MyWay: Hey, there are still some people who actually read my fic… Me is surprised.
Yann-kun: Yeah, me too… after it took you THAT long to write another chapter…
MyWay: Of course you are surprised… say, why do I call you my friend again?
Yann-kun self-confidently: I am pre-reading your fanfic!
MyWay: Oh right… there actually was a reason…
Kenuyasha-sama: Hey boys, be nice to each other! You are best friends!
MyWay: Yes mistress, I do as you say…
Kenuyasha-sama: Then… STOP ARGUING WITH YOUR FRIEND AND GO ON WITH OUR FANFIC!
MyWay while bowing: Hai hai…
Yann-kun loud: Looser…
MyWay louder: Idiot…
Kenuyasha-sama loudest: DORKS!
MyWay and Yann-kun hanging their heads sulkily: Gomen…
Chapter Fourteen, Angel Of Death
Shinji Ikari did what came up to his mind at first. With all the speed he could summon he slammed the angel away from Asuka, landed on her EVA in the progress though.
"Shinji, way to go!" Misato cheered, most probably hoping that Shinji would turn the tables now.
"Get away from me, you are disturbing my performance!" Asuka yelled, kicking and beating around.
"Your performance? You are on the ground, missing one arm and you almost got damaged even more severely and you talk about performance?" Shinji asked confused. "Really, you've got issues…"
"You two, stand up and get into a defence position! Rei, make your way to the Western Industry building and get rearmed… And Asuka, we will re-ARM your EVA later…" Misato said jokingly, the tech trio only shook their heads.
"YOU…" Asuka said inflamed. She was pissed and was way off preventing not to be. Well, in this day of pain and sorrow, does anyone actually believe she would not hit EVA-01's sensitive parts?
Yet, through the EVA protection, Shinji hardly felt pain… considering he got used to pain its no surprise…
"WILL YOU STOP KICKING MY GROINS? JUST FOR THE FIGHT, OKAY?" He yelled into his cockpit. Shinji felt no pain, but he didn't really like it neither.
"Just get away and we have no problem!"
Shinji, his right eye twitching fast, felt provoked. The whole day, shit had piled up inside him, his anger rising with every moment… and Asuka was not really deescalating this situation.
The Angel on the other side decided, that it was time for another attack. With pretty amazing speed it slammed through the arguing EVAs and came to a halt, a few hundred meters later. While Asuka crashed into a bunch of houses, Shinji was thrown onto a gas station and got covered by explosions and flames immediately.
"Damn… Shinji we will send you our experimental weapon through freight shaft 27B, just a few houses away from you!" Misato said, not feeling too comfortable with the "experimental" part of her sentence. "Asuka, stall the Angel!"
"I am a one-armed bandit without a weapon, how should I stall it?" Asuka asked angrily.
"Scratch! Bite! Spit! Throw houses, whatever… just stall it!" Misato yelled over the intercom.
"Just stall it…" Asuka griped and grabbed a nearby car. Even tough a 1,3 ton heavy car would never defeat an Angel, hitting its "face" with a car was good enough for stalling it.
"Gah… I can't find the weapon…" Shinji complained, not seeing much more than flames and smoke.
"Baka Shinji, just find that weapon and kill that ugly thing!" Asuka demanded impatiently and threw more cars at the angel.
"I AM BURNING, I CAN'T SEE SHIT!"
"Rei, grab a gun and fire at that thing before Asuka is running out of cars!"
Shinji stumbled towards the freight shaft, yet he couldn't see it. The Tech-Trio was guiding him.
"Right!" "Left" "Turn around" "Left!" "Almost there" "Right" "Right" "The other right!" "Left" "Watch out!" They guided him, altogether at the same time, yet not into the same direction.
Shinji, confused by so many orders, stumbled over his own feet and fell again.
"BAKA, can't you do anything right?"
Shinji laid there, his eyes closed. He knew if he wanted to do something about this situation, he needed to calm down first. He focused on his breathing; long slow breaths. He switched off the communication so he could concentrate.
Now, he was at peace. All he could hear was the fire, which burnt peacefully on his EVA. The pain was nothing compared to what he experienced today, so it didn't bother him.
While Shinji gathered himself, the outside was still fighting.
"Wondergirl, give me some cover, I am a sitting duck here."
"Understood." Rei said and started her supporting fire.
Asuka ran over to pick up another gun as a bullet from Rei's rifle hit her.
"What the… WONDERGIRL, WATCH YOUR AIM!"
"It is moving and my EVA got damaged, I am trying my best!"
"Time to handle things myself!" Asuka said silent to herself as she reached for a gun in the nearby freightshaft; a pumpgun!
"I'LL SHOOT YOUR HEAD OFF, YOU FREAK!" Asuka yelled as she tried to cock the gun… then realized that a second hand would come in handy right now.
The grumbling noises from Asuka made clear that she understood the situation very well. But instead of giving up, she took the handle between her chin and her shoulder and cocked the gun with an expression of insanity.
The angel, quiet and motionless started to transform into something else.
"Major, its changing its appearance. AT Field getting stronger!"
"Damn, Shinji, where are you?"
The angel, now looking like a scaled primate with tons of muscles was less impressed by Asuka's attempts to kill it. It lunged forwards and knocked her over.
'Shinji-kun, we need you!'
Shinji opened his eyes… this voice inside his head, where did it come from? And why does it sound so familiar? Female and gentle, holding hope and emotions…
The young Ikari felt like strength was running through his veins more than ever. He tried to stand up, and in the process got hold of a building.
"Hey… isn't that?" he asked himself as he saw the building.
Asuka, kicking and beating around in anger knew that she could not get away from the angel. Even Rei's marksman fire did not disturb the angel.
"FUCK OFF YOU LEECH!" Asuka screamed and kicked the angel where Shinji got kicked several times today. The Angel, missing any reproductive organs, was little impressed by this.
And just as no one had hope left and the angel was about to rip Asuka apart, a progressive knife flew towards the angel, piercing through its AT like a warm knife through butter. This left a cut on the angels face, stopping all its movement. Then, a light, coming from the fires and the smoke, brought new hope to them all.
"HEY APE! Why don't you dance with someone your own size!" Shinji shouted cocky as he held his light-sabre in front of him.
The mood in the control room changed immediately. Everyone started clapping hands and cheering.
"Okay Shinji, slice that demon for good!" Misato ordered cool over intercom.
Because the angel wasn't sure of whom to attack, EVA-01 started running towards it. It seemed that the angel did not know what a light sabre is, at least not at that time.
Shinji jumped towards the angel and cut off its left arm without any problems. The angel took a step back and looked at his wound. Again, it transformed into something else. Something more human with long claws on its right hand.
"HAH! CLAWS? AGAINST A LIGHT-SABRE? YOU FOOL!" Shinji yelled and laughed…
… until his light-sabre began to fluctuate.
"… uh oh… this can't be too good…" He said and the sabre shut itself down.
Silence consumed the entire scene for a couple of seconds.
"…this, in fact, is pretty bad." the now embarrassed pilot murmured to himself.
"What the fuck happened there? What does the head-mechanic say?" Misato asked through the control room.
"It seems that it got overheated… the mechanic says, there has to be something wrong with the heat calibration of the laser induction unit… it might be ready for operation in a minute or two!" Makoto said, concern written all over his face.
"MIGHT?" Misato screamed, desperation in her voice. "Shinji, stall it, do whatever you can to buy time!"
"Buying time? It will tear me apart in no time!" he whined and started to defend himself against the brutal attacks. The next 90 seconds were nothing but Shinji-slashing. More and more of his EVA's amour was torn off by the angel and no one could help him, not to mention that he has lost his weapon.
Asuka rolled on the ground, having a hard time getting off the ground and Rei had damaged legs and was as slow as a snail…
'I am fucked… I am fucked… I AM SO FUCKED!' Shinji thought as the angel pierced through the EVA's chest, lifting him up and throwing him into the outer limits of downtown Tokio-3.
"Shinji needs that weapon… Asuka, can you reach the light-sabre?" Misato asked concerned, her forehead covered in sweat. The only hope they had was that Shinji could get a hold of that weapon.
While Asuka robbed towards the light-sabre, Shinji stood up and was about to run from the enemy, but a sudden jerk made him fall backwards again, his head landing next to a big fuel tanker. 'Phew, at least I didn't hit that one, but…'
"He's out of Umbilical cable!" Maya screamed in panic. Now Shinji was a sitting duck. He could only go into one direction; but there was the angel.
'… this is still NOT good!' he thought in panic, his eyes wandering from one dead-end to another.
"SHINJI!" Asuka screamed as she stood up, the light sabre in her hand. "CATCH!"
EVA-02 threw the handle towards Shinji, who thought that he was now on the lucky side again, stood up and smiled… Until the sabre activated itself in midair.
"Concentrate Shinji… you can do it… the force is with you!" Shinji told himself, focusing on the flying light sword.
To Shinji, everything seemed to move in slow motion. He had prepared the catch and the timing was about right.
'Just a little step backwards' Shinji thought as the sabre was near.
Shinji, who took his step backwards, was quite startled as the street gave in and he broke through to the sewers, falling backwards in the process. As he fell, he looked to the ground where he could see a giant crocodile disappearing in the sewers. As he turned his attention back to the flying light sabre, he realized that he shouldn't have made that step.
A horrible crashing sound was to hear as EVA-01 made impact with the ground. Shinji looked into the sky, asking himself why everything was going wrong that day.
He took a look at the EVA's left arm, or more at the remains of it. The left forearm was cut off by the sabre and Shinji had no idea how to defeat an angel unarmed with only one hand…
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Shinji whined like an old dog in the rain.
----- tropical island ----
"Oh boy… now what Shinji? You are quite -" God said before he got knocked out. Jesus, a solid bottle in his hand, looked down on his father with anger.
"You are supposed to help people, not torture them… time for a dramatic change of events…"
Jesus got himself seated on the divine chair and crunched his knuckles.
"Let's ROCK!"
----- Tokyo three, god knows where we are in the ruins -----
"Why….? How can I do this? There is nothing I can do about this…" Shinji complained quiet into the streets.
Maya, who just finished her first analyze of the angel's cut off arm, spoke up with surprise.
"Sempai, this angel has a skeleton structure that appears to be almost human…"
Ritsuko went over to Maya's workstation, observing the results.
"Hmm…. Marrow, nerves, muscles, veins… except for its look, it could be human. Even though I can't guarantee for any innards… but if it has veins to transport blood, then the blood must be circulated somehow…" Ritsuko said and stopped to catch a breath and another cigarette.
"So… it should have a heart which we could stab?" Makoto asked insecure.
"Maybe… but we don't know for sure… not to mention that we don't know where its heart is located or if that would kill it…"
"Then we make it easy…" Misato began and opened a channel to all pilots "…Kids, this thing can be killed like a human… since we don't know where its heart is, just go for a headshot!" Misato ordered with a smile.
Ritsuko just started frowning as she began to smile.
"Plain, but effective!" The blonde scientist admitted and shrugged with her smile. "Yet, how do you plan to cause severe damage to the head area? Gunfire won't do enough damage because of the AT field. And hand-to-hand… I mean, out of six possible hands, two are missing and two are attached to an EVA who can't move properly."
"It's possible though!" Misato lectured, not giving up on her plan.
"I think we need help from god if we want to get through this!" Ritsuko said and sighed, realizing that she didn't help much.
"What are you talking about? God won't help us we have to do it ourselves!" Misato answered in anger, not even looking at her friend.
"You mean, god won't help you! He is one of my best buddies, he won't let me down!" Ritsuko stated in a megalomaniac way.
"What are you talking about, you don't HAVE any buddies!" Misato said barely noticeable while smiling afterwards.
"Oh yeah? Well at least I am getting laid!" Ritsuko stated proudly.
THAT was way below the beltline and everyone knew it.
"IF I WANTED TO, I COULD HAVE EVERY MALE HERE, RIGHT AWAY!" Misato yelled back, ready to turn loose on her (former?) best friend.
------ just a couple of metres higher ------
Vice-Commander Kohzo Fuyutsuki has cursed this day several times… first time this morning, when he had to find out his toilet was congested while he was in a very need… then, Gendo smiled as they passed each other, what actually freaked Fuyutsuki out… his card key for NERV HQ broke while he was on the tram, not using his car 'cause he broke that key too… then the angel came, while the head of NERV was not to be found… and now, it seems like the day went to its climax…
Below him, chaos was loose. Technicians were hiding behind their desks as several heavy items were to be thrown by both of the argument parties. It didn't take long until Shigeru accepted bets from all viewers on who would win this fight…
Fuyutsuki had the silent hope that Makoto's words of reason would stop them, but the fact that the young man was unconscious by now with many bumps on his head was not too promising…
"I hate my life… … GENDOOOOO?" the old man whined as he tried to come up with a strategy for this fight… and maybe even for a good plan against the angel.
------ at a street we were at in chapter eight ------
Gendo was walking down the wet street not showing any sign for his bad mood. On the other hand, he always looks creepy…
That all changed as his right leg broke through a gully and almost made him fall into the sewers. With much effort and the use of very harsh language he was able to prevent this, but lost his shoe in this progress. The only thing that stopped him from performing a multiple homicide was the fact that another shoe was already down there, giving him the comforting thought that he wasn't the only unlucky guy.
As a matter of fact, he only didn't kill people because none were around… but back to the story.
----- cockpit EVA-01------
"Headshot…. Headshot…. With what? Damn it…" Shinji mumbled to himself. He heard many voices and screams over intercom but none were meant for him. He just kneeled there on the street, looking at the fuel tanker he barely missed before. He thought of all the movies and anime he saw, trying to figure out how to blow off that enemy's head.
"Wondergirl, grab yourself a sniper, I will distract the angel!" Asuka ordered, not really expecting anyone from the command centre to object.
"Understood." Rei acknowledged right away… HQ wasn't that helpful right now and she knew it.
'Think Shinji… THINK! Not even a wrestler could beat him now… if only I was Bruce Lee… … --frown-- Martial art… --smirking-- NINJA!' he thought, still staring on the fuel tanker.
"Shinji, run when the angel is looking the other way!" The second children said and made her move to distract the enemy.
"It's a one-shot option, but if that works, he is done for!" Shinji mumbled to himself, yet loud enough for everyone to hear…
"What are you talking about? I told you to get your ass out of there!" Asuka yelled, sighing in frustration.
But Shinji did not move. He felt like someone else's luck was running through his veins; he felt invincible. Just as the angel was about to follow Asuka, a car flew past the angel's head, turning its attention back to Shinji.
"BAKA! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?" Asuka screamed, her eyes showing blood lust. Not only did she scream but also scare all the others.
Shinji did not answer. He knew if this would turn out to be not working, he should not brag now…
EVA-01 was in a hand-to-hand defence position, with its good arm on its back, the other half arm extended to the angel.
"COME HERE, BIG BOY!" Shinji screamed, trying to lure the enemy toward him.
And it worked. The angel, pissed about all that confusing movement around him, was out for blood and it chose Shinji to satisfy this desire. After an eardrum piercing scream, the angel lunged towards EVA-01, ready to rip it apart.
"REI, geta bigger gun and fire, I will throw something… Shinji has lost it and we need to fix it!" The young red head said, cursing Shinji with every beat of her heart.
"What is he doing?" Maya asked but barely someone in the control room understood what she said, they were all busy saving their lives.
Shinji sat in his cockpit breathing slowly.
'This will work… this will work… this will work… THIS WILL WORK!" He thought as the angel was only 5 seconds away. With a swift movement, EVA-01 got into a kneeling position, swinging its good arm around. In its hand was the fuel tanker and as Shinji smashed the tanker to the ground below him, the EVA was covered by flames and smoke in no time.
The column of smoke was about two times the size of an EVA high and still growing.
The command centre watched as the angel was right in front of the smoke, slashing through the smoke with much violence.
"EVA-01 switched to internal power supply!" Shigeru yelled and wiped the sweat from his forehead, still holding a bunch of cash in his hands.
"Shinji…" Asuka said silently into her cockpit, a car still in her EVA's hand, the grip tightening.
Because of the speed the angel had the smoke was pushed away, at least at the angel's level.
Revealed was… nothing. No EVA-01 and no Shinji, just the end of the umbilical cable.
"YOU BASTARD!" Asuka yelled in complete hatred as she threw the already smashed car towards the angel.
The angel turned around quickly and stopped the flying car with its claws, standing straight like a candle.
"THE ANGEL'S AT FIELD IS BEING NEUTRALIZED BY EVA-01'S AT FIELD!" Maya stated louder to get eveyone's attention… and it seemed to work. Silence was in the room… most probably because Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi were both unconscious. Both were knocked out by the teaser guns the vice commander was still holding.
"But where..." Fuyutsuki asked from above, blowing away the non-present shooting smoke from his K.O. tools.
"PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR CLOSEST ENEMY!" Shinji shouted cocky as EVA-01 broke through the smoke above the angel.
"THIS IS IT!" Shinji screamed and clenched EVA's fist. With all the force he could summon he beat straight on the angel's head.
The entire staff of the control room had their jaws hanging low, watching in awe how Shinji managed to trick the angel.
"Is he trying to break the angel's neck?" Makoto asked insecure.
"…by increasing the pressure to the neck to a maximum…" Maya answered concerned as she took a look at her favourite sempaí.
"But will this really work?" Bob asked from the side.
"SSHHHHH, we are not even supposed to be here, don't annoy strange people!" Al said and pushed his friend to the exit…
Everyone was just shaking their heads and turned their attention back to the main screen.
It was no more than a moment, but to Shinji it seemed to be a lifetime. He prayed that this action would not be his last and finally he heard something break as the angel's head gave in a little. From then, it took no more than a second till the both were on the ground.
"Did he defeat it?" Asuka asked hopingly.
But to Shinji's displeasure, the angel was still moving… more uncontrolled than anything else, but still moving.
Shinji only shook his head, asking himself if this was all the luck he could get.
------Tropical Island------
God stood right next to the divine chair, in which Jesus was lying, gasping for air.
"Holy heaven… it took all my powers to just let him have this little luck… what did you do to him?" Jesus asked out of breath.
"Hey, I just emptied his fridge this morning; everything else is not my doing!" God exclaimed and held his hands up to indicate his innocence.
"You mean… this all is his own bad luck?"
God only nodded as Jesus began to shake his head in disbelief.
Well… a lot of time since I last updated… I deeply apologize for that bows in front of all the readers I have good and bad news….
The good news are, I already have the plot for this story going on (you don't honestly believe that it is over now, do you?) and the bad news… let's shoulders hang before yelling in tension I'VE LOST ANOTHER SOCK! NOOOOOOO!
Yann-kun: Is he alright?
Kenuyasha-sama: Well, he didn't really loose it, he just forgot it at my place.
MyWay: Now I got a single black and a single grey one… What should I do? How can I go on living like that? --sobs miserably--
Yann-kun: …. Oookay… I think someone needs a nap… BAD… dear readers, the author will be back, hopefully with socks that match …
MyWay angrily: STAB DEEPER, BRUTUS!
Yann-kun: By the way… we didn't disclaim yet, did we?
MyWay: Hmm, good point… Hey everyone, I own nothing anymore… whatever you just read, it is not mine… the plot idea is… the characters and all the stuff, is not… too bad…
Kenuyasha-sama petting MyWay's head: Hey hey, you own something!
MyWay surprised: I do?
Yann-kun: Yeah, two non-matching socks!
MyWay: JUDAS!