Chapter 26 The Blind Depths Of The Sea
Just off the west coast of Japan, in the Pacific Ocean, a huge bulking monstrosity resides. This creature, as old as time itself, has recently awoken. What stirred the colossus creature from its hibernated state was the cry of one of its brethren's death. It knew that it would only wake when its brethren died but the loss of its ancient friends upset the mammoth water dwelling creature.
Its revenge will be acted upon but not directly unless there is no other option. There is a greater calling now that it's awake. He will take revenge by the means that the wakening had meant. He will find Adam and release his captured body and destroy the beings that want power beyond measure by showing them what it can do. But he has a problem. He was designed for the waters of the world only and it could feel Adam is somewhere inland on the small island close by. The only way to reach Adam would be to change his AT Field and use it to create an anti gravity field. This would allow it to hold water and fly across the land but would prevent the AT Field from being used as a defensive shield or an offensive weapon. But that would not be much of a hindrance for the oceanic wanderer. Its hide is thick and can regenerate at an alarming rate and it can also shoot explosive plasma from its mouth.
It takes time to change the AT Field though. Gaghiel has waited three weeks for his AT Field to change and now that it has he it ready to move against those that attacked his brethren.
On Nerv's command deck the bridge bunnies are enjoying themselves with idle chit chat. Things have been slow lately. With no Angels attacking, their jobs have been changed to simple admin to help Nerv keep up with the paper work.
"Hay Shigeru, What type of men do you think Misato likes?" Makoto asks his metal headed friend.
"Sorry Makoto but I think you're out of luck. A woman like Misato is into the suave, debonair type of men. The kind of man that can sweep you off your feet." Shigeru answers.
"So you're saying I've got no chance?"
"Not a chance in hell."
"Don't be so mean Shigeru! Of course he has a chance." Maya cuts in.
"Then tell us Maya, how could Makoto get a women like Misato?"
He makes it sound like Misato is better then the rest of us women. And she's not! Maya thinks out of anger from Shigeru's ignorance. "Just speak to her Makato, get to know her and be interested in what she has to say. Women like men that are interested in their day." Maya explains to Makato.
"I'm very interested in how your day has been Maya. Will you go out with me for some spicy chicken and noodles, and then afterwards we could go to my place and rock the house!" Shigeru says sarcastically. ( A.N. Many people don't know this but Shigeru has a crush on Maya. Many people think he has one on Rei because of the movie but that's not true. Shigeru's heart is cut off from everyone and since Rei is the device that breaks through peoples AT Fields, Rei was used to break through his.)
"Not even in your dreams, you jerk!" Maya shouts angrily.
"You make it sound easy Maya." Makato says bringing Maya's attention back to him. The most I can say to her is 'good morning Major' before closing down. She's just ... too beautiful."
"You men are shallow, everything is looks with you!" Maya says, still angry at Shigeru.
"Not everything. She has to be interested in any type of metal music and be a Nihilist." Shigeru rebuts.
"I like women to be strong and forward and have a clear sense of self." Makoto adds in.
"Yeah but no woman with a dominating persona would be interested in a guy that spends most of his free time with his head in anima books." Shigeru jokes. Maya looked like she was ready to break smash some heads. Mainly Shigeru's.
Just as the conversation between the three was becoming more heated, the warning sirens go off signalling the detection of an Angle.
"Alright! Time for some action!" Shigeru shouts. All three bridge bunnies push all the paperwork to the floor and begin furiously typing. Commander Souryu and Sub Commander Fuyutsuki walk on the bridge.
"Report!" The Commander shouts.
"AT Field detected of the East coast. Pattern … gray?" Maya shouts to the Commander.
"What's pattern gray?" The commander asks.
"It comes up when an unidentified type of AT Field is discovered." Ritsuko explains walking onto the bridge.
"How long before it arrives." Sub Commander Fuyutsuki asks.
"Approximately … thirty minuets!" Makato answers.
"Can we get a visual on satellite?" Fuyutsuki asks the bridge crew.
"Bringing visual up now." Shigeru says punching a few keys. A holographic screen appears showing Japan. Shigeru punching more keys and the satellite starts zooming in. Eventually the screen shows a giant water bubble moving fast over the land toward Tokyo three.
"Activating heat sensors" The screen shows a mass of heat inside the bubble of water.
"Energy build-up detected!" Maya shouts in a panic. Everyone looks at the screen and waits. Then suddenly a blue sparkling sphere is released from the bubble. It heads straight for the satellite and the holographic screen goes blank with static.
"Get the Eva's ready and prep the pilots when they get here." Commander Souryu commands.
All three pilots arrived, got briefed, changed and entered their respective Eva's. The Eva's are set on the elevators and the pilots wait anxiously. Rei is worried that something horrible will happen in the fight with the Angel. The briefing consisted of not knowing how to defeat the Angel, that it had a powerful long rang attack, and that the Angle is three times the size if an Evangelion.
Asuka wanted to get out there and beat the Angel before Shinji did; she knows that Shinji is good, possibly as good as her even with his lack of training.
Shinji's mind though is not on the Angle but the Evangelion's themselves. He had listened to and audio book on religion and a mentioning to Evangelion was made. He did some research and what he found confused him. And since he had some time to waste he might as well get what he knows clarified.
"Misato, why are the Eva's called Evangelion?"
"I don't know. It's just a name isn't it?"
"Nothing in Nerv happens by coincident Misato. Ritsuko, why is a machine made for killing called Evangelion?" Shinji asks.
"Evangelion, 'the reward of good tidings', in Greek or 'Evangelium' in Latin, is usually translated into English, in Christian contexts as 'gospel,' although more recent Bible translations like the New Revised Standard Version have used the more literal 'good news' translation. In etymology, initially, the word meant 'good messenger', the prefix 'eu' meaning 'good' and 'angelion' meaning 'messenger' which also means 'angel', was used to describe the runners who brought news in ancient Greece. It only came to mean 'good message' or 'good news' over time and eventually became most commonly associated with the Christian gospels. So to answer your question Shinji, Evangelion is not a killing machine, it is built to protect. It brings hope and good news to all.
"I know all that but that doesn't change the fact that Evangelion's are tools for killing creatures we know nothing about! And the only thing the Eva has brought on people is demolished homes and injured or dead loved ones!"
"Shinji this is not the time to discus this! You'll be launched in minuet so get your thoughts straight!" Misato shouts through the comm.
With a heavy sigh Shinji replies "Yes Ma'am."
The Angel enters the city and surveys the area, everything is quiet and still. Three large containers come out the ground and open to reveal nothing but empty space. Seconds later the voids are filled with three similar looking creatures. Gaghiel knew that the humans had a method for fighting his brethren but using creatures that look like Adam was unexpected and unwelcome. He now knows why his other brethren failed to rescue Adam.
Weapon containers come up next to the Eva's and they arm them selves. Asuka with the Progressive Axe, Shinji with a spear and Rei has a Pallet Rifle for back up purposes because her Eva is not ready for close combat fighting.
"You three ready?" Misato asks over the comm. Misato hears three yes's.
"We are going to shoot an explosive into the bubble. It should disperse the water and let you attack the Angle. I want Shinji to attack first to see if the weapons have any effect."
A torrent fires a shot at the Angel, The explosive round enters the bubble and a few seconds later a light is emitted blinding the pilots. When their vision returns they see the massive white Angel floating above the city, as well as the water. The water is floating around the Angel like there was no gravity. It floats elegantly, gently colliding with other masses of water. The water suddenly shifts in direction and moves towards the Angel forming the same water sphere that covered the Angel.
"We're going to fire another round. Shinji, I want you to attack with the spear when you get your vision back. Well your Eva's vision anyway." Misato gets no reply from Shinji. Misato's hidden joke wasn't at all funny to Shinji though it did get a chuckle out of Asuka. Another round is fired and the water is blown off the Angle. Shinji covered his Eva's eyes this time so he throws the spear the second the flash disappeared. The spear lodges itself in the Angel and it emits a glass shattering shriek before falling to the ground, crushing any buildings beneath.
Seeing that weapons hurt it, Asuka went on the attack, as well does Rei. Asuka slashes at one of the Angels sides, hacking lumps of flesh from the Angel. Rei empties clip after clip into the Angle, filling it full of holes. Shinji though, just stands back and watches. Something doesn't feel right; the Angel is letting them attack with no signs of it fighting back. Shinji looks to his spear, the spear is no longer in the Angel and the area the spear was in is now completely healed.
Without warning, the Angel thrashed about violently. The tail hit Asuka sending her across the city. The impact was so powerful that it broke Unit Two's chest plating and ribs. Asuka doesn't have time to scream as she passed out the second she got struck.
Unit Zero was hit with one of the Angels many tentacles The Eva shut down as the neural connection then fails. This leaves Shinji alone to finish the Angel. The Angel lets out an almighty roar. This shows Shinji the weak point that all Angels share. Shinji pulls his progressive knife from his left shoulder pauldron. He disconnects his power cable then starts running towards the Angel and leaps into its mouth before it closes.
"Shinji! What are you doing!" Misato hollers over the comm. but gets no reply. The Angel ascends back into the sky and the water forms back around it. The Magi pick up another energy build-up and seconds later the same blue sphere of energy is fired at the ground. The sphere makes a hole big enough for the Angel to fit through and goes through ten levels of protective plating before stopping. The energy reading comes again but before it's fired the reading disappears. The water around the Angel falls to the floor followed immediately by the Angels colossus body.
"No AT reading. The target is dead." Maya says in disbelief.
"What happened to Shinji?" As Misato spoke those words the mouth of the Angel opened reviling and very battered looking Eva Unit One.
"Target down Misato." Is all that comes through the comm. as the Eva falls out the mouth with Shinji unconscious.
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