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Stage 24 [Mazin Kenzan! - The Demon God Arrives!]
"Interesting! So the Great Mazinger has returned?" Dr. Hell said as he watched the machine assist Unit 02. He rested the side of his face on his fist as he leaned forward on the throne-like seat within Hell King Gordon's cockpit.
"I wonder how long it was kept from us? But the presence of just one mere Mazinger will not change anything!" Saotome said and Dr. Hell nodded to the other doctor's image on his communication screen.
"If the Invaders can merge with Angels – then we can use SEELE's dogs to our advantage." Dr. Hell said, bearing his teeth in a wolfish sneer.
Stinger and Cohen giggled behind Saotome as a mass of Invader tentacles thrashed behind time, yellow eyes opening up along the mass of grey.
/
The Beetle craft flew low to the ground as Go scanned the immediate area. Neo Getter was in sight. The blue Getter's body was ravaged, the back caved in from Gore's stomping. Arms and legs were still bent at awkward angles and there was little chance it would ever function again without a serious overhaul.
He got within range of the fallen machine and stopped the Beetle craft, leaping out of the thin scouting ship and running to the Getter.
Go found any of the direct ways to the chest area was blocked by the caved in metal. The head, therefore, was the quickest way into the Getter. He boarded from the broken and translucent panel taking the place of the mouth. Deeper in the head unit he found a passed out Sho Tachibana in the pilot's seat. The red helmet with a prominent G in white cushioned the damage to her as she had no damage to her head once Go removed the helmet.
"Sho! Sho, are you alright?" Go asked, putting a hand on her white shoulder pad.
"G-Go?" Sho asked as she blinked. "Neo Getter is - " She began and Go nodded.
"Regrettably Gore was too strong. Or rather – we did not have time to prepare for the Dinosaur Empire's return since the banning of Getter Rays." Go stated.
"Kei and Gai! Are they alright?" Kei asked, trying to access the Getter's systems to get a reading on their vitals.
Go looked behind her to a hatch that would access the midsection of the Getter. "I'm going down the ladder to find Kei in the Neo Jaguar section. That area took the most damage but – I can't just expect my sister to be fine."
"Ugh. Alright. Here – it's only fair I look for Gai while you're getting Kei." Sho reasoned.
Go nodded and Sho climbed down out of the shattered mouth area of the cockpit.
The two of them hurried, hoping that they'd find their fellow pilots soon.
/
Sho felt her temple pounding as she ran to the far away pelvis of Neo Getter. The closest entry point to Gai's location was the lower back, but that had been caved it. Which left an emergency entrance in the Getter's inner thigh. Sho hoped the legs were intact enough to get to Gai as she paused to take a breath.
They had lost, but she had known it was going to be tough the moment Neo Getter launched. Sho heard the sound of combat in the distance and was relieved to see Great Mazinger had finally arrived. The Mazinger made its stand with EVA Unit 02.
Then Commander Jin's faith in the Mazinger pilots was paying off. She placed her trust in the active pilots as well – Gai's life might hang in the balance and she couldn't just bet on him being able to shake off the crash while she hid safely.
Sho continued moving and breathed as lightly as possible to avoid fumes of smoke created by the battle. There was also the presence of Getter Rays in the area, making the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. It was due to Shin Dragon, of course. Considering everything, Go was pretty calm given that thing's arrival.
"Come on Gai, be alright!" Sho yelled as she got closer to the fallen Getter's legs. She pulled out an emergency pistol and fired four times, loosening some bolts and letting her kick in a panel leading to the access point. It was less of a ladder system and more of a series of cables and tubes pumping plasma into the Getter's limbs. It would let her reach Gai but afterwards Sho really didn't have a plan. If he was seriously injured or unconscious than all she could do was report that back to Go.
She holstered the gun and climbed into the hole she'd made. It was lucky that Neo Getter had fallen the way it had – otherwise she'd need a ladder to reach the point of entry.
Then she began crawling amid the cables, following the way they curved to where the central unit would be. Her stop was a bit below that but it would make accessing it easy. She snorted to herself. And chief Ryoma had said reading those manuals was boring. Gai knew the internals of a Getter better than anyone and it made Sho glad he'd showed her some of the more in-depth schematics that he was obsessed over. After all – they might allow her to save his life.
/
The Invaders weren't shy about making their presence known, falling from the sky as the remaining MP EVAs were consumed by the mass of grey sludge and yellow eyeballs, more tendrils shooting out and stabbing into the fallen bodies and remains of the other MP EVAs.
"Dammit! The Invaders are absorbing all of them!?" Tetsuya yelled even as he fired another Breast Burn attack at the combined fusion.
A powerful AT Field barrier blocked the blast of fire and the composite EVA/Invader formed, as nine sneering heads of the MP EVA were conjoined to a gigantic white body with the same sleek white plating as before, now with more canine proportions and a black swirling mane of tendrils on it's back.
"It absorbed the last Cores too! This won't be over till we destroy them all!" Asuka yelled, pointing the remaining Spear of Longinus at the merged beast in a challenge.
"Those creeps inside of Shin Dragon must have decided to infect them! That's why Shin Dragon isn't attacking us yet!" Asuka complained, at a loss at the situation.
"Regardless, we'll face this monster together, with all the fire in our hearts!" Tetsuya yelled. "Double Mazinger Blade!"
Twin blades fired from each of Great's legs, as he caught both and passed one to Asuka. They stared up at the merged mass, the shadow of the gigantic beast falling over the Brain Condor as the creature pounced.
/
Shinji looked down at the sight below as Unit 01 stood, despite Yui Ikari's strange desire not to interfere with the struggle below – despite dispatching General Bat minutes earlier.
"Mother, why do you refuse to move? Why won't you let me help my friends?!" Shinji screamed.
He could identify Great Mazinger and Unit 02 fighting a harsh battle against some kind of EVA/Invader hybrid.
The hybrid fusion was hit with another explosion of the like as Unit 01 screamed again. Shinji grunted and focused, thinking about stepping forwards again despite his mother's resistance. It was like walking through a wall of molasses. He would have expected a refusal or just more silence had it been his father, but his mother shutting him out like this was a betrayal.
After an eternity of struggling, pleading and bargaining, Shinji stopped. The emotion that lay beyond his worry ignited like a lit fuse.
'You are going to move. If you don't, then we'll all die even sooner. Is that what you want, Mother!', Shinji thought. Still nothing.
Then Shinji stopped and took a breath. The sensations he felt in the cockpit were similar to when he's first met the Getter Team – inside of the void. The tingling was there, as was an abundance of the green particles. Shinji took another breath and tried to calm down. Yet – the residue was doing the opposite. Still – Shinji felt his heart beat strongly. Things like worry and fear melted away and the only thing that remained was an urge to act – not out of desperation but want. The urge intensified and Shinji could feel his mother's control on the cockpit wane.
It was like TV static as first, EVA 01 growling in his ears and applying tension inside of his entry plug. Yet now – it was as if he was by himself. Shinji could work with that. Ritsuko or Professor Yumi could spell out the hows and whys for him later.
"Fine. Move then, Shinji." He heard her say sternly.
He felt a huge shudder as the EVA took a step forward.
It was all Shinji needed to keep going.
Another step. He rode the EVA's acceptance that he pilot it like a wave as he exerted his thoughts and movements to move Unit 01. The Invader fusion turned, six of the nine heads looking his way as though they were laughing.
Finally, not a human or anything with a consciousness. Something he wouldn't feel regretful fighting. Shinji grimaced as the EVA kept moving forwards.
"Hey, don't look away!" Asuka roared as her EVA's AT field warped and slammed into the monster's own AT Field and made it stop. Three of the other heads looked to her and Great Mazinger, tendrils on its back shooting towards the pair.
Asuka extended Unit 02's arm and Shinji heard her grunt over the comm as the tendrils' strikes were repelled by the barrier. Then they merged together into a gigantic tentacle and rammed the center of the barrier. It held, but Asuka was pushed back.
"NOW, Tetsuya! Show me Great Mazinger's true power!" Asuka challenged.
"Very well, let's show her again together, Great! Scramble Dash!" Tetsuya yelled as the crimson wings of Great Mazinger sprang out of the robot's back, taking the the air as lighting cracked the rainy sky yet again. The blade Great Mazinger held was tossed away as it prepared for its signature attack.
The Mazinger pointed to the skies as a bolt of blue stuck it, conducting the flow of lighting through the angled golden horns on the sides of its head, before channeling it to both of its hands, pointed at the fused monster.
"Behold! The newly attained power of Great Mazinger - the proof of a true hero! Take this! - DOUBLE THUNDER BREAK!"
The resulting blast broke through the AT Field of the hybrid. The monster screeched in pain and shock from the reinforced AT field shattering. The monster didn't get time to recover as Asuka hurled the crimson spear towards the fusion.
The surging lighting caused the creature to let out another howl as the spear slammed into its chest area.
"Take that you overgrown monster!" Asuka taunted as the creature shrieked and the tendrils started to flail around. The heads all grinned and the lance started to recede into the creature's body. The heads looked as though they were laughing as the weapon sank further into the body. Then the creature's body changed as smaller red spikes jutted out all over the creature's neck.
"No way! It's absorbing the spear!?" Tetsuya noted.
The spikes fired in rapid succession, shards speeding towards Unit 02.
"No! I won't let you!" Tetsuya yelled as Great Mazinger fell from the sky, right in front of the Evangelion. Great Mazinger's black body of Super Alloy Z took most of the hits even as they shattered through Asuka's AT Field.
Great Mazinger was pushed back from the attack, falling into Unit 02. Both combatants hit the ground, red shards of the spear scattered all around them as Great Mazinger's armor had withstood the hits Unit 02's AT field couldn't block. Still – they had left their mark, a spray of crimson needles covering the Mazinger's limbs and torso as it had covered its own head from the attack. The pair of Mazinger and EVA were still as the crash had disoriented the two.
The creature roared and shuffled towards them when another roar sounded. It was the distinct howl of a berserker. In any other situation it would have been cause to worry but right now it was a sign that the battle had finally been joined.
"Finally here, you idiot." Asuka whispered with relief as the purple EVA was on the attack. Unit 01 biting into the creature's back and tearing away with its hands. The merged beast spun around, Invader tentacles slamming into the interloper, trying to absorb it and then dislodge it when that didn't work.
Still, Shinji wouldn't be stopped as he ripped and tore at the foe. His own anger gave more power to the EVA and he relished the strength it gave him. How dare it try to hurt Asuka like that!? How dare it go against an opponent nine against one!? How dare it appear to them in their most desperate hour as an enemy!?
He felt Unit 01's jaws bite into the foe as the heads writhed and they screamed. This time he would keep fighting until the very end. He clenched his own jaw and felt the bite deepen, his own bloodlust rising as his sync rate did as well.
Asuka raised Unit 02's right arm and her AT Field in kind. The orange barrier field slammed into the monster as it was distracted by Unit 01. The field cut into the back of the monster and it shrieked as blood leaked out of the wound. It was not enough to be fatal, but she got its attention.
The monster paused and used it's own AT Field to repel Unit 01, knocking it away. A tailswipe slammed into the EVA and sent Shinji sprawling. The EVA's mouth had torn a chunk of the creature's flesh off and it hissed at Unit 01 briefly.
The creature then turned back to the first pair and roared with all nine heads as Great Mazinger and Unit 02 stood up.
"We need to hit this thing with everything we've got-" Asuka began, readying the borrowed Mazinger Blade.
"Photon reactor, full power! Abomination, hear me now! You look at us the wrong way-!" Tetsuya warned as Great Mazinger leaned back, spreading out it's arms as the V chest sink began to simmer with heat.
"-You get burned! Let's see your AT Field deal with Great's full power!" He finished as the heatsink on his Mazingers' chest blazed orange and the machine leaned back in a similar fashion.
"Breast Burn!" Tetsuya roared.
Great Mazinger steadied its legs, leaning back ever harder as the blast of heat slammed into the monster, burning away black tentacles, yellow eyes, and white flesh.
The creature's body was decimated, leaving a writhing white blob that desperately tried to form multiple arms, legs and heads of the MP models.
"The core's in there, we just have to break it!" Asuka said, jumping at the remains.
The mass parted and began to attack as an MP head formed from the white and bit at her. Unit 02 stabbed with her borrowed Mazinger Blade and kept the head at bay when it divided into another head.
Asuka skewered it with a punch when the world shook.
A green glow illuminated the area and a roar was heard as the twisted and warped face of Shin Dragon looked down at the assembled cyborgs and machines.
/
Ryoma ran to the bridge of NERV, the staff too disorganized to stop him and Hayato. He set down Ritsuko as a woman with short brown hair turned, her face pale as she saw the older woman's condition.
"Doctor Akagi!" The woman yelled running from her station to crouch next to Ritsuko.
Ryoma turned to the old man in charge, Fuyutsuki, and addressed him.
"Commander Ikari is done for. Whatever he's planned . . . it's not going to go how he thought." Ryoma said and the other man smiled and closed his eyes.
"With what's about to happen, that hardly matters. We'll all be at peace in the end." The man said as Hayato looked to Ryoma.
"Ryoma, Go is calling Shin Getter. We should deploy." The other man said.
"Alright! Now that all this covert stuff is done, we'll finally settle things with Shin Getter Robo!" Ryoma declared and turned to the petite woman.
"You make sure she's in good hands." Ryoma said as the woman nodded to him.
"Of course, Mr. Nagare. I'll look after Ritsuko Sempai." She said with a smile.
"All right. I'll leave her to you." Ryoma said.
Then there was a shudder as a white and crimson giant fell into the Geofront. The Shin Getter Robo's body landed on the launch platform that had housed Unit 02, leaving the structure intact. The Super Robot landed on its' feet with a brief shudder and looked straight at Go.
The conversation ended as the Getter looking at the Getter Team with wide eyes.
"Get in!" Go yelled. Benkei was the first to move towards the Getter, Hayato following his lead.
"What about you Go?" Ryoma asked.
"I'm going to take the Beetle and see if Kei, Gai, and Sho are still with us." Go said and Ryoma nodded.
"Just make sure you come back to us when you're done." Hayato ordered and Go saluted.
"Yes Commander Jin. As the leader of Neo Getter's team, it's my responsibility since Shin Getter Robo already has three pilots."
"That's our cue then. Major Katsuragi, if you would launch us?" Ryoma said as he made his way to Shin Getter.
/
Gai woke up to Sho screaming his name and he wanted to go back to sleep. Then it hit him just where he was and what the hell had happened.
"Gai, we need to move!" Sho urged, gesturing for him to follow.
The third pilot of Neo Getter groaned and stood from his seat, feeling bruises that would surely be there the next morning if he lasted that long. He followed Kei down the ladder.
The pair began the long climb down and heard a sizzling sound.
"Hold on – that's internal damage to the Getter. If it's a plasma leak, that could be fatal!" Sho warned and they stopped, Gai feeling his tired arms scream as he clutched onto one of the tubes to keep him from falling into the interior of the Getter's body.
"Then what's that sound I hear?" Gai asked.
A yellow light shone dimly far below them and then a voice followed.
"Alright Getter Team, we carved a way out! Just follow our voices!" A booming yell sounded.
"Is that . . . Boss?" Gai asked with a surprised chuckle.
"It sure sounds like it." Sho said and was silent for a few seconds before speaking again. "They made some kind of incision close to where we are. Just follow me." Sho shouted up at him.
"Right. Hard to do that when we can't see a thing." Gai said, slowly making his way down the tube.
"This way, Gai." Sho's voice rang out and he heard she'd moved. He groaned and felt his way to a further tube to leap to. After a few minutes of following Sho around in the dark for the next way down, Gai could see the light more clearly.
It only intensified the closer he got to it until Gai could see the light from outside shine through.
And it was raining, he realized as he cold now hear that as well. Sho was visible below him, her white armor making her easy to see as Gai could now follow her visually.
She went through the incision and was gone. Gai made his way to the hole and could see it was some kind of heat ray that had made the cut. Once he was free of the tubes, Gai jumped through the hole and found himself falling into Boss and company.
The three men grunted as Gai fell, catching him and taking a breath to recover. The rain hit his face and he was glad to be free of the Getter's interior despite his love for all things mechanical. Mostly he was glad to be alive. Gai savored the moment as he sat up and looked to his saviors.
Boss stood flanked by his buddies Nuke and Mucha. To the side, Sayaka was looking over Sho for any bruises.
"We shouda' warned ya it was a bit of a fall. Sorry about that!" Boss chuckled before he broke out into laughter.
"Boss – you're all ok!" Gai exclaimed, looking around to see Nuke, Mucha, and Sayaka were unharmed.
"Up on your feet. We don't want to look bad." Sho chided and Gai sighed, taking her hand as she helped him up.
"Then that's all of us! We're all ok!" Boss said and gave them a thumbs up.
"But what about Kei?" Gai wondered.
"She's unconscious but she's alright." Go said, leaping down from the Getter's crushed back and holding his sister protectively.
"Sayaka, Boss. Can you look after her?" Go asked.
"Why? What are you planning?" Sayaka asked, taking Kei into her arms as she did so.
"I'm going to take Beetle into Shin Dragon. Since I was designed to pilot it, I may be able to distract them long enough for the Getter Team to make a difference." Go said.
"Not alone you're not!" Gai said, making a fist.
"A Getter Team is best with three pilots, after all." Sho seconded with a smile, putting her hand on the fist and Go did the same.
"Then – what are we waiting for – Getter Team?" Go asked with a grin.
The three nodded and began a mad dash for the Beetle ship.
"Then we'd best take shelter. Borot's head will be the first thing we can hunker down in, but we should make our way to NERV." Boss said with a shudder, looking out to see the fierce battle in the distance.
"Then let's hurry!" Sayaka said as the group began their journey.
/
"Now all we have to do is wait and then-!" Saotome stopped as something struck the gigantic Getter, causing it to shake.
"What the hell was that?!" Baron Ashura yelled.
A second strike. The massive Getter barely budged but all could feel the impact. Then a small by comparison black object streaked back, joined by a second. Each was spinning, a booster rocket in the back sending them backwards.
"What was that?!" Ashura yelped.
"Is that - a Rocket Punch!?" Brocken yelled.
"Who dares attack this ultimate Getter!? Show yourself!" Saotome yelled.
From the mist below, large crimson and demonic wings appeared. Their owner rose above Shin Dragon, the its' form fully visible as it hovered in the light that parted the skies.
Doctor Hell grinned at the sight. A bulky figure of super alloy Z tore through the wind, hovering before Shin Dragon. The new arrival's eyes blazed yellow with Photon Power as it stared back at them.
"So . . . Mazinkaiser emerges victorious from his duel to the death! And with a new Scrander, I see?" Doctor Hell asked through his machine's comm.
"That's right! And with Kaiser Scrander equipped, this Mazinkaiser is at full power!" Kouji boasted, boosting upwards to launch his next attack.
"The Emperor of Demons has donned his crimson wings! And now let's see you handle this, Shin Dragon!" Kouji roared as he went on the attack.
/
Ten minutes earlier
Kouji's head rang like a gong as he came to his senses. He remembered using the Kaiser Blade to fight against Ankoku Daishogun but the outcome had been uncertain. The teen grunted as he sat up in the Pilder, wishing that some more cushioning could be added to the interior. His thoughts to ask Professor Yumi about that stopped when Kouji remembered more. The Photon Labs could be in trouble. And on top of that, everyone he cared about might be dead.
From the Pilder's view he could see the ominous figure of Shin Dragon in the distance, closing in on NERV HQ. He tried the petals but nothing worked.
"Dammit, Mazinkaiser!? Don't tell me we used your last ounce of power against that General?" Kouji asked, dinging the side of the control panel in frustration.
"Kouji - ! Can you hear me?!" A voice asked earnestly.
"Professor Yumi! You're alive!?" Kouji half yelled to the comm to the Photon Labs in relief.
"Yes, Kouji. Now – I want you to stay right where you are. We've received contact from Jun and Tetsuya. While he helps out the EVA pilots, Jun's sending something to you. It should help against Shin Dragon."
"What is it? At this rate, Kaiser is out of power." Kouji said back.
"This is called Kaiser Scrander. It's a set of wings your Grandfather made for it. Jun and Tetsuya discovered it while they went over Dr. Kabuto's Super Alloy refinement theories. The Professors and I figured out how to give Great Mazinger the same armor as your Mazinkaiser. And in the meantime we had Jun smuggle Kaiser Scrander into Japan. It's got emergency power for Mazinkaiser, so once it docks you should be ready to go!"
"Alright! Then I can get off my ass and get going! Somebody's gotta show Shin Dragon that it can't just mess with us!" Kouji said with confidence.
"Then hold on. Jun's launched the Scrander. It should arrive soon." Dr. Yumi had said.
/
The present:
Kouji found himself feeling ready for anything as Kaiser's new set of wings had restored power to the machine. Enough to maneuver in the skies and recharge all of his attacks.
"Hey Professor Saotome! Why don't you test your ultimate Getter Dragon against my ultimate Mazinger!?" Kouji challenged with a cocky grin. Shin Dragon's head turned with difficulty to look at it's attacker as it recovered from the Turbo Smasher Punch.
The yellow eyes of Shin Dragon narrowed as its' mouth glowed green, firing a Getter Beam that Mazinkaiser was able to dodge by veering to the right.
"Beautiful. Truly and absolutely beautiful! I commend you, Juuzo. Even from beyond the grave, your mechanical genius is impressive." Doctor Hell admitted as he gazed on the machine before him.
"Incredible. It's complete. With that Scrander equipped, Juuzo Kabuto's final Mazinger is . . . worthy of our wrath! Feel free to try and fight back, Kabuto! But I assure you - even the densest Super Alloy Z can't save you now from your death!" Saotome yelled as another Getter Beam, this time wider than Mazinkaiser's body, fired from its mouth.
"Hah! You can't dodge a beam that wide!" Saotome pointed out as the blast neared its target.
"Well I don't need to worry about that attack! Not when Photon energy becomes a burning flame! FIRE BLASTER!" Kouji roared.
The curved heat-sinks on Mazinkaiser's chest blazed red, firing an equal blast of power at the approaching Getter Beam. Both attacks connected, holding for a moment as the energy collided. Then a massive explosion occurred from the result, consuming both combatants in a bright explosion.
The blast dissipated and both foes continued to move. Both Mazinkaiser and Shin Dragon were fine as they reorganized, Kaiser boosting away while Shin Dragon lunged at the Super Robot, trying to pluck it from the sky with its long arms.
"Please! With this set of crimson wings, Mazinkaiser might as well be faster than the wind compared to something the size of Shin Dragon! You can't catch me that easily! Now! Photon Beam!" Kouji commanded as the photon rays fired from his Mazinger's eyes.
The beam struck Shin Dragon's neck and did minor damage. Kouji could hear Saotome grunt as the attack hit.
"Since Kaiser uses phonic based attacks, you can't absorb that energy directly!" Kouji stated before flying in front of Shin Dragon's face and letting loose with an uppercut. Shin Dragon felt the impact and its frame rattled.
"Hmph! Perhaps you've inherited some of your Grandfather's smarts as well as his work! Then you will feel Shin Dragon's power as recourse! You may be able to match Shin Dragon for now – but we have a nearly unlimited supply of Getter Rays!" Saotome pointed out.
"Given the struggle you endured against Ankoku Daishogun, that Scrander is also on a set power supply. Now – it doesn't take a genius to understand you're outmatched here, Kabuto." Dr. Hell said as Shin Dragon recovered.
Shin Dragon prepared another Getter Beam but before it could fire, a Gigant Missile flew in its mouth, detonating and stopping the attack from working. Shin Dragon shrieked as a trail of smoke emerged from its open mouth as it looked stunned for a moment.
"Let me put this in words simple enough for anybody to understand -" Kouji began as Mazinkaiser cut through the air, wrists spinning as it neared Shin Dragon again.
"- As long as I have this Mazinkaiser – Kabuto Kouji will never die!" He finished, reaching Shin Dragon's neck and letting loose with all of Kaiser's strength.
It was a devastating right hook that caused Shin Dragon to shake. Kouji grinned. Even something much larger than Mazinkaiser would shudder from the Super New Z Alloy fists at that velocity.
"Tenacious pest!" Saotome yelled and went on the attack again as another Getter Beam fired from Shin Dragon's mouth and stuck Mazinkaiser directly, sending the Super Robot sprawling back.
"Hah! Even with all of your armor, you're still susceptible to our Getter Beams! Now to end this once and for all!" Saotome declared. Shin Dragon's mouth opened again, the damage from the Gigant Missile completely healed as it prepared to charge another destructive Getter Beam.
"That's my line, Old Man!" A voice cried out as a long battle axe slammed into Shin Dragon's face, distracting the beast.
"Who dares interfere!?" Saotome yelled.
"Payback's a bitch, you bloated corpse!" Ryoma yelled as Shin Getter Robo's crimson frame cut through the rain and wind, leaving a lime green zig zag pattern in its' wake. Shin Getter rose, its dark blue bat wings spread out as the machine flanked Mazinkaiser, hovering in the sky.
"All right! Now that Shin Getter has arrived, we're twice as strong!" Kouji said, making a fist.
"Hmph! Shin Getter Robo appearing at the last minute! I should have suspected as much!" Dr. Saotome stated with a tisk.
"The one and only! Now - Getter Tomahawk Lancer!" Ryoma responded as his Getter generated even more tomahawks from its back and hurled them all at Shin Dragon en masse. They all connected, though Shin Dragon was not fazed in the slightest.
"Now, Kouji!With me - GETTER BEAM!" Ryoma yelled as the emerald beam from his Getter's forehead struck the axes embedded in Shin Dragon's body.
"I'm with you, Ryoma - PHOTON BEAM!" Kouji joined in as Mazinkaiser's eye beams struck the same targets. The axes detonated from the exposure to both types of energy, causing minor explosions all around Shin Dragon's body.
"Damned fools! Even with your ultimate Getter and Mazinger, you stand a poor chance against our evolved Shin Dragon! That amounted to little more than a scratch!" Saotome boasted.
"But they're not alone!" A voice cried out.
Great Mazinger had taken to the skies via Scramble Dash – flanking it was Unit 02 and 01, each balancing on the Great Booster with a steady crouch.
Tetsuya acted next and pointed at the large Getter with his Mazinger's extended pointer finger.
"Thunder Break!" He yelled, the lightning dancing through the air as the bolt struck Shin Dragon's body.
"Hmph. Then the entire Super Robot Army is alive and well! I'll enjoy crushing all of you before humanity is no more!" Saotome boomed as Shin Getter Robo, Great Mazinger, and Mazinkaiser assembled to face Shin Dragon together.
"Now let's hear your little speech again about me not having enough power?! With this entire Super Robot Army here, we have what it takes to stop Shin Dragon!" Kouji exclaimed.
/
Lillith rose, the body elongating and rising far above the skyline as the body became closer to that of Rei Ayanami's, the eyes staring forward eerily. White arms spreading apart as the head looked straight up.
The remains of the MP EVAs emerged from the melted slag, each unit rising in a pattern. Lilith stood to her full height as the ritual began.
Meanwhile the Spear of Longinus near the moon spun around and began a swift trajectory back towards the Earth.
It was time.
/
The EVA pilots could only watch from the Great Booster as Thunder Break and Photon Beam fired at the colossal Shin Dragon's face. Like all the other attempts to damage Shin Dragon, this latest volly had little effect.
"Fools! Even at this point of Instrumentality you still face me?! Do you really think you're a match for Shin Dragon!?" Professor Saotome's voice was heard.
"The remaining Invaders are aboard Shin Dragon. Therefore you're our priority. A greater priority than even Lilith. Eliminating you ensures a future for our planet!" Hayato said as Shin Getter fell back, keeping Shin Dragon at bay with an emerald Getter Beam from its' forehead.
"That's right! If you're going to use this last Getter to try and destroy the world - we'll use these last Mazingers our father and grandfather made to defend it!" Kouji yelled back.
"Don't speak to him, Hayato, Kouji! You're wasting your breath!" Tetsuya said as Great Mazinger dodged one of Shin Dragon's claws and fired a Great Typhoon blast at it.
"Hmph! Even Double Mazingers allied with Shin Getter are no match for the power of Shin Dragon! Getter Beam!" Saotome yelled as a huge blast of green slammed into Mazinkaiser from above.
The Super Alloy robot was stunned as Shin Dragon advanced, ramming its much larger body into Mazinkaiser's own. The force of the blow knocked Mazinkaiser down, spinning through the air and getting caught by a double-fisted blow that sent the Super Robot plummeting further down into the water.
A huge splash was created and then the water was still save for some ripples.
"Kouji! Mazinkaiser!" Tetsuya yelled as Great Mazinger flew up higher, avoiding Shin Dragon's second blast.
Shin Dragon slowly hovered over the lake, taking its time as it neared NERV's damaged base.
The arrival was cut short as a funnel of wind shot up from the water, rapidly building up into a dark grey vortex that even Shin Dragon had to take pause to withstand.
/
"Rust Tornado huh? Then Kaiser's down, but not out! Let's take initiative and show all of these guys Shin Getter's power!" Benkei yelled.
"All right then Ryoma! Let's go by your advice and bore a big hole right into Shin Dragon!" Hayato seconded.
"Change, Getter Two!" He followed up as the super robot took off, separating and re-forming into the sleek white version of it's second form as it flew towards the larger Getter, drill at the ready.
"Drill Attack!" Hayato yelled as the white machine slammed into Shin Dragon, boring through it's hide and entering inside.
"Let's keep that up!" Tetsuya yelled as Great Typhoon struck the same spot, keeping the wound open.
"Ready when you are, Kouji!" Tetsuya yelled as Mazinkaiser emerged from the water, arms extended as Kouji spoke.
"Got it. EVA team, let's all deal with this thing. We'll take it down in no time!" Kouji declared.
"Fools! If you truly want to see the belly of the beast, we'll let you all in ourselves!" Saotome's voice roared as the arms reached for Great Mazinger.
"No thanks! We'll make our own way!" Kouji bellowed as Mazinkaiser cut it's thrusters, falling through the hole in Shin Dragon's body with a double kick as Great Mazinger followed his cue.
"Very well then – forcefully resign yourself to your fate, Kabuto! Tsurugi!" Dr. Saotome said with a laugh. Then the monster turned to the Evangelions.
"Children, now that the adults are all gone, shouldn't you be supervised?!" Saotome continued as Shin Dragon advanced through the air towards both of the Evangelions.
"Dammit! We can't just stand here!" Asuka yelled, leaning forward to guide the Great Booster straight at the rapidly closing wound.
"Shinji, hold on!" Asuka yelled, clutching the Spear of Longinus with one hand and Unit 01's in the other as the Great Booster she rode entered the body of the enormous Getter.
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"It won't notice us at our size! Let's slip in while this Beetle can get us there!" Gai yelled, Sho accelerating the Beetle craft as it began to spin. The rotations let it function like a drill as it bored through the mending hole and followed the Great Booster.
"This is Shin Dragon alright." Go said, closing his eyes as he focused and did his best to hide his scent from the Getter Rays. Sayaka had loaned them her Photon Power pistol and they'd hooked up Boss Borot's engine to the Beetle in the hopes that enough exposure to Photon Power would keep Go hidden from the Invaders.
"We're here." Sho whispered before all three pilots were rendered speechless at the sights before them.
/
Shinji screamed as he saw darkness. He found he had no time to ponder it as his senses were suddenly overwhelmed.
"Suffer! Suffer even more! Die in agony!" he heard Saotome scream as two faces appeared in front of him, gigantic and two-dimensional. One was a man with light blue coral skin with an abnormally large mouth. The second was a dark skinned man with sunglasses and a shaggy blonde mane of hair and a beard that looked leonine. Both men laughed and Shinji screamed on the inside.
"Not human." Yui said. "They're Invaders!"
"Now, witness the despair of humanity right before your own death! All will mourn!" The voice of the blue skinned one was heard.
"The tragedy of those who thought they could fight us. In the end you'll fall, just like every other life form." The dark skinned man seconded.
Then Unit 02 and 01 floated in a sea of fluids, no doubt the inside of Shin Dragon.
"The boy is ready." Doctor Saotome said.
"Then he will be the sacrificial lion to our ascension!" Doctor Hell seconded.
That's when they saw it. It should have been long dead, but here it was, inside of Shin Dragon's body. The Angel Areal's form floated above both of them and its body flashed twice as both Unit 01 and 02 were hit by its beam.
"Areal?! But that thing should be dead!" Asuka yelled before she tensed up, feeling the same dread as the beam of light shot from the Angel and struck Unit 02 again.
"No no nononononononono - !"
Asuka screamed as the visions returned. A single door opened, revealing Asuka's worst nightmare. Even with her mother at her side, she was powerless as a gigantic doll appeared, dwarfing even Evangelion Unit 02 as it grew larger and larger.
"Asuka. Die with me." The doll said in her mother's voice as it raised a leg to crush her with, her body straining as the canopy of the Evangelion began to strain with the pressure.
"Mother, help me!" Asuka screamed in her mind, but she heard nothing in response.
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"Weak! Far too weak!" Kenzo Kabuto yelled as Tetsuya emerged from Great Mazinger's first sortie, saving Mazinger Z.
"I eliminated the enemy as you ordered, Father!" Tetsuya said, saluting right before his step-father slapped him.
"Fool! Great Mazinger was supposed to truly surpass Mazinger Z! It's the perfect machine! I can't use the perfect machine if I don't have the perfect pilot!" Kenzo Kabuto yelled as he turned away.
"Leave! I want you gone by tomorrow. I'll see if my real son can pilot this machine just as well as he piloted Mazinger Z!" The man said and Tetsuya felt his world unravel as he sank to the floor, shaking.
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Kouji saw Mazinger Z looked at him, the departed machine's mirthful appearance drastically warping as it . . . spoke to him?
"Pathetic. You cannot hope to control my replacement. You cannot even begin to understand the power of a Mazinger pilot." Z said as the Pilder opened and his grandfather emerged from it, blood trailing down one side of the old man's scarred face.
Juuzo Kabuto's body fell from the Pilder into the void as the canopy closed and Mazinger Z began to warp. The grille split open to create two irregular jaws. The eyes narrowed and glared at him. The shoulders and chest enlarged as the silver crown became more angular and fearsome.
"I am the true Mazinger. And I will bring this world to ZERO." The creature spoke as it opened it's mouth and stooped down to consume it's former pilot.
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Shinji fell into the void as Eva Unit 01 ejected him and he heard Yui Ikari's voice.
"Leave me, Shinji. I no longer need you. I never needed you."
The voice said as Shinji floated into space, alone. Unable to control where he was going. Then he spun around and looked down.
The bodies of Mazinkaiser, and Great Mazinger were torn limb from limb, oil leaking from each missing limb. Unit 01 stood over their remains, roaring to the skies with both arms outstretched in blood lust.
Shinji froze as he saw the next sight. Unit 02's body was completely torn apart, the handiwork no doubt of his Mother. An eye hang loosely from the Evangelion's socket as it's toothy mouth hung open. The first time Shinji noticed Asuka's EVA had teeth as well. And where the entry plug – where Asuka would be was completely destroyed.
Shinji Ikari screamed for a long time.