The Ultimate Angel: Changing time itself
Chapter 10: Battle for the Queen: Fight for your life Shinji Ikari!
Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion and i am not making any money on this fic(as much as i need it).
A/N: And here we are at Chapter 10, Vorahk i do realize that Rei should have been more in this story...the question she was going to ask was going to be a part of a side romance king of thing...but with the story on full Shinji/Asuka right noe she really is a small part of the over all scheme and so she is seen rarely, and thanks for your praise on this fic..i try my best.Rei will probably be around Shinji more after November 8th(no romance)so if your a huge Rei fan then just hold on. Mostly action in this chapter...best battle scene I've done yet, but i'm sure someone else could do better.
November 5th
Picking himself up from the ground in which the shake threw him Shinji gasped turning to Ritsuko "W-where are the E-eva's?" The blond jumped up from her seat rather quickly "In the upper levels!"
The solder's eyes widened quickly "T-then we have to hurry! The Angel has already cut two of the elevators off and is ramming into the third as we speak! The last one is in the commercial district!"
The city shook again signaling the destruction of the third elevator a computer like voice speaking through out the city. "Elevator three damaged, locking down elevator entrance to prevent flooding."
Ritsuko turned to Maya quickly "Come on, we have to set up the mobile station." The Doctor and tech assistant left quickly while Misato ran to Shinji "Come on! We have to get going quickly!" With a slow and nervous nod Shinji followed behind her as she ran out of the court like meeting hall.
Despite the current situation Kouzou smiled slowly standing "This might be a good thing, it will prove how much NERV is needed." Slowly leaving the room he headed off to check on Ritsuko's process in setting up the mobile Evangelion monitoring station.
As Misato and Shinji arrived in the last working elevator Shinji shifted uncomfortably "Come on...come on..." As the elevator shook he realizedthere timing was TOclose, being thrown against the wall he grunted. Staring out into the ocean he could see it...the Angel.
It looked like a giant octopus almost twice the size of an Eva, it's tentacles rapped firmly around the tube as it attempted to crush it. As they passed it he saw it snap...but they weren't out of trouble yet. The elevator reaching the top was locked down...and water was flooding quickly to the top. "Misato look!"
Quickly noticing there problems she tried to pry the door open but no luck. Dialing on her cell she yelled almost as soon as Ritsuko picked up "The elevator is locked and were at the top! The dam things flooding! We need it open!"
Ritsuko groaned "I don't know if we can! I'll try and hack into the system to temporary open it!" the connection was cut off but Misato was unable to give a sigh when she noticed her feet in water. "Shinji hold your breath!"
Almost as soon as his lungs were filled with air he found himself floating in the water, the elevator completely filled. His need for air slowly built as he continued to watch Misato to bang on the elevator door. Finally unable to contain himself he let out his air, his mouth filling with water.
He felt lightheaded without air...he was sure he would drown...even Misato had let go of her air. Finally almost in the last moment the door flew up, both spilling out in a small flood of water, the doors promptly closing behind them.
Coughing up water he noticed Misato had not. Pushing on her chest he forced the water free, pressing his lips to hers to breath in air. He was forced to move back as she coughed the rest of the water from her lungs smirking weakly "Well Shinji...if you wanted a kiss all you had to do was ask..."
Groaning Shinji slowly got to his feet "I can't believe your making jokes at a time like this!" as the city shook again he noticed a nervous solider running up "S-Shinji Ikari right? Oh thank god...are small fleet is getting massacred now that the Angel cut off the city!"
"Please follow me Mr. Ikari!" He gripped his gun running down the hall while Shinji followed. When they arrived at the hanger he panted slightly "Mr. Ikari your going to kill that thing aren't you...?"
Panting Shinji smiled "I-i'm going to try..." it was amazing how even soldiers reverted back to there desire to be protected when they realized they stood no chance. Running to his Eva he noticed Asuka's still parked in it's place...she must have been caught in the city, that just made it even more important to win...but his eva wasn't equipped for water battles.
As Misato caught up Shinji groaned "Misato! Why is Unit 1 still in regular equipment!" Rubbing the back of her head sheepishly she sighed "Well...we didn't have time to prepare them for water battles...best we got was a small change of equipment for very limited ability in the water."
Sighing he realized it was a 1 in a million chance to be able to beat the angel now, and without an umbilical cable he hoped his Evangelion would use another miracle and go past it's normal battery life. Dressing in his plug suit he entered his entry plug.
When it was inserted into the Eva he slowly gripped the controls while it started up, going through the short sequence while it was lifted to the top of the base, where helicopters landed. Thinking back to it the Angels did seem to be getting much smarter, it was actually trying to cut off escape, and to catch the pilots helplessly in the city like what happened to Asuka.
He felt the elevator like lift stop when it reached the top, and as his eva started also the 5 minute timer begin. Almost as soon as he took a step 8 tentacles emerged from the sea all around the platform. "What the hell!" removing the progressive knife he clutched it waiting as the first tentacle made a swing at him.
Shifting his eva and jumping over the low swipe he sighed but soon ducked as another made a swing, this time though he was able to shift his knife and slice through the tentacle, watching it fall with a thump on the deck.
The rest of the tentacles went wild at the obvious pain of the Angel, and soon he had to attempt to dodge the entire batch swinging and flying. With a graceful slide to the side he sliced through another tentacle before one hit him right in the chest causing his Eva to stumble back, almost right away he was hit by another, this time in the head causing him to fall of the platform and plummet into the water.
Shinji pulled the controls frantically...sure Misato was right that the eva had some water capability's now, but with this sort of reaction time he wouldn'thave beenable to hit an Angel moving at the rate of a snail.
Shifting very slowly around he saw a tentacle fly at him, and then another. "Ahh! How am i supposed to stop this thing!" Before he knew it he was batted around, warning lights going off. His timer was at a minute and a half already?
In the city the entire NERV crew that had joined Shinji on the Queen including Asuka gathered around a screen showing the different stats of the Eva as well as following a small underwater camera the military was using to follow the battle. "Maya what is his Sync rate currently?" Typing a few things in she puled up a small screen "Holding at 76 as of this moment...but he can't fight in the water like that"
Slowly Shinji was able to bring an arm up to grab one of the 6 remaining tentacles, but this only resulted in being spun around in the water...that was until a submarine came into view. He stared as it launched two torpedoes, one connected on the AT field of the Angel, the other hit the tentacle, blasting the Angel and his Eva apart from each other.
Unfortunately the small thrusters that had been allowing him slight maneuverability had been damaged in his lashing, and now he slowly begin sinking to the sea floor "Damit no! Please no!" Almost as if the Angel knew it had defeated him it crushed the Submarine and began trying to ram through the dome like barrier around the city, but at least it wasn't cracking as fast as the elevators.
He felt the Eva shake as it connected with the Sea floor, the battery hitting 0 almost immediately after, leaving him in LCL, sitting on the sea floor helpless. "N-no...it will destroy the city...no!" He couldn't see anything..even the screens had shut down.
Closing his eyes he silently cried...everyone was going to die...because of him no less! He failed to save them. From somewhere which seemed both distant and close a female voice spoke to him, and he couldn't help but feel it familiar. "What do you fight for..."
"W-what? What do i fight for? I fight for everyone...to keep them alive" He didn't know why he was even answering...and although this was the partial truth it wasn't the whole truth. Once again the voice spoke out as if knowing he wasn't being honest "What do you fight for..."
He thought about it, slowly running through the question in his mind.."I-i fight for My friends...I fight for...Asuka" And it was true...why should he care about the people who did nothing to help him when he was abandoned by his father? Who did nothing at all for him...didn't even know him. No he fought for those he did know...the ones who were his real friends, and of course the red devil.
"Will you fight for her always...?" Shinji couldn't place where he had heard the soft voice before "Y-yes...i will fight for her always" He finally realized where he heard it, it was the voice of her mother...but why! Why did he hear it! Was he really insane?
"Then fight Shinji..." His tears came faster, "I-i can't! Theres nothing i can do mom...i can't..." The voice came louder this time "Fight Shinji!" His Eva's eyes grew bright, his screens reappearing as his view was restored, no longer sitting in darkness.
"I'll fight...I can do it...I'll save everyone..i have to!" It was almost like his mother became the Eva itself as she spoke...but maybe that was what was happening "Evangelion Unit 1 preparing for Underwater combat" he saw screens pop up everywhere of the configuration of Unit 1, watching asjoints and parts of the exoskeleton rearranged making an almost water tight seal. He was sure this was not built into the Eva.
Removing himself from the ground he no longer felt restrained by the water, the movements felt like an extension of himself...he could no longer feel where he ended and the eva began.
Back in the city Maya quickly notified Ritsuko that hope was not lost, Shinji's eva was responding again "M-miss Akagi his sync ratio is soaring! It's at 470!" The doctors mouth practically fell open at this realization "What? I've only seen one...so...so high! The highest she had seen was at 400, which had happened with his mother, and with 500 being the highest possible in a simulated experiment she wondered what it would be like if it indeed reached that.
Noticing the Eva's return to life the Angel which had been trying to penetrate the city redirected itself towards Unit 1 almost immediately, seeing it as the bigger threat obviously. Shinji ran forward easily, pulling the second progressive knife from the Eva. When a tentacle flew towards him he quickly dodged to the left grabbing it.
With a quick slicing motion he detached it,quickly jumping up from the Sea floor when it retaliated with another tentacle. He found he had ran into a trap when it quickly shot forward towards him ramming him in the chest hard. With his unusually high sync rate he found that Pain hit him three timesas hard as that of the eva's own pain, and quickly found himself screaming.
The Angels tentacles wrapped there way around his arms and squeezed hard, attempting to yank them off at the same time. "Damit!" Screaming from the pain Shinji found himself light headed, but made sure to keep in control when he shifted the Eva's hands slightly to grip the two attackers. Curling up his legs he pushed them against the Eva and within seconds he tore the whips right off the main body.
With only two left the Angel slowly pulled back a bit. This time it was Shinji's turn to retaliate for the earlier pain. When the song like voice filled his mind again he felt particularly ready for revenge. When his feet hit the ground he propelled himself forward towards the Angel stabbing the knife into the Round Main body slowly slicing it in half. What happened next he had not expected.
It turned out the Octopus was more of a carrier as Four Angels erupted from it's innards, although they only had there fists and legs to fight with it was enough. They looked like deformed people with a slouching problem, there hands supported by claws.
Finding himself surrounded he brought his knife up in a defensive stance waiting for the chance to counter attack. He was almost instantly attacked from all sides, claws flying at him with inhuman speed. He defended what he could but claws still connected with the eva tearing at the outer armor, the pain being transferred to Shinji who squirmed under the increased agony, feeling like he would die at any minute he lunged forward forcing the knife to smash the red orb on one of the Angels Chest.
When the Angel died he screamed again feeling one of the three remaining clawing at his back. Whipping around he punched it hard in the face causing it to stammer back. Just barely dodged the attempted attacks of the other two he lunged forward again crushing the red orb on the seconds head, as well as the head itself with his hand.
He turned around just in time to watch a claw be jammed into the Eva's eye. In all the pain his body currently had this was the worst, his eye felt like it had been ripped out...the sight of his right eye disappearing. His screams filled his ears...pain ripping through his body. In fear of something worse he continued his fight, plunging his fists into the third, pulling it to pieces.
Panting Shinji felt his hand almost break as the last Angel attempted to grab it. With a quick turn he raised his leg slamming his foot into the side of the last Angel causing it to fly into a nearby Rock. While it was coming to it's feet Shinji was already storming towards it with god like speed, grabbing the Angels arm he didn't stop, continuing to run. Finally he came to a skidding halt, throwing the angel to the ground, promptly followed by severing it's arm. Using the claw like hand of the SeveredAngel he jammed it into the red orb of the Last one, shattering it along with the now Dead Angel.
As Shinji panted his Eva slowly stopped responding, his mothers voice speaking again "Rearranging Unit 1 to regular formation" He watched the screens appear again showing the moving of joints before he finally blacked out.
November 6th
Shinji sighed as he awoke to a white ceiling...he was once again in a hospital room, but when he recognized it as a NERV hospital he smiled slightly. Sitting up slowly he noticed he could see out of his right eye again. Looking out the window he noticed a bird fly by and his eyes quickly shot open.
Yes he could see out of his right eye...but everything seemed to me slower...like he could see what was going to happen at a much slower speed, reacting faster then those around, as if he lived moments before the rest. When he saw the door open and he smiled momentarily..maybe she could give him some answers.
Turning towards Shinji Ritsuko gave a small smile sitting on the edge of the bed "How are you feeling Shinji?" Trying to process what was going on with him he shifted slightly "W-what's wrong with my eye...what did you do to it?"
Blinking Ritsuko placed a hand on his shoulder "That's what i would like to know...when he got into your entry plug the rescue team said there was something attached to your right eye, and when they removed it, it seemed to follow them...despite the fact you were unconscious.
"I-i don't know...i feel like the entire world is going in slow motion around me...and i can move just as fast...i don't understand!" Gripping his shoulder slightly Ritsuko stared into his eyes "Relax Shinji..forget about it for now...it seems your Eva did something to repair your eye...either way it seems it gave you an advantage. Why don't you take tonight and tomorrow to rest up and come see me on Tuesday, you were asleep all of yesterday after the battle but i think you could use more. You did a great job."
Nodding slowly he sighed slowly standing up. He didn't understand it...he could react so much faster it seemed. "H-how will i get home...?" Thinking for a moment Ritsuko smiled "I'll take you i guess, Misato was here for a while but got tired and left with a stubborn Asuka" Nodding slowly he followed her out to her car.
While he could see normally most of the time, whenever he thought about the other vision everything seemed to slow down allowing him to move quicker and faster then another. Riding mostly in silence with Ritsuko she thanked her when he was dropped off.
Almost as soon as he opened the front door two pairs of eyes appeared around the corner, and although he could have easily dodged Asuka's tackle with this strange ability of his he wanted it. Hitting the floor with a soft thud he blushed propping himself on his elbows. Before he could talk he was caught in a rather passionate kiss which lasted until Misato cleared her throat.
Glaring back at Misato Asuka groaned,shinji's guardian simply smiled "let him up asuka..." after she done so she helped him up "So how are you feeling? You did a great job against the Angel"
Smiling weakly he chuckled "T-thanks...but i'm fine...i just want some rest" Nodding slowly she patted him on the shoulder "Of course you do!"
Walking off into his room he fell onto the bed, he watched as the closet door opened slightly. How Kensuke got back into the house without Misato or Asuka knowing was beyond him. It quickly shut when his main door opened, the familiar red headed beauty walking in.
Sitting down on the edge of the bed she sighed, making a slight groan "You know i was really impressed with you yesterday Shinji...now i don't say that often! But you really did good...i...i just wanted to thank you...saving everyone and all..."
Smiling slightly Shinji rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "T-thanks...your right you don't say that a lot...Hey um...Asuka...will you stay with me tonight?" He felt like he needed some company...with such a stressful battle, and this strange eye.
Asuka didn't even hesitate to nod, slipping under the covers before curling against him. With a smile he watched her drift to sleep...he hasn't noticed how late it was until now. Running his hand through her red hair he grinned "Wow...i hadn't seen just how much i fell for her until yesterday..." Drifting off to sleep slowly he couldn't help but enjoy the soft warmth against him.
A/N: Well so ends another Chapter...i personally liked this one. Looks like Shinji has another advantage over the Angels Eh? Who knows if he had it last time...maybe he did and the Final angel was just way to good...we'll find out. Longest chaoter yet i believe...