Inescapable Grasp of Eva
Chapter V The Trial Begins
HEY GUYS, HOWS IT GOING? So, enjoyed the chapter eh? Well anyways, I heard a request for some fluff, and fluff I shall serve. And apparently you guys hate Sam. And apparently I have offended a few of you guys. Never fear, he's the only American jackass. However on the issue of killing the pilot, he isn't scheduled to die at any point in the story.
Naon Tiotami: Rather interesting review. Yes, Shinji and Rei are holding hands; after all, I did make this a ShinjiXRei fic. Fourth Impact, what's wrong with using the concept? Asuka may like Shinji, but too late for her man. And as for Sam, I make no promises.
J.G. the Game Master: Well Rei and Toji didn't say much, as they were too horror struck to be of any 'fun' for Sam. Yes I kind of fast-forwarded the relation, ONLY because they've been through so much, and have lived together for a while, in my story anyways, that I sped it up just a bit.
Nick2951: I apologize if I have insulted you, and do not worry, I'll try to refrain from it, but I will on occasions make him a major ass, just to increase the animosity between him and the other pilots.
CrimsonGaze: Indeed he is. And yes, fluff is in order, and fluff you shall receive.
Jashin: I make no promises, as I require him in my story. However if you wish I can offer an alternative, make him suffer horridly on occasions. Would that satisfy you?
"Wow…and I mean wow. DAMN! Hey Shinji, these noodles are excellent!" Jon exclaimed. The pilots had only recently reached their home, to find it empty. As they were hungry, Shinji had quickly gotten to work making lunch. He spent some time looking through the cupboards, only to find that there were only several packs of instant ramen and vegetables in the refrigerator.
"What? You've never had instant ramen before?" Toji asked eyeing Jon suspiciously.
"What? No. Of course I've had ramen before. It's just that I can't really make anything all that tasty. Maybe some eggs and peas, but that's pretty much it," Jon explained in between mouthfuls.
"In my case, this is my first time," Natasha stated, who was using a fork after several attempts to use chop sticks. Pen-pen during this whole time had simply been observing the pilots, until his stomach growled. He approached Shinji's leg and pecked his leg.
"Hmm?" Shinji looked down to see the hungry penguin looking at him.
"Wark," the penguin stated.
"You hungry?"
"Wark, wark," the penguin replied.
"Alright, alright, hold on." Shinji got up from his seat, walked towards the cupboards, pulling out a plate. He then quickly pulled out a frozen fish from the fridge and popped it into the microwave.
"Does it just eat fish?" Toji asked.
Shinji simply shrugged, "Actually fish is a basic meal. His diet also consists of human food, and beer."
"BEER!" Jon spluttered out, nearly choking on the mouthful of ramen in his mouth, "You've gotta be kidding me!"
"Nope," Shinji calmly replied, as he took out the fish and laying it in front of Pen-pen, "However my reaction was a bit different. I thought it was weird, but with all the crap I've been through, it's nothing new." He quickly pulled out a can of beer and handed it to Pen-pen before sitting himself down.
"So Rei-chan, what do you think?" Shinji inquired.
"It is most enjoyable," Rei replied. As they enjoyed the noodles Shinji had made, Misato had just returned home. She kicked off her shoes and instantly made her way towards the fridge, pulling out a can of beer, and chugged it in one go letting out a whoop as she finished her can. She chucked the can off somewhere onto the floor before grabbing a second can, made her way to the nearest armchair and flopped onto it.
Jon was staring at Misato in disbelief and surprise, "How-how-how-how-how much do-do-do-does she d-d-drink and-and-and-and-and does sh-sh-sh-she drink like that all the time!"
"It really depends, and not often. She would drink normally during the day," Shinji calmly responded, "If you actually stay for breakfast, instead of your usual training on the roof, you'd see what she does in the morning."
"You've gotta be bloody kidding me," Jon groaned, smacking his forehead.
"Nope," Misato called out from the armchair.
Jon let out a sigh muttering, "First Pen-pen, and now Misato. This is a weird household," as he continued to eat. Shinji laughed at Jon's reaction to the fact that Misato drank before continuing to eat his noodles as well. After everyone finished lunch, Toji had left for home while the rest sat down and watched T.V.
Jon sat on the floor leaning against the back of the couch, writing on his clipboard, while Natasha had taken the second armchair. Shinji and Rei sat on the couch lengthwise, with Rei lying on top of Shinji.
"So Shinji, when did you two hook up?" Misato inquired.
"Uh…" he was now blushing red, "Yesterday," he quietly replied.
Misato suddenly smiled mischievously, "Oh is that so? I wonder…oh so that's why you took so long to get home yesterday eh?"
"Well I did happen to see them walking off towards somewhere private," Jon added from behind the couch.
"What?" Shinji spluttered, now blushing crimson, "Jon! Misato!" his voice dropping several notches, his voice hinting annoyance, "Do you mind?"
"Dude, you need to chill," said Jon as he stuck his head up, "Geez man, even I know how to take a joke. You blush at EVERYTHING." Shinji groaned in exasperation.
"Misato-san, Dang-san, please refrain from speaking ill of my boyfriend," Rei suddenly stated in a defensive manner.
Natasha groaned, "She's even worse."
"Too true," Jon mumbled before disappearing behind the couch again, muttering a near inaudible, "What the hell," from behind the couch.
Shinji got up from the couch, and held out his hand, "C'mon Rei-chan, let's go to my room."
"It is acceptable," Rei replied as she took Shinji's hand, as he helped her up from the couch and led her to his room.
"Play nicely Shinji," Misato called out in a sing-song voice. Shinji simply sighed and shook his head. He opened the door to his, 'Lovely Suite' to be greeted by a room with a split personality.
One half of the room was clean, neat, and organized. Across the room, against the wall smack dab in the middle was his wardrobe, and one side was opened, revealing Jon's uniform, and series of his clothes. The other half of the room had a futon on the floor, a set of books next to the pillow, the book on top of the pile read, 'Warhammer 40,000' in English. The wardrobe side wall was decorated with a few certificates and medals. Below them were pictures of himself and other people, assumingly his friends and family. The floor itself was littered with his clothes, paper and apparently a polishing kit. On the opposite wall, it was decorated with two posters. One was of a large man, wearing massive blue armour, gargantuan gauntlets, and a red cape and gold tabard, sitting on his throne. At the very bottom of the picture, in small writing in Japanese, it read, 'Lord Macragge, Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines.' The other featured a gigantic beetle-like creature with legs similar to that of a T-rex, except its foot was hoofed like a horse. Its arms were massive sickle shaped blades; the imaged depicted it toppling over a tank.
"Dang-san has odd tastes," Rei commented.
Shinji nodded in agreement, "Apparently all this, 'Warhammer 40K', as he calls it, is a hobby of his. He says it involves collection, building and painting models, then use them in games," Shinji then put his hand up, "Ask Jon if you want more information. I really have no clue about this." Rei nodded as Shinji sat down on his bed, his back facing Jon's side of the room.
He patted a spot on the bed next to him, inviting Rei to sit down next to him. Rei gave Shinji a small smile as she sat herself down next to him. He then wrapped his arms around her waist as they let out a sign of contentment. She rested her head against his shoulder as he rested his head against hers.
'This is a nice feeling,' Rei thought to herself, 'Such a warm feeling. I wonder why I was never allowed to experience such things. No matter, for I am not his doll any further. My heart is now Shinji's, as much as his is mine. I do not wish for his to change.'
'Rei-chan is so beautiful,' Shinji mused to himself, taking in her scent, 'We may have met in the most dire of circumstances, then in the most embarrassing,' remembering how he piloted Eva to protect her, then feel on top of her a few days later, 'But at least we've been through so much that it makes up for our awkward meeting.'
Rei then brought her hands to Shinji's hands and held them in her own. 'The feel of his skin against mine is most enjoyable. However these clothes hinder the feeling.' She then turned herself so that she was completely facing Shinji. She then started to undo his buttons.
"Rei-chan, what are you doing?" Shinji asked, slightly nervous that she was undoing his buttons.
"I wish to touch you Shinji-kun," Rei calmly replied as she pulled out his tucked shirt and undid the rest of the buttons. By now Shinji was freaking out. Instinctively, he jumped back so that he was he was no longer in arms reach of Rei.
"You do not wish to touch me Shinji-kun?" Rei asked concernedly. However she was hurt, for Shinji seemed to have rejected her.
"It's not that Rei-chan," Shinji replied, clutching his chest as he tried to calm himself down, "It's just that…aren't we going a bit far as seeing each other naked?"
Rei raised an eyebrow, "I simply wish us to be able to enjoy the feel of our skins. Is it wrong to do so?"
"Oh…" Shinji quietly replied feeling embarrasses, "Sorry, I thought you wanted to…to…uh…"
"To have sex?" Rei stated, completing Shinji's phrases. Shinji nodded his head. Rei however smiled.
"If that is what you desire, we shall. However I suspect you do not wish to do something like that as of yet. However, I simply wish to touch, if this is permissible."
Shinji smiled as he responded, "Sorry about my reaction. And sure, it's fine with me." He quickly removed his shirt off before pulling off his blue shirt. Rei smiled as she undid tie the buttons of her school uniform, took off the skirt, then laid her uniform on the edge of the bed, and then sat down next to Shinji again clad in only her bra and panties.
Shinji blushed at the sight of Rei sitting there practically naked, with only her undergarments to shield her. Seeing Shinji was entranced by her appearance, she shuffled until her leg was against his before snuggling her head in the crook of his neck, and wrapped her arms around his chest. This pulled him out of his reverie. He blushed for a moment, before wrapping his arm around Rei.
"This is nice," Rei quietly whispered.
"I couldn't agree more," Shinji replied. However the moment was cut short when the emergency klaxon sounded.
Outside they heard Jon screaming, "DAMNIT! WHY NOW? JUST WHEN I FINISHED GELING MY HAIR! GOD DAMNS YOU SEELE! I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS BIG TIME!"
Shinji and Rei quickly let go of each other as they put their clothes back on. Shinji just pulled his blue t-shirt before running out. Rei did up her shirt, leaving a few at the top opened, pulled on her skirt and then followed Shinji to see everyone else was ready to go. She quickly put her shoes on. Then all quickly ran out of the room and headed down towards the garage, and hoped in with Shinji in the passenger seat. Misato quickly fired up the engines to her car, and in seconds they were streaking down the roads as they proceeded towards the Geofront.
"Misato, I suggest you call NERV and find out what's happening," Jon piped up, his tone completely different. He also seemed to be carrying himself differently, only then they noticed he was wearing a blue vest, his Sergeant Slip-ons were on his epaulets, and the Canadian Forces crest on the right part of his chest.
"Can't, need to concentrate," Misato responded, "Shinji grab the phone and pass it to Jon. Let him get the info." Shinji did as he was told, pulling out his cell phone from his pocket and passed it to Jon.
He punched in the number and spoke when there was a reply, "Sergeant Dang here, what's the situation?" pause, "Just one? Are you sure?" a long pause followed, "What? Black wave-form pattern?" another pause, "Thanks, we'll be there ASAP." He then hung up the phone.
"What have you got for us Jon?" Natasha quickly asked.
"Big problems," Jon grimly stated, "Apparently SEELE has only sent one of its Mass Production units. However, they also detected some sort of Black Wave-form pattern, emanating from a dagger it's carrying. It's currently just outside of the city, doing absolute nothing. No action has been taken against it yet."
"So it should be," Misato stated, "HANG ON EVERYONE THIS IS GOING TO GET ROUGH." She then switched gears as she tore through the streets. Pretty soon all 4 pilots clamoured out of the car as they ran towards the change rooms. Shinji and Natasha were the first to come out, they quickly ran towards the cages. By the time Shinji and Natasha had entered their cockpits, Jon and Rei had came out of the change rooms while Sam had just entered the cages.
"Units 01 and 05 are online and ready to go," Makoto called out from his station.
"The Unit is still silent," Shigeru stated.
"Tell the others to get onto the catapults as soon as they are online," Misato ordered, "As for Units 01 and 05, LAUNCH THEM NOW!"
"Yes ma'am," Maya called out as she pressed a button, triggering the catapults to rocket the purple and black mechas up along the shafts, as the pilots prepared themselves for battle. Both units surfaced, to be greeted by the familiar site of seeing Tokyo-3 completely underground, giving the pilots a clear battlefield.
"Alright, Shinji, grab the battle rifle, Natasha, grab the sniper rifle," Misato ordered.
"Roger," they both replied, grabbing the appropriate equipment from a nearby cache. However before they made another move, the MP Unit activated.
"Activity from the MP Unit," Makoto reported.
"It's bringing its S2 organ to full power," Shigeru cried out.
"What the hell?" Ritsuko breathed out. Everyone turned their attention towards the screen.
"It has begun," Gendo quietly stated from his place, high above, looming over the rest of the control room.
The MP Eva had ripped the armour guarding its core, to reveal it was pulsating red. It suddenly roared as it raised the dagger and pierced itself with his. It let out another vicious roar as the blade was absorbed by the organ. Suddenly, its body started to convulse, writhe, and wriggle as the blade reacted with the Eva. It suddenly fell to its hands and knees as it struggled with whatever it had just absorbed. It opened out to let out another of its roars. However what came out was that of a dog as he howled.
"What in fucks name is that?" Sam stated, emphasizing each word.
"No idea," Natasha quietly breathed out, temporarily forgetting her hatred towards Sam as all three pilots watched the grotesque unit before it. Its body started the bulge, two lumps massive lumps formed on either side of its head, as its neck started to increase in length. Its legs started to change shape, as well as its arms while its hands and feet started to grow nails and were taking the form of paws.
The unit snarled, and growled wildly as its teeth started to become sharp fangs, changing in color as it turned from white to blood red. It let out a wolf like howl as it's threw its head back, as two heads bursts from the lumps, howling as they emerged. Suddenly, the armour started to explode as the being shed off its previous form, revealing the body of a dog with three heads. It shook its body as it freed itself from the remaining bits of armour and the blood and mechanical fluids that soaked its fur.
"Ritsuko, please tell me what the hell is that thing?" Misato quietly breathed out.
"If I am correct, that is Cerberus, the first Hellspawn Advocate," Gendo called out from his position.
Misato wheeled around and looked up at Gendo, "You can't be serious sir."
"Do not forget, it never stated a timetable. This time we can never be sure," Gendo replied.
"Confirmed," Ritsuko called out from her consol, "It is Cerberus. The MAGI has designated it as the 1st Hellspawn Advocate, based on the current information given." Ritsuko knew she had to choose her words carefully, as only her, Misato and Gendo were the only ones within Japan's NERV who knew of the stone carvings.
"Something is happened to the Hellspawn!" Makoto called out.
"What is it?" Misato quickly inquired.
"We are detecting 6 beings forming around the Hellspawn," Shigeru replied.
"You will verbally call it the leaders the Advocates. Designate the beings forming as the Hellspawns," Gendo ordered.
"Yes sir," Shigeru replied, then typing into his consol, "The Hellspawns have taken form." Everyone looked up at the screen again to see what kind of beings they would fight against. The Hellspawns had the body of the Minotaur, yet its head was much like of the male mountain goat, each of the holding two handed axes.
"What's the current status of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 7th Children?" Gendo demanded.
"1st and 7th have just surfaced," Maya reported, "2nd and 4th are on their way to the cages now."
"Good," he calmly replied. 'This is not good. Unless they all fight together, the Advocate will not only defeat the pilots, it'll drag all of them to Hell.'
"Commander Ikari," Jon called through the radio, his face appearing on the main screen.
"What is it Sergeant?" Gendo replied.
"What is the situation, and what is our orders sir?"
"That 3 headed dog is the Hellspawn Advocate Cerberus. The beings around it are Hellspawns. Your order: is to destroy those beings. However be careful, for we do not know anything of these beings."
"Understood sir," Jon replied, saluting before cutting the channel.
"Alright then, Shinji, you and I will take on the Advocate itself. Sam, Rei and Natasha, you three will engage the Hellspawns themselves. Got it?"
"Screw that," Sam rudely stated, "No way am I taking orders from a gook. That Advocate or whatever is mine!"
"Sam, NO!" Jon called out. However Sam disregarded his warning and found himself to be engaged by all 6 Hellspawns. He smirked, as he brought his up A.T. field knowing it would protect him. However he was horribly mistaken as all 6 axes sliced through the field like a hot knife through butter. Sam would've been a down had it not been for Jon who had stepped in and tackled him into the ground.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!" Jon roared as his had his Eva roll off Sam's, and extended his Progressive Blades as he began to dodge and parry the attacks. The other three pilots stepped in, with Progressive Swords in hand as they stepped in to help Jon fight against the Hellspawns.
"What the hell happened there?" Sam inquired as he brought up his silver mech, its 4 eyes glowed a bright red, expressing the anger he had inside for making such a stupid mistake.
"Their weapons are like the Lance of Longinus," Ritsuko explained, "So that means A.T. fields are useless defence weapons now." Sam growled in anger. Two Progressive Swords had shot up next to him. He drew the swords and engaged Hellspawns.
Asuka and Toji had just reached the battlefield to be greeted by the sight of their friends battling the Hellspawns. Toji instantly jumped into action and drew a Progressive Sword and joined the fray. Before Asuka could even pick up a weapon she noticed the Advocate, who had been standing for the duration of the time, sprung into action, as it bowled through the group, two of the heads attacking the Eva's, sending each of them flying in all directions. However the moment it sent struck Unit 01, it chased after him.
"Shinji!" Asuka cried out, forgetting about what happened in the afternoon. She quickly drew her Progressive Knife, and picked up a fallen Progressive Sword on the way as she charged the Advocate, angered that someone had dared to take on her friend. However she was stopped by a Hellspawn as it jumped in front of her and body checked her, sending her tumbling back. However she reacted by flipping back once, before bounding forwards again. She brought her sword up above her head as she prepared to slam the blade into the being that had cut her off. However her efforts were in vain as it brought up its A.T. field. Asuka gasped as the being smirked before hitting her with the broadside of its axe.
Shinji groaned as he brought his unit up to a sitting position. He looked up to see the Advocate leaping into the air as it prepared to slash him with its claws. He instinctively spread out his A.T. field, which was instantly cut down as the beast brought up its claws again. He instantly reacted by putting his sword in front of him, blocking the attack. He grunted in the effort as he mustered all the strength he could to keep Cerberus from touching him, but found that the beast was much more powerful than him.
Shinji noticed that two of its head reared back. He quickly kicked the underside of the beast, following by a crack as it whimpered in pain, giving Shinji the chance to shove Cerberus off of him. He rolled to his right as he brought his Eva back up, facing the beast. He was panting hard, as the effort just to keep the paws from advancing towards him had really strained him. He gasped as he saw the red orb on its chest was cracked.
"Excellent, if I can destroy it, I'll silence it," Shinji said to himself, not aware the comm. channel was still online, "Damn though, this thing make the Angels look weak."
"That's only because they fight with brute strength," Gendo's voice came through the radio.
"Huh?" Shinji raised an eyebrow, never taking his eyes of the Cerberus which had begun to circle around him.
"The angels used other means to attack us. Some of them engaged us in direct confrontation, some in more subversive ways. This Hellspawn Advocate is a brute force type. Most likely if there is more than one, all of them use brute strength."
"I see," Shinji stated, but however he was cut short as the Cerberus bounded for him. He quickly brought up his A.T. field, hoping the need to cut down the field would give him a chance to attack. However the beast continued to run, as its three heads slashed through the field with its teeth. The beast leapt, but this time Shinji was ready. He brought the hilt of the sword to his hips, aiming the tip of the blade up as he bent down as low as he could. He then jumped up towards the beast, letting out a feral scream, as he brought the blade forward. The beast snarled and barked as it prepared to attack. Suddenly, it saw where the blade was mean to be and it brought up its own A.T. Field. However the speed at which Shinji came up easily pierced through the field with little effort as it rammed into the Advocate.
Shinji however cursed himself as he saw it hit the flesh above his intended target. However he smirked knowing he could bring the blade down. They landed, and Shinji quickly grabbed the neck of one of the heads with his left hand, while with the right hand of his Eva had let go of the hilt and held it again, so that the pinkie finger was facing the beast itself, and pulled down. The Advocate howled in pain as Shinji strained himself to bring the blade completely through the core. As he pulled, black blood profusely poured from the cut. As the blade cut into the flesh of the organ, more blood spouted from the demon as it soaked Unit 01 in its blood, coating it in a film of darkness. Slowly, the organ started to crack even further under the pressure. Suddenly the blade snapped. Shinji curse, quickly pulling out his Progressive Knife but one of the heads bit his arm causing him to let out a yelp of pain as he released the neck of the choking head.
The Advocate quickly got back up on its feet, but struggled to move properly, as when the blade had entered it, the exit wound had happened to be its spine, so it couldn't control all of its motor functions. Shinji panted as he wondered what was taking his friends so long.
"God damn it, WHY WON'T THESE THINGS DIE!" Jon roared as his stabbed and slashed his opponent with his Progressive Knives, only to have each blow stopped by the Hellspawn with ease. However whenever it makes a strike, Jon has to strain himself in order to absorb the blow without letting the blade of the axe touch him.
Rei and Asuka weren't fairing to well as their swords had been destroyed and they had to resort to hand to hand, while at the same time avoid the axes of the Hellspawn. Rei attempted many times to attack her opponent, but whenever she ever could, the demon would simply raise its A.T. field to stop the attack. Asuka on the other hand was trying her best to avoid the axe while at the same time try to find another weapons cache that had a spare close combat weapon, while chucking various things, trees, rocks, pebbles, (A/N: Well from an Eva's point of view, rocks we sit on could easily be consider pebbles LOL) yet however now matter what she threw at the beast it simply let the objects hit it and then continue its steady charge towards Asuka.
"You fucking bastards, why don't you simply fall and don't stand back up?" Sam growled as his sword was just destroyed, "Fuck this shit." He then charged his opponent, jumped and kicked his head only to be greeted by an A.T. Field. However he didn't stop as he threw more kicks and punches all of them stopped by the impenetrable A.T. Field.
"Good thing this is a natural stretcher!" Toji roared as he fired his fists forward, in an attempt to possibly fight it in hand to hand combat, without exposing his body. However it was proving to be difficult as he was unable to properly manoeuvre his arms, which left it awkward, and in most cases dangerous as his arms would be exposed for direct attacks.
"Can't we just get the lance?" Misato inquired.
Gendo shook his head, "It is still regenerating. It would be useless."
"Then what about the MP's weapons? Couldn't they be useful?" Maya suggested.
Gendo's eyes lit up, "That just might work. How many do we possess?"
"We only salvaged 4," Ritsuko answered, "That should be enough. Dang, Jackson, and Kanatinikov can handle it without the weapons."
"Lt. Ibuki, get three of the Mock Lances, and deploy them," Gendo ordered.
"Yes sir," Maya replied.
Natasha's battle was by far the smoothest one. Although she could not touch her opponent with her blade, she was by far much faster and more agile than her opponent. Her opponent charged, she would sidestep and let it lose its balance in the charge. She then saw her chance, as she side stepped, at the last minute, sticking her foot out as he opponent tripped over her foot, throwing its axe up in the air as it fell. She smirked as she jumped up grabbed the axe, and came down hammering its neck, severing its head. However where blood should've spouted, fire poured from its head and neck as it consumed the body, leaving nothing more than a pile of ashes. She looked at the axe in her hand as it suddenly exploded, destroying the hand and greatly damaging her Eva, throwing it back as it landed hard on its back. Inside she let out a shrill scream when the axe had exploded in the hand of her Eva. She instantly clutched her hand and braced herself as her Eva flew back from the explosion. As her Eva skidded along the ground, dislodging her harness during the impact, she was thrown about inside her entry plug, smashing against the walls of the cylindrical plug. When all the rocking and tossing had stopped, she curled into a ball, and whimpered in pain as she held her right hand close to her, as tried to control the pain, and what was worse was that it was bleeding horribly.
"Help," she quietly whispered, hoping that her radio was still online.
"Unit 06 is down!" Shigeru reported, "Pilot is also injured!"
"Send a recovery team now!" Misato yelled out, "I don't care how they get her out but if that injury was anything like we just saw happen to her Eva, we're going to be out one pilot unless they hurry!"
"HA, HA, VICTORY IS…AAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Asuka's voice came over the radio.
"UNIT 02 IS DOWN!" Maya cried out as she typed on her consol, "The pilot is bleeding! Shrapnel entered the Eva; several pipes pierced the entry plug and injured her legs and right arm"
"How bad?" Misato snapped.
"Not bad, but it pierced the flesh, but didn't hit the bones." Ritsuko replied from her consol.
"Unit 00 reporting," Rei's voice came in, panting could easily be heard, "Hellspawn defeated, but it drained…" she suddenly groaned as the line when silent.
"Status of the pilot," Ritsuko ordered.
Makoto checked his consol, "Rei has fainted from exhaustion."
"Oh thank god," Gendo quietly muttered to himself.
"OH YOU'VE GOTTA BE SHITTING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Jon's voice suddenly rang as an explosion occurred when he yelled, "Me".
"What the hell just happened?" Misato snapped out.
"He beheaded his target, but it exploded in front of him," Maya reported, "He just suffered a minor head injury."
"Take that you fucking, ARGGGG!" Sam's voice yelled out in surprise.
"Unit 04 is down, minor damage to the unit, Jackson is unconscious with a broken wrist and a cut to his head," Shigeru cried out.
"O SHIT!" Toji's voice rang out as he was sent flying.
"Unit 03 is also silent, damage to its arms, Neural Receptors dislodged themselves at the last moment, he didn't feel anything," Makoto called out from his consol, "He's the luckiest of them all!" (A/N: What are those devices that sit on their heads called?)
"AAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" Shinji's voice suddenly came from the radio.
"Shinji!" Gendo cried out. Everyone looked towards the main screen to see that the Cerberus had its center head biting Unit 01's neck while the others had its arms. Shinji's Eva struggled to break free but the beast held its death grip.
"Someone, please anyone, help me! Mom, dad, Asuka, Rei," his voice was becoming faint, "Someone please help me…." His voice drifted as he fainted, his Eva slouching as it became inactive.
"Unit 01's gone silent!" Maya called out.
"Oh god no," Misato breathed out. The center head smirked as it let go of its prey, the others still clinging onto the arms. The demon slammed Unit 01 down as the other two heads released the arms. It then raised its arms as it prepared to destroy the S2 organ that had revealed itself during the battle.
Rei groaned as she regained consciousness. She looked ahead and gasped to see the Cerberus lay down Unit 01, its core exposed as the beast raised its paw as it prepared to strike.
"Shinji-kun," Rei whispered, and then suddenly something snapped inside here, "SHINJI-KUN!"
"Activity in Unit 00's and 01's S2 cores," Maya reported.
"What kind of activity?" Ritsuko inquired as she looked over Maya's shoulders.
She typed on her consol as she read the readings, "They're pulsating."
"What's that?" Misato asked before she redirected her attention towards to screen when a sickening crunch and a whimper was heard.
Unit 01's had the fingers of his left hand embedded into the neck of the right head while its right arm held the paw that was meters away from its core. They looked to Unit 00 which had just broken its mouth guard, as its small mouth opened as it roared. Inside, Rei was roaring with her Eva, completely synced with the might behemoth as she fed her anger into the unit. She willed her Eva to charge, bringing the Mock Lance up to bear. Unit 01 shattered its own mouth guard as he roared, kicking the monstrosity away.
"BOTH UNITS HAVE GONE BERSERKER!" Maya called out.
"What are the sync rates?" Gendo called out.
"Both of them are holding 150," Makoto reported.
"It's just like last time," Misato stated.
"What's that?" Gendo inquired.
"Last time Unit 01 went Berserker; Shinji was literally in full control. He was fully aware of what was happening around him. He could control it, even at such speeds. Now this time, Unit 01 is in its usual Berserker state whereas Rei is the one in control of her Berserker." Ritsuko's explanation left Gendo dumbstruck, at the very possibility of a controlled Berserker state when the situation allowed it to happen.
They continued to watch as they witnessed Unit 00 impaling the Cerberus from the side as Unit 01 had impaled the demon in its S2 core with its bare fist. The demon collapsed and crumpled onto the ground.
"REI GET SHINJI THE HELL OUT OF THERE!" Misato cried out. Rei moved the control yokes, her Eva put Unit 01's arm around its shoulder as it sprinted away. However before she could gain no any distance or speed, the demon burst into flames before exploding, causing both Eva's to fly.
Rei's Eva lost its grip on Unit 01. She had it reached out to Unit 01, but found that she was falling faster than Unit 01 as it was carrying the Mock Lance on its back. However next thing she knew, Unit 01 had activated and grabbed her hand and pulled her Eva towards itself, wrapped his arms around her Eva and turned its back as it landed harshly on its back skidding against the ground for a few hundred meters before finally stopping.
"Shinji-kun?" Rei called out. Shinji's face then appeared; he was panting pretty hard and seemed to be bleeding.
"Thanks Rei-chan," he weakly replied before falling unconscious.
"GET THEM ALL OUT OF THERE!" was the last thing Rei heard before darkness consumed her.
SO HOW WAS THAT EH? Pretty sweet battle yes? I personally think so. I spent the better part of 3 hours writing this almost non-stop, save for the part that I had to stop and hit the washroom. Plus an additional 2 plus hours of constant revisions. But you get my point. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed his chapter, I will see you in Chapter VI .