A/N: The loss of a fellow pilot can affect the Pilots in two ways. Strengthen their resolve, or cause them to fall into despair. Let's see how Varian is taking this development, shall we?

Sarah grabs the author around the throat and starts to choke him. "You son of a bitch!" She cried out angrily with tears streaming down her cheeks.

Vanpat gasp for air, grabbing onto her arms weakly. "C-Can we talk about this?" He breathed out weakly.

"YOU KILLED HIM!" She screamed angrily before getting knocked out by Varian.

Vanpat sweatdrops, "Um, I never thought I'd be saved by you." Suddenly, a demonic claw grabs him roughly and shakes him around in the air.

"I saved you only so I could kill you myself. You had both Morlina AND SEELE betray me?" He roared angrily. "Give me one good reason I shouldn't kill you here and now!"

"I have a few…" Vanpat mutters, disappearing and reappearing behind Varian. "1. Read the footnote. There'll be any epic two-chapter special battle. 2. I'm the author, so if you kill me, there'll be no story and you'll never appear again. 3. I'm the author. I wrote you into this story and I can write you out of it."

Varian growls as the demonic claw vanishes, "Fine…I'll let it go…for now." He vanishes into thin air.

Vanpat sighs, "That was weird…Anyways, I don't own Neon Genesis Evangelion."

To say the Varian was infuriated would be an understatement. Darvin watched nervously as Varian ripped the Crimson Angel Arena, which is where he tested his personal Evangelion Unit, into debris with a demonic figure looming behind him that mimed his movement and resembled his personal Eva. "Lord Varian, calm do-" Varian glares at Darvin with pure malice, shutting the old man up immediately.

"Morlina has openly betrayed us and now has sided with Ikari. SEELE has done the same thing." Varian growls angrily. "I'm sending the Evangelions down immediately."

"Wait until I put the finishing touch on them, Varian." Darvin replies firmly. "If the modified armor and Lance copies aren't working correctly, the battle will be over before it begins."

"How long will that take?" Varian demanded.

"Twelve hours to do all sixty Eva Units, including your personal one." Darvin states calmly, "Before you protest as to why I didn't do this earlier, I'll point out that doing that many at once would only cause it to last one hour and would completely drain my energy."

Varian growls angrily as the massive demonic figure vanished from behind him. "Fine, get to work."

Loriana has her hood drawn back as she stares at Keel rather than the SEELE 01 monolith. The other members, however, still use their SEELE monoliths rather than appear personally. "Commander Ikari has agreed to form the truce." She states calmly, "Get your Eva Series ready for combat, because Varian will be sending out his personal army within a day."

"Very well." Keel replies flatly. "Tell Ikari that we'll be sending them to Tokyo-03 and putting them on standby." Loriana nods before disappearing.

Misato sighs as she stares sadly at Serena, Patrick's cousin. "I'm sorry about this. If we didn't leave then-"

"Don't blame yourself." Serena whispers, tears running down her cheeks. "It isn't anyone's fault except the one who killed him."

Misato frowns, "How's Sarah handling this?" she asks.

Serena closes her eyes, "Better than I thought she would." She hesitated, "Actually, she's been quiet since she got home…let me check up on her." Serena walks over to the doorway and opens it, letting light in Sarah's disorganized room and on her figure, her head resting on her arms as she stares forwards with saddened eyes, not really looking at anything. "Sarah, are you okay?"

She turns her head to face Serena sadly, "What do you think?" She asks in a quiet voice. "If that's all, then close my door and leave me alone." The brunette turns her head back as her guardian closes the door.

"At least she hasn't been screaming and weeping about this." Misato points out, standing a few feet from Serena.

"That's the problem." Serena states bleakly, "Sarah has always been the type of person who…" She pauses, "Well, I can't think of a good way to describe it, but she always acts with her feelings and isn't afraid to show them. She would never be this calm over Patrick's death."

"I see…I'll keep an eye on her in the coming battle, if she's allowed to fight, of course." Misato added quickly.

"It's her choice, but I don't think you should leave her out of this fight." Serena replies, "She'll want to kill Varian herself for what he's done." Her voice is serious, "Don't let her be the person who kills him though, and don't let her take him on herself. Revenge is a horrible thing…and it will only leave you hollow and empty inside when it's over."

Misato frowns slightly, "Yeah, I know about that." She admitted before walking to the door and opening it. "Again, I'm sorry about this, Serena. There's really nothing I can say or do that can undo what happened. We never should have taken that vacation…"

"Just leave, Misato…" Serena states quietly.

She nods sadly before leaving the apartment and closing the door before walking away. After taking a few steps, she hears the sounds of weeping, causing her to pound her fist against the guardrail angrily. 'Damnit…I'm not letting those bastards get away with toying with us like this.' She growls to herself.

"Well, here is the data on their Evangelion Units." Loriana passes a CD case to one of the guards next to her. Ikari nods and the guard hands it to the man. "I've had SEELE use a similar design for their Evangelion, as to make them more combat efficient."

"How many are ready for battle?" Ikari asks calmly as he inserts the CD into a laptop, which automatically uploads the designs and specifications of Varian's Eva Series.

"SEELE has 23 fully ready for battle." Loriana sighs, "I WISH we had more time, but Varian will be getting very desperate at this point." She stares at the guards at either side of her, guns currently drawn, with amusement. "Commander Ikari, you DO know that these two couldn't stop me, right?"

Commander Ikari glares at the Crimson Angel. "That may be true, but the U.N. wouldn't be pleased if I let a Crimson Angel roam around the base unwatched."

She smirks, "How are they taking this, by the way?" Her voice was slightly amused.

"They'll be contacting me shortly, and I don't want your presence when I speak with Ravian." Ikari states coldly.

"Is that his name? How interesting…May I stick around in the shadows and observe him?" Loriana asks with an impish voice, causing Ikari's eyes to narrow dangerously. "Don't worry Ikari. I just want to see the person to confirm my own suspicions about the Secretary-General. I know you have your own suspicions about him yourself and I may be able to clear them up."

A beeping sound was heard from Ikari's desk and he nods curtly. "Very well, but you'd best have a way to remain hidden."

She smirks and nods as a faintly purple aura around her body before she vanishes. "I prepared this to hide from Varian himself." She whispers softly, staring at the lowering screen. "Let's see if it works, shall we?"

The screen pops to life to reveal Charles Ravian, whose expression was more than a little annoyed. "Ikari, my agents who have been keeping an eye on your actions in Nerv have informed me that you not only LOST Unit 04 and its pilot, but Unit 01 acted out of your control, EVEN with the armor on and broke out of Nerv HQ and through the center of Tokyo-03. The U.N. is furious about these events, Ikari."

'Well, well, well…' Loriana thinks to herself smugly. 'It seems I was right…but I think I'll see how Ikari handles this first.'

"If you remember correctly, the matter of Unit 01 was settled one month ago, despite your protests against it. I merely kept it in Terminal Dogma to keep your complaints to a minimum and even promised to not use it unless I deem it necessary." Ikari remarked coldly.

"That ISN'T the point, Ikari!" Ravian snapped, his usual smug and confident expression gone. "That THING is suppose to be under YOUR control! What if it didn't decide to stop at just trying to kill Varian and went after the other Evangelions?"

"That 'thing' has the soul of a human being, which would not attack the others without reason." Ikari glared at Ravian. "As for the events of Unit 04, it was sadly unavoidable. If you want to blame someone, blame Varian for the loss."

Ravian looked furious but he recovered. "Very well, but it doesn't change that both events happened under YOUR command." He glares at the Commander of Nerv. "At first, the U.N. believed you would be satisfactory for this job, but-"

"Did the U.N. believe that, or was that your own opinion?" Ikari cuts him off, causing the man's eyes to narrow.

"Watch your step, Ikari. I could easy have you replaced." The Secretary-General of the U.N. retorts angrily.

"Not without the approval of the other members, you can't." Ikari states in a monotone voice. "You seem to be out of sorts today Ravian. Is something wrong?"

He glares at Ikari. "I've heard rumors of you siding with SEELE and a Crimson Angel." He pointed out with a smirk. "I pray those are merely rumors, because if it turns out true, then I won't have to do anything but watch as you're demoted."

At this point, Ikari had just about enough of Ravian's remarks and being a pawn of the U.N. "And what if I have? All the U.N. is at this point is the source of my funding, and this war will soon be over." Ravian's face darkens, "Doctor Akagi, with the help of a Crimson Angel, have reverse-traced the signal to where Cybornac transferred the data from the Magi to, which is the location of the Crimson Angel's Base of Operations."

The room was deathly quiet and Loriana's expression was ecstatic. "Is that a fact, Ikari?" Ravian asked in a tightly controlled voice. "Where is this supposed base?"

"The Moon." Ikari states simply, causing Ravian's eyes to widen in shock. "I suppose it make some sense. After all, according to the information I received from SEELE, that's the only logical conclusion."

"And how do you plan to go up to the Moon exactly?" Ravian demanded flatly.

"We'll train the Evangelion Pilots until each of them can use the AT Field wings, which also creates a protective aura around them that will allow space travel." Ikari replies calmly. "Any issues with that?"

Ravian bites his lower lips, obviously very nervous and angry at the same time. "None that I can see." He grates out between clenched teeth. "But this is a matter for the U.N. to decide."

Ikari smiles faintly at him, much to his ire. "In that case, that will be all." He cuts off communications on his end with a smirk on his face.

"His expression was priceless." Loriana laughs softly as the invisibility around her disappears, "Nice job, Ikari."

Commander Ikari's expression becomes serious. "So, did you confirm what you needed to, Loriana?"

She smirks. "That's right, Ikari. You were right to question the Secretary-General." Loriana chuckles, "Looks like my invisibility worked on Varian himself, huh?"

Fuyutsuki's eyes widen but Ikari's narrows. "W-What? The Secretary-General is Varian himself?" The old man demanded incredulously.

"That's right, professor." Ikari states calmly. "It also explains his actions. His reasons for keeping Unit 01 in Terminal Dogma was not to protect it, but because Varian feared the Evangelion Unit." His eyes narrow further. "He has also been against my decisions and actions since the beginning, and even though he likely knew of the pilots' vacation, he said nothing to the U.N., just so he could get those he fears away from the battlefield."

Loriana nods, "His naming is horrid, by the way. All he did was flip the 'Var' in his name…and his personal record was too perfect, right?" Ikari nods. "Nice job with your jabs at the bastard. He'll likely be infuriated at these events, so much so that he won't consider a smart tactic by using the U.N. to give us trouble and send the Evas afterwards. He'll send them as soon as possible…which I think will be around tomorrow morning."

"Very well."

Loriana is about to leave before she stares curiously at Ikari. "You do know that this city will be a ruin when we engage Varian, right? You should start the evacuation of Tokyo-03 as soon as possible." She frowns, "No matter which side wins the battle, the U.N. will be infuriated with you for having a truce with SEELE and a Crimson Angel without their approval."

"I'll inform them that Ravian, a Crimson Angel, is currently in charge of the U.N." Ikari states coldly. "Perhaps they'll understand my reasons then."

"You'll need evidence of that." Loriana pointed out. "They won't believe you."

"Simple, Varian would likely observe the battle himself rather than from his base, correct?" Loriana nods, "We'll unmask him while in battle and have evidence of it."

Loriana smirks, "Good luck with that. I'll be back with SEELE's Eva Series." She sighs, "Outnumbered two to one is NOT the best odds though…" The Crimson Angel vanishes.

No one took the loss of the Fifth Child well. Hikari even cried about losing a fellow pilot, but Sarah just had that blank expression. It unnerved some of the Pilots and they tried to talk with her, but she told them to leave her alone. The way she acted about the situation was almost how Rei would act about it, with a calm outlook and untroubled by emotions.

Misato sighs, staring at the sync scores with uneasiness. "They're all down at least three points...and Sarah is thirteen points below her average."

Ritsuko nods bleakly, check the time before sighing. "Okay everyone. It's early, but Ikari thinks that the enemy will come at dawn, so you'll need to go to bed earlier in order to be awake tomorrow at 6:00 AM."

"So, what's our chance of victory this time, Ritsuko?" Misato asked calmly as she sipped on some coffee.

Doctor Akagi sighed, "You don't want to know. It's not very high at all."

"Any remains of the Fifth Child?"

Ritsuko flinched slightly and hesitated before answering. "None."

Misato wasn't an idiot, however. She bent down next to Ritsuko and whispered angrily into her ear. "That's a lie. What did you recover from the entry plug, Ritsuko?"

She sighs and stands up. "I'll show you. Follow me." Doctor Akagi walks to the doorway on the right side of the control booth with Misato right behind her.

"Ready to head out?" Loriana asked the Mass-Produced Evangelion Series that SEELE controlled. Their armor design was greatly modified from the previous version. They still retained their white coloring and wings, but they now had light blue armor now and their heads resembled a cross between Unit 01 and Chivalt's head. On their face, however, was a cross-shaped visor that covered its eyes, stopping at the mouth.

"Tell Ikari to call his spy off first." Keel's voice enters the Eva Hanger, which had the Evangelion Units situated in a nice row on either side. Near the end of the Hanger were seven incomplete Evangelion Units.

Loriana sighs. "Keel, we don't have time to worry about that. I'll erase the guy's short term memories of your base location if I must."

"That is acceptable." Keel replies calmly before the eyes of the Eva Units glow red. As soon as the eyes glow, they stand up and activate their wings, which have a Lance copy strapped to their backs. "They'll obey Ikari's orders until the battle is over, in which we'll be in charge again."

"Not a problem." Loriana shrugs it off as the large hanger door opens above the Evas and Loriana, letting in a howling blizzard. "Odd weather for summer in the Alps…It'll take time until the weather fully stabilizes."

"Perhaps…but this will prevent Nerv's spy from noticing us." Keel notes calmly as the Evangelions take flight.

"How long will it take for them to get to Nerv?" Loriana asked curiously.

"Eight hours."

Misato's eyes narrowed as Ritsuko brought her to the remains of the Dummy Plug System. "Ritsuko, why are we down here?" She finally demanded.

Ritsuko sighs, "You wanted to see what we found, right?" She walks over to the command console and activated the lights that illuminated the tube in the center, causing Misato to gasp in shock. The body looked heavy deformed, but almost seemed to be slowly regenerating. His hair was grey and his skin pale, appearing more like an adult now. His eyes, now purple in color, appeared to be dead.

"W-What the hell?" Misato glared at Doctor Akagi. "What is this?"

"This is the Fifth Child…or at least, what remains of him." Ritsuko replies bleakly. "As of now, there is no soul inside that body."

"What do you mean? And what's with that appearance?"

Ritsuko sighs, "This situation is similar to what happened to Rei against the 16th Angel. We found Rei, which was deformed greatly and appeared very different, in the remains of Unit 00's Entry Plug." She stares calmly at Patrick's body. "We moved Rei's soul, her S2 Core, into another copy of Rei. She had that chance, unlike Patrick here."

"What's going to happen to him?" Misato asked darkly.

"I don't know. His soul wasn't inside his body, but I do have a theory." Ritsuko replies bleakly. "According to the Magi's recording, half a second before the Lance copy that Varian used pierced the Eva's Entry Plug, Patrick's life signs flat lined."

"Wait…is it possible that his soul was pulled into the Eva itself?" Misato asked incredulously.

"Something similar happened with Shinji, so it may be possible." Doctor Akagi stated calmly. "While Shinji lost his physical form, Patrick's soul was forcefully torn out of his body. It'll be easier to restore his body, but he has to be willing…and we'll need to fully repair his Eva Unit as well."

"We don't have enough time to do that, though." Misato points out flatly. "The war will probably be over by then."

"The point is that he CAN be restored, despite his body's current state." Ritsuko frowns, "You asked why his appearance was different, right?" Misato nods so Doctor Akagi continues. "His body has Crimson Angel DNA inside it now, which altered his appearance greatly. The same happened to Rei's appearance with the 16th Angel, which is why we moved her soul to another body. The body that Rei had was destroyed, as we were unsure what would happen if we left it alone."

"Will the DNA have any affects on him?"

"Yes. Varkon, the Thirteenth Crimson Angel, has the ability to take over other's bodies. Eventually, his DNA will completely overtake Patrick's and the Crimson Angel will be reborn into his true form." Ritsuko states flatly. "I've put him in cryostasis, but he won't last any longer than two months before we have no choice but to kill him."

Misato sighs, "No wonder you didn't say anything earlier about this…" She stares at the body. "Why did you leave his body alive then? There's no point to keeping him alive like this if he'll eventually die."

"We need all the help we can get." Ritsuko states bleakly. "He'll be good for one battle and that's it…that's why we'll keep him alive until the final confrontation."

Misato glares angrily at Doctor Akagi. "You're telling me you just kept the Fifth Child alive just for the sake of fighting the enemy and that's it? What the fuck is wrong with you?"

Ritsuko shakes her head. "I don't like this either, but we'll need all the help we can get against Sammael."

Misato looked baffled, "Who the hell is that?"

"Commander Ikari found the name of Varian's Master in the documents about these events." Ritsuko replied bleakly. "I doubt he'll approve of me telling you this but that's his problem. I'll start at the beginning…"

Nothingness was around the brunette, her hair no longer tied into her usual ponytail but instead spread out around her head. Her eyes were blank, as if not paying attention to the world around her, which was the room provided by Nerv. A shadow appeared in the corner of the room, but the girl didn't care. "Are you done acting like a child?" A woman's voice asked flatly, catching Sarah's attention.

"Get the hell out of my room, Crimson Angel." Sarah retorts flatly, turning to face the opposite wall.

"I'm not going anywhere until you get your act together." Loriana states in a firm voice. "It's bad enough everyone's morale is down because we lost a pilot, but we don't need you getting all depressed about it. Everyone is sad about this and bottling it up won't help you in any way."

"I'm killing Varian." Sarah growls, "I want NO help when I fight him."

Loriana glares at the girl. "Don't screw around. You can't win against him by yourself. If I let you fight him back then, you'd be dead. Would your boyfriend enjoy the fact you threw your life away?"

Sarah jumped to her feet and had her arm stopped before her fist could reach Loriana. "Shut the fuck up. What do you understand?"

"I loved Chivalt…Sir Eran, as much as you loved Patrick. So I DO understand, you idiot." Loriana snapped before slapping the pilot in the face with her free hand. "Are you done acting like a child? If you want to make him proud of you, don't throw your life away."

Sarah glares at the Crimson Angel before, finally, she lets out all of her feelings and begins to sob uncontrollably, and clinging to Loriana like a child would cling to her mother. Sarah hated herself for clinging to a Crimson Angel, but she couldn't stop herself. Loriana awkwardly began to speaking to her in a soothing voice, unsure of what to do. Suddenly, the door shot open and Asuka rushed into the room. Before she could expect the worst, Loriana spoke to her. "Can you comfort her? I'm not really good at this sort of thing."

Asuka glares at the Crimson Angel before gently pulling on Sarah's arm, getting her attention and causing the brunette to change targets. She'd rather weep in front of Asuka than in front of a Crimson Angel. "Shh, it's okay…" Asuka whispered gently.

"Thank you…" Loriana nods at Asuka. "…She'll be okay after she gets all the feelings she's bottled up out of her system…I'm sorry that you have to do it, but I don't know the first thing about being a mother." She whispers sadly before vanishing.

The evacuation of Tokyo-03 was almost complete when 23 winged knight-like Evangelion Units landed near the edge of the city around 4:26 AM. Commander Ikari frowns from the command booth in the Main Command Center. "I don't like the idea of having SEELE this close…" He muttered darkly. Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki was standing on his right while Loriana, now dressed in a long white dress than suited medieval royalty, stood on his left. "Are you certain SEELE can be trusted?"

Loriana nods, shifting her silver tiara on her head. "They hate Varian and know that the only way to beat his army is with your help."

"May I ask why you are wearing that dress?" Fuyutsuki asks curiously after noticing the looks the other personnel in Nerv were giving her.

"It's a reminder of who I am and what I'm fighting for…" Loriana replies sadly. "When the battle begins, I won't be using this dress to fight in." She shakes her head, "How much time until sunrise?"

"One hour and thirty-seven minutes." Ikari replied calmly.

"Well, the Crimson Angel has quite the fashion statement, huh?" Misato noted as she sipped on some coffee. Ritsuko stares at her in amazement. "What?"

"You're actually drinking coffee rather than beer to wake yourself up?" Ritsuko looked amused. "It's the end of the world."

"Oh, ha ha." Misato scowls at Doctor Akagi. "Right now, I need to be at the top of my game." She pointed out flatly. "I can't afford to get drunk today…things will be tense."

Ritsuko nods, "Agreed." She glances at the clock and frowns, "I think it's time to wake the children up."

Misato sighs and nods, "This won't be one of our better days, huh?" She walks out of the room before waiting for a response from Ritsuko.

The children ate in silence, much to Misato's annoyance. "Hey, I know this will be a major battle, but it doesn't mean you need to act all gloom and doom."

Hikari sighs sadly, "We lost a friend. How can we not be sad about it?"

Toji and Kensuke nod in agreement. Sarah remains silent, as does Rei and Shinji. Asuka, however, was not in the mood for this either. "Okay, none of us are dying out there. We'll kick Varian's ass, along with his cheap Eva Series."

"Asuka…" Kensuke muttered, "We just lost a pilot and are you not even affected by it?"

"Of course I'm sad, but I'm not letting myself lose to it." Asuka snapped. "I can be sad after I stab my Prog Sword up his-"

"We get it." Shinji cuts her off, not desiring to hear Asuka finish her statement. "Everyone…let's promise not to die out there…promise each other that we'll stay alive no matter what and we will win." He puts his right hand over the table. No one makes a move to join his hand but, just as he withdraws it, Asuka's hand covers his.

"I agree. Let's kick ass out there." She smirks.

Rei places her hand on top of Asuka's. "I also agree with Shinji. We must not hesitate in this fight. We will win and survive."

The other children follow suite until Sarah is left. She smiles and places her hand on top of Hikari's. "Yeah…let's take them out. Shinji, Asuka…you two are the best Evangelion Pilots we have…that's why I want you to be the ones to face Varian himself." Misato looked surprised but recovered at that. "I'm not strong enough to fight him…so I'll fight the Evas that bastard brings."

"No. We'll fight him together." Asuka snapped. "Every one of us will fight him together after we turn his Eva Series into a scrap pile."

Sarah smiles and nods. "Okay."

Maya's eyes were wide as the sync scores of the pilots came in when they entered their Eva Units. "Doctor Akagi, Major Katsuragi…Look at these scores!" They rushed over to the computer terminal and their eyes widen.

Rei: 100

Asuka: 100

Shinji: 100

Toji: 97

Kensuke: 94

Sarah: 93

Hikari: 95

"What the hell?" Ritsuko demanded. "Everyone's syncs raised this high in a day?"

Misato chuckles, "I guess that confidence boost from Asuka and Shinji helped a great deal, huh?" She stares up at Commander Ikari. "Won't the U.N. have a fit for using Unit 01 after it went berserk yesterday?"

"I doubt they'll care compared to allying myself to both SEELE and a Crimson Angel." Ikari states coldly. "Either way, I'm likely going to be demoted after this so it doesn't matter what I do."

Misato smirks before looking away and at a visual of Tokyo-03 from the air as their seven Evangelion Units reach the surface and grabs their weapon from the weapons cache. Shinji went with Chivalt's sword, Rei went with a positron sniper rifle, and Asuka chose a Heavy Prog Sword. Toji wielded Revalt's axe, Kensuke went with his Crimson Angel weapon, which was strapped to his arms, and a machine gun. Sarah held a copy of Unit 04's staff, made just in case the first one was destroyed. Hikari had a Prog Spear and her right hand while she had her left held her Eva-Sized Shield.

The Eva Series Units commands were transferred to Commander Ikari from SEELE. Keel's face appeared on the main screen. "Ikari, don't screw this up." He stated in a firm voice. "This is an all or nothing gambit by fighting Varian head-on…we're counting on you." He cuts off communications. Ikari frowns, surprised to hear those last words coming from the leader of SEELE.

"Sir! The Magi have detected sixty S2 Engines approaching from the north!" Hyuga shouted, catching everyone's attention as the alarms begin to sound. "They'll be in visual range within one minute and seven seconds!"

Misato opens communications with the Pilot. "Everyone, they're coming from the northern side. Get into position."

Loriana frowns slightly. "Just sixty? That's odd…why didn't Varian send his personal Evangelion down too?"

The Eva Series lines up at the edge of the city and, in unison, pulls the Lance copies from their backs and stabs them into the ground with a flourish. "Impressive…" Sarah mutters before focusing on her surroundings. Her eyes widen as she senses Varian nearby. "Varian's close by!" She shouted into the communication system.

Loriana's eyes widen before closing her own eyes as the Evangelion Series Varian made slowly approaches. "…She's right. He came personally but he managed to cloak his Evangelion from detection…clever bastard."

The Eva's, while similar in design to SEELE's new Eva Series, were easily distinguishable from them. Their coloring was black with red armor, the opposite of SEELE's Eva coloring. A large Evangelion, bigger than the other Mass Produced Evangelions and taller than Chivalt flies down on bat-like wings. It has a large, armored and spiked tail. Its hands and feet resembled claws and there was a blood red orb in the center of its armored chest. Frankly, it looked a demon rather than an Eva. Suddenly, and image of the inside of the entry plug appeared with Varian's unhooded figure appearing in the cockpit, causing many in the command center to swear in shock or amazement.

His appearance was in his late teens and he almost resembled an older version of Kaworu, the 17th Angel. The thing that truly shocked them was that he also appeared very similar to Ravian, the Secretary-General of the U.N. "Hello, Ikari." Varian states with a smirk, wearing a plug suit similar to Kaworu's old one but black and red in coloration. "Surprised to find out who I truly am?" He chuckles as he form shifts to Ravian, twenty-five years in age before the form shifts back.

"Hardly." Ikari states coldly before opening communications with the pilots. "Engage the targets and don't show them any mercy."

"Yes sir!"

"Ah, Princess…" Varian smirks evilly at Loriana, who merely glares with hatred at the leader of the Crimson Angel. "Wasn't that the same dress that I ripped off of you before-" Loriana glances at the controls and creates an electromagnetic disturbance that cuts off the connection with Varian.

"I'm heading out." She growled before vanishing and reappearing floating next to Unit 01, her staff appearing in her hands before she waves it, and electromagnetic field standing between the two sides. "My ability is manipulation of gravitational and magnetic fields." She states calmly, her dress vanishing and revealing dark purple skin-tight shorts and a top, allowing her to move freely without any restraint. "Let's go!" She shouted as the field vanishes and both sides charged at each other.

The battle had begun.

A/N: Yes, I'm evil enough to do the cliffhanger of doom, but trust me. The next two chapters will be action packed, so it'll be worth the wait. It'll be a two-part special that I'll release at once. See you next time!

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