Disclaimer: I do not see myself owning Evangelion in the near future nor
will I own Devil May Cry. They are already the property of Hideaki Anno and
GAINAX studios, and Dante, Trish, and Lucia are Capcom's property. The only
thing I own here is the fic, isn't it friggin' obvious?
Ooopps, I did it again. Everytime I write a chapter for this story, everyone goes crazy for more. And here I thought I was being demented to have Dante do such a thing like this, but then again, who cares as long as the fans see a story that has Nerv fighting back against SEELE, right? Side's not everyone thinks what happened in EOE was much of a good thing. So to that reviewer who has a problem with this fic, it's better that you don't read this fic anymore and don't flame it. If you want something a bit more twisted in plotline, then I suggest you read my Metal Gear fics, including 'COE'. Of course, anyone who knows me will know better to flame my fics, because I go by this simple philosophy taken by one of my favorite King of Fighters quotes: "You can flame me, but it will cost you your life."
There I go again, rambling needlessly about my own traumatic experiences. Anyway, without any further ado...here's Chapter 5. Enjoy and don't forget to review or else I'll send Nelo Angelo for you.
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ShardclawKusanagi presents:
End Of Evangelion May Cry
Chapter 5: And It Will Be A Nightmare That Shall Save US
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Misato couldn't believe it at first, to hear Asuka not only had recovered from her coma, but was already fighting the remaining enemy forces that were in the Geofront. Shinji too could not believe that this was happening as well. Asuka was alive and back in action...literally. He knew whenever she pilot her Unit 02, she doesn't let anything get between her and personal victory.
But when she heard Asuka sighted the Mass Production models, she had to contact her and assure her that help was on the way.
"Listen Asuka. You must destroy all of the EVA series." Misato said through her radio. "I'll have Shinji there to help assist you soon. Do your best."
Just then, Trish interrupted Misato from behind. "Second Child, listen good to Misato."
"Who the hell was that, Misato?" Asuka shouted from her cockpit inside Unit- 02.
"I'm Trish, a friend of Misato." Trish replied. "A friend of mine also is out there to give you a hand soon, you just have to hold them off until Shinji gets there."
"You can do it, Asuka." Shinji spoke aloud. He was glad to hear Asuka's voice.
"So, the idiot's letting me do all the hard work, eh?" Asuka complained. "You got some kind of nerve of hiding from fighting."
"...I wasn't hiding." Shinji remarked. "I...I was confused, lost. I didn't know who to turn to or what to do. So I did hide, but I'm hiding no longer. I'm going to fight for the last time, to prove to you and everyone else that I won't solve my problems by hiding from them. I'm going to face and beat them. You just wait and see, Asuka."
Asuka simply scoffed a bit, not caring to acknowledge the sense that Shinji just made, because now the MP Evas were surrounding her.
"You'd better show up before I take down all of them and there's no more for you to destroy." Asuka grinned.
"Be careful out there." Shinji said.
Misato changed her com frequency to Hyuga's and spoke. "We can get to EVA- 01 via emergency route No. 20, right?"
"Affirmative. We've secured three separate power sources just in case." Hyuga answered." As long as you enter within three minutes, you can reach the No. 7 cage directly."
Misato nodded as she managed to stop her car at the moment she heard her assistant's report.
"Let's move, Asuka only has about three more minutes before her Unit runs out of power." Misato said to both Trish and Shinji.
"As always, I'll cover you two. You're safer with me around." Trish said taking out her guns.
"Much obliged." Misato smiled, taking out her own Glock.
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"Deployment of all nine units equipped with the S2 system!? Isn't that a bit excessive?" Fuyutski spoke to himself. "Or... do they plan to initiate it here!!?"
"Unit-02 only has about three minutes of activation left!" Shigeru shouted.
(I hope the Commander has run into troubles of his own...) Fuyutsuki thought. (If Sparda and his group are here to save us from the Third Impact, we may just have a chance...)
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"I have to destroy them all?" Asuka said to herself, as she examined the MP Units around her Unit 02. " Is she forgetting she's talking to a convalescent?"
Asuka simply smirked after making sure her calculations were correct. "Nine units in three and a half minutes...That works out to only 20 seconds apiece!"
Asuka gripped onto her controls and charged Unit 02 towards the most northern in her direction, where she used her Evangelion's momentum to grab one of the white colored MP Eva's on it's head and with both fists clenched, grabbed unto the upper area of its face, ripping it open and sending the head inside of it's body, blood like fluid spurted out from the wound as Asuka leaped over the now severely damaged Eva and managed to land on her feet without having any trouble.
"That's one!" Asuka shouted, as she turned to one of her sides. Unit 02 simply grabbed the falling MP Unit before it registered what was happening and lifted it over it's head, literally separating it's back along with the body with a frightening pull that released a shower of even more blood that the MP Unit had inside it, covering Unit 02 in it.
Asuka smiled evilly to the gross demise of the MP Eva she had taken down. "Alright, who's next?" she gloated.
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Dante, who had been fully recharged of his strength since Asuka started to fight, was continuing to take down more of the JSSDF attilerily before they can cause more problems. Still with Ifrit equipped, he kept his distance against the armored tanks that weren't destroyed by him or Asuka's comeback.
Charging a nearby tank that was going to fire a round at him, Dante activated his Devil Trigger and performed a furious barrage of Kick Level 13 kicks at the tank, denting the armor and penetrating through the insides of it. After destroying that tank, he stopped at the spot where he orchestrated his destruction and shouted "Inferno!", planting one his fist into the ground and causing a surrounding wave of flames to explode from the earth around him to set ablaze everything around him, including the remaining troops that were getting set to ambush him.
Just afterwards the attack, he raised his fists to execute his Meteor Level 2 move, destroying the remainder of tanks surrounding his distant radius. Making another movement further towards more heavy vehicle units, Dante dodges more incoming gunfire and missiles from the enemy relentless gunfire by using his escape roll. From the second roll away from the exploding tank round, Dante went into Rolling Blaze to damage the outwards at the other plank of troops, before canceling into a Drop Kick, landing right into one of the soldiers. Instantly after landing, Dante activated his Devil Trigger, he executed his custom Kick Level 13 move, mowing down more troops and punching the oncoming missiles that came his way. He wouldn't worry too much about the damage done to his body, the flaming hard armor of the Ifrit gauntlets protected him from that.
After stopping the continuous flaming kick move, Dante cancelled into a Magma Drive when he approached another of the lone soldiers, then instantly, to finish everyone else off, he performed Inferno once more, destroying more of the tanks and Amory in the area.
Dante recovered from the Inferno move and switched Ifrit back to his sword, Alastor. Then, he Weapon Switched his twin pistols to a large, dark colored weapon with unfamiliar markings decorating it. It covered his whole right hand, and a dark energy flowed from the open tip that was covered by the hood of the gun. Dante had equipped his Nightmare Beta gun, which can fire energy based shots that track its enemies like a homing missile, then continuously attack the target for a period of time.
He looked at the remaining MP-Evas and thought to himself. (She can fight off all of them by herself, but not forever...those things can't be taken down so easily because of those Dummy Plugs. Guess I'd better help her out before her Eva shuts down, then she's a sitting duck for those things...)
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Misato, Shinji and Trish had already gotten to the emergency route in time, after managing to evade the oncoming enemy forces. Trish had been covering both of them for a period of time, before she stopped in front the door with them.
"We here." Misato spoke quietly. Trish walked forward to open the door, when she stopped suddenly, as if she sensed something.
"What is it, Trish?" Shinji asked.
"Get yourselves out of here now!" Trish shouted. Instantly, she whipped out her own twin pistons, and fired to her lower left over the railing.
Three JSSDF troops were already firing at the trio, as Misato quickly grabbed Shinji to leap out of harm's way.
A heavy gunfight ensued as Trish managed to shoot down at least two of them, before the other launched a missile at them. Trish dropped one of the pistols and released a bolt of lightning at the last troop, electrocuting him and detonating the incoming missile before it got any closer to her and the people she was guarding.
"Let's move!" Trish shouted, getting inside the shaft before more reinforcements came. As they did, they inspected the scene, one of them contacted the officer of his division.
"Damn! What the hell happened here?" one of the troops asked.
"Must be that man in red's doing...so far he's taken out almost half of the squads that were suppose to get into the base, and he managed to stop all of them!" one of the three troops said. "Now he's outside raising hell on the GeoFront...literally!"
"If we have known that NERV had support this powerful to defend this base..." his comrade replied.
"Unable to terminate target. Standing by for orders to pursue..." one of them spoke to his radio.
"Negative. That area is scheduled for demolition. Pull back immediately." the JSSDF officer replied back.
"Yes, sir."
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"Are you two alright?" Trish asked Shinji and Misato. Shinji quickly nodded, but he turned to see Misato slumped against the hallway, her voice was full of labored breathing. She had been shot at her right side of her abdomen, and she was losing blood quickly. Trish could only shake her head. "Oh, shit...hang on, Misato...I got you..." Trish said, helping her up.
"I'm okay... It's not as serious... as it looks." Misato grinned slightly as Trish held her up. The two went across two the door, when Misato was able to open the gate.
"There's still power - We can make it." she said, then turning to Shinji. "Alright, Shinji... from here out you're on your own. You have to make the decisions by yourself - without anyone's help."
Shinji walked to the door, still trying to get used to seeing Misato hurt like this. "But...what about you...?"
"She'll be alright. I can promise you that, Shinji." Trish said. "I'll make sure that she'll live by the time you finished out there. Now is the time to prove to yourself that you're have worth fighting for the safety of the human race. Shinji...if you fail in doing your role, you'll have to answer to me and Dante for your incompetence. Do you understand what must be done?"
Shinji's face turned serious for a moment. before he spoke. "Yes, Trish. I know...everyone's counting on me. Misato...please...I don't want to lose you...please hold on until..."
Misato held his face and smiled. "I'm not leaving just yet...not ever. I'll be waiting for you and Asuka, Shinji." She got into her jacket and places her cross in Shinji's hand. "It's a promise. Now, go."
Shinji responds with a nod and steps in the elevator. "Trish...take care of Misato, okay?"
Trish nodded at Shinji and smiled. "She's in good hands, Shinji. Just go out there and do your thing, okay?"
Misato and Trish looked on at the boy as the door closes. Trish looked at Misato before carrying her.
"Okay, Trish, just how we are we going to get out of here? We're basically trapped from what I can tell..." Misato said, still holding for dear life onto Trish.
"I already have gotten familiar with most of the base. I can take us to a safe spot where I can treat your wound." Trish said. She raised a hand over her eyes, a surge of energy emerged from it. "Just hold on."
Just then, Trish had used her powers to use her teleportation ability to escape from the room with Misato in tow. (Yes, she can do that. Don't look so surprised...check the cut scene just after beating the Griffon the third and last time. ) Misato could only look on in disbelief, but before she left the room via Trish's powers, she swore she saw a familiar person standing next to them in the room.
"Kaji!?" she muttered, before she left the room. Just then, the ghostly figure of Rei was seen, moments before the floor below exploded.
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Back outside, Asuka had charged another MP-Eva with her prog knife. Tackling it into the lake to the bottom, the blade piercing into the Unit's facial area, the knife's blade breaking into it. Asuka recovered from the water after killing the Unit and moved her 02 towards land. But by the time she did, a sight startled her...namely, a man with white long hair and dressed in red and fighting off two of the Mass Production Evangelions.
"Who the hell does he thinks he is?!" Asuka asked herself, trying to make sense of what she saw. Dante first charged the MP Eva to his front, and using Air Hike, he began his assault. After the double jump, he landed on one of the giant swords of the MP Unit's drawing, out his Alastor sword. He ran upwards the leaning arm, where he first fired his Nightmare at the face of the white Eva. The energy from the gun lashed out at the various places of the MP Eva, while Dante used a High Time to lift himself from the other incoming MP Eva's attack, thus missing him by a hair. While the shot from Nightmare continuously disfigured the face of the MP Eva he was on, he used his Stinger move to inflict damage unto the head area, before he sent the Unit falling unto it's now destroyed face.
But Dante wasn't done, he was now in a perfect position to attack the Dummy Plug of the downed Eva. Using Air Hike once more, he lifted himself high enough to fire at the hatch where the Dummy Plug was inserted with his Nightmare. The shot went through the armor and through the Plug with one shot. To finish the job, Dante came down with a downward thrust into the area where the plug is and activating his Devil Trigger mode, he released a surge of lightning into from the sword into the Dummy Plug, creating a ghastly explosion from the Plug, as the electrocution followed into its body, making the MP Eva cease to function.
After taking back Alastor, Dante can see the other MP Eva getting set to swing it's sword at him who was still on the downed Eva, but he had rolled just seconds away from the killer blow from the MP Eva that actually could have ended his life, and slicing into the back and the S2 engine of the downed MP Evangelion. Dante recovered to his feet and taunted the MP Eva, before it swung again at him. He rolled out of harm's way once more as the impact of the sword hitting the ground almost threw him off balance.
"So...that's the way you want to play it, huh?" he smiled, as he used his Round Trip to throw Alastor at the elbow of the attacking MP Eva and saw it off like a large rotating chainsaw, the lightning sword repeatedly cutting into the arm. The sword managed to rip open the arm, dropping the arm holding the sword. Dante charged the Eva and activated his DT, allowing him to Air Raid the Eva. Dante then unleashed the Super Devil Trigger capabilities, increasing his lightning attack. One of the powerful ribbons of pure electricity had passed through the Dummy Plug, sorting the power within the Eva to the extent that it overloaded and it, creating a combustion inside the plug, thus destroying it and shutting down the Eva.
(Unbelievable...he took down two Evangelions without much of needing help!) Asuka though to herself in shock. (No way an Angel can do that...)
Dante saw Unit 02 and simply signaled with his sword, Alastor, to go for the back hatch of the white Evangelions. Asuka, seeing just how easily he had taken them down, partially understood what he meant.
"Huh? Go after the plugs?" Asuka looked on. She can see that strangely the plugs were similar to the ones that were installed into her own and Shinji's Evangelions, but these were different. They had the name, 'Kaworu' written on them. Asuka caught herself and saw that the MP Evas were running on Dummy Plugs. A smile approached her face.
"Makes it easier and more enjoyable to finish them off!" Asuka said, seeing another MP Eva arrive, followed by another. "I don't care who you are, and I could care less, but I can take care of these guys. Stay out of the way if you're helping out, okay?"
Dante only shook his head, before re-equipping his Ifrit gauntlets one more time. "Kids these days...gotta love them." he said to himself.
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Lucia had been following the trail to Terminal Dogma for several minutes, hoping to get to Lilith in time before the ritual is performed. Staying within the shadows, she can see the target she was after...a large white figure with a purple mask over it's face was seen, crucified on a red cross on the wall. Even the size and sight of it sent shivers to her spine, but she had seen sicker machinations from the underworld from the time she spent with Dante and Trish.
(Can't let that bother me...time to crash Gendou Ikari's party for good.) Lucia thought, drawing out one of her knives. From her hiding spot, she can see Ritsuko sitting on the edge of the LCL pool. Gendou and a naked Rei was standing behind him.
"I've been waiting for you." Ritsuko said, sensing Gendou in the room. She then stands and draws a gun at him.
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Shinji found himself standing in front of EVA-01 encased in solidified Bakelite. He then clenched his fists, remembering the words Misato and Trish said to him. Now was the time to make a stand for everything he believed in before it was too late.
"I'm here...mother." he said, softly. The EVA suddenly breaks free from the Bakelite and clutches at Shinji's position. "Let's go and fight together...one last time..."
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Asuka continued her fighting on the Geofront, dismembering the remaining number of MP Eva's as they came, while Dante used his martial arts skills from his Ifrit gauntlets to pound one MP Eva's face into lava, using a Meteor Level 2 attack at the Unit's S2 engine, then using Air Hike, he landed on top the Eva's head and used his Super Devil Trigger once more to use his Drop Kick move into the head of the Eva. Like a heavy weight thrown at , Dante's weight increased as he potent of his attack, driving his body into the head and out through the back and the Dummy Plug. The Eva goes down in a large shower of blood.
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"I'm sorry... I secretly altered MAGI's program earlier." Ritsuko said, then she faced the ceiling. "A daughter's final request...Mother... die with me."
"This is it...the get go." Lucia said to herself. Ritsuko then presses something in her pocket, but nothing happens.
"It didn't activate?" Ritsuko said stunned. "Why!?" She pulls a portable terminal from pocket , which read, 'Casper-3: Rejected'.
With a gasp, she spoke. "Betrayed by Casper! How could you, Mother? Choosing your man over your own daughter..."
Gendou draws his gun at Ritsuko.
"Ritsuko Akagi, I truly..." but before he can finish, a twelve inch knife, decorated in ancient writings on the blade, found it's way into the wrist of his right hand, making him drop it. Blood instantly began to flow from the wound that made his hand useless. Gendou winced in pain as he fell on his knees.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I should have aimed a little to the top." Lucia said as she stepped out from behind the shadows. She boldly walked out to see the stunned faces of Ritsuko and Gendou staring back at her. "Dr. Akagi...I'll take it from here. Right now, your assistant Maya Ibuki is waiting for you at the command Centre...you should be with her right now."
Ritsuko looked on in shock as she saw the strange and attractive woman in front of her that would challenge Gendou. With a sad smile, she nodded her head and slowly stepped away.
"Whoever you are...make him pay for his deeds." Ritsuko whispered to Lucia.
"Much obliged." Lucia said, as she saw Ritsuko hurried off from the room safely. She looked at Gendou with a stern look on her face. "Gendou Ikari...we finally meet...unfortunately for you, it will be the last you ever set sights on setting off the Third Impact."
Gendou looked on at Lucia in shock and silence. "If you think you can stop the fate of the Impact that easily, you're wrong."
He stood up quickly, grabbing Rei. Lucia stepped forward to intervene, but Gendou's left hand had a hold of the pistol.
"I know you want to see Rei alive, but even if you kill me, there's no way to save her, or turn her away from her destiny." Gendou said.
"You madman! You would go this low to satisfy your twisted schemes." Lucia said.
"You can't judge me, no one can." Gendou said. "Heaven and Earth are going to be united and you can't stop me."
"You've forgotten one thing..." Lucia said as she drew her weapons. "Can't hell get a shot of glory sometimes?"
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Back at the NERV Command Center....
"What's happening outside?" Makoto asked, while holding unto his gun near his station.
"Less than a minute before EVA-02 reaches its operational limit!" Maya shouted. "At this rate, Asuka will...!"
"I can't lose!" Asuka shouted, as she continued to decimate the remaining MP Evas. "Not with Mama watching me!" Unit 02 was in the process of taking down the pair of MP Eva's that remained, using a single blow into their S2 engines to destroy them. "These are the last ones!"
Finally, Asuka had destroyed the last remaining Evas, but before she can take a breath from the amount of movements she made to pummel the MP Evas, she spotted the one of the Eva series' swords comes flying at her.
Using her Evangelion, she stops it with her AT Field, but it transforms into the Lance of Longinus. Asuka watched on in shock as the Lance pierces through the AT-Field, then...
It was pulled back by an invisible force, thus saving Asuka from being injured. The Lance went back the direction it came and Dante himself why this was happening. He can see a purple Evangelion standing from a distance, one of its arms stretched forward using an AT-Field of it's own to stake the Lance into the ground.
"Shinji!" Asuka said, seeing her comrade's Evangelion. "So...the baka decided to come out of hiding, huh?"
"Oh, shut up! We have no time for this." Shinji said, holding unto a power cable. He used his Eva to head to Asuka's position and inserted the cord into the socket of Unit-02's back. "Sorry I took so long."
"Even at a time like this, you're still apologizing..." Asuka smirked. "You should have come sooner, you missed out on all the fun...WHAT?!"
"What!? The destroyed... Eva series!?" Maya exclaimed, as she looked on the large monitor. From various places where the Evas were pummeled by Asuka and Dante earlier, one by one they rise again. "The Eva series have reactivated!"
The MP Evas have already surrounded both of NERV's Evangelions and Dante himself. He simply shook his head in boredom.
"This is getting really repitive, really..." he said, to himself. He looked at Asuka from her Unit 02 and signaled her to follow as before. From Shinji's vantage point, he communicated with Asuka.
"Hey, is that guy helping us?" Shinji asked.
"Of course, dumpkoff. I don't know who or how exactly he does it, but we must go after the Dummy Plugs if we are to stop these things. He managed to take down two for himself!" Asuka exclaimed. "Let's do this, Shinji! We can't let one guy have all the fun for himself."
Shinji nodded to Asuka, gripping onto the controls. "Yes, let's."
Dante took out his twin pistols and spun them. "Let's rock, baby!"
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So, what do you think of that Chappie? Pretty good, yes? If you think it was, thanks for the appreciation, though. I really needed it since that flame I got from Nightstalker. That was one of the reasons why I haven't updated this fic in awhile. Okay, I may get demented, but you haven't seen just how evil I can get when I'm writing fics. Of course, who are you to judge moi? I'm only doing this for kicks, nothing serious, just playing with your heads until I can get past my personal problems. So if you have a problem with my fic, go find yourself a shelter and hide, yes hide. Because flamers can't just know a good fic when they see one and you're one of them. And that my friend, earns you a swift death from one of my favorite 'COE' FOXHOUND recruits, Silent Scorpion.
Oh, oh...this means that 'COE' fans are reading this as well, huh? I'd better get cracking on trying to at least getting the majority of the current Chapter done, before someone like Rune or Tempest sends someone like...
From the door, Soulcalibur's Talim and Ivy bust into my room, as does GGX2's Millia Rage and Jam enter.
Ivy: ShardclawK!! How much longer do we have to wait for the update of 'COE'?
ShardclawK: Oh, you must be patient! Have some tea, clear your throat...I'll update it soon.
Millia: Your next update of your stories better be 'COE' or else...Jam, Talim, show Shardclaw what happens when they don't listen to the public.
Jam leaps on top of me, straddling me, while Talim uses her weapons to cut apart my clothing.
Jam: Hey, not bad there, ShardclawK.
ShardclawK: Oh, shit...I'm naked in front of four extremely hot ladies...this had to happen...
Ivy uses her Valentine sword and wrap me around her breasts with it.
Ivy: Now, suffer under the pressure of our bodies while we give you a treatment for being such a naughty writer. Entwine!
ShardclawK : Yes, mistress.
Anyway, as how it looks, this is not the last Chappie of 'End of Eva May Cry'. Yeah there's still more where that came from. Who knows, maybe the final Chapter will be better than this one? Collis ShardclawKusanagi.
Oh and Seasons Greetings!
Ooopps, I did it again. Everytime I write a chapter for this story, everyone goes crazy for more. And here I thought I was being demented to have Dante do such a thing like this, but then again, who cares as long as the fans see a story that has Nerv fighting back against SEELE, right? Side's not everyone thinks what happened in EOE was much of a good thing. So to that reviewer who has a problem with this fic, it's better that you don't read this fic anymore and don't flame it. If you want something a bit more twisted in plotline, then I suggest you read my Metal Gear fics, including 'COE'. Of course, anyone who knows me will know better to flame my fics, because I go by this simple philosophy taken by one of my favorite King of Fighters quotes: "You can flame me, but it will cost you your life."
There I go again, rambling needlessly about my own traumatic experiences. Anyway, without any further ado...here's Chapter 5. Enjoy and don't forget to review or else I'll send Nelo Angelo for you.
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ShardclawKusanagi presents:
End Of Evangelion May Cry
Chapter 5: And It Will Be A Nightmare That Shall Save US
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Misato couldn't believe it at first, to hear Asuka not only had recovered from her coma, but was already fighting the remaining enemy forces that were in the Geofront. Shinji too could not believe that this was happening as well. Asuka was alive and back in action...literally. He knew whenever she pilot her Unit 02, she doesn't let anything get between her and personal victory.
But when she heard Asuka sighted the Mass Production models, she had to contact her and assure her that help was on the way.
"Listen Asuka. You must destroy all of the EVA series." Misato said through her radio. "I'll have Shinji there to help assist you soon. Do your best."
Just then, Trish interrupted Misato from behind. "Second Child, listen good to Misato."
"Who the hell was that, Misato?" Asuka shouted from her cockpit inside Unit- 02.
"I'm Trish, a friend of Misato." Trish replied. "A friend of mine also is out there to give you a hand soon, you just have to hold them off until Shinji gets there."
"You can do it, Asuka." Shinji spoke aloud. He was glad to hear Asuka's voice.
"So, the idiot's letting me do all the hard work, eh?" Asuka complained. "You got some kind of nerve of hiding from fighting."
"...I wasn't hiding." Shinji remarked. "I...I was confused, lost. I didn't know who to turn to or what to do. So I did hide, but I'm hiding no longer. I'm going to fight for the last time, to prove to you and everyone else that I won't solve my problems by hiding from them. I'm going to face and beat them. You just wait and see, Asuka."
Asuka simply scoffed a bit, not caring to acknowledge the sense that Shinji just made, because now the MP Evas were surrounding her.
"You'd better show up before I take down all of them and there's no more for you to destroy." Asuka grinned.
"Be careful out there." Shinji said.
Misato changed her com frequency to Hyuga's and spoke. "We can get to EVA- 01 via emergency route No. 20, right?"
"Affirmative. We've secured three separate power sources just in case." Hyuga answered." As long as you enter within three minutes, you can reach the No. 7 cage directly."
Misato nodded as she managed to stop her car at the moment she heard her assistant's report.
"Let's move, Asuka only has about three more minutes before her Unit runs out of power." Misato said to both Trish and Shinji.
"As always, I'll cover you two. You're safer with me around." Trish said taking out her guns.
"Much obliged." Misato smiled, taking out her own Glock.
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"Deployment of all nine units equipped with the S2 system!? Isn't that a bit excessive?" Fuyutski spoke to himself. "Or... do they plan to initiate it here!!?"
"Unit-02 only has about three minutes of activation left!" Shigeru shouted.
(I hope the Commander has run into troubles of his own...) Fuyutsuki thought. (If Sparda and his group are here to save us from the Third Impact, we may just have a chance...)
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"I have to destroy them all?" Asuka said to herself, as she examined the MP Units around her Unit 02. " Is she forgetting she's talking to a convalescent?"
Asuka simply smirked after making sure her calculations were correct. "Nine units in three and a half minutes...That works out to only 20 seconds apiece!"
Asuka gripped onto her controls and charged Unit 02 towards the most northern in her direction, where she used her Evangelion's momentum to grab one of the white colored MP Eva's on it's head and with both fists clenched, grabbed unto the upper area of its face, ripping it open and sending the head inside of it's body, blood like fluid spurted out from the wound as Asuka leaped over the now severely damaged Eva and managed to land on her feet without having any trouble.
"That's one!" Asuka shouted, as she turned to one of her sides. Unit 02 simply grabbed the falling MP Unit before it registered what was happening and lifted it over it's head, literally separating it's back along with the body with a frightening pull that released a shower of even more blood that the MP Unit had inside it, covering Unit 02 in it.
Asuka smiled evilly to the gross demise of the MP Eva she had taken down. "Alright, who's next?" she gloated.
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Dante, who had been fully recharged of his strength since Asuka started to fight, was continuing to take down more of the JSSDF attilerily before they can cause more problems. Still with Ifrit equipped, he kept his distance against the armored tanks that weren't destroyed by him or Asuka's comeback.
Charging a nearby tank that was going to fire a round at him, Dante activated his Devil Trigger and performed a furious barrage of Kick Level 13 kicks at the tank, denting the armor and penetrating through the insides of it. After destroying that tank, he stopped at the spot where he orchestrated his destruction and shouted "Inferno!", planting one his fist into the ground and causing a surrounding wave of flames to explode from the earth around him to set ablaze everything around him, including the remaining troops that were getting set to ambush him.
Just afterwards the attack, he raised his fists to execute his Meteor Level 2 move, destroying the remainder of tanks surrounding his distant radius. Making another movement further towards more heavy vehicle units, Dante dodges more incoming gunfire and missiles from the enemy relentless gunfire by using his escape roll. From the second roll away from the exploding tank round, Dante went into Rolling Blaze to damage the outwards at the other plank of troops, before canceling into a Drop Kick, landing right into one of the soldiers. Instantly after landing, Dante activated his Devil Trigger, he executed his custom Kick Level 13 move, mowing down more troops and punching the oncoming missiles that came his way. He wouldn't worry too much about the damage done to his body, the flaming hard armor of the Ifrit gauntlets protected him from that.
After stopping the continuous flaming kick move, Dante cancelled into a Magma Drive when he approached another of the lone soldiers, then instantly, to finish everyone else off, he performed Inferno once more, destroying more of the tanks and Amory in the area.
Dante recovered from the Inferno move and switched Ifrit back to his sword, Alastor. Then, he Weapon Switched his twin pistols to a large, dark colored weapon with unfamiliar markings decorating it. It covered his whole right hand, and a dark energy flowed from the open tip that was covered by the hood of the gun. Dante had equipped his Nightmare Beta gun, which can fire energy based shots that track its enemies like a homing missile, then continuously attack the target for a period of time.
He looked at the remaining MP-Evas and thought to himself. (She can fight off all of them by herself, but not forever...those things can't be taken down so easily because of those Dummy Plugs. Guess I'd better help her out before her Eva shuts down, then she's a sitting duck for those things...)
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Misato, Shinji and Trish had already gotten to the emergency route in time, after managing to evade the oncoming enemy forces. Trish had been covering both of them for a period of time, before she stopped in front the door with them.
"We here." Misato spoke quietly. Trish walked forward to open the door, when she stopped suddenly, as if she sensed something.
"What is it, Trish?" Shinji asked.
"Get yourselves out of here now!" Trish shouted. Instantly, she whipped out her own twin pistons, and fired to her lower left over the railing.
Three JSSDF troops were already firing at the trio, as Misato quickly grabbed Shinji to leap out of harm's way.
A heavy gunfight ensued as Trish managed to shoot down at least two of them, before the other launched a missile at them. Trish dropped one of the pistols and released a bolt of lightning at the last troop, electrocuting him and detonating the incoming missile before it got any closer to her and the people she was guarding.
"Let's move!" Trish shouted, getting inside the shaft before more reinforcements came. As they did, they inspected the scene, one of them contacted the officer of his division.
"Damn! What the hell happened here?" one of the troops asked.
"Must be that man in red's doing...so far he's taken out almost half of the squads that were suppose to get into the base, and he managed to stop all of them!" one of the three troops said. "Now he's outside raising hell on the GeoFront...literally!"
"If we have known that NERV had support this powerful to defend this base..." his comrade replied.
"Unable to terminate target. Standing by for orders to pursue..." one of them spoke to his radio.
"Negative. That area is scheduled for demolition. Pull back immediately." the JSSDF officer replied back.
"Yes, sir."
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"Are you two alright?" Trish asked Shinji and Misato. Shinji quickly nodded, but he turned to see Misato slumped against the hallway, her voice was full of labored breathing. She had been shot at her right side of her abdomen, and she was losing blood quickly. Trish could only shake her head. "Oh, shit...hang on, Misato...I got you..." Trish said, helping her up.
"I'm okay... It's not as serious... as it looks." Misato grinned slightly as Trish held her up. The two went across two the door, when Misato was able to open the gate.
"There's still power - We can make it." she said, then turning to Shinji. "Alright, Shinji... from here out you're on your own. You have to make the decisions by yourself - without anyone's help."
Shinji walked to the door, still trying to get used to seeing Misato hurt like this. "But...what about you...?"
"She'll be alright. I can promise you that, Shinji." Trish said. "I'll make sure that she'll live by the time you finished out there. Now is the time to prove to yourself that you're have worth fighting for the safety of the human race. Shinji...if you fail in doing your role, you'll have to answer to me and Dante for your incompetence. Do you understand what must be done?"
Shinji's face turned serious for a moment. before he spoke. "Yes, Trish. I know...everyone's counting on me. Misato...please...I don't want to lose you...please hold on until..."
Misato held his face and smiled. "I'm not leaving just yet...not ever. I'll be waiting for you and Asuka, Shinji." She got into her jacket and places her cross in Shinji's hand. "It's a promise. Now, go."
Shinji responds with a nod and steps in the elevator. "Trish...take care of Misato, okay?"
Trish nodded at Shinji and smiled. "She's in good hands, Shinji. Just go out there and do your thing, okay?"
Misato and Trish looked on at the boy as the door closes. Trish looked at Misato before carrying her.
"Okay, Trish, just how we are we going to get out of here? We're basically trapped from what I can tell..." Misato said, still holding for dear life onto Trish.
"I already have gotten familiar with most of the base. I can take us to a safe spot where I can treat your wound." Trish said. She raised a hand over her eyes, a surge of energy emerged from it. "Just hold on."
Just then, Trish had used her powers to use her teleportation ability to escape from the room with Misato in tow. (Yes, she can do that. Don't look so surprised...check the cut scene just after beating the Griffon the third and last time. ) Misato could only look on in disbelief, but before she left the room via Trish's powers, she swore she saw a familiar person standing next to them in the room.
"Kaji!?" she muttered, before she left the room. Just then, the ghostly figure of Rei was seen, moments before the floor below exploded.
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Back outside, Asuka had charged another MP-Eva with her prog knife. Tackling it into the lake to the bottom, the blade piercing into the Unit's facial area, the knife's blade breaking into it. Asuka recovered from the water after killing the Unit and moved her 02 towards land. But by the time she did, a sight startled her...namely, a man with white long hair and dressed in red and fighting off two of the Mass Production Evangelions.
"Who the hell does he thinks he is?!" Asuka asked herself, trying to make sense of what she saw. Dante first charged the MP Eva to his front, and using Air Hike, he began his assault. After the double jump, he landed on one of the giant swords of the MP Unit's drawing, out his Alastor sword. He ran upwards the leaning arm, where he first fired his Nightmare at the face of the white Eva. The energy from the gun lashed out at the various places of the MP Eva, while Dante used a High Time to lift himself from the other incoming MP Eva's attack, thus missing him by a hair. While the shot from Nightmare continuously disfigured the face of the MP Eva he was on, he used his Stinger move to inflict damage unto the head area, before he sent the Unit falling unto it's now destroyed face.
But Dante wasn't done, he was now in a perfect position to attack the Dummy Plug of the downed Eva. Using Air Hike once more, he lifted himself high enough to fire at the hatch where the Dummy Plug was inserted with his Nightmare. The shot went through the armor and through the Plug with one shot. To finish the job, Dante came down with a downward thrust into the area where the plug is and activating his Devil Trigger mode, he released a surge of lightning into from the sword into the Dummy Plug, creating a ghastly explosion from the Plug, as the electrocution followed into its body, making the MP Eva cease to function.
After taking back Alastor, Dante can see the other MP Eva getting set to swing it's sword at him who was still on the downed Eva, but he had rolled just seconds away from the killer blow from the MP Eva that actually could have ended his life, and slicing into the back and the S2 engine of the downed MP Evangelion. Dante recovered to his feet and taunted the MP Eva, before it swung again at him. He rolled out of harm's way once more as the impact of the sword hitting the ground almost threw him off balance.
"So...that's the way you want to play it, huh?" he smiled, as he used his Round Trip to throw Alastor at the elbow of the attacking MP Eva and saw it off like a large rotating chainsaw, the lightning sword repeatedly cutting into the arm. The sword managed to rip open the arm, dropping the arm holding the sword. Dante charged the Eva and activated his DT, allowing him to Air Raid the Eva. Dante then unleashed the Super Devil Trigger capabilities, increasing his lightning attack. One of the powerful ribbons of pure electricity had passed through the Dummy Plug, sorting the power within the Eva to the extent that it overloaded and it, creating a combustion inside the plug, thus destroying it and shutting down the Eva.
(Unbelievable...he took down two Evangelions without much of needing help!) Asuka though to herself in shock. (No way an Angel can do that...)
Dante saw Unit 02 and simply signaled with his sword, Alastor, to go for the back hatch of the white Evangelions. Asuka, seeing just how easily he had taken them down, partially understood what he meant.
"Huh? Go after the plugs?" Asuka looked on. She can see that strangely the plugs were similar to the ones that were installed into her own and Shinji's Evangelions, but these were different. They had the name, 'Kaworu' written on them. Asuka caught herself and saw that the MP Evas were running on Dummy Plugs. A smile approached her face.
"Makes it easier and more enjoyable to finish them off!" Asuka said, seeing another MP Eva arrive, followed by another. "I don't care who you are, and I could care less, but I can take care of these guys. Stay out of the way if you're helping out, okay?"
Dante only shook his head, before re-equipping his Ifrit gauntlets one more time. "Kids these days...gotta love them." he said to himself.
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Lucia had been following the trail to Terminal Dogma for several minutes, hoping to get to Lilith in time before the ritual is performed. Staying within the shadows, she can see the target she was after...a large white figure with a purple mask over it's face was seen, crucified on a red cross on the wall. Even the size and sight of it sent shivers to her spine, but she had seen sicker machinations from the underworld from the time she spent with Dante and Trish.
(Can't let that bother me...time to crash Gendou Ikari's party for good.) Lucia thought, drawing out one of her knives. From her hiding spot, she can see Ritsuko sitting on the edge of the LCL pool. Gendou and a naked Rei was standing behind him.
"I've been waiting for you." Ritsuko said, sensing Gendou in the room. She then stands and draws a gun at him.
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Shinji found himself standing in front of EVA-01 encased in solidified Bakelite. He then clenched his fists, remembering the words Misato and Trish said to him. Now was the time to make a stand for everything he believed in before it was too late.
"I'm here...mother." he said, softly. The EVA suddenly breaks free from the Bakelite and clutches at Shinji's position. "Let's go and fight together...one last time..."
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Asuka continued her fighting on the Geofront, dismembering the remaining number of MP Eva's as they came, while Dante used his martial arts skills from his Ifrit gauntlets to pound one MP Eva's face into lava, using a Meteor Level 2 attack at the Unit's S2 engine, then using Air Hike, he landed on top the Eva's head and used his Super Devil Trigger once more to use his Drop Kick move into the head of the Eva. Like a heavy weight thrown at , Dante's weight increased as he potent of his attack, driving his body into the head and out through the back and the Dummy Plug. The Eva goes down in a large shower of blood.
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"I'm sorry... I secretly altered MAGI's program earlier." Ritsuko said, then she faced the ceiling. "A daughter's final request...Mother... die with me."
"This is it...the get go." Lucia said to herself. Ritsuko then presses something in her pocket, but nothing happens.
"It didn't activate?" Ritsuko said stunned. "Why!?" She pulls a portable terminal from pocket , which read, 'Casper-3: Rejected'.
With a gasp, she spoke. "Betrayed by Casper! How could you, Mother? Choosing your man over your own daughter..."
Gendou draws his gun at Ritsuko.
"Ritsuko Akagi, I truly..." but before he can finish, a twelve inch knife, decorated in ancient writings on the blade, found it's way into the wrist of his right hand, making him drop it. Blood instantly began to flow from the wound that made his hand useless. Gendou winced in pain as he fell on his knees.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I should have aimed a little to the top." Lucia said as she stepped out from behind the shadows. She boldly walked out to see the stunned faces of Ritsuko and Gendou staring back at her. "Dr. Akagi...I'll take it from here. Right now, your assistant Maya Ibuki is waiting for you at the command Centre...you should be with her right now."
Ritsuko looked on in shock as she saw the strange and attractive woman in front of her that would challenge Gendou. With a sad smile, she nodded her head and slowly stepped away.
"Whoever you are...make him pay for his deeds." Ritsuko whispered to Lucia.
"Much obliged." Lucia said, as she saw Ritsuko hurried off from the room safely. She looked at Gendou with a stern look on her face. "Gendou Ikari...we finally meet...unfortunately for you, it will be the last you ever set sights on setting off the Third Impact."
Gendou looked on at Lucia in shock and silence. "If you think you can stop the fate of the Impact that easily, you're wrong."
He stood up quickly, grabbing Rei. Lucia stepped forward to intervene, but Gendou's left hand had a hold of the pistol.
"I know you want to see Rei alive, but even if you kill me, there's no way to save her, or turn her away from her destiny." Gendou said.
"You madman! You would go this low to satisfy your twisted schemes." Lucia said.
"You can't judge me, no one can." Gendou said. "Heaven and Earth are going to be united and you can't stop me."
"You've forgotten one thing..." Lucia said as she drew her weapons. "Can't hell get a shot of glory sometimes?"
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Back at the NERV Command Center....
"What's happening outside?" Makoto asked, while holding unto his gun near his station.
"Less than a minute before EVA-02 reaches its operational limit!" Maya shouted. "At this rate, Asuka will...!"
"I can't lose!" Asuka shouted, as she continued to decimate the remaining MP Evas. "Not with Mama watching me!" Unit 02 was in the process of taking down the pair of MP Eva's that remained, using a single blow into their S2 engines to destroy them. "These are the last ones!"
Finally, Asuka had destroyed the last remaining Evas, but before she can take a breath from the amount of movements she made to pummel the MP Evas, she spotted the one of the Eva series' swords comes flying at her.
Using her Evangelion, she stops it with her AT Field, but it transforms into the Lance of Longinus. Asuka watched on in shock as the Lance pierces through the AT-Field, then...
It was pulled back by an invisible force, thus saving Asuka from being injured. The Lance went back the direction it came and Dante himself why this was happening. He can see a purple Evangelion standing from a distance, one of its arms stretched forward using an AT-Field of it's own to stake the Lance into the ground.
"Shinji!" Asuka said, seeing her comrade's Evangelion. "So...the baka decided to come out of hiding, huh?"
"Oh, shut up! We have no time for this." Shinji said, holding unto a power cable. He used his Eva to head to Asuka's position and inserted the cord into the socket of Unit-02's back. "Sorry I took so long."
"Even at a time like this, you're still apologizing..." Asuka smirked. "You should have come sooner, you missed out on all the fun...WHAT?!"
"What!? The destroyed... Eva series!?" Maya exclaimed, as she looked on the large monitor. From various places where the Evas were pummeled by Asuka and Dante earlier, one by one they rise again. "The Eva series have reactivated!"
The MP Evas have already surrounded both of NERV's Evangelions and Dante himself. He simply shook his head in boredom.
"This is getting really repitive, really..." he said, to himself. He looked at Asuka from her Unit 02 and signaled her to follow as before. From Shinji's vantage point, he communicated with Asuka.
"Hey, is that guy helping us?" Shinji asked.
"Of course, dumpkoff. I don't know who or how exactly he does it, but we must go after the Dummy Plugs if we are to stop these things. He managed to take down two for himself!" Asuka exclaimed. "Let's do this, Shinji! We can't let one guy have all the fun for himself."
Shinji nodded to Asuka, gripping onto the controls. "Yes, let's."
Dante took out his twin pistols and spun them. "Let's rock, baby!"
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So, what do you think of that Chappie? Pretty good, yes? If you think it was, thanks for the appreciation, though. I really needed it since that flame I got from Nightstalker. That was one of the reasons why I haven't updated this fic in awhile. Okay, I may get demented, but you haven't seen just how evil I can get when I'm writing fics. Of course, who are you to judge moi? I'm only doing this for kicks, nothing serious, just playing with your heads until I can get past my personal problems. So if you have a problem with my fic, go find yourself a shelter and hide, yes hide. Because flamers can't just know a good fic when they see one and you're one of them. And that my friend, earns you a swift death from one of my favorite 'COE' FOXHOUND recruits, Silent Scorpion.
Oh, oh...this means that 'COE' fans are reading this as well, huh? I'd better get cracking on trying to at least getting the majority of the current Chapter done, before someone like Rune or Tempest sends someone like...
From the door, Soulcalibur's Talim and Ivy bust into my room, as does GGX2's Millia Rage and Jam enter.
Ivy: ShardclawK!! How much longer do we have to wait for the update of 'COE'?
ShardclawK: Oh, you must be patient! Have some tea, clear your throat...I'll update it soon.
Millia: Your next update of your stories better be 'COE' or else...Jam, Talim, show Shardclaw what happens when they don't listen to the public.
Jam leaps on top of me, straddling me, while Talim uses her weapons to cut apart my clothing.
Jam: Hey, not bad there, ShardclawK.
ShardclawK: Oh, shit...I'm naked in front of four extremely hot ladies...this had to happen...
Ivy uses her Valentine sword and wrap me around her breasts with it.
Ivy: Now, suffer under the pressure of our bodies while we give you a treatment for being such a naughty writer. Entwine!
ShardclawK : Yes, mistress.
Anyway, as how it looks, this is not the last Chappie of 'End of Eva May Cry'. Yeah there's still more where that came from. Who knows, maybe the final Chapter will be better than this one? Collis ShardclawKusanagi.
Oh and Seasons Greetings!