Sorry for the late update. It has been the end of the school year, so I've had a wonderful time studying for finals. I really have no other excuse besides procrastination. Well time for the fun.

I don't own Eva. All of that stuff belongs to Anno and Gainax.

"Talking" 'Thinking'

The7eyesmask presents:

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Evil of Minds

Chapter 3: Rising Demons, Falling Angels

Things at Nerv headquarters were happening so fast. It had been a long time since an enemy had attacked. Shinji got into his plug suit, loaded into the entry plug and inserted into Evangelion Unit 1. The restraints were being removed from the Eva, while he was being briefed by Misato.

"Listen up Shinji, this new being has an energy signature that is unlike any we have seen before. What it looks like will probably shock you." A video monitor popped up beside Misato's picture; this monster looked much like the second Angel Shinji had fought. The body was essentially the same as the 4th Angels but instead of a purple color, its body was a violent shade of green. What surprised Shinji the most was that instead of the Tentacles the 4th had, this thing had three orbs surrounding it.

"This is a new threat to Nerv, so approach it carefully until I give further orders." With that Misato's monitor disappeared.

Shinji began to remember what had happened during his bout with the 4th Angel. As he recalled he was still a in a depressive state. 'Hell, all I ever did was do as I was told. But during that fight I disobeyed Misato's order to retreat because Toji and Kensuke were inside the plug with me and I just decided to kill the thing to save them. I told Misato that it didn't matter if I lived or died and then she slapped me; that was the first time someone told me my life meant something. She was the first person to care for me.'

Seeing that monster made Shinji feel pumped for some reason. He felt this need to fight it even though he hated to pilot the Eva. 'I guess that I should stick to Misato's plan for now. I hope I can beat this thing if it comes to it. If I don't I'll never get to see Misato or Auska again.'

Back on board the Nerv transport plane, the handcuffed boy finished reading the files the section 2 agent had handed him about eleven hours ago.

'These people I have read about seem to be an interesting bunch. I would have to say the weirdest would is the First Child Rei Ayanami. Its very interesting that she has no life before 2015. She is kind of pretty though.'

The boy looked out the window; the sun was going down, the reflection on the clouds was simply breath taking. 'The Third Child Shinji Ikari was even more interesting. He was responsible for the majority of the Angel's deaths as well as going berserk several times and breaking the 400 Synchronization level. His personal file doesn't reflect much of his actions in combat, however. I guess I'll have to meet him in person to find out just what kind of person he really is.'

The boy looked at the hand cuffs that shackled his hand together. 'I wonder how many death's I'm responsible for?' His thoughts began to drift down memory lane before he shut them out. 'As for the Second Child Asuka Langley Soryu, she seems to have the worst past out of all of them, but I guess that's what happens when you lose your mother. I guess I'll have to watch out for her in combat; it said she has a tendency to over do things.'

The boy's thoughts were broken as the section 2 agent entered the room. "There's a situation at Nerv HQ, put this on." He threw a clear plastic packet that contained a dark green plug suit.

The boy smiled with a look of pure joy, "Finally, some action."

The section 2 agent turned to leave when the boy said, "Oh yeah, can you unlock these," holding up his handcuffs.

The Agent only smiled saying, "I know you already broke out of them about seven hours ago."

The cuffs consisted of three different links with a different lock for each. The boy stood up and the handcuffs dropped off his wrists like they hadn't been put on in the first place.

The boy smiled back and said, "Good eye, well I better get changed." With that the agent left the room.

'My first trip to Nerv HQ' the boy thought. 'Better make a good first impression.' In the back of the mind he was smiling a large maniacal smile.

The boy unwrapped the plug suit and put it on. The suit conformed to the shape of this body once he pushed the depressurization button on his wrist. He walked over and knocked on the door. The section 2 agent came out and looked at the boy.

"What is it" the agent asked with an annoyed tone. The boy was wasting time.

"One question." The boy looked down at his body and returned his gaze to the agent, "Does this suit make me look fat?"

Tensions were high in the command center. According to the Dead Sea scrolls all of the Angels had been defeated. The presence of this new enemy was a major shock.

The Supreme Commander of Nerv, Gendo Ikrai, sat at his desk above the techs at the computers. He looked down on the Magi super computers, reminded of how their creator had killed herself because of some childish infatuation she had with him. There was only one woman in his life, Yui.

He was pulled out of his thoughts when the Operations Commander Misato Katsuragi inquired as to his thoughts on the situation.

"This turn of events is much unexpected. However, this being is still a threat to the city. Send out Eva Unit 1, but proceed with caution."

"Yes sir," replied the Major. As his order was being carried out, his thoughts drifted back to his deceased wife. He then whispered to himself, "Soon Yui, very soon we shall be together."

Shinji braced himself for the shock the elevator created from being shot up to the surface at near 200 mph. The entry place for the Eva was a good distance away from the enemy. This gave Shinji the chance to analyze his enemy and think of a plan of action.

"Alright Shinji, listen up," Misato said over the communicator, "this thing has an unidentifiable energy pattern, so take the pallet gun and get in close."

"Do we have any idea what those orbs floating around it do?"

"No, the Magi a busy trying to analyze what it is. Hopefully the orbs are just there for decoration."

Misato's attempts to lighten the mood didn't really calm Shinji. Just being in the Eva again was uncomfortable. The smell of blood in the LCL made him feel sick, but at the same time it felt warm and agreeable.

Shinji willed the Eva to pick up the rifle that came out of the building next to him. He then moved though the buildings of the city in a crouch, hoping the enemy wouldn't detect him. He peered around the corner; the beast was only 250 meters away.

Misato came in over the comm., "Shinji, try expanding your AT Field."

Shinji did so. The beast remained still. Then the orbs floating around it stopped.

What occurred next shocked everyone. The orbs spouted lances three times their diameter out of the poles of their bodies. They then shot off in different directions in the city.

Shinji was concentrated on the main body and failed to notice the orb coming up behind him.

"Shinji look out!" Misato shouted.

Shinji by instinct rolled forward, dodging the orb's slice with the lance. The Eva was undamaged but the umbilical cable was sliced clean though. Shinji ejected the power plug and took off down the city streets. Shinji's escape was halted, however, when the two other orbs cut him off in both directions and closed in.

The orb in front of him began to spin like a saw and charged at the Eva. Shinji fell to his knee and held up the rifle hoping to block the attack. The orb broke the rifle but was tossed into the nearby building by the force of the impact.

Shinji had forgotten about the other orb behind him and was to slow to react. The orb sliced and took the Eva's right hand off.

Blood from the wound sprayed out of the Eva's hand onto the buildings on the street, leaving a sick shade of red across the reflective glass windows. Shinji grasped his own hand in pain from the signals the Eva's nerve receptors were sending his brain.

Misato was horrified by the sound of Shinji screaming in pain. What troubled her more was how coordinated these enemies were. She had never seen any of the Angels act this strategically before. These truly were something other than Angels.

"Cut off the nerve connections to Unit 1's arm!"

The techs responded and Shinji's painful screams stopped.

"Shinji, run for it. Keep them moving and try to get to the main body, that's probably what controls the orbs."

Shinji took off trying to get a bead on the main body but it seemed to have moved from its original position. Two of the orbs were on his tail, but the third was missing.

A shadow was coming over Shinji.

"Shinji, the enemy is coming in above you!"

Shinji dove out of the way as the green body came down on where he was a second ago. His question about the third orb was answered, as it pierced his already damaged right arm and nailed him to the ground.

The green enemy's eyes glowed and fired an energy blast into the Eva's chest. The buildings behind and beside him were taken out in the immediate blast. The glass on the buildings around the blast zone was thrown up in the air and rained down around Unit 1 like snow.

Shinji felt the feeling of death approaching him but for once he didn't want to die. Suddenly a barrage of missiles came in and blew the main body away from the Eva. Shinji's prayer had been answered.

The Eva pulled the orb's lance out his arm and threw it back at the enemy. The orb stopped itself before it hit main body.

"Shinji, take the Desert Eagle and give it what it deserves." An Eva scaled, Desert Eagle came out of the building next to him. Shinji took it and began to fire at the green target.

However, to Shinji's dismay the orbs were blocking his shots with their bodies. Two of the orbs charged the Eva and pierced his shoulders. They picked him up and slammed him to the ground nailing him to the ground.

Back in the sky the boy was watching the battle from his entry plug.

"This kid is getting his ass kicked," he said

He reached over to hit the launch switch the face of the tech onboard the plane stopped him.

"We're at 30,000 feet in the air; we need to descend or the Eva will be crushed. Don't push that switch."

The boy smiled, "You mean this switch?"

"Yes."

"Push it?"

"No."

"Don't push it."

"Yes."

"Yes Push it, Okay."

"Wait!" But it was too late, the black Eva had taken off, dropping to the ground like a rock aimed straight at one a target.

"Shinji!" Misato shouted.

"Major, we have an unidentified object falling towards the city," One of the techs said.

"What does it look like?" Misato asked

"I can't tell, it seems to be deflecting the sensors somehow."

'I hope its not another problem for us to deal with,' Misato thought.

"Where is it heading?" she asked.

"Straight for the target, mam. It will arrive in 20 seconds." he replied

Shinji was in too much pain to try and remove the orb's lances from his shoulders. All he could think was that he had failed Misato and Auska.

Then he saw what looked like a black angel plummeting from the sky. The angel slammed into the Green body throwing up a cloud of dust.

The orbs seemed to have stopped pushing into his shoulders. He pulled them out and rose to find he couldn't see anything in the dusty fog.

A shadow moved past his eye. Shinji turned and tried to fire, but the shadow moved in close.

The shadow's hand reached out and grabbed the slide of the Eva's gun. Then as quick as lightning, it ejected the magazine and removed the shell in the tube.

Shinji dropped his gun and tried to punch, but all he hit was air. Then he felt something grab his arm. Shinji felt something kick the back of his knee as his body fell backward. He couldn't tell what happened after he felt the head hit the pavement as the nerve receptors registered the blow to Shinji's head, and unconsciousness took hold of him.

After the smoke cleared the people in the command center were shocked at what they saw. The green enemy had been crushed into a crater in the street. Unit 1 had been thrown to the ground with a black Eva standing over it.

Misato demanded to speak with the pilot of the black Eva, "Pilot, identify yourself."

A window labeled "Sound Only" appeared on the main console. A voice came over the radio, "I'm the Eighth Child designated pilot of Evangelion Unit 8."

"What's your name?"

"Does that matter really now? I'm returning Unit 1 to base. Unit 8 out."

Misato was appalled at his attitude. Though no one could see it Gendo had a look of frustration on his face. The recent turn of events was going against his plans.

Inside the entry plug of Unit 8 the boy looked down at the limp form of Unit 1. He shook his head as if trying to get something out of his mind and lifted Unit 1 over his shoulder.

"Hello Shinji Ikari, my name is Victor, Victor Salieri. Looks like I'm going to have to teach you how to fight."

Unit 8 carried Unit 1 to the elevator and descended to Nerv.

On the outskirts of Tokyo 3 a man in a gray suit stands looking over the city. He lights a cigarette with a gold lighter and takes a puff.

The man has a short gray beard covering his chin and a graying brown head of hair. Most mysterious of all are his eyes, which have no color but white.

He takes a long drag of his cigarette and exhales it. "It looks like the shit has hit the fan. Caljici failed. My lord will not be pleased."

With that he vanished in a flash of light.

Well I hope you enjoyed that. Next chapter I'll explain who Victor is and what the new enemies are. Those of you who are wondering where Rei is don't worry she'll show up sooner or later. Plus Shinji and Asuka's relationship deepensafter a night of partying

Expect chapter 4 in a few weeks. Thanks to Keith and Rachel for grammar corrections. A special thanks to Zaraky for the pre-read of this chapter. Check out his stories on this site.

Ja Ne.