Chapter 15 - End of EVANGELION
Ikari watch the five children until they had entered the elevator and the doors had closed.
Then he turned around.
"Major Katsuragi, you´ll coordinate the mission."
"Yes, Commander."
"Kaji, take a dozen of our men and barricade yourself within Terminal Dogma. Prevent anybody
from reaching Lilith."
Kaji just nodded.
Gendo activated the com-link to control center.
"Fuyutsuki, how´s our state?"
"AT-dome´s erected, but don´t ask me how they are doing it. MAGI are registrating the
approaching of several transport planes."
"They are coming."
"Yes, Ikari. Wait a second... We have an alert! A JSSDF-commando is invading the western
maintenance tunnels!"
"Send any available hand to intercept, I´ll met them at sector C-19!"
"Ikari, you don´t want to..."
"I´ve just sent my son, Rei and three other kids into battle... Fuyutsuki, it was an honor to
work by your side."
He closed the connection.
***
Control center
"All EVA units are ready for take off." Misato was told when she entered the room.
"Bring units one and two to the city´s center and the others to the shaft the fourteenth angel
made."
"Understood."
"Shinji, you´ll be baiting them. You others will be passive until I order you to attack, so
don´t build up AT-fields. That´ll be an ambush. Keep the silence!"
The pilots confirmed.
She watched the EVAs moving into position, EVA-01, armed with a positronrifle on a large square
at the center of Tokio-3, the four others within the cover of several skyscrapers, armed with
sniperrifles.
"Nine transports approaching! JSSDF-troops are withdrawing!"
"Initiate Ground-air-defense!"
"Confirmed, Major."
From formerly hidden launching shaft rockets shot into the sky. Until now NERV had been passive,
had endured the assault against the AT-dome in silence. But now the installations awoke.
Explosions filled the sky.
"Direct hit. Another one. Major, confirming five hits!"
"Check it!"
"Transports destroyed... no..."
"What?"
"Enemy EVANGELION units are not destroyed!"
Five ugly white giant with similarities to birds of prey, descended using their jetpacks,
breaching the AT-dome like it wasn´t there at all.
"Shinji, look out!"
"Roger!"
Unit one opened fire.
"Unit zero, two, three, four! Open fire!"
***
EVA testing center
"AT-field breached..." Maya reported.
Ritsuko didn´t answer, she and the captain were hurrying to the platform where had fallen down
in cramps.
Kaworu too was trying to regain his balance, making the impression of having been hit by a
giant´s fist.
"No power left..."
"Doesn´t matter."
Akagi disconnected Larsen from the MAGI.
"AT-field´s gone."
Larsen´s hand grabbed Ritsuko´s arm. He was bleeding from the nose.
"The... children..."
"They will make it!"
"EVA-04... no AT-field... only heat-shields... no protection..."
He trembled.
Kaworu touched his head.
"Calm down, lilim."
What is he doing? His soul is leaving... no... Shinji taught me friendship, you taught me
trust. You mustn´t leave...
He felt another presence, a cold wisp.
Azrael, Angel of Death, let him...
Within the darkness the tiny flame still was burning.
I won´t let you die...
***
Control center
"EVA-04 forms AT-field!"
"Unit four? No error?"
"Unit four."
Two of the white series five-EVAs had been destroyed while descendind, their S2-engines had
exploded, showing their weakness. Now it no longer was 5 vs. 9 but 5 vs. 7. The remaining
seven enemies atacked unit one.
The first to react was Rei, coming to her friends aid, with Touji and Hikari giving covering,
and Asuka close on her heels.
"Analyse the weapons used by the EVAs!"
"Analysing, Major. MAGI notices similarities to the Lancea Longinus as well as to the defense
of the sixteenth angel."
"Shinji, Rei, Asuka, Touji, Hikari! Look out for their swords! If they manage to hurt your
units you´ll be suffering the same wounds!"
Shinji´s answer was a scream of pain when one of the seven EVAs thrust its blade through the
chest of unit one, breaching its core.
"Shinji!"
EVA-01 lost its balance, went down to the knees, was hit by another sword that pierced the
right shoulder.
"Synchrate of unit zero above 100%... the same with unit two! Berserkers..."
One of the screens in front of Hikari Horaki read:
Emergency-upload of pattern Seraph completed...
***
The surface
It wasn´t a nice view...
EVA-01 was laying on the ground unmoving while Rei and Asuka assaulted the white EVAs.
Touji´s EVA went down onto one knee and aimed its rifle, Hikari doing the same.
Asuka pushed one of the series-five EVAs aside, digging with the bare hand into the next one´s
chest, ripping the S2-engine out of its body, kicking at a third one´s stomach, that one
stumbled directly into Touji´s line of fire, exploded when hit.
Rei grabbed Asaka´s first victim, ripped one of its arms out of the socket, beating it with
its own arm, then pulling out her progressive knife and thrusting it into the next one´s belly.
A sword was thrusted through her EVA´s leg, at the same time her plugsuit was ripped open at
the corresponding place and a deep wound opened that bleeded heavyly.
She didn´t feel it, didn´t care.
One white EVA turned away from unit one, assaulted unit three.
Touji couldn´t raise his rifle fast enough. The next moment the enemy was upon him.
"Touji!" Hikari screamed.
Calm down! a voice whispered within her head.
"What... Who..."
Right above her own hands she saw two ghostly hands hovering, hands of steel.
On her screen she saw Touji´s wrestling with the other one.
Help him.
"How? I can´t fire..."
The ghostly hands clenched their fists, claws popped out between the knuckles.
I´ll help you.
Hikari looked down at her controls, then she nodded.
And made her own EVA grow its claws...
When the dust settled there was no series five EVA standing anymore...
***
Control center
"Fourth EVA destroyed. Pilot Ayanami: profund bleedings at the leg. Fifth EVA destoyed.
State of pilot Ikari: Critical, internal bleedings. Pilot Langley: bleedings at the arm."
EVA-04 jumped at the white EVANGELION that had assulted unit three, grabbing it at the neck
and severing it from throat to crotch.
Within a fireball the last EVA of series five exploded.
"I´ll meet with the medic above!"
Misato hurried out of the room.
"Vice-commander, our men have been engaged in combat with the invaders within the tunnels!"
"What are the JSSDF-troops doing?"
"Withdrawing." - "Sir, communication-lins weren´t jammed anymore! JSSDF was ordered to
withdraw!" - "Satelite-links reestablished! UN-headquarters at Tokio-2 are under attack of
PALADIN-squad!"
"SEELE´s hideout", Fuyutsukki mumbled.
"Commander Ikari has arrived with the reinforcements!" - "They´ve got him... The Commander´s
been shot... commanding officer down...!"
Ikari watch the five children until they had entered the elevator and the doors had closed.
Then he turned around.
"Major Katsuragi, you´ll coordinate the mission."
"Yes, Commander."
"Kaji, take a dozen of our men and barricade yourself within Terminal Dogma. Prevent anybody
from reaching Lilith."
Kaji just nodded.
Gendo activated the com-link to control center.
"Fuyutsuki, how´s our state?"
"AT-dome´s erected, but don´t ask me how they are doing it. MAGI are registrating the
approaching of several transport planes."
"They are coming."
"Yes, Ikari. Wait a second... We have an alert! A JSSDF-commando is invading the western
maintenance tunnels!"
"Send any available hand to intercept, I´ll met them at sector C-19!"
"Ikari, you don´t want to..."
"I´ve just sent my son, Rei and three other kids into battle... Fuyutsuki, it was an honor to
work by your side."
He closed the connection.
***
Control center
"All EVA units are ready for take off." Misato was told when she entered the room.
"Bring units one and two to the city´s center and the others to the shaft the fourteenth angel
made."
"Understood."
"Shinji, you´ll be baiting them. You others will be passive until I order you to attack, so
don´t build up AT-fields. That´ll be an ambush. Keep the silence!"
The pilots confirmed.
She watched the EVAs moving into position, EVA-01, armed with a positronrifle on a large square
at the center of Tokio-3, the four others within the cover of several skyscrapers, armed with
sniperrifles.
"Nine transports approaching! JSSDF-troops are withdrawing!"
"Initiate Ground-air-defense!"
"Confirmed, Major."
From formerly hidden launching shaft rockets shot into the sky. Until now NERV had been passive,
had endured the assault against the AT-dome in silence. But now the installations awoke.
Explosions filled the sky.
"Direct hit. Another one. Major, confirming five hits!"
"Check it!"
"Transports destroyed... no..."
"What?"
"Enemy EVANGELION units are not destroyed!"
Five ugly white giant with similarities to birds of prey, descended using their jetpacks,
breaching the AT-dome like it wasn´t there at all.
"Shinji, look out!"
"Roger!"
Unit one opened fire.
"Unit zero, two, three, four! Open fire!"
***
EVA testing center
"AT-field breached..." Maya reported.
Ritsuko didn´t answer, she and the captain were hurrying to the platform where had fallen down
in cramps.
Kaworu too was trying to regain his balance, making the impression of having been hit by a
giant´s fist.
"No power left..."
"Doesn´t matter."
Akagi disconnected Larsen from the MAGI.
"AT-field´s gone."
Larsen´s hand grabbed Ritsuko´s arm. He was bleeding from the nose.
"The... children..."
"They will make it!"
"EVA-04... no AT-field... only heat-shields... no protection..."
He trembled.
Kaworu touched his head.
"Calm down, lilim."
What is he doing? His soul is leaving... no... Shinji taught me friendship, you taught me
trust. You mustn´t leave...
He felt another presence, a cold wisp.
Azrael, Angel of Death, let him...
Within the darkness the tiny flame still was burning.
I won´t let you die...
***
Control center
"EVA-04 forms AT-field!"
"Unit four? No error?"
"Unit four."
Two of the white series five-EVAs had been destroyed while descendind, their S2-engines had
exploded, showing their weakness. Now it no longer was 5 vs. 9 but 5 vs. 7. The remaining
seven enemies atacked unit one.
The first to react was Rei, coming to her friends aid, with Touji and Hikari giving covering,
and Asuka close on her heels.
"Analyse the weapons used by the EVAs!"
"Analysing, Major. MAGI notices similarities to the Lancea Longinus as well as to the defense
of the sixteenth angel."
"Shinji, Rei, Asuka, Touji, Hikari! Look out for their swords! If they manage to hurt your
units you´ll be suffering the same wounds!"
Shinji´s answer was a scream of pain when one of the seven EVAs thrust its blade through the
chest of unit one, breaching its core.
"Shinji!"
EVA-01 lost its balance, went down to the knees, was hit by another sword that pierced the
right shoulder.
"Synchrate of unit zero above 100%... the same with unit two! Berserkers..."
One of the screens in front of Hikari Horaki read:
Emergency-upload of pattern Seraph completed...
***
The surface
It wasn´t a nice view...
EVA-01 was laying on the ground unmoving while Rei and Asuka assaulted the white EVAs.
Touji´s EVA went down onto one knee and aimed its rifle, Hikari doing the same.
Asuka pushed one of the series-five EVAs aside, digging with the bare hand into the next one´s
chest, ripping the S2-engine out of its body, kicking at a third one´s stomach, that one
stumbled directly into Touji´s line of fire, exploded when hit.
Rei grabbed Asaka´s first victim, ripped one of its arms out of the socket, beating it with
its own arm, then pulling out her progressive knife and thrusting it into the next one´s belly.
A sword was thrusted through her EVA´s leg, at the same time her plugsuit was ripped open at
the corresponding place and a deep wound opened that bleeded heavyly.
She didn´t feel it, didn´t care.
One white EVA turned away from unit one, assaulted unit three.
Touji couldn´t raise his rifle fast enough. The next moment the enemy was upon him.
"Touji!" Hikari screamed.
Calm down! a voice whispered within her head.
"What... Who..."
Right above her own hands she saw two ghostly hands hovering, hands of steel.
On her screen she saw Touji´s wrestling with the other one.
Help him.
"How? I can´t fire..."
The ghostly hands clenched their fists, claws popped out between the knuckles.
I´ll help you.
Hikari looked down at her controls, then she nodded.
And made her own EVA grow its claws...
When the dust settled there was no series five EVA standing anymore...
***
Control center
"Fourth EVA destroyed. Pilot Ayanami: profund bleedings at the leg. Fifth EVA destoyed.
State of pilot Ikari: Critical, internal bleedings. Pilot Langley: bleedings at the arm."
EVA-04 jumped at the white EVANGELION that had assulted unit three, grabbing it at the neck
and severing it from throat to crotch.
Within a fireball the last EVA of series five exploded.
"I´ll meet with the medic above!"
Misato hurried out of the room.
"Vice-commander, our men have been engaged in combat with the invaders within the tunnels!"
"What are the JSSDF-troops doing?"
"Withdrawing." - "Sir, communication-lins weren´t jammed anymore! JSSDF was ordered to
withdraw!" - "Satelite-links reestablished! UN-headquarters at Tokio-2 are under attack of
PALADIN-squad!"
"SEELE´s hideout", Fuyutsukki mumbled.
"Commander Ikari has arrived with the reinforcements!" - "They´ve got him... The Commander´s
been shot... commanding officer down...!"