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Prologue: Renaissance
It wasn't possible but after all that's happened in the past 24 hours, she had been willing to believe anything. He was alive… and something bad was up. Mana rushed towards the Eva cages… and as she expected, he was there… arms on the railing, look straight towards the rebuilt Unit 02.
A sigh of relief… and then she trained her gun at him.
"What are you up to, Ikari?" She asked, her eyes looking him straight.
He merely turned and looked at her through black rimmed glasses. He had his long hair tied into a pony-tail and he was wearing some sort of white labcoat. His face had become more rugged, the lines seemed longer and more visible... Shinji Ikari had become different.
"What are you up to, Ikari… You've been gone for five years… and now, this?" She blurted out, right now she didn't know if she wanted to hug him or shoot him… she just didn't know what to do.
"You can't stop me. Nothing can stop me now." He whispered, a grin comes up his face… "My father failed. I will succeed."
… father? Gendo? What is he talking about… Wait… He can't be serious…
Ikari nodded.
What has happened to you, Shinji?
"I will restart Third Impact… I will bring the world Death, if that would bring her back…" Shinji smiled sadly.
"Who are you talking about, Shinji?" Mana said, gripping her gun tighter. "I can't let you do as you please… I can't let you…"
"SHUT IT." He screamed. He then turned back to Unit 02. "Asuka is waiting for me. Goodbye, Mana."
… that's what all this is about?
Asuka Soryu Langley… the former pilot of Unit 02… KIA since Third Impact… that german girl with red hair…
Mana pulled the trigger… "Goodbye, Shinji." She closed her eyes… and then opened them again…
To see…
Hexagons.
Mana's eyes widened.
"I told you. You cannot stop me." A vicious grin came upon Shinji's tired face.
AN: the following chapters will be posted soon. don't worry. anyway, this is gonna be a loooong fic.