Darkened Exodus: Evangelion

Author's Rants: Well this is it. The final chapter, and it's a long one! I hope you've enjoyed reading this story and look to the bottom of the page for future stories I'm planning to do. So, for the final time … ENJOY! Dark Eva.

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Darkened Exodus: Evangelion
Episode 1:0 The Finale

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            Shinji Ikari lay silently on a hospital bed. His wrists had been covered with bandages but blood still seeped through and left the bandages stained. Beside him stood Misato, her eyes blood-shot from tears. When the ambulance came the paramedics said he would die. Luckily the skilled doctors at the NERV hospital had managed to stabilize him, barely. Misato sat next to his bed, clasping his hand tight. There was a knock at the door.

            Rei stepped in, her face had more expression in it than ever, unfortunately the expression was of sadness. She walked over to the bed and saw Shinji. Wires and tubes protruded from his skin all hooked up to various monitors that were giving out rhythmic beeps every few seconds. Rei leant over the bed and gazed at Shinji's motionless face. She moved her head further up the bed so it was just in front of his ear. Misato watched this and felt so bad for Rei.

"I'm sorry." Rei whispered to Shinji and then ran out the room.

            Misato's phone began ringing.

"Yes commander. What now? I understand. On my way."

            She put the phone away in hand bag. She stood up and gave Shinji a kiss on the forehead before leaving. As Misato left the hospital through the front doors, she noticed a familiar looking girl walking down the corridor leading to Shinji's room.

"Oh how you must feel now." She said out loud, unintentionally. Misato got in her car and drove away.

            Back in the hospital, the door to Shinji's room opened. Asuka walked through holding a vase of flowers. She lay the vase on the side table and spread all the flowers out to hide some of the monitors.

            She sat in the chair previously occupied by Misato. She sat silently, she didn't know what to do, the last time she had been in a hospital like this was when her mother died. She thought to herself: if I am here, will Shinji die like Mama? She saw Shinji stir a little in the bed ad quickly rushed to his side.

"Oh Shinji, please wake up. Please, I need you, I'm sorry for what I did, I really am but please wake up. I need you. I love you." She covered her mouth with her hands after speaking those last words. "I do love you. I just …" Asuka ran out of the cold, sterile room, crying.

            Rei was waiting outside for Asuka, she had seen her go in. As Asuka reached the hospital door Rei confronted her. Asuka quickly regained her composure and stared Rei down.

"What do you want, Wonder Girl!" Asuka shouted, not even wanting a answer.

"Nobody loves you." Rei said sternly.

"What …"

"Just think, your mother had to kill herself because she couldn't even stand the sight of you. Kaji ran off with Misato and then didn't love either of you enough to come back and Shinji, well, just look what's happened to him because of you. Nobody loves you, nobody can and nobody will."

"That's not true." Asuka sulked. "… Shinji will."

"Shinji!" Rei laughed, Asuka had never heard Rei laugh before, it was cold and mocking. "That little brat. He doesn't know how to love anyone."

"But I thought, you, and Shinji -"

"Yeah so did I, then I realized what a bore he was, I can't believe that I actually kissed him, yuck!" Rei spoke as if she was disgusted by the very thought.

"But why where you here."

"Keeping up appearances, can't let Misato think I'm the cold hearted bitch. That position's already been filled by you Asuka." Rei gave out a laugh and skipped off leaving Asuka alone.

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            Third Cranial NERV, second command facility . It was now six o'clock. Both functional Evangelion pilots had been loaded into there Entry Plugs. Not a word had been exchanged between the first and second children for three hours. Although this was normal, Dr. Akagi sensed a greater degree of tension between Asuka and Rei than ever before. Just then, commander Fuyutsuki walked into the commander facility followed by Major Katsuragi. The commander took his seat at the top level of the centre and Misato stood beside Ritsuko, in front of Maya and Kazuya. Tensions high, between all.

"Major, if you would."

"Yes sir." Misato took in a deep breath. "Eva launch!"

            The two Evas sped up the catapults and landed outside the Geo front. Inside NERV Ritsuko was looking at the sync data.

"Rei is at 60% and Asuka is … 350%. Any hire and …"

"Not that a berserk Eva's power wouldn't be useful at a time like this." Misato added. Ritsuko didn't respond.

            Unit 2 and Omega marched up the Matshusiro hills, their umbilical cables knocking over trees on the way. Wild water melons grew on these hills, the farmers would harvest these just before summer's end. Summer's end had past long ago, no farmer's had been to harvest, all where dead, dying or in hiding. So the fruit of these hills was left untouched.

            Both units stopped after they reached the hills summit. Asuka gazed down on the land below the hills, sunset  turned the azure water of  the rivers into a tanned orange color. Suddenly, clouds hid the sun from view and the rivers shifted to a crude blue. From the clouds above came down nine rays of light, white as paper. These beams formed a circle round the hill the two Evangelion units stood on.  Slowly the nine pillars of celestial light disappeared leaving nine figures surrounding Asuka and Rei. Nine Devils: of power, wraith, lust, anger, Envy, sloth, greed, vanity and gluttony. Nine Devils, nine sins, nine jet black Mass production Evas each holding a black hilted sword.

"These bastards again. They may have changed color but they're still going back to hell." Asuka shouted as she drew her progressive knife.

Inside NERV Misato was worried about what Asuka had just said.

"But they didn't come from hell, they came from the sky, from God." She thought. Akagi let out a small laugh. "What in the hell's so funny Doctor?"

"Don't you get it?" Ritsuko tried to console herself. "The mass Production Evas, it seems the boys at SEELE just copied something the same as we did, and here are the originals." Ritsuko stretched out her hands as if to try and hug the nine Devils. Misato grabbed the microphone.

"listen you two, you can do this, do it for Shinji."

            Back in the hospital Shinji was tossing and turning violently in his bed. The on-call nurse saw this and opened his Morphine drip, this calmed him back down into a deep sleep.

            Asuka charged down the hill, trailing a cloud of dirt behind her. The first one she lunged at had the Kanji symbol for 'Lust' embedded on its chest in red. Asuka stabbed her Evas hand through the Devils throat, decapitating it. It's broken body sank to the floor spewing blood all over the melons.

            Shinji's head started to ache, he felt something trying to tear apart his mind.  His eyes opened, he was a floor surrounded by nothing. The pain shot through his body and curled up trying to resist what was hurting. In his mind a word started to from in his head in crimson red letters.

{LUST}

            Rei used the jets on the back of her Eva to burn two of the Devils bodies, there mangled  bodies seeped to the ground and mixed together in a melted mess.

            Shinji felt his skin curled, it was like someone was burning his body all over. His skin felt crisp and raw. He looked at his arms, no burns, but the pain. He howled in agony but there was no one there. More words.

{ANGER}

{ENVY}

            Two of the Devils grabbed Unit 2 and restrained it, a third one impaled Unit 2 in the stomach, piercing it straight through, blood spilled from both sides of the Eva. Inside the Plug, Asuka clasped her stomach with one hand.

"ARRRGHH! I'll kill you, SWINEHUNT!!".

"Her sync ration nearing 95%, it's too close Major." Ritsuko shouted. Misato didn't reply.

            Unit 2 grabbed the hilt of the sword and pulled it free, leaving a slit through the Eva's body. She swung at the attacking Devil, gashing it from shoulder to hip. The upper diagonal of its body fell to the side, leaving the lower section standing. She grabbed the to other Evas by the heads and smashed their skulls together, the head exploded on contact.

{VANITY}

{SLOTH}

{GLUTTONY}

            Shinij felt someone moist trickle down the side of his cheek coming from his ear, blood.

"Oh god, Unit 2 ratio is at 400%, Asuka!" Ritsuko squealed.

"Mama?" Asuka asked from inside the Plug. "I'm glad you're here."

            Unit 2 bent over, clasping its head with its hands, as if it was in pain. Eight giant silver wings sprouted from its back and lifted the Eva. A glowing light surrounded the Eva and nearly blinded Asuka. Its wings shimmered in the light, each feather had its own aura, giving the Eva a set of eight rainbows. "Is this heaven?"

            The three remaining Devils began recoiling in pain, clasping their heads so hard there ears began to bleed. Their jet black skin turned a stone gray and they stood silent. The light surrounding Unit 2 engulfed the three Devils and Omega, followed by a huge explosion.

{WRAITH}

{GREED}

{POWER}

{GOODBYE}

            Inside the command facility the NERV staff where cheering, excluding Misato.

"Ritsuko, what about the Evas?" Misato asked coldly. Dr. Akagi walked over to the control port.

"Rei's life signs confirmed and Asuka … oh no. "

            Ritsuko brought up the internal Entry-Plug, the screen appeared on the main frame. It sowed an empty chair.

The pain stopped, Shinji got to his feet and stared around into the emptiness.

"Hello again."

"Gotten-tag Shinji"

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Darkened Exodus: Evangelion
Episode 1:0 Thank you and goodnight .

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            The field of flowers of various flora shimmered in the light from the setting sun. Asuka and Shinji strolled through the flowers holding hands. Asuka ran ahead and picked a purple petunia and put it in her hair. She ran back to Shinji who was gazing around at the field.

"You like?" Asuka  giggled.

"It's lovely Asuka." Shinij looked deep into her eyes. Asuka blushed. "You know this isn't real Asuka." She cuddled into his arm.

"It's real enough for me or is their someone you'd rather be with." Asuka looked down to the ground.

"You mean Rei, no. She never meant it. Do you?"

"Of course I do dunkopf." Asuka laughed.

            They walked on through the field until they reached a small log cabin. It was a small pine wood house, with a small burnt out fire outside. Behind the cabin was a fenced off field with cows, buffalo and sheep grazing around. A small lamb strayed from its mother and put its head through the fence, looking at the two children. It tilted its head before returning to its mother. Asuka and Shinji stood watching the little lamb return to its heard.

"So I'm guessing leg of lamb for dinner?"

"Oh Asuka."

Shinji put his arms around Asuka. They moved there heads closer together until there moist lips touched gently. They held each other in there embrace for what seemed forever until they let go.

"Shinji…"

"Yes Asuka."

"Your stepping on my foot."

"I'm sorry"  


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            Well that's it. I've had loads of fun writing this story and I hope you've had as much fun reading it. Turning to the future, I've had a lot of ideas for possible Evangelion fics; however I will be leaving this Genre for a while to pursue other fandoms, such as: 'Final Fantasy VIII' and 'Charmed'.

When I do come back to Eva, here is a list of a few things I'll be doing:

Seven – A horror fic about one of the NERV staff who is committing muders based on the Seven Deadly Sins.

I can't live without you - Asuka / Shinji fic set in the alternate universe Shinji dreamt up in the last episode of the Evangelion series.

Penny from the block – The second from my infamous song fic saga. PenPen's rendition of 'Jenny from the Block.' I could see it topping the charts.

            Again, thanks for reading and Goodbye!