Taming the Beast

Taming the Beast

Summary: An error in the Space Bridge Project sends Coby, Lori, and the Convoys into the Eva Universe. Why are the Rumbles that Coby and Lori pilot so similar to the Evas? Is there a connection between the Angels and the Transformers? Will they survive?

Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion or Transformers Galaxy Force, but they are interesting stories.

Chapter 24

"We have it, sir, just as you said."

Keele smiled, "Good. Make sure the specimen is well contained. The scrolls were correct. This is the Seventeenth, the one who will signal the beginning of the end."

Kitsura Krishama, a 35 year old advanced tech scientist, lived in Tokyo-2. She was the main designer behind the Jet Alone project. After its failure in Old Tokyo, she had retreated to her mansion to think. Unlike most of her collogues, she was a kind woman, and had actually meant for Jet Alone to be a support unit to the Evas. Now that the prototype had failed, she had a chance to ditch the JSSDF and her contract with them in order to do what she originally intended; to help, rather than cause competition.

However, what she needed was someone who could help her build such a unit from scratch, without the JSSDF finding out about it again. That was how they had taken over her project in the first place.

She sighed, looking at the portrait of her old friend from college, "What would you do, Yui-san?"

A roaring sound, accompanied by a bright light and followed by a crash that shook her office made her jump. Looking out her window, she noticed a large crater where her empty private pool once was. She quickly rushed out, carefully approaching the crater.

Now, having lived in Tokyo-2, and having seen what happened in Tokyo-3, Kitsura wasn't shocked by much. But when a coughing, blue velvet-winged, female figure climbed out of the crater, she was rendered speechless.

The figure – a newly arrived Angel from the Alfa Centari Colony – brushed herself off, looking at the crater. "Sorry about that. I had some reentry troubles."

"Are you an Angel?" Kitsura asked.

"That is one name, but the official name of my species is Seraphic-sapiens. My name is Eve."

Galaxy Convoy waited at the outskirts of Tokyo-3. Here, he knew that anything Nitro Convoy had to report would be safe. Gendo's reach didn't extend this far, and there was no one else around. Eventually, he saw the Speedian approaching on foot, not something he was expecting. "What happened?"

"It appears that it was not a meteor that was falling, Soushireikan," Nitro Convoy answered. He held out his hand, showing the black figure with bat-like wings. "I found her in the crater. It seems that there are now more Angels here than just the ones that the Destroyer controls."

"I don't think I am surprised, as Cyborus' children were scattered all over the galaxy. Only a few came to Earth," Galaxy Convoy said. He held out his hand, taking the figure from Nitro Convoy. The Angel chose to wake up at that moment. "Don't worry, we mean you no harm," Galaxy Convoy reassured her.

"You are similar to us, I can sense it," she said.

Nitro Convoy nodded, "You were created by Cyborus. We were created by his other, Primus, who sent us here to help your Creator."

"Then you have my allegiance, as I have come with my comrades from our Colony in Alfa Centari to help free my brethren from the Destroyer. My name is Nefarious."

Cue the toast.

CACHUNK!

Cue the can opener.

DING!

Cue PenPen.

"WARK!"

That was louder than usual, Shinji thought to himself as he gave the penguin his customary breakfast. Rei came into the kitchen and gave him a quick kiss before she began helping him prepare breakfast. Eventually, the others joined as well. Misato let out her customary morning yelp. Asuka tapped her foot impatiently, waiting for her food. Lori, normally cheery, was glum, missing her Coby.

"There's a special test at NERV today, everyone," Misato announced. "We all need to be there in two hours."

"Another day, another dollar," Lori muttered, obviously uninterested. She tilted her head to the side for a moment and her eyes widened. "You're kidding!" she exclaimed.

"What?" Asuka asked.

"But how…? Oh! I can't?" Lori continued, as if she had not heard. "I still think… Okay, I can live with temporary. How's Coby? Really? All right! Tell Rumble thanks for me." She shook her head, "Sorry. Hitomi had some important information."

"Can't you talk to her in your head?" Asuka asked, annoyed.

"Mostly, but not always," Lori answered. "It feels weird."

"You're just insane," the German muttered. "To think he's married to you…"

Lori's eyes narrowed dangerously, "Don't even think about touching Coby."

"Before you two go killing each other, how is Coby?" Misato interrupted.

"Hitomi says he's already shedding," Lori answered. "By the time we get to NERV, he should be fully recovered."

"That's good, then he can help us," Misato said. I just hope Asuka doesn't kill anyone with what Ritsuko has planned.

"So if you do this, you should be able to solve the balance problem," Eve said, pointing it out on the plans to Jet Alone.

"Thanks," Kitsura said. "Do you think you could help me do this?"

Eve nodded, "I could, but not like this. I'll need to disguise myself."

"Well, I always wanted a daughter. I just never found the time to find a husband. You could try passing off as my daughter," Kitsura offered.

"That would be easiest, but there's a catch to doing that," Eve said. "I'd have to assimilate your structure."

"You mean, copy my appearance?" Kitsura asked. Eve nodded, and Kitsura held out her arm, "I don't mind." Eve grabbed her arm, and she gasped in pain as what looked like veins under her skin began traveling through her arm, stopping at her elbow. Eve had her eye's closed focused. Eventually, the veins seemed to retract, and Eve let go. Kitsura looked at her arm in surprise.

"You are unharmed," Eve reassured, before focusing again. Her biomembrane vanished, exposing her skin and leaving her naked. Her wings retracted as if they never existed, and her hair and eyes changed from their normal sea green and blood red to the colors resembling Kitsura's. In seconds, she looked like a younger version of the older woman. "Going by my true name could be dangerous. Do you have a name I can use?"

"I always thought that if I had a daughter, I would call her Mana," Kitsura said. "How about we get you some clothes?"

"What do you mean I have to take off my clothes?" Asuka yelled loudly.

"We need to know what kind of a difference the lack of clothing makes on your piloting skills," Ritsuko answered over the intercom. "Please remove your clothes as the elevator rises. We're trying to respect your privacy, which is why we put up screens."

Shinji did as they were instructed, feeling nervous. It wasn't just because he was going to be testing while nude, which he was sure would be uncomfortable, but he felt there was another catch to the whole thing. It wasn't until the elevator stopped and the doors opened, that he knew his fears were not unfounded.

"Here I am, naked as a noodle," Asuka proclaimed.

She needs a dog zapping collar, Rei thought for the umpteenth time that week.

"Now proceed through the room and enter your Entry Plugs please."

"WHAT!!"

Not wanting to hear one of Asuka's rants again, Shinji quickly stepped forward, "I'll go first, Asuka. You can wait till I'm gone." As he walked, he felt Rei fall in step with him and take his hand. He kept his eyes straight forward, but he still blushed redder than a tomato.

Deeper inside NERV, a black blotch of matter appeared on a wall. It seemed to migrate down to the floor, up the next wall, and through, repeating the process over and over again. This mutated Angel was comprised of several trillion nanoorganisms, slowly moving towards their destination.

When the Angel made it to the final room, over a billion organisms died in the frigid temperatures before the rest of the Angel had adapted, thriving on the cold. Using the same process, the Angel made its way to the center of the room, worming its way into the LCL filled tube, and into the silver-shedding figure inside.

Coby could feel himself waking slowly. It wasn't much, just a little here or a little there. Exhausted, the beast that had control previously was finally withdrawing, finding it useless to struggle against the cold environment it was in.

But as he became more aware of himself, he became aware of something else; something stronger than him, and was slowly taking the place of the monster that was there before. Fear gripped him as he felt, rather than heard, a mocking laugh.

He had just enough time to send his Symbiocon a distress signal before darkness claimed him again.

In another area of NERV, where the Symbiocons were helping Lori repair Megalo Convoy's broken hand from helping them against the last Angel, Rumble suddenly went – for lack of a better word – haywire.

"Rumble, calm down!" Lori called as her Partner tried to contain the flailing Symbiocon. "What's wrong?" Most of the sounds that came from Rumble were incoherent, but she recognized one screech that only had one translation: Enemy.

Lori grabbed her communicator, "Soushireikan! Come to NERV immediately! Coby's under attack by an…!"

"Angel!" Shinji and Rei simultaneously yelled, their bodies shaking from the sudden realization that they were so close to one.

"There's an Angel inside NERV!"