Chapter 16
Resurrection
Lorelei, Otaru, Faust, Lime, and Touji stared at the red eyed marionette that stood before them.
"Marine!" shouted Lime happily, "You're alive!"
"Lime!" shouted Lorelei, "It's not Marine! It's an Angel!"
Lime did not pay attention. "Marine!"
Touji pulled out is staff. It's end split into the twin fork of a Lance of Longinus. "Lime, move."
Lime turned and saw Touji readying his lance.
"No!!" she cried and grabbed hold of the lance, fighting Touji for it.
"Let go Lime!" shouted Touji.
"No!! I won't let you hurt Marine!"
"It's not Marine Lime!" shouted Otaru.
"It is Marine! It is!"
"LOOK OUT!" screamed Lorelei.
Marine had raised her arms, plasma flowing into her from the ground. She took aim and fired at the group.
"Damn!" shouted Touji. He released the lance and raised his shield. The plasma slammed into his shield, creating a massive explosion. The resulting blast sent men, woman, marionette, and rubble flying.
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Part of Castle Japoness shattered in an explosion of rock and fire. From their hillside perch, the 3 Angels, Sachiel, Shamshel, and Zeruel, watched in fascination as rubble from the castle crashed into nearby buildings, causing more destruction.
"Bardiel did not waste anytime." said Zeruel.
"The Guardians will concentrate on his position." added Shamshel.
"Then we must divide their attention." said Sachiel, "We act now."
The other 2 Angels nodded. All three then vanished.
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Asuka, Rei, Shinji, and Armisael whirled about as the castle erupted.
"What the hell was that!" shouted Asuka.
"Bardiel most likely." replied Armisael.
"Well let's go stop him!" Asuka started to head towards the castle, but released she wasn't being followed. She turned and looked at the others. "Well?!"
Armisael was the only one looking at her, a look of confusion and possibly fear on his face. Shinji and Rei both seemed to be staring off into space.
"What the hell is so damn interesting that you.." Asuka had turned toward the direction they had been looking. Her voice then trailed off as she took in the sight.
"Oh." She said softly.
Slowly floating down towards the city were 2 Angels. One she recognized immediately as the 14th Angel, the one that had easily defeated her and Rei. The other she was not able to identify.
"3 Angels at once." said Asuka, "This should be fun...."
"Difficult.." added Rei, "We will have to split our attention."
"I'm afraid it's worse." said Armisael. He pointed towards the shore.
Rising from the sea was another Angel.
"The 3rd Angel." said Shinji.
"I'll take the 14th." said Asuka, "Rei. you take the squid thing..."
"The 4th Angel." said Rei.
"Whatever. it's yours. Shinji, looks like the 3rd gets a rematch. Touji will have to take Bardiel on his own. Armisael, you will assist as needed. They must stay out of the city." Asuka took a deep breathe, then looked at Shinji. "Be careful."
"You too." replied Shinji.
The three Guardians leaped from the ground and flew at their targets, leaving Armisael alone to watch.
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Rubble and debris filled the corridor of the castle. Suddenly one of the larger pieces began to shake, then stop, only to begin shaking moments later. Suddenly it flew from its spot, landing further down the corridor. Touji slowly rose from the hole, followed by Lorelei, Otaru, and Faust. Touji looked down the corridor, then turned and looked up the other direction.
"Where the hell did it go?" Touji wondered out loud.
"Maybe it got buried?" asked Otaru hopefully.
"Doubtful." Touji took another look around, then closed his eyes. * Yo Shinji! *
Shinji's reply was slow in coming. * I'm a little busy here. *
* Well I just ran into an Angel possessed Marionette. And I seem to have lost it. *
* Asuka, Rei and I are playing with its bigger brothers. You'll have to handle it on your own. *
"Damn." muttered Touji. A loud creak came from above. Touji and the others looked up. "We'd better get out of here. Looks like more of this area could collapse."
Suddenly Lorelei began looking around. "Where's Lime?!"
Otaru looked down into the hole they had crawled from. "She's not down there! Where could she be?"
"She probably is under the rubble." Touji grabbed some of the rubble and began to move it, soon join by Faust and Otaru. "Also if you happen to see my lance, that could help us, Lime was still holding it."
Another creak came from down the corridor. Lorelei looked to see another large piece of debris moving.
"Could that be Lime?" she asked.
With a crackle of energy, a hexagonal field began to form, slowly disintegrating the rubble.
"No, that is most certainly not Lime." said Touji, "We need to leave. Now!"
"But Lime!"
Touji grabbed Lorelei and pulled her over to where Otaru and Faust were standing.
"We'll find her later." With that, all 4 vanished from the corridor.
The AT-Field having done its work, a marionette's fist ripped through the rubble, followed by the rest of Marine. The green haired marionette looked at her surroundings. A smile then appeared on her face and she began walking. Her feet crunched on broken plaster, rocks, pieces of wood, and other debris. Unnoticed by Marine, one of the pieces began to move.
It was a hand, which quickly clenched into a fist.
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"They are attacking. All of them."
"4 at once? They aren't playing around anymore."
"I don't think you understand. They do not play.."
'sigh' "Arael, we have to work on understanding sarcasm. Now go to Yui. She'll be going to the castle soon."
"Understood. What will you do?"
"I'll be right here, to fire up this thing when it is needed."
"But how will setting it on fire help?"
'sigh' "Never mind. Just go."
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Explosions blasted away around the 14th Angel. Several times a fireball appeared in the sky, followed by the familiar hexagonal pattern of an AT- Field.
Asuka glared at the Angel. She then raised her hand. With a flash, her lance appeared. She carefully aimed and threw the lance. The lance ripped through the sky and crashed into the AT-Field. The Field flared for several moments as the lance seemed to freeze in place. Then the field collapsed, allowing the lance to impact against the Angel's core.
"YES!" shouted Asuka. She then waited for the expected explosion.
It never came.
The Angel sent one of it's ribbon arms at her. Asuka quickly ducked it, then dove to the side as the other arm flew at her. She dodged the arms several more times. The Angel, apparently getting tired of this, tracked her with it's eyes, which began to glow. Asuka dodged one final arm attack, when the Angel fired it's eye beam at her. The beam slammed into a hastily erected shield surrounding Asuka. The field flickered several times before being overwhelmed by the beam. Asuka screamed in agony as the beam, weakened from smashing through the shield, hit her. She fell from the sky, landing hard on the ground. Asuka slowly raised herself up on her elbows. The Angel loomed over her. It pulled back its ribbon arm and was about to let it fly when a glowing tube slammed into its AT-Field, knocking flat on its back. Asuka watched as the tube arced across the sky before it slammed into the 3rd Angel as well. Within seconds, Shinji appeared by her side. He quickly picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder. He then vanished.
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Rei dodged left and right as the 4th Angel's tentacles whipped about in an effort to hit her. So far none of her attempts to defeat the Angel had worked. Her lance now laid shattered in two on the ground below. It had been a lucky strike by the Angel's tentacles that had destroyed it. She wondered how the others were doing. She could hear explosions as well as the sounds of huge feet impacting on the ground. Suddenly Rei was hit by waves of agony coming from Asuka. Seeing Rei distracted, the 4th Angel renewed its attack. One of its tentacles caught Rei, slamming against her back. She fell to the ground, unconscious. The Angel moved in to finish her off when a large rock hit it. The Angel turned to see a red hair marionette standing next to a large pile of rocks.
"HEY!!" shouted Bloodberry, "OVER HERE!!"
The Angel launched a tentacle at the marionette. The marionette leaped out of the way and began to run, leading the Angel away from Rei. While this was going on, Cherry quickly moved in and lifted Rei and began heading back to the castle. Her actions did not go unnoticed. Two figures watched Cherry as she maneuvered her burden through the streets. Both glanced at each other before vanishing.
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Lorelei, Otaru, and Faust stared at the screen in the command center. It was here that they had planned the mission to prevent the massive plasma storm. Now they watched as the 3 Angels moved in to destroy Japoness. It was the location of the fourth that worried them.
"Any sign of it?" asked Faust.
Luchs, how was sitting at the control terminal, shook her head. "Negative. Most of the sensors in the castle are down. Those that remain can find no trace of Mari.of the Angel. The remaining Japoness Sabers are continuing to search."
Tiger and Panther then walked in.
"You can forget about Baiko for the time being." said Tiger, "It'll it take days before she is repaired."
A bright flash filled the room as Shinji appeared, carrying Asuka. Otaru moved to help him place Asuka in a chair.
"What happened?" Otaru asked.
"Our lances didn't work." replied Shinji, "Their just too small to handle a full sized Angel." He indicated Asuka. "She got hurt when the Angel overwhelmed her shield."
Asuka let out a sigh. "Now I see why they had a tough time defeating them back then."
Armisael then appeared. "I have caused my brothers to fall back some, but they are too powerful for me to eliminate on my own."
"We need an Eva." muttered Asuka.
"We don't have any." said Shinji, "Unit 01 is just armor and bones now."
The sound of rapidly approaching squeaky footsteps caused everyone to turn to the door. Cherry soon appeared, carrying an unconscious Rei.
"Bloodberry's trying to lead the Angels away." She said. She then laid Rei gently down next to Asuka.
"Great," mumbled Asuka, "This is not going well at all."
"I'm afraid its worse now." Came a new voice.
Now standing in the doorway was the Angel-possessed Marine, plasma crackling about her. Touji and Shinji quickly raised their hands and fire force bolts at the Angel, all with no effect. The marionette raised its arms and fired plasma at the 2 Guardians. The plasma tore through the hastily erected shields and knocked Touji and Shinji across the room into Faust, Otaru and Armisael.
"LORD FUAST!/MASTER OTARU" shouted the 4 Marionettes. The Saber dolls then turned and charged at Marine/Bardiel. Marine/Bardiel easily tossed them aside. She then turned towards Lorelei, Cherry now the only remaining obstacle.
"Now.." said Marine/Bardiel, "With your death, this lilim world will begin to collapse into chaos, marking the start of our revenge against the heavens." She slowly raised her arm towards Lorelei, Cherry still trying to move between Lorelei and the blast. Asuka tried to concentrate in order to block the coming shot with a shield, but her wounds continued to distract her. A ball of plasma began to form in Marine/Bardiel's hand. Cherry's eyes widened as a wicked smile appeared on the Angel's face.
The smile changed into one of shock as Marine/Bardiel let the plasma dissipate. The reason for her shock became apparent when Cherry glanced at the Marionette's chest. Two prongs stuck out, roughly where the core was. Behind the Marionette, a battered and bruised Lime stood angrily, her hands still tightly gripping the lance. Marine/Bardiel slowly turned her head towards Lime.
"You hurt Otaru!" Lime said quietly, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
Marine/Bardiel's eyes began to flicker, fading from Red to a purple.
"Thank you....Lime."
Lime's eyes widened. "Marine?"
Marine smiled at Lime as color began to fade from her eyes, "Let's..all..go to the sea...together.."
Marine's eyes went dark and she fell to the floor, lifeless.
Lime stared in shock at the fallen Marionette before collapsing beside it.
"Noooooooooooooooo!!!" she cried, grabbing Marine and holding her tightly to her. Tears flowed freely from her eyes as she held her fallen friend.
Bloodberry came racing in through the doorway and took in the sight. Any question she had was lost as she watched Lime cry. Off to the side, Armisael watched, his face revealing nothing.
A loud explosion and the flickering of castle lights brought everyone's attention back to other matters.
"The Angel's are about to enter the city." said Luchs.
"We need a plan.now" said Asuka weakly.
"What can we do?" said Lorelei, "You 4 can't do anything. You're the only one awake." She pointed at Armisael. "Even he is unable to stop them. We need a miracle."
A sudden bright flash filled the room. When it faded, it left two new figures. One was Yui, the other Arael.
"YUI!" shouted Asuka, "What are you doing here?!" Asuka glared at Arael, "And with her!"
"Don't be mad Mom." said Yui, "Auntie Sayoko brought me here to help."
Another explosion rocked the castle.
"Sayoko shouldn't have done that!" said Asuka, "We're under attack here!"
"But that's why we're here!"
Another explosion.
"Hold on Mom." Yui reached into her robe and pulled out a small device. She pressed a button and waited.
"Yes?" came a voice from the device.
"We need more time." said Yui, "Can you slow down the Angels?"
Muffled voices could be heard discussing something before it cleared.
"We think we can give you 5 minutes..maybe."
"That will help." replied Yui. She then closed the device.
The others stared at her confused.
"What did you do?" asked Asuka.
"You'll see." said Yui.
"Oh my god.." came Lorelei's voice.
Everyone turned to the screen. On it, the three Angels stood together, beginning to move over the city wall. Suddenly the sky light up as a massive circle of light appeared. The light focused itself downward on the Angels, holding them in a column of light.
"What is that?" asked Luchs.
"The Ultimate Termination program." said Asuka, stunned.
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Yggdrasil Control
"Target locked." shouted Chronos from her terminal.
Peorth glanced to her were Belldandy stood. "Well?"
"Permission to fire granted." Belldandy said calmly.
Peorth nodded and brought her hand down on the trigger.
"Gungir is away!" shouted X.
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The circle in the sky seemed to implode for several moments before it sent forth a massive energy ball. The ball hurtled downward towards the Angels, picking up speed as it fell. It collided with the Angel's AT-Field. Sparks flew as the two energy's fought against the other, neither gaining dominance over the other.
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"That is not going to stop them." said Arael quietly.
"But it will slow them down long enough for Sayoko to get moving." replied Yui.
"Where is she?" asked Asuka.
Yui looked at her mother nervously. "She's been on planet the last few days, along with Arael and me."
Shinji and Touji, having untangled themselves from Faust and Otaru, moved beside Asuka.
"She's been here the last few days and she didn't tell us?" asked Shinji.
"Belldandy-sama thought you might encounter problems." said Yui, "So we came down as part of the back-up plan."
"Back-up plan?" asked Lorelei.
Before Yui could answer her communicator chirped. She quickly pulled it out. "Yes?"
"Better hurry up." came Peorth's voice, "Gungir is beginning to dissipate. Tell Sayoko to get going."
"Right." Yui hit another button on her communicator, "Aunt Sayoko? Peorth thinks its time."
"Finally!" came Sayoko's reply" Time to show Terra 2 how we used to defeat the Angels, Tokyo-3 style!"
Asuka and Shinji glanced at each other, before turning to Yui.
Yui just smiled.
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Sayoko sat inside a darkened tube. Her hands quickly moved over the controls.
"LCL filling entry plug intake." Sayoko stated, "Beginning activation. Nerve link-ups commencing. Synchronization start. S2 to full power."
Around her the walls of the tube began to swirl in a multitude of colors.
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Yui and Arael stood patiently on the balcony of Castle Japoness. Behind them stood the others, except Lime who remained by the fallen Marine.
"What exactly are we waiting for?" asked Bloodberry.
"What ever it is, it'd better be quick." Luchs pointed to were the 3 Angels were still struggling against Gungir. "The Angels are almost free."
A shudder went through the castle.
"What was that?" asked Panther.
"LOOK!" shouted Otaru.
A spot on the Japoness river had begun to glow and bubble. The castle began to shudder continuously as the water began to froth and boil. With a roar a massive cross explosion burst from the water. Beneath it, a figure began to rise from the depths. Two massive silver wings broke the surface, followed by a head. As the shoulders cleared the water, a panel on it announced its name to the world.
EVA 4.
"Where have they been hiding that?" asked Touji stunned.
"What is it?" asked Otaru.
"One of the most feared weapons in history." said Lorelei, "An Evangelion."
Unit 04 finally stopped its upward movement, standing straight and tall over Japoness. At the same moment, the 3 Angels freed themselves from the last remmenants of Gungir. The 3 turned and immediately spotted the Evangelion.
"Hello there." came Sayoko's voice from the communicator, "I'm the 5th Child, I don't think we had the pleasure meeting before... Let me introduce myself properly."
With a loud roar, Eva 04 raised its arms to the heavens and crouched, before leaping into the air. It was nearly 500 feet up before it sprouted its wings and began circling the Angels. It was then Shinji noticed the object in the Evas hands.
"Hey, isn't that.."
"The Lance of Longinus?" finished Asuka.
Letting out another roar, Eva 04 plunged downward. It slammed into the 14th Angel. sending it tumbling across the ground. It quickly stood up and plunged the Lance deep into the 4th Angel's core. The 4th fell back, twitching violently, but Eva 04 ignored it, turning instead towards the 3rd. A massive explosion obscured the view of the battle from the castle. When the blast had cleared away, the Angel and the Eva were locked in a titanic battle, both trying to force the other to the ground.
"Gee.She makes it look so easy." said Panther.
"Maybe we should have asked for her help sooner." said Bloodberry, "She's only been fighting them a minute or so and she already has knocked out one and eliminated a second."
"Oh shut up!" shouted Asuka, turning to face the Marionettes, "If I had an Eva I would have taken out all three at once!"
Shinji and Touji just smiled at her comment. Even Arael had a small smile on her face that quickly vanished. She grabbed the communicator from Yui.
"SAYOKO BEHIND YOU!"
The Eva's head turned to see the 14th Angel had gotten up and moved into a position behind her. The 14th's arms fired out. The Eva tried to move out of the way by dodging to the left, but was grappled by the 3rd Angel. The ribbon arm of the 14th slammed into the Eva, slicing deep into the right chest area, and bursting out of its back. For several long moments, the Angels and the Eva seemed frozen. Then the 14th slowly retrieved its arm. As the arm left the Eva, purple blood spilled out onto the ground, along with an orange fluid. The three former Eva pilots went pale as they realized what that fluid was.
"Sayoko!" shouted Yui into the communicator, "Auntie can you hear me?"
Her only reply was static.
Resurrection
Lorelei, Otaru, Faust, Lime, and Touji stared at the red eyed marionette that stood before them.
"Marine!" shouted Lime happily, "You're alive!"
"Lime!" shouted Lorelei, "It's not Marine! It's an Angel!"
Lime did not pay attention. "Marine!"
Touji pulled out is staff. It's end split into the twin fork of a Lance of Longinus. "Lime, move."
Lime turned and saw Touji readying his lance.
"No!!" she cried and grabbed hold of the lance, fighting Touji for it.
"Let go Lime!" shouted Touji.
"No!! I won't let you hurt Marine!"
"It's not Marine Lime!" shouted Otaru.
"It is Marine! It is!"
"LOOK OUT!" screamed Lorelei.
Marine had raised her arms, plasma flowing into her from the ground. She took aim and fired at the group.
"Damn!" shouted Touji. He released the lance and raised his shield. The plasma slammed into his shield, creating a massive explosion. The resulting blast sent men, woman, marionette, and rubble flying.
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Part of Castle Japoness shattered in an explosion of rock and fire. From their hillside perch, the 3 Angels, Sachiel, Shamshel, and Zeruel, watched in fascination as rubble from the castle crashed into nearby buildings, causing more destruction.
"Bardiel did not waste anytime." said Zeruel.
"The Guardians will concentrate on his position." added Shamshel.
"Then we must divide their attention." said Sachiel, "We act now."
The other 2 Angels nodded. All three then vanished.
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Asuka, Rei, Shinji, and Armisael whirled about as the castle erupted.
"What the hell was that!" shouted Asuka.
"Bardiel most likely." replied Armisael.
"Well let's go stop him!" Asuka started to head towards the castle, but released she wasn't being followed. She turned and looked at the others. "Well?!"
Armisael was the only one looking at her, a look of confusion and possibly fear on his face. Shinji and Rei both seemed to be staring off into space.
"What the hell is so damn interesting that you.." Asuka had turned toward the direction they had been looking. Her voice then trailed off as she took in the sight.
"Oh." She said softly.
Slowly floating down towards the city were 2 Angels. One she recognized immediately as the 14th Angel, the one that had easily defeated her and Rei. The other she was not able to identify.
"3 Angels at once." said Asuka, "This should be fun...."
"Difficult.." added Rei, "We will have to split our attention."
"I'm afraid it's worse." said Armisael. He pointed towards the shore.
Rising from the sea was another Angel.
"The 3rd Angel." said Shinji.
"I'll take the 14th." said Asuka, "Rei. you take the squid thing..."
"The 4th Angel." said Rei.
"Whatever. it's yours. Shinji, looks like the 3rd gets a rematch. Touji will have to take Bardiel on his own. Armisael, you will assist as needed. They must stay out of the city." Asuka took a deep breathe, then looked at Shinji. "Be careful."
"You too." replied Shinji.
The three Guardians leaped from the ground and flew at their targets, leaving Armisael alone to watch.
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Rubble and debris filled the corridor of the castle. Suddenly one of the larger pieces began to shake, then stop, only to begin shaking moments later. Suddenly it flew from its spot, landing further down the corridor. Touji slowly rose from the hole, followed by Lorelei, Otaru, and Faust. Touji looked down the corridor, then turned and looked up the other direction.
"Where the hell did it go?" Touji wondered out loud.
"Maybe it got buried?" asked Otaru hopefully.
"Doubtful." Touji took another look around, then closed his eyes. * Yo Shinji! *
Shinji's reply was slow in coming. * I'm a little busy here. *
* Well I just ran into an Angel possessed Marionette. And I seem to have lost it. *
* Asuka, Rei and I are playing with its bigger brothers. You'll have to handle it on your own. *
"Damn." muttered Touji. A loud creak came from above. Touji and the others looked up. "We'd better get out of here. Looks like more of this area could collapse."
Suddenly Lorelei began looking around. "Where's Lime?!"
Otaru looked down into the hole they had crawled from. "She's not down there! Where could she be?"
"She probably is under the rubble." Touji grabbed some of the rubble and began to move it, soon join by Faust and Otaru. "Also if you happen to see my lance, that could help us, Lime was still holding it."
Another creak came from down the corridor. Lorelei looked to see another large piece of debris moving.
"Could that be Lime?" she asked.
With a crackle of energy, a hexagonal field began to form, slowly disintegrating the rubble.
"No, that is most certainly not Lime." said Touji, "We need to leave. Now!"
"But Lime!"
Touji grabbed Lorelei and pulled her over to where Otaru and Faust were standing.
"We'll find her later." With that, all 4 vanished from the corridor.
The AT-Field having done its work, a marionette's fist ripped through the rubble, followed by the rest of Marine. The green haired marionette looked at her surroundings. A smile then appeared on her face and she began walking. Her feet crunched on broken plaster, rocks, pieces of wood, and other debris. Unnoticed by Marine, one of the pieces began to move.
It was a hand, which quickly clenched into a fist.
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"They are attacking. All of them."
"4 at once? They aren't playing around anymore."
"I don't think you understand. They do not play.."
'sigh' "Arael, we have to work on understanding sarcasm. Now go to Yui. She'll be going to the castle soon."
"Understood. What will you do?"
"I'll be right here, to fire up this thing when it is needed."
"But how will setting it on fire help?"
'sigh' "Never mind. Just go."
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Explosions blasted away around the 14th Angel. Several times a fireball appeared in the sky, followed by the familiar hexagonal pattern of an AT- Field.
Asuka glared at the Angel. She then raised her hand. With a flash, her lance appeared. She carefully aimed and threw the lance. The lance ripped through the sky and crashed into the AT-Field. The Field flared for several moments as the lance seemed to freeze in place. Then the field collapsed, allowing the lance to impact against the Angel's core.
"YES!" shouted Asuka. She then waited for the expected explosion.
It never came.
The Angel sent one of it's ribbon arms at her. Asuka quickly ducked it, then dove to the side as the other arm flew at her. She dodged the arms several more times. The Angel, apparently getting tired of this, tracked her with it's eyes, which began to glow. Asuka dodged one final arm attack, when the Angel fired it's eye beam at her. The beam slammed into a hastily erected shield surrounding Asuka. The field flickered several times before being overwhelmed by the beam. Asuka screamed in agony as the beam, weakened from smashing through the shield, hit her. She fell from the sky, landing hard on the ground. Asuka slowly raised herself up on her elbows. The Angel loomed over her. It pulled back its ribbon arm and was about to let it fly when a glowing tube slammed into its AT-Field, knocking flat on its back. Asuka watched as the tube arced across the sky before it slammed into the 3rd Angel as well. Within seconds, Shinji appeared by her side. He quickly picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder. He then vanished.
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Rei dodged left and right as the 4th Angel's tentacles whipped about in an effort to hit her. So far none of her attempts to defeat the Angel had worked. Her lance now laid shattered in two on the ground below. It had been a lucky strike by the Angel's tentacles that had destroyed it. She wondered how the others were doing. She could hear explosions as well as the sounds of huge feet impacting on the ground. Suddenly Rei was hit by waves of agony coming from Asuka. Seeing Rei distracted, the 4th Angel renewed its attack. One of its tentacles caught Rei, slamming against her back. She fell to the ground, unconscious. The Angel moved in to finish her off when a large rock hit it. The Angel turned to see a red hair marionette standing next to a large pile of rocks.
"HEY!!" shouted Bloodberry, "OVER HERE!!"
The Angel launched a tentacle at the marionette. The marionette leaped out of the way and began to run, leading the Angel away from Rei. While this was going on, Cherry quickly moved in and lifted Rei and began heading back to the castle. Her actions did not go unnoticed. Two figures watched Cherry as she maneuvered her burden through the streets. Both glanced at each other before vanishing.
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Lorelei, Otaru, and Faust stared at the screen in the command center. It was here that they had planned the mission to prevent the massive plasma storm. Now they watched as the 3 Angels moved in to destroy Japoness. It was the location of the fourth that worried them.
"Any sign of it?" asked Faust.
Luchs, how was sitting at the control terminal, shook her head. "Negative. Most of the sensors in the castle are down. Those that remain can find no trace of Mari.of the Angel. The remaining Japoness Sabers are continuing to search."
Tiger and Panther then walked in.
"You can forget about Baiko for the time being." said Tiger, "It'll it take days before she is repaired."
A bright flash filled the room as Shinji appeared, carrying Asuka. Otaru moved to help him place Asuka in a chair.
"What happened?" Otaru asked.
"Our lances didn't work." replied Shinji, "Their just too small to handle a full sized Angel." He indicated Asuka. "She got hurt when the Angel overwhelmed her shield."
Asuka let out a sigh. "Now I see why they had a tough time defeating them back then."
Armisael then appeared. "I have caused my brothers to fall back some, but they are too powerful for me to eliminate on my own."
"We need an Eva." muttered Asuka.
"We don't have any." said Shinji, "Unit 01 is just armor and bones now."
The sound of rapidly approaching squeaky footsteps caused everyone to turn to the door. Cherry soon appeared, carrying an unconscious Rei.
"Bloodberry's trying to lead the Angels away." She said. She then laid Rei gently down next to Asuka.
"Great," mumbled Asuka, "This is not going well at all."
"I'm afraid its worse now." Came a new voice.
Now standing in the doorway was the Angel-possessed Marine, plasma crackling about her. Touji and Shinji quickly raised their hands and fire force bolts at the Angel, all with no effect. The marionette raised its arms and fired plasma at the 2 Guardians. The plasma tore through the hastily erected shields and knocked Touji and Shinji across the room into Faust, Otaru and Armisael.
"LORD FUAST!/MASTER OTARU" shouted the 4 Marionettes. The Saber dolls then turned and charged at Marine/Bardiel. Marine/Bardiel easily tossed them aside. She then turned towards Lorelei, Cherry now the only remaining obstacle.
"Now.." said Marine/Bardiel, "With your death, this lilim world will begin to collapse into chaos, marking the start of our revenge against the heavens." She slowly raised her arm towards Lorelei, Cherry still trying to move between Lorelei and the blast. Asuka tried to concentrate in order to block the coming shot with a shield, but her wounds continued to distract her. A ball of plasma began to form in Marine/Bardiel's hand. Cherry's eyes widened as a wicked smile appeared on the Angel's face.
The smile changed into one of shock as Marine/Bardiel let the plasma dissipate. The reason for her shock became apparent when Cherry glanced at the Marionette's chest. Two prongs stuck out, roughly where the core was. Behind the Marionette, a battered and bruised Lime stood angrily, her hands still tightly gripping the lance. Marine/Bardiel slowly turned her head towards Lime.
"You hurt Otaru!" Lime said quietly, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
Marine/Bardiel's eyes began to flicker, fading from Red to a purple.
"Thank you....Lime."
Lime's eyes widened. "Marine?"
Marine smiled at Lime as color began to fade from her eyes, "Let's..all..go to the sea...together.."
Marine's eyes went dark and she fell to the floor, lifeless.
Lime stared in shock at the fallen Marionette before collapsing beside it.
"Noooooooooooooooo!!!" she cried, grabbing Marine and holding her tightly to her. Tears flowed freely from her eyes as she held her fallen friend.
Bloodberry came racing in through the doorway and took in the sight. Any question she had was lost as she watched Lime cry. Off to the side, Armisael watched, his face revealing nothing.
A loud explosion and the flickering of castle lights brought everyone's attention back to other matters.
"The Angel's are about to enter the city." said Luchs.
"We need a plan.now" said Asuka weakly.
"What can we do?" said Lorelei, "You 4 can't do anything. You're the only one awake." She pointed at Armisael. "Even he is unable to stop them. We need a miracle."
A sudden bright flash filled the room. When it faded, it left two new figures. One was Yui, the other Arael.
"YUI!" shouted Asuka, "What are you doing here?!" Asuka glared at Arael, "And with her!"
"Don't be mad Mom." said Yui, "Auntie Sayoko brought me here to help."
Another explosion rocked the castle.
"Sayoko shouldn't have done that!" said Asuka, "We're under attack here!"
"But that's why we're here!"
Another explosion.
"Hold on Mom." Yui reached into her robe and pulled out a small device. She pressed a button and waited.
"Yes?" came a voice from the device.
"We need more time." said Yui, "Can you slow down the Angels?"
Muffled voices could be heard discussing something before it cleared.
"We think we can give you 5 minutes..maybe."
"That will help." replied Yui. She then closed the device.
The others stared at her confused.
"What did you do?" asked Asuka.
"You'll see." said Yui.
"Oh my god.." came Lorelei's voice.
Everyone turned to the screen. On it, the three Angels stood together, beginning to move over the city wall. Suddenly the sky light up as a massive circle of light appeared. The light focused itself downward on the Angels, holding them in a column of light.
"What is that?" asked Luchs.
"The Ultimate Termination program." said Asuka, stunned.
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"Target locked." shouted Chronos from her terminal.
Peorth glanced to her were Belldandy stood. "Well?"
"Permission to fire granted." Belldandy said calmly.
Peorth nodded and brought her hand down on the trigger.
"Gungir is away!" shouted X.
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The circle in the sky seemed to implode for several moments before it sent forth a massive energy ball. The ball hurtled downward towards the Angels, picking up speed as it fell. It collided with the Angel's AT-Field. Sparks flew as the two energy's fought against the other, neither gaining dominance over the other.
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"That is not going to stop them." said Arael quietly.
"But it will slow them down long enough for Sayoko to get moving." replied Yui.
"Where is she?" asked Asuka.
Yui looked at her mother nervously. "She's been on planet the last few days, along with Arael and me."
Shinji and Touji, having untangled themselves from Faust and Otaru, moved beside Asuka.
"She's been here the last few days and she didn't tell us?" asked Shinji.
"Belldandy-sama thought you might encounter problems." said Yui, "So we came down as part of the back-up plan."
"Back-up plan?" asked Lorelei.
Before Yui could answer her communicator chirped. She quickly pulled it out. "Yes?"
"Better hurry up." came Peorth's voice, "Gungir is beginning to dissipate. Tell Sayoko to get going."
"Right." Yui hit another button on her communicator, "Aunt Sayoko? Peorth thinks its time."
"Finally!" came Sayoko's reply" Time to show Terra 2 how we used to defeat the Angels, Tokyo-3 style!"
Asuka and Shinji glanced at each other, before turning to Yui.
Yui just smiled.
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Sayoko sat inside a darkened tube. Her hands quickly moved over the controls.
"LCL filling entry plug intake." Sayoko stated, "Beginning activation. Nerve link-ups commencing. Synchronization start. S2 to full power."
Around her the walls of the tube began to swirl in a multitude of colors.
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Yui and Arael stood patiently on the balcony of Castle Japoness. Behind them stood the others, except Lime who remained by the fallen Marine.
"What exactly are we waiting for?" asked Bloodberry.
"What ever it is, it'd better be quick." Luchs pointed to were the 3 Angels were still struggling against Gungir. "The Angels are almost free."
A shudder went through the castle.
"What was that?" asked Panther.
"LOOK!" shouted Otaru.
A spot on the Japoness river had begun to glow and bubble. The castle began to shudder continuously as the water began to froth and boil. With a roar a massive cross explosion burst from the water. Beneath it, a figure began to rise from the depths. Two massive silver wings broke the surface, followed by a head. As the shoulders cleared the water, a panel on it announced its name to the world.
EVA 4.
"Where have they been hiding that?" asked Touji stunned.
"What is it?" asked Otaru.
"One of the most feared weapons in history." said Lorelei, "An Evangelion."
Unit 04 finally stopped its upward movement, standing straight and tall over Japoness. At the same moment, the 3 Angels freed themselves from the last remmenants of Gungir. The 3 turned and immediately spotted the Evangelion.
"Hello there." came Sayoko's voice from the communicator, "I'm the 5th Child, I don't think we had the pleasure meeting before... Let me introduce myself properly."
With a loud roar, Eva 04 raised its arms to the heavens and crouched, before leaping into the air. It was nearly 500 feet up before it sprouted its wings and began circling the Angels. It was then Shinji noticed the object in the Evas hands.
"Hey, isn't that.."
"The Lance of Longinus?" finished Asuka.
Letting out another roar, Eva 04 plunged downward. It slammed into the 14th Angel. sending it tumbling across the ground. It quickly stood up and plunged the Lance deep into the 4th Angel's core. The 4th fell back, twitching violently, but Eva 04 ignored it, turning instead towards the 3rd. A massive explosion obscured the view of the battle from the castle. When the blast had cleared away, the Angel and the Eva were locked in a titanic battle, both trying to force the other to the ground.
"Gee.She makes it look so easy." said Panther.
"Maybe we should have asked for her help sooner." said Bloodberry, "She's only been fighting them a minute or so and she already has knocked out one and eliminated a second."
"Oh shut up!" shouted Asuka, turning to face the Marionettes, "If I had an Eva I would have taken out all three at once!"
Shinji and Touji just smiled at her comment. Even Arael had a small smile on her face that quickly vanished. She grabbed the communicator from Yui.
"SAYOKO BEHIND YOU!"
The Eva's head turned to see the 14th Angel had gotten up and moved into a position behind her. The 14th's arms fired out. The Eva tried to move out of the way by dodging to the left, but was grappled by the 3rd Angel. The ribbon arm of the 14th slammed into the Eva, slicing deep into the right chest area, and bursting out of its back. For several long moments, the Angels and the Eva seemed frozen. Then the 14th slowly retrieved its arm. As the arm left the Eva, purple blood spilled out onto the ground, along with an orange fluid. The three former Eva pilots went pale as they realized what that fluid was.
"Sayoko!" shouted Yui into the communicator, "Auntie can you hear me?"
Her only reply was static.