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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: SENSHI NO MICHI
Shinji's eyes widened, as he watched EVA Unit Two dart off in front of him. The armoured behemoth tore up asphalt and concrete with each step, dashing towards the Angel in front of it.
Misato's voice was audible, shocked and panicked.
"No, Asuka! Not until we've…"
With a deafening cry from its pilot, EVA Unit Two surged forward and leapt into a flying side kick, soaring to meet its target. It was only then that Shinji realised that there was a long, black cable trailing from Unit Two's back – a power supply of some kind?
I must have one as well. I hope it doesn't get in the way of movement.
The Angel shifted slightly, as it looked towards the incoming attacker, but did not move, perhaps curious at the sight before it. Whatever curiosity it may have had was shattered, along with its bone mask, when the scarlet EVA's kick connected squarely with it.
The Angel let out a strangled shriek as it stumbled back, arms windmilling and legs struggling to hold up as it fought to regain its balance. The EVA landed in front of it, and returned to its stance, bouncing on its toes.
Asuka's voice laughed over the communications system.
"Is that it? Didn't think that'd work!"
The Angel slowly found itself, and moved to eye Unit Two with what little of its mask remained – the beak was missing, and the two eye holes were separated by a visible crack travelling up the middle of the white.
Unsure of what to do, Shinji advanced forward, Unit One's slow, tempered footsteps still booming and powerful. Thankfully, Misato was on hand to provide some direction, her face appearing in a holographic window beside his controls.
"Shinji – move to get behind the Angel while Asuka occupies it. But keep your distance!" The captain commanded, eyes narrowed.
Nodding, the boy manoeuvred Unit One between the network of buildings and streets, trying to remain out of sight of the abomination that Unit Two was staring down.
As the Angel straightened up, focusing on its attacker, Asuka let out a strangled sigh.
See? Nothing to it. Just beat the crap out of it. Just like in a manga.
Blasting off again with little warning, Unit Two laid a series of fierce hooks and uppercuts upon its target, most of them colliding with the fleshy sides of the creature. It swung and clawed at its attacker, and Asuka struggled to bob and weave underneath its animalistic assault.
I don't even know if I'm doing any damage…I could use some pointers, here!
A vicious swing from the Angel was only just evaded – its claws scratched shallow furrows into the plating of its crimson assailant, and its redhead pilot let out a shocked yelp as the EVA jumped back.
Asuka blinked in surprise, one of her hands leaving the controls to paw at her stomach and chest. After a moment, her expression distorted with fear and apprehension.
"What the hell? I can feel this thing's pain? I thought it was just a goddamn robot…"
"Asuka, focus!" The voice of Misato broke through her reverie, and the girl looked up just in time to see the Angel charge her. Gritting her teeth, she willed the EVA to move forward, and as the Angel drew closer, the EVA leapt up, its knee colliding with the gut of the creature, just above the shining red sphere.
Out of the corner of her eye, Asuka watched as the white EVA Unit One moved behind the Angel, and growled as she slipped out of an attempt by the creature to grab her head in both hands.
"What the hell, baka? I could really use some help…"
The distraction was all that the Angel needed, and it rammed Unit Two like a bull, sending it sprawling back. Its muscles bulged with sudden musculature as it crouched down, and then leapt onto its opponent, pinning it down. One clawed hand grasped Unit Two's head firmly, while the other wrapped around its upper arm.
Grimacing as she felt unnatural, painful pressure on her skull and bicep, Asuka thrashed underneath the Angel's grasp.
Meanwhile, Shinji remained some distance away from the battle, an unwilling surveyor of his friend's desperate struggle.
"Captain Katsuragi, please let me –" Shinji's desperate plea was quickly shot down.
"No. You move in when I tell you. Understood?"
"…Understood."
The Angel lifted Unit Two by its head, the strain on the cyborg's neck not lost on its pilot – she let out a choked gasp, still managing to writhe in its clutches.
Looking ahead, Asuka's eyes widened as she watched the centre of the palm obscuring her – no, the EVA's vision – begin to glow in the centre. Suddenly, there was a splitting pain in her right eye socket, and a cry left her as the Angel attempted to piston an energy spike through the head of the EVA.
Shinji clutched the controls tightly, his teeth grinding together as he watched the one-sided battle.
"Shinji, help As –"
Before Misato's sentence was finished, Unit One was already speeding off like a great white bullet.
Her free arm trying to punch and shove the attacking hand away, the pilot of Unit Two gasped in pain as the energy spike attempted to push through her head a second time. Suddenly, the arms of the Angel bulged to terrifying size, and it tugged violently at her left arm.
Asuka screamed as she felt her shoulder dislocate.
Misato glanced down to Makoto.
"Damage report, now!"
The technician's eyes flitted across the monitor as he read, his voice shaking.
"Left shoulder dislocated, posterior and anterior deltoids torn. Cranial plating's holding up at sixty-two percent integrity."
The Captain cursed as she looked back to the massive screen at the front of the bridge, displaying the struggle between the Angel and Unit Two.
This turned to shit real fast.
Suddenly, Asuka's voice came through the feed again, as Unit Two lifted its lower body up.
"That hurt, you son of a bitch!"
Unit Two's legs hooked around the Angel's upper arm, and its right hand clamped onto the creature's obsidian forearm. With a shout of exertion from the pilot, the scarlet Evangelion twisted, and together, it and the Angel flipped around, crashing to the ground.
A few of the technicians let out gasps – one even cheered as Unit Two staggered to its feet, right hand ghosting over its damaged shoulder.
However, the Angel was not finished – it rose again, looming over the wounded EVA. Misato swallowed as she watched the scene play out in front of her.
Suddenly, from out of frame, Unit One appeared, sliding to a half stop as its pilot roared.
"Stay away from her!"
The bridge crew watched as it dashed forward, stepping forward into a powerful side kick that connected with the Angel's gut, sending the creature flying back into a building at the end of the street. Unit One turned to its comrade, crouching down slightly to help Unit Two straighten up.
Asuka's voice came in over the communication's feed, tired and strained.
"Listen, can we have some help here? How do we kill this thing?"
From Misato's side, Ritsuko appeared, her expression not as composed as it usually was.
"The red sphere in the middle of the torso. We theorise that if you destroy that, you should destroy the angel as well." The doctor said, moving over to Maya's station and glancing down at the monitor.
"Got it." The redhead replied. Misato finally spoke, her voice slow.
"How are you two doing?"
"Perfect." Asuka drawled. "My shoulder feels like it's been torn from its socket, and I have a splitting headache. I think Shinji's doing fine, though."
The captain took the time to rehearse her next words in her mind before she said them.
My orders just put Asuka in a dangerous and painful situation…hopefully she'll listen to one more.
"Alright…Shinji, since you're in the best condition, you'll distract the Angel head on. Asuka, get behind it, and pin it down. Then destroy the red sphere, the core."
"Loud and clear…" Asuka murmured.
"Understood." Shinji replied, voice firm.
Moving back into stance, Unit One advanced on the prone form of the Angel as Unit Two moved around it, as quickly as possible with a damaged shoulder.
Slowly, the creature in front of the white titan rose to its feet, and after taking a few experimental steps, began to move forwards for battle once again. Steeling himself, Shinji willed his Evangelion towards the Angel, and into the fray.
Suddenly, he found himself blocked – unable to pass an unearthly, octagonal barrier of pulsing orange. Over the communications, he could hear Ritsuko gasp something about an "A.T. Field."
Shinji willed his EVA to give the field, or whatever it was, a few experimental jabs. It left his knuckles stinging and throbbing, and he cursed under his breath.
This could be easier if I could use my hado. But Asuka's right. I don't want to drag Gouken-sensei into this if I don't have to…
Abruptly, the A.T. Field fizzled out of existence as EVA Unit Two pounced upon the Angel.
Asuka's voice was a triumphant bark, as her crimson EVA hooked its one good arm underneath the Angel's right.
"Surprise, you ugly piece of shit!"
EVA Unit Two's legs hooked around the Angel's waist, and the two fell back to the ground, shaking the earth underneath them. Over the communications feed, Shinji heard Asuka let out a hiss of pain.
"Landed on my bad shoulder…" The girl mumbled, then spoke again, louder. "Now, Shinji!"
The creature on top of Unit Two screeched and scrabbled wildly, its arms flailing as it struggled to turn around and hide its vulnerable core. However, Unit One was upon it in a flash, straddling its waist.
Shinji struggled to evade wild claws aimed at his EVA's head, and kept low as he began to rain blow after blow on the Angel's core. After a few powerful strikes, the sphere had begun to crack down the middle, and with two more, it started to chip.
The creature's claws dug into Unit One's back, and the boy piloting it let out a gasp of pain, but powered through, bracing himself against its torso with one hand, and drawing back his other arm for more punches. When the first connected, a chunk of the core came free.
Before Shinji could will the second blow to land, the Angel broke out of Unit Two's grasp with a madman's strength, and curled around his Evangelion. With nothing visible save for the cracked, crimson core in the centre of his vision, he began to struggle and pull at it.
Unexpectedly, the core flared with brilliant white light, and Shinji's eyes widened. He heard Misato yell something like "Self-Destruct" before his world turned completely white.
Eva Unit Two covered its face with its good arm as the light grew to blinding levels, but was ill-prepared when the Angel appeared to detonate with a titanic explosion, sending the crimson titan reeling back.
In the skies of Tokyo-3, a great crucifix of light etched itself into existence, and then disappeared moments after.
Sprawling to the ground, Asuka struggled to regain the EVA's balance, and then, despite the discomfort, looked towards the smoking, flaming ruin of the street that Unit One and the Angel had grappled on.
The girl swallowed, and dared to speak.
"Shinji?"
No response. The redhead's sapphire eyes widened, and fear made a dancefloor of her face.
"Shinji? SHINJI!"
The assembled bridge crew, the Commander and Vice Commander included, watched as EVA Unit Two dashed towards the blasted, scorched earth of the street, searching for its missing companion.
"Asuka? Asuka, it's Misato. Shinji's alive, we can still detect his life signs.."
"Where is he?" The girl cried, her Evangelion dropping to all fours and beginning to search through the rubble. "Where is – Shinji!"
Misato let out a sigh of relief as Unit Two found its comrade collapsed into the side of a building, and crawled towards it, moving collapsed portions of concrete and metal away to get closer.
Thank god…they're alive. Both of them.
We actually did it…
"How's Shinji?" She asked, turning to Makoto.
"His EVA's a little crispy, and he has minor sympathetic nerve trauma from the explosion, but he's otherwise fine."
"And the Angel?"
"Gone, ma'am." The technician replied, with a small smile.
From somewhere down below, a cheer resounded – and that cheer proved infectious. Within a matter of seconds, nearly the entire bridge crew was on their feet, applauding and shouting out in relief.
Meanwhile, on the highest platform, Fuyusutki turned to his Commander, who remained silent, eyes locked on the screen.
"This has gone better than expected. Do you agree, Ikari?"
Beneath his folded hands, the Commander gave a dark smirk, watching as Unit Two cradled its companion, the white and red plating blackened slightly.
It seems I made the right decision in giving them to that man. The Old Men will be pleased…and I will be free to go about my business for the time being.
Finally, our first real action scene. I hope it wasn't awful for you to read! Speaking of reading, please do so, and review!