"For the true evolution of mankind" Gah! Sounds like something you'd hear
on Shoujo Kakumei Utena. Aah! Weird memories.too much pink.it burns!
Layra-chan: Fire?
DreyonLegacy: No fire, just pink.
Layra-chan: Ewwie.
Anyway, this chapter will be pretty much just filler, as I am still
debating what to do to Jenny. It's not easy trying to churn out 1+ chapters
a day.
Disclaimer: Insert legalese mumbo-jumbo here. Wow, 'legalese' is an actual word.
Fourth Impact Chapter 17: Unit 16 and Lillith's Second Chosen
Unit 16 slithered across the hot desert, ignoring the winds and the humans both. They were small things, nothing more than pricks against its hide.
Then a huge explosion knocked it to one side. It curled around to see a crater near where its tail had been. Then another one hit it. If it had a mouth, it would have snarled. The humans had ascended from inconsequential pricks to actual annoyances. Its eye slammed shut.
When it snapped open a moment later, a huge beam of light shot forth and engulfed the human crafts, destroying them all.
It continued on its journey, now only touched by the winds.
He wandered through the streets, listening to the booming voice in his head. Glaring out of the corner of his eyes at the people around him, he scowled at their mutual hatred for each other.
"When Adam is destroyed, we will finally be free of our restraints." He muttered. "Adam is the only thing keeping us in these forms."
Then he heard a rumbling in the distance. "One of Adam's copies." He turned to face it, then manifested his blade-like AT field. He sliced through the building that blocked his path, ignoring the screams of the people he cut down. They would be resurrected soon enough.
He cut his way to the edge of the city, blocking police gunfire with his field. "Out of my way." He shouted. "I am not in the mood for your petty antics." He sliced through the city hall, leaving a man-sized hole in it, and strode into the desert.
An explosion caught his attention. He turned to find a tank chasing after him. He extended his blade at it, piercing the hull. There were two screams, and then the tank exploded. He blocked the shrapnel with his field, then turned and continued toward the copy of Adam.
Unit 16 felt it coming. A force, a creature similar to the girl. It was a human, yet more than a human. It was coming.
Unit 16 slowed as an explosion appeared beyond the next dune. It crawled to the top and peered down to see a bright red-orange blade pierce through a tank. The origin of the blade was too small to see, but Unit 16 knew what it was. A human, a tiny human with the power to create an AT field.
It crawled down the dune slowly, watching as the human continued toward it. The human suddenly stopped and looked up at Unit 16.
"Halt, Angel." Angel. It had never been called that before. "What are you?"
"Unit 16." Unit 16 said in its pilot's voice.
He froze. That was a girl's voice. There was a girl in that thing. "But it's a copy of Adam." Said the voice in his head, the giant creature of light. "You must kill it."
"I must kill it." He repeated. He raised his blade. "I must kill you, to get rid of Adam."
Unit 16 stared at the boy. But I need Adam to complete Instrumentality, it thought, not concerned with the fact that he understood the boy at all. It didn't understand human tongue. There was something else translating for it.but it didn't think about that. It was concerned with Adam.
The blade shot forward, and Unit 16 shot up its AT field to block it. The winds roared as the force of the blade met the force of the shield. The two of them held in immobile struggle for a long moment, before Unit 16 slipped its shield down long enough to level a blast from its eye at the boy. Now it was the boy's turn to block as the mutated-Eva bore down on him. "Even for a copy it's powerful." Muttered the boy.
"That is because it is holding one of my children hostage." Said the Light- giant. "Destroy it, free my child."
"I thought you said that-" his protest was interrupted by the booming voice.
"Destroy it!"
"No!" he spun his blade around and cut a hole deep in the sand beneath him. Using his AT field to keep the sand out he fell, not stopping to watch the beam flying over him.
Unit 16 cut off the beam to watch the sand fall in to cover the boy. Then Unit 16 collapsed, lowering itself to the ground. The boy was strong, and Unit 16 would need to rest. And think.
The boy walked through his self-made tunnel, thinking hard to fill the silence in his head. "I could not have killed it." He said out loud. "And if I did, the girl would have been lost to Adam's clutches forever." He nodded to himself. "I will go and destroy the real Adam, and that will free the girl."
(AN: Okay, do you have any idea what's happening? 'cause I don't, and my muse isn't telling me anything.)
He resurfaced just outside the city. As he expected, the military was waiting for him. He flung up his AT field again as the guns went off, but didn't manifest his blade. He needed to get to Adam, and fast.
He stopped by a restaurant after losing the police down a series of alleys. The skirmish-he refused to call it a fight-had drained him. He entered the restaurant and stopped suddenly. There was another of Lillith's Chosen somewhere in the restaurant.
He walked around until he found her sitting at a table by the window. She was about his age, with wild green hair and a devilish smirk. She was distinctly American, which made her stand out here in China. "Hi, there." She said in perfect Cantonese. "I didn't expect to see you here."
"Who are you?" he asked, sitting down across from her. She put down the chicken leg she had been nibbling on and looked him in the eyes. Her eyes were the same pure black as his.
"My name's Samantha." She told him. "And you?"
"Dai-syo." He answered. "Now that that's over with, what are you doing here?"
"I'm going to see Adam." She said calmly. "This town just happened to be in my path." She glanced out the window. "Those holes.so obvious, so ostentatious, so /male/." She shook her head. "Wonderful job."
He ignored the bait and glared at her. "I'm going first. I have a better reason to kill Adam than because the Light-giant told me to."
Her eyes widened. "You don't even know her name?" she asked, her voice full of laughter. "You are one of her Chosen warriors, and you don't know Lillith's name?" she shook her head. "I'm appalled that you didn't even have enough sense to find out the secrets your parents kept from you."
"I have no parents." He told her. She nodded, a disbelieving smirk across her lips.
"Of course." She answered. "You don't know a thing about your past. How sad."
"Look, will you stop that and tell me what's going on?" her eyes met his again.
"Impact." Was all she said. He froze. She nodded. "I'm talking about Fourth Impact, and the true evolution of mankind. I am talking about the war between the First and Second Angels, and the hold they have on us." She picked up her chicken again. "You should try this. It's really good." Had this been a Japanese cartoon, a big drop of sweat would have appeared on the side of his head. As is, he just stared at her.
"We're trying to start another Impact?" she nodded around the chicken, offering him a piece.
"This time, a slightly less-delusional group of Lillim will be in control, so we might get it right this time." They both spun suddenly to face the east.
"Seems that the First has already gotten to Adam." She remarked. "I hope she succeeds. I'd hate to have a little girl as cute as her die."
Little girl. The words echoed in his head. Unit 16 had a little girl in it. He stood up, grabbing a piece of chicken and stuffing it in his mouth. "I have to go."
"Wait!" she called out. He turned to face her. "If she doesn't make it, will you meet me in Kyoto?" she asked. "I want to talk to you before you go in to get Adam." He nodded, slightly confused, then strode out.
Unit 16 reared up as Jenny began to build her powers. It could hear the roar of the fire, could feel the heat of the flames, taste the metallic tinge of blood that filled Adam's storage chamber. It was still too drained to go, though. Its super solenoid engine was busy converting the sand beneath it into energy, but that boy had taken a lot of its energy with him. And it would not do anything to put Adam in danger. It would have to wait.
And so it did.
AN: Okay, maybe this chapter was a little more necessary than I'd thought at first. I've got a bit of odd stuff in here, more unexplained things, and a bit of insight into Lillith's Chosen. Don't you just love it when the main characters are drawn into a war in which either side's victory will be disastrous? The battle war between the First and Second Angels. And how does destroying Adam release the humans for further evolution? Who are the parents of Lillith's Chosen? Why is everyone trying to start another Impact? Why am I asking you all of these question? Find out (maybe) next time on Neon Genesis Evangelion: Fourth Impact
Disclaimer: Insert legalese mumbo-jumbo here. Wow, 'legalese' is an actual word.
Fourth Impact Chapter 17: Unit 16 and Lillith's Second Chosen
Unit 16 slithered across the hot desert, ignoring the winds and the humans both. They were small things, nothing more than pricks against its hide.
Then a huge explosion knocked it to one side. It curled around to see a crater near where its tail had been. Then another one hit it. If it had a mouth, it would have snarled. The humans had ascended from inconsequential pricks to actual annoyances. Its eye slammed shut.
When it snapped open a moment later, a huge beam of light shot forth and engulfed the human crafts, destroying them all.
It continued on its journey, now only touched by the winds.
He wandered through the streets, listening to the booming voice in his head. Glaring out of the corner of his eyes at the people around him, he scowled at their mutual hatred for each other.
"When Adam is destroyed, we will finally be free of our restraints." He muttered. "Adam is the only thing keeping us in these forms."
Then he heard a rumbling in the distance. "One of Adam's copies." He turned to face it, then manifested his blade-like AT field. He sliced through the building that blocked his path, ignoring the screams of the people he cut down. They would be resurrected soon enough.
He cut his way to the edge of the city, blocking police gunfire with his field. "Out of my way." He shouted. "I am not in the mood for your petty antics." He sliced through the city hall, leaving a man-sized hole in it, and strode into the desert.
An explosion caught his attention. He turned to find a tank chasing after him. He extended his blade at it, piercing the hull. There were two screams, and then the tank exploded. He blocked the shrapnel with his field, then turned and continued toward the copy of Adam.
Unit 16 felt it coming. A force, a creature similar to the girl. It was a human, yet more than a human. It was coming.
Unit 16 slowed as an explosion appeared beyond the next dune. It crawled to the top and peered down to see a bright red-orange blade pierce through a tank. The origin of the blade was too small to see, but Unit 16 knew what it was. A human, a tiny human with the power to create an AT field.
It crawled down the dune slowly, watching as the human continued toward it. The human suddenly stopped and looked up at Unit 16.
"Halt, Angel." Angel. It had never been called that before. "What are you?"
"Unit 16." Unit 16 said in its pilot's voice.
He froze. That was a girl's voice. There was a girl in that thing. "But it's a copy of Adam." Said the voice in his head, the giant creature of light. "You must kill it."
"I must kill it." He repeated. He raised his blade. "I must kill you, to get rid of Adam."
Unit 16 stared at the boy. But I need Adam to complete Instrumentality, it thought, not concerned with the fact that he understood the boy at all. It didn't understand human tongue. There was something else translating for it.but it didn't think about that. It was concerned with Adam.
The blade shot forward, and Unit 16 shot up its AT field to block it. The winds roared as the force of the blade met the force of the shield. The two of them held in immobile struggle for a long moment, before Unit 16 slipped its shield down long enough to level a blast from its eye at the boy. Now it was the boy's turn to block as the mutated-Eva bore down on him. "Even for a copy it's powerful." Muttered the boy.
"That is because it is holding one of my children hostage." Said the Light- giant. "Destroy it, free my child."
"I thought you said that-" his protest was interrupted by the booming voice.
"Destroy it!"
"No!" he spun his blade around and cut a hole deep in the sand beneath him. Using his AT field to keep the sand out he fell, not stopping to watch the beam flying over him.
Unit 16 cut off the beam to watch the sand fall in to cover the boy. Then Unit 16 collapsed, lowering itself to the ground. The boy was strong, and Unit 16 would need to rest. And think.
The boy walked through his self-made tunnel, thinking hard to fill the silence in his head. "I could not have killed it." He said out loud. "And if I did, the girl would have been lost to Adam's clutches forever." He nodded to himself. "I will go and destroy the real Adam, and that will free the girl."
(AN: Okay, do you have any idea what's happening? 'cause I don't, and my muse isn't telling me anything.)
He resurfaced just outside the city. As he expected, the military was waiting for him. He flung up his AT field again as the guns went off, but didn't manifest his blade. He needed to get to Adam, and fast.
He stopped by a restaurant after losing the police down a series of alleys. The skirmish-he refused to call it a fight-had drained him. He entered the restaurant and stopped suddenly. There was another of Lillith's Chosen somewhere in the restaurant.
He walked around until he found her sitting at a table by the window. She was about his age, with wild green hair and a devilish smirk. She was distinctly American, which made her stand out here in China. "Hi, there." She said in perfect Cantonese. "I didn't expect to see you here."
"Who are you?" he asked, sitting down across from her. She put down the chicken leg she had been nibbling on and looked him in the eyes. Her eyes were the same pure black as his.
"My name's Samantha." She told him. "And you?"
"Dai-syo." He answered. "Now that that's over with, what are you doing here?"
"I'm going to see Adam." She said calmly. "This town just happened to be in my path." She glanced out the window. "Those holes.so obvious, so ostentatious, so /male/." She shook her head. "Wonderful job."
He ignored the bait and glared at her. "I'm going first. I have a better reason to kill Adam than because the Light-giant told me to."
Her eyes widened. "You don't even know her name?" she asked, her voice full of laughter. "You are one of her Chosen warriors, and you don't know Lillith's name?" she shook her head. "I'm appalled that you didn't even have enough sense to find out the secrets your parents kept from you."
"I have no parents." He told her. She nodded, a disbelieving smirk across her lips.
"Of course." She answered. "You don't know a thing about your past. How sad."
"Look, will you stop that and tell me what's going on?" her eyes met his again.
"Impact." Was all she said. He froze. She nodded. "I'm talking about Fourth Impact, and the true evolution of mankind. I am talking about the war between the First and Second Angels, and the hold they have on us." She picked up her chicken again. "You should try this. It's really good." Had this been a Japanese cartoon, a big drop of sweat would have appeared on the side of his head. As is, he just stared at her.
"We're trying to start another Impact?" she nodded around the chicken, offering him a piece.
"This time, a slightly less-delusional group of Lillim will be in control, so we might get it right this time." They both spun suddenly to face the east.
"Seems that the First has already gotten to Adam." She remarked. "I hope she succeeds. I'd hate to have a little girl as cute as her die."
Little girl. The words echoed in his head. Unit 16 had a little girl in it. He stood up, grabbing a piece of chicken and stuffing it in his mouth. "I have to go."
"Wait!" she called out. He turned to face her. "If she doesn't make it, will you meet me in Kyoto?" she asked. "I want to talk to you before you go in to get Adam." He nodded, slightly confused, then strode out.
Unit 16 reared up as Jenny began to build her powers. It could hear the roar of the fire, could feel the heat of the flames, taste the metallic tinge of blood that filled Adam's storage chamber. It was still too drained to go, though. Its super solenoid engine was busy converting the sand beneath it into energy, but that boy had taken a lot of its energy with him. And it would not do anything to put Adam in danger. It would have to wait.
And so it did.
AN: Okay, maybe this chapter was a little more necessary than I'd thought at first. I've got a bit of odd stuff in here, more unexplained things, and a bit of insight into Lillith's Chosen. Don't you just love it when the main characters are drawn into a war in which either side's victory will be disastrous? The battle war between the First and Second Angels. And how does destroying Adam release the humans for further evolution? Who are the parents of Lillith's Chosen? Why is everyone trying to start another Impact? Why am I asking you all of these question? Find out (maybe) next time on Neon Genesis Evangelion: Fourth Impact