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A/N I had to alter the Gabriel's look somewhat from the last chapter so you may need to reread the last part of Ch5
Ok I have to say this…normally I don't care but this has gone too far. Those of you on here who only review on an authors spelling and grammar (and you know who you are)…it's getting old, knock it off. Remember even novels that make it to the shelf have numerous Grammar problems as well as spelling.
A lot of us on here write for fun, so stop already. You may think your being helpful…but you're over doing it.
So I'm asking you guys to stop, Cut back, or at least consider the story CONTENT as the primary part of any review like most of the rest of us.
If i offend anybody, I can't help that but I feel I must voice this because I feel it has gotten out of hand
Due to this fact I have decided to suspend my earlier actions and resume my fics as normal. And restate my earlier opinion, if you don't like it, then don't read or review. I will continue my attempts to improve my writing, but I'm not perfect and will make mistakes. Its fine to tell some one "I also saw a few grammar and spelling errors so you may want to check those" I give those types of reviews myself if I notice abnormal amounts of errors, that I consider helpful, but this nitpicking, is gone too far.
Other than that have a nice day!
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Gabriel
Chapter 6
Jet Alone…or not
General Rigs stood in the observation room aboard Ark looking out at the vast swath of space before him; his aid had just passed some interesting information to him
"You're sure of this"
"Beyond any doubt"
He looked back out at the hundreds of stars
"So the testament is nearly over"
"Yes, due to SEELE's intervention and meddling things have changed, only 3 more messengers will face you"
"Which"
"Bardiel, Zeruel, and Sahaqiel"
The general turned to face the gray haired youth behind him
"You will not face us Tabris"
"The decision is not mine to make, though I may be the messenger of free will I must still abide by "his" decisions. I merely am able to choose when"
The general nodded and turned to walk back toward the lift which would lead back to the command station with Kaoru not far behind
"So what will you do now?"
"I am curious about the children of Eve and wish to learn more, also with Adam and Eve wishing to stay on earth I will watch over them, playing the role of their eldest son"
After a short pause Kaoru continued
"How go things with the UN"
"The same, they still demand that Cosmos submit to them"
"The committee is exercising their authority again"
The General nodded
"Yes, I fear they may attempt open conflict against us"
"They will, to them you are a wild card in a scenario that is already spiraling out of control. You may have to take the course of action I advised"
"Is that wise"
"The others and I agree, a place where men can live free of the thralls of earth is necessary, there are enough colonies here to begin again, free of Earth. It is our belief that you have stayed in the cradle far too long"
The general nodded
"I'll speak with the others; if the UN pushes to far and we are in agreement…we will declare independence"
Kaoru nodded
"It is the consensus of the messengers that a society free of earth's conflicts will advance much further and faster, and all in a state of peace. Also, we recommend that you expose the committee upon your departure from earth"
The general nodded again
"Yes but this will plunge earth into a state of war…what is "His" opinion about all of this"
"The Lord supports our recommendations, if he did not, I would not be your advisor"
The general nodded again as the lift came to a stop at the command deck. He stepped out and immediately issued an order
"Have the council meet in the High Chambers in one hour; we have reached a cross roads and need to decide which road to take"
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Shinji and Hikari sat in the Gabriel and Michael respectively, watching the Jet Alone rip into the testing facility. Everyone had evacuated aboard the Ragland and rifles had been deployed to the pair. Shinji carried a Cosmos standard issue energy rifle while Hikari carried a large sniper rifle.
The poor girl still had almost no clue what to do, Michael was still guiding her.
It didn't help that upon its activation the Jet Alone began to produce an AT Field which Nerv's Magi determined to belong to the 13th Angel. Nerv was routing Eva 01 with Rei but Shinji knew she would never arrive in time. He and Hikari would have to do something….
"Hikari can you hear me"
"Yes"
The poor girl sounded terrified
"Listen, Nerv's Eva won't make it in time, here's what we'll do. I want you and Michael to set up in a place where you can get easy shots, but still be concealed. Once you're ready I'll move in, strike, and pull back. Then you fire a few shots and change position and I'll move in again, once your ready I'll move off and you fire a few more times. We'll keep that pattern up until it goes down or Ayanami gets here. If she gets here first we'll all go for close quarters, alright"
Hikari took a few breaths to calm her self
"Alright"
"Ok let's do it"
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The Jet alone its self wasn't heavily armed, only a pair of large Machine Cannons graced the top of each shoulder. But what capabilities Bardiel had, that Shinji didn't know. He had moved in behind some of the semi-sunken buildings for cover while Hikari got into position.
"Any ideas here Gabriel"
Nothing that could be very helpful, your plan does seem sound enough
"It'll have to do, where's the Ragland?"
4 Kilometers south currently at an altitude of 6000 meters
"Good"
You are worried about your wife to be I take it
"I'll always worry about both of them, my sister as well. Other than you, Misato, and Eve there the only family I have"
You will make a good father
"Thanks"
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Michael moved through the buildings looking for a good concealment position from which to attack Bardiel. He remained calm though his pilot, who was just getting the hang of things, was a nervous wreck.
He stopped behind a cluster of 4 buildings
This is a good spot; we will be able to fire 4 shots at most before we have to move
Hikari just nodded, Michael sighed
You must calm down; Gabriel is not more than 800 meters away and will back us up if it were to turn on us. Also all it has are medium range weapons; we are far outside their optimum range
Hikari took a deep breath
"I'm sorry I just can't help it. I've never even been in a fight before much less this"
It is understandable for a gentle one such as you
Hikari gave a small smile nod and did her best to keep completely calm
"Tell Shinji we're ready"
Done
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Shinji's watched as the Jet Alone tore into the last JHI building, Gabriel's voice chimed in.
Michael is ready
"Alright then let's do it"
Gabriel sprang out from the building it was behind and shot air born and off toward Jet Alone. It detached the 4 remote weapon fins from its back and sent them ahead. They circled around the Jet Alone, firing and moving seemingly at random. Once he was close enough Shinji opened up with his own rifle.
The energy rounds from the Fins and Gabriel's rifle were doing minor damage to the Jet Alone, which got Shinji wondering
"Why isn't it using its AT Field?"
According to sensors there is not much organic material in the Jet Alone, and what there is does not seem capable of anything more than allowing Bardiel to control it
Shinji snapped his fingers
"Of course, do you read me Hikari?"
Back in the Michael the girl nodded
"Yeah I can hear you"
"I want you to aim for the Jet Alones N2 reactor"
Hikari was a bit alarmed
"Won't that cause an explosion and radiation?"
Shinji shook his head
"N2 reactors don't work like that, the material they use isn't radioactive but it will make one hell of an explosion, one big enough to vaporize what ever organic material is in Jet Alone"
Michael chimed in
And Bardiel with it
"Bingo, I'll pass word to the Ragland to pull back a bit"
Hikari nodded, she moved the Michael out from behind the buildings and took aim at the Jet Alone which was trying to destroy the remote Fins as well as Gabriel which kept moving around it in a nearly random pattern. She took aim at the reactor which sat perched on the machines back. After a moment she received the lock on tone
"Shinji pull out"
He immediately recalled the 4 fins and shot off toward Hikari
"I'm clear, fire"
Hikari hesitated for just a moment before she squeezed the trigger. The titanic sniper rifle bucked in the Michael's hands as the armor piercing round shot down range. It found its mark and buried deep into the Jet Alone reactor core which immediately went into overload. Michael saw this and decided to follow Gabriel and put as much ground between itself and the Jet Alone as possible before the inevitable.
The reactor over loaded, and exploded.
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The Ragland had just deposited the JHI personnel along with the remaining visitors back at the remains of the JHI facility before picking up the Gabriel and Michael and setting coarse back to Tokyo 3. Misato looked over at Ritsuko who was looking out the window
"Well that was certainly entertaining"
Ritsuko gave a non-committal sound, Misato poked her shoulder
"Oh come on cheer up Ritsuko"
"I'm just wondering why Cosmos suddenly picked that particular child, why not one of their own, why her particularly"
Misato narrowed her eyes a bit
"Is there something you're not telling me Ritsuko?"
Ritsuko glanced over at Misato.
"That particular child was a Marduke qualifier"
"Why the hell want I told that"
"Because Marduke doesn't release the names of qualifiers for this very reason"
Misato sat back.
"You mean that another organization may pick them up"
Ritsuko nodded.
"Or worse, Nerv has a lot of enemies who would love to take a shot at us in one way or another"
Misato sat back wondering, not for the first time, just what kind of organization she worked for.
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Shinji, Eve, Hikari and Asuka stood in the Hangar bay aboard the Ragland. Word had just arrived from Cosmos HQ of the High Councils decision. Shinji just shook his head
"I can't believe it's come to this"
Hikari looked over to Eve
"What about our families"
"All cosmos personal and families in Tokyo 3 are being evacuated to the base now; the transports will withdrawal from all of the bases on earth tomorrow morning. They'll head to Ark after that and rendezvous with the main fleet"
Shinji looked over to her
"And if Earth doesn't back down"
Eve sighed
"Then we have no choice"
After a moment Asuka spoke
"What about Kathryn"
Shinji chimed in
"And Rei"
Eve responded
"The Karnack left for Ark about an hour ago, they were both aboard along with Hikari's father and sisters"
The three breathed a sigh of relief, after a moment eve continued
"If you want, you could ask Misato is she wants to go, I'll ask Dr Akagi as well"
Shinji nodded and headed forward with Eve. When they got back, he and Asuka would have to pack and leaving without Misato noticing would be difficult…unless she were leaving too
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After her conversation with Eve, Misato agreed to go, of course that was only after she had read the report that Cosmos would release upon their departure regarding SEELE's plans for 3rd impact.
Ritsuko had been a bit more hesitant, but agreed after Cosmos offered to remove her from the report and add her name to the list of persons the repot contained who were being kept in the dark about what was really going on.
A pair of Cosmos agents accompanied Ritsuko to her home to pack while Misato Shinji and Asuka packed their belongings. Shinji packed Rei's things as well.
They were to leave at midnight that night and the mass exodus from earth would begin at 7 am the next morning.
Hikari was already waiting at the Cosmos base and, with Shinji's support, had gotten Cosmos to agree to allow Toji and Kensuke to come along. Toji's sister Mari was already aboard the Karnack when it had departed due to her having been in the Cosmos medical ward. The Boys left video messages for their fathers concerning what was coming and were picked up at 11 PM.
Misato and the children slipped out at 12 AM exactly without Section 2 as much as noticing.
They all met on the bridge the Olympic class battleship Ors, which had escorted the Michael to Tokyo 3, once their belongings were stored. It was already 6:30 and all preparations were made and everything set. They were all seated, including Maya Ibuki who had stopped at Ritsuko's apartment that evening and accidentally discovered her packing. The 2 cosmos agents had offered her a deal, come along, or be confined until after they were gone.
She decided to go along as she had no family left on earth anyway. The ships captain turned to Eve
"We're ready, once we get the signal from Ark we'll launch"
She nodded and looked over to the children.
Kensuke was again recording everything he could with his camcorder.
Toji and Hikari were locked in conversation.
Misato was talking with Ritsuko.
And Shinji and Asuka were cuddling.
All this while the ship's bridge crew scurried around them awaiting the order to go, it was time for them to leave the cradle of humanity.
A/N Here's chapter 6, and as for my rant above, that's my feelings on the subject. I'll start 7 soon