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To Be Without Me (Remix Edition)
Chapter One:
Repressed
The purple liquid that coursed through Unit 01 sprayed out of its eye socket thanks to the spear that went through its head. Seemingly unfazed by the fatal attack, Unit 01 continued forward, however; the boy that piloted it was anything but unfazed.
In shock, Shinji reached his hand up to his face and covered his eye with his palm. The answer to his unasked question couldn't be more obvious when blood started to seep from between his fingers.
Alas, behind the shock followed the pain that was sure to come.
To his credit, the pilot of Unit 01 held backa scream and tried to move the bio-machine forward. Shaking, Shinji forced his Evangelion to place one foot in front of the other but it didn't take long for both him and Unit 01 to falter.
The massive machine roughly fell into what was left of the GeoFront and the Mass Produced Evangelions did not give it enough time to get back up. Spears appeared in the cloud of dust that rose but Shinji couldn't move fast enough to avoid them.
Again… Unit 01 was speared but, this time; it was also pined to the ground.
They were going to eat him…
Had the purple marks on his skin didn't indicate the areas of intense pain and if his eye didn't hurt to the point of making frustrated tears run down his face, Shinji probably would have found the thought inane.
Nevertheless, one look at the remains of Unit 02 was more than enough to tell him that they would do the same if he didn't do anything.
Wait… Isn't this what he wanted though? Didn't he want to just go somewhere and die? No one could fault him now. He really tried his best and he lost…
Unit 09 descended on the fallen Evangelion. The spear it held nailed Unit 01's hand to the ground but Shinji didn't care anymore. His apathy didn't prevent him from feeling pain but it did prevent him from taking action.
Folding their wings up, the rest of the MP series fell to the ground with a hungry look on their faces. All types of sensors were going off, he was losing blood so fast that it he was beginning to get woozy, the menacing group of Evangelions was closing in on him, and… something was coming out of the ground.
The ground shook and the attack on Unit 01 was halted as all attention was focused on the massive being that suddenly appeared. Maya screamed something though the com-link but Shinji couldn't take his sight off the thing that was coming closer to him.
Why did it look like Rei? Why was it coming towards him? Why did the MP series stop attacking him? What was happening to the soldiers on the ground?
Of course, he had no answers but it was something about that sincere smile…
That wasn't a smile that promised the blessing that was death. It was the smile of a being that knew that life was supposed to be treasured. It was a smile that guaranteed that he would live when this was the certainly the time when he wanted nothing besides a place to die.
The half broken machine that was Unit 01 fought to get up but was put back down by the Lance of Longious. The weapon pierced through its chest and it lifelessly fell back to the ground.
This was all he amounted to?
A coward, an idiot, a pervert, a lonely little boy, a person scared of other people, a young manthat hated being alone, a sad boy who never knew or understood the sense of family, a person who simply didn't get social relationships, a pilot of something that scared and scarred him more than anything else, a weak willed boy who could only do what others told him to do, a meek person who didn't understand others but wanted others to understand him…
A person who only made mistakes…
The dark slits that made up the eyes of Unit 01 became filled with a brilliant white light.
After ripping its hands from the ground despite the lances that kept them in place, Unit 01 slowly got back to its feet and yanked the spear out of its chest. Again, the MP series attempted to make sure the purple monster didn't have the chance to get up.
This time, they weren't met with a useless weapon that awaited its destruction but, instead, a madnessthat was doing exactly what it wanted to do. Unit 01 grabbed Unit 06 out of the air and drove the lance it held through its face.
Unit 01 was made to destroy and it was the definition of the word.
As Rei neared the berserk Evangelion, it created chaos with its own hands and the destroyed remains of the GeoFront became the backdrop to its rage. Likeit was checking names off a list, Unit 01 handled every enemy that stood against it.
Unit 06's lifeless form slide off the lance Unit 01 held and the rest of them took flight. Unfortunately for them, Unit 01 also had wings…
In a matter of seconds, Unit 01 became a conductor ofpain and created a symphony of destruction. Wings were ripped off, heads were smashed, and limbs were broken. The city of Tokyo-3 were soon to be the final resting place of the MP series and not even the giant being above them could change that.
Regardless of that, the combination of Lillith and Rei came closer to the monster who was in the process of defining true carnage. For whatever reason, the last of the Mass Produced series stopped moving and it wasn't until a giant hand passed through Unit 11 that he realized why.
Unit 01 hovered above the GeoFront and Rei reached out to it. She was going to save him from this world… She was going to give him what no one else could.
"Shinji…"
It was a promise.
She could free him from this world and give him a chance to start over. A place where he could live how he wanted to… Do things he wanted to do. Why not? He didn't have a reason to say no.
The eyes of Unit 01 narrows as the massive being came even closer.
"Shinji…" Her voice was more delicate but, at the same time, so emotional. She wanted him to be with her and he could tell because of the way she sounded.
The hand reached out.
Unit 01 drew its arm back.
Salvation was only good for those who wanted to be saved.
Sending its arm forward with enough force to break a dam, the weapon that was made to protect humanity threw a lance directly at the red sphere in the center of Rei. The red lance went through the orb with ease and Rei only stare in shock as she started to fall apart.
The crimson orb shattered and an explosion overwhelmed half of the entire planet.
This was Shinji's Third Impact…
Continued…
Preview:
His Third Impact? Is this his revenge on the world or on himself? Did he fail to carry out what he really desired or was it simply the best he could do? He doesn't care to know. She is his proof that he didn't fail… completely.
Next chapter: Sad Lives
"I like you…"
Author's note: Man, trust me when I saw its hard messing my first story together with my current writing style. I was thinking about changing things around but if I messed with things too much it would turn out being a different story all together and I just wanted to do the rewrite.
Lately? Remember me? To Be Without Me? Yeah, it's on and maybe I should start thinking of better titles... o.o For real though, I hope you all like the remix and new chapters of other stuff is on the way.