Neon Genesis Evangelion, the End of Evangelion, and the Rebuild of Evangelion are owned by Hideaki Anno and written by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. I own no elements from the original Manga, TV show, or Rebuild and EOE films but my OC's.

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Chapter 7: Pieces of a Larger Puzzle

Shinji's room, New NERV Headquarters

Shinji quickly wrote into the book he'd taken from the library, muttering to himself as his train of thought rocketed all around his head. Since his Shoji game with Fuyutsuki, he'd been trying to piece all the parts together and for the most he had it with only few parts still unknown to him. He'd pretty much ripped apart the MAGI system files for historical events and old records dating back to the beginning of time, to First Impact and back just to put together his belief in the truth.

He took anything he could find, anything! Things he hadn't known about NERV or NERV 2nd Branch, Lilith and Adam's Black and White Moon, Evangelion, all of it. At least, the most he could recover.

First he put the knowledge of Adam and Lilith who'd crashing into Earth billions of years ago, creating the First Impact. Both had two spears, one of Longinus and another dubbed Cassius. Both apparently had gone into a sort of Angel-like hibernation as Adam's Angels were scattered and looking more than likely for him.

At some point in time Shinji and Shiro's mother Yui Ayanami Ikari worked with Mari Illustrious Makinami under Professor Kozo Fuyutsuki in the university when she met their father Gendo Rokobungi. At some point they both were infatuated with one another, got married and had Shiro.

He quickly skimmed through from there to the Katsuragi First Contact Experiment in Antarctica, where Adam awoke when combined with human or Lilim DNA. That was where it got slightly different, as this was where SEELE got into the act. It was clear SEELE had a lot of behind the scenes deals and work in certain parts of history, so it wasn't out the window to assume they had some help in creating Second Impact.

After Second Impact, Shinji was born and a few years later Yui and Gendo worked with Ritsuko Akagi's mother, Naoko Akagi along with Fuyutsuki to construct Project Evangelion with the data recovered about Adam from Second Impact. Yui was then pulled into the test type Unit-01's core and became the Control System, with Gendo completely losing all passion and emotion to his sons.

Gendo then had Shiro send to NERV 2nd branch and had Shinji sent to his brothers, and where things got different.

Really different.

At some point in time Gendo had created Rei Ayanami from Yui and possibly Angel DNA to probably sooth his pain or guilt, or something Shinji didn't really give a shit about for obvious reasons. Later on he then built the Dummy Plug system, though didn't use it was it was still under tests and experimentation. During that time, SEELE got Gendo into something called the Human Instrumentality Project, with Gendo working secretly behind their backs with his own plan to use Third Impact to bring Yui back from the dead.

During that time Mari went searching for answers regarding Evangelion and the Angels possibly at the Antarctic base Bethany base where she was either accidently pulled or forcefully purged into the mysterious EVA Unit-05, before she came back much younger and slightly amnesiac.

Meanwhile, Shiro was trained to pilot EVA at NERV 2nd Branch as the US built Unit-03 and the DEVIL System for NERV HQ. Shiro was later placed into something dubbed the Human Insanity Experiment, which much to Shinji's concern was where he met VEELE or Vincent Versailles Keel as he was originally called. A few years in that time and the pair apparently separated when Shiro was permanently placed as the pilot of Unit Null when VEELE was viciously injured during a sync which mentally damaged him.

For the most, everything was pretty much already known to him: Shinji was called to Tokyo-3, met Misato and a few others, made the pilot of Unit-01, fought the many Angels of Adam, met Rei, reunited with Shiro, met Asuka and VEELE and his aunt Mari after she'd apparently killed the Third Angel, fought the Tenth and finally started Near-Third Impact.

That's where it got more blurry. It was clear that NERV had some sort of uprising after God knows what, maybe the Akrid rising built some sort of rift which made WILLE and NEVEC form. Or maybe Misato found something and Shiro didn't like her means to stop NERV and SEELE, he didn't know.

For a while the Third thought of questioning this other Rei, Rei Q as she was dubbed by Fuyutsuki in the previous conversation. But now he realized if he did he'd possibly have another breakdown, so he passed the idea aside. Though he knew there would be a time where they'd speak, and he'd have to make the choice whether to help her or leave her to die... Shinji finally sighed. "The only way I might get my answers sadly is if I play the role in Gendo's sick game. Not much of a choice in that..." He murmured in annoyance, cracking his neck with a groan of relief. "That's better, now I'm mentally wasted with info and crap…. I need food!"


Unit-13 Pod, New NERV Headquarters

Gendo and Fuyutsuki watched silently as Unit-13 was pulled steadily out of its pod, blood flying around the pair like rain as the silent Type-13 Evangelion finally halted above the pod opening. To be truthful Gendo had originally wanted the Third and Fifth Child to enter the pod and then Unit-13 directly due to concerns regarding its original template and... Test pilot. "It seemed Unit-13 finally draws silent Ikari." Fuyutsuki noted, looking up to the large behemoth of an Evangelion with blood dripping off its dark figure.

"Indeed, the final executor is complete and the beast within has been tamed for the time being." Gendo stated, eyes sternly staring for any twitched and waiting to hear the sharp roar of its vocal cords. He found nothing, just a silent Angel-like humanoid hybrid that would continue SEELE's scenario and his Human Recalibration Venture. "Time is now of the essence; I have no doubt NEVEC will be raiding this place soon."

"Should we activate the Mass Production Facility and Dummy/DEVIL Command Center then?"

"No, this place will be lost by then. And all the pieces have been reclaimed…. It's time Fuyutsuki."

"I shall prepare preparations for departure then." Fuyutsuki stated, turning to make his leave. As he did, he looked back up to Unit-13 as it was pulled higher towards the roof opening with sadness. "I'm sorry…."


"You want me to… Pilot again…?" Shinji asked with slight concern as Kaworu nodded. He sighed, taking a seat on his bed as he laid back. His albino friend had come asking him to once more pilot with him, though Shinji felt it was more as an order than a asking. "I… I don't know Kaworu…. I mean…. The last time I piloted I nearly destroyed all of humanity…. I…. I can't go through that again…."

"Shinji, please understand that the problems done by EVA can be fixed by EVA." Kaworu tried to reason, looking at Shinji's recording book before placing it down.

"I know that but…." Shinji trialed before finally letting out his fear. "I just can't trust anyone anymore, you know?! I can't trust Gendo, or Misato or EVA or anyone or anything anymore! And I'm scared I'll just ruin the world even more, I-I can't put these people through that hell again!"

Kaworu frowned. It was clear the reveal of Earth and betrayal of the Lilin were too much for Shinji, even if he played it off as he wasn't bother by it anymore. And with what WILLE and Ikari had done to him, the Fifth could understand Shinji's mistrust in people; if only he could help Shinji to truly understand what they could achieve, just them and no others to command them. "But Shinji," Kaworu continued. "You can trust me."

"I…. I don't know any more alright?! There I admit it, and I'm sorry to say it, but I don't know if I can trust you too!" Shinji finally yelled out, slamming the back of his head onto the wall. He felt his emotions building up again, and he choked back a cry before continuing. "Besides even if I wanted to pilot I'll be dead the moment I step into one…. Misato and WILLE, they…. They put this damn choker, don't you remember? That's my sin, they said it'll kill me if I ever pilot again."

Kaworu simply watched Shinji let his head fall forward with a tear escaping his eye, before the Fifth Child finally walked towards silently him. "I just…. Can't lose any one because of EVA anymore…" Shinji tried to explain, but that was washed away with shock as Kaworu placed his hands to the choker sides. In an instant the choker gave a beep and pulsed red as it unlocked, with Kaworu steadily taking it from the Third's neck.

"I understand Shinji," Kaworu stated, taking the choker up and to his neck a Shinji lifted his head with a gasp. Kaworu placed the choker around his own neck, with it giving a final beep as it locked once more. "For you then, I shall shoulder your burden of Lilim's curse and the risk of the EVA awakening alongside you."

"Kaworu," Shinji gasped out, shocked to see his friend go to such great and risky lengths for him. It was clear Shinji meant something to Kaworu, something more than just a friend. "….Why? Why take my burden?!"

"Do not worry for my, Shinji." The Fifth Child answered with a reassuring smile, taking a seat beside his brother in arms. "The Lilim actually made this choker because of their fear of me, so it was only a matter of time before I took it from you."

"Listen to me Shinji," he continued. "Your only hope is the Lance of Longinus and Spear of Cassius locked away in Terminal Dogma ever since the NTI, as they are the keys to the Human Instrumentality Project. But if you and I take the spears with Unit-13, NERV will no longer have a means to create Fourth or Final Impact and we will have a means to repair the world."

"I…. I think I understand now." That was something Shinji hadn't understood till now. Longinus and Cassius clearly had some sort of major role in the Angel history, but it not made a sort of sense. The spears stood as a sort of Yin and Yang, able to destroy and repair things with their power. If that was the case, then the lances could truly be able to redo what he caused, he could fix everything! Shinji finally smiled to Kaworu, a slightly rush of adrenaline coming back to him. "Knowing you, I know it's possible you can do it!"

"You mean us, Shinji." Kaworu corrected, raising Shinji's confusion. "Allow me to explain: Unit-13 unlike its predecessors using a new Double-Entry Plug System, allowing there to be a pair of pilots rather than just one. And because of that we can become the hope of Lilin together, and finally fix your sin."

"You really mean that?"

"Of course. What you need right now after all is hope, with atonement and composure at your side as well."

"I… I'm at a loss for words Kaworu, you're amazing!" Shinji complimented, looking to his friends crimson eyes. "You seem to know everything, a not just simple things like fixing the S-DAT and stuff. You really seem to be philosophical in a sense with a general friendly vibe, and that gives me an odd sort of reassurance."

"That's only because I'm thinking about you." Shinji felt a light blush and his heart flutter slightly at Kaworu's comment, somewhat shocked by it and yet oddly happy to hear that. He didn't know where this feeling came from, but he most oddly accepted it.

Kaworu simply smiled and stood up, holding a hand out to his friend. "Besides, think of piloting Unit-13 as playing the piano in a sense." Kaworu reassured his friend as Shinji took his close friends hand and stood alongside him. "Great things will come should we do this Shinji, I promise you that."

"Yeah, I guess they will." The Third Child replied, smiling to his friend. "Let's do it."


Central Shaft Tunnel Entrance, New NERV Headquarters

Evangelion Unit-13 hovered above the now opening center shaft. Compared to his previous Unit-01, Shinji had to admit the EVA came from major similarity in design. The EVA possessed a whole purple color scheme, with black, red, yellow, and green linings or designs all across the body. It housed now 2 pairs of yellow eyes which seemingly connected to the glowing lining that traversed to the back of its head.

Unlike its predecessor, however, Unit-13 was taller than the original EVA Series as well, and topped off with the new Dual-Entry type Plug System. The Third pondered on the possibility of there being another Soul in Unit-13 as he and Kaworu fixed on their plug suits, a sort of bridge to help fill the gap where the pilots could not during sync. Though he tossed the idea out, he kept it in the back of his brain. If his mother was in Unit-01, someone else was more than likely forced into this once too. Though, he'd keep quiet for now. Best not to attract unnecessary attention.

Shinji felt the Entry Plug spin into the EVA's back side, though he didn't look to see the activation sequence as he stared down to his S-DAT. This was all he really had to remember his family, to remember Rei and all his friends before Near-Third Impact. But with Kaworu and Unit-13. He'd fix all that. Soon we'll fix all that, he thought to himself as the sequence finished to reveal the Fifth Child in a control seat next to him. I promise, Rei. And then I'll find Shiro and together the three of us will find a way to get you out of WILLE or Gendo's hands.

I promise.

Both the Third and Fifth Child smiled to one another, before both turning to the task ahead. "Evangelion Unit-13," the pair spoke in unison, the large EVA's eyes pulsing to life. "Launch!"


"Signal detected!"

"New NERV Evangelion detected!"

"Ikari's already playing his card then…." Captain Katsuragi murmured, glaring at the emergency hexagons all around the bridge. Then the Specimen has fallen once more into Ikari's sick web of lies….

"Captain, I'm detecting a massive horde of Akrid moving around the old Geo-Front!"

"Large Thermal Energy signature detected, moving at rapid speeds towards Tokyo-3! It's the Stormbreaker!"

"Full power to the engines, now! We have to stop NEVEC before the Akrid can stop us from getting to Terminal Dogma!" She snapped, lifting the choker detonator into her field of vision as the Hirnstamm Tower lifted with Wunder slowly turning. She felt her stomach waver at the memory of the Specimen dying before her and the others, though she forced it away. It's for the greater good, she thought in silence. That's all it ever has been, for humanity to live we have to make sacrifices and damn the damned who caused all this…. Right?