Warframe You Can NOT Absolve

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(Start Ballas SEELE Base)

Ballas or the computer construct of him was being worked to the bone as he constructed several units of Dummy Frame Shells to apply the system to. So far, he was kicking himself for not coming to this conclusion sooner on the Warframes. Or he would if he had his legs to kick with but no, he was just a disembodied form within a matrix.

SEELE wanted as many of these units as he could muster and already there was enough to defend the base from outside invaders. Though it seems that SEELE had also been reconstructing their Mass Production Evangelion Units which made Ballas wonder. How can SEELE be making them without Adam. They needed the original to act as a template that is the basics of cloning, they also needed a fresh sample to boot. The only way they could have done it is to use an Evangelion already in existence to do the deed.

He would have tried to learn more if to use it for his own gain, but SEELE was actively trying to keep him monitored. They didn't trust him, and some would argue for good reason, not Ballas. They too failed to gras his vision they all do and thus he was forced into solitude. SEELE kept him on a short leash and thus with this in mind he was in no way able to counter them when it truly mattered the most. With the state he was in Ballas may have to find a way to contact his other ally for aid assuming said ally would be willing to free him.

Gendo was one of the few who understood his vision a good friend if not for the fact that Gendo had his own ambitions that conflicted with Ballas's. Still, he was resourceful and assuming he still had a body what might be his best shot at getting out of this. Assuming Gendo can be trusted to provide Ballas with a new body to inhabit and help him get his revenge against the Tenno for stealing his Margulis again. But then again SEELE also had the leak from Kaji Ryoji it would be a shame if someone failed to note what really Kaji knows.

(Scene Break Geofront Morning Earth)

Asuka was hard at work as she was cooking breakfast once more. Shinji's physical therapy had made leaps and bounds and Ritsuko suspects that he will soon be able to walk on his own strength. It was something of good news and for that Asuka had decided to cook for him today. After all the suffering they each endured Asuka was intent to make amends, someone had to do it. As she cooked the food she smiled as her concoction was in the works.

"Morning Pilot Soryu." Rei spoke as she walked in while holding Kiko and Penpen waddled in. The Warm Water Penguin had made himself right at home after finally being reunited with Misato. Of course, Penpen was not overly fond of being sent away by Misato to the Horaki's, sure they were nice to him but talking to him about it could have helped some.

"Morning Wonder Girl." Asuka greeted as she looked around and noticed a few people missing. "Guess the Mirror buddies aren't showing today." Asuka said as this gave her time away from Asuna.

"They're performing a salvage mission and should return today." Rei said as the Tenno were out getting the gear, they need to which Asuka nodded.

"Yeah well, at least I don't have to deal with Cyclops." Asuka said as she placed a mug of coffee on the table for Rei.

"I can see why you two dislike each other, your both act prideful and haughty in the same way." Rei said taking the cup as this caused Asuka to glare at Rei.

"Want me to throw this coffee in your face?" Asuka threatened and in turn Rei simply held her tongue and took a sip of the coffee.

Just then the doors open and from it, Shinji walked in and looked surprised to the site in front of him. Shinji then sighed as he joined the girls at the table still not use to Asuka cooking. "I don't think I'll ever get use to this." Shinji admitted as he sat down.

"What you think that you're the only one who could cook a meal?" Asuka asked with a raised brow at the scene.

"No but I think you'd rather cook then let Misato do it." Shinji admitted and in turn Asuka deflated on that one.

"Touche." Asuka said admitting Shinji won that one.

"By the way I thought Shura and his friends were back already so why aren't they here?" Shinji asked and thus Rei looked to Shinji.

"They are still out on mission." Rei said and in turn Shinji raised a brow to this.

"But I just saw Umbra at the base yesterday." Shinji said and in turn Misato came running out of the room.

"Shit-Shit-Shit!" Misato cursed as she was putting on her cloths quickly.

"What's happened?" Asuka asked as she was confused.

"Hard to explain but we're taking breakfast to go we need to get to base NOW!" Misato said but Shinji was confused.

"Uh... why?" Shinji asked and thus Misato took a moment to think.

With no way to sugarcoat it Misato just decided to tell Shinji straight up. "Shinji... I think that recently you got yourself a step-father." Misato said as she got one of her shoes.

"What/eehh!?" Shinji and Asuka both went off as Rei tilted her head to this.

(Scene Break Unit-01 Cage NERV)

IT was the strangest scene anyone had ever happened upon, because inside the Entry Plug was Excalibur Umbra who after being pulled out stumbled around like he just had an amazing night of sex. With everyone aware of who was inside Unit-01's core it made more sense as to why Misato said Shinji had a stepfather now.

"Well, I guess everyone gets lonely." Kaji said as he watched drones cleaning out the plug. How can someone get the smell of sex into an Entry Plug but not actually have sex. Lotus was busy and honestly it probably be best she never gets told of this incident that had taken place. Umbra actually looked a bit bashful as he gave Shinji awkward glances as Shinji tried not to look at the Warframe.

"Have to admit your mom works fast." Asuka said but before Rei could retort footsteps were heard and from it, Shura, Reiko, Asuna, and Mari ran in with Mari laughing her ass off.

"We heard what happened." Shura said as Mari then broke down laughing.

"I can't believe it Warframe and EVA sex I mean how does that even work!?" Mari laughed as she fell to the ground losing her shit.

"Please stop." Shura voiced as he was clearly embarrassed that his Warframe did this with his EVA.

"Explains why Umbra is always so excited to come to NERV, hoping for a booty call." Mari laughed as Umbra was clearly trying to block it out.

"Humans get lonely and Warfames were once Dax soldiers, so they too get lonely." Reiko said as Shinji tried to hide his face while Shura entered Void Mode to hide his own embarrassment.

"I would say use protection from now on but now I'm curious what would happen if you didn't." Misato said as she looked between Umbra and Yui AKA Evangelion Unit-01. Just then Unit-01's head slumped forward as it almost looked like she was trying to hide her face at being caught like this.

"Shinji." Shura said as he reappeared. "Tell you what, you shoot me I blast you." Shura said offering a double suicide for Shinji.

"Please do it, please do." Shinji said as this was a top tear scaring moment for him and Shura.

For the entire event Yui just felt horrible over the entire incident. She's a recently divorced woman and she let her desires and needs get the best of her. But how could she not when dealing with Umbra, the man/Warframe was a true gentleman and honorable to a fault and he understood her pain the best. Both had lost children in a sense; Yui chased her son away and Umbra was forced to kill his own son. More so he was a great comfort for her as well in the emotional aspect when her guilt and self-loathing over her sons suffering got the best of her.

Does Yui want forgiveness from Shinji, yes, she does. But she wants him to do it when he was ready but at the same time Yui felt she was undeserving of it. Once thing led to another and she and Umbra started seeing each other on a regular basis. They were both broken and ugly things, so they were drawn to each other for it. The fact she and Umbra were an item made her even more embarrassed about being found like this. She had hoped to find some way to explain it to Shinji that she and Umbra were together but as she is she couldn't.

Plus, on another aspect Umbra made her happy and the same could be said in reverse. One would be asking how they even do the deed... well let's just say Synchronization has a few other tricks no one knows about. Tricks that when used with Transference can lead to a most... pleasurable experience. As everyone began to leave Yui saw from the corner of her eye, Umbra sheepishly bowing his head in apology before departing with the silent promise to make it up to her. Truly this has been one of those days for the couple and now someone had to explain this to Shinji.

(Scene Break Meeting Room)

The table was active as it showed all the information Kaji had acquired about SEELE. "Been working this angle for a while after I figured out SEELE was still active." Kaji began as the group were gathered. The EVA Pilots Asuka and Rei sat around the table with the Tenno Shura, Asuna, Reiko, and Mari. The command staff comprised of Lotus, Varzia, Misato, and Ritsuko observed as Magi also paid close attention.

"Why did you not come forward with this information sooner?" Lotus asked skeptical about this.

"To be honest, it's because I didn't know how much of the Tenno had been compromised." Kaji admitted much to everyone's shock.

"I'm sorry what?" Shura asked shocked over what he heard.

"The Tenno has been compromised have been for a long while now." Kaji revealed and thus the Lotus could not believe this. "Every faction of the system has SEELE Agents hiding among them on both sides of these conflicts it allows for SEELE to have hands in everything ears that hear all and eyes that see all." Kaji revealed much to Misato's shock and horror over such a revelation.

"How do you know we're not the exception?" Asuna asked finding it hard to believe that SEELE had even gotten them.

"It's how they operate since our era, since the Orokin Era, and now this era." Kaji explained which was exactly SEELE's MO controlling the world from the shadows. "They have eyes and ears everywhere and are always prepared to manipulate things to their benefit." Kaji said and thus it became clear how he was caught, SEELE Agents in the Corpus figured him out.

"How many of our own are SEELE Agents?" Lotus asked as she knew her Tenno were not traitors but even then, seeing how Gendo possess an Angel with Tenno powers concerned her.

"Impossible to tell but I can promise you that they are likely in every level of operations amongst the Tenno." Kaji said which meant that the Tenno's operations being compromised by SEELE made them a threat to each other. But Lotus noticed his subtlety here as did Misato, Kaji had a good listing of who are SEELE agents amongst their allies but going after them may cause dissension amongst the ranks.

"So that would mean even our Syndicate allies may have been compromised by SEELE." Lotus said and thus knew what this meant. "This would make a direct assault on them difficult if not impossible." She added and thus Kaji nodded to this confirming Lotus fears.

"Wait so if SEELE it literally everywhere how do we stop them?" Asuna asked before Kaji continued.

"The SEELE we're dealing with are either one of two things." Kaji began as they began to work on a plan to counter SEELE. "The first possibility is that they are the original council who used a method that would come to be known as Continuity to sustain themselves after Third Impact failed curtesy of Shini, or this is an entirely new SEELE Council who discovered what the original form of SEELE left behind to ensure that Instrumentality is a constant reality." Kaji began and thus got to the big bit. "Our best and only option is to completely eradicate SEELE leave nothing behind for them to possible reform." Kaji said knowing the Tenno had committed a genocide once before.

"Not only do we need to slaughter them we need to make sure that this time they stay down." Shura said seeing what Kaji meant.

"That means taking out everyone and anyone who could have been close enough to SEELE to know about Instrumentality and delete any and all data revolving around SEELE and their methods of Instrumentality." Reiko said but Kaji got more to say.

"Not just that, we also need to destroy the Dead Sea Scrolls that is what triggered SEELE in the first place take out the Scrolls and SEELE defeat will be complete." Kaji said showing the data on the Scrolls.

"So, we're dealing with the Illuminati great this is going to be fun." Asuka said as she crossed her arms seeing what was to be done about SEELE.

"Their base is heavily defended they have defenses prepared from all major factions of the Origin System." Kaji said pulling their base location which was far up North on Earth.

"The North Pole back where it all began." Misato said recognizing the frozen wasteland.

"Ironic." Reiko said as she saw the base.

"These are heavily advanced defenses." Lotus said seeing the defenses in question. "Breaking past them will prove to be a trial in of itself." She added and thus Kaji had more.

"Even more so they've taken the strengths of one every major faction in the Origin System that you've faced off against and utilize Orokin technology to their advantage." Kaji added and even showed a shield. "Getting past the Shield will be the easy part getting past the ground forces will be a struggle especially if SEELE is building Dummy Frames." Kaji asked which confused everyone on this.

"Dummy Frames?" Ritsuko asked and thus Kaji went on to explain it.

"In a word Warframes with Dummy Plug protocols." Kaji explained which meant one thing for the Tenno.

"We'll be fighting our own Warframes." Shura said meaning that autonomously controlled Warframes will be a struggle for them to defeat.

"We'll need to break down SEELE's Defenses first before we commit to a direct assault, and we need to make sure they don't have time to prepare for us." Lotus said and then Shura had an idea.

"Kahl!" Shura cried out and thus all eyes looked to him.

"Kahl who the heck is Kahl?" Asuka asked and thus Shura smirked.

"A Grineer defector whose been sticking it sideways to Narmer whenever he can." Asuna said as she looked to Asuka with her answer. "He really hates Narmer and anyone similar to Narmer and loves his brothers more than anything." Asuna said to which Reiko nodded seeing where this was going.

"He can act as our advance team." Reiko said seeing what shura was thinking. "His unit is small and new and thus it's impossible for his group to have been compromised by SEELE." Reiko said which meant they had an angel they can work.

"So, we give Kahl's unit targets and let him loose." Misato said thus this meant they can attack SEELE and not let them know they were on to them.

"He takes them down and we can focus on where we need to focus." Ritsuko added and thus they had a plan in the works.

"We'll need to be discreate about it, if Kaji is correct SEELE might be trying to monitor us like the locker rooms." Asuna said and thus Asuka nodded.

"Yeah." She began but then Asuna's words hit her. "Wait a minute what did you say?" Asuka asked clearly catching on but then Lotus cut in.

"I'll send an alert to all Tenno and start putting together an attack plan, Katsuragi, Akagi coordinate with Ryoji and see what our best method of attack will be with our current resources." Lotus said and in turn the pair nodded.

"Right." Misato nodded with Ritsuko understanding the order.

"Tenno be ready to attack we're going to need nothing short of the best on this mission." Lotus said and thus Shura, Asuna, and Reiko nodded.

"Understood." The three Tenno responded and thus their meeting came to an end. The meeting eventually came to an end and with it the Tenno began to prepare for the inevitable battle against SEELE.

(Scene Break Space)

In Space was a creature of some kind a sphere that seemed to be spinning about in every which direction. As the entity moved it could sense something was very wrong with things. The creature could not understand nor accurately decipher what had caused it such struggle but deep down it knew something was different. It could sense the one it was looking for was everywhere and nowhere it was a conundrum that it could not decipher.

Yet as it focused on the pull it felt the pull was more concentrated on the blue planet third from the sun. Moving in that direction it made its journey memories of an old era flashed through its mind. Memories of dying of burning and dying the pull was drawing it to its death and could not nor would it be ignored. The Pull the call of their father was bringing it towards the world in blue and in doing so causing it pain. If it had a mouth it would scream, if it had eyes, it would weep but this creature had neither.

Thus, traveling towards the planet of the Lilim the creature knew what must be done. To answer the pull, it must burn and to burn is to reunite with father. To reunite with Father was to take back the world the Lilim had stolen from it. It knew its siblings have come and gone changing in some ways yet despite this the creature had to answer the call.

(Black Lua)

Mana sat upon the observation room looking out towards the stars. Standing there she could not help but glare at the endless space before her. She could sense it another of her, cousins for lack of a better term to use here, had awoken and of course they were going to attack Earth again. Made sense with Eve there though dormant he probably assumed that Eve was Adam.

But then entering the room Gendo appeared as he stood next to Mana with his hands behind his back. "So, the next Angel has appeared?" Gendo asked as he looked to the endless void.

"Yes, they have appeared on Earth this time as well." Mana said as she stood there. "Mother resides there so they will go to where she resides." Mana added while looking out into space.

"Can you tell which one it is?" Gendo asked and thus Mana nodded to this before she then paused.

"He's early but I can't sense the one who was supposed to appear first." Mana began with her eyes closed sensing which Angel had awoken. "Grandfather the angel that has appeared is, Sahaquiel." Mana said looking over to Gendo with her eyes opened. "It seems this era has caused him to undergo a change in appearance most likely due to where his Embryotic form had developed prior." Mana said as she had the trait to sense which Angel would awaken a trait all with Natural Angelic DNA can do.

"Without the Fortress City I would suspect this Angel may try to change his landing destination to throw the EVAs off balance." Gendo said as he saw how this could play out.

"Not unless the Tenno take part and they are masters of adapting to the situation." Mana said making it clear that the Tenno would win this. "After all I'd expect nothing less of my, Abel." Mana said her glare turning into a soft smile. The two stood there for a moment longer observing the space beyond and in turn Gendo just stood there with Mana.

(Scene Break Earth Geofront)

Alarms were blaring as Misato stood at the helm of the event. "Our Relay Station over Earth Spotted it about three minutes ago I've already started analyzing and calculating the trajectory." Magi announced as the entire Central Dogma was in battle mode.

"We got a view of the object putting it on screen now." Came a bridge tech from the Tenno and thus the entire bridge was met with the site of the Angel.

"Damn, what am I looking at?" Misato asked as she saw the Angel on screen spinning around in an orb it had made.

"Analyzing." Magi began getting the data in. "Ok call me crazy now because I think its Sahaquiel." Magi announced and thus Ritsuko heard this.

"But that's not right there were about three other Angels who were supposed to show up first." Ritsuko said remembering the other three.

"Then either we're never gonna see them or he decided to cut in line!" Magi countered with the tone of an annoyed younger sister just trying to do her job. "But I think I know why it looks like that, is showing signs of Void Energy enough that it can Void Jump without a Void Drive." Magi said as the data showed the Angels Void Energy were through the roof.

"That might explain the form it was mutated by Void Power." Varzia said as she stood nearby observing things.

"But I thought only Tenno can use Void Power." Misato said when she heard this.

"Not exactly, Vor a Grineer Commander the Tenno bested was infused with Void Power because of his Yanus Key but now he's trapped in the Void turned mad from its power." Lotus explained from her spot on the communications link.

"So, it's a Literal Void Angel now." Misato said noting this as she knew the Zariman was home to the very same Void Angels. "Ok projected point of impact?" Misato asked and thus the Magi answered.

"Its going to crash near Cetus!" The Magi cried out in a panic.

"Cetus?!" Varzia cried out with concern and worry.

"It must be heading to where the largest concentration of Kuva can be found." Lotus said knowing Kuva and LCL were once one in the same. "Which is the Unum Tower." Lotus added and thus Misato got worried.

"The very same tower that keeps the Grineer and the Eidolons from entering Cetus to cause damage." Misato said knowing that it was the Ostrons only defense other than the Tenno.

"Just like last time, a direct hit will level the entire area what's more its Void Power may risk tearing a Void Rift right at the impact site, it can't control that power." Magi said and thus Lotus got an idea.

"It's in agony the Void Power is hurting it so it's trying to commit suicide to end the pain." Lotus said as she suspected as much. "What a poor creature." Lotus said with sympathy for its suffering seeing as the Void had made her barren.

"We'll need to evacuate Cetus in the event we fail to stop the Angel." Misato said and thus Magi cut in.

"They're already on it, the Quills told Konzu of the threat." Magi said and thus images appeared of the Quills boarding ships to get them within a safe distance from the danger.

"Gotta hand it to them, those Quills know how to get things rolling before we even think of it." Varzia said watching as the people escaped their homes. "But what now the EVAs may be powerful and upgraded but they still can't fly." Varzia said looking to Misato.

The Probability of success are extremely low in fact their lower than the last time we faced this Angel due to a lack of our old resources and the fact the Angel has Void Power." Magi said after running the numbers for any hope of victory.

(Later)

"Have you lost your mind!?" Varzia yelled as she and Ritsuko were talking to Misato in private. "I mean you used this plan before chances are the Angel will see it coming!" Varzia called out as it was clear she did not approve of Misato's plan not one bit.

"It's the only one we got that can work." Misato said defending her decision on this.

"Misato even the Lotus is against this idea." Ritsuko added trying to get Misato to see reason. "We've run countless tests and if this Angel has Void Power though unstable makes it even more dangerous then before." Ritsuko said but was far from done. "Misato… are you so intent to beat the Angel to sedate your vendetta against Gendo and SEELE?" Ritsuko asked almost accusing Misato who grew quiet for this.

It was no secret that Misato knew Gendo was the one to sabotage the Katsuragi expedition that originally awoken Adam. The Second Impact that started all of this in the first place because SEELE wanted to become Gods.

"Revenge is like a gluttonous beast; it is never sedated." Varzia said getting their attention which she noted. "Sorry just something an old friend of mine would say." Varzia said but the meaning behind those words were clear as day.

(Scene Break at the Hanger)

The Evangelion Units were being moved to deployment as another area of the base that had been repaired was used. Shura, Rei, Reiko, Asuna, and Asuka all stood Misato who told them the plan. "Wait back up you want us to catch that giant motherfucker with out hands?" Asuna asked shocked over what they were being told to do here.

"This angel has similar patterns from our previous confrontation only this time it's been infused with Void Power." Misato said as the theory was the Angel's Embryo was trapped in the Void that mutated it into this form. "Like before we plan to use the AT-Fields in max power, but it won't be enough hence why the Tenno need to infuse that same Field with Void Power." Misato said and thus Reiko looked concerned.

"We never used the Void in such a way before. As an offensive weapon or a means of speed yes but never as a shield." Reiko said meaning that they will have to leave their comfort zone for this mission.

"What's our Intel?" Shura asked as he got to the mission much to Asuka's shock.

"The target is concealing its trajectory, so calculations based on adaptive observation are unreliable." Misato said explaining this for Shura.

"But we know the general area it plans to land in, right?" Asuna asked and thus Misato nodded.

"We predict it will land either near or right on top of Cetus and with several miles away…" Misato trailed off letting the Tenno paint the picture.

"I see." Shura said confirming that he knew what was at stake.

"Having us deploy at three separate locations will allow us to cover more ground in an instant but we'll need to intercept the Angel at its target zone." Reiko said which Asuna smirked a bit.

"Reminds you of anything Shura?" Asuna asked with a smirk on her face.

"See not with your eyes to the world but with your eyes through the Void." Shura said as the Tenno had been trained to basically fight without looking. "Trust our instincts and we'll catch this thing." Shura said and thus Misato nodded to this.

"Hence why the general consensus has Shura as Field Commander." Misato said causing Asuka to go wide eye to this.

"WHAAAT?!" Asuka cried out as Rei then stepped up.

"It's logical, Operator Shura has the most combat experience and more EVA training then either of us combined because of his Warframe." Rei said with Reiko nodding in confirmation.

"More so he has the most experience leading combat missions having Shura in charge is our best bet." Misato said as Asuka glared at her.

"Which mean's I'm not good enough." She growled but Shura then grabbed Asuka and forced her to look at him.

"No, it means I need you to trust me so I can trust you." Shura scolded her before letting go of her.

"Fine." Asuka growled and thus Shura nodded.

"Alright everyone to positions we're on the clock here." Shura said and in turn everyone got moving.

(Later)

Asuka was heading to her EVA expecting Asuna to already be there. As much as she wanted to solo this Asuna was needed as her battery pack. But just as Asuka was passing by a pathway she nearly gasped before hiding behind the wall.

Inside the room Shura and Asuna were seen sharing a kiss as Asuka covered her mouth at the scene. The way they seemed to close to each other, the way they were so open to each other… Asuka could not help but feel jealous of what they have. Growling to this Asuka turned away and stormed off to be ready to deploy with her Evangelion Unit-02.

(Scene Break Operation Site Asuka)

Asuka saw in the Entry Plug of her EVA as Asuna had used Transference not to long ago. Sitting there Asuka tried not to focus on what she had seen between Shura and Asuna, but it did not work. The more she tried to ignore it the more her mind put herself in Asuna's position and Shinji in Shura's. "Dammit, focus. FOCUS!" Asuka scolded herself only for Asuna to speak up.

"Hey princess you ok in there?" Asuka asked from within the Entry Plugs speakers.

"What do you care, Cyclops?" Asuka snapped as she looked away from the controls where she suspected Asuna could see her from.

"Just wondering when your finally gonna get off your damn high horse walk up to Shinji and tell him how you really feel." Asuna said and thus Asuka went wide eyed in shock to this.

"Shut up." Asuka snapped clearly not wanting to hear any of this.

"Sure, as long as you stop trying to be those Precursor era prickly things, what were they called that had a dilemma named after them?" Asuna asked and thus Asuka scoffed to this.

"Hedgehogs." Asuka corrected as Asuna nodded.

"Yeah, girl you are NOT a Hedgehog you're a fucking human being so stop being a goddammed coward walk up to Shinji grab him by the ear and tell him how you feel!" Asuna yelled and thus Asuka grew silent for a bit. "What did I say something wrong?" Asuna asked but then Asuka cut her off.

"How do you do it?" Asuka asked as this got Asuna's attention. "How do you and Shura make it work?" Asuka asked as she looked to the plug where Asuna was inside somewhere.

"We just do, we communicate, compromise when we need to, and just generally support each other." Asuna said and thus decided to be Teshin for a bit. "A flower on the wall that chooses isolation shall inevitably wilt in isolation." Asuna said as she quoted Teshin. "Something the Tenno's teacher would probably say." Asuna said and thus she got her head in the game. "Now come on we got a job to do." Asuna said as they got ready to deploy into battle.

(Over with Shura)

With Shura and Unit-01 the Tenno had his eyes closed as meditated within the EVA. Yui watched him as she hovered around the boy who bore her sons face. "This EVA is the hand, and I am the will." Shura said with his eyes closed. "This EVA is strong, yet I am its power." Shura said almost sounding like some sort of pre-battle chant. "The world is Empty I am the Void." Shura said before opening his eyes with a glare showing he was now ready for battle.

"So, Shura…" Yui began as she got his attention. "I know this might be a bad time to bring it up but…" She trailed off and thus Shura sighed a bit.

"You clearly are not good with initiating social interactions." Shura said and thus Yui pouted a bit.

"Umbra said the same thing." Yui mumbled wondering why such a man would go for her go for broken products like her.

"Whatever you and Umbra do together is none of my concern, just try and recognize that the Cages do not offer the privacy for your dalliances." Shura said with a calm tone, but Yui could tell Shura was not entirely pleased by what had happened.

"Alright then." Yui said and thus receded back into the EVA to let Shura do what he needs to do here.

(Central Dogma NERV HQ)

Misato stood before the screen as she saw the Angel was beginning its final descent. Cetus and any surrounding colonies were evacuated from the area. It seems the Unum may have sensed the danger as well as everything infused with its Kuva had been seen leaving the area for their own safety from the Angel.

Lotus observed the mission from Lua as her image was also on a holographic screen. "Just so you know I am against this strategy." Lotus said and thus Misato knew if they fucked up the Lotus will probably fuck them up.

"Noted." Misato said knowing it was best not to anger Lotus when it involved the Tenno. "Ok everyone here it comes." Misato said as it was do or die time. "All EVA's take the ready position." Misato said and in turn one by one the EVA's crouched down prepared to take a running start. "Secondary data from HQ won't be reliable so each of you will need to use your best judgement." Misato instructed when Asuka spoke up via the communications.

"But didn't you say Shura was the field commander?" Asuka asked and thus Misato chuckled a bit.

"Yes, I did, and he is but while he may be in charge you also need to adapt if his orders is compromised." Misato said and thus she continued from before. "Everything is riding on you guys, good luck." Misato said as in the Command Room Shinji watched the battle with batted breath.

The former Third Children remembered being there fighting the Angels and now here he was sidelined because he lost his ability to pilot. "Target is approaching its current distance is about 12 miles." Magi said and thus they had to move now in order to stop the Angel.

"Alright commence the Operation LAUNCH!" Misato ordered and in turn the battle began.

(Unit-01)

Shura and Unit-01 took off into the fight in order to catch the Angel. With no need for the Umbilical Cable and the strength of the Tenno Unit-01 had near unlimited power from the Void.

(Unit-02)

Asuna and Asuka together took off with Unit-02 in order to get the Angel before it crashed into the ground. The ground beneath their feet broke apart as they departed from their area. They had no true clue where the Angel would land but they intend to catch it before it can make impact.

(Unit-00)

Rei and Reiko burst from their own location and made her way through the area to find where the Angel was going to Land. This was just a guessing game at this point a very high stakes and dangerous guessing game. One wrong move could mean this entire place would become nothing more than a crater.

The EVA had only a slight delay due to one its legs being a peg. Thankfully, the small boosters the EVA had compensated enough for it to keep up.

(Unit-01)

Shura and his EVA was dashing through the plains of Eidolon as it seems the Grineer were moving out of the way to avoid being crushed. Shura almost felt bad for them until he remembered the damage the Grineer had caused under orders of the Twin Queens.

(Unit-02)

Unit-02, its pilot, and the Tenno were dashing through fields unaffected by the Grineer. Dashing through the area they could see trees zooming past them becoming nothing but blurs for them.

(Unit-00)

The pale skinned pair of Rei and Reiko within Unit-00 were dashing through heavy Grineer territory and using it as a chance to cause them trouble. Clearly this gave them very little time to act because the moment they tried to mobilize Unit-00 was already gone from the area.

(Unit-01)

Unit-01 jumped down from a large cliff as the EVA used the boosters on its armor to slow its descent. Once it hit the ground the boosters shifted and was used to increase the EVAs speed. It then jumped over some areas that would have tripped it up like an Olympic athlete before continuing towards the Angels landing zone.

(Back with the Angel)

The Angel could sense it, it could feel it a power that was causing it pain was felt nearby. They shared a similar curse. But it also sensed the danger that came towards it. They were trying to stop it no it needed to burn it needed the pain to stop. It did the only thing it could do and thus it shifted the Light of its Soul. Thus, its form changed and became like a rainbow-colored death sphere descending upon the ground.

(Meanwhile Central Dogma)

"Alert! Targets AT Field is morphing new trajectory identified!" Magi called out as the data came in. "Adjusting estimated impact location." She added but then noted another thing. "Target speed is increasing!" She added and thus Varzia cursed.

"Shit!" Varzia cried out as Kaji saw that they might be in trouble now.

(Back with Asuka and Asuna)

"Shit the fucker is increasing its speed." Asuna cursed as Asuka had to agree.

"We won't make it in time." Asuka said referring to herself and Asuna. But then Shura cut in on the links as this was his mission to lead.

(Unit-01)

"Don't worry just make sure you meet me at the destination!" Shura called out and thus got ready for what came next. "Maxing out boosters… NOW!" Shura called out and thus increased his speed with the EVAs booster installed armor.

The EVA then slid down and much to the shock of many who saw it began to drift on the ground. Yes, the ground was torn apart by this but Unit-01 kept going. Clearly lacking the tolls of NERVs era Shura had improvised his own means for victory.

Then with a savage roar Shura began to go faster his boosters overheating as he did so. Then to the shock of many the EVA responded and began to break the Sound Barrier of its mad charge. Everything within range of the sonic boom was blasted away by the resulting backwinds.

(Angel)

The Angel saw it its foes would not stop but it had already made it this far and knew there was no turning back. Either they managed to stop it and free it of its agony or the Angel frees itself of the same agony. Either way the Angel gets what it wants in the end. Thus, its form shifted for the last time opening up and spreading out and when it did it began its final descent to the ground.

(Back at Central Dogma)

"Oh, come on it can transform now?!" Magi complained as she kept gathering the data. "It's approaching the ground its now or never!" She added all the while Misato glared at the screen while internally hoping for the best outcome.

(Back with Shura and Unit-01)

The violet Evangelion Unit arrived at its destination with a slide and once it stopped Shura saw the Angel was right on top of him. "AT-Field full power!" Shura called out and thus raised his hands projecting his AT-Field. The Two fields collided as Shura was not done yet. "Infusing Void Energy now!" Shura called out and thus his AT-Fields color shifted to a mix of orange and grey. The Angel was stopped at the AT-Field and thus Shura growled trying to hold back the titanic foe back.

Just then an area of the Angels eye opened up and from it a lanky form with a familiar bird mask came out. The eye holes flashed between red and silver as it approached Shura. Once it got there it interlocked its hands against the EVAs before said arms turned into spears stabbing through the EVAs hands.

Shura roared in pain from but despite this held on against the Angel. The ground began to break under Shura's feet as the Angel increased its weight a bit, but Shura refused to bend the knee. "You think this, hurts?!" Shura yelled glaring at his foe. "You haven't seen REAL pain!" Shura yelled as for him this was nothing compared to centuries of agony, he's dealt with from the Orokin. In other words, the Angel only managed to piss Shura off and an angry Tenno is the last thing anyone wants to ever deal with.

(Over with Asuka and Asuna)

"Shura!" Asuna cried out in a panic as she could hear Shura was in pain. "Hey princess hurry up and get the core!" Asuna yelled more then ordered her co-pilots.

"Shut up Cyclops and don't tell me what to do!" Asuka yelled as she then activated her EVAs melee weapons. "I don't take orders from you or your boy toy!" Asuka roared drawing the weapons, a pair of dual blades, and went on the attack. With a roar she used one sword to slice through the AT-Field to create an opening for herself while Asuna infused their own AT-Field with Void Power. "Now DIE!" Asuka added and went for the second attack but instead the S2 core moved.

"The fuck come on!" Asuna complained as she saw the S2 core was scurrying around the Angel.

The Angel for its part began to increase pressure and was now starting to push down on Shura and Unit-01. "Dammit Asuka, Asuna hurry!" Shura called out as he was not sure he can keep hold of the Angel for much longer.

"I know but the damn this is scurrying around." Asuka said trying to hit the Core.

Just then from out of nowhere Unit-00 launched its harpoon hook at the Angel and fired at the AT Field. The attack created an opening allowing for Unit-00 to grab the Angels Core with its single hand holding it in place.

"Now's your chance!" Reiko called out as Rei felt the burning around her hands.

"Hurry!" Rei added and thus Asuka had enough.

"I know already!" Asuka yelled and stabbed the first knife into the Angel. "Don't tell me what to do!" Asuka yelled and thus she stabbed the second Dagger into the Angels core. "NOW FUCKING DIE!" Asuka yelled with all her fury as she jammed Unit-02's leg fin into the Angels core with enough force to snap it off. The core split in two and thus the Angel Sahaquiel life ended. It softly fell on the ground lifeless and dull with even the rainbow of its body gone. But suddenly the Angels body curled in on itself and thus the Pilots and Tenno all braced themselves for what came next. Shura managed to maneuver his EVA in time to shield the other two as the angel exploded sending a cross shaped beam to the sky.

(Back at NERV HQ)

Misato sighed in relief that they won this fight. "I guess if it ain't broken don't fix it." Misato quipped as the Lotus had a stern glare at the current scene.

"Regardless the plan was extremely risky if I advise against a plan like this then don't carry it out." Lotus said making it clear to Misato that she will not tolerate this.

"Right… of course." Misato said but noted the tone Lotus used. She wasn't just worried about the Tenno but the Pilots as well. In her mind the EVAs and Warframes are replaceable but the ones who use them are not. 'Well at least she cares for them.' Misato thought to herself as the Lotus was stern, but she had reason unlike a certain man with a beard.

(Scene Break Apartment)

Shura, and Reiko were to remain on the base to tend to their injuries. While Rei only suffered from minor injuries Reiko got the full blunt of the pain. Shura was no better as his hands were wrapped in bandages until his own natural healing can undue it. The Lotus had all but made it an order for them to rest and thus Shiro and Reiko were made to comply.

Despite the fact they were to rest Shura had traveled to the Zariman so he may rest while Reiko had remained in her Orbiter. Apparently, the silence of space seems to sooth the girl and thus there she was. Asuka at the moment was in her bedroom alone after Asuna left to meet up with Shura. She suspect that she was currently trying for a booty call with Shura, but Asuka could not exactly prove that one.

As Asuka laid there, she remembered Asuna's words and the scene Asuna and Shura were in. Asuka was jealous not of Asuna but of what she has. Despite their pain she and Shura were able to come together and have a healthy relationship without hurting each other. She envied her for that because she grew past her trauma while Asuka was still stuck in hers. Laying there Asuka knew she could not just mope forever as the words kept echoing across her mind.

"Open up…" Asuka said and thus she sighed to this. IF Shinji was truly the new Adam while Asuka was the Angel Eve, and they came together maybe its time to see how they did so. Asuka in turn jumped out of bed with an ease of swing and made her way out of the room.

(Later in Shinji's room)

Shinji's room was spartan of personal belongings. He laid there on the cot as most of the thing in his room were given to him by the Tenno. Shinji room was as clean as ever and most of his belongings were what the Tenno donated to him. Many things the reborn NERV members was donated in an attempt to acclimate them to this new era. Just then the door slid open and from outside Asuka stepped in before closing the door behind her.

"Shinji you awake?" Asuka asked but got no answer from him. With a small sigh Asuka continued to speak. "If you are awake… don't worry you don't have to talk just… hear me out." Asuka said and thus she laid down next to Shinji with her back to him.

Asuka laid there for a moment as she then steeled her resolve to speak to Shinji. "It's a bad way to start this topic but I might as well... our lives are fucked up." Asuka said as she laid there getting it all off our chest. "Our moms used us to pilot the EVAs in some form of love and your dad used me to force you to cause Instrumentality." Asuka said while clenching her fist. "He used me to break you beyond all recognition." Asuka added and thus gritted her teeth. "Because I was too much of a coward to admit that I cared about you and had my head so far up my own inferiority complex that I was too weak to swallow my pride." Asuka said but then Shinji spoke up sudden.

"You're not weak!" Shinji yelled almost offended that Asuka would call herself weak. "Sorry…" Shinji apologized right after as Asuka just laid there. "I mean… I know you're not always the nicest person." Shinji began but Asuka scoffed to this.

"Understatement of two eras." Asuka said but then Shinji continued.

"But you're not a coward or weak sometimes I wish I had what you had that self-reliance and confidence." Shinji said as Asuka heard what he said. "IF anyone is the weak coward its me…" Shinji said but Asuka then scoffed to this.

"Yeah, sure you are." Asuka said with a sarcastic tone. "You kept coming back to the EVA despite the fact it causes you so much pain the thing your afraid of." Asuka said as she sighed a bit. "But I'm the problem I pushed you to far and well you know the rest just as I do." Asuka trailed off causing Shinji to look at her in shock. "Yeah, I know what you did, and I should be angry I should be upset." Asuka said but then chuckled a bit there. "But it felt nice to be desired by you, but it felt even better to be wanted by you." Asuka admitted before looking down.

"Asuka… I really do like you." Shinji said and thus he gained a sad tone. "But that dirty filthy thing I did…" Shinji said and thus Asuka sighed to this.

"Shinji you were in a dark place and honestly speaking I had fantasies similar to that… but I was awake in them." Asuka joked causing a light chuckle from Shinji. "Truth, is you chose to do it, but you were so desperate for someone anyone to love you and care that you had no choice but to do that." Asuka said and in turn Shinii made a sad smile.

"Asuka?" Shinji asked as he looked over to Asuka.

"Yeah?" Asuka asked as she looked to the corner of her eye to Shinji.

"Can I… turn over and face you?" Shinji asked and thus Asuka smile playfully a bit.

"Idiot you didn't even need to ask." Asuka said and thus the pair turned over to face each other. "Now come move closer." Asuka said and thus Shinji complied while Asuka did the same. Soon enough they were within arm's reach, but Asuka was not done. "Now give me your arms." Asuka said and thus with some careful maneuvering to the now shocked Shinji Asuka had Shinji's arms on her body. "Now we can sleep." Asuka said and thus Asuka closed her eyes and leaned her head closer to Shinji while hugging him.

Shinji was left shock for a moment, but he knew something else. Asuka was not going to let him leave the bed judging by the grip she had on him. Thus, all Shinji could do was lean his head closer until their foreheads were almost touching. The scene they made was a lovely heartwarming one as the pair drifted off to sleep together.

This Night the pairs dreams would not be plagued by nightmares or memories but of warmth and of understanding. God was in his Heaven Adam and Eve were together again and all was right in the Origin System.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well, another chapter published. I hope everyone has enjoyed reading it and will join us next time. Now be sure to leave a review before leaving and as I always say on here, ja-ne.