The Hellspawn and the Amazon
By SWZ
I own nothing
beta read by TOAT
Shinji wakes up in a dark alley with no memory of how he got there and now wearing a demonic living costume. Now Shinji rises as the New Hellspawn fights the evil that pervades Tokyo-3 and gains the attention of a certain Amazon Adopted From Azure Dragon Of the east
BOLD SPEAK: Spawn's voice (Keith David's voice )
Chapter seven
Battles and meetings
(Tokyo-3)
Lisa Wu was currently in the city among many who were photographing Wonder Girl's latest heroics as she stopped a smash-and-grab bank robbery in broad daylight and left the robbers tied up on a pole for the police to collect. As the boys in blue were in the process of cutting them down to book them while the news outlets were covering the event, Lisa was photographing the cops lowering the perpetrators down below and handcuffing them.
"Another day in paradise," one cop grunted.
"Well, better here than in Fukuoka," the other cop said, taking the robber to the car.
"So you've been hearing about those ghost in red stories, too, huh?"
"Ghost in red? Could it be him?" Lisa thought.
"Yeah, a lot of guys, mainly Yazuka guys, were wasted over there. Anytime one of us came around, the residents or, like I say, the reality-challenged, don't say shit."
Narrowing her eyes, Lisa slipped under the cautioned tape and approached the officers before they could take off the precinct.
"Officers, wait!" Lisa halted them.
"Yes, ma'am, how can we be of assistance?" the officer asked her.
"You mentioned Fukoaka. I read because of Second Impact, the area was turned into a breeding ground for all manner of crime," Lisa stated under no uncertain terms.
"That would be correct, ma'am, but most of it is tall tales. Mostly from the homeless. A lot of it is crazy talk from druggies and drunks, always going on about seeing demons and such." the officer said.
"Yeah, I wouldn't read too much into it. You're better off taking pictures in Odaiba. New technologies are being presented in a tech convention within a week." the other officer finished, putting both crooks in the car.
"I'll…look into it, officers. Thanks for your help."
With that, Lisa walked away, and then the crowd began to disperse.
"Red Ghost almost sounds like Red Cloak. I'd better head to Fukuoka to know for certain."
Little did she know, Lisa was being observed by an unassuming beautiful woman with long blonde hair, covered by a large hat and wearing a long, white dress. Her eyes were covered with dark shades, focused directly on the departing Asian woman, sensing something almost celestial about her.
"Maybe this is worthwhile after all. Competition makes things a lot more interesting." The woman mused, deciding to follow Lisa.
The night was beginning to fall. Lisa, AKA Jade, made the trek to her hotel, which was just several blocks away. She passed various night shops and bars that were just opening up. Jade's thoughts became consumed with the past, before the Second Impact occurred, after her "death" at the hands of Al Simmons, one of the only few Hellspawns to break free from Malebolgia's control.
And using the powers of Heaven and Hell, he brought back, most, if not all, of those who had suffered and been pawns in the war between Heaven and Hell, herself included. Since her resurrection, she had stayed under the radar from any remnant forces of Heaven and Hell, donning one disguise after another, moving from place to place around the world.
Jade's thought process was interrupted when she bumped into someone, a pretty woman with long blonde hair, wearing a long white sun dress in matching sandals and dark shades over her eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm such a spaz," the woman apologized, picking up the items she dropped.
"No, no. it's my fault. I was too deep in thought." Lisa replied in embarrassment, adjusting her glasses as she proceeded to help the woman gather her things.
"So are you touring as well? I'm surprised to see another foreigner or what do the Japanese call us? Gaijin?"
"Gaijin is correct; we're outsiders to them."
The woman lowered her glasses slightly, half-revealing diamond-blue eyes with pink eye shadow. As Jade looked up, the woman's eyes flashed pink, causing her to flash pink.
ZING
ZING
"Well, sorry again. I need to get going, miss…"
"Wu. Lisa Wu. And you?"
"Angela Toretto. Friends call me Angie." she introduced herself.
"Well, Ms Toretto, I hope our paths cross again," Lisa said, continuing her way back to the hotel.
"Indeed, Ms. Wu. Sooner than you think and you won't even know it," she said mischievously.
(Fukoka nightfall)
"ARGH!" a scream echoed through the night.
The sound broke Shinji out of his stupor from the top of the building he was on. Wanting to try something, he fired his chains onto an abandoned radio tower.
SNIK SNIK
With a large heave and little boost from the chains, Shinji propelled himself in the air and spread his red cape like giant bat wings using the wind currents to glide, rather than use the suit's power (A/N: If anyone played the Batman Arkham games, you'll understand).
"This is…exhilarating," Shinji said.
"With time, patience, and creativity, the new Spawn unlocks new abilities, to decrease the reliance on the given powers of the shroud," M.O.M. mused, looking up.
WHOOSH!
Within a little time, Shinji made it to the source of the scream. Landing silently on the building, he peered below to see and found two dead bodies that were torn up with the homeless surrounding them. Slowly hovering down, Spawn stepped forward to inspect the bodies closely.
"Who or what could have done this?" Spawn whispered.
Kneeling down on one knee, Spawn noticed markings on the bodies, but not just any markings. They looked like claw marks on the chest and neck.
"Claw marks? How? So far as I know, I'm the only one with claws here."
Shinji used his chains to hook onto a building, hoisting himself back up and overlooking Fukoka.
Rarawll!
"What? That sounded…like an animal."
Shinji began hopping the rooftops at incredible speeds thanks to the suit augmenting his body and stamina, not feeling the least bit winded. Making it to where the sound originated, he saw something or someone hunched over a body. Leaping down to the ground several feet away. Turning around, the figure revealed itself to be a human/cheetah hybrid, one that Shinji instantaneously recognized.
"Cheetah, but you're Wonder Girl's headache. What the hell are you doing here?" Spawn growled.
"Red cloak. At last, the hunt commences," she uttered.
"Think it was wise hunting me down?"
In response to that, Cheetah popped out her claws.
"I hunt the most dangerous game," Cheetah replied. "And I have you cornered."
"You're the one that's cornered. You have made a mistake coming here. It'll be also your last."
With that, Cheetah charged. Shinji spread out his cape and green energy started to form in his clawed hands. The pair grappled in a strength test (A/N: a game of mercy), in which Cheetah found herself outmatched as Spawn was pushing her back with absolute ease.
So he's as strong as Wonder Girl, maybe even stronger, thought Cheetah.
Spawn grabbed her by the waist and tossed Cheetah into the wall, only for her to bounce off the wall and dive-clawed against Shinji's chest, barely grazing him. Shinji countered back with a green energy blast, which surprised her.
"Weren't expecting that, were you?" Spawn asked.
"This hunt is becoming more interesting now," Cheetah said with a smirk.
Cheetah leaped forward and landed a double kick on Spawn, sending him crashing into a wall. Spawn fired several energy shots at Cheetah, who used her agility to avoid the shots as she got in close, which was what the Hellspawn wanted.
SNIK SNIK RATTLE RATTLE WHIP
Spawn fired his chains wrapped them around her legs and slammed her into a nearby dumpster.
SLAM!
Leaping back to her feet, the animal woman rolled into a ball and launched herself at Spawn, striking him in the chest and knocking him to the ground.
"Gaugh!" Spawn grunted in pain.
Then Cheetah straddled him and dug her claws into his chest, causing the green liquid to leak out.
SNIK
Squelch
"Gaugh!"
Cheetah was getting a look of pleasure on her face as she dug her claws deeper into her prey's chest, enjoying his grunts of pain. Spawn used his shroud to wrap around her head, and Cheetah tried to claw it off. It was the brief opening Shinji needed and kicked the animal woman off. The suit self-healed itself and Shinji instantaneously, which Shinji was thankful for.
"Let us finish this host", a voice said in his mind.
"Right."
Shinji formed sledgehammers in his hands, much to Cheetah's shock, and Spawn swung and hit Cheetah in the ribs, cracking a few of them.
CRACKLE!
"Ophm!" Cheetah grunted.
But Spawn wasn't done there. He took to the air and performed a double foot stomp on the Cheetah (Fin Balor's Coup De Grace), knocking her out.
"Your hunt ends here," Shinji growled.
Shinji looked over to the body that Cheetah killed and growled. Spikes shot out of his forearm poised to kill her. Then the sounds of sirens echoed throughout the night sky.
"Typical. Come to these alleys again, I'll peel the fur right off your bones and use it as a throw rug." Spawn warned Cheetah.
Using his shroud, he floated back onto the roof.
"We should have killed her, host. Put the cat out for good." a voice echoed in Shinji's head.
"Maybe. I'd probably be doing Wonder Girl a favor for doing so." Spawn replied as he walked along the rooftops.
As he was nearing what temporarily served as his home, he noticed a black van speeding away.
Vroom!
"What?" Shinji went
"Somebody, help! They kidnapped my son!"
Down below, along with the rest of the homeless people, a panicking father was beside himself; his child was just taken. Shinji narrowed his eyes, the green of the mask glowing as a primal growl escaped his throat, leaping down below with his shroud coming down like a tidal wave.
"What happened?" Shinji uncharacteristically growled, inadvertently frightening everyone in the area.
" T-TThey t-t-t-took my- s-son." the man sobbed.
"Tarukane. I warned him to keep his goons away from here." Shinji growled, his eyes flashing.
"It wasn't Tarukane's guys, Shinji," Karato said.
"Then who?"
"I caught a glimpse of the symbol on their ride. It was the letter N."
That caused Shinji's eyes to widen in realization.
"No, not even they would dare go that far."
"Oh, but they would. They used an injured girl to push you into that machine remember? There are no lows they aren't willing to go to get what they want."
Shinji scowled darkly, his eyes glowing, accepting the truth of the words. NERV would go to any lengths to get what they wanted. In their war, nothing was off limits, including kidnapping homeless children.
"I'll bring him back, then I'll make NERV pay!"
(Unit-04 activation test site)
A young boy of fourteen years awoke inside an unknown container. He had short spiked brown hair and dark eyes. He found he was dressed in a purple rubber suit of some kind, and he was submerged in a nasty-tasting liquid.
"W-W-What's going on? Where am I?" he asked, clearly panicked. "How did I get here?!"
He began to vividly recall he was with his father, eating canned food goods for dinner around the barrel of fire to keep from getting cold. Then a black van pulled up and two men came out, armed with guns, pointing at the rest of the homeless, scaring them away. Then they saw him and pulled him away from his dad. His dad struggled to save him from the men in black and they overpowered him. The next thing he knew, he was rendered unconscious. Now, he was here in this unknown contraption.
("Can you hear me?") an altered voice said over the intercom.
"W-who said that?"
("Take it easy. You were chosen to become part of a test that'll be beneficial to humanity.")
"Test? What the hell, I don't wanna be a part of a test! I wanna go back to my dad!" he exclaimed.
("You have no choice in the matter. You should be grateful, a street urchin like yourself can be of use.") another cold voice said.
He felt the large object he was inside of move and shake. The boy's breathing became erratic as the fear increased. In response, the liquid began to pressurize just a bit, shaking him up and forcing him to calm down.
"Please, I don't wanna do this!"
The machine he was in began to rumble in response, and the screens began to light up, allowing him to see the outside and make him see, he far from home.
("Everything is fine for now. Put your hands on the controls in front of you, and concentrate on walking.") the voice said.
"Walking," he repeated.
As if on cue, the large machine he was in began to move, one leg at a time. The other leg moved again. Soon, it began moving fully but slowly.
("All systems functioning.")
("Temperature green.")
("LCL pressure stable.")
("Pilot Sync ratio holding.")
("There's an anomaly, detected within the structure.")
It was then the large machine stopped moving, point blank. The boy in the cockpit moved the handles and switches, but nothing happened. Something started to seep in like a fog, creating veins inside the entry plug. Then it started to shake almost uncontrollably, and then the controls became locked.
"W-What's going on?!"
The veins continued to spread getting to the entry plug, the LCL became polluted and murkier.
"NO, NO HELP!"
( hours later Matsurhio facility)
Unit-03 was out of control. The test was a huge failure. And an Angel had managed to take over the unit from within, completely corrupting it. Units 00 and 02 were dispatched to deal with it. The Angel-possessed unit lunged at Unit-02 like a feral beast.
Asuka, at close range, put up a decent offense. Rei quickly assisted, using Eva's long-range rifle to get the Angel's attention. It worked as the Angel lunged at the blue unit, pounding it and ripping it, causing Rei immense pain. Asuka attacked again, only for the Angel to swipe her off. Then Unit-03 attacked her once more, ripping at Unit-02's armor plating. Meanwhile, a certain Hellspawn teleported to the scene, observing the battle, or carnage rather, as both Evas were ripped to shreds by the Angel-possessed Eva. His masked green eyes settled on the blue Eva, which was nearly torn apart.
"Rei," Shinji whispered.
Silently, he flew across the lake, next to the entry plug, which was halfway ejected. Tearing out the hatch, he used his chains to slowly pull her out of the LCL and place the First Child gently onto the ground.
"Ugh," Rei moaned in pain.
"You're not going die in this place, Rei," Shinji stated under no uncertain terms.
Placing his clawed hand on her side, he willed the suit to heal her with a bright green light. After a minute, it ceased, seeing a pleasant look on her face.
"Live for yourself, Ayanami. You're not a doll. You don't owe NERV anything." Shinji finished his voice changing back. (A/N: Reminder: Shinji doesn't know Rei and Wonder Girl are one and the same.)
"Shinji."
With that, he turned his attention back on the Angel-possessed Eva who finished tearing up Unit-02. Shinji glanced at Unit-00. It was a total wreck, and Unit-02 was split in half with its entry plug already out. Getting to the Angel was going to be a problem. The Angel moved to the shoreline unabated, and a risky thought came to Shinji. But there was no other recourse. Focusing hard, he concentrated on teleporting inside Eva.
FLASH!
"The Hellspawn continues to protect the one small bit of light he has left in this darkened world," MOM spoke.
(Inside the plug)
Inside the plug, a red shroud encompassed the infected plug. The pilot inside looked around, feeling more frightened, but then remembered something from the alleys of Fukuoka. The red ghost protected the homeless from bad people and gave them fresh food and water. Spawn popped up from behind the plug, startling him. He had come to save him.
"It's alright, I'm going to get you out, um?" Spawn questioned.
"I'm Yujiro," he answered.
"Yujiro, I'm gonna get you out."
The veins inside the Eva spread further. So much so that Shinji began feeling it through his suit as it spread it. The suit in response took full control, freezing Shinji in his tracks.
"Wah- Ah!" Shinji grunted.
His eyes dilated, his muscles froze up, and the only thing he could feel was his breathing and heartbeat and his mind still active. (A/N: Ever heard of or had sleep paralysis? It's kind of like that.)
"What's going on? Why can't I move?" thought Shinji.
"Simple: I am defending us internally". a voice said. This Angel is trying to get us next, and I sure as hell am not going to let that happen.
"Who are you?" Shinji asked.
"Yes, I haven't quite introduced myself haven't I? Ever since Al Simmons gave me to you. You can call me Leetha, and now we must fight this growing threat to our presence."
"We do this together. We must protect Yujiro."
(Astral plane)
In an alternate dimension, an equivalent of vast space, where all matter is composed of ectoplasm. A large, dark-skinned being with red eyes was wandering about in an empty field. It had the body of Unit-03 with a small head. It worked its way into Eva's internal structure gaining near full control, of the clone body of Adam.
"RARGGGHH!" the Angel roared.
From a far distance, Shinji appeared, still clad in his Hellspawn uniform, and looked around himself.
"Whoa," he remarked, looking at the vast emptiness all around him and feeling like he was on solid ground. "This place."
Shinji's voice echoed throughout the emptiness.
Spotting his target in the distance, Shinji quickly set off.
"This is the astral plane, a realm separate from the world you know. Here, the only limit is your imagination." Leetha explained.
"Wow."
"Take caution. We can still be hurt here. Now think of a weapon and it will manifest instantly."
Shinji looked at the Angel and decided he needed something big and heavy to bring it down. An idea sprung to mind. One from an old anime movie. Two pairs of handheld Gatling guns materialized in Shinji's hands. (Heavyarms custom Gatlings guns.)
"Hell, yeah!"
Shinji began firing to get its attention, its astral bullets hitting the target.
"Ragr-grr!" the Angel grunted, getting hit.
RATTTA RAATAAAA
RATTTA RATTAAA RATTTA RATTTAAA
"Come on! Come on!"
The Angel saw what was attacking it, and proceeded to stomp towards Spawn's position. Shinji kept firing off round after round, not stopping. Shinji was doing damage to it, but not enough to slow it down. Deciding on another tactic, Spawn stopped firing and the Gatling guns disappeared. The Angel descended upon Shinji with its massive hands.
Spawn fired his chains onto the Angel and used them to propel himself upwards into the air. Spawn materialized the handheld Gatling cannons again and fired directly into the face of the Angel.
RATTTTAAA
"Rargh!" the Angel shrieked.
The Angel swatted Spawn away, sending him flying into a nearby asteroid.
"Gah!"
Spikes shot out from the Angel's glowing body and shot out red energy rings, spreading throughout the plane and destroying every sort of debris within it. Spawn's shroud wrapped around him, forming a defensive cocoon. The rings bounced off the shroud's protective casing, The Angel fired randomly for several minutes before ceasing.
Spawn unraveled himself and flew towards the Angel. Spawn avoided another strike from the Angel, fired his chains, hooking them onto the shoulder of the Angel, and then materialized an axe, slashing at the shoulder, going all the way down the midsection.
That caused the Angel to double over in pain a bit. In retaliation, the Angel backhanded or attempted to backhand Spawn, only for Spawn to catch it and push the massive back.
"Grhgg," Shinji grunted, using both hands and his super strength.
After a few moments, Spawn pushed the fist away and pressed the attack, using his chains to strike at one of the Angel's eyes.
"Ragghh!"
In response, the Angel formed spikes on its body once more, but this time fired them randomly, wildly hitting whatever it could.
PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW
"Great," Spawn muttered as he began dodging the spikes.
Although it was momentarily, one of the spikes ended up hitting Spawn from behind, knocking him off balance. Spawn used his shroud to regain balance. Spawn charged forth, hooking his chains on the debris and using his shroud for faster propulsion, towards the Angel.
The Angel fired more spikes, going directly for Spawn. But this time, Spawn began dodging them all by barrel rolling and pivoting through the spikes. As he neared the Angel, the Angel grabbed him; however, that proved to be a mistake. Shinji willed his chains to pierce through the Angel's hands and went straight for its core, in its chest, then extended them through its limbs.
SNIK
SNIK
SNIK
SNIK
Spawn then sent waves of green energy towards it, which then exploded the core.
"Rrgg!"
BOOM!
The angel exploded into pieces, the threat was over.
"Rest In Pieces," growled Spawn.
(In the real world)
"Gah!" Shinji gasped, breaking from his trance.
The veins inside of the Evangelion receded as the power started to return and the LCL became clear again. Even through his mask, Shinji could still taste it.
"Hey! Hey!" Yujiro said, looking around, seeing that the fog was gone.
("Fourth Child, can you hear me?") a familiar voice asked.
"Misato?" Spawn whispered.
Whether or not she knew about this, she, along with all NERV, would answer for what they have done, taking this boy from his father, and forcing him against his will to be an Eva pilot. They truly had sunk to a new low, Shinji halted Yujiro from speaking and pressed the comm button on the cockpit.
("Fourth Child, respond!")
"Gendo Ikari, Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi, you foolish wretched souls. You have sealed your own fates when you took this boy from his father from Fukuoka. There's no escaping the hell you've brought upon yourselves in your pitiful desperation. I'M COMING FOR YOU ALL!" Shinji growled, his demonic voice booming over the comm system as his eyes glowed bright green.
Spawn ended the transmission. Grabbing Yujiro, Spawn materialized a football-shaped explosive, then in a snap of green, he vanished along with Yujiro.
Outside, Evangelion Unit-03 glowed a bright fiery green, and then waves of air and electric particles gathered in its chest area. After several seconds, Unit-03 was engulfed in a massive explosion (A/N: Think when a Gundam self-destructs), destroying almost everything within its radius, and leaving nothing but scrap iron behind.
(NERV HQ)
Everyone was bewildered and frightened at what had just occurred. The Angel had disappeared, but whoever or whatever made it disappear was now coming for them and by the sounds of it, it wasn't human. It was something else, something demonic. Misato and Ritsuko looked visibly scared, and Gendo was sweating bullets as he recognized the voice. It was the creature from the gala, who dispatched those armed terrorists. Now it was coming for him.
"H-Have the First and S-second Child been re-retrieved?" Misato stuttered out.
"Yes, ma'am, the Second Child is on her way to the hospital, but the First Child is otherwise alright," Makoto replied, also scared.
"Scans show no sign of Unit-03. It's been completely destroyed," Maya reported, completely frightened.
"Was the self-destruct activated?" Misato asked.
"No, we would've detected it. E-Eva Unit-03 was d-destroyed from the inside." Shigeru said, keeping from stuttering.
"So, whatever caused the Fourth Child to disappear, it was powerful enough to destroy an Evangelion and an Angel." Ritsuko mused.
"Fuyutsuki, double security. I need to make a few calls." Gendo said, walking out of the room.
"Ikari, what have you done?" Fuyutsuki asked, clearly in fear.
"What have we done?" Ritsuko asked.
Nothing else was said as the room deathly remained silent as a tomb.
( Fukuoka)
M.O.M. was overlooking the darkness of the area from a rooftop. Clouds were gathering, and sounds of thunder could be heard.
"A storm is coming. The new Hellspawn is now seeking vengeance, like his predecessor before him," M.O.M. uttered.
M.O.M sensed another presence approaching, a presence he had not felt in ages. He steeled himself, as the door opened, revealing a young Asian woman with a short bob hairstyle with a golden headband. She wasn't in her civilian attire. Instead, she wore a revealing white and blue Chinese tunic dress with a band around her waist, with her bare cleavage exposed, showing her flawless skin. She had a dragon tattoo going from her chest to her right and left shoulder, she had green bracers on both forearms, with green and gold knee-high boots and she carried twin wushu swords on her back. M.O.M knew instantaneously who this was. And was surprised to see her after all these years.
"I thought you might show yourself again, eventually, Jade." the old man said.
"It's good to see old age hasn't dulled your senses, Cogliostro, or do you prefer Man of Miracles?"
"I took the name to honor Lancelot, who saved me from Malebolgia and my own ambition, Jade," he replied.
"And I see you've allied yourself with Spawn once more." She observed, and to her surprise, he shook his head.
"This is a new Hellspawn, as Al Simmons has passed on finally," he revealed, causing her eyes to widen.
"What?!"
"Yes, after Second Impact had occurred, and he had long since eliminated both Heaven and hell, his loved ones, Wanda Blake, you, and Angela were gone. Al Simmons felt his penance for his misdeeds was finally served."
"A new Hellspawn?" Jade gasped. "Tell me about him."
Before anything could be said, a flash of green appeared before the pair, and Spawn appeared in all of his demonic glory. Shinji was surprised to see M.O.M. wasn't alone. The woman before him didn't look homeless, just normal, although she was pretty, for a bookworm type of girl. Before either of them could ask, he unfurled his shroud to reveal the boy that had been taken, clad in a rubber purple suit of sorts.
"Go back to your father," Shinji said simply.
"Thank you for saving me," Yujiro said, walking past the other adults.
"Spawn, what happened out there?" asked M.O.M.
"NERV kidnapped the boy and forced him into an Eva, the same as they did with me. And worst, an Angel took it over. They were ready to kill it and Yujiro at the same time. I stopped that." Spawn explained.
"Hmm, wars truly bring out the worst in humanity. Blind desperation leads to disasters." M.O.M. said wisely.
"In their war, nothing is off limits. Exploiting children is what Gendo Ikari is best at."
"I've heard of him. He reminds me of someone just as vile and evil," Jade said.
"I'm sorry, but who exactly are you?" Spawn asked, his eyes narrowing in suspicion.
To his surprise, she bowed respectfully.
"I am Jade. I was a hunter of Hellspawn. I am an old friend of the one who used to wear that suit you now wear." Jade said.
"Hunter of Hellspawn?"
"It's alright, Spawn. She knew Al Simmons," M.O.M. assured him.
"But she said she's a hunter of Hellspawn."
"Formerly. Now no longer. I'm basically a freelance hunter," Jade explained.
"Ah, I see. My name is Shinji." he introduced himself.
"Shinji? The boy that died when they dropped those mines on the Angel several months ago?"
Spawn's silence gave her the answer, but just to be sure.
"Now, you're the new Spawn, huh? Take off your mask." She requested.
"What do you think you'll see if I do?"
"To confirm my suspicions."
Shinji looked to M.O.M., who nodded. Slowly, he took off his mask, revealing his face. As soon as he did so, their eyes locked on one another.
ZING
ZING
Before anything else could be said, cheers erupted from other ends of the block in between the buildings. Peering down, Shinji saw that Yujiro had been embracing his father. He felt a pang of sadness and longing, seeing such a tender scene. Another thing that had been missing from his life largely. But then anger coursed through Shinji, remembering what NERV did. Taking this kid away from his father, and nearly sacrificing his life to stop the Angel. NERV would pay for what they had done. He then put back on his mask.
"Spawn?" questioned M.O.M.
"I've got unfinished business to care of," Shinji said.
"It's NERV, isn't it?"
"Yes. They have to pay for what they have done. Blackmailing and coercing are one thing. But taking unwillingly kids from their parents is a new low. A low I thought that they would be capable of sinking."
"So do you plan to take out all of NERV?" Jade asked, folding her arms.
"If I must, because Gendo has to be stopped."
"At what price? Is this a sense of justice? Or is it vengeance or your part for the pain they've put you through?"
"What if it's a little of both? Why let their actions continue when I can do something to stop it? You said Al gave me the symbiote. I know what I need to use it for."
M.O.M. remained silent.
"NERV will burn in Hell." Shinji finished, stalking away
Without another word, he jumped off the building to his temporary residence to grab a few things, leaving M.O.M. and Jade alone.
"You know he has a point, there are some lines you don't cross even in war. You and I both know, that in war, everything is sacrificed. Morality, ideals, honor. But there are consequences to losing those things. Heaven knew at one time before they became just as polluted and dark as Hell itself. " Jade said.
"I know, Jade. Wars are heartless, and now again its chaotic horrors have taken its toll on another Hellspawn once more. Pushing him to something he was never meant to be."
"But he's not yet lost. Maybe that's why I'm here, other than hunting rogue demons."
"Is that why you've come, Jade?"
"I go where the hunt takes me," she said, departing.
"I'll be keeping an eye on him. For someone so young, he's easy on the eyes," she said, her eyes widening in surprise. "Where did that come from?"
Cologliostro raised an eyebrow at that, watching the woman depart. He continued to overlook the horizon. Times were about to get darker than they were before.
End chapter
End notes: After a couple of years Hellspawn and the Amazon has been updated. I just got into the recent Spawn comics and have been checking the '90s Spawn comics too. I know I said someone was going to go after Rei AKA Wondergirl, but I couldn't fit her here in the chapter, I focused more on the angel battle. I took the astral plane idea from X-men 90s where Professor X fought, Shadow King. Shinji did the same thing with the Eva-possessed angel destroying the angel and Eva at the same time and yes Leetha is operating sort of the devil on Shinji's shoulder he just needs his angel. And yes, looks like Wondergirl is gonna have some competition in the form of Jade from the Spawn TV show and I'm gonna switch from Man of Miracles to Cogliostro. Next chapter NERV has in the words of the Deadman has, opened Hell's gates. Who will survive? who will fall? will the Doctor act? and will we see a certain clown come back? please vote on the poll on my profile, read and review and stay prime