Evangelion: You Shall (not) Win This Time
Episode 13: Showdown of Souls (and) Steel/Expanding Altered Episode 7's (plot) Pt. 3
(Warning: All intellectual properties belong to their original creators/current copyright holders. EVA to Gainax and Studio Khara, Reality Warpers to Yoshi3000, You get the idea.)
(Opening Theme: "Reverse/Re:Birth" by Hiroaki Iwagana and Asaya Kimijima)
(General P.O.V.)
This act of the story begins with the sight of Mana giving the false information to her "handler" within the confines of the base that the TRI-DENT project was being developed at with her going "Alright, you got your intel. Now leave the others out of it."
Her rather abusive superior officer then starts laughing manically before going "You pestilent little tart, did you really think that I would stop now? Right when I'm this close to engaging my master plan?"
Mana then responds with a bit of shock "What the hell are you talking about?" as the superior officer's voice shift more to sound like O'Malley from Red VS Blue and goes "Project TRI-DENT isn't just some military contract to find an alternative for those stupid Evangelions, but a brilliant plot by me in my attempts to take over the world! Muhwahahahahahahahahaha! And now that you know, I'll have to get rid of you."
Mana goes "But I didn't know anything about your plan after you just told me." as the maniac in front of her responds "Simply put, I'm just tying up loose ends. I'd say I was sorry, but I'm not and this is what you get when you step to me: Commander Zenigata, or as I will soon become...Dr. Destructooooooooo!".
The female double agent interrupts Zenigata's latest fit of evil laughter by going "Someone will stop you, and I think I have a good idea on who. Once I go public with this, you're screwed." as the deranged project leader answers with "Oh, I'm anticipating it. And to make sure they come to face me, you will be my bait!". With lightning fast reflexes, Mana manages to evade a giant steel cage dropping down on her before escaping the office to try and warn her friends about the situation as the mad leader approaches the intercom on his desk and goes "Attention all staff, operative Kirishima and the other pilots of the TRI-DENT project have gone rouge, and are preparing to go to NERV and the Jet Alone team with every scrap of data on us that we have. Intercept and execute them before they can escape the base. I repeat, intercept and execute them before they can escape the base and leak all of our data to our competitors."
Mana rushed through the base in hopes to grab her friends and get them out of there before the base staff wound up killing them. Luckily, team members Musashi Lee Strasberg and Keita Asari managed to intercept her with a well timed collision. Strasberg was the first to respond to the whole situation by going "What the fuck is going on here, Mana? Why did Zenigata sic his goons on us when you actually did your job?"
The female member of the team answers "Zenigata's a goddamn lunatic who's planing on using the TRI-DENT to take over the world. We gotta get out of here before we're all pumped full of lead."
Keita then asks "Where can we even go? I'm pretty sure NERV is gonna be hunting us down too once they find out that you were a double agent trying to get secrets out of their main pilot." as Mana answers "That might not be as big of a problem as you may think. You know that intel I got?"
The other two reply yes before she adds "Well it wasn't Shinji that gave it to me...it was the UN representative in charge of NERV as a plan to help me get us out of this mess."
Keita then asks if the representative can really get them out of their situation as Mana answers "For all of our sakes, I seriously hope so."
(P.O.V. Shift: Desmond)
Oh dear god, this was just not my day. Oh, you guys are actually focusing on me now, so I should probably explain. Alright, so I went on WNN to disprove the rumors about me declaring all out war on the trafficking services of the multiverse, only to learn that not only were my actions attracting positive attention from the wrong people (namely practitioners of bad social justice that turn the internet into a very toxic place), but the Rei clones that I freed to keep out of Gendo's hands from 2 episodes ago? Yeah, turns out they decided to practice free will once they set foot on Planet Creation and wandered off before Mura could intercept them. 2 of them were now working for Pinkamena, 1 was seeking out Josho Blackthorn to help train them, 1 had joined the Integra church, two were on their way to planet CN-Zen Kuro where apparently another level 10 was hanging around in the area of Lakewood Plaza Turbo, and the rest were wandering around doing god knows what. And to top it all off, Gendo and Lorenz had bought up new clones to replace the ones that I stole fair and square, even modifying them to look older, taller, and bustier like they came from a doujin. Pretty sure that once they find out that I killed Lilith, they'll just buy another one to replace the one I killed too. Great, my plans were starting to go haywire and I needed to do some serious damage control before I garnered more enemies than I could handle because of those stupid social justice abusers. I did manage to get some advice on how to do so from the version of Android 18 I was being interviewed by, namely to continue my cold war situation with those two fools while building up my forces and setting up my own clan. I technically have the Dai Gurrens and my students to set up a foundation of one, but Mura was out since she was already part of a clan...although I could probably broker an alliance with hers to further save my skin. That still left the matter of what to do about the clone situation. I mean I could buy even more than Gendo did to build up a larger army, but ones with free will and the ability to think on the fly would probably be better fighters. My mulling over of options came to an abrupt stop the moment Shinji stepped into my penthouse with gripes about Misato in tow.
"That drunken slob is now officially second on my personal shit list. Do you have any idea what that cow thinks is a good way to start doing hit in the morning?"
I just give my response as bruntly as possible: "The same way I would probably expect you to start your morning by hitting the booze?" as he responds "Hey, she's one of the things that drives me to drink, and therefore gives me a valid reason. She does it because she's just a party animal that hides the fact that her dad put us in this situation to begin with." before asking "So how'd the interview go?"
I show it to him, and the results spoke for themselves.
"Yeesh, so out of the clones you busted out of there, 2 are working for evil Pinkie Pie, one is trying to get the really evil member of the Blackthorn family to be her master, 1 joined a Warper church, 2 are heading towards the turf of another level 10, and the rest are up in the air. And to top it all off, the two jakovasauruses we tried to troll by doing this just replaced them all with taller, older and bustier looking versions of the ones that got stolen. We really didn't think this one through, did we?"
I just say "Don't rub it in." before explaining the current need to set up a clan to save our asses when he gives me an idea.
"Well you could always adopt me and my aunt and uncle, between them and you, you guys have been more prominent parental figures in my life than my actual birth parents...but you might have to spill the Warper's secret to them so you can explain your situation. Just putting it out there, low hanging fruit if we need it."
It was a risk, but I might have to take it when the time comes. I was about to consider it further until I hear a message go off from Shinji's phone.
He responds "It's from Mana." before reading "Shinji, tell your boss that my boss is really a psycho bent on world domination and tried to kill me and the others. We managed to escape the base and are currently trying to find a hiding place until we can go to the public with TRI-DENT and the actual plans for it. If you don't hear from us for the next couple of days, we either are still in hiding...or they killed us. If the second is the case, I just want to take this time to say that I am extremely sorry about trying to seduce you just so I give NERV intel to a secret madman who had no intentions on keeping their word."
The kid's tone when to urgency as he then went "We gotta rescue them, if they're risking their lives trying to take out another psycho dipshit like we are, than maybe they can help us if we help them." as I respond "Slow your roll, kid. I need to locate their energy signatures first, then you can intercept them and bring them here to hide out.
After a few minutes of energy tracking, I manage to find them heading towards the west outskirts of Tokyo 3 as Shinji changes into his vigilante outfit: one kinda like mine, but based off of Kamen Rider Kiva's Emperor form in violet and black and portals to their location. Now I just hope he gets to them before it's too late.
(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji)
There was no way in hell that I was letting some deranged jackov kill people they put in what was pretty much the same situation I would've been in if I didn't meet Bishops, so once he found where they were, I leaped into action. I eventually managed to find them on the run with a group of most likely their former employer's security force trying to hound them down as I came up with an idea. Of course they probably didn't know it was me behind the mask and I couldn't reveal myself to them just yet, but hopefully they'll get that I'm trying to help them out with what I did next. What did I do? Well I shouted "Duck!" to them before they got out of the way and I fired off a few low level Ki blasts to create a dust cloud for them as they finally reached me. The more muscular guy Mana was with goes "Please tell me you're on our side." as I answered "I'm an associate of the Tokyo 3 vigilante, I was dispatched to deliver you to UN representative Bishops' living quarters for protection. And before you ask how they know one another, let's just say that he has friends in fairly high places and leave it at that."
They of course reluctantly accepted my ticket out of there, but before I could open a portal back, I had do dodge gun fire while protecting the others. The shooters: Section 2 operatives. To avoid revealing myself, I go "Damn commander Ikari, he must be going against Bishops' orders again. And to think that this job was supposed to be easy." as the four of us avoid a shootout by dashing West until we eventually lost them. This took us a couple hours as the sun eventually set and we wound up resting for a couple in one of the empty buildings near the area our Rei lived in. I mean sure, we could've crashed at her place and portaled our way to the penthouse, but I'm pretty sure that she didn't know how to make them yet, I was pretty beat from sprinting non stop for a while and I'm pretty sure that Gendo and Lorenz were probably doing something to keep track of all of our energy signatures, meaning that I'd probably expose her as a double agent along with Bishops' real plans. We were sitting down for a bit behind a group of wood crates as the guy in Mana's team who looks like he could've been the brains of the operation goes "Okay, I think I speak for everyone else here when I say that before we go any further with you, we should at least know who you really are. I mean if you're who you say you are: a friend of NERV's current leader, than you probably wouldn't mind taking offyour mask and showing us who's behind it."
Of course Mana and the other guy were in agreement, as I relented to majority rule and changed out of the costume, showing them who I really was behind the mask. The results were...somewhat better than I expected as while Mana was happy to see me, the other two were wondering how I did everything before hand. The costume change, the Ki blasts, how I got there so quickly after I got her message, all of it.
"Okay, I can explain everything to you guys, and I will, I promise." I say before McMuscles goes "Then start explaining, because I'm damn well sure that people shouldn't be able to pull the kind of crap that you did today."
Before anything else could be said, our hiding place gets hit with spotlights as we hear one of the TRI-DENT force members start yelling out stuff. Huh, like they made it out instead of Section 2.
"Give up the traitors! We have you surrounded and we have orders to shoot to kill! Resistance is futile!"
The sound of guys storming the floors until they eventually reached us was prevalent as I told them to stay hidden behind the crates. Mana asks me what I was going to do as I use Warper's Will to make some changes while saying "What I have to". They reach the room we holed up in as I come out, fully clad in the might zoot suit while using Warper's Will to keep them from shooting as I yell "STOP!" when they shine their rifle lights on me while I continue with a classic, meme worthy comedy routine. (meme lords, prepare to be indulged despite my strong urges against it)
"Swing musink, jazz. Phooey! Ah, bubelchinks, so difference from my native willage. Soft musink. Wiolins. Ze happy peoples, sitting on their balalaikas, playing their samovars. And then, there was Cucaracha. Ah Cucaracha, so round, so firm, so fully packed. So easy on ze draw. She would sink to me a wittle Mediterranean love sonk, wike this. Listenk.
(Generic P.O.V.)
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Cucarrrraaaaaaaaaaachaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Cucarahcha, Cucaracha, hoo hoo hoo hoo! Cucaracha, Cucharacha, hoohoohoohoo!
Shinji then marches up to the guards before pulling off a goddamn JoJo pose and continuing to sing...with catastrophic results for his attackers.
Nothing could be feener than to be in Caroleena in ze mooooornink (Shinji dances past one of the gunmen as an anvil drops on their head)
No one could be sweeter than my sweetie when I meet her in ze moooornink (Shinji twirls around another gunmen as this time, a wrecking ball comes from out of nowhere and sends him out the window)
Where the mornink glories twine around ze door (Shinji then takes one of the gunmen and waltzes with them for a quick moment until a giant boot comes from out of nowhere and kicks the shooter into a wall)
Whispering pretty stories I vong to hear once more (Shinji goes towards another shooter and slams them in the face with a very heavy book)
Strolling with my girlie where the dew is pearly early in the mornink (2 gunmen try to fire off a couple rounds, but fail when they get bodied by an out of nowhere steam roller)
Butterflies all flutter up and kiss each buttercup at dawnink (two more try to lock and load when from again, out on nowhere, Shinji pulls out a large wooden mallet and hits both of them over the head with it)
If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day
I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say
Nothing could be feener than to be in Caroleena in the mornink (Shinji summons a circle of extendo boxing gloves that hit all but one of the remaining gunners at full force)
The last of the hitmen, obviously knowing that this just wasn't worth it tried to get the hell out of dodge before Shinji stops him before he can reach the doorway and goes into a scat routine that to one could sound like an abridged version of the "Red Riding Hood" story until the hired gun shrieks in terror when the 3rd child gets to the part about the wolf eating lil' Red and jumping out of the broken window the wrecking ball had caused, leaping to his doom. Shinji quickly glanced to see that the guy was gone before continuing with his emphasis bite and stopping upon realizing what happened in full and going "Wow, I really can't believe that worked."
Keita saw the aftermath and could only go "What the fuck just happened and how the hell did you do that?!" as Strasberg added "Seriously, you gonna explain any of this or not?!" before a bright light shines to their sides. The four members of the aforementioned party turned their heads as out from a portal came Bishops before he went "There you four are. I heard about the goons that were on your tail, but apparently it seems like you guys took care of things already." before looking at Shinji still wearing the meme-y getup and adding "With questionable fashion choices?"
The third child simply answered "It worked." as Bishops then replies "Let's just get you guys back to the penthouse and sort out things later." before ushering them all through the portal, leading them back to the safety of the penthouse. Once inside, Keita then starts asking a flurry of questions in the order of "Alright, how did you guys do that? How did you do that thing with the guards? What in the 5 hells is actually going on with our lives right now?!" before Shinji answered "I said that I'd explain everything once we got here, so time to uphold that promise. You guys might wanna sit down, this could take a while."
The TRI-DENT trio sat down on the couch as Shinji went to work explaining everything to them. Reality Warpers, the Warper's secret, Bishops plans to prevent the apocalypse, all of it. Upon hearing everything and achieving what was commonly refereed to as "Super Sanity", Strasberg was the first to open his mouth by asking "If me and Keita were just supposed to be minor characters from a stand alone visual novel and Mana a reoccurring minor character between said visual novel and another game that had a separate manga, why tell us any of this? Why risk your own hides just to save ours?"
Bishops answered "Simply put, I wanted to offer you three a chance to change your fates for the better. To be able to win for a change and to help prevent a world ending cataclysm. And Mana, before you get upset with Shinji for hiding this from you until just now, just remember that you had your secret of being a double agent. This was just his secret that I had him keep from people until I said otherwise."
Mana realized what Bishops had said was nothing short of the truth, and was quick to think of how much it took for Shinji to keep such a secret from people before asking "What do you need us to do to help you guys?" as Bishops answered "Well for starters, we need to think of a plan to deal with your former employer, along with a contingency in case the Jet Alone project goes haywire during its testing tomorrow. If what happened with you four and those hired guns is a sign of anything, than this Zenigata character isn't going to give up without a fight."
The rest of that day was spent figuring out a battle plan to deal with the TRI-DENT leader's plans and getting the newest members of Bishop's team registered with the Order of Reality with Shinji taking the heat for spilling the secret to them. Meanwhile, within the dark confines of Gendo's office in NERV headquarters, the bastard king of anime along with his mentor were able to sense 3 new Warper energy signatures with Lorenz commenting "How cute, Bishops is trying to bolster his forces to make up for his botched little plan." as Gendo responds "He was a fool to think that we would take his little act of theft and the murder of our Lilith lightly. That being said, what is the status of us getting a new Lilith to replace the one he destroyed?"
The sole survivor of SEELE answers "Unfortunately, Angles are apparently a rare breed within the multiverse since most timelines of our franchise would rather do away with them quickly instead of capturing them. But no matter, if we cannot find a replacement, we'll look into alternative ways of triggering Third Impact."
Shortly after uttering those words, a chiming sound came from Lorenz's phone as he answered to see the same Dr. Frog that they had hired to gauge power levels in the previous episode as as Keel then went "Is that program we wanted ready yet?"as the former League of Super Evil member answered "The malware for the Jet Alone prototype's programming is complete. However, I must remind you that A: the code will only work on that particular version of Jet Alone, so if you plan on using it for something else or on another model if they decide to make another, you're out of luck. And B: the code is programmed to auto destruct in the event that your Major Katsuragi manages to do a manual override, so you only really have one shot at this."
Lorenz just nods in agreement before responding "Even is she doesn't manage to do it like in canon, it'll be an acceptable loss. Is there anything else we should know?" before Frog answers "Master Gourdar would like to provide some assistance to your cause by donating some ships and Squash Droids from the interdimensional branch of the imperial subjugation fleet. Are you interested?"
Gendo bluntly asks "This is because he wants revenge against that lesbian trio that promptly bodied your forces last time, isn't it?" as Lorenz responds "Shut your half wit pie hole, Ikari! If our associate wishes to provide additional assistance in our cause, I say let them." before turning attention back to the call and adding "If your master wishes to provide extra forces to bolster ours, he is more than welcome to."
Frog then responds "I'll let him know. You should expect an invasion force of about 8000 Squash Droids across several ships within your Earth's orbit sometime around the day after tomorrow."
"Excellent." answers Keel before adding "We'll be waiting until then." as he hung up, ending the call. He then turned to Gendo and went "You neandering imbecile, are you trying to screw up our operation?" as the sunglasses wearing while indoors pain in the ass answers "It's obvious that he's only using us to make up for his own failures. You know it, I know it, they know it, if they really wanted to contribute to our plans, they should just own up to their stupidity and failure and just accept it."
Lorenz could only respond by saying "Remind me to beat you into the ground repeatedly during our next training session." as the two of them prepare for the events of the next day.
(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji again)
Alright, day of the Jet Alone incident, I'm sitting in the kitchen of Misato's apartment eating breakfast with the penguin as she comes out in military garb as I comment "Well look at you all dressed up. What's the occasion?"
She answers "Sweet nothings will get you nowhere, kid. But if you must know, I've got to attend some conference out of town, and I won't be home until at least tomorrow. So if you probably be home before sundown today so Pen Pen has someone to keep him company. Oh, and lock up when you head out, I left the keys on the coffee table."
It has begun. Meanwhile, me, Toji and Kensuke had just got done with homeroom and were on our way to prepare for the battle to come. Mana, Strasberg and Asari were already at the meeting spot waiting for us along with Kaworu, Ami, Bishops and Sakura as we step into the GARD to talk about the plan as Bishops started going "Alright, so not too long from now, the Jet Alone prototype should be going haywire, so let's go over the plan one more time to keep everyone up to speed."
Then he had Ami set up a holographic display before continuing with "Shinji, you'll keep Jet Alone busy with Unit-01 like in canon while Misato disarms its nuclear reactor. Meanwhile, I'll be taking care of TRI-DENT since chances are that the director of that project isn't gonna be too happy that we let their operatives turn red coat and blab about his plans for world domination. Toji, Kensuke and Ami will be dealing with any excess forces that this "Dr. Destructo" or Gendo will be sending to derail things. Sakura and Kaworu, you'll be our surveillance team, keeping an eye out for any non canonical activity."
Of course one of the new guys felt left out as Strasberg went "And what about us? Shouldn't we get some well overdue payback too?" as Bishops answered "You three haven't had the same level of training that the rest of us had so far, so while I am willing to allow you onto the field due to your knowledge of TRI-DENT, I cannot allow you onto the front lines." before pulling out a modified anti-tank rifle and continued "However I'm not just leaving you without means to defend yourselves from a distance."
You know, some people say "bitches love cannons", and the way that Mana was looking at that gun, I'm kinda inclined to believe it. We finish readying up just in time as Bishops gets the call from NERV saying they needed me to deploy in the EVA so Misato can bring down the rouge walking nuke in peace as he and I make the trip to NERV while the others get into position. This might be a bit of a challenge, even with all of us on it.
(Generic P.O.V. Shift)
(Track Change: "Tomahawk Man Theme (Rock Remix)- Mega Man 6 OST)
The Knights along with their new recruits were in position amid the barren wasteland that would be Unit-01 and Jet Alone's canonical battlefield as true to Bishops' hunch, TRI-DENT forces begin to enter the area, heavily armed with the intent of taking down both the mech and the bio-mechanical Eldrich horror.
Bishops gives the order, declaring "You don't have to kill the grunts if you don't want to, but the head honcho is getting the ax for sure. No way in hell we can keep that guy alive."
The others were in agreement before preparing for battle as Unit-01 had just finished depositing Misato into the core of Jet Alone before facing the mechanical rouge and stating "Alright, you bucket of radioactive bolts. You aren't going anywhere until you've cooled off." before grabbing the thing, making it run in place while the walking afront to humanity was keeping it from going any further.
"I've found you at last, my accursed nemesis." said Zenigata catching sight of both the EVA and Jet Alone from within TRI-DENT's cockpit before continuing "Once I have disposed of both of you, the world will be mine for the taking! Muhhwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
The TRI-DENT unit begins to charge towards the two fighting giants as Bishops intercepts it with a flying drop kick before responding "Yeah, like hell am I just gonna sit around and let you set off a walking nuke. You want a fight, than your opponent will be me."
"Dr. Destructo" responds to this by spouting "Foolish mortal, you dare to get in the way of my global conquest? Then prepare to meet your doom!" before configuring his machine into a fighting pose, only for Bishops to chop off the unit's arms and legs using Occam's Razor, sending it to the ground and leaving Zenigata defenseless.
"You think that this will be enough to stop me?!" shouted the delusional project head before adding "I shall return, stronger than ever! You shall never be rid of me! I shall have my revenge!" as Bishops answers that by saying "Yeah, so you think" before getting out of the way of something. With a single blast from a distance and a frightened shout, Zenigata was officially down for the count as we see that Mana was the one to fire the killing shot with the anti tank rifle as she says "The meme was right, bitches love cannons." Meanwhile with the others who were busy punching the lights out of Zenigata's goons, Kensuke and a goon that he had held by his collar see the explosion of the TRI-DENT as Kensuke goes "Not to be a dowering Debbie, but I think that my boss just killed your boss. You know, I don't have to punch your lights out, providing you and your buddies are willing to give yourselves up and pony up whatever intel there is on that TRI-DENT thing to the UN and the JDSF."
The goon nods in agreement as Kensuke lets go of him, turns him around and kicks him in the ass, signaling him to spread the word to anyone who was still conscious.
And how was Shinji doing dealing with Jet Alone? About the same as he was doing in canon, keeping radioactive steam from coming from the mechanized menace.
"Come on, Misato." He goes before adding "I can't believe I'm saying this, but you got this!"
A few seconds later, and the lumbering pile of steel had finally calmed down, signalling that Major Katsuragi had managed to shut down the mechanical beast like in canon as Shinji breathed a sign of relief to his surprise. The main conflict of episode 7's canon was officially over.
(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji again)
Alright, it was the morning after the battle and I had just sat myself down for breakfast with the penguin as Misato comes out of her bedroom in her usual slobby way and grabs a tall boy from the fridge. Now you guys in the audience might be expecting me to give her my apparently signature meme of disapproval, but I've done enough memeing this episode, and quite frankly, I just didn't feel like giving her any sass this morning. This of course surprised her as she went "What, no snappy comeback about me getting drunk in the morning?" before I answered "Not this morning. You disarmed a walking giant nuke, I think you've earned a day off from my usual brand of insults...if only for a day."
She just goes "Oh, well thank you." before finding what she needed for her daily shower as I get the door to see Toji and Kensuke, now accompanied by Strasberg as Kensuke goes "Morning, dude. Ready to go?"
I turn towards Misato's direction and go "Hey, I'm heading out for the day!" as she answers "Alright, see you around!" as we set off towards homeroom and ultimately the next step in our training. On our way to the school, Strasberg asks "So are you guys gonna show me, Keita and Mana how to do all that crazy shit that Shinji pulled off to save our asses, or..." as Toji answers "You guys are gonna learn a lot more than just that, man. But I gotta warn you, the kind of training we do to pull that kind of crap off isn't gonna be a cake walk. Think crossfit, p90x and zumba, combine them with multiple schools of martial arts and amplify that combination by 100." and Kensuke adds "But the rewards that come from it are totally worth it. I'm wearing 40 pound weights on my wrists and ankles right now, and if I took them off, I could run at up to 200 miles an hour non stop for like, a quarter of the day."
He then turns to me and asks "And why did you risk your ass to save me and my friends when one of us was trying to seduce you for government secrets?" as I answer "She was doing it against her will to make sure you and the other one didn't get killed, I've dealt with worse people even before becoming a Warper, and quite frankly, you three are starting to really grow on me."
Strasberg starts smiling and goes "You know, I think that this is the beginning of a rocking friendship, and the benefits of it won't hurt either."
And you know something, folks? I'm kinda inclined to believe him on that.
(Ending Theme: "Aozora ni Naru" by Jin Hashimoto- Kamen Rider Kuuga OST)
Current List of Power Levels:
Desmond Bishops (me): 1,920,000/86,400,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x45)/96,000,000(Base Super Spiral)
Shinji Ikari: 87,800/439,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x5) (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Mana Kirishima: 6
Musashi Lee Strasberg: 7
Keita Asari: 5.75
Rei Ayanami (Rei III): 19,700* (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Toji Suzuhara: 80,000/400,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x5) (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Kensuke Aida: 79,400/397,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x5) (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Sakura Suzuhara: 78,000/390,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x5) (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Hikari Horaki: 5.2Misato Katsuragi: 5
Wynn Miyabi: 256,900 (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Eria Aoi: 256,700 (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Lyna Hikari: 256,700 (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Pen Pen: 3.25
Shigiru Aoba: 4
Maya Ibuki: 4
Mokoto Hyuga: 3
Ritsuko Akagi: 4
Jessabelle Musashi: 249,000 (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Fuytsuki Kozo: 3
Gendo Ikari: 29,400 (Warper Status: LV. 4)
Keel Lorenz: 181,000 (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Ami (Earth Dimension SJ-12639706): 88,900/711,200 (Max Safe Kaio Ken=x8) (Warper Status: LV. 5)
Kaworu Nagisa: 54,700* (Warper Satus: LV: 3)
Johnny "Gourdar the Never Ending" 2x4 (Earth Dimension EEE- Sigma-1451-B): 25,000
Dr. Frog (Earth Dimension LOSE-1018-Tau): 1,800,000/72,000,000 (Battle Suit Overclock)
Jet Alone Prototype: 2,000,000
EVA Unit-01: 2,000,000 (Synch Rate: 50%)
TRI-DENT Prototype: 2,000,000
Commander Zenigata/Dr. Destructo: 6
TRI-DENT Apprehension Team: 8 each (x25)
Section 2 Operatives: 8 each (x25)
(Author's Note: At last, we have finished the "Girlfriend of Steel" trilogy that makes up episode 7's altered canon. Yes, Mana and her friends are now part of the Knights of Ryujin. Yes, Bishops' dumb mistake regarding the Reis will come back to rub it in his face until it stops being funny. And eh, I might do more meme parodies in the future, but don't get your hopes up. Next time, we skip straight ahead to episode 8's altered canon as Asuka, Kaji and another party enter the fray. I'll give you a hint on who: they have an affinity for green and pink. But before we get to that, I have one more thing You Shall (not) Win This Time related that I want to get up before the end of October: a Deviantart exclusive special of Halloween hilarity, so keep an eye out for that if you're a watcher of mine on Deviantart or not (I'm just using the DSX62415 name there too to keep things simple). That being said, thank you all for reaching this part of the chapter and until next time, DSX62415, out.)