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Fourth Impact Chapter 10: Battle with Unit 14
In NERV, Adamu was getting into the plug when a visual came up on the screen in front of him. It was an Eva with several extra arms, no legs, and a tail. The head was flattened with a distended lower jaw. He launched and grabbed his Progressive Knife. Ignoring the pain in the back of his head, he ran forward at the Angel. Unit 14 lashed out with an arm and knocked him back.
On the bridge, Maya was looking around nervously. "Sync ratio at 56 and dropping."
"We can't hope to win with a short range attack." Said Misato. "We need to get it from far away."
"Sending up Pallet gun." On the screen they saw Unit 18 grab the gun and begin firing. "He's good at this." Remarked Makoto.
"He has all of his father's skills." Replied Ritsuko. "He should be able to boost his sync ratio, as his father was able to."
Suddenly Unit 14 jumped forward, interrupting his gunfire and landed on top of him. Adamu tried to grab his Progressive Knife but the Angel knocked it away. Then the tail came down and pierced through Unit 18's hand. Adamu screamed. The Angel slowly got off him, leaving him pinned by his hand. The tail snapped off, a new one growing in its place. The Angel continued to walk toward the GeoFront. Adamu turned around and grabbed his gun, firing at the Angel. The Angel ignored him.
"Sir!" shouted Makoto. "We've got another AT field reading from inside Unit 18."
"The Angel contamination." Said Ritsuko. "We need to shut down Unit 18."
Adamu looked up at the figure before him. It was nebulous, made of light, vaguely female in shape.
"You are the pilot?" it asked. He nodded. "You have returned to me."
The people on the Bridge stared as Unit 18 began to rise. The tail impaling its hand tore out of the ground as the fingers curled around it.
"Sync ratio at 104 and rising!" shouted Maya.
"AT field increasing."
"Berserker." Whispered Misato, feelings of déjà vu sweeping through her.
The Angel turned around in time to be smashed inn the head with its own tail. Unit 18 stumbled around like a drunkard, swinging the tail wildly. But every swing hit Uni14, and the head was rapidly getting demolished. "AT field readings increasing. No manifestation, though." Makoto sounded confused. Everyone else was. Where was the AT field? Then Unit 14 lashed out with two arms, knocking the tail away and striking again. Unit 18 used the tail to block Unit 14 and grabbed the Progressive Knife, ducking under the Angel and stabbing upward. Unit 14 roared as the Knife hit its core. Unit 18 continued to stab upward until the core shattered. Unit 14 exploded. When the smoke cleared Unit 18 was lying against a collapsed building, the tail still impaled through its hand. "What's the situation with the pilot?" demanded Misato.
"The pilot is alive but unconscious." Replied. Maya. "His hand is bleeding, but otherwise he's fine."
"Get me visuals of the inside of the plug." A screen appeared showing Adamu lying in the plug, eyes closed. His hand was curled as if wrapped around something, and blood was seeping into the LCL from between his fingers. "Get him out of there."
Adamu opened his eyes to see Lilliko sitting next to him. He blinked. "What happened?"
"Berserker." She told him quietly. He could hear someone hiss on the other side of the bed.
"Lilliko!" said Misato Jr. "You weren't supposed to say that yet!"
"He deserves to know." Said Lilliko. "Wouldn't you want to know how you ended up with a hole in your hand and a dead Angel lying splattered across your house?"
Adamu closed his eyes. "Stop that. I've got a headache." The two girls immediately silenced.
In the Cages, Misato Sr. was talking to Ritsuko when Rei arrived. "Have you found the Angel contamination yet?" the blue-haired woman asked. Ritsuko shook her head.
"No sign of it now." She told her. "It's like it was never even there." She frowned. "For all I know it might have moved into your son." Rei's eyes widened slightly, and she spun on one heel and left the Cages for the hospital.
Misato looked up at Unit 18. "I hope this doesn't turn out the way the last Angel fights did." Ritsuko nodded in agreement.
"We need to get Adam somewhere safer." She replied.
"But I thought that we couldn't move it now." Said Misato. "It's too dangerous, right?'
"It is for normal humans. Furthermore, we can't let the new Children do it either."
"So what can we do?"
Lilliko looked up as the girl walked over to her.
"I know that you're new here," said the girl, looking concerned, "so I have some advice for you." Lilliko nodded, intrigued. "Stay away from Ikari."
"Why?" asked Lilliko.
"Because," the girl leaned in close to Lilliko and whispered in her ear, "she's an Angel."
Lilliko's eyes widened in feigned horror. "She is?" she asked, sounding incredulous. The girl nodded.
"She is. Don't get too close to her, or she'll hurt you." the girl glanced at Misato, who was talking to Takoru. "Don't let her innocent exterior fool you, she really is an Angel. I've seen the thing in her chest."
Lilliko smirked, looking the girl in the eye. The girl shivered as Lilliko's blood red eyes bore into her. "You mean this?" Lilliko pulled her shirt up just far enough to reveal the red core imbedded in the bottom of her ribcage. The girl screamed.
"Ayanami's an Angel!" The entire class, except for Misato and Takoru, pulled back. Lilliko examined the class, fluttering her silver-blue hair back. She absently manifested her AT field just for show, then smiled sweetly at the class.
Takoru was immediately by her side. "You shouldn't have done that." He told her quietly. He pointed at Misato, who was weeping. Lilliko's eyes widened.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"She's been feared ever since she started school." Takoru explained. "She had no friends other than me because of that stupid core." Lilliko slumped in her chair.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." She said. She got up and walked over to Misato.
"Misa-chan?" she said quietly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"It's all right." Misato replied. "It's just that all those." she gestured at the still terrified class, "don't understand. Just because I'm supposedly higher on the evolutionary scale," she snorted, "they all think I'm going to kill them like the original Angels." She smiled suddenly. "I'm not even allowed to wear a two-piece swimsuit in public because I have to hide my core." They both laughed quietly.
"It's a shame." Agreed Takoru. "She has such a pretty core, too."
Lilliko turned to him. "What were you looking at her core for anyway?" she demanded.
"Um, time to get back to class." Takoru said suddenly. He turned to face the class. "Nothing to see here. Back to the lessons. Any time you're ready, sensei." He sat down. The class slowly filed back into their seats, watching Lilliko warily. She was glaring at Takoru.
"I'm home." Lilliko plopped down on the couch. She glanced at her brother. "You're lucky." She complained. "You get to stay home because of 'injuries.' We both know that your Super Solenoid engine heals you in less than a day." He nodded, unconcerned. "I told everyone that I was an Angel today."
"How did they take it?" he asked.
"Badly." She said simply. "Don't mention it around Misato." She told him. "She's been shunned since she got into school because of what she is, and is very sensitive about it."
He nodded. Then their mother returned home.
"Your father is going to check on the other rogue Evas." She told them. "He'll be back in a few days." She sat down between them and put her arms around them. "Fortunately," she continued, "the Eva had a dummy plug in it. We're not sure of who yet, though."
Suddenly Lilliko was hit by a thought: What is Adamu supposed to do for boys' swimming? AN: There. The first bit of Angst. Misato is sensitive to her Angel problem, and the class is scared of her. Now all I got to do is figure out where I'm going with this. I literally have no idea where this is going. I'm just going to keep everyone in character and see where that leads me. Probably in circles. Insert funny quote here.
Fourth Impact Chapter 10: Battle with Unit 14
In NERV, Adamu was getting into the plug when a visual came up on the screen in front of him. It was an Eva with several extra arms, no legs, and a tail. The head was flattened with a distended lower jaw. He launched and grabbed his Progressive Knife. Ignoring the pain in the back of his head, he ran forward at the Angel. Unit 14 lashed out with an arm and knocked him back.
On the bridge, Maya was looking around nervously. "Sync ratio at 56 and dropping."
"We can't hope to win with a short range attack." Said Misato. "We need to get it from far away."
"Sending up Pallet gun." On the screen they saw Unit 18 grab the gun and begin firing. "He's good at this." Remarked Makoto.
"He has all of his father's skills." Replied Ritsuko. "He should be able to boost his sync ratio, as his father was able to."
Suddenly Unit 14 jumped forward, interrupting his gunfire and landed on top of him. Adamu tried to grab his Progressive Knife but the Angel knocked it away. Then the tail came down and pierced through Unit 18's hand. Adamu screamed. The Angel slowly got off him, leaving him pinned by his hand. The tail snapped off, a new one growing in its place. The Angel continued to walk toward the GeoFront. Adamu turned around and grabbed his gun, firing at the Angel. The Angel ignored him.
"Sir!" shouted Makoto. "We've got another AT field reading from inside Unit 18."
"The Angel contamination." Said Ritsuko. "We need to shut down Unit 18."
Adamu looked up at the figure before him. It was nebulous, made of light, vaguely female in shape.
"You are the pilot?" it asked. He nodded. "You have returned to me."
The people on the Bridge stared as Unit 18 began to rise. The tail impaling its hand tore out of the ground as the fingers curled around it.
"Sync ratio at 104 and rising!" shouted Maya.
"AT field increasing."
"Berserker." Whispered Misato, feelings of déjà vu sweeping through her.
The Angel turned around in time to be smashed inn the head with its own tail. Unit 18 stumbled around like a drunkard, swinging the tail wildly. But every swing hit Uni14, and the head was rapidly getting demolished. "AT field readings increasing. No manifestation, though." Makoto sounded confused. Everyone else was. Where was the AT field? Then Unit 14 lashed out with two arms, knocking the tail away and striking again. Unit 18 used the tail to block Unit 14 and grabbed the Progressive Knife, ducking under the Angel and stabbing upward. Unit 14 roared as the Knife hit its core. Unit 18 continued to stab upward until the core shattered. Unit 14 exploded. When the smoke cleared Unit 18 was lying against a collapsed building, the tail still impaled through its hand. "What's the situation with the pilot?" demanded Misato.
"The pilot is alive but unconscious." Replied. Maya. "His hand is bleeding, but otherwise he's fine."
"Get me visuals of the inside of the plug." A screen appeared showing Adamu lying in the plug, eyes closed. His hand was curled as if wrapped around something, and blood was seeping into the LCL from between his fingers. "Get him out of there."
Adamu opened his eyes to see Lilliko sitting next to him. He blinked. "What happened?"
"Berserker." She told him quietly. He could hear someone hiss on the other side of the bed.
"Lilliko!" said Misato Jr. "You weren't supposed to say that yet!"
"He deserves to know." Said Lilliko. "Wouldn't you want to know how you ended up with a hole in your hand and a dead Angel lying splattered across your house?"
Adamu closed his eyes. "Stop that. I've got a headache." The two girls immediately silenced.
In the Cages, Misato Sr. was talking to Ritsuko when Rei arrived. "Have you found the Angel contamination yet?" the blue-haired woman asked. Ritsuko shook her head.
"No sign of it now." She told her. "It's like it was never even there." She frowned. "For all I know it might have moved into your son." Rei's eyes widened slightly, and she spun on one heel and left the Cages for the hospital.
Misato looked up at Unit 18. "I hope this doesn't turn out the way the last Angel fights did." Ritsuko nodded in agreement.
"We need to get Adam somewhere safer." She replied.
"But I thought that we couldn't move it now." Said Misato. "It's too dangerous, right?'
"It is for normal humans. Furthermore, we can't let the new Children do it either."
"So what can we do?"
Lilliko looked up as the girl walked over to her.
"I know that you're new here," said the girl, looking concerned, "so I have some advice for you." Lilliko nodded, intrigued. "Stay away from Ikari."
"Why?" asked Lilliko.
"Because," the girl leaned in close to Lilliko and whispered in her ear, "she's an Angel."
Lilliko's eyes widened in feigned horror. "She is?" she asked, sounding incredulous. The girl nodded.
"She is. Don't get too close to her, or she'll hurt you." the girl glanced at Misato, who was talking to Takoru. "Don't let her innocent exterior fool you, she really is an Angel. I've seen the thing in her chest."
Lilliko smirked, looking the girl in the eye. The girl shivered as Lilliko's blood red eyes bore into her. "You mean this?" Lilliko pulled her shirt up just far enough to reveal the red core imbedded in the bottom of her ribcage. The girl screamed.
"Ayanami's an Angel!" The entire class, except for Misato and Takoru, pulled back. Lilliko examined the class, fluttering her silver-blue hair back. She absently manifested her AT field just for show, then smiled sweetly at the class.
Takoru was immediately by her side. "You shouldn't have done that." He told her quietly. He pointed at Misato, who was weeping. Lilliko's eyes widened.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"She's been feared ever since she started school." Takoru explained. "She had no friends other than me because of that stupid core." Lilliko slumped in her chair.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." She said. She got up and walked over to Misato.
"Misa-chan?" she said quietly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"It's all right." Misato replied. "It's just that all those." she gestured at the still terrified class, "don't understand. Just because I'm supposedly higher on the evolutionary scale," she snorted, "they all think I'm going to kill them like the original Angels." She smiled suddenly. "I'm not even allowed to wear a two-piece swimsuit in public because I have to hide my core." They both laughed quietly.
"It's a shame." Agreed Takoru. "She has such a pretty core, too."
Lilliko turned to him. "What were you looking at her core for anyway?" she demanded.
"Um, time to get back to class." Takoru said suddenly. He turned to face the class. "Nothing to see here. Back to the lessons. Any time you're ready, sensei." He sat down. The class slowly filed back into their seats, watching Lilliko warily. She was glaring at Takoru.
"I'm home." Lilliko plopped down on the couch. She glanced at her brother. "You're lucky." She complained. "You get to stay home because of 'injuries.' We both know that your Super Solenoid engine heals you in less than a day." He nodded, unconcerned. "I told everyone that I was an Angel today."
"How did they take it?" he asked.
"Badly." She said simply. "Don't mention it around Misato." She told him. "She's been shunned since she got into school because of what she is, and is very sensitive about it."
He nodded. Then their mother returned home.
"Your father is going to check on the other rogue Evas." She told them. "He'll be back in a few days." She sat down between them and put her arms around them. "Fortunately," she continued, "the Eva had a dummy plug in it. We're not sure of who yet, though."
Suddenly Lilliko was hit by a thought: What is Adamu supposed to do for boys' swimming? AN: There. The first bit of Angst. Misato is sensitive to her Angel problem, and the class is scared of her. Now all I got to do is figure out where I'm going with this. I literally have no idea where this is going. I'm just going to keep everyone in character and see where that leads me. Probably in circles. Insert funny quote here.