Story: Evangelion, The Children of Humanity: Guardian Angel Chapter 11: Zeruel, the Mightiest of the Seventeen

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 eleven.

Asuka and Shinji woke up in the morning feeling much better than when they fell asleep. Shinji turned over and thanked Asuka for her being there for him with a kiss.

"Oh Shinji, I didn't know you could be this romantic." She giggled.

Shinji smiled.

"Well, I've got to take a shower!" Asuka said remembering that she hadn't had one since she was released from the hospital and she still had some faint traces of the LCL stench on her. She dragged her boyfriend to the bathroom,

"I gave you a bath yesterday Shinji, now it's your turn to help me." She said grinning.

Shinji's cheeks turned as red as her hair. "Asuka! I-"

She laughed. "I'm just kidding, now get out of here while I shower."

She pushed him out of the bathroom and closed the door. Then she opened it a crack again and stuck her head out.

"You can thank me by making me breakfast instead."

She said and winked, disappearing back into the bathroom. Shinji stared at the door and then left for the kitchen. As he made his way down the stairs, he found the house empty and rather sad. He missed the people that live here, he missed his friends. He went in the kitchen and prepared a breakfast of steaks and eggs. Asuka came down in half an hour dressed in her favorite yellow sundress. Shinji had just finished and was waiting for her at the table.

"Guten Morgen Shinji, that smells good!" she sat down next to him and they dug in.

Shinji was happily eating with Asuka when he again noticed the emptiness of the house. He lost his appetite, Asuka saw Shinji stop eating.

"What's wrong Shinji?" He looked around the room, Asuka followed suit.

"This place, feels so hollow..." he said.

Asuka understood, "Cheer up, we'll go see the others at the hospital right after this ok?"

He agreed and they washed the dishes together. It was quite a way to Nerv HQ so they called a taxi and charged it to Shinji's Nerv card. They entered through the front entrance and swiped their cards through the gate's reader. They entered and headed towards the hospital section.

When they reached it they realized that they didn't know what room their friends were being kept in. They asked the front desk but the lady wouldn't say anything. The two flashed their Ids and the nurse hastily apologized and led them to the room. Inside they found George asleep in a chair. Asuka covered him with a blanket and she joined Shinji at the window looking into the room with the patients. Their friends were breathing, and only that, Shinji wondered what their conditions were.

"What do you think their conditions are?" he asked Asuka. She shrugged.

"Rei is badly bruised internally from the kicking the rouge Eva had done. Toji's neck muscles and nerves are damaged from the chocking then decapitation of his Evangelion. And Hikari, the forced opening of her Eva's chest armor plates caused the nerve links from the Eva to send massive pain to her system. With her weaker frame the doctors said that it was fortunate that her synch rate was so low or she would not have survived. As for Kensuke, he was not so lucky, the link between him and his Eva had stayed connected throughout the ordeal and he felt every bit of the beating Eva-01 gave him. Most of his joints were severely damaged and he can never pilot again, or do anything that would strain his body." They turned at the voice and saw George standing behind them, it was he who had spoken.

"Oh...Kensuke." Shinji slumped down but George grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him up.

"Godamn it Shinji, you've got to realize that some things are unavoidable."

"Unavoidable? I'm the one who attacked Eva-04...me." Shinji said bitterly.

"And as I'm sure Asuka has told you, if you didn't, it would have resulted in all of our deaths. Asuka, me, the others in that room," George pointed at the glass "everyone in Tokyo-Three, Japan, the world! All of these people, dead."

"It was brutal, the way I dismantled him." Shinji said.

"Your Eva was out of control at the time, do you deny that?" George

"No, but I was the pilot! I should have been able to-" Shinji

"What about Kensuke? Could he control his Eva as it kicked his girlfriend?" George shot.

Shinji didn't have a reply. Asuka remained silent but she wrapped her hand around his and squeezed. George's phone rang and he flipped it open.

"Yes?" he listened. "What!? Now!? Impossible! Yes, I be there shortly." He turned to the two. "Get ready." He said and ran out of the room.

"For what?" Asuka yelled after him. The alarms went off. "Holly shit, already!?" Asuka gasped.

"It's been less than a day!" Shinji yelled and they both bolted after George. They entered command central and found everyone on red alert. They spotted the Colonel, the Doctor and George by the commander's box and ran up to them. "Angel!?" Shinji demanded.

"Yes, the strongest one thus far." Akagi said, pointing to the monitor next to her. Shinji and Asuka looked and saw a rectangular shaped Angel floating through the skies of Tokyo-Three, it was shredding all the defense forces Nerv had sent out and the energy and At Field readings were higher than ever.

"Well, let's launch!" Asuka said.

George looked sadly at her, "Asuka, we only have one Evangelion capable of engaging in combat."

Asuka asked which one and the officers turned to Shinji.

"No...he has to go out alone?" she said.

"There's no other choice Asuka." Misato said.

"Let me go with him! Unit-02 can't be that bad off!"

"Unit-02 is currently incapable of doing anything more that regenerating." Akagi stated.

Asuka opened her mouth but Shinji stopped her. "It's fine Asuka, don't worry about me."

She stared into his face, grabbed his collar and pulled him up close, "You better come back in one-piece Ikari, I'm not through with you yet!" with that she kissed him rather fiercely and Shinji was rather surprised, and embarrassed but he soon got into it.

They separated and Shinji nodded and ran towards the locker room. The bridge was left staring at the spectacle that was before them.

"Well, Mr. Anderson, looks like someone's been keeping things out of the reports." Misato said.

George looked away and decided to join Asuka by Maya's station and watched as Shinji was inserted into his Eva and then launched. The Angel was mowing down the city defenses when it saw a giant purple blur shoot out of a shaft. It turned and fired several beams at it, which the Eva dodged. Unit-01 landed and rolled behind an armament building and grabbed one of the new spears they tried out a few days ago. Flourishing it, Shinji advanced on the enemy. His spear work was flawless and never ceasing. One fluid motion as he swung the blade everywhere, taking the Angel off balance. The bridge personnel were impressed.

George smiled "So he has taken my training to heart, very good."

Asuka heard him. "You mean the midnight ones?"

George looked at her. "So he finally told you, good." He returned his gaze to the screen. 'Be careful Shinji,' he thought 'Zeruel, The Angel of Might. He is the 'Arm of God', a warrior Angel, even I am not guaranteed a victory in a fight with him. He is pure strength, a force to be reckoned with.'

Shinji continued to slice and stab at the Angel who had to block with its ribbon like arms, as it was not fast enough to dodge them. Shinji attempted a powerful thrust but the Angel smacked it away and its other arm shot out and hit the Eva's core. Shinji went down and the Angel continued to repeat hit that same spot again and again. The Eva was pinned down.

"Shinji! Get up!" Asuka yelled. Unit-01 was still being beaten, the Angel raised its arms for a powerful smash when Unit-01's eyes glowed yellow and the jaws dropped, revealing rows of red teeth. With a roar it reached up and grabbed the Angel's face and forced it to the ground. Its arms flailed around so the Eva tore them off. The Angel emitted a loud screech and tried to shoot a beam at Unit-01. It jerked its head sideways at the last moment and the beam shot pasted it, it began to smash and crush the Angel by striking it again and again. The Angel stopped its movement and Unit-01 took it and threw it into a hill. Roaring once again, it leaped up and landed on top of the fallen Angel, and proceeds to devour it.

"It's...eating the Angel!" Misato gasped.

The bridge all turned away except for Commander Ikari, the Eva eats every last bit of the Angel and stood up. It opened its chest armor and revealed a bright red orb in the center. .

"A S2 organ!" Akagi exclaimed. "Impossible." The Eva roared in triumph and deactivated.

"Retrieve Unit-01 and put it under high security lock and is not to be touched without my authorization." The Commander ordered and left with the Sub-Commander.

Everyone continued to stare at the screen of the now silent Unit-01. "Oh Shinji..." Asuka said.

A/N: Chapter 11 is here now, enjoy. The end is at hand. Sorry folks but the original Ch. 11 was deleted and this is rewritten from memory. It's not as good but I tried. Next Chapter: Violation of the Mind, The Fifteen has Come