The 11 th chapter, and it's a long one. Many of you will be surprised how this Angel fight happens but I think it's a good twist and many of you will enjoy it I think. You will most likely have questions at the end so ask but don't be surprised if I don't give you the answers as it will spoil the stories next chapters. I also think I give a bit to much information out at the end of this chapter, but that all depends if you figure out what Rei meant.
Edit: I made a mistake in this chapter, apart from the obvious ones. It has been corrected so the next chapters make sense.
Last Son Of Eva
Chapter 11
"Shinji... Shinji... Shinji... Shinji ... Shinji..." That's all I could hear coming from Asuka. She wasn't shouting, or talking to someone but just kept whispering it to herself. We were at school again listening, or rather pretending to listen while doing our own things, to the teachers lecture on... whatever. Asuka had something on her mind, me. But for what reason? I would soon find out.
"Hey Shinji, with powers like yours I bet you could pull any girl you wanted?" It didn't come as a surprise that Kensuke would eventually put superpowers and picking up girls together. Only I have a feeling that in his mind he would literally pick up girls just to look up their skirts.
"And risk exposing myself to the world? My life's bad enough as it is, I don't need it getting worse." And I really didn't.
"Who said you had to use your powers to their fullest? Just do enough to make yourself stand out."
"I already stand out, I'm an Eva Pilot."
"Bah, that's old news, the girls don't even look at you any more. Except for Rei but that's just creepy." Kensuke was right about the girls, they didn't even know I existed any more but it wasn't like I was looking for a girl. And Rei must be letting her guard slip because now even Kensuke has noticed her looking at me. She was probably onto me but needed definite proof before she tells anyone, and by anyone I mean my father.
"Can we talk about something else other then my sex life, or lack there of... I can't believe I just said that."
"That's the man in you talking Shinji, it's nothing to be ashamed of. But anyway, Have you seen Toji?" Toji, yes I had seen and talked to Toji. Kensuke didn't like what he was about to hear.
"Toji... well Toji is currently in the Matsushiro facility..."
"What's Toji doing the... wait, you don't mean he's...?"
"Yes, he was chosen as the forth Evangelion pilot. Asuka knows, I don't know how she knows but she does. Rei knows because Rei is told everything and I know because... well I can hear almost anything." Having these super powered ears is actually very useful for picking up information, but sometimes I got to much information. I know alot of secrets about Nerv, that Nerv never wanted anyone to know. And I also know what tech Mimi Wong wants to do to her boyfriend, but that's for adults only. And other things people would never want anyone to know.
"Have you spoken to him?" Kensuke was obviously worried, Toji hates Nerv, he understands what they do and that they are needed but he wont ever forgive Nerv for what they have done to his sister. He doesn't blame me, or even the Eva's but Nerv for sending an untrained little boy to fight a monster. And it only got worse when he found out that Asuka was fully trained some time before the attack and could have been shipped out at any time to Tokyo Three.
"Yes, I even tried to convince him not to Pilot the New Eva. But Nerv bribed him by giving his sister the best medical treatment available."
"And his sister was getting worse... He probably signed his life away the second they brought his sister into this." And he did, Toji told me that he initially turned them down, and he even knew that they were using his sister like a trump card but his sister did need medical assistance, so he agreed to do it for her sake. "Shouldn't you be there in case something happens?"
"Like what?" Really what could happen? Kensuke was about to reply when her saw me look away towards the horizon, where I heard an explosion. And then a voice.
"AHHHHHHHH! AHHHHH! AH AH AH AHHHHHHH! SHINJI! WHAT'S HAPPENEING!" It was Toji, even all the way here in Tokyo Three I could hear him, and something was wrong. I stood up, directing all the classes eyes towards me. Rei found it particularly interesting as she looked where I was looking but saw nothing.
"Toji..." I said somewhat solemnly. I walked out the room quickly, ignoring Kensuke, the teacher and a snide remark about a weak bladder made by Asuka. I ran full speed towards where I could hear Toji's screams, they were getting fainter by the second and just as I got the base where I could here Toji's dying out screams, it exploded. I withstood the blast rather easily but the base was nothing but a smouldering pile of rubble when the dust cleared. And there, standing in the centre of it all, was Evangelion Unit ZERO THREE.
I couldn't hear Toji's screams any more but I could hear very low, shallow breathing. But I knew that something was still wrong. The Eva had no support and yet was standing, Eva's fall without support or commands to stay standing. They become somewhat statue like with they run out of power but the force of the explosion would have knocked it over. And there was something else I could hear, a low humming that I hear from every Angel I met. But that would mean an Angel was near by but I didn't know where. Until it attacked.
I saw Unit three jump towards me, both arms held back and half way through the jump they were snapped forwards and stretched. I was so shocked that I didn't have time to react before the arms collided with, and flattened me into the earth. It then repeatedly pummelled me, the earth cratered around me and dust flew everywhere. But something about this just wasn't right, I wasn't getting as hurt as I should be, these attacks were light but showed great force. Did Toji still have some control of the Angel controlled Eva? Or was there something else I was missing? Either way I didn't hang about for long.
When it drew it's left arm back to take another swing, then flung it forward, I punched back. Our fists made contact, again the ground around me gave way but I heard the Eva wail in pain, and Toji along side it. He was still synced up the Eva. Meaning I couldn't attack the Eva without hurting Toji. So I would have to go for the Angel directly. I started jumping, onto the Eva's left knee, right elbow, right shoulder and finally to where the Plug was. Judging jumping distance isn't easy but while doing this I felt like anything I looked at I could land on, and it seemed I could.
I found the Plug entry point covered in an organic mass that I presume was part of the Angels body. Without thinking I beamed the mass around the Plug, cutting it out. Then in one motion grabbed, pulled and threw the plug away from the Eva. Within seconds the Eva stopped functioning and toppled over while I jumped to where the Plug was falling. The plug looked a little battered and misshaped but was very much intact. I went up to the plugs hatch and just before I touched the handle the humming returned. That's when the hatch exploded and I was set flying from a punch from something I didn't see.
I landed, dazed, but then I noticed that my cheek hurt. I rubbed my cheek with my hands and felt something wet. I looked at my hand as saw they were red, dripping red blood, my blood. I looked over to the plug and saw a figure standing there. The figure was tall, gray and had sharp rock like growths on it's hands and other parts. I looked hard at it, gaining a closer and clearer picture. I could see the remains of a black Plug Suit in places and when looking at the face, I saw Toji's... and something else. Half of Toji's face was covered in the same gray skin and rock like growths. Toji's eye looked around franticly while the other just look at me, and never left me. Just then I realised why the Eva's attacks were so weak, the Eva was being used as a cocoon for protection while the Angel did ... whatever it did to Toji.
The Angel/Toji combo charged at me, the ground shook with every step causing me to stumble a little. When the Angel was right at my face it swung it's arms up and then down in swift motion. I only had time to bring my arms up in defence. The blow brought me to my knees, this Angel seemed stronger then me. I gave it everything I got and pushed it back.
"Toji! Toji can you hear me! Say something!" My cries met deaf ears as the Angel charged again and attacked. I evaded it's punch and countered with my own. The punch sent the Angel sliding back a few meters but other then that it didn't seem hurt. I looked on in fear, getting lost in it, before I knew what was happening my face was in the Angels hand. It started punching me repeatedly in the gut. I had never felt so much pain in my life, not even from inside the Eva. Eventually I was tossed aside. I was coughing up blood, my shirt was torn and my abdomen cut up. The Angel then kicked me, sending me high into the air and I descended like meteorite only to land on my feet. Mt body seemed to turn me up right on it's own.
I was hurting all over but for some reason the pain was fading and my wounds closing up quickly. And I felt that the sun was very intense, but I didn't know why at the time. But whatever the reason I was quickly getting back into fighting form. I heard a howl from behind, I turned and acted just in time to catch the Angels fist. With my body healing at a fast rate my confidence grew, using a move that Toji showed me, I twisted the Angels arm behind it's back and got it in a head lock from behind.
"Toji! Are you still there?! Toji! Answer me! What do I do!" I really didn't know what to do, this Angel was stronger then me and would break out of my hold very soon and I had no way of defeating it without killing Toji in the process.
"AHH AHH SHI... SHINJI! THE CORE! AHHHHHH!" Toji was there, but had almost no control what-so-ever it would seem. He wanted me to destroy the core, but I had no idea where the core was and if destroying the core would kill Toji as well. "AHHHH I... DON'T WANT TO... LIVE LIKE THIS! AHHHHHHH!" I took a very deep sigh, I knew what I had to do and knew I had no choice. Things would have been different if it was just the Eva that had been taken over, I would have destroyed that easily but... Toji isn't an Eva.
The Angel does eventually get free and immediately takes me for a rock sliding ride face first. I twist free and fight back all the while looking for the Angels core. The obvious place, like the chest held no core. So it wasn't until The Angel was putting out a fire that was on my head with his foot did I see it. There, on the inside ankle of the left foot was a small red shiny jewel. These beatings were taking it out of me, even though I was getting energy and healed from something, the rate at which it was happening wasn't fast enough to keep up. I had to make a choice, save myself and possibly kill Toji or let him kill me and let him live a life of misery, forever being the passenger of destruction. I didn't really have much of an option.
I grabbed the Angels foot and tripped it up, for good measure, and to hopefully stun the Angel a little, I slammed it into the ground a couple of times. It did seem to stun the Angel so I acted quickly. I found the core and used my heat vision on it. The core glowed a bright red and the Angel lashed out violently. The core quickly shattered. The angel Stopped moving and the humming stopped as well. The gray skin melted off Toji's body, revealing Toji's human body, it was bruised but he had no broken bones and was breathing normally. Though he didn't wake up for a while because of the incident. I stayed with Toji until Nerv's investigation team arrived, that's when I left faster then a speeding bullet. But I did hear one thing that made all my fears about Rei that day come true.
"Commander, I have confirmation on the third. Nineteen in total once again. Over and out."
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