"Raptor one," came the voice over the radio, "You are two minutes out of the combat area, report in to NERV control for combat clearance."

"Understood," he responded as he watched the clouds rush by through the cockpit of the unique craft he was in control of.

He was at home here in the clouds, a natural pilot of anything that could fly. The roar of the engines of his craft in flight mode were soothing as the various displays that flashed around him reassured him that all was truely right with the world.

"NERV control," he said calmly after switching to a open frequency, "This is Raptor One, permission to deploy for combat."

"I don't see what you can do..." came a female voice in response.

"A good many things," he answered with a chuckle as the dipped beneath the clouds, watching a large black creature smashing through the city.

Azrael, are you prepared for action? he asked through the mental link to his craft as he entered a steep divetowards the streets with a scream of excitement.

Ready and waiting Shinigami, came the response.

He brought the active sensors on at full power for a sweep before circling to begin his own assault on the angel, as General Mitchel had said, it would take our own angels to fight angels, and Unit Omega was just the angel to do it.

So shall we give everyone a show? he asked calmly.

Yes, let's, came the mental response from the craft, secondary warheads locks, you may fire at will!

He pulled the trigger to launch four special missiles at the thing, each breaking into a dozen smaller ones a moment later.

Distraction complete, should I transform now?

Yes, Azrael, activate ground combat mode, he responded with a grin.


"What good can a single fighter do against an Angel?" Misato asked as she turned towards Gendo Ikari.

"It...it's transforming!" Ritsuko stammered as everyone turned to stare at the screens.

"That's an Eva!"


Are you listening in on them? Shinigami asked his partner as the aircraft semmed to mutate into the form of an armored humanoid.

Yes, they seem to have realized that I am based on their biomechanical toys, Azrael responded with a laugh, but on another matter, the scans did detect one human in the combat area, it seems to be a young female, probably seperated from her parents in the evacuation, primary protocol is still in effect, we should attempt a rescue before we continue the firefight.

Understood, he answered, Light her up so I can find her, and once I get into position, bring shields to full power while I get her into the passenger compartment.

One of the displays flashed and he smirked as he moved through the streets with a calm ease, the ZPG's providing power far beyond what anything else could.

The massive biomechanoid skidded to a stop and a section shot open, "Get in!"

The girl started to move towards him as he saw a flash of light, the heavy shielding absorbing the blast, the generators humm growing for a moment as they strained for a moment.

"Look, I don't have much time, but if you want to live, get in here before the thing destroys everything!"

She entered with a panicked dash into the second seat as Shinigami was thankful for the advancements Azrael had that gave him an edge over the Eva's supported by NERV, though they came from what seemed to be the same base biological source, Azrael used several prototypes and several things that were classified by the government he now worked for.

"Strap in," he said calmly as he worked the controls, "This is going to be a bit rough!"

"Mister?" she asked with shock at his fully black clad body, from the helmet to the suit with connections to the craft.

"Call me Shinigami," he chuckled as the hatch sealed and he turned back to his foe.

Shields failing, I believe that the highest probability of victory lies in the secondary transformation functions, the entity that lay within his craft said calmly.

Mitchel said it wasn't tested yet, are you sure?

Positive, it should give us enough capability to really put on a show, class two transformation sequence prepared for your command.

"Kid," he said to the girl, "Hang on tight, this is going to be a little...different!"

She nodded as he reached down and opened a console and flicked a switch.

"Angelic resonance transformation activate," he said calmly, "Passcode, On a pale horse!"

Secondary passcode, Grim Reaper! Azreal responded as lights began to flash brightly and the craft began to shift again, the passenger seat moving away from the pilots and things started to change.


"What the hell is going on out there?" Ritsuko commented to the others watching as the Eva began to transform again after seemingly grabbing someone off the streets.

"My god..." Misato stammered as a pair of massive, black, and seemingly feathered wings spread from the biomechanoids back, a scythe gripped in both hands and the armor had changed slightly to reflect a dark form with glowing, blood red eyes.


He saw past the lights as memories started flashing through the entity that stood there, his mind fusing with that of Azrael for a short period of time to deal with a threat. The energy scythe was a nice touch that Doctor Janson had thought of in the final stages of development for this form, designed to project itself as an AT field around a weapon designed like the progressive knives.

Memories of Azrael when he was first becomming aware of the world during the initial links between pilot and craft, the process to form the unique bonds that would make him the only capable pilot for Azrael and enhanse their performance to an unbeatable level, a symbiosis between pilot and biomech.

The feelings of absolute power as the two decimated all of the sims meant to train them at a level that amazed the trainers.

Who am I? the entity that remained for the time thought, Am I Shinigami or am I Azrael, or am I something new?

I am both...I...I...I am death itself!

Its attention was brought to the hostile charging at him as anger flared within him.

Who dares, the intruder must be destroyed!


The angel staggered back under a series of strikes by the advancing entity that culminated with a wing assisted kick that sent the behemoth flying throguh several buildings while the juggernaut that seemed like the thing it had defeated earlier but carried a lot more power.

The AT field materialized to protect it, but the scythe pierced it with a sickening ease, the angel staggered and dropped to it's knees in a panick before the weapon cleaved it in half with a deafening finality, leaving a corpse that was unable to self destruct.

The towering obsidion entity bellowed a roar of victory as its scythe glowed an eerie crimson across the debris caused by their battle the moment before the light returned, dulling everything for a moment, the biomech returning to its standard form and sagging slightly.

Azrael? Shinigami whispered as he breathed in deeply.

Yes? came the confused voice of the craft.

Let's not do that again, the pilot continued as he leaned back in his harness, At least not for a while.

Yes, the feeling was quite... Azrael paused for a moment to find the right word...unsettling.

"NERV control," he said as calmly as he could, "This is Raptor One, mission accomplished, I have one passenger who will need retrieval and I would like to request temporary use of one of your docks for some rest and to double check my equipment."

"Raptor One, request granted, you are near one of the elevators now," came the response a moment later.

He sighed as he glanced back at the girl behind him who looked like she'd entered a state of shock, probably from watching the fight in what was basically little more than a storage compartment with a safety harness.


AN: This is my first NGE fic, so go easy on me about it. The ideas for this come from several sources (Gundam Wing being one) and well, as for who Shinigami is, well, he's this fics version of Shinji Ikari, how he became Shinigami, well, that will be explained later. Part of this also comes from some observations of a friend who is a former fighter pilot, he always seems depressed and on edge, or basically how Shinji does for a big chunk of the normal story, when he isn't in the air.

Also, the comment about the angel having trashed something similar earlier has to do with the manga. There after Misato picks up Shinji at the beginning, there are some scenes where Unit 00 takes on the angel while they were on approach.

For Azrael, he is a bioloogical AI for this EVA. And as for why I mention Biomechanoids...well, Eva's seem to be primarily a mix of bio and technilogical things, and for Azrael it takes it a few dozen steps farther. What happened to create Azrael will be explained, but he was not built under the control of SEELE, but the US government from recovered parts of another EVA and from there they basically crammed in every advancement they could get their hands on, and as for how he's powered, well, the ZPG is a prototype Zero Point Generator designed for a lot of power. Why he's named Azrael is because the General in charge of the project decided to basically fight fire with fire...or in this case, an Angel to fight Angels...and what angel is better than the Angel of death. That also gave Shinji his callsign, Shinigame, or the god of death.

Also, Azrael does not have an entry plug, but a cockpit designed to fit the pilot and a passenger, when it transforms into it's Angelic Resonance (named because of its appearance) mode, the passenger is seperated from the pilot as Azrael basically merges completely with Shinigami for a short period of time. How the snyc rate is constantly so high is that Azrael and SHinigami have been trained exclusively with each other for a while, and his flight suit provides a better connection that LCL and plugsuits...I really want the group Shinji works for to be really far ahead, technilogically, than SEELE and NERV.

I didn't want Shinji to be under the thumb of Gendo or anyone else, but that isn't to say he won't be manipulated some, but he won't be the complete pushover he is in the actual series. And with backup of another type...well...

Anyway, more next time...