A/N: This is it; the last chapter of my WADF saga. If you really want to find out what happens to the humans after the HI conflict, I recommend you check out Scrapped Princess. You can find a pretty good summary at Just search their review section.
Also, look out for more stories in the near future. I have two that are in the works, both comedies. Please send comments, impressions and criticism of this story to next time…
Cardinal-Light
Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or Scrapped Princess. Those shows are owned by Gainax and BONES respectively. I do not profit from writing this story.
Excerpt from a report by Colonel Misato Katsuragi:
As the HI close in on our world, much has been made of the loss Captain Beckenham Mauser, pilot of the Dragon Zephyrus. While I agree with most that his sacrifice was noble, there will be one Dragon pilot I will not forget. Lieutenant Shinji Ikari had the same failings as the rest of us. He wanted to come back to the cool green world of Earth. There were no cameras or reporters on hand when he was posthumously awarded for bravery. This is a shame because we can learn much from his selfless example.
Dr. Maya Ibuki began typing. She let her fingers fall as they may.
As I write this, the HI fleet has appeared at the edge of our system. A few years have passed since that day Dr. Akagi and I were rescued from the Concordia. Since then, Dr. Akagi talked little about her experience. Being the only survivor of the Concordia's bridge crew, she was questioned extensively. I don't know all the details, but many feel that she knows a great deal about what went wrong.
I have kept my vow and said nothing about the change in code. I don't know all the details, but I have long suspected that the change allowed the HI to control our Valkyries. My revelation doesn't matter now. With the HI fleet on its way, we will be their prisoners.
Before her betrayal became public knowledge, Sylvia Mauser predicted that the HI planned to imprison the last of the human race. Since then, Dr. Akagi has been busy with Project Providence Breaker. Its goal is to spread the right sequence of DNA to produce the Guardians, a group of brave souls who will protect the only human capable of resisting the HI influence, the Providence Breaker. Projections show that the project will take 5,000 years.
Maya paused here to take a sip of coffee from her mug.
Five thousand years is a long time to wait. Even under good conditions the DNA may be so diffuse that only a handful will be capable of protecting the Providence Breaker. I have devised an alternate plan. Research demonstrated that those with latent remote viewing skills are capable of resisting HI influence to a small extent. I will use the DNA patterns of Shinji Ikari to spread the power of remote viewing to the survivors of this conflict. I hope that a little bit of this power will trickle down through the ages and protect our descendents. Maybe some of these 'remote viewers' will aid the Guardians in their mission.
Touji and Hikari Suzuhara volunteered to be recipients of Shinji's DNA. I believe that it is a good match since Touji has some small remote viewing ability. I don't know their reasons for volunteering, but I am grateful for their assistance. And, I am especially grateful for Hikari's willingness to bear a child in these dangerous times.
I have hope. For the sake of our future…
The room around Maya became dark. A klaxon blared somewhere in the distance. Maya sat back in her chair and looked at the ceiling.
"I guess I never told her that I love her," Maya said to no one in particular.
Ritsuko held a bandage to her head trying to stymie the flow of blood from her wound. She looked at the last three remaining D-Knights: Asuka, Rei, and Mana. They were older now; and, sadder. They knew this was the end.
Ritsuko told them quietly, "Do you understand what I am asking of you? I need ten minutes to complete the implantation of the fetus."
"I do," Mana replied. Asuka and Rei said nothing.
"Ten minutes. No more. When that time is done, destroy this facility and escape into hyperspace."
Asuka and Mana walked away to steel themselves for the inevitable.
"Is something wrong, Rei?" Ritsuko asked. "You don't have to go if you don't want to."
"I think I can join Ikari now," was all she said before she took her leave.
'Damn,' Ritsuko thought, 'she made me remember something unpleasant.'
The mind of the Dragon Natalie floated among the stars. With her own eyes, she watched as the Dragons fell one by one until only she remained. True to her word, her mistress destroyed the NERV facility and died at the hands of the last Valkyries. She joined her Ikari. By some miracle, Natalie's AI construct survived, barely.
From a distance, she observed the HI descend on the world she failed to protect. They gathered the last of the human race on a lonely continent. They took their weapons and gave them plowshares. She watched the traitor Mauser become humanity's steward. The last humans squared their shoulders and readied themselves for the task ahead. Ironically, it was the very task that faced Natalie – survival.
Her mind finally descended to the Earth. To survive, she needed a body. At first she tried a human body, but their fragile minds could not connect properly with her. All her hosts died. Natalie thought nothing of it. Humans could replace themselves, Dragons could not. So, she turned to the scatter remains of the machines that fought the war. All were broken save for one by the edge of a placid shore…
"What do you think Ryouji?" Misato asked as she let the salty sea water lap against her bear feet.
"About what?" Kaji asked. "There are many things to think about on this day." Kaji approached Misato and pulled her slowly into a soft embrace.
"About Ritsuko's plan. Will it work?"
"Does it really matter? There's no use thinking about events so far into the future that we are unable to fathom their results. In my case, I still think about those pilots. Ayanami, Soryu, Kirishima…"
Misato looked up into the sky and added, "They gave their lives to buy Ritsuko time to initiate her plan." Misato mentally brushed her belly.
The couple remained in their embrace for some time until Misato said, "Let's go inside. It's cold."
Before Misato and Kaji walked away, Misato looked back at an unassuming cove. Through a clever use of camouflage, the recognizable form of a ship remained hidden; and, would remain so until the time came for its use.
"Good night, my Vanguard." Misato said forlornly.
For five thousand years Sylvia Mauser, former prisoner of humanity, was its reluctant warden. With the aid of the last Valkyries from the war, she watched over the land. In time she became the God Mauser and her servants became the Peacemakers. To them, humanity became a plant that required cultivation and, on occasion, reaping.
After five thousand years a desperate plan came to fruition. A girl, the Providence Breaker, appeared. A princess by birth, the girl was thrown away to appease the God Mauser. Intrigued, Mauser watched as an innocent life, manipulated from afar by forces she could not comprehend, lived her young life in the village of Maulin. The girl traveled to many places, met many people and faced many obstacles. Mauser, inspired by the girl's fortitude, finally uttered the words that set the world free:
"From now on, cooperate, and walk your own path."
