Reign of the Tabri
Don't own Neon Genesis Evangelion or any characters besides the Tabri. Who are they? Read.
"If the Final Messenger is defeated by the neglected son it shall come to pass that the children rule all."- Dead Sea Scrolls, Chapter 17
Chapter 2: Hostile Takeover
Gendo Ikari sighed.
He sat at his desk reading reports. He was in his usual position, that being with his hands crossed in front of his face. He stared down into the only picture included in the report.
In the picture a raven haired man with red eyes stood upon the hand of Unit 4. His head was leaning back, his mouth open, and his arms were raised as if he was defying some great power. 'Me perhaps.' thought Gendo although for the life of him he couldn't imagine who this man was.
He sat back and rubbed the bridge of his nose. It was becoming sore from all the times he had to push up his glasses. A lifetime of doing it had that effect.
'He sure stirred up SEELE though,' He remarked to himself. 'Not much else could do that. He's probable the only reason they haven't attacked and tried to start Third Impact yet.'
He picked up a glass of wine and silently toasted the red eyed man for saving the world, if only for the moment.
His phone rang.
He put his glass down and answered.
As he brought it to his ear he immediately heard Fuyutsuki on the other end. "I suppose you're not coming to the ceremony today then?"
"You know me all to well sensei," Gendo said referring to Fuyutsuki's knowing of exactly how long it would take Gendo to answer the phone. "And of course not."
On the other end Fuyutsuki sighed, "I suppose that means I get to go to the ceremony for the re-built Tokyo-3 alone then?"
"I don't see why you don't just make someone else go instead of you."
"You'd be surprised how much bite the PR people have."
Gendo scoffed, "Against the Sub-Commander? I think very little, you just go because you're bored."
Fuyutsuki smiled, a worthless and unseen gesture, "I guess. I've already got Maya going with me though."
Gendo was surprised, "Not Ritsuku?"
"No she said she was going home for a little while. About time too."
'She has a home? Must not get very much usage.' Gendo thought. Out loud, "Did she say if she was done with the rest of her work?"
"Yes. We now have two fully functional Evangelions again."
"Now all we need is pilots. If only the second child would just stop trying to kill herself."
"Again?"
"This morning, around eight. Even with the fifth's failure we may need another child."
"…."
Gendo sighed. "Not still sore about that part of the prophecy are you?"
"Of course not, it's just the ending that scares me."
"Ah, the end of chapter seventeen? Seems rather elementary too me."
Now, Gendo Ikari is no fool. He just has become a little, shall we say, cocky with the destruction of all the Angels. Fortunately, Kozo Fuyutsuki knows this. He can guide him away from this. "It isn't. It's easily the most controversial part of the whole Dead Sea Scrolls."
"What do you mean?"
"Have you read the context it's used in?
"Of course, I just don't see any problems."
Kozo hears some thing on the other end, "…I have to go. Reread that part and we'll discuss it when I get back from the ceremony."
Gendo, who seemed surprisingly childish at this point, hung up and pouted. Then he went back to reading reports.
They had arrived in the city by twos and threes. Today was the day they would avenge their father. Soon, the blood would be spilt. It was too late to hide, and he couldn't fight them.
Shinji moped.
Shinji doesn't mope like most people do. No, he all out mopes. Never was there a person who moped like he did.
If asked why he was moping he could not answer. Just thinking the name could bring on hours of listening to his SDAT. Speaking it…
It was a Saturday. School would be restarting on Monday. His friends had all moved back. They had called him but he hadn't answered. He was moping. It took all of his being to do this. He gave it his all.
He couldn't talk to Misato, she didn't understand. Rei scared him and he couldn't even look at her without thinking about the number III. Plus her eyes reminded him to much of his.
Father was out of the question as was Fuyutsuki, Ritsuku, Shigeru, Maya, and Makato. Touji and Kensuke wouldn't understand, they'd tell him they envied him about something.
That left two people, the now dead Ryouji Kaji and Asuka. One was out of the question for obvious reasons and the other for not so obvious ones. He hadn't been told much about her and couldn't see her. He really wanted to talk to her. It wasn't as much just her as anyone though. Of course, she was the only one he could talk too. Circular logic like this flowed through his head. It made for good moping thoughts.
If someone had walked up and hit him right then he would instantly assumed it was her. He'd have been estatic no matter how much it hurt him.
From the hallway came the recognizable sing song voice of Misato. "I'm home!"
'Good for you.' thought Shinji before he went into his room and closed the door.
All hail Shinji, God of Moping!
Misato sighed. She'd heard Shinji shut his door. 'He's avoiding me,' she thought 'just like everyone else.'
Post-Kaji Misato was even more fun loving then pre-Kaji Misato. At least if by "fun loving" you mean alcoholic. She no longer yelled in the mornings when she drank. It wasn't a pick up anymore. Now it was to get drunk, to make the pain go away.
She made her way to the kitchen to get a beer. Just as she was about to pass it the phone rang. 'Who calls us?' thought Misato. She darkened more 'Maybe its news about Asuka.'
Misato had been told about the suicide attempts. She had been allowed to see Asuka but had only done it once. She couldn't bear to see the slash marks on her wrists or the marks on her neck were a rope had been snuggly wrapped. Asuka was to be kept drugged into a semi-coma at all times. The physicians had demanded it after today's event. Misato was unbelievable relieved that Commander Ikari had agreed to it. Still, it was sad that one once so full of life was now so lifeless.
"Hello?" said Misato answering the phone.
Anything Misato could have expected from this phone call was impossibly wrong.
"Hang up and you and Shinji will almost certainly die."
"W-What?" gasped a surprised Misato.
"I don't have time for long introductions. My name is Leslen and if you don't hurry it will be too late."
Misato was dumbstruck for a few seconds. Then "Listen up kid you can get in serious trouble for this sort of a thing!"
"This isn't a joke."
"Oh really? And why should I believe you?" spat Misato.
"Because you love Shinji too much. You'll jump at even the chance that he'll be killed."
That left Misato speechless. The caller was all too right.
"We are out of time. Get him and go into your room. Go now!"
Misato, clutching the phone in her hands, ran over to "Shinji's Lovely Suite". "Shinji! Open up it's me!"
No answer.
Misato slid the door open and walked in. Lying in his bed facing away from her is Shinji. "Go away Misato. I don't want to talk." He said dejectedly.
"Shinji I've just been informed there is going to be an attack on us. We have to go right now."
Shinji didn't move, but he did speak "They're coming to kill me?"
"Yes!"
"Tell them to be quick about it."
"What?" shouted Misato. She rushed over to him pulled him out of bed and looked into his eyes. As she was about to thoroughly chew him out she heard a chattering sound. She realized it was the phone. Dropping Shinji, who collapsed in a heap to the floor, she put the receiver to her ear.
"Put the phone next to his ear. I can talk him out of this. Hurry."
Not knowing what else to do Misato did as she was told. 'I need to grab a beer on the way out.' She thought.
When the receiver was put to his ear Shinji barely moved. Then he perked up at something Misato couldn't hear. Shinji jerked up as if he had been slapped. Slapped hard. Harder even then when Asuka used to hit him. Then his face hardened. In an insane burst of speed he punched his dresser. As he brought his arm back it hardly seemed to have fazed him. There was less pain on his face now. Now it was a un-Shinji like expression. Anger.
Misato put the phone back to her ear. From the other end she heard "Listen, the men coming will be able to kill both of you in a heartbeat. If you're seen you're dead. Go to your room with Shinji."
Misato looked at Shinji. He looked like he was ready to move. 'What did she say to him?' she thought. No one, especially Shinji, came out of a depression that fast. She spoke "She says to go into my room." Shinji's response was to nod. He followed Misato to her room, shutting his door with an uncharacteristic firmness.
"Now what?" asked Misato to the phone.
"Go to your closet."
Misato walked over to were she thought it should be. She opened the small door.
"Now remove the floor panel their."
With their fingernails Misato and Shinji managed to remove it. It took both of them to carry it. Underneath was surprisingly, the apartment beneath theirs. No insulation, no pipes, no wires, nothing that should probable be their. 'No wonder it's always so cold in here.' thought Misato.
"Go down." ordered Leslen.
Misato lowered Shinji first. She followed a few moments later. "Now what?"
"Now we have a little time." whispered Leslen through the phone.
"Great, now you can answer a few questions." whispered Misato.
"Shoot 'em."
"Who is after us now and why can't we kill them head on? Since I know that they're coming I could ambush them pretty well. Section Two should be around as well. Between all of us we could take a pretty strong terrorist force."
"This isn't your run of the mill terrorist force. Bullets would barely hurt them, if they got to them."
"You say that like they won't."
"You're familiar with the shield of the soul?" asked Leslen.
Misato was unable to reply. Overhead they heard a crash and then the thumping of running footsteps. Shots, as Section Two shot at the invaders. "You need to get out of their now. Go out the back door of this apartment. Get into your car and drive. Leave the phone; they'll be able to track it. I have your cell if I need to call you."
Misato dropped the phone, grabbed Shinji by the arm and ran. They made it out of the apartment and were most of the way across the parking lot when they were startled by the sound of breaking glass. "Keep going!" yelled Misato "Get the car." Then she did something that nearly made Shinji piss himself.
She threw him the keys.
Shinji managed to get over his astonishment and took off for the car. Misato turned around. She looked and could see a huge man, complete with long white hair and red eyes, landing on the concrete. 'He jumped from a story up.' realized a surprised Misato.
He landed with at crash. A crater a full two feet deep was created were he landed. The man smiled wolfishly then started walking towards her. Misato didn't hesitate. In one fluid moment she brought out her gun and fired.
As the bullets went towards the man time seemed to slow down. The strange man's smile widened. Misato saw the kill coming. Two would hit him in the head and three in the chest. She was thoroughly surprised when something she had never anticipated appeared in front of the man. Orange Hexagons flowing out from a single point. The bullets stuck it and dropped uselessly to the ground. The man let out a deep laugh.
He ran towards Misato. She dropped the gun and tried to punch him. He caught her wrist. Misato heard a buzzing noise.
Suddenly a motorcycle appeared going on course to go right through Misato and the man. The man let go of his grip and jumped back to avoid being hit. The motorcycle went past and did a 360 degree turn.
On it sat a blond girl with her hair falling long behind her. Misato put her around eight or nine. Much too young to want to drive, let alone be able to. She revved the engine of the motorcycle and drove towards the man. He activated his AT-field. The motorcycle hit and the girl flew up into the air. The crash had literally destroyed the motorcycle on impact. The girl began to fall towards the man. He didn't bother to raise his AT-field this time.
The punch the girl threw sent the man twenty feet away. He lay their sprawled out on the ground. He began to recover almost immediately.
As fluid as quicksilver the girl landed and pirouetted to face Misato. In a voice Misato recognized from the phone "Get him out of here!"
At this point Shinji came barreling out of the parking spot in Misato's car. He managed to pull it up to her alright for an amateur. Climbing in, a quick glance satisfied Misato that Shinji was okay.
The mysterious blond girl, Leslen, had reengaged the once again standing man. Misato wanted to help her but was worried about shooting the girl instead of the man. The appearance of an AT-field around the man had also sufficiently scared her. Already she thought they would need an Eva. 'Maybe even two.' she thought grimly. With gritted teeth she slammed the stick into drive and started driving as only Misato could.
Meanwhile, in the geofront….
Panic. Full blown panic.
Into this walked Gendo Ikari, the very semblance of order. He took a seat on his throne, high above the rest of the techs. "Lieutenant Aoba report." he ordered.
"Commander we're detecting multiple AT-fields inside Tokyo-3!"
Commander Ikari had never appeared surprised, until now. His eyebrows raised a full half-centimeter. Shocking. "Blue patterns as well?"
"No sir, just AT-fields."
A grunt from the tower. "Very well, I want calls sent to all essential personnel. Start with the Sub-Commander and work your way down. Order troops mobilized to slow the intruders down."
Shigeru and the other techs scurried to their tasks somewhat reassured by the Commander's tone. If they knew how scared he was they'd have pissed themselves and ran.
Kozo Fuyutsuki was unable to answer his phone because he was next to speak. He was supposed to answer this particular cell phone anytime it rang. If Gendo Ikari had gotten a hold of him he'd have cut off his head for not answering. As it was, someone else got to do it.
Kozo got up and walked to the podium. To his right stood the mayor, on his left his "aide of the day" Maya Ibuki. He was to give a long speech about how the city was important to NERV and humanity. Instead he felt a few seconds of tightening around his head.
Zacherial used his AT-field to implode the head from ten yards away. Next to fall was the unsuspecting Mayor. Zacherial began walking towards the stage killing as he went.
Smash.
The city council died in a puddle of blood.
Zap.
Maya Ibuki's heart was removed.
Crunch.
Innocent pedestrians were killed. Cars were split in two. People ran for their lives. Screams echoed through the recreated city.
While Zacherial hated this kind of work he understood it was necessary. The Sub-Commander and the protégé of Ritsuku Akagi had to be removed.
Looking down he saw a still unhurt girl. She was fourteen years old, almost fifteen, he could tell. She had two brown pig-tails and was in a school uniform. She gazed up at him with tearful eyes.
"What's your name?" Zacherial's voice was surprisingly soft.
The poor girl was too paralyzed with fear to move. A boy of about the same age as her broke through the running crowd. He ran straight to the girl and cradled her petrified form in his arms. He looked up and locked eyes with Zacherial. He didn't break his stare.
Had almost any of his siblings been given the choice to kill these people they would have. To stare into the eyes of a member of the conclave was to die. Zacherial let them live. They were but children and would cause no harm. Michel wouldn't begrudge him a few survivors.
He broke the gaze and walked away, leaving the black jump-suited boy and scared girl behind. He began to kill again.
Even if he hated it he did his work with a certain amount of order. Letting the girl and boy go wouldn't be a problem. They couldn't be important, right?
Panic turned to hushed silence as the report that Kozo and Maya had been killed reached NERV. Gendo Ikari didn't cry. Shigeru Aoba barely had time to shed a tear for each of them.
"I want a Red Alert," spoke Gendo Ikari with barely a moments pause, "I want Section Two to take the first, second and third children out of the city immediately. Get me communications with Dr. Akagi, Major Katsuragi, and the heads of the Section Two watches immediately."
Techs scurried to do their jobs, now haunted by the loss of two of their number. Aoba tried to get a hold of Makato as well as the others.
More AT-fields were detected. Many more. A pattern began to appear. It was a circle going around the city. They were being surrounded.
Rei Ayanami sat up.
She had been lying in bed reading a book when she felt it.
There were two of them coming right to her apartment. Standing she took a position next to her door. She knew they were here for her.
It opened and two figures entered. One was quite bigger then the other. She decided he would die first.
She stretched out her AT-field bringing his down. She then drove her hand into his left armpit. She pulled out a chunk of bloody flesh. It was his deflated lung. The bulky man collapsed.
The bulky man's companion brought up his AT-field to stop her but she canceled it out with her own. She struck out at him. He caught her wrist and they went down. They were now wrestling for control. Despite the fact that he was bigger Rei managed to survive.
They were still their when Section Two arrived to secure the first child. The agents needed seventeen bullets to put the man down.
Rei Ayanami collapsed into an agents hands. She felt funny. She could feel something weird. It wasn't in her body but in her mind.
What were these...feelings?
There was a knock at the door.
Old Mrs. Akagi answered the door.
She was met by a smiling face. The boy looked to be about ten. He looked up at her and asked "Hi! Can Ritsuku Akagi come out and play?"
Old Mrs. Akagi smiled, "Just a minute she'll be right out." She went inside to find her granddaughter.
As usual Ritsuku was working. Right now she was on the phone. "Right I'm on my way now." She was just saying. She hung up.
"Ritsuku?"
"Yes, grandmother?"
"You have a visitor."
Ritsuku blinked twice at this. "Huh?"
"A visitor," stated Ritsuku's grandmother, "a little boy, looked to be about ten."
Ritsuku's face went back to its usual expression, "Oh, well I don't have time to talk to him right now. I've got to get to NERV."
"Oh, but he is such a cute boy. Why don't you say hi to him on your way out at least?"
Ritsuku sighed "Fine, goodbye grandmother."
Ritsuku walked out the front door on the way to her car. Suddenly she was forced to stop by a little boy blocking her way. He smiled up at her with closed eyes. "Hi! Are you Ritsuku Akagi?"
Ritsuku, a little surprised "Uh … Yes, yes I am."
"Good," the boy opened his eyes "My name is Andinesial but you can call me Andy!"
Ritsuku smiled at him blandly "Ok…well, nice to meet you Andy but I've got to go."
The boy continued to smile, "Not to NERV I hope."
"…Yes, I am going to NERV, were else would I go?"
"Why hell of course!" the boy's smile went from juvenile innocence to sickly evil in two seconds flat.
Horror crossed her face for only a moment.
For such powerful beings they swarmed rather well. Twenty minutes after their attack had begun they had the entire city blocked in and had three of their primary targets dead. As far as they were concerned, there were only seven left.
On a hillside overlooking Tokyo-3 stood the leader of these invaders. Michel was surrounded by a few of his most faithful followers. A spikywhite haired man and an elderly appearing white haired man stood apart from each other.
The elderly looking man was on the phone. When his conversation ended he hung up and reported. "High Speaker Michel, it would appear that those sent to capture the primary target have failed."
His wrath was instant. "How is that possible! We put half a dozen against him! How can they be that incompetent!"
The man was barely fazed by the anger dripping in every word Michel said "High Speaker, it would appear they had warning."
"Warning! Who could possible-"he cut off as the answer came too him. He breathed in deep and then, "She did it didn't she."
A nod from the other man was all that was needed.
"Have her brought here immediately, alive. I want to do it myself."
"Yes High Speaker." The man immediately went to make another call.
Michel turned to the remaining member of his inner council. "We are going to find him. Now." They took off from the hill at astonishing speeds.
The Section Two team made it to Asuka only moments before the attacker did. They managed to secure her and remove the various tubes which were pumping drugs into her system. One of them picked her up and carried her out. The other eleven members of the squad were all ready for combat. Pistols were cocked and kevlars had been donned. They were half-way down the hall when the elevator doors opened.
The red-haired woman smiled evilly at them. She started running for the agents.
Five agents took knees and opened fire. "Get her out of here!" one shouted.
The other six agents began running backwards and shooting. The one carrying Asuka just ran.
The running group rounded a corner and lost sight of the others. They were in the parking garage when the dark haired woman dropped in among them. She carried two scalped heads. She immediately went to work on another agent.
The agent carrying Asuka managed to stay standing and better yet moving. Four other agents followed him. They could hear the other agent's screams as they made it into the van. They barely managed to miss the red haired woman on their way out. She had a maniac appearance to her. Her hair was all flowing loosely behind her. She took to much enjoyment in the kill. If it wasn't for that she would have killed all of them.
Through all of this the heavily cut Asuka slept. Now that she was safe she began to wake up.
Shortly after AT-fields were detected in Tokyo-3 the attacks elsewhere began. NERV3 in the US, NERV 4 in Germany, NERV 5 in China, NERV 6 in Moscow, NERV 7 in London, and NERV 9 in Jerusalem were all hit quickly and key personnel were exterminated. The bases evacuated when it became clear no modern weapons could stop them. Ten Mass Production Evangelions were captured by the invaders.
SEELE itself was not attacked, yet. Their homes had been tagged for later demolition.
In Tokyo-3 the sirens from the Angel Wars were activated. Those still alive made it to the shelters on the most part. The invaders soon began rounding people up and putting them into the shelters. There new dominance would be hard to question.
Red lights flashed.
"Deactivate the alarms lieutenant."
"Yes, sir."
The flashes stopped.
"We have multiple enemies inside the geofront sir. A few are on their way here." reported Aoba.
"Understood…do we have communications with the other key personnel yet?"
"No response from the Major or the security team guarding the third child. I talked to Dr Akagi a while ago and she said she was going to try to get here. Section Two had the first child but we have lost communications with them. The second child's convoy is on the move. I got a hold of Makato a little while ago but lost him in the middle of my warning."
"For the moment we must assume that all other key personnel have been exterminated." Aoba heard from the throne, "Lieutenant I want you to activate the Magi self-destruct."
"Yes sir."
Gendo picked up the emergency speaker. He spoke and was heard all over the base "Attention all personnel. We are activating the Magi self-destruct. Evacuate at your own risk."
Gendo put the speaker and turned to Aoba, "Lieutenant you are with me. Let's get out of here."
The Magi never self-destructed.
The agents of the invaders got to the Magi and in an amazing show of technological skill broke through the 666 Firewall in a matter of seconds and stopped the self-destruct
They now controlled not one, but three of the most powerful computers in the world. Throw in the most technologically advanced city and you've got an empire.
It wasn't over yet.
Misato drove her blue sports car like the devil was right behind her. Some would say he was. She took turns at eighty miles per hour. The straights…well…the straights.
Commander Ikari and Shigeru followed in a NERV motor car. It wasn't as good a car as Misato's but it was in better shape. Shigeru still had a hard time keeping up with the Major.
They had met up in the parking lot. Unfortunately it was too late to get Shinji to Unit 01. The invaders had captured the Evangelions and would not let them go for anything. Misato and Shinji had been coming in and Gendo and Aoba had been going out. A quick chat was all it took for them to head out. They made for thethinnest line of the enemy defenses.
They were forced to slam on their breaks suddenly when the Major spotted a blue spot in the road. Closer examination showed it was Rei standing there waiting for them. She had only seemed like a blue spot because of the extreme speeds they were traveling at. "Get in." shouted Commander Ikari. Rei III got into the NERV car quickly and quietly, just as she had been trained to.
"No offense Rei but I'm surprised to see you alive." spoke Shigeru.
"I was attacked," replied the albino, "however the two they sent after me seemed rather lazy. They were easy to remove with a little help from Section 2."
"What happened to Section 2?" asked the Commander.
"We were attacked by one that wasn't as sloppy as the first two."
"Ah."
"We're coming up on the bridge."
Misato sped up as they got closer. Shinji's eyes darted around looking for the van that was supposed to be carrying Asuka. He spotted it parked off to the side.
As Misato pulled up Shinji jumped out of the car to find five soldiers standing around the can. They leveled weapons at him menacingly.
"Stand down!" yelled Misato, "Can't you tell he's just a kid?"
"They look like kids maam'," replied one soldiers "I saw one of them myself pn the way here. Musta killed two dozen people in ten seconds."
Misato paled visible.
Shinji was allowed through. He ran around to the back of the van and, throwing the doors wide open found Asuka asleep on the floor. He smiled. She was ok.
He didn't notice the cuts on her arms or the marks on her neck. Even in her sleep the German would have died of embarrassment if he had. He hugged her deeply. She made coughing noises. 'Uh oh' thought Shinji 'Maybe she's not as asleep as I thought.'
Asuka's eyes cracked open. "S-Shinji?" she wheezed out.
Shinji released her and really started to smile. "Asu-"
"I don't want to interrupt but we should be going." said Commander Ikari.
Shinji had been attacked today, his friend Asuka was obviously hurt, his guardian had very nearly been killed and worst of all his moping had basically stopped. He was in a bad move. He spun around angrily. "Dammit, can't we take a minute just to rest?"
"No" was the response.
"Why not?" Shinji shouted again.
"Because when you stop, you get surrounded." boomed a sick voice from the end of the bridge.
Eyes looked up from the cars. Standing at each end of the bridge were twenty boys, men, woman, and girls. Their hair was primarily white, their eyes almost all red. Something seemed vaguely familiar about them. It was as if Shinji had met part of each of them before.
The leader of the intruders, a man with the whitist hair and reddist eyes, the one who had spoken, began to walk towards them. "And that is why you are stupid slayer. You do not notice what goes on around you. You may have killed most of the blessed messengers but you are still so stupid." He sneered "You should learn to listen to your olders and betters."
"I could say the same to you Michel." Spoke a voice that only the intruders recognized.Gendo felt like he had heard it somewere before.It seemed to flow out from everywhere and nowhere
"You! Traitor to your own kind! You dare come here and try to stop us." replied Michel to the challenge.
"Yes, I do. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Are you sure you weren't born stupid instead of cruel?"
The leader of the intruders was very angry now. "Show yourself! Let me kill you!"
"You cannot kill me. Strike me down and you'll have broken every law we hold dear."
"I am the High Speaker! I can break no law! Nothing is forbidden to me."
"You are no High Speaker, that title rightfully belongs to another. Still, if you wish to fight let's do it!" All assembled felt the earth shake. No! It was the bridge. In the space between the invaders and the NERV members the bridge broke. Standing in the huge hole was Evangelion Unit 04. It had been hidden in the river below.
Perched on its shoulder was the same man who had freed it from the Sea of Dirac. He smiled and raised his arms. "You should have listened to your better Michel."
"Who? You! Ha! You are no better of mine! I laugh in your face Robertus!
The raven haired man smiled "I speak not of me. I speak of our mutual father. He would be most displeased if you were to kill these humans."
Michel laughs "He wills it! He guides my hand in victory! None will stop me now. I will unite with father's soul and rule this world in his place!"
"Enough talk. This ends tonight; I will see your mad dreams stopped." Eva Unit 04 brought up its AT-field and swept the strangers at the other end of the bridge away. It raised its fists and began to hit at Michel. Its fists were barely deflected by Michel's AT-field.
Thoroughly perplexed but not stupid enough to miss their chance to escape the remains of NERV jumped back into their cars and drove across the heavily damaged bridge. The hole Unit 04 had opened up in the lines was big enough for them to ge through.
Miles away on the coast of Japan
He walked out of the water breathing normally. His blond hair stuck to the side of his head as he looked up into the sky. Far away he could feel his brother's and sister's fighting. He didn't know what they fought but he decided to hurry. NERV wouldn't last long under their attack.
Earlier appearances had been wrong. Unit 04 had been winning but once the conclave had been rallied to help Michel the tide had turned. It wilted underdozens of AT-fields. Finally Robertus, the apparent pilot, was captured.
They threw him down on the damp ground hard. He barely felt it. He had succeeded in letting the boy and his friends escape. That was all that mattered.
After a moment he realized he wasn't alone. Tied up next to him was a feminine form. "Leslen" he sighed.
"Yeah, couldn't let them kill him. You?" spoke the soon to be body.
"Same. They got away for now thought."
"Now what?"
"We're going to be bodiless soon."
A grunt was the reply from Leslen.
Robertus spoke again,"It doesn't have to end though."
"…no, it doesn't. But just for one of us…" whispered Leslen.
"You go. You can do what's needed. I already tried once and failed."
Leslen smiled, "I'm flattered, really I am. However, I already passed on."
"What?"
"I talked to the boy. It was only on the phone but I still managed to give him a taste of my essence. When I die my true self will flow to him. You have to go to it."
A smile crossed Robertus' lips. "You sly dog. Fine, if you don't want to I will."
The end came the next morning. They were killed and their souls passed on.
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