Here's the next chapter. Very gory chapter too lol. If you don't want to see Angels being torn to bits then don't read this chapter.
Anyway…
Enjoy!
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Chapter 4: Rage and Recollection
Rei began to feel numbness over her body. It was actually soothing, since it dulled the pain away. She couldn't move, the taste and smellof blood was gone. And the entry plug could no longer be seen. She was sitting in the darkness--actually she was floating. Inside voices echoed in her head. It didn't hurt or anything but it was getting annoying.
Why do you fight for the humans…
That boy has secrets…
Did you ever know anything about your past…
Do you even know who or what you are…
Do you love anyone…
Suddenly the pain came back again and she was thrashing around in the entry plug as more blades pierced her EVA. She didn't understand, why hadn't Katsuragi cut off the connection with her EVA. In a desperate effort, she closed her eyes and tried to make the pain go away. It dulled then she became numb again.
Blaze, on the other hand, had bladed one of the Angel's wings off with the laser blade. His mech raised the impossibly heavy laser rifle with just one hand, and fired it at the gash in it's wing before it could regenerate. Blood spewed out of the wound and onto the shiny metal armor of the machine. As the Angel turned and retaliated, it got three more balls of hot energy in it's body. The red and black machine activated it's boosters and flew into the sky, at which it then quickly dropped down on the Angel. It drove it's left arm into the back of the creature and activated it's laser blade. The blue beam tore through the flesh and bone of the creature, bathing the machine in more blood.
The scene that the NERV personnel saw was ultimately horrifying, it almost as worse as the time when Shinji's EVA had devoured the Angel. Misato covered her mouth in pure horror as Blaze's machine became bathed with the blood of the Angel.
Maya literally ran out of the control room. She didn't need to see this again. Gendou turned away, his eyes closed. Even he couldn't stand this.
"WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE!" Blaze screamed as he drove the blade up cutting the head of the Angel in half. He let out a thought and instantly activated the four small rotating cannons stationed in the back of his core. They circled around the Angel and fired. With each shot blood poured from the wounds as the creature no longer had enough energy to regenerate itself. The laser rifle that the mech wielded was pure red from the blood.
The Angel let out weak moans as if pleading for mercy. Blaze wouldn't let it have it. He drove the blade down the other way, boosting backwards at the same time. This severed the entire angel in half. He boosted up into the air and then activated the devices on each of it's shoulders. It also activated the weapons on its back. The laser cannon unfolded. The missile launcher opened. And in a flash the Angel was overwhelmed with a barrage of missiles and laser fire. It was already dead from the blade attack that was dealt to it earlier, but Blaze made sure it stayed down.
Ritsuko could only manage three words. "Oh my god…"
"Is th-this the real Blaze…" Misato mumbled to herself. She remembered the words he'd said to her earlier.
"There are things in this world that you are not supposed to know yet Misato…"
"And it's best that you don't know yet…"
The entire room was silent as they watched the machine land on the remains of the Angel. It looked like a demon literally spawned from hell. The only thing visible was the orange-red glow emanating from the visor on the head.
Though there was only one thing that broke the silence.
"… what the hell… what the hell did I just do…" A weak voice sounded through the com-link. "…w-why did I just…"
The next day…
Tokyo, Japan
Major Katsuragi's Apartment
Blaze lay on the couch, hands behind his head. Staring at the ceiling, he hadn't blinked for almost four hours. He had just slaughtered a living thing. Was it living? And if it was, why hadn't he hurried.
Oh, that's why, he thought to himself. He was too slow because he was used to more experienced consorts during the jobs that he'd taken. He ran the combat scenario through his head.
When the Angel popped up in front of Rei, she could've ducked to the side. Then return fire with the laser rifle. Then while the Angel was stunned, she could retreat. By then he would have already arrived there to help her. Simple as that, mission accomplished.
Yet she hadn't done it. Even without PLUS abilities she would have done it without taking any significant damage. Then the only reason was because she wasn't as experienced as he was. She brought emotions into combat, the number one thing notto do. Shinji and Asuka had brought their own feelings into combat as well. But he hadn't, it was the number one thing that he had learned at the academy. But when he charged at the Angel in blind rage. Did he put his own emotions in front of the mission. Why did he charge the Angel like that. Would he have done it if it were Asuka or Shinji. He just didn't know…
Damn this had never happened to me before, he gritted his teeth as he thought about it. Back on Mars he never hesitated to kill someone in combat. Even if it was his own family member or even his closest friends. Or had he? Was that other conscience that he felt as he raced to the girl's rescue the one that had forced the feelings into him. He didn't know.
"Hey Blaze." Asuka said calmly but with a hint of cautiousness. "Time to eat."
"Kay you guys go ahead." Answered back. At least Asuka had changed her perspective of him a bit. She no longer hated him as much as she used to.
Misato simply sat there at the table, not moving. She couldn't eat, that scene was still replaying in her mind over and over again. She didn't even drink her beer, which was her favorite kind that she had picked out last week when she went grocery shopping.
Asuka and Shinji obviously didn't know all the details. They just assumed that Blaze did a good job. And it was better that way, if they knew… she didn't want to get into that.
"Hey what's wrong Misato?" Shinji asked in a concerned tone.
"Uhh… nothing Shinji!" She replied quickly and drank half the can of beer quickly.
Asuka was already eating the food when the three of them heard the sound of shoes and the door opening.
"Ey Blaze. Where are you going?" Asuka said cheerily as he walked out the door.
"Out…" He said simply. Though his voice was no longer the cheery, calm voice that she was used to hearing. It sounded sad and almost miserable.
"Is there something wrong?" Shinji said as he swallowed a mouthful of ramen.
"No… it's nothing…" He said quietly.
It was a cool and calm night as Blaze walked along the sidewalk that bordered lake in which NERV was built on. Though it was a bit breezy, he didn't really feel anything. He looked at his right hand and flexed it a few times to make sure that the prosthetic nerves were working.
"Why did I do that…" He said quietly to himself as he sat on a hill. The sun was starting to set and it was getting late. It also seemed to get colder too.
Wonder if they'll let me into NERV HQ, he thought to himself as he walked quickly to the entrance of the compound. He remembered the card that Misato had given to him. He slid it across the reader and walked through the doors. It was mostly quiet except for the low humming of the fans.
Walking towards the reception desk he asked the guard there to see if he knew where Rei was being cared for.
"So your looking for Ayanami huh?"
"Y-yeah…"
"She's on the fifth floor down, room 148." The guard said.
"Kay thanks."
Infirmary Room 148
Rei woke up in the bed again. She was surrounded by white walls and appliances. On her left was a table with a glass of water and some food. She was wrapped in bandages again, probably some physical injury. She took the water but left the food. It was a baloney sandwich, guess the doctors forgot she was a vegetarian.
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in." She said softly. The door opened and Blaze stepped through.
"Hey Ayanami…"
"Hello Blaze."
He sighed, then sat down in one of the couches that were set in the room. He laid his head back and stared at the ceiling.
"Sorry…" He said as he shifted his gaze to the floor. "I should've been there. I thought you could handle it and--"
"There is no need to apologize." She said softly.
"Yeah I know but…" He gritted his teeth.
"What's done has been done, there is nothing you can do to change it." Rei said once again before laying back in the bed. Blaze sighed and laid his head back against the couch. He suddenly felt very tired, and his head was throbbing.
"Do you… like the commander?" He asked suddenly.
"Uh… well…" She blushed a bit. Come to think of it, he was the first one to actually ask her that question.
"Is he like your father or something…" He asked again, but his eyes were closed.
"Well… I…"
"It's okay you don't have to tell…" He said, then fell silent. Rei laid awake for a few more minutes before she felt sleep overcome her and soon she too fell into the world of dreams…
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Well…
A small Blaze Ayanami moment. R&R…
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