Time for chapter three. Anyway, thank you to those who reviewed. This chapter was mainly made for my own mind. I have always wondered, how exactly was Lillith (Adam's clone in the manga) caught? Time to find out. Now to the next phase!
Origins of the truth-Chapter 03-The Black Egg
-------------------------------------Site of Tokyo-3---Early 2005-----------------------------------
The city had just been decided to be the site of the coming war with the Angels. The many construction workers were busy building the skyscrapers and other systems needed in the city. The massive locking mechanisms for the shelters, underground tunnels, weapon bays, and armor plating. Nothing could be spared when it came to guarding against creatures of unbelievable power.
All this to guard what lay deep below. A giant underground dome almost exactly like Adams White Egg. The only difference being the wall was a deep, soul swallowing black. After discovering it, a train system was built into the side to make reaching the bottom area easier. A team of workers slowly advanced down the train to the bottom of the Egg. With the men was Azazel, along with the Ev-Angelion, Evrei.
Azazel had helped find the Black Egg shortly after helping Yui Ikari finish her creation, the Evangelion. He was saddened when he was witness to the failed extraction of her memories into Unit-00-B and lost her soul to the creature. He had that particular core removed and stashed away to become the core of Unit-01, which he himself had designed. Better news came with the creation of Unit-02. Kyoko had been able to merge her soul into it and retain her form. Unfortunately, her soul had left her body and left a shell behind. Her body suffered from a mental illness that would cost her the rest of her life. The completion of Unit-00-A was a good sign. A copy of Naoko Akagi's soul had been placed on the core for it. Although unstable, it was an improvement.
As he looked toward the center, he saw something he was very use to seeing. The giant female statue of Lillith, the Mother of the Terrans. He had known her in flesh for long ago. Seeing her as a stone monolith was unsettling.
Lillith was sitting with her legs under her, silver-white haired head turned upward. Her closed eyes made her look like she was in a deep, dreamful sleep. Her skin was pale as snow. Her face was sculpted to the exact definition of beauty, not a flaw could be found on it. He tried his best not to pay much attention to the more intimate parts of her perfect form. Everything about her design screamed absolute beauty. Many of the workers had come to see her as a model of what women should be.
He walked to the cargo area of the train and gently laid his hand on Evrei. She hadn't spoken to him much since Adam was sealed by his lance. He smirked as he thought about that lance. The Lance of Longinus could be the one thing he needs to seal Lillith and stop the Angels from attacking the humans. However, he had lost it in the Blood Sea and Evrei can't swim. He would have to use the machine Yui had equipped onto Evrei to steal Lilith's soul. Whatever he did, he couldn't let her make another Impact.
Arriving at the bottom Azazel climbed in and boarded Evrei. He slowly advanced toward the statue as the new LCL pumps fed in the blood from Evrei. A few tests on the blood showed it had protective and healing powers alongside the breathable nature.
Azazel moved Evrei out of the hold and began to help the workers. They were to construct restraints able to hold back Lillith and keep her from aiding the Angels. One of the many Seeds had found its way to the Black Egg and landed clean in Lillith, merging into her stomach. He feared the Seed would force her to fight her own children. That was one scenario he was not about to let his mother go through.
He stopped advancing toward her when he noticed the statue in the center turn its head to him. His eyes widened as it stood on one knee and then fully rose. The Seed of Adam on her stomach had melded into her completely and activated.
"Shit, I really have to fight her now." He turned to the weapon her had strapped to Evrei's waist. A small knife designed for the Evangelions. The blade would vibrate at hypersonic speeds and render even the strongest of soul barriers useless after enough time.
"Be careful my Brother. Mother has had her will taken from her by the remains of Adam. She will be far more powerful then ever before." Azazel was glad to hear that voice in his mind. She had finally forgiven him for letting the Humans use her as they saw fit.
"Thanks, Rei. Now let's get going. I've only been able to make one Ev crystal so we only get one shot. Only have one chance, take her soul or die!" he screamed as he leaned forward and rushed the slow moving being.
Lillith didn't wait long to react to the advance. Six large wings shot out of her back and quickly swung down to force her into the air. Evrei looked up and quickly flung the knife towards the wings on her back. The blade flew passed two of the left wings and severed them cleanly about two feet from where they merged with her body. The mass of flesh and feathers fell to the earth as Lillith closed her eyes and started regenerating the lost assets.
"Brother, quickly. Obtain mother's lost flesh and merge it with mine." Azazel just raised his eyebrow. His sister just said to fuse flesh to flesh.
"What do you mean Rei? How can that even be possible?"
"I am both Angelion and Terran in this form, Brother. Angelion may merge with bodies with their kind. I have gained that trait for Terrans as well." That made a lot of sense. He quickly slapped his forehead before he even gave a chance to try to understand it. He had witnessed many Angelions die for lack of body parts. If merging were possible, those foes would have been much harder.
Deciding to trust his sister on matters she would have more experience in, Azazel quickly ran to the lost wings and placed the bloody ends on the bare flesh of Evrei's back. He roared in pain as the flesh on the wings shot out tendrils and began to dig into the skin, muscles, and bones. He looked behind himself and saw the two wings comfortably swinging. "Wow, it worked. Let's see what these can do!"
Evrei ran forward and picked up the knife where it had landed after severing the wings. He turned quickly to see Lillith finish regenerating her wings. She turned slowly and looked at him with a soft smile. He scanned over the field. The workers, thankfully for Azazel, had trusted him enough to build the restraint designed to hold her. The blood red cross was designed to restrain Evangelions during transport if it didn't have a pilot.
Lillith seemed to pay little attention to the humans. She descended to near the ground and race towards Evrei. Evrei swung its wings down hard and flew above Lillith as she flew under. Azazel started flying above Lillith as she looked around trying to find him. He smirked as he folded the wings around his torso and dropped on her back, sending her grinding across the ground.
"Sorry Mother," was all he said as he plunged the knife into her back and carved out the mass of flesh that forged her wings. After tearing the chunk of feathers, blood, and muscle off her body, he spun her around on her back. The sight was horrible to him. Her face as locked in a scream of pain.
He closed his eyes as Evrei picked her up and carried her to the cross. Lillith began to kick at Evrei's stomach to try to free herself from its tight grasp. Azazel threw her onto the cross and drew the knife. Drawing the sonic blade through her abdomen cleanly from the ground, he pulled hard on her legs and severed the limbs from her body. The scream of pain was loud enough to pierce through his soundproofing. Lillith lay limp on the cross. The shock of having her wings and legs removed had forced her into a comatose state.
He looked for something to bind her to the restraint and found two giant girders. "Guess I'll have to make do," he said as he took the knife and carved the two girders into long nails. He took his new nails, forced her hands to the arms of the cross, and slammed the nail through them.
He looked down and saw her flesh start to bulge and morph as she tried to repair her legs. He knew time was short at this point. Once she regained her form, she would free herself. Azazel grabbed the Ev core he had made from the human technology. It wouldn't bind quite as well, but it would hold long enough for a new, controllable, body could be made. Quickly jamming the knife into her belly, he cut it open to reveal the seed sitting in her. "This is the end," he said slamming the core into the seed.
Lillith once again began to scream as her features started to fade. Everything that would separate her from others, or even male from female for that matter, started to fade. The blinding light released from the fusion of core and seed faded quickly. What remained was a bright red gem with flowing and swirling energy inside. The starch white body that remained was oddly calming. It marked the capture of a hope for salvation.
---------------------------------Artificial Evolution Lab, Late 2005--------------------------------
Azazel looked around the room with some pain. Not too long ago he was introduced to a new friend who wished to use his creation to save the world. Now he was busy using her methods to turn remnants of his own mothers flesh to forge a new behemoth. He walked to the giant bio-mech clad in purple armor and laid his hand on the chest plate.
"How are you feeling Yui? I'm sorry I couldn't stop your absorption. However, I do have good news. Three Evangelions are combat ready. We only need to find the proper pilots and everything will be fine."
"Enjoying your work, Azazel?" Azazel looked over to the voice.
"Hey Fuyutsuki. I didn't really know what to do. Rei has completely stopped listening to me. She won't even talk to me right now." The look on his face told Fuyutsuki all he needed to know. He was hurting.
"It may be the ruthlessness you showed Lillith. She may have been the Second Angel, but to Evrei she was your mother. This does bring me to wonder something, though."
"Would that something involve your Evangelions?" Azazel asked with a knowing grin. 'Everything revolves around these things,' he thought silently and woefully.
"Yes. Do you think the Evangelions will as temperamental?"
The question of a lifetime. Azazel couldn't help but laugh at that. "It will depend on the person. Yui here may not be that way if her pilot is someone she can come to care about or even love. With the seed of Adam her son possesses I would suggest he pilot Unit-01 someday."
"Perhaps. That would be violating your promise to protect her son, wouldn't it?"
"Maybe. As of now, I really don't care. I need to find a new pilot for Rei. I'll be going now. Don't ask where or when I'll be back, because I don't know either." He had a serious look on his face again. Fuyutsuki had given up on convincing him to try to make more Evangelions. Azazel had stated clearly that Unit-01 was his last. All others were the humans' attempts at gaining the powers of God. He just watched as Azazel walked out of the hanger and left.
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I don't really mind this chapter. As far as stream is concerned, you don't even need to read this chapter. I just wanted to give a story to the capture of Lillith. Seriously, I have never found any details on how they captured her without the lance. Anyway, did you enjoy? Review please. So few is kind of hurting morale.
P.S. I got a good review from one of my favorite authors, J.Alana1. His/Her stories AFTER IMPACT and Destiny of One inspired this one after a long series of thoughts. Therefore, I'm proud of that. Please read those two in that order. They are two of the three top stories of Evangelion fan fiction I have read. The third isn't my own. I'm not egotistical. It's actually Only In Your Eyes Am I Worthy by my other favorite, Lucythebeast. Felt I owed both of them a small bit of publicity after how they helped me, even if they never knew it.