…Layra-chan: Okay, the remark about the shotgun was uncalled for, I'll grant you that. But I am still a pervert.
DreyonLegacy: I'm not arguing with you on that, I'm talking about the content of the last chapter. Yes, Evangelion was full of innuendo and adolescence, but that was Evangelion, a most definitely R-rated series. This is PG-13.
Layra-chan: Then perhaps you should change the rating. The only way you can stop me from making dirty comments is to tie me up and gag me again. You'd like that, wouldn't you? Me, all trussed up and helpless…
DreyonLegacy: Layra-chan! Please, just for one moment, stop with the lewd comments. I'm trying to write a story here…
disclaiMer: neon genesIs evaNgelion bE!ongs to hideaki anno and gainax.
Fourth Impact
Chapter 36: Betrayal
Misato smiled faintly as they strode toward the Geofront hand in hand. Everything felt so perfect…
Suddenly something exploded in the distance. They spun to see another orange explosion near the Nagisas' house.
"That was—" she started to turn but Esserach grabbed her and forced her to face him.
"I'm sorry, but I cannot let you go." She gasped and pulled away from him. He shook his head, and extended a hand toward her. "I really liked you too. Perhaps we'll meet again when the dust settles." A bright orange staff shimmered into existence in his outstretched hand, his fingers clenching around it. An identically colored armband appeared, right beneath his shoulder. He swung.
Misato screamed as the staff smashed into her chest, sending her flying back.
Lilliko stared at the girl in front of her. Searai stuck her tongue out and another bubble appeared in front of Lilliko, exploding outward. Lilliko flung her AT field up, but she was still knocked backwards.
Then she heard the scream. Immediately Adamu was off, running toward Misato's location, but a bubble manifested right in front of him and exploded. Searai grinned.
"Sorry, but I can't let you get past me. Esserach would be upset if I did." She absently flung her hand out and another bubble knocked Rei and Asuka back onto the lawn. "You're really cute, you know that? All determined and resolute, off to save the girl. And those looks…" she giggled, forcing Kaoru into a tree. "What say you give up your heritage and come with me, help us kill Adam?"
"If you kill Adam, then I will be killed as well. It's in my genes." He responded, trying to hit her with his own AT field.
"Oh please. Come to America with me. There, nobody cares who your parents were, or where your family came from."
She spun around to smash Lilliko into a wall. The blue-haired girl flung up her AT field right before colliding with the wall, which collapsed behind her.
"Deransh-san!" Misato stormed up to him. "You are under arrest." The representative was immediately surrounded by Section 2 agents.
"What is the meaning of this?" he demanded. "You have no right to arrest me."
Misato gave him a joyless smile. "You forget, this is NERV. Within the Geofront we have absolute authority."
She spun as Deransh was led away and strode to the bridge. "Status."
"The girl is somehow holding them all back. There is no sign of Misa-chan."
"Where's Takoru-chan? He should be able to go through anything."
"Unconscious. He was the first one attacked. The Sword is behind the girl."
"A second Black Pattern! Right above us." Makoto exclaimed.
"Get a visual." Misato commanded. "Is Misa-chan there?"
A picture appeared of Misa, who was trying to hold up against a flurry of blows by the staff. Esserach looked grim, almost regretful as he smashed away at her defenses.
Lilliko popped open her phone and snarled. "This is not a good time, Commander."
"Go around her." Misato ordered. "You and your brother go around her and get to Misa-chan. She is your first priority!"
Lilliko glanced across the battlefield to her brother. Miming the plan to him, she got up and into position. As soon as another bubble exploded into the adults they bolted, going around either side of Searai in hopes that she would get distracted by one of them.
Searai spun and a bubble burst forth into Lilliko, who flew back with a curse. Searai then turned her attention to Adamu, but Rei and Kaoru flung their AT fields at her, and she was forced to deal with them instead.
Adamu reached down and picked up to Sword, flinging it to his sister. She deftly caught it, quickly finding the balance. A smirk burned its way onto her face, and she charged.
Searai shrieked as Lilliko came at her, the Sword at ready. A bubble exploded in front of her, but Lilliko just chopped it in half and the pieces flew out sideways, leaving Lilliko untouched.
Misa screamed again as she was forced back, falling to the ground. Esserach swung, deathly determination written on his face. "You shouldn't have taken Adam into yourself." He said. "You're only making it harder on yourself."
"Leave her alone!" Esserach barely managed to get his AT field up in time as Adamu came at him armed with a long metal pole. There was an ear-splitting screech as the cold metal met the boy's AT field.
"Damn you…" Esserach swung his staff at Adamu, but Adamu blocked it with his own. The two soon forgot about Misa altogether as they fought back and forth, their staffs flicking about in the darkness.
(AI [Author's Interruption]: Don't say it, Layra-chan…
Layra-chan: Say what?
DreyonLegacy: You know, the comment you always make whenever swords or guns or staffs or anything like those are mentioned.
Layra-chan: Oh, you mean how I always say—
DreyonLegacy: Don't say it!)
A shriek rang out whenever the two weapons touched, but neither boy seemed affected. A chunk of Adamu's pole exploded as the AT staff passed through it, but he only shifted his grip and continued fighting.
"Not bad," Esserach smirked. "Who taught you?"
"No one." Adamu replied. "Learned by myself, alongside my sister." The poles met again with a hearty screech and an equally loud hiss.
"I learned from a private weapons instructor." Esserach suddenly spun the pole around in his hands, flipping it around so that the far end shot over his head and caught Adamu off guard. Adamu blocked with his own AT field, but the force pushed him back.
Lilliko swung the sword again, slicing the bubble in half just as it appeared. She grinned. Searai was good, skilled and powerful. But she was predictable. Lilliko couldn't blame her, she appeared no more than twelve, so she couldn't have had all that much time to learn the tricks.
She chopped a bubble in half, painfully ignoring any attacks that weren't aimed at her. Searai stared in fear at her, holding up her hands as if to defend herself with them. Her AT field shimmered as she stopped attacking.
Lilliko took a moment to study the girl, looking for the LCL colored object that was the key to her powers. She spotted it, a bracelet. She smirked and charged forward, bringing the sword up.
Searai pushed all her power into the field, but Lilliko slashed right through it, chopping off the girl's hand in the process. Searai screamed in pain but the AT barrier remained.
Lilliko blinked in disbelief. The bracelet was still on her wrist. Then she remembered what Takoru had told her. She had to destroy the bracelet altogether.
She slashed again, and this time the bracelet shattered, and Searai screamed again, the AT field blinking out of existence.
Searai fell to her knees, gripping her wrist. Everyone stared at the bloodless wound. Then Searai got to her feet, absolute hatred flaring in her black eyes.
Placing her remaining hand on her chest, she shrieked and exploded.
Adamu glanced over as the explosion rocked the city, but Esserach took advantage of the distraction to attack. He knocked Adamu back and spun to face Misa. She cowered back as he raised the staff, holding like a javelin.
"Time to die, Adam!"
Blam! He suddenly fell, dropping his staff as the metal beam caught him on the armband. The staff disappeared right before the cloth shredded.
"Damn!" he fell to his knees, clutching his ruined arm. He glared at Adamu. "You filthy Angel. You've ruined everything."
He turned to face Misato again. "No matter. I shall get you anyway." He stretched his hand toward her. "Goodbye."
Lilliko got up to see a small puddle in the midst of the rubble. The adults were helping each other to their feet. Takoru was just waking. She walked over to him and handed him his Sword.
"Thank—" she was cut off.
Esserach's body dissolved as his AT formed itself into another staff flying straight at Misa. It pierced through her chest and flickered out of existence as it reached her back. She fell.
"No!"
AN:
…DreyonLegacy: Look, Layra-chan, let's compromise. You can put in your filthy, dirty, mind-in-the-gutter, one-track-mind ideas, but I get to censor them, alright?
Layra-chan: You're too harsh with your censoring. Because of you, I don't get to say CENSORED or CENSORED or even C3NZ0R3D.
DreyonLegacy: You do know why I don't like you saying those, right?
Layra-chan: Yes. You don't like the fact that I can out-cuss you.
DreyonLegacy: I don't like you saying them because this is a PG-13 fic! There are people reading this who might get offended!
Layra-chan: Since when has that bothered you?
DreyonLEgacy: Since I started publishing. This is America, Layra-chan. You can kill all you want, but certain things cannot be said.
Layra-chan: Fine, fine, if you're going to be such a CENSORED about it. I don't see what the big CENSORED deal about it is, anyway…