Ch. 15: The End of Anubis?
Asuka ran through the halls, with tears streaming silently down her face. She couldn't describe the scene she had just been forced to witness. Anubis had moved just so damn calmly. It was like destroying was something so simple what it only demanded half of his attention. And what was it going to do with Dingo and Ken? Just let them drift out in space, until they...died? She knew she had to save them, even if she had to die trying. But what could she do? Jehude and Vola where 2 of the best Orbital Frames, and they had been no match for Anubis. She thought that if only Shinji and Rei where there to help, then they could maybe take down Anubis, after all, the Evangelions where considerably larger than the Orbital Frames. That size difference had to count for something...right?
As she ran down the halls toward the hangers, she collided with two people, and she was knocked to the floor.
"Hey!" Asuka yelled, "Watch were you're going you two...........what? Shinji.......Rei.....what are you guys doing here?"
"We just got here." Shinji said while getting up and rubbing his head, "Asuka, what happened? Why are you crying?"
Asuka was then hit, with the realization that she had just basically wished to see them.
"Come on you two." Asuka said while grabbing both Shinji and Rei by the ear, "You're coming with me."
Asuka just about literally dragged them all the way to the hanger. Shinji finally found the nerve to speak once they had reached the hanger.
"Asuka? What are we doing here?"
"We ARE going to save Dingo, Ken, and...."she gulped, "..Brian."
"From what? Are those three not capable of saving themselves from danger?" Rei asked in her usual monotone voice.
"From......Anubis." Asuka said, she then went on to explain the situation, as she explained a look of absolute horror spread across Shinji's face.
"You're kidding!" Shinji exclaimed once Asuka had finished, "There is no way we can take on Anubis! What if he takes one of us as a human shield? And our AT Fields can't be maintained for a long period of time in the emptiness of space, what if he fires that Vector Cannon at us? What then?"
"We have to at least try to help them Shinji," Asuka said, "we owe them that much at least."
"You're right I suppose."
The three then got into their Evas and opened the hanger doors. They then launched out into space, and towards, certain doom.
They arrived at the scene of chaos seconds later. Surprisingly, Anubis was just hovering in on place, and absentmindedly watching Dingo and Ken run out of breathable air. When they stopped Anubis looked up, with a stare that Shinji knew too well, because it was a stare that Asuka had given everyone, it was a stare of utter contempt. Rei cautiously approached the two limp figures of Dingo and Ken.
Anubis did nothing but stare at the three arrivals.
Rei carefully picked up the two figures and quickly carried them to the ship. As she was heading out of the hanger once more, there was a flash, and with in seconds her Eva's head section was crushed and then her Eva was cast into the hanger where, Anubis forced the doors closed, and wielded them shut with a laser pod. Anubis then disappeared with a flash, carrying the crushed and mangled head of Eva 00.
Back at the destruction area, as soon as Anubis vanished with a flash, Asuka and Shinji got ready for a fight. But only 30 seconds later it reappeared with a flash in the exact same place, and it casually tossed Eva 00's head, or, what was left of the head, towards them.
They both gasped in horror.
"Marvelous isn't it," said a cold, dark, snake like voice, "When we built Anubis, the though it un-pilotable, so we cast it's useless form out into space. But, to think a mere HUMAN could pilot the greatest Zentrati unit ever designed, is just...far, far too interesting. That is why we started this war in the first place, to recover our unit, and it's human pilot. The holograms of the Areotechs and Verotechs were a nice tough where they not? It was so funny to watch. Especially when Anubis started to attack the mines that we launched from hyper space, though, we never would have thought that Anubis would be fooled by the holograms that mad them look like heavy artillery vessels."
"Where are you," Asuka called out, "who ever you are, come out and show yourself you coward."
There was a flash, and a Frame the size of an Eva appeared just behind Anubis.
"If you cannot defeat Anubis," hissed the voice, "the you cannot defeat me. This frame is 100 times more powerful then Anubis!"
Anubis' eyes light up.
"It is called...Nightmare!" proclaimed the voice menacingly.
Asuka and Shinji were so caught up in the appearance of Nightmare; they didn't notice Anubis turn it's back on them and stand to glare at Nightmare, in truth, not even the pilot of Nightmare noticed this.
"I shall bring destruction to this galaxy!" cried the voice, "And every other galaxy until nothing remains but ashes and space junk."
Anubis' eyes flashed more dangerously as if Anubis was saying: 'You, think you are more powerful than me! HA! I shall destroy you for your insolence.'
But no one seemed to notice this.
"Monster!" Asuka cried out in a rage, "You'll pay!"
"Not likely human," laughed the voice, "Nothing can stop me! I am the strongest in the entire...."
Anubis' eyes flashed still more dangerously, and again no one seemed to notice it.
Suddenly Nightmare was thrown so fiercely, it lost the arm Anubis had grabbed to throw it.
"What is this!?!?!?" exclaimed the now irritated voice, "How can an INFERIOR weapon have so much power!"
There was a blazing stream of light as Anubis and his 3 laser pods fired upon Nightmare. Within seconds, nothing was left except smoke, ionized vapor, and the crushed arm of Nightmare.
"No more," echoed a kind voice that sounded familiar, "No more, it ends here and now."
"Yes destroy!" boomed the demonic voice of Anubis speaking through Brian.
"Yes," echoed the kind voice once more, "Destroy. Destroy myself. No more Destruction shall I cause."
A bright light appeared in the center of Anubis. The light quickly lit Anubis, making him appear as though he was made of pure light.
"You two," echoed the voice.
Asuka and Shinji found themselves being pulled towards Anubis.
"Go!" echoed the voice urgently.
They were then flung through space and hit the hanger door with a loud crash.
Asuka checked her monitor just in time to see..Anubis explode in a vivid display of colored light.
Asuka and Shinji gasped at the spectacle that was occurring.
"No..." Asuka cried softly, "Brian....no, you....didn't....just do what..I think you did....did you?????"
When the light faded, a small figure was drifting limply in the center of what had been a violent explosion. Asuka's monitor showed that the figure was, alive, but just barely.
Asuka ran through the halls, with tears streaming silently down her face. She couldn't describe the scene she had just been forced to witness. Anubis had moved just so damn calmly. It was like destroying was something so simple what it only demanded half of his attention. And what was it going to do with Dingo and Ken? Just let them drift out in space, until they...died? She knew she had to save them, even if she had to die trying. But what could she do? Jehude and Vola where 2 of the best Orbital Frames, and they had been no match for Anubis. She thought that if only Shinji and Rei where there to help, then they could maybe take down Anubis, after all, the Evangelions where considerably larger than the Orbital Frames. That size difference had to count for something...right?
As she ran down the halls toward the hangers, she collided with two people, and she was knocked to the floor.
"Hey!" Asuka yelled, "Watch were you're going you two...........what? Shinji.......Rei.....what are you guys doing here?"
"We just got here." Shinji said while getting up and rubbing his head, "Asuka, what happened? Why are you crying?"
Asuka was then hit, with the realization that she had just basically wished to see them.
"Come on you two." Asuka said while grabbing both Shinji and Rei by the ear, "You're coming with me."
Asuka just about literally dragged them all the way to the hanger. Shinji finally found the nerve to speak once they had reached the hanger.
"Asuka? What are we doing here?"
"We ARE going to save Dingo, Ken, and...."she gulped, "..Brian."
"From what? Are those three not capable of saving themselves from danger?" Rei asked in her usual monotone voice.
"From......Anubis." Asuka said, she then went on to explain the situation, as she explained a look of absolute horror spread across Shinji's face.
"You're kidding!" Shinji exclaimed once Asuka had finished, "There is no way we can take on Anubis! What if he takes one of us as a human shield? And our AT Fields can't be maintained for a long period of time in the emptiness of space, what if he fires that Vector Cannon at us? What then?"
"We have to at least try to help them Shinji," Asuka said, "we owe them that much at least."
"You're right I suppose."
The three then got into their Evas and opened the hanger doors. They then launched out into space, and towards, certain doom.
They arrived at the scene of chaos seconds later. Surprisingly, Anubis was just hovering in on place, and absentmindedly watching Dingo and Ken run out of breathable air. When they stopped Anubis looked up, with a stare that Shinji knew too well, because it was a stare that Asuka had given everyone, it was a stare of utter contempt. Rei cautiously approached the two limp figures of Dingo and Ken.
Anubis did nothing but stare at the three arrivals.
Rei carefully picked up the two figures and quickly carried them to the ship. As she was heading out of the hanger once more, there was a flash, and with in seconds her Eva's head section was crushed and then her Eva was cast into the hanger where, Anubis forced the doors closed, and wielded them shut with a laser pod. Anubis then disappeared with a flash, carrying the crushed and mangled head of Eva 00.
Back at the destruction area, as soon as Anubis vanished with a flash, Asuka and Shinji got ready for a fight. But only 30 seconds later it reappeared with a flash in the exact same place, and it casually tossed Eva 00's head, or, what was left of the head, towards them.
They both gasped in horror.
"Marvelous isn't it," said a cold, dark, snake like voice, "When we built Anubis, the though it un-pilotable, so we cast it's useless form out into space. But, to think a mere HUMAN could pilot the greatest Zentrati unit ever designed, is just...far, far too interesting. That is why we started this war in the first place, to recover our unit, and it's human pilot. The holograms of the Areotechs and Verotechs were a nice tough where they not? It was so funny to watch. Especially when Anubis started to attack the mines that we launched from hyper space, though, we never would have thought that Anubis would be fooled by the holograms that mad them look like heavy artillery vessels."
"Where are you," Asuka called out, "who ever you are, come out and show yourself you coward."
There was a flash, and a Frame the size of an Eva appeared just behind Anubis.
"If you cannot defeat Anubis," hissed the voice, "the you cannot defeat me. This frame is 100 times more powerful then Anubis!"
Anubis' eyes light up.
"It is called...Nightmare!" proclaimed the voice menacingly.
Asuka and Shinji were so caught up in the appearance of Nightmare; they didn't notice Anubis turn it's back on them and stand to glare at Nightmare, in truth, not even the pilot of Nightmare noticed this.
"I shall bring destruction to this galaxy!" cried the voice, "And every other galaxy until nothing remains but ashes and space junk."
Anubis' eyes flashed more dangerously as if Anubis was saying: 'You, think you are more powerful than me! HA! I shall destroy you for your insolence.'
But no one seemed to notice this.
"Monster!" Asuka cried out in a rage, "You'll pay!"
"Not likely human," laughed the voice, "Nothing can stop me! I am the strongest in the entire...."
Anubis' eyes flashed still more dangerously, and again no one seemed to notice it.
Suddenly Nightmare was thrown so fiercely, it lost the arm Anubis had grabbed to throw it.
"What is this!?!?!?" exclaimed the now irritated voice, "How can an INFERIOR weapon have so much power!"
There was a blazing stream of light as Anubis and his 3 laser pods fired upon Nightmare. Within seconds, nothing was left except smoke, ionized vapor, and the crushed arm of Nightmare.
"No more," echoed a kind voice that sounded familiar, "No more, it ends here and now."
"Yes destroy!" boomed the demonic voice of Anubis speaking through Brian.
"Yes," echoed the kind voice once more, "Destroy. Destroy myself. No more Destruction shall I cause."
A bright light appeared in the center of Anubis. The light quickly lit Anubis, making him appear as though he was made of pure light.
"You two," echoed the voice.
Asuka and Shinji found themselves being pulled towards Anubis.
"Go!" echoed the voice urgently.
They were then flung through space and hit the hanger door with a loud crash.
Asuka checked her monitor just in time to see..Anubis explode in a vivid display of colored light.
Asuka and Shinji gasped at the spectacle that was occurring.
"No..." Asuka cried softly, "Brian....no, you....didn't....just do what..I think you did....did you?????"
When the light faded, a small figure was drifting limply in the center of what had been a violent explosion. Asuka's monitor showed that the figure was, alive, but just barely.