The Transfiguration
As both of them lying on bed, Kurt find himself with Yuji. She seems hugged his chest.
As he touched her hair, he thought, Poor girl! For a long time, she waited Kaji in her dream. Now she found her dream was shattered…damn, why was I here? Well, it seems you're on the wrong time, Kurt!
I wonder what Kaji would said if he know this…" Then he rises from the bed and put on his uniform again.
"Yuji, wake up! Haven't you remember? This is time to test those child!" He called,
Lazily, she awoke and put her blanket around her as she turn toward the bathroom. She waved her hand to Kurt, signaled to leave her. Kurt walked to outside, then he lit on the cigarette. Kaji, why are you so stupid? It seems more like you! Always about woman…I wish I could be like you!
Later, the children had ready with their own gears, while Brenner impatiently waited something. As Yuji came, he asked her, "Where have you been? You know what time is this?"
"I…I'm sorry, Sir! I was very asleep…" Yuji excuses her, as Brenner stared deathly.
" It's alright, we can begin the test now! Yuji, check every data about them…"When she took her notepad, Kurt was passed by her. She only smiles weakly to him.
Then the children had entered the Plugs, the activities had began. Brenner and Yuji noticed them carefully. "Sir, we can start to increase the synch rate to 30%!" One of the technicians reported,
"Fine, how are the vital signs?" Brenner asked, "Everything normal, we aren't noted any changes…" Yuji still noticed Kaworu, Ayame, and Aoi's face. She expects that Ayame may do well in this test. Meanwhile, LCL liquid began to fill the plugs.
"Harmonics level 23, nothing changes! Neural link normal! No presence of mental contamination…"
"Error margin is 0.0001%, nothing to worry about…" Brenner quite amazed, saw the smoothness of test.
"Sir, there's noted about increase of synch rate about +4 on the Fifth Child…"
"How about the Ninth and Eighth?" Yuji asked, "Is there any changes?" The technician replied,
"Wait…I saw another increase about +5 on Ninth Child! So far the Eighth was on normal borders.
Yuji told Brenner, "It wasn't supposed to be happened, should I ask to let them out?"
"No," Brenner answered, "It's too early, we had to continue first…"
Meanwhile, within Ayame's mind she saw Kaworu and Aoi were debated something.
"What do you meant? Don't say that you didn't want to join with Adam?" Aoi asked tersely to
Kaworu. While he stared back with his usual gaze, smiled:
"What you'll done is wrong…it's not the way to achieve Adam…" Hearing Kaworu's reply, Aoi smirked, "Is that so? Since when you had become care so much to those Lilims?"
"Since I had become one of them…" What were they talking about? It isn't like them usually…
"Sir, the changes on Eighth Child noted. Neural link showed sign of erratic," Brenner fumed moodily, Great, she'd messed it again…Then Yuji asked, "How's the synch rate? There's any change?"
"No, Mom! Her synch rate was even…mental contamination wasn't detected!"
Return to Ayame's mind, Kaworu and Aoi's debate still continue, even heated. Kaworu told her, "Human had choices also, like us…only emotion that we'd lacked. It's not our right to take lives. If we does, we're same like them," I can't understand what are they talking about?
"I'm wondered if you knew word 'compassion', Tabriz! We haven't suppose to be in their part…many of us died because our desire to be one with Adam…"? Kaworu? Tabriz? Who is he?
"How are you sure that what they kept is Adam? Remember, they're Lilith's children…they're ignorant about us! Let they understood about us…" Impatiently, Aoi shouted to him,
"That's it! Now I asked you; are you with me or against me? As you know, Lilims and us can't exist together; one of them must perish."
Kaworu only sighed," I wasn't participating in your plan, Malachi. If necessary…"
"Then die!!" Suddenly, Tamashii's hand went toward Kaworu's chest. Ayame was shocked when she saw Aoi's action. Within the seconds, an octagonal field appeared in front of him, blocked Aoi.
Outside, the situation had become tense. "Sir, I noticed increase about +6 on Ninth Child and +7 on Fifth Child!" Brenner surprised, as the technician showed the data.
"Mom, we had detected…AT Field within the Compound!!" Other technician shouted,
"What? It can't be! How is the perimeter?" Yuji asked,
"Clear! No sign of abnormality outside…" Seeing this, Yuji began to reason, how could that be happened? If no sign of Angel at outside, the only possibility was…
"Check within the compound!" Before she finished her order, another report came…
"Mom, another AT Field had appeared! This one is quite stronger…" Brenner had become pale, hearing the report, Impossible, how could that be? Are the Angels had penetrate our compound?
At the same time, Aoi put her hands in front of Kaworu's AT Field. Unbelievably, she breached it. "Nice try, Tabriz! Haven't you forgotten that I have also?" She smiles wryly. However, Kaworu didn't seems afraid, "I know you would…if Adam wills me to die, I won't avoid it…non omnis moriar* ,"
"Nice to know those words from someone who will die…"Aoi said, "Too bad, your girlfriend wasn't around to saw this!" At that point, Ayame realized that Aoi really want to kill Kaworu! With that, she ran toward them,
The technician called Yuji, "Mom, we've detected the source of AT Field! It came within the compound, specifically this place!" As Yuji began to think, another report had came,
"Mom, we detected Blue Blood Group on…Fifth and Ninth Child…the AT Field came from both of them!" The statement made Brenner and Yuji shocked, it never passed to their realizations that Aoi and Kaworu were actually…Angels!
No, it can't be! This is worst thing to happen! I won't let anyone to mess with my mission!! Soon, Brenner had commanded something,
"Detach the Plugs immediately! Quick!!" Yuji shouted to him, "Have you gone mad, Sir? They're will be dead, including Ayame!!"
"They were Angels! Our enemy!" Suddenly she moves toward him and speak aloud, "I don't care! They're my responsiblities until now, I can't let you kill them like that!"
Brenner began to stares her again, "Are you disobey my order, Ms. Shiratori?" This time, she won't give the damn to him, "Yes! I am, Mr.Loth!"
"If you insists…Kurt, bring her out!" Brenner ordered, The Security Staff walked closer to Yuji, and pointed his gun to Brenner. "What is this meant? Are you too disobeying me, Steiner?"
"You can say so…Yuji, do you best to evacuate the children…" Kurt told her.
"You'll be sorry for that, Steiner…" Brenner mumbled, while Yuji had announced something,
"Because of such situation, thereby I'm relieved Mr.Loth from his position temporarily! Keep monitoring the situation!" Afterward, Yuji continues to save the child. Brenner only cursed within his lips, "Verdamnte, bitch! You'll be pay for this treachery!" Meanwhile Kurt still speaking with himself: Stenier, what the hell are you doing? Against your superior only
for the broken-hearted girl? Then something snaps in his mind, No, I had let my sister died without doing anything! Now I can't even help Kaji! But I won't let Yuji alone....never!
Return to the struggle within Ayame's mind, she ran toward Aoi and Kaworu. However, their AT Field hit her. "Stay back, Nagase! I'll spare you…" Aoi threatened her,
Unafraid, Ayame shouted back, "If you want to kill Kaworu, you might kill me as well!!"
Kaworu said, "Ayame, this wasn't your fight! Your side was with human…" She raises back, and then lurching her hands toward Aoi and Ayame. Unbelievably, she able to penetrate the AT Field and hold their hand,
"Stop it! I said, stop it! THAT'S ENOUGH!" Suddenly, the light blasted among them and enveloped them into nothingness…
"Mom, we've detected the third AT Field! This one came from Eighth Child!" Yuji stares on monitor, hopes it wasn't true. "Ayame…you're too," Brenner had shocked, "IT CAN'T BE TRUE!!" Kurt shouted, "What the hell!"
he shouted loudly, Then the technician reported, "Something wrong, the harmonic were zoomed out!
Neural link had been compromised, we can't detect the children anymore!!"
"What!" At the same time, the light had come out from Ayame's plug. "Let's get out here!"
As the blinding light breakthrough, it was covered the whole compound…then gone as the darkness return. Kurt, Yuji, Brenner and other technicians opened their eyes; nothing changes with them.
As she stares to monitor, Yuji screamed. Kurt looked to the monitor, within the Plugs there is none. The only things left was the gears. "Where are they?" Yuji allow himself to sit, Where are they? This reminds me when EVA-01 had devoured the 14th Angel's S2 Engine. Shinji Ikari also gone, but he survived. Are they inside…Sea of Dirac?
Meanwhile, Kaworu, Ayame and Aoi were thrown into a boundless, vast space. Devoid of anything saves them. There is only a pitch-black color around them. They weren't wearing anything; their gears were detached. Their bodies seem illuminated.
Where are we? Ayame asked, however she's afraid to ask her companions. She isn't sure whether they are humans or not. Suddenly, Aoi writhed with pain as her body trembles. Kaworu only watched with expressionless gaze. As she trembles, her frame gave away and another being appeared from her body. Bathed with celestial light, the being shed her human frame. As they noticed, seven wings of light sprang from her back; her long golden hair spreads around them.
"Who…or what are you?" Ayame broke the silence, Kaworu and the being looked on her.
"It seems time to tell her about the truth…" the being spoke to Kaworu,
"You're right, Malachi…" Ayame turned to Kaworu, "Kaworu, what had she said? What she meant about the truth?" This time, Kaworu smiled as he tried to hold a pain on himself.
"The truth that you're one of us…Ayame," he told her blankly.
"Me…one of yours! You're lied, Kaworu!" Then the being added, "He's right, you are one of us…you are an Angel!" This was shocked Ayame beyond comprehension. Kaworu intervene quickly,
"Let me cleared this to her, Malachi. Ayame, the reason you're exist is Adam…you're not a real human. They had engineered your beginning from someone who had already deceased…"
Blankly, Ayame turned to Malachi, "So it was you who inside my dream? Saying that I'm not a real human?" Malachi shook her head, "No, it was other Angels from your line…mine had not arrived, while Kaworu was the last of his line. They had called you to join them…"
"So what my dream meant? My other life before?" Kaworu answered, "It is up to you to find the truth…" As she tried to grasp the truth, she suddenly asked, "What are we?
Suddenly, the sky had become so bright as it showed the First Impact. Afterward it moved to Geofront. Then Malachi spoke, "We're the children of Adam, our progenitor of Death. In other side, Lilith is progenitor of Life and her children were humans…" The images of defeated Angels appeared,
Kaworu continued, "In every consecutive turn, life and death had shaped this universe…yet human weren't understood it! As the first of the creation, Angels intends to help human achieve their perfection…in Adam! That's why each Angels were gifted with specific gifts to fully know about human, we're the last one whom they called ' Messengers'."
Malachi added, "It was our destiny…your destiny to return to Adam! We believe that we should return to Adam in order to re-create life again…" Ayame still not understood what they had said; slowly another images appeared. It is image of Shinji, Asuka, Gendo, Fuyutski, Makoto, Shigeru, Maya, Ritsuko and Misato; sometimes Yuji, Kurt and Brenner appeared…
"Human had become victim of their own emotion, spawned selfishness, hatred and so on…"
Kaworu said, "They had lost glory of the first creation, as a result sufferings continue and these people groaned as their life continues…that is why we should return to Adam…"
Then the event moves to the Second Impact, where the world had beheld the magnificent glory and dreaded destruction that Adam unleashed upon them. Soon it showed several Evangelions , Malachi explained to Ayame, "However, there were several humans who tried to shape life according to their will…" The image of SEELE's monoliths appeared, including Keel! "They thought by arranging our return to Adam, it could elevate the humanity…how sad! Moreover, they had create the impostors of Adam to prevent us," Afterward, the Lance of Longinus appeared and moves toward them.
Lastly, image of Ayanami Rei visibly appear in front of them. "Who is she?" Ayame asked,
"Lilith's puppet! Within its vessels, there was none except void…she was constructed by human in order to hasten their own return to Lilith!" Malachi said with anger in her lips. Kaworu replied to them, "Whatever the means, our return to Adam cannot be stopped…human schemes only delay the time, not the event…" As the image faded, the Tree of Life formed around them and…Earth exploded and swallowed by Third Impact as image of Adam reborn…
"Now you know why we can't join humans? Life and Death can't coexist together …as we and human can't be together …Ayame, chose your side! Which side you belong? To Kaworu who cowardly followed human or me?" She asked her. Ayame only silent…her sight was on Kaworu. Finally, she opened her mouth, "I had only one question…it's for both of you! Kaworu! Why do you choose to be human?" Kaworu answers her question calmly,
"Because I want to know more about human. Firstly, I was tried to learn my enemy…then I had been fascinated to their life. I wonder how they deal with their life…if I return to Adam, I won't have chance to learn about them…" Then Ayame turned her sight to Malachi,
"Yes, you're right…to battle your enemy, you must know your enemy and eventually become one of them…that's I had done now…" Suddenly, Ayame laughed for the first time; this made Kaworu and Malachi amazed, "What do you laughed about?" Malachi felt offended,
"Don't you know? I think none among us had guts to started Third Impact…Kaworu wants to learn about humans, and…you don't really want to do it, didn't you? Aoi…am I right?" Ayame challenged both of them. Malachi was silent, Kaworu too.
"I had decided to let them…you can't re-create life by destroying those who didn't refuse it!
If you want to re-create life, you must help them achieve it! True, Angels and Lilims can't coexist together…yet, they can achieve something…I said so, because life's worth a living!"
"Nice talk, Ayame! Then what happened to our future? No matter how noble your objective, human wouldn't listen to us and try to kill us…" At that point, Kaworu added, "That's our fate, Malachi! Adam bid us to follow and die…but our death won't be in vain! That is the real glory…to live and die…live and die as human!" Then Ayame leaning closer to Kaworu, Malachi only sighed;
"Well, if it is your decisions I won't object it…free will and destiny! I'll leave you now, yet I'll be return! Nous verrons ce que nous verrons* … " With that parting word, Malachi envelops herself with light and suddenly vanished from their sight…Kaworu and Ayame felt withdrawn!
Return to NERV-6 Compound, Steiner still kept Brenner at the bay; while Yuji still monitored the situation. In a second, several people with their rifles broke the entrance and pointed it to Steiner.
Seeing that, Brenner smiles; "Surrender, Steiner! They're our Security Forces! Resistance is futile!" he said. Steiner knew it; if he still insists it he is good as dead man! Like Kaji! When he looked over Yuji, her face was tense. It seems she pleads him. If I die now, it means I had failed myself again! Well, whatever! Then he reluctantly threw his gun, as the trooper holds him. Yuji can only watch it. "Now, I assume the position again! Arrest her and Steiner, we'll decided…" Technician's shouting cut his words.
"Sir, you won't believe it! Neural link at Fifth and Eighth Child had been restored; harmonization was occurred! They were back!!" Brenner watch it unbelievably, as Kaworu and Ayame's face had appeared. Ignoring the trooper, Yuji ran downward toward the Plugs. Brenner ordered to normalize their vital signs and detach the Plug's connection afterward. The children were safely taken out from their plugs; out there Yuji had waited them.
Notes:
This is the climax of my story! Everyone was confronted with their past and given choice. The 'line' I mentioned for Angels
is the arrangement of Angels in each story. Also flashback at Sea of Dirac to give clearer understanding of NGE. You can
complain to me if I interpreted NGE theme incorrectly...anyway, I hope not much.
-Non omnis moriar(Latin) = I shall not wholly die
-Nous verrons ce que nous verrons (French) = we shall see what we shall see
As both of them lying on bed, Kurt find himself with Yuji. She seems hugged his chest.
As he touched her hair, he thought, Poor girl! For a long time, she waited Kaji in her dream. Now she found her dream was shattered…damn, why was I here? Well, it seems you're on the wrong time, Kurt!
I wonder what Kaji would said if he know this…" Then he rises from the bed and put on his uniform again.
"Yuji, wake up! Haven't you remember? This is time to test those child!" He called,
Lazily, she awoke and put her blanket around her as she turn toward the bathroom. She waved her hand to Kurt, signaled to leave her. Kurt walked to outside, then he lit on the cigarette. Kaji, why are you so stupid? It seems more like you! Always about woman…I wish I could be like you!
Later, the children had ready with their own gears, while Brenner impatiently waited something. As Yuji came, he asked her, "Where have you been? You know what time is this?"
"I…I'm sorry, Sir! I was very asleep…" Yuji excuses her, as Brenner stared deathly.
" It's alright, we can begin the test now! Yuji, check every data about them…"When she took her notepad, Kurt was passed by her. She only smiles weakly to him.
Then the children had entered the Plugs, the activities had began. Brenner and Yuji noticed them carefully. "Sir, we can start to increase the synch rate to 30%!" One of the technicians reported,
"Fine, how are the vital signs?" Brenner asked, "Everything normal, we aren't noted any changes…" Yuji still noticed Kaworu, Ayame, and Aoi's face. She expects that Ayame may do well in this test. Meanwhile, LCL liquid began to fill the plugs.
"Harmonics level 23, nothing changes! Neural link normal! No presence of mental contamination…"
"Error margin is 0.0001%, nothing to worry about…" Brenner quite amazed, saw the smoothness of test.
"Sir, there's noted about increase of synch rate about +4 on the Fifth Child…"
"How about the Ninth and Eighth?" Yuji asked, "Is there any changes?" The technician replied,
"Wait…I saw another increase about +5 on Ninth Child! So far the Eighth was on normal borders.
Yuji told Brenner, "It wasn't supposed to be happened, should I ask to let them out?"
"No," Brenner answered, "It's too early, we had to continue first…"
Meanwhile, within Ayame's mind she saw Kaworu and Aoi were debated something.
"What do you meant? Don't say that you didn't want to join with Adam?" Aoi asked tersely to
Kaworu. While he stared back with his usual gaze, smiled:
"What you'll done is wrong…it's not the way to achieve Adam…" Hearing Kaworu's reply, Aoi smirked, "Is that so? Since when you had become care so much to those Lilims?"
"Since I had become one of them…" What were they talking about? It isn't like them usually…
"Sir, the changes on Eighth Child noted. Neural link showed sign of erratic," Brenner fumed moodily, Great, she'd messed it again…Then Yuji asked, "How's the synch rate? There's any change?"
"No, Mom! Her synch rate was even…mental contamination wasn't detected!"
Return to Ayame's mind, Kaworu and Aoi's debate still continue, even heated. Kaworu told her, "Human had choices also, like us…only emotion that we'd lacked. It's not our right to take lives. If we does, we're same like them," I can't understand what are they talking about?
"I'm wondered if you knew word 'compassion', Tabriz! We haven't suppose to be in their part…many of us died because our desire to be one with Adam…"? Kaworu? Tabriz? Who is he?
"How are you sure that what they kept is Adam? Remember, they're Lilith's children…they're ignorant about us! Let they understood about us…" Impatiently, Aoi shouted to him,
"That's it! Now I asked you; are you with me or against me? As you know, Lilims and us can't exist together; one of them must perish."
Kaworu only sighed," I wasn't participating in your plan, Malachi. If necessary…"
"Then die!!" Suddenly, Tamashii's hand went toward Kaworu's chest. Ayame was shocked when she saw Aoi's action. Within the seconds, an octagonal field appeared in front of him, blocked Aoi.
Outside, the situation had become tense. "Sir, I noticed increase about +6 on Ninth Child and +7 on Fifth Child!" Brenner surprised, as the technician showed the data.
"Mom, we had detected…AT Field within the Compound!!" Other technician shouted,
"What? It can't be! How is the perimeter?" Yuji asked,
"Clear! No sign of abnormality outside…" Seeing this, Yuji began to reason, how could that be happened? If no sign of Angel at outside, the only possibility was…
"Check within the compound!" Before she finished her order, another report came…
"Mom, another AT Field had appeared! This one is quite stronger…" Brenner had become pale, hearing the report, Impossible, how could that be? Are the Angels had penetrate our compound?
At the same time, Aoi put her hands in front of Kaworu's AT Field. Unbelievably, she breached it. "Nice try, Tabriz! Haven't you forgotten that I have also?" She smiles wryly. However, Kaworu didn't seems afraid, "I know you would…if Adam wills me to die, I won't avoid it…non omnis moriar* ,"
"Nice to know those words from someone who will die…"Aoi said, "Too bad, your girlfriend wasn't around to saw this!" At that point, Ayame realized that Aoi really want to kill Kaworu! With that, she ran toward them,
The technician called Yuji, "Mom, we've detected the source of AT Field! It came within the compound, specifically this place!" As Yuji began to think, another report had came,
"Mom, we detected Blue Blood Group on…Fifth and Ninth Child…the AT Field came from both of them!" The statement made Brenner and Yuji shocked, it never passed to their realizations that Aoi and Kaworu were actually…Angels!
No, it can't be! This is worst thing to happen! I won't let anyone to mess with my mission!! Soon, Brenner had commanded something,
"Detach the Plugs immediately! Quick!!" Yuji shouted to him, "Have you gone mad, Sir? They're will be dead, including Ayame!!"
"They were Angels! Our enemy!" Suddenly she moves toward him and speak aloud, "I don't care! They're my responsiblities until now, I can't let you kill them like that!"
Brenner began to stares her again, "Are you disobey my order, Ms. Shiratori?" This time, she won't give the damn to him, "Yes! I am, Mr.Loth!"
"If you insists…Kurt, bring her out!" Brenner ordered, The Security Staff walked closer to Yuji, and pointed his gun to Brenner. "What is this meant? Are you too disobeying me, Steiner?"
"You can say so…Yuji, do you best to evacuate the children…" Kurt told her.
"You'll be sorry for that, Steiner…" Brenner mumbled, while Yuji had announced something,
"Because of such situation, thereby I'm relieved Mr.Loth from his position temporarily! Keep monitoring the situation!" Afterward, Yuji continues to save the child. Brenner only cursed within his lips, "Verdamnte, bitch! You'll be pay for this treachery!" Meanwhile Kurt still speaking with himself: Stenier, what the hell are you doing? Against your superior only
for the broken-hearted girl? Then something snaps in his mind, No, I had let my sister died without doing anything! Now I can't even help Kaji! But I won't let Yuji alone....never!
Return to the struggle within Ayame's mind, she ran toward Aoi and Kaworu. However, their AT Field hit her. "Stay back, Nagase! I'll spare you…" Aoi threatened her,
Unafraid, Ayame shouted back, "If you want to kill Kaworu, you might kill me as well!!"
Kaworu said, "Ayame, this wasn't your fight! Your side was with human…" She raises back, and then lurching her hands toward Aoi and Ayame. Unbelievably, she able to penetrate the AT Field and hold their hand,
"Stop it! I said, stop it! THAT'S ENOUGH!" Suddenly, the light blasted among them and enveloped them into nothingness…
"Mom, we've detected the third AT Field! This one came from Eighth Child!" Yuji stares on monitor, hopes it wasn't true. "Ayame…you're too," Brenner had shocked, "IT CAN'T BE TRUE!!" Kurt shouted, "What the hell!"
he shouted loudly, Then the technician reported, "Something wrong, the harmonic were zoomed out!
Neural link had been compromised, we can't detect the children anymore!!"
"What!" At the same time, the light had come out from Ayame's plug. "Let's get out here!"
As the blinding light breakthrough, it was covered the whole compound…then gone as the darkness return. Kurt, Yuji, Brenner and other technicians opened their eyes; nothing changes with them.
As she stares to monitor, Yuji screamed. Kurt looked to the monitor, within the Plugs there is none. The only things left was the gears. "Where are they?" Yuji allow himself to sit, Where are they? This reminds me when EVA-01 had devoured the 14th Angel's S2 Engine. Shinji Ikari also gone, but he survived. Are they inside…Sea of Dirac?
Meanwhile, Kaworu, Ayame and Aoi were thrown into a boundless, vast space. Devoid of anything saves them. There is only a pitch-black color around them. They weren't wearing anything; their gears were detached. Their bodies seem illuminated.
Where are we? Ayame asked, however she's afraid to ask her companions. She isn't sure whether they are humans or not. Suddenly, Aoi writhed with pain as her body trembles. Kaworu only watched with expressionless gaze. As she trembles, her frame gave away and another being appeared from her body. Bathed with celestial light, the being shed her human frame. As they noticed, seven wings of light sprang from her back; her long golden hair spreads around them.
"Who…or what are you?" Ayame broke the silence, Kaworu and the being looked on her.
"It seems time to tell her about the truth…" the being spoke to Kaworu,
"You're right, Malachi…" Ayame turned to Kaworu, "Kaworu, what had she said? What she meant about the truth?" This time, Kaworu smiled as he tried to hold a pain on himself.
"The truth that you're one of us…Ayame," he told her blankly.
"Me…one of yours! You're lied, Kaworu!" Then the being added, "He's right, you are one of us…you are an Angel!" This was shocked Ayame beyond comprehension. Kaworu intervene quickly,
"Let me cleared this to her, Malachi. Ayame, the reason you're exist is Adam…you're not a real human. They had engineered your beginning from someone who had already deceased…"
Blankly, Ayame turned to Malachi, "So it was you who inside my dream? Saying that I'm not a real human?" Malachi shook her head, "No, it was other Angels from your line…mine had not arrived, while Kaworu was the last of his line. They had called you to join them…"
"So what my dream meant? My other life before?" Kaworu answered, "It is up to you to find the truth…" As she tried to grasp the truth, she suddenly asked, "What are we?
Suddenly, the sky had become so bright as it showed the First Impact. Afterward it moved to Geofront. Then Malachi spoke, "We're the children of Adam, our progenitor of Death. In other side, Lilith is progenitor of Life and her children were humans…" The images of defeated Angels appeared,
Kaworu continued, "In every consecutive turn, life and death had shaped this universe…yet human weren't understood it! As the first of the creation, Angels intends to help human achieve their perfection…in Adam! That's why each Angels were gifted with specific gifts to fully know about human, we're the last one whom they called ' Messengers'."
Malachi added, "It was our destiny…your destiny to return to Adam! We believe that we should return to Adam in order to re-create life again…" Ayame still not understood what they had said; slowly another images appeared. It is image of Shinji, Asuka, Gendo, Fuyutski, Makoto, Shigeru, Maya, Ritsuko and Misato; sometimes Yuji, Kurt and Brenner appeared…
"Human had become victim of their own emotion, spawned selfishness, hatred and so on…"
Kaworu said, "They had lost glory of the first creation, as a result sufferings continue and these people groaned as their life continues…that is why we should return to Adam…"
Then the event moves to the Second Impact, where the world had beheld the magnificent glory and dreaded destruction that Adam unleashed upon them. Soon it showed several Evangelions , Malachi explained to Ayame, "However, there were several humans who tried to shape life according to their will…" The image of SEELE's monoliths appeared, including Keel! "They thought by arranging our return to Adam, it could elevate the humanity…how sad! Moreover, they had create the impostors of Adam to prevent us," Afterward, the Lance of Longinus appeared and moves toward them.
Lastly, image of Ayanami Rei visibly appear in front of them. "Who is she?" Ayame asked,
"Lilith's puppet! Within its vessels, there was none except void…she was constructed by human in order to hasten their own return to Lilith!" Malachi said with anger in her lips. Kaworu replied to them, "Whatever the means, our return to Adam cannot be stopped…human schemes only delay the time, not the event…" As the image faded, the Tree of Life formed around them and…Earth exploded and swallowed by Third Impact as image of Adam reborn…
"Now you know why we can't join humans? Life and Death can't coexist together …as we and human can't be together …Ayame, chose your side! Which side you belong? To Kaworu who cowardly followed human or me?" She asked her. Ayame only silent…her sight was on Kaworu. Finally, she opened her mouth, "I had only one question…it's for both of you! Kaworu! Why do you choose to be human?" Kaworu answers her question calmly,
"Because I want to know more about human. Firstly, I was tried to learn my enemy…then I had been fascinated to their life. I wonder how they deal with their life…if I return to Adam, I won't have chance to learn about them…" Then Ayame turned her sight to Malachi,
"Yes, you're right…to battle your enemy, you must know your enemy and eventually become one of them…that's I had done now…" Suddenly, Ayame laughed for the first time; this made Kaworu and Malachi amazed, "What do you laughed about?" Malachi felt offended,
"Don't you know? I think none among us had guts to started Third Impact…Kaworu wants to learn about humans, and…you don't really want to do it, didn't you? Aoi…am I right?" Ayame challenged both of them. Malachi was silent, Kaworu too.
"I had decided to let them…you can't re-create life by destroying those who didn't refuse it!
If you want to re-create life, you must help them achieve it! True, Angels and Lilims can't coexist together…yet, they can achieve something…I said so, because life's worth a living!"
"Nice talk, Ayame! Then what happened to our future? No matter how noble your objective, human wouldn't listen to us and try to kill us…" At that point, Kaworu added, "That's our fate, Malachi! Adam bid us to follow and die…but our death won't be in vain! That is the real glory…to live and die…live and die as human!" Then Ayame leaning closer to Kaworu, Malachi only sighed;
"Well, if it is your decisions I won't object it…free will and destiny! I'll leave you now, yet I'll be return! Nous verrons ce que nous verrons* … " With that parting word, Malachi envelops herself with light and suddenly vanished from their sight…Kaworu and Ayame felt withdrawn!
Return to NERV-6 Compound, Steiner still kept Brenner at the bay; while Yuji still monitored the situation. In a second, several people with their rifles broke the entrance and pointed it to Steiner.
Seeing that, Brenner smiles; "Surrender, Steiner! They're our Security Forces! Resistance is futile!" he said. Steiner knew it; if he still insists it he is good as dead man! Like Kaji! When he looked over Yuji, her face was tense. It seems she pleads him. If I die now, it means I had failed myself again! Well, whatever! Then he reluctantly threw his gun, as the trooper holds him. Yuji can only watch it. "Now, I assume the position again! Arrest her and Steiner, we'll decided…" Technician's shouting cut his words.
"Sir, you won't believe it! Neural link at Fifth and Eighth Child had been restored; harmonization was occurred! They were back!!" Brenner watch it unbelievably, as Kaworu and Ayame's face had appeared. Ignoring the trooper, Yuji ran downward toward the Plugs. Brenner ordered to normalize their vital signs and detach the Plug's connection afterward. The children were safely taken out from their plugs; out there Yuji had waited them.
Notes:
This is the climax of my story! Everyone was confronted with their past and given choice. The 'line' I mentioned for Angels
is the arrangement of Angels in each story. Also flashback at Sea of Dirac to give clearer understanding of NGE. You can
complain to me if I interpreted NGE theme incorrectly...anyway, I hope not much.
-Non omnis moriar(Latin) = I shall not wholly die
-Nous verrons ce que nous verrons (French) = we shall see what we shall see