Nerv was in total chaos: no one knew what these other life forms were; they gave off no signal to analyse and the one who just introduced himself was starting towards the Angel. With few other options open to them, they simply began recording the battle and analysing it as best they could.
"WHAT IN GODS NAME?" Misato was beyond shocked
"I have no idea but remember the saying, mine enemies enemy is my friend, as long as they kill the Angel, we shouldn't have a problem" Ritsuko said; her opinion was high that Evas could defeat anything
"Man, this just like watching a episode of Robotech" Makoto said
"I reckon" Aoba added as Jurrasitor threw a punch at the Angel.
[What are these, creatures?] Gendo wondered as he watched the battle unfold on the screen
"Ikari, Seele will throw pink fits about this and you know it" Fuyutski said
"They can throw fits of all colours for all I care; they know this isn't within my control" Gendo snapped
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Kensuke couldn't believe it, not only was he getting front row tickets to a massively cool fight; he was told that Megatron was sent specifically to defend him from harm. This was the part that had Kensuke highly confused: he was just one of a few thousand kids in the whole city; what would he do or did he do without actually knowing it that warranted the protection of Megatron
"You my young friend, are a friend of Shinji Ikari, therefore your well being is essential to his, if you die, he becomes sad and so on and so forth" Megatron said
"I see, so I don't do anything important in the near future?" he asked
"I didn't say that" Megatron replied with a glint in his eye
"Hey, you want to see something really cool?" he asked Kensuke
"Okay" Kensuke replied
Megatron got on the radio to Dark Prime and Starscream and asked them to meet him on the mountain side. They arrived and after the introductions were made: Megatron laid out a plan to make the Angel bite the dust. He first turned to Dark Prime
"You took its AT Field out I assume?" he asked
"Of course" Dark Prime answered
"Good, then get Jurrasitor to hold the Angel up, you help him and Starscream, you fire me at the Angel's core" he said
"You got enough power to do that old man?" Starscream asked
"Yes. I'll tap into my black hole" Megatron ignored the insult and summoned the closest Transformer; Tracks, to keep Kensuke safe
"Okay, lets go" Megatron said and took to the sky
"He'll be okay right?" Kensuke asked
"Megatron is a very seasoned veteran of war; he knows how to fight" Tracks assured the boy
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Jurrasitor and Dark Prime had managed to restrain the Angel: it made the mistake of grabbing Jurrasitor's neck. The Transformer combiner had a rather stocky neck and when the Angel tried to whip lash him, Jurrasitor simply grabbed the limb and held it tightly. While it struggled to break free, Dark Prime sliced its legs off with his sword. The Angel howled in pain as Dark Prime and Jurrasitor held it aloft, point its body in the direction of the sky. Megatron transformed and tapped into the black hole deep in space
"Okay Starscream, lets get this done" Megatron said
"With pleasure" Starscream hissed and took hold of his leader's gun form
"NOW" Dark Prime shouted
"Hey Angel cakes, SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!" Starscream bellowed and fired
The energy was of massive proportions. The beam was nearly 6 feet across when it fired. It rocketed towards the Angel's core and hit it dead centre. At first it stopped, but then the core began to break apart like glass and soon the beam shattered it and went right through the Angel. As usually happens when an Angel core is destroyed, the Angel blew up.
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"It appears that our guests have taken care of both the Angel, and themselves" Ritsuko said
"Ah, ma'am. I think you should look at the monitor again" Aoba said
"What; that's impossible; nothing should be able to survive that without an A.T. Field!" Ritsuko wailed
"Well, why don't you tell them that" Misato said sarcastically
[I must find a way to control these things] Gendo was already plotting something
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Outside, the now disengaged Dinobots were bemoaning their dirty state. Dark Prime just told them to stick it and get their charge out and make sure she was okay. At that the Dinobots froze and then all ran towards Unit 0, Starscream also flew towards Unit 2 while Dark Prime floated over to Eva 1. Asuka was already getting out of her Eva when Starscream landed beside her
"Won't you give a lady a hand?" Asuka asked
"Lady, I don't see a lady" Starscream joked
"Ha ha, smart arse, just help me will you" she grumbled
Starscream smiled and lifted Asuka up effortlessly and sat her inside one his air intakes, they could make a reasonable seat for a human. In the mean time, Rei was meeting the Dinobots for the very first time. All she could do was sit and stare at them one at a time. This lasted for a few minutes
"She stared at me longer, she like me best" Sludge cried out suddenly, his voice nearly knocking Rei over
"No, she like me Grimlock better" Grimlock roared
"You both wrong, she admire Slag longest" Slag gloated
"You are all wrong, Swoop who she looked at longer" Swoop put forth
"That only cos you look funny" Snarl said
"Then you're funnier looking than me to her then" Swoop pouted
"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP" Death Strike yelled; the other Dinobots all shut up
"My apologies Ms. Ayanami, my comrades tend to get, over zealous at times" he said
"Who are you?" Rei managed to ask
"My name is Death Strike, Dinobot assigned to protect you, as are the others you see behind me, there is one other of us but he is still guarding your apartment" Death Strike explained
"I see" Rei was very confused; this was a really big shot out of left field
Over by Unit 1, Shinji was a bit dizzy and was very disorientated but a single thought ran through his mind 'Rei' Shinji tried running but fell down promptly. He did not feel the ground though, he hit something metallic but it seemed softer than most metal things he'd touched. Shinji cleared his head and bit and lifted his head and came face to face with Dark Prime
"Hey kid, I'm Dark Prime" he said in a soft voice; one no none knew he could speak that softly
"Hi" Shinji stammered as Dark Prime lifted him up to his shoulder
"Well, you'll want to see your girlfriend I assume" Dark Prime shot Shinji a lurid grin
"Yeah, I want to make sure Rei is okay" Shinji was getting riled up again
"Okay, the Dinobots will keep her safe so don't worry" he said as he walked over to where Rei was and put him down
"REI!" Shinji ran over to her, despite his disorientated state; but he fell over and became unconscious
"SHINJI, HELP HIM" no one had ever heard Rei scream before
Dark Prime knelt down and placed his large hand over the boy: one of his large glyphs began glowing and the glow seemed to be doing something to Shinji. Asuka watched, enthralled as Dark Prime healed Shinji: she'd heard a bit about him from Starscream but she was still chilled to the bone by his actual physical appearance. She whispered to Starscream
"What is he?" she asked
"I don't know, I don't think anyone does except Optimus Prime, but he won't tell" Starscream answered
Shinji opened his eyes again and saw Rei looking at him: she was scared out of her mind and Shinji felt bad. Then he noticed all the other heads above him, blue, red and other colour eyes board down on him. Shinji blinked a few times
"Rei, there are several large robots behind us" he said
"We know that Shinji you idiot!" Asuka cried out from Starscream's shoulder
"Shut up bitch" Dark Prime hissed
"We are here to help you Shinji, and your friends" Dark Prime said
"What?" Shinji was confused
Shinji didn't get much of a chance to reply to that when several Nerv V-TOL aircraft surrounded them. A loud speak carried Gendo Ikari's voice to them. He said that they were to release the Eva pilots and prepare to be arrested. Dark Prime and the others looked at each other and began laughing
"Here's how it's going to work: you take these toys home like a good little boy, and meet us in the mountains: you, Misato Katsuragi, Mr Kaji, and Dr. Akagi. Bring anyone else and there will be hell" Dark Prime sneered
To prove he wasn't joking, Dark Prime sliced one of the helicopters in two; an automated one so no one was hurt but the point was clear: he had control here and Gendo did not. Dark Prime sheathed his weapon and picked Shinji up. Then he flew towards the mountains. The other Transformers followed suit soon after.
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Gendo Ikari was livid: these other beings presumed to come into his city and tell him what to do. He would not allow this but he would agree to these terms for he had no choice in the matter at this time. He organised a jeep (who happened to be Swindle) to take them up to the specified area. Ritsuko had a laptop with her to study their hosts. Misato had to be coerced into not bringing a rocket launcher and Kaji, well, he was just taking this in his stride as best he could: it wasn't every day he was summoned before a group of giant robots.
"What do you think their angle is?" he asked casually
"I don't know, but if they harm a hair on those kids head's and I'll kill them" she growled, grinding her teeth
"They look like fascinating beings" Ritsuko said and began mapping a 3D model of Dark Prime
"That is irrelevant; we must either control or destroy them" Gendo said simply
[You only wish you could little man] Swindle thought as they approached the area
They stopped and got out of Swindle: they found them easily because Hot Rod and Toji were lazing around near the road. They didn't even speak to Toji and asked Hot Rod what was going on. Hot Rod only grinned and thumbed in the direction of a lake
"The big man is back there, you're expected" Hot Rod said
Gendo and the others simply walked through the woods till they came to the clearing: Dark Prime was standing by a large rock, sword drawn and it appeared he was practicing with it. The Dinobots were in the water; Misato could just make out Rei sitting on the head of one of them, the one with a long neck. Asuka was nowhere to be seen and Shinji was in the water, floating
"Where is Asuka?" Misato asked
"YEEEEHAAAAA" they heard a loud screech above them
"What the?" Misato looked up
Asuka was a hover board, being towed by Starscream, who was doing some serious g's. Misato looked horrified at first but she saw that Asuka was having the time of her life and she seemed pretty safe. After a few minutes, Hikari, and Kensuke showed up with Toji: each one accompanied by one of these robots, and the one with Hikari looked like it was supposed to be a female
"Okay, everyone's here. GUYS, BRING EM IN" Dark Prime called out to the Dinobots and their human friends
"Okay" Grimlock shouted back
"Starscream, you and Asuka get your collective ass downs here" Hot Rod yelled
"What how you speak to me, whelp" Starscream came down but didn't take it as an order from Hot Rod
Soon all the people with guardians save Misato and Kaji were assembled in front of the group of humans and Transformers. There was a brief staring contest before someone spoke: Gendo:
"Return my pilots to me" he said
"You shut up" Grimlock snarled
"Mr. Kaji, Major Katsuragi would please join the children with us" Dark Prime said
"Okay" Kaji casually strolled over to them, Misato followed to check on Shinji and the others
"You two don't fucking move" Starscream pointed his shoulder cannon at Gendo and Ritsuko as they began to move as well
"Tracks, come and meet the major. Soundwave, it's cool to come out now" Megatron said
Misato stared in amazement as her car, without any other drive came from nowhere and transformed into a robot. He smiled at Misato and said hello. Kaji then felt his walkman jump from his own pocket and it also transformed. Then, several tapes ejected from his chest: Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and Laserbeak came out and it soon became obvious what was going on: they were showing Gendo that what they said; goes
"Well, we finally the commander and his whore, what a shame I thought they would be taller" Dark Prime said scathingly
"What?" they both said
"Okay children, this is how it works: you breath on these people wrong and we will all come down on you like a megaton of bricks, savvy?" Megatron said
"Who are you to threaten me?" Gendo asked imperiously
"I am Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, and…" he paused and used his arm cannon to totally destroy a rock face
"…I'm able to do that, which all you need to know" he finished
"Those pilots are needed to combat the Angels; do you wish to kill us all?" Ritsuko asked
"By no means will we stop them fighting the Angels; we'll help them" Death Strike said
"Then why all this secrecy?" Ritsuko asked
"Because we don't trust Nerv any further than we can throw a planet" Arcee answered
"Major Katsuragi, you know Nerv is keeping secrets, as do you Mr. Kaji. It is our intention to defend these 8 people from the consequences of the actions set in motion by you" Megatron pointed to Gendo
"I have an army at my disposal, I will fight you if I have to" Gendo was remaining defiant
"So do we, the difference is, you don't know where we are, who we are or what we are" Tracks chuckled
"We've had 150 million years to prepare for this, and we've had nearly a billion years of technological evolution to aid us: we will win this" Dark Prime assured Gendo in no uncertain terms
"We'll expose you to the world; even you can't fight the entire earth military!" Gendo shouted
"I don't think so: see this disc, on it is every single conversation you have ever had. Also is photos and videos of the deepest parts of Nerv, we send these to all the governments in the world and they'll beg us to off you" Dark Prime twirled the device on his finger
"Now, you two can get lost" Megatron sneered
Gendo stiffened and turned around and walked towards the jeep he came in. Megatron sent a message to Swindle saying to stay as he was. No sense in letting on who one of the many spies in Nerv were. Ritsuko looked back at her friends, Misato and Kaji both looked disgusted and from the faint moaning noises coming form a small laptop, she knew that they were seeing a security feed of the her and the commander. Head hung in shame; she walked back to the jeep, until Rumble jumped in front of her
"This can be worked out you know; just tell them the truth, we can back you up with it no sweat" he said, wanting to cheer the doctor up
"They won't believe me" Ritsuko sobbed
"They will with all the proof we have" Rumble assured her
"You sure?" she asked, looking behind her
"Yeah" he said
"Ironic, the only two people who found happiness here are the two who can't have it" she said
"What do you mean?" Rumble asked
"Shinji and Rei, she is made from the remains of his mother" she said
"No she isn't" Rumble said
"What?" Ritsuko asked, puzzled
"Dark Prime switched the remains. Elita 1, Optimus Prime's missus, she can freeze time right, so she froze it when they took Yui Ikari's remains to the lab, and he switched them with something we made" he explained
"You mean…" Ritsuko whipped her head around again, Rei and Shinji were kissing
"Yep, she's 50% Angel, 50% Biosynthetic mass, not a drop of Yui is in there" Rumble said
"Okay, I'll go with you guys" Ritsuko said
"Cool, come on then" Rumble smiled and followed the doctor back to the others
"Ritsuko! You traitor!" Gendo snarled
"I suggest you leave immediately, before I decide to kill you for the fun of it" Dark Prime rumbled, sword drawn
Gendo Ikari was defeated: he knew that, but he would soldier on and try to complete his goals with the interference of these others. But he knew as well as anybody that these were an outside element in an otherwise perfect equation and this will have very unexpected repercussions. Gendo grit his teeth as he drove away. On the upside, at least Seele would be hard pressed to make a move against them now.
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In the Seele Council chambers, a meeting was taking place. They had (as expected) heard about the events that transpired in Tokyo 3 that day and were discussing the implications this would have on them and their plans. The room was reverberating with noise from the younger members of Seele, mostly just panicked jabber. Keel Lorenz then chose to silence them
"SILENCE" his old but powerful voice echoed above all others in the chamber
"This is a bad situation Chairman Keel, we have nothing to combat these machines" 03 said
"Yes, these creatures aren't mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls, we have no measures with which to counter them" 07 added
"That is where you are wrong" Keel began and pressed a button under the desk he sat at
A large hologram appeared in the centre of the council chambers. It was a robot: yellow and grey with the horns of Satan on his head. His eyes glowed with fire and he seemed powerful enough to pluck any member of Seele from his or her place in the universe and destroy them
"Keel Lorenz. My loyal minion" it greeted Keel with a booming, terrible voice
"My Lord…" He paused for dramatic effect among his fellow council members
"…Unicron" he finished