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Chapter 28 - Everything Ends Today (Part 01).
Kozo Fuyutsuki started walking, he had no destination, he was simply walking, remembering the glory days of NERV, seeing its long corridors that contained thousands of workers, Kozo walked through the now empty corridors.
Passing through a hallway, Fuyutsuki looked at the nameplates, reading the Kanji that meant "Control Room.", entering with silent steps through the old control room, Fuyutsuki looked at the MAGI control panels sadly, his mind browsed the seats of the former technicians Shigeru, Hyuga and Maya, giving a small smile, Kozo was taken out of his memories by the sound of explosion coming from outside, returning to his walk.
Fuyutsuki doesn't know how long he has been walking, but his trip brought him back to his old office, looking nostalgically at everything, the faded paint on the wall, his small wooden desk that was now dusty, the computer screen now turned off, the vase in the corner that had contained a delicate flower, but was now empty, only dead earth.
Walking over to his dusty chair, Fuyutsuki sat down and closed his eyes sadly, he still didn't understand why he was sad, having fulfilled his role in Gendo's scenario, looking down at his right hand, Fuyutsuki was carrying an old bottle of Loot that he kept secretly, looking sadly at the bottle, Kozo remembered the reason he had it, she was keeping it for the day of victory, the day when it would all be over, the day he would celebrate, but when that day had finally arrived, he wasn't drinking to celebrate, but rather to ease his sadness.
Filling the glass they had carried along, Fuyutsuki drank it with a single gulp, closing his eyes as the liquid burned his windpipe, refilling the glass and turning it over with a single shot, Kozo repeated this motion until his bottle was half full.
Feeling the effects of alcohol, but not being drunk, Fuyutsuki began to hear sounds of footsteps approaching, he knew what it meant, giving a genuine smile, one that he couldn't remember giving the last time, again turned another glass of Loot.
Outside, Misato was leading the group of soldiers to the possible location of Gendo and Kozo, Ritsuko located herself and soon spoke tiredly.
"We are close to Subcommander Fuyutsuki's office."
Misato looked at Ritsuko, she still hadn't forgotten her mess, having a lot of things to fix between the two of them, but now they had other things to do, as the group approached the door that was ajar, Misato peeked into the dark room, seeing a small arm movement, Misato was about to notify her men to break in.
"Are they going to be long?" Fuyutsuki spoke with his tongue curled by the alcohol, again turned another glass.
Misato frowned at the phrase, she could tell his voice was strange, she got up and opened the door cautiously, soon the lanterns illuminated the place, Misato looked around and realized he was alone and unarmed.
"Hello Colonel, it's been a long time." Kozo spoke to Misato who was standing a few feet away, watching the man take another booty shot without at least twisting his face, Misato shuddered, seeing the state of the man sitting in front of her.
"Are you served?" Kozo asked as he raised his glass to his former subordinate, seeing no response, he continued. "It's one of the best bottles."
"No ... Thank you." Misato spoke cautiously, she didn't expect him to simply sit around waiting for them.
Ritsuko used this moment to approach her former superior, moving closer to the table, Kozo raised his gaze to her and soon spoke with a smile on his face.
"Gee Dr. Akagi, what have you done to your hair?"
Ritsuko gave a shy smile to Kozo and replied naturally. "Don't you like it, I've been thinking about a new look for a while."
Kozo began to laugh, raising the glass to Ritsuko who accepted it, taking a small sip, she soon twisted her face as the drink went down her throat burning its way down.
"Wow, it's really strong." Ritsuko spoke as she put the glass back on the table, seeing Kozo picking it up and taking what was left.
"If you guys are after Ikari, you're too late."
Misato noticing the scene in front of her and knowing what was happening outside, asked strongly.
"What do you mean? The coward ran away?"
Kozo gave a small laugh. "No. He's in EVA 13." Kozo again filled his glass, at this point in the championship he didn't care about anything else.
"What do you mean?" Ritsuko asked confused, she knew that a grown man could not pilot an EVA, and as far as WILLE knew, NERV had no other pilot.
Taking another sip, Kozo began to speak. "He repeated the contact experiment, so now he must be floating inside the core of EVA 13."
The eyes of everyone in the room widened, especially those of Misato and Ritsuko.
"He's crazy, what does he intend?" Ritsuko spoke as she stood up with wide eyes.
"He wants to take control of EVA, now EVA is Gendo." Kozo spoke as he closed his bottle, he knew they had to be sober enough to walk.
"Then I guess they'll need bigger handcuffs."
Misato stared at her former superior, she was still recovering from the shock of learning what Gendo had deliberately merged with the core, going over to Ritsuko, Misato asked hurriedly.
"Can he take control of the EVA?"
Ritsuko began to think, she had never thought about this aspect before, remembering all the times Yui had taken control of EVA 01 in battles, her mind soon made a decision. "Theoretically it is possible but ... I don't know."
Misato soon signaled for his men to arrest Fuyutsuki, the man gladly accepted his situation, watching the men lead the sub-commander out, Misato wondered.
"Shit, can he make an impact?" Misato asked annoyedly to Ritsuko.
Looking again at her friend, she spoke calmly and directly. "Yes, he can, having Lilith's body and an Adam's soul, he can."
Misato soon felt her body shiver at the information, she soon went outside and began to follow her men with quickened steps, her mind was in a whirlwind of information.
"Misato!" Ritsuko soon called out to her, turning to her former friend, Misato soon waited.
"EVA 13 has already suffered from his awakening, he possesses the spears of Longinus, only with a miracle can we defeat him." Ritsuko spoke with genuine fear, the scientist's mind was soon talking logically with all possible scenarios.
"We'll finish him off, we have Wunder, Shinji, Asuka, Mari and Rei." Misato spoke confidently, having full confidence in his pilots and their proper units. "Or hopefully we will."
Soon the group was walking with accelerated steps out of NERV, with the information that Gendo would not be able to be captured, now WILLE's plans were different, they had to stop Gendo, at any cost.
After a few minutes of walking, the group was soon outside again, seeing all the destruction caused by the explosion of a Mark 09, and with his EVAS units, Misato soon tried to get into the VTOL to get everyone back to Wunder as soon as possible.
Gendo had his eyes closed, all he could feel was as if he were floating in space, as if he were under water, opening his eyes, he soon came across emptiness, feeling confusion rising, he soon began to look around.
"Where am I?" Gendo asked himself only seeing the emptiness, quickly remembering his goal, he quickly tried to concentrate, he had to wake the EVA from the state of hibernation caused by the spears.
Feeling a presence, Gendo opened his eyes and came face to face with the form of an EVA without its armor, shuddering at the appearance of the beast, Gendo soon swallowed dryly.
"Who are you?" The beast asked smiling.
"I am Ikari." Gendo replied while maintaining his rigid posture.
"You are not Ikari, another with that name has been here before." The beast replied while maintaining its smile.
Gendo thought about the words and soon replied snidely. "The other Ikari was my son, Shinji."
"Oh. I remember him." The beast spoke as he looked away, turning back to talk to Gendo again. "What do you want?"
"I want you to give me full control of EVA." Gendo spoke coldly.
Receiving a bitter laugh from EVA 13, Gendo was starting to get worried. "And why would I do that?"
"Because now I have an Adam body inside me." Gendo began to speak, keeping his posture strong.
"So what, I have an Adam here too." The beast retorted, all the while maintaining its smile, Gendo at this moment felt his body rise, seeing that the beast had placed one of its hands on his neck lifting him off the ground easily.
"I just want it for a while." Gendo spoke with difficulty, feeling the beast's grip lessen, Gendo continued. "I just want control for a while, after I get Yui back, you can do whatever you want with humanity."
The beast looked at Gendo deeply, thinking as it maintained eye contact with this soul that invaded its domain, coming to a conclusion the beta smiled.
Shinji removed his sword from another Mark 09 he had killed, looking to the side and seeing EVA 02 and EVA 08 doing the same, the group soon observed the VTOL returning to Wunder.
Shinji watched the aircraft making its way and soon his mind turned to his father, but soon he heard a small beep, looking forward, the holographic image of EVA 01 showed an approaching object, raising his defense as best he could.
Looking forward again they were being attacked by another Mark 09, mentally cursing, Shinji prepared himself for a new wave of attacks.
Mari looked around and noticed more enemies, looking at Rei in the bottom seat, she soon started to talk annoyed, even though she enjoyed being in her EVA, loving the way the LCL hugged her shapely body, Mari cursed, this situation of battling with old enemies was already eating up her patience.
"Don't these things ever end?" Mari spoke annoyed, as she prepared to fight again, raising her sword and waiting for the enemy's movement.
Rei looked at his panel, seeing that more points were approaching, looking forward, Rei spoke determinedly. "NERV has the ability to mass produce EVAS, unfortunately I have no way to predict their exact quantity."
"I know blue, but this is already losing its fun." Mari spoke as she ordered her EVA to fend off the attack of a Mark 09, with another deft move, Mari managed to sever the attacker's arm.
From outside, Asuka saw Unit 08 severing the enemy's arm and with another swift movement making his head fly many meters away from her body, Asuka soon returned her attention to her own target, exchanging a few blade blows, Asuka could easily disarm her opponent and kill him on the ground.
Shinji was by his side, as always, keeping his strategy of waiting to make the first move, noticing the movement, Shinji raised his gun, feeling a kick in his abdomen, Shinji endured the pain and soon adjusted to defend himself better.
Seeing unit 01 moving away, Mark 09's Dummy system soon judged his opponent vulnerable enough to kill him, running towards his enemy, Mark 09 didn't notice Shinji waiting for him.
Shinji noticed the enemy running towards him, judging that he thought he was in trouble, Shinji quickly raised his sword and deflected his opponent's sharp blow, turning and cutting his back.
Shinji noticed the Mark 09 twitching as its back was cut off, turning and looking at the EVA 01 standing arrogantly in front of him, again running towards him, Shinji quickly tried to crouch down and landed a blow on one of its legs, causing the Mark 09 unit to fall to the ground.
Getting up and trying to kill his opponent right away, Shinji penetrated the core of Mark 09 who was lying on the ground, adjusting to look around, seeing that unit 08 and unit 02 had already killed their opponents, Shinji could take a look around.
Seeing the infinity of infinity faults, Shinji looked at them with curiosity, he had never understood what they were.
"Hey Baka?" Asuka called Shinji over the internal communicator, opening a private channel with Shinji, she observed Shinji looking away, Asuka looked around and tried to deduce what Shinji was looking at, Asuka knew she didn't have much time to wait and think, "What are you looking at?"
Shinji looked back at Asuka and spoke with curiosity. "I was thinking about these things." Asuka watched Shinji point with his EVA to the infinity gaps.
Asuka looked at one of the infinity gaps in the background, she answered Shinji's question sadly. "When the third impact happened, the people near NERV turned that, so Japan is practically a dead land."
Shinji lowered his gaze sadly, he was still dealing with the whole third impact thing, knowing that he shouldn't spend time on this thought, he quickly tried to return to his concentration, looking back at Asuka, Shinji planted a smile on his face, but he couldn't open his mouth to speak.
Asuka seeing Shinji's face and fake smile, tried to speak up before her boyfriend relapses. "Shinji, don't think about it now ... When we're done with this, let's talk."
"I know Asuka." Shinji replied sadly, but managed to keep his emotions in check, he again caught himself looking at Asuka through the communication screen, Shinji again lost himself in the beauty of his girlfriend, with memories running through his mind, Shinji soon answered an internal question, how he hadn't gone crazy.
He now knew how he had recovered, it was all thanks to Asuka, without her, he could never have turned things around, remembering all the scoldings, Shinji gave a sincere smile.
Asuka seeing Shinji's gaze on her, soon began to blush as Shinji had not said anything else, Asuka watched Shinji's smile widen, with doubt and with embarrassment, Asuka asked. "What is it Baka?"
Shinji was brought out of his thoughts when he caught himself looking at Asuka, he responded with shame and determination by scratching the back of his head with one hand, the gesture was repeated by his EVA. "It's just that I was thinking that I would never be anything without you."
Asuka's face soon turned the same color as her EVA, stuttering Asuka soon spoke with one of her traditional responses, walking her EVA over to Shinji's, she treated herself to a slap on the head of EVA 01, knowing Shinji would feel it, smiling as she heard his groan of pain, she spoke blushing. "Don't say embarrassing things in battle."
Shinji couldn't help but smile, the pain from the slap soon dissipated and he looked to the horizon, knowing that he had never been tactful for conversation, Shinji soon knew that this was neither the place nor the time to talk things like that, starting to laugh.
Asuka watched Shinji laughing in his EVA and soon she was confused.
"Sorry." Shinji replied as he laughed, Asuka controlled herself not to hit Shinji again, she hated him apologizing.
Shinji was still looking at the horizon, she noted that there was some movement coming in the direction of the group, knowing it must be more Mark 09 unit, Shinji spoke with the radio open.
"We have more enemies approaching!" Shinji spoke anxiously, he held his controls tightly, trying to control his anxiety, no matter how many battles he faced, every time some enemy approached, he got nervous.
"We have a reading of only one." Wunder answered by radio.
"At least we can finish him off quickly." Mari spoke confidently.
"Three against one is cowardice." Asuka spoke with her pride.
Shinji only shook his head in disbelief, but something in his mind told him to stay alert, seeing the little black dot getting bigger and bigger.
"No matter, finish him off quickly, don't give them a chance." Misato spoke as he reached Wunder's bridge.
Shinji gave a small smile when he heard that she was already safely back at Wunder.
Shinji watched his target approaching and soon one point split, turning to nine smaller points, Shinji looked confused at this.
"You and your big mouth princess." Mari spoke anxiously as she saw the nine points approaching.
When the nine points finally arrived, everyone's eyes widened at seeing who would be the next target, with a loud thud, the nine white beasts, the real mass-production Evangelion landed in front of units 01, 02 and 08.
Everyone gasped when they saw the enemy, everyone remembered the last fight with one of these units, the world lost a city, they had been easily defeated against only one of these units, they all had a sword in their hand, and they all face the EVAS with their sadistic and hungry smile
Shinji swallowed dryly, remembering the last battle, the spear going through his eye, Shinji closed his eyes and concentrated, he could feel the presence of his hand cheering him on and giving him strength.
Asuka observed her new enemies, she soon remembered Mari's account of the battle, how Shinji and unit 08 were easily defeated, opening communication with Shinji, Asuka cautiously asked. "Shinji, are these the same units that destroyed the city in Russia?"
Shinji replied somberly. "Yes, but I only had one."
Asuka felt the weight of Shinji's words, feeling her hand shaking in her controls, Asuka thought to calm herself.
- Mama, bist du bei mir?
With a big smile, Asuka got the answer she wanted, with the feeling of joy and love and receiving a wave of determination, speaking over the radio confident and determined. "So this is the time for revenge."
Raising her sword to fighting position Asuka was thinking of a strategy for the group to have an advantage, knowing that they had accelerated regeneration, Asuka thought hastily.
In EVA 08, Mari was staring at the serial EVAs standing arrogantly in front of the three giants, swallowing dryly and remembering her last encounter with one of them, closing her eyes and having flashes of the last fight, Mari could still feel the pain of the white beast's teeth digging into her shoulder.
Sensing Mari's hesitation through the neural link, Rei turned to look at her frightened face, knowing that the memories of the last fight must be scaring his partner, he thought about how he could help her. "We'll make it."
Receiving a "There is." From Mari and a confused look, Rei looked at her with intensity and repeated her sentence, speaking with determination. "We'll make it."
Mari stared at her for a few seconds before cracking a smile, knowing she couldn't run away or lose concentration, shaking her head positively Mari spoke. "Yes blue, let's finish them off."
Outside, the EVA serie was simply standing still, each one looking at the faces of the giants standing in front of them, with a growl, the EVA serie 01 raised his sword and ran towards the group, having his movement copied by his companions, the nine beasts started their attack.
Feeling his body going rigid, Shinji watched as all the enemies advanced, raising his sword and blocking the attack on the EVA series 01, Shinji tried to move away, for they knew they were outnumbered and he shouldn't let them surround him.
With one leap, Shinji managed to get far enough away, turning his head to the side, Shinji could see that his battle companions were doing the same.
Being attacked from all sides, Shinji was managing to block all the blows, seeing another approaching from the sides Shinji raised his AT field to give him time.
Quickly remembering the last battle against one of them, Shinji knew that they didn't die easily, with a roar, Shinji raised the arm of Unit 01 to block again the attack of the white beast 03, with a precise and fast movement and managed to cut the opponent's arm, seeing it move away, Shinji tried to attack, running towards it with the raised sword, the white beast 03 could only watch when the Magorox sword passed through its thorax, with the successful hit, Shinji roared as he ordered his EVA to push the sword aside.
With a violent blow, The white beast 03 fell lifeless to the side, Shinji quickly tried to turn around to observe the EVA series 01 falling with the tip of his sword facing down trying to give him a sharp blow from behind.
With a small jump and watching the enemy drive his sword into the ground with a loud thud, Shinji raised his arm and tried to cut off the enemy's arm, but the white beast 01 was faster, with a delicate and calculated movement, the EVA series 01 released his sword and held Shinji's arms.
Shinji was pushing his controls hard in hopes of overcoming the enemy's squeeze, looking into his eyes, Shinji was trying as hard as he could, his concentration was broken when he heard footsteps approaching from behind.
"There's no, you won't!" Yelling in his seat, Shinji stopped his attack against the EVA serial 01 and turned to see the white beast 05 raise his sword, swerving just in time to be strung in two, Shinji soon dealt a powerful punch to the new opponent's face.
Shinji stepped back to buy some time, seeing the two white beasts approaching and trying to surround him, he looked briefly at the body of the 03 series EVA still lying on the ground and knowing that it would only be a matter of time before he was back in action.
On the other side of the field, Asuka watched Unit 01 exchange blows with three enemies together and the moment Shinji managed to incapacitate one of them, knowing the regenerative power of the enemy.
"Die!" Asuka soon dealt with penetrating her sword into the head of EVA series 04 with a snapping sound instantly incapacitated him, removing the sword with force, blood was sent in all directions, with a determined roar, Asuka soon jumped up high to escape a coordinated attack from two enemies together.
With a soft landing just behind her enemy, Asuka immediately attacked her opponent from behind, like a hot knife through butter, the EVA 08 series let out a cry of pain as she felt the blow rip through her muscles, seeing her sword causing considerable damage to her enemy, Asuka gave a cocky smile as she watched her movements slow down.
"Now you die!" Asuka shouted as she ordered her EVA to move forward, raising her arm and with a delicate and simple movement, EVA 02 managed to sever the enemy's shoulder with a clean cut that went from his right shoulder until it exited the left side of his chest, seeing her opponent split in two, Asuka soon tried to dodge a sword that had been thrown.
"There's no buddy, that won't work on me." Asuka spoke as she turned around, running towards the target and trying to hit the spot where her core should be, EVA serial 02 held her arms.
Feeling her eyes widen, Asuka tried to pull her sword back, but was soon hit in the head by a headbutt implanted by EVA serie 02, falling backwards disoriented.
Falling to the ground, Asuka noted that she was unarmed, looking back at the enemy and standing up, mentally cursing at knowing she would have no weapon because of the extra batteries she carried, Asuka knew she would have to incapacitate the enemy with her bare hands.
Watching the enemy stare at her with a hungry look, Asuka shouted in her seat. "What are you waiting for? Come!"
EVA serie 08 ran towards her as if it was possible to have heard her calling, with a wild growl, the white beast leaped to try to gain a foothold on the red giant, holding her enemy by the waist, Asuka could feel that it was trying to bite her.
Clenching her fist and punching him hard at the base of the chin, Asuka watched the white EVA 02 move away momentarily, seeing the opportunity, the redhead tried to run and knock the enemy to the ground, putting both hands strongly on his neck, Asuka squeezed with all her strength.
EVA series 02 was struggling on the floor trying to shake off the death grip Asuka was giving him.
"Just die!" Asuka roared as she gave more power to her EVA, with the red giant's fingers digging into her enemy's neck, with a sharp pop, the EVA serie 02's body stopped moving, its arms falling down the sides of its now lifeless body. Getting up and surveying the ground, Asuka knew not to let her guard down.
"I need help here!" Mari shouted over the radio, looking at the pink giant cornered by three enemy, Asuka ran, grabbing her sword back again.
Mari was watching and thinking of alternatives, seeing that she was completely surrounded, she raised her sword and soon waited for the first attack. EVA serie 07 gave a hungry smile as she raised her sword.
"Now, hit the arm!" Rei spoke determinedly as she found the moment to attack, seeing that Mari complied with her request, the pink giant dealt with attacking, with one precise movement, Eva serie 07's arm had been ripped from its base.
Watching the enemy move away, Mari watched as one of her companions ran to attack her, but had her steps stopped by Asuka's sword that severed one of her legs, Mari/Rei watched as the red giant buried the back of her new opponent's head in the ground, but without having time to celebrate, the duo of girls soon tried to attack the last serial EVA that was attacking her.
"Bastard." Mari yelled as she blocked his arm and penetrated his sword into his core, feeling a familiar sensation, smiling like a cat as he found his prey and penetrated his sword as deep as he could.
Watching the enemy fall to the ground lifeless and watching Asuka finish off the EVA serie without one of her arms, Mari listened over the radio. "How many times am I going to have to save your skin heim Four-Eyes? "
Mari gave a disdainful look as she replied to the back of the red giant who was moving away to support Shinji. "Don't even come, you know my business is to provide support."
Seeing the bodies on the ground, Mari/Rei soon exchanged a look knowing that the fight wasn't over yet, ordering the Pink giant to meet unit 01.
Shinji looked tiredly at his last opponent, having managed to incapacitate yet another one of them, he was now in a one-on-one fight, having lost his sword and having only his progressive knife in hand, the pilot of unit 01 soon tried to run to fight his enemy.
Looking into the eyes of EVA series 01, Shinji gave a growl as he raised his arm to try to hit his target's head, seeing the enemy's arm do the same, Shinji tried to deflect the blow and managed to penetrate his neck.
"Stop moving!" Shinji growled as he ordered his EVA to behead his opponent, feeling the blood trickle down his hands, Shinji quickly dealt with removing the knife and watching EVA serie 01 fall to the ground and make small movements before standing completely still.
Walking over to his Magorox sword, Shinji was gasping heavily, this fight had been very tiring, watching dejectedly as the red and pink giants approached, for he knew it would only be a matter of time before the EVA series would be back in business.
"How ... Do we kill ... Those things?" Shinji spoke to Wunder between gasps to catch his breath.
The Wunder staff was frantic, having to be fighting the Mark 09 and Mark 04 units and be watching their EVAs fight the white beasts.
Misato was tired, this battle was consuming a lot out of everyone, this fight against NERV was being the hardest of all, holding the railing tightly and cursing everything she could.
"How ... Do we kill ... Those things?" Shinji's gasping voice could be heard in the chaos that was the bridge.
Misato looked to Ritsuko for answers, seeing the fake blonde typing frantically on her keyboard opening and closing several screens with various information, Misato waited impatiently for any information, for she also knew she should be quick at this time.
"Ritsuko!" Misato shouted to get the blonde's attention.
Receiving a brief glance from Ritsuko, Misato could understand that small look, his eyes widened at her silence.
Ritsuko was at her dashboard, she was studying her data quickly in search of any useful information, feeling fear begin to overwhelm her, she was getting nothing, there was only one way to get this information quickly.
Misato watched Ritsuko get up and leave hurriedly, following her closely. "Where are you going?"
"Talk to Fuyutsuki." That was the only sentence Ritsuko spoke as she started running as fast as she could.
On the battlefield, Shinji was waiting patiently for any information, looking at the screen in front of him where it showed the faces of his battle companions, they were waiting for any information.
Receiving the radio silence, Asuka huffed in frustration as she shook her head vigorously. "They don't know."
"Calm down princess." Mari spoke strongly, she fiercely trusted that Wunder would find a solution.
"I believe that Subcommander Akagi will find a solution." Rei completed Mari's reasoning. Before Asuka could respond, the group began to hear a sound coming from outside.
At the feet of the giants, the parts and injuries of the EVA series began to regenerate with popping knots, Shinji glanced back and spoke. "I hope they find an answer fast." A thought soon came into his mind, immediately trying to ask. "How are your batteries?"
Looking at her monitor, Asuka replied strongly. "I'm on a half load."
"Same here." Mari/Rei replied in unison.
Shinji gave an anxious sigh as he saw some of the EVA Series were already standing and casting an arrogant smile at the giants.
Ritsuko was panting as she reached the Wunder cells, with Misato right behind.
Fuyutsuki was sitting on his bed, he was still in his NERV uniform, his head was remembering his actions, lowering his gaze in sadness, he spoke as he scratched his forehead. "What a horrible role I played."
His train of thought was broken when his door opened to the sound of air, watching Ritsuko enter and followed by Misato, Kozo observed the fierce look he was receiving from Misato.
He already knew the reason for his visit, his mind immediately brought up images of the EVA series, knowing that they had their ability to regenerate and only a single weak point, with a downcast sigh the man waited.
"How can we kill those things?" Ritsuko spoke strongly, she knew they were out of time.
Fuyutsuki let out a tired sigh, but before he could speak, he heard Misato shout fiercely.
"What the fuck! Just answer the question." Misato shouted annoyed, already knowing what it is by now the enemies would be on their feet.
"There is only one way." Fuyutsuki spoke as he faced the wall, speaking in a downcast manner, his consciousness was screaming at this moment, he didn't know why, but his body no longer wanted Gendo's scenario to come true. "It is by destroying the entry plug."
With a frantic nod, Ritsuko quickly reached for her personal radio and started talking.
"Pilots! Destroy the entry plug." Ritsuko spoke anxiously, Ritsuko spoke as she left the cell, being followed by Misato, again leaving Fuyutsuki alone.
"But it won't end." Kozo spoke somberly as he remembered doing the design for yet another EVA, his Evangelion Mark 10.
Shinji watched as a serial EVA threw a spear in his direction, deflecting as best he could, he felt the mouth of another bite his arm like a wild animal.
Groaning in pain, Shinji dealt a punch to his opponent's face, having his arm free again, he reached up and landed a blow to the EVA serie's abdomen.
"Let's move away!" Asuka shouted as she ordered her EVA to jump and gain some ground, the gesture was repeated by Shinji and Mari/Rei.
Gaining some ground and time, the group soon began preparing to face the nine beasts again, seeing the enemies grouping up and heading in the direction of WILLE's EVAS, with their swords already prepared.
"Pilots! Destroy the entry plug." Ritsuko spoke anxiously.
With a frantic nod from everyone, the group waited to attack.
"Let's split up, with the group dispersed we can better manage their volume." Rei spoke determinedly, Mari soon dealt with moving away and sending her EVA running, seeing that a small group of serial EVAS followed her, Mari gave a determined smile, now they had a way to kill them. "Very good Blue." Asuka and Shinji did the same thing.
Shinji looked around and realized that again he was being chased by three EVA series, stopping and turning around and raising his sword, he patiently waited.
Falling with a loud thud to the ground, The Eva serie soon tried to run fiercely towards Shinji, with the other two flanking him.
"You won't make it!" Shinji growled as he took his sword and made it lay with the hilt of the enemy's sword, giving a show of sparks as they collided, Shinji quickly blocked their onslaughts, looking around to evade when the other two Series EVAS attempted a joint attack.
Seeing that he could not stay in this game forever, Shinji gave a cry of determination as he blocked another blow and penetrated the Magorox sword into the abdomen of a serial EVA, hearing the enemy's cry of pain, Shinji quickly tried to remove the sword and stick his arm in the hole.
Feeling the innards of the serial EVA, Shinji ignored his movements as he searched for the cylinder of the entry plug, as he felt the object, he held it tightly and ordered his EVA to pull it as hard as possible.
With a roar, Shinji shouted as he felt the resistance in his arm. "Fucking come on, let go!"
With one last pull, Shinji felt the object in his hands as he pulled it from his opponent, seeing the enemy stop moving completely, the EVA series fell motionless backwards, without receiving commands from the Dummy system, the white crossbow fell deactivated.
Looking at the object in his hand, Shinji's eyes widened as they read the inscriptions, the red cylinder with black lettering read 'Dummy plug Kaworu 03.'
Shaking his head to clear it and refocus, Shinji soon set about smashing the cylinder, quickly opening a radio channel with anyone who might listen. "I did it, minus one."
Turning to face his next opponents, Shinji noticed that they were more cautious, the white beasts were looking at the crushed cylinder knowing that their weak point had been discovered.
"How do they feel now?" Shinji shouted as he stepped forward, his anger and determination wanting revenge.
Asuka was trying to find a way to get to her entry plug, dodging and applying blows, she was struggling to get a way to finish her enemy, but her mind was cautious.
"I got it, minus one." Asuka heard Shinji speak, giving a fierce grin, the redhead soon knew that the attack worked.
Raising her arm and severing again one of the enemy's limbs, watching the EVA serie stagger backwards, Asuka tried to climb on his back and knock him to the ground passing the sword through the protective cover of the entry plug.
"Time to say goodnight." Asuka spoke as she penetrated the scene and rotated the fiery blade in various directions to completely destroy the plug seeing her movements cease, she stood up and saw the lifeless form of her opponent, Asuka ran to the next one.
"What now huh hottie?!" Asuka shouted as she threw a powerful punch, penetrating the abdomen of a serial EVA with her hands, feeling the wanted object in hand.
The EVA Series soon desperately attacked its attacker, knowing it was in danger, opening its mouth and taking a strong bite out of Unit 02's shoulder.
Groaning in pain, Asuka was feeling all the nervous feedback, feeling the sensation of the white beast's teeth tearing at her shoulder flesh, Asuka with a roar tried to crush the object in her hands like an empty soda can.
Feeling his strength gradually diminishing, the serial EVA fell lifelessly to the red ground of Tokyo 3, his blood being absorbed into the lifeless soil.
Recovering and trying to disregard the pain, Asuka looked at the form of another serial EVA standing a few feet away from her, slowly approaching her enemy and giving a fierce smile as she saw the serial EVA walking away. "That's called fear!"
On the other side of the field, Mari/Rei were facing their opponents, listening to their companions' victories over the radio, Mari/Rei looked at their enemies who now kept a distance between them, and their movements were more cautious.
Seeing that now she was no longer the prey but the hunter, Mari ran with sword raised towards the enemy now wanting to defend herself, with quick movements, Mari easily cut the flesh of the chest of the first enemy.
"Not so fun now is it friend?" Mari spoke smiling as she saw that her attacks were decisive, jumping up and kicking an EVA Serie in the chest, Mari gave a determined shout as she penetrated her sword into her opponent's shoulder, watching the EVA Serie scream in pain.
"Hurts, huh?" Mari shouted as she removed her sword and penetrated the enemy again from behind, but now hitting his entry plug, seeing the life fading from the opponent, Mari stood up and smiled at Rei who was in the bottom seat who returned the look.
"Blue! Let's finish off the other." Mari spoke with determination as she lifted the Pink giant and walked toward the other two.
Again gasping heavily, Shinji was having trouble thinking as he had been wounded in his shoulder by a sword strike he had received, looking at his last EVA series, Shinji massaged the spot.
Running and again exchanging a series of blows, Shinji felt a hand of the EVA series grab his neck, with his free hand, Shinji tried to cut off his opponent's arm with his free hand.
Briefly regaining his breath, Shinji still felt the sensation of a hand on his neck, the Unit 01 pilot delivered a powerful kick to his opponent's chest, seeing him falling not to the ground, the serial EVA turned around and began to crawl back to his weapon, hoping to defend himself, Shinji took the opportunity to finish off the enemy.
Looking at the bodies around him, Shinji observed for a few seconds around him, the form of Unit 02 exchanging blows with his opponent, Unit 08 tearing off his opponent's arm with a clean blow, Shinji closed his eyes to calm down a bit, this battle wasn't being easy.
When he opened his eyes again, Shinji observed a unit of the EVA series transforming his sword into a Longinus spear, his eyes widened when he saw this unit aiming its attack at unit 02, quickly remembering the sensation of having that sword penetrating his head, Shinji tried to run.
Asuka was now finishing her opponent, seeing an alert on her panel of a fast approaching object, she turned around but had no time to trigger her AT field to defend herself, Asuka could only wait for the pain. But that pain didn't come, opening her eyes and seeing Unit 01's arm holding a replica of Longinus' spear.
Asuka watched Unit 01 with the spear return and annihilate the EVA series that tried to injure her, feeling her body calm down, Asuka gave a smile as she spoke only to herself into her entry plug. "Thank you, My Baka."
Shinji removed the spear from the enemy's back, seeing that he was defeated, he returned to the red giant's side and soon the duo ran to support Mari/Rei who were fighting, upon arriving at the scene, Shinji and Asuka watched the pink giant finish off his last opponent.
"Fuck, that's tiring." Mari spoke over the radio as she gasped heavily, even though she shared the burden of effort with Rei, this fight had been the most tiring of all.
After a few seconds of waiting, the group waited again to see if any EVA series survived, seeing that these units were now dead, they let out a sigh of relief, finally the EVA series was dead.
At Wunder, Misato and Ritsuko returned to the point, with this new information from Fuyutsuki, they had to be on their guard, for according to their former sub-commander, NERV had managed to manufacture yet another opponent.
"Hyuga!" Misato called out from her seat on the bridge, looking at her subordinate and giving a sigh.
"Ma'am." Hyuga stopped what he was doing and turned to look at her.
"Ritsuko told me that you were in charge while we were away, seeing that everything is in order." Misato spoke as she looked around the bridge. "Good job."
Misato's compliment earned a shy smile from Hyuga, the Lieutenant stammered a reply.
"Thank you ma'am."
Turning to hide her smile, Hyuga returned to her work.
"What is the status of the pilots?" Ritsuko asked as she joined Misato's side on the bridge, waiting for the answer.
"Everyone is fine, Unit 01 has minimal damage, Units 02 and 08 are fine, but their extra batteries are already at one third of their life." Sumiro replied from his post, on his screen was the vital signs of all the pilots, his panel was shared with Maya and Ritsuko.
"What about the EVA Series?" Misato asked professionally, she was anxious to know what the final outcome of the enemies was.
"All the sensors show that their cores are inactive, the pilots destroyed their input plugs, they are deactivated." Midori replied as she analyzed her data.
"Good." Misato replied as he let out a sigh of relief, rubbing his forehead and closing his eyes to get his thoughts in order.
Midori at this point looked at her monitor again, her sensors started showing signs of alerts, trying to decipher these codes, but soon general alarms started flooding the Wunder bridge.
"Evangelion Unit activation detected!"
A message screamed in red on Wunder's front panel, everyone looked at it in amazement, when image focused, everyone looked on as the floor of Tokyo 3 cracked.
With a mighty leap, an Evangelion unit landed gracefully, its designer was very similar to an EVA Series, but the big difference was in its face, with an angel face shape, this unit had no eyes, in its place, two black bands crossed each other forming an 'X', on its forehead was written the inscription, only the number ten.
In one of his hands was one of Longinus' spears, walking gracefully, Unity moved about with an aureole opening at the top of his head.
"What the fuck is that?" Shigeru asked alarmed from his seat. "He has no face?"
Misato let out a bored sigh as he watched his new enemy walk across the red earth, even though he had faced all kinds of EVAS before, having an unknown unit was alarming and frightening.
Ritsuko watched the data on her screen, showing parameters much higher than her own EVAS, she had only seen data like this once before, and that was on the almost third impact, when Unit 01 was awakened and all the units' power had been unlocked.
"The Mark 10."
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