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Chapter Thirteen:

Fin

In the center of the completely trashed city of Tokyo-3, all three Evangelions stood, ready for the next round, as Three stood there, staring menacingly at them. The only weapon they had available to them was the prog knife. However, they did not draw it because, for some reason, they each knew that Three, could and would easily dodge the attacks.

Why's he just standing there?" growled Asuka, "He's already proven he has the upper hand."

Before Rei could give her thoughts on the matter, an image flashed before her eyes. She saw Three slowly blur out of focus, then rush towards Eva01, just before they collided, Eva01 also blurred out of focus and side stepped the attack. Three kept on moving, only now it was headed to…..Eva00…..but how could she see the entire battle field, when she was inside Eva00……she saw Eva00 raise an AT Field with flecks of green inside it, which Three meet with a force field of his own. Eva00 and Three both braced themselves for the impact as Three pushed on, while Eva00 kept sliding back, little by little. Then Eva02 rush Three and Three countered by extending his field. But now, Three was unable to move Eva00 as it struggled to maintain its field that Eva02 assaulted relentlessly. Three's back was left completely unprotected, and Ev01 outside Three's field of vision. Eva01 drew his prog knife, then blurred out of focus once more, as it rushed behind Three and imbedded his knife into Three's backside. There was an explosion. When the smoke cleared, Three was left in pieces, and The Evangelions were covered in Three's blood, but other wise fine. Then the image vanished.

Rei blinked, trying to comprehend what she just saw. While she was sorting it out, Three vanished.

"Where is he!" shouted Asuka sounding slightly nervous, "He's gona attack but…….from WHERE!"

Shinji didn't know what Asuka was talking about. Three was clearly running towards him. Shinji did his best to dodge the attack, and to his surprise, he evaded it quite easily. When he turn to see where Three had gone, he saw Three slowly pushing Eva00. Both had a field up, with sparks of energy coming from between the two.

"You're Mine Now!" shouted Asuka with glee, "CHARGE!"

Asuka ran towards the seemingly immobilized Three, ready for a fight, but she found her self stopped by Three's force field, which she began to attack relentlessly trying to get through. Then she saw Three's back wasn't covered.

"SHINJI!" commanded Asuka, "His Back!"

"I see it too!" shouted Shinji as he drew his prog knife, and ran towards Three.

For Shinji, Time seemed to have slowed down.

"Shinji?" asked Asuka, "Where the hell did you go baka!"

Shinji appeared right behind Three, prog knife poised to strike.

"Damn you're fast for a baka, Shinji," exclaimed Asuka.

Shinji forced his prog knife into Three's back.

There was a massive explosion, then nothing.

The next thing Shinji knew was waking up into the familiar ceiling of the NERV Hospital.

"I hate that ceiling," murmured Shinji under his breath.

"Dr Akaji, status report," order Gendo.

"Sir," replied Ritsuko, "The Evas are in perfect working condition. Though, there is still thought noise in the entry plugs. It would seem that what ever happened out there, caused unit zero's sensor equipment and AT Field to have increased in power by a factor of 15. Also, unit one's speed and optical readout refresh rate has also increased by this factor. As has unit two's over all strength. It's been over seven hours, and the aliens are no longer orbiting around the planet. They seem to have retreated with what's left of their fleet."

"Excellent, cancel red alert."

"Well, Ikari," commented Fuyutski, "it would seem our Evas have been modified. Does this fit in with your scenario?"

"Yes, this is only the beginning."

The End