Chapter 7: At Stranger Tides pt. 2: Angel Attack
After Asuka's impromptu meeting with Mystique she went back to meet the rest of the group. She could hear them talking from escalator and decided to gain their attention. A small fireball formed in her hand and she threw it towards Shinji. As it barely missed the boy's feet everybody looked in shock.
"What the Hell?" Toji questioned.
Misato could only groan. "Asuka what was that for?"
The girl ignored Misato's question and was only focused on Shinji. "Come with me Third Child."
Shinji looked at the others before complying. "Um okay."
As the two pilots walked away Kensuke spoke up. "You think it was the best idea to let him go with that girl?"
"Yeah," Toji butted in. "She's as scary as the devil."
Though the boys were right that Asuka could be a quite literal hot head Misato knew Shinji could hold his own against the girl. "Don't worry, he'll be fine." 'Well at least I hope so.' She thought to herself. 'I know Asuka fights dirty.'
When the two pilots were far away enough from the others Shinji decided to ask Asuka a question. "So why did you take me out here?" he looked around to see a large tarp covering something.
Asuka bent down to open the tarp and smirked deviously. She said nothing as her body heat started to rise and then set a part of the deck ablaze. Shinji almost didn't have enough time to defend himself and formed a shield out of electric energy.
"W-why you'd do that?" the boy asked as he let down his shield.
"Simple," she stated as her arms were engulfed in flames. "I needed to figure out which powers were yours."
"What? Why?"
She started throwing fireballs at the boy. "So I could figure out how to beat you."
Shinji didn't want to use his powers to fight the girl but soon realized he had no choice. "Fine you want a fight you got one!" he formed one large ball of electric energy and then threw it at the redhead. She quickly dodged the attack and rushed to punch him hard in the gut. As the air was knocked right out of him Shinji fell to the ground.
Asuka looked at the downed Third Child and snorted. "Heh, I don't care what Kaji says you're not that tough." She kicked him in his side and was about to do so repeatedly when she heard a loud explosion. "What the Hell?" she rushed over to the guardrail to see one of the fleet's ships explode and then another one. "Are we being attacked?"
She was startled when she heard a second voice. "I-it has to b-be an Angel." She turned around to see Shinji slowly getting up.
"How the Hell would you know?"
The said Angel jumped in the air before pouncing on top of another ship and sinking it. Shinji looked at the girl as he got up. "Does that answer your question?"
She growled at him. "I knocked you out once, I can do it again."
"That's not important, right now we need to find Misato and-"
"And what, wait for her command?" Asuka interrupted him. "Come with me Third, I'm gonna show you how to really defeat an Angel."
Meanwhile, while the pilots were getting suited up the remaining ships were firing their missiles at the Angel.
Kaji, who was down on one of the lower levels of the ship could sense the Angel. 'What the Hell? I've never had a feeling like this before, could this have happen because of Adam?' he looked over to the ocean to see that the fleet's missiles were failing to hit the Angel. "None the less, the A.T. Field can't be penetrated with that kinda firepower." With that said the unshaven man continued to head back to his cabin to inform his contact of this event.
Back on the other side of the ship, Asuka was dragging Shinji someplace for her to change into her plug suit.
'I don't understand, she attacks me and now wants me to go into her EVA. What's wrong with her?' Shinji thought as they went into a stairwell leading to the basement.
"Just wait here Third." Asuka demanded as she went down the stairs to start changing.
This left Shinji alone with his thoughts. 'So what do I know already?' he asked himself. 'Asuka has fire powers and like all fires her weakness is water, just like mine; great, just great.' After a few minutes Shinji decided to check on the other pilot only to receive a shriek from the girl.
Asuka hadn't finished putting on her plug suit and yelled at the boy. "Stupid pervert!" this caused the boy to go back up to the deck and Asuka to finish putting on her suit in peace. "Alright Asuka, show time!"
She went upstairs and threw her spare plug suit at Shinji. "Put this on."
He raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
She groaned. "This shouldn't be new to you! We're gonna go beat the Angel with my EVA Unit-02, so get moving!"
As the Naval fleet continued in vain to stop the Angel, Shinji met Asuka by her EVA. "Wait, did you get permission from Misato?"
Asuka smirked. "I'll get permission after I beat the damned thing, now come on." Soon the entry plug opened and both teens got inside. "Now I'll show you how a real pilot gets the job done."
Even further below, Kaji was in his cabin on his laptop.
[Mr. Black has signed on]
EMERGENCY ALERT CODE AN-6S2
[Red has signed on]
Red: WHAT!
[Mr. Blue has signed on]
Mr. Blue: How long has this been going on?
[Ms. Orange has signed on]
Ms. Orange: Is this what you were talking about before?
Mr. Black: Yes, now where's Manning? We can't move forward without him.
Mr. Blue: He'll be here shortly, but in the meantime tell us about your findings.
Red: Where's that damn bastard! We can't just sit here while I'm sure there are children out there fighting the Angel! Isn't that right furball!
Mr. Black: What the Hell do you want me to about it! The children are the only ones who can defeat them, conventional weapons don't work!
[Director has signed on]
Director: Break it up boys.
Red: It's about damned time! Where were you?
Director: That's none of your business.
Mr. Black: Can we get on with this? There is an Angel attack happening right now.
Director: Watch it, Mr. NERV agent you know we got rules and procedures here and you will follow them. Is that understood?
Mr. Black: Yes Sir.
Director: Good, now from your reports it says that the embryo amplified your powers and you were able to sense the Angel, correct?
Mr. Black: Yes, and right now Unit-02 is about to be deployed to engage the Angel.
Director: Good, in the meantime you still have the package, right?
Mr. Black: Yes, what do you want me to do with it Sir?
Director: Nothing, you will hand it over to Ikari as planned.
Red: Why the fuck would he do that? That thing should be destroyed!
Mr. Blue: Sir, are you sure about this?
Ms. Orange: Yeah I'm with the guys on this one; we can't just give him the embryo.
Director: Quiet all of you! We are going to give Ikari the embryo so we don't raise suspicion; also we need Wolf-Man to get close enough to him so we'll know what he's planning. Do I make myself clear?"
Mr. Black: Yes Sir.
Mr. Blue: Yes Sir.
Ms. Orange: Yes Sir.
Red: Fuck off Manning.
[Red has signed off]
Ms. Orange: I'll go talk to him.
[Ms. Orange has signed off]
Director: He does this every time. Anyway, Abe come back with me to the lab we still have work to do.
Mr. Blue: Yes Sir.
[Director has signed off]
Mr. Blue: Sorry about this Wolf-Man
Mr. Black: It's alright Abe; I've seen Manning do worst.
Mr. Blue: You're right but now I have to deal with him.
[Mr. Blue has signed off]
[Mr. Black has signed off]
'Damn we're just giving Ikari the ticket to world annihilation!' Kaji thought as he looked out his window to see the Sixth Angel dodging the fleet's missiles. 'Though Manning is right that I can't raise suspicion I need to figure out a way to stop Ikari, one way or another.'
Back inside the EVA, Shinji noticed something of importance. "Hey the EVA still has on the B-Type armor; if we fall in the sea we're done for!"
Asuka snorted. "Quit your babying, Third!"
"But Asuka, don't you realize that's a bad thing for two reasons? Not only will the EVA not work but if water gets into the EVA it'll short out our powers!" he reminded her.
She glared at him. "My EVA, my rules! Now we're doing this my way and you're gonna watch the master at work!" the girl looked at her power supply and realized they need to get to the external power in less than a minute. Asuka controlled her EVA to jump from one ship to another until she reached the carrier with the external power and plugged it in.
Shinji who felt a little dizzy from the whole ordeal noticed that Unit-02 didn't have a weapon. "How are we gonna stop the Angel?"
"I'm going to use the progressive knife, that should be good enough to kill this thing." With these words the progressive knife came out of Unit-02's shoulder hatch and went into a fighting stance getting ready for the charging Angel.
The Angel was coming at top speed and pounced out of the water and on top of Unit-02. The Eva struggled with the Angel because it had dropped the progressive knife and only had grappling as a defense. The Sixth destroyer of mankind and the biomechanical beast went at it until it stepped on a lowering platform of the ship and then tumbled into the water. As the EVA slowly dove down to the bottom of the sea, the Angel came after it and grabbed it in its mouth. This continued until the EVA ran out of power cable and the Angel let go from the shock.
"Damn!" Asuka cursed from inside the EVA as she tried to make it work. "How come nothing is working?"
Shinji sighed knowing that the girl didn't listen to him before. "The EVA has on B-Type armor so it won't work underwater."
Asuka franticly looked around for something, anything that would get her out of this situation. "What are you going to do about it Third?"
Shinji raised an eyebrow. "Me?"
"Yeah you, you're the 'great Third Child' remember?" Asuka yelled. "Now do something!"
While the two continued to argue, the Angel charged at them again and caught the EVA in its mouth.
"We got to free ourselves." Shinji told her while taking the controls from the girl.
Asuka looked at Shinji before hitting him upside the head. "Hey Third I didn't give you permission to touch my controls!"
Soon Misato interrupted the senseless beating as her voice came on the intercom. "Asuka, Shinji listen to me, we need you to open the Angel's mouth so we can send in the last two battleships and then self-destruct them. It'll defeat the Angel and send the EVA back to the horizon, do you understand?"
"Yes." the both said in unison.
Shinji grabbed the controls again causing Asuka to yell. "What did I tell you about the controls?"
"But we've got to open the mouth or we'll be killed!"
Asuka knew Shinji was right. "Fine," she leaned over the boy to help grab the controls. "Just don't get any ideas! Now concentrate."
The two pilots only had a matter of seconds to get the Angel's mouth open and were giving everything they could. "Open, open, open, open!' At the last second both their sync ratios went up as the EVA managed to get the Angel's mouth open. The ships dived right into the Angel and self-destructed, killing the Angel instantly. The shockwave from the duo blast sent the EVA sky high and then landing on ship's deck as its internal battery died.
"Alright, they did it!" Toji cheered excitingly.
"And I got the whole thing on tape." Kensuke boasted while watching the replay of the battle.
'I didn't think they had it in them.' Misato thought to herself. 'It was a close few seconds but-' her thoughts were interrupted when Kaji walked on the bridge.
"I guess congratulations are in order Katsuragi, with your plan the kids were able to defeat the Angel."
Misato glared at Kaji. "Where the Hell were you this whole time?"
"I had to take care of something for the Commander." Kaji half lied. "Though I would've preferred being up here, but business is business."
Misato couldn't agree more that in their line of work business had to come first. "Whatever, the important thing is that they won."
In a few hours after Asuka and Shinji were retrieved from the EVA the remaining naval fleet finally docked in Neo-Yokosuka with Ritsuko there to meet them.
"I can see everything went well." Said the scientist sarcastically as her two best friends walked over to her. "Hello Kaji, it's been quite a while hasn't it?"
As the trio got in the U.N. jeep Kaji smiled. "Yeah it has been; hey why don't I take you ladies out so we can talk and catch up?"
Misato and Ritsuko looked at each other and smiled. "Sure."
"Good, how's tomorrow night sound?" he asked.
"Alright," Misato answered for both of them. "But right now as much I hate to say it, we have to get back to NERV." As their jeep drove away the kids were still on the boat.
"Misato you think it's smart to leave the kids?" Ritsuko asked looking back.
The Captain looked at her friend. "Don't worry Rits, Section 2 is going to drop them off."
"Some guardian you are Katsuragi." Kaji added.
"Shut up Kaji, what about Asuka, why aren't you with her?" Misato asked.
Kaji thought about this for a second. "Okay you got me there."
Back on the boat Asuka was putting on her yellow sundress when she heard two voices nearby.
"Thanks for waiting for me Toji." Shinji said as he walked with his friend.
"No problem Shin-Man, it's the least I could do after you just saved us." Toji said. "Besides, Kensuke really wanted to get more video of the EVA."
As the two boys turned the corner Asuka stepped in front of them. "Hey Monkey Boy I need you for a minute." Though Shinji was confused at this statement, Toji glared angrily at the red head. Asuka smirked. "Good at least you know I'm talking to you."
"The Hell you want?" Toji asked angrily.
"Just come with me because I have something important to tell you." Asuka looked at Shinji. "Don't worry Third, I'm not going to hurt your friend."
Toji saw the concerned look on Shinji's face. "Dude don't worry, I can handle this."
'That's what I'm afraid of.' Shinji thought but then nodded in understanding and walked away.
When he was out of sight, Toji looked back to the girl. "Okay know that Shinji is-" he was interrupted by Asuka.
"Look, I know you work for Ebon and I want in."
"How did you-?"
"Word gets around pretty fast."
Thought this is what Toji wanted he couldn't help but ask why. "You do know he's a gang leader right?"
"Yeah I do."
"Then why?"
"Well let's just say I have some business with him. Now are you going to take me to him or not?"
He was at a loss for words and only nodded. "Okay, but he usual comes to me when he wants something."
"Fine, I can wait."
"But how am I going to contact you?"
"Don't worry about that, I'll come to you." As Asuka said this she walked away and left the jock.
'Talk about bittersweet ending.' Toji thought. 'The chick's off her nut but maybe, just maybe she'll help us take down Ebon.'
Back at NERV later that night, Kaji was in Commander Ikari's office. "That was a pretty adventurous trip and to think it was all caused by this." He motioned to the suitcase that carried the Adam embryo.
"Yes," Gendo opened the suitcase. "Adam, the First Angel, the first human."
"I see, will that be all Sir?" Kaji asked.
"You may go." Gendo watched as Kaji left and then hid Adam in a secret hiding place for the time being. Soon he heard a knock on his door. "Enter."
It was a Section 2 guard. "Sir," he saluted. "The Second Child is here as you requested."
"Excellent, bring her in." Gendo watched as Asuka was escorted in by the agent that then left. "So you're the Second Child, Ms. Soryu yes?"
"Yes Sir." Asuka responded.
"I have read your file Soryu and know of the deal you've made with your former Commander." Gendo said.
Asuka raised an eyebrow. "Sir?"
"I will allow the notion to stay intact, but for a price." Gendo leaned closer and formed his hand pyramid. "As you may already know there is a mutant vigilant named Static that resides here in Tokyo-3." Gendo pulled out Shinji's file and gave it to the girl. "The Third Child is Static."
'That wuss is Static? No way.' She thought.
"In return for your freedom I want you to keep the Third in check, by any means necessary." He raised an eyebrow. "Do we have a deal?"
"Yes Sir." This was another opportunity that Asuka accepted. Now it was her job to attack the Third whenever she saw fit. 'Heh, things just got more interesting around here.'
Somewhere in Earth's atmosphere was a metallic asteroid that was the hideout to the notorious super villain Magneto called Asteroid M. Magneto was in his throne room when a raven flew though one of the windows and then shifted into Mystique.
Mystique bowed. "Master, the matter has been taken care of."
Magneto looked at the blue women. "Oh, how so?"
"I have placed a mole in Ebon's ranks that will strike when he's at his weakest." Mystique told him. "The mole will take over in Ebon's place and then Japan will be ours." When she saw that Magneto didn't look too convinced she added "Oh and I forgot to mention that our mole is one of the pilots of the Evangelion robots."
Now this got his attention. "Really? Well this is good news, good work Mystique."
She nodded. "I aim to please master."
"Exactly, now in two weeks you will check on your mole's progress."
"Yes master."
The next day at Tokyo-3 Junior High Shinji and Kensuke were talking with each other and Toji was with Hikari.
"I'm telling you, the girl I met said she'd help us stop Ebon." Toji told the class rep. "She's one of the pilots like Shinji and her name's Asuka."
Before Hikari could say something to the jock the teacher walked to the girl. "Ms. Horaki could you come with me please?"
She nodded. "Yes Sensei."
They walked outside the classroom where they were met by a girl with long red hair and strange bright red hairclips.
"Ms. Horaki meet our newest student."
The girl smiled. "Hello my name's Asuka Langley Soryu." She then bowed.
"My name is Hikari Horaki and I'm the class representative." She bowed. 'Is this the girl Toji-Kun was talking about?' "It's nice to meet you."
"Likewise."
Their Sensei walked back inside to start the class and introduced Asuka.
The three boys did a double take when they saw the girl again.
'This just got a lot easier…wait a minute, she in the class as me, crap!' Toji thought to himself.
'I wonder where this is going to go.' Kensuke thought.
'I hope she's not going to cause trouble, or else Static's gonna get involved.' Shinji thought.
The Sensei looked around the room. "You can take the empty seat behind Mr. Ikari."
Asuka did what she was told and smirked at the boy. She opened her laptop and typed out at message.
ALSgermanydotgmaildotjpdotcom:
I'll be watching you Third and the second you screw up you're mine!
Author's Note: I know this is a short chapter but chapter 6 ran pretty long so I separated them. Chapter 8 will be much longer with action packed fight scenes, shocking discoveries and the revealing of more characters! That should be out by the next week and a half.
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-eastWOLF