Genesis Evangelion - The Case of Ro Sohryu:
Episode 10:
Part 1: The point of Absolute Zero
The sudden snap of eyelids opening to the sound of an electronic buzzer going off, the click of metal and the hissing of compressed air, the loud gulping as the caffeine-filled liquid filled and flowed down Misato's throat. The sweet taste of alcohol would normally be what she would be gulping down. But not today. Or for the past few days in fact. Actually, as the caffeine entered into her system, she noticed that there wasn't any beer cans or wine bottles around her.
But she needed to get moving.
Misato promptly got changed into her NERV uniform, it felt good to finally have the cast off her arm, though it was still a little weak. She tied her hair back into a ponytail and picked up the phone, dialing in Felia's number. She waited as the dial tone kept going and going. Eventually it went to her voicemail.
Misato instantly hung the phone up. She didn't have time for this crap and picked up a bag containing her work files and slung it over the good shoulder, walking through her apartment. It was deathly quiet and still aside from her movements. She soon came to the front door and called back into the apartment to be sure there was some life in there.
"Asuka? I'm heading out now."
"Alright." Asuka responded back. At least she was awake. Misato slipped her feet into her shoes, pulling the zipper up on her jacket. But she was stopped as her door opened by itself and Kaji walked in through the door.
"Kaji? What are you doing here?"
Thirty Days Ago
"So, three Units have been lost in a matter of months." The first Monolith boomed over Gendo Ikari's head.
All of the SEELE Monoliths were surrounding Gendo in a circle. Staring down at him from behind the SEELE Logo. Gendo sat in the middle of the circle. His hands locked together in front of his mouth. He seemed unfazed by them as they continued to speak.
"Yes, first Unit-05 and then Unit-04, both were quite an unsettling setback."
"But the loss of Unit-03? How do you explain this course of action Ikari?"
"The Units lost are a hindrance to our plans. We've managed to establish that the Angel infected Unit-03 on route to NERV. Even in transport the Evangelions are not fully secure." Gendo calmly explained.
"And the response to Unit-03's infection?"
"Fortunately only the testing facility was damaged with minimal loss of life. Unit-03, and its pilot, were subsequently terminated." Gendo stated.
"And the progression of the dummy system? We've heard some startling claims."
"The system will be ready on schedule, but the option for its use can be been taken at any time if required." Gendo said flatly.
Starling claims. That sentence alone confirmed half a dozen theories that Gendo had in mind. But they remained simply theories until proven. Gendo made no difference to his expression. But he shelved that sentence to the back of his mind for later. He would need a word with someone about this later.
"And for security?" SEELE continued to ask.
"We are maintaining our Units and restricting all travel for the time being. For the moment the numbers will suffice, however more parts to repair the current Units will be required though." Gendo said.
"The request for Unit-00 again?"
Gendo hated how they could pick out such a trivial issue. But he had a comeback to that. "We are adapting all the models to a standard level, the parts will be interchangeable."
SEELE were silent for a moment. They were obviously thinking it over. "The request will be approved. For now."
Surprising that they actually considered relenting to Gendo's request. It wasn't often that such a thing would occur. Unless something played into their hands. The monoliths boomed over him once more. "Our only desire has always been the "true" Evangelion. The necessary rites must be completed before it's awakening. It's crucial we do not maintain any more losses."
"Of course, I am aware of this, I can assure you that everything will go according to SEELE's plan."
The Monoliths all vanished into the darkness of the room. Leaving Gendo alone in the middle of the room. His Vice Commander, Fuyustuki, had been standing silent by his side.
"The true Evangelion." Gendo spoke.
As those words finished. The room of darkness continued to be oppressive with a deep hum. The conversation ended and the facade was over for now. Gendo and Fuyutsuki could speak briefly.
"They see all of our Units, including Unit-01 as merely simple placeholders for its completion."
"That's the purpose of the new series then? They decided to start constructing an entirely new god instead of false imitations of the old one?" Fuyustuki asked.
"Yes. We must hasten our plans for Unit-01's awakening."
Twenty Eight Days Ago
"Are they letting you out this early?"
Misato slowly stepped up to her friend Ritsuko as the question was pointed at her. She had literally just arrived and had already been given orders to help with the dissection and extraction of Unit-03's remnants. But it had taken over forty eight hours to fully clear the site of any possible sign of infection from the Angel. The warnings about secondary infection had NERV fully concerned about every possible scenario. Even IPEA staff were in protective hazmat gear as they handled the pieces of Eva that had caused so much pain and destruction.
"They only gave me a few days. Couldn't just let an idle hand go to waste." Misato said, her hand unconsciously going to the cast on her arm.
"Guess you can't take a vacation at a time like this..." Ritsuko said, her words trailing off as a large section of a forearm was being craned upward into the sky and away from the small crater it had made in the ground.
"How's Shinji?" Misato asked.
"He's in the hospital." Ritsuko started in a factual tone. "After the stunt he pulled in the Geofront he was forcily removed from the entry plug. They had to cut open the emergency hatch with a weilding laser. Our operational capacity has been vastly reduced from five to two pilots. With only two Evangelions fully operational."
Misato put her good hand on her head, taking it all in and letting out a sigh. "When you put it like that... We've really been hung out to dry this time."
The hospital elevator was slow in going up the floors. Felia, with phone pressed against her ear, gently tapped on the plastic casing. Her paitence had started to wear thin. The annoyance could clearly be seen on her face. The news she was recieving was not good. Finally she exploded.
"What? What do you mean America is pulling out of the program?! The IPEA's still got assets in this!"
Felia listened as the panicked receiver to her outburst stammered and stuttered his explanation to her. Making her annoyance turn further into rage as she started to bare her teeth.
"How has that traitorous commander still got access? Your suppose to overrule him!" She screamed down the phone at her operative. Once more she got a more timid response from America.
"I don't care if he's changed the codes. Go in guns blazing, that's what you Americans are good at right?!" She screamed before pressing heavily on the end call button of her phone. "Ugh! Idiot!"
Felia let out a loud sigh. This wasn't the news that she had been expecting at all. America seemed like it was falling apart and the events of the past couple of days had not helped in the decision making over there. She closed her eyes for a few moments, letting the elevator take her up the floors slowly. Listening to the gentle elevator music before the doorbell rang and the doors opened before her. She know had to have a meeting with Asuka's surgeon.
"Michele? I didn't realise you were made Asuka's surgeon." Felia said with a surprised look on her face.
Dr Michelle Gottes Hammer stood before her, stepping into the elevator with a slight smile and a look of nostalgia on her face.
"Felia. It's been a long while since I've seen you. Oh you do resemble Mrs Kyoto so well now." Said the older woman.
Felia couldn't help but chuckle. Michelle had been the family doctor for as long as Felia knew. Looking after her, Asuka and Ro whilst their mother was at work being a scientist. Her tone was always one to calm Felia down even after getting so stressed with things.
"Heh. Thanks. But still, could've told me when you landed." Felia said, raising her lips to the coffee cup once more.
"Ja ja. I know." Michele said with a sigh and a wave of her hand. "But when little Asuka was hurt, I didn't have time to make a call."
Felia's eyes lowered at the mention of her sister, her hand following her eyeline downward from her lips. Things had been so hectic that this was the only time she had in checking in on her. Her eyes slowly looked up at the older woman. "How is she?"
"She'll live." Michelle flatly stated. "I did what I could for little Asuka. But she will have to adapt to things a little different from now on."
"Will she...?"
"She... will have to adjust to the lack of depth perception. But she'll be back to piloting status in a couple of months give or take."
"I... See."
"Do not worry Ms Sohryu, I'll look after little Asuka for you. I did the same for Mrs Kyoto when I was changing little Asuka's diapers."
"Now you're just making me feel old."
"Would you like to get some more coffee?"
Felia shook the cup gently, the last remnants sloshed about at the bottom of the cup. "Yeah. I'm gonna need it."
The loud clang of heavy metal sliding to one side brought blinding light that shone through a wired mesh. Covering Shinji Ikari in light and shadow as a figure stood on the one side of the side. Shinji looked down to his wrists, which were bound by the numerous cuffs that had been placed on him after he had recovered from the hospital. The wired mesh slowly moved to one side and the shadowy figure approached him.
"Hey Shinji."
Shinji slowly looked up at the figure, finding a can of coffee being offered to him by Kaji.
"Mr Kaji? What are you doing here?" Shinji inquired, blinking a few times in surprise.
"Being a friendly face. Besides, I've been requested to escort you to your father." Kaji said with a slight smile.
Shinji bowed his head, looking at the floor once more, ignoring the drink in Kaji's hand. "Requested. More like ordered."
"Well he asked me and I chose to accept. I do it because I want to." Kaji said, retracting the drink offered to Shinji and opened it, taking a sip of it.
"Well. I don't "want" to have anything to do with my father." Shinji stated.
"Suit yourself. But he would still like to see you."
Shinji stood up. He felt the texture of the metal cuffs moving on the skin of his wrists. He silently walked past Kaji.
"Your just being nice about it Mr Kaji."
"Insubordination. Damage to NERV property. Even going so far of attempted murder of NERV staff. What do you say to these charges?"
Those were the first words out of his father's mouth. They echoed in the large office around Shinji Ikari. The sounds of construction that came from above him was dull and muffled. He had been locked up long enough for the repairs to be started on the building. He looked at his father, who was unmoving from his desk.
"Attempted murder? Why are you so worried when you have me murder the staff anyway? When you have me murder my best friend?"
"This is not about the pilot."
"Yes it is! It's all about him!" Shinji exclaimed back. That fire of emotion exploding once more. Snapping like a twig. "I don't want to be anywhere near you! I quit!"
Shinji's explosive outburst left Gendo quiet for a few moments, the only sound in the office was of Shinji's heavy breathing. Gendo, although quiet, was still visibly unmoved.
"So your running anyway from your problems yet again. If you want to grow up and be a man, you'll have to take responsibility for your actions."
"You say that." Shinji started in a stern voice as he looked at his father. "But I don't think you know what that means. I'm done. I'm leaving. Goodbye."
As his son left the room with Kaji following behind him, Gendo watched them leave. Giving himself a few moments of quietness in the large expansive office before picking up the phone on his desk.
"It's Ikari. Remove the Third Child from the records."
Shinji stood in front of the elevator doors, he felt a strange sense of déjà vu pang inside of him. The bag slung from his shoulder, ear buds in his ears listening to music. The sound of birds chirping as the sun beamed down.
Eventually, the doors opened and Ro Sohryu stepped out in front of him, looking a little surprised. They both stared each other for a long moment. Shinji noted the bag slung on Ro's left shoulder. It was his turn to speak first.
"I suppose your gonna be replacing me at Misato's then?"
Ro didn't immediately answer and Shinji didn't wait for one either, he slowly took a few steps passed the Sixth Child towards the elevator doors.
"Actually..." Ro started, stopping Shinji for a moment. "...The bag's empty. I'm picking a few things up for Asuka for when she wakes up at the hospital. Felia's got me stationed at NERV HQ for the time being. Misato's gonna be alone for a while at least."
Shinji stood still, silently listening, his feet inches from the elevator door.
"Ikari? You sure about leaving when we're all beat to hell as it is?" Ro inquired.
"This isn't my fight anymore. They have you. They have a dummy to replace me. I'm not needed here anymore. I'm leaving." Shinji responded before entering the elevator doors and letting them close behind him.
Asuka felt her muscles moving as she burst through the opening elevator doors, she was running down a path that felt so familiar to her, her shoes echoing on the hard surface of a hospital floor, hair flowing behind her as she traversed the corridor. Running and dodging around the tree trunks of people's legs and feet, a smile on her face as she ran full steam ahead towards a door that she knew all too well.
The door swung wide open. Before Asuka was a figure, hanging from the ceiling. The body slowly swaying and spinning before her. The pang of rememberance hit her straight into the chest, but there was a sense of difference as well. This was the same as before, but something was different. The figure slowly spun forward, showing its face to her. Her expression went into shock as she stared at herself, the left eye was missing, blood slowly seeping from the empty hole.
The world began to shatter on one side, her left side. She felt a sharp pain in her left eye and put a hand on her eye. The pain grew more and more intense. She collasped to her knees, the pain was searing straight into her brain. She threw her head back and cried out in pain as she stared up at the roof of the hospital room. Bright lights shone down on her like spotlights.
And then it all stopped.
She blinked. But she could only blink with one eye. Her vision was completely black on the left side.
The beep of the machines close by to her hospital bed guided her into the real world. It took a few moments for her to realise it was reality. She hurt all over, but the left eye socket felt devoid of feeling, like a sea of cold numbness in a tornado of heated pain. She slowly raised her left hand up and felt the touch of bandages on her hand and arm, moving as she moved. Wrapped around her. Her fingertips shook gently as she felt the touch of bandages surrounding her left eye. Feeling the tape that held the bandages on. The lack of vision, the lack of sensation of her left eye.
She suddenly knew why there wasn't any feeling in her left eye socket.
Shinji slowly walked from the grasp of the NERV Agents that had been at his side all day and headed toward the ticket barrier. His steps slowed to a stop as he saw Misato. Noting her bandages and her left arm covered in a cast with a bandage from her shoulder to the wrist, keeping it in place.
She looked at him and he stared at her. Seconds, moments, fractions of time passed as the gentle air and the hot rays of sunlight moved between them. In the distance could be heard the train approaching the station. It's wheels occasionally screeching on the rails.
Not a single word was said, everything that could've been said had already been said in one form of another. There was no need to repeat the same thing over and over. It would just go around in circles. Like the world spinning.
And Shinji wanted the world to stop so he could get off.
His eyes slowly lowered down to Misato's feet, he slowly stepped forward. His eyes down as he stepped past Misato and went through the ticket barrier as the train pulled in to the station, giving Misato one last look as he stepped into the carriage and let the doors close behind him.
As the train slowly began to rumble onward along the tracks, Shinji took a solitary seat in an empty carriage. His hand started to go for his pocket, but then it stopped. The pocket was empty. He'd thrown the music player away. It was the only thing that reminded him of his father.
And he wanted none of it anymore.
He sat in silence on the train as it gently rocked, Tokyo-3 was slowly fading from his view and he was about to leave the city limits.
But then the lights went red and an announcement was blared out on the speakers of the train carriage.
"Due to a state of emergency. This train is now being diverted to a shelter. Repeat. Due to a state of emergency. This train is now being diverted to a shelter."
"It's an Angel." Shinji said to himself.
The Command Center was a flurry of activity as alerts popped up everywhere as the Angel made its presence known with another attack that rocked the staff in the Command Center. The damage report came in loudly on the loudspeaker as the the staff slowly got back to their feet.
"Direct hit on District 4! Surface systems have been destroyed! Layers one to twenty four have been compromised! The Geofront has been breached!"
"All twenty four layers of specialized plate armour with one strike? How is that even possible?" Makoto questioned himself as he picked himself up from the floor and sat back in his chair. The fact that the city itself offered little protection from the Angel made him very afraid.
"It's just as the Dead Sea Scrolls predicted. The fourteenth Angel is carving a path of complete destruction straight to our heart." Fuyutsuki stated as surveillance of the Angel showed its form to the rest of the staff.
The train car that carried the Agent's black car shook as a violent shockwave rocked through the transit system. Misato stumbled from the rocking motion of the car, the only thing stopping her from falling onto the metal floor was the nearby Agent standing behind her.
"If I can feel the shockwave from way down here. Then we're in trouble." She noted to herself.
She stood up and rushed over to the telephone booth that sat beside the car, quickly punching in the numbers to get in contact with the Command Center. Thankfully she was quickly patched through.
"Status Red! We need every weapon at our disposal firing at this target! We need to do whatever it takes! Hold it back at all costs!"
As Misato gave those orders on the phone, a large mass moved upward past her towards the surface, it was Unit-02. Quickly followed with a large amount of ammunition for a variety of weapons that were being launched with it.
"Their launching Unit-02? Who's piloting it?" Misato quizzed the operator at the other end of the line.
"Unknown! Operations did NOT order its launch!"
Every gun and missile emplacement surrounding Tokyo-3 was firing round after round, missile after missile at the Angel as it slowly advanced on them, it's AT-Field taking fire from all angles. Seemingly unfazed, even when a large N2 Missile rammed itself into the Angel's face, the warhead crumpling on the impact, then another N2 Missile. Followed by seven more that rammed themselves into the AT-Field before they all exploded at the same time. Sending a massive shockwave through the city that rocked the already damaged buildings. Firey clouds trailed downward as the shrapnel from the missile fell to earth.
From the firey clouds a large shape floated through, trailed by smoke as the Angel appeared utterly unscathed. The dark eyes on its face suddenly went bright and it made another attack, wiping out all of the gun and missile emplacements in one fell swoop, crosses dotted around the city like a circular fence as the Angel removed every last bit of opposition standing in its way.
As Makoto blared at another order for the defence force to fire a second volley of N2 Missiles, so did Misato finally make it to the Commander Center, her jacket had fallen off the bad shoulder as she rushed to her position to give orders.
"The Evangelions won't have time to intercept the target above the Geofront, contact Felia and tell her to launch Unit-06 straight to the Geofront! How's Unit-00?
"We're reattaching the left arm as we speak, it'll take a few minutes. We're also getting the dummy plug ready for Unit-01." Ritsuko responded.
"What's the situation with Unit-02? Can we get eyes on who's piloting it?" Misato questioned.
Maya learned back in her seat as she confirmed the information on her terminal. "The two-way link is being blocked! We can't get through!"
"Is that so?" Misato said quitely, a frown came upon her face as she noted something to herself. "So "they" want to do this by themselves then do they?"
Genesis Evangelion - The Case of Ro Sohryu:
Episode 10:
Part 2: Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Mari flexed her left hand. Opening and closing it several times, getting used to the sensation of movement within the Evangelion. The screen to her left showed the Evangelion moving in sync with her movements. She took in a deep breath and smiled.
"Ah! Fresh LCL! And I don't mind that it smells like the last pilot."
Ahead of Mari was the large smoke clouds flowing between the falling buildings as they swung and fell onto the Geofront floor. It wasn't long below a large dark shape effortlessly floated through the dark smoke that flowed between the buildings. The Angel was here.
"It's already breached the fifth line of defence. Well, if I don't act fast then there will be nothing for the main actor to save! Speaking of which, lets start the first act!"
Mari picked up both rifles, aiming them with each hand and squeezed the triggers, letting bullets fly towards the Angel. They flew with bright flares tracing behind them before each and every bullet bounced and ricocheted off the AT-Field.
As the Angel slowly descended towards Mari, the AT-Field moved, expanding forward, showing layer after later of the Angel's AT-Field. Demonstrating its sheer strength as the bullets were being pushed back further from the Angel and further towards Unit-02. Mari leant back in her seat as the ammo clips were close to drying up.
"Oh man! That's a strong AT-Field! There's no-way I'm gonna be able to get through that by myself! Looks like I'll have to go from solo to duet."
Out of the tunnel and thundering down the track came a train carrying a series of platforms. Each one had large bulky blocks on them that soon hissed and puffed out smoke that blew into the wind, large metallic covers flying off to expose large armaments ranging from rocket launchers to mini-guns, all of which turned, pointing towards and aiming at the Angel as it flew above in the sky. Unit-06 was crouched in the middle of the train, wearing a large backpack with an Evangelion sized AA12 Shotgun strapped to each side of the backpack. The Unit slowly sat up and got to its knees before it stood up on the platform as the train came close to NERV HQ.
Ro grabbed onto a large tarp with one hand, pulling the cover off in one motion and letting the tarp fly into the wind, revealing a Vulcan gun emplacement. He grabbed both handles on the weapon and turned it towards the Angel. Pressing the large buttons on the trigger handles with both thumbs, the multiple barrels began to spin until it reached the optimum rotational speed to begin firing bullets at the Angel. The other weapon platforms following his lead in shooting at the Angel.
The bullets had the same effect as with Unit-02's attack, bouncing off with little damage to the AT-Field. The missiles that followed impacted with the field before exploding, sending out plumes of smoke. After a few short seconds of the smoke clearing, the Angel could still be seen floating harmlessly in the air. It slowly turned its head towards Ro and a flash in its eyes shot out, Ro moved suddenly and put a foot onto the gun emplacement and leaped off as the train as the tracks behind him exploded in a series of large purple crosses.
He landed a fair distance from the tracks, tucking the Eva into a forward roll and then steadied himself into a kneeling position as the train tracks collapsed and the train derailed, flying off the tracks and slamming into the ground below.
The shelter was a serious of storage rooms that were as high as they were tall, people set up blankets and mattresses onto the various storage shelves to make space for others. Shinji had managed to find a corner that he sat in, his legs pulled up as he stared into his knees. Noises of conversation went on around him. People talking, babies crying, people complaining. He started to crawl into his thoughts to drown those people out.
"Hey! Shinji!"
Shinji's ears had picked up on the voice amongst the crowd, he looked up and saw Kaji walking towards him. Stepping over and between the other refugees.
"Mr Kaji? What are you doing here?"
The large man sat down next to Shinji, relaxing against the wall. "Well I was attending to my watermelons when they forced me into this shelter. Quite a coincidence that we meet again. Especially since you was leaving last I heard."
"I couldn't leave the city. The Angel made the train turn around."
Mari slammed her foot into the pressure pad that started off a chain of explosives that blew each piece of the cover off the weapon's crate. The inside of the crate had the word labelling of THUNDER SPEAR on the packaging around the weapon. The final explosion launched the weapon upward and turned the weapon on the vertical axis. Mari caught the top handle of the weapon with one hand and readied herself.
"Lets see what this bad boy can do."
She charged Unit-02 forward into a full speed run towards the Angel. The blade flipping like a switchblade before Mari lept Unit-02 into the air before slamming down into the Angel's AT-Field. The blade struck the field, but failed to penetrate. Unit-02 slowly began to tip over to the side before the field began to cave inward and then thrusted outward, pushing Unit-02 and the Thunder Spear into the air and sending Mari flying into some of the debris. Stunning her for a few moments as she laid in the crater Unit-02 had made into the building upon impact.
"DODGE!"
Mari looked around her as the word was screamed into the comm at her, instantly righting the Eva up and throwing the Unit into a backflip as the Angel's AT-Field bared down on the spot that she was stationary at a moment ago. She crotched Unit-02 behind some cover as the dust settled from the Angel's attack.
"You know, if you was half as good as you seem to be, maybe you should be taking better care of my sister's Evangelion!" Ro's voice on the comm came across to Mari. The visual was still cut from her Entry Plug.
"Funny, because it seems you lack quite a bit of knowledge on just what an Eva can do." Mari said back with a smile.
"What the hell are you talk...?" Ro said before cutting himself off. He took a moment to realise something.
"Hey, just a quick thing to throw out." Ro started before ducking under cover as the Angel fired overhead. "You wouldn't happen to be the one that tipped me off about a certain Angel would you?"
Mari rolled Unit-02 from behind cover to another building, getting the Angel's attention from the moment, it fired at where she was hiding. She let the explosion die down before answering him.
"Maybe. If we both get out of this, we'll discuss it later. For now, I need you to keep this Angel busy for me."
"What the hell for?" Ro questioned. But Mari's answer was interrupted as the Angel's eyes shone once again as it struck a piece of debris close by to the Units.
"Because I don't have any weapons. Keep it busy while I re-arm, it shouldn't be too hard for someone like you." Mari stated as the dust clouds floated by them.
Ro shook his head, giving it a moment before he dived over the top of the remains of a tower block as the space his Evangelion was standing was soon sent shooting upwards with an explosion. Causing debris and dirt to fly up and cover him. He scrambled towards another piece of debris, putting the building between him and the Angel. Huffing and puffing from the exertion.
"Right. Keep it busy she says. Shouldn't be too hard she says." Ro muttered to himself.
Ro brought up his shotguns, looking at the one in his right hand. It had partially melted and was useless. He instantly threw it away while letting off a curse under his breath in German, focusing on just the one shotgun he had left. He pulled the top slider back and then slid it fully forward before sliding the small rectangular magazine and soon replaced it with a large circular magazine from the large backpack that he was carrying. He pulled the slider back and then locked it. Taking a couple of seconds to get his breath.
He sprung up from the cover and pulled the trigger, keeping it held as round after round of large shotgun shells thumped from the barrel with a loud boom and hit the Angel's AT-Field. Exploding on contact and putting out a lot of smoke.
Round after round flew from the side of the shotgun till the circular magazine ran out. As the smoke began to settle and drift away, Ro saw the Angel slowly turn towards him. It hadn't been phased at all, let alone damaged.
"Oh Shhiii..." Ro trailed off as he lunged his Evangelion to the right as the eyes of the Angel blazed brightly, the area where Ro had just been was fully engulfed in a large purple pillar, causing the ground around it to rupture and lift off, bouncing his Evangelion along the ground of the Geofront.
"Let's get a better look." Mari said as she slowly stood up from her seat. "Oh man. It's kicking ass so far."
The sentence is topped off with Ro dodging another attack from the Angel, firing back whenever he can, using cover to block the Angel's line of sight. But it does little to stop it from locking on to him.
"Such a good boy. Always willing to follow a woman's direction." Mari noted as Ro bounced around drawing the Angel's fire.
"As for Unit-02 on the other hand. It can't fight the Angel in this state. So I guess I'll have to strip away it's humanity." Mari said as she readjusted her glasses. "Enter Verbal Command. Back Door Code. The BEAST!"
As she exclaimed the code words. The inside of the Entry Plug went into a moment of darkness before red lighting switched on inside. The words "BEAST" were repeated in lines across the inside of the Entry Plug in bright red letters.
"How long till Unit-00 is ready for combat?" Misato asked.
"Just a couple more minutes. It'll be ready to join in if the Evas keep the Angel busy." Ritsuko responded.
"And Unit-01?"
"We're inserting the dummy plug now. Activation in five seconds." Maya responded as she typed away on her terminal.
As the countdown reached zero, the entire wall lit up with error messages. Unit-01 failed to activate.
"What happened?" Ritsuko questioned.
"Unit-01's shutting down! It's rejected the signal. Starting the activation sequence again." Maya stated as she typed in the activation sequence into her terminal.
"Unit-01's rejected the dummy plug." Fuyutsuki quietly noted as the technicians tried repeatedly to activate the Eva.
"Yes. Does this mean Yui is rejecting me?" Gendo questioned quietly before standing up from his seat, turning to the Vice-Commander. "Fuyutsuki. Take over for me for a while. I'll oversee the activation of Unit-01 personally."
"This Shelter has been designated as being in an unsafe area. Please evacuate. Repeat. This Shelter has been designated as being in an unsafe area. Please evacuate."
As the announcement was given, so did people start to rise, the doorway leading into the area was opened with stewards in bright orange vests guiding people out. As the rest of the refugees slowly flowed through the doorway, Shinji and Kaji remained seated. Shinji had his gaze locked onto his knees. After a few moments, Kaji broke the silence.
"Your not gonna go out there?"
"No." Shinji replied, keeping his gaze to his knees. "I'm done fighting. I don't want to pilot the Eva anymore."
Kaji leaned back against the wall, looking up at the ceiling. "That's too bad, cause from what I hear, things aren't going too well."
Ro slowly picked his Eva up, dust and dirt slid and fell off the armour. Slowly getting to all fours from the ground. As he panted and struggled to get his way out of the debris, a dark shadow loomed over his Eva. He turned to see the fourteenth Angel hovering over him. His mind instantly started to think of another curse to throw out.
An object flew through the air and slammed into the Angel's AT-Field, causing a loud sound like a bell being struck to reverberate throughout the Geofront. The shock of impact knocked Ro backwards a bit, raising his left forearm in protection.
The ringing in Ro's ears had barely subsided before another impact knocked into the Angel's AT-Field. Then another and another. Ro looked over the top of his forearm at the figure smashing through layer after layer of the Angel's AT-Field.
"What? Unit-02's in its beastial form?! How the hell does that bitch know of the beast form of the Evas?!" He cried out in surprise.
"What the hell is going on with Unit-02?!" Misato shouted as she came up to Maya and Ritsuko. "What is the functionality of that form?"
"I don't know." Maya responded as she looked through the readout of Unit-02's systems. "All of the safety systems and the main restrictors, they are all offline. Even the Entry Plug readout is being turned off. The last readings show the pilot going into the negative range."
Ritsuko rested her right hand on the back of Maya's chair, looking at the data before turning to Misato. "If the pilot goes into the negative range, they are at risk of severe contamination from the Evangelion. At this point though, its a gamble the pilot clearly believes its worth the risk."
Mari plunged fist after fist into the AT-Field of the Angel as the five minute timer counted down second by second, smashing through layer after layer with wild abandon, screaming with every fist thrown forward, noticing too late that as she made progress, so the Angel brought its flat arms inward, condensing them into cylinders that then shot forward, pushing the crimson Unit backward through the smashed layers of the Angel's AT-Field.
A single flick from the arms immediately sliced through the left shoulder, cutting it off at the shoulder socket, sending Unit-02 flying backwards as the severed arm was sent flying upward into the air before making a large splash as it crashed into the nearby river.
Mari bared her teeth as the Eva rolled backward into a crotch, lunging the crimson beast forward with all of her rage and fury, a primal scream that was cut short as the Angel shot its arms forward once more, slicing through the right side of the Evangelion's head and knocking it back down.
Inside of the Command Center, the staff looked on as one Evangelion had fallen to the Angel. The damage report was coming in as the main display screen focused on where Unit-02 had fallen.
"The pilot released the inner beast of Unit-02. But even with all of that strength, it still couldn't win against the Angel. We're almost out of options."
As Ritsuko uttered those stern words, the large figure of Unit-00 rose from the ground, it was crotched down as it appeared before them. It's arm was wrapped in large bandages. A temporary solution for the reattachment of the limb.
"Rei? But she doesn't even have a rifle!" Misato exclaimed as she noted the large missile resting on Unit-00's shoulders as Rei held the missile in Unit-00's arms.
Rei's eyes were locked onto the Angel as she pushed her controls forward, plunging Unit-00 into a full speed run towards the Angel. Slamming the N2 Missile in her hands into the strong AT-Field of the Angel, which stopped the missile dead in its tracks.
"AT-Field. Maximum power." Rei said as she pushed further forward on her controls, struggling against the Angel's AT-Field.
Unit-00's AT-Field began to manifest in a conial shape that focused at the tip of the missile. The engine component of the N2 Missile engaged as well, letting four cones of jet propulsion kick in and push the missile against the Angel's AT-Field, which failed to budge even with all of the force pressed against it.
In fact, it slowly started to push the missile and Unit-00 back. The Eva's feet digging into the ground as the newly attached arm slowly began to bleed as the freshly attached ligaments started to stretch and snap from the exertion.
"The field is too strong! A single Eva can't get through!" Misato exclaimed.
"There's two more AT-Fields being merged with Unit-00's!" Maya shouted from her terminal.
Ro lunged forward with the tip of his katana slicing into the Angel's AT-Field, trying to pierce it enough to give the N2 Missile some more penetration. Putting all of the power of his AT-Field against the Angel's. But like the N2 Missile, the tip of the katana crumpled and the blade shortened before snapping half way down the blade, pushing Ro back.
Unit-02, in its beastial form, crawled and limped towards the Angel's AT-Field, biting the layer and using its teeth to rip and tear through the layer, it finally came away like fabric being ripped before Unit-02 went for the next layer.
This time it was joined by Unit-06, gripping the AT-Field with its fingers and the both of the pulled and ripped their way through the layers of the Angel, the N2 Missile slowly inching forward as the three of them worked in unison.
Finally the last layer of the Angel was torn, the N2 Missile easily flew through the air towards the Angel's red core. But at the last moment, bone popped through the Angel's body like teeth and snapped shut around the core, protecting it as the crumpled warhead slammed into it.
All three pilots looked on in shock as the warhead exploded on impact and all that they could see was the brightness of a large explosion that rocked through the Geofront, a small mushroom cloud plumed upward, bursting through the top of the Geofront as the energy that was released sent a shockwave through the rest of the Geofront before being followed by the explosive fireball.
Kaji slowly raised his head as the shelter slowed rumbled, his eyes widening before the shelter violently shook as a large object smashed through the walls, the metal shelves crumpled under the weight and collasped. Smoke plumed upward as the object came to a rest inside of the shelter.
Shinji coughed from the smoke, Kaji slowly moved, but barely. He had laid himself over Shinji in a bid to protect him. It took the two of them a few seconds to recover and slowly pick themselves up from the debris that had fallen around them. Shinji wasn't hurt, but Kaji had taken a couple of scratches, his shirt had a couple of rips in it.
As the both of them stood up, they waved their arms and looked through the debris at what had crashed through the wall, the humanoid, just twisted face of Unit-02 lay on its side. Light poured in from behind it. Showing the wound on the right side of its face as the fleshy interior of the Evangelion began to pour blood. Its twisted mouth slowly moved as the pilot inside slowly recovered inside.
"Ow, that hurt. I almost bit the dust back there." Mari painfully uttered to herself before she noticed the both of them. "Oh wow, talk about luck. I was wondering where Unit-01 was. Guess I don't have to wonder why anymore."
Kaji calmly looked at Shinji. "Looks like your ride's here Shinji."
"What? No!" Shinji exclaimed. "I made up my mind! I told myself I won't pilot an Eva ever again. I mean it!"
Kaji looked at Shinji for a few moments before dusting off his ripped shirt, before reaching into his shirt pocket and pulling out a crumpled pack of cigarettes. Lighting one up and taking a puff of it, letting the smoke slowly rise from his mouth.
"Then the Angels have already won. If the defence of NERV goes down, the Angels will reach Adam and initie the Third Impact. All of Humanity will die. Everyone. You. Me. Misato. Ritsuko. Asuka. Rei. Even the girl that's piloting Unit-02. All of this fighting would've been in vain if the Angels win. But if that's your choice, then I'll be leaving."
At those last few words were spoken, Kaji slowly turned his back on Shinji and headed for the doorway, still smoking his cigarette. Unit-02 lifted its head slowly, watching the both of them.
"Its better to be fighting for the world then to sit on your laurels and agonize about how you let the world burn." Mari said before smiling and having a small chuckle. "But then, look at me. At least I'm making a go of it while I still can."
Unit-02 slowly moved it's right hand through the rubble, Mari placed it in front of Shinji, hand open, ready to take him from the shelter.
Shinji turned to Kaji. "But what are you gonna do?"
"Me? Probably go back to my watermelons and farm patch. As much as I would like to be with Misato's melons. All this destruction will have made a mess of the things we did together."
"Why?" Shinji questioned. "You'll die if you go out there."
Kaji stopped at the doorway and looked back at Shinji.
"We've been dying since the day we're born Shinji. Our choices and fear determine when we die. I'll take my chances. As for you Shinji, go out there and be a hero. It's what you do."
Evangelion Unit-06 slowly creaked as it picked itself up from the indentation it had made in the side of NERV Headquarters. The construction equipment that had been rebuilding the top point of the pyramid slowly fell to the side as the large Eva moved forward.
Before Unit-06 was the charred remains of the Geofront, everything in the immediate blast radius had been reduced to nothing but scortched earth, even the pyramid of NERV had taken damage from the explosion, its flat surface having deflected most of the blast.
Inside, Ro panted in effort. Sweat ran down his face, pain shot through his right arm, he slowly turned to look at the Evangelion's right arm, noticing that most of it had been blasted off above the elbow.
Ahead of him was the large plume of smoke from the N2 rocket's explosion, he could see the silhouette of Unit-00 ahead of him, its armour blackened and smoking from the blast.
For a few moments, he wondered if the Angel had actually been taken out. His wonder was soon dashed as the shape of the Angel soon appeared in the smoke, slowly floating through the smoke and appeared before Unit-00.
"Ah, well that's disappointing." He said as he huffed and puffed. Slowly taking a step forward.
Ro suddenly stopped as he took the step, noticing something in the corner of his eyes. He looked down at the smoking ground and noticed someone running towards him. He slowly knelt down and called up the magnifier on his front viewer. His eyes opened a little as he saw who the person was.
"You've got to be kidding me..."
Running up to Ro's Evangelion through the destroyed Geofront was Shinji Ikari. Panting from the running he had been doing through the destroyed field. He paused for a moment as he looked up at Ro's Evangelion.
"What the hell are you doing here Ikari?" Ro questioned. "I thought this wasn't your fight anymore."
"If I don't pilot my Eva, we're all going to die! I'm tired of running! You need to let me in!" Shinji shouted up at Ro.
Ro sighed, shaking his head slightly. He looked over to the floating screen to his right, taking note of the chatter from inside the Command Center, noting that they still had issues with getting Unit-01 to work. As he listened, he noticed the shape of Unit-00 in the distance. He lifted his head. Unit-06 following suit. Shinji turning around to look as well. The Angel was closing in on the unmoving Unit-00. Its armour had melted over the joints, keeping it in place, unable to run away.
"Alright, I'll let you in. But I swear to God Shinji. If you let me die out here, I'm coming back to punch you."
The large door that stood before Shinji slid open and he dashed inside. Ro watched him go inside for a few moments before turning his gaze back to the Angel that looked like it was about to consume Unit-00 as a large appendage began to emerge from its mouth, stretching outward towards Unit-00.
Despite the loss of his Evangelion's right arm, Ro gritted his teeth and pushed through the simulated pain from his Evangelion. He moved his Eva's left hand onto the handle of what was left of his katana. Sliding the broken blade out.
As the appendage extended outward towards the head of Unit-00, Ro raised the katana. Aiming carefully and threw it with whatever energy he had left.
The broken blade spun and soared through the air. Whistling as the blade spun. It hit the AT-Field and bounced off and carried on through the appendage, slicing through most of it, it fell and flopped onto the ground, spurting blood from the wound with a loud and low moan. The Angel retracted the appendage and sharply turned to him, eyes flashing as it fired at him. He instinctively threw up his AT-Field to protect himself. The blast struck the ground in front of him and exploded.
The blast knocked him backward, creating a plume of smoke. His Eva stumbling backward into NERV HQ, the chest armour damaged and smoking. The AT-Field hadn't blocked all of the blast. Ro leaned the Eva forward and waved the Eva's good arm to help clear the air as he headed forward into the smoke.
Cutting through the thick smoke came the Angel's arm. Slicing cleanly through the Eva horizontally in the chest.
"Status!"
"The Angel sliced through all of the armour layers protecting the major and minor Pectoral muscles and has gone through the sternum and hit the Entry Plug! Unit-06... has instantly shut down."
The staff looked on at the main screen as Ro's Eva slumped forward, the Angel's arm slowly rising from the smoke, lifting the damaged Evangelion high into the air before swaying to the right and then flicked the arm to the left, throwing Unit-06 to the ground like a lifeless doll. Blooding gushing from the chest wound.
"Three Evangelions and everything we've thrown at it and it's still on the move."
With the last piece of defence thrown to the side, the Angel turned its gaze to the pyramid that stood before it. It's eyes flashed as a large hole appeared in the metal and glass of the. Using before it erupted in a massive explosion. Sending up a large plume of smoke. The inside of the Command Center shook from the explosion. The various holographic screens distorted and flashed with static.
"The entrance to Central dogma is exposed! There's nothing stopping it!" Maya exclaimed.
Ritsuko turned to Misato. Taking a moment to calm herself as Misato clenched her good hand into a shaking, trembling fist.
"Misato. Make the call."
"Keep trying. Reset and start the process again from 308!" Gendo ordered.
Unit-01's head jerked left and right, the red lights flickering in the eyes as it resisted. It's refusal punctuated by the tone from the computer at Gendo's side.
"Why?" Gendo asked. "Why do you reject me, Yui?"
"Let me pilot it!" A young voice screamed.
Gendo's eyes moved as the sound reached his ears. He slowly stood up from the console and looked down into the cage below him.
Standing before the lowered head of Unit-01 was his son, panting and sweating. Hands on his knees as he gasped for air. Dirt marks could be seen on his clothes. His eyes looking up at his father through tired eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Gendo asked coldly.
Shinji looked up at his father, sweat dripped down from his face and onto his shirt. "Because..."
Shinji started, taking a couple of breaths. His dirt covered right hand twitching. He suddenly sucked in a deep breath and clenched his fist. Taking a step forward. That burst of emotion came forth once more from the inside. Pushing him on.
"I am the designated pilot of Evangelion Unit-01! SHINJI IKARI!"
"This is Colonel Misato Katsuragi! The Angel is heading straight for the Command Center! Evacuate all Non-combatants!"
A loud siren rang throughout the Command Center and the rest of NERV as her orders were repeated on the speakers several times before the main viewing screen cracked on the left side, prompting the screen to flash snowy images before blacking out before a large shape burst through the screen, stepping through the holographic images of the wrecked Geofront.
Misato and the NERV technicians stood in fear as the Angel slowly approached them. Misato gripped onto her pendent with her good hand, squeezing it tightly like her clamped jaws as her eyes stared up at the dark eye sockets of the Angel's face.
Sockets that slowly began to glow brighter as it began to charge it's attack.
The right wall caved in and a large shape burst through with furious abandon, the Angel turned its face towards the shape a moment before a purple face collided with its face and knocked the Angel to the ground for a moment, the large humanoid shape picked the Angel up hastily and Misato saw that it was that had caught the Angel by surprised.
"Unit-01?!" Misato shouted in surprised, she looked at the Evangelion's eyes as it struggled with the Angel. "It must be! It's Shinji!"
Unit-01 slammed it's right shoulder into the midsection of the Angel and rammed the both of them through the side-wall of the Command Center, ploughing the Angel through wall after thick wall until they both finally collapsed into one of the launch cages for the Evangelion.
As the Angel lay on the ground, Shinji pulled back the Eva's left arm for a punch, but before he could slam the fist forward, the Angel quickly launched itself forward, its eyes quickly firing its attack, knocking the Eva back a step and completely severing the left arm at the elbow, causing it to slam into a wall with blood splattered in a large red streak behind it.
The hand slammed into the catwalk below it, but the lone occupant, Gendo Ikari, was not fazed as over half of his body had been covered in the Eva's blood.
Shinji gripped his left arm as bubbles and pain shot from his arm, he gritted his teeth and let out a furious scream as he grabbed the Angel and threw it around in the cage, slamming his foot into its midsection to kick it back before ramming full force into it, slamming it into the launching station and onto one of the lifts.
"Misato!" Shinji screamed into the com.
"Release the launch platform!" Misato ordered.
The locks turned and released, Shinji drove the foot of Unit-01 into a manual release lock. It lit green and the platform was shot up through the launch tube. Shinji grabbed hold of the Angel's face with the his right hand and slammed the left side of the Angel's face into the wall. Averting it's gaze from him so it couldn't fire at him. Sparks flew as the bone was worn down by the metal wall like sandpaper.
As the lift ascended quickly to the top of the shaft that lead into the Geofront, the brakes activated, attempting to slow the platform. But they snapped as the lift slammed into them, causing the main platform to be lauched into the air.
Shinji let out a blood curdling scream as he held onto the Angel tightly, positioning his Eva on top of the Angel as they both slammed down hard into the ground.
Shinji pulled his right hand back and slammed it into the core of the Angel, hitting it several times, producing only a small crack in the core. In frustration and rage, Shinji made a grab from the Angel's face. Pulling and yanking it, stretching its neck out as Shinji clenched his teeth and struggled to rip its head off.
Suddenly Unit-01 went limp and shut down.
Shinji gasped as he turned to the timer, he had run out of time and energy.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Maya looked at Misato with an alarmed expression as her laptop screen flashed red all over.
"Unit-01's reached its operational limit! The backup systems aren't responding!"
Misato looked up as the numbers on the elevator slowly moved, praying for the elevator that carried her, Ritsuko and the technicians up faster. She held the pendant tightly, making a silent prayer.
"Please Shinji. Don't die on us yet."
The elevator dinged at it reached the highest floor possible. The Geofront. Misato was the first to push through the opening doors as she ran at full speed towards Unit-01. Injuries and all. The rest of the staff followed suit, Maya bringing up the rear as she cradled the laptop in her arms.
They managed to reach the surface just in time to see the Angel push Unit-01 into the air with its arms, blood spurting out of the chest as it flicked the arms effortlessly and slammed Unit-01 into the burning wreckage of NERV headquarters.
Inside of the dark Entry Plug, Shinji was frantically moving the controls back and forth, screaming at the top of his lungs as he tried to get some kind of response from the Eva as the Entry Plug shook from the impact from the Angel.
"Move you goddamn piece of junk! If you don't move everyone is going to die! I won't let anyone die today! Not anymore!"
Still the Evangelion was silent, failing to move as he wanted. The Entry Plug was dark, the hum of the engine had died down. Nothing was working. Shinji's efforts appeared to be in vain.
But that fire inside of him still burned, that adrenaline was still going through his veins, that surge of will to do something, anything! Shinji slammed his fist into the controls one last time.
"No one else is dying today. I won't let it, so just... MOVE!"
A single heartbeat, a single spark of ignition. Motivation. Purpose. It all started. Building up, mustering up the energy to move. The eyes alive as the muscles moved. The Angel was nearly upon it.
And it had a chance.
The Angel thrusted one of its flat arms forward in a bid to slice into Evangelion Unit-01. But the Unit darted its right hand forward, catching the arm and put up its AT-Field. The two fields colliding made the arm snap like rubber, tearing apart and splattering blood over both fields.
Unit-01 moved the remains of its left arm forward, a glowing shape grew from the stump, morphing into a hand. It hastily wrapped the Angel's arm around the glowing shape like a massive bandage. A bandage that slowly morphed into an outer protective shell for the glowing arm. Acting like armour almost.
The Angel slowly recovered, its ripped arm bleeding heavily. It thrusted its other arm forward, slicing through the air, aiming for Unit-01's neck.
It was stopped suddenly as Unit-01 grabbed the Angel's arm with its glowing hand, the flat arm crumpling in its grip as it yanked the arm down, pulling the Angel forward, making it stumble before launching itself at the Angel, slamming its feet down into the Angel's face and knocking the Angel backwards onto the ground.
As the Angel landed, Unit-01 sank its teeth into the stretched neck of the Angel and then pulled, ripping out flesh before both hands gripped the Angel's face, pulling the head off and throwing it to one side before moving down the Angel's body to the bone covered core. Gripping each piece one at a time and ripping it away with beastly strength until the core was fully exposed.
Unit-01 struggled to pull the red core out of the Angel, pulling and yanking in different directions like a loose tooth being pulled from the gum until finally the core snapped and was pulled from the Angel, blood spurting out from where it had rested, the Angel's body slumped and went completely flat, deflating like a balloon as it's main source of power had been removed.
Unit-01 held the red core in its hands, baring it's teeth as they began to glow, the core was starting to affect the Unit. It opened its mouth and let out a roar one more biting before biting into the core like an egg, red liquid spurting out as the teeth clamped down.
The loud sickening sound of Unit-01 eating the contents of the core like a beast hungrily sucking up the contents of an egg could be heard throughout the Geofront. Misato and the rest of NERV looked on in horror as the contents of the core were splattered across the mouth of Unit-01 as it continue to hungrily ingest the core.
"Is it... eating the Angel's core?" Misato asked as she looked on in disgust.
"Yes." Rtisuko answered. "And now this Eva is obtaining a power it once lacked. The power of God itself. To remove all restrictions placed on it by our technology and become a full God. Unit-01 is awake and free."
As the empty shell of the core was tossed aside by Unit-01, the golden arm faded and vanished, the outer protective shell limped for a few moments before Unit-01 hunched over in pain and the arm started to morph again. This time, bone, sinew and flesh slowly formed from the stump and assimilated the Angel's arm, forming a brand new arm and hand that slowly cracked loudly as new muscles moved for the first time.
Large steam clouds escaped from the open, bloody maw of Unit-01, its teeth still dripping with blood as the armour that covered the rest of the Eva slowly began to shine. The edge of the armour where the Angel had blasted off the arm began to glow and slowly moved down the arm, covering it as it essentially regrew the armour to complete itself.
As the armour regenerated, so did the colouration change, the neon green sections of Unit-01's armour slowly turned to red, glowing brightly as Unit-01 reared back its head and let out an ear-splitting roar that went right into the depths of the soul.
The roar gave way to the sound of muscles stretching, snapping, bone's cracking and metal being pushed and twisted as the shoulder blades on the back of the Evangelion gave way, bright orange pillars of light shone from underneath the metal and flesh, folding upward like a newly formed wing as membrane of the wing spread outward, followed by a smaller set. Wings made of pure energy that slowly made the Evangelion rise into the air. The air thick with pressure that slowly began to move and twist. Turning in a circle around Unit-01, forming a tornado that picked up pieces of debris and broken wreckage.
Small particles, red in hue, shone and rose around the Geofront, moving through the tornado as they encircled around Unit-01.
"Come on Kiddo. I got you."
The gentle hand was accepted by a shaky, blood covered glove. Slowly Mari was lifted out of the Entry Plug from Unit-02. Supported in the arms of Kaji. She leaned her weight onto him. Looking upward at the shining figure. Blood streaked down the right side of her face, her glasses cracked.
"Is that... Unit-01?"
"Yeah. Its finally ascended. SEELE won't be able to stay quiet about this for very long." Kaji responded.
"I guess its no wonder he smells different from all of the other pilots. It seems like he's the only one that can do this. Everything just falls into place for him" Mari said with a smile.
"I have to wonder though. Was this what Gendo has been planning all this time?" Kaji questioned.
Slowly a gentle, feminine hand, palm up, slowly raised upward into the sky as a shining red particle floated near by. It landed softly in the palm. Felia Annata Sohryu slowly brought it close to her face to inspect it. The particle glowed in her hand, casting a red light on her face. It felt far more familiar and warmer then it should. She closed her hand, wrapping her fingers tightly around the object, snuffing out the light and looked up at Unit-01 as it ascended slowly into the sky. Her brow lowered and became a frown.
"Finish the job." She whispered quietly.
Through the tornado came a large shape, charging through with a roar, eyes glowing bright green as Evangelion Unit-06 burst forward, reeling back it's left hand, sections of its armour glowed and produced neon green vapours as it flew through the air. A loud scream from the pilot accompanied the roar of Evangelion Unit-06, it's fist flew forward through the air, sending it squarely into the jaw of Unit-01.
As the fist impacted on the jaw of Unit-01, the glowing wings vanished from Unit-01's back and the floating debris regained gravity and flew back to earth, the force of the punch sending Unit-01 spiralling and spinning into the remains of NERV headquarters, crashing face first through melted and twisted metal.
Unit-01 started to recover, pushing itself up as Unit-06 landed close by and raised its left fist back again before slamming it into Unit-01's back, the purple Evangelion Unit screamed in pain as Unit-06 dug its hand into the back muscles, reaching around through metal and flesh, grabbing onto and taking hold of the base of the spinal column where it met with the hip bone.
The loud snapping and cracking of bone could be heard as Unit-06 started to rip the spine out, slamming its right foot into the shoulder blade of Unit-01 for stability. Yanking the spine from the back, nerve connections snapping open and teared apart all the way up to the entry plug socket, disconnecting most of the connections from the entry plug. Unit-01 roared in pain as it struggled to fight back, rearing back its head as it fought to regain control.
Unit-06 lifted its right foot again, sending it into the back of Unit-01's head, crushing it against the remaining structure of the destroyed pyramid. It struck the head twice more until Unit-01's eyes went completely dark and slumped down onto NERV.
After a few moments, Unit-06 slowly let go of the spine and took a couple of steps back.
A spurt of blood came out of Unit-06's mask, the eyes slowly going black, the S2 engine and everything else died into silence, the vapours stopped and the creaking and groaning of metal ran out through the air as it leaned back slowly, and finally fell on the ruined battlefield, collapsing with a final loud slam.
End
A notice to all readers.
I know this chapter has literally been months in the making and there have been alot of things that have gotten in the way of me completing this chapter and I have to apologise for not bringing it out sooner. I just hope you all enjoy it. Its been quite the battle.