Neon Genesis Evangelion and the Rebuild of Evangelion are owned and written by Hideaki Anno. I own no elements from the original Manga, TV show, or Rebuild films but my OC. I also own no songs mentioned through the rest of the story.
That said, Please Enjoy the Show!
Chapter 10: Operation I'm firing my laser!
EVA Mountain range cover, across Tokyo-3
A few minutes later, the pair retuned to the surface to see the Angel still drilling off in the distant Tokyo-3, calmly spinning as if the Angel itself was a top. Shinji heard a loud cling, and turned to see, along with Misato and the others, Unit 00 being lifted up, a large shield replacing its right arm.
Behind, Null Unit rose with a dark blue shield as well on its left arm, both with spotlights on them. "Now I should inform you three about your roles in Operation Yashima." Misato turned, looking to Shinji, Shiro and Rei in their Plugsuits awaiting their orders. "Shinji, you'll be gunner for Unit-01, with Rei and Shiro on defense."
"This operation calls time for utmost precision." Ritsuko explained, walking beside Misato who crossed her arms. "That's why, instead of the uncalibrated Unit 00, we'll be using Unit-01, though it's still undergoing repairs."
"Shinji listen up." Ritsuko turned to the Third Child. "Because of Earth's rotation, magnetic field and gravity, the Positron Cannon won't fire straight. So don't forget to take those factors into account. You must strike the core in a single shot."
"That's great," Shinji stated, looking to Ritsuko with a look of arrogant annoyance. "But um, where's the Angels core at?"
"Best guess would be dead center." Shiro thought aloud, gesturing to the diamond in the far sky. "Unless the core moves on its own, or the Angel is really good at hide and seek, then we have reason for there to be EVA's that can move."
"Exactly, but don't worry, the Angel's attack renders the core open for attack during the attack phase." Ritsuko explained, before the sounds of train wheels moving came from the side opening. From the opening, Unit-01 came out, almost as if still in sleep. "We believed that's where the core is located."
"Your sniping position, as well as various factors that affect your trajectory, will be imputed by us." Misato gestured to the command truck in the far parking lot. "All you have to do is follow the on-screen prompts, then fire when the center indicators meet. The machinery will handle the rest."
"However only one spot has been set up to supply all of this power." Unit-01 slowly continued up, stopping close to the end point of the train rails, stopping right in front of Unit 00's right side.. "For that reason, Unit-01 can't change its firing position."
"So retreating isn't possible, huh?" Shinji asked irritant, with narrow eyes full of annoyance. This day just keeps getting better and better, he thought annoyed. "Great, so what if I miss and the Angel returns fire? Just what do I do then?"
"That's where Unit 00 and Null Unit come in to defend you." Misato answered, gesturing to the pair of EVA's. "Don't worry yourself with unnecessary thoughts now. Just focus on destroying the target in one shot."
"So, if I don't, we'll all be in a pinch huh?"
"That, and in the dark cold night." Shiro teased, before pulling something out his Plugsuit side. Pulling it out revealing it to be a soda, which Shiro quickly opened, though paused as Misato, Ritsuko and the others stared in confusion. "What? I need the energy!"
"The hell you do!" Shinji retorted, quickly snapping it out of his brother's hand.
"What the hell?! How'd you get so fast?"
"Don't worry about it," Shinji replied sheepishly with a small smile, before looking back to Ritsuko and Misato. "Continue."
"I… I must protect Unit-01?" Rei asking, in what sounded like… hesitation. Shinji and Shiro glanced to Rei, but looked back, yet it didn't leave either of their minds. Why would she show hesitation in such an almost easy scenario? Both Ikari brothers though in confusion.
"It's time," Misato stated, as if unfazed by Rei's question. "You three know what to do, get to it."
"Oh, by the way this message was left at NERV Public Affairs Dept." Misato pulled out some sort of tape recorder, with the NERV logo on the bottom. Shinji blinked in confusion, before pulling the device to his ear.
"Hey Shinji, it's uh me Suzuhara" Shinji blinked at the familiar voice of Toji.
"Shinji, we're counting on you!" He chuckled at Kensuke's shout in the background. "By the way, it's Aida. Do your best out there!"
10 minutes later
All across Japan, lights in all cities began shutting down, with streets fading out into darkness along with houses and buildings alike. All seemed dark, and deathly silent aside from the barely audible drilling noise of the Angel's drill.
Shinji and Shiro stood on a metal platform beside Null and Unit-01, with Rei sitting calmly on the opposite one by Unit 00. This was it, the point of life or death; all that mattered now was the falling of one Angel to save the world. "Ayanami…. Rei, why do you really pilot Unit 00?" Shiro asked softly, making the blue albino haired girl look to him with curiosity along with Shinji. "It can't be just from faith in the Commander. What is it deep down?"
"I pilot Unit 00… Because of my bond." Rei hesitantly stated, making Shinji raise an eyebrow
"A bond?" Shiro asked confused. "With…. Unit 00?"
"Not just with EVA, but everyone. The Commander, Dr. Akagi, Colonel Katsuragi, you and Shinji…." Rei listed calmly, pulling her legs around her arms. "With everyone."
"You know, for someone of little words, your strong Rei." Shinji stated, looking to Rei.
"I don't have anything else. Which is why you won't die, Shinji." Rei's red eyes hardened along with her narrow eyes, before she began standing up. "I will protect you and Unit-01. It's time. Let's go."
That said, Rei stood and turned to her EVA. Shinji stared with Shiro in shock as Rei left, before Shiro cocked a smile towards Shinji. "The friends you make are out of this world, Shin." Shiro stated, pulling his younger brother into a hug. "Good luck out there."
"Thanks, bro." Shinji replied with a smile, returning the hug. Shiro smiled still, before his emotion shifted to a stern look.
"Listen, I know I haven't been there all the time since…. Father forced us apart." Shiro said, pulling away and taking up his helmet from the floor. "But when this is over, I want to start over. I want to start being there to support you, as your brother and…."
"As family." Shinji softly replied, smiling before he playfully punched Shiro's shoulder. "Just remember you'll be protecting me."
"Hm, yeah…. Good luck out there, Shinji." Shiro stated, fixing his helmet on before walking to the far end of the platform where Null Unit stood. "Just don't shoot us!"
"Wouldn't dream of it!" Shinji called out with a laugh, before turning to Unit 00 and Rei. He blinked, before smiling at Rei, who entered Unit 00 unaware of Shinji's smile to her. "Good luck out there too, Rei….."
"Be aware that, as of now, it has just passed 12:00 P.M." 10 minutes had passed since them and midnight struck; the operation was now commencing. All lights across Tokyo-3 were off, all but the few spotlight's indicating the Angels reflective body. "Its time."
"Shinji," Misato heard over Unit-01's communication link. "You chose to pilot EVA, even with all the stakes and tasks it brought with it…. I'm grateful you chose your choice. Thank you."
"Commence Operation Yashima!" Misato ordered, not before Shiro snickered. "Got something to say. Sixth Child?"
"First off, it's Shiro. None of this Sixth Child or Null Pilot crap, I already went through that in America." Shiro corrected, before chuckling. "And don't you mean Operation Fuck You, Every Jewelry Store?"
"Yeah… That too, huh?" Misato chuckled, before becoming serious once more. Unit-01's Entry Plug screens flashed to life as the operation began. Operators and crewmen spoke all across the comms, with Misato and her groups somehow making out words from the jumbled up conversation.
"Initiate Stage Three power connect!"
"Roger, routing all power to Futagoyama transformer."
"Maintain the maximum allowable power transmission strength."
"All cooling systems running at full capacity!"
"No problems in the 3th connection."
"Good, inform barricades 4 and 5 to proceed as planned."
Across the mountains, anti-air ground missiles launched from underground towards Tokyo-3, trying to rain hell onto the Angel. Ramiel, as if on guard, shifted with ease and created an energy beam which tore all air missiles apart in the blink of an eye. Another beam came into vision, burning apart the mountains which fired at its figure.
"No.3 ground-to-ground systems just got vaporized!"
"Perfect, looks like we got its attention. Do not stop the attack no matter what!" Cannons and missiles rushed out to catch Ramiel's sight. They did, but were quickly thwarted by Ramiel's A.T Field. Fools to the end, believing they could stop the wrath of Adam's Angels, was one of the few thoughts the Angel had as it burned through metal and dirt, erasing all that stood against its goal.
"No.2 Turret Battery just got hit."
"We just lost the 8th VLS group!"
No.4 ground-to-ground defense systems active, were initiating the attack." More batteries rained hell to the Angel, diverting all unwanted attention from Unit-01, Null and 00. Shinji readied his fingers and grip on the controls, with Null Unit and Unit 00 crouched behind Unit-01's sniping position. "No.6 Battery just got blown away!"
"Roger, No.7 Turret Battery will now commence firing."
"Positron Cannon charging, currently at one terawatt!"
"Mom, this is not the time to call…!"
"Maintain condenser fans at 38000 RPM."
"Compression density approaching firing threshold."
"Increasing the power field."
"Shut-down overloaded circuit! Expedite reroute!"
"Power drop off at acceptable range."
"Circuit breakers are operational. Recovery in progress."
"No problems with the 4th connection."
"Disable the final safety device!"
"Roger. Unit-01, raise the firing hammer!"
"Understood!" Unit-01 cocked the sniper rifle, pulling the hammer sharply back before letting it go back. A larger scope came from behind Unit-01's shoulder pylon, closer and better than the farther one on the Positron Cannon. Inside Unit-01, a metal eye cover came before Shinji's eyes, revealing it to be lock on sequence similar to when Unit-01 uses a Pallet Rifle in training.
"Adjusting for Earth rotation and gravity; plus 0.0009."
"Firing mechanism is automatically locking on."
"Scope adjustment complete!"
"The photons are accelerating, 0.2 to discharge…. 0.1…."
"Open the fifth and final connection!"
"Route all energy to power discharge subsystem."
"Plugs 1-9, ready for power influx!"
"Proceeding with final calibration of Positron acceleration chamber. No casualties."
This is it, Shinji thought as he stared at the continuously shifting Angel in the distance. If all else fails, The Angel will kill everybody…. I won't fail again, or let that happen! I may not be as trained for this like Ayanami, but…. Shinji's eyes opened, narrow and fully of confidence. That doesn't mean I'll runaway like a coward anymore!
10, 9, 8, 7…
6, 5, 4, 3….
2, 1….
The Angels body shifted enough to reveal… It's core!
"FIRE!" Shinji's eyes snapped wide open, and he without hesitation, pulled the trigger. Electricity sparked above and around Unit-01, and like a flash of lightning, the Positron Cannon fired.
A blue stream of absolute energy and light burned across the mountain ranges, burning anything in its say before connecting with the Angel. Ramiel's body froze, before it shifted into a large spiked object, now dark black than its normal blue. Blood escaped the opening now carved in, spraying across the mountains and Tokyo-3. "Did we hit it?!" Misato's voice asked, full of excitement and fear.
The Angel bled through the injury, before its skin smoothed out to reveal a glowing orb inside; the core was still intact. The angel shifted, returning to its original diamond state.
"That's a miss!"
"Impossible! Was it the timing?!"
"High-order energy spike detected from the Angel!"
"All hands, brace for impact!" Ramiel's body shifted, revealing its core as if taunting to hit it once more, before quickly shifting sharply and with clarity. A single beam rushed out like before, this one burning almost half of the mountain side before completely burning the mountain apart with ease. Shinji screamed as his EVA was burned badly and tossed all across the scorched land, with cables and machines sent flying and vehicles send flying back.
Inside the Control Truck, alert lights came to life as the people inside pulled themselves to their feet. Misato groaned as she pulled herself up, glaring to the red screen. "What's…? What's the status of the energy output?" She asked, forcing herself fully up.
"Still usable…." Hyuga called out, clutching his computer panel side tightly. "We're already recharging!"
"Ant the Positron Cannon?"
"Still operational," Maya reported. "Barrel cooling is not processing. We can't verify if another shot is possible…"
"No need to verify, just do it…. Shinji, are you alright?"
Unit-01 Entry Plug
"On… On a scale on one to shit," Shinji groaned, clutching his sides in pain. "How deep in shit are we?"
"Pretty deep, if you're asking everyone here…." Misato mused, making Shinji sigh as he leaned back slightly. His Unit-01 was sent a few EVA-size feet away from the Positron Cannon, laying back slightly as it if ran the mile. "Get Unit-01 back into firing positon!"
"Right!" Shinji groaned, forcing himself to pull Unit-01 forward. Can't screw up, he thought as he pulled the Positron Cannon to Unit-01 again. Can't mess this up again!
"High energy charge form the target again!"
"What?!"
Ramiel's remained in its attack form, firing another charged particle beam towards Unit-01 quickly. It was clear the Angel was only longer holding back, as the beam burned through everything before Unit-01.
"Shinji, look out!"
Shinji gasped, and turned his head as the beam came into contact. He pulled his arms up, as if half expecting the beam to kill him first then the EVA, but when he felt nothing but small sparks of heat he looked back slowly. He gasped as he saw it was Unit-00 and Null Unit, both shielding Unit-01 side to side. Unit 00's shield, however, began burning up as the beam focused more now onto the pair, before completely burning the shield apart.
Unit 00 was suddenly pushed back as Null Unit stood before the two EVA's, shield raised in front of them both. "Misato, please tell me the Cannon can fire!" Shiro and Shinji's voices screamed out.
"Not yet, its still need 2 minutes before-" Ramiel fired a more powerful beam of energy, this one completely burning apart the shield and beginning the burning of Null Unit. Null Unit cried out in pain, raised both arms and forcing its A.T Field to its max before the energy burned through.
"SHIRO!" Shinji screamed in horror. Shinji sprung to action, forcing the firing pin to move as he once more lined the shot. The next 60 seconds seemed like hours as Null Unit was forced to kneel from the particle beam, letting gaps of energy hit Unit-01. Finally, the cannon was armed and Shinji all but ready. "In the orders of the old, up yoouuurrrrsss!"
Shigeru sat alone in the Geo-Front, on station for any "unknown excursion." He was to make sure nothing on or off planet interfered with the operation…. That was until now. On Shigeru's console screen, the map of Earth and the moon revealed a fast moving don't rushing from the Moon, heading straight for Earth with extreme speeds.
"Unidentified object detected from lunar orbit!" Shigeru yelled into his communication system. "It's heading right towards the Angel!"
"WHAT?!" From high above in orbit, an object raced across the night and right to the Angel. Ramiel brought its A.T Field up quickly, but was horrified as it saw just what had come into contact with its Field. A dully grey Lance of Longinus replica tore through the A.T Field and ripped through the core, just as the beam connected with the Fifth Angel. It tore right through the already broken A.T Field, and ripped through the center point of Ramiel's diamond form, creating a explosion of fire from the exit it burned. The Angel once more became an object of many points, revealing through its reflective body that a prong from the Lance had cut into the core with its new burn mark, forcing to implode.
The drill, which had cut through the Geo-Front and was closing in on NERV HQ halted, imploding and creating a red waterfall which landed gracefully onto NERV HQ pyramid top. Ramiel's body began cracking apart on the surface, collapsing gently as the Lance held it up before blood rushed across the city below a barely lit up rainbow.
Unit-01 rushed form its stop as Null Unit walked calmly back, growling in pain with a barely burned Unit 00 in its arms. "Rei!" Shinji cried out as Null Unit placed Unit 00 down, ripping the back off to allow the Entry Plug to exit and release LCL. Unit-01 gently took Unit 00 Entry Plug, placing it to the floor before its pilot rushed out.
Shinji rushed across scarred dirt to the Entry Plug, grabbing the heated emergency hatch. He grunted in pain before forcing it to turn, metal groaning before the hatch flew open. "Rei!" Shinji stuck his head and arms into the dark Plug, looking at the seemingly dead First Child clutching the controls. "No…."
Rei's body stirred, before her head gracefully turned to Shinji. "….Pilot…. Shinji?" She asked softly, making the Third Child smile with watered eyes.
"You're alright," He sighed in relief, before pulling Rei forward into a small hug. "Thank god….."
Rei was caught off guard by it; she'd never been in this sort of physical contact, but nevertheless returned the hug. "I…I'm sorry, I don't know how to express my emotions."
"Shinji simply pulled back and smiled warmly to her. "You can simply smile, Rei…." Shinji's voice made Rei stare for what felt like minutes to her, before she did just as he asked. She smiled; not a forced or uncomfortable smile-no, a genuine, heartwarming smile. Shinji returned the smile, before holding his hand to her.
"I thank you for placing your trust in my defending of Unit-01." She stated calmly, taking his hand as they exited the Entry Plug.
"Thank you for defending me…." He thanked, before he was suddenly pulled into a headlock.
"You did it!" Shiro cheered his brother, laughing before he let Shinji go. He smiled under his helmet, before looking to Rei and giving a small nod. "Thanks for helping my back there."
"I…. Thank you for protecting me as well." Rei replied, before the trio calmed themselves.
"All in a day's work, huh?"
"Yeah," Shinji replied, laying onto the dirt as he breathed slowly. "What a day…."
"Could use a soda right now..." Shiro told, sitting down as he nudged Shinji's side. "Sadly someone drank it! Not mentioning any names, though... Shinji..."
The Third Child simply laughed, joined by Shiro as Rei simply smiled and looked to Tokyo-3. At the moment, all they wanted was peace from this; this victory which had seemed nearly impossible. Granted a rescue was probably on its way, and the problem with the Lance of Longinus replica would catch Commander Ikari's attention. But right now, all that mattered was resting from the long battle.
And at the moment, that seemed to be the case.
The Moon
High above Earth though, across the white surface of the Moon laid a massive line of black coffins, some of which were opened and empty. Walking gracefully beside the coffins, a masked figure in an outfit similar to a Plugsuit and cloak stopped before a coffin which slowly opened itself. "C'mon, I know you're awake." The figure spoke, in a liquidated, watery male voice. "Get up, Karl."
"You know I don't like that nickname!" The coffin top slid off slightly, revealing a 15 year old white haired boy, smiling with crimson eyes at the figure. "Let me guess- The Third Child has awakened and the Sixth Child had returned." The boy started, with a calm smile to his friend. "Now we enter the main phase of the HI Plan, right?"
"Indeed," the figure nodded, with the monolith hologram of SEELE 1 behind the pair. The figure turned, kneeling down as his oval shaped mask shinned, revealing the bold red word "VEELE" on the center of his black mask. "The Dead Sea Scroll Apocrypha has been all but filled in the Books of Law. The promise time draws near."
"Not the child again…" The boy stood up, completely naked from his coffin, to see his Vessel of Adam silently being built along the lunar surface, a familiar mask of the SEELE logo on covering the face of the blanketed humanoid creature. "You really didn't change, hm?"
"I look forward to meeting you, Shinji Ikari." Kaworu Nagisa, the Sixth Child, said aloud beside his colleague, VEELE.
"In due time, Kaworu." VEELE stated, looking up with the Sixth to the surface of Earth. He had a feeling he'd get a scolding from his grandfather and the council later about 'losing' his Lance, but it could wait for now. As of now, everything could wait. "And in due time, we shall cross paths once more, Shiro Ikari."