and now i will open with the final line from F. Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams "Long ago, long ago, there was something in me. But now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot care, I cannot cry, that thing will come back no more."
CHAPTER FOUR: IT BEGINS..ONLY TO END
"SO, YOU HAVE FINALLY DECIDED TO SHOW YOURSELF, O FALLEN ONE?" the angel said with a sneer as Chang lowered the rifle. He had known it wouldn't hurt the damnable thing, he had just wanted to get it's attention. "Yeah, an this time I got no regrets, you holier than thou bastard!" He snarled as he lunged forward while drawing his bayonet from the rifle as he cast it aside(A/N: Big no-no in the army! DS sees you droop your weapon, you drop with it!), clearly intent on doing as much bodily harm to the thing as possible. The angel stiffened, furious at Chang's obvious tuant. With a roar, it charged, slashing like a maddened beast, the bloodlust evident it's pale milk colored eyes. It fell to the ground upon reaching Chang,the bayonetstabbing through its core, protruing through its back. Chang looked down at it almost pitingly. "Why do you hunt me?" He asked gently as the angel took it's last few breaths of life on this mortal coil. "They hunt you because I commanded them to, you fuck up." he heard a cold sneer behind him. Chang stood and turned, seeing Ian standing there, with a look of disgust on his face. "Ian. You did all this? The second impact, and everything before? Why?" Chang choked as he slowly took in what he was seeing. His best friend and his cousin, who he loved better than a brother, was commanding the angels on earth? "Because, you fool, this planet is doomed to die eventually, bathed in sin. When you first arrived here, I was sent to watch you. After it became apparent that you were of no use to the master, I was commanded to manipulte you as if you were a puppet on a string." Ian luaghed cruelly at this point, a testament to his apparent madness. "Master? Who? Who is trying to play God?" Chang shouted at him as he prepared for an attack. "Why I'm so glad that you asked, you little parasite. Our boss, the commander of NERV, is planning to resurrect his-" Ian's explanation was cut short by a gunshot. Ian sank to the pavement soundlessly, shock evident on face. Standing behind Ian, was Commander Gendo Ikari. "Care to explain your self, pilot?" He asked coldly, as he kicked Ian in the side. "Touch him again and die, you cold hearted bastard." Chang growled as he drew his bayonet from the angel's corpse. "Really? You would defend him though he betrayed you?" Gendo asked, mildly surprised. The fury blazing in Chang's eyes sent chills down Gendo's spine, a feat few living things had managed. "Yes. I will." "Why?" "Because no matter what he has done, he is still my brother at arms, and soldiers never leave a man behind. A lesson I learned on Eagle Flight." Chang replied icily as prepared to hurl the said blade at Gendo. "You really don't want to throw that, do you? I maen, that would make me kill your little friend." Looking down he saw Gendo had a desert eagle pointed at Ian's heart.Chang then relized that Gendo had gone completely insane, and was in desperate need for a wake up call. "It won't work, Ikari." he said softly as he dropped the bayonet to the street with a clatter. "What won't work?" he demanded as Chang began to leave. Over his shoulder, he heard Chang "You can'tbring backthe dead. If you could, then what would the point of death be?" He said as he thought of his son, all alone in the world, mostly because of him. He was a hypocrite: he did exactly what Gendo did to Shinji, yet his son somehow found it in his heart to forgive him. "How do you know, you dog of the military?" Gendo screamed at him, clearly descending farther and farther into the realm of insanitywith every passingmoment. His answer was not what Gendo had expected, in fact it was far fromit. "I tried."
Meanwhile at NERV HQ
"Ritsuko, what is going on with Unit 04, it's going crazy!" Misato yelled over the high pitched screech the EVA was emitting as it struggled to break free from the cage, apparently hell bent on destroying something. What, was anythings guess. "Mistao, do you know of new parts being installed on Unit 04?" Ritsuko questioned, for some reason getting very scared. Misato was about to answer when the EVA raised its arm, which tranformed into a cannon and pointed it at the celing. "HOLY-" the rest of Mistao's sentance was cut off as the EVA fired, and escaped to the surface, where Chang and the Commander stood, facing off for the last time in both their lives. Thsi would be a day long remembered by the citizens of TOKYO 3, but most of all by those who worked at NERV.
OMAKE
"Hey Shinji?" Asuka said in a bored voice. "What?" He replied, not liking the sound of this one bit, obviously remebering what happened the last time she was bored. "I'm bored." "And what am I supposed to do about it?" He inquired, the look on her face scaring him a bit. "Kiss me?" she said impishly, advancing on him. Shinji went about as pale as his shirt, and began backing away. "What Shinji? Don't you want to kiss me?" she said in a hurt tone of voice as Shinji gulped, a massive blush present as he backed into the wall. Asuka's impish grin turned into a full blown demonic smile. The next thing Shinji knew was that he was trying to climb the wall to escape, only to have Asuka grab him around the waist, and kiss him. It was like lightning struck the pair as they continued to kiss, passion taking its toll. After about five minutes, they broke apart, gasping for air. "Let's take this somewhere else, Asuka." Shinji managed to gasp. Asuka nodded, and the two went to Shinji's room, closing the door behind them, leaving Pen Pen sitting out in the living room with a look on his face that clearly said "What the fuck?" The sounds he heard coming from the room were enought ot send him running to his refrigerator, flippers flapping(A/N: trying saying that five times fast!) at mach5.
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