Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion…

I'm already starting on a new chapter, because ideas are flowing in like never before. Get yourselves ready for some very different concepts. As before, this story is rated R for violence, language, and sexuality.

Story Title: Masochistic

Author: Mosher-24

Chapter Ten: Commencement begins

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Toji was frozen in his seat with pain and fear. The tickling on the inside of him had turned into needle pricks. He was refusing the angel, but was losing.

'Infidel. You will not hold. If I cannot set you free, you are worthless.'

Toji felt a jab of pain down his spine. It felt like a spinal tap, though he knew nothing was being driven into it.

He tried with all his might to scream, but he couldn't control his mouth. He couldn't feel his heart or his brain. Toji had never been so scared as he lost all feeling to his body.

'I have won.'

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"What's going on!?" Shinji asked angrily as he was hurriedly pushed into the entry plug of unit-01. He was in his plug suit and was ready for battle, but he did not know what he was up against.

All he knew was that he, Asuka, and Rei were being rushed into their EVAs.

Shinji sat in the seat, his hands grabbing the yokes. The plug started to fill with LCL and Shinji held his breath, because he couldn't stand the smell of the blood-like liquid.

As he was saturated in the orange liquid, he could breathe again, though it tasted faintly of blood. Shinji could now see through the EVAs cameras, which showed the EVA cages.

The walls were painted with bright yellow indicating which EVA was held there. The floor was really a pool of LCL, with a plank out to the entry plugs. There was a control room to the upper right where Doctor Akagi oversaw the cage.

Shinji's shoulder hurt. So did everything else in his body. He had been through more in the last week because of NERV then he ever had in his life. Fatigue seemed to radiate off of him.

As he felt the EVA being moved to the elevator, a screen popped up. It was Doctor Akagi, who looked extremely frazzled.

"Pilots, you are to engage a new threat that just appeared within the last few hours. It is an angel bent on destroying NERV, like the rest. Engage at objective one, it's marked on your maps. Use any means necessary to take the enemy down. Good luck," she said. The screen disappeared and Shinji was left with the vision of the elevator shaft as he accelerated upwards.

For a brief moment, Shinji felt disoriented. He couldn't tell his feet from his face, but that feeling quickly passed. Hold it together, Shinji, please Shinji thought to himself.

"Please stay safe, Shinji," Rei's voice said. It was over a secure comm. frequency.

"You too. I love you," Shinji replied.

"I love you too."

The frequency closed, and as soon as it did, another frequency opened, this time to both Shinji and Rei.

"Just stay out of my way," Asuka said. Her voice was hard, cold. Shinji didn't have time to worry about it though, because all three EVAs arrived at the surface at the same time. They came to an abrupt stop and maps flashed on the bottom right of their vision.

Asuka reached to her right where a riffle had appeared. Unit-00 reached to it's left and grabbed a riffle of it's own. Shinji looked to his left and found nothing, then to his right and found his own riffle. Unit-01 reached out and took it.

"Let's get this mother gone," Asuka said. She led as point and Rei and Shinji followed.

As they neared their objective, Shinji felt foreboding beyond anything he'd ever experienced before. The EVAs were out of Tokyo-3 now and heading toward the base where Toji was to have his activation test…

"Enemy sighted!" Asuka yelled. Shinji looked straight ahead and saw a shape running toward them. It was tall, like an EVA…

It was an EVA! A black EVA with a smaller demonic head.

"Firing!" Asuka yelled. The riffle in her EVAs hands jumped and emptied an entire clip. The bullets bounced off of an A.T. field.

Rei opened fire too, and got the same result. The EVA ran toward Asuka and jumped, and Shinji fired upon it too, with great reluctance. The bullets just hit an A.T. field and stopped.

"Is this the enemy?" Shinji asked.

"Yes, it is an angel." Gendo said over the frequency.

Shinji felt the loathing already rise.

"But it's an EVA!"

"Not anymore. It has been infected by an angel, so it is now an angel. Destroy it."

"Is there a pilot?"

"That is irrelevant"

"No it's not!"

"Destroy it Third, or you will be destroyed by it."

The frequency issued static and Shinji cursed.

"I could use some help!" Asuka screamed. Shinji looked up and the EVA had Unit-02 in its hands. The weird thing was that its arms has stretched and gone under the ground, and come up several hundred meters away and grabbed the EVA.

"Perfect," Shinji muttered. He urged his EVA forward, and watched as Unit-00 ran toward the angel and punch it in the head. The enemy EVA stumbled and withdrew its arms and slapped 00 back.

"Rei!" Shinji yelled as 00 flew back. The angel turned around and jumped into the air. It flew through the air and landed next to 02, who kicked out. The angel ducked and tripped 02. The red EVA fell helplessly to the floor.

The angel began to mercilessly pummel 02. Asuka's screams of pain could be heard through the normal frequency.

"Dammit!" Shinji cursed as he made the EVA fling itself forward. 01 collided with the angel and knocked it back.

01 drew its progressive knife and slashed out at the angel, who dodged and kicked out. 01 flew back after being kicked in the stomach. Shinji groaned and slammed into the ground.

Rei came up from behind the angel and punched into its back. The angel howled and reached behind it. Its super-stretchy arms found 00 and flung it over its head.

Rei grunted as 00 slammed into the ground.

Shinji willed his EVA to stand, but the angel was going after Asuka. It grabbed 02's arms and began to tear them off.

"FUCK! AHHHH!" Asuka screamed.

"Cut the synch between the second and 02!" Akagi yelled.

02 fell silent to the earth and the angel dropped it as if instantly losing interest. It turned to 00, who was closest.

"No you ugly bastard!" Shinji yelled.

The angel punched 00 in the stomach and kicked its face. 00 flew back and slammed into the ground. The angel was upon in and instant and was tearing into its chest, in search of the core.

Rei's screaming could be heard over the frequency, and 00's synch was cut.

"It's up to you Shinji. You can do it," came Misato's voice, hurt, but confident.

"M-Misato?" Shinji asked.

He didn't hear the reply because the angel was flying at him. It slammed into his EVAs chest and Shinji felt an immediate pain.


The third child was about to counter-attack when he saw something that changed his mind. The angel had an entry plug that was sealed over with some sort of webbing.

Shinji stood there, and let the angel beat him to a pulp.

"What are you doing third?" Gendo asked over a secure frequency.

"I cannot kill it. There is a pilot still in there. It's Toji!" Shinji replied.

"You cannot let it kill you. The pilot is no longer a concern," Gendo replied.

"You're a monster."

"You are being insubordinate third. Kill the angel."

"I'm your freaking son! Can't you treat me with any decency?"

"Fine. Cut 01's synch."

Shinji didn't understand. Why? Before he could ask, he felt the synch cut between him and his EVA. Everything went dark and Shinji was left with a feeling of dread.

He felt a sharp pain in his stomach and screamed.

'Don't fight.' a voice said.

"What?" Shinji asked.

'I will set you free,' the voice replied.

"How?"

Shinji felt a sharp pain in his brain. Something was probing his thought, going through every memory, going through every feeling. Shinji screamed again, feeling the intrusion increase in fervor.

"Activate Dummy Plug System," Shinji heard Gendo say.

Shinji felt the pain go away and the EVA was reactivated. He tried to move it, but he couldn't control it.

The angel was latching onto 01, but 01 pushed it off. It then drew its progressive knife and slashed at the angel, who dodged. The angel tried to kick, but 01 slashes its foot and punched it down.

Shinji then watched as 01 got on top of it and started to slowly dismantle it. He watched in horror as 01 ripped off the armor and ripped out the entry plug and smashed it.

"No!" Shinji screamed.

"Cut synch," Gendo said calmly.

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Shinji felt his plug being pulled. He rushed out when the door opened. He was dripping with LCL. His feet carried him to the angel's plug and the twisted piece of metal it was now.

He watched, terrified, as the medics removed Toji from the plug, mangled, but alive. Shinji screamed and blacked out.

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A heart monitor beeped steadily. The nauseating drip drip of an I.V. filled the room. Shinji's breathing was the only thing familiar to Ayanami.

Shinji was in a coma. He had been for a week. He twitched every once and a while, as if in a bizarre dream. Rei watched him, day in and day out, barely hurt herself.

She had a bruised rib, but nothing much else.

"The third is now fulfilling his purpose, though he does not know it yet," a voice said from behind the first child. She looked around and her crimson eyes met Gendo's cold ones.

"You shall soon fulfill your purpose too. And you'll learn that life is only because of purpose," Gendo said. He was acting like he was a counselor, but Rei was so mad with him for everything he had done, she hated him.

"You are not part of his purpose. I'll give you one more day to wait at his bedside, but after that leave him be. His purpose is most important, and yours will not cross it," Gendo said coldly.

"Understood?" Gendo asked.

"Yes sir," Rei said, trying to mask her hatred.


Gendo turned around and walked out the room's door.

Rei turned back to Shinji and observed him. He looked peaceful. A slight smile graced his features. His hair was unkempt, but didn't need any attention. His eyes were lightly closed and his breathing was even. Rei found herself smiling, wondering what wonderful dream he was having.

But Shinji wasn't dreaming. He wasn't even in control of his body at the moment. Something was going on in his brain, something that he didn't know about. His body sat in wait until it was the right time to wake.

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"Fuyutsuki, Commencement has begun."

"Gendo, you'd do this to your own son?"

"Of course, he is no longer my son."

"Yes he is, you just don't want him to be."

"Hmm… I guess."

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Author's notes: Sorry, this ones a little shorter. I hope you liked it, and I hope you want more.