Chapter 82: Demented Angels
The next day came around in which it was the first sync test for Eva-03. Misato arrived with the new pilot to the 2nd testing facility. It was on the surface and several kilometers away from Neo-Tokyo 3 and the Geo-Front entrance. Toji blinked and looked around the warehouse size building and all the equipment inside.
"It's huge," he commented continuing to look around while following the Major.
"It is. This is the newest testing building that has all the features and capabilities of NERV's testing equipment and facility."
"Is that…the robot I am going to pilot?" he asked seeing the dark blue unit.
"Yep. This is Eva-03," Misato answered looking at the war machine as well. "It was made in America so will have to use a translation modifier to get through the synchronization sequencing."
'I know one person would be head over heels to be in my shoes right now,' the jock thought. Misato went to a tech lead for a status update. Hearing that all systems were functioning and good to go, she turned to the Fourth Child.
"Alright. Let's get to it," she stated seeing him nod with a neutral face. "You all right?"
"Just a little nervous."
"That's normal. Let's get you ready."
Both the pilot and Eva was scanned and screened to make sure things were optimal. Seeing that both read green, Toji was escorted into the entry plug. Sitting in the cockpit and grabbing the hand controls, the escorting techs left. Hearing the hatch go down, it closed with a hiss and mechanical locks sounding. Taking a deep breath in and exhaling out, Toji tried to relax. However, his nervousness from before was heightened. Not knowing what would transpire, he felt uncomfortable. One was from the skintight plug suit. The other was a fear of becoming scarred up like the Third Child.
[Are you ready Pilot Suzuhara?] Misato stated on the comm-link.
"Yea…I'm ready."
[Good. Commence synch-test!]
The procedure started off smoothly as the mental links from the pilot to the Eva were going green. As the "border line" link was approaching, the Eva's eyes were glowing white. Once passed the minimum mental link connection needed for operation, the procedure started to become turbulent.
"What's going on!?" Misato stated hearing alarms going off and red lights flashing with warning signs.
"Eva's bio readings are changing…It is going Code Blue! Code Blue!" a bridge monitor stated.
"What?" the Major replied in shock. Turning toward the Eva, its eyes went from white to red then started to shake. A small section of armor on its back opened up a little. Flesh and vein connections were showing underneath each one. There was also a development of some kind of biomass that covered the entry plug.
"Eject the pilot!"
"Command rejected! An organism has fused with the armor! Eva going critical!"
As the unit tried to shake itself free, the mouth guard broke and its mouth opened. The last thing that Misato saw was a flash of its eyes as the surrounding area went white. In the mountain area where the new testing facility was, something of an N2 mine explosion was seen. It had a similar column of expanding gases, earth, and light as it reached high into the sky. A rush of fast hot air expanded outward from the ground pushing and ripping out vegetation.
Back at the NERV base, alarms were already going off before the incident occurred.
"Explosion at the test facility!" Makoto stated from his monitor station.
"What!?" Ritsuko stated startled. "What happened?!"
"Code Blue! Angel spotted in the test facility!" Maya stated in surprise.
"…" Gendo stated sitting and watching from his command chair. Both Kozo and Yui were standing by. Only the scientist looked shocked and surprised from the explosion. The bridge crew watched as the possessed Eva-03 walked slowly out of the smoke and ash cloud. Its arms were hanging loosely as it walked slowly and hunched forward a little.
"Battle stations! Assemble the pilots to their units!" the Commander ordered.
The Eva pilots were already on base when the explosion occurred. As a precaution, they were told to get in their plug suits and wait during the first synch-test for Eva-03. As they waited in the designated lobby room, the alarms went off. All four stood up then heard the room phone rang not too long after. Asuka answered it first and received a short message. Putting the phone back in the receiver, she turned to the others.
"Let's move. We got ourselves an Angel to kill," she said heading toward the door. The others followed and jogged to the Eva cages.
"Hey Shinji?" Rana asked jogging next to him.
"Yes Miss Rana?" Shinji replied not having his blackout glasses on.
"…I…feel nervous."
"Regarding?"
"You going into Unit-01."
"…" he said as the group rounded a hallway corner. The Eva cages were still some distance a ways, but the path to the command center was coming up. Rana would have to break off there.
"You'll…be fine…right?" Rana asked a little paranoid and slowing down to a stop.
"…" the Third Child said slowing down to a stop and looked at her. Bowing his head to her, he didn't say anything as he went back to jogging. Rana watched him catch up to the other two Eva pilots as they got further away.
"…" the female twin commented with anxiety. Putting a hand on her chest, she closed her other hand into a loose fist. Shaking her head a little, she jogged to the command center. When the three Eva pilots got into the Eva cage, the techs quickly escorted each one to their entry plug. Once they were in, procedures commenced to load each capsule into the Evas.
"Initiate synchronization procedures!" a tech lead stated from the control room. The link-up process for both Ayanami and Asuka went without issue. As Shinji watched the process commencing, a soft sound was heard then getting louder and louder in the background. Feeling a mental ping through his head, he felt something over his arms.
"…" he said slowly moving his eyes down.
Blood drenched and slashed up tentacles were slithering over them. His skin immediately felt littered with goosebumps and blinked. Hearing the soft sound now very close to him, he looked slowly back up with a stoic face. The dark clone with dark magenta eyes was nose to nose with him. An inhumanely wide grin was on its face with black and red blood staining it's scarred up face.
[Synchronization for all pilots complete. All systems go!] the tech lead stated over the comm-link. The connection was not opened by either the Third Child or the command.
Rana came into the command center and went toward where Dr. Akagi stood. Seeing the faux blonde turn and nod at her, the female twin nodded and stopped. Turning to the large main screen, the hairs on the back on her neck immediately stood on end. Blinking and not seeing anything wrong, her insides felt like they were squirming for some reason. Crossing one arm over her stomach and holding her other arm, goosebumps flared over her body.
While all the Units were being moved to the vertical track system to head toward the surface, both the male pilot and corrupted voice continued to stare at each other without blinking. The atmosphere in the cockpit turned nightmarish as Shinji started to see memories being played in the background randomly. Each one was quickly splicing into one another. Oddly, the Third Child only felt phantom sensations and no fear of the dark version boring back at him. It seemed to make its smile wider and its eyes to glow more.
[Evas are stationed and locked! Ready for vertical transit!] Makoto stated.
[Eva launch] Ritsuko ordered. At the hit of the button, all three Evas shot up to the surface.
"…" Shinji replied. He still hadn't blinked as he felt a couple of tentacles starting to dig and pierce his skin. He didn't flinch or blink from the sensation of pain. Something began muffling into the background, but he couldn't distinguish if someone was talking or not.
'…H…e…L…l…O…m…Y…s…E…e…D…' the twisted clone responded with malice and vileness.
'…' he thought giving an internal bow. He felt the appendages worming themselves up his forearms more.
'Greetings sir.'
'H $^#O $^ $W…are you?' it started violently then spoke calmly still in front of the male pilot's face.
'I have been,' the Third Child stated in his mind when all three Evas became topside. 'Relatively well. How are you sir?'
'…i…T…'
[…that is what we know so far] Dr. Akagi said through the comm-link. Shinji blinked and saw the demented voice's image magnify. Its face was bigger to the size of a teenager. The eyes opened wider as well as the numerous ragged teeth from its cut up mouth.
[How did an Angel get into that Unit without being detected?] Asuka asked out loud.
'…H…a-a-a-a-a-a-a…SSSSssssSSsss…' it voiced with pent up tension in the Third Child's head.
The tentacles began snaking slowly into his torso giving small muscle contractions in his body. A wave of its morbid breath came with black and red blood coming out as a stream onto the boy. It only took a couple of seconds till Shinji was saturated with the crude iron smell liquid. Again, the male pilot only blinked. He remained motionless and passive to all the agony and horror it was doing to him.
[Based on the scans done, there was no indication that it was from something physical. More biological. The last images recorded at the testing facility was Eva-03 changing some of its internal structure.]
[That could be anything though!] the Second Child stated out loud.
[Yes. We don't have much information to make a conclusion yet. If the three of you take it out, then we can figure what went wrong.]
'…B…E…E…N…' it whispered as its figure enlarged again. The only thing that the male pilot could see in front of him was its gigantic dark magenta eye. Blood veins were etching into its sclera with crimson seeping out of them. The appendages started to wrap around organs with one slowly going up his spine and neck. It caused the Third Child's right eye to twitch a little.
"This will be easy. Its 3 on 1," Asuka stated with a smirk. Opening the comm-links to the other pilots, she saw Rei with her stoic demeanor. Looking at Shinji, a small horrid vibe came through the channel. Blinking and feeling her insides tense up, she shook her head. As much as she wanted to shout at him to stop the creepy act, his black-red eyes were not helping.
[Listen up you two. I will take it out. Just act as my supports till I say so.]
[Pilot Souryu. All of us are instructed to take down Eva-03] Ayanami responded stoically.
[That's why I am leading this team. Just stay out of my way Wondergirl.]
[…] the blue-haired pilot replied. Though not changing her expression, she gripped her controls in annoyance from the nickname.
'E#$ #$^n #$% L$^($i #$^ G#^*($h%*)%)T ##^*N%&*)i^*_ N #$%^g,' the evil clone voiced as a crude mouth split the eye open. It showed a mouth full of crude, crooked shark teeth. The large hole seen was its esophagus.
'…?' Shinji said blinking as the single appendage was worming its way up through the backside of his skull. When he felt it start to dig into his brain, his vision changed in strobes. It would go static then to altered surrealism. Strangely, he could hear what was occurring in the entry plug still.
[You got that Third?] Asuka stated over the comm-link.
"…" he said feeling unable to move his head. A feeling of many small sharp points was slowly coming out of the tentacles slimy surface. Goosebumps littered his body as they began to wiggle around in place and lightly stab various inners.
"…yes…" Shinji was able to say normally until his mouth shut close without his control.
[Good] the Second Child stated and focused on waiting for Eva-03 to be spotted.
"…" Rei said feeling her insides become very tense hearing him speak.
Opening up a private comm-link to the Third Child, she felt a wave apprehension emitting from it. Blinking and looking at him hard, Shinji looked like he was sitting stoically. Despite looking relatively fine, Ayanami felt dread infect her mind and nerves regarding him. Strangely, there was a faint red tint of the Third Child's cockpit image.
'…My…SeEd…' the enormous eye mouth stated in a deep monstrous breath. 'Have you heard…of the DuMmYpLuGsYsTeM?'
"Pilot Ikari's synch is changing rapid and randomly!" Maya stated reading the sudden notifications on her monitor.
"Must be the start of a relapse. Bring up his mental scan!" Ritsuko ordered watching the bridge monitor type in the command. A window screen came up in which only static was seen. About to state a refresh on the scan, the bridge crew started to see crimson liquid slowly ooze. It came from the top of the window and dripped down to the bottom.
"What the…" Ritsuko stated feeling her nerves become a little rattled. The aura that it emitted felt more than creepy. Before anyone reacted, the crimson vanished. The screen glitch a couple of times before it showed the Third Child's mental scan.
'…no…' Rana thought knowing whose presence that was. However, it felt more eerily and vile than she remembered last time.
'…dummy…plug…s-s-s-sir?' Shinji thought feeling all of his scars and openings on his body burn and bleed. He closed his eyes from feeling blood coming out in tears. Without his control, his teeth pressed hard together. His lips pulled back showing his clenched whites that were tinted slightly red.
'…y…e…s…I've heard! #$#$^SOMUCHABOUTIT!' it shouted monstrously as darkness started to surround the male pilot.
[Ikari?!] Rei stated seeing trickles of blood oozing out of his eyes, mouth, nose, and plug suit. Apprehension filled her mind as the aura emitting out of the comm-link was terrifying. It made her fearful to move a little. Seeing his face register something painful, veins on his temples were surfacing and pulsating visibly.
"Eva Unit-03 spotted" Shigeru stated from his monitor. Putting the camera feed on the main screen, the war machine was seen lethargically moving towards the base.
'…L…e…T…'…s…' it voiced making the tentacles start to vibrate causing the Third Child's entire mind to go haywire. Losing control of his senses caused everything around him to become chaotic and agonizing.
"All pilots get ready to intercept!" Gendo ordered.
[Roger] only Asuka stated.
[Ikari!? What's wrong?! You are bleeding profusely!?] Ayanami stated out loud causing the crew to blink in surprise.
"Pilot Ikari's synch is going haywire!" Maya stated watching the numbers of him change randomly up and down.
"Bring up the cockpit feed!" Yui shouted in worry.
The window appeared and showed the male pilot was oozing blood from all openings including from the neck region of his plug suit. Everyone tensed up greatly with wide open eyes seeing the painful expression the pilot had. The clenching of his teeth that kept bleeding made everyone cringe.
'…EEEEXXXPPPEEERRRIIIMMMEEENNNTTTT!' the corrupted clone shrilled to ear piercing loudness.
Bulges rapidly traveled down the tentacles length and thrust into Shinji's body. Without warning, his whole body exploded sending gore and insides everywhere in the entry plug. Everyone just stared with gapping mouths at the unexplained horrific brutality that just occurred. Several seconds of utter silence passed as the crew just stared at the camera feed of Unit-01's bloody cockpit.
"…" Kozo said dumbfounded from what happened. Blinking and seeing Dr. Ikari lean too far back, he reached and caught her. Easing her to the floor, he saw that Yui had fainted with a pained expression.
"…" Rana said as her face went into shell shock. Tears began falling down her face as a fear began filling in her head. Loneliness and emptiness slowly began overtaking her as she fell to the ground hard on her knees.
Walking down one of the hallways in the South Neo-Tokyo police station, Rayne was hit with a sudden pull in her stomach. Suddenly, the memory of the underground lab came to her with the image of the male Eva pilot lifeless on the floor.
"…what was that?" she muttered leaning on the wall for support. Wondering why she was feeling a sense of dread, it felt the same as she felt when everything went black in the lab.
'…this feels the same as…oh no…' she thought with wild eyes.
"INITIATE THE DUMMY PROGRAM FOR UNIT-01! DO IT NOW!" Gendo barked in shock, anger, and fear. The bridge suddenly came alive as they collected themselves and got back to their stations. Both female Eva pilots stared in shell shock horror at the live feed to the purple Eva's cockpit.
"…!?" Asuka said as fear gripped her with tears developing in her eyes. "…what…how…why…?"
'…!?' Rei thought flabbergasted.
She felt unable to move as a hailstorm of emotions took over her. Vision became blurry from the tears that formed in her eyes. Her heart felt immensely painful from feeling someone stab it. Her mind hurt from not understanding how or why the combustion happened. A small part of her felt that something had been ripped out of her.
[PILOTS! YOU KNOW YOUR MISSION! FOCUS ON TAKING DOWN UNIT-03!] Gendo barked over the comm-link. Though it made both female pilots get out of their stupor, it only helped a little.
"Dummy plug program commencing for Unit-01!" Maya stated with tears going down her face.
"How are the connections?!" Ritsuko said in a controlled voice not wiping the water from her eyes or down her cheeks.
"Connections stable and operating!" Shigeru stated.
"Dummy system engaged!" Maya reported.
'…yyyyeeeeeessssssssss…' the twisted voice commented slowly. Chuckling in a demented tone, it felt a ping echo in the space he was a prisoner to. Grinning inhumanly wide, he looked down at the entry plug. Narrowing its eyes at the makeshift primordial slurry, the dark version slowly looked up and gazed at the dark blue war machine.
Eva-01 had slumped forward a bit when the organic explosion occurred in the entry plug. Suddenly, its white eyes changed to a haunting glow. It got up into a hunched position with a downcast head. Slowly moved its head up, it gave a grinning glare impression at the incoming Angel. Without warning, it sprinted towards the Angel with uncanny speed then jumped in the air.
"Unit 01 is active and about to engage with Unit 03!" Makoto stated suddenly.
'We will see what the dummy systems nature is,' Ritsuko stated as the crew saw the unit quickly collide with Unit 03.
Evading attacks from each other, they eventually interlocked their hands into a power struggle. The crew watched as Unit-03 started elongating its arms to overtake Unit-01. The purple war machine emitted a deep and low chuckle as it leaped a little into the air. Not letting go of Eva-03's hands and moving its body un-normally quick, it tucked both legs and shot them out to drop kick the other unit. Unit-03 let go and traveled backwards several hundreds of feet till sliding to a stop. Looking back, Unit-01 was hunched over with arms leaning in front. Its mouth guard popped off and dropped to the ground crating a large divot in the ground. Oddly, its white teeth were exposed and had a wicked grinning expression on its face.
'…strange…,' Bardiel thought inside Unit-03 staring at the purple war machine. 'There is more than one mind in that lilim capsule…I don't understand.'
'…don't…understand…yeeesssssss?'
'…!?' the Angel thought hearing a vile and malicious voice speak to it.
"Why does Unit-01 look…barbaric in its stance?" Maya asked.
"This is the nature of the dummy system. Though it receives commands without the use of a pilot, its characteristic is that of a obedient primitive being. Though tested in simulation, this is the first time we have activated it through a field run," Ritsuko said feeling eeriness just watching Eva-01.
'It is showing signs of premeditative behavior…the dummy system shouldn't be able to do that,' she thought when the Unit-03 roared and thrust its arms at the purple war machine.
The infected Eva's arms elongated themselves as its hands reached for Unit-01. The grinning machine didn't move until the last second. It dropped to the ground and launched itself forward on all fours. Like a hyped up bear running, Unit-01 ran quickly toward Unit-03. The Angel retracted its elongated arms trying to grab the purple Eva. Changing direction suddenly, Eva-01 went back to running on two legs. Once the arms were back to its body, Unit-03 watched and turned toward the other Eva making a shallow arc toward itself.
"…?" Shigeru stated hearing low decibels sound through the headset he was wearing. "I'm picking up very low and odd frequencies. Calibrating."
"Is it a transmission?" Ritsuko asked.
"It is just noise right now. Give me a second," he responded typing on his monitor and changing several settings.
"Eva-01 is ejecting the entry plug!" Maya stated with a shocked face.
"What!? Cancel it! Override it if you have to!" Dr. Akagi ordered with fear on her face.
"Rejected! Unit-01 is not responding!" the tech stated as Eva-01's head slid forward and pushed out the entry-plug. It was still running and operating as its left hand reached to grab it.
"Got it!" Shigeru stated out loud. "Putting the frequency on speakers."
[…Sp# $^ Re #$%# Ad…] a distorted and deranged voice stated cutting in and out. Eva-01 pulled the entry plug out and its head reseated back in place. The action seemed to make it grin wider. It was in close range to the dark blue Unit as it swung an elongated arm at it.
"…no…no no no…" Rana said instantly recognizing the voice still shell shocked and starting to shake.
[ #%$!I #%$N$% #$F#*#E^*&C$# ^T#$^ ] multiple voices from male to female whispered in various tempos and pitches.
"…" Gendo said watching Eva-01 evade the attack and rushed to be in front of Unit-03. The hairs on the back of his neck were standing on end. Everyone else watched in terrified silence as the purple war machine thrust the entry plug into the dark blue unit's chest.
[cOnTaMiNaTe $%*&(#DeFiLe #$&(#! DISSECT! #$^ #$%] a monstrous morbid roar sounded over the speakers and continuously dropped in pitch. The impact of the thrust was fierce enough that it penetrated Eva-03's chest. At the same time, half of the entry plug was semi-crushed and inserted.
"NO! STOP IT! LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Rana shouted in her shell shocked state as her tears continued to flow. Everyone nearby flinch hard and look at her with wide eyes.
"No…stop," Rei whispered seeing half of the smashed entry plug in the dark blue unit's chest. An overwhelm rush of emotions overtook her as her whole body tensed up and her mind raced.
"stop…stop! STOP! STOP!" Rei shouted watching as the purple unit emit a deep sinister chuckle. Asuka blinked in surprise from the First Child's outburst, but didn't move. Her whole body shook as she was still trying to process what was going on.
"My god…" Kozo whispered still holding onto Yui that was still unconscious.
Bardiel grunted and projected its AT-Field quickly. Nothing happened as Unit-01 slowly stood up still hunching forward. Its arms dangled in front of it as the Eva tilted its head to the right. Everyone heard a loud gruesome crack as a deep low exhale was heard from the purple war machine. The Angel swiped its arms at the Unit quickly. Not hitting anything, it blinked seeing that Eva-01 ducked on all fours then leaped back like a monkey.
'…' Bardiel thought looking down at the dark blue Unit's chest.
The entry plug was crudely inserted; however, it was semi-smashed in. Oddly, there was no puncture in the capsule meaning all the fluid inside was still contained. By the time the Angel looked up, Eva-01 did a rushing side kick into its chest. The force and power behind the attacked gave it whiplash as it flew fast backwards toward a nearby mountain side. As if everyone watching gained micro-vision, they saw where the kick was placed.
"NO! SHINJI!" Rana screamed watching the entry plug get crudely compacted into the other unit's chest from the force of the kick.
"…!?" Anayami said seeing the entry plug become shattered inside the Angel's chest.
Something inside of her started surfacing rapidly. It was not a warm sensation. It was more savage. Primal. An emotion that caused her to shake and her face to become enraged. Her heart burned as hot coal inside her chest making her body clench in rage. Slightly looking up, Eva-01 stood up and tilted its head sideways. It slowly turned and looked directly at her. Seeing its evil grinning caused a ping to go through her head.
'Control yourself child!' the First Child's other self stated firmly to her.
'…I…I…' Rei thought feeling her head in a rip tide of emotions that boiled her over.
'YOU WILL CEASE THIS TRIVIAL EMOTIONAL SPAT CHILD!'
'I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS!' the female pilot mental roared in her head as her eyes started to glow a little. Without warning or listening to orders, Eva-00 exploded forward. Each running step caused mild upheaval of earth underneath its feet. The Unit was heading toward the purple war machine blindly fast taking the NERV crew and the Second Child by surprised.
"Pilot Ayanami! Cease pursuit of Unit-01! Disable Unit-03!" Gendo barked having calmed down a little.
Unit-00 fiercely engaged in combat with Unit-01. The purple unit evaded all the attacks that the First Child was throwing. However each attack the blue haired pilot did, they started to become faster and more precise. Feeling slightly irritated that she was not responding to him, the Commander input a command. A comm-link window opened on the main screen that showed the cockpit of Unit-00.
"…!?" Gendo said feeling his mouth part while hearing gasps and surprises from below.
The NERV crew saw the First Child's expression was beyond angry. She showed her clenched teeth as she relentless continued her attack. Everyone cringed when Ayanami threw a swift right hook that collided with Eva-01's shoulder. A loud boom was heard on impact and sent the purple unit sliding backward a couple hundred feet. When it slid to a stop, the crew heard only the First Child breathing harshly through her teeth. Unit-01 slowly stood up and hunched forward again. It continued to give its corrupted grin.
"…" Rei said breathing heavy and at a quick pace.
Feeling something digging into her mind, she grinded her teeth. An immense impulse came to her as she was in no state to control herself. Rei let out a blood chilling scream that shell shocked everyone watching and listening. Eva-00's body shook with its hands curling into murderous fists as it couldn't emit a roar with its mouth guard. Suddenly, it sprinted after the Unit-01 faster than it was before.
"...!?" Asuka stated still in shock. She still was registering it in her mind of the stoic female pilot explode with emotion and action. It looked like all the anger and frustration that the albino pilot balled inside burst in an instant. Hearing the Commander's order to disable Unit-03, she looked back at the purple unit.
'How did that happen?' the Second Child thought with a lost stare.
'I don't understand…this…this has to be one of his mind tricks of some kind,' she thought shallow and with a downcast face. 'It is…isn't it?'
"…you…idiot," the redhead whispered feeling numb and her mouth quivering.
Almost lost in her thoughts, the sound of someone sobbing caught her attention. Looking up at the comm-link to the command center, Rana could be seen. The shell shock sorrow and painful look on her face triggered a memory. Blinking and turning toward Unit-01, it evaded Rei's savage onslaught. Seeing the purple unit leap far back away and sliding to a halt, it suddenly tilted its head toward Asuka's direction. The private comm-link from before came on with only audio and static.
[ENJOYING #$ %^HER #%$ %^SUFFERING!#$^ #^DOLLY?] a low and deep voice whispered from it cut in and out of static.
"…" Asuka said feeling her whole body tensing up.
Memories from the past and younger self flooded her mind. As much as she wanted to resist seeing them, they played through her mind. The emotional and psychological response from them was pushing her buttons quickly. The last word echoed in her mind in which rapid images of a redhead doll being held in a female adult's arms. Seeing the imagery again and again repetitively, the significance made the Second Child clench her teeth in anger. Glaring at Eva-01 and gripping her controls intensely, the demented grin sent her over the edge.
"I'M NOT A DOLL YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" she roared. Unit-02 sprinted just as fast as Unit-00 did and fiercely collided with Unit-01. The purple Eva quickly threw the red one off of it. Recovering her Unit, she slid on the ground going backwards. Baring teeth and looking back, Unit-01 engaged with the cyclopes war machine in powerful hand-to-hand combat.
"I'm not done with you!" the Second Child shouted gripping the ground and propelling herself into a quicker sprint than before.
Finding an opening, she swiftly shoulder rushed into Unit-01. Colliding with it hard and throwing it off balance, Ayanami reacted fast. Gritting her teeth harder and lunging forward, she dropped kicked the back of the purple war machine hard. The NERV crew cringed from hearing the loud sound of the blow and watching Eva-01 get launched several hundreds of feet forward. It recovered in mid air to land on both feet. Sliding to a stop, the power cable connector was smashed and had fallen off its back.
"Power cable disabled from Unit-01. Five minute emergency power engaged!" Maya stated. Everyone else watching the main screen did not see that both female Eva pilots' synchronization levels were higher than normal. The crew watched as the purple Eva slowly turned around as both Unit-00 and Unit-02 had already sprinted halfway the distance.
[…] the dark clone commented.
It felt its face grin to impossible lengths. Emitting a rapidly crescendos of noise, the pitch kept getting higher and higher to piercing. When it went above the human hearing range, Eva-01's white glowing eyes turned crimson. Just as they changed color, both incoming units collided and combated with the purple war machine again.