Mf7793: This is now the revised version of chapter two, all thanks go to HaloEvangelion03


(Three years later)

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"It seems the phone line's disconnected" Shinji sighed as he hung up the pay phone

"and I'm supposed to meet this person" Shinji said as he pulled a photo of said person who is a beautiful young women with purple hair and a tank top which showed her cleavage "couldn't she send me another photo of herself?"

"Aw, you're still complaining about that. If you keep up that chivalrous attitude of yours people might think your gay or something" A figure said behind him

"And this is coming from a girl, well maybe not a girl... more like a disturbed tom-boy" Shinji replied

"Hey that's cruel...." The figure said, shocked and offended

"Well, even if what you say is true, how are we supposed to meet this Katsuragi-san, Shiki?" Shinji said to the figure known as Shiki as he looked her in the eye.

"Why ask me? I'm the disturbed tom-boy" Shiki said with a spiteful tone

"Takimi was right...she will annoy me" Shinji sighed as Shiki added a annoyed protest in the background, but he ignored her "I might as well walk there" he said as he began walking, but the ground rumbled and knocked him off his feet

"What is this, an earthquake?" Shinji asked as he got off the ground, he looked up and saw several missiles and aircraft flying overhead "what the-?"

As he saw the aircraft fly towards the horizon of the city streets, but before they got some attitude they exploded when a huge, alien-like figure blasted them away with some type of energy blast.

"What's going on!?" Shinji nearly screamed as the alien figure kept swatting the fighter air-craft like flies

"Wow, it's like those movies where humans make a futile attempt at destroying giant monsters that come out of the sea or space" Shiki said as she pulled a bag of popcorn out of thin air and began munching on it as if she were at the movies

"This is not the time for that!" Shinji yelled, but before he could do anything else, a blue car nearly ran him over "What the hell!"

"Agh, so close, if it was any closer I would have had to reap your soul" Shiki said as she snapped her fingers in frustration, but she saw Shinji's angry expression and said, in a sweet tone "Just kidding"

"Not funny"

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Shinji, but hurry and get in" The person who came out of the car said, she had purple hair, black visor-like sunglasses, and an expensive black dress

"Katsuragi-San?" Shinji said as the strange alien caused an explosion nearby

"Damn, it was closer than I thought, hurry up and get in" The women known as Katsuragi Misato said as she tossed him into her car and began speeding off, getting away from the monster in the process

"Sorry, I'm late" Misato apologized as she focusing on driving

"It's alright, I was about to get there anyway" Shinji said

"You seem pretty calm considering the situation"

"Let's just say that I've seen stranger things" Shinji replied, he then felt somebody poking him from behind

"And what do you mean by that?" Shiki asked as she kept poking his back

"Exactly what it means" Shinji muttered through clenched teeth

"Did you say something?" Misato asked as she caught Shinji muttering

"Umm, what is that thing?" Shinji said trying to cover up what he said "Almost forgot that nobody can see her"

"That thing is an Angel"

"Angel?"

"Now is not the time to get into details" Misato said as she took her eyes off the road to look at Shinji

"Look out!" Shinji yelled as he pointed at a cruise missile heading straight towards them

"Oh, shit!" Misato yelled as she did a 180 degree turn and just barely got away from the explosion in time, but the shockwave capsized her car.

"Ouch, that hurts, where the hell are they are aiming at!?" Misato said angrily as she managed to get out of the car while helping Shinji get out "you okay?"

"Yeah, I think so" Shinji said as he checked to see if he was still in one piece

"Let's do that again" Shiki said as if she came out of a roller coaster, a dangerous, life threatening roller coaster.

"Shiki, you are the strangest person I've ever met" Shinji muttered to her

"Nooo, My car is ruined, and I still got thirty-three payments on it, this dress also cost a fortune and these stains will never come off ,and they even crushed my shades, I just got them today" Misato whimpered franticly as she took account of her losses.

"But she might come as a close second..." Shinji thought as he looked at the women like she was a side show attraction, but it didn't last long as he began to feel the earthquakes again

"Look up there" Shiki said as she motioned the boy to look up and as he looked up

It was the Angel...

It was halfway through a jump and was falling in their direction.

"Get down!" Misato ordered as she grabbed the boy and pushed him down to take cover

Just before the Angel landed, a massive machine came out and tackled it in mid-air, away from them. The machine had a humanoid shaped body, with a horn the center of its forehead, and was painted mostly purple with some black and neon green.

"Is it another one?" Shinji asked

"No, it's one of ours" Misato said as the giant robot picked up the capsized car and flipped it back unto its wheels.

"I think I'm starting to like this city more and more, how about you, Shinji?" Shiki said as she turned to Shinji who just ignored her as he stared at the giant robot as if he was in a trance

"Why does it seem so familiar?"

"Hey Shinji" Shiki tried to snap him out of it only to get cut off by Misato

"Hey stop staring into space already and get in the car" Misato said, dragging him back into the car "We got to get as far away as possible" She then stepped on the gas pedal and did some extreme maneuvers which would have made the most talented stunt drivers jealous as the two massive beings started fighting it out.

"Never thought I'd ever see this" Shiki said, perched on top of the speeding car's roof

"But isn't our guy losing" Shinji said as he saw the robot take a direct hit from the Angel

"I knew this would happen, Rei still hasn't recovered" Misato thought as they saw all the forces fighting the Angel retreat "They can't be..."

"Shinji, duck and cover!"

"Eh?" Shinji said, confused of what she was saying, when a massive explosion hit the Angel and created a shockwave that sent the car and them flying

As the shockwave dissipated, the car had survived the blast but was pretty damaged

"Wow, now that was a great climax to a great fight" Shiki excitedly as if she was a little kid watching an action TV-show

"Shiki, now is not the time" Shinji muttered before turning towards the dazed Misato "You okay Katsuragi-san"

"I can't take it" Misato sobbed "My poor car..."

"It looks like it can still drive, so let's get going" Shinji said

"Why?'

"Look" Shinji said as he pointed that the Angel. It was still alive

"Shit, I can't believe an N-2 mine didn't even dent it, let's get out of here" Misato said as she pushed the car to its limits again by going full speed

(Half an hour later)

"We finally made it" Misato said as they passed through the steel doors of the military base, and drove the car into a space on an train-like elevator that had special slots for cars, which sent them deeper underground the moment the car was secure, she turned towards Shinji to see he was as pale as a sheet "You okay?"

"This person doesn't know what the meaning of safe driving is...." Shinji thought as the blood flow slowly returned to his face "I'm fine, but what is this place?"

"NERV, an unpublicized organization under the direct control of the UN" Misato explained as Shinji face darkened

"Why did my father summon me, I thought he had forgotten all about me" Shinji said solemnly as he bowed his head

"Maybe you should talk to him about it then" Misato suggested

"We're going to see him, right?" Shinji said

"Yes we are, you're not comfortable talking to your father, are you?"

"It's not that, it's just that..." Shinji said but paused trying to find the right words to say "I haven't seen him since I was a kid and I might just argue with him"

"Screw that!"

Shinji heard behind him as he felt a fist made contact to the back of his skull, causing him to hit the airbag compartment of the car

"You okay, Shinji?" Misato asked

"Yeah, just dozed off..." Shinji replied as he began to mutter "What the hell was that for Shiki"

"Stop moping around"

"Huh?"

"You heard me, stop being so nice all the time, if you're angry at your father then get mad at him" Shiki said

"Even if you say that I just can't do it" Shinji muttered

"Why the hell not, at least give him the finger and tell him to go fuck himself' Shiki said confused and agitated by Shinji's meek behavior

"I'm still angry at him, but I want to make peace with my father more then I want to hate him" Shinji muttered back to Shiki as her face loosened up into a small smile

"You really are a nice guy"

"This guy mutters to himself a lot" Misato thought as they reached the end of the tunnel the car-train was going down, the massive cavern beyond caught Shinji and Shiki's attention

"It's amazing"

"What is it?" Shinji asked as there were a huge pyramid in the center of what seems to be a forest as there were building on the roof in which they came out of.

"This is Geo-Front, our secret base of operations and the stronghold of humanity" Misato said as Shinji and Shiki could only stare in awe

(An hour later)

When Misato, Shinji and Shiki managed to get into the Geo-Front, they were amazed at how huge the place was, but as they passed from hallway to hallway they had a strange feeling that they needed to ask.

"We're lost aren't we?" Shinji asked as Misato jumped in shock and turned back with a scowl on her face

"Shut up and follow me" Misato said "That's funny I was sure that we're supposed to go here"

"Yep, She's lost" Shiki said

"I agree" Shinji muttered as he sighed

"You two, what are you doing here?" A new voice appeared as Shinji and Misato turned around to see a blond haired woman with a white labcoat approaching them, and judging by her appearance she seemed to be a doctor

"You're late, Captain Katsuragi" The blonde said

"Wait, hold on, this purple haired bimbo is a Captain!? Of what beer commercials?" Shiki said

"Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if she did that as a side job" Shinji muttered back to Shiki

"Oh Ritsuko...why are you here?" Misato said bleakly as she was not so happy to see her

"I was sent to find you since you're late, and you do know we don't have time to such nonsense" Ritsuko said in annoyed tone

"Nothing like an angry blond breathing down your neck to knock you down a notch, eh Shinji" Shiki commented on the two women as the person known as Ritsuko lectured Misato

"I don't think that's her real hair color" Shinji muttered

"Really? Maybe she dyed it because her hair was turning gray from dealing with this person" Shiki said

"Could be, but Shiki I don't think you have a say in this since sometimes you make me think that I might be growing gray hair before my time" Shinji muttered

"Hey, I resent that"

"Sorry...I still haven't gotten used to the layout of this place" Katsuragi apologized to the angry blonde, but before she said anything more her eye caught onto Shinji

"So this is the Third Child" Ritsuko said as she gave Shinji a smile, it was more of a statement then a question

"Hello, I'm Ikari Shinji, Nice to meet you" Shinji said "Third Child, What does she mean?"

"Hey maybe you're your father's third child or something" Shiki said as if she was reading his mind, if you're stuck to a person for three years you tend to notice their thoughts every now and then.

"Stop that, it's not funny" Shinji quickly muttered back

"Well, I'm Akagi Ritsuko from the first engineering division, it's also a pleasure to meet you" Ritsuko said as she introduced herself, she turned to the a door that was next to her "Now come along Shinji, there's something I want to show you before we meet your father"

"Show me something?"

(Meanwhile)

"Commander, the Angel is advancing; it's broken through our last line of defense"

"It's evaded our minefield"

"It's predicted target is Tokyo 3"

Gendo Ikari, a bearded man with orange tinted glasses and a black NERV uniform, stood in the center of the chaos as many people moved about the command center and shouted their reports about the Angel attack.

"First wave personnel, prepare for battle" The commander ordered his underlings as he turned to an aging man whose white hair was slicked back.

"Fuyutsuki, it's in your hands now" The commander said as he went to a nearby elevator and left

"Alright, Commander Ikari"

"It's his first encounter with his son in six years" Fuyutsuki though as he watched the man leave

(Back to Shinji)

"Why is it so dark?" Shinji thought as looked around only to see pitch darkness

"Sorry, it's dark so watch your step" Ritsuko warned as she went ahead of him and flipped the switch to reveal the head of a giant purple horned robot

"This is the robot that saved us earlier" Shinji said as he looked at the massive robot, while at the same time in the back of his mind was trying to figure out this sense of familiarity that kept bothering him

"Strictly speaking, this isn't a robot" Ritsuko said as Shinji kept staring the robot "She's a man-made all-purpose battle weapon, Eva-unit 01"

"So this is what my father has been working on" Shinji said as he kept staring at it, but not with awe, more like analyzing it. Why was it bothering him so much, why is it that the more he stares at it the more his mind gets worked up?

"Correct" A voice said as Shinji looked up to see his father...

"It's been a while"

"Father..." Shinji said

"That's your dad!?" Shiki said surprised

"Yeah" Shinji replied to Shiki as her jaw dropped

"No way, he looks nothing like you" Shiki said

"Eh?"

"I thought your father would be a wimpy jackass who hides in a dark room reading some disturbed self-help book" Shiki said as she gave the mental image version of what she thought of Shinji's father, leaving Shinji speechless

"Shinji, listen very carefully to what I'm going to tell you" Commander Ikari said as he looked at his son "You're going to pilot her, and you are going to fight the Angel"

"What..." Shinji said, his shock keeping him from fully comprehending his words

"Wait a second, Commander" Misato said "It took Rei seven months to pilot Eva and this boy just arrived today, it's impossible"

"All he needs is to move it, I'm not expecting much more then that"

"But..." Misato said but was cut off by Ritsuko

"Captain Katsuragi, our main objective here is to repel the Angel, in order to do that we must have someone who can synchronize with the Eva to some extent, make it move and fight the Angel, or do have any other ideas you'd like to share?" Ritsuko explained to the captain only to be replied by silence

"Shinji come here so we can get you ready" Ritsuko said as she grabbed his arm to lead him but he wouldn't budge

"I-I'm go-going to pilot that, t-t-to fight that thing" Shinji said as his voice and body shook involuntary "Why me, it doesn't make sense..."

"Hey Shinji what's wrong with you, this isn't like you?" Shiki said concerned, having never seen the boy with whom she had been with for three years this shaken up, he wasn't even this shook up when she told him that she was the grim reaper

"I-I don't know, b-but for so-some reason m-m-my whole b-b-body is te-telling-no sc-screaming at me not t-t-to do it" Shinji replied, his voice no more than a whisper which could only be heard by Shiki

"You're the only candidate we have, just get inside" Gendo said as he stared at Shinji shivering

"I-is this what you call me for...." Shinji said "Ju-just to send me to fight? Why?"

"Shinji" Shiki said

"I'm still angry at him, but I want to make peace with my father more then I want to hate him"

"Even though he still hates his father, he still wants to make up" Shiki thought "And now he's telling him to fight, this is too much for any person in his state"

"If you don't do as I say, all of humanity will perish. The existence of the human race rests upon your shoulders" Gendo said "So, pilot it"

"I was right on one thing though, he is a jackass"

"No, I will not pilot it, I don't care!" Shinji yelled at the top of his lungs

"Damn it, he's starting to lose it, I'm not good at these types of situations, what should I do, Takimi!" Shiki thought as right before her the dark emotions started to swirl within Shinji again after three years of peace.

"I see, then I have no further use for you, go home, this is no place for cowards" Gendo said as he turned his attention to a nearby monitor "Fuyutsuki, Get Rei"

"Can you use her?"

"She's still alive, bring her here"

"Reset Unit-01's systems for Rei" Ritsuko ordered the mechanics in the nearby area

"Shinji..." Shiki said

"Damn it, why can't I stop shaking....no matter how much I tell my body to stop, it won't" Shinji muttered as tears filled his eyes after being abandoned by his father once again

As Shinji was shaking he, Shiki and Misato saw a small medical team bring in a stretcher that had a girl no more than Shinji's own age on it, she had short blue hair, a crimson right eye and a bandaged up left one, along with a white suit that covered her body and also connected to a series of wires.

"Rei, our backup is useless, you must pilot again" Gendo told the girl

"Yes, sir" The girl known as Rei said as she painfully and with great effort pulled herself out of the stretcher withstanding great pain that was clearly shown on the girl's face

Suddenly the whole base began to rumble in the shock of an earthquake

"That noise"

"The Angel has discover our location, hurry and get Rei to Unit-01"

As the rumbling continued, pieces of the lighting and concrete from the roof started falling to the floor.

"The ceiling is starting to collapse" Misato said as nearby debris knocked the stretcher over, sending Rei flying out

"Look out!" Shinji said as he quickly caught the girl from hitting her head

"Nice catch, Shinji" Shiki commented

"Hang in there" Shinji said ignoring her comment and focusing only on the girl in his arms

"Must pilot..." Rei muttered out as she panted heavily and her condition seemed to get worse.

"How can she pilot in this condition, I can't believe it, if this goes on she'll..." Shinji thoughts were cut off by Misato

"Shinji" Misato walked up to the boy "Do you see now why we need you to pilot, if you don't, you'll just be in the way"

"..." Shinji's silence was a sign for her to continue as is thoughts ponder on what she was saying

"You knew that there wasn't going to be some joyous reunion with your father, you knew there was a reason for this, right!" Misato continued "If you don't pilot that injured girl will have to fight again, don't you have any shame"

"This bitch is starting to piss me off!" Shiki said as she tried to punch Misato, only in vain as it passed right through her "Damn it, why can't I hit her!"

"Shiki stop" Shinji said, his voice was so quiet that nobody could hear except Shiki "You know, you can't hit anybody in the living world besides me..."

"But..."

"Enough Katsuragi, Don't waste any more time on him, Shinji if you're not going to anything, get out and go home" Gendo ordered

"This guy, what I wouldn't give to punch his lights out or better yet get to behead him with my scythe" Shiki said as she stared at him as if trying to imagine herself doing that.

"I know..." Shinji muttered "I know I have to fight..."

"Shinji" Shiki stopped her death glare only to look at Shinji in shock at what he just said

"But...even so, my body is refusing to do it, it's as if my body has gone numb and become frozen whenever I think of trying to pilot it" Shinji muttered, his shivering increased as if he was getting a heart attack, but as Shiki looked at this she only stared at the poor boy who seemed to be stuck in a position that could alter his future

"Alter his future..." Shiki thought as a idea popped into her head "Hey, Shinji, remember when you first accepted that pocket watch Takimi gave you?" her question was only answered by a small nod from the boy

"Now another choice has appeared before you like that time, and whether you accept it or not is your choice alone" Shiki said as she pulled her hand behind her head and grinned "Besides you're not alone I, Ryomi Shiki, the great grim reaper will help you, but in the end it's up to you"

"To accept it or not..." Shinji mutter his trembling body was starting to calm down as he gently place the girl down "If it's just to pilot, I'll do it"

"Well said, Shinji" Ritsuko said as she had a medical team ready to put Rei back into her stretcher "Now come with me so I can explain how to operate it" as she took Shinji by the hand, she lead him to the briefing room in order to go through the process on how to operate the machine but as he left he looked at the girl, who was now receiving medical treatment

"Don't worry; you won't shoulder this burden alone"

Shinji was sitting in the cockpit of the Evangelion, or the 'plug' as Ritsuko and those who also worked with her on the Eva Project called it (the bridge bunnies Maya Ibuki, Shigeru Aoba, and Makoto Hyuga).

"So this is what it's like inside, seems pretty cramped" Shiki commented as she looked around in the plug until she saw Shinji, who seemed pretty serious "What's wrong, Shinji?"

"How ironic, my father never needed me for anything, but he built a robot that does need me" Shinji said as he was focusing nothing but piloting as his hands were still shaking on the controls. Even though Shiki can see this she still pulled a hardy grin and slapped the boy's back hard

"That's the spirit, Shinji, you became quite the man when I wasn't looking" Shiki said as she chuckled a bit

"Really? The truth is that I'm still scared but..." Shinji said as he looked straight at his father through the cameras "I won't let my father call me a coward and I can't forgive him for using a badly injured girl to force me to do this"

"Takimi...you really found me an interesting contract partner" Shiki thought as she looked at the determined boy

Cool-down cycle complete

All internal cage systems are in docking position

Pilot is in the cockpit position inside the entry plug

Roger, Inserting Entry plug

Insertion Complete

Now initiate flooding of entry plug

"What flooding?" Shinji thought as a yellowish liquid was now flooding the cockpit "Wh-What's going on, I'm going to drown!"

"Don't be alarmed" Ritsuko said through the intercom "The liquid is called LCL, and once your lungs are saturated with it you'll be able to go under direct oxygen exchange"

"Hey Shinji..."

"Gack, cough, what's wrong, Shiki?" Shinji asked as he turned toward her, even though he was struggling with the LCL, he was horrified that she was disappearing as the LCL was filling up the plug

"I feel weird...." Shiki said quietly, which was a strange thing from the loud energetic tomboy he normally talked to

"Shiki! Cough," Shinji yelled as he saw his friend completely vanished "Shiki!"

"Calm down, Shinji, you'll get used to the LCL any minute"

"I'm not worried about that but Shiki..."

"What do you mean by you worrying about? Huh" A voice spoke to him directly into his mind

"Huh, Shiki is that you?"

"No it's Satan..., who in the hell do you think it is!? This LCL gunk seems to have let me enter your mind so I can speak directly to you"

"Great...now I'll really have a headache if you're inside my head" Shinji thought as he joked around with her, he was just relieved that she was safe

"Hey, I didn't sign up for this, like I want to be in a traumatized fourteen year old boy" Shiki said in an annoyed tone but played along with his joke

"Well he seems to be getting used to it" Ritsuko said as she watched Shinji through the monitor and seemed to be smiling to himself

"He seems to be enjoying himself...." Misato said, a little shocked at how quickly he overcame his fear in drowning in LCL

Main power connected, all systems fully functional, initiating power up sequence

"Eva Unit-01 prepare to launch" Misato ordered as the process continued

Releasing Primary bolt lock

Release confirmed, releasing umbilical bridge

Releasing primary and secondary restraints

Internal batter fully charged

Launch path clear

Preparation complete

"EVA LANCH!" Misato yelled as Unit-01 was suddenly catapulted through the docking area onto the city streets on Tokyo-3. As Shinji looked at the city streets from the Eva he was face to face with the angel.

"Alright, just like Akagi-san explained to me before in order to move Eva, I need to make it an extension of my own body" Shinji thought as he recalled Ritsuko explaining how to move Eva just moments ago "Just concentrate and focus on the concept of moving"

As if it was his own body, Shinji was able to move forward and run towards the Angel as if it was his own body instead of Eva

"Amazing" Ritsuko said "All he got was a simple explanation, yet he can already move the Eva to that extent"

The Eva tackled the Angel to the ground, he landed on top and restrained the Angel's arms and started punching it into the ground

"Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, and Right" Shinji thought as his mind was only focused on beating the Angel

"Shinji, watch out!" Shiki warned him, but was too late as the Angel managed to slip out of his hold and uppercut the Eva's skull, causing Shinji to fall off. The Angel then took the opportunity to grab and lift the Eva by its head, and then used its free hand to grab the Eva's left arm and started to pull on it.

"AGHHH!" Shinji howled in pain as the Angel managed to dislocate the Eva's arm

"Shinji, don't panic and listen, once the Eva syncs with its pilot, it can feel whatever you feel, so the more you sync the better you can move and operate it, but the drawback is that you can feel the damage the Eva sustains, but it shouldn't permanently damage your arm" Misato explained through the com-link

"Now she tells me"

"Dumb bitch, why couldn't she tell us sooner?"

As the Angel began slashing at the Eva's left arm, Shinji struggled in pain yet managed to silence his screams to painful grunts. The Angel was preparing a concentrated energy blast on the hand grabbing the Eva's head

"Damn it, Shinji move out of the way!"

"I can't! I'm stuck"

"This is going to hurt..."Shiki said as the energy blast went through the Eva's head, blasting it through from the front of his forehead to the back of the skull, Shinji roared in pain as he involuntary grabbed his forehead and arched back as the Eva flew through the air and crashed into the nearby buildings

"Cranial area, damage critical" Maya said

"What about Shinji?" Misato asked, concerned about him

"The monitor isn't picking up anything" Makoto replied in an urgent tone "we can't tell if he survived the attack"

"All right, we need to retreat for now, force ejection of the plug" Misato ordered

"There's no manual override" Shigeru said as he rapidly typed the command into the computer, but ultimately ended up in error "All contact with Eva is lost"

"This can't be happening..."

As Eva Unit 01 lay against the now crushed building, Shinji's consciousness began to swing back and forth between the reality he was in and a endless sleep

"Am I dead?" Shinji thought as he started to feel himself drift away, but felt a pair of arms wrap around him. He looked behind him and saw a nude woman with long chestnut hair and bangs that covered her face, but not enough to hide the warm smile on her face as she hugged him.

"Mother..."

"HEY, SHINJI, SNAP OUT OF IT WILL YOU!" Shiki said suddenly bringing him back to the reality that was now taking place "Nice to see you awake Sleeping Beauty..."

"What happened?" Shinji asked, still a little shell shocked at what just happened

"Well, your father called you back after six years to tell you to fight in a giant robot against some sort of butt-ugly monster called an Angel, only to get your ass handed to you by said Angel, and it's about to finish the damn job, or do you not remember that!?" Shiki ranted as Shinji felt her literally poking the back of his head with her scythe.

"Well what do we do now?" Shiki asked as the Angel was coming closer as it was charging another energy blast but doesn't faze Shinji as he was planning his options before he said his plan

"Activate the second benefit of our contract" Shinji answered only to get an image of a shocked Shiki and then felt his mind get a pile driver and a drop kick at the same time needless to say increasing his already damaged head

"What the hell are you thinking? Do you know what might happened if you used it? Not to mention how much of your life will be drained-" Shiki was about to rant more but Shinji cut her off

"Well it won't do me any good if I die here; and besides, many people will die if the Angel destroys everything" Shinji's counter-response left Shiki speechless for a few moments until she reluctantly agreed

"You better not regret this Shinji..." Shiki said as her form separated from Shinji's mind and she pulled out the pocket watch and her scythe

"God of Life and Death, let this inevitable fate be altered" Shiki chanted as she stabbed the pocket watch, causing an ominous aura that started enveloping Eva 01. Suddenly, the Eva came to life and its eyes glowed brightly as it let out a loud roar.

"It's Eva Unit 01, it has reactivated itself" Maya said

"How can that be, the Eva system has shut down" Ritsuko said as her eyes widened, she had figured out why "She has gone berserk"

"What the status of the Eva?" Misato ordered

"Communications are cut off" Maya said

"The signal patterns of the pilot are also in disarray" Makoto said

"What's going on?"

As the Eva was running towards the Angel, Shinji was crouched in the fetal position inside the Eva's plug, clutching his stomach in pain.

"It's hot, my insides...they feel like they're melting, is this what Shiki meant by this?" Shinji thought as he kept down the desire to barf, he let go of his stomach and grabbed the controls as he made the Eva jump and continuously dodge the Angel's energy blasts as if he was an Olympian acrobat.

"Let's finish this" Shinji said as he stopped this game of tag and rushed towards the Angel again, but was stopped by the AT field

"Not yet!" Shinji yelled as the slashed arm was suddenly restored and he used his hand to begin tearing the AT field apart, but the Angel countered by blasting him with another energy blast, and the Eva's own AT field reflected the Angel's attack right back at it, sending it flying and crashing towards a bunch of destroyed buildings.

"One last attack" Shinji said as he made the Eva jump one more time and kneecapped the Angel's core, bringing it down, after that he continued to try and smash it. The Angel realized the hopelessness of the situation, and suddenly grabbed Shinji as what little remained of its core began to glow.

"It's going to self destruct!" Ritsuko said in an alarmed tone

"Shinji get out of there!" Misato yelled but to no avail, as a huge pillar of light came from the massive explosion, destroying a few city blocks in the process, the huge black silhouette of Eva Unit 01 slowly walked out of the flames.

"Amazing, it survived that explosion" Misato said as she could only stare in awe at what she had just seen

"The ability to change fate, it looks like I did need to use it, Shiki" Shinji said as the Eva move from the flames of the destruction as he fell into the deep dark corners of unconsciousness.


Mf7793: I hope you like the second chapter and if anybody wants to help pre-read this, I'll appreciate it but the 3rd chapter won't come out for awhile so please be patient.