Inescapable Grasp of Eva
Chapter VI Hell Has Come to Play
Hey guys, glad that you guys liked the previous chapter. I had one hell of a time writing that chapter, as I did with this one. And just for the sake of it, I made you guys another battle chapter. I hope that you enjoy it just as much as you enjoyed the last one. I put a lot of work into this chapter. More than I should've LOL, especially since I'm in grade 12 and all. But oh well, when you love something so much, you'll do anything to keep it eh?
Naon Tiotami: I'm glad you liked that battle. If you liked that one, I promise you, there is more to come, and yes, I nicked that scene from Touch.
Jashin: I'm glad you approve of my alternative. And thanks for the compliment.
WebKnight: Yeah, I agree, don't worry, I'm revising the 1st and 2nd Chapter, I'll let you know when I've finished revising. And somewhat, but you'll understand why Samuel is such a jackass. I'm simply portraying HIM as an extreme jackass. If I involve any other Americans, they won't be like him.
"Please tell me they're alright!" Misato yelled out to Ritsuko who was sitting in her office, as Misato slammed her fists on the desk, knocking over several piles of paperwork.
Ritsuko let out a sigh as she removed her glasses, placing them on the desk rubbing her forehead, "I'd tell you the injuries, but it wouldn't even scratch the surface of what Cerberus and her Hellspawns did to most of them."
"What's that?" Misato breathed out.
"Follow me," Ritsuko replied, as she stood up, grabbing a clipboard, before putting her glasses back on.
"What is it you're not telling me?" Misato demanded as they walked down the hall towards the infirmary.
"What I'm not telling you, I am about to show you," Ritsuko calmly responded, "First, I must check on Toji, Jon, and Sam, as they suffered the least damaging injuries, and will be able to sortie, should another one attacks."
"I'm going to trust you on this," Misato finally stated when they reached Toji's and Jon's room.
"They share a room because they don't require special attention," Ritsuko explained as she inspected the pilots.
Misato took a look at the pilots. All three of them were sleeping. Jon had a bandage wrapped around his head. Other than that, he appeared fine, as he was simply asleep. However his usual cool relaxed appearance seemed to have been replaced with a pained expression, especially with his hair not gelled. Sam also had a bandage wrapped on his head, and his wrist was in a cast, he was also unconscious, and had an IV drip attached to him. Toji was simply in bed, sleeping soundly. Misato smiled and felt relieved for Jon and Toji, seeing how they made it out alive and well. When Ritsuko finished inspecting the boys, she and Misato quickly left the room, closing the door behind them.
Ritsuko then turned to Misato and spoke, "Now, the nightmare begins. What you will see, will not be pretty. Rei is our first stop." The walked down two doors, and entered Rei's room.
"Oh my god," Misato breathed out. Rei was suspended in a tube of LCL, naked and unconscious. It was a small room. Against the opposite wall in the middle was the tube itself. Then along the walls were various computers and monitoring equipment, all of them built into the tube.
"Don't tell me she has…"
"No," the doctor firmly replied, as she went over the instruments, "However the Hellspawn somehow drained her energy, leaving her body weakened, and almost inert. Her anatomy resembled her original anatomy, allowing me to directly transfuse her with the carbohydrates and such that she needs to live. She'll be out the tube in a few days, but her body needs to start producing its own energy source before I can let her leave," she pressed a few more buttons then turned to leave, "We're done here, next is Asuka."
Misato took one last look at Rei, before following Ritsuko out closing the door. They walked to the door across, and entered. Misato gasped at what she saw. The room looked exactly like Rei's. Except instead of Rei, Asuka was the one suspended in LCL, but unlike Rei, various plugs and such came up from the bottom of the tube, were attached to her body. However, what upset Misato the most was that Asuka's body was covered in burns, all varying from 1st degree to 3rd degree burns.
"How the hell did that happen?" Misato croaked out as she tried to keep herself from crying.
Ritsuko's facial expression and voice saddened as she replied, "The Hellspawn exploded at close range. In fact, it was in front of her when it exploded," she pressing a few buttons before wiping a tear as she continued, "If you saw the burn marks on her Eva, exact same spots on her body."
"But what does LCL have to do with her?" Misato asked in a near inaudible voice.
"It has healing properties, if properly modified. She's lucky that we can manipulate the LCL so that I can even restore her body, providing that it's whole. She will have a few scars probably, but she will be able to have full usage of her body."
"I see," Misato replied, as she looked up, tears streaming down her face. Asuka simply floated their, unconscious, unaware of her visitors.
"Can she hear?"
Ritsuko shook her head, "I've kept her unconscious so that her body doesn't suddenly wake her up during the healing process. She'll be stuck in there for at least a week. Rei'll probably be out by Sunday," she then turned to leave again, "Next is Natasha." Misato cringed at the name, as she remembered how she was injured during the battle. They quietly walked down to the end of the hall, entering the room on their left.
"What in hells name?" Misato breathed out as she looked at Natasha. Natasha's right forearm was nothing left but a stub, covered in bandages.
"What the hell happened?"
Ritsuko's voice was rather calm as she replied, "When the axe exploded, it more or less destroyed her Eva's hand. In her case, her body reacted in a similar manner, except that her bones simply gave out, and every vessel along the affect areas burst open. Every time we tried to repair the damage, the bones didn't seem to cooperate. We were force to amputate her arm. At least until we can initiate a similar procedure like we did for Toji." She continued to jot down notes looking up at Natasha every so often.
"So, she's going to be alright?" Misato breathed out, as she was on the verge of crying.
"She'll be out in two days. I promise you. And you can talk to her if you want. She's simply sleeping. I'll be outside waiting."
"Thanks," said Misato, as she approached the bed. She grabbed the chair next to the bed and sat down, gently shaking Natasha.
"Natasha," she called out in a quiet voice, "Natasha, wake up."
Natasha quietly groaned as she opened her eyes, and looked to her right to see Misato, "Is that you, Misato?"
"Yeah, it's me," she responded as she tried to fight the tears, "How are ya?"
"I've been better, especially since the days I had a right hand," indicating the stub that was once her forearm.
"Hey, at least you have a chance to regenerate your arm," Misato stated, trying to maintain a cheery mood, "This type of engineering isn't even known to the public yet. You're lucky to get this kind of treatment."
"That is true," she yawned as she covered her mouth with her remaining hand, "Thank you for the visit. I appreciate it. But, the operations and the battle from yesterday have drained me. I would like to continue to sleep."
Misato smiled, as she squeezed Natasha's shoulder in an assuring manner, "Sure thing, and don't worry, you'll get past this in no time." Natasha nodded as she closed her eyes, letting sleep claim her. Misato sat there for a few minutes as she silently cried, letting the tears drain from her eyes before leaving. Misato wiped the tears of her eyes as she rose up and walked out the door, to find Ritsuko talking with Gendo.
"Commander," Misato politely stated.
"Sub-Commander," Gendo quietly replied.
Ritsuko walked down to the door at the end of the hall, and grasped the handle, and turned to them, "Brace yourselves, for what you two are about to see next, is even worse, than Asuka's. She only had to worry about the pain. We almost lost Shinji yesterday." Misato's and Gendo's eyes widened in shock and horror at what Ritsuko had to say. She took a deep breath and opened the door. What they saw next left them speechless, and nearly breathless.
Shinji, from head to toe was covered in bandages, all varying in thickness. As Misato entered the room, she noticed and looked at a box underneath Shinji's night stand and nearly screamed as she saw it full of red bandages. She had to cover her mouth as her voice shuddered violently as she fought the urge to scream. She then looked at the boy sleeping, only to see his body fully white.
She turned to ask Ritsuko what happened, when Gendo stepped in, looking rather pale, "Doctor, what has happened to Pilot Ikari during the battle?" Ritsuko didn't reply for a moment, as she checked the clipboard hanging at the base of Shinji's bed.
She took a deep breath, "As you witnessed, he was battered pretty badly. He was scratched, cut, and slashed, bitten, thrown all over, you name it. It was a wonder he didn't break any of his bones during the battle. However he was bleeding, badly. Thank god we didn't have to worry about internal bleeding. However," she paused as she shuddered, thinking about the operation she had preformed, "However, as I've said before, we almost lost him twice. Every single time we patched up one wound, another would reopen. At one point, we weren't sure he would make it. However, for some reason," pointing to her xiphoid process, (A/N: That's at the base of the Sternum), "A red glow appeared there, and apparently Rei also had that glow, as we had to operate on her at the same time. I don't know why, but for some reason, they both seemed to stabilize and recovered smoothly," letting out a heavy sigh, "In a manner of speaking anyways," she added darkly.
Gendo pondered for a moment before speaking, "Is the boy awake? Or can you wake him?"
Ritsuko shook her heard, "No, and I will not wake him. His body is still too badly damaged. He won't be able to pilot for a while, until all of his wounds have properly sealed."
"How long will that take?" Misato interjected.
She looked at her clipboard as she responded, "He should be discharged by next week. However he is not to start moving until the end of the month. Piloting is definitely out of the question, until school starts. Chances are that he'll be stuck in a wheelchair for some time, because some of the wounds are so large that a large amount of movement will cause the scabs to crack."
"Then am I to assume he is under a sedative?" came Gendo's cool voice.
"That is correct."
"Then it is safe to discuss this," he looked at both women, "Is it possible, that this has to do with the tablets and prophesy?"
"How so?" Misato inquired.
"Think about it Misato," Ritsuko stated, "Based on the first tablet, it depicts Shinji in Rei's arms and Unit 00 is in Unit 01's arms. Already there is strong evidence of a powerful connection between the two. This could be the beginning of that connection." Misato stared at Ritsuko dumbly for a moment as she absorbed the information.
Once processed all she could say was, "Oh…that's what you're getting at."
"Doctor, you also mentioned a red glow, correct?"
"Yes sir, both of them had a red glow in their…" a thought then hit her, "Could it be that…?"
"What? What is it Rits?"
"It's a theory, but both of them could be gaining S2 organs, well in Shinji's case gaining, whereas Rei is regaining hers."
"What?"
"Calm down Sub-Commander, it is only a theory, but if that's true, they would've manifested themselves. No, I believe it is something different, something that will become an S2 organ. But as for the moment, we will drop the subject, and wait until our mythologists and researchers have come up with something in their research."
"Yes sir."
Gendo then started to walk towards the door, "We have seen enough, let the children rest. They need it," he then turned back towards Shinji, his face full of concern, "And they deserve it. They went through something no one should ever face."
"And what's that sir?" Misato asked, in a neutral tone.
"They fought against one of the Devil's warriors. They are by far more brutal, than any of God's angles can ever be." Misato simply nodded before she and Ritsuko followed Gendo out.
A four days had passed, and everyone was still in the infirmary save for Jon and Toji who were released a day after Misato had first visited the pilots, and Rei was release from her tube on that same day, but was required to check in on a day to day basis. Most of Asuka's 3rd degree burns had been reduced to 2nd degree burns, but she was kept suspended in the LCL until all of her burns properly healed. Natasha had spent the days sleeping, preparing for the operation that would restore her right arm.
After Rei's release from her long-term stay in her recovering tube, which she greatly despised with a new found passion, she spent hers days, by Shinji's bed, simply eating when she needed to and watched him, as he was kept unconscious for fear he might do something rash that would risk reopening his wounds. His bandages were changed daily. Rei never left his side except when his bandages, in which the doctors feared Rei, would react badly if she sees Shinji's slow healing wounds, and also at night when she spends the night inside the tube, as it helps her regain her strength.
Today, after inspecting Shinji's slow healing body, Ritsuko deemed it safe to release Shinji, but she insure that only his neck, head and left arm, from the elbow down where the only things he could control.
Ritsuko then came out from Shinji's room, and looked ahead to the bench on the wall to her left to see Rei sitting there, today wearing blue pyjama bottoms and a blue t-shirt instead of the hospital gown she wore after her release. Ritsuko inwardly smiled; glad to see Rei was actually trying to live a life now, unlike her previous ways before Third Impact.
She approached Rei and placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled, "He's awake if you want to speak to him. Just don't ask him about the extent of his injuries; because it might upset him and cause some," she bit her lip as she tried to find the best word to use, "It might cause some complications in the healing process. Just talk to him, update him, do whatever, just don't mention the battle, unless he chooses to talk about it. Okay?"
"Hai, Akagi-dono, and arigatou." Rei smiled at the doctor before she slowly rose and leaned on the wall. Although her body was producing the needed energy for her to move, she still was rather weak as he body was still not producing enough for her to properly do anything extraneous, such as walking, let alone standing. Ritsuko opened the door for Rei as she walked in. She leaned against the doorway, panting, and looked ahead to see Shinji's bed, only 3, 4 meters away. She took a deep breath and used whatever strength she could muster and walked towards the chair setup by his bed. As she walked, she fought to keep herself erect as her legs shook violently under the stress, from the lack of energy required to keep balance. The moment she approached the chair, she collapsed into it, as she sat down; arching her back against the back of the chair. Ritsuko stayed there for a moment before she deemed it safe to leave her, closing the door behind her.
Shinji, who had been contemplating on what had happened during the battle, was surprised to see Rei collapsing into the chair. He tried to move his arms to hold her hand, and found that he could only use his left forearm. He let out a sigh as he opted to speak.
"Rei…chan…are you…okay?" he asked in a very hoarse voice, finding that his throat was dry. Rei slowly leaned forward so that her forearms were resting on the bed, and looked at him for a moment.
She nodded as she replied, "I will be Shinji-kun. Fighting against the Hellspawn drained me greatly, as well as going 150 sync." She then slowly reached over to the nightstand beside her, and poured a glass of water, using both hands as she didn't trust herself to pour the glass with one hand. She then took the glass in one hand, the other underneath Shinji's head, and tilted it up as she brought the glass to his mouth. He slowly drank the water and he savoured the coolness of the liquid as it flowed down, moisturising his dry throat.
"How are you, Shinji-kun?" Rei asked as she set the empty glass down.
"I can't really tell you, because I have no feeling except my head and forearm," he replied in a cheery voice, in an attempt to lighten the mood.
"I see," Rei quietly replied. She then reached out and held Shinji's hand in both of hers as she propped her elbows on the bed.
"At least I can relax under the feel of your skin, Rei-chan," he stated, "So what have you been doing lately? And how long has it been?"
"It's been five days," she calmly replied, "Of those days; I spent the first 2 in a tube of LCL, as it supported me as my body restored my natural energy. The other three days, I spend in here, except at night when they do tests on me before I sleep."
"I see," another question then hit him, "What happened to the others?"
"Pilots Dang, Jackson, and Suzuhara are fine," she replied, "Dang and Suzuhara were released three days ago, Dang had a minor head injury whereas Suzuhara walked away unscathed as his Neural Connectors were dislodged. Jackson has a slightly worse head injury than Dang, and also has a broken wrist. He is still here. As for Pilots Kanatnikov and Soryu, I have no idea. They will not allow me to see them."
"I guess we'll find out later then," Shinji quietly replied.
"I suppose so."
"What happened when I fell unconscious?"
Rei recollected her thoughts as she remembered the battle, "After you fell unconscious, I awoke and saw that the Advocate, Cerberus as everyone seems to be calling it, prepare to finish you. I do not know what happened, but something happened to me, and my Eva went Berserker like yours did when you fought SEELE's Ninjutsu/Taijutsu Eva. Oddly enough, based on what I was told, yours also went Berserker at the same time. Together your Eva and I finished off the Advocate. Afterwards it exploded, and you saved me from the brunt of the impact. I fell unconscious afterwards, and woke up two days later in a hospital bed."
"Wow," he breathed out.
Rei took a deep breath before speaking, "When I saw that Cerberus was going to destroy you, I felt something that I've never felt before."
"What was it, Rei-chan?"
Rei bit her lip as she tried to find the words, "I believe the appropriate word is scared," Shinji raised an eyebrow at her choice of words.
She looked him in the eyes as she continued, "I almost lost you that day. Had the Cerberus destroyed your S2 core, and it didn't explode, your ribs would've punctured your lungs. Either case, you could've died. I don't know how, but I felt you fall unconscious, and that was enough to bring me back up to see you there helpless," she gripped his hand tighter as she fought to hold another feeling that was ebbing its way through her mind, "I do not wish to lose you. Not now, not ever."
Shinji squeezed her hand in an assuring manner, "I don't want to lose you either. And for what it's worth, I felt your presence during the final moments of the battle, and that woke me up long enough to save you from the fall." Rei couldn't help but smile, touched by Shinji's words. Shinji then tugged on her hands, as he tried to bring her closer. Not getting the message, he brought up two of his fingers and motioned them towards him. As per his request Rei leaned closer. As she neared, he could feel her slow steady breaths. He watched her eyes shimmer with unshed tears, taking in the beauty of her pale skin.
When she neared, Shinji mustered all the strength he could and pressed his lips upon hers. Rei's eyes widened in surprised as she felt Shinji's lips touched hers. She could feel the warmth in his lips, and the soft smooth feel of his lips against hers. However before she could even begin to savour the moment, Shinji broke the kiss as his strength gave out and his head fell back into his pillow.
Rei started as Shinji incredulously for a moment before speaking, "What was the purpose of that?"
Shinji chuckled nervously before replying, "You really need to stop thinking every action done has a purpose. But in this case, I was hoping to ease the pain of the thought of almost losing me."
Rei blinked a few times before breaking into a small smile, "Thank you," then a thought hit her, "Can we do it again?" Shinji nodded. Rei brought herself closer to him, their noses practically touching. Their breaths tickled each others faces as they prepared to connect. However before they touched, the alarms went off causing her to jump in fright.
"Oh god, please let it not be one of them," Shinji quietly pleaded.
Suddenly a nurse stormed into the room and looked at Rei, "Your presence is needed in your Eva. You are to be back up."
"What?" Shinji stated, unable to yell, "She can't, not in this condition."
The nurse however shook her head, "I'm sorry, but the Commander as ordered it."
"Damn him," he cursed and turned his attention towards Rei, who was already setting herself down on the chair, "Please, don't go out there."
Rei looked at him, "I am sorry, but I need to go out there. Not because of him, but because I wish to protect you. I promise, I will be careful, and I will come back." She then nodded towards the nurse and gave Shinji one last look before she was wheeled out of the room.
"Damn you father. You will have to do something incredible if you want me to ever trust you completely."
"What is the status of the Sacrifice?" the Commander snapped.
"It is just by the LCL Lake, it's stopping now," Maya reported, "It looks like it will wait for the pilots again."
"Very well, launch Units 03 and 05, and prep Unit 00 to sortie, but only as backup."
"Yes sir," Misato angrily replied, "Jon, Toji you two are up. Good luck, LAUNCH EVAS 03 AND 05!" Instantly both black units shot up along the shafts as they neared the surface. Two trap doors opened on the ground as both units surfaced and came to an abrupt halt, the heads snapping up. Both were quickly released, and they both quickly took up stances.
"TAKE THAT THING OUT BEFORE IT IMPALES ITSELF!" Misato bellowed. Jon quickly got moving as he had his Eva sprint towards the SEELE Eva, Progressive Blades extended. However before he could even gain any ground, the Unit quickly impaled his core and begun the slow and painful transformation into a Hellspawn Advocate. Jon continued to charge, but was suddenly stopped when an A.T. Field formed around the sacrificed unit. Eva 05 collided with the field as it flung him back towards where he came.
(A/N: Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE BEING, NOR THE NAME I GIVE IT)
The SEELE Eva wrapped his arms around his midsection as the blade was absorbed into the core. It suddenly haunches over as it begin to writhe, its body convulsing and pulsating as the new power runs through its body. Sections on its body begin to form bubbles underneath the armour, with each and every one of them nearing the point of exploding. Even the head began to form bubbles as it threatened to explode. It roars out as if in pain as the power of the knife continues to course through its body. Suddenly, its right arm exploded, revealing a black muscular arm, its forearm red as blood, on each knuckle was a spike. In its hand, a mighty double sided axe, the blade covered in a sickly green aura. Its legs started to burst as they revealed muscular black legs. Below the knees, the legs were of the same shade of blood red, they appeared almost to be its boots if it were not for the flame-like patters that licked the knees. Soon the head exploded as the being reared its head back letting out a mighty roar. Its eyes pulsated with the same sickly green as that of its axe. Its head was jet black, save for a small white strip across his eyes, with white fang like marks under each eye. Either than its eyes, it had nothing. No hair, no mouth, not even a nose. However its face showed the bulges normally created by the nose and mouth giving the impression that it did underneath the layer of skin. It suddenly haunch over, as it brought its arms in on itself before arching its back, its arms spread out white as it cast off the remains of the sacrificed Eva to reveal a black body, save for its chest bore a black skull, the lower jaw on its abdomen. Suddenly, a black ball of energy appeared next to the being. It started to spin rapidly as it soon took on the familiar form of a Hellspawn.
"What the hell? Why is there only one this time?" Toji wondered aloud.
The mouth-less being let out a laugh as it spoke, "Silly human, I could've sworn that you would've figured it out by now. There are only two of you, so I only need one to assist me."
"What the hell? You can hear us?" Jon breathed out.
"O yes I can, Jonathan Bao Long Dang," Jon gasped as he heard the being state his full name, "I know your past, your thoughts, your feelings, everything. Just like I know what is happening at this very moment inside NERV, such as the fact they all fear what I am going to do to the two of you," he chuckled slightly before speaking again, "Since I already know so much about you, I'll let every one of you know a bit about me. I am Spawn, Lord of Terror. I am the 2nd of the Devil's advocates. I spread his words through fear and terror, just simply by playing on their thoughts. Although I cannot invade your minds, I can use what is in your minds as my tool. It is as simple as that. However, I am only the second, and there are plenty more Advocates to cause terror, so I'll just cause you pain. Now that you know who and what I am, it is time, FOR ME TO DESTROY YOU!" He let out a roar as he and the Hellspawn charged the two Eva's, their weapons raised above their heads. Jon and Toji quickly sprang into action as they charged them headlong.
"Jon, you take out the guard, I'll take out the boss."
"Why is that now?"
"Easy, you're still recovering. You'll have a better chance against the guard, providing, you don't get caught in its explosion when you kill it."
"Good point. Have fun."
"Will do." However as they neared the two warriors of Hell, they both jumped, the Hellspawn landing in front of Toji, while Spawn landed in front of Jon.
"What the hell? ARG!" Jon yelled out as Spawn backhanded his Eva, sending him careening into a mountainside.
"JON!" Toji cried out as he tried to approach him, only to find he was blocked by the Hellspawn, "DAMNIT! Why does it want Jon?" He quickly sprang into action as he flipped back a few times, landing next to a Mock Lance, pulling it out as he prepared to charge.
"Here's hoping they don't spread messages." He let out a roar as he charged the beast, the lance in hand. He jumped up and hammered the beast as he brought up its A.T. Field, which he easily cut through, slicing the beast in half. He jumped back just moments before it exploded.
"Well that was easy." He then charged towards Spawn, to only run into an A.T. Field. He raised his weapon and attempted to smash the field, only to find his weapon reflected off the field.
"Not this time!" Spawn stated, with an extreme edge to his voice as he waited for Jon to recover, "Unlike the actual Hellspawns, we Advocates learn from others mistake. Only the 6th Child can touch me now." Jon groaned as he brought his unit up. However before he could even take up a stance, his unit fell to its knees as he suddenly coughed up something. He opened his eyes to momentarily see the familiar red of blood, before the LCL cleaned it out.
"Oh you've gotta be fucking me," he cursed as he brought his Eva up. He took up a stance before charging headlong towards Spawn, letting out a roar as he brought back his right arm.
"Heh, don't think so," Spawn stated as he easily deflected the attack with his axe. Jon reacted by spinning full circle, in an attempt to strike his lower ribs, only to be deflected again as Spawn bounded forward ramming his shoulder into Jon forcing him back as he fell. Jon did a few back flips before leaping forward, letting out a fresh roar as he tried to attack again. Each time as he thrusts, parries, stabs, slashes, Spawn with great ease deflects each attack with his axe, giving Jon no ground.
"Is that the best you can do 6th Child?" Spawn goaded as Jon continued his attack, "Then again, you couldn't even hit Kyle when you fought him with your katars, while he used a simple bow staff." Jon snapped as he his attacks were becoming slow and more cumbersome as he let his anger controls him.
"Jon, calm down, don't let him goad you into doing something rash!" Misato yelled out.
"He can't hear you Sub-Commander, he's too angry," the Commander calmly pointed out.
"TAKE THIS YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" Jon yelled out as he brought up his right arm hammering it only to meet the ground. He quickly pulled out the blade as he started to attack again, this time throwing kicks into the mix. A punch here, a hook there, he was trying everything, backhanding, body checking, round houses, tornado kicks, karate chops, he was using whatever came to mind. Spawn simply blocked or deflected every attack that Jon threw at him and then some. Jon suddenly threw a kick with his left leg, when Spawn suddenly grabbed the leg. Jon looked at the demon to see his face bore the features of one who was smiling.
"Play time is over," he stated in a dark, hoarse voice, "TIME TO DIE!" he suddenly roared as he threw Jon over the lake. As his Eva flew over the lake Spawn pointed his axe towards Jon. He let out a roar as the aura glowed bright as it released bolts of energy, shooting it towards Jon. Each shot impacted him, inflicting great damage as it tore sections from the armour of his Eva.
Jon was writhing in pain as he yelled out painfully with each shot that hit him. He felt pain everywhere, in his legs, his arms, his torso, his chest, everywhere. Toji watched from afar as he watched, petrified in horror as each impact ripped off the armour, revealing flesh as the Eva bleed its purple liquid. Inside Jon was screaming in pain as he held on to the control yolks just to help him bare the pain. His eyes were shut so he failed to notice the cuts along his blue plug suit as Spawns attacks continued to eat away at his body, and the armour of his Eva.
He tried to fight the pain as he fought to will his Eva to land on its feet. When he was about to land, at the last moment his Eva flipped and landed with its feet wide apart and one hand on the ground as it slid a good 50 meters before stopping. Jon was panting hard, as he tried to ignore the pain. He looked up to see Spawn before him with his right arm extended out behind him. Jon quickly leaned back as the axe flew just inches above his chest before rebounding up, as he slammed his left arm forward, only to be deflected. His left arm swung out from the deflection, and before he could do anything, Spawn attacked again. The radio lines were instantly filled with a loud screaming as Jon felt Spawns attack.
"Jon!" Misato called out.
"Left lung has collapsed!" Shigeru called out. When Spawn had deflected the attack, he had swung his axe outwards again, and then slammed his axe into the lower left section of his Eva's ribcage, the blade just inches away from the S2 core.
"Tsh, I can't believe his armour actually stopped enough of that blow," Spawn stated, but laughed evilly anyways, "At least I've fucked up the pilot. That makes up for it." Jon inside was in extreme pain, both hands clutching his left side, as he fought to breathe. When the attack hit, he felt his lung imploding as he screamed out in pain. Now he was fighting in order to gain enough oxygen to his body.
"Damn it," he hoarsely breathed as he was wheezing heavily, "Even my asthma was never this bad."
"That's because you've never had one of your lungs collapsing on you." Spawn suddenly ripped out the blade, as a huge spout of purple liquid flowed freely from the wound. Jon gasped as he felt the air leave his lungs as he failed to scream. He choked as he attempt to breath in more LCL to oxidize lung again. He looked down to see blood flow freely for the wound. He turned his head towards Spawn, as he grabbed the control yolks as he prepared himself to fight again. However Spawn never gave him a chance to recover as he smashed the broadside of his axe into Jon's head, destroying the left side of his Eva's head armour casing, as his Eva careened until it crashed into the ground, skidding a bit before stopping.
"Pilots unconscious, damage to the skull, all activities have ceased within the Eva," Maya cried out.
"TOJI, GET IN THERE!" Misato yelled out desperately.
"I can't, the lance won't work."
'This isn't good,' Gendo thought to himself, 'If this doesn't end, Pilot Dang will most assuredly die. His Eva is not like the others.' He then let out a heavy sigh, as he pressed a button on his desk.
"Rei proceed to Terminal Dogma," he paused for a moment before continuing, "And retrieve the Lance of Longinus."
"Sir?" both Rei and Misato asked one confused the other in a worried manner.
"Do it. We have no other choice," he then release the button, "The mocks are only a facsimile. Only the original, can have any hope to piercing all A.T. Fields."
Rei quickly entered the familiar dark room of Terminal Dogma, and there, in the middle of the lack of LCL, where Lilith's cross once stood, floated the majestic two pronged Lance of Longinus. She stood there mystified for a moment before she heard someone saying that Spawn was about to strike Jon. She quickly grabbed the axe used the recently built catapult, engaged it and was soon rocketing up towards the surface. When she reached the surface, she saw Spawn had raised his axe above his head. She quickly sprung into action as she had the lance turn into its javelin form, and threw it with all her might.
Spawn turned his head as he watched the lance pierced his A.T. Field, "This isn't good." However as the lance neared him, it started to arc downwards until it impacted the ground before his feet.
He looked up as he laughed, "Looks like the Hellspawn did a pretty good job to you, 1st Child." He then let out an evil laugh as he wound up for his attack.
Rei bowed her head as she quietly spoke, "I am sorry Jon-san."
"Activity in Unit 05!" Makoto suddenly shouted. Rei snapped her head up to see Unit 05 activate at the last moment as its hands suddenly shot out and grabbed the handle of the axe, and held it there as it growled.
"What just happened?" Misato asked, disbelieving what she was seeing.
"Unit 05 has gone Berserker!" Maya called out, "138 sync ratio!"
"Impossible," Gendo mumbled to himself, "I thought her…no matter."
"What the hell!" Spawn growled out, completely surprise when Unit 05 sprung back to life as it grabbed the handle of his axe. Suddenly Unit 05 let out a roar as it shattered its mouth guard, destroying the rest of the head armour casing, revealing a bald brown skinned human head, which lacked eyebrows, a nose, cheekbone, ears and even lips. Its teeth were fully exposed; its gum line was part of the head itself.
Toji gagged, seeing the disfigured head of Jon's Eva, thinking to himself, 'Is that the true form underneath their armour?'
The Eva let out a roar as it pushed against the axe as it brought itself up to a standing position again. Spawn growled as he pushed back, but found his strength was matched. Every time he applied more pressure, the Eva seemed to balance out that pressure. Soon enough the Eva was back on its feet, pushing against Spawn with all its might. Suddenly the Eva released as it thrusts its blades forward, however Spawn reacted by using his A.T. Field and pushed against the ground propelling him away from the Eva. As he landed, the Eva charged him full force. He responded by charging the possessed Eva, his axe raised as he prepared to strike.
"Looks like you will provide me with a better fight that your pilot did," Spawn stated moments before they came into contact. Spawn hammered his axe only to be deflected by a blade. He used the axes momentum to allow him to spin around and hammer his axe towards Unit 05's shoulder. However it reacted by blocking it with its right blade, nearly shattering it however and thrust its other arm into Spawn's spine.
He let out a roar of pain, "DAMN YOU TO HELL I WILL!" He wrenched himself off the blade, as his black blood flowed freely from his back, spouting for a moment as it blanketed Unit 05 in a coat of black, turning it into a menacing creature of darkness. He viscously turns around as he attempts to slam the axe into the back of his attacker. However the tables had already turned against Spawn as it dropped down and swept him off his feet, before bounding up into the air, doing a few summersaults and then straightened itself pointing downwards. As it began to fall, the Eva started to spin its body. However its shoulder guards made it difficult to spin, however the guards enabled the Eva to readjust its course as it descended. Spawn groaned as he saw the Eva rapidly heading towards him. He was barely able to get out of the way when Unit 05 slammed into the ground. Spawn smirked when got up and looked behind him to see his prey stuck in the ground up to its chest. Its legs strained as it attempted to pull itself out; its exasperated roars could be heard.
"It's been fun, however," he raised his axe above his head, "IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DIE!" He slammed his axe down as a sickening crunch could be heard as the ground the two behemoths stood upon erupted.
"JON!" Misato cried out.
"He just can't be dead," Toji stated, completely stunned from what he had just witnessed.
"Jon-san," Rei quietly spoke, sadness in her voice, "Shinji-kun, I am sorry, I could not protect your friend."
Everyone sat there shocked that one the pilots was slain by the Hellspawn Advocate. However, their fears suddenly spiked when they heard a monstrous roar coming from the Spawn. Their eyes were glued to the screen as they waited for the dust to settle. What they witnessed left many utterly shocked and surprised.
Somehow, Unit 05 had broken itself free at the last moment and slammed both of its arms into Spawns torso. Spawns eyes were wide in shock as his body trembled. They gasped when they saw in one of the hands of Unit 05 was Spawns S2 core. However it suddenly evaporated as Spawn started slowly stop trembling.
"Damn it, without my core, I'm finished…." His body slumped onto Unit 05, as the body continued to bleed its vile black blood. Suddenly, over the radio they could hear something what sounded like laughing. The radio was turned up to hear who was speaking.
"HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!" Jon laughed in a somewhat maniacal manner, "I can't believe it! She actually did that! I can't believe she actually did that! And I thought she despises me! I guess when push comes to shove she'll do crazy things….ugh."
"Jon? Jon!" Misato cried out frantically, "Toji, get him out of there!"
So how was that, violent enough? Oh and was the battle bloody enough? I hope so, because I aim to go for what I want LOL. I actually reread this several times to work out the kinks, but I couldn't find that much, as I thought it was perfect. Well anyways, next chapter I'm going to take it easy, and simply write out the recovery and such. Oh yeah, and the 8th Child will be arriving in the next chapter, Chapter VII Enter Jane Tao. Note that this whole thing has been happening in the summer. So chances are Chapter VIII will involve them getting ready, and Chapter XI will be them going to school and all, That's all I have right now for ideas, but most likely I will be making the Christmas special for this story, in a separate entry. Well anyways, that's all from me.
Cheers Ja ne