Having exposed both halves of the Angel's core, Shinji imagined how he would mash the Twins together. It won't take much. Just throw one against the other and be sure they're on the platform catapult.

"Shinji. Second target is in position!"

He didn't waste time and grabbed the remaining attached arm as it was thrust at him again. Trying to step, the Angel pulled hard, making the Purple Behemoth lose its balance.

Misato watched in horror as the Angel yanked Unit 01 toward itself, then sprouted a new arm. "New arm! Watch out!"

Rei kept dodging slashes from her target, as Shinji twisted in mid-air causing his target to lose its footing. When the Purple Behemoth began to fall down, it straightened, hefting the Twin from the ground like a pendulum. As soon as he felt weight on his legs again, Shinji barely registered the immense weight of the Angel.

"His synch ratio is over two-hundred percent!"

Misato was in awe of what she saw: Unit 01 wasn't berserk but was stronger than it had ever previously shown it could be. A computerized voice for Maji 3, Caspar, read off a relevant bit of data, "Angel Target 1 estimated weight is three times that of Eva Unit 01."

The Purple Behemoth stood still for a moment, as if deciding what to do with its helpless quarry. The head turned toward its left and nodded once.

Misato got the idea, "Launch Unit 02, NOW!"

Maya pushed one button on her control panel and a corresponding light went red, "Unit 02 launched."

The Twin still assaulting Rei halted its attacks and turned to see Unit 01 holding its other half. Rei chose to tackle the now unaware Twin and pinned it to the ground. Its struggle to get free was futile, Rei held tight both arms and legs of the Twin.

Asuka had been watching the fight on her heads up display, but now she was rocketing toward their position. One chance, that's all we'll get guys! "Ich liebe diese sheise!"

Rei flipped her Eva onto its feet and flung her Twin toward Shinji. He merely whipped his prey at the incoming missile. The Twins slammed into one another and began melding. The two Evas sprinted toward the stunned Angel and grabbed hold, dragging it a few measly meters onto the launching platform.

Grabbing onto this Angel was one thing, letting go was entirely different.

"Let go you two! Asuka's only seconds away!"

"Rei! Your A.T. field! Separate from the Angel!" Shinji was already feeling his hands become free, but Rei was having trouble. "REI!"

Maya called out what she read on her terminal, "Unit 00 ejection system has been activated!"

The bridge crew, Shinji, and Asuka all watched as Unit 00's entry plug shot free from the Eva, but then Shinji deployed and picked out his Prog knife. Ritsuko watched on her monitors with Maya and yelled, "The hell is he doing? There's no time!"

In one, graceful movement, Unit 01 severed Unit 00's hands at the wrists, freeing the Eva. Misato didn't waste time, "Fire the sled!"

Hyuga had already hit the control, sending Catapult 4's sled upward at incredible speed. Shinji dove aside with Unit 00 barely in the nick of time, as the sled contacted the platform and threw the Angel into the air.

The Magi computers went to work remotely controlling Unit 02's various rocket packs, desperately trying to ensure Asuka's best possible chance to obliterate the Angel.

Asuka didn't wait for the computer to tell her when to strike. She swung the Lance of Longinus squarely at her target. When the Angel greeted the Lance, it disintegrated with a deafening screech. The sound was heard down within all of NERV and shook the Command Pyramid. Even Gendo had to cling to his desk.

Asuka's voice broke the silence with a groan over the radio, "Mein Gott..."

Hyuga checked his terminal's data over, "This can't be right."

Misato peered over at him with curiosity, "Report."

"That noise didn't register on ANY recorders, anywhere... and I just ran a check with the Maji, they confirm it!"

"Eva Unit 02 has landed safely in predicted zone, recovery teams for all pilots are on their respective ways." Maya was relaxed, again...

::: Now, did I miss anything? ... eh, I'm sure I'll hear about it, if I did.
::: Gemini011 - Not halfway up Japan, no. Google is awesome at giving me tactical points to use. Granted that in the
::: world of Evangelion, Earth gained significant ocean water... so some areas should be totally under water, but somehow
::: Tokoyo never was. I should go through and clarify in this story how Humanity was affected, rising water levels just
::: don't cut it for me. Hmm, that's an idea for a chapter-sized break in combat!

::: But back to your question: YES, Asuka was just lobbed over Tokoyo-3 with the Lance to play baseball with the other
::: children! ... using the Angel as a ball... I wanted to give Asuka another kill, she deserved another pip, I think. She did
::: have to endure sleeping in an Eva airborne assault carrier. Twice! I mean, you don't just transport the world's
::: greatest and most expensive weapon without the pilot handy. Well, I don't. So there!