Chapter 4

"Everything goes to hell"

August 31st Somewhere at french coast, Mediterranean.

As soon as it became in direct contact with sunlight, the tumorous growths on its back cracked open and started to deploy into several large, sappy orange fronds. Shinji and Jonathan watched in horrid fascination as i'ts skin started to darken as it began to rapidly heal all of the damage inflicted upon it earlier. Its bodymass increased significantly and visible muscles began to form. It's maw shortened into a more useful form as its teeth grew and sharpened. It's arms lengthend and grew into massive, clawed appendages while the tail split into legs and it's core emerged on it's chest.

"Why wont it die !, Jonathan shouted and charged at it but was knocked away.

He tried again but with the same result

"We need to fall back!," Shinji commanded and moved back to the harbour Misato spoke of earlier.

Jonathan was still futilely trying to attack Galaghiel, and the Angel continued to bash him around.

"GET OVER HERE JONATHAN! THIS IS AN ORDER!" Misato screamed when he hadn't responded to commands.

Only then Unit-03 broke off and started runing towards the harbor.

When they reached it Misato ordered them to rearm themselves. Shinji selected a V-8 Gatling gun, whilst Jonathan grabbed another Carbine and reloaded his missile launchers, while they recharged their batteries and connected new umbilical cables

"We need to take it down now, before it does any significant damage as our budget won't be able to handle the strain"

As soon as that was said, Galgaliel arrived at the pre-made battlefield. They quickly started to pump shells into it alongside the turrets but it weathered the storm of metal and regenerated any wounds. Misato lifted up a barrier plate below Unit-03 legs giving it a boost to leap on top of the Angel while Shinji Neutralized it's A.T barrier.

Then it revealed a new weapon

A new sun burned in the dusk of the french coast as Galgaliel sent a Solar flare in all directions, melting the turrets and burning the umbilical cables.

Unit-01 leapt into cover behind the previously lifted barrier plate and rised its A.T barriers.

Unit-03 was not so lucky as it was hurled through the air and into an abandoned warehouse, its partially-melted armor starting a massive fire.

As Galgaliel stalked in for the kill , Shinji grabbed a pair of G-8 submachineguns and emptied them to the side of the Angel while flaring his A.T field in an effort to distract it.

Galgaliel charged at him, forcing him to evasive, until the Angel sent another burst of solar radiation, melting parts of his armor and making the LCL boil.

Galgaliel was just about to finish him off when a barrage of 16 inch shells slammed into it's back, gift from the navy. It was preparing to send another blast into the sea when Unit-03 slammed into it, most of it's armor burnt away.

"We've lost visual data from Unit-03" informed Makoto.

"The synchrograph is in negative zone," shouted Ritsuko, "Unit-03s gone berserk!

Unit-03 attacked Galgaliel head on clawing, biting and roaring. The Angel tried to slam its arms at it but it parried the blow and headbutted it.

"It's matching the Angels strength!" came from surprised Misato.

Galgaliel was sent reeling, and Unit-03 put it's hands together and brought them up on it's jaw, sending it backwards into a building, and the Evangelion followed.

While Unit-03 and Jonathan grappled the Angel inside the warehouse, Shinji was trying to rise up.

"Come on, Shinji-kun," said Misato, "you need to get up."

Suddenly Galgaliel burst from the warehouse, trying to shake off Unit-03 that was hanging on it's left hand trying to chew it, but it was healing far too quickly.

"AXE!" came a shout from Unit-03s comms channel

"What ?, asked Ritsuko, "he should be unconscious!"

"Who cares, Misato replied, "one prog-axe, coming up! Shinji, toss it"

Shinji propelled the axe with his A.T field towards Unit-03. It grabbed it out of the air and brought it down on the Angels hand, slicing it off and firing a salvo of spikes at the stump to slow its regeneration

"A.T BLAST!" came form Unit-03s comms again, as it brought the axe for a strike at the Galgaliels core, but it shifted and the blow fell on its side and the axe remained stuck there,

Shinji gathered all energy he could muster from Unit-01s internal batteries and sent the strongest A.T blast he'd ever created to Galgaliels chest, and promptly passed out.

Galgaliel was hurled back hundred of meters, out of the harbor, gouging a crater into the ground while the blast leveled the rest of the harbor that wasn't already destroyed.

Unit-03 charged at the Angel, it's left most ridge deploying a core knife specially designed for destroying an Angels core by fragmenting on impact.

Galgaliel tried to stop it with it's left arm but Unit-03 emptied it's leftover munitions into the arm disabling it and allowing the Eva clear shot at the core.

The blade fragmented and the pieces were left jutting out of the core. Unit-03 started bashing the core repeatedly, driving the fragments deeper.

Galgaliel sent another solar flare, hurling the Eva backwards and making it roar in fury and pain. It grabbed the axe, still glowing-hot from the flare and made it's way to the fallen Angel. Galgaliel lifted it's right arm to shield its core from attack, but Unit-03 detonated the impaler spikes left in it's arm and the ones in it's mouth all the way from back at the ocean.

It plunged the glowing axe into the core, and it exploded, showering the surroundings with shrapnel.

Unit-03 roared as started to eat the carcass of the Angel as the command crew was desperately trying to shut it down.

Chapter 4 end