Neon Genesis Evangelion, the End of Evangelion, and the Rebuild of Evangelion are owned by Hideaki Anno and written by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. I own no elements from the original Manga, TV show, or Rebuild and EOE films but my OC's.
That said, Please Enjoy The Show!
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Chapter 3: Autonomous Assault Ark Wunder
Command Bridge (Entry-Plug System)
"Saturating LCL with gas mixture!"
"Charge density now cleared."
"Begin man Entry." Captain Katsuragi ordered, fixing her glasses to her collar.
"Understood." Matoko replied. In a flash the circular room the tower sat in revved to life with a multitude of flashing colors, very reminiscent to the startup sequence of an Evangelion. "LCL charge status is nominal."
"Beginning all integrated processor systems." Shigeru called out, the large screen flashing a image of a computer like screen before altering once more.
"Status?"
"All personnel are present, ma'am."
"No problems in initial contacts.
"Confirming stations." Another voice rang out along with the others."
"List 01 now cleared."
"Confirming all closure of barrier walls."
"Pressure resistance check has been complete!"
"Now increasing power generation of backup engines."
"Supplying main engine system with ignition power….."
"In about 5% it'll reach the critical point!"
"Starting up gyro compass." The older man from earlier, Koji Takao, called out.
"Stabilizers show no problems!" Hideki Tama stated.
"Commencing visual data processing…." Sumire Nagara stated, the large screen monitor flashing before it formed into a large feed of the outside. "Image is now on main monitor."
The camera feed showed several destroyers, oil construction rigs and aircraft carriers close to their ship, with several large pillars of red energy far in the distance, yet closing in steadily. "Targets are still approaching." Kitakami stated, looking from her radar to the main monitor. "They're surrounding us, Captain slow but surely."
"And Unit-02 Dash?" Katsuragi asked.
"Finished disposing its propelling arm and now switching to left hand." Makoto stated.
"Here we go!" Asuka yelled through the radio link. "Perfect…. Alright, let's do this!"
Unit-02, through another video feed, was now directly under the main reactor. The reactor was a large oval shaped cocoon, with red linings across its blacks form connected by several large and small energy feeding tubes.
"Activating A.T Field!" As soon as the Field pulsed before Unit-02 D, the pillars of light formed large rye like pupils at their top points. More eye pilot points grew under the top ones, slowly sending out sharp points which latched on to the pillars on either sides. "Pillars are changing shapes!" Hideki reported. "And their energy is increasing rapidly!"
"They're all moving!" Kitakami blurted out, watching as the pillars moved differently than before. They now moved almost twice as fast, burning anything nearby ships in their path towards the lager vessel which housed Unit-01 and its pilot.
"Allied destroyer lost!" Shigeru reported hastily.
"Christ, it's a saturation assault!" Ritsuko realized. The pillars had seemingly formed a large dome like shielding around the large ship and smaller ones, slowly enclosing them into destruction. "It the dome hits us, its over!"
Cap. Katsuragi didn't respond, though she silently hope Asuka would be done in time before the dome could kill them. "360 seconds till contact!" Makoto yelled out.
Back with Unit-02 D, Asuka fixed her Spear of Cassius replica forward, its front blade warming up fast from the heat the powerful blowtorch like flamethrower the open center gave off. As soon as the blade was close to pure white, Unit-02 pulled the Spear back, ready to toss it forward into the reactor core. It slammed into the cover piece, the red seas under the large vessel glowing vividly.
This is it, Asuka thought to herself clutching her controls tightly. If this works, we'll finally have this damn SEELE cruiser up and running for us! No more ocean and most certainly no more waiting….!
"Unit-02 D has begun operations." Makoto reported, fixing his glasses. "Flowing pressure now at 300%!"
"Doesn't matter!" Ritsuko stated, looking down to the crew. "Just have all energy directed to the flywheel! That is our top priority!"
"The 83rd lines ablaze! Fire Extinguishing's impossible!" The radio screamed out. All across the fleet the many tethers which fed energy to the command ship exploded into fiery energy, letting any power they housed loose. "The 7th Converter Cluster's exploded!"
"Broken lines don't matter!" Ritsuko retorted. "Continue with the force injection!"
"Ignore all pressure gauges!" Koji ordered, fixing his console as he watched his screen carefully.
"Now releasing locks on compressed flywheel." Outside atop the command ship, a large cylinder shaped object began spinning rapidly, the lighting on it pulsing at its top. Energy flowed through the hull of the command ship, with energy being forced into the reactor core. "Energy pump for the main engine had commenced!"
"Backup engine operation at 80% output!"
"Load it up with catalysts!"
"35 seconds left!" Kitakami reported.
"Rotational speed is increasing!" Sumire stated.
10,000 turns…. 12,000 turns….." C'mon, just a few more! Koji thought silently to himself. He prayed like the others around, that would work and that they'd live. Otherwise this would all be for nothing! "Finally, Flywheel is at 102% charge!"
Critical point has exceeded!"
"We're at the final ignition phase!"
"Good." Cap. Katsuragi finally spoke up, glaring forward at the task ahead. This would take a extremely powerful amount of work, but it would hopefully pay off in the end. "Switch to flight mode."
"Roger." Sumire answered, taking the controls before her. Around her seat came up a 3D layout of all the ships around the command chip, with an orange layout of the ship statue from all 4 directions. "Now starting spatio temporal control. Switching to 3D control of vessel."
"The moment we launch, raise our A.T Field!" Katsuragi ordered.
"Rotation speed now at 36,000 turns!" Hideki stated. "All parameters now at green!"
"Contact is imminent!" Koji yelled out.
"Forget the countdown! Activate the main engine!" Katsuragi snapped.
"Roger!" He replied, pushing the large level to his side forward. Outside, the compressed Flywheel slammed down into its opening point, ending energy roaring all across the ship.
"IGNITE!" Katsuragi finally yelled out, and just in time as Asuka had her Unit-02 D slam the igniter into the reactor core. The core came to life with a powerful roaring of engine cells, creating a wave of both energy and power which destroyed the large dome in a single shot.
At the epicenter of the fleet, a large halo hovered above the epicenter of the energy release. "Obstacles now cleared!" Kitakami stated.
"Check every department!" Ritsuko ordered, the monitor around the tower covered by a white glow. "Bring all consort ships back, NOW!"
"Here we go…." Katsuragi muttered, silently hoping this would work. They'd already given their position away from the power release, this had to work! "Autonomous Assault Ark Wunder, LAUNCH!"
Outside, the command ship AAA Wunder slowly rose from the sea. The Wunder was huge compared to its many predecessors, spanning almost 2 kilometers in length with its large spiral like rib cage. The ship housed a light maroon like color scheme, blended together with yellow and light sky blue colors all across her hull.
At the front were two large front engine cells, which was before the center point that housed the command bridge underneath. Slowly the rib cage connected with its top metal layer above, with many large cannons and antenna arrays across its hull. It almost have a animal like design, with large wings and an end tail.
The engines hummed to life as the AAA Wunder rose up, light shimmering across her hull as her many escort ships hovered above the watery surface of the Arctic. Slowly the wings open their talons, spreading out like a looming vulture ready to take its prey. Under the Wunder laid a hexagonal made A.T Field, which slowly dispersed in favor of two halos which helped keep its afloat.
That is, until the hidden Mark.04-C's fired several grapples which roared high into the air. The grapple like tendrils tore right into either wing, sending blood out as they latched on tightly with an after explosion. The whole of Wunder and her crew were shaken badly by the explosion as surprise assault, clear evidence that the enemy forces weren't letting go so easily.
"Shit, mains wings have been penetrated! Damage extend is unknown!" Koji yelled out.
Katsuragi gritted her teeth, glaring at the image display of the Wunder's new injuries. "Rgh, that doesn't matter!" She grunted, gripping the railings tightly. "Prepare for fire at the targets! Flip us, take us astern"
"Solid copy, going astern! Steady the course!" Sumire acknowledged. In an instant the Wunder now faced downwards, as if searching for its enemies alone.
"Good, now drag the core blocks out of the shielding cocoon!" Katsuragi continued. Slowly the Wunder pulled itself in reverse upwards, the cocoon shield revealing itself to be larger than the fleet and Wunder's predictions.
"We have cracks appearing on the main wing beams!" Hideki yelled.
"Keep the rudder steady, bring the engines to full power! Maximize power on both ends and full speed!" The front engine cells roared to life in an instance, pulling Wunder and its targets higher. Slowly the Mark.04-C's were pulled upwards, their cocoon shield exploding apart as they were now in the air.
The Mark.04-C's were built similarly to the Mark.04, circular with red dots on their surfaces, though with center tendrils with purple and yellow colors EVA-like shoulder pylons that went around their diameter. "Core blocks are out!" Sumire screamed out.
"Hard to port, NOW!"
"Roger!" Slowly the Wunder began to spin as it point, dragging the Mk.04-C's as it did. The large vessel spun faster and faster as it pulled the target drones, slowly pulling them up to their altitude. "Thrusters now at maximum!"
"FULL BRAKE!" The Wunder immediately halted in place, the Mk.04-C's all crashing into one another.
"No sign of target activity!" Shigeru reported.
"Now, full power on main batteries! Load the energy-penetrator ammo!" Katsuragi barked out. "Connect all cannon towers to the main engine! Open all cannon circuits!"
"Roger," Hideki acknowledged, flipping through the screens as he and many others readied the cannons. Atop the Wunder, large cannon arrays came to life, their weaponry warming up to destroy their enemy targets. "Opening ammo supply circuits."
"Measurement errors being corrected in time!" Kitakami stated.
"Artillery batteries unlinked!"
"Direct aiming and manual tracking ready on all cannons!"
"We're ready then," Katsuragi stated, glaring with hatred to the target drones. "FIRE!"
Instantly the Wunder's cannons rained hell, cutting harshly into the Mk.04-C's A.T Field. The Field burst apart and the cannons loaded shell after shell into the Mk.04-C's, destroying them with an explosion of cross like endings.
"Targets eliminated!" Kitakami stated, the Wunder in turn slowly turning back to its escort ships.
"All ships, Guard State 2!" Shigeru ordered. "Prepare for Unit-02 Dash recovery!"
"Start emergency repairs on the wings with all haste!" Ritsuko ordered, signing as her hands leg the railings on her sides go.
"Jesus…" Hideki whispered, followed by anyone else who had been new on the command bridge. "We've won…."
"God, she's insane…." Koji stated, smiling as he wiped his forehead clean of sweat and look to the captain's deck. "She really is more interesting than Kaji said then…."
"So there you have it; the power go kill God." Ritsuko stated, looking to her old friend who remained silent in thought. This had been their first victory in…. Ever, really. And this time there were no betrayals, no EMP explosions, no NERV going nuclear and certainly no Unit-01 exploding…. "Wunder really is a ship of hope…."
Now there laid the other problem they'd had; Shinji Ikari, if it even was him. Then again, the other BM specimens hadn't been sent flying into far space and returned, so it was a halfway possibility that this was indeed Shinji Ikari.
Shinji meanwhile stood at her original place by the window of the Wunder's bridge, unsure of whether to throw up from all the momentum or to question what he'd just saw. The Wunder wasn't just a ship by the looks of it; no, it was like an Evangelion Something felt wrong to him, deep down. He felt like he was at NERV with the child like staff and old NERV personnel working around the clock to preform God knows what operations and such.
Except at the same time, it wasn't.
Quarantine Interrogation Cell 01, AAA Wunder Medical Sector
Shinji found himself sitting in a chair, flexing his fingers as Ritsuko pulled up an image of his Evangelion. "Woah, so that's Unit-01?" he asked, surprised at how they jury-rigged his EVA into a battery. The EVA was surrounded by large nullification blocks and enclosed in the main reactor of the Wunder.
"Yes, your Unit-01 is being currently used as our main engine." Ritsuko explained, slowly pilling the feed so it showed the outside structural form of the Wunder to the Specimen. "That said, its one of the reasons it doesn't need a pilot."
"Ah…. Christ, it's huge to think that that's possible!"
"Not really; having an EVA not need a pilot was used before by the….."
"No, not the piloting bit; the Wunder! How the hell did you build something like this? The budget must have killed the UN…" Ritsuko gave a soft smile at that; the budget to build Wunder indeed an extremely heavy amount to bear, but still what remained of the UN and US complied. "Still, I see your point. An EVA only used as a energy supply unit isn't really combat needed."
"Exactly." Ritsuko replied, pulling up a synchronization image of Shinji's time in Unit-01. "This, I should say, is your Deep Level Synchronization test results. Your Sync rate is 00.00%. That said, you won't be able to activate an Evangelion even if you did pilot it."
"Great…." Shinji grumbled, something he blinked in surprise at. Am I…. Am I sad I'm not able to pilot anymore? He thought to himself, looking at his reflection with slight concern. Oh God, Asuka's rubbing off on me….! "Oh, God I'm going to hate this…."
"What?"
"Myself…." He uttered, before shaking it off. "Um, please continue though."
"Right…. As I was saying while this is good for you, Shinji we can't overlook the face Unit-01 awakened for 12 seconds during the earlier operation." She brought up another image; this time of Unit-02 Dash atop a large metal cross, a beam of light escaping a large crack on the side. "This is where the DSS Choker comes into play."
"So that's what this thing is…." Shinji didn't like this; at least not where this conversation as going. He had a dark feeling he knew what the purpose of this Choker was, though he didn't want to believe it.
"Think of this as insurance for us," Ritsuko continued, a video feed of his Unit-01 awakening during the Tenth Angel's assault coming up next to the 3D model of the Choker. "It's our physical means to preventing EVA awakenings; as well as a symbol of punishment with our mistrust in you. You see, in the event that you fall to your emotions while piloting an Evangelion, with the risk of another Impact launching to great, the Choker will activate-"
"And kill me instantly?" Shinji finished, looking at just who would pull the trigger. Never thought Misato could do this, but is must be for the greater good he thought to himself as the video faded to reveal another room beside his.
"Yes." Ritsuko answered, making the Third Child sign. He didn't like this: First NERV was him as a threat, wouldn't allow him to pilot an Evangelion's, and now had the power to kill him at the flick of a wrist. "Ugh… Woopty-fucking-doo….."
His eyes traveled from the Project E. overseer to his former surrogate mother, who stayed silently next to the side wall. "Judging by your silence it must be true…." Shinji uttered, running a hand through his face.
"You're… Taking this very well." The girl from earlier stated, looking at Shinji with slightly worry.
"Well when you've fought the universes most demonic creatures in a machine powerful enough to kill you should you fail, all the while dealing with a god awful father who has about as much emotion as a rock and trying to keep the apocalypse from happening…. You tend to lose a lot of senses and emotions…." Shinji stated, before looking more closely at the girls face. She's looks so familiar, just who is she?! He thought to himself, but he didn't realize…. "Um, by the way, who are you?"
"Oh well, I guess this comes late but I'm actually Lieutenant Sakura Suzuhara, your assigned medical officer." The girl, Sakura stated with a small bow and smile.
"Suzuhara?" Shinji gave a slight bow back, before a memory flashed across his mind.
"The hell was that for?" Shinji growled, getting back to his feet.
"Sorry new kid, but I had to hit you." Toji stated. "Had to settle a score with you."
"A score? Look if this is about me setting the high record on Galaga in the arcade I'm sorry!"
"Yeah, it's not that." Kensuke explained to Shinji, gesturing to Toji. "It's just that his sister got hurt during the attack and yeah…. That's just him though, sorry!"
"Wait… Suzuhara as in…. Toji Suzuhara?" Sakura gave a nod, but took a step back as Shinji bowed completely. "Oh my God I am SO sorry for what happened then with the Fourth Angel! It's just I was new, and I didn't know how to pilot EVA or what I was supposed to do! And-And-!"
"Oh that? It's alright, you didn't know what to do…." Sakura waved it off with an apologetic smile, which only seemed to made Shinji feel guiltier. "Anyways, thank you for being friends with my older brother and Kensuke."
"Older brother? But you look so older than him….."
"Hey! I'm not that old, I'm only 16!"
"Only 16? How do you look so young then?"
"Because it's been 15 years since the Tenth Angels assault on NERV and the Geo-Front, Baka Shinji." Shinji blinked at that, turning his head to see a familiar redhead with a cap and jacket on, though still in her previous red Plug suit.
"A-Asuka?! You're alive!" Shinji gasped, though it felt replaced by fear because of the look in Asuka's eyes and her power march towards him. Asuka didn't say a word, but she brought her fist back and slammed it forward, making a large crack where Shinji's face was behind the glass. "Yep, definitely Asuka… No one's as powerful as her….."
"It's no good. I can't stop myself…. I've holding back all these years…" she uttered, physically ignoring Shinji's comment about her.
"…. Guess you finally had reason to let it out huh?" Shinji asked hesitantly.
"Glad to see you remember I'm a lot stronger than I look…." The Ex-Second Child grunted, sighing as she pulled back her fist as she stood on the metal desk beside the wall. This looks awfully familiar, Shinji thought, the memory of Asuka standing atop Unit-02 and above all else after the Seventh Angel's attack entering his head. "That was from all my pent-up rage and grief.
"I… I see…." Shinji whispered, taking his seat back before he noticed something. Her eye, more specifically her left eye which was covered by a metal eyepatch. "Your…. Asuka, your left eye is…"
"Yes it is covered." Asuka stated sharply, glaring down at Shinji. "But that is none of your damn business."
Shinji gave a fast nod, quick to realize Asuka wasn't willing to speak about that personal problem. "Wait… You said it's been 14 or 15 years and yet you appear as young as the day we met…." Shinji stated. That was something that caught his attention right away: everyone aside from a few NERV personnel and the new people seemed too had not aged at all, with only small things like hair length.
"Yes…. It's the Curse of Evangelion…." Shinji raised an eyebrow at that. The Curse of Evangelion? The hell's that, a rock band? He thought to himself, watching as Asuka turned and landed back onto the ground. Wait, maybe she knows…! "W-Wait, Asuka! Tell me, do know where is Rei?!"
"Not a clue." Came her reply.
"No idea….? But that's impossible, I save Rei from the Tenth Angel!" Shinji cried out, feeling dread built up in his chest. Please God don't tell me their….?! "W-Where's Shiro then?! You have to at least know where he is!"
"Don't know, don't care. Nevec scumbag can burn in hell for all I care. "Asuka growled, making Shinji back off slightly. Nevec, what's what? He thought. I'll have to keep that in mind, right now I have to know if- "Besides, so much fuss over 2 people, no one has the time to care anymore. Right, Captain Katsuragi?"
The Captain didn't reply, but the silence was enough of an answer for Asuka as she left. "Asuka!" he yelled out to, but she simply ignored him. "Damn it…. Misato, please tell me where are Rei and Shiro? Please!"
"Shinji." Captain Katsuragi stated, glancing up to him under her visor like glasses. "Rei Ayanami doesn't exist anymore."
"And Shiro Ikari is dead."
"No…." Shinji whispered, his heart exploding into blood as he heard those words. "No… No, no, no, NO! P-Please tell me you're lying! Please, Misato?! Rei can't be dead he just can't be! I…! I-I… Sh-She must be in Unit-01's Entry Plug then! Please look for her!"
"We've already conducted a thorough search inside of Unit-01 not long after Operation US." Ritsuko spoke up, a large drawer opening to reveal Shinji's previous S-DAT from before. "All we found was you and this. We've found nor problems on it, so you can have it returned to you."
Shinji slowly took the S-DAT, looking at it silently. He felt his eyes for the first time in a while water with sadness, his voice cracking as he felt back into his seat. "No…." He whispered, pulling his legs to himself. "Please, God…. Just let this be some dream….."
"Believe me Shinji," Cap Katsuragi stated, turning her head fully to the Third Child. "This is no dream: Your brother is dead, and Rei Ayanami is no more."
Shinji didn't respond, he simply pulled himself closer in silence. "Please don't leave me…." He whispered silently, a tears slowly falling down his cheeks. It felt just like before; just like that day, the day his father stole his childhood and brother away after his mother's death. "Please, big brother…. Not again…"
Shinji felt every memory his mind had of Shiro come and go fast: when they were younger, Shiro being separated from Shinji, Null Unit arriving and Shiro coming as its pilot, meeting Rei, the Sixth Angel Incident….. He felt it all collapse, all the memories and emotions he held once.
Sakura couldn't help but frown at Shinji's now emotional state; it seemed like NTI had now done a number on him. Katsuragi couldn't help but felt pity for the boy, but she easily pushed it aside. It wasn't like the specimen was the real Shinji Ikari anyways, no point in feeling bad for it.
A sudden boom and she shaking of the Wunder caught everyone's attention, making Shinji look up in surprise. "W-What was that….?" He asked, rubbing his eyes from his tears.
"Katsuragi here, what is it?" Katsuragi pulled the wall phone to her ear, a grim look on her face as she listened to the situation. "Damn, so our biggest threats are here. Have all ships to Battle Station Level 01 then 10! We cannot allow the Mark.09 or that Akrid arrive to find Ikari!"
"Ikari Shinji, where are you?" A voice, emotionless and cold as ever called out, and Shinji felt his heart rise faster than ever at it. The voice was…
"R-Rei? Rei, where are you?!" He cried out, standing up fully and looking around the room. Ritsuko nor Cap. Katsuragi replied to him, but the glass was replaced by a cracked metal wall. "Bitch….."
"Ikari Shinji, where are you?" The voice repeated.
"I knew it, it is Rei!" Shinji gasped out, looking to the side wall with shock. In an instance, Shinji slammed his hands onto the metal wall trying to get their attention once more. "It's Rei, Misato! I'm telling you it is!"
No response, aside from Sakura trying to get his attention. "Rgh…. Dammit… I've had enough….." He whispered, before raising his head with a look of determination. "REI! I'm right here!"
Not a second later did Shinji get his response, the side wall exploding with smoke and escaping air. Shinji brought his arm up, trying took look past the smoke to see…..
"Damage on the starboard side hull!"
"Hull fissure on 2nd deck!"
"Pressure drop in the temporary quarantine interrogation room!"
"Emergency closure of barrier walls!"
"An Evangelion?! Is that Unit-00?" Shinji gasped, looking at the large head of the EVA. It had orange-yellowish and white colors, with a large metal orb inside a metal helmet similar to Unit-00's head design. The orb spun, looking to Shinji as it enhanced its red eye.
"Ikari Shinji, please come with me." the Evangelion's pilot stated, its hand opening more for Shinji.
"Don't you dare, Shinji!" The Third Child's eyes narrowed, and turned to see Katsuragi near the destroyed wall, visor half broken to show one of her glaring eyes. In her hand was the Choker's detonator, finger ready for activation. "Stay right where you are!"
"Oh, I'm so sorry Misato! I can't hear you over the bullshit lies exiting your mouth!" Shinji screamed back, glaring with newfound hatred to his surrogate mother. "Besides, could have sworn I couldn't pilot anymore! Why do you still need me again?!"
"Because we can ensure your safety!" The Captain yelled back.
Shinji laughed harshly at that. "You can barely protect yourselves, the hell makes you think you can protect me huh?!" He asked his arm reeling up to block out an explosion which hit the sides of the Evangelion. He looked to see the ships in the far distance firing endlessly as the EVA, thought they were ineffective. "The hell are you doing, you idiots?! Stop, that's an EVA your firing at!"
"Exactly! We'll destroy all of NERV and NEVEC Evangelions if that's what it takes!" Katsuragi yelled back.
Shinji gasped in realization, before his glare hardened. "I knew it, this isn't a part of NERV is it?!" He asked, though he knew the answer from the get go. He felt it the moment he saw everything in disarray, the moment he didn't see the NERV logo anywhere on the ship, and most of all when he hadn't seen or heard his father or anyone else say 'Pilot the EVA.'
"Of course not! We are WILLE, a UN organization dedicated to destroying NERV and NEVEC!" Katsuragi yelled back, her grip tightening on the trigger.
"How….?! Why?! Besides, Rei's piloting that EVA!" Shinji tried to reason.
"It isn't her Shinji, I'm telling you!" Katsuragi yelled back, glaring at the Specimen with hate. "Rei and Shiro are dead!"
"LIAR!" Shinji roared back, pointing to the EVA. "If that's true, then who the hells voice is that?! The Dummy Plugs or something?!"
Katsuragi didn't reply, because she didn't have the answer to it; but it was enough of an answer for the Third Child.
"Fuck this and fuck you, Misato! You're fucking clueless!" Shinji finally growled, eyes full of rage as he rushed into the Mark.09's hand. "Screw it, I'm out of here!"
"W-Wait Shinji!" Sakura rushed forward, getting the Third's attention. She knew she couldn't' stop him, but she could at least remind him what NOT to do! "Do whatever you want, but please for the love of God DON'T pilot any more EVA's! Seriously, give it a rest!"
Shinji didn't verbally respond, but he backed more into the mark.09's hand with a nod. "I'll keep that in mind!" He finally called back, the last thing he saw being Sakura as she back off from the opening.
Slowly the Mark.09 pulled away, dragging out more metal from the interrogation room as it looked forward. Katsuragi rushed forward, watching as its head was shot before exploding completely leaving only a bleeding neck. "Don't let them escape!" She ordered, but it was too late as the metal cape of the Mark.09 solidified into a set of thruster which pushed the Mark.09 off the Wunder.
"If they've only came here for him and not Unit-01, it's possible he can still activate Evangelion!" Ritsuko yelled out, watching as Katsuragi pulled up the detonator. "Misato, quick! Activate the DSS Choker!"
Misato felt every fiber and cell in her scream to push to button; to end another BM Specimen. But her mind reminded her of the broken down look of DM-03 when he was told of Shiro's death, majorly unlike the other BM Specimens reactions before him. The detonator gave a beep, the message that the DSS Choker was too far away coming up as Misato lowered her arm.
She mentally sighed; once more she'd let her emotions slip out. "Damn it….." She whispered to herself, her eyes watering slightly at the old memories before Third Impact before she pushed those emotions aside.
Above the Wunder, Asuka sighed as she heard the orders to repairs the hull. Once more Misato had failed to activate the trigger, and once more another Specimen had fallen into NERV's hands. "I was wrong, he's now Idiot…." She muttered, glaring at the distant line of the Mark.09's thruster smoke.
"He's just a brat….." Another alarm quickly blared up and Asuka sighed. "Great, what did they send another to-?"
Then the sound came up. That twisted, evil screech, unlike anything EVA and most certainly metal on metal, roared aloud the Wunder and once more the many large cannon arrays fired all around the Wunder's perimeter. "Blood pattern yellow detected: It's an Akrid, Category M!" The radio cried, and the Ex-Second Child looked to see the creature crawl on the side next to her.
She froze, her hear beating now rapidly as the creature, or Akrid, rose its head high. The Akrid's body was mantis-like, with large spiked forearms ending with a pair of finger like claws. The head was silent, before it split into sharp pointy tendril like jaws with lined spikes and teeth. Asuka felt her mind flash back to NERV, to the betrayal, and most of all…..
The Akrid slammed its arm into the metal hull, looking up then down and turning fully upside down. "This is Asuka, the Akrid is now moving towards the lower hull!" She called out, rushing back down the opening. "Mari, it's heading for Unit-01! Shoot it down!"
"I'm on it!" The Fourth Child's Unit-08 rushed back, head looking around all areas of the Wunder's hull as the Akrid screeched once more. The sight of Unit-08 sickened its mind as it crawled now towards the pink EVA, mouth splitting open once more. "Oh crap, here he comes!"
The Akrid and Unit-8 ran faster, metal screeching as they grew closer and closer. The pair finally collided, Unit-08's feet screeching as Mari attempted to halt the Chryatis Akrid. The Akrid clawed and punctured into the arms, Mari gasping as the monster snapped its alien jaws. The tendrils dug into the shoulder pylon, tugging into the armor and the Progressive Knife.
Mari finally gasped out in pain as the Akrid clawed its other arm into the second arm, slamming its legs into the chest, tugging the chest plates as it pulled its head up and tried to snap Unit-08's head. "Crap, I'm falling apart!" Mari cried, finally screaming as the Akrid finally grabbed onto the head of the EVA; the metal giving way to the powerful demon. "Ahhhhh!"
"All cannons open fire!" Captain Katsuragi's voice ordered, and in an instant the cannon arrays roared to life once more. Explosions rattled the WILLE Evangelion, sending the older Fourth Child shaking around her Entry Plug. "Unit-08, hold off the Cat-M Akrid until we can target the Akrid's TE supply sacks."
"Not as easy as it looks, Captain!" Mari yelled back, gasping as she felt something burning across her head and neck. She looked to see the Akrid's jaw letting out an orange/yellowish liquid out, spilling like acid onto Unit-8's head and onto the neck. "Asuka, whenever you want to come out and play I'd really love it!"
Unit-8's shoulder pylon and blade finally broke apart before the sound of flying bullets flew through the air. The noises burned cruelly and fast into Unit-08 and the Akrid; the explosion killing the Akrid in a powerful blaze. The Chryatis Akrid screamed in agony, both bubbling before it exploded into Thermal Energy. Unit-08 tilted, finally sliding down next to the Wunder hull. "This…. This is Unit-08, I…." Mari gasped in air, gripping her shoulder as her glasses dropped slightly. "The Cat-M has been dealt with…."
"….….." Mari and Asuka, finally arriving in Unit-02 D, Gatling gun letting hot steam loose from its barrels, stared down the burning carcass of Thermal Energy. This had been the first time a Cat-M had attacked them on their own battlefield, even without Thermal Energy being used. It was either just here as a scout to find or get BM 03 for God knows what reason….
….Or even worse, a dark omen for a more crueler coming.
