The Last Evangelion

Declaimer:

I don't own either Neon Genesis Evangelion, or Babylon 5. I don't claim ownership for any original characters from either Neon Genesis Evangelion, or Babylon 5. And finally, I don't write this story for money, so please don't sue me.

Author's Notes:

This story is crossover between Evangelion and Babylon 5. It will start in Evangelion reality, right in the last scene of the End of Evangelion. However, story will soon take Asuka and Shinji, two last surviving Evangelion characters (or, at last, so it would seem) into entirely different world, or, precisely speaking, into entirely different universe.

Oh, and one last thing. Text in 'xxx' is text at computer terminal or computer's voice. I made it this way, so you didn't confuse it with dialogue.

Awakening

As Shinji regained conscious, he was lying at the ocean beach. Above him were clear starry sky. And in the sky, he could see red stream, which, like river, slowly flowed toward the Earth.

"The River of Souls" - though Shinji, looking into the sky - "Then the Third Impact is canceled. The humanity will reborn in the form of separated beings."

Then Shinji looked around and saw unconscious body of Asuka, which lay nearby. Her terrible wounds were bandaged, and she still breathed… barely. And then, memories suddenly stuck Shinji…

*Flashback*

Shinji ran into a kitchen, where Asuka set. He just needed to talk to somebody, and this somebody was Asuka. All others were so far away, both physically and mentally. He had only her now.

"Asuka, please help me!" - cried Shinji - "Only you can do this."

"Lier!" - shouted Asuka, as she stood up, and started to advance at him.

"Asuka!" - cried Shinji in astonishment, for he had never seen her so angry before.

"You are just afraid to come to anybody else!" - shouted Asuka, as she continued to advance at Shinji - "You are afraid of Misato, afraid of your own father and afraid of the first child! That's why you came to me. You think, it is the easiest way to avoid pain."

"No!" - cried Shinji - "I really need your help! Please…"

*smack*

Asuka landed heavy blow to Shinji's abdomen, sending him flying backwards. Then Shinji crushed into coffee making machine and fall to the floor, into pool of hot coffee.

"How pathetic…" - muttered Asuka.

"Please…" - begged Shinji from the floor - "Please, help me! Don't leave me! Help me!"

"NO" - was Asuka's answer

*End of Flashback*

Without realizing what he was doing, Shinji sat atop Asuka and began to strangle remains of life out from her. But then, Asuka raised her injured right hand and patted Shinji's cheek as gently as she could in her current condition. And Shinji suddenly realized, what he was doing. He released his grip and quickly moved get off from Asuka, but she didn't shown any signs of life…

"What have I done!" - thought Shinji bitterly - "But now, it is too late to change things, isn't it?"

But then Asuka spoke.

"This feeling sucks." - she said.

"You are all right, then?" - asked Shinji with concern in his voice.

Long silent minute passed before Asuka answered.

"I guess, I am" - she said.

After another long silent minute, before Asuka spoke again.

"What is this?" - asked Asuka, pointing at the River of Souls - "And what happened? Last thing I remember, was how I was fighting against enemy EVAs."

"Well" - said Shinji - "It is a bit too complicated for me to explain. Truth to tell, I didn't understood much myself. But, I guess, everything is okay now. This red is the river of souls of mankind, and soon, all will be as if the Third Impact had never happened."

But then, back starry sky suddenly turned yellow. It seemed as many yellow holes appeared in the sky. And from the holes came tiny dark shapes, and it seemed, that there were at last hundred of them. To Shinji and Asuka's surprise and horror, River of Souls fall into pieces and separated souls started to drift toward the dark shapes, which at close range looked as some kind of space ships from futuristic films.

"What are they doing?" - asked Asuka.

"I don't know" - answered Shinji - "But whatever they are doing, I am certain that they are doing something horrible. They are stealing souls of mankind!"

And then, as if it was called by Shinji, EVA-01, the last survived Evangelion landed near Shinji and Asuka, holding Lance of Longinus in its right hand.

"I must go" - said Shinji to Asuka, as he stood up - "I am going to prevent whatever they are doing, even if I will have to pilot Eva one more time. I will not allow them to doom the mankind! Farewell, Asuka."

Before Asuka said anything, Shinji run for EVA-01 and get in the Entry Plug. And then, EVA-01 grow wings of fire, and started to raise swiftly.

The Last Evangelion

Still only half-conscious, Asuka watched, as the Last Evangelion raised to the same level with mysterious enemy ships. The enemies didn't paid much attention to EV-01, and it seemed, that they simply didn't noticed it, or found it not worthing their attention.

At last so it was in first, for at the next moment, EVA-01 thrown Lance of Longinus at the nearby enemy ship. The Lance of Longinus struck enemy ship and, to Asuka's great surprise disappeared. However, before disappearing, the Lance of Longinus did it work, for enemy ship started to descend and finally crushed to the ground, not far from Asuka.

But then, one of the enemy ships split from the main group, and headed fast toward EVA-01, apparently going to crush into it. EVA-01 reached for its Palette Rifle and fired a few bursts of fire into the enemy ship. However, enemy ship's pilot easily avoided EVA-01's fire and in the next moment it reached EVA-01. However, instead of crushing into it, enemy ship simply sliced EVA-01 apart, as knife slices butter. And in the next moment, EVA-01 was gone in a cross-like explosion.

"No!" - shouted Asuka, who now fully regained her conscious - "It can't be!"

And then, Asuka turned her attention to the crushed enemy ship. Forgetting all her injuries, Asuka quickly ran to it, hoping that it's pilot was still alive. Her surge of rage during her battle against United Forces and Production Type Evangelions was nothing, compared to this surge of rage. Asuka wanted to kill, kill and then kill again! She wanted to bathe in the blood of her enemies.

As Asuka reached crushed enemy ship, she saw a large hole in the enemy ship's hull. And as Asuka get inside the enemy ship, she found himself in a large room, it seemed it was the only room at the ship. It was filled with strange devices and stuff and one flash and blood person, who currently leaned heavily upon the wall, and looked at Asuka with sheer horror in his face.

Without hesitation Asuka charged at enemy, and slammed her right fist in enemy's abdomen. She realized her mistake, only as pain flowed through her injured right hand to her entire body. Her enemy shook his head, and clenched his right hand into fist as well, however, he never get chance to strike. Asuka started to lend blow after blow to her enemy, using her left fist this time. Instead of striking back, her enemy covered his face with his hands, but this didn't bothered Asuka right now. She fully gave away to blood frenzy. Soon enough her enemy fall unconscious to the floor. And then Asuka started to kick him viciously.

She didn't stopped, until loud crack led her out of her blood frenzy. Asuka looked down, and saw her enemy's neck crushed under her boot. And then, red crystal in her enemy's forehead gave a crack.

A short while ago…

Shinji kept firing burst of fire after burst of fire at the enemy ship but it kept coming, easily avoiding all Shinji's bursts of fire. Shinji didn't know, what his enemy was up to, but he was certain, that it would be terrible, painful and lethal.

"Is it really the end?" - thought Shinji bitterly - "After all these fights, it is going to end like this?"

"I love you, Shinji" - Shinji suddenly heard the voice, which sounded like his mother's voice - "And I won't let anything bed happen to you. At last, not now."

'Proceeding with pilot's evacuation immediately. Removing Entry Plug. Evacuation completed.'

Shinji expected the quick fall, but instead he felt, as remains of EVA-01's AT Field carefully and slowly levitated him to the ground.

Never be separated again

Asuka sat at the ground, near the crushed enemy ship. Asuka replaying scene of the recent bloody murder over and over.

"I am the monster!" - she thought bitterly - "No wonder, that nobody really liked me! Yeah, they liked to watch me from the distance all right. But as they came to know me better, all of them realized what a monster I am! Only I couldn't see it, until now."

Over and over, Asuka was replaying how she murdered helpless enemy, who was too shocked by his ship's crush to defend himself.

"I don't deserve to live!" - thought Asuka bitterly - "Shinji, Misato, Rei… everybody is dead. Only I, who deserve to live less then any of them still live. Why?!"

And then object came into Asuka's point of view. In astonishment Asuka watched, as Shinji's Entry Plug slowly landed to the ground. And as Asuka watched it, dim, nearly invisible AT Field around it vanished.

Regaining her senses, Asuka ran toward Shinji's Entry Plug, hoping, that by some miracle he is still alive. As Asuka reached Shinji's Entry Plug and touched it, she realized, that it was just a bit warm, although it should be hot as molten magma after such a long fall. Then, Asuka gathered remains of her strength, and, ignoring terrible pain in her right hand, started to open Shinji's Entry Plug. After a few painful minutes, Asuka finally succeeded in opening Shinji's Entry Plug and opened it, letting LCL fluid to flow out of Shinji's Entry Plug. Then, Asuka get into the Shinji's Entry Plug and found unconscious, but alive Shinji inside. Once again, gathering remains of her strength, Asuka lifted Shinji, and took him from his Entry Plug, thanking god, that Shinji was so light.

Then, Asuka laid Shinji to the ground not far from his Entry Plug and crushed enemy ship as carefully as she could. And then, Asuka lay on the ground near Shinji and looked into the sky.

The enemies now finished their work, and the red stream, which Shinji called River of Souls was no more. One by one, enemy ships disappeared into yellow holes in the sky, and holes closed behind them. Soon only one hole was left in the sky, waiting for its ship, but then, it closed as well, realizing that ship will never come. Now only stars and moon left in sky.

Asuka turned her gaze to Shinji. Right now, Shinji was no longer unconscious, instead he fall into deep rejuvenation sleep.

"How smart of him" - thought Asuka.

And then, Asuka fall into sleep too…

The Dream

She stood, surrounded by total darkness. Only blood-red oval gemstone, like one, which was in forehead of enemy pilot hovered before her. However, this gemstone was as large as herself.

"I want to merge with you" - said calm emotionless voice. It seemed, that this voice came directly to her mind.

"What?! What do you mean?!"

"I want my soul to become part of your soul"

"But how? And why?"

"I need Master. Somebody to guide me. I have conscious, but I have no will. Without Master, I don't have purpose. Without purpose, I don't exist at all."

"But why should I agree?"

"You will learn. You will have to learn a lot very soon. The many paths are open before you. Accepting my service is only one of them, nothing more. I will not force you to become my Master. I don't want you to become my Master. I don't want anything at all. I just offer you one of the possible resolutions of the current situation."

"But who are you? And how do you know all these?"

"How do I know all these? I know all these, because I read your soul. I know all your desires and fears, all your strengths and weakness. One's soul must be strong to become my Master, and it is part of my work to judge my further Master's soul. In this region of time and space, only you are strong enough to become my Master. As about me, you already know, who I am."

"And what will happen, if when I will agree to become your master?"

"Stupid question. You will become my Master. And I will become your faithful servant, until the end of your days, or until I will be destroyed. Enough questions for now. Soon enough you will have to face a decision, whatever you will become my Master, or whatever you will cast me into oblivion. But right now you need to sleep. Your injuries are very serious, but I could have help you, but if you were my Master. Unfortunately, I can't do anything for you right now. Sleep well, Asuka Langley Sohryu."