1413 hrs. Undisclosed Date

N-FOG Office, NERV Headquarters

The troops of N-FOG are sitting in the office while Lampright instructs them on one of the many elements of land warfare, when an alarm sounds.

"What the-?!" Larson yelled.

"Yellow alert! Everyone grab your gear, then deploy to the armoury, then meet at the briefing room. Denisovich, grab my weapons."

All the troops head for the armoury while Lampright moves to the command center.

"Sitrep?"

"As of three minutes ago, an unidentified airborne object was sighted. It's probably the fifth angel."

"Roger. We'll stand-by for Eva crash zone control."

Lampright reports to his quarters and grabs his gear, then heads to the briefing room.

1429 hrs. Undisclosed Date

Briefing Room, NERV Headquarters

Thirteen armed men in full combat gear wait in the briefing room.

"I just got a situation up-date. Eva Unit-01 deployed to neutralize enemy, and was damaged. The enemy is now attempting to drill through the 22 armour layers to destroy NERV HQ. Repairs are now being made to Unit-01, but the enemy appears to be undamaged by the Eva's attack. A new battle plan is now being formulated, and I put us on permanent stand-by until this is resolved. Or we die. I told them we'd stand by in the office, it's closer to the helipad and the motor pool. Let's move."

1534 hrs. Undisclosed Date

N-FOG Office

"Royal flush." Jaeger said with a grin.

"I'm out." Smith said.

"Me too." added Herford.

"How did you-damnit." Larson said and started shuffling the deck.

Everyone of the troops had found something to do. For Jaeger, Herford, Smith and Larson it was poker. Maloy was playing a game-boy, while Lampright and Cooper were talking and joking at the desk. Jackson was sleeping, next to Denisovich who was sharpening his bayonet. Sonoda wrote to his family while Howard and Montgomery played chess, leaving Carey to re-read a battered copy of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy".

Suddenly, Lampright's radio blared to life.

"Captain Lampright, report to the command center."

1633 hrs. Undisclosed Date

Command Center, NERV Headquarters

Jaeger is staring at the main screen.

"So let me get this straight. Your plan, as it is, is to use a never field-fired, experimental sniper weapon, at extreme range, operated by someone who's never even fired a real weapon before?"

"Will you help us or not?" Misato asked.

"Hell yeah." Jaeger said with a grin. "Alright your first prob will be finding a suitable spot to shoot from....."

1800 hrs. Undisclosed Date

Mt. Futago Temporary Base

""Sonoda, form-up around the bottom and west perimeter, Carey take the top and east. Denisovich, you're with Sonoda, and Jaeger's with Carey. Howard and Smith, stick with me. Break."

Lampright walks over to Captain Katsuragi.

"Site security is good to go, ma'am."

"Yeah, whatever, I'm kinda busy right now."

Lampright walks back to Howard and Smith.

"Stay sharp guys, I got a feeling something's gonna happen."

2354 hrs. Undisclosed Date

The thirteen men of N-FOG are watching the operation commence.

"Man, this is so cool. Alien creatures, giant robots, positron rifles, saving the world, it's like we're living in a frickin' anime, dude!" Cooper said.

"What are you-? That's it. Your talking privileges have been revoked." Lampright said.

"You can't take away my talking privileges!"

"I just did."

"But-"

"Talking privileges."

Lampright cracks a smile to cover what he's really thinking.

'Besides, in an anime the soldiers always die in the end.'

"Alright, here's the op run-down. That's a positron sniper rifle, 20 secs between shots. That's a part of a single stage orbital rocket. It'll last 17 secs under fire." Lampright said.

"Three sec difference." Carey said.

"Yeah, that's a long time." Smith said.

"I know, but it's the best they could do."

"So what now, cap?" Jackson asked.

"Now we just sit back and watch the show." Lampright said.

0000 hrs. Undisclosed Date 1

Mt. Fugato Temporary Base

Pilot Ikari fires at the angel.....and misses.

"Heh, well, that sucks." Maloy said.

"Great. So much for that idea." Smith said.

Suddenly the angel opened-up on the Evas.

"Holy shit." was all Cooper could think to say.

The troops watched as the rocket slowly melted through, when suddenly Unit-00 jumped in front of Unit-01, shielding it for the three seconds required. Pilot Ikari fired again, this time, his shot was true, destroying the angel. Unit-00 began to slide down the slope, until Unit-01 grabbed in and pulled out it's plug.

"Move to recovery! Move! Move! Move!" Lampright shouted, moving full speed to the sight where Unit-01 had set down the plug. Somehow or another, Captain Katsuragi ended up in front of them, and it took them almost two minutes to arrive at the site, where Pilot Ikari was carrying Pilot Ayanami.

"Smith! Take a look at her. Sonoda, move to hold Unit-01, Carey, move to hold Unit-00. Denisovich, go with Sonoda, and Jaeger, go with Carey." Lampright yelled. The troops moved out.

Within the next half-hour, Pilot Ayanami was airlifted to a NERV medical facility, the extent of her injuries largely unknown. By the time N-FOG was sent home at around 0600, both of the Evas had finally been recovered, and all of the top secret equipment had returned to where ever it belonged. Leaving the thirteen tired soldiers to police the area one last time before returning home. The soldiers entered NERV Headquarters and headed to quarters for some sleep as everyone else in the base began to wake-up.