Chapter 86: Infection
After driving for some time away from Neo-Tokyo, the unmarked van pulled into a somewhat deserted facility. The driver parked the vehicle in front of what looked like the delivery entrance in which two SELEE agents came out of the shadows. They came to the driver side as the operative showed his credentials. Nodding, the shutter doors opened up allowing the van to go through.
Rayne poked the SELEE agent with the pistol as he drove the van forward. The entrance was a front as there was a down ramp going into lower levels for a short distance. Traveling through the tunnel a little bit, an opening came up. Out of the tunnel, they stopped descending and drove into an underground parking lot. There were unmarked black sedans, vans, and limos. Going to a parking space, the agent parked the vehicle.
"We are here," he said not moving due to the gun still pointing firmly into his side.
"…what now?" she asked looking cautiously with her eyes.
"My superiors are expecting you. They told me to escort you in."
"Really? How nice of them," she said without smiling.
"There are more guards inside the facility so it is rather pointless to keep that aimed at me."
"I am pretty comfortable as is. Get out."
Keeping her pistol trained at him, both got out and left the other two agents in the van. Rayne followed him closely keeping the pistol right in his back which kept the operative a bit alert and tense. Reaching a wall section, there was a small panel. Getting out a card, he inserted it in a reader. Massive locks sounded followed by the release system. The wall section slowly retracted up revealing a hallway. The SELEE agent felt the push of the pistol on his back and walked forward. After going through the hallway, it opened up to a lobby are where a dozen black suits had assault rifles and pistols trained at both him and her.
"I told you. If you-!?" the agent started to say when the sound of a hammer being cocked behind him made him stop talking.
"Officer Hymity. Release the agent and toss your weapon. If you do so without further altercations, your sentence will not be severe," one of the assault rifle wielding operatives stated.
"…" Rayne said then de-cocked the hammer slowly.
Bending down a little, she slid the pistol on the ground toward the dozen men. Seizing his chance, the agent in front of her turned around to slug her. Rayne dodged quickly then gave a swift kick between his legs. Watching their comrade go down in pain, the others did not move. They continued to train their weapons at the officer. One agent picked up the pistol and walked back to his position.
[That's enough] a voice sounded on the loudspeakers. [Bring her to the chamber.]
A couple of agents walked forward keeping their rifles trained on the young officer. When they got in front of her, one agent put his weapon down and got out handcuffs.
"Turn around," he ordered. Compiling, she turned around and felt the handcuffs placed on her wrists and tightened.
"Move," one of the armed agents stated using the gun to turn her around.
She felt two rifle muzzles push her shoulder blades as she walked forward following the black suit in front of her. Going through a series of hallways, the inside of the facility looked clean and bare. There were signs that it was an older facility seeing cracks in corners from time to time. The operative in front stopped at double sliding doors and turned around. Inputting a code at a nearby panel, the doors opened to reveal a spacious empty room. A few yards away from the entrance was a chair facing away from them. Feeling the muzzles push her back again, she walked forward. Getting next to the chair, she was told to stop.
"Sit in the chair," the agent stated. Compiling again, she sat putting her hands over the backrest then to her sides. Another SELEE agent got out another locking mechanism.
[That won't be necessary unless she can't discipline herself] a voice echoed throughout the room.
Nodding, the agent backed away and left the room. Hearing the doors slide shut, the room became dark with little illumination around. After waiting in silence a bit, Rayne suddenly became surrounded with black rectangular pillars. Each of them had a number on them at the top.
[Welcome to SELEE…prototype.]
'Prototype?' she thought not knowing which one spoke out.
[Do you know why you are here?]
"…not really, no."
[Do you know what SELEE is?]
"Other than an immoral and unethical government organization, I could care less," she said with an unpleased face.
[Silence subject! You shall show obedience when talking to your masters!]
"Oooo, someone is a bit stiff."
[Insolence!]
[Enough!] a stern older gentleman's voice rose in volume above the other pillars in the room.
'Must be the leader,' Rayne thought staring at the black pillar in front of her with 01 on the top.
[Prototype. Do you know what you are?]
"…" she said blinking and thinking about it. "Other than believing I'm human, there is a reference of me being a G.M.O."
[…] a wave of murmurs was heard from the other pillars until the leader spoke again.
[For what purpose?]
"…I am guessing a weapon of some kind or something similar in that nature," the officer said hearing more murmurs and whispers.
[Did the Third Child inform you of your purpose?] a pillar to her right asked.
"Third Child?"
[NERV's Eva pilot of Unit-01. Shinji Ikari.]
"…" she said only blinking and keeping a straight face. Recalling her interactions and what he told her, he only gave her information that she specifically asked for.
"He only told me where I was born and who my parents were. Nothing more."
[He had done much more than that. He trespassed and was unauthorized to go into those government areas! As a law officer, you failed to stop him!] a voice from behind stated unpleased.
"…" Rayne said with a neutral face while clenching her hands into fists.
[Prototype. It is true that the facility was where you came into being. During the time of your creation, we were the administrators. Knowing the uncanny nature of the Third Child and what he gained access to, his words do not lie. If you believe his words or not, it does not change the fact that you are a G.M.O.]
"…!?" Rayne responded in shock. She felt her eyes widen from hearing them tell her that she was not normal and a product of scientific experimentation. Snapping out of her stupor, she heard a pillar from behind talking.
[Right, that means we are your masters. You obey us.] it stated with mirth.
"…" Rayne said yawning loudly.
[You are in no position to act defiant girl!]
"Ooookay," she said looking at something on her shoe.
[You dare mock your creators?]
"Pretty hard to take you seriously when only holographic images are talking."
[You don't deserve to see our presence!]
"I am quite sure I don't want to see any of you personally."
[And why is that?]
"Because if I know what you all look like," Rayne stated and glared at the 01 pillar. "I will personally hunt and kill all of you."
A couple of the pillars were about to speak when they saw two faint orbs on the pillar 01 being reflective. For the ones that were in front of her, they could see her orange eyes glowing. It solidified their identification that the young officer was the prototype.
[It would be wise if you ceased that plan prototype. Our connections can wipe your existence so that you have never been born.]
"A little late for that…pops," she said with an emphasis on the last word.
[Hmm…] the 01 pillar said thinking.
[You insolent creature! You dare talk back to us! I will personally have the pleasure of revoking all that you have earned as an officer on the force! Even better, how about being an illegal alien?]
"Wow, you would grant me that? At least that means I am a person and not your lab experiment."
[Quiet you-!]
[04…If you cannot control yourself, leave] pillar 01 stated.
[M-My apologize.]
'I must have gone insane to talk to a group of bickering bricks,' Rayne thought with a sigh.
[Prototype. We have an offer for you that would be best to consider. As of right now, the crimes that you, the Third Child, and the officers of the law enforcement station you belong to have yet to be dealt with.]
[Two agents were assaulted and were attempted murder at the hands of your strike force team.]
"Oh, you mean when YOUR two agents trespassed into NERV disguised as doctors and kidnapped me?"
[Silence woman!]
"You're addressing me as a woman now? I feel like I have upgraded my status from being a freak of nature."
[Guards! Throw this thing in a cell!]
[04…Leave.]
[B-But sir, I-] was the last that the pillar said before fading into nothing.
[Prototype. If you cannot control yourself, we shall end this and put you in a cell till you are willing to listen.]
"…" Rayne said still frowning at the leader pillar before looking to the side. "…fine…"
[The crimes that you committed with the Third Child are still active. However since we have made arrangements with NERV regarding the matter, the charges have been dropped to a lesser degree. Lastly are the crimes of the assault you committed on three of our agents today.]
"…"
[Normally this would warrant your arrest and have you tried in court then sent to a public jail. The police force you were employed to would be furloughed for an extended period of time as well as other officers prosecuted for attempted murder. However, we have a proposal.]
"…I'm listening…"
[NERV has already begun building the next Eva units in various countries around the world. When those machines become closer to completion, pilots will be chosen to fit the needs of piloting it. You will be the next pilot in line.]
"…" Rayne reacted with a bewildered face. "Me?!…W-why?!"
[We don't have enough intelligence on what goes on in NERV at the Neo-Tokyo branch. The Commander there is an intelligent, scheming, and allusive individual. It currently holds four Eva-units. Unit-03 was delivered to their base and somehow was not destroyed.]
"…isn't…that a good thing that it wasn't destroyed?"
[No]
"…" Rayne said blinking still confused. "…okay…"
[In being the next Eva pilot at that branch, you will serve as our spy and gain intelligence on what plans are going on there.]
"A spy? Don't you have enough agents to do that?"
[A good number of our spies have been either captured or killed.]
"Guess NERV knows how to sniff you guys out."
[You are wrong prototype] a pillar stated as a projected screen came on. It was shown on the rectangular body of 01. The video started playing which showed a NERV employee at a terminal looking suspicious. The nearby door opened and the male pilot walked in normally.
[The Third Child…] the leader stated as Rayne seeing the end result of the spy. Another video clip started showing another NERV staffer at a terminal. Again, the Third Child came into view momentarily.
[…has dealt with each spy…] he continued as the second ended. The third video began in which showed how one spy received brutality by the male pilot.
[…personally] he stated as the last remaining video clip showed something different. Instead of Shinji walking through the hallway door, the video glitched. He suddenly materialized in the video and was directly behind the spy. Static flashed for a second and showed the operative lying on the floor. His head was gone and the walls were covered with blood. The boy turned around slowly showing that he was holding the agent's head. It looked to have been ripped off.
"…!?" Rayne said leaning back in fright.
What made her wary was seeing that his eyes in all the videos were dark magenta. None of them were the black-red eyes he currently has now. Regardless of how things are now, seeing that the brutality was not something Shinji did from a mental episode was scary. The fact that he did this often sent goosebumps throughout her body. Shaking her head visibly to compose herself, she went back to a neutral expression.
"What is the difference between refusing and agreeing?"
[If you agree, you shall only be in a holding cell here for seven days before receiving your new orders. If you refuse, you shall be transported to a remote SELEE facility. There, we will have staff of scientists to continue with your…experimentations.]
"…!?" she said showing an enraged face at 01. All of them heard the handcuffs shake and the links on it start to stretch. One of the pillars behind her was about to call the guards when their leader muted them. Watching and waiting, the officer slowly calmed down. While breathing and lowering her head, she gritted her teeth together feeling her hands were tied.
"…I'll do it…"
[How can we be so sure that you will obey?] another pillar asked from the left.
"If you let me do the same experiments on you, I think you would pick the first option," she answered giving evil eyes toward her left. Before any of the other pillars lashed out at her, 01 started to chuckle.
[Good…I am pleased with that answer. Summon the agents and escort her to a cell.]
All the pillars suddenly vanished revealing the dark empty room again. Sliding doors from behind her opened up and shined light back into the chamber. Hearing footsteps, she peered back to see two figures with assault rifles.
"Let's go," one ordered in which she stood up and followed.
Leaving the large dark empty room, the three walked down the hallway a ways passing a number of doors. All of them were not marked and had no windows. Stopping at one, one agent entered a code at the door panel opening it. It showed normal amenities of a prison cell that was furnished. Entering, she walked to the table and turned around to face them. One operative kept an assault rifle to her head while the other patted her down. He removed a couple of ammo clips, cell phone, handcuffs, a pocket revolver, hunting knife, and loose bullets. After completing the search and placing the items in a bucket, he took her handcuffs off.
"Take off the uniform. Start with the top."
"…" she responded with a frown. After removing the blouse, the agents saw that she had a mini tank top on exposing her stomach. The straps were narrow and showed her athletic curves. Inspecting her police shirt and finding nothing, he placed it in the bucket.
"Remove the pants."
"…" she said keeping the same frown.
Both of the operatives thanked the shades they had for hiding where their eyes were looking. The agent inspecting loosened his collar a little seeing that the young officer had shapely strong legs when the pants were removed. Handing him the bottoms and the belt, he didn't find anything else in them. Satisfied, the agent placed both items in the bucket and took it. The black suits left the cell and took one last look at the young officer who was now glaring at them.
Watching the cell door close and lock, Rayne let out an irritated sigh. Looking around the cell, she found a small camera in the corner. Despite feeling like she was exposed and a part of a voyeurism video, she could only deal with the feeling for now. Finally feeling the exhaustion from the day, she lied down on the bed.
"…" she said looking up at the ceiling.
'Back to being a lab rat again,' she thought looking at the camera and pulling the cover sheet over her.
'7 days in here…guess it could be worse. At least I won't be experimented on again…I better not be. Being a back-up pilot doesn't sound so bad. The spy part…I wonder what that will be like.'
'So much for the police career route…at least I will get to see more of where Shinji works,' she thought turning onto her side and curling a little.
'I wonder if he responded to my message,' Rayne wondered as her eyes slowly close from sudden sleepiness.
Inside a large Eva cage, all four Units were placed in it. Several technicians in contamination gear were using instruments to take readings. The overall goal was to find possible exposure of contamination from the Angel that infected Unit-03. In the control room, Ritsuko was supervising the process. With her team of technicians in the room, they took down information that the contamination team were reading out loud.
[Contamination scan of Unit-00's head is complete. No signs of altered cell structure or deformities detected] a tech in the cage stated.
"Copy. Continue with the next portion," a tech monitor stated in the control room.
"Seems everything is going alright so far," Maya stated sitting at a terminal near Ritsuko.
"So far…yes," Dr. Akagi stated looking at the units.
So far, there have been no signs of Angel contamination to the other units. Moving her eyes toward Unit-01, its mouth guard hadn't been put back on yet. The toothy grin with its eyes blacked out made a small shiver go down her spine. Looking over at Unit-03, she thought about the probability that the Angel was only dormant inside of it. Seeing movement in her peripheral, she glanced over at the lone person standing at the large and wide observation window.
"Is she okay being here?" Maya asked in a soft voice.
"It is fine for now…just let her be," Ritsuko said quietly and looked down at her clipboard.
"I feel so bad for her," the female tech stated with a worried expression. "I've heard when something happens to one twin, it gets felt towards the other. They also feel that a part of them has dies when the other perishes too."
"Psychologically speaking, yes."
"Should there be a guard to watch her in case anything happens?"
"…" Dr. Akagi replied. Looking up, Rana was standing in front of the window with her hands fidgeting a little in front of her. Watching the First Child come into view, she stood near the female twin and looked out of the same window. If both were talking to each other, she couldn't tell.
"For the moment, Major Katsuragi is keeping an eye out as well as the children," she said looking back at her clipboard. Remembering something that Shigeru stated during the Angel attack, she told Maya to begin recording brain wavelength frequencies.
"…" both Rana and Rei said standing and looking through the control room window into the Eva cage. Seeing all the techs moving about in their contamination suits made them seem like ants. Both didn't say anything as they stayed silent for a while.
"Hey…Ayanami?" Rana asked quietly.
"Yes?" the First Child said blinking and glancing at her.
"Do you know if a person's soul lives on after the body is gone?"
"A person's soul?"
"Yes," Rana said turning her head to look at her with sad eyes. "Someone's essence…do they stay after dying?"
"…" Ayanami said blinking and slowly turning back to the window. Thinking about the question to herself, she tried to recall any conversation that dealt with that topic. In the talks with the Third Child, discussing about souls was not a subject that was dwelled on. Going further into her thoughts and remembrance of dreams, something seemed off.
'…I am the second Rei,' the First Child thought blinking. 'The first Rei died…then I came into being. However, I do not hold the first's memories or personality…if the first is different than myself…then…do we have the same soul?'
'A soul?' Ayanami heard her second self talking in her head. 'We transcend beyond the capture of souls in vessels. We are beings with a purpose to re-create this world into a body of one. You do not have a soul.'
'…I…don't?'
'You are just a vessel...just like a puppet.'
'…I…' Rei thought feeling tense.
'…am…not…' she continued feeling her insides twist.
'…a puppet…' the female pilot declared feeling her fingers curl into loose fists.
"Ayanami?" Rana asked. Seeing her blinking a couple of times, the blue haired teen became less rigid.
"…" the First Child said looking down a little. "…I…do not know…I will research it."
"…I-I will do the same," Rana stated smiling and looking back at the window hopefully. After some time passed, Misato came and got both teens. Despite the female twin wanting to stay, the Major convinced her that she can come back tomorrow after school and future times. Watching Rana go back to the window, the teen gently placed her hand on the glass.
"I'm going now Shinji. I'll be back tomorrow. See you then," she whispered then turned around. Walking back to the group, the tech monitors did not see any changes in the readings of the Evas. As they left, the screenings and monitoring for contamination continued. Despite all the analyzing and testing being done, they didn't know that the spirits in each unit could sense the others.
The horrific sight of the Third Child dying in the cockpit and the brutish fight of the dummy system rattled the spirits inside the Evas. It made the spirit in Unit-00 the most emotionally strained. Part of the feeling was from being attached to the male pilot due to his relation with the Commander. Another part was from the mental connection during the cross-piloting testing. The last part was due to feeling the emotional explosion and anguish that the First Child felt when the Third Child perished. Strangely, Naoko had a vague feeling that he was still around somewhere nearby. Looking to where the source was, she thought she found him at the observation window.
'…what the…' she thought blinking in bewilderment. Thinking he was cross dressing, she became perplexed at seeing him dressed up as a female. Staring hard at the individual, doubt slowly seeped into her essence.
'…no…that isn't him…' Naoko thought. 'I don't remember a twin child…what is that?'
The spirit in Eva-02 did feel sympathy for the late Third Child. It was conveyed due to the feelings that the Second Child felt when the male pilot exploded. Despite sharing the same emotional wavelength with Asuka, part of her felt dread. When Unit-01 mocked the female pilot under the dummy plug system, Kyoko felt rattled. The mental imagery going through the redhead's mind made the spirit feel guilt and self-hatred. What made her wary was the aura that Unit-01 was producing. Not only that, Unit-03 was producing something similar as well as.
Since being in the larger Eva cage altogether, both souls in Eva-00 and Eva-02 felt hostility and madness from the other units. However, there seemed to be a crowd occupying the dark blue war machine. Almost as if there were a couple of entities emitting from it. There was one that was a prisoner while the other one was from the Angel. The remaining one in Eva-03 had matching vibes as Unit-01, but only by a lesser degree.
Despite not conversing with each other being off-line, the spirits in Unit-00, 02, and 03 could hear something electrical being turned off and on at random. Thinking about what that sound was, it seemed like a comm-link engaging and disengaging. Hearing a sound of a computer glitch, they saw the purple and dark blue unit staring at each other. It had been only silence since being in the Eva cage until a telepathic thought emitted through the open comm-link channels.
[ #TELL ME #%$^ #m…y…s…e…e…d… #$^ #HoWvAsTiStHeMiNdFrOmThEoNeFrOmAbOvE?]an eerie and vile thought sounded from Unit-01. In the background, there were sounds of chains shifting around with something wet sloshing quickly.
[…I…h-h-h-have…not found…aaaaaaaa$% $…boundary…] a murky thought responded from Eva-03. There were noises of something swimming underwater slowly.
[W-w-w-w-wwwhhhhyyyyynnnoottttSEEEEEEEEEKKKKKK#$#$ ITS E-E-E-E-E-E-SSSSSSSSSSSSSSENCE!] the evil aura shouted in different voices. Its outburst echoed as if they were in a large room. The other spirits noticed that some of the contamination techs were suddenly nervous working around Unit-01.
[…blood…too-too-too-too-too-too…thick…can#$n't%!##…seem…to…f-f-f-f-f-f-fiiinnnnddd #$% #$] the dark blue unit thought back with its voice glitching into white noise. The sound changed back to swimming underwater, but now had a very low breathing sound.
[Heeeeeeeeee#$ #$!ANUTOPIAFITFORCHILDREN!] Unit-01 thought screaming in ecstasy followed by a gruesome snap. A deep monstrous growl came afterwards followed by the sounds of various drops of wet splats on an unseen floor. More techs around the purple unit were slowly shifting away from it.
[…Adam…Lilith…] a different sounding thought came through the comm-link channels.
It sounded more distant with a delusional tone from Unit-03. Alarmingly, many chaotic sounds and demented voices roared over it. Some screams were in fear while others were more barbaric and cackling. Both Naoko and Kyoko were thankful to not be in the other two units. They felt worried about the actual spirit that resided in Unit-03.
[…hehehe…] Unit-01 mentally giggled and tried to keep its composure. Its mirth grew venomous as the sound of something metal scrapping on the ground came. The corrupted voice started cackling then viciously stabbing someone or something. Each thrust was mixed with a deep moan and the sound of a knife repeatedly going in and out of someone's body.
[…anyone…] the different sounding thought came out of Eva-03 hyperventilating.
[…ssssstttttoooooppppppp-r-r-r-u-u-u-n-ning…away…] the murky voice thought with the sounds of something swimming faster.
[WhAt'S tHiSsssssss…an AnGeL/ANGEL/ANGEL! ^ #$^SEEKINGSLAVATION#w$% #SALVATION!#^ ^SSSSSAAAALLLLVVVAAAATTTTIIIOOONNNN!] the twisted voice roared, screamed, and screeched louder and louder.
The spirits in Unit-00 and Unit-02 became apprehensive and paranoid. The thought conversation between the other two units slowly became more barbaric, sadistic, savage, and grotesque. Only hearing sounds, Eva-01 projected aspects of torturing someone repeatedly while inflicting self-harm and sounding insane. The level of horror it emitted escaladed based on what the two spirits in the dark blue war machine were creating. In Unit-03, the murky spirit was stalking the distressed and delusional Angel. When both seemed to have crossed paths, the chaotic sounds and disturbing voices crescendo to intolerable. A mental sound of reverberating hell was echoing through the open channels as if an atomic bomb exploded.
Naoko and Kyoko closed their comm-links to the other Evas. Mentally turning around, each forced themselves to block out all senses of their conscious and subconscious. Mentally breathing deeply and calming their amorphous nerves, both felt they were back to being somewhat normal. Feeling bad that the soul residing inside Eva-03 could not get away from the hellish mental storm, they focused on keeping themselves safe. As if answering their thoughts, the two heard static clicking. The sound of the Angel screaming madly came through the re-opened mental channels. Flinching hard in fright, both spirits saw that the comm-link was re-enabled.
[WHAT'S $^! #$WRONG! TuRnInGbLiNd? #$^ #$…t…e…a…c…h…m…e…TEACHME!] the demented voice shouted viciously. Sounds of bone and cartilage breaking exploded. The Angel screamed again and blared through the open channels.
[…s…i…r…r-r-r-r-r-r-r #$% #$BeStStOp] the murky voice said as the sound of something heavy whoosh in the air. It collided hard into something fleshy. The delusional spirit verbally cringed and made sounds of gurgling while trying to speak.
[…s…t…r… $^#u…g…g…l #$% …i…n…g…]
[aGaIn…AGAIN!…] the demented voice came through Unit-01's comm-link. In the background, it made deep moans of both pleasure and pain. Sounds of wet buckling were heard until a blood ripping sound blasted through their thoughts.
[A %$^ #$G!#$ A#$^ I #$^ N!] it screeched monstrously being accompanied by another monstrous sound as if it were in immense pain.
[Stop this! You are just a lilim!] the Angel stated loudly in pain as another heavy collusion hit it. Gasping and crying in agony, it tried moving away while shouting back at something that was swimming slowly toward it.
[I'm an Angel! You cannot overtake me! Stop this futile-]
[AGAIN!AGAIN!AGAIN!AGAIN!AGAIN!AGAIN!AGAIN!] the dark clone barked insanely as its voice change rapidly in pitch, volume, and gender.
[…s…i…r…s…t…o…p…m…o…v…i…n…g…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #$& !^ ] the stoic sounding voice mentally stated slowly down and dropping in pitch. In the background of Unit-03's comm-link, there was a distorted chorus of children crying, laughing, shouting, and screaming. The spirits heard a sharp whoosh again that exploded into blood splattering sounds. The Angel yelled in pain as the chaotic background consumed and overpowered everything else.
[ #$^! AHA! AHAAAAAAAAAAA…HAHAHAHAHAHA!] the soul in Eva-01 cackled loudly in distortion. As if responding to the voice's behavior, the background noise came with its own chorus of hell and chaos. The hellish mental sound wave blared over the channels making the other spirits feel enveloped and surrounded by it. They heard someone take a fast deep intake of air.
[WWWWHHHHEEERRREEEEWWWWIIILLLLLYYYYYOOOOOUUUUUHHHHIIIIIDDDDEEEEE!]
[STOPIT!STOPIT!SPOTIT!]
[…WoUlDyOuLiKeToJoIn…ThEeNlIgHtEnMeNt] the morbid and malicious spirit from Unit-01 thought turning the Eva's eyes toward both Unit-00 and Unit-02.
[…] both spirits thought back.
Frightened and shaking, they realized that both the purple and dark blue war machine were staring at them. Despite the level of apprehension, Naoko pondered if the level of telepathy was due from both Units reaching new limits from the recent battle. Something grabbed her attention from below. Both spirits looked down and saw the technicians around Eva-01 and Eva-03 suddenly shuttered. Each one of them were shaking and backing away with some turning around and running away. The chuckling sound through the comm-link came from Unit-01. It sounded like the normal cruel mirth then started to slow down and get lower and lower in tone. Passing the point of being distinctive, the chuckling sounded more like a wall of low decibel sounds.
[SO MANY #$% #$!...F...R...I...E...N...D...S] it said in slow motion at first then shrilled at the top of its lungs.
[…] both souls in Eva-00 and Eva-02 thought mentally imagining themselves plugging their ears and covering their eyes.
They were trying to block out the mental sound barrage of carnage and insanity as the other units continued conversing. Thinking that both would eventually stop, neither of them did. They kept up with the hellish psycho-babble and killing throughout the evening, night, and after midnight without rest. No matter how many times both spirits disabled their comm-links, it would reopen again and again. They became frightened that when the channels would reopen, it was not consistent. Sometimes, it be only a second later after closing it when it reopened again. Other times, minutes would go by. It occurred randomly that it made being able to stop the two units communication impossible to control and contain.