Neon Genesis Evangelion: Creator's Gambit - Chapter 8
by: Gemini83
Disclaimer: I don't own Neon Genesis or any of the characters...just this story.
"Shinji...NOOOO!!!!" cried Asuka.
Unit 01 collapsed on the ground.
"It can't be," said a disbelieving Toji.
Asuka ran to his aid, but was blocked by the Angels. She rammed into them, fists flying, kicking them away, and forcing them away through sheer fury. But she would never be in time...
"Toji! Look out!" shouted Kaworu.
He pushed Unit 03 out of the way, and was clipped by a blast from an Angel. Toji yelled out to Kaworu as his Eva was flung back.
As dark Shinji picked up Unit 01 by the neck, he boasted, "You humans are worthless, defilers of what little you have, none of you deserve to live."
Then, the hole in Unit 01's chest disappeared, Shinji grabbed Dark Unit 01's hand, and punched the dark shadow back half a kilometer, but the dark Eva's arm tore away from the rest of the body, leaving a bloody stump in the hand of Shinji's Unit. The Dark Unit 01 staggered back
"...Fooled you..."
Shinji had been hurt, wounded horribly, but had forced himself to block out the pain. It had all been an act. It would take more than a spear thrust to take down an Ikari. Asuka and the others shouted in joy.
Shinji picked up the spear, and prepared to cast it into the sky. But before he could throw it, Unit 01 was grabbed by the Angel Shamsel, and ensnared by it. He couldn't move. Shinji could feel his muscles tearing, as the Eva's body was forced to contort unnaturally, battling against the Angel's vise.
Dark Shinji came to him, the Angel's arm already growing back.
"That was impressive, you have improved much, but it still isn't enough."
"Damn you."
"Yes, quite," and with that, Dark Shinji took one of Unit 01's N-2 mines, then ordered the flying Angel to fire.
"There is no hope for you."
The flying Angel fired, and a beam of light, slowly but steadily, snaked it's way down from space.
Kaworu got to his feet, but once again, he and the others were bombarded by the other Angels.
The others couldn't help, for they had their own Angels...or demons...to deal with...
"N-2 mines can't hurt us," said Shinji.
"Yes they can, if they can penetrate the AT-fields, which aren't nearly powerful enough. You pitiful mortals have weak souls...worthless...and you will never survive my brethren's attack."
Shinji cursed.
"Survive that, if you can. Now...you die!"
"You first."
With a tremendous burst of strength, Shinji strode forward, grabbed Dark Shinji with a free hand, and pulled him into the path of fire. It seared through the black Unit, and went on. The Angel's beam and blast of the N-2 mine engulfed all three of the figures, as Shinji's friends cried out in dismay. The explosion was blinding, Shinji saw white...then black.
There was no light here. He could see nothing. Where was he? It was dark here, but he felt...oddly at ease.
Shinji saw a light, and went towards it, "Am I dead?"
"No...you are not." said a voice from the past.
"Mother!"
"Shinji, my son, you are not dead. You have the strength inside, never give up hope."
"How can I prevail mother?"
"Just look inside yourself Shinji, don't worry, you already have all you need to win through."
Shinji felt a warmth near him, the presence of his mother. He had the love and hope of an entire world to support him. Shinji finally realized...his mother had always been with him, inside Unit 01, helping him, looking out for him, protecting him. Shinji finally realized his true potential.
"Remember Shinji, you have a power they don't, you have love and hope, and more...," her voice trailed off.
"Thank you mother, for everything. I will not fail."
His eyes began to clear. He now saw the battlefield again, his friends were not doing well, as they were battling with the Angels while Arael still attacked from above.
Hand over fist, Shinji forced his Unit to its feet.
"I'm back!" he yelled over the comm-link, "miss me?"
"Shinji! You're Alive!" shouted Toji.
"Help us out over here," said Asuka, "That damn flyer is really hurting us."
Shinji sniffed, it was always business when Asuka was involved.
"We need to destroy it," continued Rei.
"Consider it done," replied Shinji.
With that, Shinji jumped up into the air. But a dark figure rose from the ground and jumped after him, grabbing him by the heels in mid-air. It was Dark Shinji again.
"You are going nowhere."
"Don't you ever shut up and die?!"
Shinji grabbed Dark Shinji, kicked him back to the ground, and used the force of the kick to jump upwards. He used the force to reach towards the flying Angel, the Spear of Longinus in his hands.
"Oh man, Shinji's going to need wings if he wants to break the atmosphere and hit that thing," said Toji.
"Good idea," replied Shinji, as Unit 01 grew red wings of silken energy.
"Wow...," gaped Asuka, "Go Shinji, go get him!"
Shinji did just that, the flyers shots missed Unit 01 easily, for it flew through the air faster than lightning. He flew higher, higher, up the through the atmosphere, until he came at last to the Angel, deep in space. Arael glowed white with flames, and stretched its awful maw in a soundless scream of defiance.
"Now it's your turn to die!" he screamed, as he jabbed the Spear through the Angel's heart. The explosion was immense, but left Shinji unscathed.
The other Eva's were still embroiled, deep in the heart of battle with the other remaining Angels.
"Shinji! Hurry up!" shouted Kaworu.
Shinji heard his friends' cries, and wanted to return to battle. However, something was drawing Shinji, some force, some power that he couldn't describe. He followed his inner feelings, and was surprised to find that they led him to the moon. Everywhere, a strange light glowed...resonating to...to his own heartbeat. He didn't know what that meant, but Shinji walked on the surface of the moon, towards the source or the strange light. When he finally saw what was drawing him towards the horizon, he couldn't believe his eyes. He gaped, how could he have forgotten?
It was the Lance of Longinus, the original Lance of Longinus. Shinji went towards it and drew the weapon from the moon's surface. Energies seethed and surrounded Shinji. He felt like King Arthur, drawing Excalibur.
"I know now...my fate, this is why I flew to the moon..."
As soon as he drew the Spear, Shinji's senses were heightened, he could see, hear, and feel on a level he never could before. He felt full of energy. With a jump, he flew towards the Earth, letting forth a great battle cry. He threw the copy of the Spear into the midst of the Angels, as easily as if the enemy were right before him.
Meanwhile, the Angels were fighting the Eva's, stamping back and forth on the battle grounds.
Rei punched a giant Angel in the chest. The Angel struck back, biting at her with its large head, but Rei caught it in mid-stride. Then it was the simplest thing in the world to snap its giant mouth back, and slip an N-2 mine in, where the AT field could do nothing to help. She threw the Angel away, and it exploded, the blast largely contained in the Angel. The monster collapsed on the ground, lifeless.
Meanwhile, Toji was struggling against several Angels, but Kaworu was covering his back. As one of the lesser beasts snuck around Toji's defenses, Kaworu grabbed its arm, broke it, and impaled the monster on its own claws.
"That'll teach you to attack from behind."
Toji was fighting an Angel hand-to-hand. Much faster than the Angel, he staggered it, and punched it back, sending the beast reeling. As it brought up its head, Toji shot it point blank in the skull. The monster fell convulsing to the ground.
"Thanks Kaworu," he said.
"Don't mention it."
Asuka was fighting a huge Angel as well. She hit it with a roundhouse, then uppercut it. Unit 02 kneeled down, and as the Angel doubled over, she released a salvo of spikes into its head. The Angel roared in pain, fighting against the raw ferocity of Asuka's attack.
Then, Unit 02 picked it up, raising the Angel above its head, and ripped the beast in half. The mass of scales convulsed as it fell on the floor and died. Asuka did not relish the victory for long. Instead, she turned around, feeling something was amiss.
A foul scream pierced through the air. It was another Angel, and it was headed straight for Kaworu. She had no time to react, no time to shout a warning, so she did the only thing she could do. Asuka leapt in front of Kaworu. Eyes wide, she screamed as the Angel crashed into her, gnawing away at her armor. The Angel's eyes blazed, and Asuka gasped, breathless, as her exterior began to vaporize. In one final act of defiance, she thrust her psychic knife into the Angel's throat. The Angel redoubled its efforts, and pushed Unit 02 away. Asuka fell bonelessly, shuddering from shock as her Unit hit the ground, and waited for attack.
Then Kaworu was there, and, in a quick movement, grabbed the hilt of Asuka's knife with both hands, and forced it downwards, cleaving the Angel in half. Then he was caught unawares, as yet another Angel attacked him from behind, raking its claws against his side, tearing out a huge gash. Kaworu fell with a cry.
The Angel turned to Asuka, who was still getting to her feet. She forced her Unit to its knees, but she knew she would never be able to react in time. She was going to die here, just as she had always thought she would. It was inevitable really, in her line of work. Asuka had so many things she had wanted to do...
She closed her eyes, expecting to die. And then...the monster screamed again, in a shriek of pain. Asuka opened her eyes, and saw the Angel had been skewered by a Lance. Soon, she heard a yell. It was Shinji.
by: Gemini83
Disclaimer: I don't own Neon Genesis or any of the characters...just this story.
"Shinji...NOOOO!!!!" cried Asuka.
Unit 01 collapsed on the ground.
"It can't be," said a disbelieving Toji.
Asuka ran to his aid, but was blocked by the Angels. She rammed into them, fists flying, kicking them away, and forcing them away through sheer fury. But she would never be in time...
"Toji! Look out!" shouted Kaworu.
He pushed Unit 03 out of the way, and was clipped by a blast from an Angel. Toji yelled out to Kaworu as his Eva was flung back.
As dark Shinji picked up Unit 01 by the neck, he boasted, "You humans are worthless, defilers of what little you have, none of you deserve to live."
Then, the hole in Unit 01's chest disappeared, Shinji grabbed Dark Unit 01's hand, and punched the dark shadow back half a kilometer, but the dark Eva's arm tore away from the rest of the body, leaving a bloody stump in the hand of Shinji's Unit. The Dark Unit 01 staggered back
"...Fooled you..."
Shinji had been hurt, wounded horribly, but had forced himself to block out the pain. It had all been an act. It would take more than a spear thrust to take down an Ikari. Asuka and the others shouted in joy.
Shinji picked up the spear, and prepared to cast it into the sky. But before he could throw it, Unit 01 was grabbed by the Angel Shamsel, and ensnared by it. He couldn't move. Shinji could feel his muscles tearing, as the Eva's body was forced to contort unnaturally, battling against the Angel's vise.
Dark Shinji came to him, the Angel's arm already growing back.
"That was impressive, you have improved much, but it still isn't enough."
"Damn you."
"Yes, quite," and with that, Dark Shinji took one of Unit 01's N-2 mines, then ordered the flying Angel to fire.
"There is no hope for you."
The flying Angel fired, and a beam of light, slowly but steadily, snaked it's way down from space.
Kaworu got to his feet, but once again, he and the others were bombarded by the other Angels.
The others couldn't help, for they had their own Angels...or demons...to deal with...
"N-2 mines can't hurt us," said Shinji.
"Yes they can, if they can penetrate the AT-fields, which aren't nearly powerful enough. You pitiful mortals have weak souls...worthless...and you will never survive my brethren's attack."
Shinji cursed.
"Survive that, if you can. Now...you die!"
"You first."
With a tremendous burst of strength, Shinji strode forward, grabbed Dark Shinji with a free hand, and pulled him into the path of fire. It seared through the black Unit, and went on. The Angel's beam and blast of the N-2 mine engulfed all three of the figures, as Shinji's friends cried out in dismay. The explosion was blinding, Shinji saw white...then black.
There was no light here. He could see nothing. Where was he? It was dark here, but he felt...oddly at ease.
Shinji saw a light, and went towards it, "Am I dead?"
"No...you are not." said a voice from the past.
"Mother!"
"Shinji, my son, you are not dead. You have the strength inside, never give up hope."
"How can I prevail mother?"
"Just look inside yourself Shinji, don't worry, you already have all you need to win through."
Shinji felt a warmth near him, the presence of his mother. He had the love and hope of an entire world to support him. Shinji finally realized...his mother had always been with him, inside Unit 01, helping him, looking out for him, protecting him. Shinji finally realized his true potential.
"Remember Shinji, you have a power they don't, you have love and hope, and more...," her voice trailed off.
"Thank you mother, for everything. I will not fail."
His eyes began to clear. He now saw the battlefield again, his friends were not doing well, as they were battling with the Angels while Arael still attacked from above.
Hand over fist, Shinji forced his Unit to its feet.
"I'm back!" he yelled over the comm-link, "miss me?"
"Shinji! You're Alive!" shouted Toji.
"Help us out over here," said Asuka, "That damn flyer is really hurting us."
Shinji sniffed, it was always business when Asuka was involved.
"We need to destroy it," continued Rei.
"Consider it done," replied Shinji.
With that, Shinji jumped up into the air. But a dark figure rose from the ground and jumped after him, grabbing him by the heels in mid-air. It was Dark Shinji again.
"You are going nowhere."
"Don't you ever shut up and die?!"
Shinji grabbed Dark Shinji, kicked him back to the ground, and used the force of the kick to jump upwards. He used the force to reach towards the flying Angel, the Spear of Longinus in his hands.
"Oh man, Shinji's going to need wings if he wants to break the atmosphere and hit that thing," said Toji.
"Good idea," replied Shinji, as Unit 01 grew red wings of silken energy.
"Wow...," gaped Asuka, "Go Shinji, go get him!"
Shinji did just that, the flyers shots missed Unit 01 easily, for it flew through the air faster than lightning. He flew higher, higher, up the through the atmosphere, until he came at last to the Angel, deep in space. Arael glowed white with flames, and stretched its awful maw in a soundless scream of defiance.
"Now it's your turn to die!" he screamed, as he jabbed the Spear through the Angel's heart. The explosion was immense, but left Shinji unscathed.
The other Eva's were still embroiled, deep in the heart of battle with the other remaining Angels.
"Shinji! Hurry up!" shouted Kaworu.
Shinji heard his friends' cries, and wanted to return to battle. However, something was drawing Shinji, some force, some power that he couldn't describe. He followed his inner feelings, and was surprised to find that they led him to the moon. Everywhere, a strange light glowed...resonating to...to his own heartbeat. He didn't know what that meant, but Shinji walked on the surface of the moon, towards the source or the strange light. When he finally saw what was drawing him towards the horizon, he couldn't believe his eyes. He gaped, how could he have forgotten?
It was the Lance of Longinus, the original Lance of Longinus. Shinji went towards it and drew the weapon from the moon's surface. Energies seethed and surrounded Shinji. He felt like King Arthur, drawing Excalibur.
"I know now...my fate, this is why I flew to the moon..."
As soon as he drew the Spear, Shinji's senses were heightened, he could see, hear, and feel on a level he never could before. He felt full of energy. With a jump, he flew towards the Earth, letting forth a great battle cry. He threw the copy of the Spear into the midst of the Angels, as easily as if the enemy were right before him.
Meanwhile, the Angels were fighting the Eva's, stamping back and forth on the battle grounds.
Rei punched a giant Angel in the chest. The Angel struck back, biting at her with its large head, but Rei caught it in mid-stride. Then it was the simplest thing in the world to snap its giant mouth back, and slip an N-2 mine in, where the AT field could do nothing to help. She threw the Angel away, and it exploded, the blast largely contained in the Angel. The monster collapsed on the ground, lifeless.
Meanwhile, Toji was struggling against several Angels, but Kaworu was covering his back. As one of the lesser beasts snuck around Toji's defenses, Kaworu grabbed its arm, broke it, and impaled the monster on its own claws.
"That'll teach you to attack from behind."
Toji was fighting an Angel hand-to-hand. Much faster than the Angel, he staggered it, and punched it back, sending the beast reeling. As it brought up its head, Toji shot it point blank in the skull. The monster fell convulsing to the ground.
"Thanks Kaworu," he said.
"Don't mention it."
Asuka was fighting a huge Angel as well. She hit it with a roundhouse, then uppercut it. Unit 02 kneeled down, and as the Angel doubled over, she released a salvo of spikes into its head. The Angel roared in pain, fighting against the raw ferocity of Asuka's attack.
Then, Unit 02 picked it up, raising the Angel above its head, and ripped the beast in half. The mass of scales convulsed as it fell on the floor and died. Asuka did not relish the victory for long. Instead, she turned around, feeling something was amiss.
A foul scream pierced through the air. It was another Angel, and it was headed straight for Kaworu. She had no time to react, no time to shout a warning, so she did the only thing she could do. Asuka leapt in front of Kaworu. Eyes wide, she screamed as the Angel crashed into her, gnawing away at her armor. The Angel's eyes blazed, and Asuka gasped, breathless, as her exterior began to vaporize. In one final act of defiance, she thrust her psychic knife into the Angel's throat. The Angel redoubled its efforts, and pushed Unit 02 away. Asuka fell bonelessly, shuddering from shock as her Unit hit the ground, and waited for attack.
Then Kaworu was there, and, in a quick movement, grabbed the hilt of Asuka's knife with both hands, and forced it downwards, cleaving the Angel in half. Then he was caught unawares, as yet another Angel attacked him from behind, raking its claws against his side, tearing out a huge gash. Kaworu fell with a cry.
The Angel turned to Asuka, who was still getting to her feet. She forced her Unit to its knees, but she knew she would never be able to react in time. She was going to die here, just as she had always thought she would. It was inevitable really, in her line of work. Asuka had so many things she had wanted to do...
She closed her eyes, expecting to die. And then...the monster screamed again, in a shriek of pain. Asuka opened her eyes, and saw the Angel had been skewered by a Lance. Soon, she heard a yell. It was Shinji.