Everything to do with Eva doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Gainax
This is it chapter 6, the beginning of the story, the last 5 chapters have been a build-up to this chapter. I want to mentioned two things, first this story won't involve a Touji/Asuka romance because it is disgusting to think about, second Rei will come back, but it won't be a Shinji/Rei fic. Now on to the fic. Thoughts are in and actions/events are in ().
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: True Destiny
Episode 6 'I Have To Fight'
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Shinji woke up with a start when he heard the doorbell ring. He had fallen asleep on the sofa after a long day of tests. He stood up and rubbed the sleep out of eyes, groggily he walked to the door. It was Touji, and he had his serious face on.
Shinji: Touji, whats up?
Touji: Can I come in? I have to tell you something.
Shinji: Sure.
They walked into the living room.
Touji: Your mom told me to tell you that she will be home late.
Shinji: When did you see my mom?
Touji: A few hours ago, I've been wandering around since then.
Shinji: Whats wrong Touji? I hope it's nothing to do with your sister.
Touji: No she's fine, in fact the doctors say that she can go home in a couple of weeks.
Shinji: That's great Touji, it really is.
Touji: I'm back on active duty.
Shinji: Sorry?
Touji: I'm back on active duty, as of today.
Shinji: Did my father do this?
Touji: No, it was my decision.
Shinji: Why Touji? After what Eva has done to you, to me, why?
Touji: Same reason as you, I have to fight, for my familys sake and for mine. There may be no more Angels, but the world is a big place, I wouldn't feel comfortable if something happened to anyone and I could've prevented it.
Shinji: That's a good reason, but there are more Angels.
Touji: Are you sure? The news said that all the Angels have been defeated.
Shinji: First rule of being an Eva pilot, don't believe what anyone tells you. In fact do you know the truth about second impact?
Touji: What the meteorite strike?
Shinji: That's not what happened, it was actually the first Angel exploding.
Touji: Really?
Shinji: Really. Makes you laugh when you think about when our teacher used to talk about second impact.
Touji: Yeah, anyway I have synch tests in the morning, I don't even know what Eva I'll be piloting.
Shinji: Unit 11, it's the only Eva that will accept a pilot, except Unit 01 of course.
Touji: Thanks for understanding, and for not trying to talk me out of it.
With that Touji leaves the apartment. Shinji lies back down on the sofa, but he didn't get back to sleep that night.
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The next day in Commander Ikari's office, the supreme commander is having another discussion with his estranged wife.
Yui: Have you read all the 'Dead Sea Scrolls' yet?
Ikari: No I haven't.
Yui: Well I have, I have disturbing news. Third impact in all forms awakens the remaining Angels from their hibernation, and when they do, they return to the place where they were born.
Ikari: The egg?
Yui: Yes, contact with the egg will result in fourth impact. Only those that possess the fruit of life will survive it. In other words mankind will be obliterated.
Ikari: I have convinced the Japanese government of your plan, they have convinced the UN council to move here, it will not succeed if the Angels start attacking again.
Yui: We will have to convince them to stay.
Ikari: How?
Yui: The problem lies with the design of Tokyo-3, instead of it being on top of the Geofront, build it to the side. All the Angels appear to do nothing until they are provoked or reach here, so that should be our strategy, we'll lure them to the battleground before destroying them, minimising damage.
Ikari: The battleground, you mean the 3rd Ashinoko lake.
Yui: Yes.
Ikari: Very well. Anything else?
Yui pauses and when she speaks again her voice has softened.
Yui: I want to know why you pushed our son away.
Ikari pauses, and his voice changes also.
Ikari: I couldn't bear to be hurt again, after losing you, I just couldn't.
Yui: So you sent our son away, and made yourself a doll in my image, how pitiful.
She turns and heads for the door, as she reaches it she hers his voice.
Ikari: Yui, I'm sorry.
Yui: I'm not the one you should apologise to, if he forgives you then I may forgive you, goodbye.
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Touji: So this is it.
Touji and Shinji were in the locker room looking at Touji's plugsuit, It was black at the top and blue at the bottom.
Touji: Looks just like the other one, except it has 11 instead of 03 on it.
Shinji: Kaworus plugsuit was just the same.
They both put on their respective plugsuits, and neural interfaces and then went to the Eva cages, to see Unit 11. When they arrive they found several crews around around the area where the Evas core was. Shinji saw his mother and went over to talk to her.
Shinji: Mom, what's going on.
Yui: We're reinstalling Unit 11s core.
Touji: So she agreed again.
Yui: Yes she did, in fact once I told her about it she jumped at the chance to help her big brother again.
Shinji: I'm lost.
Yui: You know that the core of the Evas has a personality imprinted on it, mine is on Unit 01, this helps synchronising, which is why you only managed a 2% synch with Unit 11, it had no personality, so Touji's sister agreed to have her personality imprinted on this Evas core just like she did with Unit 03s core.
Shinji: Oh.
Yui: This is going to take a couple of hours, Shinji, why don't you take Touji to the simulator and put him through a few of the basics, firing a rifle, prog knife tactics, moving.
Shinji: Yeah sure.
Shinji and Touji left the cage and headed to the simulator. Shinji was telling his friend about what to expect, and how he did on his first attempt.
Touji: You fell flat on your face, that must have been embarrassing.
Shinji: Not really, it was during the attack of the third Angel, I was afraid at the time.
Just then Commander Ikari walked round the corner, both pilots stopped and stared at the man, he noticed the hate in their eyes.
Ikari: Shinji, Pilot Suzahara.
This took Shinji by surprise, and as his father continued to walk away he continued to stare.
Touji: I know he's your father, but I hate him, he's the one I blame for what happened to my sister and to me. Hey, what's up Shinji?
Shinji: He called me Shinji, he hardly ever calls me by my name.
Then the boys continued to the simulators. Touji was a fast learner, especially if it involved physical activity, after two hours he could walk, fire a rifle, and was able to defeat three out of five simulated Angels with his prog knife. At this time, Yui called and the boys went back to the Eva cages.
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Half an hour later, Yui is in the command centre, along with all the other command staff.
Maya: Unit 11 has been activated.
Misato: How is Toujis synch ratio?
Maya: Not bad, 32% and rising slowly.
Yui: You're right, its enough to move the Eva, it's pretty good for a first time.
Misato: What about with Unit 03?
Yui: All the data recorders said that he didn't actually synch with the Eva before the Angel took over. Well done Touji, we're just going to commence standard synch tests, all you have to do is concentrate on synching with the Eva, by the way how are you feeling?
Touji: (Over Comm) Weird, my whole body feels fuzzy.
Shinji: (Over Comm) Don't worry it's natural, you'll get used to it. The more you synch with the Eva, the clearer it becomes.
Suddenly, and without warning, the alarms go off.
Misato: What's happening?
Hyuga: The Fuji observation post has spotted on object approaching Tokyo-3, oh my god, the MAGI confirm it, blood type is blue, an Angel.
Misato: All personnel go to first stage alert, prepare Unit 01 for battle and Unit 11 as backup.
Shinji: (Over Comm) He's not ready.
Misato: Don't worry Shinji, I won't use him unless it is absolutely necessary, which means that you have to defeat that Angel.
Shinji: (Over Comm) Roger.
Maya: Unit 01 has reached the launch catapult.
Misato: Eva Launch!
Unit 01 is catapulted to the surface, arriving at the almost drained lake. Back in the command center Fuyutsuki and Ikari have arrived on the bridge.
Fuyutsuki: What is going on?!
Misato: An Angel is approaching, Unit 01 has been launched is awaiting the Angels arrival, Unit 11 is on stand-by, the Angels ETA is 10 minutes.
Ikari: Very well, as usual Major it's in your hands.
Misato: Yes sir.
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Back at Misato's apartment, Asuka hears the sirens.
Asuka: It can't be, an Angel?
Picking up her NERV ID, she heads out of the apartment.
Asuka: What am I doing? I should head for the shelters. Why did you keep my ID as it was Misato? I won't pilot. I won't pilot. Shinji I hope you will be okay.
She heads towards NERV headquarters as fast as she can.
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Shinji could now see the approaching Angel, it was floating above the ground. It was jet black and it was a perfect hemisphere. Shinji could swear that he saw ice form under the Angel as it moved along, he picked up the positron rifle that had been sent up, he aimed at the Angel and fired, but instead of boucing off the Angels AT field or killing the Angel, it just went into it.
Yui: It just absorbed the laser.
Shigeru: External cameras show that ice is forming under the Angel.
Yui: It must be absorbing all the heat, can we get a temperature reading at the surface of the Angel.
Hyuga: Not exact, but best guess would be 0 kelvin.
Misato: What does that mean?
Yui: It means that the Angel is absorbing all the heat, and not emiting it, energy weapons are useless against it.
Misato: Alright Shinji, attack the Angel with your prog knife.
Unit 01 draws it's prog knife and advances towards the Angel, when he is almost there he can see that the Angel has begun to glow.
Hyuga: Temperature rising rapidly.
Shinji: (Over Comm) It's getting brighter, I can feel the heat, I can't see the Angel.
Misato: Retreat for now.
Unit 01 retreats, and as it does the Angel returns to it's original colour.
Misato: So that's its defense, it absorbs energy and when it is threatened it emits it, making it difficult to attack.
The Angel stops over the lake. It starts to descend, and to glow again.
Misato: What's it doing now?
The heat from the Angel evaporates the remaining water in the lake, and then it starts to turn to melt its way through the ground to the Geofront.
Misato: Shinji, throw your prog knife at the Angel.
Shinji obeys and throws the prog knife at the Angel, but before it reaches its target it melts away. After the Angel had disappeared below ground, Shinji ran over to the hole to discover that the hole had been sealed.
Yui: My god, how are we going to stop it?
Misato: How long until the Angel reaches the Geofront?
Hyuga: Approximately 2 hours.
Misato: Shinji, retreat through route 32. All combat personnel report to the briefing room in 10 minutes, and you better have some ideas.
Misato leaves the command center, and runs into Asuka.
Misato: Asuka, what are you doing here?
Asuka: I came to see if Shinji was alright. Is he?
Misato: For now. Look you're still on the combat roster, why don't you come to the meeting, maybe a genius like you can help figure this out.
Asuka: Thanks Misato.
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Touji was waiting for Shinji while Unit 01s entry plug was being ejected. When Shinji got out, they went to the meeting.
Touji: So this is the first of the new Angels.
Shinji: Are you afraid?
Touji: Me? No of course not!
Shinji: Liar, I am, its alright to be.
Asuka: WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE?
Touji: Asuka!
Shinji: Touji is back on active duty, what are you doing here Asuka?
Asuka ran up to Shinji and hugged him.
Asuka: I was worried about you.
Touji: Aw.
Asuka: Shut up jerk!
Touji: WHY THE HELL SHOULD I?
Shinji: Come on you two, this isn't the time.
Asuka: I was waiting for you, Misato said I could go to the meeting.
Shinji: Well you might be a bg help, you do know a thing or two about physics.
Announcer: Angel arrival in 1 hr 30 mins.
Touji: We don't have much time lets hurry.
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They arrived at the meeting to find out it had already started.
Misato: You're late.
Shinji: Sorry, did we miss anything?
Yui: Not really. The Angel is burning a hole through to the Geofront, the temperature is stable at 400 degrees, similar to the conditions of a volcano, it first used its AT field to absorbs heat and radiation, now it appears to use to generate heat. Apart from that we have nothing.
Asuka: Shinji could catch it, like he did with the 9th Angel.
Misato: That's a good starting point, if Unit 01 could prevent the Angel from touching the ground, Unit 11 could attack it, but with what?
Yui: If the Angel is now purely emitting, then it won't be able to absorb the laser from the positron rifle.
Misato: Okay then, how long until the Angel reaches the Geofront?
Hyuga: Approximately 40 minutes.
Misato: Right Shinji will catch the Angel with Unit 01, and then Touji will fire the positron rifle.
Touji: But I haven't had much practice with the rifle.
Misato: Don't worry about it, just aim at the Angel and fire, you can do it.
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40 minutes later the Angel emerges from the ceiling, directly below it is Unit 01, Shinji spreads his AT field and prevents the Angel from going down, but this doesn't deter the Angel, and it moves sidesways to avoid Unit 01, but Shinji matches the Angel, move for move.
Shinji: Touji, shoot this damn thing!
Touji: I can't, it won't hold still. Not to mention that its moving out of range. You have to guide towards me, get in front of it.
Unit 01 moves infront of the Angel, guiding it towards Unit 11. The targeting computer for Unit 11 aligns in the centre and Touji pulls the triggrt, the positron rifle fires and the beam cuts through the Angel and it explodes.
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In the command center everyone breathes a sigh of relief. All except Asuka, who was just staring at the images of Unit 01, and Shinji Ikari.
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In the office of Gendo Ikari, are the usual two occupants, Ikari sitting at his desk and Fuyutsuki standing beside him.
Fuyutsuki: Well its confirmed, there are more Angels.
Ikari: The total number of messengers will be 44, 18 have now been destroyed, there are 26 left.
Fuyutsuki: Messengers. (Laughs) What is the message? The council is not going to like this.
Ikari: The commitee and now the council, NERV has always been used by those in power, we will tell the council the truth.
Fuyutsuki: Since when have you been interested in telling the truth.
Ikari: Since instrumentality.
Fuyutsuki: You have changed Ikari.
Ikari: I had to. I had no choice.
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Meanwhile back at NERV headquarters, Yui Ikari is finishing off some paper work when there is a knock on her door.
Yui: Come in. Asuka, what are you still doing here?
Asuka: I watched the battle today, and I realised something, I have the power to protect people. I have to fight, or I won't be able to live with myself if someone got hurt because I didn't.
Yui: I think Shinji and Touji feel the same way, but...
Asuka: If you are worried about me, don't be, I don't need Eva to prove something anymore, Shinji taught me that by still caring for me when I refused to pilot. But I can't let them fight alone.
Yui: Very well, but there is something you should know about Unit 02.
Asuka: What is it?
Yui: Your mother was the test pilot for Unit 02, during the activation your mother was partially absorbed by the Eva, but her body wasn't taken.
Asuka: (In tears) What are you saying?
Yui: I'm saying that the soul of your mother resides in Unit 02, that which hung herself was just a shell, and if I was able to come back then...
Asuka: There is a possibility that my mother will come back.
Yui: Yes.
Asuka: How?
Yui: As soon as I figure out how I came back, you will be the first to know.
To be continued...
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Well what do you think, please I would really like to know, you can e-mail me at anthonyaddy@hotmail.com, hell I wouldn't mind being flamed, without feedback I won't be able to improve the story.
This is it chapter 6, the beginning of the story, the last 5 chapters have been a build-up to this chapter. I want to mentioned two things, first this story won't involve a Touji/Asuka romance because it is disgusting to think about, second Rei will come back, but it won't be a Shinji/Rei fic. Now on to the fic. Thoughts are in and actions/events are in ().
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: True Destiny
Episode 6 'I Have To Fight'
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Shinji woke up with a start when he heard the doorbell ring. He had fallen asleep on the sofa after a long day of tests. He stood up and rubbed the sleep out of eyes, groggily he walked to the door. It was Touji, and he had his serious face on.
Shinji: Touji, whats up?
Touji: Can I come in? I have to tell you something.
Shinji: Sure.
They walked into the living room.
Touji: Your mom told me to tell you that she will be home late.
Shinji: When did you see my mom?
Touji: A few hours ago, I've been wandering around since then.
Shinji: Whats wrong Touji? I hope it's nothing to do with your sister.
Touji: No she's fine, in fact the doctors say that she can go home in a couple of weeks.
Shinji: That's great Touji, it really is.
Touji: I'm back on active duty.
Shinji: Sorry?
Touji: I'm back on active duty, as of today.
Shinji: Did my father do this?
Touji: No, it was my decision.
Shinji: Why Touji? After what Eva has done to you, to me, why?
Touji: Same reason as you, I have to fight, for my familys sake and for mine. There may be no more Angels, but the world is a big place, I wouldn't feel comfortable if something happened to anyone and I could've prevented it.
Shinji: That's a good reason, but there are more Angels.
Touji: Are you sure? The news said that all the Angels have been defeated.
Shinji: First rule of being an Eva pilot, don't believe what anyone tells you. In fact do you know the truth about second impact?
Touji: What the meteorite strike?
Shinji: That's not what happened, it was actually the first Angel exploding.
Touji: Really?
Shinji: Really. Makes you laugh when you think about when our teacher used to talk about second impact.
Touji: Yeah, anyway I have synch tests in the morning, I don't even know what Eva I'll be piloting.
Shinji: Unit 11, it's the only Eva that will accept a pilot, except Unit 01 of course.
Touji: Thanks for understanding, and for not trying to talk me out of it.
With that Touji leaves the apartment. Shinji lies back down on the sofa, but he didn't get back to sleep that night.
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The next day in Commander Ikari's office, the supreme commander is having another discussion with his estranged wife.
Yui: Have you read all the 'Dead Sea Scrolls' yet?
Ikari: No I haven't.
Yui: Well I have, I have disturbing news. Third impact in all forms awakens the remaining Angels from their hibernation, and when they do, they return to the place where they were born.
Ikari: The egg?
Yui: Yes, contact with the egg will result in fourth impact. Only those that possess the fruit of life will survive it. In other words mankind will be obliterated.
Ikari: I have convinced the Japanese government of your plan, they have convinced the UN council to move here, it will not succeed if the Angels start attacking again.
Yui: We will have to convince them to stay.
Ikari: How?
Yui: The problem lies with the design of Tokyo-3, instead of it being on top of the Geofront, build it to the side. All the Angels appear to do nothing until they are provoked or reach here, so that should be our strategy, we'll lure them to the battleground before destroying them, minimising damage.
Ikari: The battleground, you mean the 3rd Ashinoko lake.
Yui: Yes.
Ikari: Very well. Anything else?
Yui pauses and when she speaks again her voice has softened.
Yui: I want to know why you pushed our son away.
Ikari pauses, and his voice changes also.
Ikari: I couldn't bear to be hurt again, after losing you, I just couldn't.
Yui: So you sent our son away, and made yourself a doll in my image, how pitiful.
She turns and heads for the door, as she reaches it she hers his voice.
Ikari: Yui, I'm sorry.
Yui: I'm not the one you should apologise to, if he forgives you then I may forgive you, goodbye.
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Touji: So this is it.
Touji and Shinji were in the locker room looking at Touji's plugsuit, It was black at the top and blue at the bottom.
Touji: Looks just like the other one, except it has 11 instead of 03 on it.
Shinji: Kaworus plugsuit was just the same.
They both put on their respective plugsuits, and neural interfaces and then went to the Eva cages, to see Unit 11. When they arrive they found several crews around around the area where the Evas core was. Shinji saw his mother and went over to talk to her.
Shinji: Mom, what's going on.
Yui: We're reinstalling Unit 11s core.
Touji: So she agreed again.
Yui: Yes she did, in fact once I told her about it she jumped at the chance to help her big brother again.
Shinji: I'm lost.
Yui: You know that the core of the Evas has a personality imprinted on it, mine is on Unit 01, this helps synchronising, which is why you only managed a 2% synch with Unit 11, it had no personality, so Touji's sister agreed to have her personality imprinted on this Evas core just like she did with Unit 03s core.
Shinji: Oh.
Yui: This is going to take a couple of hours, Shinji, why don't you take Touji to the simulator and put him through a few of the basics, firing a rifle, prog knife tactics, moving.
Shinji: Yeah sure.
Shinji and Touji left the cage and headed to the simulator. Shinji was telling his friend about what to expect, and how he did on his first attempt.
Touji: You fell flat on your face, that must have been embarrassing.
Shinji: Not really, it was during the attack of the third Angel, I was afraid at the time.
Just then Commander Ikari walked round the corner, both pilots stopped and stared at the man, he noticed the hate in their eyes.
Ikari: Shinji, Pilot Suzahara.
This took Shinji by surprise, and as his father continued to walk away he continued to stare.
Touji: I know he's your father, but I hate him, he's the one I blame for what happened to my sister and to me. Hey, what's up Shinji?
Shinji: He called me Shinji, he hardly ever calls me by my name.
Then the boys continued to the simulators. Touji was a fast learner, especially if it involved physical activity, after two hours he could walk, fire a rifle, and was able to defeat three out of five simulated Angels with his prog knife. At this time, Yui called and the boys went back to the Eva cages.
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Half an hour later, Yui is in the command centre, along with all the other command staff.
Maya: Unit 11 has been activated.
Misato: How is Toujis synch ratio?
Maya: Not bad, 32% and rising slowly.
Yui: You're right, its enough to move the Eva, it's pretty good for a first time.
Misato: What about with Unit 03?
Yui: All the data recorders said that he didn't actually synch with the Eva before the Angel took over. Well done Touji, we're just going to commence standard synch tests, all you have to do is concentrate on synching with the Eva, by the way how are you feeling?
Touji: (Over Comm) Weird, my whole body feels fuzzy.
Shinji: (Over Comm) Don't worry it's natural, you'll get used to it. The more you synch with the Eva, the clearer it becomes.
Suddenly, and without warning, the alarms go off.
Misato: What's happening?
Hyuga: The Fuji observation post has spotted on object approaching Tokyo-3, oh my god, the MAGI confirm it, blood type is blue, an Angel.
Misato: All personnel go to first stage alert, prepare Unit 01 for battle and Unit 11 as backup.
Shinji: (Over Comm) He's not ready.
Misato: Don't worry Shinji, I won't use him unless it is absolutely necessary, which means that you have to defeat that Angel.
Shinji: (Over Comm) Roger.
Maya: Unit 01 has reached the launch catapult.
Misato: Eva Launch!
Unit 01 is catapulted to the surface, arriving at the almost drained lake. Back in the command center Fuyutsuki and Ikari have arrived on the bridge.
Fuyutsuki: What is going on?!
Misato: An Angel is approaching, Unit 01 has been launched is awaiting the Angels arrival, Unit 11 is on stand-by, the Angels ETA is 10 minutes.
Ikari: Very well, as usual Major it's in your hands.
Misato: Yes sir.
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Back at Misato's apartment, Asuka hears the sirens.
Asuka: It can't be, an Angel?
Picking up her NERV ID, she heads out of the apartment.
Asuka: What am I doing? I should head for the shelters. Why did you keep my ID as it was Misato? I won't pilot. I won't pilot. Shinji I hope you will be okay.
She heads towards NERV headquarters as fast as she can.
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Shinji could now see the approaching Angel, it was floating above the ground. It was jet black and it was a perfect hemisphere. Shinji could swear that he saw ice form under the Angel as it moved along, he picked up the positron rifle that had been sent up, he aimed at the Angel and fired, but instead of boucing off the Angels AT field or killing the Angel, it just went into it.
Yui: It just absorbed the laser.
Shigeru: External cameras show that ice is forming under the Angel.
Yui: It must be absorbing all the heat, can we get a temperature reading at the surface of the Angel.
Hyuga: Not exact, but best guess would be 0 kelvin.
Misato: What does that mean?
Yui: It means that the Angel is absorbing all the heat, and not emiting it, energy weapons are useless against it.
Misato: Alright Shinji, attack the Angel with your prog knife.
Unit 01 draws it's prog knife and advances towards the Angel, when he is almost there he can see that the Angel has begun to glow.
Hyuga: Temperature rising rapidly.
Shinji: (Over Comm) It's getting brighter, I can feel the heat, I can't see the Angel.
Misato: Retreat for now.
Unit 01 retreats, and as it does the Angel returns to it's original colour.
Misato: So that's its defense, it absorbs energy and when it is threatened it emits it, making it difficult to attack.
The Angel stops over the lake. It starts to descend, and to glow again.
Misato: What's it doing now?
The heat from the Angel evaporates the remaining water in the lake, and then it starts to turn to melt its way through the ground to the Geofront.
Misato: Shinji, throw your prog knife at the Angel.
Shinji obeys and throws the prog knife at the Angel, but before it reaches its target it melts away. After the Angel had disappeared below ground, Shinji ran over to the hole to discover that the hole had been sealed.
Yui: My god, how are we going to stop it?
Misato: How long until the Angel reaches the Geofront?
Hyuga: Approximately 2 hours.
Misato: Shinji, retreat through route 32. All combat personnel report to the briefing room in 10 minutes, and you better have some ideas.
Misato leaves the command center, and runs into Asuka.
Misato: Asuka, what are you doing here?
Asuka: I came to see if Shinji was alright. Is he?
Misato: For now. Look you're still on the combat roster, why don't you come to the meeting, maybe a genius like you can help figure this out.
Asuka: Thanks Misato.
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Touji was waiting for Shinji while Unit 01s entry plug was being ejected. When Shinji got out, they went to the meeting.
Touji: So this is the first of the new Angels.
Shinji: Are you afraid?
Touji: Me? No of course not!
Shinji: Liar, I am, its alright to be.
Asuka: WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE?
Touji: Asuka!
Shinji: Touji is back on active duty, what are you doing here Asuka?
Asuka ran up to Shinji and hugged him.
Asuka: I was worried about you.
Touji: Aw.
Asuka: Shut up jerk!
Touji: WHY THE HELL SHOULD I?
Shinji: Come on you two, this isn't the time.
Asuka: I was waiting for you, Misato said I could go to the meeting.
Shinji: Well you might be a bg help, you do know a thing or two about physics.
Announcer: Angel arrival in 1 hr 30 mins.
Touji: We don't have much time lets hurry.
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They arrived at the meeting to find out it had already started.
Misato: You're late.
Shinji: Sorry, did we miss anything?
Yui: Not really. The Angel is burning a hole through to the Geofront, the temperature is stable at 400 degrees, similar to the conditions of a volcano, it first used its AT field to absorbs heat and radiation, now it appears to use to generate heat. Apart from that we have nothing.
Asuka: Shinji could catch it, like he did with the 9th Angel.
Misato: That's a good starting point, if Unit 01 could prevent the Angel from touching the ground, Unit 11 could attack it, but with what?
Yui: If the Angel is now purely emitting, then it won't be able to absorb the laser from the positron rifle.
Misato: Okay then, how long until the Angel reaches the Geofront?
Hyuga: Approximately 40 minutes.
Misato: Right Shinji will catch the Angel with Unit 01, and then Touji will fire the positron rifle.
Touji: But I haven't had much practice with the rifle.
Misato: Don't worry about it, just aim at the Angel and fire, you can do it.
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40 minutes later the Angel emerges from the ceiling, directly below it is Unit 01, Shinji spreads his AT field and prevents the Angel from going down, but this doesn't deter the Angel, and it moves sidesways to avoid Unit 01, but Shinji matches the Angel, move for move.
Shinji: Touji, shoot this damn thing!
Touji: I can't, it won't hold still. Not to mention that its moving out of range. You have to guide towards me, get in front of it.
Unit 01 moves infront of the Angel, guiding it towards Unit 11. The targeting computer for Unit 11 aligns in the centre and Touji pulls the triggrt, the positron rifle fires and the beam cuts through the Angel and it explodes.
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In the command center everyone breathes a sigh of relief. All except Asuka, who was just staring at the images of Unit 01, and Shinji Ikari.
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In the office of Gendo Ikari, are the usual two occupants, Ikari sitting at his desk and Fuyutsuki standing beside him.
Fuyutsuki: Well its confirmed, there are more Angels.
Ikari: The total number of messengers will be 44, 18 have now been destroyed, there are 26 left.
Fuyutsuki: Messengers. (Laughs) What is the message? The council is not going to like this.
Ikari: The commitee and now the council, NERV has always been used by those in power, we will tell the council the truth.
Fuyutsuki: Since when have you been interested in telling the truth.
Ikari: Since instrumentality.
Fuyutsuki: You have changed Ikari.
Ikari: I had to. I had no choice.
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Meanwhile back at NERV headquarters, Yui Ikari is finishing off some paper work when there is a knock on her door.
Yui: Come in. Asuka, what are you still doing here?
Asuka: I watched the battle today, and I realised something, I have the power to protect people. I have to fight, or I won't be able to live with myself if someone got hurt because I didn't.
Yui: I think Shinji and Touji feel the same way, but...
Asuka: If you are worried about me, don't be, I don't need Eva to prove something anymore, Shinji taught me that by still caring for me when I refused to pilot. But I can't let them fight alone.
Yui: Very well, but there is something you should know about Unit 02.
Asuka: What is it?
Yui: Your mother was the test pilot for Unit 02, during the activation your mother was partially absorbed by the Eva, but her body wasn't taken.
Asuka: (In tears) What are you saying?
Yui: I'm saying that the soul of your mother resides in Unit 02, that which hung herself was just a shell, and if I was able to come back then...
Asuka: There is a possibility that my mother will come back.
Yui: Yes.
Asuka: How?
Yui: As soon as I figure out how I came back, you will be the first to know.
To be continued...
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