Chapter 17
Ghosts of the past
Eva 01 was launched to Toyoko-3 to combat the angel that was fast approaching the city. It had fired an energy shot at the city which caused some parts of the armor plating protecting the Geofront to fall down on top of NERV itself. The locks holding the Eva in place were removed. Most of the people inside of NERV were excepting the Eva to fall flat on its face, but instead of falling...It started walking. Everyone in the command center was surprised that there was someone else who could pilot Eva 01 besides Shinji. Gendo on the other hand wasn't surprised. If anyone would turn to look at the commander they would be able to tell by his expression that Gendo wasn't surprised that Sephiroth Junior could pilot Eva 01.
"It is true then." Gendo said to himself softy as he watched the Eva and its pilot move into position.
Shinji and Asuka arrived in the control room to see the coming battle between Eva 01 and the angel. Shinji almost couldn't believe that there was someone who was able to pilot his Eva besides him. He thought it only worked for him, but apparent he was wrong. Shinji looked up at his father who was smiling slightly. Somehow Shinji knew that his father had somehow known that Sephiroth Junior would be able to pilot Eva 01.
Sephiroth Junior took a Positron Rifle to use. He looked around the area for the angel. He saw something coming towards him and it was indeed an Angel. The angel approaching was a large humanoid-like creature with long tentacle like whips for hands. The Angel's body was a metallic grey with some odd blue patterns on it and its red core was seen in the middle of its chest. Sephiroth slowly advanced towards the Angel.
The Angel threw its whips at the Eva trying to hit it. Sephiroth Junior put the gun aside for a moment. Then he grabbed both of its whips- like hands and he started pulling the creature towards him. Sephiroth Junior kicked the angel down to the ground, and then he quickly seized the Positron rifle. He started blasting the angel in the chest with the Positron rifle until he ran out of ammo. He dropped the gun and he pulled out the Progressive Knife from the compartment and started stabbing the Angel's core. He had quickly dispatched of the angel.
"Well that was fast?" Maya said to herself as she looked at the time to calculate how fast Sephiroth Junior took the angel down.
"That Angel was pretty easy." Asuka said with a raised eyebrow expression.
Suddenly the Angel got back up as it grabbed onto Eva 01. But while the angel was grabbing the Eva; Maya noticed a second glowing orb on the monster's head. "That S2 engine Junior cut apart was a decoy!" Maya shouted as the Angel self destructed in Eva 01's face. The explosion destroyed most of what was left of Tokyo-3. However this caused more debris to fall on top of NERV. Inside the command center some pipes and metal beams were falling down towards Asuka. Asuka looked up to see the beams falling towards her. Shinji ran up to her to use a spell to destroy the debris, but instead of casting a spell he projected an AT field. The Field blocked and deflected the debris and it caused them to fall and land on the ground where thankfully no one was hurt.
Shinji was looking at his hand with a wide-eyed shocked expression. "Did I just create an AT field?" Shinji asked himself.
"It looked like one, but I thought you only had Jenova's cells?" Asuka said answering Shinji's question.
"That is because you have the DNA cells of both Adam and Lillith just like Sephiroth Junior." Gendo replied firmly as he cast a glare down at his son Shinji.
"How did that happen?" Asuka asked the commander.
"Because Shinji is Sephiroth Junior's brother. Yui and I are Sephiroth Junior's parents." Gendo replied as the whole command center fell silent. Shinji on the other hand passed out because he was totally surprised by what his father told him. Meanwhile inside Unit 01 Sephiroth Junior was knocked unconscious after the Angel self-destructed and he and Unit 01 fell through a hole in the armor plating protecting the Geofront. He landed pretty hard. Suddenly Sephiroth Junior awoke to find him-self lying down in a grass filed field. He then noticed a woman with short brown hair next to him wearing a lab coat.
"I am dead or something?" Sephiroth replied.
The woman smile and she knelt down next to and she picked up the upper half of Junior's boy and she placed him on her lap as she held him in a hug. "You're not dead. You are simply unconscious, but don't worry you will wake soon. In the meantime I need to talk with you." The woman replied as she held Sephiroth Junior tighter as she started to cry.
"Why are you crying?" Sephiroth Junior asked.
"Because I have been dreaming of this day when I would get to hold my second child in my arms. Shinji wasn't my only child. On the day he was born I had given birth to another child...that child was you. However Hojo had made sure that I wouldn't know about you, he kept you from me after you were born." Yui replied softly.
"Then how do you know about me now?" Junior asked. "Because I got an anonymous tip that I had given birth to twins. Whoever told me about you had left me with some information which proved your existence. I didn't know where you were though. I wanted to find you, so I could unite you with the rest of the family. But Hojo learned that I was investigating the Jenova project so I could find you, so I guess he sabotaged Unit 01 and killed me. Now my soul is within Unit 01, but with the help of Jenova's cells which are inside of the Eva I can communicate with you while you are unconscious." Yui explained.
"Then you are my mother." Sephiroth junior said as a tear fell down his face.
"Yes I am." Yui replied as she placed her hand on Junior's face. "I am so sorry for everything that has happened to you; please forgive me." Yui said as her embrace around her child grew stronger. "I love you and your brother Shinji so much. I miss you both." Yui said while crying with Sephiroth Junior in her arms.
"Wait...Shinji is my brother?" Sephiroth junior said with a raised eyebrow expression.
"Surprised aren't you? I had a feeling you would be. Hojo may have designed the process to only inject you with Sephiroth, Jenova, Adam and Lillith DNA. But some of those cells made their way into Shinji as well. The amount of cells Shinji took in wasn't strong enough to manipulate his body as much as yours was, but his abilities should be surfacing."
"Wow this is quite a lot to take in." Junior replied with a tried expression.
"I can't blame you. But I am afraid our time is growing short, so I need to tell you something important. Hojo's lab is hidden deep within the Central Dogma. I do not know the exact location of the lab. Also I want you to have this." Yui said as she pulled a small white orb out of her pocket and she handed it to Sephiroth Junior.
"What is this?" Junior asked with a curious expression on his face.
"That is the white materia. That is the same little orb that can counter meteor's power. I think I might be able to help you. Hojo had given it to Gendo because he thought it was a useless piece of jewelry, so Gendo gave it to me as an engagement present. I had it with me when parts of my-self were absorbed by the EVA. I don't how it works, but I think you can make better use of it than I could." Yui replied.
"Thank you mother...I will use the white materia well you can count on it." Junior replied as he embraced his mother in a hug.
"Could you do me a few favors Sephiroth?" Yui asked her child.
"Yes?"
"Could you thank Ms. Katsuragi for taking care of Shinji on my behalf, and could you please put a stop to Hojo and Sephiroth's plans. Hojo and Sephiroth must be stopped before they can do anymore harm so stop them. No matter what it takes. Always remember I will always be proud of both you no matter what, and I always love you both. I wish we could have more time together, but time is not on our side. Farewell my son and take care of yourself and your brother. Be happy." Yui said as she started to disappear.
"Mother!" Sephiroth screamed as he regained consciousness. He found himself inside the entry plug. He rubbed his head, but he noticed in his right hand that he had the white materia in his hand with a chain attached to it. He noticed that Eva 01 was down on the ground inside the Geofront. His Eva got back to its feet, and it returned to NERV.
Meanwhile at the city of the ancients Cloud, Misato, Fuyutski and a small group of armed men were walking around the streets of the city exploring them. Misato turned to her blond haired companion and asked "Do you have any ideas who built this city?"
"I wish I knew, but I am only thinking out loud here, but the architecture here looks like this place was built by the ancients." Cloud said as he turned to look at the temple at the center of the city.
"Hee-hee...you are right Cloud." A woman's voice was saying.
"Who's there?" Misato shouted as she pulled out her gun.
Cloud turned around to look behind him, but he saw a ghost standing right behind him. "Boo!" the ghost shouted as Cloud fell back and he landed on his butt. Cloud was freaked out as he held a scarred look on his face. "I am sorry Cloud. I couldn't resist...the moment was too prefect." The ghost said as its white and transparent form changed into a form that Cloud recognized. The ghost was a woman with brown hair and she wore a pink dress and a red jacket. Misato and the armed guards were aiming their weapons at the ghost prepared to shoot it.
"Aeris is that you!" Cloud shouted. Then Cloud turned to Misato and the others and shouted "Hold your fire!" Misato and the others lowered their weapons as the Major turned to look at Cloud.
"Are you sure?" Misato asked as she lowered her gun slowly.
"You have nothing to fear from me Misato. Please allow me to introduce myself I am Aeris Gainsborough." Aeris replied with a smile.
"Aeris...you're the ancient who was killed by Sephiroth." Fuyutski replied.
"Correct. I may have died, but I live on inside of Cloud." Aeris said as she walked up to Cloud while he was getting up.
"But then how is it possible that you are here before us now?" Fuyutski issued the statement coldly.
"There is a lot of lifestream energy here so I can tap it to allow me to use it to speak to all you now. You may not know it, but underneath this city is a lake of lifestream energy. The Certa who had visited the other worlds brought some from my home world here so the city could float above the clouds hiding it from the rest of the world." Aeris answered.
"Why would anyone want to hide this city?" Cloud asked his friend.
"Because of the ancient library that is here; the library contains many secrets about the angels, humanity, the Certa and more. It is a treasure trove of knowledge. The Library is deep inside the temple over there." Aeris said as she pointed at the temple. "But be careful you are not alone here. There are men who seemed to be in league with Sephiroth here. They know you are here. Also some of the men inside of the temple have reactivated the temple's defensives, so be careful when you enter the temple." Aeris cautioned.
"Aeris...do you know anything about what Sephiroth up to?" Fuyutski asked the ghost.
"I do not, but I do know that Sephiroth is planning to start another reunion once NERV has destroyed the last angel. About twenty minutes ago NERV killed another one, so there is only one left now. Believe me when I say that...this last angel...will be the most powerful you have ever faced." Aeris said with a worried expression on her face. "I do don't know why these angels are attacking NERV, but I know that these ones weren't meant to start the third impact. They only exist for a whole different purpose." Aeris informed them.
"Aeris...how did I arrive on this world?" Cloud asked.
"I brought you here. When Sephiroth used the lifestream to cocoon himself so he could use it to escape the planet I used what control over the lifestream I had to keep you alive. I tried to save the rest of your friends, but I was unable to help them. So I kept you alive and hid your body inside of Jenova's remains so Sephiroth wouldn't notice you. After you crashed on this world; I waited until the helicopters took Jenova away then while we were over the ocean I used what power I had left to break you away from the rest of Jenova and you fell into the ocean. I am hoping you can stop Sephiroth from destroying this world" Aeris said as a tear fell down her face.
"Thank you for trying to save them Aeris." Cloud said as some tears fell down his face. "Don't worry...I will make sure Sephiroth will not succeed. He is going down." Cloud said with a lot of determination in his voice.
"Thank you Cloud; now be careful. Bye!" Aeris said with a cheerful expression as she vanished.
Fuyutski, Cloud, Misato and the rest of the group started walking towards the temple to find the ancient library, but suddenly they encountered a small troop of armed soldiers dressed in black military field uniforms armed with automatic weapons. "There they are. They are the intruders...kill them all." One of the men shouted as he aimed his weapon at Cloud and the others.
"Ultima!" Cloud shouted as he hit the whole squad of armed soldiers with the spell.
All of the soldiers were whipped out instantly by the spell. The other soldiers traveling with Fuyutski started shooting the ones who survived. Once they were all dead Fuyutski was the first to notice something on the shoulder of one of the men they killed. He knelt down next to the body to examine it further and he was surprised by what he found. There was a patch on the guard's shoulder and it was the emblem of SEELE. The soldiers in black they had killed were working for SEELE. Fuyutski didn't know that SEELE knew of this city. He didn't have much time to think about it, so he pulled the patch off the soldier's body and he stuffed into his pocket. Then he, Cloud, Misato and the rest of their group continued down the street towards the Certa temple.
Ghosts of the past
Eva 01 was launched to Toyoko-3 to combat the angel that was fast approaching the city. It had fired an energy shot at the city which caused some parts of the armor plating protecting the Geofront to fall down on top of NERV itself. The locks holding the Eva in place were removed. Most of the people inside of NERV were excepting the Eva to fall flat on its face, but instead of falling...It started walking. Everyone in the command center was surprised that there was someone else who could pilot Eva 01 besides Shinji. Gendo on the other hand wasn't surprised. If anyone would turn to look at the commander they would be able to tell by his expression that Gendo wasn't surprised that Sephiroth Junior could pilot Eva 01.
"It is true then." Gendo said to himself softy as he watched the Eva and its pilot move into position.
Shinji and Asuka arrived in the control room to see the coming battle between Eva 01 and the angel. Shinji almost couldn't believe that there was someone who was able to pilot his Eva besides him. He thought it only worked for him, but apparent he was wrong. Shinji looked up at his father who was smiling slightly. Somehow Shinji knew that his father had somehow known that Sephiroth Junior would be able to pilot Eva 01.
Sephiroth Junior took a Positron Rifle to use. He looked around the area for the angel. He saw something coming towards him and it was indeed an Angel. The angel approaching was a large humanoid-like creature with long tentacle like whips for hands. The Angel's body was a metallic grey with some odd blue patterns on it and its red core was seen in the middle of its chest. Sephiroth slowly advanced towards the Angel.
The Angel threw its whips at the Eva trying to hit it. Sephiroth Junior put the gun aside for a moment. Then he grabbed both of its whips- like hands and he started pulling the creature towards him. Sephiroth Junior kicked the angel down to the ground, and then he quickly seized the Positron rifle. He started blasting the angel in the chest with the Positron rifle until he ran out of ammo. He dropped the gun and he pulled out the Progressive Knife from the compartment and started stabbing the Angel's core. He had quickly dispatched of the angel.
"Well that was fast?" Maya said to herself as she looked at the time to calculate how fast Sephiroth Junior took the angel down.
"That Angel was pretty easy." Asuka said with a raised eyebrow expression.
Suddenly the Angel got back up as it grabbed onto Eva 01. But while the angel was grabbing the Eva; Maya noticed a second glowing orb on the monster's head. "That S2 engine Junior cut apart was a decoy!" Maya shouted as the Angel self destructed in Eva 01's face. The explosion destroyed most of what was left of Tokyo-3. However this caused more debris to fall on top of NERV. Inside the command center some pipes and metal beams were falling down towards Asuka. Asuka looked up to see the beams falling towards her. Shinji ran up to her to use a spell to destroy the debris, but instead of casting a spell he projected an AT field. The Field blocked and deflected the debris and it caused them to fall and land on the ground where thankfully no one was hurt.
Shinji was looking at his hand with a wide-eyed shocked expression. "Did I just create an AT field?" Shinji asked himself.
"It looked like one, but I thought you only had Jenova's cells?" Asuka said answering Shinji's question.
"That is because you have the DNA cells of both Adam and Lillith just like Sephiroth Junior." Gendo replied firmly as he cast a glare down at his son Shinji.
"How did that happen?" Asuka asked the commander.
"Because Shinji is Sephiroth Junior's brother. Yui and I are Sephiroth Junior's parents." Gendo replied as the whole command center fell silent. Shinji on the other hand passed out because he was totally surprised by what his father told him. Meanwhile inside Unit 01 Sephiroth Junior was knocked unconscious after the Angel self-destructed and he and Unit 01 fell through a hole in the armor plating protecting the Geofront. He landed pretty hard. Suddenly Sephiroth Junior awoke to find him-self lying down in a grass filed field. He then noticed a woman with short brown hair next to him wearing a lab coat.
"I am dead or something?" Sephiroth replied.
The woman smile and she knelt down next to and she picked up the upper half of Junior's boy and she placed him on her lap as she held him in a hug. "You're not dead. You are simply unconscious, but don't worry you will wake soon. In the meantime I need to talk with you." The woman replied as she held Sephiroth Junior tighter as she started to cry.
"Why are you crying?" Sephiroth Junior asked.
"Because I have been dreaming of this day when I would get to hold my second child in my arms. Shinji wasn't my only child. On the day he was born I had given birth to another child...that child was you. However Hojo had made sure that I wouldn't know about you, he kept you from me after you were born." Yui replied softly.
"Then how do you know about me now?" Junior asked. "Because I got an anonymous tip that I had given birth to twins. Whoever told me about you had left me with some information which proved your existence. I didn't know where you were though. I wanted to find you, so I could unite you with the rest of the family. But Hojo learned that I was investigating the Jenova project so I could find you, so I guess he sabotaged Unit 01 and killed me. Now my soul is within Unit 01, but with the help of Jenova's cells which are inside of the Eva I can communicate with you while you are unconscious." Yui explained.
"Then you are my mother." Sephiroth junior said as a tear fell down his face.
"Yes I am." Yui replied as she placed her hand on Junior's face. "I am so sorry for everything that has happened to you; please forgive me." Yui said as her embrace around her child grew stronger. "I love you and your brother Shinji so much. I miss you both." Yui said while crying with Sephiroth Junior in her arms.
"Wait...Shinji is my brother?" Sephiroth junior said with a raised eyebrow expression.
"Surprised aren't you? I had a feeling you would be. Hojo may have designed the process to only inject you with Sephiroth, Jenova, Adam and Lillith DNA. But some of those cells made their way into Shinji as well. The amount of cells Shinji took in wasn't strong enough to manipulate his body as much as yours was, but his abilities should be surfacing."
"Wow this is quite a lot to take in." Junior replied with a tried expression.
"I can't blame you. But I am afraid our time is growing short, so I need to tell you something important. Hojo's lab is hidden deep within the Central Dogma. I do not know the exact location of the lab. Also I want you to have this." Yui said as she pulled a small white orb out of her pocket and she handed it to Sephiroth Junior.
"What is this?" Junior asked with a curious expression on his face.
"That is the white materia. That is the same little orb that can counter meteor's power. I think I might be able to help you. Hojo had given it to Gendo because he thought it was a useless piece of jewelry, so Gendo gave it to me as an engagement present. I had it with me when parts of my-self were absorbed by the EVA. I don't how it works, but I think you can make better use of it than I could." Yui replied.
"Thank you mother...I will use the white materia well you can count on it." Junior replied as he embraced his mother in a hug.
"Could you do me a few favors Sephiroth?" Yui asked her child.
"Yes?"
"Could you thank Ms. Katsuragi for taking care of Shinji on my behalf, and could you please put a stop to Hojo and Sephiroth's plans. Hojo and Sephiroth must be stopped before they can do anymore harm so stop them. No matter what it takes. Always remember I will always be proud of both you no matter what, and I always love you both. I wish we could have more time together, but time is not on our side. Farewell my son and take care of yourself and your brother. Be happy." Yui said as she started to disappear.
"Mother!" Sephiroth screamed as he regained consciousness. He found himself inside the entry plug. He rubbed his head, but he noticed in his right hand that he had the white materia in his hand with a chain attached to it. He noticed that Eva 01 was down on the ground inside the Geofront. His Eva got back to its feet, and it returned to NERV.
Meanwhile at the city of the ancients Cloud, Misato, Fuyutski and a small group of armed men were walking around the streets of the city exploring them. Misato turned to her blond haired companion and asked "Do you have any ideas who built this city?"
"I wish I knew, but I am only thinking out loud here, but the architecture here looks like this place was built by the ancients." Cloud said as he turned to look at the temple at the center of the city.
"Hee-hee...you are right Cloud." A woman's voice was saying.
"Who's there?" Misato shouted as she pulled out her gun.
Cloud turned around to look behind him, but he saw a ghost standing right behind him. "Boo!" the ghost shouted as Cloud fell back and he landed on his butt. Cloud was freaked out as he held a scarred look on his face. "I am sorry Cloud. I couldn't resist...the moment was too prefect." The ghost said as its white and transparent form changed into a form that Cloud recognized. The ghost was a woman with brown hair and she wore a pink dress and a red jacket. Misato and the armed guards were aiming their weapons at the ghost prepared to shoot it.
"Aeris is that you!" Cloud shouted. Then Cloud turned to Misato and the others and shouted "Hold your fire!" Misato and the others lowered their weapons as the Major turned to look at Cloud.
"Are you sure?" Misato asked as she lowered her gun slowly.
"You have nothing to fear from me Misato. Please allow me to introduce myself I am Aeris Gainsborough." Aeris replied with a smile.
"Aeris...you're the ancient who was killed by Sephiroth." Fuyutski replied.
"Correct. I may have died, but I live on inside of Cloud." Aeris said as she walked up to Cloud while he was getting up.
"But then how is it possible that you are here before us now?" Fuyutski issued the statement coldly.
"There is a lot of lifestream energy here so I can tap it to allow me to use it to speak to all you now. You may not know it, but underneath this city is a lake of lifestream energy. The Certa who had visited the other worlds brought some from my home world here so the city could float above the clouds hiding it from the rest of the world." Aeris answered.
"Why would anyone want to hide this city?" Cloud asked his friend.
"Because of the ancient library that is here; the library contains many secrets about the angels, humanity, the Certa and more. It is a treasure trove of knowledge. The Library is deep inside the temple over there." Aeris said as she pointed at the temple. "But be careful you are not alone here. There are men who seemed to be in league with Sephiroth here. They know you are here. Also some of the men inside of the temple have reactivated the temple's defensives, so be careful when you enter the temple." Aeris cautioned.
"Aeris...do you know anything about what Sephiroth up to?" Fuyutski asked the ghost.
"I do not, but I do know that Sephiroth is planning to start another reunion once NERV has destroyed the last angel. About twenty minutes ago NERV killed another one, so there is only one left now. Believe me when I say that...this last angel...will be the most powerful you have ever faced." Aeris said with a worried expression on her face. "I do don't know why these angels are attacking NERV, but I know that these ones weren't meant to start the third impact. They only exist for a whole different purpose." Aeris informed them.
"Aeris...how did I arrive on this world?" Cloud asked.
"I brought you here. When Sephiroth used the lifestream to cocoon himself so he could use it to escape the planet I used what control over the lifestream I had to keep you alive. I tried to save the rest of your friends, but I was unable to help them. So I kept you alive and hid your body inside of Jenova's remains so Sephiroth wouldn't notice you. After you crashed on this world; I waited until the helicopters took Jenova away then while we were over the ocean I used what power I had left to break you away from the rest of Jenova and you fell into the ocean. I am hoping you can stop Sephiroth from destroying this world" Aeris said as a tear fell down her face.
"Thank you for trying to save them Aeris." Cloud said as some tears fell down his face. "Don't worry...I will make sure Sephiroth will not succeed. He is going down." Cloud said with a lot of determination in his voice.
"Thank you Cloud; now be careful. Bye!" Aeris said with a cheerful expression as she vanished.
Fuyutski, Cloud, Misato and the rest of the group started walking towards the temple to find the ancient library, but suddenly they encountered a small troop of armed soldiers dressed in black military field uniforms armed with automatic weapons. "There they are. They are the intruders...kill them all." One of the men shouted as he aimed his weapon at Cloud and the others.
"Ultima!" Cloud shouted as he hit the whole squad of armed soldiers with the spell.
All of the soldiers were whipped out instantly by the spell. The other soldiers traveling with Fuyutski started shooting the ones who survived. Once they were all dead Fuyutski was the first to notice something on the shoulder of one of the men they killed. He knelt down next to the body to examine it further and he was surprised by what he found. There was a patch on the guard's shoulder and it was the emblem of SEELE. The soldiers in black they had killed were working for SEELE. Fuyutski didn't know that SEELE knew of this city. He didn't have much time to think about it, so he pulled the patch off the soldier's body and he stuffed into his pocket. Then he, Cloud, Misato and the rest of their group continued down the street towards the Certa temple.