The light hit my face and I survey my territory. My surroundings were neither living nor machine but I knew in my soul that this place was mine, and within this light my will is law.

He quickly attempted to collect the thoughts racing around his head, chief being the concept that his head was his own. A whining sound broke his concentration as he was face to face with a small, matte white, bulbous mass floating with no visible means to do so. The only distinguishing feature was the many bright red lenses looking at him. The strange machine flew off as if it had someplace to be, and the young man somehow knew he had to get away.

Quickly he jumped out of the window, and the red tinted glass shattered around him but not a shard touched his skin. The strange metropolis sprawled out before him as he began an abnormally slow descent towards the ground. The buildings were all asymmetrical and they were all different colors , some the same matte white as the machine that was surveying him, the bulbous looks also made them similar. It was almost like an undersea coral reef, but on land. The young man hit the ground and broke into a frenzied run as vehicles whizzed overhead.

His muscles burned as he continued his flight, but that was not the chief concern in his head, nor was the strange machine that was alerted to his presence. He was missing something, something basic. His legs soon needed rest as he came upon a dark alley. He scarcely had time to rest when he felt a sharp sudden pain at the back of his head and everything went dark.

New surroundings were coming into focus... a strange room. The man was bound to a chair and could not move a muscle. The room was wide and black but he felt as if there were many people here. Directly in front of him were people sitting at a large desk arguing.

"Commander Bishop, any being who exhibits an AT Field is an aberration and a threat to all we have accomplished." yelled a bearded man in a strange robe that seemed to be made out of the same material that the whole city was made out of.

"Chaplain Franklin, standard protocol says we put him through the trial, we have had to make do in The Gehenna Battles too long with a dummy plug." replied a bespectacled man with dark hair. "Now Archmagister Alexia, loosen his restraints."

A tall, blonde woman in a long flowing white coat walked over to the young man and waved a device over his chair, his restraints were loosened and he could move his body.

The Commander than spoke, "Listen boy, We both desire something, and I can give you what you have been wracking your brain all this time to find, all you have to do is take a little test to see if you can be useful to us."

"And the alternative?" The boy answered, surprised at his seemingly cavalier answer in this situation.

"Execution."

"Well, test it is then."

As he was being led to his fate by dark cloaked figures, his wrists cuffed, the young man started to look at himself, he was somewhat tall and pale skinned. It all seemed strangely wrong to him though, especially the thinness. Those thoughts were quickly shuttled out as he beheld the titan in front of him. It stood there with scaffolding around it looking like a chained god. Its somber gray color gave the young man a feeling of being in the same cave as some kind of slumbering beast.

"Evangelion Unit 401, a beauty isn't it?" said a bald pious looking man in a lab coat. "One of the last ever since manually piloted Evangelions were discontinued... do not be nervous, if you are meant to pilot it it will be like stepping into a second skin.

Putting on the plug suit, ascending up the scaffolding and stepping into the entry plug were all uneventful. The LCL filled the plug and was inserted into the eva. The scent of blood filled the young man's nostrils and he felt his heart start beating faster. He started to walk, clumsily, and entered an arena.

He saw the other eva, black as void with blood red accents. Its mouth was open and it looked like a feral beast. Before the young man could react the thing pounced at him, knocking him down. It started raining blows down on his face and he felt every single one of them. As the pain welled up he felt another presence, it was wrathful, like someone who wished to scream yet had no mouth to do so. He offered to aid it in return for helping him with this fight. He felt the power well up inside him, then elation.

The bottom Eva kicked with both of its legs and flung the other right into the side of the arena. The young man was laughing hysterically until the elation came to a fevered pitch and again he was surrounded by light.

"I have mastered power which even angels fear! I will tear victory from the very heart of the universe!"

The light began to coalesce into a single point on the machine's right hand.

"SHINING CLAW!" The Eva flew forward and with a blind light tore through the torso of the other eva, bisecting it diagonally. LCL flew out of it like blood, coating the young man's eva. Both machine and pilot let out a deafening roar. Commander Bishop opened a communication channel.

"Congratulations Eva Fighter of Neo America and now for your reward. I bestow upon you the name Uriel, the Fire of God. Now go and make our enemies tremble."