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Chapter 29 - Everything Ends Today (Part 02).
Shinji was looking at the Mark 10 form approaching with one of Longinus' spears in his hand, staring at his face and feeling his hands shaking, he didn't know why, but this EVA was scaring him.
"What's that?" Shinji spoke nervously into his entry plug.
"I don't know, but whatever it is we're going to kill him." Asuka spoke determinedly, but she was intimidated by his stateliness, watching him carefully his gait was arrogant, with his aureole atop his head.
"He is holding a spear of Longinus." Rei delicately spoke, keeping her eyes on her new opponent's weapon.
Seeing her companion's stare at the new enemy, Mari tried to break the ice. "So what, that other one had it too." Concluded the bespectacled girl as she looked around at the EVA Series bodies.
Rei turned to his companion and spoke in his firm voice, looking Mari in the eye. "That is not a copy."
"Lucky for us." Mari spoke as she lost her smile and looked at her power meter, which showed that her EVA had the equivalent of eight more minutes of operation and the Wunder had no more spare batteries, which meant they would have to retreat to recharge on the ship.
Shinji was keeping his gaze fixed on his new opponent, giving an anxious sigh, he waited for guidance from Wunder, but the only sentence spoken was a single one.
"The Mark 10."
Shinji frowned at that name, deep down he knew this would not be an easy battle, shaking his head to clear his mind.
"But what's so special about him?" Asuka spoke anxiously over the radio, Shinji was silent only waiting for the answer.
On Wunder's bridge, everyone was typing and talking to various sectors in search of information, everyone was working to find out as much as possible from their new opponent.
"But what's so special about him?" Asuka's voice sounded through Wunder.
Misato picked up her communicator and spoke as firmly as possible, looking at Ritsuko who was typing frantically while listening to information on her personal radio.
"We are working on it, treat it with caution." Misato spoke anxiously.
"Then make it quick, I only have seven more minutes of charge." Asuka replied with venom in her voice, she did not have the luxury of Unit 01 which had its own S2 engine.
Misato was stressed, all the noise of voices mixed with keyboard sounds were flooding her mind, closing her eyes and taking deep breaths to calm down.
"Oh my God." Misato was brought out of her reverie by Ritsuko's voice, turning around and eyeing her old friend suspiciously.
"What?" Misato asked coldly.
"He ... He doesn't have an input plug." Ritsuko spoke in shock as she looked at her data on her monitor, listening to Misato approach, she continued.
"He must have had it, but the only possible explanation is that he was inserted directly into the core." Ritsuko spoke with her scientific posture.
"How is that possible?" Misato replied shocked.
"I don't know." Ritsuko replied as she began typing on her keyboard.
"How do we kill him?" Misato retorted anxiously.
"I don't know." Feeling anxiety begin to take over her body, WILLE's chief scientist was beginning to let her emotions take over her decisions.
"Then find a way!" Misato growled as she turned and headed toward his radio. "Go back to the cell and get Kozo to talk."
Ritsuko was frantically looking at the figures on her monitor, her mind was working desperately for any useful information she could use, knowing that Fuyutsuki might know something, but the pilots had no time to wait, picking up her radio, Ritsuko spoke to the pilots.
"Pilots! We don't know how to kill him, he has no entry plug and most likely possessed the regeneration ability of the EVA Series."
Misato turned around and stared at her with a fierce look, this was the kind of information that should not have been passed on to the people on the front lines.
"Try everything." Ritsuko finished her speech coldly, feeling Misato's hand remove the communicator from her hands.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Misato growled at WILLE's sub-commander.
"As best I can, we can't leave our pilots idle." Ritsuko responded to the point.
"And your best strategy is to speak 'Give luck a chance'?" Misato retorted sharply as he strengthened his grip.
Ritsuko released herself from Misato's grip with a strong tug, looking her in the eye she retorted, "That's the best I can do right now."
Misato continued to stare strongly at her former friend. "You may not trust me enough yet, but we can't stand still." Ritsuko growled as she recognized Misato's gaze.
"Go back to your post and work on a solution." Misato ordered coldly as she walked away, feeling Ritsuko's gaze penetrate her back, the Wunder commander was frantically thinking of an efficient attack strategy.
"Try everything."
Asuka opened her eyes as wide as she could, she couldn't believe that Wunder had just suggested they give it their all and hope it works out.
"They've got to be kidding!" Asuka shouted annoyed at her entry plug.
"Easy princess, we've dealt with something worse just now." Mari spoke confidently as she remembered the battle against the EVA in Series.
"But something tells me he's different." Rei replied from her seat just below Mari.
"Look out!" Shinji shouted to warn.
Outside, The Mark 10 was running, holding his spear like an athlete in the Olympics, his target was on one of the EVA units.
Launching the spear, the red object tore through the sky at supersonic speed, Shinji only had time to turn slightly to dodge it.
His eyes widened as the object flew by just inches from his head, and he felt a small scratch on his eyebrow.
"Wow." Shinji stammered his reply as he realized he had almost been impaled again.
Lifting his gaze upwards, Shinji watched the fist colliding against his face, letting out a roar of pain, feeling when his opponent's fist collided against his face, feeling his teeth aching and screaming in pain.
"He's too strong!" Shinji shouted as he blocked another blow and stepped back.
Asuka watched as Shinji was almost impaled by the spear, her gaze fell on the large red object, holding it with both hands and removing it from the ground, Asuka could feel the power the spear emanated, feeling her EVA react to having it.
Her thoughts were cut off when the sound of something colliding sounded, seeing Unit 01 staggering backwards with the blow it had suffered, Asuka immediately set about trying to attack her opponent, raising the spear in attack position, her EVA pointed it in the direction of her new opponent's back.
Giving a roar of determination, Asuka ran towards the enemy, seeing the perfect opportunity to inflict a great deal of damage on the enemy.
Mark 10 was standing still looking at Unit 01 in front of him, his fist again colliding with the purple giant's face, and with a delicate and precise movement, he lifted his torso and deflected by millimeters from Asuka's attack.
With the spear hitting the ground hard, Asuka growled in frustration that her attack didn't work, forcing the spear off the ground and again trying to give her another attack, spinning the spear counterclockwise and watching Mark 10 dodge each blow with ease.
"Stand still and die!" Asuka shouted as she ordered her EVA to move forward.
"Easy princess!" Mari/Rei shouted as she joined the fight, raising her arm, the pink giant attacked from above, leaping into the sky, Eva 08 pointed her Magorox sword downward and let gravity do the rest.
With a loud shout, Mari and Rei pushed their EVA to the maximum, giving every drop of determination that two pilots could give in a situation like this.
Mark 10 was easily dodging Asuka's onslaughts, keeping her head facing forward at all times, seeing the pink giant's movement, Mark 10 quickly calculated the best way to defend herself.
With a delicate and calculated movement, Mark 10 jumped to the side and only listened when the pink giant landed hard on the ground, raising a large cloud of dust.
"Shit four-eyes!" Asuka yelled in frustration as Mari's onslaught got in the way of her series of attacks. "Don't get in my way!"
Mark 10 watched with curiosity as he watched the dust cloud dissipate, turning his head gently, the white giant heard the heavy footsteps of Unit 01.
Shinji ran as fast as he could, with great determination, he tried to sever some limb from the enemy, with a strong blow, in the shoulder area, watching his arm fall quickly down to finish his move, Shinji felt when his blow was blocked, looking at the enemy's hand holding him back.
"Shit!" Shinji shouted annoyed as he saw his blow easily blocked.
Mark 10 was holding Unit 01's arm tightly, preventing him from freeing himself, closing his fist and with ease, the white giant managed to land a powerful punch to the purple giant's abdominal region.
Asuka came out of the dust and soon noticed Mark 10 beating Unit 01 who was trying to defend himself, as an experienced fighter, Mark 10 could easily deflect any onslaught that Shinji tried to implement.
Again feeling a punch to the side of his head, Shinji was already feeling the effects of each blow, with his head getting heavy and black blurs forming on the sides of his vision.
"Shinji! Hold on!" Asuka shouted as she ordered her EVA to run towards her companion who was clearly in trouble, her heart was racing, Asuka constantly caught herself wondering what she would do if she lost Shinji.
Running as fast as she could, Asuka turned the shoulder of her EVA so that the mass of her attack was concentrated, like an American soccer player blocking a player's advance.
Mark 10 was landing more and more blows on EVA 01, seeing Shinji's movements getting slower and slower, the white giant intensified his attacks, with faster blows.
Preparing a punch that would surely crush the purple giant's windpipe, Mark 10 prepared to finish his opponent, raising his fist to deliver the blow.
"Stay away from him!" Asuka screamed as she felt her body collide with the Mark 10, causing it to fly several hundred meters into the background, with her EVA falling to the ground, Asuka watched the white gingante land hard with another cloud of dust.
Asuka's vision soon fell into the form of Unit 01 falling gently backwards, like a knocked out person, feeling her heart tighten at the sight, the fiery redhead soon opened a channel of communication with Shinji.
Inside unit 01, Shinji was dazed, feeling every blow he had suffered, gasping and struggling to maintain consciousness, Shinji was not listening to the calls from Asuka and Wunder asking his condition.
"Stand up." A voice spoke in his head, it was a soft, feminine, delicate voice.
Gently opening his eyes, Shinji could see his panel, next to it was a large cloud of red dust, closing his eyes again and struggling not to black out.
"Come on, step up." The voice spoke again, with more authority this time.
"Shinji! Wake up!"
"Shinji-Kun!"
"Puppy, get up!"
Feeling a small surge of determination, Shinji began to distinguish other voices shouting, one of them being Asuka's.
Opening his mouth, he managed to let out a small growl, being mixed with an attempt to speak to the pain he was feeling in his head.
With his world getting clearer by the second, Shinji shook his head to try to adjust, looking around again, he could see the form of Unit 02 standing looking at the enemy who was slowly getting up, on the other side, the pink ginante was approaching slowly in an attempt to surround.
Fully on his feet, Mark 10 was looking around for information, staring at Unit 02.
"Baka? Get up! We need you!" Asuka spoke as she saw Unit 01 begin to move slowly.
- They need me. - Shinji thought as he sought the strength to continue.
"I'm here." Shinji spoke weakly, he couldn't hear, but Asuka breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing his voice.
Slowly and with difficulty, Shinji managed to get his unit back on its feet.
With a sharp, rapid sound, Shinji watched as shots flew through the sky, with blue trails left by their trajectory.
At Wunder, Misato was watching everything carefully, her hands were white from clenching the support in front of her, watching Unit 01 get up, her heart relieved to see that at least Shinji was alive.
Many within Wunder who were watching the battle, feared for Shinji's health as they saw their unit being beaten mercilessly by their opponent, in the short period of time where Shinji was unresponsive made everyone hold their breath.
Looking again at the enemy, Misato ordered Wunder to attack with everything he could, they could not easily surrender now that they were in the all-or-nothing moment.
"Full fire!" Misato ordered strongly as she had the firing line open, she couldn't accidentally hit her own units.
Outside, a rain of shots were falling on the Mark 10, walking softly toward Asuka, everyone's eyes could see when the shots deflected to other directions as they hit her white armor.
The only signs that his shots hit the target were the marks the projectile tips left when they scratched his armor.
Asuka held the red spear in her hands, she could feel the cold metal, inside the entry plug and gasping heavily due to anxiety, her mind was frantic.
Speeding up his steps, Mark 10 began to run towards the red giant, his goal was to get his main weapon back.
Raising the defense as best she could, Asuka soon dealt with holding the spear and trying to ward off her threat.
"Stay away from me!" Asuka yelled as she deflected the punches Mark 10 was trying to throw at her, hitting some and missing others, Shinji watched as the red giant slowly backed away as he deflected the blows he was taking, remembering the pain each blow caused him, Shinji felt his anger rise.
With one swift movement, Shinji ran toward the enemy, with renewed determination.
Asuka was waving the spear frantically to block any movement of the enemy, feeling her blood freeze when she felt the enemy's hands grip the spear tightly.
"Get your hands off her!" Shinji shouted as he held the enemy from behind, slipping an arm around Mark 10's neck and holding his own arm to force his grip with the intention of breaking the enemy's neck.
Straining his muscles to the maximum, Shinji growled in determination as he felt his own muscles crying out in pain from the effort, watching as a large pink arm grasped his enemy's waist in an attempt to help immobilize him.
"Princess! Finish him off!" Mari shouted over the radio, a great effort could be felt in Mari's voice.
Coming out of her reverie, Asuka soon raised her spear and tried to use it to impale her opponent, aiming the spear at his core.
With a quick, precise movement, Asuka lowered the spear. "Die!"
Feeling the spear hit her opponent's hard armor slowly piercing him, Asuka was growling in determination as she sank deeper, when the tip of the spear met the hard material of her core. Mark 10 began to struggle harder.
Freeing one of his legs, Mark 10 managed to kick Unit 02 in the abdomen, causing her to fall back a few feet.
"Fuck!" With a cry of frustration, Asuka soon dealt with getting up, noting the spear still stuck in Mark 10's chest, the redhead tried to finish the fight.
Seeing the return of Unit 02, Mark 10 quickly tried to deliver a strong kick to the face of EVA 08, who was in need, shaking his body to get rid of Unit 01.
"No!" Shinji shouted as he felt his grip loosen, giving the enemy more freedom.
"Don't let it sonny!" Mari shouted as she tried to hold Mark 10's legs again, with a sharp shout from the two pilots of the pink giant, both of whom could do nothing as they saw the enemy's knee coming toward them.
With a loud thud, Mark 10 managed to free himself from EVA 08's grip, and with a calculated blow, the white giant managed to get rid of EVA 01, causing him to roll onto his back and fall in front of him.
Trying to get up quickly, Shinji can only watch as the enemy leaps and lands a few hundred meters away, getting up and watching Unit 02 stop beside him.
Mari was recovering from taking a hard knee to the face, the same was happening to Rei, leaning over to get a better view of her companion, Mari asked with concern. "Blue? Are you okay?"
With a small nosebleed, Mari watched Rei turn to look at her, a small trail of blood blending into the LCL. "Just a little dizzy, my nose is hurting a little, but I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Mari asked again, she couldn't bear to know that her love was in pain or in trouble.
With a reassuring smile Rei replied. "I'm fine."
Mari gave a genuine smile, but soon the peace within the input plug was cut off, with a sharp, red alarm, the pink giant's systems was alerting with a message flashing in bright red.
"Batteries at five percent."
"Shit!" Mari spoke as she turned on her radio. "Guys, I'm going to have to go back to Wunder, my EVA is going to stop any second."
Shinji looked at the shape of the EVA 08 moving away, heading towards an extraction point.
"OK." Shinji replied upon learning that he was losing an important ally. "What about you Asuka? How are you?"
Asuka snapped out of her trance as she realized that her panel also showed the same message, shaking her head angrily. "The same."
Cussing mentally, Asuka knew they had five minutes or so until the batteries ran out.
As Unit 08 approached Wunder, Mari communicated. "I need to go up, my battery is about to run out." Mari was upset, she didn't like the idea of having to leave the battlefield, but they couldn't have to worry about an out-of-order EVA.
"OK Mari, we're connecting you to the beam." Maya's voice beamed.
The moment the message was passed, small, thin rays of energy connected with Unit 08 causing it to rise in the air and head toward Wunder, like a puppet.
"Shit!" Mari cursed as she realized she could no longer help in the battle, holding her head in annoyance.
Rei watched her girlfriend, lowering her gaze, she could understand her anger, leaving Shinji in the battle was not to her liking either, rising from her seat and moving toward Mari's seat.
Feeling Rei's hand on her shoulder, Mari lifted her gaze and met Rei's red eyes, giving a defeated sigh.
"We can still help." Rei spoke with a smile.
"How?" Mari replied dejectedly.
"When I got Shinji back, you were on Wunder's hull attached to a cable." Rei began to speak with a small smile on her face, Mari was listening to her intently. "And in the battle at central dogma, you showed yourself to be very skilled with a support weapon."
Giving an open smile, Mari understood Rei's logic, nodding softly as she smiled. "You're right blue, what would I do without you?"
Blushing at the comment, Rei smiled knowing that it helped Mari.
Outside, Shinji and Asuka could see the form of Unit 08 being hoisted back to Wunder, again the gazes of the two pilots turned to the form of Mark 10, he was holding the spear with both hands.
With one smooth motion, the white giant removed the spear and held it up, his wound closing with incredible rapidity, the only sign of damage was the blood that ran down his white armor.
Turning to see Wunder standing in the background, the white giant quickly aimed his spear at the huge ship.
Rolling his eyes, Shinji realized what Mark 10's next objective would be, quickly opening a radio channel with Wunder, he spoke hurriedly.
"Misato! Get Wunder out of there, he's going to throw the spear!"
At Wunder, Misato was getting the rescue statuses from Unit 08, looking at the chaos on the bridge, but her thoughts were broken with Shinji's transmission.
"Misato! Get Wunder out of there, he's going to throw the spear!"
Everyone's eyes widened, understanding the meaning of Shinji's words, Koji immediately took the invasive measures to deflect, Misato only watched as the white giant threw the spear in Wunder's direction.
With alarms sounding as the spear approached, Misato shouted.
"Prepare for impact!"
Outside, the mighty Wunder was turning to evade the attack, but his movements were slow relative to the speed of the spear.
Crossing the AT field as if it were nothing, the spear penetrated Wunder in its half, causing a great deal of damage.
When the spear hit the Wunder, a great thud was felt by the ship, causing many of the technicians to be thrown from their seats, with the sound of alarms the mighty Wunder began to sway in the air, rapidly losing altitude.
Shinji and Asuka watched as Wunder began to fall, both were in shock at the image.
With alarms sounding from all directions, Koji was struggling fiercely with the controls, the ground could be seen getting closer and closer.
"Up!" Misato shouted to her crew.
"We're trying." Koji shouted as he felt the heavy controls.
The ground was torn as one of Wunder's wings touched the red ground of Tokyo 3, feeling the ship shaking, Misato held on as best he could, Koji spun around to try to take control, not giving up for a moment.
Seeing that he would have no way to regain control, Misato shouted to everyone. "Get ready for the touch!"
A few seconds after he said this, the mighty Wunder crashed into the red ground of Tokyo 3, raising a great cloud of red dust, and throwing several pieces of debris into the air, its huge wings breaking off and being hurled miles away.
Dragging everything in its path, the mighty Wunder was now a tangle of twisted metal, LCL was leaking as its tanks ruptured on impact.
Shinji and Asuka watched it all with shock on their faces, having seen their home easily taken down in seconds, they both didn't know how everyone on board was doing, feeling the anger begin to build, Asuka locked her eyes on Mark 10's form standing there watching his work.
Inside Wunder's bridge was chaos, Misato was lying down, the impact with the ground had thrown her to the ground hard, opening her eyes slowly, she began to get a glimpse of what was happening, reasoning slowly and trying her best to concentrate.
"Colonel!"
Feeling her body wanting to go unconscious again, Misato tried to shake her head, but a twinge of pain stopped her, she closed her eyes to this pain and didn't notice a male voice calling her.
"Colonel!"
Opening her eyes again in search of this mysterious voice, soon Misato's mind was functioning more clearly again, trying again to move and with more care, Colonel Katsuragi managed to raise her torso enough to move her head more freely.
"Colonel!" Hyuga approached Misato who was lying on the ground, placing a hand on her shoulder, the lieutenant soon noticed Misato's weak movements, breathing a sigh of relief to see that at least she was alive.
Hyuga immediately tried to slip one of Misato's arms around her shoulders, lifting her off the ground and began to guide her out.
Feeling a hand helping her, Misato didn't realize she was already on her feet and being moved, locating herself as best she could, opening her eyes again, she could see that they were no longer inside Wunder's bridge but rather at a temporary outpost that was being prepared a few feet from what was once WILLE's pride.
Hyuga helped Misato sit up, looking around for any available doctors. "Medic!"
A few meters away, Sakura was still a little dazed from the fall, but managed to recover more easily, coming out with only a small cut on her eyebrow, seeing Hyuga's call for help, she soon identified Misato's uniform and ran to help her.
"Colonel?" Sakura quickly asked as she looked at Misato's face, seeing her attempts to open her eyes, Misato had a cut on her head and blood was dripping down her face.
Turning to Hyuga who was standing next to her, Sakura immediately ordered. "Go back to the bridge and search for more survivors."
Watching Hyuga return to the Wunder, Sakura opened her backpack in search of medical supplies to help Misato.
Raising her hand to her face, Misato soon noticed a sticky liquid, looking at her hand briefly and saw that it would be blood.
"Ouch!" Misato gave a small cry as she felt Sakura press a bandage on her head, opening her eyes and seeing the young doctor at work.
"You must have a concussion." Sakura spoke as she secured the bandage as best she could, removing her small flashlight and checking Misato's pupils.
"How many fingers are you seeing?" Sakura asked professionally as she raised 2 fingers in front of Misato.
Misato stared at her, she had no head for these medical games. "Stop that shit Sakura ... How are we doing?"
Sakura soon judged that Misato was already feeling better. "We are setting up a small command center, Subcommander Akagi is helping with the wounded."
Misato gave a small nod, glancing briefly at the now destroyed Wunder. "How many casualties?"
Sakura lowered her shoulders and replied dejectedly. "Forty-four so far."
Misato let out a dejected sigh, trying to clear her head as best she could, she had to be steady, remembering the Unit 08 that was being inducted on board. "How are the pilots?"
"Captain Ibuki is dealing with removing them from the rubble, Unit 08 is trapped on Wunder's belly, we've managed radio contact, they're fine." Sakura spoke to reassure Misato.
"What about Asuka and Shinji?" Misato asked with genuine concern in her voice.
"We lost sight of them, as far as we know they were facing the enemy, we haven't made contact yet." Sakura replied dejectedly.
Misato felt anxiety take over her body, she didn't like to stay in the shadows of events, she stood up from the stretcher she was on.
"Madam I do not recommend." Sakura spoke professionally.
"I know doctor, but I can't just sit here." Misato spoke as she stood up, feeling that she was already better. "And I've been through worse."
"Let's go." Misato spoke as he headed toward where unit 08 was.
"Son of a bitch bastard!" Asuka screamed as she tried to punch Mark 10 who easily deflected her onslaught, Unit 02 soon received a kick to the knee causing her to fall to the ground.
Shinji was beside him, his unit had been thrown a few hundred meters by being thrown by the enemy, they were not managing to do any damage.
Looking in the background at the now fallen mighty Wunder, Shinji helped Unit 02 to stand up again, the two looked at Mark 10 again approaching the remains of the ship in search of his weapon.
"We can't let him take the spear back!" Asuka shouted as she ordered her EVA to run, glancing briefly at her stopwatch which marked only one more minute of power.
Sending her EVA to stop, Asuka was beginning to feel her body shaking, she knew she had not been able to defeat her enemy, shaking her head hard and wanting to cry in frustration.
"Asuka?" Shinji asked as he heard Asuka's breathing change.
"Sorry Shinji." Asuka replied dejectedly.
"For what?" Shinji retorted confused, as he saw Mark 10 raise his hand toward the spear.
"My..." His transmission was cut off as Shinji watched Unit 02 run out of power.
"No!" Asuka screamed in her seat, holding her head tightly and starting to sob in her seat, she didn't want Shinji to face this unit alone.
"No!" Asuka sobbed as she watched Mark 10 position herself to face Unit 01, holding her controls as tightly as she could, she began to wish her EVA would move.
"Move please!" Asuka shouted as she pulled out her controls.
On the Wunder, Misato was overseeing the removal of the wounded, watching the technicians working to get to Unit 08 that was buried by the wreckage, taking a look at the huge spear that had brought the Wunder down.
Misato frowned as she saw the spear begin to move. "What the fuck?"
Everyone stopped as the spear withdrew from Wunder and flew back to its owner, everyone watched as in the background Mark 10 was again in possession of Longinus' spear.
Shinji watched Unit 02 ru
n out of energy, he was feeling bad for Asuka, because he knew she shouldn't be happy.
Seeing Mark 10 standing there with the spear in his hands, Shinji gave a sigh to calm himself down, he couldn't lose his cool, positioning himself as best he could, inhaling and sighing to calm himself down.
At the foot of Unit 01, the ground again began to shake, looking down in search of the causer.
With a sharp, shrill scream, everyone changed their gaze as a crack opened in the Geofront with an explosion and revealing the culprit, EVA 13 was coming out with Longinus' other spear in one of his four arms.
He was white and two aureoles were on his head, locking his target in Unit 01. Shinji watched the Evangelion he flew with Kaworu, shaking the memory away, he now didn't know what to do.
Misato was watching everything, seeing the new enemy emerging. Grabbing a communicator and trying desperately to contact the pilots.
"Shinji? Asuka?" Misato spoke frantically, she saw Ritsuko at a desk looking at a notebook, going towards her she ignored Ritsuko's plea for her health. "How are we doing?"
"Unit 02 shut down, Unit 08 buried. We only have unit 01 operational." Ritsuko replied anxiously.
"So we have two enemies and only one EVA." Misato spoke annoyed, her mind wanting to punch something.
"But what?" Ritsuko spoke into nothingness as she saw the parameters of Unit 02, Misato approached. "Shit Asuka."
After a few seconds, Shinji replied. "Misato? Is that you?"
Coming out of the trance with the parameters of Unit 02, Misato replied. "It's me Shinji, how are things?"
"They're bad ... I ... I don't know what to do." Shinji replied almost in a panic.
"Calm down Shinji, let's do something." Misato spoke to reassure her pilot, the truth was that she herself was almost panicking.
"Right." Shinji stammered out a response.
Shinji was in Unit 01, his vision split between the Mark 10 and the slowly approaching EVA 13, gasping in anxiety.
Asuka was watching everything, knowing that Shinji couldn't fight two EVAS alone, she started pulling her controls harder, screaming with each pull.
"Move!"
"Move!"
"Move!"
"Move!"
Hearing a sound of a heartbeat, Asuka raised her head to observe, her input plug began to change color, rainbows of colors began to pass in front of her, gaining more intensity with each following.
Feeling the ground around him again, feeling the connection deepening, feeling stronger and stronger the presence inside the entry plug.
Looking out again, Asuka watched as Mark 10 advanced towards Shinji, watching him dodge and trying to defend himself, Asuka felt her blood freeze as she watched Mark 10 hold EVA 01 by the neck lifting him off the ground.
"Get your hands off him!" Asuka growled as she saw the scene in front of her.
Outside, all four eyes of unit 02 glowed bright red, opening the mouths of the restraints and giving a fierce roar to the heavens, locking on its target, the EVA 02 rushed towards the enemy.
Shinji was watching as Mark 10 held him down, trying to break free of the grip he was receiving, swallowing dryly as he watched Mark 10 raise the Spear and aim it at Unit 01's core.
Expecting certain death, Shinji opened his eyes and realized he was still alive, looking to the side and seeing the arm of Unit 02 stopping the path of Longinus' spear, looking confused at the scene in front of him.
With a strong pull, unit 02 managed to free Shinji from Mark 10's clutches. "Baka! Take care of EVA 13!" Asuka ordered over the radio as she restrained the enemy.
"But ... What about you?" Shinji asked worriedly.
"Don't worry about me, stop your father!" Asuka spoke striving to keep the enemy under control.
Shinji nodded to his companion and turned around, starting to run toward Eva 13.
In Unit 02, Asuka could feel the full power of the EVA, closing her eyes to feel all the sensations this new connection was bringing. "That doesn't even compare to beast mode." Asuka whispered to herself.
Outside, Mark 10 was making a great effort to free himself from the clutches of the awakened Unit 02, seeing that his hands were useless, he decided to attack with a headbutt to Unit 02's face.
For a brief moment, Asuka sensing the blow eased her grip releasing one of Mark 10's arms, who seeing the opportunity landed a powerful punch that hit the side of EVA 02's head, sending her flying a few feet from the direction of the blow.
Asuka was groaning in pain, the high synchronization made the blows more easily felt. "Ouch, that hurt." Looking at Mark 10 approaching quickly and raising the spear in the air.
Asuka rolled sideways to escape the blow, seeing the spear sticking in the ground, the redhead saw an opportunity, getting up and positioning herself beside her enemy with speed, closing her fist and giving every ounce of determination she could.
"Take that imbecile!" Asuka shouted as she punched Mark 10, seeing that she had succeeded with her maneuver, she cracked a satisfied and fierce smile, Asuka proceeded to run and start landing more blows on her enemy.
"How does it feel now idiot? How does it feel to fight as an equal?" Asuka screamed as she delivered a series of blows to Mark 10's face and body, as her anger grew, the deeper her connection reached, the stronger were the rainbow colors in the entrance plug, the stronger was the blue glow emanating from her eye patch.
"Ritsuko? What's going on?" Misato shouted as she dropped her binocular and ran to stand next to the scientist, she had been watching everything in the background.
Ritsuko's eyes were fixed on the screen, looking at the results of the tests and analysis her computer could do, using every system still online from Wunder to fetch as much information as she could. "I still don't know! Asuka's synchronization is in the two hundred percent range!"
Misato's eyes widened, she knew the last time that happened was the day of the almost third impact, looking again through the binoculars to see Unit 02 delivering heavy blows to the enemy.
"She has awakened!" Ritsuko spoke as she raised her gaze. "Shit Asuka, get a grip."
Misato knew they were in an all or nothing situation, but she didn't want to believe that an impact could happen by accident again, but they had to finish off Mark 10 and unit 13. Grabbing her radio she started talking to Shinji.
"Shinji? Can you hear me?" Misato asked cautiously, having watched Shinji going to meet EVA 13's position, she knew that Shinji would have to defeat his own father, even though she knew the bastard deserved to die, but that should not have fallen on Shinji's back.
Shinji was running towards EVA 13, watching the enemy in the background slowly approaching, feeling his anxiety rising as he knew he would be fighting his father, even he knew there was only one possible way out.
He would have to face his father, but that meant he would have to kill him, even though he hated everything he stood for, he was still his father, but that went against his loyalty to Misato and to WILLE, these thoughts were making Shinji's head very confused and indecisive.
"Shinji? Can you hear me?" His mental reverie was broken.
Shaking his head, the young pilot replied unsurely. "Yes ma'am ... How is Asuka?"
"She's fine ... But ... You know that your father is probably in control of EVA 13." Misato spoke with a shaken voice.
Shinji gave a shaken sigh at the thought, he knew where the conversation with Misato was leading, nodding dejectedly he continued. "Yes."
"I wouldn't want it that way." Misato spoke still maintaining her dejected posture.
Shinji closed his eyes, his mind wanted to cry, even though his father had told him that he didn't care about him, the thought of having to stop him at any cost still hurt.
Feeling a warm sensation, Shinji opened his eyes and could swear he saw a silhouette in front of him, this image only lasted a few seconds, taking a breath to control his emotions, the boy replied.
"I know Misato, but ... I'll do my best." Shinji replied trying to maintain a resolve, but deep down he knew it would be difficult, feeling the sensation of a hug again.
"I know you will ... Be very careful, we're counting on you and ... Don't hesitate to run away if things get too ugly, that's an order." Misato finished his argument.
nodding fiercely, Shinji continued on his way, knowing what he had to do and face, but this was not the time to think too much, he had to protect the world, it was time to make the oath he had made to WILLE count, the oath he had made to Misato, the second chance he had earned count.
With a loud thud on his feet, Shinji stopped a few feet away from EVA 13, they both looked at each other for what seemed like an eternity, watching his arrogant posture and the second Longinus spear in one of his four arms.
"Dad stop it." Shinji pleaded as he enabled external communication, hoping his father would listen to him at least once.
After a few seconds of waiting, Shinji watched the four-armed giant move, holding the spear arrogantly in front of him.
"You won't stop me now Shinji." EVA 13's distorted voice replied, anyone who could hear knew it was Gendo who was speaking, even with the animalistic voice.
Leaping into the sky and falling with the spear in hand, with a leap to the side, EVA 01 rolled on the red ground so he could escape the killing blow, EVA 13 penetrated the ground as he missed his target letting out a growl.
"Dad please, do you think mom would want this!?" Shinji retorted as he sidestepped and walked away.
"You don't know anything about Yui!" Gendo replied as he removed his spear and ran toward EVA 01 and tried to impale the purple giant.
With a deft arm movement, Shinji mentally thanked the training Mari and Asuka had given him, with a small slap on the tip of the spear, but enough for it to miss its target.
Seeing EVA 13 running backwards, Shinji was still reluctant to attack, his mind still had the image of his fantasies, where his father was a loving and good man.
"I know she wouldn't want that!" Shinji spoke gasping as he dodged the blows he was receiving, dodging his father's onslaughts, dodging the powerful, heavy blows that Gendo was trying to give him.
"You're a mess!" Gendo spoke as he managed to hit the side of EVA 01's head, causing him to fall to the ground.
"You worthless brat." Gendo spoke as he raised his spear to deliver a killing blow to the chest of EVA 01, even though he knew that this unit carried the soul of his precious wife.
Shinji felt disoriented for a moment, looking out, he saw EVA 13 approach and raise his spear, his eyes widening at what his father was about to do, he was really going to kill him.
As he lowered the spear, Gendo felt EVA 01's hands holding each part of its two ends, growling to give him more strength, Shinji could feel that EVA 13 was stronger.
Due to Unit 13's early awakening she was empowered more than a normal EVE, her more angelic form was giving her an advantage.
"Do you know she is with me? If you kill me, you'll kill her along with you!" Shinji growled as he gave his EVA more power.
Gendo as he listened seemed to hesitate for a few seconds, but soon his determination in his scenario caused his insanity to take over again.
Seeing the pressure on his hands increase, Shinji knew that his EVA in the shape it was in could do nothing, seeing the tips of the spears coming dangerously close to where the Unit 01 core stood, Shinji closed his eyes and spoke. "Mom! Help me!"
Outside, Gendo watched as Unit 01's eyes changed color, turning a brilliant white.
Shinji felt the change of power in EVA, watching the spearheads move away from his chest.
"I'm sorry dad!" Shinji spoke as he lifted one of Unit 01's legs and landed a powerful kick to his abdomen, pushing the enemy away a few hundred meters.
Using this gap of time to stand up, Shinji watched EVA 13 stand up and face him again with a fierce stare.
Opening his compartment, Shinji took his progressive knife and assumed a defensive position, so he waited for the attack.
With a growl, EVA 13 ran toward Shinji raising the Spear to the heavens.
Across the field, Asuka was lying on the ground, but her damage was not severe, rolling to dodge Mark 10's attempts to pin her to the ground, watching the spear penetrate the ground and being quickly removed.
"Shit!" Asuka yelled annoyed as she jumped up to buy time, watching her target following her closely so as not to let him escape.
Turning the spear clockwise, Mark 10 attempted with quick movements to throw the spear forward in hopes of causing damage.
"You won't win!" Asuka shouted as she implemented her AT field, seeing the spear hitting the field, to the sound of cracking glass the field was resisting as much as it could.
Asuka was thinking of a possibility, and she had to think fast, seeing her field break and the spear coming towards her, jumping to the side to escape certain death.
"Komm schon Mama! (Come on Mama!)" Asuka shouted to receive help.
As she moved away from her opponent, Asuka could feel her body getting lighter, seeing that she could no longer feel her legs, the redhead began to feel panicked about everything, but a voice reassured her.
"Mach dir keine Sorgen, meine liebe Asuka. (Don't worry my dear Asuka. )" A delicate, feminine voice spoke to her, a voice Asuka hadn't heard in a long time, seeing that the EVA was moving on its own, the redhead let herself go.
As her body dissolved, the lighter Asuka felt, to the point where she found herself in the white, empty void, looking around frantically, the surrounding landscape began to change to a field of sunflowers, Asuka recognized, this was the place where her mother used to take her as a child.
"Es ist lange her. (It's been a long time.)" Kyoko Shikinami spoke into Asuka's back.
Turning as fast as she could, Asuka's blue eyes soon locked on her mother's blue eyes.
Kyoko was a beautiful woman, with her blonde hair that came down to her waist, her beautiful face of Japanese-Germanic descent, being an older version of Asuka, no one could mistake that Kyoko was her mother.
Running over and giving her a tight hug, Asuka cried as she reunited with her mother. "Ich habe dich vermisst. (I missed you.)"
Returning the hug with the same intensity Kyoko kissed the top of Asuka's head and spoke happily. "ich habe dich auch vermisst. (I missed you too)"
Both women turned away, Kyoko raised her hand and removed a strand of hair that was running across Asuka's face with a smile. "Du bist eine sehr schöne Frau geworden. (You have become a very beautiful woman. )"
Looking away in shame at her mother's words, Asuka held her hand and spoke as she cried, "Entschuldigung. "I'm sorry."
Kyoko looked at her daughter's face in confusion. "Wofür? (For what?)"
Asuka lowered her gaze in shame, her memories began to come back, how much she blamed her mother for abandoning her when she needed it most, how much she took out all her frustrations on Shinji, wiping the tears from her face she spoke. "Weil ich dich beschuldigt habe, dachte ich, du hast mich verlassen ... Aber du standest immer zu mir, immer. (For blaming you, I thought you had abandoned me ... But you always stood by me, always. )"
Kyoko gave a tender smile, pulling her daughter into a tight hug, she whispered words of comfort. "Ich werde niemals sauer auf dich sein, ich kann mir vorstellen, was du durchgemacht hast. Tatsächlich hatte ich Einblicke in deine Erinnerungen, als du mit Unit 02 synchronisiert hast. (I will never be mad at you for this, I can imagine what you went through, in fact I had glimpses of your memories when you synchronized with Unit 02).
Kyoko felt Asuka's body tense up, knowing where this conversation was going to go. "Ich habe auch gesehen, was du mit Shinji gemacht hast. (I also saw what you did with Shinji. )" Kyko began to speak, sensing her daughter's distress. "Aber ich habe gesehen, wie hart du gearbeitet hast, um dich mit Yuis Sohn zu versöhnen. (But I saw how hard you worked to reconcile with Yui's son.)"
Asuka pulled away a little and looked at her mother confusedly. "Hast du Shinjis Mutter getroffen? (Did you meet Shinji's mother? )"
Kyoko smiled and nodded. "Sie war meine Rivale im EVA-Projekt, aber eine meiner besten Freundinnen, ich erinnere mich, als sie Shinji zu mir nahm, fand ich ihn sehr süß. (She was my rival in the EVA-project, but one of my best friends, I remember when she took Shinji for me to meet him, I thought he was very cute. )
Asuka mentally cursed herself for forgetting the picture Shinji had shown her, where he was in his mother's arms and Kyoko was in front of Shinji. "Ich weiß, Shinji hat mir ein Bild von dir gezeigt. (I know, Shinji showed me a picture where you appear. )
Kyoko frowned, she didn't remember anyone taking a picture on this day, but she ignored that fact, now she had more serious matters to talk about. "Asuka! Ich muss mit Ihnen reden. Es geht um Shinji. (Asuka! I need to talk to you.)"
Asuka widened her eyes at what her mother was telling her, nodding slowly to the information. "Jetzt wirst du zurückgehen und den Feind erledigen. (Now you will go back and finish off the enemy.)"
"Aber und du? Wenn das klappt, was passiert dann mit Ihnen? (But what about you? If this works out, what will happen to you? )" Asuka asked in anguish, the information her mother had told her was slowly sinking into her mind.
Kyoko gave her best smile and spoke as she saw Asuka's body begin to fade from her front, knowing that her daughter was returning to her physical form within the entry plug. "Ich werde endlich frei sein, keine Sorge, ich werde immer bei dir sein, mein Engel. (I'll be free at last, don't worry, I'll always be with you, my angel. )"
"Mama. (Mama)." Asuka whispered as she sat inside the entrance plug again, feeling her eyes burning with unshed tears and looking outside.
"You son of a bitch!" Asuka growled in anger as she saw Mark 10 running up to meet her and raising his spear to impale Unit 02 through the chest.
Running into the enemy, Asuka screamed with determination and anger, when both units were close enough to meet, Mark 10 lowered his spear to finish his attack.
Raising his hands and stopping the Mark 10's attack, Unit 02 growled as he began to push the enemy back with great power, as the unit forced the enemy harder, the louder was his animalistic roar.
Like a divine movement, a white aureole opened on top of his head, the white details of his armor changing color leaving it completely red, the spectators could only watch as the red demon roared.
With great determination, Unit 02 shook the spear in hopes of taking down the enemy. "Drop that shit!"
Spinning his arms quickly, Unit 02 managed to remove the spear from Mark 10's hands, spinning to prepare to begin his attack. "Now die!"
Running forward, Asuka managed to penetrate the spear into Mark 10's abdomen, seeing that she had succeeded and feeling the core's resistance being lost with each step she pushed back, until finally the core was pierced through, but this time the enemy didn't stop.
"But what?" Asuka asked confused to see that he was not dead.
"Rip the core out!" Ritsuko's voice shouted over the radio, wasting no time debating, Asuka dealt with releasing the spear and with a fierce roar, felt Unit 02's hands grip the white armor protecting the core.
Piece by piece, Unit 02 was removing the armor, managing to immobilize and prevent any attack that Mark 10 was trying to give, the poor enemy was lying on the ground.
Seeing the red sphere, Asuka gasped and locked her eyes on it like a hunter on his prey, holding the object tightly and giving every drop of her strength she could.
The core began to move slowly outward, with sounds of fibers breaking, roaring into focus and determination Asuka felt as the Mark 10 struggled over her feet.
"Die Now!" Asuka yelled as she gave her final pull, feeling the small red sphere in her hands and watching Mark 10 stop his movements until he was completely still on the red ground of Tokyo 3.
"That's it!" Misato shouted in elation as she saw Unit 02 with the core in hand, seeing Mark 10 finally dead and inactive on the ground, she lowered her binoculars as she approached Ritsuko for confirmation.
"Inactive EVA." Ritsuko spoke as she let out a sigh of relief when she saw that her guess was right, turning to Misato with a small smile on her face. "Now there's only one left."
Misato nodded, they had not yet achieved the final victory.
"How are the princess and the puppy?" Mari shouted as she approached the small command center accompanied by Rei.
"Do you want to stand still?" Sakura appeared running right behind Rei with an array of medical kits in her hands, but that wasn't going to stop Mari from getting information.
"They are fine for now, Asuka is done with Mark 10 and Shinji is dealing with EVA 13." Ritsuko spoke as she wrote down some parameters in her small notebook.
"He's facing that thing alone?!" Mari shouted in shock.
"Easy Mari, Asuka will..." Misato was beginning to speak when Ritsuko interrupted her.
"Unit 02 has gone inactive!" Ritsuko shouted as she looked at her computer.
"But you've got to be kidding!" Misato growled as she looked through her binoculars at the form of Unit 02 off in the background.
On the other side of the hill, Shinji was exchanging some blows with his father, Unit 01 was at a disadvantage for two reasons, the first was that his enemy had four arms and the second was that he was in Pre-Wakening.
"Misato!" I can't handle it alone!" Shinji shouted over the radio hoping someone would help him.
Dealing with the radio silence, Shinji began to feel the sweat dripping as he swerved to the sides, he was running out of options, his unit was failing to attack.
Running and taking a leap, Shinji managed to dodge when the spear again was digging into the ground, raising a cloud of dust with each failed attempt to stab his opponent.
With a soft beep, Shinji felt the choker ease and the object slip from his neck, feeling it fall onto his thigh and slide into the bottom of the entry plug, his train of thought was broken with Misato speaking over his radio.
"Shinji, the choker is deactivated, Unit 02 is deactivated and Unit 08 is buried over Wunder, give it your all, it's all up to you now." Misato spoke over the radio, she was apprehensive about the whole thing, but Shinji knew why.
Feeling the relief of not being on a leash anymore, Shinji spoke in thought. - Mom, help me stop him. - –
As Shinji finished speaking this sentence, Unit 01's eyes glowed bright red, feeling the power of his enhanced EVA and staring at his target with determination.
Inside EVA 13, Gendo looked at the awakened form of the purple giant in front of him, with a sense of betrayal he spoke to himself. "So that's it Yui?"
In anger, Unit 13 ran and tried to immobilize Unit 01's arms, both Units growled at each other.
A few minutes earlier.
Misato was organizing a rescue team to pick up Asuka, dividing her attention between Ritsuko and Mari, all discussion was broken when Shinji's voice sounded over the radio, she was agitated and anxious. "Misato!" I can't handle it alone!"
Feeling the anxiety rising for the words, looking around for some options, Wunder was in ruins, Unit 02 and 08 were unusable, gasping heavily when she heard Ritsuko.
"Misato, I have an idea." Ritsuko spoke cautiously, hoping Misato wouldn't freak out, seeing that she stopped and faced her expectantly.
"Let's let Shinji awaken Unit 01." Ritsuko spoke as clearly as possible because of the situation they were in.
"Have you gone crazy?!" Misato yelled, not that she didn't trust Shinji, but she didn't trust Unit 01.
Mari and Rei were in shock, both were silent just watching the tense situation in front of them.
"We have no choice, Asuka had to use that power against Mark 10, only with that power can we win!" Ritsuko retorted trying to win her point.
Misato lowered her head and bit her lip, she knew that only the power of an awakened EVA could beat EVA 13 in this state.
"Ma'am?" Rei called out in her delicate voice, gaining Misato and Ritsuko's attention, "Give it a chance."
Misato stared at Rei's face for a few seconds, knowing that Shinji was struggling and every second counted, coming to a conclusion, she nodded to Ritsuko who promptly began typing in the codes to deactivate the choker and free Shinji.
Listening to the scientist's confirmation, Misato picked up her radio and spoke seriously and apprehensively. "Shinji, the choker is deactivated, Unit 02 is deactivated and Unit 08 is buried on Wunder, give it your all, everything depends on you now."
Misato closed her eyes to calm himself, holding his metal cross tightly and praying for it to work.
"His synchronization rate is increasing dramatically." Ritsuko began to narrate the figures to Misato who was only keeping his eyes closed.
Seeing the recovery team return with Asuka, she was soon beside Mari and Rei, asking questions about Shinji's whereabouts, she was not happy that Unit 02 had stopped.
"How is Shinji?" Asuka asked apprehensively and worriedly, before Mari could answer, a fierce roar sounded through Tokyo 3, everyone stopped their work and looked up at the sky.
"Good luck Shinji-Kun." Misato whispered as she reopened her eyes, she was still holding her metal cross and praying for Shinji's safety.
On the other side of the hill, Shinji growled as he punched EVA 13 in the chest, deflecting the spins of Longinus' Spear that scratched his armor.
"Dad, don't force me!" Shinji growled as he pushed his now unrestrained EVA, feeling the help of his mother and the new power.
With another move, Shinji dodged as he swung his body to deflect the tip of the spear that was trying to hit his head.
He received a blow to the side of his body and was thrown away, as he landed on the red ground, Shinji held the side of his chest for the pain he was feeling, with possible ribs again broken.
Unit 13 stopped its movement and just stared at Unit 01 getting up, raising one of its arms to the side, waited.
Shinji watched in confusion as he saw this movement, after a few seconds, a noise appeared, looking at his radar, a red dot was approaching at full speed.
Turning his head, Shinji could watch as Longinus' other spear approached quickly, following it with his eyes he saw the moment EVA 13 held it.
Raising both spears high into the air, the EVA 13 let out a high-pitched scream and its white color began to glow more brightly and it took off into the sky.
"No." Shinji spoke to himself, remembering similar moments before, wide-eyed, the Unit 01 pilot watched as the aureoles of EVA 13 opened into Guf gates.
With a look of fear, Misato turned to Ritsuko who was holding the parameters of Unit 01 and some data from Unit 13, her look was disheartening.
Turning her face to the rainbow of colors that consisted of the gates of Guf, Misato knew they were out of time, seeing the shape of EVA 13 appear on the horizon. "Let's go Shinji-Kun."
Shinji was watching as Eva 13 climbed higher into the sky, getting closer and closer to the center of the rainbow.
"What can I do?" Shinji asked despondently as he looked down at his hands, feeling panic rising and tears beginning to form in his eyes.
"I can't do anything." Shinji cried as he felt despair rising. "Again I have failed."
Outside, Unit One was standing still, his head turned upwards, with a slow and delicate movement, he raised his arm and waited.
Shinji looked confused at the movement, he had not ordered it, feeling the sensation of a hand on top of his as if he was being guided.
"But what?" Shinji looked down at his hands in fear.
"Don't worry." A gentle voice spoke in his head.
Seeing a woman's form appear in front of him, Shinji's eyes widened as he saw the resemblance to Rei, but now it was an older woman.
"Mom." Shinji whispered as he saw the face of his hand after many years.
"That's it my son." The woman smiled as she gave Shinji a warm hug, causing his world to turn to white.
Outside, the ground trembled as an object tore through the ground to go towards its call, with a loud blast of debris Cassius' Spear rose into the sky and flew towards Evangelion 01.
Unit 01 was standing with its arm raised, glowing red in a pre-waking state with its halo on its head, as its hands gripped Cassius' spear, the Unit took off from the ground, heading for the gates of Guf.
Shinji opened his eyes and found himself in an apartment, not Misato's, but an unknown one, his mind recognized the place, but he couldn't remember where.
"Hello son." Yui spoke as she pulled Shinji into a tight hug, the boy now in shock over everything.
"Am I dead?" Shinji asked confused as he returned the hug.
"No, we are inside the EVA." Yui spoke as she kissed the top of Shinji's head. "Let's just say we're in the instrumentality."
"Instrumentality?" Shinji asked still confused.
"Yes, a place where all souls come together." A delicate voice spoke in the background, a voice Shinji knew, breaking the embrace and turning around.
"Rei?" Shinji shocked asked Rei Ayanami's form, she was dressed in her school uniform.
Shaking her head, she kept her gaze monotone. "I am Lilith, I am wearing the form of the host who carried my soul."
Still feeling confused, Shinji looked at his mother. "She wants to ask you a question, but first... "
Yui showed Shinji the real world, where his unit was going up to the gates of Guf, seeing Shinji's shoulders shaking Yui asked worriedly.
"What is it dear?"
"I can't." Shinji replied between sniffles. "I can't kill Dad."
With a reassuring smile, Yui walked over to the stunned boy and spoke motherly. "You will not carry this burden."
Shinji raised his head and looked at her confused, Yui seeing this continued. "I will."
"But why? He is your husband. " Shinji retorted while crying.
"He lost that right when he abandoned you." Yui spoke with a serious look.
Outside in the real world, everyone could see Unit 01 approaching EVA 13, raising Cassius' spear and aiming it at its target.
"But..." Shinji tried to speak, but was cut off by Yui.
"No 'buts' dear, we have to stop him." Yui spoke still keeping a serious manner.
Knowing that his mother was right, Shinji only nodded.
Turning its arm back, Unit 01 locked its target, aiming carefully, at the core of EVA 13.
With a fierce growl, the purple giant launched the object that tore through the skies toward its target.
Unit 13 looked down, watching Cassius' Spear rapidly approaching, without time to be able to react he lowered his gaze in defeat, he knew I had failed, that Yui would never take him back.
"Yui." Gendo spoke as he closed his eyes.
With a swift and precise movement, the spear hit the core of EVA 13, which automatically released Longinus' spears, the four-armed giant returned to its original color as it began to fall toward the ground.
As it fell, its core with a sharp pop like breaking glass cracked.
Everyone watched as Evangelion 13 exploded, only leaving a huge cross of energy behind.
In the instrumentality, Shinji watched as the spear stopped his father, he knew he was now dead, looking at the huge cross of energy that stood in its final resting place, lowering his shoulders in a downcast manner, he was heartfelt for having just lost his father.
Feeling a hand on her shoulder, Shinji watched as she looked at him with compassion, being the one who threw the spear, she would carry the fate of his death.
"Dear Shinji, we have a question for you. " Shinji observed Kaworu standing beside Rei, feeling tears in his eyes at seeing his friend alive.
"Kaworu, I'm sorry." Shinji cried as he hugged the angel.
"Easy dear Shinji, didn't I say we would see each other again?" Kaworu spoke as he returned the hug.
Shinji broke the embrace and stood between the angels and his mother, looking at the two he waited. "What do you want?"
Shinji thought confused, Lilith seeing his confusion decided to explain. "Depending on your choice, the instrumentality continues or ends."
"Am I going to see you again?" Shinji asked his mother, who only shook her head.
"Unfortunately no, I can't go back." Yui replied dejectedly, she would love to be able to go back and take care of her son, but that would not be possible, the only way that could happen was in instrumentality.
Shinji looked down at the ground, he would love to be able to stay with his mother and Kaworu, to know that Asuka would finally be able to stay with her mother, everyone could be happy, but this would not be real, the instrumentality would not be real.
"I can't." Shinji whispered dejectedly. "I can't do that to them."
Yui smiled as everyone present did, approaching Shinji and speaking motherly. "Don't worry about me."
Shinji looked up and had an idea, turning to Lilith and Adam. "Will the world now be able to thrive? Without angels or anything to do with Evangelions?"
Receiving a nod from everyone, Shinji made his decision. "So you guys could release the souls of the EVAS?"
Yui looked at her son with pride, she didn't expect that now with the power of a God he would still think of others, looking at the angels in front of her, she saw when they nodded.
"So that's what I want, free the souls from the cores, let them free." Shinji asked with a smile on his face. "That's all I want."
"Very good Shinji-kun." Kaworu spoke as he smiled at Shinji and disappeared, followed by Lilith.
Turning back to look at his mother, Shinji watched the world around him begin to fade away, he was happy that his mother and the souls of everyone in the cores were free, but soon became downcast that he would never have the chance to see her again.
"Don't be like that darling." Yui spoke as she began to walk away from Shinji, still speaking motherly and with pride. "Don't worry about me son, I'll be free now."
Shinji looked at his mother with tears in his eyes as he watched her walk away. "And I want you to know, any place can be paradise, you just have to have the will to live." Again Shinji was surrounded by a white light.
Opening his eyes again, Shinji watched as Guf's gates closed, feeling his EVA falling toward the ground, exhaustion finally taking over his body, he closed his eyes and became unconscious.
Everyone in the command center looked on as the gates of Guf closed, looking around, he saw that no one turned LCL.
Misato looked at Ritsuko as many around her, they were looking forward to the results, watching the scientist type frantically, a silence took over the place.
Looking at the data in front of her, Ritsuko gave a smile and spoke up. "EVA 13 destroyed, Mission accomplished."
With a shout of elation from all around, they had finally defeated NERV, Gendo was dead, the world could finally rebuild.
Among all the shouting and crying of the people around, only a small group was not yet celebrating, it was the group of Misato, Mari, Rei and Asuka.
"Send a rescue unit to Unit 01 now!" Misato ordered, her request was promptly accepted by the teams who were soon heading towards where Unit 01 crashed. Misato was anxious, she would only give mission accomplished when she recovered Shinji.
All the pilots, including Misato were in the rescue convoy, seeing Unit 01 down in the background, everyone's heart squeezed, picking up their radio and talking frantically.
"Shinji? Shinji?!" Misato shouted over the radio, widening his eyes when he heard no answer.
"Quick!" Misato ordered the driver who sped off.
When the convoy stopped next to Unit 01, Asuka quickly jumped out of the car and started running towards the now inactive purple giant, Ritsuko typed some commands into her computer, watching the hatch open and revealing the entry plug, soon releasing LCL from the sides.
"Shinji!" Asuka spun around as she gripped the straps that gave access, feeling her hands burning from the heat of the metal and completely ignoring the pain, she just wanted her Baka back.
With a small explosion, the plug cover was removed, Asuka soon jumped inside, her heart squeezed as she saw Shinji sitting still inside, running up to him, she soon began to shake him.
"Hey Baka!" Asuka shouted with tears in her eyes as she shook Shinji's body and hoping for something, "Wake up!"
Sensing a movement, Shinji soon opened his eyes and locked on Asuka's. "Did we make it?" Shinji asked weakly.
Asuka began to cry openly as she threw herself onto his chest, she was relieved that Shinji was okay, feeling Shinji's hands hugging her weakly.
In the background Misato finally managed to get Asuka off Shinji so that the doctors could examine him.
"He's fine, he just needs to rest." Sakura spoke with a smile as she gave her diagnosis.
As the train returned, Shinji dozed off on the bed he was lying on, an access was in his arm giving him serum, Asuka was all the time holding his hand, she was also sleeping with her head resting on Mari's shoulder who was exchanging glances with Rei.
Misato was watching everything, feeling his body getting tired after all the stress that had been put through, realizing that they had finally defeated NERV, looking at the pilots in front of him, he saw how much they had suffered and how much they had lost in this long and tiring war, feeling the emotion start to take over his body, he felt his eyes burning with emotion.
Sakura watched as she saw Misato's lips and body begin to tremble, everyone saw her sobbing openly, no one was judging, they just watched as the Wunder commander finally released the energy she carried from the war.
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