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 own no songs mentioned through the rest of the story.

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VEELE-"Hello"
A.I-"Hello"

Chapter 21: Beginning of The End

Matsushiro Base remains

Misato groaned, her eyes still burning from the powerful flash of energy Bardiel created during its escape. She found herself looking to the dark sky, laying back on a metal bed. Her ears found the sounds of medical staff rushing and calling out for others, with vehicles and machines whirling by or working around her. "I'm… I'm alive?" She whispered out, blinking as she glanced to her side. "Kaji?"

"Yeah, it's me." Kaji replied, smiling at his friend. When he heard the Matsushiro explosion, he immediately rushed over with the search and rescue. When they arrived, the base remains was a giant crater of molten rock that was Matsushiro Mt base.

"W-Where's Ritsuko?"

"Don't worry about her, she actually has fewer injuries than you." Kaji explained, glancing to his side. Standing be several trucks was in fact Ritsuko, ordering troops around and helping any staff injured by the sudden explosion. This incident was bad, it proved SEELE'S point in NERV being unprepared for a internal assault and showed how easy it was to catch the organization off guard.

"Good…." Misato replied, before her smile vanished when the memory of Unit-03 screeching like the Jersey Devil came to her mind. Her eyes show wide with concern, and quickly tried to sit up. "What about Asuka? A-And Unit-03?!"

"Unit-03 was dealt with as the Ninth Angel, codenamed Bardiel." Kaji frowned at Misato's stern look. He feared her reaction to the next words. "Turns out VEELE was an Angel-Humanoid manifestation, and he was killed too…. By Unit-01 and Null."

He grimaced only more at Misato's gasp of shock.

NERV HQ, Geo-Front

Unit-01 stood atop the NERV HQ pyramid, hands in tight fists as it stared the pointed building down. Shinji's breath was ragged, his eyes burning with anger as he recalled his father's words after the battle. This is unacceptable, both Null Unit and Unit-02's pilot are replaceable. Their deaths mean little to nothing of concern. Shinji recalled his words, which only helped to infuriate his anger.

He was even more enraged by the discovery of the second Entry Plug, which as it turned out was VEELE's custom Entry Plug. The Prodigium A.I's second command was, in truth, capture of VEELE and his Entry Plug for study with no exceptions. I'll kill him, I'll kill for this. For everything he's done! He thought through the anger, struggling not to start digging through the shafts that lead below. "Linking circuits of Unit-01 are cut."

"And the ejection signal?"

"Rejected from the Entry Plug."

"So he's locked himself in…."

"Don't do this Shinji!" The Third Child looked up to the SOUND ONLY box on his Entry Plug side, listening to Hyuga's attempt at calming him down. It wasn't going to work, nothing would sooth his rage for that… that man! "For God's sake, think about this!"

"Why bother? So I can be 'replaced'? So I can be forced back under the Dummy System Prodigium's control, huh?!" Shinji snapped, gripping the controls tightly. "Don't try to sooth me or anything, Aoba! It isn't working, nothing will! I still have 285 second on my Unit-01. I can destroy the top layer of HQ with that much time."

"Please Shinji just listen! If it weren't for Command Ikari's decision, you would have been killed!" Maya's voice rang out.

"What does it matter if I die anyhow?! All that asshole only cares about is his stupid fucking robot! We could all be dead, the whole world can be burning apart around Gendo-fucking-Ikari and he won't bat a single eye at it!" Shinji snarled out, pulling Unit-01's foot up and stomping it down. "Besides, that has nothing to do with it!"

"But it's the truth! Shinji, if we hadn't taken over then the Angel would have done that same thing to you!"

"No shit it is!" Shinji roared, slamming his fists down on the controls. "But I would have preferred it that way!"

"Why?!"

"Because at least then Asuka wouldn't be injured by me!" Shinji screamed in rage. "That bastard tried to kill her! With my own two fucking hands, and the he had the audacity to turn the damn thing on AFTER Shiro was injured!"

"But Asuka is ALIVE, Shinji! And Shiro is still breathing, please jut-!"

"LIAR!"

Unit-01 gave a growl, stomping on the pyramid top faster and faster. "Why?! WHY?! WHAT'S SO SPEACIAL ABOUT UNIT-01, COMMANDER?!" Shinji's voice rang out across all the Geo-Front and the opening above, reaching out across the Earth and night. "WHAT IS IT?! OR ARE YOU TOO CHICKEN TO SAY IT?!"

"Shinji, stop!"

"I WANT AN ANSWER ROKUBUNGI, AND YOU KNOW I WON'T STOP TILL I GET IT! YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HAPPINESS, NOTHING ABOUT LOVE OR SACRIFICE OR EVEN PAIN YOU EMOTIONLESS BASTARD! I WAS FOOLISH TO HELP YOU ON YOUR INSANE JOURNEY WITH NERV AND THE ANGELS! MAYBE FOR ONCE YOU COULD JUST TELL ME EVERYTHING, HUH?! MAYBE THEN I'LL UNDERSTAND JUST WHY MY MOTHER IS DEAD!" Shinji screamed, smashing NERV HQ with every word he spoke. He didn't care, he care if the Earth was doomed. He didn't care it NERV now saw him at a threat. He wanted an answer, and by God he would get it one way of the other!

"Increase LCL concentration to maximum." Commander Ikari order, and Shinji grinned darkly at the angered tone he used. So I hit somewhere close to home huh old man? He thought to himself, pulling Unit-01 foot up once more. Good to see you have at least some emotion in that corpse of yours.

"S-Sir?!"

"I don't have time to deal with this brat's tantrum." Shinji felt his anger start to burst out more, and he felt it all around the Plug and Unit-01.

"You bastard! Still don't give a shit about what I can do with this EVA huh?!" Shinji growled, watching his Entry Plug fade into darkness. "Tch, it's no wonder mom loved Shiro and me more than y-!"

Shinji gasped as his chest and neck tightened, the LCL now burning and growing tight around him. "D…. Damn you…. Gendo… Rokubungi…."

Unit-01's groaned as its eyes felt dark, and the giant fell off the pyramid and onto the ground below.

Shinji blinked, staring at the ceiling wit uncontrollable hate. "No more…" He murmured, glancing at the Section 2 agents all around him.

"Looks like you've gained consciousness." Shinji looked to see Kaji standing by the window, a look of disappointment and seriousness across his face. "Can you get up?"

"Yeah… Why? Letting me leave already?" Shinji asked, sitting on the bedside.

"Not yet, the Commander wants to see you." Kaji explained, gesturing to the Section 2 agents who began to leave. "I'm sure you don't see like it but he said he wanted you to report to his office the moment you regained consciousness. Even if…you had to crawl, as he put it."

Shinji sighed, biting his lip. "Fine." He said, tossing the bedsheet off as he grabbed the clothes beside him. "Let's get this over with.

Cmdr. Ikari's office

"You look better than I expected." The Commander stated, but he got no raise from Shinji. There was a dark silence in the room, filled with emotions of hatred which were coming off the child. "Now then. All criminal acts, breach of lawful orders, willful procession of Evangelion for personal use, and destruction of NERV property. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"

"Me?" Shinji growled, tightening his fist as hit eye twitched slightly. "You must have it wrong then, Rokubungi. You mean, do YOU have anything to say to ME?"

"What are you talking about?" Cmdr. Ikari asked, glaring to Shinji. "I'm asking the questions here."

The Commander had to reel his head back as Shinji has rushed forward with a look that described him ready for murder, fist only an inch from the Commander's face. This was a very much unexpected move the Commander never thought of. He always saw he had the higher ground, but to Shinji it was very much clear that Gendo Ikari wasn't as safe as he made himself out to be.

"Shinji!" Kaji yelled out, quickly stopping the teen from going any further. "Stop, nothing good will come out of this!"

"What the HELL DO YOU KNOW?!" Shinji snapped out, struggling to get his way out of the inspectors grip. It didn't work, much to Shinji's dismay. "I quit! Period, end of story! I don't want to pilot your stupid EVA robot-thing anymore! I don't even want to be here any longer than I need to be! And I never want to see your fucking face again, Mom-Murderer!"

The Commander struggled to consider letting the child go, or punching him here and now. But if he did, then Kaji and SEELE would grow suspicious of the Ex-Third Child's disappearance. He couldn't have that happen, so he went with the only other option.

"Fine. Then leave." Was all the Commander stated as he rested his head on his gloved hands. "I'm disappointed in you."

"Like you actually care about my well-being." Shinji growled, shrugging off Kaji's grip from him. "It's like I said, I can't see why Mom loved you. But its no wonder everyone thinks she's dead because of y-"

Shinji gasped and found himself on the ground, his hand gripping his eye tightly. Leaning above his table was the Commander, eyes ablaze with anger as Kaji watched with shock. "Leave." Was all the Commander said before he sat back down and turned away.

"Fine." Shinji replied, before he brushed off his injury and left. Kaji watched, almost half tempted to follow, but he knew Shinji would leave. There wasn't anything else for him here, not anymore.

The Commander sighed, fixing his collar as he pulled out his phone. He knew in reality this would have happened eventually, he would have snapped at some point because of the child's antics. He shouldn't have given the slip, it showed his anger was uncontrollable still. And it only helped to prove Shinji's point about his Yui. "It's me." He stated, not bothering to look as Kaji left. "The Third Child is to be erased from all records. Henceforth, Rei Ayanami and Shiro Ikari are the exclusive pilots of Unit-01, with the Dummy/Devil System as backup."

Misato's apartment, Tokyo-3

The apartment was dark, save for the front door where Shinji stood with Misato. She had a saddened look, but she did was she could to hold a stern one. She felt such hatred to the Commander now, and she felt even guiltier to the fact Shinji was leaving possibly because of her as well.

Shinji pulled his bag up, the door sliding open to him. He felt the need to rush out, just scream to let out his rage to the world but… But he felt so attached to his home now that it felt wrong to leave. But then the reality set in that this wasn't his home, just a station he lived at.

For NERV.

For his father.

"I know you probably already know this," Misato started, holding her injured cast close to her chest slightly. She felt only more pain in her heart than her own injuries. "But even if your records have been removed, you'll be continuously monitored, and your activities will be severely restricted."

"You… You forgot this." Misato held out his phone, which gave another buzz about a new text message or voice mail. "Toji and Kensuke have been trying to reach you. They're worried about your well-being."

"I don't need it. I left it on purpose."

"You don't want to know about Rei? Or Shiro and Asuka?"

Silence followed, before Misato continued. "I honestly couldn't say give a shit now, with things like the fat of humanity and Earth being thrown around easily by NERV. I may hold the role of Colonel now, but initially I only joined NERV to become closer to my deceased father. It's the same reason you pilot EVA, because Commander Ikari-"

"That… Man does not need me anymore." Shinji stated, with a voice as cold as the Commander's. "He only needed his robot to work, I'm as expendable as a wet towel. Easily replaceable."

"Listen, my fathers death…. It was the reason I piled all my hope and feelings onto you…." Misato grimaced, frowning as she let it out. "I knew the end result was that they'd burden you. I know now that you're disappointed with what happened when you piloted EVA. But even then, I still-!"

Misato reached out to grab Shinji hands, but the boy simply walked out. He didn't need this, he didn't want this. All he wanted was to leave. He knew deep down he was selfish, but was he in the wrong? After all the crap he'd been put through, was he really wrong to want to leave? "Rei had invited Cmdr. Ikari that day…." Misato tried once more, hoping to get a raise out of the boy. "She'd wanted you and Shiro to get along with him. She….She wanted you to smile, all together."

"….I will never smile." Shinji replied, calm and simple as be departed. "Never again. Not after all of this."

The door shut, and Misato felt her tears fall out. Forgive me, Shinji she thought to herself. I'm so sorry… I'm so sorry for what I've done, all the hope I put on you…. I should have known it would get to you….

EVA Cages, NERV HQ

Shiro stood in front of his slowly under repair EVA, deep in thought. He hated this. All of it, much more than Shinji could imagine. He put on his happy and smiling face to keep his younger brother happy, but when Shinji wasn't around Shiro hated. And right now he hated it more than ever.

It made him look so similar to VEELE, so cheerful and friendly yet housing a dark, twisted side of rage...

Looking to his side, Shiro saw Unit-01 undergoing repairs on the shoulders though only under machine repairs. Taking off his helmet, Shiro stared at the behemoth.

The source of Shinji, Gendo, and his own problems. "You know, I know you're in there." Shiro called out, unsurprised when the Eva's eyes pulsed slightly. "I know you're in there because I saw just like Shinji. I didn't have the luck of forgetting it like him."

"You abandoned us. Left us to die along with that bastard you call a husband." Shiro's voice began full of anger and grow louder, and his hand grew tight around his helmet. "I don't care if you did for the greater good or not. You completely threw away the reminder that you weren't just a scientist. But a mother, and a lover… You never even bothered to think this would happen…."

Shiro felt his hand grow tighter and his breath get faster, and in blind rage he threw his helmet at Unit-01's face. The helmet bounced off the purple metal, cracked apart as it fell below them. "…. I hate you." Shiro stated, glaring at the Evangelion as it remained silent. "I hate you just as much as I hate Gendo Rokubungi. You left us to be forgotten, left Shinji to mope around in guilt. Left Rokubungi to relentlessly work and care about us. And left me to be a living experiment gone wrong. You may think otherwise, but in the end you deserve what you've become, Unit-01. And now because of that Shinji's gone, leaving me alone once more. Only this time, with you."

Shiro stared with anger, as it waiting for the EVA to respond. Nothing, not even a slight growl. "Can't you even build up the strength to say something?!" Shiro finally yelled out, his voice filled with pure anger. Nothing still. "Fine, give me the fucking silent treatment then! See if I give a shit about you coming back anymore! I hope you burn in Hell for what you did, you child abandoner!"

Shiro stormed off, muttering to himself as Unit-01 stood silent. As it did, the eyes faded. And it Shiro had stayed long enough, he would have heard the barely audible sob escape Unit-01's mouth.

IPEA Containment Facility, NERV lower layers

The large hatch opened, light escaping out the opening as an Entry Plug holder began moving towards the opening. "G-Good God, its freezing." Mari uttered out, pulling her Plugsuit collar around her neck. She'd made sure, double-checked and triple-checked that the Plugsuit was the right size and not that god awful experiment suit like the Third Angel incident. "You okay in there, Vixus?"

"Yes, I am functioning at full capacity." Came the robotic reply. Mari had VIXUS uploaded to the Devil System Plug, she felt more better having another person to speak with rather than to herself.

"Good." Mari pressed her wrist button, the Plugsuit quickly tightening around her body. She grinned happily, before jumping into the Entry Plug. "Perfect fit, finally!"

"Oh calm down, the last one didn't kill you." VIXUS smugly retorted. "I would have been funny if it did mind you…."

"Well, VIXIUS you're not exactly human. And you don't have boobs." Mari replied, feeling her chest slightly before fixing her hands to the controls. "This is going to be so fun!"

NERV Command Center

"All personnel to Battle Stations One!" The Commander Center became ablaze with conversation with orders and reports, red indications coming up above the 3D layout of the surface. "Prepare for surface-to-air interception!"

"Where's the target?" Fuyutsuki asked, looking to Shigeru.

"Currently advancing towards Tokyo-3 via the Old Odawara defense perimeter." The technician reported, the far screen coming to life. NERV gunships backed away, firing multiple missiles and turrets in similar fashion to the Fourth Angel incident, before the skull white face of Zeruel passed by the mountains and burned building. Zeruel's body was odd than the other Angels, similar to Ramiel's limbless form with a large dark green cowl covering its body and Sachiel with a white skull like mask/face.

Buildings built with missile launcher and anti-air cannons rained hell across the Angel, but nothing worked. The Angel seemed to be almost impervious to their attacks, only delivering with a single explosion of energy from the eyes.

The energy burned apart everything from the lake and into the inner parts of Tokyo-3, burning the cannons and missile launcher with little to no struggle. The explosion formed an aftermath wave of surging power, creating a ginormous breach under the many skyscrapers Tokyo-3 housed.

The hole let buildings and debris enter the Geo-Front, crashing into the still bloodied lake and forest around NERV HQ.

Alarms blared wildly as battle forces moved from Level one to level three fast. Debris crashed onto the NERV pyramid, sliding odd the sides and forcing tremors through headquarters. "Jesus, the blast must've been huge for the after shockwaves to reach here." Misato whispered in fear, horrified at the shockwaves which shook the base.

"District 4 just received a direct hit!"

"All surface armor systems are melted through!"

"Dear God, it broke through all 24 layer in one hit. Don't tell me this is like last time…." Hyuga whispered to himself, shocked at the massive power Zeruel possessed.

"So it appears that the Tenth Angel Zeruel is the strongest rejection-type." Fuyutsuki theorized to his companion, watching the battle. The A.T Field, though not visible was there, blocking the missiles from destroying the almost tauntingly open Core. "It's destructive power is unbelievable."

Bullets and missiles passed by, sailing towards the surface turrets. "That's right, launch an all-out assault!" Misato ordered. "Make use of any and every anti-invasion facilities within the fortified city! No, it doesn't matter how long it takes just do it!"

Misato grimaced at the situation; another Angel had managed to break through the Geo-Front, this time only with sheer energy. If that was the case, then just how powerful would the next be? She thought to herself, looking down to the darkness. She blinked, watching as another object rose up. A very red, orange and white giant object…. "What the hell's Unit-02 doing? Where the hells it going?!"

"What?! That's impossible, no one's given the launching order!" Hyuga exclaimed over the phone. Unit-02 heading up? But it Shinji's gone, and Rei's on the way and Asuka's in contamination…. Does that mean its Shiro? Or one of those God awful A.I's the Commander has up his sleeves. Misato thought to herself, concerned at the thought of another A.I on the loose.

Turrets still above the surface tried to halt Zeruel's progress, but it was clear the Tenth Angel wasn't stopping anytime. They went all out, going far enough to launch multiple N2 Ballistic missiles. Zeruel only paused, halted by the many N2 missiles surrounding it. The explosion expanded like a nuclear bomb going off, smoke now filling the blue sky.

"Target intact. I repeat, the Tenth Angel is still alive!"

"Second wave of N2 mines have no effect!"

"That's fine. Civilian evacuation is top priority!" Shigeru argued, watching his screen as civilian shelters rushed into the Geo-Front inner layers.

"The third N2 mine wave is now authorized, get them set up already!" Hyuga barked out, and in time too as Misato rushed in. Besides her, Ritsuko stood beside Maya watching the onslaught with fear.

"EVA won't make it in time. Ask for European support and cooperation!" Misato ordered, turning from Shigeru to Maya fast. "Deploy to the Geo-Front! How's Unit-00 and Null?!"

"Unit-00's left arm is undergoing emergency treatment still!" Maya exclaimed, glaring at the image of Unit-00's flashing red arm. "It should be very usable!"

"Good, have it send to assist Unit-02!" The Colonel order, looking to Hyuga's command terminal. "Fighting without backup is impossible against this Angel."

"Understood!"

"And Unit-01?"

"Being fit with Rei right now." Ritsuko answered, rushing to Shigeru's side to see the camera feed of Unit-01's Entry Plug. "How's it going?"

Alarms blared on the far left, and the screen showed Unit-01's Entry Plug shoot out in rejection. "Negative, the Plug's not being accepted!"

"By what?!" Ritsuko gasped at another shockwave, holding the side with fear.

"The EVA itself! It won't allow Rei to sync!"

"Have Unit-01 prepared with the Prodigium Devil System immediately." Commander Ikari ordered out, glaring at the front screen. "We need another EVA to fight. Do it."

"Yes sir!" Ristuko accepted, turning back to Maya. "Maya!"

"I'm on it!" the technician replied.

Zeruel fired another beam of power, creating a hundred of crosses with burning across the land. Above the burning rubble of purple fire and death, Zeruel's green cloth like covered began opening. Two cloth like pieces aced like arms under the orange oval like pieces on the sides, with the remaining ones simply keeping under the rest of the main body.

"Targets entering Geo-Front!" Shigeru reported above the alarms, much to Misato and Ritsuko's dismay and horror.

"Unit-02's about to engage!" Hyuga reported.

"Good, do we have any communications with the Entry Plug?" Misato asked.

"No," Maya answered. "Two-way links been cut, nothing we can do….!"

"Damn, so they're fighting alone…." Misato murmured. This is bad, she thought, looking up to the Unit-02 indication on the 3D layout. We need communications, otherwise we're all screwed…. Alarms screamed out once more, getting her attention with fear. "Oh what now?!"

"Another Cage just opened a path to Geo-Front!" Hyuga exclaimed, watching another indication open to reveal what EVA. "It's Null Unit!"

"Well at least we have someone else up there..." Ritsuko murmured, but it gave no hope for the others. "We must hurry to get Unit-01 out there, and fast!"

Geo-Front surface layer

Maya breathed in LCL happily, watching below as her fist and Unit-02's enclosed into a fist in synch. "Ah…." Mari gasped in, recognizing the scent of a certain other… "The smell of LCL, fantastic… Granted Unit-02 has the scent of another but it's not bad nevertheless. The sound of metal moving caught her sight, and Unit-02's eye like cameras zoomed in on another EVA rising up. "Huh? Thought Null Unit was decommission for repairs?"

"You know Aunt Mari," An oddly familiar voice caught Mari's ear, making her begin to grin. "You should never go out on your own."

"Nice to see your still standing, Little Shiro."

"So how was Unit-05, huh? Being stuck in an Evangelion for so long gets to you..."

"Oh, you know little old me. Always getting into trouble…."Mari teased, looking up and down ad Null Unit. The EVA itself was for the most part up and running, with only a few bandages on the shoulder blade, left forearm and left thigh. Its head was fixed halfway as well, covered half by bandages and the unbandaged eyes glowing. "Got any ideas to stop that thing?"

"We could use VEELE's Lance replica to break the A.T Field, or just shoot the crap out of it." Shiro suggested. "Zathura, any ideas?"

"None, sir." The A.I replied, Null Unit's cameras zooming in on the roof opening. "We will need to stop the Angel from entering Central and Terminal Dogma."

"Right…."

Mari sighed, fixing her glasses. "The fifth defense perimeter's going to be breached soon…." She stated to her oldest nephew. "We have to hurry or Headquarters goes boom!"

Zeruel barely pushed its mask like face down before Unit-02 fired its pair of Pallet Rifles. Null Unit rushed towards it companion, an EVA-sized bazooka jumping off the ground. "Thanks!" Shiro called out, quickly grabbing the rocket launcher.

Bullets and missiles raced away from the EVAs, trying to damage the Angel. All of a sudden, Zeruel's A.T Field began to push its way out. The Field pulsed out, forcing the bullets back before the Field went back. Both went back and forth for a while, before Mari finally sighed. "The A.T Field's too strong." She exclaimed, slightly nervous at this predicament. "We ain't gonna get anywhere with this!"

"Agreed." Zathura called out, pulling up a schematic of the Lance replica. "I recommend the use of the Lance replica and Thunder Spear melee weapon."

"Got it!" Null Unit pulled the Lance off its back, readying it. Unit-02 meanwhile ditched both Pallet Rifles as a large weapon box opened revealing a slightly blue and orange weapon designed similar to the Pallet Rifle. The Thunder Spear was sent into the air, and in time too as Unit-02 grabbed it. Mari grinned and gave a battle cry as Unit-02 rushed forward.

Null Unit readied itself before roaring as it ran forward. Unit-02 jumped high and fast, the Thunder Spear opening as the red and white EVA crashed down onto Zeruel's A.T Field. The aftershock wave showed the true power of the A.T Field, not only protecting Zeruel but mostly everything under its form. Null Unit rushed below, directly before Zeruel's Core. Shiro tugged the controls, forcing the Lance upwards with a growl. Zeruel's A.T Field rushed below, now blocking both EVAs. "Damn, and this is at point-blank range with the Lance…!"

Unit-02 meanwhile, fired multiple throwing knife like objects into the A.T Field. The Field, even halfway covering the front still protected Zeruel's face. "Uh oh…" Mari whimpered, blinking away the shock as she tried to pull Unit-02 away. An ensuing explosion followed, sending Unit-02 flying across the Geo-Front and into more debris with its A.T Field.

"Aunt Mari!" Shiro gasped out, before trying to force in the Lance more. "C'mon this worked for Bardiel, why won't it work for you?!"

Zeruel seems to have heard this as it looked down fast, the inside of the skull growing vivid red as the sight of the blue Lance copy. "Oh fuck!" Shiro's eyes shot open, and he quickly pulled away, leaving the Lance stuck in the Field. Another beam exploded before the Angel, burning the Lance replica apart as it tore another hole into the ground. "Shit….!"

Unit-02 meanwhile, seemed comically stuck in debris as it appeared to have almost been in bar fight and this was the result. "Ouch…." Mari groaned, looking up into time to see Zeruel look to her. "Oh no!" Unit-02 jumped up, dodging the A.T Field as it slammed into the ground. "I've got to admit, not bad at all you bastard!"

"Someone, for the love of God tell me Unit-01's ready!" Shiro's voice rang out across the Command Center, followed by another tremor. "Ooh, that looks like it hurt!"

"VEELE's Custom Plug has been completely retrofit for Unit-01! The Prodigium System's synch has now been connected!"

"Start it up!" Ritsuko ordered. Another flash or red warnings and alert signing filled the room. "Goddamn it what now?!"

"The Core Unit's rejecting the A.I Dummy!" Maya exclaimed, watching the synch patterns fade down. "No good, Unit-01 won't accept Rei OR Prodigium!"

It won't accept the Dummy?" Fuyutsuki whispered to himself. This must be Yui's doing, only the Soul of EVA could reject the Dummy. He thought to himself. But if that's the case, does that mean she wants Shiro or Shinji to pilot?

"Fuyutsuki, take over here." Cmdr. Ikari ordered, standing up abruptly. "I'm going down to personally check Unit-01s Cage."

"Yes, sir."