"FIRE NOW ASUKA!"

Unit-02 fired its modified sniper rifle at the 15th Angel in space.

Damn it…I keep missing! Asuka growled. What's with that?

"Pilot Sohryu the target appears to be too far to hit," Rei said in her usual monotone voice, crouched besides a building with a rifle in her hands.

"Then there's no point in giving me this…GAHHH!"

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"Asuka's brainwave patterns are going crazy!" Maya shouted as she looked at the charts.

"Asuka what's wrong?" Misato asked in horror.

"The Angel…it's trying to get into my head…AHHH!"

Ritsuko gasped. "Impossible! The Angel's invading Asuka's mind!"

"And the target is out of the range of the rifles…what do we do now?" Misato asked. Think Misato THINK!

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Rei didn't like being called wondergirl.

But in the past few days Asuka had been showing an unusual change in her character. She hadn't called her wondergirl in a long time.

So Rei believed her actions were justified when she jumped from behind the building, tackling the red Evangelion out of the path of the Angel's light.

"Ayanami what are you doing?!"

"Saving you!" As soon as Rei uttered this, the Angel's light turned on her and tried to enter her mind but Rei used her new control of her AT field to prevent that from happening.

But the Angel's light was very powerful and Rei knew she couldn't hold it off forever.

She then pulled a sleek capsule out of her plugsuit, pressing a button on the side.

It was something Ritsuko designed for communication. Once pressed, the capsule would emit a powerful high-pitched sound wave that would go on the entirety of the city.

The pitch would usually be too high to hear even for animals…

That is, unless you happened to have super-powered ears.

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Shinji was halfway through brushing his teeth after a long night of catching criminals when he suddenly heard the high-pitched noise.

Rei needs me! Within an instant Shinji had switched to his Superman costume and burst out of the window, flying towards the noise.

He got there in less than a second to see both Evangelion units on the ground, and Unit-00 being hit by a beam of light. "What's wrong?" He demanded.

"Superman!" Asuka yelled in relief. Superman's ears allowed him to pick up the agitation in her voice and the rapid beating of her heart. "That…that Angel…it was trying to rape my mind!"

"Rei!" Superman yelled, moving in front of the beam.

At once he felt an incredibly oppressive force closing in on his mind. Damn it! My powers will slow it down but I have to stop this NOW!
He quickly flew through the beam at incredible hypersonic speeds, blasting into space easily to see the bright Angel glowing in space.

Ducking his head down, the Man of Steel ripped easily through the AT field and tore through the glowing body of the Angel.

As he did so, time seemed to slow down.

I sense you, lilim. You are not one of us yet feel of us.

Are you the Angel?

Yes. And what are you?

Superman.

Peculiar choice of name. However the symbol that I see on your chest shows you to be the earth's hero.

Hope? Superman frowned. How could Kaworu have guessed that?

Correct – and in you I sense overwhelming power…since you have defeated me and will defeat the last testers with such power only you can defeat the foolish humans in their attempt for mortality and so I will give a gift.

A gift?

Suddenly Superman felt the Angel's body shimmer and in his hand a smooth crystal appeared.

From whence you plant this seed of light, light then shall burst forth.

And with that the Angel blew up.

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Shinji frowned as he changed into his normal clothes.

The crystal lay inside his desk drawer – he didn't want Misato to see it.

What should I do? He mused as he buttoned up his shirt. Should I let Ritsuko see it?

Although that would be a great idea Shinji wasn't so sure. Whatever that Angel gave me, it felt like it was for me and me only. Like no one else should see it.

He remembered the Angel's words: From whence you plant this seed of light, light then shall burst forth.

The light could be an analogy for crystal since it was a crystal seed – but the light bursts forth part kind of spoiled that theory.

Well I guess there's only one way to find out, but I have school. Once I've finished I'll come back and test it. Shinji slipped on his plain-glass frames before heading outside.

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Rei and Shinji always sat beside each other for lunch now.

As Rei unpacked her lunch, Shinji noticed her food. "Rei aren't you a vegetarian?"

"Yes," She said as she ravenously devoured the meat.

Shinji watched in surprise as she easily devoured a large chunk of cold ham and meat.

"After acquiring these powers it seems that I have acquired a different metabolism as well," Rei observed.

"I didn't change my eating habits when I first got these powers," Shinji said. "A side-effect of the machine?"

"Perhaps Doctor Akagi dropped a decimal point when calculating my density," Rei suggested.

Shinji chuckled. "Perhaps."

They both grew quiet as a desperate plea for help came in.

"Do you want to handle it or should I?" Shinji asked.

Rei stood up. "I will go."

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Kaworu frowned as he reflected on these events.

He had seen Rei and Shinji talking together but didn't know what about.

A strange aura seemed to emanate from the Third Child. The First's aura was that of an Angel as expected but it seemed completely different at the same time.

The Second Child was not in the dark sleep. A strange hero bearing Hope in the tongue of the Angels on his chest appearing and defeating the Angels.

I shall wait before intervening on current events. The 17th Angel decided.

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Superman floated above the icy remains of Antarctica.

He had chosen this spot specifically because it was completely secluded and no one else would dare come here after Second Impact.

Furthermore it was extremely cold, even for a normal person in extreme cold weather gear but Superman hardly felt the wind on his skin.

He gripped the crystal tightly before throwing it at one of the small frozen land masses remaining after Second Impact.

The crystal glittered in the air, giving off a vibrant shine of rainbow colours as it dropped.

Superman folded his arms as the crystal was buried into the snow, patiently waiting for any events to take place.

In the first few moments nothing seemed to happen.

But then a vibrant humming seemed to fill the air. It was exquisitely beautiful, almost like a song…

The song of the Angels? Superman wondered.

Then what took place next was spectacular.

The crystal shone brightly and in a burst of light, large crystals came forth from it.

More and more of these came, tearing through the arctic wasteland and spiking up towards the air to create –

A fortress? The Angel gave me a fortress? Shinji thought in shock.

Indeed it was – a massive fortress with huge, towering crystals.

Superman floated down, walking into the entrance.

The entire place was…jagged, with the unusual straight lines that crystals formed. Superman looked around in astonishment before stepping up on what seemed to be stairs.

This led to a long pathway with what appeared to be a control panel at the end.

Superman went to it, touching one of the buttons.

Immediately a screen appeared on one of the crystal walls and hundreds of strange icons and symbols appeared.

Superman frowned as he looked at them but after a moment his brain deciphered the information, partially thanks to his Angel-altered DNA.

This information is incredible…Superman gasped. It's almost like a Bible of knowledge of the Angels and their history, origins…

He looked around him. The place seems so quiet, it's so weird…

It was completely lonely and silent.

Shinji smiled. Almost like a Fortress of Solitude…

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A/N: This chapter is a bit short, sorry about that just wanted to get back into my Eva mood again.