Creation began on 05-20-15
Creation ended on 05-25-15
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Hope from the Sky: The Order of Nature
A/N: The Attack on Titan/Godzilla crossovers rarely say it, but they demonstrate a degree of what had been said in the latest Godzilla film about nature having an order and a power to restore balance. While some can say that Unit-01 isn't the result of nature, it is the power to restore the human race to its original in the food chain.
It was a simple plan now that they had the Eva and a person that could turn into a Titan on their side: If Unit-01 was able to restore its energy reserves by consuming Titans, then the purple behemoth was to try and consume as many of the retreating Titans as possible…and it was a plan that seemed to be working quite well when the Eva was unleashed upon them.
The Survey Corps watched in astonishment as the Eva grabbed handfuls of Titans and consumed them.
Within the plug, Shinji saw his timer increase from less than nineteen minutes to over thirty minutes from having Unit-01 eat more than eight of the Titans, proving that the giants could be used as an alternative source of energy in this strange world he found himself in.
As the Titans continued to scramble away from the Eva, the Survey Corps watched from the safety of Wall Maria as the Titans were being eaten, Eren watched, gleefully, as the monsters that pushed mankind to the brink of extinction were being consumed as food for a monster they had discovered being piloted by a person no different from them, and were unable to either harm or eat.
"We got 'em on the run!" A female member said, watching as the Titans left were able to get away.
In less than ten minutes, Unit-01 had eaten at least thirty Titans that were unable to get away…and now possessed a time limit that was close to incredible for the future battles against the rest of them.
This is over ten hours of operational power, Shinji realized, now convinced that the Eva could help these people take back their world. If these Titans were any smaller, we could survive this.
-x-
In the old ruins of a former settlement, what looked like a gorilla or orangutan the size of a Titan examined several structures that were tall enough to reach the sky.
Suddenly, a six-meter Titan showed up and grumbled some inaudible noise that the ape-like creature listened to.
-x-
It was hard to believe it at first, but what was once the ruins of the Shiganshina District were being rebuilt and reclaimed by people with the addition of attempting to travel more beyond the Walls and reclaim the land taken by the Titans, who hadn't been seen in a total of three months since Shinji and Unit-01 consumed a small number of them to power up the Eva.
Outside Wall Maria, as if to guard or intimidate the people taking back the district, Unit-01, having been marked with the symbol of the Survey Corps' Wings of Freedom, was on standby to conserve the remarkable power it had until it was needed to take on the Titans again, and Shinji, sitting on the left shoulder, looking at the vast land beyond the Walls.
It had been a long time since he ever had a peaceful moment to just do nothing but think. He thought about the life he left behind in Tokyo-3, about Misato, Ayanami, Toji and Kensuke, about whether or not he was missed by them, how they got by with his absence. Based on what NERV did the first time he ever piloted the Eva against an Angel, they probably declared him missing in action or killed in action, hiding the truth from the public. He didn't expect his father or Asuka to be worried about him (not that he probably would've been missed by either), as they tended to look the other way wherever he was concerned. Still, he couldn't help but wonder what, if at all, sort of impact he left on people back in Tokyo-3.
-x-
"…So, he's just gone?" Kensuke asked Asuka at school, having been unable to get anything from Misato.
"He was declared MIA," the German redhead revealed.
Meanwhile, up on the roof of the school building, Rei Ayanami looked out at the land away from the city, wondering if Shinji was alive, wherever he ended up.
"So, I hear that Shinji's just gone?" She heard Toji say to her.
"Missing in action," she explained it simply. "He was not recovered in the aftermath."
"So, then, he could be alive."
"Commander Ikari doesn't believe so."
-x-
Rising from the ground where the Colossal Titan had fallen, Bertolt Hoover, looking unscathed, couldn't believe that he had been defeated by a creature much larger than his Titan form…and more formidable than any of the Titans that were unleashed upon mankind. He had heard stories a long time ago about a horned being referred to as the Devil, and how he was a force to be reckoned with against those that committed sins. The creature that defeated him had to be like the Devil he never saw, the force that was to be reckoned with, and looked down upon him as a sinner for his crimes against mankind. He considered himself fortunate enough to do the one thing he never thought he'd be able to do against an adversary stronger than him: Survive.
I survived, he thought, looking at the empty land in between Wall Rose and Wall Maria, noticing how there were no other Titans present.
He picked up a rock used it to cut his left hand, only managing to hurt himself. This surprised him, however, as he was thinking of turning into the Colossal again to see if he still could, and really wanted to believe that he still could. The fact that he didn't meant only one, logical solution to why he didn't change, and that was that his ability to transform into a Titan was gone, leaving him as nothing but a human before he became cursed with the power of the Titans.
I'm free? He wondered to himself, trying to inflict harm to his wrist and turn into the Colossal, failing each time to trigger the transformation. I'm human again. I can't become the Colossal, anymore.
-x-
"…I never thought we'd be able to come back here again," Shinji heard a woman say to her husband as they sat around the tables, enjoying their meal like everyone else was that night, a month later after the rebuilding of the Shiganshina District had been completed and the expanding of it progressed further.
"Believe it, sweetheart," her husband to her. "They're driving the Titans away because of that kid and his giant monster that can eat Titans and draw strength from them. A monster that can eat the monsters that used to hunt us is our greatest ally along with a man that can turn into a Titan and fight them on their own ground."
As he continued to eat his meal, several of the people that were able to return to their homes in this place were dancing and enjoying themselves, like it was the first time in a long time that they've ever been able to live without the fear of being persecuted or annihilated by a foreign enemy.
"Um, excuse me, sir?" He heard a young lady's voice behind him, and turned to face the lady that was talking to him. "Um, are you the boy that rides that purple giant?"
She was around his age, with grayish hair and blue eyes, dressed in a tan-colored dress with a black bodice, leather boots and silver wristbands.
"Uh, yes, ma'am," he answered her.
"Thank you for fighting the Titans for us all," she praised him, and then handed him a piece of paper.
"Um, you're welcome," he told her, but she had walked away and disappeared into a crowd of people.
He decided to look at the piece of paper he was given…and saw that it was probably the nicest form of encouragement he'd been given since he found himself here.
"May you find happiness and hope, wherever they are…and whoever you find them with," the note read to him.
"Thanks," he uttered, folding the not and putting it in his pants' left pocket.
-x-
Gathering a large number of Titans together in the ruins, the gorilla-like Titan was preparing to attack the Walls that served as the only defense against them to take out what was there. The very mentioning of something larger than any of them, and being able to defeat a Colossal Titan, was a disgrace against them and what they stood for in existence.
"Such a creature would prove remarkably useful if it was affiliated with us," it spoke, demonstrating the ability of human speech.
The number of Titans in front of it ranged to about two-hundred, much larger than any of the lesser degree of Titans ever faced. And while many of them weren't as massive as the Colossal or as invulnerable as the Armored or even as nimble as the Female, it hoped to change that soon.
To be continued…
A/N: What do you think so far about the Eva now having over ten hours of power at its disposal and the Beast Titan hearing of the Eva being able to threaten everything the Titans have done over the years? Impressed? Tempted to read more? Please, review! Peace!