Evangelion: You Shall (not) Win This Time
Episode 28: The Storm (brews)/Altered Episode 18 (begins) Endgame
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(Opening Theme: "Reverse/Re:Birth" by Hiroaki Iwagana and Asaya)
The day of episode 18's events was quickly arriving, and Bishops was sure to take advantage of any avenue to make sure his team and their allies were ready for it, even going as far as to hire Ms. Izayoi once more for another round of HyperTime extreme training. They had a plan, they had prep time, they had numbers in case things go south, now all they needed was for things to turn out in their favor. Bishops stood in front of his troops the night before the events began to address the coming battle.
"Alright, listen up. Considering that the last Angel decided to throw us for a loop and not come with a herald, which served as a vicious reminder that anything can and will happen during a fight. I want everyone to be on point and attentive tomorrow because who knows if RN and the Gourdians will take the opportunity of an Angel attack to strike again. They did it before, and considering that these clowns clearly refuse to learn their lesson, I highly doubt they won't try to make this time the one that works. I want all of you to get a good night's rest, because come tomorrow, you're going to need all the energy you can muster. Dismissed."
The level 10 Warper legitimately hoped that his words were enough to inspire his teammates to be ready for anything as he made his way home, steeling himself for the battle to come.
(P.O.V. Shift)
In the heart of the Gouridan capitol, Gourdar and Dr. Frogg were in the middle of a conference with Gendo and the leader of Rendo Nexus, Kotetsu regarding their planned invasion of the Knights of Ryujin's home turf.
The ex-member of the League of Super Evil declared "Our forces are ready, once EVA Unit-03 has been possessed by the Angel, we strike." with Kotetsu bluntly responding "And you're telling us this why?"
Gourdar's answer: "Because there's something we'd like to do to ensure an advantage. You said that you had robot versions of the Angels Adam and Lilith, right?", to which Gendo responded with "Let me guess, you want to use them as part of the invasion force?"
"Consider it a proper field test for their capabilities, considering how they're equipped with Overdrive Cores, something not since seen since the heyday of Ed Edd n Eddy Z. You wouldn't want your big secret weapon to be deployed in the height of the final battle and be easily curb stomped by you foes now, would you?" went Frogg with Kotetsu answering "Fair enough, we'll send Metallica Adam and Lilith to you and you can assign them to one of your vessels. If that is all, we still have thorns in our side to deal with." before ending the call.
The mysterious leader of RN turned to his creations and gave the order: "I'm sure you heard all of that nonsense. Your mission will serve as a test of your abilities: essentially cause as much damage to the Knights of Ryujin's territory as possible while taking as many lives as possible. Of course should any of the Metsu Sol Emerald holders fall during your mission, you are to claim them and return your spoils to us. Is that understood?"
"Yes, masters." responded the machines of war before teleporting to their objective point before Gendo turned to his co-conspirator, asking "Are we seriously going to let those two morons use our weapons after they've already failed three times?"
"This is the perfect opportunity to learn what tweaks we need to make to the Metallicas." responded Kotetsu before adding "You and I already know that those with Saiyan DNA have a primal desire to grow stronger with every victory or defeat that they endure. What's stopping your nemesis from ascending to a further evolution before the canon events of your home universe come to an end? For all we know, he could've achieved the equivalent of Super Saiyan 3, or 4, or obtained divine energy in secret by now. Plus we can import the findings from this battle to the other Metallicas for the inevitable final battle."
(P.O.V. Shift)
The fated day had arrived as Toji was summoned to the deployment platform of EVA Unit-03, fully aware of the creature awaiting to attempt making the situation go south for the rest of mankind. The Fourth Child sat in the confines of the locker room now decked out in the black plug suit he haid in the original canon as he relayed a message to his comrades: "This is it, guys. I'm ready to carry out my part of the plan if you guys are.", receiving a "We're ready on our end too. I'm not gonna tell you 'good luck' as I'd rather not jinx this anymore than the universe is already planning to, but I will tell you to be careful should the Angel manage to block you from just Instant Transmissioning your way out of the cockpit. We still have no idea what Bardiel or its herald are capable of in this timeline, and I don't wanna risk it."
The now Fourth Child silently nodded to himself as he exited the locker room, making his way to the launch platform. True to Bishops' words of not wanting to jinx things further than they would be, the timing of both Bardiel's possession of Unit-03 but the coming of the most recent Gourdian invasion attempt could not have been more properly synched. Bishops was mentally kicking himself and going "Every fucking time." as the shinobi forces launched into battle along with the Knights when he saw a surge of light shoot up towards the sky…one not made of Ki or Chakra. He didn't have time to think of it now, he had an army to fight among other things.
(Track Change: "Screaming Eagles (Instrumental Version)" by Sabaton)
The battles had begun as Shinji and the other EVA pilots were being deployed to combat Bardiel. Toji had tried to use Instant Transmission to get out of his Entry Plug, but to no avail, forcing him to try and mentally comune with his fellow warriors.
"Angel's blocking me from teleporting out of here, you guys are gonna have to go with plan B."
After receiving the message, Shinji opened the line to Rei and Asuka, going "Hold Unit-03's arms while I cut Toji a way out.", earning a "On it." from Rei and a "Well, who am I to break up the three stooges at this point?" from Asuka.
The three bio mechanical slights to mankind charged towards their opponent, swatting away invading Squash Droid forces in the process with Unit-00 and Unit-02 grabbing each arm to keep the possessed creature busy as Unit-01 drew its Progressive Knife to cut away at the material keeping Toji from escaping. Little did any of the four pilots know that something would throw this plan into a tailspin rather quickly.
(Track Change: "Membrane"- Touhou Lost Word OST)
Unit-03 let out a surge of malefic dark blue Ki to send the EVA units backwards, showing the pilots a factor that they didn't consider: "what if the Angels themselves could use Ki like their heralds" had become a reality. Bardiel would proceed to charge at Unit-02 to deliver a powerful haymaker punch, causing Asuka's machine to stagger as its opponent would continue the onslaught with a flurry of punches, only to be stopped when Unit-00 and Rei delivered a swift knife kick to the back of the possessed Unit-03. This would only serve to make herself the newest target of Bardiel as it would begin to charge up a rather large Masenko attack as the other members of the team busy fighting the robotic hordes were shocked that their larger scale foe was capable of using the very same skill set as they were. Bishops and Johanna had just finished cutting their way through a swath of Squash Droid commandos along with a few larger units when he saw a glimpse of what the EVAs were dealing with and mentally went "Shit, I think the Angel's managed to absorb the ability to use Ki off of Toji! Might have to just whip out the Unmaker now, but I have no idea if it'll do anything to the kid." when his train of thought was interrupted by a larger priority making its presence known: Bardiel's herald.
Bishops, obviously not having the time to tango bluntly went "Let me guess, you're gonna call me 'Lilin scum', and claim that your master will bring about the end of our species because you're just too powerful for us.", earning a curt "Well well well, it seems like the insolent filth has picked up a thing or two."
Bishops immediately transformed into Super Spiral 2 and responded with "As you can see, some asshat's decided to pick the worst time to pick a fight, so excuse me if I don't have time for small talk. I'm just gonna finish you off quickly and deal with you master so I can get back to more high priority things.", firing off a Dai Gurren Thunder Ball to prove a point.
The herald just barely managed to evade the attack, allowing it to hit a Gourdian dropship about to unload more troops in its stead. This wouldn't deter with the level 10 Warper or his Unitrix companion as the two unleashed multiple Ki based attacks in an attempt to quickly destroy their opponent, only for it to exert effort into dodging each technique while letting Guardians that were in the wrong place at the wrong time take the lumps instead. Now Bishops was getting fed up with all of the dodging his opponent was doing, and proceeded to charge at the creature with Occam's Razor in an attempt to quickly finish things…..
And it was at that moment where he unintentionally fucked up.
Bardiel's herald had managed to grab ahold of the Super Spiral's arms and began to utilize its ability before Bishops was able to break the hold.
"You've seen what my master is capable of, scum." goaded the herald before adding "But in case you didn't obtain a good enough view, permit me to show you that power in full force."
The creature began to charge energy with Bishops and Johanna trying to finish it off before whatever it was planning to do went off, only for them to be pushed back as the herald became enveloped in a field of dark gold and blue Ki as bioelectricity surged from its body.
(Track Change: "Kanzaki Shiro"- Kamen Rider Ryuki OST)
"Behold, Lilins: your very source of power increase used against you in your final hour." went the herald as Johanna looked towards her leader with an idea. Bishops knew that he would need all the help he could get at the moment as the Unitrix put her hand on his shoulder, enabling her to achieve the similar state of False Super Spiral their opponent obtained as the battle continued.
With the fight against Bardiel itself, things were far from going well as the possessed Unit-03 had managed to get the upper hand on three EVA units at the same time with Asuka going to the other two "Verdammt noch mal, what do we have to do to beat this god forsaken thing?!" with Rei responding "Well for starters, we should most likely liberate Mr. Suzuhara from his confines. Afterwards, we hit it. Really. Really hard until the Unmaker comes into play."
"It's painfully obvious that we're gonna need something that can hold the thing in place while one of us does the extraction." added Shinji before going "But considering the Gourdians just love to pick horrible times to invade, I doubt that we're gonna be able tot get enough people who know the Shadow Possession Jutsu to hold it down long enough."
It was then that a green line in a golden flash of light went upwards behind Unit-03, only for a splatter of LCL infused blood to spurt out of the creature's back. The main point of injury: the now removed hatchkeeping Toji's Entry Plug contained in the EVA.
The Germanic redhead could only go "Was zum Teufel mit den neun Höllen?" as Shinji and Rei opted to take advantage of the situation to punch out Toji's Plug, sending it toppling onto a squad of Gourdian Squash Droids as Shinji desperately tried to established a telekinetic link.
"Toji, can you hear me? We managed to get you out of there. What happened?"
The new freed pilot's answer "Yeah, I can hear you, but I'mma need like, a senzu bean or something, because that freak drained pretty much all my energy, It knows how to use Ki."
Rei had joined the mental conversation by informing her teammate "We're more than aware of the Ki usage, but I can contact any nearby ground forces to assist you in rejoining the battle. There's plenty of Gourdians for you to fight still." as Toji answered "Good to know." as the battles raged on. No longer fearing what could happen to their compatriot, the trio decided that if the Angel was gonna use Ki, then so were they to even the playing field as Shinji sent the alert to Bishops.
"We managed to get Toji out of Unit-03, but the freak managed to steal most of his energy. When you're done with the herald, can you bring the Unmaker and a senzu bean or something to help him get back in the fight?"
Bishops' answer: "You're gonna have to send someone else for that bean, my opponent decided to pull off a theft of their own and now it's stronger than anticipated. As for the Unmaker, I might have to hit both of them with it."
The level 10 Warper then turned to Johanna and gave the order "I only need you to keep the herald busy for as long as possible, I'm ending this ASAP so we can focus on the Gourdians."
"Understood." replied Johanna before prepping a Hell Zone Grenade field to keep Bardiel's herald at bay as Bishops rushed towards the EVAs doing battle with full intent on ending things as the herald shouted "I won't allow you!" in defiance while firing off a Death Beam, hitting the Unmaker in the energy generation area.
"Oh fuck." went Bishops before mentally giving the order to the other three EVA pilots:
"The son of a bitch struck the Unmaker, it's going to blow! Get out of your EVAs, now!"
Bishops then tossed his doomed gun towards the battle with Bardiel as each of the pilots used Instant Transmission to escape from their doomed abominations. Meanwhile, Bishops and Johanna managed to grab ahold of the herald with him going "Don't think I'm gonna let you get away with that without dying!" and tossing it towards the blast epicenter.
It only took a matter of seconds before the Unmaker exploded, with a significant blast causing a massive crater where the four EVA units were fighting, leaving nothing but a quartet of humongous skeletons in its wake. Aside from Provisional Unit-05, the Evangelions were all dead. But there was no time for mourning or celebration, there was still the Gourdian threat to deal with with Shinji, Rei and Asuka emerging to different energy signatures around the city to assist in the battle. The Third Child had summoned his sword to cut open Toji's Entry Plug, earning a "That was quicker than I was expecting." from the former pilot of Unit-03 before asking "I think I heard the boss saying something along the lines of the gun he was using to kill the Angels going haywire, you and the others okay?"
"We're fine, and yeah, the gun got hit by the herald. You wanna see the results, come on out." answered the former pilot of Unit-01 while handing his friend a senzu bean to eat and regain his strength.
Meanwhile at NERV HQ, the bridge crew looked at the destruction of the EVAs in horror, unknowingly dreading the "fact" that they now lost their last line of defense against the Angels.
"Oh, this is bad. This is REALLY bad." went Hyuga as Aoba saw something on his monitor and responded "And I think it's about to get even worse. Three huge energy signatures are heading towards where the EVAs were destroyed, and they're really damn fast."
Maya was looking at the display showcasing the battle before finding something that lead her to be in shock: "Wait, no….i-is that…"
Fuyutsuki was in a similar state, going "This shouldn't be possible…..but I'm seeing it with my own eyes…."
The source of shock: Gendo was flying towards Bishops alongside Metallica Adam and Metallica Lilith.
Bishops looks towards the former leader of NERV and went "So you just couldn't wait until canon was finished to die, couldn't you?", fully ready to put an end to things once and for all now that the option of keeping canon partially intact was no longer on the table as Gendo responded "Au contraire, the only ones dying today will be you and your little army. Now, who wants to be the first to fall?"
Shinji had just took down a Category: Dragon Squash Droid when he saw the sight of his father, deciding "Fuck canon, the EVAs are dead, I'm going for it!" by putting his Kaio Ken to max power and charging towards his hated nemesis, even delivering a powerful punch. This however didn't even seem to make Gendo flinch, only causing him to respond "I was hoping you'd be first." and retaliating with a punch to his son's face.
Gendo then gave the order to the Metallicas: "Deal with Bishops, I will finish the rest of his forces personally.", earning a "Yes, master." from the robotic fiends as the battle would enter its most intense phase.
(Track Change: "Raise Thy Sword"- Soul Calibur 2 OST)
The fighting continued in earnest with Warpers and Squash Droids going against one another with the majority of Gouridan forces continuing to endure heavy casualties. Bishops had given the order to go straight to full power to his forces as he and Shinji began throwing hands against Gendo, only for the Metallicas to send them backwards before opening fire with a Ki barrage. Asuka, Rei, Mari and Kaworu were next to engage their barrage against Gendo, with Gendo being forced back a bit until scoring some lucky strikes on his aggressors. The surviving Rendo Nexus warriors would then charge towards the Knights of Ryujin when the trio of evil were caught in the midst of a Hellzone Grenade minefield as the majority of Bishops' forces in the area were in the process of charging up their strongest attacks, unleashing them on their opponents with full killing intent. As the dust cleared, the Knights were thrown into frustration as it was revealed that the Metallicas had erected an energy field to protect their master, barely being damaged by the blast themselves.
Gendo then took a deep breath and went "Alright, I've entertained the rabble long enough. Adam, Lilith, show these weaklings the full power you have and usher in their demise." as the robotic Angels began charging energy as Gendo got into a position of his own.
(Track Change: "The Beast 2.0 (FalkonE Metal Mix)- Evangelion 2.22 OST)
The former leader of NERV began roaring with energy as the Knights could feel his power increase and come to the realization: the Gendo they were fighting was only using kid gloves up until that point. Now the gloves were coming off, and the Knights of Ryujin were in for the fight of their lives. With one final furious shout to the sky, Gendo and the Metallicas had reached their full power. Metallica Adam and Metallica Lilith's metal bodies had changed to a dark gold, black and silver color scheme shielded by dark red Ki. Gendo on the other hand had a more drastic transformation. His right arm morphed into a monstrous five clawed armored mass with the eye of the Adam embryo he had absorbed in the center of his hand, his Ki changed from black with purple highlights to now having dark red highlights instead, and his eyes now visible thanks to his sunglasses being shattered in the transformation process turned a burning red. However, the eyes of Gendo weren't the only things that were now visible as the force of his transformation had shattered the helmets of each of the Knights of Ryujin, exposing their true identities to the world thanks to one of the few surviving Gourdian vessels in orbit broadcasting the battle across the Earth.
"So much for your precious anonymity, at least you can die knowing that the world will know who their would-be hero was." goaded Gendo with Bishops not giving him the satisfaction of thinking he'd won something out of blowing his cover.
"At this point, I don't care anymore. The EVAs are destroyed. This universe's Lilith, who you were keeping deep in the depths of NERV HQ is already dead, and I'm the one who killed her. You and your cronies within the Gourdian empire have been attacking my turf for months, even now after I had gone through the process of registering this place as a protected OU. Once I've killed you, the other Angels not named Tabris or Kawrou will be a cakewalk."
Round two begins with the rest of the Knights and incoming Leaf ninja prioritizing the destruction of the Metallicas as Shinji, Bishops and Gendo duke it out, exchanging personal barbs as they go.
"Do you really think of yourself a hero after spilling so much blood? All the innocent lives you've taken?" goaded Gendo with Bishops retaliating with "Oh, you mean the genocidal codgers that you and Yui's father were willing to side with in order to instigate the apocalypse because they thought mankind needed to start from zero? Or the bounty hunters you've sent to try and kill me to stop me from cucking you out of causing armageddon? Or how about the giant masked mass of unholy space monster you were keeping in your basement to lure in these freaks of nature in order to again, instigate the apocalypse just so you can get back together with your ex-wife?", asserting his point with a well placed knee to the face.
Shinji also wanted his pound of flesh with a side of verbal slaughter by adding "Oh, and let's not forget leaving your three year old son at a train station to wait for family completely alone and not having any contact with them for 11 years, only to conscribe them into a war not of their making without any formal training to man a biomechanical crime against humanity powered by the soul of the mother he thought was dead with the full intent of making him the fall guy for when your botched armageddon spawned reunion with her gets going. But don't worry, you'll be able to reunite with her in hell soon enough.", charging a Big Bang Attack to prove his point.
Meanwhile, the Metallicas were fending for themselves rather competently, already knocking out Asari, Strasberg, Chouji, Kiba and Kaworu. Shikamaru was keeping his distance, hoping that the mechanical menaces would be susceptible to a Shadow Possession Jutsu so that everyone else in the fight could finish them off and prioritize taking out Gendo with Neji, Kensuke, Rock Lee and Ami running interference, but the Metallicas proved to be too fast as the five warriors were quickly beaten down. Next came Asuka and Mari's turn to fight the robotic menace, maxing out their Kaio Ken amplifications in an attempt to stand a chance. The Second Child was able to at least land a damaging blow to Metallica Adam before being taken out of the fight while Mari diverted all of her energy into speed blitzing Lilith, dealing damage of her own, but was rewarded by getting sent flying into a nearby wall.
The Metallicas then decided that they didn't want to waste any more time on the "lesser prey" poting to fire a massive Death Ball meant to wipe out the remaining Knights. Toji knew that something had to be done to prevent this slaughter, and in an act of defiance, charged up the most powerful Kamehameha he could muster to mitigate the damage done.
"Look, the Lilin believes that they have the power to thwart us." goaded Metallica Lilith as Metallica Adam responded "Such heroic nonsense." before the two fired their combined orb of destruction with Toji retaliating with his Kamehameha.
The two Ki attacks clashed in a furious display with Toji fighting desperately to keep the mechanical menaces from succeeding in landing what would be a planet-destroying attack. The Fifth Child knew that even if his life would be rendered forfeit, even if he wouldn't get to live to see the future that he and the others were fighting for that if he didn't stop this attack and buy the others time to score the win, that everything that he had been fighting to achieve would be all for nothing. A massive explosion would rock the city to its core, and when the dust would finally settle, the sight of Toji's crumpled and seemingly deceased body was more than enough to send both Shinji and Bishops over the edge.
(Track Change: "Howling Moon II"- Blazblue OST)
With an enraged howl, Shinji let loose a surge of divine energy and charged at Gendo while Bishops swiftly went to where Toji lied, sensing a very faint energy from him fading fast. The level 10 Warper then turned to Sakura who was ready to tear the two buckets of bolts to shreds even if it killed her and responded "Get your brother out of here and to a Warper hospital, now."
If it meant her brother had a chance of survival, the younger Suzuhara quickly scooped up Toji and opened a portal as Bishops ran defense by sending an incoming Ki blast into orbit. He then turned to the vile piles of scrap metal and coldly told them one shred of truth: "When I'm done with you two and your wrangler, I am going to rip out every organ your creator has and force feed them each. And every. One of them. So, which one of you wants to go to the scrapyard first?"
Metallica Adam took the first charge with Lilith swiftly in tow as Bishops went on the counteroffensive. The level 10 Warper put his all into every strike and counter he made against his foes, but eventually the Metallicas would begin wearing him down slowly.
A similar outcome was being experienced by Shinji by Gendo's hand. While Shinji started out delivering massive punishment on his sperm donor, only for Gendo to get the upper hand slowly and steadily.
"This is the full extent of your power, boy?" goaded the former commander of NERV while chipping away at his son's stamina while adding "You could never beat me. You don't have the killing drive to do it, and you never will." before finishing his onslaught by blasting Shinji into a crater as his divine energy dissipated.
"A shame that you and your pestilent mentor turned Rei against me, but it no longer matters to me. All I need to do now is wipe out all of you, pillage this universe and take the Metsu Sol Emeralds you possess off your lifeless bodies so I can become the dominate force of the multiverse. Farewell."
Gendo was fully ready to rid himself of his son once and for all, preparing a Death Beam to prove his point when he was interrupted by a still in fighting shape Mana who had shot off a full powered Masenko. Of course, if there's one thing that Gendo hated, it was when people got in his way. With a swift dash, the bastard king of anime delivered a retaliatory knee to the gut of Mana, rendering her unconscious before telling his victim "Once the boy is dead, you're next." before returning his attention to Bishops who was still fighting the Metallicas, opting to help them finish the job before savoring his "well deserved" victory.
With the increasingly one sided fight, the level 10 Warper continued his battle despite being outmatched and outgunned. The odds may have been against him, but if there was a way to win, he was going to find it and if he couldn't, well he was gonna go down swinging. With a valiant slash, Bishops poured copious amounts of energy into the blade of Occam's Razor with full killing intent….only for Metallica Adam to catch the blade and break it in two before it, Metallica Lilith and Gendo unleashed a combined Ki Blast that sent the level 10 Warper into a building, collapsing the whole thing on top of him.
The bridge crew of NERV watched the entire battle in shock and dread with Maya saying what everyone was thinking: "If the guy who's been beating the smaller Angels all this time can't stop the former commander and those robots, we're fucked."
(Track Change: "Strongest Alive" by Brandon Yates- Death Battle OST)
As the three Rendo Nexus warriors prepared a finishing blow that would dispose of Bishops once and for all, the Metsu Sol Emerald began to glow with a vibrant light within the rubble as a massive surge of Ki emanated from Bishop's body.
As the blast was fired, a massive pillar of energy taking the form of a noble dragon burst through the wreckage that Bishops' was buried under, crashing into its very source after a valiant and prideful roar. From the pillar emerged Bishops, his hair now going down to his kneecaps and what appeared to be Flames of Creation flaring across parts of his body as if they were acting as a suit of armor.
Gendo looked at his opponent with a mixture of shock and blind rage as the now even more powerful Saiyan/Spiral/Human hybrid turned his eyes to him and went "I didn't hear no bell.", earning an enraged shout from the bastard king of "KILL HIIIIIIM!" to his mechanical subordinates.
Both Metallicas proceeded to charge towards their target, only to be sent flying back with Bishops seemingly not even moving a muscle to do so. This would leave Gendo to charge towards his hated enemy, earning him a bloody nose in the process.
"Well well well, three strong punches and all you got is a bloody nose. Can't say that I ain't impressed." went Bishops before Gendo got back up on his feet, seething with rage.
"How?! How are you this much stronger?! ANSWER ME!" shouted Gendo with Bishops responding "In all honesty, I'd probably chalk it down to pure willpower and being too stubborn to die, especially to the likes of you. Though I suppose I gotta thank you for something. If not for you consistently pissing me off, I probably would've only reached Super Spiral 2 by this point in canon. But your constant failure to learn the concept of 'fuck around and find out' has lead me to the point of unlocking a level further beyond: Super Spiral 3."
Gendo responded with thinly veiled fury "You can change your hairstyle as many times you want, but inside you still bleed the same! " before charging towards Bishops again alongside the Metallica's with full intent to finish what they started as the level 10 Warper proved that now it was his turn to wear down his opponents. First came sending Metallica Adam into the air with a well deserved upper cut while sweeping the leg of Metallica Lilith and Judo throwing Gendo on top of it. Next came sending Adam back down to Earth with a good old fashioned hammer spike akin to what one would do with a volleyball. Bishops was quick to continue the onslaught with a massive Ki volley targeted solely towards his opponents before bursting the energy bubble it created with a Dai Gurren Thunder Ball, causing a massive energy pillar to erupt and deal significant damage to the RN invaders. The trio of evil were quick to recover from the knockback, only for Bishops to flash step his way behind Gendo and deliver a supercharged knee to his spine, sending him flying as Bishops gave chase to send him crashing back into the floor with a downward kick to the skull.
The Metallica duo were quick to give chase towards their master's aid when Bishops swiftly countered their attempted counterattacks, giving each of them a well deserved taste of their own medicine. With the trio of doom now struggling to get back up, Bishops knew that he had to end things quick, and he knew just what to use to do it. Summoning the sword that he had found in the ruined Beacon Academy during episode 14's altered canon in an attempt to end things with a Giga Sword Hyper Storm Surge.
Channeling energy into the blade, it began to be enveloped in a surge of Flames of Creation while it grew to the length of the level 10 Warper's former sword as Bishops let loose one final slash with full intent to put an end to Gendo's bullshit once and for all. When the dust cleared from the attack's explosive results, Bishops was disappointed to find that none of the three were there, but the energy signature of a Warper portal was.
"Next time you step to me, I'm making sure you can't get away." went Bishops before reverting back to his base form and blacking out. The battle was officially over as the light of a vessel began to shine down on him: the lights of the Super Spiral's Triumph of the Lilac Storm armada.
The calm had ended, and the storm had begun in full force as the Knights of Ryujin and injured shinobi were collected from the battlefield for recovery, and Bishops was mentally kicking himself because he couldn't keep the secret anymore.
(Ending Theme: "Aozora ni Naru" by Jon Hashimoto- Kamen Rider Kuuga OST)
Current List of Power Levels:
Desmond Bishops: 250,000,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 12,500,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/(Super Spiral Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 25,000,000,000 (Super Spiral 2 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 100,000,000,000 (Super Spiral 3 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)
Shinji Ikari: 160,000,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 8,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/ 30,000,000,000 (Divine Energy Surge) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Mana Kirishima: 160,000,000/ 8,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Musashi Lee Strasberg: 160,000,000/ 8,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Keita Asari: 160,000,000/ 8,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Rei Ayanami (Rei III): 210,000,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Toji Suzuhara: 160,000,000/ 8,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Kensuke Aida: 160,000,000/8,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Sakura Suzuhara: 160,000,000/ 8,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Hikari Horaki: 5.2
Misato Katsuragi: 5
Wynn Miyabi: 140,000,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Eria Aoi: 140,000,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Lyna Hikari: 140,000,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Asuka Langley Sohryu: 140,000,000/ 7,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Mari Illustrious Makinami: 140,000,000/ 7,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV.6)
Ryoji Kaji: 15,000,000/ 375,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x25) (Warper Status: LV 5)
Pen Pen: 3.25
Shigiru Aoba: 4
Maya Ibuki: 4
Mokoto Hyuga: 3
Ritsuko Akagi: 4
Jessabelle Musashi: 160,000,000 (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Fuytsuki Kozo: 3
Gendo Ikari: 500,000,000/50,000,000,000 (Second Form) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Ami (Earth Dimension SJ-12639706): 230,000,000/11,500,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50) (Warper Status: LV. 6)
Kaworu Nagisa: 200,000,000 (Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed)/10,000,000,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x50 Metsu Sol Emerald Absorbed) (Warper Status: LV: 6)
Johnny "Gourdar the Never Ending" 2x4 (Earth Dimension EEE- Sigma-1451-B): 25,000
Dr. Frog (Earth Dimension LOSE-1018-Tau): 3,500,000/120,000,000 (Battle Suit MK.2 Overclock)
"Johanna": 260,000,000/20,800,000,000 (Ability Absorbed)
Bardiel, Angel of Haze: 3,000,000,000 (EVA Unit-03 Possession)
Bardiel's Herald: 1,500,000,000/120,000,000,000 (False Super Spiral 2)
Metallica Adam: 25,000,000,000/50,000,000,000 (Overdrive Core)
Metallica Lilith: 25,000,000,000/50,000,000,000 (Overdrive Core)
(Author's Note: I'm fully aware that it took me 2 months to get this out, but if I keep saying that creative blocks and IRL priorities were in play, you'd stop believing me. That being said, Altered episode 19 is currently in the works, and with it, we enter endgame for the NERV/Angel War arc with the final 8 episodes of canon. Stick around.)