suzaku replied. The Honorary Britannian was about to continue when he notices his communications and his radar was being jammed. "Huh? What's going on? Ms. Cecile are you there?"

Not far from his position, Suzaku began hearing a the sound of a jet engine and soon saw a dark blue aerial drone of sorts flying towards him. The flying machine started firing laser blasts at him, which were then blocked by the Lancelot's shields. The drone made another pass and began firing again, only this time Suzaku dodged it and fired his Slash Harkens at it. The drone dodges them, suddenly transforms, and spin kicks the Lancelot off balance. Suzaku was shocked by what just happened. Once again he found himself encountering another "transformer", only this time he was ready for them, especially now at the helm of a prototype seventh generation knightmare that was the Lancelot. The pilot brings his knightmare back and in a fighting stance as he stared at his opponent. Soundwave stares at him as well while straightening his wing-like arms and digits into a blade. After a moment of silence, the Lancelot makes the first move.

The knightmare charges at the Decepticon and tries to slash it with the Harken attached to its wrist. Soundwave simply spins around and dodges the strike, and proceeds to kick the back of his opponent. The Lancelot stumbles a bit before regaining balance. As it does, it then turns and fires its hip mounted Slash Harkens at the Decepticon. However, Soundwave's own "Slash Harkens" soon intercepts them. The silent mech's tentacle arms are launched quickly at the incoming projectiles, drilling towards and destroying them.

"Damn it." Suzaku swore as the transforming mecha started walking towards him. The pilot then moves the Lancelot and tries to strike at his foe once again. He tries throwing kicks and punches, which only blocked and countered with ease before being spin-kicked by his opponent back a few feet. Getting back again, Suzaku sees the Decepticon simply standing where it was before, giving him the hand gesture that said "bring it". Getting fed up with the mech constantly curb-stomping him, Suzaku charges the Lancelot at it once more, but this time increasing the speed. Soundwave did nothing as the Lancelot rapidly sped towards him. It then jumped and began doing a spin kick at him, but the blow never landed as a portal soon opened and the Lancelot fell through it.

"Be careful with his operational time!" Lloyd told Cecile and the rest of his team inside the knightmare trailer. He was going to walk around for a bit to stretch his legs.

"Yes sir!" she yelled back.

"My that boy is an excellent piece of equipment." the scientist mused as he started walking around. He didn't get much far when he began hearing his assistant call out to him urgently.

"Sir something happened!"

"What is it?" he asked.

"We've lost contact with the Lancelot!" she reported.

"What?!" Lloyd said as started running back to the trailer. "Tell me what happened!"

"We don't know sir. One minute everything was fine, the next thing we knew we were disconnected, as though we were being jammed!"

"What?! Someone is interfering with our instruments?" Lloyd asked, concerned with the well-being of his prototype knightmare and its devicer.

"It would seem so, because it is the same interference from that area where our unknown hostiles are." Cecile replied as she tried to reestablish connection with Suzaku and the Lancelot. "So far we've been unable to break through the interference."

Lloyd was about to speak again, but was soon interrupted by prince Clovis popping up on their screen.

"Lloyd! What's going on? The Lancelot disappeared from our radar!"

"We don't know, but it looks as though someone is blocking our instruments." Lloyd responded.

"You can't be serious, is there any way to break through it?!" the Viceroy demanded.

"We're trying, but it's taking us a while to-" Lloyd was soon interrupted by the sound of an incoming jet from outside.

From the G-1 base's command center, one of the staff sees what appears to be a Britannian jet coming from the distance.

"Sir, it appears that one of the fighters you called for has arrived!"

"Only one? Where's the others?" Bartley inquired.

"We don't know sir, and the pilot is not responding to our call." one of the operators reported. "Right now it looks like it's heading towards its target area within the ghetto."

"Excellent, let hope an aerial bombardment will be enough to take care of our hidden menace." Clovis said as he and the others watched the plane fly towards its destination. However, the sound of explosions they expected never came. "What the- where's my explosions? Why didn't he bomb his target?!"

"Sir! Look! The plane is turning around and is heading west!" Another one of his staff soon pointed at the jet flying turning left and was soon turning around.

"What in the world is he doing?" Clovis said as he stared at the jet.

"Somebody get us contact with that pilot immediately!" Bartley barked.

Everybody outside the G-1 base was watching as well. Among them, Lord Jeremiah and Lady Villetta, who were just as perplexed as everyone else.

"What's one of our jets doing here?" Jeremiah asked.

"Perhaps his royal highness wanted to wrap things up here and ordered a bombing run on the terrorists." Villetta guessed as they both watched the jet fly over the ghetto and start turning around as it did. Now it was coming from the west side of the mobile command base.

"What is that pilot doing? He didn't even drop his payload." Jeremiah said as he and Villetta moved to get a better look.

"More importantly, why is he flying back towards us." she said while watching.

Their questions were soon answered when said "jet" began unleashing a barrage of missiles upon them.

"What the- TAKE COVER!" Jeremiah yelled out as everyone took cover from the incoming rockets. The entire area around the base was bombarded, several soldiers were sent flying by explosions while many tanks and other vehicles were blown to bits as the missiles hit their mark. Even the command center took damage, as its front wheels were destroyed along with its turrets. Inside the somewhat burning room, the Viceroy and his staff got back their feet after being knocked down by the explosions.

"NOW WE'RE BEING ATTACKED BY OUR OWN JETS?! THIS IS INTOLERABLE!" Clovis roared, finally losing it all.

"Someone get all our remaining knightmares here on the double! Tanks and other forces as well!" Bartley shouted out orders.

"FORGET THAT! TO HELL WITH BEING DISCREET, TO HELL WITH THAT GIRL! I WANT THIS AREA AND PARTS OF THE SETTLEMENT LEVELED IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET RID OF THEM ALL!" the Viceroy continued ranting.

"Sir calm down! We need to get you to safety!" Bartley told him.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN?!" Clovis yelled at him as he grabbed him by the jacket. "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE BASTARDS, WHOEVER THEY ARE! THEY HAVE THE GALL TO STRIKE ME?! THEN SO BE IT I'LL UNLEASH HELL ON EARTH! ONCE I ESCAPE, I'LL HAVE THE NAVY BOMBARD THIS AREA WITH EVERYTHING THEY HAVE!" Clovis then started laughing crazily as he finally lost his marbles.

Meanwhile outside, Cecile was doing her best to pull Lloyd out of the trailer that had been knocked over from the attack.

"Lloyd, are you alright?" his assistant asked.

"I'm fine, but-" he then looks at the damaged trailer. "Oh great, just how are we suppose to transport the Lancelot now?"

"Lloyd, could you please be more concerned with your health instead of our transport?" Cecile sighed.

"LOOK OUT! IT'S MAKING ANOTHER PASS!" One of the soldiers cried out. As they take cover, the gunships nearby move in to defend, but are soon shot down by two new flyers. One looked liked an origami bird, the other looked more like an actual bird, but metal. With the gunships down, the remaining Sutherlands and tanks try to do their best to hold off their flying attackers.

After having ejected from her Glasgow, Kallen gets out of her cockpit and begins running through the war torn ghetto. She didn't have to run far as she was soon found by Ohgi and was brought where the others were hiding. There several people, both resistance and civilian, begin complaining about their dire situation.

"It's your fault! This is what happens when you oppose the Britannians! One of the civilians shouted.

"What?! Why you gutless coward!" Tamaki shouted back.

"How many people were killed because of this?" a woman said as she cried in fear.

"Shut up! Do you know how many of us were killed or captured do ya?!" Tamaki shouted at her. "Quit crying!"

"Ohgi, who was that voice we heard?" Kallen asked, wanting to know who was giving them orders.

"Damned if I know." he replied. "He doesn't answer when I call. So maybe he bought it-" before he could finish, the blast doors to the warehouse were blown open and a Britannian tank began coming through the smoke.

"There! You see? Instead of following someone we don't even know, we should have used the poison gas." Tamaki yelled at Ohgi.

"But he..." Ohgi's soon became quiet as several soldiers began charging in.

"Damn Nagata to hell!" Tamaki swore.

"So this is where you Eleven vermin scurried of to." the tank commander said as he raised his hand. "Prepare to fire."

The soldiers begin to taking aim, and it would seem that this was the end for Kallen and everyone else in the room.

"Comme-" commander was soon interrupted by a whistle, which soon prompted everyone to stop what they were doing. The Britannians soon turn around and are soon dumbstruck by sight before them.

Behind them was two metal men carrying big guns. One wielded a minigun, the other a knightmare rifle. The one with the minigun began to speak.

"Well look at what he have here bro. It's what the humans call a "Mexican standoff"." Frenzy remarked, he was wearing a pair of sunglasses that he found lying around.

"Ah, bro, I think a "Mexican Standoff" is only between three people." Rumble told his bro while chewing some gum he found.

"Nu-uh, it's also between three parties. Us, those guys on the other side, and the dumb afts between us and them." Frenzy retorted. "Also, what the hell are you chewing?"

"Something called gum, found it on one of the dead bodies. By the way, you do know we're here to save the guys on the other side, right?" Rumble replied.

"Oh yeah. Alright then, yo, bucketheads! It would seem we have you surrounded! Now I'm not a bettin' man, but I'm pretty sure the rifle my bro here has is enough to make your freakin' tank over blow up like confetti. And while your puny weapons can turn those meatbags on the other side into what you call "swiss cheese", with us, not so much. And I take it that it would take a minute to move that big turret of yours around, which will not be enough to stop this big, beautiful weapon of destruction from blowing it to itty-bitty bits. So here's what you're going to do to avoid having us tear you all into shreds. You're going to drop your weapons, move yourselves and that fat tank of yours out of the building, and get the hell out of here before we pump your squishy guts full of lead. Comprende?"

"Who, no, what the hell are you?" the commander questioned them as his troops aimed their rifles at the metal menaces. The turret was still pointed at the group of Elevens, who simply watched the strange scene before them, trying to make sense of it.

"That's a mighty fine question. We fine, handsome, magnificent bad afts are Decepticons. And if there's is one thing that we do best, and have fun in, is killin' fine losers such as yourselves. Now get to droppin' or we start poppin'." Frenzy replied as he and Rumble ready their weapons.

"Like hell we are! As soon as we drop our weapons and start leaving, what's stopping you from shooting us anyway?" one of the soldiers shouted back.

"Yeah! And they way I see it, our tank is holding these vermin hostage. So really it should be you that is dropping the weapons." another spoke out.

"Nu-uh!" Rumble retorted.

"Uh, ya-huh!" the soldier said back.

"Nu-uh!"

"Ya-huh!"

"Nu-uh!"

"Ya-"

"Will you idiots shut up and just shoot for pete's sake!" the commander yelled. But before anyone could make a move, a metal jaguar crashed through the warehouse ceiling and landed on the tank. It took a hold of the commander and threw him over to the Elevens before going inside the tank and tearing everyone inside apart as they scream for help.

"WHAT THE FU-ACK!" the soldier didn't finish as he and the others were soon mowed down like grass by the twins big guns. The Elevens quickly took cover to avoid the line of fire. As soon as it was over, they soon looked up to see the carnage before them. Rumble and Frenzy began inspecting their handiwork.

"Heh, really should have listened. What took you so long Ravage?" Frenzy asked.

Ravage ignored him as he got out of the tank and walked towards the Elevens.

"What in the hell are you guys?!" Tamaki yelled at them.

"Jeez, didn't we just say that." Frenzy remarked.

"Yeah, you guys have a hearin' problem or somethin'? We are the Decepticons and we're here to save your scrawny afts meatbags! So show some respect!" Rumble told Tamaki.

"I think he means to say what exactly are Decepticons, also forgive Tamaki he can be somewhat of an ass." Kallen told the minicon.

"Hey! I have every right to be freaked out by these guys! Just when do metal men just pop out of nowhere!"

"Excuse me, you said your here to save us?" one of the Elevens spoke up.

"Yep, also waiting for the rest to show up." Frenzy replied.

"Rest? You mean you saved more of us?" Kallen spoke up, who couldn't believe that she was talking to robots but relieved to hear that more survived.

"Yeah, I think they're with your fellow resistance. They were led by some chick with long blue hair." Rumble answered.

"Noami? I thought we lost her!" Ohgi was happy to hear that more of his crew survived.

"Yeah, according to Shockwave, she and the others were pinned down by a group of Sutherlands controlled by the Britannians. "Were" being the specific term. Right now she and the others are making their way here." Frenzy said as on cue Noami and the others were ran inside.

"Ohgi, you're alive!" Noami said with relief.

"Yeah, thanks to these guys." Ohgi said as he looked at their strange saviors.

"You're welcome." Frenzy replied.

"Huh, so you guys come in smaller sizes." Naomi commented.

"What was that?! Who you callin' small!" Frenzy took offense as usual, and his bro had to hold him back as usual.

"Sorry 'bout that. He takes his height very personal."

"Wait a minute... You mean you guys are bigger?!" Tamaki exclaimed.

"Well duh, were what you call minicons." Rumble stated.

"But don't let the name fool ya, especially after showing you guys what we did to those meatbags. No offense." Frenzy said.

"Some taken." Naomi eyed the minicon.

"So just how big are the ones you guys met?" Kallen questioned.

"Well one was a purple female with orange flames and she was just as tall as a knightmare" Noami described.

"That would be Flamewar." Rumble added.

"And there was another, a purple one that was twice the size and had a huge cannon for an arm." Naomi continued.

"And it obliterated those Britannians completely! Seriously, all that was left was a crater!" one of Naomi's teammates spoke up.

"Are you serious?!" Tamaki and the others couldn't believe what they were hearing.

"Yep, that's Shockwave for ya. You know, the one I mentioned earlier." Rumble told Ohgi and the others.

"Anyway, after helping us, they held us a gunpoint and forced us to tell that voice we've been following orders from to come over where we were. After doing so, they ordered us out of our knightmares and to find you and the others before getting us out of the ghetto." Naomi finished.

"At gunpoint?" Kallen said as she everyone else looked at the three mechs.

"Well what you expected? If ya encountered two Cybertronians that just creamed a bunch of pushovers, would be friendly to us at first and not shoot?" Rumble explained.

"Wait, I thought you guys were Decepticons?" Ohgi inquired.

"Ugh, way to go motormouth! So much for keepin' things to ourselves." Frenzy smacked the back of his head.

"Ow, well excuse me!"

"Anyway, we're technically Cybertronians and our group is called the Decepticons."

"Okay, but where did you guys come from?" Kallen asked.

"From the planet Cybertron, duh!" Rumble was then smacked by Ravage this time. "Ow!"

"What did I just tell you, ya moron!" Frenzy barked at his bro.

"You're from space?!" Ohgi said as everyone was soon dumbfounded by the revelation.

"Well technically a planet from a parallel uni- OW OW OW!" Rumble was then clobbered by both of them.

"WILL YA SHUT UP?!" Frenzy yelled at him.

"Dammit, you made me swallow my gum." Rumble grumbled.

"GOOD! Now listen everyone, what you heard does not leave this room! If you tell anyone else, ya gonna end up like these corpses here, capice?!"

"Fair enough, but what's a bunch or alien robots doing on Earth?" Ohgi asked and was soon stared down by the three. "Nevermind."

"Look, all you need to know is that we're here on business and beating the scrap out of these Britannians is just extra, ya got that? Now sit back and chill while we all wait for our boss to send us our ticket out of here." Frenzy told the rebel cell leader.

"Yeah, which should come after the others take out the last of them." Rumble added.

"I don't get it, why bother with secrecy if you're making a racket with the enemy?" Yoshitaka questioned.

"Think about, you have a foe beyond anythin' you could possibly imagine. If they we're to make a huge fuss about in public, people are gonna panic and there will be chaos, something no one wants." Frenzy explained.

"Hence why our fight with those Britannians will be a secret one." Rumble added as Ravage soon growled when the Britannian tank commander began to wake up after being thrown by him. As he got up, he soon noticed everyone staring at him.

"Well look who's still functions. Why don't you guys fix that while we wait?" Rumble said with a menacing grin. Soon enough a crowd of angry Elevens began surrounding the tank commander, prompting him to pull out his pistol.

"Back, I order you vermin to stay back or I'll shoo-ARGH!" the Britannian's hand that was holding the pistol was shot off by Frenzy's built in blaster, which then reverted back into a hand. The Elevens then moved forward and closed in on him.

"Wait, stop! STOP! STO-AAAHHH!" he cried out as they began beating him to death.

As soon as they were finished, a huge explosion erupted in the distance.

Lelouch was almost at the location he was given, and so far he hadn't encountered any hostile threats. While this was a good thing, Lelouch didn't think so, as he half expected to run into some enemy knightmares while getting there. Up ahead, the ex-prince saw the Sutherlands belonging to R group and began contacting them.

"I'm here, now what exactly did you find?"

There was no response, and even more strange, the knightmares didn't turn to face him or react to his presence.

"I order you to respond." he commanded again as he got closer. Still nothing. Seeing that they were still not reacting, used his Sutherland to tap one of their shoulders. When nothing happened, Lelouch shook the mech, and then proceeded to open its cockpit. As he did, he found it empty.

"What?" Lelouch said in shock.

Suddenly, an energy bolt struck the left leg of his knightmare, knocking it over. Lelouch then tried to open his cockpit, and after doing so found himself staring at a barrel of a large cannon, wielded by a giant purple mech with one big, red eye. As he stared, he soon heard the motor of a motorcycle and turned to see it transform into the metal being he encountered earlier.

"Well hello again squirt, glad to see that your still functional." she greeted.

"W-Want do you want?" Lelouch asked, fearing for his life.

"We have a few question we would like ask." Shockwave told him.

"That, and our boss would like to have a word with you personally, which is why we'll be taking you with us." Flamewar added as she too aim at the young human. "But until then, nighty night." she then fired a stun blast at Lelouch, putting him to sleep.

As they did, a huge explosion came about in the distance, and the two Decepticons turned to see a large amount of smoke rising in the distance.

After being sent into a spacebridge, the Lancelot shortly exits the portal, and Suzaku finds himself falling from the sky and into a building below him. Crashing through several floors and onto the ground floor of the dilapidated structure. As the Honorary Britannian tried to bring his mech up, he soon hears the roar of a jet engine once more. The silent mech transforms into his bipedal form and slowly walks toward the building, stopping a few feet from it. The Lancelot tries to move, but finds its legs damaged from the fall. However, that did little to deter its devicer.

"You bastard, have a taste of this!" He then fired the Slash Harkens from the Lancelot's wrists.

They soon rocketed towards the Decepticon as it slowly lifts its right arm. A strange blaster soon appears on it and fires pink rings of sonic energy, pushing back the Slash Harkens back towards their owner. They soon hit a couple of pillars near him that held up the floors above him, which soon collapse on him. Soundwave continued firing the Resonance Blaster towards the building, which then came crumbling down, burying the prototype knightmare within.

"Soundwave: Superior. Knightmare: Inferior." the spymaster spoke as he took the time to study his work.

The Decepticon then received a signal from his master and transformed back into his alt-mode, taking off before he could even check to see if the pilot was still alive. Alive or not, it wasn't a concern. His orders were to remove the prototype from play, and that's what he did. With it buried in rubble, it would be a while for rescue to come. And since it was buried, there was a good chance that there was a limited amount of oxygen within that cockpit. So unless rescue makes it in time, the pilot will surely suffocate. But if the pilot does survive, it would be a rematch to look forward to later.

A while after flying off into the distance, a huge explosion occurred in the distance.

At the G-1 base, the siege brought on by the flying menaces continued. The ground forces surrounding the mobile command center were trying their best to fight them off, but were mostly unsuccessful as they were slowly being taken out one by one.

"Damn it all, where's reinforcements when we need it?" Lord Jeremiah yelled.

"Sir! We're still trying to contact our outside forces, but we can't break through whatever is jamming the transmissions in and out of the ghetto!" one of the soldiers reported.

"This is intolerable!" Lady Villetta said as she fired another rocket from her launcher, only for it to be blown to bits by the drones laser fire.

"Is there anyway to move the Viceroy's transport out of here?" Kewell asked. He had lost his knightmare earlier, and was trying to aid in the defense against the new enemy.

"I'm sorry to say that's impossible, both wheels, front and back, have been destroyed." the soldier replied.

"Great, just how in the hell are we going to get his royal highness our of here then?" Jeremiah said as he continued firing at the enemy.

Inside the command center, Clovis was still losing it as Bartley and the rest of his staff tried their best to find a way to break the interference.

"Any luck?" Bartley inquired as the sound battle raged outside their base.

"No sir, still getting interference." one of the technicians said glumly.

"Well keep trying, we need to get his highness out of here." the general told him as he looked at the Viceroy who was still ranting.

"Burn them all to hell, that's what I'm gonna do. I'm going to burn them and and this entire city to hell for good measure!" Clovis said crazily. He was then slapped by Bartley.

"Get a hold of yourself my lord, we'll get everything under control soon and you out to safety! Just think what would happen if your father were to find out you were crumbling to pressure in the heat of battle, I doubt he would be happy!" Bartley berated him. After a moment, Clovis began to regain his senses.

"You're right... But how are we supposed fend off these them off? We have no communications and they're picking out our men one by one!"

"Um, sir." one of the staff spoke out.

"What is it? Have you gotten through?" Bartley answered.

"No, but..."

"Then what is it-" Bartley stopped mid-sentence he and Clovis realized that something happened.

It suddenly became quiet.

Viceroy and his officer soon rush to the window and saw that their attackers were suddenly leaving. Even the troops outside were perplexed at the sight.

"What the hell is going on? They had us running ragged and now they just stop?" Villetta questioned.

"I don't know, but I don't-" Jeremiah was interrupted by one of the soldiers nearby.

"Sir! Vehicle approaching 12:00 from our position!"

"What?" Jeremiah took out a pair of binoculars and looked ahead. Coming from the distance, a large silver tank emerged from the smoke. It looked like an ordinary tank, treads and all. Something that the Japanese military used in defense against Britannia's invasion several years ago, something that was easily taken down by their knightmares then. However, considering the foes they had been facing, it must be something more than an ordinary tank. It was slowly moving towards them.

"A tank?" Villetta observed.

"Everyone, hold your fire! We don't what it's capable of! Form a defensive perimeter, Vickers squad move in to intercept!" the Purist commanded.

"Yes my lord!" the pilots replied as they charged their Sutherlands at the tank.

However, as they got close, something happened. Something that soon turned every Britannian's blood cold and send a shiver down their spine. Something that would live in infamy on this day.

The tank began to changing, and in moments, what was a tank became a ten-and-a-half meter tall, metal giant.

"OH-" the pilot pulled the brakes.

"-MY-" Jeremiah dropped his binoculars.

"-GOD!" Clovis stared in horror at the very thing he called a "fantasy" earlier.

Everyone froze at the sight at the metal titan before them, some even dropped their weapons and/or whatever they were holding.

"CLOVIS!" Megatron called out the Viceroy's name, terrifying the man even more as the metal giant began making his way towards him.

"PROTECT HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS! FOR BRITANNIA!" one of the pilots shouted as the squad moved in to defend.

Megatron fired his fusion cannon and completely obliterated two of the five incoming knightmares. Two stopped and began firing their rifles while the third one managed to get close enough to use his Slash Harken. A poor decision as the gladiator caught it and began to swing the knightmare around, after which he then let go and sent the knightmare flying towards its comrades, crashing and causing the three to explode from impact.

"Such heroic nonsense." the gladiator remarked as he continued marching towards the base.

"ALL KNIGHTMARES CHARGE! ALL CANNONS FIRE! HIT THAT THING WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT!" Jeremiah ordered, though the soldiers began firing out of fear before he could even finished.

"FOR BRITANNIA!" the pilots charged.

"Yes, come! There is no greater glory than to fall at the hand of a true warrior!" Megatron remarked.

All of the knightmares guarding the base soon took charge against the mighty foe. Cannons fired and rifles sounded off as everything was thrown at the silver giant. But even with all that, they did little to stop the unstoppable juggernaut. Megatron blasted knightmares and tanks alike, sliced and slashed every Sutherland that came in his path, and grabbed and tossed those that would be foolish enough to take the Champion of Kaon far into the distance. Eventually all knightmares were slain and obliterated, and the great gladiator began firing his powerful cannon of destruction toward the wall of tanks that stood between him and his target. While many of their cannons continued to fire in name of their majesty and their empire, some began to cower and started to flee in fear.

"STAND AND FIGHT YOU COWARDS!" Kewell shouted at the fleeing soldiers.

"ISN'T THERE ANYTHING TO STOP THAT MONSTER!" Villetta yelled as she watched Megatron continue his approach, dodging or brushing off whatever came at him.

"Lloyd! We have to go! We need to find the Lancelot and get to safety before that thing-"

"Is perfection! Never have I imagine seeing something impossible become a reality. That transformation and those weapons! That face, is that thing actually alive?!" Lloyd interrupted Cecile as he stared in awe at the mech before him.

"Apparently! And we'll be toast if we stay any longer! Come on!" she told him as she dragged him away from the danger as Megatron closed in on the base.

The last tank was finally blown to bits and the remaining soldiers began scattering, either looking for cover or continued shooting from the open. It did little damage as Megatron then jumped into the air and proceeded to cause a shock wave upon his landing, sending everyone in its wake flying. With no one else left to oppose him, Megatron began to speak.

"Clovis la Britannia, Third Prince of Britannia. I, Megatron Prime, Leader of the Decepticons and bringer of justice, have found you guilty of abusing your power over those weaker than yourself and slaughtering those that could not defend themselves. For that, you shall pay dearly... WITH YOUR LIFE!" Megatron declared as he fully charged his fusion cannon and fired at the G-1 base. The blast hit dead center, and the base was consumed in a mighty explosion. After the blast wave ceased and the smoke cleared, all that was left was a smoking crater. Megatron then turned to face the surviving humans.

"Let this be a lesson to you all! Abuse the power you have, and you will pay the price. If I find out about anymore senseless slaughtering brought on by your hands, I will not return to Area 11, but to your capital of Pendragon in Britannia, and BURN IT TO THE GROUND! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" he barked at them.

"YES, WE UNDERSTAND! WE WON'T SHOOT DOWN ANYMORE ELEVENS!" one of the soldiers cried out.

"JAPANESE!" Megatron corrected.

"SORRY! WE WON'T SHOOT MORE JAPANESE! PLEASE DON'T KILL US!" the soldier cowered as they stared in horror.

"Good. Now who is next in charge?" He inquired.

Soon enough, soldiers began pushing up Lord Jeremiah in front of the giant.

"And you are?"

"Lord Jeremiah Gottwald, Margrave and a member of the Purist Faction." Jeremiah introduced himself, trying his best not to be intimidated by the talking, metal titan.

"Purist Faction?" Megatron raised his metal eyebrow.

"We're a group that believes Britannia's society and military should not be dirtied by foreigners-"

"I was being rhetorical you twit. What I cannot fathom how an empire such as yourselves believes in something as idiotic as blood purity or genetics. Then again, it would make sense how my warriors and I were easily able to wipe the floor with you mongrels. You're the saddest excuse of an empire if I ever saw one, with moronic beliefs and incompetent soldiers, not to mention your lazy nobles and your pathetic royal family." Megatron said with disdain.

"How dare you insult his majesty's famil-" the soldier was then vaporized by the Decepticon leader.

"As I was saying, you're empire is nothing more than sham! Warriors serving sloths in human clothing when they are more fit to rule. If you think your Britannia is the shining example of the survival of the fittest, it is but a gross representation of it! I know what a true empire is, I know what it means for the strong to rule and the weak to follow. I say to you that if you think you're anyway superior over the rest of you species, you are dead wrong and are bound to be crushed by the heel of those like myself, the ones who are truly strong! Now call off the rest of your troops and let the civilians leave the ghetto in peace, or else I'll have my warriors lay waste to your homeland." Megatron ordered.

After being given the ultimatum and having to admit defeat, reluctantly picked up the radio and issued the command.

"This is Lord Jeremiah to all units, ceasefire! I repeat, ceasefire at once! All destruction of property and buildings is to stop immediately. All Elevens are not to be harmed and are to be left alone. Any harm that comes to any of them, there will be a severe punishment. In the name of Clovis la Britannia, ceasefire at once!" Jeremiah finished and waited for their response.

"...Yes my lord." the soldiers replied on the radio.

"Satisfied?" the Margrave asked the titan.

"Indeed." Megatron replied as a portal soon opened, surprising the Britannians that saw it. "And now I take my leave. Remember my warning, or suffer the wrath of the Decepticons!" the mighty gladiator said his farewell.

"Wait!" Jeremiah spoke out to the Decepticon.

"Yes?"

"If you believe in the strongest of the fittest, why even care for the weak?" Jeremiah questioned.

"Because while I am the strongest, it is the responsibility for the mighty to look over the weak, and to be the inspiration for them to become stronger and mightier than they were before. Something you Britannians need to learn, as well as one other thing."

"And that is?" the Margrave asked.

"Empires never last." Megatron said simply as he entered the green aperture and vanished. Soon the portal did so as well, leaving the Jeremiah and the others staring where it once was as they begin to contemplate on what they just experienced.

"Just what the hell happened?" Villetta asked as she began to question her sanity.

"Well, apparently we were just slaughtered, our viceroy and his staff was just reduced to dust, and now there's such things as metal giants and wormholes appearing out of nowhere. It's unbelievable, but yet all so fascinating-ow ow ow!" Lloyd began to feel pain as Cecile pulled his ears.

"Lloyd, you're not helping." she growled.

"Either way, hell is exactly what just happened." Kewell spoke up.

"Indeed, and I fear that's not the last we'll see of them." Jeremiah said as he and the others began recovering and picking up the pieces.

Later on that day, Jeremiah would be given Bartley's position of Acting-Consul of Area 11. While this was a step forward for his and the Purist Faction's plan on getting rid of Honorary Britannians from the military, he would unfortunately be the one to report Clovis's death to his Emperor, as well as explain their humiliating defeat. Suzaku was fortunately rescued in time, and would be in the hospital for a while. Lloyd was still blown away but what had happened, but was also distressed upon finding how badly damaged the Lancelot became by its encounter with Soundwave. As for the Elevens, all who survived were able to leave the ghetto in peace, but were told to keep their mouths shut on what had happened. The same was applied to the soldiers in order to prevent panic from spreading about Clovis's demise and their transforming enemies, the Decepticons. But even so, there would eventually be rumors regarding the "Demons of Shinjuku", which soon became a hot new topic among conspiracy theorists.

As for Lelouch and Ohgi's resistance cell, well...

Coming out of the spacebridge, Megatron was welcomed to the sight of his fellow Decepticons cheering in victory.

"Decepticons, today we are victorious! We have tasted battle and came out as the absolute victors!" Megatron declared, increasing the applaud among his warriors. As he began walking towards the makeshift huts that served as their temporary base of operations, until the underground base could be built, Starscream soon came up to him to report.

"A glorious day for the Decepticons, eh sir?"

"Indeed, and you have done well Starscream. Soundwave told me how you handled their incoming jet fighters, excellent work." the Prime complimented his second-in-command.

"Oh it was nothing really. To be honest they didn't put up much of fight as I anticipated." the air commander gloated.

"Nevertheless, you and everyone else did an admirable work on this day. However, there's still work to be done." Megatron said as he entered the main hut that served as their command center. "Now report."

"Yes Megatron. Rumble, Frenzy, and Ravage returned with the rebel cell after getting the civilians to safety. They are currently in the medical hut, awaiting your presence."

"And the one called Lelouch?"

"Currently at Shockwave's lab." Starscream said simply. "Though I must confess, why did you change your mind about letting them go?"

"Because I have decided they will be useful to our cause in many ways. They will become our allies, as well as our eyes and ears in Area 11. That, and at some point we are going to be recruiting an army of humans, so why don't we start now while we're ahead. Now then, where's C.C.?"

"Present." C.C. said as she stood on top of the makeshift table in the center of the room.

"Ah there you are. I take it Knock Out made sure you were comfortable until we returned?"

"That depends, your medic brought me up to date regarding the Dark Knights and the Dark Spark. So processing what he said, how am I suppose to be comfortable knowing that possibly soon four giant, demonic beings will rise to tear this world apart, bringing the end of the world?" C.C. replied.

"Now you know how I feel." Starscream remarked.

"Even so, my Decepticons and I determined to make sure that doesn't happen. And will start by trying to unite the people of this world and create a force capable of taking on these monsters." Megatron said with confidence.

"Well you certainly made an impression on the locals. You do know they're only going to increase their military and bring out a state of emergency across the world. No doubt, spreading panic and chaos everywhere."

"I doubt that, they will most likely try to keep this under wraps to remain in control. As for our war with them, I'll be making our declaration later when they hold their emergency meeting tonight."

"Let me guess, Soundwave?" the witch asked.

Megatron nodded. "When I declare our war with them, it will be under our terms."

"And what makes you think they'll go to war on your conditions?" C.C. inquired as Flip Sides and the other minicons came in carrying what appeared to be tied up bodies trying to break loose.

"Let's just say we have an insurance policy that will guarantee it." Megatron smirked as he looked down at their new hostages.

After setting them down, the minicons removed the bags from the prisoners' heads, revealing them to be a very much alive Clovis and his staff.

End of Chapter 2

"Next time, on the Gladiator and the Revolutionary. While they were victorious in Shinjuku, the Decepticons' work is not yet over. With Clovis and his staff secretly taken hostage, Megatron plans to interrupt the Britannians' meeting and declare his war against them while using the royal to set the terms for the war. But before then, he meets with the student called Lelouch, and discovers that he too made a contract with the immortal witch known as C.C. Meanwhile, Starscream and the other Decepticons chat with their other guests, and Oghi and his fellow resistance members, and discuss a possible alliance. Afterwards, Megatron signs a contract with C.C., and soon the gladiator and his warriors are granted power beyond their comprehension. What powers do they gain? What will happen when Megatron meets with the former prince? How will the Britannians take the Prime's declaration of war? All will be answered in the next thrilling chapter of the Gladiator and the Revolutionary!"