Tomorrow is New Years Eva. This is the last chapter of the year for any story.
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Pain shot through the stump of her arm as Lucifer watched the severed limb fall to the ground. She looked at her opens as Adam was trying to hold in the leaking LCL fluid from his stomach. The two titans, living gods before the world around them, caught their breath as they stared down each other. "This isn't even your world!" Adam held up his red Spear bringing it down to her. Lucy countered with her own as the two of them continued to clash. "Why are you defeating what is not your progeny!"
A laugh escaped the demonic looking being. Of course, he had no idea. In fact, truth be told they shouldn't have ever met in the first place, Her and her love. "I do it for her," Overhead the Door of the Guf that Adam opened began to shake as Lucifer channel her full power. An A.T. field formed as a solid light construct took the place of her served arm. "So, lay down and die already!"
Lucy reached forward with the arm as she blocked the spear with her own and grabbed him by the neck with her A.T. arm. She slammed him into the ground before Adam removed his hand from his gut and blasted her in her eyes. Lucifer was forced off of him as Adam swung slicing one of her legs off. "It's clear that you are broken and deranged."
Broken, that was what they called her. Her creators, her parents in the lowest terms, saw her love as a problem. She wasn't supposed to force this strong a bond with another of her kind. Enraged at this her A.T. field pushed outwards and effectively knocked him away. "To the pit with you," Her A.T. field created another solid light construct taking the form of another limb this time that of her leg. "Join our dead creators!"
Adam held up his weapon as he looked at her. It was clear from the start that something was driving this Progenitor. Something that shouldn't be felt among their kind for one another. "This world was mine I got here first you should be helping me!"
"Like I will ever harm my beloved, besides you're not the one whose progeny rule the world!" As she said that he brought down her hand on him as Adam still healing wound was punched open by the A.T. generated limb. "I come here to finally be with her and you are ruining it!" Her construct arm broke apart and seemed to fire itself at him as Adam's A.T. field blocked it and knocked her back.
Shinji awoke with a groan as the feeling of being burned still lingered on his skin. He shuddered at this looking around and saw Asuka out of bed in a hospital gown herself. The last thing he remembered was them being launched to the surface. 'What happened?'
A painful moan echoed in his mind as Lucy awoke. The feedback she had suffered from both Shinji and Yui was enough to give her a headache. 'The moment we got out the Angel attacked both us and Asuka with a high energy laser and metals the armor of both Eva-01 and Eva-02,' She groaned rubbing her nonexistent temples. 'Yui was screaming in pain as well and I think the connection may have caused us both to fall unconsciousness.'
As Shinji was brought up to what was going on Asuka was in thought herself. Her mother was in Eva-02. Trapped within the Evangelion and when Eva-02 was injured she could hear her mother scream. Asuka held her hand over her heart as for the first time she wondered if this was a good thing. On one hand, she got to be with her mother again. On the other hand, her mother felt all the pain was inflicted on the Evangelion.
The both of them turned as Rei came walking in pushing a cart with food on it. Asuka looked at her with a questioning look. She only awoke a few minutes before Shinji and hadn't bothered to ask. "Is the Angel defeated?"
Rei shook her head at her sister's question. Already the JSSDF and the U.N. forces were only delaying the Angel by being as much of a nuisance as they could be. "The Angel is currently trying to drill a hole into the Geofront according to Doctor Akagi we have around eight hours until it breaches the final layer."
Asuka cursed at this. They get defeated and the Angel is still sitting there training to end the world. "Do we have a plan of attack?"
A nod came from Rei. She had helped procure the weapon that they were going to use. Both Ritsuko and Misato had to set it up and that meant that the Angel had to be distracted by continues attacks until they were ready. "Captain Katsuragi has a plan to attack the Angel," She motioned to the food on the cart. "After you, both eat you are to both head to your Eva's and await further instructions."
At first, the missiles and bombardment was a nice change. After a few hours of this, it finally had enough. As the latest volley came at it three lasers shot out blowing them all up in the sky. Shifting around it pointed at the missile batteries and let loose. Several of them were melted from the heat. "Finally."
Far out of the way Misato looked at the latest attack. The sun setting overhead as the Angel resumed it's digging. All around them was cables as the whole of Japan's power was being funneled into the weapon. As she turned back Misato stopped. 'Wait did I just see something?'
Taking a look she saw nothing. The woman wondered if the stress was getting to her. She could have sworn that she saw a purple humanoid woman. Turning back into finishing orders Misato was unaware of the thing watching her. The body of Lucifer looked on at the creatures of Lilith as they had begun to make this thing.
On the ground below her was a knocked out passerby. Placing her hand on their head as it needed information. While it didn't have Its soul it could still create an A.T. field thanks to its S2 organ. As weak as it was it served its purpose. They were apart of a group called NERV with a base built into the Geofront below the city.
This one had no idea about Lilith, nor did they understand what the base was even built on. The woman though was a captain. Perhaps as a member of the command structure, she would know about where her soul was. Better yet she could hide within her means of transportation.
Finding the blue car wasn't hard. It being parked outside the weapon they were preparing. A particle weapon that should punch through the Angel's, as they called it, A.T. barrier. After a few moments of thought and weighing of its options the being opened the trunk and shrunk down growing smaller before it entered into it. Closing the opening it waited until it was lead into the base.
After the last battle with the Angel Shinji was hesitant to put back on his plugsuit. If their plan fails then this time the Angel may make sure to keep them down permanently. On the other side, Asuka stared at Eva-02 lost in thought for a moment. "Can I ask you something?"
Asuka turned seeing Rei looking at her. The two of them stood opposite of each other as Rei's eyes moved to Eva-02. Although it would be more accurate to say she was looking at it because of the soul within it. "What was it like to have a mother?"
Rei's question caused Asuka to stare at her. She actually felt bad as she realized it was probably because of their connection. A bond they both share. "I don't know if I can describe that."
"I understand," Rei could still remember the feeling that Asuka had. Her joy at being with her mother. Walking away Asuka looked on before turning back to Eva-02.
The two almost seemed to stare at one another. Kyoko having seen the exchange between the two of them could tell that Rei was somehow connected to her. 'She looks a lot like Yui,' A thought crossed her mind. If Yui made Asuka for her, both as a daughter and as a means to create a vessel for part of Lilith, then it meant that nothing as stopping her from trying it again. 'Does this mean that Asuka has a sister?'
She'll have to ask her when they don't have an Angel threatening them. Though she already suspected her old friend had decided to make another one. Speaking of the girl in question Rei looked at Eva-00. The memories of what she had gone through, what the first Rei who had part of herself tossed into the Evangelion, replayed in her mind. 'The Commander forced me to endure it.'
There was a small crisis within her. The first Rei had over the years grew to hate Gendo. The constant torment was enough to make her want to lash out at him. Rei felt herself wanting to grab his neck and strangle him the moment she saw him. Make him feel even a tiny bit of what she felt. Trying to hold back these desires was rather hard for her to do.
Then there were the two questions that Rei had. The first was Eva-00 itself. While her previous incarnations were removed from the prototype it did know that something else was inside it. A fragmented soul salvaged at around the same time as her. Would the soul within it allow her to pilot?
Then there was the question on Shinji and Lucifer. The later felt so familiar yet she had no idea why. She wanted to question Shinji about it but couldn't find the time nor could she bring herself to do it. 'Everything seemed simple before.'
After walking to the site of the weapon the group were briefed by Misato. Because she was the best shot they had Asuka was the one who would be holding the rifle. The MAGI system would circulate when she would shoot given that even the slightest variable change could cause the beam to miss. Eva-00 would be on hand with a heat resistant shield made from the space shuttle parts.
That left Eva-01 in reserve in case things were needed. Yui, Lucy, and even Shinji figured the real reason why they were put in the back was due to Gendo orders. After this both You and Lucy started complaining about the man. 'You know your husband is planning to cause humanity's genocide just to get to you.'
'I know he's literally doing the one thing I didn't want to happen!' Yui did everything to subvert it. Asuka, Rei, getting absorbed into Eva-01. All meant to make sure that no one would do it.
Shinji looking over to Eva-00 and hearing his mother's thoughts had gotten him thinking. Rei and his mother did look a lot alike. 'Mom, you were the one who made Rei body right?' You and Lucy were pulled out of their conversation at this. 'Why does she look like you?'
Yui didn't answer him. The woman knew that if she did then Shinji would think less of her. Unfortunately for her, Lucy was able to get it right out of her. 'It's because Yui used her DNA and Lilith's when she made her,' Lucy looking even deeper continued on. 'In fact, her name Rei is what your parents were planning to name you if you were a girl.'
No, words were said as this information sank into Shinji. Finally, he said the words that were on his mind at this. 'Is she my sister?'
'No,' Yui couldn't hide her feelings or her reasons for the girl. Chances are they had already been betrayed by her soul. 'When I was making Asuka had to constantly fix several mutations and alterations that happened during development just to make her genetically Kyoko's daughter, with Rei I only went as far as to keep her stable,' Shame filled her given what she had done. 'I never planned on treating her as my child in the slightest.'
That just sounded like something his father would do. Shinji couldn't believe that his mother would just do something like that. 'She was just a tool to you?'
Yui couldn't explain it to him. She didn't know if he could understand it. 'Your mother has a habit of it thanks to who raised her,' Shinji's focus turned to Lucy. 'The thing is she knows she what she was doing and hoped to give Rei the opportunities that she would have as a person even if she couldn't see her a tool.'
It was getting really creepy how she could just read her soul. Although she was correct. She may never have seen Rei as anything but a tool but even then she knew it was best not to treat her like one. It was always a thing she fought with. 'Shinji, always hoped you would be a better person than me.'
He wanted to be mad at her. In some ways, he was but just hearing this. His family was messed up. Lucy told him how his grandfather was planning, his father was just the worse, and his mother was at least aware of the kind of person that she was. 'Mom…'
He didn't get to continue as he heard Misato's voice over the speakers. "Everyone in position!"
Asuka looked down the rifle as the Angel was being distracted by another round of missiles and bombardment. Rei stood with the shield at the ready. Hopefully, she wouldn't need it. The MAGI system calculated everything as it Asuka held it steady. 'I would feel more at ease if we could pull from more then just Japan.'
The targeting system lite up as Asuka pulled the shot. The particle beam fired into the Angel as the bombardment ceased. There was a scream of pain from it as it's shapes formed around it into several spikes. Blood gushing out for a moment. A victorious smile formed on Asuka's face. Until the Angel started shifting shapes again. 'I missed?!'
Said Angel was pissed. If the weapon had moved but an inch to the right he would have been dead. Turning its attention to them it shifted form yet again this time there will be no more of them. "Die!"
A superheated laser was fired at them. The outward of it literally boil a nearby mountain down into glass. Eva-00 jumped in with the shuttle made shield as the heat started to melt Eva-00 armor. "Rei!" Shinji jumped in front as Yui forced the A.T. field to its maximum.
The blast ceased for a moment as the Angel needed to recharge. It looked on with satisfaction. "Taste the sweet release of Death!"
It fired again. Rei pulled up the shield only for Eva-01 to grab it as she was overwhelmed by the heat. Finally, the cooldown ended as Asuka took the shoot. The blast stopped as the Angel let out a scream. This time the attack had hit its mark. It's body breaking apart as it fell to the ground.
With the blinding light gone Asuka and Shinji finally could breathe. The later cursed as he felt light burns all over his body. The metal plating on Eva-01 slightly melted from the laser. Both him and Asuka looked around for Eva-00. The unit being knocked back with its entry plug steaming on the ground not far from it. "Sis/Rei!"
Both pilots didn't waste any time. Racing to her they both exited their Eva's as Shinji grabbed the burning latch. He yelled in pain before Asuka joined him. "Stop crying!"
The both of them managed to get it open as they were created with the smell of burned blood. Sitting in her seat within the burned blood of Lilith was Rei. The girl looked at them both as she suddenly felt a smile form. 'They came for me.'
Misato sighed as the Angel was finally defeated. The celebration was soon to be cut short as within NERV's parking lot the trunk to Misato's care was torn open. Lucifer's body walked out as it looked around. The Commander of this facility had to have her soul. As she walked out of the lot two Section 2 members almost jumped in shock when saw it. "What the hell is that an Angel!"
Lucifer turned to them. It didn't have time to waste on the grunts. That is until they decided to try to shot at it. An orange barrier appeared as the shots bounced off of it. Very, well if they were going to impede it then it will respond in kind. Racing forward it grabbed on to the neck of one of them and threw it right through the wall. The other looked on in fear running away before he found his leg captured. He was pulled back up and slammed into the wall as well.
As they both lay on the ground a screen was heard as one of the personnel looked at the soulless shell. It looked like it was going to have to fight the whole base just to get what it came for. A minute later a report came into the command room as Maya looked on her face going white. "An Angel has been spotted in the base!"
The responses that brought was instant. Looks of shock and horror formed on everyone's faces. Even Gendo was in visible distress. "Bring up a visual from the security cameras now!" It took a full second before everyone got around to it. Appearing in front of everyone was the image of the footage. The three-eyed humanoid looking in front of it as a bullet bounced off its A.T. barrier. Gendo's eyes widened as he couldn't believe it. 'This wasn't supposed to happen!'
Misato suddenly got flashbacks to that day. The day everything on earth changed, Second Impact. An Angel had slipped by without them even knowing. This was it they were all dead and Third Impact was going to happen. "H-how did," She took a step back as despair entered her heart. "How did it get passed the MAGI?!"
Ritsuko and her team checked the systems. There was nothing. No signs of tampering of any kind. The thing just couldn't pick it up. "It must be able to hide it's signature."
This was bad really bad. Gendo knew that it couldn't be allowed to make it to Terminal Dogma. Everything he had worked for could not be undone by this thing. "Lock down any pathways not leading to the cages and get the pilots here now!"
Shinji couldn't believe what he was hearing. Another Angel was attacking. Just after they had felt with the one that almost fired Rei alive. 'How did it even get passed the MAGI system?!'
As panic came over him he saw Lucy standing out the corner of his eye. He blinked as he wondered if that was a trick of his eyes. Then he put it together. The MAGI system couldn't pick it up because of how weak It's A.T. field had to be. 'It's Lucy's body.'
It had come to Tokyo-3 looking for him. Looking for the soul that rested within him. The soul of Lucifer, his soul. "Asuka see if you can get Rei medical attention I have to confront Luc-" He stopped himself. "The Angel!"
He raced to Eva-01 ignoring Asuka's screams. As he entered into it he could feel Yui contacting him. 'It's here isn't it?'
There was sadness in her voice at this. Lucifer's body had come to take back what was it. The body of her son was just a shell housing its soul. Yui was soon greeted with Lucy within ber soulscape. The purple woman wrapped her arms around her. "No matter what happens I want you to know me and Shinji will still see you as our mother."
Yui returned the hug as Eva-01 moved to the nearest launching site. It seemed that finally after fourteen years destiny was finally calling her son. To return to the source of who he was.
The plan to funnel The Angel through the base and yo the Eva cages was a failure. The moment it caught on to the fact it started forcing its way through the walls of the base. As of now, it was nearing the path to Terminal Dogma. Gendo knew that this was going to become a last stand. With the order given everyone was to do their best to at least try to slow down this thing.
"Sir, Eva-01 is in route to the cages with Eva-02 falling behind!" Gendo barely cared for this. There was no way they could follow the Angel without ripping apart the whole base. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his gun.
He didn't expect to use it until the opening of Third Impact. Now it looked like everything he had done was for nothing. Regrets formed in him. He had given everything to get back Yui and in the end, ceased being the man he was. 'This is how everything ends.'
As he left without a word Shinji now out of his entry plug looked around for anyone. Any sign that could tell him will Lucy's body was running around. He stopped as he saw Misato with a drink in her hand. Her handgun out as she looked at it. Ritsuko was working as fast as she could to stop the Angel. The woman debated fighting it but so far nothing seemed to work. "Misato where is the Angel?"
She looked at Shinji unsure of what to tell him. The world was close to ending and he was outside of his Evangelion. The only hope they had to stop this. "It's two floors down but Shinji you're." He didn't stop before taking off. "Wait, Shinji stop!"
"Where does he think he is going?" Asuka yelled out as her and Rei who was fighting through the pain walked past her. The two siblings of Lilith didn't know what possessed him to just take off like that.
Shinji raced through NERV headquarters as he could feel where he needed to go. Both Asuka and Rei following him as the sounds on gunshots were heard. A Section 2 agents were seen on the wall groaning in pain. Lucy's body had been here. "Where is it?"
The agent looked at Shinji groaning as he forced himself awake. He pointed to the right weakly. "It was going that way but kid."
The agent didn't even get to finished before Shinji raced off and heading down the way he had shown him. Shinji ignored Asuka as she yelled out to him. After a few more minutes there it was. Lucy's body nearly standing at eight feet and manhandling the Section 2 agents like they were nothing. In front of her, Gendo walked up as Lucy's body tossed one of the agents into the wall next to him.
The Commander of NERV stared into the soulless shell gun in hand. The soulless body opened her mouth and spoke to him ignoring the weapon. "Where is my soul?"
For a moment everyone was taken back by it speaking. Gendo didn't expect this at least. Even though it could speak to them Instead of demanding his surrounded or asking for either Adam or Lilith, it was asking for its soul. "I don't have your soul!"
"He's right," Shinji walked up as the soulless shell turned over to him.
Gendo expression for the first time in a long time turned to one of panic as he watched his son walk up to it. "Shinji get out of here now!"
It was nice to know that he did care. Still, he couldn't run away. Both he and Lucy knew this was coming. Shinji placed his hand over his chest. "The soul of Lucifer is inside of me!"
Lucy's body turned him hand before anyone could act impaled its hand into his stomach. Immediately an A.T. field shot out from Shinji as Lucy's body broke into tendrils of organic flesh. The field reached out and grabbed the tendrils pulling it into him.
When it was done he took several deep breaths. Under his skin, the tendrils pulsed before his A.T. field shot out in full. It passed through everyone, down and making contact with the crucified body of Lilith, and all the way up to the surface and across Tokyo-3. Two demonic wings of light shot out from Shinji's back before disappearing.
Standing in the middle of the room Shinji brought his, or rather her hand up to her eyes. A single word escaped her lips as she spoke with a soft feminine tone. "That hurt…" Unconsciousness claimed her.
Lucifer laughed as her LCL fluid flowed out of her mouth. The latest wound in her stomach threatening to open and remove her organs. Her constructs arm gone along with her last still organic leg. Adam stood over her he too having last an arm much of his side and even his eye but he was healing. "You have lost."
He raised his hand to impale her with his Spear of Longinus. To put an end to her life and send her to the next realm. "Never."
She thrust her Spear upwards and into his chest cutting into his S2 organ. His eyes widened in before she pushed it forward with all she could. "Im-impossible…"
His organ finally gave out and soon a massive explosion ripped between the both of them. When it was done Lucifer was laying down on the frozen ground. Her form smaller than before. 'Lilith if you are awake I'm sorry.' She had to heal but with these injuries, she couldn't risk it. A vessel was needed to house her soul until it could heal properly. Looking to the side she saw one of the Lilithian lifeforms. 'That will have to do.'
After eleven chapters its finally done. Shinji has been reunited with Lucy in full. Now, I have a question. What should I call girl Shinji? Can't use Rei as Rei is the name of Rei (I regret writing that) so if anyone has anyy idea let me now. As for why he was acting like this in the later part of the story. It was a drive to unite thanks to Lucy
Cya all next time. Happy New Year!
