Chapter 11: Two Eva against one Angel
The angel Ramiel floated in the sky and continued his path. He was moving closer to a hospital noticeable by his red cross at the front. Ramiel knew that and wanted to be near there to cause the desire effect he wanted.
Ramiel. This is Ireul. Shamshel infiltrated Nerv base successfully.
Everything is going according to plan. What's happening in their...Command room? Ramiel asked.
They lost their calm and most of them are panicking. After their offensive failed, they were surprised that you came out unhurt against their most powerful non-nuclear weapon. Ireul replied.
Non-nuclear- I don't need to know what it is. Then I'm doing my part if they are panicking. Ramiel said.
One of them remained calm and unaffected and it's their leader Gendo. Ireul warned.
He will eventually crack. Ramiel replied.
Did you kill the one who shouldn't exist? Ireul asked.
I don't know. It doesn't matter. His death isn't a part of the plan. Ramiel replied.
If he dies, that will make him crack! You should have checked it. Ireul said furiously.
You told us he's the one who spared our brother some pain. If he's still alive, that could be considered a reward. Ramiel replied.
You- Urgh! Fine! You could at least destroy something. Ireul suggested frustrated.
There's no need for that brother. I'm sure their fear is more about what I can do than actually doing something. They feel powerless by my presence here. Their warrior lost the fight and their weaponry failed. That fear is more prominent than destruction. If I destroy something now, rage and hatred will cover their fear and might be more focus on our sister presence. Remember that lilim are...Unpredictable once rage is present, but fear is more predictable. Ramiel replied.
Ireul took a moment before he replied: Agree. If something is wrong. I'll warn you.
Understood. Ramiel replied.
Outside the debris, the horn of the Eva armor was immobilised.
"-Shinji! Wake up!-" a voice told him.
Shinji grunted and slowly opened his eyes. He only saw a pinch of light waving in front of him. The rest was only darkness.
"-Shinji! Please wake up! Please! Answer me Shinji!-" the voice begged him.
Shinji grunted and the wave of light started to stabilise itself: "M-Misato?"
"-Shinji!-" Misato voice said relief and joyfully.
"What h-" Shinji was cut.
"-You were knocked out by the debris. Shinji. The angel is currently moving at the hospital. You have to stop him.-" Ritsuko took her place.
"I...I'll try," Shinji said. He knew he was buried under the debris now. The light was now stable and Shinji knew he wasn't buried deep underground.
Outside his tomb, the horn of his helmet started to move. The debris was lifted as Shinji freed himself from his tomb. Once free, Shinji stood on his feet and didn't have any problem standing up. He looked at himself. He saw a few dents on his armor, but his body showed no pain. Shinji concluded he was uninjured.
Shinji looked around and saw the angel. Shinji hesitated.
"-Shinji? What are you doing?-" Misato asked.
"I couldn't hurt him...What can I do?" Shinji asked dropping his head and feeling powerless.
"-What would your mother do?-" Gendo asked.
Shinji looked at the angel and knew the answer. He took a deep breath and replied: "She will fight the angel. I...I can't disappoint mom."
Shinji engaged pursuit and it didn't take long before he was near the angel.
You're back. The angel told him before passing to the offensive.
Shinji dodged the beam and when he was about to move, a sound attracted his and the angel attention.
"HEY YOU STUPID ANGEL!" a voice screamed in the air.
Shinji looked on a Skyscraper and saw a black thing jumped from its roof and charged at the angel. The angel wasn't ready to fire when the black stranger was near.
"Take this! FALCON PUNCH!" the stranger screamed.
He punched right on the AT-Field of the angel and the shield shined once again. It wasn't as bright as before.
"-Who's that?!-" Misato shouted.
"-I don't know, but his punch isn't working at all.-" Ritsuko replied.
Another one? The angel asked calmly.
The AT-Field suddenly shined and the stranger was thrown against the wall of the house before he felt on the ground.
"Ouch," the stranger said standing up.
Shinji saw the other one and knew it was another chosen one. The stranger was 10 feet tall in a black armor with whine line on some part of the arm. The armor was red at the throat and at the top of the chest section of the armor. He had two black shoulder plates with white paint at the end of the shoulder plate. Shinji looked in the white eyes of the other one. The only difference between them was that this one didn't have horn on his forehead.
Shinji turned around and saw the angel about to attack. He gasped before shouting: "Move!"
They both dodged the blast and hid behind a McDonald.
"-Shinji. I'm going to synchronise our communication system with the other Eva warrior.-" Maya said.
"That was close," the other Eva said to himself. Shinji thought his voice was very familiar, but the voice was a little discorded. The black eva shook his hand and grunted: "Damn. Punching an angel is harder than it looks. Even screaming Falcon punch wasn't helping at all."
"-Alright. I've made the connection,-" Maya said with satisfaction in her voice.
The shoulder of the black Eva jumped: "Am I hearing voice in my head?"
"-This is Misato. Identify yourself.-" she ordered.
"I'm definitely hearing voices in my head," the black Eva said.
"You're not hearing voices," Shinji replied.
"-Identify yourself now.-" Misato ordered.
"I'm Toji Suzuhara," he answered.
"Toji!" Shinji shouted. Now he understood why the voice was familiar.
"Yeah Shinji," Toji replied with a low grunt.
"-Since you are another Eva, this battle will be easier now,-" Misato said.
"What you mean?" Toji asked.
"-You know nothing about the angel compare to Shinji,-" Ritsuko said.
Toji took a peek and saw the angel still moving at the direction of the hospital: "No time! It's going to the hospital. Move your ass Shinji!"
Toji ran out of his cover and charged at the angel. The angel fired a beam, but barely missed the black Eva. Toji took cover again and put his hand over his chest and shouted: "Too close!"
"Toji! Let Ritsuko explain how to fight it!" Shinji shouted so the other heard him.
Toji grumbled a few incomprehensible words before replying: "Fine."
Ritsuko resumed what she told Shinji and concluded by: "To make it short. The angel cannot fight two of you at the same time and once it attacks, you have an opening of five seconds."
Toji sighted: "Looks like I have no choice. Fine. If it helps protecting the hospital, I'll do it."
"-I have a small plan. We don't have anything to beat the angel, but my plan will exhaust it until it retreats. To make it simple, you attack the angel at two different points. Once the angel attack one of you, the other will charge and tried to pierce the AT-Field. It will not work, but the angel will use his energy to protect itself. Remember to remain at two different spots. Understood?-" Misato asked.
"Y-yes," Shinji replied.
"No problem. Shinji...You better not be in the way," Toji said while pointing his finger at him.
Shinji nodded nervously and said: "I'll attack from east," Shinji said.
"Then I'll go west," Toji replied.
They dashed at their respective position and showed themselves. They moved closer to the angel and remained wary of his target. The angel fired at Shinji who dodged the blast.
"You made your choice!" Toji shouted before jumped as high as he could. He spun in the air and gave a Dive Kick. He hit the AT-Field of the angel. Toji felt like he kicked a wall. He jumped away from the angel.
Shinji charged at the angel, but jumped backward when the angel fired at him. Toji attacked the angel again with the same result.
The hit and run tactic continued for a minute without giving any results, but one thing was noticeable.
"That angel got something against you. What did you do to piss this thing off?" Toji asked.
"N-nothing," Shinji replied dodging another blast.
"-Maybe because it considers Shinji the major threat.-" Makoto suggested.
"Him?" Toji asked insulted before punching the AT-Field. "He's not the one attacking the angel right now!"
"-He was the one who defeated the other angel. Maybe it's for revenge.-" Maya said.
"-I doubt it. His actions aren't vengeful. He only destroyed buildings because Shinji's in front of them. He ignored it when he take cover.-" Misato said.
"You mean it has something in his mind?" Shinji asked. He shouted when the beam almost hit him and threw him inside the McDonald by the window. Shinji grunted and ran out just in time to be shot again.
Toji and Shinji took cover.
"-I guess so. The angel can think, so he must plan something bigger than we first thought.-" Misato said.
"-We will think about it. You continue fighting the angel.-" Gendo intervened.
"Dammit. I love McDonald. I'll have to wait until they rebuilt it; if they have insurance against angels," Toji commented.
"-No time for that.-" Gendo said.
Toji and Shinji ran out of their cover and continued their strategy.
"-But such insurance exist. My car is now assure against angel.-" Misato said.
Ramiel watched the two enemies attacking him without flinching.
Ireul. You didn't warn me there was a black one who shouldn't exist. Ramiel said calmly.
I'm as surprised as the lilim in the command room. No one expect him to attack you. That's problematic. Fear is gone in their face. Ireul replied.
For now they are attacking me and focus their attention on me. The black one is aggressive against me and the more I moved near the hospital, the more he is. Ramiel commented.
He must have someone he holds dear there. You can destroy the hospital to hurt him. Ireul suggested.
That is not my mission and as I said, might put the plan at risk. Ramiel reminded Ireul.
Ireul grunted and replied: Alright.
How's Shamshel doing? I cannot hold on forever. Ramiel said.
He's inside Nerv and I'm guiding him through the base. It will not take long before he reached our brother's prison. Ireul replied.
Good. Ramiel replied. I'll be a little more...Proactive in the fight.
Shinji dodged another beam and was ready for the next one when the AT-Field of the octahedron angel twitched. A small opened appeared in the shield and Toji smiled.
"That's a stupid mistake," Toji said.
"-Toji wait!-" Misato ordered to late.
"It's a trap!" Shinji shouted.
"Don't quote-" Toji was near the opening when the AT-Field closed and trapped his foot. Toji tried to release his foot from the trap, but he couldn't do anything. "I'm stuck!"
"-It was obviously a trap!-" Misato shouted in Toji ears.
"Don't shout! I know it now!" Toji replied.
Shinji was aimed again and dodged the beam.
"-But now is too late!-" Misato replied.
"I need help Shinji," Toji said.
Shinji dodged another blast: "How can I do it in five seconds?!"
"-Not a chance.-" Misato replied.
"So he's going to drag me to the angel world and I'm going to end in pieces!" Toji shouted.
"-Maybe if you can create an AT-Field to counted the angel one, you can free yourself Toji.-" Ritsuko suggested.
"How do I do that?!" Toji shouted.
"-We don't know.-" Ritsuko answered.
"-Ask the angel. He's the master of it.-" Misato said sarcastically.
Toji eyes opened to its limit and replied: "Alright. Nothing's going to help me anyway," before sighting. He looked at the angel and shouted: "Hey! How can I use the AT-Field?!"
The angel stopped attacking Shinji and stayed silent for a minute. Shinji took that opportunity to joined Toji and tried to free him.
"-I was sarcastic.-" Misato told Toji.
Toji told himself he was a total idiot for not noticing the sarcasm.
The angel finally replied calmly: Are you stupid?
"No!" Toji shouted ashamed.
Shinji moved one of his hands on the AT-Field of the angel and tried to create his own At-Field. He remembered what he did last time and tried to do it. His hand started to release energy on the AT-Field of the angel, but it was ineffective against the superior AT-Field of the angel.
"Try to do it like me Toji," Shinji told him.
"...Okay," Toji replied. He did the same as Shinji and nothing happened. He grunted and put his hand on the field and tried to tear the angel AT-Field.
It's time for you to die. The angel said to the two.
The angel charged his beam. Toji and Shinji managed to create a small hole around the black eva leg. Toji escaped and let himself fall while Shinji jumped on the ground just as a beam fired.
Toji and Shinji landed on the ground and dodged the following blast. They separated on two different side of the angel and took cover.
"Now what?" Shinji asked.
"-We have to continue exhausting the angel. I don't see any other way.-" Misato replied.
"The angel is flying closer of the hospital. We have to kill it!" Toji shouted.
"-The only way to damage it more efficiently would be to summon your weapon.-" Ritsuko said.
"Our weapon?" Toji asked.
Shinji took a small glance and saw the angel wasn't moving anymore and was waiting.
"-It's a weapon currently in liquid form in your body. You have to find a way to solidify it.-" Ritsuko said.
"What will that change? We can't pass his AT-Field," Shinji said.
"-Those weapons are made to pierce the AT-Field when try hard enough. If there is one small change to beat the angel, you need to be able to summon your weapon.-" Ritsuko explained.
"Easier said than done," Toji replied.
"I don't know how to do it either," Shinji replied.
"-You were supposed to receive training before you can summon it, but that angel didn't want to wait. Anyway, you have to continue with the usual plan.-" Misato told them.
"That plan suck," Toji grunted.
"It's the only one we have and I'm the one getting shoot at," Shinji replied sighting.
"At least the angel doesn't approach the hospital anymore," Toji said.
"Why are you worried about the angel going near the hospital?" Shinji asked.
"That's because my sister is surely still inside," Toji replied.
"Aren't everyone evacuated in the bunker right now?" Shinji asked.
"It takes longer to evacuate the hospital. Anyway, let's go it. Don't fall behind," Toji told Shinji.
They charged at the angel again.
Shamshel flew in the corridor silently and discreetly: How far am I from the place Sachiel is imprisoned?
You are still far from your destination sister. There's another elevator to take before you reach it. Ireul replied.
Elevator? Shamshel asked.
It's a device that facilitate going down or up for those who had legs like Zeruel. Ireul replied.
It's useless for me. I can fly. Shamshel replied.
Well...You have to take it. I'm going to control the elevator since you don't know how it works, but an elevator is known to be...slow. Ireul warned.
Dad dammit! You mean I have to wait in something slow?! Shamshel shouted.
It's the only way. Ramiel is holding on without trouble right now, but those who shouldn't exist are currently costing his strength. He said he could still hold on for a while. Remember that once you got our brother, you have to take him out of Nerv base where you could teleport back home. Ireul told his sister. Now turn right.
Shamshel listened to his brother multiple voices. She stopped when she came across a metallic door blocking her. It's an impasse.
No. It's the elevator. I'll open it right now. Ireul replied.
Dong!
The door of the elevator opened and Shamshel entered in the elevator. I'm in.
Ireul didn't reply for a few seconds before saying: No you're not. Your back is outside. You are too long.
Shamshel didn't reply and sighted. Her body twisted in the elevator and the angel grunted painfully when she felt her inside pushing against her core. I'm...in.
Good. Ireul replied.
The door of the elevator closed and slowly dropped to its destination: the prison. Shamshel waited impatiently for a minute until it reached the floor. Once the door opened, Shamshel gasped when she saw a lilim in front of her.
The lilim turned around and moved his hand at the direction of an oversize red switch.
Stop him before he sends the alert! Ireul shouted.
Shamshel moved her two long and pink energy tentacles and pierced the heart and the throat of the lilim. Done!
The lilim lifeless body felt backward and the head touched the red switch.
A loud sound resonated in Nerv base.
That's too loud! Shamshel shouted.
Alert! Alert! Security breached in the section A of the prison floor!
Dad dammit! They know there's an intruder! Hurry up now before they knew it's you! They will check the camera and confirmed you are an angel and will surely send one of those who shouldn't exist at you! Ireul shouted.
Alright! Shamshel replied flying at her maximal speed.
Alert! Alert! Security breached in the section A of the prison floor!
Sachiel opened his black eyes and looked around him. He grunted confused about the loud sound. He couldn't see anything, but could only guess what the alert was about.
They are here. He said relief. His relief turned into fear when he realised that the alert only meant that getting out will be harder. He looked at his chest and saw his core still had a few cracked on it, but it was almost complete. His body was also partially restored since he focused his energy on regenerating his core, but he knew he would be a weight against a one who shouldn't exist.
To be continued.
AC: Here's the end of chapter 11.
The battle is far from over.
Chapter 12: Interception.