Darkened Exodus: Evangelion

Author's Rants: Hi loyal readers *stares round at empty room*. Sorry I took so long on this chapter but I had to do a lot of research for this chapter so be appreciative and review (I was always so suttle.)And again, ME NO OWN EVA. Enjoy! Dark Eva!

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Darkened Exodus: Evangelion
Episode 0:9 Preparation.

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            Kazuya was sitting at his console, typing furiously. The good Doctor had told Maya and him that the test data for the Omega Eva had to be ready for today.

"What a bitch." He thought to himself as he ploughed through the seemingly endless list of data.

            Ibuki was in the command centre, working. She was at some meeting with Akagi and Fuyutsuki that he wasn't invited to. He felt still very much like an outsider even though he had been at NERV for a little over a week now. He got very jealous of Maya and Ritsuko's relationship, he never got any praise from 'the good doctor'. He had some suspicions that there apparent friendship ran a little deeper.

"Lesbians." he muttered.

"Did you say something Mr. Kanto?" Dr. Akagi inquired.

"Oh, erm, eh, well, no, I got, eh, caught up in my work." He squeaked.

"O.k. tell me when you're done with that data, the commander said we need it ASAP."

"No problems. Is Lieutenant Ibuki coming in today?"

            Dr. Akagi was just about to leave when she heard him asked this. She took off her glasses and laid them on the table, she then walked over to Kazuya and stared at him. Kazuya was getting scared, she just stood in front of him staring, he tried to avoid eye-contact with her, but it seemed impossible, her eyes followed his wherever he moved them. He was about to turn round and get back to his work when she finally broke the silence.

"Major Katsuragi tells me you've taken an interest in Miss Ibuki." Mused Ritsuko, over emphasizing the 's'es in 'Miss', in a serpent like fashion.

"I wouldn't say it was an interest, just -"

"I don't really care about what you would call it, all that I care is that Maya isn't distracted by 'boys' like you who are only after one thing!"

            With that, Dr. Akagi picked up her glasses off the table and strolled out the command centre, leaving a very bewildered Kazuya Kanto.

            Ritsuko walked down the vast corridors of the cranial NERV complex and reached the commander's office. She entered without knocking, the commander was bent over some papers on his desk, deep in thought. Ritsuko moved silently across the office and drew near to his desk.

"Yes Doctor?" He asked without lifting his head.

"Test data for Omega is nearly finished; all Evas are ready for dispatch at any time."

"Excellent. I have come to a descion Ritsuko."

"What do you mean, commander?"

"There's no point going through another battle like that we had with the angels. We will not wait to be destroyed, that was Ikari's way, not mine."

"I don't understand."

"We will attack the remaining Devils before they attack us."

"But sir," Ritsuko laughed. "We don't know what or where they are  ..."

"Chamos, Melchom, Behamoth, Dagon, Adramalek, Baalberith, Proserpine, Astaroth and ovcoruse Dijinn. The nine Devils of Exodus. Unlike the original Angels they will not act independently, they will come together. We will meet them before they reach us.

"Sir! Meet them where? How do you know this?" Ritsuko shouted confused.

            He opened one of the drawers in his desk and shuffled around in it until he produced a single piece of paper. He past it to Dr. Akagi she read over it:

'And the nine Devils: Chamos, Melchom, Behamoth, Dagon, Adramalek, Baalberith, Proserpine, Astaroth and Dijinn will march across the hills of the fruitful land, sent by those whose determination to unite everyone has only divided us. These nine will be met by three innocents, whose destiny's are left unwritten and …….'

            The rest of the text was too decade to read. Ritsuko scanned over the paper then handed it back to the commander.

"We will attack tomorrow."

"Yes sir."

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Darkened Exodus: Evangelion
Episode 0:9 Weak acts from weak minds.

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            Shinji was in his room, lying on his bed. He tried to sleep but after what happened yesterday with Rei he couldn't. Rei hadn't spoken to him since. During a simulation he'd opened a com channel from his Eva to hers and tried to apologize. As soon as she saw the channel open she simply switched off her com systems, leaving Shinji even more hurt. He couldn't go on like this, he needed to do something, now.

            As for Asuka, her laughing had died down and her guilt began to show. She really did hate Ayanami, but she hated her because she loved Shinji. Does that mean she loved Shinji? Then why did she hurt him? Why does she always hurt the people she loves?

            These thoughts and more ran through Asuka's head as she lay on the sofa. Misato had just come through the door and confronted Asuka.

"That was a horrible thing you did to them Asuka." She said forcibly.

"What do you care? Shouldn't you be drunk by now?" Asuka replied.

"Don't always use that as an excuse to justify your actions." Misato sighed

"I don't have to justify anything, to you, or anyone!" With that Asuka stormed of to her room.

            Misato knocked on Shinji's door, no reply. Misato tried to open the door, but it was looked from the inside. She wasn't letting that stop her, she rammed herself into the door until it gave way and she flung into Shinji's room. And what she saw was pure horror.

            Shinji was sprawled over his bed, his arms hanging over this side. In his left hand he held a pocketknife. His wrists were slit; blood seeped down his fingers and dripped silently on to the floor.

"Asuka, come quick!!" Misato yelled desperately.

"What's happening?" She laid her eyes on Shinji's body "Oh no, Shinji!!" She squealed.

            Shinji's  body lay silently, too silently for anyone who was alive. Then it dawned on Misato. He wasn't breathing.


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Don't hate me. O.K readers, this is it, chapter 10 (next chapter, duh), will be the final installment of the Darkened Exodus: Evangelion saga. And I've put together this little prologue for it, Enjoy:

 Prologue for Finale:

For who would loose,

Though full of pain,

This intellectual being

The human brain.

Thoughts that wonder through forever,

Thoughts of power, love, joy and eternity.

Genesis Lost, Exodus found.

Power relinquished, darkness begun.

Between Love and hate.

Between Anger and Lust

Between Darkness and Light

Between the beginning and the End,

Lies the truth,

Darkened Exodus: Evangelion: The finale.