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Chapter 27.
The mighty Wunder was flying towards its central target, the NERV Geofront, as the mighty warship got closer to its destination, more Mark 04 units approached, they were being easily destroyed by the Wunder and its new experimental ammunition, but they were having difficulties due to the large number of units.
"Stay the course!" Misato ordered from his seat, Misato held tightly to the railing as Wunder swayed in the air due to his maneuvers to evade the attacks of the Mark 04 series.
With a high-pitched, shrill scream, a Mark 04 unit headed full speed towards Wunder's bridge, to the sound of a loud thud, the enemy unit was trying to penetrate the AT field protecting the front.
"Don't let them!" Shouted Ritsuko who was a few meters away from Misato, on her monitor showed the status of the entire ship structure. "Use the diverter ammo!"
With those orders given, a few seconds later, Wunder's front cannons fired a burst of energy shots forward, generating small AT fields, the fired ones returned to hit the enemy from behind.
The Mark 04 unit continued its way through the AT field, taking minor damage from the shots, but for a few seconds it was stunned.
"Hold your fire!" Misato ordered strongly.
With another rain of shots, the Mark 04 unit became disoriented enough to stop its movement, seeing the opportunity, Misato ordered a new rain of shots, hitting its target full on and obliterating it with only a cross of energy staying behind, the mighty Wunder continued its path towards the Geofront.
On the horizon of Tokyo 3, the battleship Wunder was getting closer and closer, the exposed core of Lilith was lying like a huge chalice on the red earth, taking a look at the huge structure in the background, Misato squeezed her eyes shut with everything.
Turning to the crew, Misato picked up her communicator to speak to the assault squad leader. "Sergeant on the wire?"
After a few seconds of waiting, the sergeant answered by radio. "Ma'am?"
"Is the assault team in position yet?" Misato asked professionally.
"Yes ma'am, we are ready and awaiting orders." The sergeant replied keeping his tone professional.
Misato nodded, turning to Ritsuko who was looking at her intently, feeling a shiver run down her spine from her friend's gaze. "Misato, you're not thinking of going down together, are you?"
"I will." Misato replied coldly.
"But, we need you on Wunder. The ship needs a captain." Ritsuko replied with slight shock in her voice.
"They will be fine, I want to finish that bastard off, I want to see his face when I capture him." Misato replied with a fierce determination on her face, looking Ritsuko in the eye, Misato continued.
"That's the time Ritz, let's get it over with today."
Ritsuko looked down with some memories and feelings for Gendo, but her logic knew it was an unrequited love and she would never get what she would like, the back of her mind knew she would never hold a place in Gendo's heart.
nodding to Misato who was still looking at her eyes and waiting for her response, not knowing what her coworker's position was, Misato was still waiting for some response.
"Okay, I'll go along with you." Ritsuko replied confidently.
Misato frowned at Ritsuko, she hadn't expected this response, thinking of the sounds of the explosions of Mark 04 units trying to get closer to Wunder.
"You? You want to go along?" Misato asked incredulously as she looked away to Wunder's outside view.
"Yes, we will need a doctor outside." Ritsuko replied looking again at her control panel.
Giving a smile to Ritsuko's back, Misato looked out of the Wunder and with her eyes followed the firing of the Wunder's cannons, with an act of reflex and gripping her metal cross on her neck tightly, Misato closed her eyes and took a long breath.
"Ma'am, we have a Mark 09 approaching!" Hyuga shouted from her seat as she turned and looked at Misato in the upper stage.
"Change course, fly diagonally and keep firing continuously!" Misato ordered back, holding himself to prepare for the jolts of maneuvering.
Outside, the mighty Wunder was beginning to maneuver, turning around and beginning to sail diagonally through the skies of Tokyo 3.
The Mark 09 unit approached and soon deployed its AT field to block the shots it was receiving, with a glint in its eyes, the Mark 09 fired a beam of energy in Wunder's direction.
With a loud thud, the Mark 09's attack stopped at Wunder's powerful AT field, generating a loud explosion and raising a cloud of dust, everyone on the bridge was holding on as best they could at this hour, some crew members were thrown from their seats with the force of the explosion.
Misato got up from where she had fallen and soon ordered them to counterattack, the bridge technicians soon set to work to stabilize the large ship, Koji was struggling with the controls to level the Wunder again, which was heading towards the ground, Koji growled hard to level the Wunder again.
With the ship properly controlled, in the background was the Mark 09 unit watching everything, seeing that its target was not destroyed or incapacitated, it manipulated its AT field to get back closer to Wunder.
"It's getting closer!" Shigeru shouted.
"Calm down guys!" Misato shouted to try to control her men's fear, but in the back of her mind, she was scared too, because the last time the Wunder faced a Mark 09, they were only saved by Unit 01 who somehow protected the ship.
Turning to Ritsuko, Misato began to speak hurriedly. "Ritsuko, are you sure this ammunition can against these things?"
Ritsuko had just adjusted herself in her seat, she looked back at Misato with debt stamped on her face. "In theory yes, but ... Fuck I don't know."
Swallowing dryly, Misato turned to his crew. "When the enemy is very close, fire at close range with the experimental ammunition."
Receiving the confirmation and hearing all the chaos of alarms and voices, Misato squeezed the space between her eyes and sighed, making a small prayer to whatever deity she knew for strength and support.
Outside, the Mark 09 unit came dangerously close to the mighty Wunder, with a deadly glint forming in its eyes, the Mark 09 began to load its shots.
The side cannons soon turned to lock on their target, fully loaded with the new cargo, they were ready to begin their attack.
"All set!" Tama shouted.
"Wait!" Misato ordered, receiving a look of shock from the crew, everyone was tense about the situation, Tama's hand was shaking on the button that would initiate the attack that could save the life of Wunder and everyone on board.
The Mark 09 unit was soon almost ready to fire, opening its arms in a cross position, the same used by the serial EVA unit that obliterated the Russian city.
"Wait!" Misato wasn't sure why she was waiting, but her intuition was guiding her at this moment, feeling a sensation in the back of her mind, as if someone was guiding her and showing her right moment.
In front of Ritsuko, she was getting an image from outside, this camera was set to show AT field patterns of the enemy, no one was looking, but the image showed that the field around the enemy was weakening as, energy was being diverted to the single shot.
"Steady!" Misato had his gaze fixed on the enemy who was moving to face the bridge, his goal was to destroy it and kill everyone in the room.
Everyone's gaze was locked on the helpless form in front of him with his arms open, his figure blaspheming a symbol that should give people hope.
With almost a few seconds before Mark 09 fired his fatal shot, Misato, who kept her gaze fixed on the enemy, ordered strongly.
"Now!"
Without waiting for more, Tama punched the button that fired Wunder's huge cannons.
Outside, the cannons opened fire and soon their shots with a deafening noise tore through the sky, the new experimental ammunition leaving a blue trail showing its trajectory towards its target.
Dozens of shots hit the Mark 09 unit, trying to defend itself as much as it could, the unit stopped its attack and tried to raise its AT field to defend itself, but its energy had been directed towards its final attack, generating a weak calm.
At the sound of breaking glass, the experimental rounds soon broke through his defense and began to penetrate his body, with pieces of armor being torn off, the rounds pierced his flesh and soon the unit was pulling away due to the violence of the impacts, it didn't take long for the shots to hit his core breaking him easily.
With a loud explosion, everyone in the room saw the Mark 09 unit explode into a huge fireball, leaving behind only a cross of energy.
With a cry of elation, some were waving to the heavens with closed fists and others giving a sigh of relief, Misato turned to look at Ritsuko who was pale, giving a sigh of satisfaction that her ammunition had worked, she turned and spoke to Misato.
"Misato, don't do that to me anymore."
"Well, it worked." Misato replied with a Nervous smile on her face and turning to her team, Misato ordered them to continue their course, indeed they had no time to celebrate, this had only been one of the battles.
With that the mighty Wunder soon passed through the cloud of smoke that had only been a Mark 09 unit, again returning to its course to approach its destination.
Ritsuko took some time to think and calm down, looking at her monitor and starting to analyze some data that had appeared, Ritsuko raised an eyebrow.
"Misato." Ritsuko called to her from her post.
As she approached Ritsuko, seeing her friend's gaze and waiting, Ritsuko soon began to explain her theory.
"You see that?" Ritsuko showed the data to Misato who looked intently at her screen, showing the enemy's AT field weakening as she charged her shot.
"So?" Misato asked confused, science had never been her strong point, receiving a snort from Ritsuko, who soon began to listen to her explanation.
"He weakens his AT field to attack, that's the moment." Ritsuko spoke with determination as she discovered a possible weak spot in the powerful Mark 09 units.
Misato looked at her for a few seconds, with adrenaline still flowing through her body, still feeling her hands shaking, Misato nodded, having her train of thought cut off by the call of the bridge technicians.
"Ma'am, we are approaching the landing point." Sumire spoke without turning around, her panel was full of notices and reports.
"Right." Misato spoke confidently, turning to leave, Ritsuko soon stood up and began to follow Misato, she already knew her friend's fate.
"I know you want to go along, but I want you here." Misato spoke still without turning around, receiving a confused look from Ritsuko, Misato already stepped forward by stopping and facing her. "You know the enemy's weak point, it will be easier to guide them."
"But what about you? What if something happens?" Ritsuko spoke with discomfort in her voice, she didn't want to let Misato go into the battlefield alone.
"I'm taking Suzuhara with me, she'll keep me in one piece." Misato spoke as she continued on her way to the location where the troops who were in charge of invading and arresting Gendo and Fuyutsuki would be.
"She's never been in the field, she's still a child." Ritsuko began to follow Misato speaking her arguments, Sakura was a good doctor, but she had no experience in field combat, Ritsuko didn't know if she could hold her own.
Not getting the answer she wanted, Ritsuko huffed in annoyance, thinking quickly as she turned and left, she knew what she had to do.
Infirmary - Wunder.
Sakura was taking care of a wounded man in the battle against the Mark 09, the impact of her shot was strong enough to wound some people, working on the shoulder of the wounded man, Sakura didn't listen to the call of Misato that was at the door of the infirmary, finishing the dressing and applying an analgesic to relieve the pain of the soldier.
"Suzuhara!" Misato called out more forcefully, she had no intention of intimidating Sakura, only to get her attention.
Jumping up and down at the call, Sakura turned to look at who was asking her, her face paled at the sight, in front of her was Misato who was maintaining the strong pose of a commander.
"Ma'am, are you injured?" Sakura spoke as she approached Misato, deducing that she was injured from the battle that had taken place.
Holding on not to fall as the Wunder swayed to the sound of the cannons firing and the Mark 04 explosions outside, Sakura leaned on the wall to talk to Misato.
"I'm not hurt Suzuhara." Misato spoke to reassure the young doctor. "You will come with me on the NERV invasion."
Sakura's face lost color with the information, she had never been in the field, she always stayed at Wunder receiving the wounded, but she knew that one day she would go out in the field and face the reality of war, returning to her reality and looking at Misato with determination, Sakura nodded positively.
Misato seeing Sakura's determined look, couldn't help but feel sorry for the young doctor, but knew they were understaffed and had to use everything in her power, looking her in the eye, Misato spoke professionally. "Well, get ready, we're leaving in five minutes." With that Misato turned and leaned on the wall for another wave of jolts from Wunder.
Sakura nodded, she only had time to pick up and prepare her backpack with first aid kits and other medical supplies, looking at her hands that were shaking, she knew that she might not come back, but she was a soldier of the WILLE and had to stand firm, taking a deep breath she stood up and walked out towards the place where the soldiers were.
Transportation - Wunder
A group of twenty soldiers were waiting to be thrown into NERV, looking suspicious, the group was soon surprised by Misato entering the room, receiving a greeting from everyone Misato soon began to speak.
"Men, I'm coming with you." Misato spoke as she returned the salute and spoke strongly, receiving a confused look from everyone, but receiving no counter, Misato soon continued.
"I want to be there when we get that son of a bitch." Misato spoke smiling and receiving a military shout from the men signaling that they all agreed with the idea, the morale of the soldiers was high with Misato's presence, they knew that she together would help with anything that was needed.
"Ready to go!" The VTOL pilot shouted from the cabin as he finished the takeoff procedures, Misato sat down on a chair and soon put on his belt, seeing Sakura rushing in, Misato gave a small laugh as he saw her trying to look strong, but soon his smile turned to confusion as she saw Ritsuko panting entering the room, following her with her eyes and seeing her take the seat next to her, Misato didn't need to question why.
"You think I wouldn't be at the party? "Ritsuko spoke as she fastened her belt.
"What about Wunder?" Misato asked as she remembered that more Mark 09s would be popping up any moment now.
"I passed the explanations to Hyuga, she is in charge of Wunder until our return." Ritsuko explained as she shouted, the sound of the VTOL's engines was flooding the place.
Misato nodded, she trusted Hyuga and knew his competence, the Wunder would be in good hands, signaling them to leave, soon the pilot gave more power to the engines and the VTOL took off and began its journey to the entrance of NERV.
Looking at Wunder from outside, everyone was watching the cannons firing at the Mark 04 units that were heading their way, Misato was always amazed at the sight, Wunder was impressive.
EVA 01
Shinji was sitting in the darkness of his EVA, trying to keep his breathing under control, thinking about the battle and Misato's words, he knew that his father would soon be caught and possibly killed, bringing his hands to his head, he controlled the urge to cry in despair, for after all he didn't want his father to die.
His train of thought was cordoned off with Maya's voice sounding, she was speaking professionally.
"Pilots listen carefully, soon the EVAS will be implemented and your goal is to intercept any enemy EVA that emerges and is a threat to Wunder, everyone understand?" Maya finished by speaking strongly.
"Yes Ma'am, EVA 08 ready." Rei spoke calmly, Shinji still wondering how she could do that.
"Sure, finishing EVAS is my specialty, EVA 02 ready." Asuka spoke with confidence, this earned Shinji a small smile, this was an attitude he always envied in her, shaking his head he came back to reality knowing that everyone was waiting for his confirmation.
"Roger, EVA 01 ready." Shinji spoke as strongly as he could, but everyone could see his NERVOSISM.
"Well, we're opening the launch bay." Maya spoke as the outer doors opened and the pilots could soon see the red terrain that abutted Tokyo 03.
Feeling the adrenaline flowing, Shinji was looking down seeing the land in the background, closing his eyes and feeling the welcoming presence inside the EVA, Shinji began to calm down as he knew he was with his mother.
"EVAS Launch!" Maya spoke as she gave the order to release the giants who soon fell toward the ground.
Shinji looked around and quickly ordered his EVAS to adjust in the fall, with a loud thud the EVAS landed and adjusted, looking around for enemies.
"Incoming!" Asuka spoke over the radio, soon three Mark 09 units landed in front of the three giants, all armed with scythes.
"Let's show them that we have weapons too." Mari soon drew her Magorox sword, the same feat was repeated by Shinji and Asuka.
Running towards the target Asuka soon dodged Mark 09's attack trying to decapitate his unit, returning with a powerful punch to the side of the head, Asuka screamed as she began exchanging blows with her weapon, sparks appeared as the energy from the sword hit against the hard metal of the scythe, burn marks remained on the barrel of the weapon.
At his side, Shinji raised his AT field to block the Mark 09 attack that had locked his target, with a jump the enemy unit tried to penetrate his field, but its attack was unsuccessful with Shinji's defense, with a roar in determination Shinji soon tried to push the enemy and with his sword attacked him.
Blocking the attack and counterattacking their opponent, Mari and Rei attacked more cautiously, both knew the destructive power of a Mark 09, deflecting the attacks of his scythe, both girls were testing the enemy's combat skills, looking for weak points and thinking of the best strategy to attack and destroy him as quickly as possible.
Asuka growled in anger as she saw sparks fly from the collision of their weapons, looking around, she could see Unit 01 and 08 fighting their own opponents, giving an arrogant smile, Asuka decided to tighten her controls ordering her EVA to push her opponent's scythe harder.
Asuka stared at Mark 09's face with determination, seeing the scythe's barrel beginning to show a bright yellow, Asuka soon realized that the heat from the Magorox sword was melting the metal, knowing what happens to overheated metal, Asuka decided to push the enemy away and deliver a strong blow to the scythe's handle, breaking it in half.
With an arrogant smile on her face, Asuka went on the attack, seeing herself in an unfavorable position, the Mark 09 unit tried to retreat, but soon felt the impact of the sword on her leg.
"Where do you think you're going heim?" Asuka shouted as she smiled, seeing the damage to Mark 09's leg, Asuka soon set out to attack the core unit to kill it.
With a quick and accurate strike, Asuka plunged her sword into Mark 09's core, watching her make a few tentative moves, Asuka smiled cockily as she fed her ego with this victory.
Seeing that Asuka had managed to defeat her enemy, Shinji readily gained more confidence, seeing the damage done by Mari and Rei to Mark 09 with the sword, Shinji decided to be bolder, running towards Mark 09, Shinji raised the sword to try to deliver a fatal blow.
The Mark 09 unit reacted quickly and raised its arm to hold the hand of EVA 01 that was destined for its core, Shinji seeing that he was in a stalemate, soon felt that his enemy was trying to get loose by delivering some blows in the rib region, groaning in pain with the blows, Shinji decided to move away.
Taking a few breaths, Shinji raised his sword and soon fired off for another attack, exchanging a series of blows with the enemy, Shinji was preparing to attack again when he noticed a red figure approaching quickly and with a quick and precise movement, Asuka's Magorox sword penetrated the back of the Mark 09 Unit, seeing the moment, Shinji soon moved closer and penetrated the enemy's core.
"How many times am I going to have to save your ass Shinji?" Asuka spoke arrogantly as she released Mark 09's lifeless body to the ground.
Shinji gave a shy smile and replied. "I bet many times."
"Guys, those swords are awesome!" Mari shouted over the radio, feeling sorry for her eardrums, Asuka and Shinji turned to see EVA 08 removing his sword from the destroyed core of what was left of Mark 09 who was attacking Mari and Rei, looking at the form with no arms and missing a leg, Shinji gave a NERVOUS smile to the approaching EVA 08.
Taking a look around and at the corpses of Mark 09, the group started walking to the designated locations.
"That was kind of easy." Asuka spoke confidently, Shinji shook his head at his girlfriend's words.
Hearing another loud thud from behind, the group turned to see another half dozen Mark 09's approaching, Shinji instinctively raised his sword in a defensive position.
Mari glanced at Rei in the bottom seat and spoke with a feline smile on her face. "The princess and her big mouth."
Asuka gave a growl of frustration and soon raised her sword, thus starting another ground battle, the three EVAS were exchanging blows with the enemies who were outnumbered.
The assault team's VTOL was advancing towards one of NERV's entrances, feeling anxiety taking over her body, Misato glanced out the window looking at the old fortress city Tokyo 3, letting out a downcast sigh with the memories that came up, shaking her head to come back to reality, Misato focused on her mission.
"Two more minutes!" Shouted the pilot informing that the aircraft was approaching its destination, at this moment the crew sounds began to check their armament and ammunition, Misato took the moment to draw her combat pistol, releasing the ammunition clip and checking if there was already a round in the gun's needle, she saw that everything was right and working properly, Misato again put the ammunition clip back and removed the safety lock.
Ritsuko took a good look at her friend, seeing that she was clearly anxious about the whole situation, it was difficult to be in NERV again after all these years, she herself was with her thoughts racing with the possibility of seeing Gendo and Fuyutsuki again, Ritsuko was debating internally about how she would react when she met Gendo again, giving a tired sigh, she cleared her mind and then turned to look at Sakura who was beside her.
"Are you okay?" Ritsuko asked trying to help the young girl.
Sakura was shaking with nervousness, clenching her hands until her joints turned white, Sakura raised her gaze and spoke nervously.
"This is my first mission in the field."
Receiving a nod from Ritsuko, Sakura continued.
"I'm scared."
"No need, you shouldn't have any resistance." Ritsuko spoke calmly as she reassured Sakura.
"Yes, I know that but ... That's not what scares me." Sakura began to speak nervously.
"I'm afraid of failing when I'm needed, if someone gets hurt and I lock in place."
Ritsuko gave a small smile on her face. "It won't, you've proven yourself many times to know how to act in stressful situations, only this time we're not at Wunder, but the principle is the same."
At this moment the VTOL began its landing, shaking with the winds, the vehicle swayed as it adjusted to land safely, freaking out at the sudden sway, Sakura closed her eyes and gave a muffled cry, taking a breath to calm herself, Sakura soon embarrassed herself.
"Thank you."
Ritsuko widened her smile as she saw this situation, she was not scared as she had ridden VTOL in adverse situations before so she was already used to all the movements, looking again at Sakura, Ritsuko replied calmly.
"You're welcome."
With a considered thud, the VTOL landed, with all its crew members rising to their feet, Misato soon began talking to the crew.
"Alright listen up everyone." Gaining attention Misato continued.
"We're going in and we don't expect resistance, but anything can happen, our goal is to capture Gendo Ikari and Kozo Fuyutsuki alive if possible."
Receiving a nod from everyone Misato concluded. "Everyone get ready for anything, keep your guard up and stay alert." At this point Misato turned around and soon the group exited the ship and walked over the red terrain of Tokyo 3, Misato could hear the sound of explosions and gunfire that were from Wunder.
Taking a brief glance at the mighty Wunder fighting in the skies, Misato soon began walking alongside the assault group to one of the side entrances to the old NERV compound, intelligence had warned them that this entrance was possibly usable.
As they approached the huge metal door, one of the soldiers soon began to study a way to open it, because they didn't have the energy to activate the mechanism, she took a blowtorch and began to manufacture an access door, the soldier was working hard not to waste any time.
"How long corporal?" Misato asked professionally, keeping her gun in hand, she didn't want to be exposed outdoors for too long, with Wunder occupying the Mark 04 series, Misato didn't want to be surprised by an EVA.
"About five minutes." The soldier spoke as he worked hard at the door.
"Do it in two." Misato spoke annoyed, at this point another soldier joined his companion with another torch, both working as fast as possible so they could continue with their mission.
After two minutes, the pairs of soldiers soon put down their torches, carefully placing a small charge of explosives to open a small door in the now weakened part.
Looking for shelter nearby, Misato nodded to the soldier with the detonator in his hands and with a shout he triggered it.
"Fire in the hole!" Followed by a small explosion that raised a cloud of red dust.
After waiting a few seconds for the dust from the controlled explosion to settle, the group entered inside the NERV compound, stopping in the darkness that inhabited the place, the group raised their flashlights and began to walk around the compound, with proper weapons in hand, the group silently began their journey.
Misato and Ritsuko were looking at the old walls of the complex, with memories in their heads for the old days, Ritsuko was looking around at the degradation of her old work place, with the walls destroyed and many objects on the floor, the group was walking slowly.
"I wonder where they are?" One soldier whispered to the other.
"They must be near the EVAS hangar, the only place where they might have some tactical advantage." Ritsuko replied without turning around.
The group stopped moving when a loud thud happened, looking at the walls that were shaking slightly, small rows of dust were falling from the cracks, the group cautiously looked around for signs of collapse.
Outside the Wunder had been intercepted by a Mark 09, following Ritsuko's directions, Hyuga ordered the cannons to fire at the right moment, throwing the mortally wounded enemy back to where they were from.
"Watch your step, the place is unstable." Misato spoke to the group. "The place is not..."
Misato was interrupted by a loud explosion that shook the place, throwing everyone against the walls, sounds of falling rocks could be heard in the corridors, Misato tried to get up, but the strong tremors were stopping her, shouting for her men to come back, Misato looked at the floor, her eyes widened.
At his feet, paths of large cracks began to form, trying to get up, Misato looked at the nearest person who was offering her hand, trying to act quickly and raising het arm, but her movement was not fast enough.
As a large hole opened up and swallowed part of the wall, Misato fell a few flights of floors, bouncing to the ground with the impacts of the floors below collapsing, Misato tried to protect her head from the impacts and debris that was rolling along with her.
When the world finally stopped spinning, Misato stood up with a lot of pain in his body from having rolled along with a pile of rocks and twisted metal, he raised his hand to his head and looked at the small pool of blood that had formed, judging it to be nothing serious, he stood up and looked around, having fallen into a large room of equipment.
"Misato!" Ritsuko's voice could be heard through her radio which miraculously was in one piece after the crash, the quality of the transmission was not good due to the distance, but one could easily hear it. Her voice carried great concern, picking up the device, Misato began to speak.
"Here." Misato spoke, soon receiving a flurry of questions from Ritsuko, Misato quickly tried to reassure her old friend.
"I'm fine, just a few scratches, continue the mission, I'll find a way to find you."
"Ma'am, wouldn't it be prudent for us to get you out of there?" A soldier asked unsurely.
With a snort Misato spoke up. "No, complete the mission, that's an order."
"Yes ma'am, proceeding." The soldier concluded his words, with radio silence, Misato began walking through the halls in search of her exit.
"Shit." Misato spoke annoyed at not finding an access ladder, trying to locate herself in the miles of corridors, Misato went about locating herself within the corridors she had used for many years, soon finding her way to the cages.
After a few minutes of walking, dodging debris and rubble, Misato arrived at his sector, looking at the plethora of EVAS parts and armaments, what were cages, was now an EVAS assembly plant.
"This must be where the Marks are built" Misato thought aloud, ducking away as he heard footsteps approaching in a hurried manner, looking around to try and identify the person, she hoped it was Gendo or Fuyutsuki.
Spying from the corner and trying to get a small view of the people, Misato soon saw that these two people were not WILLE's or the targets, feeling her eyes widening, Misato soon recognized who it was, feeling her anger begin to rise, Misato quickly reached for her gun.
In the hallway, two people were walking with quickened steps, they were heading toward the EVAS cages, but the explosion had compromised several access corridors with a ton of equipment and walls that had fallen down.
"Sir, we have to run away." Number one spoke with resignation, they already knew what was happening outside.
"No! We have to finish off Ikari and complete the scenario. " Sebastian spoke anxiously and annoyed.
Having his doubts regarding his boss's insane plan, Number One was having serious doubts of his commitment. "Sir, please."
Sebastian stopped his pacing and soon turned to face Number One who was clearly in fear and doubt.
"Don't you want to be a god?"
Number one clearly was restless, looking around and lacking the courage to look into Sebastian's insane eyes, Number one raised his eyes and spoke strongly.
"No I don't want to."
With a growl Sebastian with one swift movement raised his pistol and blew the brains out of Number one who sprawled on the lobby floor, looking at the body of the only man he thought could be trusted Sebastian spoke insanely.
"Traitor."
Misato watched everything with wide eyes, she didn't expect this, feeling determination take over her body, Misato crawled her gun and came out of cover and spoke strongly, pointing at Sebastian.
"Freeze!"
Sebastian raised his gaze to Misato, he knew about WILLE's invasion, but did not expect to cross paths with Misato, with another quick move he fired in Misato's direction, returning fire Misato took cover.
Sebastian seeing the opportunity, began to run, Misato raised her head and began to chase her target, guiding herself by the sound of footsteps Misato soon found herself in the old NERV cafeteria, walking cautiously she spoke.
"It's over Sebastian."
Sebastian was crouched behind a table, he was looking insane and determined, looking at her gun and seeing that the ammunition was running out, with a sigh in annoyance, Sebastian heard Misato's footsteps on the broken glass.
Misato was looking around intently, stopping to listen, Misato noticed a moving figure coming out of cover, turning around and jumping behind another table, Misato felt Sebastian's shots stopping on the steel table he was using as cover.
Getting up to return fire, Misato was surprised by Sebastian running towards her, kicking her in the arm, Misato roared in pain as she felt the tip of Sebastian's boot hit her, making her pistol fall out of reach and feeling a punch to the cheek, Misato fell to the ground.
Sebastian stopped with a smile on his face at Misato's form on the ground turning over and moaning in pain from the blows he took, smiling arrogantly he spoke.
"You don't know how much I wanted to do this you bitch."
With a muffled laugh, Misato soon turned his head and spoke smiling, "Sure, because you don't have the balls to fight with another man." Seeing Sebastian's face contort in annoyance, Misato nimbly held Sebastian's leg that was going towards his ribs.
Sebastian furious at having his masculine pride hurt, tried to deliver another kick to Misato, pulling away enough to stand up and finally having the opportunity to look Sebastian in the eye, images of tortured Shinji came into his mind, feeling a rush of adrenaline being released into his blood.
Running towards his target, Misato soon tried to punch Sebastian in the face, but was easily blocked, Misato tried again and succeeded, hitting Sebastian in the face.
Feeling the blood in his mouth, Sebastian tried to kick Misato, but felt his blow being blocked and fought back with a knee to the ribs, pushing his opponent away, Sebastian launched himself and knocked Misato to the ground.
Shielding his face from the heavy punches Sebastian was trying to land, Misato soon swiveled his head so that one of the blows hit the concrete floor, with a cry of pain, Sebastian stopped momentarily to hold his aching hand.
Misato seeing the opportunity, landed a strong blow on Sebastian's chin causing him to fall backwards stunned, Misato used this time to get up.
Seeing his target still on the ground Misato tried to attack again, kicking Sebastian in the ribs, he was struggling, knowing he wouldn't last long, he reached out and grabbed a piece of metal and hit Misato's leg, who screamed in pain when he felt the hard material against his shin.
Misato stepped back far enough for Sebastian to stand up and deliver strong blows against Misato's body, falling to the ground and struggling to breathe from the blows, Sebastian stopped looking at Misato arrogantly from above.
Misato partially regained his breath, but gasping heavily, he looked around for any material that could give him a defense against the piece of pipe, finding nothing, feeling fear beginning to creep in, he looked to the side and saw a black object under a table and recognizing it to be his gun, placing his hand under the table, grabbed his gun and waited for the right moment.
Standing with his legs spread and grinning insanely, Sebastian had blood on his face from the punches he took, his ribs were hurting from the kicks, but the happiness of finishing off Misato overcame that, arrogantly standing in front of his target he spoke smiling.
"I wish it wasn't personal, but it is."
Lifting the heavy barrel, Sebastian aimed it at Misato's face, the impact would surely kill her, with an insane grin, Sebastian didn't notice Misato kick him hard in the groin and soon pushed him to the ground.
Feeling the strain on his heavily aching body, Misato climbed on top of Sebastian's body, stepping on his left arm and holding his right with his knee, Misato reached up and placed the barrel of the gun under Sebastian's chin, his mind debating whether or not to kill him.
Misato quickly decided, she should take him for trial, but soon images of Shinji when he had been rescued came into her mind, how fragile and afraid of the world he was, her imagination soon brought up Shinji's moments of suffering, Sebastian's likely smile during the painful process Shinji endured.
Angrily, Misato spoke strongly, repeating Sebastian's last sentence.
"I wish it wasn't personal, but it is."
Sebastian seeing that he would be killed, tried to argue in a panic.
"Misato, wait, please! "
With a sharp pop, Misato pulled the trigger and soon Sebastian's brains were scattered on the floor whose place had once been the NERV cafeteria, standing up and looking at Sebastian's lifeless body, Misato spoke as she shot Sebastian again in the head.
"For Shinji."
Outside, Shinji was panting with the fight he was putting up, having already taken down two Mark 09's, Shinji looked around for breath, saw Asuka removing her sword from her opponent's chest and further in the background, the image of EVA 08 beheading his opponent.
Blinking to clear his mind, Shinji raised his guard to face the next Mark 09 who was heading towards Mari and Rei from behind, running to intercept him before he reached his target, Shinji roared in determination.
Mari and Rei were plunging their sword into the core of Mark 09, both completely oblivious to the danger that was coming from behind, looking at his panel, Rei noticed a red dot approaching from behind.
"Behind us!" Rei alerted Mari who promptly turned into position, but soon Mark 09 was intercepted by Unit 01, with a loud thud, Shinji knocked his enemy down and soon both were rolling downhill while holding their arms to prevent them from completing their blows.
Stopping with the Mark 09 unit overhead, Shinji quickly cursed for always being in an unfavorable position, pulling hard on his controls, Shinji ordered the EVA 01 to hold the arms of the enemy who was trying to sink his scythe into his chest.
Seeing his Magorox sword still a few meters away, Shinji immediately tried with one of his arms to grab it, but it was too far away to be acquired, fearing for his life and immediately thinking of a quick solution.
The Mark 09 Unit soon intensified their attack, sensing that the fight was in their favor, the Mark 09 soon forced their arms lower, with the tip of their scythe dangerously close to his chest, Shinji could feel a small scratch, knowing he was in danger.
With memories of the first time he faced these units, Shinji soon tried to open the compartment to acquire his progressive knife, with a growl, Shinji stabbed Mark 09 in the side of the abdomen, hoping that his blow would relieve some of the pressure he was under.
Feeling the enemy falter, Shinji immediately tried to punch him in the head to gain more space, sinking his knife as far as he could into the enemy's chest, Shinji tried to roll over to get his Magorox sword.
Having it in hand, Shinji, seeing his opponent removing his knife from his chest and reaching for his scythe, ran towards him to kill him.
Mark 09 seeing the danger, immediately raised his defense, sparks flew when the Magorox sword made contact with the metal of the scythe, both EVAS made a tug-of-war with who would have the upper hand, Shinji forcing his attack to the limit, watched the scythe handle turn red and shiny and break in half.
Without giving the enemy EVA time to recover, Shinji tried to penetrate its core to kill it, with a few movements, Mark 09 fell backwards with a smooth and flaccid movement.
Walking away and back to the group, Shinji noticed Mari and Asuka recharging their EVAS with portable batteries.
"Look who showed up." Asuka spoke with a relieved smile, trying to see Shinji shoot toward a Mark 09 and fall off a ravine, her heart clenched in worry.
Asuka cursed as she was going to her support, but soon alarms sounded saying that she was running out of energy, cursing heavily for not being able to go to Shinji's support.
The same was true for Mari and Rei, having to protect Unit 02 without power, both breathed a sigh of relief to see Unit 01 climbing up the slope with small scratches on its armor.
"They are strong." Shinji spoke wearily as he looked at Unit 02 and 08 with one arm on the induction chargers, at their feet were two boxes with spare batteries, but both EVAS would have to give up their pocket guns to have approximately thirty minutes of power.
"What's that?" Shinji asked upon seeing the boxes.
"Those are extra batteries." Mari replied with a smile on her face. "They go in the shoulder stands of the EVAS."
Shinji nodded in agreement, watching Unit 02 getting up and opening their compartments and removing their spare weapons, Shinji watched Asuka add the new batteries to their compartments, the same with Mari and Rei.
"OK pilots, Wunder will approach the Geofront, we'll send the next location to you." Hyuga spoke over the radio, his voice was professional and strong. With a nod, all the pilots soon moved to the demarcated position.
NERV
Gendo was walking with accelerated steps with Fuyutsuki at his side, his thoughts were repeating his plan to complete his scenario, in one of his hands was a black colored suite plug, and in the other he was carrying the briefcase where the Nebuchadnezzar key was.
Entering the room where EVA 13 was standing, on his chest, two Longinus spears were going through his core, with a final nod, Gendo put down his briefcase and soon began to undress, not caring about the modesty of standing naked next to Fuyutsuki who observes everything with a cautious and doubtful look.
With a pressurized sound, Gendo felt the final material welcome his body, raising his gaze to Kozo, Gendo soon spoke coldly.
"Beginning of the process." Gendo spoke as he began walking to a walkway, stopping and kneeling beside the briefcase that soon opened it, looking at the key that would give the power of a God, Gendo took it.
With a sound of machinery moving, Gendo soon tried to hold the metal syringe, pulling back the plunger and sucking the material from inside, the small nervous system was soon introduced into the silver, metal syringe.
In the background EVA 13 was taking position for the place where its core would be exposed and waiting for its host, with a mechanical arm, Fuyutsuki soon took care of removing the spears from EVA 13's core, feeling a sweat running down his neck, Fuyutsuki was worried about EVA going crazy by removing the spears.
Gendo looked at the form of the EVA 13 now waiting for him, seeing the spears being removed and the bright red glow emanating from its core, Gendo soon watched as the EVA stood waiting for him.
Seconds before the contents of the syringe were to be injected, a voice began to come over his radio, looking coldly at the device, Gendo listened with a look of disgust on his face.
"Dad, this is Shinji."
Wunder's sensors soon detected an EVA activation, judging that Gendo must have reactivated EVA 13, Shinji arranged for a channel with NERV.
"Shinji? What are you doing?" Asuka asked confused.
"I need to try Asuka." Shinji spoke pleadingly, receiving the confirmation of which he asked, Shinji arranged to start talking to his father.
"Father, this is Shinji." Shinji asked in a pleading voice, with no hope of receiving an answer, he didn't know, but everyone could hear, everyone at Wunder, his father and the group sent for his capture.
After a few seconds, everyone's eyes widened when Gendo's cold voice answered. "What do you want?"
Shinji blinked to get over the shock that he was talking to his father. "Dad please stop it. It's not too late."
Shinji pleadingly waited for his requests to work, everyone was waiting for an answer.
"Shinji, you will not get in the way of me meeting with Yui again." Gendo retorted.
"Do you think she would want that?" Shinji continued pleading.
"Listen here brat, you have no right to know what she wants, do you think we will be a family? No, the only thing you have brought me is sadness, I never loved you, you are nothing to me, you were only good for taking Yui away from me and nothing else, when the scenario is completed, I will make sure you have the nightmare you deserve." Everyone's eyes widened at Gendo's harsh words to his son, Misato was looking on with pure hatred on his face, everyone on the bridge was dumbfounded.
Everyone listening was appreciating Shinji's attempt, feeling sorry for the boy for having heard these harsh words from his father, soon everyone's attention shot to the synchronization values of Unit 01.
Maya looked at the screen and her eyes widened, again Shinji's synchronization began to increase as in the times of the third impact, picking up her radio she spoke in a panic. "Unit 01 is awakening!"
Everyone was starting to panic as they knew what had happened the last time this happened, at NERV, everyone held their breath, Misato's eyes widened as he knew what this meant.
"The choker!" Misato and Ritsuko thought in unison, even though they were far apart from each other.
Shinji was in his entrance plug, his father's words were like daggers in his heart, feeling his body trembling with anger, his breathing began to quicken and soon he had tears of rage in his eyes.
Outside, Asuka could see the motionless form of Unit 01, seeing that possibly Shinji was shaken, Asuka was about to open a channel with Shinji when she noticed Unit one clenching his fists and soon his armor began to change color, changing from green to a bright red.
Asuka's eyes widened as she could see that again Shinji was about to awaken Unit 01, opening channel quickly, she looked wide-eyed at Shinji, she had her head down, her choker was activating due to her synchronization levels, rubies were spinning and her speed was increasing.
"Shinji calm down." Asuka spoke with desperation in her voice.
Shinji was not listening, his mind was repeating his father's words, "That wretch."
"Shinji please!" Asuka began to speak desperately, seeing the choker activating, her body soon began to despair. "Shinji, look at me!"
Lifting face to Asuka's, his face showed anger, hurt and betrayal.
"Calm down please." Asuka spoke pleadingly as she saw Shinji's form stiff and irritated with the choker spinning faster and faster on his neck.
"I just wanted him to recognize me." Shinji growled gritting his teeth in annoyance.
Seeing that her time was running out, Asuka continued. "I know, remember what I told you about using this to your advantage?"
Shinji soon felt his body calm down with the memories, but the choker was still spinning, giving a nod to Asuka, Shinji tried to focus on the memories of his non-blood family, the times with Misato, his confession to Asuka, knowing he had an amazing sister.
"Use that Shinji." Asuka spoke pleadingly. "Use this next to me to stop him."
Feeling Asuka's words sink in, Shinji began to control his gasping breath, outside, the colors of Unit 01 soon returned to normal, with a sigh of relief, Asuka watched the choker return to standby mode.
"Let's end it together." Asuka spoke smiling, "Don't you want to help me?"
"Yes Asuka, as always you are right." Shinji replied with a downcast but happy smile.
Giving a genuine smile, another inward sigh at seeing Shinji calming down and the collar stopping spinning and returning to standby mode.
"That's normal, did you expect less from Asuka Shikinami?" Asuka spoke arrogantly to Shinji, but deep down she was happy, Shinji was in his focus on the communication screen, his mind was working to overcome the moment that had passed, the world seemed to have stopped for Asuka.
Her mind was thinking that again she was close to losing Shinji, cursing Gendo for his words, Asuka thought about her life, how much she had already suffered, how blind she was for not realizing that always her pillar of support had been Shinji and she could not imagine her life without him much longer.
Thinking back to the moments before, Asuka wondered what would happen if the choker had activated, feeling her hands shaking just at the thought of the situation, Asuka would not doubt allow the beast within to awaken, for, her heart could not bear to lose any more loved ones, especially the most precious of all, her Baka Shinji.
At Wunder, Maya gave a sigh when she saw that Shinji's rates had decreased enough for the EVA to return to normal, with a collective sigh from everyone, the combatants returned to focusing on their task.
Picking up her radio, Maya spoke still in a shaky voice. "Unit 01 returning to normal rates."
At NERV, Misato leaned against the wall and breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Maya's words about the situation outside, thanking whatever deity listened to her, pulling herself together and walking back, soon Misato heard footsteps again, realizing they were the assault group, Misato breathed a sigh of relief as she knew she probably wouldn't be able to face another fight.
"Freeze!" One of the soldiers pointed his assault rifle at Misato, seeing that it was their commander, the group quickened their pace until they were meeting her who only shielded her face from the light of the flashlights.
"Misato!" Ritsuko soon spoke as she approached and saw her friend's condition, soon Sakura was at her side examining her.
"Was that in the fall?" Ritsuko asked curiously as she recognized some injuries on her face, punch marks could be seen on her cheeks.
"No, I ran into Sebastian." Misato spoke with a smile on her face as she had her cut analyzed by Sakura. "He won't be a problem anymore."
"Cool." One of the soldiers spoke with a smile on his face, receiving a disapproving look from Ritsuko, promptly looked away and waited.
"So he was here all along." Ritsuko spoke to herself, so far WILLE didn't have Sebastian's whereabouts, looking at Misato and giving a sigh. "You know you should have him in custody?"
Misato took a sip of water to get the soot out of her mouth and clean the taste of blood. "That, but he didn't deserve it."
Getting up from where she was sitting, Misato soon turned to the group and spoke strongly.
"Come on, we still have work to do."
Gendo looked at the now muted radio in his hands, not regretting the words he had said, again he prepared for the ritual for the contact experiment, Fuyutsuki was at the controls waiting, but his mind was analyzing the words spoken by Gendo, feeling sorry for Shinji, Fuyutsuki thought darkly.
- Ikari, do you think Yui will want to see you again after this? -
Holding the syringe in his hand, Gendo let out a sigh to calm himself and then tried to penetrate the needle in his chest and inject the contents, feeling his body contracting he fell to the ground groaning in pain, Gendo began to feel strange.
Standing up as best he could, Gendo leaned on the handrails beside him, climbed onto a small crane and could soon feel the effects of having injected the contents of the briefcase into his body, closing his eyes, Gendo felt the energy flowing, on his head a halo appeared and on his back a white circle opened, its shape was similar to the awakened form of EVA 13 at the moment of the fourth impact.
Catching himself on cables that would take him to the core, Gendo looked down and seeing the huge exposed core of EVA 13, he swallowed dryly, but now he could no longer turn back, raising his gaze to Kozo he gave the signal, soon his body began to be lowered.
As he descended, the more he became anxious, the tips of his feet soon touched the hard surface of the core, piercing it due to the new host in his body, the more he was lowered, the lighter Gendo felt.
Kozo watched him enter the entire interior, giving a sigh, Fuyutsuki soon tried to turn around, pushing a few buttons releasing the locks that held his huge body, Kozo looked around to see his work was now finished, but he didn't understand why he wasn't happy.
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