If you see -words- around words, then that's something else talking to Shinji in his head. If any of you know my history, you will notice that I so far have rarely finished a series., so I suggest all of you that are complaining stop. It is surprising that I got this far, and the cold weather isn't helping motivate me. I am also very tired and I have several projects going on at the same time, and the one that I want people to read has been mostly ignored. It's called Gathering of Force, and it isn't an EVA fic. It's an original, so you have to go to fictionpress.net to read it.

Flight

Epilogue: Advancement

Shinji was sitting on the porch, watching Jessica and Asuka play in the sand. The US government was paying for this vacation, and he was taking full advantage of it. He currently had a moment to himself and decided to converse with the being that now inhabited his body with him.

-Have you considered what you're going to do?-

'Not yet. However, I can't just sit around.'

-On the contrary. You do not need to interfere.-

'True. However, it is my duty to protect and serve. That is my life.'

-An honorable decision, though perhaps not the wisest.-

'Would you just stand and watch if something was attacking the people you care about?'

-No. I would have immediately destroyed the threat.-

'You mean like what I have done?'

-Yes. You did well, mortal.-

'I may have been a mere mortal, but what am I now? Something in between?'

-You might say that you are an example of an advanced human.-

'Advanced. Perhaps. So what shall I do about the new threat?'

-Eliminate them.-

'You sound like my father.'

-In a way I am.-

'We shall see.'

"Asuka, Jessica, come back inside. It's time for lunch."

'We shall converse again, Adam.'

-It is always a pleasure, Messiah.-

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"All right! Hold it!"

The crane stopped and the US, Chinese, and Russian engineers looked at the fragment.

"This doesn't look like any of the other ones we've found," one noted.

"Probably isn't part of the hull. Load it up anyways."

Suddenly tentacles shot out from the fragment and pierced all of the engineers standing around it. They all fell immediately and the soldiers gathered around opened fire. The bullets struck a blue energy field and none touched the creature.

"Mayday, something's alive in the wreckage. I repeat, ah!"

The creature smashed the radio and the head that was talking into it. It had managed to kill most of the other people gathered around. It resumed the shape of a human female and stripped one of the soldiers of their clothes. The blood didn't bother the creature and it put them on. The creature then walked off.

End of Flight

There you go. Who and what exactly killed the troops? It might be pretty obvious, but then again, there will most definitely be more surprises coming up.

Z98