Lelouch comes over to check on the accident, and gets trapped inside the rig when the terrorists decide to retreat.
Kallen, one of the terrorists, has a Knightmare in the back of the rig and takes it out to fight off the military pursuit.
She draws off some pursuers.
The rig gets stuck, and a Britannian soldier mistakes Lelouch for a terrorist. Luckily, he's an old friend, but before they can get reacquainted, the stolen capsule opens.
It contains, not poison gas as rumored, but a girl.
The soldiers who arrive get it all wrong.