Chapter 17 - Endings and Beginnings
During the next days a handful men and women from all the world arrived at Tokio-3,
following Winter diArgio´s, all of them members of the Traditions.
The EVA-hangar was transformed into a large laboratory with the MAGI at it´s center,
resembling an alchemist´s workshop in many ways. The newcomers started working at the
reconstruction of the body two of their own from a few left strings of DNA.
With each day the archmagus withered more and more, slowly becoming a walking mummy,
losing more and more strenght with each passing day, but refusing any help, redirecting
all resources to the main project, finally he directed the work from a chair inside the
controlroom.
Misato Katsuragi survived her injuries, as did Gendo Ikari.
The NERV-hq was placed under absolute quarantine since the world still wasn´t ready for
the devellopments happening inside the pyramid...
***
"Master?"
The ancient man looked up, had to focus to better see the other one.
"Ah, Michael..." Winter whispered.
"We... we are ready."
"Good."
He smiled a toothless smile.
"Then I can leave, my boy."
Groaning he got up, using all concentration for a final spell to open a gate to the realm
of the mirrorborder.
"Master, where are thou going?"
"I have fulfilled all my promises. You don´t need me anymore."
"That´s not right, the Order needs thou, we need thou and your wisdom, your knowledge..."
He looked at his last student and shook his head.
"No, I gave you and the other´s all I had to give, told you all I know... This is a new
beginning, I am closing my eyes and I have a vision of the future, a future without the
Order, without different Traditions, with a new communion... the future is yours´, do the
best of it."
"Master..."
"Not to rule but to teach, that´s our mission, never forget it... I can see, that the
EVANGELION will break the Tempest, that the lost ones will return... give them my regards,
tell them I didn´t fail again..."
"Don´t go, Master..."
He shook his head again, turned towards the large window, scanned the hangar, let his
gaze move over the scientists working at the artificial birth/growth chambers to the more
spirituel inclined of his breathen who had joined the Akashik brothers in their chants,
protecting the souls within the cores and preparing them for their journey.
The chambers started glowing softly, at the same time the cores dimmed.
"Transfer completed."
He nodded.
"Doctor Ikari, doctor Soryu, my best wished will accompain you."
With these words he turned and stepped through the portal into the mirrorborder.
***
At the same time a ceremony started within the headquarter´s mess, whose participants
probably would have been even more nervous had they known what happened inside the hangar.
It was day Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami were getting married...
The by now very pregnant Rei sat in a wheelchair while Shinji stood, to their sides Asuka
and Kaji stood acting as witnesses, with Shinji´s father saying in the back of the room.
The ceremony was executed by Kozo Fuyutsuki, the second-in-command. Since NERV was a military
institution the commanding officer had the right to marry those under his jurisdiction. The
former professor hasted through his text, since Rei was experiencing the labour pains in even
shorter intervals. After having screamed her "Yes, I will" and after Fuyutsuki having declared
them husband and wife they hurried to the hospital.
Gendo stayed before the operating room´s doors while Shinji entered to stay by Rei´s side. The
younger Ikari looked over his shoulder just before the doors closed behind her, saw the tears
in his father´s eyes.
***
Again he stood at the edge of the cliff above the whirling Tempest, staring down into
the chaos, seeing the faces of his beloved, of people who once had shared his path and
were long gone.
He sensed the presence of another human, didn´t have to turn around to recognize the
blind seeress.
"I am sorry, Magus diArgio."
"Yes... that´s what you have seem, isn´t it? My end..."
"That´s right."
"Couldn´t you give me a warning? Had I known that I would meet Cagliostro..."
"I wasn´t allowed."
"I see."
A rush drew his attention back to the Tempest.
Out of the chaos a shape rose, hovering above the winds. The mage recognized the being
that had existed inside himself for all the centuries, looked at the being with expectation.
Did it come to finish his existence to take revenge for all the years of imprisonment?
The umbrood´s words are louder than the roaring of the Tempest below, but at the same
time soft and whispering.
"I´ll give you HIS sentence, lilims... You passed HIS tests, the future is yours to shape..."
With the last word the final angel, the angel of humanity, returned into the Tempest.
"Tell the tale." Winter whispered. "We are free from heaven and hell..."
"I will."
With a smile on his lips he did the final step, was swallowed by the maelstorm...
And a golden shining winged vision came out of the chaos, ascending towards the border
to the mundane realm of earth...
***
The abbot of the temple of the Brotherhood raised his head when a coalblack raven landet
in front of him and gave a soft croak. The old man made a clapping gesture, but with
just one hand.
As a reaction the temple´s bells started tolling, as did bells within countless temples
and shrines all over the country...
***
Shinji Ikari couldn´t look away from his son who was sleeping in his mother´s, Shinji´s wife´s,
arms.
"He´s beautiful."
Rei smiled, tired, but happy.
"Our son..."
Somebody knocked at the door, the door was opened a bit.
"May I... come in?" Gendo Ikari asked with trembling voice.
Shinji looked at his father, then at Rei.
"Yes."
At this moment he could forgive him...
***
Who are you?
"Ich am Rei Aya... Rei Ikari."
What are you doing?
"I live."
Why do you live?
She looked at the child in her arms, the just a few days old boy who was returning her
gaze from icegrey laughing eyes, looked to Shinji who stood next to her an arm place
around her shoulders, looked at Misato who was driven into the room in a wheelchair by
Kaji, looked at Gendo Ikari who had broke down crying when Yui had entered the room,
looked at Yui Ikari who had been freed after all the long years of imprisonent, looked
through the testcenter´s large window into the EVA-hangar where Asuka and her mother were
embracing each other without words.
"Does it need any other reasons to live?"
The End
----
Yes, it´s over.
Really.
I hope you had fun.
Don´t read any further!
I mean it!
During the next days a handful men and women from all the world arrived at Tokio-3,
following Winter diArgio´s, all of them members of the Traditions.
The EVA-hangar was transformed into a large laboratory with the MAGI at it´s center,
resembling an alchemist´s workshop in many ways. The newcomers started working at the
reconstruction of the body two of their own from a few left strings of DNA.
With each day the archmagus withered more and more, slowly becoming a walking mummy,
losing more and more strenght with each passing day, but refusing any help, redirecting
all resources to the main project, finally he directed the work from a chair inside the
controlroom.
Misato Katsuragi survived her injuries, as did Gendo Ikari.
The NERV-hq was placed under absolute quarantine since the world still wasn´t ready for
the devellopments happening inside the pyramid...
***
"Master?"
The ancient man looked up, had to focus to better see the other one.
"Ah, Michael..." Winter whispered.
"We... we are ready."
"Good."
He smiled a toothless smile.
"Then I can leave, my boy."
Groaning he got up, using all concentration for a final spell to open a gate to the realm
of the mirrorborder.
"Master, where are thou going?"
"I have fulfilled all my promises. You don´t need me anymore."
"That´s not right, the Order needs thou, we need thou and your wisdom, your knowledge..."
He looked at his last student and shook his head.
"No, I gave you and the other´s all I had to give, told you all I know... This is a new
beginning, I am closing my eyes and I have a vision of the future, a future without the
Order, without different Traditions, with a new communion... the future is yours´, do the
best of it."
"Master..."
"Not to rule but to teach, that´s our mission, never forget it... I can see, that the
EVANGELION will break the Tempest, that the lost ones will return... give them my regards,
tell them I didn´t fail again..."
"Don´t go, Master..."
He shook his head again, turned towards the large window, scanned the hangar, let his
gaze move over the scientists working at the artificial birth/growth chambers to the more
spirituel inclined of his breathen who had joined the Akashik brothers in their chants,
protecting the souls within the cores and preparing them for their journey.
The chambers started glowing softly, at the same time the cores dimmed.
"Transfer completed."
He nodded.
"Doctor Ikari, doctor Soryu, my best wished will accompain you."
With these words he turned and stepped through the portal into the mirrorborder.
***
At the same time a ceremony started within the headquarter´s mess, whose participants
probably would have been even more nervous had they known what happened inside the hangar.
It was day Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami were getting married...
The by now very pregnant Rei sat in a wheelchair while Shinji stood, to their sides Asuka
and Kaji stood acting as witnesses, with Shinji´s father saying in the back of the room.
The ceremony was executed by Kozo Fuyutsuki, the second-in-command. Since NERV was a military
institution the commanding officer had the right to marry those under his jurisdiction. The
former professor hasted through his text, since Rei was experiencing the labour pains in even
shorter intervals. After having screamed her "Yes, I will" and after Fuyutsuki having declared
them husband and wife they hurried to the hospital.
Gendo stayed before the operating room´s doors while Shinji entered to stay by Rei´s side. The
younger Ikari looked over his shoulder just before the doors closed behind her, saw the tears
in his father´s eyes.
***
Again he stood at the edge of the cliff above the whirling Tempest, staring down into
the chaos, seeing the faces of his beloved, of people who once had shared his path and
were long gone.
He sensed the presence of another human, didn´t have to turn around to recognize the
blind seeress.
"I am sorry, Magus diArgio."
"Yes... that´s what you have seem, isn´t it? My end..."
"That´s right."
"Couldn´t you give me a warning? Had I known that I would meet Cagliostro..."
"I wasn´t allowed."
"I see."
A rush drew his attention back to the Tempest.
Out of the chaos a shape rose, hovering above the winds. The mage recognized the being
that had existed inside himself for all the centuries, looked at the being with expectation.
Did it come to finish his existence to take revenge for all the years of imprisonment?
The umbrood´s words are louder than the roaring of the Tempest below, but at the same
time soft and whispering.
"I´ll give you HIS sentence, lilims... You passed HIS tests, the future is yours to shape..."
With the last word the final angel, the angel of humanity, returned into the Tempest.
"Tell the tale." Winter whispered. "We are free from heaven and hell..."
"I will."
With a smile on his lips he did the final step, was swallowed by the maelstorm...
And a golden shining winged vision came out of the chaos, ascending towards the border
to the mundane realm of earth...
***
The abbot of the temple of the Brotherhood raised his head when a coalblack raven landet
in front of him and gave a soft croak. The old man made a clapping gesture, but with
just one hand.
As a reaction the temple´s bells started tolling, as did bells within countless temples
and shrines all over the country...
***
Shinji Ikari couldn´t look away from his son who was sleeping in his mother´s, Shinji´s wife´s,
arms.
"He´s beautiful."
Rei smiled, tired, but happy.
"Our son..."
Somebody knocked at the door, the door was opened a bit.
"May I... come in?" Gendo Ikari asked with trembling voice.
Shinji looked at his father, then at Rei.
"Yes."
At this moment he could forgive him...
***
Who are you?
"Ich am Rei Aya... Rei Ikari."
What are you doing?
"I live."
Why do you live?
She looked at the child in her arms, the just a few days old boy who was returning her
gaze from icegrey laughing eyes, looked to Shinji who stood next to her an arm place
around her shoulders, looked at Misato who was driven into the room in a wheelchair by
Kaji, looked at Gendo Ikari who had broke down crying when Yui had entered the room,
looked at Yui Ikari who had been freed after all the long years of imprisonent, looked
through the testcenter´s large window into the EVA-hangar where Asuka and her mother were
embracing each other without words.
"Does it need any other reasons to live?"
The End
----
Yes, it´s over.
Really.
I hope you had fun.
Don´t read any further!
I mean it!
