Now for the next Angel fight, and the debut of Kaworu's EVA. Yes, this time Kaworu becomes an actual pilot. And he sides with humanity in this case. This is gonna be good! Disclaimer: I don't own Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Evangelion, or Anarchy Reigns.

Cruel Angel's Thesis Chapter 6: Angel of Thunder, Ramiel

Eventually, the alert came in with the appearance of the Fifth Angel. "Give me a visual," Gendo called out. The monitor showed a large octahedron with a visible core right in its center. "So this is Ramiel," Gendo noted, "The Dead Sea Scrolls made note of his superior defenses. Prepare drone artillery. Let's see just what sort of automated defenses we're dealing with." "Copy that," Maya said. Within minutes, a boat pulling a large balloon shaped like Unit-01 in its flying mode approached Ramiel. No sooner did it get within a certain range did a massive particle beam erupt from within the Angel and disintegrate the balloon.

Shortly after, a mortar cannon on a rail car moved into position outside the range noted and fired. As expected, the shell hit the AT Field and bounced off harmlessly. What was really surprising is that immediately afterward, Ramiel fired another particle beam to vaporize the mortar. "Interesting…," Fuyutsuki noted. "So the scrolls weren't lying about its defensive capabilities," Yui said. "Ramiel has already seen two of our siblings fall easily," Kaworu said as he entered the office, "His appearance is to show that he and the others are done playing by our rules."

Gendo smirked. "Well, two can play by theirs. I want all available data gathered by the testing distributed to our entire team. Very few Earthly weapons can pierce through an AT Field, but I know of one that was developed for just such an emergency." Just then, a rumbling could be heard. "What was that?" "Commander!," Hyuga called out, "We've just discovered that the Angel has extended a drill and is starting to pierce through the armor layers of the geofront!" "Its how Ramiel intends to break into where Father is believed to be," Kaworu realized, "Rather than storm a heavily fortified base, he plans to take the direct route."

Outside, Ramiel was busy shifting his drill to pierce into NERVE. "This will be a slow process. The Lilim have fortified their base well. I estimate it will take around ten hours to fully penetrate into the lower reaches where Father is. What concerns me is the weak attacks that the Lilim sent against me first. It felt like they were testing my defenses. They couldn't possibly find any sort of weakness, could they? Or perhaps a work-around? No matter. When they finally do make their move, I will make sure to deal with them." He then paused in his thoughts. "I feel the presence of Tabris… This has an ominous feel to it."

The giant rifle that seemed made for mecha was brought into the Geofront. "That's what we're using to fight the Angel!?," Shinji asked. "A positron rifle," Yui clarified, "Designed by the Japanese military specifically to pierce through an AT Field. You'll likely get two shots and you'll need to let it charge between shots. You'll be spotting outside the Angel's range, Rei will provide defense with the duralumin shield developed by the Togami Foundation, and Kaworu Nagisa will be taking the shot in Unit-05." Kaworu walked up to Shinji. "Hello, I don't think we've really met."

Shinji nodded. "You must be Kaworu then." Kaworu nodded. "Yep, the fifth Child as it were. Unit-05 is the one using the tiger theme." Nearby was said EVA, adorned in white armor. "I also heard you're one of the Angels," Shinji noted, "Why fight for us instead of trying to release Adam, the First Angel?" "Father will be able to free himself before long," Kaworu explained, "And then he can set things right. Humans, what my siblings call Lilim, have earned their right to inherit this planet after thousands of years of development. The only problem left is the power supply." "That's the simple part," Misato said as she approached, "Shinji won't just be spotting. He'll be using his Stand to charge the rifle faster."

"It'll take at least 180 Giga-watts to to pierce through the AT Field, Shinji," Yui clarified, "Meaning you'll have to push your Stand farther than you ever have. Think you can pull it off." Shinji smirked. "In a few hours, you'll either know or won't care." "There's only one place we can fire from that's safe from Ramiel," Kaworu noted. He noted a map of the island they were on. It was perfectly circular, with five areas surrounding a sixth. Kaworu pointed to a mountain in the grassier part. "We'll be firing from here. It's close to Ramiel without being in his range. Though once he detects us firing he will fire back. That's where the shield comes in." "Everyone get ready!," Gendo called out, "Operation Flying Fortress is set to commence in three hours!"

Units 02 and 05 emerged from the launch panel closest to the mountain, while Unit-01 used a launch panel further away so it could take off without being intercepted. 'This is Unit-01. I'm in the air and have visual on Ramiel. So Dad, how are we gonna get the core this time?' 'That we haven't figured out yet,' Gendo admitted, 'It's entirely possible that we won't be able to, and that we'll be forced to kill this Angel. You do realize that, right Kaworu?' 'I've already resigned myself to it,' Kaworu said sadly, the positron rifle in hand. Rei had finished setting up the duralumin shield.

The positron rifle started charging up as Shinji discharged his Stand's power into it. "We might not get it with the first shot," Kaworu noted, "We're close enough that Ramiel will detect the power increase." Sure enough, just as Kaworu was ready to fire, Ramiel fired off a beam of his own. Kaworu fired at the same time, causing the two beams to meet halfway before winding around each other. Ramiel's beam impacted just below the EVAs at the base of the mountain, causing the ground to shake but otherwise doing no damage. Kaworu's beam was more effective, impacting on Ramiel's drill and breaking it off, causing the Angel to go spiraling towards the nearby lake.

"Damn! Without the drill I can't get to Father! I'll have to leave it to the next sibling, but in the meantime I'll to deal with these machines to make it easier for them. The third one has shown its face now, looking much like a tiger." Just then, several fighter jets came in from nowhere, blasting more positron beams to attack, easily piercing Ramiel's outer shell. "Where did those fighters come from!?," Rei asked, "We never asked for backup on this operation!" 'The fighters have the symbol for SEELE!,' came Misato's voice over the comm, 'They must be trying to take this win from us!'

Kaworu quickly had Unit-05 leap onto Ramiel's shattered body before the fighters could make a second run and pulled out the core, moving out of the way as they blasted the empty shell. 'Shinji, get after those fighters!,' Gendo called out, 'It looks like they're going to the sky citadel! We'll arrange transport for Rei and Kaworu to join you!' "On it," Shinji said, directing Unit-01 to fly after the fighters. 'These Angels are only trying to rescue their father from what they perceive to be his kidnappers. I won't let them be massacred so senselessly.'

The area that the fighters wound up landing in seemed infested with giant Parasites. "Great…," Shinji said, "Parasites in this area can only mean one thing…" Rei and Kaworu soon arrived. "Ugh…," Kaworu said, "Were these created by SEELE's Stand virus experiments?" "A byproduct," Rei clarified, "The real experiment…" A sudden roar could be heard from a nearby water tank. "Is right in there." A giant squid-like creature known as a Kraken emerged, electricity surging through its body. "So its voltage versus voltage," Kaworu noted, electrical energy crackling across his fingers, "Might as well clean the area out."

The easy part was smashing through the Parasites, but the Kraken itself was tough, with a hard shell over its head that hid an electric node. Luckily, it was vulnerable to overcharge. Three of the monster's tentacles attacked, lashing out and smashing up the ground. Kaworu created an electric blade and sliced through one of the tentacles, Rei smashing through a second with her own power. Shinji charged up to deal with the last one. "Cruel Angel's Thesis!" With a massive discharge, Shinji was able to cut through the last tentacle.

The Kraken prepared a charge to retaliate, only for its eyes to go wide as something slammed through its shell and into its brain. The trio looked in shock as a young woman burst through its brain, the turned to face the Kraken. "Hungry For Another One!" The woman grabbed the remnants of the tentacle and, to the group's shock, began shoving it into her mouth. Within seconds she had consumed the entire Kraken, giving a final burp. "Ugh… Worst calamari ever." "Um… Who are you?," Shinji asked. "Banica Conchita," the woman replied, "I was in town hoping to get to know the local cuisine when I saw the fight against the Angel. Seeing one of the rumored EVAs flying to this fortress I thought it might be important, so I followed on a Cessna I bought a few weeks ago."

"Ah, you would one of the people brought into the future by the ritual of the Original Sin," Kaworu realized. "Yeah, and now that I'm free from that bitch Honami I wanted to see the world," Banica said, "Anyway, I think I'll lay off the food for a bit. Not only was that Kraken nasty to eat, it really filled me up. Good and bad, I suppose. Anyway, see you later." And with that, she walked off. "Well, anyway," Shinji said, "We have some breathing room before the next Angel." "Let's not rest on our laurels," Kaworu said, "It's only going to get harder from here. And who knows what SEELE will be planning in the meantime."

"So much for our plans to make it look like NERVE murdered the Fifth Angel," SEELE-02, the French agent, said. SEELE-03 was American, SEELE-05 Russian, and SEELE-05 British. Lorenz, of course, was SEELE-01. "And so much for our plan to deny NERV the power supply needed to power the positron rifle," Lorenz noted, "The Angels can sense each other through their cores. If they realize one of their siblings is dead, they will take more drastic action against the ones who killed them, or think killed them. All part of our plans to make NERV join forces with us. But we underestimated the strength of the First Child, and the fifth Child rescued his brother's core before it could be finished off."

"We still have everything we need to start our Third Impact and begin Instrumentality," SEELE-03 noted, "We only need NERV on our side because they are the only ones capable of stopping us. How are our plans proceeding?" "All is as scheduled," Lorenz assured his allies, "While some of our plans are indeed failing, it is nothing more than setbacks. Our real plan will commence once the last of the Angels has been dealt with. I have already made contact with Lilith. Soon, very soon, we will have our ascendance into godhood." He grinned as he said this, knowing that the less his enemies knew of his plans, the easier it would be to pull them off.

I did have plans to have characters from previous parts make cameos here and there. This is about saving all of humanity and the world, so of course it's all hands on deck. We'll get into more action next chapter. Read and review.