Story: Evangelion, The Children of Humanity: Guardian Angel
Chapter 6: Plans are really, really stupid.
Disclaimer: I do not in anyway own Evangelion and its characters. All I own are my own characters and the plot. I'm just a fan ok? Not making any profits here so don't sue me!
A/N: Here's chapter six. Flame me and I'll block you from ever setting foot in any of my fics again.
"So what have we learned Doctor?" Colonel Katsuragi asked her colleague.
"Well, we know that attacking the sphere is completely useless, and that the shadow below it is some sort of link to an alternate dimension. Our readings show that it is some kind of, inverted AT-Field. I suggest that we concentrate our efforts on attacking the shadow." Akagi replied.
"Ok, did you guys hear that?" she asked turning towards the pilots. After safely retreating to the underground Nerv, the pilots and most of the bridge staff had conferred in the meeting room on a plan of action.
"Hai!" they replied.
"So we just keep hammering at the shadow right?" asked Asuka.
"Yes, our target is now the shadow underneath the Angel but as Dr. Akagi explained, and you have seen it for yourselves, that shadow will suck you in if you get too close. Therefore, we will try to avoid using close range tactics."
"Awww...that was the fun part!" Asuka pouted.
"We will need some time to come up with something." Said Dr. Akagi.
"How long will this take?" asked the Commander.
"Give us at least three hours."
"Very well, you have at most two. I expect something good." He left.
"You kids can go see George while we plan." Said Akagi. When the Evas returned and docked, George was carried off my a Medical team because of some minor injuries he suffered due to his Eva's plug system design and high synch ratio, to his protest of course.
"Good, then we'll be going now." Said Toji turning for the door, the others followed.
They walked to the hospital wing of Nerv, as they did, Hikari began asking Toji how he was feeling, and if he was ok.
"Yeah, I'm fine Hikari. Really." He replied.
"So how do you guys like piloting?" Shinji asked.
"It was scary, but I just kept thinking how everyone was with me, and that we were doing this to help everyone. My Eva was pretty easy to handle actually, it sort of moved on its own sometimes." Hikari said.
"Yeah, that's what I was going to say." Toji said.
Kensuke however... "HELL YEAH! IT IS THE BEST DAMN THING I"VE EVER DONE!" Kensuke responded esthetically.
"Figures that's how you would feel." Asuka mumbled so only the one next to her, Shinji could hear. "You are a figging military nut."
"Asuka that's not very n-...ok, I'll shut up now." Shinji began, but wisely and quickly stopped himself as he saw the usual, 'Finish that sentence and I'll send you home with broken balls.' Look she had. Asuka was going to finish that up with some kind of insult at him but found herself unable to get the words out. In the back, Rei is following the others as Kensuke, done with his little chat with Shinji, slips up next to her.
"Hey Rei, how are you? That was a difficult fight wasn't it?" he asked trying out his most soothing tone. Rei stared at him
"I am fine, I have been severely injured before. And today's battle was not necessary that hard, we have suffered worst defeats." She replied in her normal emotionless voice.
"Oh. I didn't know, you aren't hurt now are you?" he asked, this time in his normal voice, but with genuine concern in it.
Rei was not oblivious to this, "I assure you that I am unharmed and in good health Kensuke. Thank you for your concern." She said.
"It's...all right." Kensuke said disappointed at her lack of show of emotion.
Rei seem to have guessed what was going on in his mind and said, "Kensuke, I really mean it when I thanked you for showing concern at my well being." Then she remembered an occasion when Shinji rescued her from her overheated entry plug, she did the same thing she did back then, she smiled. Kensuke was shocked, and for two good reasons. Firstly, Rei had never been know to show any signs that she even had emotions. Secondly, she was smiling at him, in fact FOR HIM! Kesuke was lost for words and accidentally smacked himself into a nurse coming the other way.
"Oh! Sorry!" he yelped. Rei was still smiling a bit, Kensuke was thinking of something to say and came up with, "Rei, you're even more beautiful when you smile." Rei blushed a little, just enough to be noticed by Kensuke. "Rei..."
"We're here, room 166." Shinji announced.
They went into the room, George was sitting in the bed in an hospital gown and apparently, arguing with the doctor of this sector.
"Godamn it! I told you, I'm perfectly fine! Let me out of here!" George yelled.
The doctor was not impressed, "Mr. Anderson, you were sent here-"
"Dragged here kicking and screaming you mean!" George interjected.
"Whatever, you are here for your piloting related injuries!"
"They're bruises! Why don't you assholes listen to the patient! The one being forced to stay in a fucking hospital room about as interesting as a white paper and smells like rotting plants!" George was getting really pissed off and the doctor decided to just sign the clipboard at the foot of the bed and leave. "Hey! Get your ass back here bitch! I'm not through with you!" he raved.
The children looked at him and sweatdropped. George noticed them when he saw the doctor out the door.
"Ahh...well I was upset that they were keeping me here for no reason." He said, embarrassed.
"Good lord George, you sound like the Red-Devil over here." Toji said. He immediately regretted his words when Hikari smacked him behind the head and Asuka followed suit. "Owwww! Ok! Sorry. Gezz." He said.
"So George, how serious are your injuries?" asked Hikari in a suspious voice.
"They're nothing!" he cried "I'm fine! You can't leave me in here for some scrape and bruises!"
She went over and examined her guardian's back. "Um...George? How did you get this burn?" she asked.
"Oh, uh...that's just something from when the Angel's beam hit me as I was pulling Asuka out of the shadow."
"Oh wow, no wonder they won't let you out." Asuka added, seeing the scar.
George sighed "I keep telling you, it is nothing." 'I can just use my S2 organ...' he thought 'but they'd detect it in the command center.'
"It most certainly is not nothing!" someone said.
Everyone looked at the door, another doctor had stepped in. She looked at a glance, higher up than the other guy, perhaps one of Akagi's prized students. She had long brown hair, black glasses, and she was dressed in a lab coat. She was not very tall but was she certainly was pretty.
"Uh-oh...Uh...hi Dr. Zokoji." George said in a very meek voice.
"Mr. Anderson, may I remind you that you have suffered third-degree burns on the back and chest area, along with plenty of cuts and bruises and also some internal bleeding from crashing to the floor in mid-flight." She said looking at her clipboard. "You had better stay in bed Mr. Anderson, or I will be very displeased."
"Yes ma'am, I will." He said softy.
"I will check on you soon Mr. Anderson, you better be here." George nodded, she left.
"Who was that?" Asuka asked. "Akigi's assistant, not someone to anger anyway." George answered.
"Ah." Shinji.
"So what is the good Colonel planning?" George asked changing the subject.
"Don't know," Asuka answered. "when we left she was still with Dr. Akagi trying to come up with something."
"Oh, well I hope she isn't going to leave me out of this for a small scrape." George said.
"Don't worry man, you're not gonna get a chance to lay down on the job." Toji said grinning.
"I hope not." George said.
Back in the meeting room, the Colonel and the Doctor are still going over the data from the last fight. Akagi also has to deal with the minor repairs to some of the Eva Units and was running from one place to another. Needless to say, the Doctor was a very stressed woman at this point. Luckily, she is stressed most of the time and had plenty of practice.
"Arrg...more coffee..." Akagi mumbled.
"Good lord, that's your tenth cup in half an hour!" Misato yelled, "I'm gonna be pissed if you pass out on me and I have to do this alone!"
"If I don't get some more caffeine, I will pass out." She responded.
"Oh! Whatever. What's your next idea? We already decided that expanding the mass by dumping a lot of stuff in won't work." The Colonel said, looking over the papers and charts again.
"Hmmm, we could try...but it's too dangerous. Never mind." Akagi
"No, finish it. What do you have?" Misato.
"Well, we could try lowering an Evangelion in the shadow-" she began.
"WHAT!?" Misato interjected "ARE YOU MAD!? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH DANGER THE PILOT OF THAT EVA IS GONNA BE IN!?"
"Yeah, I did. But you told me to spill it out." Akagi said.
"Oh...yeah. Well then, go on." Misato said, claming down.
"Ahem. As I said, we could lower an Eva in the shadow, and have it extend its AT-Field to its maximum. That should be enough to implode the Angel." Akagi said.
"... and what is our chance of success?" Misato asked hesitantly.
"The Magi estimates a 17.0063% chance of success." Akagi replied working on her palm pilot.
"No, we will not risk a pilot's life and an Evangelion unit to boot when the chance of success are that low." Misato said, firm on her decision.
"Oh yes we will Colonel." A familiar cold voice said. The Commander entered the room, Fuyuzuki at his side.
"Sir! We can't-" Misato started.
"Do not tell me what risks Nerv can't take, I'll decided that. And I've decided to go along with Dr. Akagi's plan." He said.
"BUT SIR!" she yelled.
Gendo's eyes narrowed, "Question me again Colonel, and you will regret it."
"Then I-"
"ENOUGH! Guards, take her to the holding cell. Consider yourself temporary suspended from duty Katsuragi." He snapped. The security guards removed her sidearm and cuffed her. She was then pushed through the door rudely. Akagi remained silent during this. "Doctor, you are now in charge of this operation. Do not fail me." He left.
"Of course..." she said, alone in the room now.
"Ok pilots, this is the plan." Akagi announced to the whole room.
Once again, everybody from the bridge and the pilots were assembled in the meeting room. Only this time, Misato was absent. George was present, but with bandages under his Plug Suit.
"We are going to have Shinji in Unit-01 enter the Angel and destroy it by extending his AT-Field to its fullest."
"WHAT!? NO!" four different voices shouted at once.
Rei had said nothing, but her lips were turned downwards, just a little. George had decided to see this through before voicing his opinion, in any case, it was unlikely that he would be of much help this time. Shinji himself was shocked, and could only stare at Dr. Akagi with his mouth open.
"How could you think of putting Shinji in that kind of danger!?" Asuka yelled.
"Yeah, what are the odds that this idiotic plan will work?" Toji shot at the Doctor.
"You don't need that information, you will just do as you are ordered." The Commander said from his place in the room.
"Damn it! Why Shinji?" Kensuke demanded.
"Because Shinji in Unit-01 has the highest record for AT-Field strength and power." Akagi explained.
"No...don't make him go." Hikari whimpered.
"Stop arguing, I'll do it." Shinji said. Everyone looked at him.
Asuka came right up to him "What are you saying!?" she demanded.
"I said, I'll do it Asuka."
She glared at him for a moment, she didn't know what she was feeling, but she knew that she was really pained inside. Almost like when she had lost her mother. She promptly slapped him, "Dummer Idiot! Sind Sie insaine? You're going into death!" she yelled.
"Since when did you care!?" Shinji asked, angry.
Asuka was at lost for an answer. "I..."
Then, an officer bursts into the room, "SIR! THE ANGEL IS WITHIN 5 MILES OF HQ!"
"Pilots, you have your orders, all units except 01 provide support and do not allow the sphere above the shadow to attack Unit-01. Now go!" the Commander said.
The pilots were already in their Plug Suits, never having taken them off since returning except George who was in the hospital. But he too was in his suit now, and they were all racing towards the cages.
"Evas, Hasshin!" Makoto announced. Once again the Evangelion units rose from underground to the surface of Tokyo-3.
"George, you stay to the rear in this fight." Akagi said over the com. "And Shinji, good luck."
Shinji said nothing, he simply took up a rifle and ran towards the Angel, shooting at the sphere. Toji and Kensuke, armed with the kind of long- range rifle Rei had used, kept constant fire on the Angel to direct its attention away from Shinji and Unit-01. Rei herself was with Hikari, occasionally shooting at the Angel with their missile launchers, a new weapon that was still being tested. Asuka had her two sub-machine guns and was unloading like a madwoman on the Angel. George was besides her, doing the same with his duel Ingrams. Shinji was getting near the Angel, at last he was right in front of it. The shadow came out from under it and moved under his Eva, he fell right in.
"Ahhhhh!" he yelled, his Umbilical Cable snapped.
"Shinji!" Asuka screamed. No response. "I knew that this plan was shitty! No! SHINJI!" her Eva's eyes lit up. She dropped the guns and ran towards the Angel pulling out her Prog. Knife. She slashed at it, the sphere, while jumping all over to evade the shadow. Then she heard a faint voice over the com,
"Asuka?---- are you he—What are yo—ing? Let—e be, let me die---. I have n-- thing."
"Shinji!" she gasped, "How could you say that!?"
"Wh-t do I ha—Asuk--?"
"You have your friends! Misato! George! People who care about you, you have ME!" she yelled through her tears.
"Asuka ar- y—cryin-? I thou--- you hated m-."
"I never hated you baka! I just didn't know how to express myself! So I just insulted you and pushed you around! I'm sorry Shinji! Don't give up on us! AH!" she was hit by one of the Angel's beams when it decided to go after her rather than pay attention to the other's ongoing barrage.
"Asuka!? ANGEL!! I"LL KILL YOU!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
The Angel stopped in mid-attack. Everyone froze, then they saw it the Angel was vibrating. It was vibrating very fast, as if something inside was trying to burst out. The Angel exploded in a massive ball of energy, sending blood all over the street. Eva Unit-01 was standing right in the middle where the Angel hovered only seconds ago covered in blood and gore, in his arms was Eva Unit-02. Eva-01 looked terrifying, just like the time after the third angel self destructed and it emerged unscathed, add to that this time it was covered in the remains of the Angel. Several of the bridge personal threw up at the sight, Gendo smiled from behind his hands which were in their usual fashion, covering his mouth. "She's starting to become aware..."
"Shinji...you're back..." Asuka whispered, still in pain from the unexpected blow to the back by the Angel.
"Yes Asuka-chan, I realized that I have many reasons to live, most importantly, now I have you."
"Baka-kun..." was all she said before she fainted.
A/N: Chapter 6 is here now, enjoy. Don't you just love romance in the heat of battle? Sorry for being cheesy. DIE FLAMERS! DIE! BURN IN THE FLAMES OF HELLLLLLL!!!!!! YOU AND YOUR STUPID FLAMING REVIEWS! BUUUURRRRNNNNN!!!!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
Next Chapter: Temporary Peace, Bonding of Friends
Disclaimer: I do not in anyway own Evangelion and its characters. All I own are my own characters and the plot. I'm just a fan ok? Not making any profits here so don't sue me!
A/N: Here's chapter six. Flame me and I'll block you from ever setting foot in any of my fics again.
"So what have we learned Doctor?" Colonel Katsuragi asked her colleague.
"Well, we know that attacking the sphere is completely useless, and that the shadow below it is some sort of link to an alternate dimension. Our readings show that it is some kind of, inverted AT-Field. I suggest that we concentrate our efforts on attacking the shadow." Akagi replied.
"Ok, did you guys hear that?" she asked turning towards the pilots. After safely retreating to the underground Nerv, the pilots and most of the bridge staff had conferred in the meeting room on a plan of action.
"Hai!" they replied.
"So we just keep hammering at the shadow right?" asked Asuka.
"Yes, our target is now the shadow underneath the Angel but as Dr. Akagi explained, and you have seen it for yourselves, that shadow will suck you in if you get too close. Therefore, we will try to avoid using close range tactics."
"Awww...that was the fun part!" Asuka pouted.
"We will need some time to come up with something." Said Dr. Akagi.
"How long will this take?" asked the Commander.
"Give us at least three hours."
"Very well, you have at most two. I expect something good." He left.
"You kids can go see George while we plan." Said Akagi. When the Evas returned and docked, George was carried off my a Medical team because of some minor injuries he suffered due to his Eva's plug system design and high synch ratio, to his protest of course.
"Good, then we'll be going now." Said Toji turning for the door, the others followed.
They walked to the hospital wing of Nerv, as they did, Hikari began asking Toji how he was feeling, and if he was ok.
"Yeah, I'm fine Hikari. Really." He replied.
"So how do you guys like piloting?" Shinji asked.
"It was scary, but I just kept thinking how everyone was with me, and that we were doing this to help everyone. My Eva was pretty easy to handle actually, it sort of moved on its own sometimes." Hikari said.
"Yeah, that's what I was going to say." Toji said.
Kensuke however... "HELL YEAH! IT IS THE BEST DAMN THING I"VE EVER DONE!" Kensuke responded esthetically.
"Figures that's how you would feel." Asuka mumbled so only the one next to her, Shinji could hear. "You are a figging military nut."
"Asuka that's not very n-...ok, I'll shut up now." Shinji began, but wisely and quickly stopped himself as he saw the usual, 'Finish that sentence and I'll send you home with broken balls.' Look she had. Asuka was going to finish that up with some kind of insult at him but found herself unable to get the words out. In the back, Rei is following the others as Kensuke, done with his little chat with Shinji, slips up next to her.
"Hey Rei, how are you? That was a difficult fight wasn't it?" he asked trying out his most soothing tone. Rei stared at him
"I am fine, I have been severely injured before. And today's battle was not necessary that hard, we have suffered worst defeats." She replied in her normal emotionless voice.
"Oh. I didn't know, you aren't hurt now are you?" he asked, this time in his normal voice, but with genuine concern in it.
Rei was not oblivious to this, "I assure you that I am unharmed and in good health Kensuke. Thank you for your concern." She said.
"It's...all right." Kensuke said disappointed at her lack of show of emotion.
Rei seem to have guessed what was going on in his mind and said, "Kensuke, I really mean it when I thanked you for showing concern at my well being." Then she remembered an occasion when Shinji rescued her from her overheated entry plug, she did the same thing she did back then, she smiled. Kensuke was shocked, and for two good reasons. Firstly, Rei had never been know to show any signs that she even had emotions. Secondly, she was smiling at him, in fact FOR HIM! Kesuke was lost for words and accidentally smacked himself into a nurse coming the other way.
"Oh! Sorry!" he yelped. Rei was still smiling a bit, Kensuke was thinking of something to say and came up with, "Rei, you're even more beautiful when you smile." Rei blushed a little, just enough to be noticed by Kensuke. "Rei..."
"We're here, room 166." Shinji announced.
They went into the room, George was sitting in the bed in an hospital gown and apparently, arguing with the doctor of this sector.
"Godamn it! I told you, I'm perfectly fine! Let me out of here!" George yelled.
The doctor was not impressed, "Mr. Anderson, you were sent here-"
"Dragged here kicking and screaming you mean!" George interjected.
"Whatever, you are here for your piloting related injuries!"
"They're bruises! Why don't you assholes listen to the patient! The one being forced to stay in a fucking hospital room about as interesting as a white paper and smells like rotting plants!" George was getting really pissed off and the doctor decided to just sign the clipboard at the foot of the bed and leave. "Hey! Get your ass back here bitch! I'm not through with you!" he raved.
The children looked at him and sweatdropped. George noticed them when he saw the doctor out the door.
"Ahh...well I was upset that they were keeping me here for no reason." He said, embarrassed.
"Good lord George, you sound like the Red-Devil over here." Toji said. He immediately regretted his words when Hikari smacked him behind the head and Asuka followed suit. "Owwww! Ok! Sorry. Gezz." He said.
"So George, how serious are your injuries?" asked Hikari in a suspious voice.
"They're nothing!" he cried "I'm fine! You can't leave me in here for some scrape and bruises!"
She went over and examined her guardian's back. "Um...George? How did you get this burn?" she asked.
"Oh, uh...that's just something from when the Angel's beam hit me as I was pulling Asuka out of the shadow."
"Oh wow, no wonder they won't let you out." Asuka added, seeing the scar.
George sighed "I keep telling you, it is nothing." 'I can just use my S2 organ...' he thought 'but they'd detect it in the command center.'
"It most certainly is not nothing!" someone said.
Everyone looked at the door, another doctor had stepped in. She looked at a glance, higher up than the other guy, perhaps one of Akagi's prized students. She had long brown hair, black glasses, and she was dressed in a lab coat. She was not very tall but was she certainly was pretty.
"Uh-oh...Uh...hi Dr. Zokoji." George said in a very meek voice.
"Mr. Anderson, may I remind you that you have suffered third-degree burns on the back and chest area, along with plenty of cuts and bruises and also some internal bleeding from crashing to the floor in mid-flight." She said looking at her clipboard. "You had better stay in bed Mr. Anderson, or I will be very displeased."
"Yes ma'am, I will." He said softy.
"I will check on you soon Mr. Anderson, you better be here." George nodded, she left.
"Who was that?" Asuka asked. "Akigi's assistant, not someone to anger anyway." George answered.
"Ah." Shinji.
"So what is the good Colonel planning?" George asked changing the subject.
"Don't know," Asuka answered. "when we left she was still with Dr. Akagi trying to come up with something."
"Oh, well I hope she isn't going to leave me out of this for a small scrape." George said.
"Don't worry man, you're not gonna get a chance to lay down on the job." Toji said grinning.
"I hope not." George said.
Back in the meeting room, the Colonel and the Doctor are still going over the data from the last fight. Akagi also has to deal with the minor repairs to some of the Eva Units and was running from one place to another. Needless to say, the Doctor was a very stressed woman at this point. Luckily, she is stressed most of the time and had plenty of practice.
"Arrg...more coffee..." Akagi mumbled.
"Good lord, that's your tenth cup in half an hour!" Misato yelled, "I'm gonna be pissed if you pass out on me and I have to do this alone!"
"If I don't get some more caffeine, I will pass out." She responded.
"Oh! Whatever. What's your next idea? We already decided that expanding the mass by dumping a lot of stuff in won't work." The Colonel said, looking over the papers and charts again.
"Hmmm, we could try...but it's too dangerous. Never mind." Akagi
"No, finish it. What do you have?" Misato.
"Well, we could try lowering an Evangelion in the shadow-" she began.
"WHAT!?" Misato interjected "ARE YOU MAD!? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH DANGER THE PILOT OF THAT EVA IS GONNA BE IN!?"
"Yeah, I did. But you told me to spill it out." Akagi said.
"Oh...yeah. Well then, go on." Misato said, claming down.
"Ahem. As I said, we could lower an Eva in the shadow, and have it extend its AT-Field to its maximum. That should be enough to implode the Angel." Akagi said.
"... and what is our chance of success?" Misato asked hesitantly.
"The Magi estimates a 17.0063% chance of success." Akagi replied working on her palm pilot.
"No, we will not risk a pilot's life and an Evangelion unit to boot when the chance of success are that low." Misato said, firm on her decision.
"Oh yes we will Colonel." A familiar cold voice said. The Commander entered the room, Fuyuzuki at his side.
"Sir! We can't-" Misato started.
"Do not tell me what risks Nerv can't take, I'll decided that. And I've decided to go along with Dr. Akagi's plan." He said.
"BUT SIR!" she yelled.
Gendo's eyes narrowed, "Question me again Colonel, and you will regret it."
"Then I-"
"ENOUGH! Guards, take her to the holding cell. Consider yourself temporary suspended from duty Katsuragi." He snapped. The security guards removed her sidearm and cuffed her. She was then pushed through the door rudely. Akagi remained silent during this. "Doctor, you are now in charge of this operation. Do not fail me." He left.
"Of course..." she said, alone in the room now.
"Ok pilots, this is the plan." Akagi announced to the whole room.
Once again, everybody from the bridge and the pilots were assembled in the meeting room. Only this time, Misato was absent. George was present, but with bandages under his Plug Suit.
"We are going to have Shinji in Unit-01 enter the Angel and destroy it by extending his AT-Field to its fullest."
"WHAT!? NO!" four different voices shouted at once.
Rei had said nothing, but her lips were turned downwards, just a little. George had decided to see this through before voicing his opinion, in any case, it was unlikely that he would be of much help this time. Shinji himself was shocked, and could only stare at Dr. Akagi with his mouth open.
"How could you think of putting Shinji in that kind of danger!?" Asuka yelled.
"Yeah, what are the odds that this idiotic plan will work?" Toji shot at the Doctor.
"You don't need that information, you will just do as you are ordered." The Commander said from his place in the room.
"Damn it! Why Shinji?" Kensuke demanded.
"Because Shinji in Unit-01 has the highest record for AT-Field strength and power." Akagi explained.
"No...don't make him go." Hikari whimpered.
"Stop arguing, I'll do it." Shinji said. Everyone looked at him.
Asuka came right up to him "What are you saying!?" she demanded.
"I said, I'll do it Asuka."
She glared at him for a moment, she didn't know what she was feeling, but she knew that she was really pained inside. Almost like when she had lost her mother. She promptly slapped him, "Dummer Idiot! Sind Sie insaine? You're going into death!" she yelled.
"Since when did you care!?" Shinji asked, angry.
Asuka was at lost for an answer. "I..."
Then, an officer bursts into the room, "SIR! THE ANGEL IS WITHIN 5 MILES OF HQ!"
"Pilots, you have your orders, all units except 01 provide support and do not allow the sphere above the shadow to attack Unit-01. Now go!" the Commander said.
The pilots were already in their Plug Suits, never having taken them off since returning except George who was in the hospital. But he too was in his suit now, and they were all racing towards the cages.
"Evas, Hasshin!" Makoto announced. Once again the Evangelion units rose from underground to the surface of Tokyo-3.
"George, you stay to the rear in this fight." Akagi said over the com. "And Shinji, good luck."
Shinji said nothing, he simply took up a rifle and ran towards the Angel, shooting at the sphere. Toji and Kensuke, armed with the kind of long- range rifle Rei had used, kept constant fire on the Angel to direct its attention away from Shinji and Unit-01. Rei herself was with Hikari, occasionally shooting at the Angel with their missile launchers, a new weapon that was still being tested. Asuka had her two sub-machine guns and was unloading like a madwoman on the Angel. George was besides her, doing the same with his duel Ingrams. Shinji was getting near the Angel, at last he was right in front of it. The shadow came out from under it and moved under his Eva, he fell right in.
"Ahhhhh!" he yelled, his Umbilical Cable snapped.
"Shinji!" Asuka screamed. No response. "I knew that this plan was shitty! No! SHINJI!" her Eva's eyes lit up. She dropped the guns and ran towards the Angel pulling out her Prog. Knife. She slashed at it, the sphere, while jumping all over to evade the shadow. Then she heard a faint voice over the com,
"Asuka?---- are you he—What are yo—ing? Let—e be, let me die---. I have n-- thing."
"Shinji!" she gasped, "How could you say that!?"
"Wh-t do I ha—Asuk--?"
"You have your friends! Misato! George! People who care about you, you have ME!" she yelled through her tears.
"Asuka ar- y—cryin-? I thou--- you hated m-."
"I never hated you baka! I just didn't know how to express myself! So I just insulted you and pushed you around! I'm sorry Shinji! Don't give up on us! AH!" she was hit by one of the Angel's beams when it decided to go after her rather than pay attention to the other's ongoing barrage.
"Asuka!? ANGEL!! I"LL KILL YOU!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
The Angel stopped in mid-attack. Everyone froze, then they saw it the Angel was vibrating. It was vibrating very fast, as if something inside was trying to burst out. The Angel exploded in a massive ball of energy, sending blood all over the street. Eva Unit-01 was standing right in the middle where the Angel hovered only seconds ago covered in blood and gore, in his arms was Eva Unit-02. Eva-01 looked terrifying, just like the time after the third angel self destructed and it emerged unscathed, add to that this time it was covered in the remains of the Angel. Several of the bridge personal threw up at the sight, Gendo smiled from behind his hands which were in their usual fashion, covering his mouth. "She's starting to become aware..."
"Shinji...you're back..." Asuka whispered, still in pain from the unexpected blow to the back by the Angel.
"Yes Asuka-chan, I realized that I have many reasons to live, most importantly, now I have you."
"Baka-kun..." was all she said before she fainted.
A/N: Chapter 6 is here now, enjoy. Don't you just love romance in the heat of battle? Sorry for being cheesy. DIE FLAMERS! DIE! BURN IN THE FLAMES OF HELLLLLLL!!!!!! YOU AND YOUR STUPID FLAMING REVIEWS! BUUUURRRRNNNNN!!!!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
Next Chapter: Temporary Peace, Bonding of Friends
