A/N: Well, it looks like the new system works like a charm. I can respond to the reviewers and send any other necessary messages through the system. So that means less rambling, and more of what we all love: Fanfictions! On with it!
Keel was in his secret room in a secret place, barely known to the other members of SEELE. He remembered the great feeling of oneness that he had when 3rd Impact was initiated. And that was abruptly ruined by Gendo Ikari's son. They had then resorted to hiring terrorists in pathetic attempts at revenge. Obviously, that didn't work either. But then, they came along. The two that gave them the power of the Black Angels at their command, and the opportunity to trigger 4th Impact and realize the feeling of oneness once more. Keel had to have it. It was like an addiction to him. He would do it at all costs. He knew it would happen again. Although NERV may kill off some of the Black Angels, it was definitely fun watching them squirm like they did during the first seventeen Angels.
But now Keel had much more important matters, such as the task in front of him. He knelt down like he did before in front of the pentagram symbol. "Ancient forces of the Diablos. I humbly call upon thee to awaken one of your own from the depths of Hell! Now Saul! Awaken and come forth!"
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Misato's Apartment
"Shush Shinji. Be quiet and pay attention." It was early in the morning, and Asuka was already up to something.
"So what are we doing again?" asked Shinji. He was still very confused as to what Asuka wanted to do.
Asuka had to explain and quickly. "Casanova left his secret box by his pullout couch and he's in the kitchen. Chances are, he'll come back and get his box. YOU need to keep him distracted while I find out what his great secret is."
"How should I distract him?"
Shinji was obviously not awake according to Asuka's standards. "Oh just say something that'll keep his attention. Girls, sports, perverted stuff. As long as it keeps him planted. Got it?"
"Yeah I get it," said Shinji.
"Good. Once we find out his secret, we'll be able to use it against him. And there will be a reward for your troubles as well. Now go!"
So Shinji slinked off into the kitchen. He saw Zack, Rei, Ivana, and Misato all sitting down at the table eating breakfast.
Zack noticed Shinji come into the kitchen and gave him a warm welcome. "Shinji! My best bud! What's wrong? You look tired! Is Asuka still keeping you up all night?"
The other females except Rei frowned at Zack ridiculous and totally uncalled for comment. But Shinji, knowing what he had to do, was to keep Zack distracted. He decided to come up with something quick. "Zack, I need advice on girls," he said, thinking of the first thought that came to his mind.
Ivana and Misato were shocked at what Shinji asked, and Rei kept on eating. Zack was more than happy to answer his best bud's question. "Ah, girl trouble I see. Ask, and I will answer."
So while Zack was answering whatever Shinji had, Asuka crept closer to where Zack kept most of his stuff. After a quick search, she found the prize. The secret box. Casanova was such an idiot to have left this lying out. She crept closer… closer… reached out with her hands to grab it…
Suddenly, the city alarm went off! With a few German swear words, Asuka then darted out the door, followed by the others within about two seconds.
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NERV HQ – Battlestation
"So what do we have so far?" asked Dr. Akagi. Looks like another Black Angel had dared to show itself.
"We don't know that much right now," replied Makoto. "Apparently, it looks like a giant blue blob. We don't know what substance the target is made of. We not even sure what capabilities it can do. Strangely enough, there's no AT Field being emitted from it either."
Shigeru then spoke up. "What we do know, it that it's emitting a Black Waveform pattern, thereby confirming it's the Fifth Black Angel. It's floating right above the city, just out of arm's reach of our EVAs."
Gendo Ikari was watching these events unfold. "Go to First Stage Alert. What's the status of the pilots?"
Maya gave the Commander his answer. "Major Katsuragi's pilots have just arrived. And the Seventh Child is suited up and ready to go."
Gendo was concerned about this Black Angel. According to the data the MAGI had so far, this Black Angel wasn't even capable of attacking or defending itself, let alone be able to emit an AT Field. It may as well just be sitting there, waiting patiently for someone to make the wrong move, acting like it can't do anything.
Fuyutski then asked a question. "Couldn't we destroy it with conventional weapons? If it has no AT Field, then we wouldn't even need the EVAs."
"Apparently, they weren't able to," said Makoto. "The UN reported making direct hits on it, but every time the smoke cleared, it came out completely unharmed. And machine gun fire just passes right through it."
"Then we'll have to destroy it ourselves," declared Gendo. "What's the medical status of the Sixth and Seventh?"
Now it was Dr. Akagi's turn to speak. "It would be dangerous for the Sixth to go out with his ribs in the condition they're in. As for the Seventh, she also isn't medically cleared yet."
"I see. Launch the other EVAs and leave them on standby. They will only be launched in case of an emergency."
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EVA Launch Bay
"This is an odd one kids," said Misato as she began her quick brief. "This Black Angel looks like a giant blob. And strangely enough, it can't attack or defend itself either."
"Anything else?" asked Shinji as he sat in Unit 01's entry plug.
Dr Akagi answered his question. "Yes. Strangely enough, it doesn't have an AT Field. But for some reason the UN couldn't destroy it. We think it's waiting for some opportunity to strike. So approach it carefully and if it starts doing anything strange back off. Understand?
"Understood," said Rei.
"Yes ma'am," said Shinji.
"Got it," replied Asuka.
"Uh, yes ma'am," came Toji's response.
"Yes ma'am," said Ivana.
"Yes ma'am!" said Zack with a mock salute. "Let's rock and roll!"
"Let's kick some Black Angel ass!" shouted Elly.
Misato then gave the official order. "Units 00, 01, 02, 03, 04 LAUNCH!"
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Tokyo-3 – If your pathetic life has some value in it, go to a shelter, otherwise get stomped
With an order of a loose star formation, the five EVAs started from the city's outskirts standing where a star's five points would be. They each saw the blob, just hovering in the middle of the city, doing virtually nothing. They slowly inched towards the blob, hoping to find a way to eliminate it once and for all. Shinji had two pellet guns. Rei had a positron rifle. Asuka had a progressive ax. Toji had a rocket launcher, and Ivana had a double bladed progressive sword.
Once they were within 500 meters, they were given the order to wait by Commander Ikari to see if it would do anything.
"Great. How long do we have to wait?" asked Asuka. "What's the point?"
"We want to see how it may react to something that appears to be a great threat. The EVAs are a threat to its existence. Sometimes the most dangerous enemies are the ones who seem to be the most harmless," replied Dr. Akagi.
"Fine," said Asuka. "Humph!"
And so they waited for about one hour. And the Black Angel did nothing. Toji wasn't sure how much longer he could wait. The stress and anxiety was getting to him. They could be waiting out here for hours. Suddenly, Toji cracked. He snapped up his rocket launcher and fired a rocket!"
Everyone watched as the rocket flew at the Black Angel. The rocket made contact with the target. As a result, the target exploded, with chunks of its body flying in every direction.
"You idiot! You were supposed to wait!" said Ivana. "Now who knows what it'll do."
"Sorry," replied Toji. "It just got to me."
Rei then interjected. "The pieces. They're moving!"
Indeed they were. The many, many chunks began to fly back up into the sky. All the pieces seemed to be gathering there, and merging back together.
"What's going on?" asked Misato.
"The Black Angel is putting itself back together!" replied Ritsuko. "That's why the UN couldn't defeat it. Any damage it takes, it rebuilds itself. There's no need for an AT Field with capabilities like that."
Asuka now moved in to attack. With one swing of her ax, she split the demon in two. Shinji then fired off his guns at the two pieces, exploding those pieces into more pieces. But almost immediately, the pieces began to reform again.
"Damn!" shouted Shinji. "There's no destroying it. Whatever we do to it, it undoes in seconds."
"And it just stands there mocking us," added Asuka.
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NERV HQ – Battlestation
"Doctor," called Maya. "You'd better come see this."
Ritsuko immediately went over to Maya's computer screens. "What is it."
"Upon observing the Angel's patterns, it makes these blips. Some are short, some are long. It might be Morse Code or something."
Ritsuko then sat down. "Let me take a look." She then tried to translate the blips using Morse Code. Her face went from concentration to pure horror. "You're right Maya. It is Morse Code!"
Gendo now interjected. "What does it say?"
Ritsuko then looked at him with a horrified face. "It says: How well will you fare against one of your own?"
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Ivana had a theory. "Every time we damage it, it puts itself back together."
"What are you getting at?" asked Toji.
"I'm saying is that if we destroy every part of it, the Black Angel will have nothing left to regenerate with and will die. If even one piece of it survives, then it will rebuild itself."
"So what's the plan?" asked Shinji.
"The plan is this." Ivana now went into the plan. "Myself, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei will cut it down into many pieces, then Toji will use the rocket launcher and blow it away."
"Sounds like a plan to me," said Toji. He just wanted to get this over with.
"I am ready," declared Rei.
"Same here," muttered Asuka.
So now the EVAs had spread around the blob in a square formation. Right as they were about to make their move. The blob suddenly jumped up higher into the air, catching them all by surprise.
"Look out!" shouted Misato over the com. "It's going to attack!"
It moved really fast. The blob suddenly came down on top of Unit 01, as if it were trying to smother it!
"Ack! Get this thing off of me!" shouted Shinji.
"NO! SHINJI!" shouted Asuka.
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NERV HQ – Battlestation (The current mood is "oh shit"!)
The whole room was thrown into panic when the blob had come down on Unit 01.
"The Black Angel is smothering Unit 01!" said Makoto.
"Severe bio-contamination!" said Shigeru
"We're losing readings on Unit 01!" said Maya. "The readings are just disappearing!
What was the Black Angel doing. "Is it trying to merge with Unit 01 and cut us off from it?" said Ritsuko. Then it hit her. "It's going to take over Unit 01! Everyone get back!" she ordered the other pilots.
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Asuka was trying to pull the blob off Unit 01. It had almost completely smothered it. Suddenly, an unknown force pushed her back. "What the hell?" shouted Asuka. "Let him go!"
Her demand went unanswered as the Black Angel had now completely absorbed Unit 01 as if it was never there.
Suddenly, the Black Angel's body shape began to change. Four streams of blob like substance then shot out from its body. Two of the streams molded into what looked like a pair of arms. The other two looked like a pair of legs. Another stream shot out from the top that appeared to be a head. It then began to mold into a shape that looked like… Unit 01?
"What the hell!" shouted Toji. "That's looks like Unit 01!"
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"Bad news!" shouted Makoto. "AT Field detected!"
"I'm getting Unit 01's property readings again!" reported Maya.
"Look!" said Shigeru. "That thing is changing into Unit 01!"
"Be careful," said Gendo. "It is very dangerous now. It's capabilities are probably equal to that of Unit 01."
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Asuka was horrified at the sight she saw. The blob had turned into Unit 01. Asuka tried to reopen the com to Shinji. But to her surprise, the com opened up to her.
"Hahahahaha! This feels great!" said Shinji. "So Asuka. What do you think? A new body, and new abilities as well."
Asuka was confused. "Shinji? What's going on!"
Shinji's face turned nasty. "I'm not Shinji you pathetic little girl! You can call me… Saul."
Now Toji spoke up again. "What did you do to Shinji?"
Saul was apparently speaking through Shinji. "It's rather simple really. I've taken control of his body, and his EVA. Now is where the real fight begins. I hope you enjoyed the free shots while you had, because from here on out, is where the pain begins." Unit 01 then assumed a battle stance.
"We have to attack," said Rei. "Get ready."
"What do you mean attack?" contradicted Asuka. "We could hurt Shinji."
"Would you rather see Shinji hurt but safe, or controlled by a Black Angel?" asked Ivana.
"Okay…" came the reply from Unit 02.
"Then let's tear him apart!" said Toji.
"THEN COME ON!"
Units 00, 02, 03, and 04 surrounded Unit 01. Then Toji attacked first. He threw a punch to Unit 01's head. Saul caught the punch easily with his left hand, then simultaneously kneed him in the chest and punched him in the face. Then picked him up and slammed him on his back.
Rei came quickly after. Rei went with a kick to the side of Unit 01. Saul caught the kick, twisted Unit 00 around until it was face down. Then slammed Rei onto her back with a 180 spin over Unit 01's head.
"Two of you already down and I'm not even trying. I'm honestly disappointed," said Saul. "Hopefully Ivana, being the macho girl Shinji knows you to be, hopefully you will put up a better fight."
Unit 04 then joined the fray. However, things went different. They quickly locked into a grapple. Asuka could only watch as the one she loved… no the demon who controlled her love wrestle with Ivana for superiority. For the first time in a while, she felt alone, scared. Was Shinji really gone? No! He couldn't be gone! It can't end like this. Asuka's world already felt like it was crashing down around her.
Suddenly, she heard something crash. It was Unit 04. Shinji… no Saul had defeated Unit 04 as well.
Saul looked at her with an evil smile. "And then… there was one. The girl he loved. If only he could see you now. Where did all that confidence go? You look like you just got caught cheating on a test."
"I am… n-not a-afraid!"
"Then why are you stuttering? This is actually quite thrilling. This is better than I thought. You are scared. He's gone. The one who truly accepted you, is gone. A part of me now. Can you feel everything slip away? Can you feel the horrors of being left alone again?"
He was right. Asuka was indeed frightened. She was in a serious dilemma. She was too afraid to attack because she could either hurt Shinji, or be killed by the hands of the boy she loved. Her world had indeed crashed. "G-go a-away," she managed to say.
"Is that all you can say. That sounds like something a third grader would say. If you thought this itself was terrifying, then you have seen nothing yet."
'Oh no,' Asuka thought to herself. 'It can't be…'
Saul then said the phrase she had dreaded to hear. "Ancient forces of the Diablos, I humbly call amongst thee to grant me your power. I cast my soul into your presence, and I am imbued with your infinite power. Now I conjure the Seal of Diablos!"
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!"
A circle of fire had surrounded Unit 01. It then spread out until it easily was able to contain both Unit 01 and Unit 02. Then a five point star was drawn within the circle. Asuka watched as Unit 01's eyes turned from green to red, and the mark was also on its forehead. She then feared what she might see from the com, but looked anyway. Shinji's brown eyes had turned red, and the Seal also appeared on his forehead. He looked really evil.
"Ah… that feels… good."