Erika stepped inside a capsule known as an entry plug. Inside was a cockpit to pilot the robot.
She now wore an interface headset, similar to a headband.
"The headset should help with the interface process" Ackerman explains as she communicates from the command center.
"Wait, won't I be needing a pilot suit?" The third child inquires as she looks at herself.
She was wearing a plaid skirt and with white short-sleeved polo shirt when she got here.
"There's no time, we need you ready to go!" Whitehall affirms to her.
"My father never needed me before, but now he built a robot that needs me? Some joke, but I can't let this thing destroy the city."
"Insert entry plug!" Announced 1st Lt. Miller.
The plug then got inserted into the entry located at the Eva's back.
"Plug lock-in procedure complete! Initiating first-level interface!"
The cockpit floods with an orange-amber-like liquid coming from the bottom, filling up from the bottom of the cylinder.
To Erika, it looked like orange tang juice.
"Is this part of the interface?!" Erika exclaimed.
"Don't be alarmed" explained Dr. Ackerman. "The LCL will help your connection with the Eva, you'll get used to it".
Once the entire cockpit got flooded, Erika took the LCL in.
"Initiating power-up sequence!"
The LCL then materialized from liquid to air. Becoming breathable oxygen in seconds. The cockpit began to change as well. Its screen began to digitalize and show a view of the hangar from the Eva's eyes.
"Evangelion Unit-02! Prepare to Launch!" Ordered Captain Whitehall.
The Eva then launches from the hangar and straight up to the roof. It kept going upwards until it reached the city's surface. Once it reached the city, Erika found herself facing the beast that almost killed her when she arrived, the Angel.
"This is it," she thought. "All I have to do is destroy it, that's all".
"Releasing safety locks!" Announced Whitehall.
The locks got off the Eva.
"Unit-02, lift off!"
The Eva and the angel were locked eye to eye.
"Remember Erika, all what you have to do is concentrate on your thoughts" Susan explained. "That's how it works".
"Concentrate," Erika said to herself. "Just concentrate on walking and punching that beast".
Just as she grasps the controls on the cockpit, the Eva began to move without problems. Then, it rushed at the Angel.
"Good Erika!" Commented Susan. "You're doing great!".
As she charged towards the monster, Erika threw a punch directly at its face. The Angel's A.T. Field blocked it as the true first hit went by.
"Crap!" she thought. "He's got some sort of shield!".
Just as she was about to throw the other, the Angel grabbed Eva's left arm. It then began to crush it hard enough to break some of its armor. Erika could feel the Eva's damage as she screamed in pain.
"Erika! Listen! It's not your arm!" Shouted Susan. "Keep fighting!".
"It hurts!" Screamed Erika as she grasped her left arm. "God, it's going to break my arm off!".
The Angel then grabbed the Eva by the neck and stopped crushing its left arm. It then placed its hand and placed on the robot's chest, revealing a red orb on the hand's palm.
"Erika, fight it!" The captain ordered.
But it was too late, the Angel fired a ray of light and blasted the Eva so far away, that it crashed behind a building.
Back at HQ, the command center was trying its best to get the Eva back on its feet.
"Unit-02 just went offline!" Shouted 2nd Lt. Harris. "There's no signal from the pilot!"
"Eject the entry plug!" Shouted Captain Whitehall. "Forget all original orders, get that pilot out of there!".
"We can't!" Lt. Miller tried to explain. "We lost contact with the Eva!".
Inside the robot, Erika was trying her best to get back up.
"Come on!" Erika's thoughts screamed. "I cannot die! Not like this!."
The Angel got closer to Unit-02. With its claws, it got hold of the Evangelion, attempting to strangle it from the neck.
"I cannot die, I cannot die, I cannot die, I cannot die, I cannot die, I cannot die, I cannot die,".
Erika could feel the angel get a hold of her neck, strangling her until she stopped breathing.
"I...WILL...NOT...DIE!"
All of a sudden, the Eva opened its mouth; revealing a large array of metallic teeth. It screamed at the same time that Erika screamed. Its left arm also began to repair itself as it got up.
"Unit-02 just reactivated!" Lt. Miller shouted from controls. "Running straight towards the Angel again!".
"What?!" The captain questioned. "How?!".
"I think it's gone berserk!" Shouted 3rd Lt. Edwards.
"Erika! Speak to me!" Yelled the captain through the controls.
"I'M GOING TO KILL IT!" The captain heard Erika scream as the Eva went back online.
This time, Erika made sure that she had to go through its A.T. field.
"Captain!" She shouted. "Isn't there any weapon I can use other than my fist?!".
"Crap, the weapon system!" 2nd Lieutenant exclaimed. "We forgot to tell her!".
"There's a progressive knife located in the left shoulder pylon" the captain responded. "Activate it with the voice command".
"Activate progressive knife!" Shouted Erika.
The left shoulder pylon opened, and unit-02 pulled out a progressive knife. It was like a small blade that energized when activated.
Erika then used it to open through the A.T. field as she charged toward the angel. The field then disappeared once it was opened.
"She broke through it!" Shouted an amazed Lt. Harris.
The Angel then pulled out its hand right in front of unit-02 and blasted another ray, but the Eva dodged it this time.
"Not this time you don't!" Shouted Erika as she jumped and kicked directly into the monster's face, cracking it on impact.
The Angel fell and unit-02 stabbed it in the face, making the creature bleed from the puncture.
"Erika, listen" the captain ordered, "The Angel's weak spot is at its core, located in the chest. You'll kill him once you destroy it".
"Now you tell me?!" She angrily thought to herself.
All of a sudden, the monster grabbed her and began to hang on to unit-02. Erika struggled as she tried to stab at the Angel's core, which was that huge red orb located in its chest.
"Come on!" She screamed. "Why don't you just die already!".
She continuously stabs into the core. the blade just clashes upon contact.
Suddenly, she hears a CRACK. Erika has penetrated the shell.
"DIE!" Erika screamed as she drove the prog knife straight into the creature's core.
With that, the Angel explodes, engulfing the entire city in an explosion so huge that it creates a ray of light that reaches into the skies above.
Back at NERV, the command center tries to get an image of what happened.
"What happened?" Questioned the captain. "Did she make it?"
We're trying to find out!" Responded the 2nd Lieutenant. "The signal has been interrupted!".
The screens on the command center went static as soon as the explosion occurred.
"The explosion went through the entire city!" explained the 3rd Lieutenant. "We can't see a thing!"
suddenly, an image starts to clear up on the screens.
"We're getting a signal!" 2nd Lieutenant announces.
As the explosion vanished, the image revealed unit-02 standing in the middle. Erika has just killed the messenger.
"Life signs recognized as both unit-02 and the pilot!" Announced 3rd Lieutenant from the com link.
"You did it, Erika!" Exclaims the captain. "You destroyed it".
Back in the entry plug, Erika looked tired yet somewhat satisfied.
"I did it," she says meekly. "I actually...did...it".
The third child feels her body start to weigh down on her.
She touches her nose, realizing she's bleeding from her nostrils.
Her surroundings begin to turn blurry.
"I feel...tired. I really...don't want to...die".
With that, it all turned black as she falls to sleep.