Disclaimer: See the Prologue


Chapter 6 – Alien Onslaught


Gordon and the security guard, whose ID tag said Takeshi, was standing in the blood drenched hallway, where other techs were crowding round.

"What happened here?" one of them asked, horrified.

"What is that thing?" another said, feeling sick.

Gordon and Takeshi looked at one another. Gordon then bent over and retrieved the dead tech's pistol.

"Now what?" Takeshi asked.

Suddenly, a massive explosion rocked the facility, shaking almost everyone off his or her feet. Gordon's suit than begun to pick up the radio transmissions.

Oh God!

MOTHERF$#$ER! AHHHH!

HELP…HELP…THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!

Suddenly, a green teleportation orb appeared behind the crowd.

"LOOK OUT!" Gordon cried.

Everyone backed away and out stepped another lizard like creature; this time it was 2 legged and had mandibles over it's mouth.

"FIRE!" Gordon yelled.

He and Takeshi fired away at the creature, where everyone else ran the other way. The Bullsquid began to spat out green globs of toxic.

"Duck!"

They dodged it, and continued firing. The creature than fell, dead; but not before letting off a squeal of pain.

'This can't be happening!' Gordon thought, 'Oh God, it's happening again.'

All other the facility, portals begun to open up on all the levels: Section One, Level 68. Level 24, everywhere. They all took the personnel by surprise.

In the EVA Cages, the green orbs appeared to be coming from Unit-01, as it's chest plating opened right up and out emerged the creatures. The personnel there ran for their lives.

"RUN!" one female tech screamed, running across a catwalk. She tripped over and landed, allowing a short dog like creature with many eyes to catch up to her, where it begun to squeal.

"NO NO NO!" she pleaded.

The HoundEye let off a sonic wave, which tore the poor woman apart, and causing the catwalk to fall…onto other personnel. They jumped out of the way, and went over the edge of the cages. Their screams echoing throughout the cages.

In control, everyone watched the security screens, horrified at what they saw: Creatures chasing innocent people, killing and eating them; Guards attempting to fight back, but are quickly overwhelmed.

"Why aren't the defences on-line?" Misato demanded.

"Something's disabled them, ma'am!" a technician cried, "We're starting to lose control of levels 21 through 68."

"What about Section One?" Kouzou said.

"Where detecting minimal movement on this level," Makato reported.

"Activate the Com," Kouzou ordered.

Makato did so. The Sub-Commander stepped forward towards the terminal.

"Attention all personnel," Kouzou begun, "This is Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki. We are under attack by alien forces. All personnel must evacuate to Section One immediately. If you don't have a clear way to Section One, stock up on weaponry and fortify your position. Do not let them overwhelm us."

Misato walked towards the door, Kouzou turned to her.

"Where're are you going, Major?" Kouzou said, calmly.

Misato turned around to face him.

"Shinji and Asuka's still out there," Misato replied, "I'm getting the both of them out of here."

Kouzou frowned, before reaching into his pocket and producing a device. He tossed it to her.

"Use it to gather as many personnel as possible," he said, "You're in control of this situation once you step out that door and we lock it down."

Misato nodded, "Understood, sir."

Kouzou then saluted, smiling, "Give em' Hell, Major!"

Misato saluted back. She ran out the door, clutching her pistol and the device in her other hand.

Meanwhile, Gordon and Takeshi were running through the hallways. The other technicians and Guards were arming themselves to the death.

"We're almost at control," Takeshi said, smiling, "That's a safe area."

Suddenly, Vortiguants smashed through the metallic walls. All guns pointed at them.

"FIRE!" Gordon cried.

They fired at the aliens, who begun to fling lightning back at them. Gordon and Takeshi were in the middle of it. Suddenly, Headcrabs began pouring out of the vents.

"Freeman!" Takeshi cried, "They're everywhere, I…AHHHH!"

A Headcrab leapt up at them, taking Takeshi, who fell to the ground, clutching at the creature on his face. Gordon watched as he begun to convulse and mutate. His hands begun to become larger, his torso was splitting in half to form a mouth.

Gordon wasted no time. He pointed his gun at the Takeshi/Zombie, and fired.

All this at the same time as the NERV personnel in Section One battled with the aliens. Headcrabs, HoundEyes, Bullsquids, Vortiguants and Zombies were tearing apart the dwindling personnel.

Deep in engineering, two technicians ran for their lives. One of them was clutching his scalded arm as they came across a blast door.

"OPEN FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!" the other screamed, banging on the door, "GET US OUT OF HERE!"

He didn't realise his companion was begin hoisted up in the air and blood was dripping on his shoulder. He looked up and saw him being chewed by a Barnacle.

"Oh God!" he screamed in anguish.

He then faced the dark passage of engineering, as Zombies were slowly shuffling towards him. He pulled out his 9mm and aimed.

He closed his eyes as he fired, knowing he was shooting at his own colleagues. The rounds tore small chunks out of the Zombies as they continued to move towards him. He forces his eyes open.

"F#$#!" he cried, "WHAT ARE YOU THINGS!"

He managed to down one of them, but the second he expended his ammo, they moved in on him. He screamed as they tore huge chunks of him, his cry echoing throughout engineering.

Up in Section One, Gordon was near control.

"Almost there," he said to himself.

That's when he ran into his Misato. They both collided with one another and fell on the cold metal floor.

"Damn!" Misato cried, rubbing her skull, "Watch where you're…FREEMAN!"

"Katsuragi," Gordon replied, helping her up, "WATCH OUT!"

A Zombie busted through the wall. Gordon wasted no time, he tore out his crowbar and struck it through its 'head.'

"DIE!" Gordon cried as he pulled it out, along with controlling crab, which spluttered on the ground. The corpse fell to the floor in a mix of Xenian and human blood.

"That was close," Gordon said.

"Yeah," Misato said, wiping her forehead, "Now Freeman?"

"Yeah."

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Misato screamed out of both frustration and terror.

"We're being invaded by aliens from another dimension," Gordon replied, "We've got to escape."

Misato nodded, "There's hundreds of these things in the base."

Gordon smiled, "Don't worry, I managed to 'smuggle' a whole arsenal into NERV in my case."

"Huh?" Misato replied.

Gordon frowned, "Let's get to the locker room."

They ran from control back into the heart of NERV, Misato clutching her 9mm and Gordon his crowbar. Misato took out the device Kouzou gave her.

"What's that?" Gordon asked.

"It's a miniature long-wave radio," Misato replied, "We'll use it to regroup anyone left in the base."

Gordon nodded. They caught up with two NERV Soldiers armed with high-powered assault rifles. They were busy at keeping the HoundEyes away. One turned to her.

"Major," one of them yelled above the gunfire going all over the base, "They just keep coming. They taken over engineering, the cages and are heading for the Infirmary."

"Shit" Misato cried, "Asuka's in the Infirmary."

She activated the radio…

Meanwhile, a team of 5 heavily armed NERV Soldiers was in the lift up to Section One from Central Dogma; the other members of their squad were dead. It was a massacre; those creatures just appeared out of nowhere and over runned them. Squad Leader Kei watched as his men were chopped up into mincemeat and the blood staining the crystalline chambers of Central Dogma. Their white uniforms were already stained red with gore.

'Shit,' Kei thought, 'What are we gonna do now?'

Suddenly, his communicator beeped. He reached for it, slinging his rifle over his shoulder.

"Sergeant Kei," he begun.

"Kei, this is Katsuragi," the radio beeped.

"Oh thank God," he said with relief, "I thought everyone was dead up there."

"We're not far off," Misato replied, "Listen, we've got Pilot Sohryu trapped in the Infirmary. Since you're the closest to it, you've got to get her out of there and into Unit-02's plug. That's the safest place for her in her state."

"Affirmative," Kei replied, "We'll give em' Hell."

He closed his communicator as the elevator came to a halt.

"Get ready people," Kei said, clutching his rifle.

The door opened…

"Oh my God," a woman of the group gasped.

The hallway before them was covered in human blood, with corpses lining the walls, many of that had headcrabs already infesting them, as well as Bullsquids feasting away at them. One of the Bullsquids noticed them.

The squad cried and charged out the elevator, guns blazing. They took out of the Bullsquids with little difficulty. Then Vortiguants busted out of the offices.

"INCOMING!" Kei cried, reloading his rifle.

The Vortiguants charged up and fired killing one of the squad; who went down hard, her corpse still smoking.

"KILL THEM!" Kei cried, still firing.

They unloaded their ammunition into the creatures.

"Let's move," Kei cried, "To the Infirmary."

Shinji by this time was hiding under the stairs. He watched as heavily armed NERV Soldiers run back and forth, the alarms blurring noisily. His mind was already shattered as he drifted into his own personal world, oblivious to what was happening around him.

He smiled as he said softly, "Thank you."

Meanwhile, in the Infirmary, the Second Child Asuka Langley Sohryu, the fallen pilot of Unit-02, was turning in her comatose sleep, softly crying.

"Mama."


SUBJECT: Asuka Langley Sohryu, Female, Age 15

POSITION: Pilot of Unit-02 (Currently Discharged due to mental breakdown)
ASSIGNMENT: NERV Japan
CLEARANCE: Revoked

EVALUATION CURRENTLY ON HOLD

Subject has proved to be ineffective as both an EVA pilot and a member of society.

Subject is deemed a hindrance to Subject Ikari's well-being and employment opportunities. Subject is deemed incredibly dangerous and volatile.

Debate over whether to terminate or re-educate subject to aid our cause is currently in progress.


In her mind, she saw her. Like Asuka, she too was beautiful and a contribution to the human race through her work on the Evangelion Project. Now she only exists through within Asuka's broken mind.

"Mama," Asuka whimpered, "Please don't leave me. Please."

"Come, die with me," Kyoko Sohryu replied, smiling warmly.

Asuka felt herself walking slowly towards her mother, who had her arms streched out, waiting to be embraced. Asuka was smiling like a little child.

For she herself was one. Aged 7 when her mother died.

"Mama."

Then, Kyoko began to fade away.

"MAMA!" Asuka screamed, running to her, tears in her eyes, "Don't leave me."

She disappeared, leaving Asuka alone once again. She began to cry.

"Rise and shine, Pilot Sohryu," she heard a sinister voice echo around."

"Wha…?" she said softly, the tears stopped.

Standing in the darkness, Asuka begun to feel afraid. She tried to hold her fear back, but to no avail. Then out of the void stepped a man in a business suit, holding a briefcase.

She fearfully began to step back from him, who was smiling.

"Now come on, Pilot Sohryu," the man begun, "There's no time to be sleeping on the job, even for someone as…unique as you. You pretty much do deserve to stay in your current state, in repentance for your ultimate failure. But we have lots of important work to do, all involving Unit-02."

Asuka stopped trying to step back, and just stood there.

"So wake up, Asuka Langley Sohryu, wake up and smell the ashes."

At that moment in reality, Asuka's eyes shot open. Not from the animal-like growls echoing through the facility, not from the guns blazing from the stricken NERV personnel, but from the man in the suit, who had replaced her own mother in her mind.

She found herself attached to many medical apparatus' and was dressed to make all those perverts, including baka-Shinji have the nosebleed of a lifetime.

She turned to the door; there were unhuman sounds behind the door.

'What the f#$#s going on?" she asked in her mind.

Suddenly, a crab creature dove at her from the medicine cabinet. She screamed and rolled out of bed, undoing all the equipment attached to her. She hit the ground.

The crab was perched on Asuka's bed, staring down at her. She got up and grabbed a scalpel from the table.

"Come get me, she hissed.

The crab dove at her again. She swerved and struck the creatured, yellowish blood gushing out. She drove the scalpel deeper into it, where it squealed and died.

She sighed, no knowing if she was awake or still dreaming. She checked the clothes cabinet and found her plugsuit. She smiled and put it on.

'I have to get to Unit-02,' she thought, determined, 'And Mama.'

Suddenly, something smashed a arm through the door, one that looked like a gorilla's. It sounded like one too.

She wasted no time. She headed for the vent in the wall, where she tore off the cover and crawled inside, not knowing what laid ahead.