Creation began on 06-14-16
Creation ended on 06-19-16
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Evaflowne: Uncooperative
Ritsuko Akagi, with her head free of the bandage that did nothing to remedy the minor scar and concussion she had from the Unit-03 incident, stood in front of Evaflowne, wondering how it was modified so heavily and extremely in the nineteen years that the Third Child had, supposedly, spent in another universe. One of the things she found that was remarkable was that it seemed to be powered by a small core that made that made the Eva's previous one seem obsolete in size and efficiency. She was about to see if a crew could remove the armor from around the core…until she looked up at the behemoth's head, which looked as though it was looking down at her with a menacing expression.
"It's not safe to go near Evaflowne with scientific intentions," she turned to face Yui, who was dressed in medical garments. "It's nothing like the Evas, anymore."
-x-
"…Has any attempt been made to see if the Third Child will divulge all that he claims to know, Ikari?" SEELE 01 questioned Gendo in the next meeting.
"No attempt has been made," he responded.
"And the returned creator of the Evas?" SEELE 05 questioned. "Has she divulged anything?"
"Only what the Third Child now knows and intends to do."
"He is aware of the Instrumentality and seeks to prevent it?" SEELE 03 questioned.
"Does he not know that the Angels will attempt to cause Third Impact?" SEELE 10 added.
"There's nothing to indicate that he doesn't believe what he's been told, anymore," Gendo explained.
RING, RING! Gendo's desk phone rang, and he answered it.
"Yes?" He spoke. "I see."
He hung up and informed the council that another Angel was approaching the city.
-x-
This Angel was much stronger than the previous ones to appear. It was as massive as an Eva, vaguely humanoid, and unleashed energy blasts that eliminated any opposition that stood in its way.
-x-
"…There's no time to send the Evas to the surface," went Misato in Central Dogma, "so we'll position them in the Geo-Front."
"But Unit-00 hasn't regenerated its left arm," Maya Ibuki reminded her.
"Then it's up to Unit-02."
"Major, what about Unit-01? I mean, uh…Evaflowne?" Makoto Hyuga asked.
"Commander Ikari gave instructions that it not be sortied until we know what we're dealing with."
"Well, that's going to be a problem," said Shigeru Aoba expressed, "because it's activating on its own."
True to his words, Evaflowne, without any form of mechanical aid, was moving on its own and forcing the restraints of the cage to detach from what could be hooked to its body as it moved towards the catapults, causing the work crew around it to flee.
"What in God's name?" Misato gasped.
"Not God," she turned to face the older Shinji, who had spoken, holding a small, glowing gem in front of himself. "Mine."
He put the gem around his neck and walked off the command bridge.
"Stop!" Gendo, who was also present in Central Dogma, along with Fuyutsuki and Yui, ordered him, but Shinji just kept going until he was no longer there. "Stop him!"
But the bridge crew didn't budge from their seats; after they either saw or heard that this man was the Third Child and had a prosthetic arm to replace the one he no longer had, they didn't want to mess with him or try to get on his bad side.
"Ikari," he heard Rei Ayanami behind him.
"Don't stop me, Ayanami," he merely responded. "You wouldn't like the consequences."
The First Child stopped at hearing that; he seemed cold…but not as cold as Commander Ikari. He just wanted for her to keep away from him.
-x-
When Asuka saw the Angel levitate down from city above the Geo-Front, she also saw Evaflowne emerging from where a catapult was located, levitating into the air.
"Gott im Himmel!" She reacted, seeing the revved-up Eva unsheathe its sword. "What the Hell do you think you're doing?!"
As the Angel levitated downward, Evaflowne levitated upwards, pulling its blade back, and swinging it across the Angel's body, slicing it in half!
"Whoa," she shuddered, and watched as the Angel disintegrated away, core and all.
-x-
"Incredible," went some of the technicians in Central Dogma, left in awe of Evaflowne's power.
"It eliminated the Angel…in one attack," said Misato.
Even Gendo was left speechless to what he had just witnessed.
-x-
She couldn't yell at him, or anything to demean him for his actions against the Angel. But Asuka wanted to very much. It was just the way he showed up and ended the fight before it could even begin. And the way he was after getting out of Evaflowne; it was like he viewed the whole situation as a bother…and would rather be anywhere else but here where the danger was.
As she stood in front of Unit-02 in the cage, Misato came by and asked if she was alright.
"Did you see the way he dispatched the Angel?" Asuka asked her. "It only took him one swing of that sword of his."
"It was amazing," the purple-haired woman answered.
"But his emotions after the battle. It was like…he was disinterested in everything."
"That's because he is disinterested in everything. He…wants to return to that place he spent years in that he called his home."
-x-
"…If you're trying to intimidate me, you're failing," Shinji told Gendo in his office. "So I…disobeyed orders not to use Evaflowne, I defeated the Angel before it could cause further misfortune. Misfortune that I would've let you suffer from."
"Childish intimidation will get you nowhere," Gendo told him.
Yui and Fuyutsuki, who were also present in the office, were wondering if Shinji had anything else to share with them that his mother hadn't shared already.
"Then I'll say this," Shinji told him. "Dispose of Lilith…or the next time an Angel attacks…I'll do it myself…and you'll wish I hadn't."
"What are you talking about?" Fuyutsuki asked him.
Shinji looked at him with a frown, and responded, "You know exactly what I'm talking about."
Then, he turned to leave out the office.
"Stop!" Gendo ordered Shinji. "I didn't say you could leave yet!"
Two security guards came in and tried to stop Shinji, who simply threw them aside while breaking one guy's leg, defending himself.
Yui sighed as her son walked out, leaving the guards on the floor with bumps and bruises.
"He knows everything, so it's pointless to try and hide the truth from him," she told Gendo. "He takes the truth seriously. That's why the people of the place he ended up at on Gaea elected him as king."
"What? He's a king in this other world?" Fuyutsuki questioned.
"King, guardian, wise man, peacekeeper. Only thing is that he doesn't like to fight at all. He only does it because he has people he wants to protect, people that matter more to him than anything here ever could." Yui explained, but she sounded cryptic.
"You make it sound as though he has a family over there."
Gendo looked at Yui, who seemed saddened by such words.
"He does," she revealed. "And they're waiting for him to return."
To be continued…
A/N: Oh! I bet none of you were expecting that to happen!