Act 1 - Near Impact
It was like an apocalypse. The air was so strong that breathing was difficult, the sky turned red out of nowhere, and an halo was looming all over Tokyo-3. The bright golden light clashed with the cold, bloody red of the atmosphere. All around the area, the people started to feel strange, as if their bodies were lighter. At the center of the mayhem was a distorted figure, its color was not recognizable, as it kept changing between black, white and red. Four wings spread from that figure, that accompanied the storm with its our screams.
The Third Impact was imminent. Misato watched toward the core of the Impact, unable to ignore the fact that she was the one who insisted on Shinji boarding Eva-01, at least this time. Even when no one believed in him, she forced herself to. Maybe out of pure affection for the boy she took in for months, or maybe because she needed all the help she could afford to not live another Impact. And now, that same boy was the catalyst for the Third Impact. Ironically, the apocalypse was about to happen because Shinji wanted to save a girl. Misato couldn't do anything about it, not even Shinji could have done anything at that point. Human were helpless while facing humanity's doing. Only an Angel, could save them. But the only Angels that visited Nerv were the enemies called after the real ones. Misato closed her eyes and bit her lip, after all that time, after all her effort, she was meant to die in the same way her father did.
In that moment, as if waiting only for everyone to lose hope, a light came from above. Hope was coming to Earth from the Moon.
"This time, I will help you find happiness"
This were the only words Shinji heard, a second before a lance pierced his Eva armor. The same way it started, the mayhem disappeared. The wind quieted, the screams stopped and a blue hole opened in the red sky, descending inside the golden halo that was disappearing as well. The distorted figure at the core of everything took its original shape, the Eva-01, and stopped moving. Floating over him was another of its kind; Evangelion Mark.6 looked like a real Angel.
"What was that?" were the first words of a confused Misato, asking for context. Unfortunately, not even her friend Ritsuko knew what was going on. "That's…an Eva? Is it the American one? No, it does not resemble Mark 4" A little context came from an unexpected and unknown voice, which opened communication with the two girls " That's Mark.6, is the Seelee's boy Evangelion.
To think that would come in handy in a situation like this" the female voice was new to Misato and Ritsuko, but it came from the Eva-02. "Who would you be?" asked Misato aggressively "Chill out, I'm not hostile. My name's Mari, I'm an American pilot, I came here to ride Eva-02 in emergency situations like this one" Misato's anger was growing by the minute "I'm not aware of your arrival, who authorized you boarding the EVA?" "I think it was your boss, but either way. Are you really in the position of being concerned about me right now? Isn't the little boy in some trouble over there?". Misato regained her cool and tried to open a communication with Mark.6, the new Evangelion didn't seem willing to killing the 01's pilot, but she had to make sure. "Ritsuko, is there a way to reach the Mark.6 frequency?" "Try using the 01's channel, maybe they're already talking on that one" Both Misato and Ritsuko tried making connection, but that was not needed.
It was Mark.6 pilot to contact them before they could do anything. "Don't worry Lilin, I've stopped the 01's awakening, but I won't kill Shinji". Misato replied to the mysterious pilot "How do you know Shinji's name?" "I'm Seelee's pilot, I should at least know my colleagues name, miss Misato. But now we have some other issues to thing about, I tried talking with 01's pilots, but I didn't receive any response. Can you organize a rescuing mission?" a radio silence followed the pilot's words, Misato muted her microphone and asked Ritsuko if the HQ was in good shape, to organize a rescue mission for Rei and Shinji, as well as a retrieve of both 01 and 02. After a while the pilot opened the communication again "Ah by the way, I think I was a little rude. I'm Kaworu, nice to meet you"