Angel's Retribution, Fanfiction by Chris Savage,
shinsachiel@hotmail.com
Disclaimer : Evangelion and it's characters do not belong to me and I take
no credit whatsoever.
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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION:
ANGEL'S RETRIBUTION
Part 2: Puppets
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It is almost a week now since the incident involving the possession
of the second child, Asuka Langley Soryu, by an angel. The incident struck
everyone at Nerv, not least among them Shinji Ikari who having witnessed
the event first hand has calmed down since then. It was feared by Major Misato
Katsuragi and many of her colleagues that the third child may have decided
to leave Nerv. However, this is not so but there has been a minimal activity
in the geo-front headquarters of the UN organisation, Nerv.
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"I don't know what to say about what has happened." Misato said.
In the central command centre of Nerv headquarters, Misato Katsuragi drinks some cold coffee while conversing with the E-project chairperson, Dr. Saki Murasawa.
"I know what you mean, it was just so unexpected." Saki replied.
"At least it hasn't affected the children too badly." Lt. Maya Ibuki said as she turned around in her seat to face her two superiors.
"Yeah," replied Misato. "Hyuga, how's the repairs on units 01 and 02 going?"
"The damage incurred was minimal Major, unit 01's left hand has already regenerated and the damage to the unit's armor has been repaired. The little damage unit 02 suffered has been repaired as well."
"And unit-Alpha's in a complete mess I suppose?" Misato asked.
"Yeah, repairs and regeneration just started the other day but it'll be awhile before it can be placed back on active duty." Hyuga said.
"And then we've got more tests to run." Maya said with despair in her voice.
"I shouldn't worry about that." Saki said to the three.
Misato, Hyuga and Maya all looked at Saki with confusion. Shigeru, who was listening to his music on an SDAT player didn't really notice what was going on around him.
Saki just sighed and let the conversation drift.
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On the outskirts of Tokyo-3, in Misato Katsuragi's apartment, Asuka Soryu lies on her bed separated from the rest of the world in her room. The events of almost a week ago flash through her mind.
"Freaky." She said to herself.
She heard a voice coming from outside her room.
"Asuka."
It was clear to Asuka, that the voice belonged to Shinji.
"Asuka, can I come in?" he asked.
Asuka turned to her side and, facing the door to her room, spoke.
"Yeah." She said.
The door to Asuka's room opened and through it stepped Shinji Ikari, who had been living in Misato Katsuragi's apartment with Asuka for quite some time now.
"I just wanted to see how you were." Shinji said.
"I thought as much," she replied "you've been asking me that all week."
"Oh," said Shinji "I'm sorry."
"Don't be." Asuka said.
With new-found strength, Shinji spoke again.
"Can I get you anything?" the boy asked.
"You don't have to wait on me, hand and foot Shinji." Asuka replied.
"I'm sorry."
Asuka sighed and turned over in her bed. Shinji took this as his signal to leave the girl alone. He turned back and walked through the door he had come through but a moment ago, quietly shutting it behind him after taking one last look at the girl lying on the bed in the room.
"Why does she always reject me?" he asked himself, sorrow audible in his voice.
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"What of this incident Ikari? How are you going to present this to the committee?" Kouzou Fuyutsuki asked the commander of Nerv, Gendo Ikari who sat opposite him at the sole desk in Ikari's office.
"We won't, after all we have broken free of Seele's scenario and are a separate party from them." He replied.
"Yes, I suspect chairman Kiel's not to pleased." Fuyutsuki said. "But what if Seele see this as an opportunity to attack us?"
"Their Eva series aren't complete yet and without them I doubt that they would attempt a mass attack on us."
"Our latest reports tell us that these units will contain the ability to regenerate themselves, even when totally incapacitated, how are you planning to counter that?"
"Do not worry about trivial matters such as that professor, instead, I ask you a question." Ikari replied with pride in his voice.
"What?"
"Tell me Fuyutsuki, what does Nerv lack that Seele will be sure to exploit to their advantage?" Ikari asked.
"Well, in a military perspective what Nerv doesn't have is an army, it would be useless against the angels." Fuyutsuki replied.
"Very good professor, it is unlikely that Seele will use just their Eva series against us, the requisition of Nerv is too important to Kiel than that. They will strike at our weak points, therefore Nerv needs a military defence force of its own."
"You're crazy." Fuyutsuki said in shock.
"He who dares wins, professor." Ikari replied.
"But where are you planning on finding recruits? And without Seele knowing."
"Fear not Fuyutsuki, all is in hand. We have to be prepared with Seele decides to play their cards."
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In a room, far away from Nerv, sit five men at desks which are lit in different colors, green, blue, yellow, red and white. Some form of meeting is taking place.
"Has the requested sum been paid?" Chairman Kiel asked.
"The 10 million US dollars has been paid to the Japan Heavy Chemical Industrial co-operatives firm." Replied the English man, bathed in green light.
"Production of the six, mark II units has already been completed." Added the Frenchman sitting at the yellow desk.
"Good." Replied Kiel.
"This will be merely a test for Nerv, to see how good their defences are." Said the Russian man, lighted in blue.
"And to see how well we will need to prepare when the day is at hand." Continued the American in red.
"This time, the bell around Ikari's neck will work, send orders to mobilise a week from now when the units have been delivered." Kiel said.
With that, the four desks and the men sitting at them vanished.
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"I'm home!" Misato cried as she walked through the door to her apartment.
"You're back early Misato." Shinji said as he came from one of the other rooms in order to greet Misato.
"Yeah," she replied as she walked into the kitchen to place the groceries that she had bought on her way back home there, "where's Asuka?"
"She's still in her room." Shinji said while looking down at his feet which were shuffling back and forth on the kitchen floor.
"I don't think she's got over it all yet." Misato said as she turned to face Shinji who immediately snapped to attention. "Are you going to watch the television with me or are you just going to mope around?"
"Yeah, okay." Shinji said as he followed his guardian into the living room.
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"How is unit-Alpha going, Dr. Akagi?"
In the office of Gendo Ikari, in front of the sole desk stands Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, behind it sits Commander Ikari and his right hand man, Kouzou Fuyutsuki, stands just beside him.
"The Mitosis process has just begun in the unit's arms but it will be sometime before the head will start it's regeneration."
"Very well, you are excused now Dr. Akagi." Fuyutsuki said, showing some of his power in Nerv's commanding staff.
Ritsuko turned and headed towards the door, before she could leave however, the door slid open revealing Dr. Murasawa. With a grunt, Ritsuko walked past her superior and out into Nerv's sub-complex.
"You called for me?" Saki asked after she had reached a distance from Ikari and Fuyutsuki where she would be audible.
"Yes Doctor, how is production on the second unit getting on?" Ikari asked
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Somewhere in Germany, Nerv's third branch.
"This is the Evangelion that you will pilot young master." An old man with a distinct and deep German accent said.
"I see, but it is not finished yet, is it?" replied a young boy at his side, his accent had a trace of German in it but it was in reality, quite different but not one that could be branded to any country. The boy's light, brown hair shone in the light that bathed the view in the control room from which an Evangelion could be seen through the windows, the monstrous, partly orange due to the incomplete state it was in, unit-Omega shone also in the bright light that bathed it. The boy's eyes were of a similar colour to his hair except slightly maroon in colour, they watched over the monster in front of him quizzically.
"When, it is finished, will I see her again?" the boy asked.
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Back in Tokyo-3, in Misato Katsuragi's apartment. Sobbing can be heard from Asuka's room as Shinji Ikari, with Misato Katsuragi, is watching the television. Shinji's interest isn't really on the program that he and Misato are watched, he is more concerned about Asuka.
"What's wrong Shinji?" asked Misato as she noticed Shinji's grim face.
"Inothing." He replied.
"How many times have I told you that evasive action attracts nothing but more suspicion?" Misato replied, "come on, you can tell me. Is it Asuka?"
"Yeah," he said softly "why is she always like this? I just can't figure her out sometimes."
"Shinji, Asuka's a very difficult girl to understand, you've got to accept her feelings about things and not let it bother you. Otherwise, you may never find true happiness."
"I think I understand how she feels Misato," Shinji said "because she's like me."
"Only she acts in a different way then you to matters." Misato replied.
Shinji looked over to Asuka's room, noticing that the death threat that was a notice on her door had been removed. He spoke again,
"I think I understand better now, Misato."
"That's good Shinji." Misato replied, "don't let her temper get you annoyed and try to find a different way to conflict, to settle your differences. But make sure that you make your feelings clear to her too."
Shinji silently nodded his head.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" he asked his guardian.
"I'm, sure that she will get over it, don't worry." Misato replied, with calm demeanour.
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The Next Day
The door bell rung in Shinji's ears as he eat some steamed rice before him, as breakfast. Noticing that he was the only one up he realised that he would have to answer the door. Making his way to the door, and wiping his mouth clean with a towel, Shinji noticed Asuka's door open and the young, red-haired girl step through it.
"Good morning Asuka." He said.
Asuka looked back at him with a groggy look.
"Who is it?" she asked, indicating the door.
"I don't know." He relied.
"Didn't you ask before you went to open the door?"
"No, I didn't." Shinji said.
Before Asuka could reply however, the door bell rang again, showing that whoever was at the door was growing impatient.
"You're useless." Asuka said as she walked past Shinji to open the door. She didn't get a nice surprise when the door slid open.
"Oh, it's you Asuka." Toji said with a small trace of spite in his voice.
"Hi Shinji." Kensuke said as he looked past Asuka, calling to Shinji.
Asuka decided that she didn't want to throw herself into a fight with Toji, she didn't feel up to it. Instead she just turned back and headed for the kitchen, whispering something nasty about Toji and Kensuke in Shinji's ear as she walked past him. Shinji made a slight chuckle but realised he should be angry at Asuka for saying that about his friends, so he soon adopted a frown.
"Don't mind her." Toji said as he and Kensuke stepped into the apartment of Misato Katsuragi.
Toji walked towards Shinji with a distinct limp that he had gained. Shinji didn't want to look at him and so, decided to examine his own feet with guilt.
"Shinji," Toji said "if it's about what happened, don't worry about it. I know it wasn't your fault."
"But, if it wasn't for me then"
Shinji was cut short by Toji's sudden response.
"Look, we should just forget about it and who is to blame, it's all behind us now."
I suppose so." Shinji said.
"Good, then let's never talk of it again." Toji replied.
Shinji smiled, feeling some relief.
"So why are you here so early in the morning, and on a weekend?" Shinji asked.
"We just wanted to see how things were going." Toji said. Kensuke butted in however.
"I heard that there was another angel attack."
"So, Kensuke wanted to ask all about it." Toji finished.
"There hasn't been an attack for ages, please you've got to tell me everything!" Kensuke said, enthusiastically.
"I would rather not talk about it." Shinji replied.
"But!" Kensuke exclaimed.
"Hey, if he said he doesn't want to talk about it Kensuke. It probably isn't easy for him to speak about." Toji said.
"You're right," Kensuke said. "I'm sorry Shinji."
"That's okay," he replied "do you want to come in?"
The three of them walked into the living room.
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Elsewhere on the Honshu Island of Japan, near the old city of Kyoto, six massive entities stand outside of the new, secret headquarters of Japan heavy chemical Industry co-operatives. The headquarters had moved since the company was officially dissolved several months earlier after a certain product of theirs malfunctioned and went out of control, almost resulting in a nuclear meltdown. The mechanical monstrosities that stand in the open are indeed the Jet Alone, Mk II. Much larger than the old prototype model with heavier armour everywhere on the body of the robots, the legs are much stronger than before and allow the Jet Alone to run at a much increased pace. As have the arms been upgraded to take and deal much more pressure than previous. The chunky torso of the Jet Alone has been cut down to give it a more elegant look. The most significant change however, was the removal of the unit's nuclear core.
The remote controlled monstrosities begin to move to a new location of the base, they head towards the airlift platforms where six huge transport aircraft await their arrival.
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" How is everything then Shinji?" Toji asked.
Back in Misato's apartment the conversation was all but dead.
"Well, Asuka's her usual self, most of the time." He replied.
"That good huh?" Kensuke said, trying to make a joke but failing miserably at the attempt. "Um, didn't you say that you were going to ask Shinji something, Toji?"
"Oh yeah!" Toji said, "well, I was wondering if the three of us could go somewhere instead of being cooped up here all the time."
Before anything more could be said, the doorbell rang for the second time that morning.
"I'll be back in a moment." Shinji said.
The young boy stood up and headed put of the room, towards the main door of the apartment. Before he could reach it however, he noticed Asuka ahead of him, just about to open the door. Shinji decided to check it out anyway and watched as Asuka pushed the button beside the entrance of the apartment and then the door slide open. Standing in the threshold of the doorway was Hikari Horaki, Class 11A's representative and Asuka's best friend.
"Hikari, glad you could make it." Asuka said in joy "I don't know how I'd survive with Shinji and his idiot friends around."
"It's okay Asuka." She replied.
Asuka turned round to lead Hikari into the apartment when she found Shinji in front of her.
"Talk about idiots." She said sarcastically.
Shinji frowned and turned back to head into the main room again. Asuka and Hikari followed him. Back in the room, Shinji found himself reunited with his friends, who hadn't yet got an answer from Shinji.
"So Shinji, are you going to go?" Toji asked.
"Go where?" Hikari asked Toji.
"We were going to go somewhere out in Tokyo-3," Toji replied "do you want to come along?"
"Sure." Hikari said enthusiastically, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically, only Asuka knew why.
"Well if Hikari is going, then so am I." Asuka said, proudly as usual.
"Drat!" Toji mumbled under his breath, although everyone could hear him.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" Asuka shouted, marching straight over to Toji and grabbing his collar.
"Nothing." An intimidated Toji stuttered.
Asuka had noticed Shinji and Hikari looking at her with pleading eyes and so, Asuka decided that it would be best to drop the matter, and Toji.
"Well, are you coming with us then Shinji?" Kensuke asked, trying to move the conversation on.
"Yeah, if everyone else is going then I suppose I should too." Shinji replied, taking his eyes off Asuka.
"Great, then let's go!" Toji said as he stood up and encouraged everyone else to follow suit. Soon, they were out of the apartment and on their way.
The door to Misato Katsuragi's bedroom opened just moments after everyone had left. She let out a long yawn and walked through into the living room.
"Good morning everyone." She said.
Upon opening her eyes properly and waking up, Misato realised that there was no one there.
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"So, are you going to come out on a date with me again?" Shigeru asked Dr. Murasawa in the control room at Nerv's geo-front headquarters.
Saki looked at the man quizzically before answering.
"That's okay, I don't really feel like doing anything just now."
Their conversation was broken by a bleeping noise coming from Hyuga's terminal.
"Uh ma'am, I'm picking up six entities on the radar headed this way." He called to the Doctor behind him.
"Can we get a visual?" Saki asked, after swiftly disengaging from her conversation with Shigeru.
"Not just yet," he replied "I'll send a squadron of scouts to get a better look."
"Good, until then go to a yellow alert."
"Should I get Major Katsuragi?" Hyuga asked.
"I don't think we need to disturb her, we'll be fine with this." She replied.
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High, in the skies just beyond Tokyo-3
"This is Sigma squadron to Gamma squadron, do you read?" came a voice behind a visor in a fighter plane.
"Affirmative, Gamma is with you."
The four aircraft, two from each squadron dived and darted through the air like a group of killer insects.
"Target approaching." Said one of the Sigma squadron members."
"Prepping cameras." Responded one of pilots from Gamma squadron.
"Sending, the signal to Nerv HQ," said the second Gamma pilot, "confirmed. We have visual."
Just past the last cloud as the four fighter planes bolted through, the six massive transport aircraft could be seen emerging from another cloud not so far from them, carrying their lethal load, the six Mk. II Jet Alone mecha.
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Back in Nerv Central, Dr.'s Akagi and Murasawa stand at the control platform, the three lieutenants before them. Behind and also above them, sits Gendo Ikari, supreme commander of Nerv and his right hand man, Kouzou Fuyutsuki taking his normal position just beside the man. They watch as the image now projected on the main screen, just before them, grows gradually larger as the two sets of aircraft, both the enemy and their own scouts get closer to each other. Suddenly the room is bathed in red light as an alert for an enemy attack is sounded.
"We're detecting enemy missiles coming from the enemy aircraft!" Shigeru shouted at the top of his voice.
"they're going to shoot down our planes!" Hyuga quickly followed.
As if to coincide with what they just said, some ten missiles came shooting from the position of the aircraft, carrying the Jet Alone robots, towards the screen and in reality towards Nerv's squadron of fighters. As the missiles hit home the main screen burst into static as the transmission was cut off from Gamma squadron due to the destruction of the craft.
"So we can confirm that they are hostile." Hyuga said as he slumped back in his chair.
"Should I contact the pilots and Major Katsuragi?" Shigeru asked, looking back at Dr. Murasawa.
Saki nodded.
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Outside, in Tokyo-3.
Sounds of alarms can be heard everywhere.
Citizens of the city are scrambling around, desperately trying to get to their shelters as some of the buildings around them start to sink into the geo-front below.
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Misato Katsuragi's apartment.
The phone can be heard ringing from the main room. The ringing pulled Misato out of her trance as she eat her breakfast silently. The woman got up from her position and moved to intercept the phone call, so to speak.
"Hello?" Misato asked as she spoke into the phone, mouth half filled with food.
"Major Katsuragi, we've got an alert status down here," Shigeru replied "we need you and the Eva pilots here immediately."
"What?" Misato cried, spitting out her breakfast in the process.
"That's right, how quickly can you get here?"
"I don't know, but the children aren't here." Misato complained.
With this, Misato pulled the hook on the phone's receiver, ending the transmission, after doing this, Misato dialled a new number into the phone set.
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Tokyo-3 again.
In the now half-empty streets five children can be seen panicking, as the chaos ensues around them. One of these children, Toji Suzahara is trying to restore some order to the group.
"Calm down everyone!" he shouted.
"He's right." Kensuke replied.
Before any more could be said, the muffled sound of ringing could be heard from Shinji's pocket.
"What's that?" Hikari asked.
Shinji put his hand in the pocket where the noise was coming from and pulled out a small, cellular phone.
"Hello?" he asked, confused as no-one ever rang him.
"Okay, we'll be there soon." He said again into the phone.
"Who was that?" Asuka asked.
"Misato," Shinji replied "there's an emergency at Nerv."
"Gee, do you think so?" Asuka bit back, sarcastically before grabbing Shinji's arm and pulling him off with her on the way to Nerv Central.
With the two Eva pilots gone, the other three decided to evacuate to a safe place.
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Soon after, in Nerv Central, Shinji Ikari and Asuka Soryu arrive and await their orders.
"The enemy we are facing, they're not angels?" Shinji asked.
"No, they're a series of robots that are advanced versions of the Jet Alone that you stopped some time ago." Ritsuko told him, as Saki had not been at the site of the Jet Alone incident.
"But, that thing had a nuclear reactor!" Shinji protested, "if we damaged them then"
Saki interrupted him.
"We don't know whether the units are equipped with nuclear cores or not, but we have to take them out. Do you understand?"
"Yes ma'am." Shinji replied quietly.
"But where's Misato?" Asuka asked.
"She should be along soon," Ritsuko said "hopefully."
Fortunately, the door behind them opened and through it ran Major Misato Katsuragi.
"Are we ready to move out?" she asked while hurrying into her position.
"Affirmative." Hyuga replied while looking at some data on his terminal.
"Then let's do it!" Misato said.
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"Entry plugs have been inserted." Rang a voice in the Eva cages.
"Filling the entry plugs." Came another voice, this time it was Lt. Maya Ibuki's.
"Docking release!" Misato said.
With this, the restraints that held the two Evangelions came loose and the walls that surrounded them started to move free of the Eva's.
"Moving the Eva's to the launch bays."
The two Evas moved back on huge platforms until they met the walls of the launch bay where they stopped and rested.
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Outside, the transport aircraft followed a similar process. In one swift moment the restraints that held the six Jet Alone came free and subsequently the robots fell from their carriers. The six mecha approached the ground with a great speed and when they made contact with the earth, the entire bodies of the Jet Alone shuddered as sparks flew from under their feet as metal met the hard metal Tokyo-3 floor on the outskirts of the fortress city. The machines stayed still in a crouching position. The silence was broken with the noise of the energy rods being released from the Jet Alones backs. The heads of the robots lit with energy, the Jet Alone came to life, standing up in their positions. Not a moment after they had been activated had six more objects dropped from the sky falling beside each Jet Alone. The six mecha each picked up their weapons that had dropped from above, large specially designed rifles for use with the robots. Each trained their sight on one spot and raised their weapons in wait.
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"Beginning synchronisation!" Maya cried from the control room.
The two wave patterns on her screen started to shift and meet, however Asuka's wave pattern did not move as fast as Shinji's and soon they stopped.
"Shinji has achieved synchronisation with an 80% ratio," Maya called to her superiors "but Asuka hasn't synchronised!"
"What?" Ritsuko cried in disbelief as she came over to Maya's shoulder to look at the results.
"What's wrong Asuka?" Misato asked.
"I just can't get it to work," came an answer from the communication terminal, "it just won't work!"
"She's not ready yet." Saki said to the others.
"Okay then, put Asuka on stand-by and launch Shinji and unit-01." Misato said.
"Roger." Maya replied as she keyed the launch signal into her terminal.
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Eva-01 launched with an impressive array of sparks as the giant mecha shot up into vertical tunnel. Inside the entry plug Shinji could feel the familiar rush and was pushed back into his seat, convincing him not to relax.
Above, in Tokyo-3, one of the Eva launch exits opened and the six Jet Alone followed their guns to that one hole at the same time.
As Eva-01 shot out of the opening and stopped fiercely, the six rifles held by the Jet Alone robots opened fire, spitting lethal projectiles at the Evangelion.
Immediately the Eva's AT field unfolded with a screeching noise, smashing strait though the Eva's own restraints and destroying some of the smaller buildings around it that were too small, and insignificant, to be evacuated into the safety of the geo-front. With an unfolded AT field, the hundreds of bullets bounced of the field as if they were small insects. Eva-01 turned to face one of the enemy.
"Shinji, be careful with them, we don't know whether they are powered by nuclear cores or not." Ritsuko said to him.
"Be aware that they won't be as mobile as you," Misato said "use this to your advantage."
"Roger!" Shinji replied.
"Eva, MOVE OUT!" Shinji could hear Misato shouting, but now his mind was focused on the battle ahead and he blocked out any external thoughts.
The purple Evangelion charged at the Jet Alone he had turned to face, the Eva running at it like lighting, the thunder would follow soon after. With a force that was great enough to smash one of the armory buildings in Tokyo-3, Eva-01 smashed into the Jet Alone, causing it to buckle and fall tumble over, unit-01 following soon thereafter.
Unit-01 drew it's progressive knife from it's left shoulder plate, igniting the blade with a fury that equalled that of Eva-01. The Jet Alone raised it's own arms in response and shot more rounds from cannons built into it's arms. The weapons had no effect on Eva-01 and merely bounced off it's armour causing no damage. In reply to the Jet Alone's attack, Eva-01 drew it's arm back and then punched it forward causing the progressive knife to smash into the remote controlled robot's face, smashing the circuitry behind it. Unit-01 proceeded to move the prog knife around inside the Jet Alone's body, causing more damage until it was apparent that the robot had been destroyed.
Evangelion-01 drew back from the Jet Alone and stood up, it's purple armor shining in the morning sun.
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"Impressive." Gendo Ikari said to Fuyutsuki.
"Hmm, it seems as though Seele is testing us." The older man replied.
"A rite of passage, but these dolls are of no consequence to our plan, they are much to weak and pitiful to oppose us." Gendo said with a cold voice, which was normal for him.
Below the two commanders, the six control room staff are split between two things, keeping track of Shinji's progress and trying to get Asuka to synchronise with unit-02.
"Asuka, concentrate harder!" Ritsuko said through the com.
"I'm trying!" Asuka grunted.
Misato watched as Shinji took another charge at one of the Jet Alone on the screen, smashing into it with a grinding of metal.
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Eva-01 punched it's progressive knife into the shoulder of it's second target, causing cooling liquid to be sprayed everywhere. The liquid reminded Shinji of blood even though robots don't bleed. Eva-01 continued it's attack by smashing the Jet Alone's torso, blow after blow. Eventually the armour gave up and Eva-01 punching into the robot. Instead of destroying the robot right there and then, Shinji decided to pick the damaged Jet Alone up. He turned around until he saw another Jet Alone, deciding it to be his target, Shinji threw the Jet Alone into the other Jet Alone. The two robots smashed into each other causing the one that was standing to buckle and then topple over. Before he could so anything else, Shinji heard Misato's voice through the intercom.
"Shinji, look out!"
Shinji looked to his left and saw a Jet Alone charging towards him, before he could spread his AT field however, the Jet Alone had already made contact with him and was being pushed through the Tokyo-3 streets, unable to do anything. After a few seconds, Shinji felt something hit his back, he looked round to see that he was trapped between two Jet Alones now.
As he struggled to free himself from his two oppressors, Shinji heard a roaring noise coming from above him. He looked up and saw one of the transport aircraft flying lower than before, the aircraft had something attached to the bottom of it and it dropped it close to where the third, undamaged, Jet Alone was standing.
"What is that, Misato?" Shinji asked desperately.
"I don't know, but it's a weapon of some kind." Misato replied.
The Jet Alone which had been dropped the massive cannon-like weapon picked it up and drew it's aim to Shinji and unit-01.
Shinji could hear the control room staff through his open intercom.
"I'm picking up a large amount of energy on the particle detector." Shigeru, with panic in his voice, said.
"It can't be," Misato replied "it's firing a particle beam, like the fifth angel!"
Before anything else could be said, Shinji watched as the Jet Alone fired the weapon. The gun did nothing for a couple of seconds but without warning, a beam of energy suddenly shot out the barrel and towards Shinji.
"Unfolding AT field!" shouted Shinji.
The AT field of Evangelion unit-01 unfolded, forcing the two Jet Alone holding him away. Just after Shinji had spread his AT field the enemy's weapon hit it, smashing straight through his field and going on to hit unit-01 full on in the chest.
"ARRGHH!" Shinji screamed.
Unit-01 collapsed onto the floor, now vulnerable to the Jet Alone's attack.
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"How could it break through the Eva's AT field like that?" Ritsuko said in disbelief.
"What's the pilots status?" Misato asked.
"He's alive," Hyuga replied "the AT field must have acted as a buffering effect to the full power of that weapon."
Above the panic in the control booth.
"It looks like this won't be as easy as we expected." Fuyutsuki said to Ikari.
Gendo just grunted.
"How's Asuka and unit-02?" Saki asked.
"She's still not synchronising." Maya replied.
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Inside unit-02's entry plug.
"Come on, work damn you," Asuka screamed "you're my doll, you're supposed to obey my every order!"
A voice flashed through Asuka's mind.
"Eva has it's own mind."
"You're blocking yourself."
Asuka could hear another voice, this time coming from the intercom with the control room.
"Their moving in on Shinji," Maya said "there's nothing he can do!"
"Rrrrrrrrrgg, WORK!!!" Asuka screamed, "please."
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"Asuka's synchronised!" Maya exclaimed with joy.
"What?" Saki asked.
"Great!" Misato shouted "no time to delay, send her on an alternate route through one of the mountain tunnels and ambush those creeps."
"Roger!" Hyuga replied as he keyed a code into his terminal.
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Inside the Eva launch bay, the catapult holding unit-02 released, sending the Eva flying up one of the launch tunnels.
"I'll show you what I'm made of!" Asuka shouted from inside her entry plug.
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Inside unit-01's entry plug, Shinji struggled to get a hold of his senses as he watched three Jet Alone approach him, moving in for the kill. Just as the young boy was about to give up, he could see something in the distance.
Eva-02 came flying out of one of the Evangelion launch exits that was built into the mountains surrounding Tokyo-3, the Eva spread out it's arms as it came free of the launch restraints and was flung into the air. The crimson armoured Eva looked like an angel of death as it bore down on it's enemies with ferocity.
"Asuka?" Shinji said from his entry plug.
The red Evangelion moved into a flying kick as it was still in the air. In just a few seconds it made contact with the Jet Alone which was holding the particle beam weapon, it's leg spearing into the back of the remote controlled robot causing it to fall forward, between two Eva armament buildings.
"Misato!" Asuka called through her intercom.
"Send her the short range Positron rifle!" Misato said to Hyuga, Asuka could hear them through the open channel.
"Roger, sending Positron 20x Rifle to armament building 20." Hyuga replied.
Within the space of a few seconds, the building to Asuka's right opened, revealing the positron rifle. Before she could grab it, the two other Jet Alone abandoned Shinji and headed towards Asuka. They opened fire with weapons that were attached to their shoulders. However, unit-02 instinctively unfolded it's AT field and the weapon's projectiles merely bounced off the force field. Asuka took this as her chance to grab the positron rifle. With the weapon in hand, Asuka started to unload round after round of positron beams into the Jet Alone to the right.
"Die, damn you!" Asuka screamed as she watched each beam smashing into the Jet Alone's armour.
Eventually the Jet Alone collapsed, electricity crackling on it's surface.
Asuka brought the weapon on the other Jet Alone, which was now just ahead of her. Unit-02 pulled the trigger but nothing happened.
"Shiese, out of charge." Asuka cursed to herself.
Eva-02 tossed the weapon aside and drew it's progressive knife from it's shoulder.
"Come get some." Asuka smirked.
Indeed, the Jet Alone decided to 'get some' as it attacked unit-02, knocking the knife out of it's hands and wrestling with it.
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Shinji watched Asuka from inside unit-01, and had finally brought himself round, trying to shrug off the pain. He stood his Eva up, still watching unit-02 and the Jet Alone struggling in front of him. He would have gone to help her had the two Jet Alone he had disabled previously started to make an attack on him, firing their shoulder weapons at him. Shinji wasn't going to make the same mistake twice and immediately unfolded his AT field, turning to face his two attackers.
Realising that he had left his progressive knife in the shoulder of the Jet Alone he had been fighting previously, Shinji drew a hand gun for Eva from his other shoulder compartment. And unloaded several rounds at the two Jet Alone that were approaching him.
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Asuka grappled with the Jet Alone for a while until she gained the upper hand and threw it down on the ground. Before she could finish it off, the Jet Alone launched a surprise attack, shooting a beam of energy from it's left arm, forcing unit-02 back.
"Why, do you have to have so many hidden weapons?" Asuka screamed at the robot before her.
She could hear the sound of aircraft above.
Without warning, two of the aircraft that had carried the Jet Alone, launched an air strike on unit-02 causing the Eva to lose it's balance and topple over.
"Cowards!" Asuka screamed again "why don't you come down here and fight?"
The Jet Alone she was fighting before now approached Asuka and unit-02 while the young pilot wasn't aware and fired a beam at the Eva's back, cutting the umbilical cable.
Asuka noticed the switch from external power to internal and brought her attention back to the Jet Alone.
"Clever bastard."
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"Asuka, are you okay?" Shinji asked through the intercom.
"Don't worry about me, you don't have time to." Asuka replied.
Shinji brought his weapon round again to bear on the two advancing Jet Alone, shooting at the one with the gaping hole in it's chest from his previous attack, firing several more bullets at it. When he decided that the weapon he was using wasn't going to have much of an effect, Shinji dropped it and charged at the two advancing Jet Alone, smashing into his target and leaving the other one behind.
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"Unit-02's cable has been cut Major." Hyuga said to Misato.
"Prepare another and send it to her as soon as possible." Misato replied.
"Roger." Hyuga replied as he keyed into his terminal. His efforts were answered by a beeping. "What? The signal's not being accepted!"
"That's not possible," Misato said "headquarters hasn't sustained any damage yet, it can't be broken."
"Nevertheless, it is happening." Saki said, "we must accept that and move on."
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Back, on the battlefield in Tokyo-3.
"You've got five minutes to live now, you pile of junk!" Asuka shouted at the Jet Alone in front of her.
Unit-02 charged at the Jet Alone, bringing it's full weight to bear on the robot. When the two came to a stop, the Jet Alone tried to throw a punch at unit-02. It was stopped however, as unit-02 caught the punch with it's left hand. With her free hand, Asuka grabbed the Jet Alone at the torso and lifted it up. With Shinji taking care of one of the other Jet Alones, Asuka decided that the free one would make a nice target and threw the robot in her grip at it.
The Jet Alone that was not being destroyed by Shinji watched as another of the robots came flying at it.
Asuka chuckled as the two Jet Alone collided and were engulfed in a fireball. She took a look at the Eva's clock and saw that she had three minutes of activation time remaining.
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Shinji stopped plowing his Jet Alone through the Tokyo-3 streets and thought it was time to end it. Shinji grabbed the Jet Alone by it's torso and stood it up on the ground.
"Asuka!" he shouted through the intercom to unit-02's pilot.
"Here I am." She replied.
Shinji watched as unit-02 charged towards where he was standing with the Jet Alone. The red Evangelion took a jump and flew at the robot with a kick, smashing into the Jet Alone's head knocking it out of Shinji's grasp.
The hapless opponent tried to stand up but was hit by another of Asuka's blows.
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Inside the control room.
"Be careful Asu" Misato said to the pilot of Eva-02 but was cut off by Dr. Saki Murasawa.
"Go for it Asuka, finish it off!"
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The Jet Alone tried desperately to make a last stand but before it could fire any more of it's weapons, Asuka pounced on it and drew the progressive knife that Shinji had embedded in it's shoulder and with a final attack, thrust the knife into the Jet Alone's head causing the lit head to dim as it was destroyed.
"Worthless dolls." Asuka said to herself as her unit-02 de-activated.
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