In case you were wondering when the fighting would stop, this is the last chapter of the really big fight between the really big girls. The last chapter was just to get everyone in position for one of the most confusing chapters of the story. Yay.

Disclaimer: If this statement is true, then I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Fourth Impact

Chapter 31: Heaven, Hell, and Chaos

"Where am I?" she asked, looking around. She got up, absently brushing herself off.

"Mother?" She spun to see a truly disturbing sight. A white tentacle hovered before her, with a tiny face at one end. The other end connected to a white sphere the size of a large dog. Yet every moment the thing would shift into the form of a little girl made of light, then back. "You seem…different."

"Careful, Sixteen!" Misa turned to spot a white bird above them. The bird fell, shifting into the shape of another girl, then back into the birdform. "This is not Mother."

"But Fifteen, it has Mother's soul." The tentacle-thing protested.

"That's not Mother." Another voice agreed. Misa spun around, but could see nothing. Then a black and white striped sphere appeared, flickering into a pitch-black young woman, then back into the sphere. "You would do well to avoid it."

"Twelve is correct, Sixteen. You've never met this lillim before, but this is the one that defeated so many of us." Misa spun to face a huge spider with a single eye on its belly.

"Who are you?" she cried out as more figures approached. "Where am I?"

"Now you've gotten Mother upset." The being known as Sixteen told them. The figures all backed away.

"Wait." A formless mist surrounded her. "What are you, nephilim? You are of the lillim, yet you are nephilim. You have Mother within you."

Then came laughter. "You cannot tell!" said a very young-sounding voice. "This is the child of the false Messiah! The grandchild of the one who tried to be god!"

Now even the mist pulled back. "Quiet, Eight. That one is not to be mentioned."

Misa's eyes narrowed. "I didn't like him too much either." She suddenly felt the attention of all fourteen beings. "Yes, I am the granddaughter of Rokubungi Gendo, and daughter of Soryu Asuka and Ikari Shinji. Now tell me where I am."

(AN: So, how long did it take you to figure out who all the people were? Or are you still wondering?)

"Damn you!" Takoru screamed into the darkness. "Let me go!" he pounded away at the controls, but the technicians still hadn't reattached the nerve connections. His Eva was getting eaten, but he couldn't even feel a dull ache.

What was happening? How was Misato doing? Was Rei alright? If she died, Lilliko would be crushed, and he would never forgive himself. He would miss her too.

Lilliko. How was she? She must be terrified, with her mother and best friend comatose, her brother and her boyfriend out getting smashed to bits…

If he died, she would probably kill herself. That was one of the things he loved about her. She was loyal to a fault.

NO! She wouldn't kill herself. He needed to live, so that she would too.

Unit 20's eyes lit up.

He would live, and win, and he would destroy this abomination before it caused anyone any more pain.

Hands forced Unit 01's jaws open.

He would annihilate Lillith and anyone else that got in the way of Lilliko's happiness.

A knee slammed into Unit 01's core, knocking it backwards.

"Sempai! Suzuhara has restored nerve connections, and his sync ratio is increasing at a dangerous rate!"

Unit 20 smashed a fist into Unit 01's face, breaking bones and tearing through flesh with an armored fist. His other hand grabbed hold of Unit 01's arm and began to wrench it off, squeezing and twisting and pulling until it snapped off.

"You're going to suffer for all the pain you've put us through!" he roared. "You will suffer for your deeds and die for your crimes!" He roared again and grabbed hold of Unit 01's core. Unit 01 screamed in agony as Takoru yanked out the core and crushed it.

Unit 20's jaws descended upon Unit 01. "Cut connections, now!" Misato screamed.

"It's no use! He's blocked us!"

"Takoru-chan!" Lilliko cried.

Suddenly Unit 20 froze. Lilliko stared as the Eva sank to its knees and toppled over.

(AN: two confusing parts down, at least two more to go.)

"You betrayed me." Rei shivered again as the cold hatred of her other selves battered her.

"You betrayed our purpose,"

"Betrayed the commander,"

"All for that boy."

"It wasn't just for him…" Rei protested.

"We had life for the sole purpose of bringing about Third Impact, and you failed." Rei shook her head as accusations rained down upon her.

"You failed everyone."

"I did what was needed." She told her other selves.

"You were my tool." Rei recognized that voice instantly. Mother. "You were my instrument to bring about the salvation of my children. But you failed."

"You failed." The other Rei echoed. "You failed."

"I didn't fail." She told herself. "I did what I needed to. I did what was right." 

"You condemned my children to a world of eternal suffering and pain!" Lillith roared. "You sided with that spawn of Adam and the false Messiah, and destroyed all of the work we had achieved."

Images flooded her. Images of people in fear, in anger, hating and hurting and killing one another. Images of war, of poverty, of suffering and death. Images of Lilliko and Adamu, in pain, being mocked, beaten, hunted for what they were, dying sad and alone. Images of Kaoru abandoning her, of Shinji and the others shunning her.

"This is what you have condemned my children to. Unless Adam is destroyed this is what the world will become."

Rei screamed.

(AN: No, I have no clue what's happening to Rei either.)

"You are in Adam's Heaven." Said the mist.

Misa's eyes widened. "Another heaven? Adam's?"

"You are in Mother's domain." Said a set of floating eyes. "You are the first to join us in a while."

"Adam's your mother…" Misa gasped. "You're the Angels!"

"We have been called that, yes." She pulled away from the mist. "I believe that I was called Iruel."

"Stay away!" Misa cried. "Stay back!"

"Do not fear." Said a voice, a clearly human voice. Misa spun to face…a woman with red hair and a very familiar looking face. She was smiling at Misa's confusion. "You do not need to fear these people, granddaughter."

"What?" Misa stared. The woman chuckled. She walked up to Misa and cupped her face in a gentle hand, looking into her eyes.

"So, my daughter married Ikari-san's son. I had a feeling that fate would bring them together." She smiled. "You look so much like her, both of them, really. I can see both Ikari and my dear daughter in you."

"You…you are…" Misa stuttered. Her mind was grinding to a halt, caught in a morass of confusion. How was Soryu Kyoko Zeppelin standing in front of her, in Adam's Heaven?

"Dead?" Kyoko laughed, a silvery laugh that sounded so much like her mother's, but without the hard edge. Misa found it hard not to fling herself into the woman's arms. "I suppose I am. My soul was freed from Unit 02 when it was destroyed, and I ended up here, I guess, because Unit 02 was made from Adam." Kyoko placed a hand on Misa's core and nodded.

"That's Adam, sure enough. So, tell me, how did my daughter and that young man get together?"

Adam smashed her fist into Lillith's temple, sending Lillith flying. Suddenly Lillith did something that no one expected. Completely breaking from Rei's fighting style she leapt upon Adam, knocking her to the ground. She placed on hand on Adam's neck and the other on the First Angel's core, planting both knees on Adam's legs to stop her from kicking. Then Lillith's fingers began to close.

Misa suddenly doubled over in pain. Several Angels sprang forward in an attempt to help their mother, but Kyoko warned them back. Just then, Misa's AT field sprang up, forcing everyone back a pace.

"Fifteen," Kyoko said, "Find out what's happening out there. And do not open her memories. I've barely forgiven you for my daughter." Fifteen, otherwise known as Arael, bowed its head and stared at Misa. Light flowed from Arael's eyes and engulfed Misa.

The Angels all stiffened as they saw what was happening. "Thirteen…" a featureless humanoid made out of blood-veins strode forward and fell to its knees next to Misa. A bloody hand reached out and touched Misa's core.

Adam's eyes opened wide, and she grinned a feral, Asuka-esque grin. "Time to die, Lillith." She shoved her off and sprang to her feet.

Misa looked up as the Angels pulled back. Kyoko knelt by her. "You have to go back." She told her granddaughter. "You need to stop Adam before she kills Lillith. The death of either of them in the forms they're in would destroy humanity."

Kyoko smiled. "Tell my daughter that I love her."

"And tell Tabris that we miss him!" shouted one of the Angels.

Adam picked up the Second Angel and twisted her arm, tearing it off. LCL sprayed out as Adam tore out Lillith's core. Lillith screamed, a scream echoed deep in NERV by the still unconscious Rei.

"Help!" Rei screamed as the voices around her shrieked in agony, as her clones and former selves collapsed in pain.

She screamed and shot to her feet, knocking Kaoru and Asuka back. She collapsed again, falling to her knees and clutching at her chest. "Help…"

Samantha fell to the ground in the exact same position, clutching at her chest and screaming. Dai-syo and Ariline collapsed as well, shrieking in agony. Unit 16's triumphant roar echoed for kilometers.

"Now go."

Everyone on the bridge stared as Misa suddenly awoke. "NO!"

Adam froze and fell back under the weight of Lillith's body. The core dropped from her limp fingers into the sea of LCL where it knocked against Adamu's entry plug before sinking.

Adamu's eyes shot open as he felt the plug fling about in the LCL. The color of the liquid around him changed to blood red, and he choked on the new liquid. Then suddenly, it was gone, the LCL back to normal.

Lillith's body dissolved overnight, as did Adam's, leaving only another huge puddle of liquid…and a dark entry plug labeled Unit 21.

When the technicians opened the plug though, all they found was an empty plug-suit.

AN: That was odd.

Anyway, because I didn't feel like adding more to the pre-chapter rambling, here's my reply to the reviewer:

Alexei: Jeez, man! You review faster than I update! And as for the humor part, more to come as soon as I figure out what I'm doing. Or maybe I'll just stick in more humor anyway. And it's not random insanity. No, it's anything but random. The plot has been designed specifically to remove all vestiges of sense and stability that my mind has. Guess who spent three nights figuring out my weak points?

And for all of you who are confused, congratulations. I know what's going on, and it hurts.