Koros45 does not own Mazinkaiser, Getter Robo, or Neon Genesis Evangelion
Stage 23 [Thanatos]
The Photon Labs stood despite the damage to the surrounding area. The Photon Power Shield flickered around the base as the last of its' energy waned.
"How is the outside area?!" Professor Yumi asked himself, scrolling through the camera feeds and gasping as he saw his worst fear.
Despite Shin Dragon's eminent presence, the state of Boss Borot and Diana A took Yumi's immediate attention. Borot's body had been completely shattered, the comical head the only thing that remained intact. And amid the pile of rubble from both the damaged buildings and the husks of Mechasaurus troops, the limbs and lower torso of Diana A were strewn about, the oil required to fuel the robot strewn about the street as though it were blood.
Yumi punched the monitor and grunted as his fist quivered against the surface.
"Dammit!" He breathed.
Yumi had trusted NERV and given the Getter Team a home in the Labs. And for what, he asked himself.
He regretted the former, though the latter was not a choice he would regret. Both the Getter and Mazinger pilots were doing their duty. He just wished that he didn't have to risk his own daughter, as selfish of a thought as it was.
He heard a shudder and Yumi felt a twinge of fear. He checked the last cameras near the Photon Labs and could feel the tension in the air become even greater. The bodies of the two massive armored opponents stood still, each following through on a powerful sword swing as they had passed each other.
They were both still. Mazinkaiser's eyes flickered as it too was at the last reserves of power. Its opponent – Ankoku Daishogun – remained immobile, a black cape with red inner trim the only thing moving in the winds.
Then with a tremendous crash, Mazinkaiser fell to its knees. The sword fell from its grip and the chogokin face slammed into the earth below.
Yumi tensed as the invincible and indomitable Mazinkaiser had been stopped. Like the very machine's own existence, it losing was something he never thought possible.
Then they were truly lost. Even if the Getter Team had made the right moves against NERV, the entire Mazinger Army was gone. Great was out of the picture. Venus A had no pilot. And on top of that, Sayaka and Boss were likely dead. The shield the Mazingers offered to defend against Shin Dragon was no longer on the table. Without it, the Professor feared the worst. Now Ankoku Daishogun was free to tear their Photon Lab apart.
Yumi's thoughts on what to begin to tell Shiro stopped when he heard the massive General speak aloud, Ankoku Daishogun's voice audible despite the distance.
"Impressive, Kabuto Kouji. And Mazinkaiser." Ankoku Daishogun said with a tinge of reverence in his voice. "For a moment, I thought that - "
Then he gasped and the sword fell from his hands as well, the ebon blade stabbing into the earth.
He clutched his chest as a dark mass of blood soaked the back of his cape.
"I underestimated you both. - Dr. Hell is wrong to think this will be the end of - "
Then he stopped speaking and crashed to the ground, the General now ceasing all movement.
"Kouji - !" Yumi whispered as he frantically checked the Kaiser Pilder's life signs. Though the machine had lost power, Kouji was still with them.
"If you're still here - then I can focus on the rest." Yumi said with a smile. He could at least face Shiro with the news that his older brother had been victorious.
Yet the victory could not be celebrated given the current events going on at NERV. Yumi stood up and prepared for the next step. If Hayato's intel was correct then hope was still something he needed to cling to.
/
Saotome gloated as Shin Dragon loomed over NERV's damaged base. Emperor Gore could only look on in horror as the ultimate Getter slowly descended, getting larger and larger as he witnessed just how gigantic this machine was.
It made the surrounding area look small and even the reinforced Mechasaurus Gore was a mere speck to its sheer presence.
The emerald light shone in the beasts' maw again, the threat of another large Getter beam hanging in the air. Yet for now the gigantic Getter had stopped moving.
"Look at Emperor Gore! Attacking us won't do him any good now! Now let's route his entire army!" Saotome said with a smirk. "That Dinosaur is a mere eyesore compared to the strength of our Shin Dragon!"
"Your grudge is amusing, Doctor." Cohen said. "Such a lower life-form matters little to us."
"Hold on. The radar." Doctor Hell said. "Is that a SEELE carrier?"
The old man brought up a ping on the radar systems and Saotome nodded.
The carrier in question was brought on screen and he made it out to be a heavy military transport, bearing large cargo if the size of the carrier was any indicator.
"Yes, it seems they deployed some troops of their own." The other said with a grin. "Then I think a farewell is in order. Doctor Hell, do you mind supervising while I – say hello?"
"Do as you wish, Saotome." Doctor Hell said, looking to Stinger and Cohen.
"Hold our position for now. We wait until Saotome is ready before pressing our advantage."
Doctor Hell smirked as he glanced at the SEELE ship. "And I do wonder what trick they think they have up their sleeve."
/
Hayato beckoned Ryoma to the elevator and they carried Ritsuko behind them. Lilith had stopped responding and they didn't want to sit around and find out why. Not when Shin Dragon had been detected overhead and they had a responsibility to stop it. The men didn't need to hear an official alert – they could practically sense it, the Getter Beam's distinct sound confirming that it had arrived. Both Getter pilots got the gist to hurry out of Terminal Dogma.
On the long elevator ride up Hayato fumbled for something in his pocket, which was beeping.
"What's that?" Ryoma said, looking more curious than surprised. The item was small and fit in his palm. It was a chip of sorts with NERV's insignia on it. Hayato pulled out a device out of his black suit jacket and plugging the chip into it. A screen opened up and Hayato smirked.
He spoke as he began to access the device manually. "I snagged Ikari's communicator – let's just say I have a meeting to attend before I get back into Shin Getter."
Ryoma opted to turn away from Hayato at work and set Ritsuko down, making sure the bandages weren't too restrictive. He could hear Hayato speaking but drowned it out in assessing the damage.
"There it is. I'll make this quick - " Hayato said as Ryoma focused on Ritsuko. She was not as badly hurt as he'd feared. Still, Ryoma was careful to hold her upright so that the bleeding would be minimal.
"You're too kind, Mr. Nagare. I – should have been left for dead." Ritsuko said.
Ryoma frowned and shook his head. "An even crueler fate awaits you, I'm afraid, Doctor. Musashi wouldn't want me to leave anybody behind. Especially when they're as smart as you are."
"A crueler fate?" Ritsuko asked.
"Yeah. One beyond this Human Instrumentality Project." Ryoma said, finishing his work.
"Thank you. I – I'm – surprised you'd save someone like me."
"Don't sell yourself short, Doctor Akagi. You might have done some things you regret but that's still a whole lot better than being someone like Doctor Hell or your former Commander. You're the only one here that knows how to use the EVA series, after all."
"We'll talk about that later." She said, closing her eyes.
"That's it. You rest up. We'll take you to the Central Dogma and figure out our next step." Ryoma said.
/
The monolith icons all were present as SEELE convened its final meeting.
"Shin Dragon is here. The MP EVAs are not equipped to face that monster. Deploying them was a waste of time."
"Cease your worries. We're just here for the Unit 01. Once that is ours then it will truly begin." Lorenz Keel affirmed. "The MP Series is here to ensure that end is met."
"Correct, Mr. Keel! You are free to claim that Evangelion as your prize!" A voice rang out as Doctor Saotome's face appeared on one of the screens.
"Saotome?!" Lorenz declared, his face a mask. Despite his disbelief he remained composed.
"Heh heh heh - ! Did you fools at SEELE really think we wouldn't have a way of infiltrating your operation?! Especially after your past organization worked with Dr. Hell?!" The old man sneered. His eyes were wide and he looked deranged as he was the only face truly visible amidst the SEELE users' monolith icons.
"That's irrelevant - !" Another member spoke up. "Once Instrumentality begins, not even your Shin Dragon can stop it."
"That must be a reassuring lie to tell yourselves - but I don't want to stop it! Once you initiate this sequence, it will pave the way for the Invaders to subjugate all of humanity at once!" Saotome continued.
The group was silent until Gendo Ikari's screen came online. Although the man on screen was not who they were expecting.
Fingers steeped in front of his face like the absent Commander Ikari, Hayato Jin grinned at the shocked look on Professor Saotome's face. "Hey there Doctor. Gentlemen of SEELE."
"Hayato?!"
Saotome said back in surprise. "So the Getter Team succeeded in taking over NERV it would seem."
"So it would seem. Looks like we had the same idea." Hayato commented dryly. "Lorenz, you and these other men are all about to lose everything. If you stop your plan now then everything will be a whole lot easier afterwards."
"I take it you disposed of Ikari then? Then why is his plan still underway?" Keel asked.
"Hmph. It's not."
Hayato said with a grin. "When this is all over, I'll see all you SEELE bastards behind bars if you don't cooperate right now. And Doctor, I'll be paying you a visit soon too so don't get too impatient."
"Ridiculous! Both of you are too late to stop what we have started! Our collective will power will conquer whatever plan you have once Instrumentality begins! The scrolls dictate it to be so!" Another member of the cabal boasted.
"A no then, I take it. Then I look forward to our next meeting. I'll see you all later outside of your little chat room." Hayato said with a frown and his image faded away with Gendo's screen.
Saotome smirked. "Looks like the Getter Team was ahead of you fools this time. And speaking of time – let's see just what your gift to NERV is. It might prove to be entertaining."
/
Saotome turned off the screen, turning to look at the spectacle below Shin Dragon.
He grinned as the carrier finally arrived, opening up to reveal sets of white wings over Evangelion armor of the same color.
"Then the vultures shall descend and tear the carcass known as NERV apart." Cohen said.
"Yes! This seems to be SEELE's plan! Now – let's watch and see if they have what it takes!" Stinger seconded.
"And while that is underway, I will prepare Ashura, Brocken, and myself for battle against our enemies." Dr. Hell stated.
"No Mazinger is here for you to defeat, Doctor." Cohen said and Dr. Hell scoffed.
"Listen well, Cohen. If there's one thing I learned about humanity from facing Kouji Kabuto it's not to underestimate them. And the Mazinger pilots especially. Given the current state of things Mazinkaiser is out of power. But – Shin Getter Robo and the Evangelion series are still active. I will not be choosy about my foes."
"Then let us see just what foes remain once SEELE's dogs begin their attack." Saotome finished as they observed the scene below them.
/
Mechasuarus Boar took a step back as the blast of light seemed to affect it. EVA Unit 01 braced itself – perhaps instinctively as the Earth shook from the blast. Both of the combatants turned to view Shin Dragon's presence.
Shinji heard General Bat over the comm.
"A Getter – that size – forgive me, my Emperor Gore - " The creature shuddered as its outer hull began to melt. Over the comm of General Bat's face, Shinji could see the Saurian was melting as well. The other pilot was struggling to speak as his face slowly morphed, the taught skin beginning to soften as his winglike mantle on his forehead became misshapen.
"Boy – I regret that our battle is interrupted. I cannot finish this match properly due to the overexposure to the Getter Rays - but – I must - do what I can for the Dinosaur Empire - !"
The coils on the Mechasaurus' body extended and wound around Unit 01 as the large burst in Getter Rays had stunned the AT field, it seemed. Shinji screamed as he felt the heat and pressure around Unit 01 increase.
" - LONG LIVE THE DINOSAUR EMPIRE- !" General Bat screamed as the Mechasaurus detonated.
/
She had been submerged in a great pressure. It was dark and she was alone. Alone as she had been for most of her life. She could feel fear as there was nowhere see. She couldn't even move. The EVA wasn't responding very well and she had lost.
Then she heard the voice and everything changed.
/
Asuka panted as Evangelion Unit 02 stood, rising from the water. She could see the base was still under siege. Somehow now it was even worse. The Dinosaur Empire's immediate presence was null due to the Shin Getter Dragon above the battlefield. Her immediate worries on that machine were cut off as she focused on the enemies before her.
What remained of Section Two wasted no time firing missiles and other ordinance at her Evangelion, but it didn't matter at this point. She was back. And she had been right. Her Mother had been by her side the entire time! She didn't even have time to be annoyed by it as her adrenaline spiked.
"I knew it was you! Mother!" Asuka yelled in joy as the closest thing to a hug's warmth reverberated through the space she sat it.
"Asuka." The Evangelion's voice rang it her head like a song.
"Mother, I want to fight with you!" Asuka thought and the EVA agreed.
"Yes . . . we will fight. I must protect you . . . Asuka." The voice echoed through her head.
The Evangelion was completely in sync with the pilot as Asuka picked up a JSSDF frigate and raised it above Unit 02's spindly arms, ripping it in half as the oil flowed over her cockpit's view-screen briefly as though it was blood.
She turned and hurled the half of the ship at the nearest Mechasaurus, striking it and causing it to stagger back.
They needed no more words as the crimson Evangelion tore though the remaining fighters, bombers, and other forces SEELE and the Dinosaur Empire had deployed. A shot from one of the tanks hit the power cable and Asuka grinned.
"Who cares if you hit my umbilical cable? Mother and I will make short work of you! I still have five minutes! That's all I need!" Asuka boasted.
It was insane. Even with the surprise attacks from the Dinosaur Empire, and the appearance of Shin Dragon, the special forces were still bombarding NERV HQ with everything they had. But it was not enough to impress Asuka. The girl began to feel bored when she saw white wings.
They cut through the din that Shin Dragon's shadow cast on the earth..
/
Shinji screamed as he felt the blast shake Unit 01 to the core. The entire seat was shaking from the detonation and he had to shut his eyes tightly to avoid the light. Then after what seemed like an eternity, the shaking stopped.
He was alive. And Unit 01 was still standing once the detonation was over. The AT Field had activated again at the last second.
"Mother . . . " Shinji whispered as Unit 01 let out a faint growl only he could hear. He had done it. The city was safe. And yet -
They had survived. He then recovered and saw a white pillar from the lake blast straight into the sky. What followed was a red flash in the distance as he saw Unit 02 emerge. The crimson EVA busy with the leftovers of Section 02. He stopped processing the immediate encounter with General Bat and focused on moving forward. Unit 02 was alright! That meant Asuka was OK! Shinji tried to contact the other EVA but found that his comm systems had been scrambled due to the blast he'd been caught in.
He'd help Asuka with Section 02 and then Ritsuko and Misato would have some kind of plan for Shin Dragon. With Shin Getter backing them up he had hope they'd make it out OK. At the very least he could expect Rei's scenario would take place and he'd have to deal with it, but at the moment Shinji focused on what he could do.
He thought about walking and froze as Unit 01 didn't respond.
"Mother?! We need to move!" Shinji thought, visualizing taking a step.
He felt a phantom limb move as the Evangelion stayed in place.
"We need to help Asuka!" Shinji thought frantically.
Unit 01 was unresponsive and silent.
"MOTHER! We have to move!" Shinji roared, trying to assert control of the machine. His hands gripped the controls and his wrestled with them with all of his strength.
Nothing happened.
He grunted and tried again. "Misato? Ritsuko? Maya? It's not responding!" Shinji yelled and pleaded for it to follow his movements.
He could hear chatter over the comm yet they could not hear him in kind. His own panic took the forefront of his intake as he tried again and came to the same result. He had all the power he needed due to the S2 organ. And on top of that he wanted to help. After seeing what had happened to Toji and Kaworu, Shinji didn't want to add Asuka to his guilty conscious. So if he was of a sound mind and the EVA was at full power that only left one conclusion Shinji could reach.
Unit 01 chose not to respond to his commands.
/
The creatures flying towards her were of the EVA series no doubt about it. They circled overhead, lanky pale limbs hanging down from their hunched bodies.
"The MP Series? And nine of them?!" She yelled as the winged Evangelions landed around her. Grinning mouths with red lips were the primary detail of these new units. No eyes or ears of any kind, and the elongated face and head took up room for a standard neck.
Dummy Plugs all slid into each unit's neck and the heads all rose to her presence. Each one had a thick double sided sword and they circled around her as though they wanted to tear her limb from limb. A pack of killers.
"Asuka, this is Misato. You're on limited time. Shinji's going to back you up soon but he's just exiting combat. It should take a few minutes for him to reach your location." The Major's voice warned.
"Geez. I can't depend on Idiot Shinji this time, huh?" Asuka joked before looking to the nine newcomers surrounding her. "Well I guess nine to one makes this a fair fight!" She grinned, finally happy to tear into something with her awakened Unit 02.
Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu's response was to roar and Asuka joined her as she became a messenger of death, spinning and pivoting as she shot, punched, gauged and slashed.
The first two MP EVAs fell as she punched straight through one and didn't stop, skewering the next waist with a single fist. The third was dispatched with a kick through the waist.
The fourth was killed when she put a hand to its neck and shoved, breaking the neck as it oozed red blood. The fifth one came at her with a sword – a foolish choice considering the circumstances. Asuka wrestled it away and used it to slash it's face and head, killing it. Then the sixth as well. She wasted no movements disabling the lot of them.
Three left. And her power was running out fast. Less than a minute left now.
"Come ON!" Asuka roared with a hungry grin on her face as she used her AT Field as a weapon, cleaving through one of the white bodies as she threw it like a spinning top - the orange octagon ripping the eight apart. Leaving the ninth.
It leapt back as Asuka fired the spikes from her pauldrons, stabbing it in the face. This let her get close with a spinning leg-sweep, kicking its head to the side as she slashed down, slicing its throat with the stolen blade as the beast fell to the ground.
The power was still on for thirty seconds. Asuka used it to relish the victory as she shared the moment of bloodlust and power with her mother.
"Asuka. Warrior." Her mother said and then stopped suddenly.
"Asuka, run. Now. They are not dead." She could hear the EVA think to her.
Nine bloody bodies rose as Asuka Langley Soryu's hopes fell with the dwindling time limit.
One of them hurled a blade at her and her AT field was ready, projecting out to block the weapon. It worked but the sword warped into a long crimson lance, tapering off into two jagged prongs.
"The Spear of Longinus?!" Asuka yelled as the spear kept moving and her AT Field shattered, the weapon heading right towards her face.
The lance soared though the air and something collided with it right in front of Asuka, changing it's course. Instead of impaling Unit 02's face, it fell to the ground, deflected by a silver, double edged sword with a fine golden pommel.
"What the hell?" Asuka thought as Unit 02 looked up to see what had stopped the spear's trajectory.
A flash of light blinded her for a moment, followed by a the sound of thunder. Asuka's vision cleared and she could see the MP EVA that had thrown the weapon staggered. A blast of lighting struck it's white body, AT field unable to deploy in time. It's body slammed into the ground and the others scattered, wings emerging as they took off in a scattered formation.
They raised their swords and the weapons all warped into a miniature version of the red lance Rei had used against the Angel earlier. A weapon that Asuka just saw would pierce right through her AT field. Asuka grit her teeth as she no longer had power to fight with left. Still, her pride told her that she would not lose.
/
"Mother?" Shinji thought to the EVA.
"Mother, we need to move."
"Please! Please move! Asuka's outmatched here! If you move now, we can help!"
"Mother! I need you to move!"
He screamed as loudly as he could think.
"No." Was the only response from Yui Ikari that Shinji got. The cockpit shuddered and once again Shinji felt like he was inside of a monster.
/
Rain poured in torrents now as the white angelic monsters stood and regarded Asuka's Unit 02 with large grins.
They all circled her like predators as heads and throats, bodied and waists regenerated. Asuka clenched her teeth as she poised to attack. Yet she never got the chance to as the power to her EVA completely ran out of power.
Then there was a wail. A roar that Asuka only knew as the roar Unit 01 screamed when it went berserk. It was far away – no where near close enough for Shinji to make a heroic stand alongside her. Yet it got the MP's attention as they stopped circling her and deployed their white wings, taking to the air.
"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU - !"
Was all she thought on repeat as the eight MP EVAs flew high into the sky, raised their spears at her and hurled them downwards.
Then the cameras went dark.
/
Something struck her as Asuka heard a tremendous shudder. She expected death, the speeding lances at the ready to rip Unit 02 to shreds.
Instead the cameras came back on as power was restored. Five percent. To ten percent. To twenty-five percent and holding at thirty percent. It was highly unlikely. Yet as much of a miracle this was, it didn't change the fact that she was still screwed.
The eight lances rained from the rainy sky, sixteen points of death falling towards Evangelion Unit 02.
A wide funnel of wind shot down from the sky, engulfing them all. The spears were knocked off course by the blast.. Spears and MP EVAs alike crashed back down to earth around Asuka and her Evangelion.
Then like the voice of a creator amidst an uncertain world, she heard the cry as a figure was seen through the flashing lightning in the sky.
"THUNDEEEEEEER BREEEEAAAAAAK!"
A blue arc of power surged, lighting striking the winged attackers, paralyzing wings and causing two more to fall to the Earth.
One of the MP EVAs in the sky flew towards the black shadow of the figure manipulating the lighting amidst the storm.
There was a crunching sound and Asuka could see it clearly now, the winged Evangelion falling down to the Earth as it's attacker came into view.
A leg smashed into the MP EVA's waist as the machine descended with the MP Evangelion's body.
The Super Alloy Z robot slammed into the ground with a tremendous crunch, breaking through the MP EVA's chest as it landed on its feet.
Dark blue arms and legs were new additions to the silver and black body, adorned with a crimson V crest on the chest, matching red wings, and a pointed silver crown.
"Great Mazinger!?" Asuka shouted in a mix of surprise and relief.
The other machine stood to its full height, the crashing thunder from above highlighting its black and silver body with a brief flash of blue. Its yellow eyes scanned the battlefield as the rest of the MP Series cautiously landed.
Then Great Mazinger pointed to the seven remaining MP EVAs.
"Monsters of SEELE! How dare you attack NERV HQ during this crisis! Great Mazinger and I will not stand by and let you kill the one brave enough to stand alone against all of you, abominations!" The voice of Tetsuya Tsurugi cried out.
"Now you face not just Evangelion Unit 02, but the reforged Great Mazinger as well!"
The eighth MP EVA stood and regrouped with the others. They were about to go on the attack when Asuka felt something in her soul and she roared as one with her mother.
Power was no longer an issue as both Asuka and EVA Unit 02 felt more energy than ever before. The lance was grabbed by her Evangelion as it pulled the weapon free from the ground.
The four compound eyes of Unit 02 flared with a blazing green light as the reserve energy gauge showed it recovering before it spiked to over two-hundred percent.
"How is this possible-?" Asuka wondered even as she readied the lance in one hand, looking to the Mazinger Blade that Tetsuya had thrown down, slamming into her umbilical cable.
"I deflected that spear with a Mazinger Blade and then I used Thunder Break to restore power to Unit 02! Asuka, as long as this Great Mazinger is still standing I will supply you with power!" Tetsuya's voice boomed.
"Well, I don't really understand how it works but-" Asuka began, hurling the lance into one of the EVAs before it could act, AT field shattering as its core was breached, the white mouth opening in shock as it fell to the ground with a shudder, now lifeless.
"- I'm nowhere near done! One dedicated pilot to another, show me why you're the best of the best!" Asuka finished, going back to back with Tetsuya.
"Gladly! If they still think they can overwhelm the two of us, they're sadly mistaken!" Tetsuya said
The two shared a feral grin for a moment as the MP EVAs paused and the hunter suddenly became the hunted. Then the two pounced.
"Great Boomerang!" Tetsuya began.
Great Mazinger grabbed the heat sink on its chest with its free hand and pulled it off in a swift motion as it arced its arm backwards. The red V crest was thrown, missing the targets entirely as Tetsuya turned and fired off more attacks.
Asuka was going to question the action as she thrust the lance at another MP EVA, shattering its AT field and impaling it. The MP EVA's mouth hung open from pain as Asuka slammed it into another of the MP Series.
"Drill Pressure Punch!" Tetsuya roared as silver and curved grooves popped out of Great Mazinger's forearms, the sections spinning until they were blurs before firing off the Mazinger's body. Two AT fields from the MP EVAs were deployed, holding against the attacks.
"Great Typhoon!" Tetsuya yelled as the grey whirlwind fired from Great Mazinger's grille and spectacularly missed again.
"Now, Asuka!" Tetsuya ordered as his machine's fists returned to Great's extended arms. Asuka realized he'd set up two of the targets like bowling pins. She charged, impaled both of the MP EVAs, the cores breached from the twin tips of the spear of Longinus.
Then the Great Boomerang came back and cut down two more of the EVAs from their backs down through one's front and the other's face as Tetsuya grabbed and and re-attached it to Great Mazinger's chest.
He was facing the fallen four MP Evangelions as Asuka put her foot on the closest MP EVA she impaled and shoved, removing the lance from their bodies. Then she turned and threw another AT field like a gigantic razor blade at the others, keeping them at bay.
"Now, Tetsuya! Burn them all to a crisp!" Asuka urged.
"Eat THIS - Breast Burn!" Tetsuya's voice was heard as the V crest flashed red and the ray of fire consumed the four MP EVAs, charring and burning the bodies.
"That should deal with that lot!" Tetsuya yelled as Great Mazinger and EVA Unit 02 stood back to back once again, the remaining four MP EVAs showing another shred of caution against the united front.
"And now for the rest!" Asuka declared as she gripped the Lance of Longinus and got ready to leap into action once again.
Note: A special thanks to Nightmarex23 for your review. I really appreciate the time you took to leave it here.
Edit: I had a continuity error regarding Ritsuko's injury in the previous addition. This has been fixed.