Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion (yet) and neither the movies and series that will be referenced here. Thanks to the kind reviewers: Nonameasushin, YourBlandestNightmare, MAD Marty and Author0fntent.
Also, if you liked the premise of this series, I think you may also like Author0fntent's works, that have other insights or movies and popular culture related with Evangelion stories, with references going from Casablanca and Monty Python to the memetic Steamed Hams sketch from the Simpsons.
Asuka was down for the count.
A replica of the Longinus spear had surpassed the AT-Field and damaged her Eva's left eye, making the redhead girl feel an intense pain because of her high synchronization rate.
Unit 02 become inert because the power battery had reached it's time limit, while the Eva series had regenerated and started to eat the inner organs of the red Evangelion, making the girl inside feels like she was being eaten alive.
The girl, however, refused to give up and extended her right arm towards the sky.
"I will kill you! I will kill you!"
Somewhere else, the most powerful men of the planet were laughing, confident of their victory.
"It is over, gentlemen" - said the voice of the man identified as Seele 01 - "To be honest, I didn't expected that this pilot would be able to put up some resistance. But she is just an amateur. Despite the potential, she never was an elite pilot and never will be. Victory is ours."
Meanwhile, in the Geofront, Evangelion Unit 01 was still stuck and trapped by a huge amount of Bakelite.
Its pilot could do nothing but cry while hearing the desperate shouts of Maya and the rest of the Nerv crew narrating the outcome of the brutal battle. Until Maya's voice changed its tune.
"Wait… what is happening? Eva-02 is getting up? Beserker? Synchronization rate is over 100%! She is back. Asuka is back!"
The soldiers of the JSSDF stopped their attack for a while by hearing the thunderous roar of Evangelion Unit 02.
Everybody on the command center of the Geofront could only stare in awe on the screen as the red giant was back on its feet, looking at the Eva series with its remaining functional eye while removing the replica of the Longinus spear from the damaged one.
"One... more... round" - said the struggling Asuka Langley Sohryu.
The fight wasn't over.
"I don't know if you guys are with me here, but I think that this round went to Asuka. Come on Asuka! You can do it! Remember, this pain is not real." - Maya's voice echoed into the radio channel that by Fuyutsuki's orders was now being transmitted in a open broadcast frequency, which made the JSDDF soldiers receive an order to cease fire from the central command.
Even if it was being massively outmatched by its opponents during the fight, the red unit and its pilot refuses to throw the towel.
"No pain... no pain." - were the only words that Asuka was able to say during the battle, like they were a motto to make her keep going.
People stared in awe as the fight between Evangelion Unit 02 and the Eva series was still in progress for over half an hour since the red giant went berserk.
Nerv's crew used that time to regroup, aid the wounded and count the causalities. They discovered that Misato Katsuragi, Ritusko Akagi and Gendo Ikari were killed during the battle. Rei Ayanami whereabouts were unknown and the still traumatized Shinji Ikari was found in the cages.
Somewhere else, the most powerful men of the planet were annoyed by this unexpected turn of events.
"Keel... what is happening? Even our allies are starting to root for Nerv. The scenario is getting out of control." - said the man identified as Seele 04, soon followed by the other members of the council.
Seele 01 then pushed some buttons and his angry voice was transmitted to the battlefield.
"Listen to me, bunch of useless freaking robots! Stop embarrassing us! Finish the damn job!"
The Eva series stopped for a while, looking towards the sky with a threatening look, and closed their communication channel.
Suddenly, all the men hidden behind the Seele's monoliths were silenced and scared, as they realized that they weren't in control anymore.
The Eva series were now fighting for no one but themselves.
After almost one hour of an intense battle, the red giant and the nine white monsters were at their limits, barely being able to move.
Then, in a feat based purely on a superhuman willpower, the red Evangelion started to punch each of the mass-produced Eva series in their core, until they all collapsed on the floor for good.
"It is over. In a shocking turn of events, Asuka in the Eva Unit 2 did the impossible and defeated the Eva series." - said Maya's excited voice between tears of joy through the radio, while people in the Geofront started to celebrate Nerv's biggest win ever.
After using all of her remaining willpower to move the Evangelion back to to the Geofront, Asuka climbed out of her entry plug only to see a crowd of people from Nerv and JSSDF applauding and cheering her.
She was in a really bad shape after the battle, with massive damage in her left eye and in her right arm, also felling pain and exhaustion take over all over her body.
But, even in that state, she was able to spot a shy boy trying to move past the crowd and calling her name.
"Asuka!"
She climbed down, ignoring the pain and trying to avoid people to stop her from moving towards the boy.
"Shinji?"
"Asuka!"
"SHINJI!"
"Asuka!"
The girl embraced the boy, collapsing on his arms.
"Yo Shinji…. I did it."
