"JOSHUA WHERE WERE YOU?" The rough sergeant bellowed in L.L.'s ear, "ROLE CALL ENDED 10 MINUTES AGO!" The fiery eyed sergeant was not a fan of being in trouble with the higher ups, and tried to be as strict with his squad as humanly possible, but there was no lost love anywhere so this wasn't exactly a heartbreaking task.
L.L. did not answer the sergeant, but instead pointed to a corpse laid crookedly on the pavement.
"Stragglers eh?" The sergeant thought his behaviour was quite strange but decided to not question it needlessly, "Well whatever, just get to the square, announcements begin soon." The sergeant started a light jog and beckoned the two of them to come.
As the 3 of them rounded the corner, they saw a rather large crowd of similar soldiers surrounding a rather extravagant looking Knightmare Frame. As the three of them merged with the expanding crowd of armed soldiers, the cockpit of the machined opened a soldier with a similar looking uniform as the rest of the crowd, however, this soldier's uniform was lined with gold and red, and also had a jet black cape with a familiar red marking on its back. Posed rather confidently, the soldier began to deliver a speech with a digitally encrypted voice.
"Soldiers of the New Order, there was a wise man who once told me: "Become the change, you wish to see in the world", and I tell you now, this new world needs, no, deserves a reckoning. They promised us peace! They told us, a world where fear would be an illusion! But brothers and sisters, I tell you now, their words are the true illusions here! We will become the reckoning that was always meant to be! We shall usher in THE NEW ORDER!" The final words was meant with a huzzah as the square filled with cheers and shouts. But L.L., unable to withstand such bull sh*t from this false prophet's mouth any longer, pulled his companion to the a side alley to speak of more important matters.
"That was the Geass sign on his cape." He stated matter-of-factly.
"I noticed as well."
"How? I thought the order was eradicated." C.C. thought for a moment before responding.
"Only the Britannian order was, and there are numerous research bases throughout the world, however, they should have been shut down when the leaders fell." Massaging her temples, she concentrated her memory to try and find a missing link. It was unlikely that other geass orders, if they even existed, would try and infiltrate Japan, so there must have been something here...
"Unless..." C.C. began.
"Unless what?" Before C.C. could respond to the question, they heard a large noise from the square, accompanied with several screams and shouts, but one phrase could be heard clearly over the others.
"WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!"
Here they go again...
