Shamshel is here! It's time for a battle! I should quickly note that there won't be any filler for a while, because Episodes 3-6 are all being done in one go. There's a reason for this, and I'll reveal it after Episode 6 is finished, anyway, onward! Also this isn't Episode 6, I've renamed part of Episode 6.

Minor edit: Changed Spending Time in Preparation to Longest Day from 1.0.


August 6th, 2015

- Music from Evangelion 1.0 - Track 8 - The Longest Day -

Central Dogma was once again in full preparation. The bridge bunnies, Maya, Hyuga and Shigeru were already in position, and shouting out various things. The main problem, the Fourth Angel, was currently in full view on the main screen.

"The target has been sighted by our cameras. It's already penetrated into our territorial waters." Hyuga noted as Fuyutsuki stood close by.

"All personal, assume battle stations, Level One." Fuyutsuki called out to the entirety of Central Dogma.

"Roger. Prepare for anti-aircraft interception." Misato shouted as work continued around her.

"Tokyo-3, assuming battle formation."

"Initiate accomodation of the central block."

Up above, alarm klaxons once again sounded as the main buildings of Tokyo-3 started to retract into the ground. The central block of Tokyo-3 was now a flat landscape, while the buildings that once inhabited it, stood in the roof of the Geofront.

"Accomodation of central block and the first through seventh districts has been completed." Maya confirmed as Hyuga spoke.

"Notification of the government and other related ministries completed. Target is still advancing."

"Present operational rate of anti-aircraft interception: 48%."

"What's the status of civilians and noncombatants?" Misato asked Shigeru.

"We've received reports that the evacuation has already been completed."

- End -


"Attention Elementary and Junior High School students. Please form groups with your individual classes."

"Not again!" Kensuke cried out as Toji sat next to him, bored out of his mind.

"Just text messages again?"

"It's news censorship," Kensuke noted with a scowl as he showed Toji. "The government won't show the battle to any of us civilians. Even though it's an incredible and historic event." Toji simply frowned at Kensuke, getting tired of his buddy's love of military.


"Of course the Fourth Angel would show up while Commander Ikari is away." Misato noted as Shamshel was flying very quickly towards the city. "It's a lot sooner than we expected."

"Last time they gave fifteen years." Hyuga noted. "This time around its only been three weeks."

"They never care about our convenience, do they? They're the kind we women hate the most." Misato said as Shamshel stared down at them from the main screen.


Stop it!

Shamshel was bust flying against a barrage of missiles, and bullets coming from armament camps and tanks.

Seriously. Stop. It hurts. A lot.

The missiles kept firing.

Seriously, this is your fire power? It sucks. How'd you even manage to defeat my brother with that kind of power?

The missiles kept firing.


"This is just a waste of the taxpayer's money." Fuyutsuki smiled slightly as Shigeru turned to Misato.

"Captain, the committee is demanding we send out an Evangelion."

"Those bloody bastards. I don't care whether they want one out or not, I'd be sending one out anyway."


Shinji sighed as Unit-01's Entry Plug filled up with LCL, Sachiel sat on the control panel, waiting. He had an idea, but he wasn't sure how it would work.

"Got anything for me, Sachiel?"

"I think that's my brother out there." Shinji raised an eyebrow.

"No shit."

"Yeah, I think it's Shamshel... I can't remember though."

"Helpful."

"You'll be fine! You defeated me, so it can't be that bad!"

"I can't remember how I defeated you."

"Oh." Shinji frowned as Sachiel remained silent.

'Why am I piloting this thing again? Father's not even here. Even though I got beat up?'


Toji wasn't happy. He was stuck with cleaning duty because that stupid pilot hurt his sister, and now he was stuck in a shelter, where another battle was taking place.

"Hey," Toji turned towards Kensuke, who was motioning to talk to him. "I need to talk to you, privately, you know?"

"What for?"

"C'mon, please? Just give me a second."

"Well, alright." Toji got up and made his way over to Hikari, who was busy leaning against the wall, staring at the ceiling. "Hey, Class Rep!" Hikari looked over at Toji, annoyed.

"What?"

"We've both gotta go to the bathroom."

"Seriously? You were supposed to use the bathroom before we came down here!" Hikari frowned. "Fine, but hurry it up."

"Thanks, Class Rep!"

'I have a name you idiot.' Hikari thought, 'You lovable idiot...' Hikari glanced over at Kensuke, who looked extremely giddy as he left. 'What are they doing?' Glancing around her, she slowly got up, and followed the boys out of the shelter.


"So, what's this all about?"

"I've gotta see it! Just once in my life!"

"You mean the battle up there?"

"Nobody knows if there'll be another enemy, and when it will come!"

"Kensuke, are you serious?"

"If we let this opportunity slip, we may lose it forever! Please, help me just unlock the gate!"

"You can get killed if you go out there."

"You don't know if that'll happen, even if we just stay here. We could be killed anyway. I'd rather see it first!"

"Idiot. What the hell do you think NERV is for?"

"And what is NERV's most important weapon? It's the robot the new kid pilots! He protected us the other day, but you him pretty hard... twice..."

"He deserved it. Besides, he was ready to come right back at me anyway."

"If he refuses to pilot that robot, we could all die! Doesn't that make it your obligation to watch him fight?"

"Alright, whatever. You sure are upfront about what you want, ain't you?" Kensuke laughed in reply as the boys finished their buisness.


"Shinji, are you ready to head out?"

"Yes, Misato."

"First, neutralise the enemy's A.T. Field, then fire a volley from the gatling gun. Do it just like we practised. Can you handle that?" Ritsuko asked.

"Yes."

"Launch, Evangelion Unit-01!"

- Neon Genesis Evangelion OST I - Track 14 - A Step Forward into Terror -
- Music from Evangelion 1.0 - Track 9 - Contre Les Agressions -


Outside, the door to the shelter was quite obviously open. Running up the steps, Toji and Kensuke were on their way to the top of the hill. Kensuke pulled out his camera as Shamshel prepared for attack in the distance. Rising into a standing position, Shamshel's white legs continued to flitter around randomly.

"Wow! All my efforts really paid off! I've been waiting for this moment my entire life!" Toji was a lot less enthused than Kensuke, looking a lot more frightened than his friend.

In the distance, a covering on a building come down, revealing Eva Unit-01, ready to battle.


"The A.T. Field has been deployed."

"Do it just as we planned, Shinji!" Misato smiled as Shinji kept repeating, "Centre the target, pull the switch." To himself.

"Okay!" Shinji replied as he set his face, and turned around the corner. As soon as Shinji saw Shamshel. "Eat lead!" Shinji shouted as the gatling gun fired its entire volley. Shinji's face continued to be set, as Shamshel before shrouded in smoke.

Wow. I don't know what to say to that.

"You idiot, Shinji! You've just clouded the enemy in smoke!" Misato shouted in frustration from Central Dogma. Shinji didn't pay her any mind, as he watched the smoke in satisfaction.

"Uh, Shinji." Sachiel said, thinking something was off.

Take this!

Two whip like tendrils came out of the smoke, sending Unit-01 down to the ground.


"I don't believe it! He's losing already!" Toji noted from beside Kensuke, who continued to film the battle with his camera.

"It's not a problem."


"Shinji, I'm sending up a pallet rifle! Take it!" Near Unit-01, an armament camp opened, revealing a Pallet Rifle. Shinji however, didn't take it. His hand shaking on the controls. Sachiel tried to calm to boy down, but it didn't work. "Shinji? Shinji!"

- End -


"Oh, man." Toji commented.

"Being beaten up must've really messed him up."

"Oh, shut up!" Toji continued to watch the battle, not noticing the scowl on a young woman's face coming up behind him.

"Mr. Suzahara!"

"Ah!" Toji turned quickly to stare right into the scowling face of Hikari Horaki. "Class Rep!"

"Care to explain!?" She exclaimed as she continued to advance on the boy.

"Well you see..." Toji was at a loss for words. Kensuke frowned beside him.

"I should've known you weren't really going to the bathroom, rather, wanting to come out, risking your own lives, to watch the battle!" Hikari ripped right into Toji, who cowered in front of her.


- Music from Evangelion 1.0 - Track 10 - Showdown -

Shinji looked up, where, right above. Shamshel had its whips ready to impale Unit-01. Unit-01 quickly got up, and dashed away from where Shamshel stood nearby.

Damn. He got away. Better go after him.

Buildings around Shinji and Unit-01 started to collapse from the whip-like tendrils. Collapsing against a currently not destroyed building, Unit-01 came to rest. But it couldn't for long. The cable of the Umbilical Cord flew around him. He only had five minutes to beat this thing.

"Evangelion Unit-01 has switched to its internal power supply!" Makoto called out as Misato glanced around, worried.

"4 minutes, 53 seconds of usage remaining!" Maya confirmed as the destroyed cable rested on the ground nearby, of no use.

Shinji directed Unit-01 to stand, while Sachiel sat in thought, he had an idea, and he hoped it worked. Turning to Shinji, he spoke quickly. "I'm going in!"

"What?"

"I'm going inside, I have an idea. I just hope it works." Sachiel replied, before phasing into the Eva's core. Inside he glanced around for a bit, getting a sense of paternal instincts, Sachiel couldn't place it however, as he was interrupted by Unit-01 getting a massive surge of power.

In the Entry Plug, Shinji glanced at Unit-01's arms, having felt that same power surge, the arms now had lasers coming out the back. Shinji could now use Sachiel's laser attack on the Angel. With a small grin, Shinji prepared to rush the Angel, only for Shamshel to use one of its whips to grip onto Unit-01's leg, pulling the Evangelion towards it.

Shinji frowned, powering the new lasers in his arms to attack Shamshel's head, it hit, but didn't go all the way through. His next attempt was to attack Shamshel's mini white legs, in an attempt to reach the core, he got a small hit in, confirmed by Sachiel going Blam! inside the core.

What! How do you have that!?

Shamshel didn't let Shinji continue, chucking away Unit-01 by flinging the Evangelion through the sky.

No one uses my brother's powers against me! No one!


"But Class Rep!"

"Don't Class Rep me, Suzahara! I'll have you in detention for weeks because of this whole mess! Now hurry up, we need to get out of here and back in the shelter, where we'll be safe!"

"It's coming this way!" Kensuke cried as Evangelion Unit-01 flew towards them. The three students screamed as Unit-01 crashed into the side of the mountain.


"Shinji! Are you okay? Please answer!" Misato cried as Shinji glanced out at Shamshel. "Damage Report!"

"No problems detected. He can make it." Makoto replied as Shinji stared at the Angel. His attention was quickly taken away however, as, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Toji, Hikari and Kensuke cowering between the large fingers of Unit-01. Shinji froze in terror, he could do nothing, not when they were right there.


In Central Dogma, Ritsuko and Misato were alerted by three profiles coming up, profiles of Toji, Hikari and Kensuke.

"Shinji's classmates!?"

"What the hell are they doing out there!?" Ritusko replied as Shamshel hovered above Unit-01.


I'm just going to take you out now. I've had enough of this.

Shamshel whipped out at Unit-01 immediately, reacting quickly, Shinji grabbed onto the whips with Unit-01's hands. Preparing another volley of his arm lasers, Shinji prepared for victory... but nothing happened...

"Dammit! I can only stay in the core for a short period of time!" Sachiel cried as he came out of the core. Shinji gritted his teeth as the lasers disappeared from Unit-01's arms, as Sachiel returned to the Entry Plug. Holding on for dear life, Shinji bit his tongue through the pain coming through his arms.


"Why won't he fight?" Toji asked as Hikari stared up at the Angel with small tears in her eyes.

"It's because we're here!" Kensuke replied, "He can't fight back if we're right outside!"


"3 minutes, 28 seconds of activation time in Unit-01 remaining!" Ritsuko cried as Misato glared at the screen. Opening a com to Unit-01, Misato set to work.

"Shinji, let them in the Entry Plug!" Shinji stared back down at Toji, Hikari and Kensuke, as Misato continued. "Once they're inside, make a temporary retreat. We'll regroup and attack again later!"

"What makes you think that you can allow unauthorised civilians into an Entry Plug!? Especially with an Angel already inside with ShinjI!"

"I'm authorising it!"

"You're exceeding your authority, Captain Katsuragi!" Misato and Ritsuko stared at each other, neither backing down.

"Unit-01 activation time, 3 minutes!" Maya called from the side. Misato glared at Ritsuko, before turning back to the comms.

"Shinji, hold Unit-01 on its current commands and eject the Entry Plug! Do it, now!" Following Misato's commands, Shinji ejected the Entry Plug, leaving the Eva to continued to hold back Shamshel.

The back of Unit-01 opened, and the Entry Plug came out the back. The door opened, and a small ladder came out. "You three, get in! Hurry!" Misato called from the Entry Plug, startling the three students to get their act together and hurry inside. On entry, the Entry Plug resealed itself, and reinserted into the Evangelion.

"What the... is this water?"

"What the hell is that thing!?"

"My camera! Not my camera!"

The Entry Plug came back to life, showing Shamshel above. Glancing over at Shinji, currently in the cockpit, holding out against Shamshel.

"Abonormal conditions occuring from the nervous system!" Maya remarked.

"Of course! It's because you've allowed three foreign beings into the Entry Plug!" Ritsuko replied in anger as the synchrograph started to fail. "It's all the foreign noise! It's being introduced into the nerve impulse systems!"

With a final bout of strength, Shinji swung Shamshel away using its own whips, giving Unit-01 enough room to stand.

- End -

"Good! Now, retreat!"

- Neon Genesis Evangelion OST I - Track 19 - Marking Time, Waiting for Death -
- Music from Evangelion 1.0 - Track 11 - Mecanisme de Defense -

Unit-01 stared right at Sachiel, the armour on the both hands having been completely destroyed. What was left was a pale, human-like hand.

"Utilise Recovery Route 34. Retreat to the east side of the mountain!" Misato ordered as Shinji sat in the Entry Plug.

"Hey, Shinji." Sachiel asked as Hikari stared at it in shock.

"You can speak!?"

"Yes. I'm Sachiel! Pleased to meet you!"

"Are you...?"

"Yes, I am one of them." Sachiel replied, indicating to Shamshel. "However, I won't kill you. Promise."

"Okay." Hikari replied as well as she could. Things were getting weirder every day.

"Hey, new kid!" Toji said, "She said retreat!"

"I mustn't run away. I mustn't run away. I mustn't run away!" Shinji cried as Hikari glanced at him in concern.

"Shinji..."

Unit-01's shoulder pylon suddenly opened, deploying a knife weapon from inside.

"Progressive Knife engaged!" Makoto cried as Misato stared in shock. She was being disobeyed.

Unit-01 pulled the Progressive Knife from the socket and held it in its hand. Shinji continued to stare Shamshel down.

"Obey my orders, ShinjI! Retreat!" Misato's pleas came on deaf ears.

"Shinji, you'd better listen to her!" Sachiel cried as the timer hit one minute.

"YAAAAAHHHHHH!" Shinji cried as Unit-01 started barreling down the hill towards Shamshel. Sliding down and using the momentum as much as he could.

"Oh fuck everything!" Misato cried as Unit-01 advanced on Shamshel.

You're still not done? Maybe I'll have to make you be done!

Shamshel shot it's whips out at Unit-01, impaling the Evangelion's chest with both whips.

Shinji cried out from inside the Entry Plug in anger. Willing the Eva to continue moving, Unit-01 brought it's arms up towards Shamshel's core. Now a lot less protected by the white legs that had been mostly destroyed before. The Progressive Knife impacted the surface of the core, digging inside with a shout of aggression and pain.

"Unit-01, activation time, 30 seconds!"

The Knife continued to cut into Shamshel's core. Doing as much damage as the small weapon could towards the giant Angel. No one moved. Not a single soul. Misato watched from Central Dogma. Toji, Hikari and Kensuke watched from the Entry Plug. Sachiel tried to alert Shinji but nothing was happening. Shinji was doing this on his own, and he was going to destroy this Angel.

Damn you!

The core finally cracked with three seconds remaining. Silence came as both Shamshel died, and Unit-01 ceased activation.

- End -

"Evangelion Unit-01 has ceased operations." Maya confirmed as Misato stood in complete annoyance.

"The target is completely silent." Makoto confirmed about the Angel itself.

Shinji sobbed inside the Entry Plug.

"You alright, kid?"

"Shinji, are you okay?" Hikari asked as both Toji and Kensuke looked on, not knowing what to do.

'Maybe I shouldn't have been so hard on him?' Toji thought to himself as he looked on, now knowing what Shinji had to go through.

Outside, the orange sky from the sunset contrasted against Unit-01 and Shamshel, both completely silent, and unmoving.


August 7th, 2015

It was raining as Rei stared out the window from her usual spot in the classroom. Not caring about the fact that three of her classmates now had a first hand experience of what she did, she continued to stare at the rain. It comforted her.

"He's not here."

"I didn't think he would be. Especially after we got chewed out."

"I'm not talking about us. I'm talking about him."

"Maybe you should go ask him, Toji." Hikari commented as she sat nearby.

"Class Rep?" Hikari sighed as she turned to the boy.

"I have a name you know. You can use it." Hikari replied, annoyed.

"Sorry, Hikari..."

"It's fine." Hikari replied, "That goes for you too, Kensuke." Kensuke gave a thumbs up as Toji continued.

"I just... I wonder what he's been doing? Since, you know."

"Are you worried about him?" Kensuke asked.

"Not exactly worried."

"Toji, for someone so tactless, you can be quite stubborn." Hikari supplied as Toji grunted in annoyance. "If you'd apologised to him them, you wouldn't have had to agonise over it. Here, this is his number." Hikari stated, giving Toji a small slip of paper.

"Where'd you get this?" Toji asked in mild annoyance.

"What? Jealous?" Hikari supplied innocently, "No, I just had to get it because I'm the Class Representative. It's my job. If you're so worried about Shinji, why don't you call him?"


After class, Toji spent his time working out the school phone. The rain providing a somber backdrop to the situation. Saying what he had wanted to. He put the phone down, and headed back towards class. Shinji, his feelings on the matter regarding the boys job, and a certain pigtailed girl, on his mind the entire time.

つづく


Episode 3 is finished! The first appearance of an Angel helping out during a battle! So, the shoulder angels can get into the core of the Evangelions and subsequently, give the Eva a new power for a short time period. Sachiel's is giving the arm lasers that he has! Pretty cool! You'll find out what each Angel brings to the table as we continue along. Episode 4 will kick off next chapter, coming off right after this Chapter! Next time! Shinji meets Shamshel. Toji, Hikari and Kensuke are worried about Shinji when he doesn't turn up to school. NERV begins a search for Shinji. Until the 8th, Ciao!

Changes from Original Series:
Shamshel's fight is basically the same, except for Shinji using Sachiel's laser arms to get some damage in before he's flung away.
Shinji also uses a Gatling Gun against Shamshel instead of a Pallet Rifle. Comes from Rebuild 1.0.
Hikari is added to the fight sequence! More of my giving her a bit more screentime thing. Also she meets Sachiel. Fun!