Hello, more story for ya. Don't worry I'm gonna put more action in it soon. Story gets a little complicated.
Chapter Eleven
From the white abyss the feminine figure of a woman began to appear. Asuka felt her mind drift into a state of denial as the voice she had just heard lingered in her ears. Memories. Dark memories etched deep in her brain resurfaced from the days at the mental asylum. Her mother, in bed holding a doll, calling it Asuka and eventually destroying it and then committing suicide. It all came rushing back like a monster that was supposed to be locked away forever.
She watched the figure take on distinct features as it came closer but Asuka was slowly shaking her head and backing away. That couldn't be her mother. She was dead. How could she be facing her?
"It's been a while hasn't it, Asuka?" the figure seemed to say, "Come here so I can take a look at you."
"You are not my mother..."
"What? Of course I am. Asuka, please, don't be a brat and listen to your mother."
"You are not her..."
"Asuka, stop being a little shit and come and talk with me."
"No."
"Come here."
"No..."
The figure continued to approach but the teen girl continued to back away. She quickly glanced over her shoulder and expected to see Shinji but her spirit fell when she realized she was alone in this realm. She was alone. Alone again. She looked at the woman that was now only feet away from her.
"Why do you continue to disrespect your mother?" the woman asked, two drops of blood falling down her cheeks.
"You are not-- I'm not trying... to disrespect you... Mama."
"That's why your father left us. Because of you."
"I'm sorry, Mama."
"You should be. You should be here with me. You should be dead like me..."
"I know... Mama."
"Here, come here and hug me... you know you want to... you know you're pathetic without me."
Asuka stared down at her feet and at the woman holding out her arms in a lazy manner. The teen girl shuffled her feet and inched her way into the arms of the woman who had yet to reveal her face. She allowed the women to close her arms around her but not once did Asuka feel love being passed down. Her so called mother's embrace cold and uncaring. Unaware to her another woman stood behind her holding a gun to her head.
Shinji faced the same scenario except he could tell he was facing his mother. Her soft eyes staring loving at him and with a smile. He took a step forward to reach her but his mother raised a hand to him.
"I'm sorry, Shinji. That's as far as I can allow you to come." she said. A frown found its way to his lips.
"What? Why not?" he asked.
"You may not see it but there is a boundary separating us. The realm of the Earth and the realm of Heaven are here. Between you and I and if you were to come over here you would have to stay here. There is no returning from my realm into yours. It is in a sense a one way mirror." his mother said, her voice soft and warm.
"But what if I don't like it here? What if I want to go with you?" he said looking down.
"I understand your pain, my son, however, I have seen the loneliness you have been in and the pain you have felt along with Asuka. But this is your only chance to prove that you are the person I wanted to raise. Even time itself is not perfect and I can see what it has done to you. You, Shinji and Asuka are much more than the cogs in a greater plan. You must remember that you are not the pawns on the chess table. You are the plan. You are the schematic. You are the essence of the Earth thus you and Asuka are the sole destiny holders of everyone on the Earth. Humankind. Many lose sight of what it means to be human. In the end, we are the same kind. We are brothers and sisters deriving from the same origin. The same planet. The same history. Fights and quarrels tend to happen between siblings but in the end it's always the youngest sibling that finds the answer. You are the youngest generation involved. You must erase the mistakes of big brother and lay the foundation for your children. For my grandchildren. Shinji, your father is big brother. He's the older sibling that thinks he can get away with what he wants solely because he's the first one to have found the information to change the order of the world. Despite the fact that it wasn't his decision to make. Like the smaller sibling you must make up your mind about what is right and what is wrong. Time is what you make of it. Time has nothing on you. My son. Forget about the countless times your fate had been crossed. Forget about remembering the past and focus on the future. I ask of you only one thing. I ask you tare down your father's company. Tear down Seele."
"What about Eva? How am I going to pilot it when my sync ratio is so low? That's why I'm here in Brazil. Trying to gain my sync." said Shinji. His mother smiled and shook her head slowly.
"You have looked for so long on the results that others had given you. It's time you listen to yourself. You and the Eva never lost sync. That was part of Seele's plan. There's a woman named Mariamnè. She is one of the original Angels. She accompanied Adam and was his protector. However, before anyone could find out about her origin Seele got to her first and hid her. She is a true Angel. She is an agent of Heaven and a protector of all Angels. She came to be to help ensure the failure of Third Impact. However, even Angels can change. Seele managed to convince her that humankind as of now is nothing short of a parasite. That humans have no real future and her reason for being here is no longer valid. Seele managed to convince her that she should induce Third Impact in order for the Angels to protect the new humankind. That if she did that for them she would be considered a Goddess. Seele really had no intention for that but were at the point where they needed her loyalty to secure their project known as Instrumentality. The project would inevitably shove humans into their next evolutionary link considering as of now humans are unable to evolve any further. Seele had orchestrated everything. You are here because of Seele. They plan to kill you, Asuka and the Angel known as Mariamnè. You two are moving on dangerous grounds."
"Why the Angel? Don't they need her?" asked Shinji.
"No, your father had convinced the Angel that she is the one in control and not them. Seele was devastated to know that their security chip had fallen into the hands of an inferior. Now to really secure their investment and that their plan goes uninterrupted they sent you two to Brazil for an assassination. They plan to kill Mariamnè because now she is operating independently which is something an Angel normally does not have. They are also planning to kill her because of the significance of her name. Mariamnè, that name comes from from two names..."
"What are they?"
"Mary Magdalene. Her name comes from that name."
Shinji could hardly fathom all the information he was given but it all made some type of sense. He looked up and asked, "What do I have to do know?"
"Save Asuka."
"What?"
"Save her from herself." she said and with that her figure faded. As it did Shinji caught sight of two people embracing. One with bright fiery red hair. He squinted his eyes and saw a another person standing behind Asuka holding a weapon close to her head.
"Asuka!" he called. He managed to attract her attention but also the attention of the woman who turned her head revealed blood red eyes.
"How dare you interrupt!" the woman shouted exposing several layers of terrifying teeth. The shadow that was lurking behind Asuka turned to him. The woman violently shoved Asuka onto the ground and focused on Shinji who stood his ground mentally telling himself not to run away.
"Has anyone ever told you not to invade another person's mind?" the woman said, her voice now sinisterly deep and demonic. The monster woman looked down at the terrified Asuka and smiled showing its razor like teeth.
"What's the matter? Never knew your own mind couldn't stand you?" the monster stated. Shinji darted toward the monstrous creation.
The white abyss that had surrounded them shattered, shards of white fell exposing the blue sky and the erratic jungle. Asuka and Shinji were standing at the center of the pool with their blindfolds in their hands.
"What the HELL are you doing?!" yelled Misato. Shinji caught sight of light reflecting off a metal object from behind high brush just behind the instrument players. It looked like the barrel of a gun.
"GET DOWN!" he called, with the remaining time he felt he had he pulled Asuka down. As Asuka felt herself being dragged down she felt the back of her hair being pulled in all directions by an invisible force. Little did she realize the force that was pulling at her hair was the passing speed of gunfire. The teens could hear cries of panic erupt all around them as well as the sound of bullets hitting the ground. The pool was deep enough for both of them to get their bodies out of view from a far but they would have to escape if the assassins were to get any closer. They then felt a ripple in the pool as if someone had stepped in. They looked up and saw Yara and Misato standing above them both holding firing rifles to ward off the incoming attackers.
"Get out of here. Get to the beach you two!" said Misato squeezing off several rounds, "There's an emergency plane off the coast. Asuka, you remember how to pilot a PBY Catalina?"
Asuka quickly recalled learning the basic instruction of the seaplane. She looked up at Misato and nodded.
"Get to the ocean, she's waiting off the coast. You're going to have to fly her home!"
"What?! Fly it to Japan?!"
"Just do it, no more questions! Get to the beach!" she said, "Yara, escort them will ya?"
The native woman nodded as she motioned for Shinji and Asuka to make a run for it. They did so with Yara hovering behind them firing shots randomly into the jungle.
The three of them sprinted down a dirt path hearing the shots of carbine rifles ring throughout the jungle. They did not bother to look back but instead followed the trail hoping they were on the right path towards the beach. They ran for several minutes when they began to hear the trees around them being hit with bullets. They were getting shot at.
"Keep running! It shouldn't be far now!" yelled Yara out from behind them firing her rifle to fend off the assassins. As they ducked behind thick trees and sprinted the long trial Shinji could see sand beginning to dominate the ground. They were close. Asuka peered up and could see the waves of the ocean peeking through the overgrowth of plants that were coming towards them. They reached the beach and like Misato said there was an old industrial seaplane sitting in the water. Shinji didn't even bother asking himself why was there a plane here to begin with. He and Asuka darted through the beach and into the water where they made their way to the plane. Asuka managed to reach the plane first. As she made her way into the hull she caught sight of Yara still standing at the shore watching them with a smile on her face holding her rifle at her side.
"Yara! Come with us!" shouted Asuka. The woman smiled.
"My people are here, Asuka! I want you to live! I will make sure of that!" Yara shouted back. Asuka knew what she meant and suddenly felt devastated.
"NO! Please, Yara!" she shouted.
"You are your mother's child and I will envy her to my dying breath, Asuka! Farewell my love!"
"NO! PLEASE! I ACCEPT! I WANT TO BE YOUR DAUGHTER! I WANT TO BE YOUR DAUGHTER!" Asuka screamed from the plane. Yara turned her head away from the plane and towards the jungle where she began to hear the cocking of many carbine assault rifles. She couldn't help but smile as those words hit her ears.
"I'm glad, Asuka." she whispered, "I wish I could live to raise you. I wish I could have lived a little longer to see you grow and I hope you find happiness and that life treats you kind."
Several assassins wearing gray body suits emerged from the jungle holding their rifles up preparing to shoot but Yara knew what the outcome was gonna be. She lifted her own rifle and shot first hitting the assassins and killing them instantly. Her face changed from sweet to that of fury.
"You killed my husband you bastards! Come on and fight me!" she yelled out firing shots into the jungle. Several more assassins came running out taking shots at the native woman. Several bullets pierced her right kneecap causing her to kneel and gasp in pain. But that didn't stop her. She aimed her rifle and fired off several shots of her own killing several more assassin as the ran out from the jungle brush.
"COME ON YOU SHITS! FIGHT ME!!" she bellowed. She wasn't aware that a sniper had heard her challenge and was aiming for her. She continued to fire random shots into the jungle hoping to catch any stray soldiers until she felt a stinging pain hit her side. Blood spewed from her waist and her eyes went wide in disbelief she had been overtaken without realizing it.
"No..." Yara whispered. Vivid flashbacks of gunfire arose in her mind. She looked up at the sky as the troops of assassins came marching from the underbrush pointing their rifles. Her eyes began to pick up her memories. The hard and hidden memories of her first daughter. She could still remember her. Playing on the beach without a care in the word. That is until the country had been invaded by northern rebels because of complications between the UN and another organization. She could remember being tortured and being forced to watch her young daughter be slaughtered. She remembered crying every night knowing she could have done something to prevent it. Her only daughter. Lost by gunfire. She wasn't going to allow it to happen again. She wasn't going to let them get Asuka. Her daughter in her heart. She was not going to go without a fight.
Struggling she forced her body to stand despite her right leg was nearly unrecognizable. Her once straight hair now crazily spread around her face. One of the assassin soldiers lifted his rifle to fire but was shot dead by her in an instant. More soldiers began to fire. Bullets soared. Blood fell. Small pockets of blood began to erupt from Yara's chest but that simply would bot deter her from taking as many as she could with her.
"I WON'T LET YOU KILL ASUKA! I WILL NOT ALLOW IT!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. She continued to fire keeping her finger on the trigger despite she herself was losing large amount of blood. She fell onto her knees, her rifle falling at her side but her grip tightened around it. Her head hung low as blood dripped from her mouth. Her chest red with patches of black littering her body. Her once bronze skin dirty and bloody. She wasn't going to let them get Asuka. She wasn't going to let them get her. Not by a long shot. The assassin soldiers moved in careful not to step in the massive blood stained sand that surrounded her. Suddenly, a man appeared from behind the small army of assassins. His face hidden behind a skull cap. He walked over to the panting Yara whose hand was still clutched tightly around the grip of her rifle and knelt before her holding a small pistol. He lifted her chin with the barrel of his pistol. Her eyes were wide no doubt she was going under trauma shock from all of the blood loss. Her skin was cold and sweat was streaming from her forehead and her breathing became long and rapid.
"So, when were you planning to tell those kids who you really were?" said the man tapping the gun under her chin.
"It was you wasn't it? The one who killed my daughter and sent me on a ride to hell for the past five years?" said Yara. The man eyed the seaplane that begun to move.
"We'll leave that for another day. In the meantime I still want an answer to my question. Why didn't you tell those kids that you were really a rebel leader and that you planned to use them both for your cause?" he said.
"Because I wasn't planning them for my cause. I have atoned for my sins. I trained them and past on my life to them." she said, tears brimming at her eyes.
"Well, that's all well and good but how about I put this in your respective? I will kill you and I will find that little red haired brat and kill her the way I killed your daughter? You remember right? When I pushed her little head into the sand and pushing this very same gun into her head and pulling the trigger? My God that was a lot of blood for such a small person wasn't it? I wonder how much will come out of that other kid?"
"You will rot in hell." she spat. The man shoved the gun into her mouth and held her jaw so she couldn't open it.
"You see, my friend, I am already in it."
He pulled the trigger.
Asuka frantically pushed forward on the throttle hoping the seaplane would gain enough speed for take off. As the plane went forward she found herself stretching her neck to see what was happening onshore. Her eyes damp. The plane gathered speed and lifted from the sea but a sudden chill filled her and it took her moment to realize she heard a gunshot. But she didn't look back. No. Looking back now would only send her in that direction.
But it continued to hurt her heart.
She had now lost two mothers.
The man on the beach pushed Yara's corpse to the ground as he let out a sigh. He dug into his pocket and withdrew a cellular phone. He dialed a number and held it to his ear.
"Hello?" someone said on the other line.
"Mariamnè, my part is done. Did you do yours?"
"More or less. Gendo Ikari thinks I'm on his side and he knows of Rose. The only thing he doesn't know is that I am the leader of Rose."
"Yeah, too bad no one realized that you were the head leader of Rose all this time. In any regard you talked with that little German girl?" he asked.
"Yeah I explained some mumbo jumbo to her. Soon a little more prodding and she will easily want to join our ranks."
"Good, we could use her Eva."
"Indeed and we can initiate Third Impact and take control of human evolution."
"If I didn't know better I'd say this is like a race to see who can initiate Third Impact first? Rose, Nerv or Seele."
"It's just like a game but we have an advantage considering I am an Angel." she said.
"You are right like always. Any idea where they're taking that plane?" he asked.
"No, leave them and keep an eye out for incoming planes in the country of Japan. That's most likely where they're headed. They'll turn up soon."
"Got it, over and out."
Well in a way all those who wanted her to accept the adoption got what they wanted. Now, I want to see what you guys think they're going or going to end up. If anyone guesses right I'll email them a cookie. : Review!