Just a reminder, I have no ownership over Code Geass or DC Comics.

Also, be prepared. The Atrocitus here will be different from both canon and my last attempt at this story.

Enjoy!

Jailbreak

OA

The Sciencells of Oa, meant to store the greatest enemies of the Green Lanterns.

In one such cell, one more heavily fortified than the rest, laid Atrocitus. To prevent the usage of his ring, a Blue Lantern battery, lent to the Guardians by Saint Walker, was laid before his cell. And on his arms, legs, and waist, restraints were put in place to suppress his immense strength

One would think that being powerless would render him harmless. But the Green Lanterns knew better. The other prisoners knew better. And even as he refused to move, or even open his eyes, they refused to go near the cell.

All but one, that is.

As Abin Sur walked past each cell, the prisoners rilled up and jeered at him. But he paid them no mind. He continued his walk, until he made it to his destination.

"Atrocitus" he said as he looked at the prisoner before. At hearing the Ungarans voice, Atrocitus opened his eyes to glare at his enemy.

"I've come to inform you of your sentence. Tomorrow, the Alpha Lanterns will be executing you in front of the Citadel".

"An execution? On Oa?" Atrocitus lifted his head to stare Abi Sur directly in his eyes. He scoffed. "It seems your Guardians are finally showing their true colors".

"This fate is of your doing Atrocitus" Abin retorted. " You chose to wage war against us. You chose to defy the Guardians..."

"What would you have me do instead?" Atrocitus interrupted. His voice was not laced with it's usual rage. It was far more reserved, and... sad? "The blue devils and their Manhunters killed my people, and wiped all life from my sector. Do you honestly expect me to able to forgive such a heinous crime?"

"I have only come to inform you. I have nothing to discuss with you" Abin cooly responded. He turned to walk away, and Atrocitus spoke again.

"Not even the rage you hide within yourself?" That question stopped Abin dead in his tracks. "What are you talking about?"

"Do not attempt to hide it. The wounds of betrayal mark you to your core", Atrocitus said. "Your brother Sinestro turned against both you and your Corp. Your own son chose his uncle over you. Do no pretend that these betrayals do not wound you."

Abin Sur turned and met Atrocitus' gaze. For several moments, neither spoke.

"Tomorrow you will be dead. Perhaps then your deranged Corp will be easier to dispose of." And with that, Abin Sur took his leave, leaving Atrocitus alone.

Confined in his cell, Atrocitus pondered his options. Without him, his Corp would have no direction, no leadership. He had ensured that no Red Lantern other than himself (and possibly Dex-Starr) could form logical thought. That meant that hoping that they would mount a rescue for him would be a fools hope.

Perhaps he should have let allowed some of them to retain their intellect.

He could attempt to escape himself, but the Blue Lantern battery was nullifying the powers of his ring, and the greens were likely to have one present at his planned execution. His strength, while immense, was also being held back by the enchanted restraints being used on him.

His options were limited, and his time was short. He needed to find a means to escape. In order to prevent those deaths from being in vain.

Yhsmault

"This is really good. What did you say it was called?" Lelouch asked as he took another bite into an alien fruit. He had recently remembered that he needed food, and Dex-Starr had shown him a forest with trees that gave surprisingly delicious fruit.

"Massster callsss it blood fruit. He likes it too" Dex-Starr informed him. He then floated up and positioned himself on Lelouch's shoulder. "Plan?" he asked.

"Right. Right" Lelouch muttered as he quickly finished the fruit. He started pacing as he explained his ideas. "So he's being held on a planet called Oa, in the uhh... Sciencells?" he asked the cat, who nodded in confirmation.

"Ok. So we need a way to get him out without the Green Lanterns stopping us. You said you can create wormholes?"

"Yessss. Massster taught me" Dex-Starr confirmed.

"Alright. So we can use that for entry and escape. But how do we get to the Sciencells without attracting the enemies?"

Dex-Starr pondered the question before responding. "I do not know."

Hearing that, Lelouch took a seat on the ground, trying to come up with a viable solution. He needed something that would distract all the Green Lanterns so that he and Dex-Starr could free Atrocitus. Something loud, impossible to ignore.

As he continued wondering, he realized that he had walked back to where he first met the other members of the Corp. They were still there, fighting amongst themselves.

"What about the rest of the Red Lanterns?" he asked Dex-Starr, who looked at him in surprise. "Can't we use them as a distraction?"

"Yesss", Dex-Starr agreed smiling. But then he frowned. "Ssstill need more."

"Why?" Lelouch asked.

"Red Lanternsss hundred. Green Lanternsss thousand."

"Oh" Lelouch said, realizing his disadvantage. The Red Lanterns could be a great diversion, but they wouldn't be enough to distract the whole Green Corps.

He needed something else. Something to catch the Greens off guard first, and then send the Reds after them. He turned his eyes to the Red Lanterns. They were still fighting one another. Nothing was different from before.

Except for the blue-skinned woman with wings.

Lelouch didn't know her name, but unlike the others, she wasn't fighting anyone anymore. She seemed to be stalking the the alien with one eye and purple skin (Lelouch would definitely need to learn their names). Behind the purple alien, there was a large rock. The woman walked up behind him, and pushed the rock down on him.

The purple skin was immediately brought down. He managed to get the rock off, but the disorientation from being knocked down made him vulnerable. The winged woman took advantage of that when she tackled him down.

Seeing this, Lelouch's face broke into a grin.

"Hey Dex-Starr?"

The cat focused its face on Lelouch. "What?"

"Do you know if there are any astroid or meteor belts close to Oa?"

The Next Day- Oa

"Today is the day" said Tomar-Re, the Xudarian member of the Green Lantern Corps.

"Yeah. 'Bout time too. Poozers will probably sleep better with Big Red out of the way" said Kilowog, the Green Lanterns resident Bolovaxian. "Hell, the rest of his blood-thirsty lunatics might just be easier to deal with now."

"Perhaps Kilowog, perhaps" said Salaak, the ever pessimistic Keeper of the Book of Oa. "Do you share this optimism, Abin Sur?"

The mentioned Ungaran did not respond, as he was focused on the Citadel of Oa. His intense stare caused worry in Tomar, one of his closest friends.

"Abin, is everything all right?"

His concentration broken, Abin responded to his friend. "I am alright old friend. And today is a good day, for we will be free of an enemy." He turned back to the Citadel. "But what concerns me is the Guardians. They know that Atrocitus is to be executed today, but they still chose to leave the planet. I do not know why."

Salaak then spoke up. "The records say they left to secure an alliance with the new leaders of Korugar. They also mentioned that they would be visiting the site of a recently imploded planet. They want to see if there is anything to preserve."

Kilowog snorted. " I know those missions are important and all, but why the would the Guardians want to perform them themselves? And why today?"

At this, Abin Sur sighed. "I suppose we will have to do as we always have, and place our faith in the Guardians. And let us not forget that, as you said Tomar, today is the day."

And with that, all four friends began walking to the Citadel.

Space- 50 Miles From Oa

"Did they get them?" Lelouch asked the approaching Dex-Starr.

Once Dex-Starr was close enough, he nodded in confirmation.

"Good, so now we ca..."

"Two thingsss" Dex-Starr interrupted, just as the rest of the Red Lanterns took their places around them.

"What? What two things?" Lelouch asked the cat, confused.

"One. New name" he said, confusing Lelouch further. "I have a name. I told you, its Lelo..."

"Weak name! Need new one" Dex-Starr said as he started floating incircles around Lelouch. He eyed and sniffed certain parts of him, irritating him greatly.

"Would you stop wasting time? We need to..."

"Got it!" Dex-Starr suddenly said.

"Got what?" Lelouch asked.

"New name" Dex-Starr said before floating up to meet Lelouch at eye level.

"Rankorr".

"Rankorr? Really?" Lelouch deadpanned. "Fine, whatever, now can we...?"

"Two" Dex-Starr interrupted again. "Masssk."

Lelouch furrowed his eyebrows upon hearing that. "Why do I need a mask?" he asked.

"You are human. That isss bad. Hide your face".

That response left Lelouch even more confused. "Why is being a human a bad thing?" he asked.

That question seemed to irritate Dex-Starr. "Weak ssspeciesss. Underessstimate. Now tell ring for massskk. Now!" he ordered.

"Fine! Fine, I'll do it" Lelouch agreed. he was slightly offended, but he looked at his ring. "Can you make me a mask?" he asked it. The ring glowed in response, and Lelouch did feel something warm around his face. But he didn't feel any different.

"Did it work?" he asked Dex-Starr, who nodded in response. "Now can we start?"

Another nod.

Lelouch took a look around at the Red Lanterns. It had taken some work, but Lelouch and Dex-Starr had managed to make the other Lanterns follow their orders. It was especially difficult since many of them seemed incapable of thinking about anything past fighting. But to Lelouch, the efforts were worth it. Especially when he saw they cargo they carried with them.

Meteors.

Surprisingly, the group was able to find an abundance of meteors in a belt not too far from Oa. They managed to get about two dozen in their possession.

Currently, the group was outside of the planet Oa's range to detect. Fortunately, they were within range to launch the meteors straight at the planet.

"Everyone ready?" Lelouch yelled at his group. Dex-Starr nodded at him, while everyone else just growled. Lelouch took that as a yes.

"Get ready!" he ordered. As he did, he used his ring to form practiced constructs around the three closest meteors: catapult constructs. The rest of the group merely covered their meteors in a red aura in preparation to toss them.

All eyes were focused on Oa. Specifically, the area where the citadel was supposed to be.

"Fire!"

And with that order, the meteors were shot directly at Oa. Once they had entered the atmosphere, the meteors shot towards the surface of the planet with intense power.

Lelouch smirked at the sight, and then turned to Dex-Starr.

"Get the wormhole ready."

Oa

"Jeez, what's taking the poozers so long?" Kilowog exclaimed as he waited for the execution to begin.

Tomar-Re turned to his large friend. "Atrocitus is one of the most powerful creatures in the galaxy Kilowog, so I assume that caution and patience would be required to move him. Also, I would avoid calling the Alpha Lanterns "poozers". They might take that as an insult."

Kilowog at his response. "They act like poozers, I call them poozers. 'Sides, the whole Corp is here to watch the show. Not very nice to keep everyone waiting."

"The Alpha Lanterns are meant to be the best of us. Don't think being nice to us is their main concern" Salaak said.

"Peace, please" said Abin Sur. " Everyone is feeling a little impatient, but let us simply calm down and wait..."

Suddenly, the rings on every Green Lantern began to glow and beep. The alarms throughout all the Citadel began to blare with warning.

Warning! Meteors on Route for Citadel Inbound!

Upon hearing this, the Lanterns looked to the sky with fear. There they saw the large space rocks hurling straight towards them.

"Ring!",yelled Abin Sur. "How many meteors are inbound? And how long until they reach us?"

25 meteors detected. Estimated time to impact: two minutes.

"Lanterns! Calm yourselves!" Abin shouted over the concerns of his comrades. "Do not give in to fear! Use your willpower and start forming shields! We cannot let the Citadel be destroyed!"

Hearing his words, many Lanterns began to compose themselves, and flew up with Abin Sur above the buildings. Once they were high enough in the sky, they started forming a large shield above the citadel.

Two of the meteors were falling relatively close to one another. They were the first to hit the shield, and prove that it could hold.

"Keep it up like this my fellow Lanterns! We can protect ourselves! We simply have to keep up this shield!"

Despite his words, one Lantern was feeling fear. Barin, a slug-like alien had returned to Oa hoping to be rid of an enemy, was shaken up not only by the direct attack on Oa, but also by the horrors he had recently witnessed on his last mission. It was these horrors that distracted him, and took power away from his construct.

He did not realize that the third meteor was falling above him until it was too late. When he looked up to the shadow that was obscuring him, the space rock had already broken through his area of the shield.

When the meteor hit Oa's surface, it destroyed a section of the Citadel, and took Barin with it.

Things got worse from there.

Many Lanterns were shaken by the loss of a comrade. For many, the loss led to a loss of concentration, which led to weakening shields.

Which led to more meteors breaking through.

While Abin and many other strong-willed Lanterns were able to hold their place and shields, many were not.

Out of the almost two dozen meteors that were launched at Oa, more than half made an impact.

The Citadel was in ruins, with destruction and death all around.

Abin Sur, despite being saddened by the sight, could not remain as he was. He looked around to those whose shields had not broken, including Tomar, Kilowog, Salaak, and a handful of others.

"We cannot stay here! They need help on the ground!" he shouted, and the remaining Lanterns followed him down.

They landed and immediately got to work on the damage. The lifted chunks of building that had fallen, and tried to alleviate the injuries sustained by many Lanterns on the ground.

"This doesn't make sense" Kilowog suddenly said. "No meteors have ever come this close to Oa. So why do we suddenly have this many crash down on us?"

Tomar was about to answer him, but suddenly something from above caught his attention. "I think we have a bigger problem," he said with eyes widened in shock and mouth opened agape.

Kilowog, and many others, turned around. Their reactions were similar.

In the sky, a wormhole was opening. It was red in color, and seemed to be growing larger.

Suddenly, red ring-bearers shot forth from the portal, and descended upon the still recovering Green Lanterns.

"It's the Reds!" Kilowog bellowed. He then turned to his comrades. "Look alive poozers! We gotta fight them back!"

The Green Lanterns, many still shaken and injured, held up their rings and prepared for battle. Abin Sur chief among them.

"Salaak! Call the Alpha Lanterns here! We will need their help", he ordered his friends.

Salaak nodded, and sent the message to the Alpha Lanterns. "They're not responding! Communications are damaged!" he yelled.

"Blast!," said Abin. He looked around to find a Lantern in good condition. His eyes landed on the Durlan recruit.

"Von Daggle!" Abin shouts. "I need you to go to the Sciencells. We need the Alpha Lanterns here to repel the attack."

Reluctant to leave, but seeing the logic in Abin's words, Von Daggle nodded.

"Good then" Abin Sur said. "We will fight on until you arrive."

"Lanterns! Attack!"

And with that order, two Corps, powered by different lights of the Emotional Spectrum, raced towards each other to meet in combat.

"This worked better than I hoped," Lelouch said.

While the rest of the Red Lanterns had entered Oa through the giant wormhole Dex-Starr had made in the sky, he and Lelouch (who Dex-Starr was still calling Rankorr) had arrived through a smaller wormhole hidden in one of the demolished buildings.

"You said you know where the Sciencells are?" Lelouch asked the flying cat.

"Yesss. Took knowledge from Laira," the cat responded. A response that, once again, left Lelouch confused. He knew who Laira was, and that she used to be a Green Lantern, but he didn't understand how Dex-Starr took knowledge from her. He would ask later.

"Alright then, lead the way," he said.

And with that, the child and the cat quietly made their way to the Sciencells, hoping to free the leader of the Red Lanterns.

Within his cell, Atrocitus watched as the Alpha Lanterns of the Green Lantern Corp approached him. They were sent to restrain him and move him to the Citadel, where he would be executed.

As they approached him, Atrocitus pondered over what he could do. Killing them, for as much as he wanted to, was not an option. His restraints prevented that.

But just as the Lanterns were about to begin moving him, a new Lantern burst in.

Atrocitus had never seen this one before. It had yellow skin and antennae on his head. He looked like a squishy bug.

"Alpha Lanterns, we need your assistance outside!" It's shouts seemed desperate, and its breath short.

"What are you doing here, Don Vaggle?!" Boodika shouted with enough force to shake him alert. "You and the rest of the Lanterns are supposed to be at the Citadel, we have to..."

"The Citadel is in ruins! We are under attack!" Van Daggle shouted back, shocking the Alpha Lanterns. "We couldn't contact you because communications are down. But we need your help now!"

"Right!" Chaselon looked at his fellow Alpha's. "We can move the prisoner later. We need to repel the attackers." He then looked at Van Daggle. "We need you to stay and guard Atrocitus. He cannot be allowed to escape."

"Understood" Van Daggle took his spot in front of the cell, while the Alpha Lanterns made their way outside.

Still in his cell, Atrocitus pondered what he had heard. Something was attacking Oa, something that required the attention of even the Alpha Lanterns. Whatever it was, perhaps he could take advantage of it.

"It seems escape may not be as impossible as I may have believed".

Almost unconsciously, a large grin appeared on the face of Atrocitus.

"Well then."

The Citadel of Oa was a sight straight out of hell. Buildings were in ruins, demolished, or both. The bodies of dead Green Lanterns littered the floor, their rings having left them to find new bearers.

Above the carnage on the ground, chaos ruled the sky.

Red and Green Lanterns faced each other in combat, neither side able to gain a decisive edge. The Greens were smarter and had the advantage of constructs, but they were still recovering from the meteor shower from earlier. Whats more, the Reds were completely relentless and brutal. They showed no mercy to their emerald adversaries.

"This is insane!" Kilowog bellowed as he continued to smash away Red Lanterns with his favorite construct: a large hammer. "First we gotta deal with a freakin' meteor shower, and now we got all these bloodthirsty loons! How'd they even get here?"

"We were distracted," Tomar-Re said. "We were too busy recovering to put our attention to the planetary defenses. And the Red Lanterns have decided to take advantage of our situation. A truly terrible coincidence."

"I do not believe this to be a coincidence," Abin Sur said as he blasted two Red Lanterns away. "The timing is too perfect. The attack commenced immediately after the meteors fell upon us." A Red Lantern tried to attack him from behind, but Abin Sur turned around and retaliated with a fist construct. The enemy was sent flying back.

"I believe this attack was planned."

"Abin, that is ridiculous!" Salaak shouted as he held back attackers. "The Red Lanterns are incapable of thought, let alone strategy."

"These Red Lanterns no. But perhaps there is a mastermind directing them. Whether that be Atrocitus himself or another, there is a chance that the Red Lanterns are being directed."

"Abin, Atrocitus has been locked in his cell. How would he be able to strategize and relay orders to his Corp?" Tomar-Re asked as he managed to knock out an attacking Red.

"Perhaps the plan was laid beforehand, or as I said, someone else made the plan," Abin said, creating a shield to block a Red Lantern's napalm attack. Once the the attack dissipated, Abin knocked his attacker back with a strike to the face. "In any case, all we can focus on for now is driving them back. And we cannot let them free Atrocitus from the Sciencells. They must not pass us by even an inch!"

"Agreed, Abin Sur", a voice said.

Abin looked up, and saw the Alpha's descending from the sky.

"You are here."

"Yes", responded Chaselon. "Now let us drive back the enemy."

"I'm with you there poozer!", Kilowog bellowed. "Come on runts! Time to send them back!"

With that order, the green of will was invigorated, and the Corp rushed against their scarlet adversaries.

"Quickly! Come!", Dex-Starr loudly whispered to Lelouch, who was rushing behind him.

"Alright, alright! I'm keeping up!" Truth be told, Lelouch would have rather flown to the Sciencells, since running wasn't his specialty. But they couldn't risk having the Greens see them.

"There" Dex-Starr said, looking at a tall, imposing building in the distance. It was large, square-like, and seemingly impenetrable. "He isss there."

"How do we get in?"

"The roof" Dex-Starr said as he started floating. "Opening isss there."

"Finally. Flying" Lelouch muttered as he and Dex-Starr ascended to the top of the fortress. Once they were on top, the searched for an opening.

"There" Dex-Starr said, facing a vent. It had to be connected to the ventilation system. Luckily, it was large enough for both of them to fit in.

"Alright. Let's go" Lelouch said as they both jumped in.

Von Daggle was very conflicted at the moment. He understood the need to guard Atrocitus, but he felt compelled to help his fellow Lanterns. Even so, he had been ordered by the Alphas, so he had to stay put.

"I sense your struggle Green Lantern" the prisoner suddenly said.

"I feel no struggle demon. I will follow my orders and ensure you do not escape" Von Daggle replied.

"Do you now? I have my doubts" Atrocitus responded.

Daggle turned to face the prisoner. "Would you like for me to kill you here and now? I have the authority."

"Perhaps. But would the little dog disobey his masters?" Atrocitus retorted, his grin growing wider.

Von Daggle turned back to Atrocitus. There was nothing but contempt in both their eyes.

"You will not escape Atrocitus. I promise you this" Daggle swore.

"We will see" was Atrocitus' only reply.

"Is he here?" Lelouch whispered as he looked down from inside the vents.

Dex-Starr took a scent from the air. "He isss here. Behind the yellow one" he said. His eyes directed Lelouch towards a yellow-skinned alien with antennae on his head. Atrocitus must be locked in the cell behind it.

"Are there any other Lanterns here? Beside him?"

Dex-Starr sniffed the air again. "No."

"Alright. So the goal here is to take him out and free Atrocitus. Any suggestions?"

Dex-Starr pondered, then spoke. "You dissstract. I free Massster."

Lelouch suddenly felt anxious. "Me? How am I supposed to do that? I can't fight!"

Dex-Starr looked at him, unconvinced. "You fought on Yhsmault."

"I didn't fight! All of that was me defending myself. I was defending myself!" Lelouch responded, careful not to let his voice become too loud.

Now Dex-Starr looked annoyed. "He will attack, so defend yoursself again! Go!"

Lelouch was about to argue again, but Dex-Starr's eyes were glowing red, and there was blood beginning to trickle down his chin.

Lelouch made his way out of the vents.

Van Daggle was having trouble calming his struggle. Atrocitus was having trouble containing himself.

The former desperately needed to know how his comrades were doing, while the latter was in desperate need of bloodshed.

The tension between the two was rising, rising and rising.

Suddenly, one of the vents on the wall burst open. From it a figure appeared.

It wore a Red Lantern uniform. It bore the crimson ring on it's right hand, and the insignia of the Corp was branded on it's chest. It was also rather small, mush shorter that Van Daggle himself. It's head was hidden behind a mask. The mask had spikes on top, and in place of a face, it had a large, red oval.

"Identify yourself!" Daggle ordered.

Instead of answering, the figure aimed it's ring at him and fired. Daggle responded by forming a shield.

"Here to free your master, I see" Daggle said as he forced the beam back. "I will not allow it!"

Von Daggle formed a sword in his right arm, and rushed to strike the enemy Red Lantern.

Said Red Lantern formed a shield dome around itself, preventing Daggle's strike from reaching it.

But Daggle kept striking, and soon enough cracks were beginning to form.

Atrocitus watched this battle in interest. He did not know who this Red Lantern was. It must have been recruited after his capture.

It also seemed to be more intelligent than his other soldiers. It did not blindly attack in rage, so perhaps it's mind was not completely controlled by its rage. Similar to Dex-Starr.

But he was not prepared for the shock to come.

Just as the dome around it was about to shatter, the Red Lantern aimed his ring at Daggle again. But instead of a beam, a giant fist construct was formed, and it smashed Daggle to the opposite wall. The impact caused Daggle to crumble to the ground in pain.

Atrocitus could hardly believe what he saw. The Red Lantern used constructs. But it's should have rendered it's mind incapable of basic thought, let alone creativity and focus. Perhaps there was an issue with the ring?

"Massster" Atrocitus suddenly heard. He looked down, and saw Dex-Starr outside his cell. Atrocitus smiled at his cat.

The smile was very wide, fanged, and hideous to some. It filled Dex-Starr with glee to see it.

"I will free you" the cat said to his master. He directed his sight to the pad that controlled the energy dome enclosing Atrocitus' cell. He fired upon it with the ring on his tail, destroying the pad. When he did, the dome disappeared.

"The battery" Atrocitus said, directing Dex-Starr to the source of blue light in the room. Dex-Starr nodded, and moved a safe distance away from it. From there, he created a wormhole underneath it, sending it away.

The infernal blue light was gone, and Atrocitus could feel the power of his ring, the power of his rage returning. Licks of the red light began sprouting from his body, and his restraints began to shake.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!"

With an enraged yell and mighty strength, Atrocitus tore through restraints that were meant to hold a full-powered Kryptonian like they were paper!

Finally free, Atrocitus knelt down reach Dex-Starr. "Good kitty" he said as he petted his head.

Then he turned his sights to the other Red Lantern. Was it the one who had bought the Corps here? Did it think it would usurp the position only belonging to Atrocitus?

One thought coursed through his mind as he marched towards it.

"I THINK NOT!"

Lelouch was thankful to have survived. He originally had no intention of fighting, but it seemed that Dex-Starr loved making things difficult. First he held up the attack by making him wait for a nickname and a mask, then he sent him to fight the guard. Thankfully the guard wasn't as determined as his first fight, otherwise he might have trouble. The only reason he had survived his conflict with the Red Lanterns is because Dex-Starr stopped them from killing him. He was just lucky that this Green Lantern fell after one hit.

Still, he would need more practice with his ring.

He should check on Dex-Starr, make sure he got Atrocitus...

"YOU!" Lelouch suddenly heard shouted. He turned to see a large, red, demonic looking alien. The only reason Lelouch didn't consider it a demon was because every strange creature he had seen the past few days had been an alien. But this one, with its clawed hands, razor fangs, and violent yellow eyes, could certainly be mistaken for one.

"Did you lead my Red Lanterns here?" the creature (who Lelouch was assuming was Atrocitus) asked him.

"Y-yes" Lelouch anxiously responded, not sure why Atrocitus looked infuriated at the moment. He got his answer when Atrocitus grabbed him by his right shoulder and lifted him off the ground. His grip wasn't very gentle.

"YOU WOULD DARE TAKE MY LANTERNS FROM ME!" Atrocitus bellowed. "NONE SHALL TAKE MY RIGHTFUL PLACE! NONE SHALL...!"

"No Massster!" Dex-Starr said, flying in between Atrocitus and Lelouch. "He lead only to sssave you!"

Upon hearing this, Atrocitus seemed to calm down marginally. He turned his sight to Lelouch again. "Why would you seek to free me?"

The gaze of the yellow eyes struck intense fear into Lelouch. If he did anything wrong, he had no doubt that Atrocitus would be able to kill him with little, if any effort. He would have to tread carefully.

"I came to save you because I need your help" he told him.

"With what?" Atrocitus asked.

"M-my world. It- it needs saving" Lelouch told him.

"Hmph" was the only sound Atrocitus made as he dropped Lelouch to the ground. "We will discuss you later. For now we must find the Guardians. I will finally be able to end their lives, to make them pay with blood..."

"Not here" Dex-Starr interrupted.

"WHAT?!" Atrocitus screamed. "How can they not be here?!"

"Heard Greensss talking. Guardiansss gone today" Dex-Starr elaborated.

Now Atrocitus was fuming. His entire body was glowing red, and steam was coming off from him.

"They have the audacity to sentence me to death, and NOT BOTHER TO SEE IT THROUGH?!" he hollered as he stormed towards the still unconscious Green Lantern.

Only Lelouch saw that he was regaining consciousness. His eyes were beginning to open, just in time to widen as Atrocitus stepped right up to him. He stood up and tried to move away, but he was too slow. Atrocitus then formed a gauntlet construct around his right fist, and launched it the Green Lantern.

His entire head was smashed against the wall. The collision caused blood to spatter all over the wall behind him. When Atrocitus pulled his covered fist back, it was covered in blood, as well as small pieces of skull bone and brains, along with one eye. It all fell to the floor when Atrocitus undid the construct, as did the body it was once attached to.

Something else fell to the floor from the Green Lanterns dead body. As the ring left its corpse, and the uniform came undone, small, black coin-like disks also fell to the ground. One of these disks landed on its side, and rolled away. It didn't stop rolling until it hit Lelouch's foot. Curious, Lelouch picked it up to examine it. But he didn't get time.

"We are returning to Yhsmault. Now" Atrocitus ordered Dex-Starr and Lelouch, as well as every other Red Lantern through his ring. But for some reason he seemed... calmer. Like hi rage had left the moment he had killed the Green Lantern.

He pointed his ring outward, and opened a wormhole. Lelouch snuck the the disk away as he entered the wormhole.

"We're pushing them back poozers! Keep going" Kilowog yelled as he and the rest of his Corp formed a line to push through. They were making progress, the Red Lanterns were unable to push past them. Hope was being restored.

But then Abin Sur noticed something. Portals were beginning to appear behind the enemy. Many of them were already disappearing.

"Wormholes! They are attempting to escape!" Abin shouted to his Corpsmen.

But it was too late. Already, more than half the enemy had escaped into the wormholes. By the time the Green Lanterns had noticed what was happening, the Red Lanterns had already vanished.

"Are you kidding me?!" Kilowog screamed indignantly. "They launch an attack on us and then just run away? They didn't even get their master!"

Abin Sur, who was still processing what had happened, suddenly widened his eyes.

"Or did they?" he said, causing many other Green Lanterns to widen their eyes as well. "The Sciencells! Someone check!"

"On it!" Ch'p the H'Ivenite said as he zoomed to the Sciencells.

"Abin" Tomar-Re said. "What is happening?"

"I believed this attack to have been planned. We were all kept busy with the fighting, and we left only one Lantern to guard Atrocitus."

Suddenly, Ch'p hurriedly came flying back. "This just got worse! Von Daggle is dead, and Atrocitus is gone!"

Whatever optimism had existed earlier that day was now replaced with gloom and disappointment. As the Citadel laid in ruins, so did the spirits of the Green Lanterns.

"Abin, what just happened?" Tomar asked his old friend.

"We were outsmarted" Abin said as he turned to face Tomar.

"We lost."

Yhsmault

Lelouch stepped outside the wormhole back onto Yhsmault. He was back in the same place where he had met the other Red Lanterns days before. Speaking of them, they were now beginning to show up. Surprisingly, there seemed to be just as many as there were when they all left for Oa.

Lelouch leaned over to Dex-Starr. "How many did we lose?"

"None. Greensss not allowed to kill" Dex-Starr informed him, before going to rally the other Red Lanterns.

Really? Well that was certainly advantageous.

But before he could ponder that any further, Atrocitus turned around and set his sights on Lelouch.

"Now as for you. What was it you were saying about you world?"

Once again Lelouch had to tread carefully. The last thing he needed was Atrocitus directing his rage towards him.

"I-I need your help to free it. There is an empire that is trying to take over the planet. They are subjugating anyone they can."

Atrocitus paused at hearing this. "How well do you know this Empire?"

"Quite well. I was a part of it."

"WHAT?!" Atrocitus suddenly yelled. "You took part in the subjugation?"

Now Lelouch was scared. "No! NO! I..."

Before he could explain, Atrocitus swung his clawed hand. Lelouch moved so that it wouldn't injure him. He wasn't able to dodge it completely.

The strike managed to hit his mask, shattering the entire oval blocking his face and damaging the rest of the front. The strike also knocked Lelouch face-first onto the ground.

"You attempt to take my place as leader, and you reveal yourself to be a tyrant! Tell me why I shouldn't kill you..." Atrocitus began saying, before Lelouch lifted his head for Atrocitus to see his face.

"...child" Atrocitus said softly. His gaze turned to shock as he looked into the scared eyes of the boy he had just struck. He hurriedly walked to him and knelt down.

With eyes wandering around in shame, Atrocitus did his best to apologize. "I... I am sorry. I did not know you were a child. I would not have struck you if I did."

Lelouch felt just a little more at ease at hearing this. "O-Ok".

Atrocitus faced him fully. "You are from Earth, aren't you? A human?"

"Yes."

Atrocitus contained his anger as best he could. Humans were known to be a species on the lower end of the spectrum. He would need to be delicate.

"You are so young. And wearing my ring. How is this so?" Atrocitus asked the boy.

"It's... It's quite a story" Lelouch told him.

Atrocitus used his ring to form two bench constructs. "Sit. Tell me the story."

Lelouch sat down, and told Atrocitus everything. He told him about his upbringing as a prince, his happy life that ended when his mother was murdered. He told him how his father refused to investigate, and banished him and his sister to another nation for questioning him. He told him about the first true friend he made, and how he lost both him and his sister when trying to find shelter. He told him how he had sworn to make Britannia pay, and the ring found him shortly afterward.

For a few moments, Atrocitus only sat on his bench. He made no movement, no sound. Then he extended his hand. Lelouch wondered what he would do. Take back the ring? Pull him close to shout in his face about his weakness? Lift him again?

What he didn't expect was for Atrocitus to simply and gently put his hand on Lelouch's head, ruffling his hair.

"You have my sympathies boy. I am truly sorry for what has happened to you. No child should go through that" he said, surprising Lelouch further. His voice held a lot more sadness than he had expected.

He pulled his hand back. "I will help you to master your ring. But you must do something for me first."

"What?" Lelouch asked, nervous as to what those two things might be.

"First, you must kill Lelouch vi Britannia" an order that confused Lelouch. "No longer are you the exiled prince. Your true sister is gone, so you are no longer a brother. From this day forward, you are a Red Lantern. Lelouch is no more."

What Atrocitus said was true. Lelouch had died with Suzaku and Nunnally. He was all that remained.

"Dex-Starr called me Rankorr" he told Atrocitus.

Atrocitus seemed pleased at this, his mouth forming a small grin. "A good name" he said a she stood up.

"Come Rankorr. We have work to do."

Lelouch... No, Rankorr got up and followed him.

His training to become a powerful Red Lantern would begin today.

Earth- C's World

Charles sighed as he disconnected himself from the Collective Unconscious. His recent conversation did not bring him joy.

"Charles" someone said. Said Emperor turned to see a figure begin to take shape. It was a woman, one with dark hair, violet eyes, and an orange dress.

"Marianne" he greeted. "I assume you are aware as well."

"Yes" she sadly said. "It seems our children were lost in the invasion."

"I have just finished conversing with Nunnally" Charles informed Marianne.

Marianne turned to him expectantly. "What about Lelouch?" she asked.

Charles' face broke into a deep frown. "He is not here."

"What? is he still alive then?" Marianne asked.

"I do not know. Neither does V.V. We have both searched tirelessly, but we cannot find a trace of him anywhere" he said a he looked to the Collective Unconscious. "It's as if he simply disappeared from the face of the Earth."

Charles then shock away his frown, and set his face back to it's natural neutral expression. "In any case, it matters little. Once the Ragnarok Connection is ready to commence, all the worlds troubles will be washed away."

"Yes dear. You are right" Marianne said with a smile. "Soon, all will be one."

Hope you guys enjoyed that. Let me know what you think in the reviews.

As for the changes with Atrocitus, I decided to show a different version of him. Something other than the hulking brute most media portray him as. He is more than that.

Look up his ending in Injustice 2. That should give you an idea of where I am heading with him.

Anyway, next chapter will be when the true changes start occurring.

Until next time!