Evangelion RPG *Possible Mature*

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Just as Kikan rounds connected with the angel, it seemed to lock on to him and Shinji, and immediately fired a large ray in the direction of the two pilots.

Megami turned towards Kikan and Shinji. "What!? How did it?!" She began to run in their direction. "Kikan!" She cried.

Misato smashed her hands against the back of Maya's seat. "Move!" Idiot! I told you not to fire seperately! Every watched in horror.

The powerful and bright cut through the air like a knife, moving as fast as a bullet, then smashed into Shinji, missing Kikan by what seemed inches, then Shinji's EVA seemed ignite and explode. The explosion threw Kikan to the ground.

"Did it pierce the AT-field!?" Ritsuko shouted to staff.

"46% breach, ma'am!" Hyuga.

Ritsuko stared at the visual-feed. "Shinji..." Did his EVA survive the blast?

Megami finally reached Kikan. "Kikan... Kikan, please tell me this was your EVA, please tell me you aren't the one who took the hit!"

Suddenly, the angel began to move again, readying another shot in the same direction. Rei shook her head. "No! They'll be wiped out!" Rei began to fired at the angel, but her shots were nulled by its superior AT-field. The ray it fired redirected and smashed into Rei, blowing Asuka away. Asuka screamed as her EVA smashed into a lake, causing a large splash.

"Asuka! Rei!" Misato cried. "Yoshirou! Retreat!" She turned to Fuyutsuki. "We have to drop an N2 Bomb!"

"What?" Fuyutsuki shook his head. "Are you crazy? It'll..."

"I know, but we have to slow the target down, or it'll kill all our pilots!"

It was silent for a while. What Misato said had to sink in. Fuyutsuki stared at her, and she stared back, for a long while, at that. Finally, he relented. "Yes... fine." He closed his eyes. "Aoba... contact the UN... drop an N2 mine..." The city can't another hit... but we have no choice... "Make sure the EVA clear the main blast area." He said to Misato, partially.

"Yes sir! Contacting UN bomber divsision..."

Misato looked down to the ground. I don't want to, but we have no other choice... we have to stall for time...

Ritsuko turned to Misato. "You realize that the pilots are still..."

"The AT-fields will protect them." Misato said shortly.

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"No... i ran last time.. not again..." Yoshirou got up, the left arm of the EVA was 87pct damamged, he picked the Prog Axe up and moved towards the angel, which was moving towards Rei, suddenly the angel opened another beem straight into Rei and Asuka, "Asuka! Rei!!" Yoshirou could hear moaning over the com, but nothing else, he smashed into the back of the angel, the Prog Axe did hardly anything, but just made the angel more mad.

Ritsuko looked at Misato then at the screen to notice Yoshirou, "Yoshirou!! get out now!!!!!" she said as the UN plane flew over the angel, "Ok ready for order to drop the N2 bomb," the American pilot said, Ritsuko turned to Misato..... "well... its your choice..."

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Kikan got up "****..." he picked up his rifle "So I'm not allowed to shoot it I'm geussing?" he glanced at Megami's EVA "Fire in two directions at once..." he thought to himself. Shinji was knocked out cold, he might've been dead, Kikan didn't know. He picked up Shinji's rifle and held it out for Megami. "Take it. Please." He didn't worry about the mine, even Misato said that the AT field would protect him.

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The pilot sighed. "We Americans are about to drop another nuke on the Japanese..." He mused. "How nice..."

Misato closed her eyes. "Now! Drop the bomb!"

The pilot nodded. "OK... let's do this!" As soon as he pressed the button, which released the Nuke however, his plane simply exploded... then, seconds after, the N2 bomb went off, still thousands of feet above its intended target. The explosion nonetheless filled the sky with a blinding flash, and its force, even from so high in the sky, shattered windows at ground level. The angel didn't seem affected by the explosion at all, began to ready another blast, towards Kikan and Megami.

"Kikan!" Megami shouted. "Move away from me, and then start firing! He can only fire at one of us at a time!"

Misato frowned as the screen went blank from the force of the explosion. "Damn!"

Ritsuko cursed. "This angel..."

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"Yoshirou get out of there NOW!!!!!" Ritsuko shouted at him, she started to show a side of her which was never shown, "Kikan, Asuka, Rei, fire your weapons now, give covering fire for Yoshiro." She put her hands on the computer infront of her....He is going to get himself killed....

Yoshirou kept hacking the back on the angel, but nothing was working, "Die Die Die Die Die!!!!!!" he repeated this over and over as everytime he hit and angel and it didn't break the AT field.

"Yoshirou i will not say again, get out NOW!!" Ritsuko said looking down on the computer, she noticed the note which was the plan of the A3 NERV agents, "Misato keep this safe" she handed her the note.

Yoshirou got the message this time, he got up and started to run away from the angel, suddenly a beem of pure white light went through the EVA, "wha... th... hel..."

"EVA-8 is down!!" Maya said looking at Ritsuko, "Damn, protect each other, we cannot loose another pilot." Kitsuko said

"Im... ok" Yoshirou got back to his feet, he was shaken up but nothing he couldn't deal with, he carried on his retreat towards Rei and Asuka.

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Kikan laughed hollowly "I'm not doing this for captain inbred. It's not "covering" fire it's "let's kill the angel so we can all go home" fire." He started running away from Megami, stopped for a moment and fired and then started running again.

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The angel began to fire at each location that fire came upon, missing Megami and Kikan by mear inches each time. The ray it fired seemed to destroy anything in their paths. The city was damaged more and more with each shot.

"Kikan!" Megami shouted. "We have to find some way to get a close range attack on this thing! We might be able to penetrate its AT-field with our attacks, but it's going to take a blade to destroy its core!" As Megami said this, one of the angel's ray smashed into the arm of her EVA, blowing it clear off. She gritted her teeth as the pain flooded through her body. "But if we don't both do this... we'll be killed! Isn't there anyone else around!?"

Asuka stood to her feet slowly. Her vision was blurred, but she could see the angel easily, with its large body, its high pitched singing. "That's... the angel. I have... to destroy it..." She began to run towards it.

Kikan could see, the angel's AT-field was beginning to give, but they needed a finishing blow. That's when he heard Asuka's cries. EVA-02 was sprinting in towards the angel. The angel took its aim off of Kikan and switched sights to Asuka. It's canon began to charge another ray. Megami dodged the second ray from the angel. "Kikan! Now's our chance!"

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Ritsuko saw what was happening, "All attack now!" she shouted.

Yoshirou turned around and ran behind Asuka, "Lets kill it!" he shouted as he ran up beside her, "Come on Asuka keep up im nearly infront of you!!!" he laughed and ran into the Angel, "Die!!!" he hit it again.

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Kikan had the sudden urge to shoot Yoshirou in the face with his gun. He mastered that impulse, almost. For a moment he aimed for his head before taking it back down again. "Man, what is wrong with me." he started charging at the angel. He could almost touch it, so he shot at the AT field as close as he could get the gun.

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“Move Asuka, move!” Asuka tried to dodge as the angel’s ray pushed towards her, but it moved too quickly. Glancing off of her shoulder, it continued off to the right and smashed into Yoshirou, causing another large explosion to erupt. I… failed again! I can’t believe this! As her EVA smashed into the ground, blown away by the intense explosion, she felt defeated. “Damn… I lost again…” She began to bang her hands against controls. “You stupid EVA, why won’t you move! Why won’t you do it right!?”

The angel roared as Kikan’s barrage of bullets began to pelt its skin. However, it did not fall. It only roared that heavenly scream that it had done hundreds of times before. Two new beams began to form again. One took aim at Kikan, and the other at Megami.

“Kikan!” Misato yelled. “Find the core, or your shots won’t be effective!”

It was true what she had said. The AT-field had been penetrated, but the angel was still too tough to blow apart; its skin was too hard. Megami lifted the control module as she approached the angel. “Kikan! Pull back! If you get blasted that close, you’ll die!” Her EVA leaped into the air. “Let me take care of this!” The angel had finished its preparations, and the next set of beam cannons fired.

Megami easily avoided the ray, as she was hundreds of feet in the air. “Kikan, are you alright!?” The explosion from the other ray lit the sky on the summit of the angel’s head. From her perspective… it’s all she could see. I’m too high to see him… Kikan! Please tell me you were able to avoid the blast! But she wasn’t wasting anytime; still airborne, she withdrew a prog sword from… seemingly nowhere. “Angel… die!”

…

Ishi nodded as he played its flute. This is how it will be… As he played, another large explosion rose from Tokyo-3.

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Yoshirou got up after the blast... "Gah Asuka your bad luck!" he said as he picked the Prog Axe up, he didn't move because he heard what Megami said, he nelt down and waited so see what was going to happend.

"Misato, EVA-4 is on top of the angel hacking at it!?" Ritsuko said supprised, "Yoshirou get up close, and copy EVA-4, the prog axe will help"

Suddenly Yoshirou got to his feat and ran at the Angel, jumping and landing on its Head next to Megami.

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Kikan had jumped backward away from the angel, but he wasn't fast enough. He was blasted by the beam, his entire left half of his EVA was burned, the armor was gone, the chasis was showing. He felt something else too, an immense fear like he was going to die at that instant. He started breathing heavily, his heart felt like it was going to explode. His vision blurred and darkened "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

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Before Megami landed on the immense surface of the headphone shaped angel, she got a clear look at Kikan's EVA. She didn't say anything. She didn't make a sound. "Angel..." She said, her long blue hair robing over her face. "Die!" The EVA did a front flip, swamming the prog blade deep into its skin. Blood began to flow from the angel's skin, and a large angelic roar sounded. Megami kept her eyes on Kikan's EVA. "Die ANGEL!" She wrapped her hands around the prog blade hung off of it, using gravity as a force to pull the blade through the angel's exterior. It roared louder and louder as Megami swung down around its long arms. "I'll rip you in half!" The angel began to rise high up into the air, but Yoshirou managed to find a grip on its side.

Misato nodded. "OK! Yoshirou, find the core!"

Megami pulled her blade from the angel, landing on its cannister. "Not charging any beams!?" She could feel the cold night air blasting by as the angel erupted into the air, like an eruption. "Now die!" As the angel began to charge another cannon, Megami stuck the prog sword into the angel's cannon. "Boy!" She called, turning towards Yoshirou. "Jump or die!" The angel began to roar as it made it threw the cloud layer. Megami nodded. Now! She dove from the angel, as it exploded in a climatic explosion, which was more powerful than any explosion that had ever taken place over Tokyo-3. "Kikan!" She cried as she soared towards the Earth.

Fuyutsuki chuckled. "So... the core was inside its ray cannons..." He chuckled. "How secretive of that angel..." All of the staff could only at the massive explosion that was taking place in the sky. Slowly, the fireball began to take the shape of a giant cross.

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Yoshirou jumped away a few secounds late, the blast caught his legs making him fly, "OOoooooo ****!!!!!" he went head first into the floor, cracking the plug.

Ritsuko looked at Misato, "Yoshirou is lifeless!!" she shouted, "Get a team down their now!"

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Kikan wanted to run. He wanted to run away from something. He didn't know what it was, but it was going to kill him if he didn't run away. But he couldn't run. The EVA wouldn't move, he couldn't move, he couldn't get out. He moved his mouth wordlessly. He felt the thing get near him, and he screamed "NO! NO! NO!" he felt like he was going to burn "NO! HELP! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" he started firing his gun with his one good hand to drive thing away, he didn't know where it was, but he was bound to hit it eventually. The gun ran dry but he kept firing.

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With each round Kikan fired, more and more of Tokyo-3 was lit up. Building after building was taken down to ground level, and the night became less and less fruitful with each blast. As the workers of Central Dogma watched this, the mood went from relieved to terror. "Kikan is out of control!" Maya cried. "I keep trying to call him, but he won't listen!"

Misato cursed. "Kikan... why now!? The angel is dead, you can stop now!" It was no use. Kikan was gone, no one could reach him. Misato realized this and quited down. Damn... there has to be something we can do... He's going to destroy all of Toyko-3 at this rate! "Are any EVA pilots availible to fight...?" Just as she spoke these words, Yoshirou's EVA smashed into NERV, causing all of the lower levels of NERV to shake and rupture. "What da'...!" Misato tried to grab onto something as the ground shook.

"Ma'am! Unit 08 just crashed atop of NERV!" Hyuga.

"Yoshirou?!" She turned to Maya. "Is he alright!?"

"..." Maya didn't respond too quickly. "His life signs are green... just unconscious..."

Megami stared at the ground as her EVA approached it. It was going to be a rough impact at the speed she was traveling. I'll have to use the AT-field... "Now... AT-field!" The EVA pulled out both hands, using its AT-field to slow down immediately before landfall. "Yes!" Megami cried, as her EVA lightly touched off on the ground. She turned to Kikan, then began running. "Kikan!" She cried. The power level was falling quickly from the AT-field. Damn... I used the AT-field too much!

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Yoshirou didn't move or anything, he was out cold on the lower levels of NERV.

Ritsuko looked at Misato then the screan, "Rei take down Kikan he is out of control!!" she said.

Ina looked around stunned by the shake which woke her up, "Er!!" she said looking around.. "I hope that wasnt yoshirou....."

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Kikan threw his gun away, it was useless now. He didn't know what he was going to do, the thing was so close to him now. He still couldn't run away, only one of his legs was working, he didn't know what to do "Help me... Please!" he yelled out, he didn't know who to. "Don't let it kill me!"

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Megami tried to calm Kikan down, but he wouldn't listen. "Kikan..." He won't listen to me in this state... I have to get his attention somehow... She began to become aggravated. Why couldn't she get Kikan's attention? "Kikan..." She said again. "Listen to me!" Suddenly, she began to run towards Kikan's EVA, and with a well placed punch, she smashed a fist into the chest cavity of his EVA sending Kikan flying into a near by mountain. "Can you hear me now!?" She cried, jumping high into the air, and pinning herself atop of him. She made sure her EVA had a good grip on his, then ejected her entry plug. "Mom! Keep him pinned down for me, OK?" Standing atop her EVA, she jumped down to Kikan's, and ran towards his EVA. "Kikan!" She cried as she tossed her hands around the emergency bail. After a minute of hardy turning, his entry plug popped from the EVA's back. She opened it, letting the bloody LCL rush all over her. "Kikan!?" She reached for him, trying to grab him... "Kikan! You have to be alive!"

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"Rei dont worry.... Megami done it" Ritsuko said looking at what was going on, "And were is that Team!" she said

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Kikan looked up at Megami, he felt exhausted. "I'm so sorry." he said quietly, then he saw it. The thing was standing just behind Megami, he couldn't see it's face but it seemed familliar. It disappeared, but he could hear it laughing. He grabbed hold of Megami's arm and opened his mouth. No words came out, just a cracked whisper. He started to feel dizzy and sick, he held let go of Megami's arms and held them over his mouth.

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Megami giggled, tears coming from her eyes. "Kikan... if you want something over your mouth..." She moved her arms away and pulled in for a kiss. "This will do better..."

Suddenly, before they had kissed, Gendou's voice came over the monitor. "Kikan Reigan, capture that girl, now! She is the thief who stole EVA-04!" Megami didn't listen to Gendou, she simply continued on, kissing Kikan. "Reigan! Follow your orders!"

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Ina ran around panicing like a school girl, "Omg he better be ok..." she heard that it was Her brother which went into lower NERV.

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Kikan wasn't listening either, at that moment, he would've killed the commander if he tried to take Megami away. He felt safe again, he couldn't even remember what the thing was, but also completely drained of energy, he could barely move. It was though the kiss was the only thing keeping him alive.

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Megami closed her eyes as she kissed Kikan, and then, suddenly, she stood up. "Kikan." She smiled, a sudden sadness about her. "I told last time... that this would be our last meeting... because I have become like the angels... it's my destiny to perish." She gave him a tearful wink. "Hopefully... we can be together in the next life..." She began to walk away from him. It's because... of this inner me that wants to kill...

Gendou nodded. "Yes... the tanks have set up."

As Megami leaped atop her entry plug, Kikan could see the UN tanks approaching from the boundaries of the town. "Bring it on!" She cried. I won't go down without a fight... for you Kikan!

Rei awoke, coughing up blood into her LCL. "What is... where am I..." Yoshirou was the first thing to come to her mind.

Misato sighed. "Dammit... we can't send a recovery team out until all fighting ceases..." Why can't the commander just let it go!? She thought, glaring to the floor.

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Suddenly EVA-8 moved, slowly at first, then it worked it way out of NERV, to the surface, yoshirou woke, "Jesus the carnage is bad....." he heard Commander Ikari, "Yes........ DIE MEGAMI!!" he ran at her with the Prog Axe, he smashed it into her back.

Ritsuko looked shocked "Its went berserk?!" she called out looking at Maya, "i think so...." she said in shock....

Ina heard the noice going on and kept silent in the corner of the NERV lobby, "ooo my god! what is going on...."

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Kikan could barely keep himself awake, he stared dumbly at what was happening, he took a few steps out of the plug to get a better look. He couldn't think straight, he stumbled backward and used the communicator "Yoshirou!" he yelled out, his words slightly slurred "If you dare do anything else to her I'll kill y-" he thought about it, Yoshirou was like Rei, borderline suicidal, so he thought of something that would stop him "I'll kill your luggage. If you hurt Megami, I swear to god, your luggage is dead." he hoped that would stop him. He finally gave in, he fell back into his entry plug face first "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Megami." He finally fell into unconsciousness.

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As Yoshirou's prog axe sunk into EVA-04's back, Megami let out a scream of sheer terror. The vibrations from the prog axe jarred the spine of the EVA, and suddenly, her back felt cold. Her eyes became empty and she gagged, blood pooling from her mouth. My… back feels like… It’s getting dark… She was silent for a second, and there was no sound. Nowhere in the entire town did even a pen drop. The silence sounded like death. The EVA plunged to the ground, lifelessly, a large plume of life filled dust lifting into the air.

Misato watched, an angry righteousness rising about. This... isn't right... She helped us! She turned to Gendou. All fear she had was eclipsed by outrage and anger. She let him see her thoughts. Her anger, her resentment… but the man didn’t reply. He didn’t respond, and he didn’t care either. He was happy of the developments, and what others thought could concern him not.

Maya turned to Ritsuko. "Sempai!?" Tears were in her eyes. When Ritsuko gave her an answerless stare, she turned back to the monitor, looking at the downed EVA. The plume of velvet red blood-dust that filled the night's shaken sky. "Megami-san...!" She screamed, silently. "Megami..."

Yori waved an arm. “Revenge! Yeah!” He felt the atmosphere in the room and understood it, but his air was different than the rest. He had no obligations to Megami. “Take that, ya’ blue haired *****! Good job, Yoshirou! Get your little butt back here and let’s celebrate!” He began to take out a cigarette, but he caught Misato’s angry glare, and put the cigarette away. He smiled to himself. Too far, huh?

Fuyutsuki arched an eyebrow. "It went down this easily?" He turned to Gendou.

Gendou nodded. "Yes. It's a little too easy..." He thought of Eji when he said this. "Eji-san... his involvement in this project has proved more to us then I once thought."

"I smell..." Megami said, her voice now alive, possessed and dark. "I think... I smell... I know I smell..." She licked her bloody lips. "Blood... my own!?" Her eyes turned red suddenly, she clenched the controls to the EVA as hard as she could. "Mother, wake your *** up!" She shouted, angrily. "We're not going to sleep yet!" The EVA's eyes began to glow red. It stood up. "Comon', hurry up you lazy *****!" All Yoshirou could see through the red dust plume was the shining red eyes of the EVA. Megami smiled, hectically as Yoshirou's EVA came into view. "You!" She began to laugh. "You drew my EVA's blood?!" It was hers. She wanted to tear away at it until it was no more. She wanted to rip his EVA apart and take out the entry plug, and then rip it apart, letting the LCL drip all out, and then she wanted to pull Yoshirou out and pull him to shreds, slowly. She wanted his blood. The blood of the boy who caused her to bleed. Suddenly, EVA-08 withdrew a giant prog blade. "You, you bastard, eh?! Answer... me!!!" She roared. With that, her EVA slashed the dust cloud, making it disperse. Yoshirou could see now. Her EVA had gone berserk. No power, and yet it was moving faster than ever. "I'll kill you now!" The EVA seemed to leap into the air, it raised the prog sword, and the prog sword began to sharpen more and more, until it seemed to form a lance. "Let me taste your blood, boy!"

Fuyutsuki watched in awe. "Is that...!"

Gendou nodded. "Yes..." He smiled. "A replica of the spear of Longinus..."

Megami's smile widened as she closed in on Yoshirou. "I'll have your blood!" As she passed by, she avoided his prog axe, she was moving much too fast for Yoshirou to track her movements. "Die!" She smashed the lance into the eye of EVA-08, held it in for a second, and then pulled it out. "Yes!" She roared, as blood began to poor from the EVA's head. "Let me have the carnage!" She began to laugh hysterically, then she kicked Yoshirou to the ground.

Gendou's smiled deepened. "He delayed her..."

As Megami sat over Unit-08, laughing in valor of her victory, a sudden feeling came over her. She could no longer move. She had become paralyzed. "What... what the hell...!?" She sputtered. Her EVA stumbled forth, then back, and then toppled, landing over the top of Unit-08. Together, they formed a cross shape. "What... is this!?" She screamed. "Tell me dammit! Who's doing this!?" An image appeared on her monitor. The Longinus Spear hang over her, attached to five metal birds. Its gleam burned her eyes. "What the hell!?" She screamed, closing her eyes. "It hurts... it hurts... stop it!" She screamed. The cross started to lower more and more... Terror had replaced her confidence, her desire to kill and spill blood. With every inch the cross came closer, and with the coming of the cross, her body became more and more heavy. Like there was a giant weight on her back. “No!” She screamed one last time. Blood began to flow from her mouth. The life of her was leaving her body, bit by bit. Didn’t… kill him… Kikan. A smiling Kikan? “Go… to sleep… now…” Her eyes closed, and with that, the EVA deactivated, and all was silent with EVA-04.

Gendou stood form his seat. "Now! Dispatch all retrieval units, get me EVA-04, and bring me the pilot, alive!" He turned to Fuyutsuki. "Let me take care of the rest. I'll give you command from here."

Fuyutsuki nodded as Gendou left the room. "Yes." He turned to Misato, Ritsuko, Yori, and the rest of the staffers who stood in the room. He could feel their cluelessness. Their anger. He looked to Maya. "Send a recovery team out there! Retrieve all EVA except 4!"

Misato arched an eyebrow. "Except 4? Why not Megami too?" The woman was cynical towards her higher ups, and had been for a while. Ever since Bruno showed up… She thought, thinking of the confrontation she had with him. What happened to him anyways…?

Fuyutsuki hesitated, then replied. "The special ops. task force will retrieve that EVA and pilot."

Misato nodded, looking ground. Why... what are they going to do with that girl and her EVA? She turned to Ritsuko, and at the moment their eyes met, she felt like Ritsuko knew something she didn't. Her eyes were full of distrust. Discontempt. And I can’t even trust you, Ritsuko-san?

A man pulled Kikan from his EVA. “Hey, kid! You alright?” He turned to his subordinates, who were dressed in orange protective clothing. ”Get a life support system up here, now! This kid is hardly breathing!” He turned back to Kikan, pondering the horrible expression on the kid’s face. “Hey, Kikan-san! Wake up!”

Yoshirou’s plug arose from within the EVA, and the workers managed to get him out of mangled plug. “The plugs been damaged! Is he ok!?” A man called up from the ground.

“Yeah! Just unconscious…” Then Yoshirou’s rescuer noticed the gash over his eye. “Crap!” The man said, to himself.

“Sir?”

“What was…” he looked to the man. “What was this boy’s synch ratio?” He looked back down to Yoshirou, who’s whole face was covered in blood. Megami’s attack.

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Yoshirou was out cold, yes maybe they thought, but a few moments later he woke, screaming in pain with the gash across his face, "Ahhhhhhrghggghhh!!!!!!" he fell to the floor blood being coughed up, he stopped shouting then..... and fell from his knee's face first on the floor, "Di.... did i stop her..." he said in a hazy voice.... blood coverd the white and yellow plug suit, it was blood red now, stain'd if you like to say, he touched his face were the gash was and started to flash in and out on consciousness.

Ina still sitting in the NERV lobby saw one of the rescue team run out, "Wait stop!!!" she said running up to them, "were are the pilots are they ok.! were is he......

Ritsuko noticed Misato's look You can trust me.... "I hope they are ok.... but what happend to Yoshirou i can't say he is still with us..." Ritsuko said, suddenly Misato slapped her.

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Kikan awoke with a start "****." he got up quickly, fell down quicker. The entire left side of his body felt numb "I hope this isn't permanent." he mumbled, he pushed himself with is one good arm over so he was facing the sky instead of the dirt "Megami? Where's Megami?" he said weakly "She alright?" guilt flared inside of him, if she was injured or worse it was his fault "Tell me!" he yelled to the guy who pulled him out of his EVA.

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"K-kikan!" The man cried out. "The girl... she's..." He looked out over the night sky and pointed. A couple yards away NERV agents were carrying Megami away in a cage. Among the agents was Jun, who was the leader of the men. None of them ha dfaces that expressed emotion, but Jun. Jun's face was contorted, as if he didn't agree with was happening. He met Kikan's eyes for a split second, and then looked away, continuing on. Megami's body seemed to be broken up bad. Blood was still draining off from her mouth. Her eyes were opened, but they were empty. She was either unconscious or dead. "Yoshirou... struck her... and then... She fought back and almost killed him... and... the commander..."

"Yashitaka!" A man said, sternly.

The man who'd been speaking to Kikan shut up, immediately. "Yes sir!" He turned back to Kikan. "I'm sorry... I can't say anymore."

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When Shinji awoke, he was in a lone room, on a bed, next to Asuka. He noticed the old NERV doctorstanding beside him. "Kikan and the others are still out there... you were closest to NERV so they got you out fast..." Shinji didn't notice Rei in the white, safe room. Rei. Was she safe?

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Misato lowered her hand slowly from Ritsuko face. "You know these kids don't deserve this! You know Megami didn't deserve that! What exactly happened here, Dr. Akagi!?" She glared at Ritsuko with all her might.

Yori watched on from the corner, drinking a beer. "Enough of this!" He said, obnoxiously between the two. "I'm not gonna stand here and watch a cat fight. I'm gonna' go check on me boy!" He walked out of the room.

Misato watched him go, and then turned back to Ritsuko. "Well...?!"

Hyuga stood. "Major Katsuragi, this is ridiculous..." Misato silenced him with one glance.

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"Yoshirou-san!" They put him on a stretcher and began to roll him towards a helicopter. "Hang on...!"

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Yoshirou opened his one eye, as the other had a gash through it, he could still use it, but the amount of blood which would go into his eye would be incredible, "Kika.... im sorr.....y" he said as he saw the face of Kikan glare at him, "Were is Re..i, Is she ok..." Yoshirou said looking at the worker, "Well she is alot better then you, keep quiet rest Yoshirou" he said back.

.....

"Fine ignor me!!!" she said as the workers ran past her, "Pft... be nice if they answer me...." she said to herself, suddenly in the distance she saw Yori running towards her, "O lovely....." she mutterd again, "Hey Yori!! were is my brother" she said as she stood up.

.....

"these kids save us from these angels, without them we would be dead!" Ritsuko said in reply to Misato's question, "im going im not needed" she stood up and walked out heading towards the lab.

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Kikan couldn't beileve what Yoshirou had just said "You're sorry. I'm so touched." his expression softned "I geuss you were only doing your job, right?" his expression changed "Joking of course, you pathetic son of a *****." he shook his head "If you were sorry, you wouldn't have done it in the first place. You don't know what you've done. You don't know anything, you just follow orders. Imagine the people who could use the air that you breathe, or the blood that you use?" he tried to stand up, he wanted to kill him, he wanted to make him suffer "People who actually deserve to live."

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"Ina... hey!" Yori's cigarette fell to the ground, his smile was to wide to hold it in. He stopped walking towards her. "I'm going to see your brother right now. You can come with if you want..." He took her hand and kissed it, delicately. "But you have to stay close to me... I wouldn't want those UN guys taking you away."

...

Misato rubbed her face, taking a few deep breathes. The long night's sky of death and destruction was finally beginning to glow. The Sun was rising over the horizon. "Too much..." She said, rubbing her eyes. "Too much has happened..." This is making me old... she thought, as she walked down the hall, slowly. Her eyes kept closing, and she couldn't keep them open.

"Need coffee?" Kaji was standing in front of her, two coffees in his hands. "It's good... NERV-brand!"

[wolfy147]

Yoshirou looked at Kikan, "If i didn't stop her, you and her would of gone off and had sex, and leave us behind, SHE NEEDS TO BE KILLED!!!!" Yoshirou said looking at him, "Just go home, stupid kid you are not needed, your emotions are running wild..... you will get us killed"

.......

Ina giggled, "ok.... you think he is ok?" she ask looking at Yori as she wrapped herself round his arm.

........

"Ermm.... what to do...." Ritsuko said looking at her desk, "Ah!" she noticed the files she needed to sign, "i might as well get it out of the way"

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Kikan stared at Yoshirou, he started giggling then he burst into laughter. It wasn't malicious laughter, it was genuine "I-I can't believe any can be as bad as you at insulting anyone!" he kept laughing, his ribs started to hurt ""Gone off and had sex!"" he started laughing harder "I'm saving that one for parties, I swear to god." A part of him was angry that he was laughing in this situation, but it felt good. He hadn't laughed like that in a long time "By the way, we are the same age." he said, his laughter dieing down "And also, I've been here longer, and I don't have useless prostitute luggage to carry around, but I'd love to go home right about now, thanks for asking."

[Tidusauron12]

"Enough!" The screaming of two injured EVA pilots had spread grown too much. It wasn't something a NERV agent could stand for long. "You two are injured, act like it!" One of them men said, raspily. "Just shut up until we get you back into NERV. You're both dieing, believe it or not. If you want to live, quiet down!" They began to carry them both towards NERV.

In the dim new sunlight, they could see that NERV had been destroyed. The upper levels had been smashed by Yoshirou when the angel was killed. Now in the sunlight. They could see all the damage that had occured. It was like a giant earthquake had struck the city from afar. Buildings were collasped, toppled. In some places, bodies were on the ground. Human bodies. Death. Fires had broken out, and the fire department was still out of commition.

"This is bad..." The NERV agent said, looking around the area. "Atleast the school is still around..." He looked to Kikan when he said this. "Miracle... but with all of the homes and buisnesses destroyed... they might have to evacuate the city anyways..."

...

Misato took a step back. "You..." She said, reluctantly. "I thought you..."

"Yes..." Kaji said. "I was accused of trying to kill Asuka... but I was cleared of those charges. An imposter." He handed Misato the coffee.

Misato smiled, lightly. I knew it... I knew Kaji wouldn't betray us... me. "I have work to do!" She said, suddenly. "I'm sorry but we don't have anymore time to talk. I'm going." She began to walk away from him.

"I'd expect nothing less, you're such a hard worker." Kaji bowed. "I'm looking forward to our next meeting..." With a smile on his face, he turned away from her. If I'm not looking at you... it doesn't count. "Hit them now." He said, simply, into his communicator.

...

Yori began walking with Ina. "Your brother's uh... OK, I think." He said, awkwardly. "Hey... there's your bro!" He pointed in the distance. ****! He thought. Yoshirou was being carried in on a stretcher. He turned to Ina. "Uh...your brother..." Suddenly, gun shots became heard.

Every began looking around. Automatic machine gun fire began to fill the air. When a UN man took a shot to the head, Yori dove to the ground, Ina in his arms. "Terrorists again!?" He looked to Kikan and Yoshirou. "****!"

...

The NERV men dropped Kikan to the ground, taking out their pistols. "Circle Fifths maneuver!" Suddenly, a red circular glow began to move rapidly towards them, from the woods. "An F.A.E!? Move!" They tried to dive out the way, but one man didn't make it, being blown in half. Now it was all out war. Machine fire filled the air, coming from both sides.

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"Shut up Kikan, least i dont let my emotions **** with my life.... i feel sorry for Asuka being with such a idiot.." he said, he saw Ina in the distance, "O god...." he said looking at her, he would hope she didn't notice him, "And now look mother ****ing terrorist trying to kill us, how ****ing great...." he said looking at Kikan "its all your fault for your emotions...... someone should shoot you"

"... I ... though you said.. he would be..... ok....." Ina said as she started to cry, "That doesn't look ok to me!!!" she screamed, "Are they terrorist? they are going to kill my brother?!!?" she said looking at Yori

"Ahhh finished..." Ritsuko said as she stood up, "Suppose i better go help Misato again......." she said as she started to walk towards Central Dogma, "Whats this? terrorist attack?!" Ritsuko said, she ran into Central Dogma, "Misato have you heard?!" she said

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Kikan rolled his eyes "Wow, I never knew terrorists were attracted to emotions. I geuss it's like sharks with blood." he said sarcastically "Are you sure Ina isn't your mom as well as your sister?" he laughed slightly. Considering he couldn't move at all, insulting Yoshirou was the only productive thing he could do. If he could move, he'd be running away, using Yoshirou as a human shield of course.

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"Dr. Akagi!" Hyuga cried. "Major Katsuragi left a while back... I'm not sure where she's at!"

Kaji walked into the room. "I think she was heading towards her office." He took a sip of his coffee, then almost dropped it. "Ouch... hot!" He chuckled, moving his tongue around in the air.

"A muse?" Fuyutsuki asked, looking down from the pillar atop which he stood.

Kaji waved. "It's been a while, Fuyutsuki-sama..." He bowed. Fuyutsuki sighed, walking off.

...

Yori hugged Ina tightly as another FAE passed over. "Stay here! I'm going to go get your brother!" He started to run towards Yoshirou, he hesitated as machine gun fire passed by, turning back to Ina. "Don't move at all!" He continued towards Yoshirou.

Kikan could do nothing but watch as more and more men were eliminated from battle. Of the five men who had come to escort him, only one was left. The entire recovery team had been slain, and only one NERV agent remained. "Kid!" He said, firing a few shots blindly into the woods. "Can you walk at all?"

"I'll carry the brat!" Yori spat, as he picked up Yoshirou. "Yoshirou," he said, lifting the boy over his shoulder. "You fought well... but now it's time to go." He turned to Kikan. "Comon' you bastard... I'll carry you too." He turned to the NERV agent, but man's head seemed to explode before he could say a thing to him. He grabbed Kikan's leg and began to drag him through the hard ground. "****! We gotta' get outta' here!" As he came back towards Ina, shouted. "Ina, run! They're advancing! Head back towards NERV!"

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"errr OUCH!!!" Yoshirou said as they were being jolted up and down on his shoulder, "Jesus its like your sofa's..." he laughed, "Errr good luck getting the blood out of your clothes......" he looked at Ina, "Dont worry... im fine.."

Ina looked back in shock.... "Brother.... your bleeding..." she said, "o and hello Kikan......" she said, "Come on Yori...." she said as they ran into NERV.

Ritsuko saw the 4 come into NERV "get a team there NOW!" she shouted

[max payne]

Kikan bashed his head on something when Yori was dragging him. He tasted blood in his mouth and started to feel dizzy "Damn it, watch where you're going." he wanted to scream that, but no words came out. The world appeared much brighter than it did normally, but it was also darker, more contrasted. He was being dragged along, as he was dragged he saw something in the corner of his vision. An emaciated, grinning girl standing just behind Ina, he could only see part of it's face, the rest was hidden behind her. When he tried to focus on it, it disappeared. The only thing it left was the fear.

[Tidusauron12]

Yori stopped suddenly, snatching Ina down to the ground. "Wait!" An FAE exploded in front of them, knocking Ina, Yori, and Yoshirou to the ground. "Stay down!" Yori cried, as another FAE went off, only a few meters from them. The last thing anyone saw was a fireball.

"No!" A NERV man cried, as the heat of the fire ball reached him. "The pilots!"

...

"Kikan! Kikan!" Aki shook her brother as hard as she could. "Please... don't be dead... don't die!" Half of his body was in bandages...

...

Yori opened his eyes, immediately feeling the pain in his chest. "Dang, I should've stayed asleep!" He grabbed his chest, clenching as hard as he could. "Hurts..." He sat up, looking around the room. It was empty. He laid back down flat, his head cushioned by a pillow. "Ina most be with her brother... I hate FAEs!" He shouted, closing his eyes.

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Ina looked at Yoshirou, "Ooooo brother........ you promised me you wouldn't get hurt...." she said as tears started to roll down her face and her skin to shine a whitish tone, "Please wake up........" she lay her head next to her brother and put her hands over her face as she was crying.

"Ina....... you will have to go..." A docture and 2 nurse's walked in with needles and bandage's, "You can come back when we are done... but not now" he said as he took pity on her.

Ina stood up.... Welll i might as well see Yori.... she thought to her self, "Ill be back ok brother..." she said as she left, "Right now were is Yori's room..... Ah!" she entered the room with tears still rolling down her face, "Hey Yori!"

"Ahh... Thank for the wake up call......" Yoshirou said as the docture stuck the needle into him, "You coulda warned me....." he mutterd under his voice, "But hey its done right?" he looked around, "New clean bandages....." he said to himself.

"You have a guest to see you....." the docture said as Commander Ikari walked in,

"Hey Commander Ikari....., have you seen Ina?!" Yoshirou said Looking around as if to say that she has went missing, he was nervus talking to the Head on NERV as he didn't know how to adress him properly.

"Ill leave you two alone...." the docture said as he closed the door.

Meanwhile Ritsuko Lay back "God working 20hr shifts.... we should complain.." she laughed at this, "what you think maya?" she said after

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Kikan opened one of his eyes "Stop shaking, dammit!" he mumbled, pushing his sister away with his good arm.

Aki smiled "I'm so glad you are alright!" she hugged him tightly.

Kikan winced "Ow, where have you been? I thought you were dead." Aki let go of him a looked away from him.
"I... I went away for a while. I couldn't stay." she said evasively, Kikan closed his eyes again "That's good. Business as usual now I geuss. We're a family now."

[Tidusauron12]

Gendou towered over Yoshirou, giving him a cold, uncaring stare. "Yoshirou." He said, solidly. Then he was silent. At first it seemed that's all he had to say; like he was just going to turn around and go on about his buisness. "What did you feel?" He asked suddenly, clearing the silence, murdering it with his intentful voice. "When she struck you? Megami. What did she make you feel?"

...

Yori sat up as Ina came into the room. "Ina!" He cried, happy to see her. "I... I..." She looked more beautiful than ever to him now. He didn't know if it was because he'd been knocked out for two days, or because of his injuries, but she looked sexier than he remembered. "Ina..." He repeated, smiling. "I'm glad I was able to protect you from the FAE..." What am I doing acting so soft! He thought, suddenly. Gotta' get some testosterome flowing! "How about a hug?" He asked, outstretching his arms.

...

Misato sighed, watching Asuka from outside her room. The clear glass that allowed her to look inside the room seemed to be the barrier that was keeping her so clamped down. So restrained. "Asuka..." She said, placing her left hand on the glass. "Wake up soon..."

Asuka had been placed in a body cast, eclipsing the appearence and condition of her body. As she was now she was more apt to be confused as a mummy than a hospital patient. "She's taken heavy physical trauma..." The old doctor said, taking his seat beside Misato. "I swear... these kids suffer so much..."

Misato closed her eyes. "We have no choice... we need them to..." She was thinking of Ritsuko's words to her that night the angel had attack. Ritsuko's right... we need them to survive...

"I know, I know..." The doctor said, sitting back in his seat. "But," he said, staring at Asuka's unconscious diliapidated body. "Is it right for them to be sacrificed... in order to save us? Is that what they want?"

Misato shook her head. "No!" She replied turned to the man. "They aren't sacrifices! They won't die..."

"Two already have." The doctor said, shortly.

Misato didn't say anymore. She had been beat by the old doctor. Ishi and Megmai came to her mind immediately. Ishi had... become an angel. And something similar happened to Megami. It was basically death. Neither of them existed as they used to exist. "But... they won't die..."

"Have you seen Shinji? Rei?" The doctor asked, picking up an apple off the table. The small waiting room only had room for a table, and three chairs. A bowl of fruits at the center of the table. "They're in similar, if not worse conditions. They cannot enter these battles much longer, before..."

"I know!" Misato said, angrily. "I know they can't..." She looked from the doctor to the floor. She didn't feel right yelling at him, but his words angered her for some reason. "I'm sorry..." She bowed and headed towards the door.

"You're one of the ones who can stop it." The doctor said, as she headed out of the room. She stopped, not looking back to him. "I wish I could... but I'm just an old doctor." The man stuffed the fruit into his mouth. Misato sucked her teeth, then walked out of the room.

What do I do now? She thought. What will we do now?

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Yoshirou looked at Commander Ikari, "What do you mean...... felt?" he said, "I guess i felt good...... to see her fall......" he said, he had no memory of her attacking him back.

Ina walked over and sat on the end of Yori's bed and put herself in his arms, "Commander Ikari is here..... he went to see my Brother." she said looking away.

Ritsuko left NERV now, she was heading towards the kids, "They better be ok.... my words better not have came real..." she said as tears rolled down her cheak, "No... they wont be.."

Yoshirou looked back at Commander Ikari, "I ..." he stopped, he started to cough blood up, his eyes turned red, "I... feel.... some off her... in me...." he said as he stopped coughing.

[Tidusauron12]

At Yoshirou's first words, Gendou had started back for the door, then stopped. "In you...?" He said, turning back to Yoshirou. "What do you mean?" He gave Yoshioru the most cynical look, walking back towards him. "What do you mean when you say this?"

...

Yori didn't hear what Ina had said immediately, he was too busy enjoying their imbrace. "Gendou..." He said listlessly. "The commander..." Suddenly, it hit him. "What!?" He shouted, taking Ina's hands into his own. "Commander Ikari is here?" This ain't good. He'd better not do anything to Yoshirou... I'll kill em'!

...

"Kikan?" Suzihara walked into the room, blushing a bit when he noticed Aki. "Nice to see you again," he said, nervously. He turned to Kikan. "Kikan... howzit going..." Suzihara had the same, gloomy air about it. He had never been the same since Kensuke's injury...

[wolfy147]

Yoshirou looked at Commander Ikari, "i... dont know i ... dont feel my self.." he said looking away, "Blood still dripping from his mouth, "Blood..... sweet blood..." he mutter'd but it wasn't his voice....

Ina looked at Yori, "Why is he here?!" she said looking at him, "It isnt right?!" she was panicked.

Ritsuko walked into the lobby of the Hospital, "Is kikan here please" she said to the Nurse, "Yes.... follow me but be quick..." she said looking at her notes.

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Kikan waved to Suzihara, Aki hugged him. "It's good to see you too." she said smiling "I have to go now, I have to sign the papers for our new house." she grinned "But I'll be back soon." she walked out of the hospital.

Kikan eyed Suzihara critically "You alright? You look a bit tired." he sat up a little straighter.

[Tidusauron12]

Yori felt a strange impulse come over him... like he couldn't control himself. It was stronger than the addiction he had to cigarettes and alcohol. He HAD to do what this impulse ordered upon him... he couldn't stop. "Ina..." He said, in a low, quiet voice. He wrapped his arms around her back, kissing her fully. Sweeping her off of her feet. What am I doing...? he thought, his eyes widening. Don't know... but it feels... feels right. Feels good.

...

Misato wandered down the hall, looking blankly down the corridor. I should go visit Shinji... see how he's doing... She was so involved in her thoughts, that she didn't even notice Ritsuko and the nurse approaching her.

"Major?" The nurse said, surprisedly. "You're through seeing Asuka?"

Misato nodded. "Ah... I was just going to see Shinji." She said, looking at Ritsuko. Why is she here? No work to do? "Hey... Dr. Akagi." Misato said, distantly.

"Oh... Ok!" The nurse, bowing down. A couple of men passed by, laughing at the women. "He's a sleep... but he's in a stable condition right now... I..." The nurse began blushing. "Right this way, Ritsuko-san!" She pulled Ritsuko along with, walking as fast as she could.

Misato arched an eyebrow. "Huh?" What's wrong with her? She looked back down the corridor. "Oh well..." She began to walk faster. "Shinji..." She wondered what condition he was in. The nurse had said he was stable, but she didn't feel satisfied with that... SO concerned was she that she almost passed his room, too lost in irritable thought to pay attention to such things... room numbers. Doors. They didn't seem important. "Shinji!" She said, rushing into the room. "Shinji...!" She ran to his bedside. "Please... wake up. Be OK..."

...

Gendou nodded. "Yes. Thank you, this is all I needed to know." He walked out of the room, not saying another word. This is perfect... The girl... she will help us... He smiled as he closed the door behind himself, and then began to walk away. As he walked, his agents appeared behind him, holding their guns out in the open. "Hm?" He noticed Aki walking down the corridor, and smiled, coldly at her. He remembered and she rememebered what had happened the day he went to her house. He didn't speak though, he just watched her as he and his man passed by, going down the corridor.

...

"Dude..." Suzihara whistled, sitting down in the chair near Kikan. "Your sister just hugged me..." He closed his eyes, and for a while he was silent; it alsmost seemed he was sleeping. Then he opened his eyes. "I'm just a bit tired... Kensuke hasn't been awake since yesterday..." He sat up suddenly, trying to stay awake. "Hey... have you seen Hikari around? They said she was missing... hope those damn terrorists didn't have anything to do with it." He yawned, looking down towards the floor. "Did she go back to NERV...?"

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Ina was shocked at Yori was doing This is soooo wrong.... bu.. but i feels soo.... good.. she carried on kissing him until he sat back down in the bed, "Yori....." she said looking at him, "I must go...." she stood up and left, "What just happend......" she walked towards Yoshirou's door Wonder were Rei is... Yoshirou hasn't talk about her for ages....... she enter'd his room, "Hey brother!!"

............

Yoshirou looked at her, "Hey.... were ya been i thought you left!" he said happy to see her, "I can taste my own blood...." he splutterd out.

"What are you on about...." Ina said looking at him, "You are sooo goofy sometimes...." she giggled at this and sat next to him, she didn't notice until closer the blood, "O my.... what happend!?" she said in shock.

"Dont worry... im fine" he said looking at her, "It's only his blood.... not mine"...... he didn't know what he was saying, it wasn't his voice.... but Megami's............

..........

Ritsuko looked at the room, "Ahh Kikan, thank you nurse." she enter'd and noticed Suzihara, "Hello Suzihara, how is Kikan" she walked over and sat on the chair next to him, It isn't right what we are doing to these kids......

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Kikan shook his head, he opened his mouth to explain to Suzihara but Ritsuko came in. "Don't you people ever knock?" he asked frowning "What the hell do you want? If it's something to do with NERV the answer is "no"" he didn't want anything to do with them, they had betrayed him.

Shinji stirred in his sleep, but he didn't answer. The power to do anything had left him it seemed. His eyes opened slightly but they were hazy, as if he didn't recognize the major.

[Tidusauron12]

Yori tried to get up, but his back wouldn't allow it. "Crap, freakin' FAE!" He collasped back to the bed.

The nurse, hearing the man's hardy roars from outside, rushed inside. What now!? She thought. "Yori-san!?" She ran to his side, placing her hands on is chest. "Stay down... your injuries haven't healed!"

Yori looked up at her, his eyes distant. "Oh... hiya, cutie." He laid back down, feeling pain all over his body. "How bad did they get me?" He asked, looking down at his wounds. Yori was calm. His face simple, soft. His eyes distant, his smile deep. "With those... FAEs... babe?"

The nurse blushed, feeling a sudden attraction to the man. "Yori-san... I..." She turned away, walking towards the door. "I'll go get the meds!" She ran from the room, leaving Yori by himself.

Yori snickered, grinning at the ceiling. "Still got it... Yori. Still got it..." He thought of Ina as he said this. "I think I love that girl..." He began to laugh, hollowly, but he shut up when blood began to leak from his mouth. "****... where's that nurse?" He said, weakly, closing his eyes. "It hurts... bad."

...

Misato stared into Shinji's eyes. "Shinji... please..." She placed her hand on his forehead. "Don't... run away. Don't give up hope... it's still there... I know you have it in you, to move forward!" She was lecturing him, but she knew it wasn't really getting through. Shinji was in a hospital bed. He was injured, hurting all over, physically and mentally. He had fought that horrible angel... had gone through so much... while Misato only had to watch, watch on from the sidelines. Was it right? "I know I don't have the right... but..." She smiled, at Shinji, softly. "I just want... this all to be over Shinji. So you... so no one has to suffer anymore..."

...

Suzihara backed away from Dr. Akagi. "Hey, who are you!?" He asked, terragationally. "Just barging in, eh!?" He turned to Kikan. "NERV?" I don't know what it is... but I don't like it when these NERV people come around...

...

Gendou sat down in the black car. "Hurry... to NERV." The car sped off into the street. "Megami... and Rei." He turned to Fuyutsuki. "Have Eji take a look at them, immediately." He said, crossing his arms. "We have lots of work to do..." With that, he looked out of the window; finished talking.

Fuyutsuki nodded, looking out his window. "Yes... I will."

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Ritsuko looked at Suzihara, "Hm.." she said, "Kikan how do you feel...." she said looking into his eyes, "Dont worry about Megami... she is fine.." she said then left the room again, "I better get back to the lab..... the tests will begin soon.." she mutterd to herself.

Ina moved away from Yoshirou, "Nurse.... someone.... help!!!" blood was coming out of his mouth and his gash were Megami cut him open "Bleed Yoshirou.... Just bleed!!!"

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"Shut up you lieing *****!" Kikan called after the Doctor "I know she's not alright." he growled "What do they think I am, 12?!" he wanted to chase Ritsuko out of the hospital, but he couldn't move. "Doesn't matter. I'll get her out." he said to himself.

Shinji stirred a little. A slight smile came across his lips and he said very quietly "Me too."

[Tidusauron12]

Suzihara turned from Ritsuko, then looked to Kikan. "Kikan!?" He stepped towards him. "Who!? Is it Hikari! NERV has Hikari!?" He frowned. "Kikan... are you talking about Hikari!?" Suzihara couldn't stand not knowing what was going on. He wanted to know, badly. "Tell me!"

...

The nurse, running down the hallway, heard Ina's cries and ran inside the room. "Yoshirou-san!?" First Yori... and now Yoshirou's in trouble!? She ran to him. "What's wrong!?" She said to Ina, as she tried to lay Yoshirou down. I can't handle this by myself! We have to get the doctor here! Frantically, she began to wipe the blood from his mouth, ignoring the boy's strange words. "Calm down!" She cried. "Calm down!"

...

Misato smiled, in relief. "Shinji..." So, I was able to get through. "As soon as you can... I want you to go to Asuka... she needs you." Misato said, warmly. "She's not awake... but she's waiting for you, Shinji." She began to walk towards the door. "I'm sure of it..." She walked out of the room, leaving Shinji alone.

[wolfy147]

Yoshirou eyes rolled into the back off his head, "Ill make you suffer Yoshirou!!!!! Suddenly Yoshirou fell back into realitiy, "Where the ****nig hell am i!!!!" he ask the nurse, another nurse ran in with a doctor behind her.

Ina looked at him, "Your... not all..." she didnt finish the sentance, "Rest... ill be just here..." she said as she sat down in the chair."

Ritsuko just left the hospital, "These kids.... hero's or just kami kazi people..." she said to herself, "And now He is using Rei as a test dummy......"

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Kikan shook his head "No. Well-" he thought about it "It's complicated, I am. And I'm not at the same time. You remember Megami?" he asked Suzihara to start off.

Shinji answer, he didn't know how he felt abou Asuka. She had betrayed him, and he felt something for Ina. But he couldn't bring himself to hate her.

[Tidusauron12]

Suzihara arched an eyebrow. "What are you..." He walked over to the chair and took his seat, beside Kikan. "What do you mean?" Hikari... and someone else?

...

The nurse nodded at the doctor. "Finally, you're here!" She smiled, running from the room. I still need to help Yori! She ran into the supplies room and picked up a few bandages and meds.

Yori chuckled, raspily. "Where's she at... been five minutes..." He coughed up a bit of scuff. It was bloody. "Damn..."

Suddenly, she bursts into the room. "Yori-san!?" She rushed as quickly as she could. Please... help me.. I must... I must get to him! "Here take this!" She shouted, forcing a spoon in his mouth.

Yori cringed. The medicine tasted horrible, at first, and then the taste began to subside. "Thanks... I feel better now..." He sat up, slowly. "The bandages... they could go onto my back..."

"Yes..." She nodded, and began removing the bandages from his back. "I'll replace them with these new ones..." Her blush deepend a bit. "I hope it feels well..."

Yori smiled, noticing her blush. "Blushing, are we?" He asked, sorely. He was in pain still. Deep pain.

"S-sir!?" She said, quickly.

"What's your name, cutie?"

"K-Kyoko!" She said, quickly. Her entire face was red now.

Yori nodded, smiling a bit more. "I see... nice name." He closed his eyes, they were tired, and it felt good. "It's good for you... Ms."

...

Misato began to run. I have to get back to NERV! I have to see what's going on! I'm tired of being in the dark... of working like some machine! "Rei... and Megami... why are they there!?"

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Yoshirou came around a 20min's later, "Errr....." he said as the nurse shoved a tablet down his neck "This will make you feel better i promise" she said, "Your girlfriend hasn't left your side" Yoshirou looked up, "Thats my sister...." he said shocked at what the nurse said, "Oooo sorry..." she turned around blushing and left.

Ina looked over, "good to see you feeling better...." she said

Ritsuko reached NERV, "Hope im not late....."

[max payne]

Kikan struggled to find words "It's complicated. Pretty much impossible to explain. Megami is Hikari. And Hikari is Megami." he paused "Following me?" even he thought his words didn't make sense.

[Tidusauron12]

Suzihara arched an eyebrow. "What?" He stepped back, laughing. "Dude... I have no idea what you mean!" His laugh was more nervous than comical. "Dude..."

...

The doctor sighed. "Yoshirou... promise me... Promise you'll stay out of that EVA! Atleast... for a while..." He stared at the young man hopelessly. It's not right... what these people go through... these kids. I'm going to end it!

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"I would love to old man... but... i got work to do.." Yoshirou said looking at him, "Im a pilot im use to it....." he giggled, "How is Yori, Ina?!" he ask his sister.
"He is fine...." she replied not telling him about the kiss of course, "Good..." Yoshirou replied.

Ritsuko reached Eji, "So how are they doing?" she ask looking at him, "Is it true u new Gendou before all of this..." she ask

[max payne]

Kikan smiled slightly "Yeah, it's ****ed up isn't it? I don't even understand it myself." he laughed hollowly "It's even harder to understand what the adults want." he felt childish calling the people at NERV "adults" but it was the only word he could think of "I don't know what they want with her. Or me."

[Tidusauron12]

Eji turned to Ritsuko, juggling two test tubes in his hands. "Oh, Dr. Akagi, you surprised me!" He smiled, cheerfully. "Welcome to my lab!" The two stood in a small lab, it had two tables which were covered with scientific tubes and instruments of experimentation. The lab was dark, and full. Dry and cold. Networks of CPUs sat against the wall, doing secret work; only deemed to exist by faint lights they gave off, which also gave the room boundaries; boundaries from darkness. Eji seemed to fit in with this room very well, it was almost as if he grew out of it. His glasses hid any looks that could be perceived, but his smile hinted a certain happiness, his voice too. "Since you're here..." Eji turned to look away from Ritsuko, towards something that was of a greater focus. A certain part of the room was very dark, and this was the part of the room that Eji was focusing on now.

Ritsuko followed his stare. "Eji-san?" She asked, arching an eyebrow. She didn't feel right, the man hadn't even given her a chance to respond. The lights turned on, in a sudden burst of light, lighting the entire room. Without this landmark site that the lights presented, the room would be dark. Would be dry and cold. A mad lab. But with these two masterpieces, the lab was bright and rung with a warm, moist brilliance. A brilliance of scientific significance and priority. Ritsuko couldn't believe her eyes. "This is..." As she spoke, her voice light and unearthed, her eyes widened to uncave proportions.

Eji nodded. "Yes. Megami..." Megami floated in the test tube, which was full of orange, thick fluid. Fluid called LCL. Her hair floated upwards, of couse, and her eyes were closed and at peace. She was sleeping in there. Having a wonderful slumber, in which no one would want to awake. But it wouldn't last... not much longer. Not in a place of hungry, voracious humans of scientific brilliance. "And... Rei." Rei was not asleep. Rei was not in pleasurable slumber. She was dead awake. Her eyes opened up just right; not too much, but not closed either. She gave Eji and Ritsuko empty looks, as if she didn't care that they could see her nakedness, as if she didn't care for their existance at all; like she didn't care for her own existence. "Both of them are here..." Eji said, smiling. "To tell the truth..." He said, turning to a questionable Ritsuko. "I wasn't too keen to help out with this project until I heard about its connection to the angels..." He smiled, looking back to the two girls. "But exactly how... I've been told some very secretive information about Rei... about the ture essence of her existance..." He stared her in the eyes as he said this. "And Megami... the girls body structure appears to be that of a super human..." He looked to his laptop. "The oxygenation levels in that LCL she is submerged in is too low to support the life of a human for more than ten minutes... yet she has been submerged in it at these levels for over ten hours..." He chuckled, turning to Ritsuko. "And even more astounding... her circulatory system... her immune system... strange cell like structures run her... they even make her blood blue!" He chuckled, walking over to one of the tables. "I'm starting to be convinced that her being as a human is only on a superficial level! She doesn't breathe oxygen... well she doesn't need it... and..." He pushed his glasses back on his face. "She doesn't need much nourishment either..." He turned to Ritsuko once more, chewing on a piece of gum. "So, now that you're here... you can help me with my work!"

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Suzihara rubbed his eyes, trying to maintain his focus. It'd been a long night. With Kensuke in his crisis and shock, and Hikari and Kikan in trouble (and now Megami), his hand's were full. "Kikan?" He said, silently. "How can we... if NERV has her... how can we save her... Hikari!?" He paused. "Or... Megami..." He chuckled a bit, sourly. "Really... you have to tell me about how they are the same... or whatever." What are we going to do? NERV has control... and the angels too... and those terrorists? What are we supposed to do?

...

Dr. Ishikawa frowned. "Yoshirou..." He said, humbly. "I see..." He closed his eyes, standing up. "Your wounds have all been closed up. Don't move around, and you won't fall apart." He stood up, turning to his nurse. "Seiya, let us be going..." He said, tiredly.

"Yes sir!" She responded, steadily. She began to follow the doctor towards the door, but he stopped once he had opened it.

"Oh... yes..." He said, turning to Ina. "Make sure that you, young lady, protect your brother." He smiled at her, ambitiously. "For when the time comes... you'll be the ones of us who need to survive." With that, he left the room; his nurse trailing behind (she stared at Ina a bit, and then left). The two siblings were alone again.

...

"Shinji!" Shinji could hear Ishi's voice once more. Ishi was calling him. "Rest. Rest well, and when you have rested enough... come to me! Come to my voice and I shall seal your happiness once again... We need to talk."

Ishi sat on a rock, overlooking Tokyo-3. This mountain... he said, a smile on his face. "Is the sole survivor of the last great battle..." With a nod, he stood. "It means the next will abolish this mountain... and the next... the land." He put his hands in his pockets and walked into his cave, a satisfied smile about his face.

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Ritsuko nodded to the words on Eji, "Ok.... lets begin...." she said.

....

"Gah, im fine..... i dont need to stay here..." Yoshirou said as he sat up, but Ina lay him back down, "Im here and you do as i say mr." she said in a stern voice, overpowering Yoshioru to listen to her.

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Kikan sighed "I can't really explain how they are one person, because I don't know." he smiled slightly "But I've got a plan to get them out. Well 2." he counted on his fingers "First, I want to try and get that guy Ishi. Maybe he'll help, they are the same kinda... thing I geuss." he paused "The other plan is-" he considered it "Get Tokyo-Org to distract NERV."

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Shinji sat up quickly, it was agony so he fell back almost instantly. "When I'm rested. I'll see you." he murmered to himself. Asuka would have to wait.

[Tidusauron12]

Eji licked his lips at Ritsuko's words. "Yes... Yes Ritsuko-san!" He turned to Megami. "Hey, Megami...?" He said, staring at her, happily. "I know you're asleep, don't you want to tell me how you're connected to those angels?" He rubbed his gloved hands together, laughing lowly. "I guess I can wait until she awakes... it won't be long at all now..." He turned to Ritsuko. "Ritsuko-san..." He said, stopping all his enthusiasm. "You're familiar with my protocol, right? We need to input PLAN A now. It'll began this experiment; this little shindig of mine." He smiled at her, crookedly. "Hurry, hurry now!" He ran to his side of the room and began typing, furiously.

Ritsuko nodded, glad that the man couldn't percieve the expression on her face. It was quite disturbed. "Yes, Dr. Eji..." She walked to the console she had been assigned too. As the screen came on in front of her, she noticed a fast flow of data. This technology rivals that of the capabilites of the MAGI... the Logic Drives are more advanced than I expected... how can this machine run with this much weight? She turned to watch Eji type faster and faster; he was totallly embellished in his work; cut off from the world. This man... Ritsuko thought. Does he really have a daughter? "Enough..." Ritsuko said to herself, beginning to type.

Eji nodded. "EVA unit four is a big one, yes? Only you are fit to help me do this..." Eji chuckled. "Without you, I wouldn't be able to penetrate its biolayer... only one other person has further knowledge of the inside mechanics and workings of the EVA between you and me, Ritsuko-san...!" Eji began to type even faster. "To bad that person's all worn out..."

...

"So... this is Tokyo-3... don't look as good as it did in them pictures..." The man said. "Ugly should've replaced the title on the manual. Damn Japs got bad perception of what to call art... that's what I say." As he said this, he turned to his fellow men, who walked beside him and around as well.

"What are you talking about, I was here just last year! It looked alot better! It's like this is a completely different place!"

An older man, wearing a green uniform just as the others, but with a small rainbow printed on his shirt. "Will you two ingrates shut it!?" He set his rilfe across his back. "This is a war zone. They got terrorists attacking and monsters destroying everything around here. For all we know this city will be completely gone by next week!"

"N-next week sir!?"

The older man didn't reply at first, but he began walking again, the other men following. "That's why us UN men are here... to make sure that doesn't happen. To secure this city from the likes of terrorists organizations..." And they'll take care of the monsters...

"Yes sir!" The men shouted. And that was that; they walked in silence after that.

Just around the corner, Aki walked. She couldn't help but notice that the giant spines were the angel before last were still strutting high from the Earth. Hundreds of feet into the air they stretched, like mountains, and at their feet were crushed homes. "Hey you!" She looked to see a group of UN men, six. "Who goes there!?" The man in front asked. He was older, seemed worked out.

"It's a girl..." One of the UN men said, looking to his friends. "And she's a cutie..." They began to laugh. "A real cutie..." The men then began to talk amongst themselves, their gosip sounding crude and wrong.

"Shut up!" The captain spat at them. "Ma'am! Answer us!" He took out his shotgun. The UN USA division will not be made a fool of! "Ma'am!?" He repeated.

"Um... I..." Aki said, backing away. "I am... that is..."

"She's the sister of one of the EVA pilots." Jun said, walking ot stand beside Aki.

"And just who are you!?" The captain spat, almost firing his shotgun at the man. Where'd he even come from!? Fast...

"I'm Junya. I work with NERV. Nice to meet you military gentlemen..." He showed them his badge, bowing down to them, and then standing straight tall, a smile on his face.

So... that's NERV, eh? The captain thought. "Yeah... salutations..."

Jun shook his head. "Ah... that's not needed, beside, we're just on our way to inspect the remains of this young ladies home... We'll be on our way, outer your hair." He turned to Aki. "Aki-san, let's go..." They began to walk, slowly, carefully at first. When the men said nothing, they picked up pace, and when they passed the soldiers, Jun pulled Aki a bit faster still. The silence of the air, the heat and the silent cries of the cicades made the atmosphere uneasy.

The captain watched them go, and then turned back to his men. "Well... let's go." He said simply. And simply, the men nodded and began marching down the lane. A couple of the men looked back to see if they could catch a glimpse of Aki, then they continued on, no words, and inuendo on their minds.

Jun chuckled. "That was a close one, Ms. Aki."

"W-who are you?" She asked, weary of the organization of terrorists called Tokyo-org.

Jun chuckled. "Junya. I work for NERV. I'm a good friend of your brother, Kikan." He looked down the avenue. "You were headed home, no? Are you close? I'd hate to leave you alone with those UN meatheads walking around."

...

Yori waved to the nurse as she left his room. "She won't be able to stand straight for a while..." He said as she left, closing the door slightly behind her. "And with that blush... she won't be able to talk or think." He chuckled. "She was good... but I want Ina!" He stood up, and began walking towards the door. Funny... my back alright now... He thought, as he rubbed it, softly. In the hall, it seemed void of life. Empty. Yori began to walk towards Yoshirou's room. "Where ya' at kid..." He said, lowly. The next door seemed to be far away, and suddenly, as he had left his room, his sanctuary, he was tired. "Guess I ain't all the way recovered!" He cried, as he stumbled forward, almost crashing to the ground. "Dang..." He grabbed the wall, catching himself by a wind. "Better rest for a while..." He sat against the wall and closed his eyes. "Someone'll come... soon enough..."

...

Suzihara shook his head. "The terrorists?! Are you kidding me? How are you gonna' get the terrorists to listen to you? How are you going to get pass NERV security to her? They probably got her locked up in a cell surrounded by guys trained not to move even if a cannon is fired next to their ears!" He shook his head, unbelievingly. "We can't do it man... we're just... just..." He looked at the ground. Just what... what are we...? "It's just whack man!"

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Ritsuko nodded to that, and started to type as well, she had notes infront of her which what she had to do, "Errrm......" she sighed as she was typing, What is he going to do with them....

....

Ina looked over at Yoshirou, "Ok im going to go... you need your rest..." she hugged him and left the room, "Ina......" he said as she closed the door, "Damn i hate being alone...."

Ina walked down the corridor and saw Yori sleeping on the floor, "Oooo what has he done now......" she giggled and walked up to him, "Hey Yori!! wake up your suppose to be in bed!"

[max payne]

Kikan frowned "Yeah, WE can't do it. That's because there's only 2 of us. We need someone to help us. I don't know who." he stared at the ceiling for about five minutes "Maybe-" he paused "Maybe I can use my EVA? No, they've got the controls they can just shut me down, plus they'll know it's me." he ran his hands through his hair "I don't know. Maybe it is impossible. But I have to do something. Anything, I can't let her down again." he rubbed his head "Damn it, I don't know what to do. I'd kill to get her out, I'd kill them all."

Aki smiled slighty, she was still wary "No it's not so far. Thank you for the offer though." she turned away and started heading towards her new home. She hoped he hadn't caught on, Kikan used to tease her about how terrible a liar she was. But he was the worst liar she had ever met so she didn't really listen much.

[Tidusauron12]

His eyes closed, he felt totaly relaxed, but he realized this was because he was going unconscious. "Yori... Yori... Yori. What have you gotten yourself into this time...?" Suddenly, against his void, quiet, and dead world, a fain voice came. Yori! Yori! He could tell the voice was shouting but it was still faint... "Ina...?" He opened his eyes to see Ina standing above him. It was faint... she was blurry. "So... you came?" He said, smiling, lightly. "Good... I'm not as well as at thought... damn FAEs..." He chuckled, flatly. I need to get to Yoshirou...

...

Suzihara nodded at Kikan, not sure what position he should take with Kikan. "I should go check on Kensuke man..." He looked at his watch. "I'll be back in fifteen minutes... so rest OK?" He waved, solemnly, then walked out of the room.

...

Jun watched Aki walk away from him for a while, and then followed. "Hey... wait! It's not safe alone!!!"

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Ina giggled, "They got you good then er?" she said sitting on the end of the bed....... "I hope your ok, If you like ill go...." she said looking at him.

Yoshirou lay quiet on the bed.... "Were is Rei........" he said, "She better be ok......"

[max payne]

Aki started to run, she turned down an alley and hid behind a dumpster from this Jun. She was more cautious than she had ever been before, she didn't want to be caught again. She would wait til she stopped hearing his footsteps, then she would head out.

Kikan nodded and waved a hand. He stared at the ceiling, half formulated plans ran through his head, most of them were completely moronic or far fetched. The rest were both.

[Tidusauron12]

Yori sat up. "Yo... Ina. I need you to stay in the hospital with your brother for a while... I need to get a message to him though..." As he said this, he gave her a serious look... a look that Yori didn't display much. "Tell him... to meet up with me at the apartment as soon as possible. It's important." He closed his eyes, crossing his arms. "I know hes cut up pretty bad, so don't make em' rush... but ASAP... alright?" He arched an eyebrow at Ina, gesturing to ask if she understood. We have to fix this problem now. Somethin' not right in NERV.

...

Jun chased after Aki, pulling out his gun. "Wait, Aki-san!" As he ran after her, he noticed the gun he had withdrew. Why do I have this? He thought, a feeling of fear. The answer was years of training by NERV. It was a reflex by now, and because of this, the man put the gun away. "Aki!" He shouted again, as he ran by an ally way. When he reached a dead end he stopped. "Damn, where is she!?" He remembered he had passed an alleyway. "Damn!" He began to retrace his footsteps, headed back to the alleyway. "Aki, you can trust me! It's dangerous alone! Please, trust me!"

...

"Kikan Reigan..." A man walked into the room. Kikan recognized him as an elite NERV agent. "You are under arrest, by persecution of NERV HQ, and thus the Japanese Government." He smiled, snickering lightly. "I'm here to take you outta' this place... rather you're healthy enough or not!" He began to walk towards Kikan, his hands in his pockets. "Don't give me a hard time. The commander is expecting you..."

[wolfy147]

Yoshirou lay down asleep on the hospital bed, which to be honnest was just as bad as Yori's sofa, he tossed and turned as the dream became a nightmare and he saw Megami, she was standing above him, blood all over her, but it was not her's.....

"Yoshirou wake up!" a nurse walked into the room followed by Ina, "Come on time to have your injections," the nurse said as she noticed the fear in his eyes, "Yoshirou whats the matter?"..

"Nothing im fine, just get the needles done with..." as the first needle went into his neck, a stabbing pain entered his body, and travelled down into his arms and legs, the neck two, which were in each arm wasn't as bad.

"Ok all done Yoshirou.." the nurse said as she turned around, then he noticed Ina, "Ina!!" he tried to get up to hug her, as he tried to get up to bed he slipped and fell out."

Ina ran over to him "you must rest brother..." tears rolling down her eyes, the pain her brother felt went into her as they were so close, inter-joined even, "Yori told me to tell you to meet him at his ASAP..." Ina said as she cleared the tears from her pale skin.

[max payne]

Kikan frowned "Oh no. No no no no no no. I'm not falling for this one again!" He was sick of this happening, why couldn't the terrorists wear something that made them identifiable? Like wearing bells around their necks or something. "Prove your from that place where the commander is. You know, that place... Nerv."

Aki frowned, this guy was persistent. Logic told her that no one who wants to help is that persistent. But he seemed like an alright guy, he didn't have the smug air of a terrorist about him. But she kept hidden, she didn't want to be captured again.

[Tidusauron12]

The man frowned. "Look kid, the terrorists can't penetrate security anymore. We've got agents placed all throughout the hospital, and the UN is patrolling the city... ain't that enough?" On top of that, there are checkpoints for all the cars at after every two blocks... where could I possibly take you if I was a terrorists?"

Suddenly, Yori busts into the room. "Kikan get down!" He shouted, as he fired two shots from his pistol. It had been concealed until now, withdrawn for a purpose.

The agent had no chance to react before the bullets pierced his back. His face became twisted, and the gun he tried to withdraw was flung to the ground. "Argh!" He spat a nasty little line and then fell to his knees, his face pale. As Yori approached Kikan's bed, the man fell face first.

"Kikan, let's go!" Yori shouted, pulling him from his bed.

Before Kikan could respond, a familiar voice came in his head. "Go withem', hothead. Go now, don't ask questions."

...

Jun walked down the alleyway, slowly. "Aki... please. I have to protect you... because... your brother would never forgive me if I let something happen." He shook his head. "I know what happened to you before... the first time you were kidnapped... and I know... how hard that must've been, but..." He kicked over a garbagecan. "I want you to know that I'm here to protect from the people who did that to you!"

[wolfy147]

Ina and Yoshirou heard the gunshot sounds, "Sounds like someone is having a good time....." Yoshirou laughed as he sat up, "I dont think im in any fit state to leave yet Ina......." he said looking at her.

"O well.... ill stay here with you... look after you like you looked after me..." she said, a nock came from the door...

[max payne]

Kikan stumbled "Dammit! Haven't you people heard of security?!" he was yelled out, he'd had enough. Next time, he decided, I wake up in hospital, I'm jumping out the window. It's safer "Man, what's the point of even bothering to send us to this place!"

Aki stood up, he hand was behind he back "Fine then, whoever you are." she walked toward Jun "If it's the only way to get you off my back." she smiled slightly.

[Tidusauron12]

A NERV agent kicked in the door to Ina and Yoshirou's room. "Get down, now!" He shouted. He showed them his gun to show his seriousness. "Hurry, it's dangerous!" He glanced back out to the hall. Why would Yori attack us!? Has be betrayed us?! Damn! The man slammed the door, angered by his confusion. "I'm agent Yamato... I'm here to transport you guys to NERV... but... It seems Yori has betrayed us... the bastard," he paced to the window, quickly. "Hurry! We have to leave now! Out the window!" He turned to Yoshirou, noticing the boys' injuries. "I know you're injured, but this is a potential attack, we have to get outta' here!"

...

Jun sighed relief upon Aki's appearence. "Why'd you run?" He asked, putting his hands in his pockets. "I thought I'd lost you..." He observed her face as he asked that. He was curious as to how she felt about him... if she trusted him.

Yori ran out into the hall way, motioning for Kikan to follow. "I don't trust NERV, kid. Not right now. I think we need to get you guys the hell out of here, now!" He looked up and down the hall, then back to Kikan. "Let's go, now!"

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"Yori wouldn't betray us..." Yoshirou mutter'd under his voice, lets help he comes here next..... "Give me 5min..." yoshirou said as he tried to get out of the bed he was on, "Brother you are to... injured......"

"Please wait out side....." Yoshirou looked at the agent at this, then turned to his sister, "Leave now, go to misato's and hide there...." he whispered this.

[max payne]

Kikan followed "Why now? Why don't you trust them now?" he started thinking, maybe he could use this to his advantage? He could get Megami back from them if it all went to plan. Too bad he didn't have a plan.

Aki frowned "How can you lose something you never had?" she walked away from him "I don't even know you." she glanced back, seeing if he was still following.

[Tidusauron12]

The agent nodded "Alright, when you're ready, jump out, I'll catch you. Please Mr. Yoshirou, make haste!" He looked around the area outside alertedly. We don't this right now... this isn't good! "Over," the man said into his talkie. "I'm picking up the boy... Kaete has been shot... the hospital should help him... if he isn't dead."

Yori dragged Kikan down the hospital hallway. "Listen kid, just shut up for now!" He looked down the hall. Damn, not here either! Where is she? He began to run down one of the halls, seemingly randomly, pulling Kikan along. "Kyoko-san!" He cried, running down the halls. "Beautiful Ms. Kyoko!"

Kyoko stepped out from the woman's bathroom, a relieved smile on her face. "Ah... if it wasn't for the thirty minute breaks, I wouldn't be able to live with this job..." She closed her eyes, letting her hand run through her black, short hair. "Now... it's time for -"

"Goddess Kyoko!"

"What!?" Kyoko looked down the hall, alertly, weary of the recent terrorists activity. "Not again..." She reached for the pistol she kept in her pocket at all times. "I might actually have to..."

Yori finally saw the woman, standing at the end of the hall. "Princess Kyoko!" He cried, finally reaching her.

The girl raised the gun. "Now... fire!" As her finger began to squeeze the trigger, she noticed it was Yori. "Yori-san!?" Too late. The gun fired. The information of the identity did not reach in time.

As the fire burst from the end up the gun, Yori grabbed Kikan and put him in front of himself. The bullet scraped Kikan's outer left arm, but missed. YOri sighed. "That was a close one, huh Kikan?" There was an awkward silence. Hadn't Yori just used Kikan as a human shield?

...

Jun sighed. "Listen, Aki... I know it must be creepy, but I'm trying to come on to you or anything... I'm just here to protect from the terrorists, and the UN. You could've been in real trouble if I hadn't intervened earlier... I..." Suddenly, gun shots filled the air. Jun dropped down as fast as he could. "Aki, get down!" He cried. The shots were close, real close.

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I.... they.... were is Yori.. Yoshirou thought until he heard the gunshot outside, he then heard the guard run from his post.

"Ina go now, run out of here..." she hugged her brother and started to run, "Now what do i do........" Yoshirou said to himself,

he was in no fit state to fight back or defend himself, another nock came at the door this time, and walked in a face he thoguht was dead, was he dreaming?

[max payne]

"I knew it! I'm just your meatshield!" he pulled away from Yori "Tell me what you want, or I'm getting out of here! And it better not be some ******** reason like: NERV won't let me sleep with luggage or the beer is too expensive." Kikan didn't mind being a pawn but only if the game made sense. This game never made any sense.

Aki got down "Damn! Why is it always me?! If they want my brother they can get him themselves!" she tried to see where the shots were coming from "Do something!" she yelled at Jun.

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Jun arched an eye brow. "Do something!? Are you crazy!? I might be trained but I'm not going to enter a shoot that easily! God, you're crazier than I thought, girl!"

"I thought your job was to protect me." Aki said, stalely. "Or has that changed now that someone shooting, coward?"

Jun sighed. "Oh comon'! You can't be serious, I am..." Suddenly, gun shots filled the air, even closer than before. The sound of men dying was in the air. The feeling of blood splattering against the steaming hot pavement. Jun shook his head, reaffirming his defense. He motioned Aki wretchedly to get down. "We gotta' go!" He whispered to her, loudly. His eyes had already found a good escape. "Let's go!" He pulled Aki by the arm, towards a high rise wall. The wall was at the end of the alley, at least eight feet tall, and solid red brick. As they reached the base of the wall, Jun crouched down. "I'll give you a lift... hurry!" He put his hands out, giving Aki a space to step. Now they could hear the sounds of men's voices. The voices didn't sound like military.

...

Yori chuckled. "I was just playing around, man! Comon'! It's just a joke, don't get mad!" He turned to Kyoko, not answering his question, ignoring it. "Kyoko-san..." He said, looking at her warmly.

"Hey!" Kikan shouted, angry to be ignored, again.

"I'm... I'm so sorry! For shooting at you..." She said to Kikan. "Please, forgive me..." She bowed to him once.

"Kyoko!" Yori said, louder this time.

"Yes sir?" Kyoko turned her full attention to Yori.

"Something bad is about to go down. We need you to give us a ride to my apartment... think you can do that?" As he said this, he walked forward, placing his hands softly on her shoulders. "For... me?"

Kyoko stared into his eyes, a blush spreading throughout her face. "O-of course!" She nodded. "Ok... Yori."

Yori nodded. Lowering to her, seemingly for a kiss. "Thank you..." He said, suddenly, his lips only an inch from hers. "Now!" He said, turning to Kikan. "Let's go..."

...

The agent pulled his gun as soon as he noticed Ina on the run. "Hey, you! Get back here!" He began to chase her, though she had gotten a good start on him. "Get back here! Damn!" The man shouted. "Get back-up out here!" He said, into his ear piece. "The girl is attempting to run away from me!"

"Hey, Batou... here comes our little Ina." The man said, looking to a giant man. Batou didn't turn around. He simply kept looking over the balcony, his gigantic machine held tightly between his muscular arms. His mouth didn't make a sound. "Hey... you big lump!" He took a step forward. "Aren't you going to even reply to me!?"

"Victor... calm yourself. They're coming out of the south, from the hospital, right?"

The small, skinny man who had been screaming at the larger man shut up, his eye brows easing a bit. "Huh...?" He smiled, cryptically. "Yeah... we can finally get rid of those ingrates... the fools who betrayed us."

The big man didn't move. His face was still not in view. He did however raise his gun as Ina came into his view. "Fine. I won't kill the girl. I'll take out the guy chasing him. That'll slow her down... and then we confront her, for our revenge." The man raised his gun, but shifted its aim to the agent who was in pursuit of Ina, the NERV agent. He nodded, and then fired a dozen shots. The roar of his gigantic barreled gun filled all of Tokyo-3, and it sounded like the roar of an angel. The agent looked up at the flash from the balcony ahead.

"What da'..." Was all he could say before the top half of his body was completely destroyed. Blood sprayed endlessly into the air, as the man's legs fell to the ground.

Ina stopped at the sound of gun fire, turning to see the dead agent. "What...!?" She screamed, disgruntled by the grizzly scene. Her hands clamped over her mouth, and her eyes went wide.

"Ina... INA!" Victor screamed, his swift, small body diving down to the earth. He landed lightly, a crazy smile on his face, his long brown hair over his eyes. "Remember me, sister!?" He didn't even give her time to answer, and dove towards him with a blade in his hand. "If you do... you might survive!"

Batou watched from above, putting his gun down. "Victor..." He said, reservedly. Why must he always dive into things?

...

"Yoshirou... how are things... my boy?" In front Yoshirou stood his dad, his hands placed smoothly in his pocket. He was calm and reserved, a smug smile on his face. "You..." He tried to look around Yoshirou into the room. "You seen your sister around here?" He chuckled, walking into the room slowly.

[wolfy147]

"You.... arn't here your dead!!!" yoshirou back away from the ghost of his father, "stay away..." the screams from Yoshirou came down the corridor, "You stay away from MY sister!!!"

Ina saw victor, "Hm... you worked with my dad?, but he is dead....."she said as she got up from the floor.....

[max payne]

Aki stepped up, jumped and caught onto the top of the wall with the tips of her fingers. "This is hopeless, how the hell are you going to get up?!" she pulled her self over the wall "Seriously, how?"

Kikan rolled his eyes "Alright, lead the way." he took in the nurse, she was alright, he could see what he thought Yori saw. "At least you missed..." he said gruffly. He turned back to Yori "Come on then!"

[Tidusauron12]

Yori nodded. "Alright, let's go." They turned and began back down the hall. As they reached the end of the hall, two gun shots sounded, making Yori stop in his tracks. Kikan smashed into Yori's back, falling to the ground."****! Get down!" Yori withdrew his pistol, and peaked around the corner; more shots met his peak. "Damn!" He spat, as a fragment of the wall cut his cheek.

"Yori!" Kyoko shouted, getting up to reach his wounds.

"Get back!" Yori said, not looking back to her. "Those guys are from NERV... there's two of em'."

"Yori!" A man's voice. "We know you have betrayed us. We know you have the boy. Give up, now."

Yori chuckled. "You wish!" He called out. "I ain't given up that easy..."

"Fine... play hard ball!" Another man's voice. "We'll kill you if we have to."

"Damn!" Yori looked to Kikan. "It ain't gonna' be easy to get out of this situation... I might die this time..." He chuckled. "Oh what do I care, I don't fear death!" Kikan watched as Yori prepared to lunge around the corner, his gun readied; a black stick of murder. "NOW!"

Before anyone knew what happened, the air was filled with the sound of a dozen gunshots, and then, silence. Yori's eyes widened. "K-Kyoko?"

Kyoko stood, her pistol still hot from fire. "Yori..." She said, looking at him, adoringly. "Yori-kun..." Blood came from her mouth, and she fell to her knees. "I did it... I killed them... and protected you."

Yori watched her, humbly. "Kyoko..." He walked around the corner, seeing that she had killed the two agents. "Kikan," he said, a smile on his face. "This girl is the bomb!" As he said this, he bent down to help her up. "It's OK... your wounds aren't that bad... you'll live."

She nodded. "Yeah... I know. I've been a nurse for a long time so I... figured as much."

Yori chuckled. "Damn, Kyoko, you're stronger than I once thought." He turned to Kikan. "Don't stand there looking stupid, lets go!"

...

Yoshirou's father sat on the bed. "I am alive. You're just going to have to accept that..." He chuckled. "Why not try to enjoy it? Aren't you glad that I'm not dead? Your beloved father..."

...

Victor stopped his attack suddenly, chuckling crazily. "Batou, she does remember us!" He smiled wretchedly. "Sister Ina... if you do, then please show us to your brother." He began to walk towards her, putting his blade away. "We'd really... like to have a word with him." He put his hand on her face. "Ah yes... you're as beautiful as I remember..." He squinted as he felt the intimacy that he desired, the softness of love and relationship. "Your skin... is so soft..."

Ina pushed him away. "What are you doing!?"

Batou sighed. "Yoshirou!" He said, moderately. "Stop playing around."

...

"Aki... you just get the heck outta' here... I got stuff I need to check out." He withdrew his gun, and began to walk out of the alleyway, back towards the street. I wonder what those gunshots were...

[wolfy147]

"No your dead!!! you was killed!" he looked at his father, as he moved up the bed, "Stay back!" he picked up the flowers on the side of the bed and threw them, it went into his father, "Bu.... they killed you..."

Ina looked at Vctor, "Go away!" at this she turned around and ran back to Yoshirou, bursting through the door to see her dad..... "O My........" she screamed at seeing her dad with a knife to Yoshirou, "Get away from him!" she hit him around the head with a bag of yoshirou's cloth which she was going to wash.

[max payne]

Kikan clicked his tongue and followed Yori "So tell me." Kikan said "Why are you doing this?" he knew he probbably wouldn't get an answer but he had to try. "You always seemed so loyal. Does that guy know about this? Wassisname? Yoshiri?"

Aki nodded and started making her way to her house, taking every precaution not to be seen by anyone. She was sick of this, if they wanted the pilots they should just get the pilots, not random people off the street.

[Tidusauron12]

Yori kicked open the back door of the hospital, ready to shoot and kill any man who stood in his path. "Kikan..." He said, scanning the outside area. "This ain't the time to ask **** that'd be smarter to ask later. What's the point of me telling if we die seconds later. If we want to live through this, we need to focus on surviving. Ask your **** later." Kyoko still hung on to Yori, tightly. Kikan could see that she was bleeding from her right side, but it seemed she'd been shot somewhere else too... as blood was coming from her mouth. Yori took a few steps forward. "Looks clear, but just in case..." He reached into his pocket, taking out a small pistol. "I presume a punk like you can shoot a gun accurately?" He asked, turning to Kikan, quickly. "Either way, you're gonna' need this."

Suddenly, a limo sped into the parking lot, heading directly towards the three. It was definately a NERV car. "Yori!" Kyoko cried out as the car screeched to a halt, just a few yards away.

"Kikan!" Yori shouted, getting his attention. He tossed the gun at him, and then dove sideways into brush.

As Kikan caught the gun, four agents exited the car, they seemed to be heavily armed. "****..." Kikan said, taking a few steps back. Not these bastards again... how many of them are there!?

"We've located Kikan, he is with Yori, the traitor." A pause. "Yes. OK. I will kill Yori and retrieve the child." He turned to his men. "You heard me..." He turned back to see Kikan.

"Yes sir!" His men shouted. Suddenly, one of them took a shot in the chest, and fell dead without so much as a bark.

"****!" The remaining three men took refuge behind their car. "He's serious, sir! Yori just killed Suikotsu!"

"That bastard... he just killed Suikotsu! He'll pay for this!"

Yori turned to Kikan, lowering his weapon. "Kikan, get in here now! You're a sitting duck!"

...

Victor chuckled as they walked up the hospital stairs. "This hospital is a dump!" He said obnoxiously, looking at the dilapidated building. "This whole city is a dump!" As he said this, a few passing NERV agents gave him a dirty look.

"Most be because of those things... they attack here, right?" Batou asked, putting his gun over his shoulder.

Now the agent scouldn't ignore the men any longer, especially since Batou was hording around his giant weapon. "Hey! You two!"

Batou didn't respond to them, but Victor turned to them, arching an eyebrow. "Huh? What you guys want?" He gave them a glancing look, as if they weren't worth his time. His eyes had a hollow, almost lifeless glare.

The men weren't moved by his manor. "Who are you!?" They asked sternly, removing their pistols. "Show us your IDs!"

"ID?" Victor said, reaching for his blade. "I don't have one, I'ma fraid... sorry."

The men aimed their weapons at him as his hand moved ever so slowly towards his waste. "Don't move you sick ****! We'll blow you away."

Victor's hand stopped suddenly. "Oh..." He said, softly. "And how do you plan on doing that?" He asked, his eyes hidden by his long hair.

One of the agents smiled. "With these guns buddy... you'll be dead in one shot." He chuckled, raising his gun a bit higher.

"Oh...?" Victor asked, even more silently. A smile spread quietly across his face, revealing wretched bloodthirsty teeth. His eyes remained hidden. Batou watched, but said nothing. "The only way..." Victor said, lightly. "The only way you can blow me away is by letting me..." He looked at the men finally, showing them eyes of insanity, his hair whirled up as if caught in an intense whirlwind and he began to charge them. "TASTE YOUR BLOOD!"

The men growled at his arrogance, and then began to fire. "Die!" One of them shouted. Swift as he was, Victor easily avoided their gun fire and sliced both men clean in half. "****...!" One of the men sputtered, as the top half of his body fell forward, landing in a blood puddle.

Victor jogged on a bit after his pass, and then sheathed his blade, which was blood red. "Hmph..." He smiled at the mens' destroyed bodies. "Fools..." He began to walk back towards Batou. "So, Batou, how was that? You like?" Baotu was silent. "Huh?" Victor stopped walking, arching an eyebrow. "What?" Suddenly, he felt a light sensation on his arm. It was a light... tickle. It almost made Victor laugh, but when he saw what this tickle was, he frowned. "Damn... the bastards hit me." A small cut penetrated his flesh. He looked back at their downed bodies. "So... these guys are trained that well..."

Batou nodded. "Yes... it may have been luck, but still, for them to have gotten a small scratch on you, brother, they must be trained very well."

"Still..." Victor said, continuing on his way. "They didn't know what hit em' when I sliced through them..." He chuckled. "Or rather... what killed them."

Batou nodded watched Victor walk for a while, and then continued after him. "Yes..."

...

Jun sighed as he stepped onto the road. "Maybe I should've went with the girl... I don't know what I'm getting myself into out here." He sat behind a dumpster, waiting. Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps, and then even closer, a distinct firing of a shotgun. He nodded. "NOW!" He dove from behind the dumpster, his gun ready to fire.

"What da'..." A man in a suit froze when he saw Jun.

"Don't move!" Jun shouted. The man put his hands up.

"Hey man...!" He said, quickly, I'm with you... NERV!"

"What's my name?" Jun asked, suddenly.

"S-sir!?"

"My name!?" Jun asked, again, standing up. He shoved his pistol in the man's face. "Answer me! All NERV agents know my name! If you're really a NERV agent, you should know my name!"

"I... I..." The man broke out into a full sprint, but his flee was short lived, as he was taken out by a RPG, which blew him clean in half. The blast knocked Jun to his feet. He got up, and began to run as fast as he could. Machine gun fire followed him down the road. ****... I'm not supposed to be out here... the UN will come after me too! They must think I'm a Tokyo-orger! Just as he rounded the corner of the avenue, a RPG slammed into the ground just a few feet behind him, blowing him forward a couple of yards. As he slammed into the pavement, he almost lost consciousness, but thanks to adrenaline, was up on his feet and running again. "****... I might die!" So much for staying behind... bad idea.

...

Yoshirou's father flinched as the flower's contacted him, slashing Yoshirou's already damaged face. He reopened the wound from the angel fight. Blood began to flow from Yoshirou's face, spraying all over the place. Yoshirou screamed in pain, clasping his hand over the reopened wound. His father backed away, a smile on his face. "Oh... Ina! Look what you did to your brother..." He chuckled. "You hurt him... How could you?" His eyes glowed uncaringly at her. She could tell, imediately. From the cool look on his face, the false smile... He didn't care.

Suddenly, Victor and Batou walked into the room, Victor wrapping his arms around Ina. "Gotcha!" He cried, laughing a bit. "You know Ina... you're really a beautiful girl..." He said, placing his hands on her breasts.

"No!" Ina cried, struggling to break free.

"Y-you bastard!" Yoshirou shouted, still holding his hand over his eye.

Batou shook his head, his eyes glaring down at Victor's long brown hair. "Victor." He said, strongly.

"Yeah, yeah..." Victor said, drawing his hands back to just her arms. He frowned, sucking his teeth. Damn.. can't have any fun!

Batou looked back up to the oldest man in the room, Yoshirou and Ina's father. "Sir... we did as you said, and brought Ina back here."

"I see... Good job." He smiled. "Well Ina, Yoshirou?" He said, looking between the two. "Isn't this just a happy family reunion?" He still held the knife, defensively in his hand.

[wolfy147]

"I.... saw you die....." Yoshirou said this over and over again, like a broken cd player stuck on the same track, "You arn't real you are dead!" at this Yoshioru saw Ina pull a knife from her pocket, it was small and concealed in her hand.

"Why bring back the past?" Said Yoshirou as he carried on, "Why come back when i took my sister away from you..... what you did to her!!" at this, His father pulled a secound knife and cut his arm open,"You ****ing aa" Yoshirou before finishing his sentance submitted to the pain of the 2 new open wounds on him.

[max payne]

"Oh for **** sake, I give up!" he dropped his gun "I surrender!" Yori refused to explain his intentions, he had never helped Kikan before now, he was too busy trying to court that luggage, he had used him as a human shield too. The nurse girl had been injured because of Yori's irresponsibility, he noticed that Yori was seemingly unscathed, he was using is companions to take the brunt of the punishment that was directed at him. "You hear me?! I surrender!" he walked towards the car. This made no sense, Yori had gone completely postal for seemingly no reason, and he was dragging Kikan down with him. Kikan was no use to anyone dead, or pointlessly running around with a psycho.

[Tidusauron12]

Yori frowned. "Yo! Kikan! Stop!"

Kikan kept walking towards the agents. "**** off." He said to Yori, hardily.

Yori shook his head. "Sorry kid, can't let ya'!" Suddenly, gunfire filled the air, and as the first shot was fired, a NERV agent down, his head collapsing. The other two agents took cover behind the car.

"Damn, he's gone ballistic!" One of the agents cried.

Yori shook his head. "You can't leave, Kikan. Sorry." He aimed for Kikan's head. "Now... let's get moving, now!" He walked forward, pushing Kikan forward with the nose of the gun. "Hurry up!" He shouted, raspily. I can't let Kikan get back to NERV... not yet.

Kyoko stood a little ways behind Yori, holding onto her side wound. "Yori..." She said, stepping forward. "You take Kikan... I'll hold off these guys."

Yori shook his head. "Nah... don't worry about it."

"Huh!?" Kyoko said, surprisingly.

Yori shook his head, keeping his airs lazily on Kikan. "I can't keep taking risk on you two dieing... since you ain't reliable. A punk kid who'll betray at the blink of the eye, and a cutie like you, who hardly has any training with arms."

"Take this!" As another agent came up to shoot, Yori moved his wrist just to the right of Kikan's head, and fired, blowing the agent's hand off. The man screamed, falling back behind the car.

"Kikan. Move." Yori said, pushing him again. "Kyoko, let's go."

The last agent sat behind the car looking between his fallen comrades. "Damn... Yori... what happened to you!?" He pulled his ear piece to his mouth. "They've gotten away... it appears Yori has kidnapped Kikan..." A pause. "Yes... send back up, now! They're headed outta' town more than likely. South bound now."

...

Victor snatched the knife from Ina, before she could do anything, then kicked her to the ground. "No ideas, OK?" He chuckled. "Stuff like that will get you killed."

"Now... come. Ina, Yoshirou." Their father said, looking between the two. "We have lots to do today." He chuckled, reaching his hand out to the fallen the fallen Ina. "Come..."

"Hey!" Batou fell forward to the ground as a full round of machine gun fire entered his back. Two NERV agents stormed into the room, and next they shot at Victor.

Victor was able to avoid their fire, but just barely. "Damn!" He shouted, hitting his head on the wall from behind. He veered forward, killing both agents on contact, with his red blade. Quickly, he sheathed it. "Batou, get up." He said, turning back to Ina and Yoshirou.

"Yeah..." Batou stood, rubbing his back. "That hurt..." He said, quietly. "Father... I believe we should get moving. There will probably be many more agents here momentarily."

"Yes." The man replied, keeping his knives in his hands, defensively. "I contacted Kreager about fifteen minutes ago. A copter should be here in a minute or less." He turned to Yoshirou. "You and your sister are coming with me... to Tokyo-org!"

...

Jun hadn't looked back, but it seemed like the soldiers had lost track of him. He took refuge in the angel-destroyed neighborhoods to the north. "These gigantic spikes are good hideouts. No one wants to come here because of these things... these things related to the angels. Our enemies." It felt weird saying that. Our enemies? What made the angels anymore dangerous than Tokyo-org or anti-EVA? "Not much." Jun said aloud. As he said this, he looked into the sky. The large, red sun was plastered across the horizon, aided by the dark orange pink sky. It was the color of blood. "I wonder..." He sat up in the sofa he was sitting in. Half of it was gone. Half of the half he was sitting in was gone. "How many people have.... died."

[wolfy147]

"Tokyo-org!" yoshirou repeated, "you must be joking, we go their they'll kill us" Yoshirou slashed ou at his dad, making him fall from the bed onto the floor, "Leave us alone...." but Ina was motionless on the floor.... "Damn wake up Ina!!" Yoshioru screamed.

"Ok everything is ready..." Kitsuko said looking at the eva's were Rei and Megami were in, "Lets power them up shall we?" she looked unsure as she didn't know what was going on....

[max payne]

Kikan kneaded his forehead "Goddammit. Can you, at the very least, EXPLAIN what is going on!" he walked on, he didn't want to be shot at least. "It's really hard to do whatever you want me to do when I can't trust you! It's not like it'll kill you to tell me." he rolled his eyes "It's not like it's mysterious."

[Tidusauron12]

Before Yoshirou got an answer to his question, the faint sound of a chopper began to hum. “Ah, they’re here!” The man said, looking towards the window. He nodded, walking towards the window. “Batou, mind opening the window?”

Batou stepped forward, giving a small nod. “No problem sir.” He raised his gigantic machine gun, and fired one shot; the piercing roar of the gun made the window’s destruction silent. Hundreds of silent little shards exploded throughout the room. The man didn’t even move as a wave of glass shards contacted all around him. His eyes were fixed on the helicopter outside. “Let’s go, shall we?”

Victor picked Ina up, slinging her over his shoulder. “Yeah, let’s go!” The man nodded, and in lead, he climbed through the window. Batou pushed Yoshirou through the window, and Victor followed, with Ina. The helicopter had landed right outside the hospital, and a giant mass of NERV agents and UN men began to approach it.

“Hurry!” The man cried, jumping into the chopper. Batou followed with Yoshirou, and Victor was last with Ina. As the helicopter began to take off, the man chuckled. “Yes… the kidnapping is complete.”

“Father, they have a RPG!” Victor cried out, his eyes widening.

He chuckled. “They won’t dare shoot at us… we have two EVA pilots with us!”

Batou nodded. “Yes… it was a good plan… went perfectly.” Victor nodded, a sudden smile taking on his face.

…

Eji nodded. “Yes… I am reinitializing both EVAs’ bio-programs. Their AT fields will now be fully exposed… Let’s test these two now.” As the man said this, he walked towards her test tube, an inhuman smile on his face. “Megami… what an interesting specimen! What secrets do you hold behind that exterior, young lady?” Megami didn’t reply, as she was still unconscious in the submersive LCL. Eji began to walk back towards his laptop. “Ritsuko, you know that my laptop is connected to every terminal in this layer, correct? I am literally connected to every little thing that happens down here… Even the work you’re doing on your PC. Good work, Ritsuko-san.” He closed his eyes, putting his fingers on the keyboard. “But now it’s time to begin our project. The preparations are complete.”

Ritsuko nodded. “R-right!” She said, solidly. She didn’t feel comfortable around this man. “We can’t start anytime.”

Eji smiled. “Good…” His voice was even more reptile like – more than it had been when Ritsuko first walked in. “Then let’s start in… 3, 2…”

Ritsuko flinched. “What!? Like, now!?”

“One! Now!” Eji pulled up a window on his laptop, typed a few strains of data in, and then pressed a button. With this, a deep, disturbing moan filled the air. Eji looked up at the EVA when he heard this, his glasses hiding his eyes. “Yes…” He said, as the moaning grew louder. “They’re communicating. The AT-fields are interacting…” Now we can only wait… Eji thought.

“KIKAN!” Megami shouted out. “Where are you, Kikan!?” Suddenly, the LCL began to bubble inside of Megami’s tube, and the color turned from orange to hot red.

“What the…!” Ritsuko ran to her test tube. “What’s wrong with her!?”

Eji typed as fast as he could. “I have no idea! She must be reacting to Rei… but I don’t see Rei reacting at all!” What’s going on!? What does this mean!? He stood suddenly staring at Megami, a frantic smile on his face. “So exciting!” Just as sudden as before, he sat back down, and began typing again. “I should check Megami’s mental encephalon… We have to record this data!”

As Megami screamed inside her tube, as the EVA moaned up above, and as all the computers in the room let off alarms and buzzers, Ritsuko felt clueless. She didn’t know what was happening. She only knew what a piece of paper said, and that was just instructions. What’s going on in there? Ritsuko could only wonder, as Megami churned inside of the tube, more intense than a hurricane.

…

Megami stepped forward towards Rei. In the dark black place they were in; in the place where it was just Megami and Rei, Megami stepped towards Rei. Megami arched an eyebrow. “You…?” She chuckled. “What do you want?”

Rei stared back emptily. “You…? Were you referring to me when you said ‘you’?”

Megami sighed. “Of course, who else is here?”

Rei looked at the ground. “I see. You are here, are you not? Could that not have also been the you that you were trying to contact?” Rei looked back up to her. “I do not exist as a you. I do not exist in a great enough way to be referred to as an individual. Not to the ones that matter anyways…”

Megami stared at Rei, she felt intimidated. “I was talking to YOU. Rei Ayanamei. Is that clear enough for you?” Rei didn’t reply to her. “Gosh… you’re such a mental case. Why do I have to be stuck in a situation like this with someone like you!?” She looked around the darkness. “I want to kill… maybe I should kill you.” She looked back to Rei. “Though your blood is weird… I could get used to it…” She licked her lips.

Rei’s eyes expanded a bit with her last statement.”I see… we are sisters of a sort… that’s the feeling I got when we first hooked up. Almost that we are the same…” Now her eyes contracted, returning to a ruthless bitter red. “That’s why… I can see you too.”

Megami took a step back, her tongue going back in her mouth.”W-what?” She suddenly didn’t feel too hungry anymore. She suddenly felt sick, like someone was pushing around through her insides. “Shit!” She cried, falling on one knee. Her left hand came to cover her mouth. “What… is this feeling?” She looked up to Rei, disgustedly.

Rei stared down at her. “In this place… our subconsciouses are at a near fusing point. I can see you… and you can see me. Much more clearly than outside this place…” A pause, then she continued. “What you feel is me within you… I am exploring. I am learning more about you. Right now.”

Megami struggled back to her feet, coughing, almost hacking. “Stop it! What’s inside is none of your business! Get out of my body!” Rei shook her head, no words. “What!? How dare you!?” Megami spat, almost puking as she said this. Her hand went to cover her mouth again, her eyes bulging indiscriminately.

“I cannot…” Rei said, simply. “I am not doing this according to my will. It is being forced on me. On both of us. You should be learning more about me, too.”

“What do I care about you!?” Megami spat. “Confusion! That’s all I feel right now, and I know it’s not my feeling. It’s yours!” She pointed to Rei with the hand that wasn’t nursing her mouth. “You’re confused. I don’t know why, and I don’t care!” For a moment there was silence. Neither girl spoke. One stood, straight and statured, and the other couldn’t stay still, struggling to keep her footing.

“This information.” Rei said. “It isn’t for us.” She looked up into the darkness. “It is for those who lurk in the dark. That is why we do not care about it. Do not treasure each others’ essence.”

Megami fell to her knees once more, a coughing fit coming over her. Rei watched, emptily. “You… You mean, those bastards who kidnapped me!?”

Rei looked back up to the darkness. “Men made light to disperse the darkness that they feared… and yet this establishment is nothing but darkness… and at the same time… completely man made.”

Megami stood, nodding. It seemed her coughing had stopped. “This sickness isn’t as bad… actually, it feels a little good.”

Rei looked at Megami, her eyes glazed over a bit.”I’m feeling…” She said, wrapping her arms around herself.

“Yeah…” Megami stepped forward. “Me too. Like I need you.” Both girls had just realized they had no clothing on. They were in a dark place, with no clothing. “Here, it feels like I don’t exist all the way, like I’m incomplete...” She smiled. “Rei… I… want you.”

Rei blushed a bit. “You… You do?” Her eyes glazed even more.

“Yes.” Megami said, simply, softly. With that, she threw herself into Rei, hugging her tightly. Their white, pale naked bodies against each other, their blue hair flowing into a single jungle of blue growth. “Rei!” Megami cried. “I feel… complete…”

Suddenly, the darkness exploded into a red, vivacious light, a red light that was revolving ever so quickly around these two girls who were embracing each other with their bare bosoms. The color became more and more intense, as if a nebula were being formed into a star, pulled in by the center of gravity – these two girls. Rei wrapped her arms around Megami. “M-Megami!”

…

[Tidusauron12]

Eji fell to his knees, his mouth wide open. “What? What is this? What’s happening!?” The moaning of the EVAs had turned into a large, avid roar. A gigantic tremor began to rock the lab; the LCL in the two girl’s test tubes was bubbling as if the temperature inside was at boiling point. Eji dodged as a shelf of mechanical material fell over. “Damn, they’re too unstable!” He cried.

Ritsuko stumbled back a few steps. “What… what’s happening!?” She turned to Eji. “Dr. Eji, what’s happening!?”

“I’m… not sure! Grab onto something!” Eji said, grasping the research table. “This is quite intense, no!?”

Ritsuko covered her ears, running under a doorway. “It’s too loud… the alarms, the girls cries… the EVAs cries!” She fell to her knees. “This… it sounds like hell!” Tears began to flow from her eyes. The sound all of this was making… melded together, did sound like hell. The alarms and the EVA and the girls and the quake… it sounded like the devil’s laughter. It was pure evil and darkness. “Make it stop!” Ritsuko cried, banging her forehead against the wall. “Please… make it stop…”

Eji smiled, widely, looking up at both EVAs, of which whose eyes were glowing, 00red, 8green. His glasses hid his expression, but in the intense red light emanating from the emergency chorus, he looked insane. He looked as if he was enjoying this hell that Ritsuko was suffering through.

And then suddenly, it all stopped. The EVAs became silent. The girls’ screams became silent, the LCL stopped bubbling… and the alarms shut off. “Dr. Eji!?” Cried a group of men who ran into the room. “Is something wrong? What’s happening!?”

“Ah,” Eji said, scrambling back to his laptop. “Nothing, get out. This is a research laboratory.”

The men gasped at his response. “Uh… but… sir…”

“Leave!” He spat, turning to Ritsuko. “Ritsuko-san, if you would, get up and help me… this next part isn’t so easy.” He smiled. “It’d go faster if I had your assistance.” Again, his glasses hid his eyes, and all Ritsuko could see when she looked at him was a devilish smile, which was accompanied by his reptile like voice.

“I need a coffee break!” She screamed, running out of the room, pass the guards. Her cries came out as thick, nasty sobs. Tears and mucus. Cries of someone who’d just been in hell.

“Dr. Akagi!” One of the NERV men cried, following her out of the room.

The rest of the men looked back to Eji. “Sir? What happened?”

Eji stopped typing for a moment. “What can I say? Women.” He began to laugh at his own joke, obnoxiously so, but no one accompanied him. By the time he finished laughing, he was alone in his lab again. Working on his laptop, every once in a while taking a glance at Rei and Megami, smiling at them (maybe saying something to them), and then going back to his work.

“Dr. Akagi!” Called one of the men, finally catching up with her, outside the women’s bathroom. The hall was long and lighted, with a green marble floor. “What happened in there? All of NERV was shaking… we thought it was an earthquake or terrorist attack…”

“I don’t ****ing know!” Ritsuko shouted, running into the bathroom.

“Dr. Akagi!” The man called out, banging on the bathroom door. “Damn…” He said to his self.

“Hey!” His fellow men had caught up.

“She’s in the bathroom,” he said, looking up at the sign above the door. “…she seemed pretty messed up.” He said, his eyes squinting a bit. “In any case… we need to figure out what the hell happened here, and report it to…”

“Who. Me?” Gendou said loudly, interrupting the men. Fuyutsuki stood beside him, his hands behind his back.

“Commander Ikari! Sub-commander Fuyutsuki!” The man cried, taking a step back, which put him against the entrance to the lady’s room. “W-what are you doing here!?” Quickly he got into salute position, his shock eroding quicker than dusk. His men followed suit.

Fuyutsuki chuckled. “That was fast…” His voice had the usual mocking color it held, and it intimidated the men, to some point. Still, they held their positions.

Gendou pushed his glasses a bit farther up his nose. “Judging from the seismic activity emanating from down here, I take it Eji has reached Phase II of our project.” He looked down the hall, pass the men. “Where is he?!”

“Oh, r-right this way, sir!” Quickly the men began to lead the two men towards the lab.

Fuyutsuki kept his eyes on the women’s bathroom as they walked. “So… Dr. Akagi’s in there, is she?”

Gendou nodded. “Yes… She must have been exposed to it.”

Fuyutsuki laughed, dryly. “I can’t blame her, I’m more surprised that that crazy doctor in there stayed. The last team who tried this type of experiment died from insanity.”

Gendou shook his head. “All but one.”

Fuyutsuki arched an eyebrow, snickering wispily. “Don’t tell me… it was Eji-san?” Gendou didn’t reply, and as a reply to this, Fuyutsuki laughed a bit more solidly. “Well… interesting.”

…

Ritsuko threw up into the sink one last time, before wiping her mouth with a towel. She was still taking frantic deep breaths, and she still couldn’t stop the shivering. “What… what the hell is going on here?” She asked herself, in the mirror. “What is happening here?” She took a step back. “And why don’t I know!” She closed her eyes, not able to stand the look on her face, not being able to get that horrific sound out of her head. At first, she cried, her hands wrapped around herself, then she went full out screaming, and flung the dirty towel at the mirror. By the time the towel had slid off of the mirror (sticky because of throw up), Ritsuko was already out into the hall and on an elevator. “I need… air…” She said, has the elevator rose up the shafts, slowly. Tears still rolled down her teeth, mucus from her nose. Her eyes burned. She was sure of it. She had just witnessed, for half a minute while in that research lab, HELL. It was just simply pure HELL. She began to sob now, as the elevator stopped at the top floor; she began to cry all out, like a little girl who had just fallen and gotten a scratch or bruise. But this cry was different, because there was a grown woman crying it. A grown woman who would not cry from a bruise, but only from deep love or something worse… It was terrible.

“Dr. Akagi!?” A NERV agent said, accompanied by others. “Dr. Akagi, what’s wrong!? Hey, get a doctor over here, now!”

…

Yori nodded. “Alright… I’ll tell you when we get to safety… but first things first! We have to get outta’ the clear! Every agent in town has to be looking for us right now!” He looked around. “I don’t think I need to remind about Tokyo-3’s surveillance system. There are only a few routes you can take without getting caught… so we’re just gonna’ have to sneak.” As he said this, he stared Kikan in the eyes.

He, Kyoko, and Kikan had managed to find refuge in a small alleyway a couple of blocks from the hospital. Kikan sucked his teeth. “It’s not as if I have a choice…”

Kyoko peeked out towards the street. “Um… guys, we need to move, I think a squadron might be headed this way soon.”

"Yeah?" Yori said, standing up. "Alright... Kikan... you..."

“Hey! Yori!”

Yori’s eyes widened. “Shit!” He spun around with his pistol, ready to shoot his caller.

“Hey!” Jun cried, putting his hands up. “It’s me!” He said quickly. “Jun!”

Yori arched an eyebrow. “Jun? What are you doing here?”

“I’m on the run from the UN…” He said, lamely.

Yori smiled. “Huh…? You got in trouble, young man?” He chuckled, annoyingly.

“Of course not!” Jun cried. “I wonder never betray the law! They confused me for Tokyo-org!”

Yori stopped laughing. “Figures… those nimrods from the US don’t know dipshit.”

Jun nodded. “Yeah…” When he noticed Kikan he became quiet. “Kikan…” He said, seriously. “I… I came across your sister…”

[wolfy147]

Ina tried to get free from the grib of her brother, well this freak who was holding onto her, "Let go of me!!" she screamed kicking him in the chest, "Gah why if i had my knif...." suddenly he dropped her and looked at her... "Ok ill shut up..." with that he grabbed her again.

"If you hurt my sister...." Yoshirou began, but his father hit him across the face, "Where is Yori........." he muttere'd then remembering Rei they one he first met.......

[max payne]

Kikan looked at Jun "What do you mean "came across"? The good kind or the bad kind?" he assumed it was the bad kind from Jun's tone "Seriously, what's happened?" he felt slightly panicked but he shook it off "Don't we have somewhere to go?" he just wanted to get somewhere safe, he wanted to know what was going on. But he was kind of enjoying himself, it was very exciting.

[Tidusauron12]

Victor chuckled. “You just don’t get it, do you, girl?” He began to massage her leg with his free hand. “You’ve been captured, and as long as I’m here, that ain’t gonna’ change.”

Ina looked away when he said this, tears coming from eyes. I know that! She looked to Yoshirou, with a certain hope in her eyes. That maybe…. Yoshirou might have salvation for her. Brother! She thought, looking over to him. But no, Yoshirou was even more powerless than she. He was injured and in submission by his father. “Y-Yoshirou!” Ina cried out.

Yoshirou didn’t look up; he had an empty look in his eyes. The bruises and cuts and gashes of blood on his face seemed to drain all energy and devotion he had to the world. Maybe his pain was killing his senses so; he couldn’t hear his sister right now. His father laughed, hollowly. “Stupid boy, don’t you even hear your sister calling you? Answer her so I can kick you again. You need the discipline!” With that, he kicked Yoshirou in the head, solidly. As the boy smashed to helicopter floor, the man pushed his hand into Yoshirou’s bloody face . “Or have you forgotten… who the source of your creation was!? Your mother and I!” He kicked Yoshirou in the side, making blood come from the boy’s mouth. “You need to be retaught discipline.”

“Sir!” One of the helicopter pilots called from the cockpit.

“What!?” The man cried, standing up, away from his battered son. “Can’t you see that we’re trying to have a family conversation here!?”

The pilot didn’t reply at first, as he thought what his leader had just said was completely stupid, given the situation. “S-sorry sir!” He shouted, a bit of callous chalk in his voice. “It’s just that… NERV is following us! They have two copters on us, and a surveillance jet in the upper levels. I don’t think we can escape!”

“What!?” The man ran to the front of the cockpit. “Contact Kreager! Tell him we need cover until we can sneak into the vicinity!”

“Yes sir!” The man grabbed a speaker from the ceiling of the copter. “This is Pilot CG-1! Requesting cover! We are being tailed by NERV air forces! It is possible that we will also be under siege by the UN as well! I repeat!” His voice got even more hectic. “We need back…”

“And just why should I give you cover?” A cool, controlled voice.

“S-sir!? Kreager-dono!?”

“On whose orders were you allowed to seize the boy?”

“Sir! Commander Yuri, sir!”

“Well, tell that fool it’s his problem. If you fly too close to base I will shoot you down myself! This is what happens when you follow orders that aren’t from the top!”

“S-sir!?”

“I’m signing off. Change your course now!”

“S-sir!?” There was a small click. Slowly, the man turned to his co-pilot. “Transmission… ended.” He said, his eyes wide. “Turn around.” He said quickly, looking back to the afternoon sky. Why is this happening!? How could Kreager-dono do this to me…? How!? The pilot began to tremor with fear, the feeling of cold blooded betrayal all throughout his body. That bastard… he doesn’t care if I die… He lied to me… He lied back then! He remembered when Kreager had promised to take him in, and take care of him. After the war… when I had nothing to return to… He… That bastard! He was just using us the entire time! He lied! He lied to me!


“W-what?” The man said, his eyes widening as well, his hands shook over the controls. “Are you crazy?”

“Turn back! You heard the damn transmission! A couple more hundred yards and Kreager is going to take us out of the sky!”

“B-but NERV…”

“Screw NERV! Turn around or die!” The pilot cried. With this, he panicked and grabbed the controls. His coworker didn’t let go however. Soon, they were in a wrestling match over the controls. As the first jerk on the steering wheel came on, the helicopter completed a full flip, almost smashing into a high tree limb.

Victor, lost his grip on Ina, almost falling out of the chopper door, which was still open. He managed to grab onto Batou before falling. “What the **** are those idiots doing… whoa!” The helicopter did another twist, before finally turning around and stabilizing.

Yuri got to his feet slowly. “Hey! What’s going on up there!?” As he said this, he clenched his fists as hard as he could. “You almost killed us!”

“Kreager-dono ordered us to turn around, he said he’d blow us out of the sky if we didn’t!” One of the pilots answered.

“He what!?” Yuri shouted, slamming his knife into the wall. “You’ve got to be kidding me! But we’re going right back into Tokyo-3!”

“I know! But we…”

“Attack them!” Yuri cried.

“Sir!?”

“Attack! Blow those enemy choppers out of the sky!”

“But sir! They have two armed choppers and a jet! We won’t stand a chance!” He looked at his copilot as he said this.

“We’re screwed either way! Take out those two choppers and then crash land into the Jungle! We’ll have to make a run for it on foot!”

“S-sir!?”

“You heard me! It’s the only way we can get out of this alive!” He turned to his children, looking at them hardily, his eyes glowing with pride and anger. “I will not allow for my children to die by mere drones!” He turned back to the pilots, who stared at him in horror. “Now, do it!”

A couple hundred feet away from them, the two NERV choppers approached, side by side. “They’re headed this way!” The pilot said.

“If they shoot, return fire!” One of the men inside said.

“But sir… they have some of the selected children on there!”

“S-so?! Do you want to die!? Kill em’ if they shoot!”

“But sir… if we kill them… we’ll be hung by the commander!”

“I don’t care! It’s better than dying in a fireball two hundred feet off the ground!” He kicked the pilot in the back of the head. “Now, prepare to fire!”

The sky burned red as the two groups of choppers approached each other. Underneath, the trees of the forest waited for the leftovers of exploded choppers to fall into its unhungry stomach. And soon, the trees began to feel the choppers fear, as the wind from the choppers pushed them around like pixie sticks. “Fire!” Two big explosions right next to each other. Two choppers went down, exploding into the sick forest’s stomach.

Victor chuckled. “Take that, bastards! We win!” He turned to Batou. “You see that!? We blew those idiots right out of the sky!” He looked back over to the rising fire ball. “Take that, *****es!” The fire ball filled the air with great heat and intensity, and as their chopper flew through it, Victor felt it. The heat. He chuckled gleefully, feeling the fire on his face, burning his skin. “The heat of death… so beautiful!” He chuckled once more, letting his hair blow in the explosive winds. As they exited the fireball, it seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, mustering out a huge plume of smoke.

Yuri closed his eyes. “Now! Crash!” He clenched onto Yoshirou, holding him as securely as possible.

Victor continued to laugh as the chopper began to fall towards the forest. “Hang on you guys, we’re in for a freakin’ ride!”

A tree reached out, its long branch pulling the tail off the helicopter like a child snatching the tail off of a lizard. The chopper smashed head on into a smaller tree, breaking its top propeller off. The rotors were all gone, and so the chopper went into free fall straight to the ground. Approaching the earth, it smashed into a batch of sharp, long wooden spikes, which had grown roughly from a demented tree. “Shit!” Someone spat, amidst the chaos. The helicopter continued to roll around in the trees, not stopping until it seemed like enough had been done to kill everyone inside…. and then, it was quiet. Smoke rose from the dead chopper, and there was no sound.

[Tidusauron12]

“Heh… anyone else alive?” Victor asked, looking up into the forest canopy. “It’d be weird if I was the only to survive.” He got up, wiping the blood from his mouth. “Hey, anyone?”

“Yeah.” Batou said, from somewhere in the broken chopper. “I made it. So did Sister Ina.” Ina was in his arms, no emotion on her face. It seemed she was in shock. “Her breathing is slow, and she’s totally out of it. But she’ll live, I think.”

“WELL…” Victor said, happily. “I wonder if father came through alright.” He chuckled. “It’d be weird if father died… y’know?” He said, darkly. His hair dangled ever so slightly over his eyes, and his sweat was deep and sticky. “Don’t you think… that’d be weird?”

Batou didn’t reply at first, he just stared at Victor. “Wouldn’t it be weird if you died?” He said, finally. “Wouldn’t it be weird, if I decided to blow your head off right now?” As he said this, he stepped out of the chopper, Ina in one arm, his machine gun in the other.

Victor frowned, taking a step back. “Yeah… I get ya’…” He said, sitting down on a rock. It was silent for a while. The brothers’ little spat caused an awkward silence between them.

“What’s wrong, Batou? Can’t you tell when your dear brother is joking?” Yuri stepped from the fire, holding an unconscious Yoshirou in his hands. “The boy hit his head. He’ll be out for a bit, I think.” He looked to Batou. “Can you carry this one as well?”

Batou nodded. “Yes, father.” He lowered his shoulder. “Just put Brother Yoshirou here.”

Yuri nodded. “Fine. Fine.” He tossed Yoshirou onto Batou’s shoulder. “If only that boy had turned out as successful as you, Batou. If only he hadn’t been so weak.” He looked to Ina. “And this girl… only good as eye candy!”

“Uh… father?” Victor asked, a smug smile on his face. Yuri turned to him. “Did those pilots die? They haven’t come yet.”

Yuri chuckled. “The fools were chugged full of holes. They’re dead alright.” He looked to Batou, and then back to Victor. “Let’s go. NERV will be out here to survey the damage soon. We can’t be here when that happens.”

“But… where will we go?” Victor asked. “I mean, I don’t mind killing a few more agents at all, but if we run into a damn army, it might become a nuisance.

“We head towards a place… called anti-EVA.”

“You can’t be serious!?” Victor shouted, taking a step toward his father. “That cult!?”

“Yes.” His father said. “A religious sect that has grown out of control. Anti-EVA.” His eyes began to glow with certain envy. “Surely they’ll take us in.” He put his hands into his pockets. “We don’t have anywhere else to go anyways… I doubt Kreager wants us back in Tokyo-org. He might have us killed if we try to go back.”

Batou nodded. “Yes. Let’s go find this… anti-EVA.” His father nodded back, and with that he began to walk. Batou followed.

Victor frowned, looking to the ground with an angry stare. “No way… Reducing our family to this? You’ve gone too far this time, old man.”He put his hand on his blade’s sheath. I’ll kill him… I’ll… He began to twitch, watching his father’s back. I’ll chop you clean in two you… you… Suddenly he stopped, his eyes becoming wide, and his body calming down. Silently, he began to follow them, jogging to catch up.

Batou had seen Victor though. Heard what he said, and saw the expression on his face. Victor… Don’t even think about what I’m thinking you’re thinking about, because if you are… I’ll have to....

Yuri smiled as they walked on, a ridiculous smile spreading the length of his face. Victor… my boy. Yoshirou may have made the worse choices among the family… but you are by far the most foolish. Do mutiny, and I shall destroy you.

[Tidusauron12]

…

Jun nodded to Kikan, feeling a bit relieved. “Yeah, you’re right. We don’t have time to worry about that. Survival first. I’ll fill you in later.” Now two people owed Kikan explanations: Yori and Jun.

Kikan sighed. “I’m sure you will…” He moaned. “Hey, let’s go!” He said to Yori.

Yori nodded. “Alright… The plan is… to move to Kadle Street. Because the aristocrats have their private affairs there… there shouldn’t be any NERV-linked surveillance cameras. If we get confronted by any fed guards, kill em’.” From there, we make a straight break through the fields to the forest. If there happen to be a few cameras on the way, we’ll just have to lose any guards they send after us.” He looked to Jun and Kyoko now. “My plan is to…”

“Wait a minute!” Jun cried, suddenly aiming his gun at Yori. “What’s going on man!?”

Kyoko withdrew her gun, aiming at Jun almost out of reflex. “Put your gun down! If you shoot Yori-kun…”

“Kyoko!” Yori said, quickly, tightly.

She looked to him, a sudden fear on her face. “S-sir?”

“Put your gun down! Now!” He said. “We don’t need this right now!” As he said this, he kept his eyes on Jun. “Jun-kun!” He said, as Kyoko slowly lowered her gun. “What are you doing?”

“Why are you running from NERV?” Jun said, his finger on the trigger. “What’d you do!?”

It was silent for a while, the afternoon heat making everyone mad, everyone on edge. Everyone wet and sweaty, every delusional and on end. Kikan didn’t speak, he just watched, not sure what would happen.

Yori kept his eyes pasted on Jun. “There’s no time!” The voices of NERV agents were drawing closer, Yori’s name was in abundance. “The point is, if we don’t go, I’m going to die. Kyoko is going to die, and Kikan is going to get touted back to NERV! Do you want that to happen Jun!? Eh!?”

Jun didn’t say anything, he just pushed his gun into Yori’s face. If they broke the law, I’ll hall them all in... Jun thought.

Yori put his hand around the gun, causing Jun to panic. “Eh!?” He shouted, fiercely. “Is that what you want, buddy!? My friend, from high school! From boot camp! My friend who said we would never part in life!? Eh!? You want me to die!? You want this girl here to die!? Eh!? Buddy!? Put the damn gun down, now, Jun!”

Jun kicked Yori in the face. “Of course I’ll kill you! If you broke the law, Yori. If you killed your own men, then you’ve become a monster, not fit to be my friend!” Jun raised his gun. “I heard the report on my way here. I didn’t know they were talking about you… but you murdered five of my men! I’ll kill you for it! I’ll kill you right now, buddy! My… my pal!” He lifted his gun to fire. “Die, Yori, you traitor!”

BOOM. A gunshot filled the air. Kikan looked up to see Kyoko standing over him, her pistol clutched tightly in her hands. “I… I did it!” She said, disgustingly.

Jun fired one shot, which went into the air. Then he screamed, grabbing his side. “I’m… going to die!” He said, weakly. It was silent as he fell to the ground, lifeless. Yori looked from Kyoko to the dead Jun. “K-Kyoko!” He sputtered, taking a step back. “Jun!” He looked back to his friend’s dead body. “JUN!” He cried, tears coming from his eyes. Suddenly, he remembered the war, the time he had stepped on a land mine, the time he and Jun had stayed in the same apartment room in college, in the same barracks at boot camp. “Jun!” He shouted again, reaching for his body. “Jun-kun!” He cried out, once again. “Jun!”

Kyoko looked down to Kikan. “I… I killed him.” She said, falling to her knees. “I can’t believe I… killed Jun-san…” She flung her gun to the ground, which landed in Kikan’s lap. “I killed… I killed Jun-san!” She began to cry, forgetting the situation they were in, forgetting everything.

“Hey! The gunshots came from here!” Two NERV agents came into the alleyway. “What da’…” They froze when they saw Jun floating in a pool of red blood. Both men aimed at Yori. “You bastard! You…” Before the man could finish his sentence, his head was gone. Yori shot the second man in the center, killing him instantly as well. He stood, looking to Kikan. “Let’s go. You too, Kyoko.” His eyes were empty, his essence changed. Kikan recognized this. Yori had reverted back to his old soldier self.

Kyoko tried to stop her tears, but they just wouldn’t . “Yori…” She whimpered. She felt horrible for what she did. She didn’t feel her will. She didn’t feel her will to survive. She just wanted to lay until she was found and she didn’t care who found her or what they did to her… she felt like trash. “Leave me…” She said, hiding her face in her hands. “Leave me here… I’m not worth wasting anymore life on… I… I…” She began to cry again, tearing flowing through the hands over her face.

“Get up, or I’ll blow your head off.” Yori said, placing the mouth of the pistol against her head. “Now. Get up, now! Get moving, now! I’m serious! I’ll kill you before I leave you here!” He turned to Kikan. “Comon’, you too, punk. We have to leave, now or we’re dead. Mother****in’ dead!”

Kyoko looked up to Yori, the shock of fear in her eyes. Her tears continued to flow, but she stood. “Y-yes…” She said, stepping towards Kikan. “Ok…” She tried to wipe her tears, but they kept coming.

Yori turned away, and began to run. “Keep up, or die. We’ve killed too many. They’ll even shoot you, Kikan. Use that gun to kill, unless you want to die!” Kikan nodded, not sure if he could take that advice.

As they ran, Kikan felt wide open, like he could be taken out at any second. They were out in the open, of course. He couldn’t help but look down the lane to see if any NERV agents were taking aim.

“Stop looking,” Yori said, suddenly. “If you look, you’ll die. Keep your eyes on the goal. We have to make it to the aristocracy’s place. It’s do or die, kid.”

Kikan shook his head. “What are you talking about…!?” He didn’t even want to understand what Yori was saying. Too much had happened, he felt like he was in an actual war, like he was just another man in green with a gun in his hand. In a way, he was. Suddenly, automatic gun fire filled the windless air. He felt each bullet pass by him. Some seemed to clip the hairs on his arms.

“Keep moving!” Yori shouted, rolling to the ground. As the two ran by, he raised a rifle, which he had liberated from the NERV agents. “It’s the damn UN, huh? Take this, you bastards!” He fired as many shots as he could, and then he began to run again. His return fire seemed to be effective, as they were able to make it to cover. Yori was last to make it behind the shelter of the aristocracy projects. “Hey, we have to keep moving!” He said to Kikan and Kyoko. “The UN is after us!”

Kikan, sucked his teeth. “You have got be ****ing me! I’m tired! Besides, it’s silent! You probably killed them off when you returned fire!” He realized how dumb his statement was but he was damn hot. He needed a break.

Yori scowled. “Listen you…” Suddenly, a high whistling sound filled the air. “Shit!” Yori screamed, grabbing Kyoko. “Kikan, run!” A large explosion split the corner of the building, sending the three flying. Yori screamed as pain spread throughout his back. “Damn, the freakin’ FAE!” It was all he could say before he began screaming in complete agony.

Kikan felt panicked to hear Yori screaming that loud. It scared him a bit, he was almost like the leader in this situation, and it sounded as if he were dieing or something.

Yori forced himself to his feet, running into the dying explosion. “Kikan!” He yelled, almost monstrously. “Kikan! Get Kyoko, and run! I can’t carry her! Just run into the forest, and I’ll meet you there!” As he said this, he took out the rifle he had and jogged over to the corner where the RPG had just hit. Kikan only got one good look at his back: It had no skin. All he saw was blood. It almost appeared as if Yori’s skin had been melted off of his back. “Hurry!” He shouted, as he began to fire at the UN. “Go! I don’t plan on dying, but if you get blown up, there ain’t no point in any of this!”

[Tidusauron12]

…

Dr. Ishikawa nodded. “I see…” He sighed, leaning against the wall. “You know Ritsuko… I’m tired of being down here. They never let me leave anymore. I haven’t been out of NERV since they finished its construction… more than a decade… I’ve spent my life walking these cold halls. I’ve smelt and memorized all twenty different odors of fragrances they use here. I’ve been here too long… and I’ve experienced too many things in my career at NERV to ignore it any longer.” He walked a little ways away from Ritsuko. “It’s not false what you say. What you saw… what you heard… no. What you went through… it must be one of the closest points to hell that man has accessed. Dr. Eji and Gendou Ikari… those two must be the key to hell.”

Ritsuko stared at the ceiling, she was still netted with fear and terror from what she experienced. She felt like a giant pit of lava would erupt from around her at anytime. “The key… to hell…” She said, repeating the doctor.

The doctor pulled a gun from one of his drawers. “It’s time for me to leave.” He turned back to Ritsuko. “You stay here, Ritsuko, I’ll have my nurses keep an eye on you.”

The room was a big white one, there were two beds inside, one of which was occupied by Ritsuko. Every side of the room had medical supplies equipped, or drawers which contained medical supplies. There were also books packed up in a giant stack in one corner. Their titles didn’t cover medical things however, they seemed to be research reports, of which giant, humanoid things were drawn upon, which notes drawn on them. Then, in one of the corners, was a door. The doctor looked up to the ceiling fan, which rotated ever so slowly, and then he walked towards the door. “I’ll get in contact with you again, Ritsuko-san.” As he said this, he stepped from the room, closing the door behind himself. “Nurse.” He said to a woman, who happened to be walking by.

“Yes Dr. Ishikawa?” She asked, pleasantly.

“Watch over Dr. Akagi.” He said, walking away from her.

“Yes…” She took a step back as Dr. Ishikawa passed by her. “Yes sir!” She called after him. He’s busy! She thought, frowning at the man’s back.

Dr. Ishikawa pushed his glasses against his face, feeling the gun he had tucked in his pocket. “There is only one man who can stop this.” That man is… He pressed a button, a call, for the elevator. The halls were empty, save a few nurses. That man is Dr. Kreager. I wonder where he is… Haven’t seen him in years. The door to the lift opened. He noticed two NERV agents as he went on. Damn... Slowly the door closed. They stood in the back, and he stood in the front. He commanded the elevator to go to floor one. He stared forward to the door, but he could feel the men’s hostility.

As the elevator began to slow for floor one, he felt a gun press against his back. “Dr. Ishikawa…” One of the men said.

“Yes…?” Ishikawa replied, his eyes closed.

“You are not permitted to leave NERV. Did you perhaps step on the wrong lift?” The man’s voice was emotionless. He could tell he was dealing with elite men here.

“Oh… So sorry…” Ishikawa said, turning to them. “I must’ve forgot… I don’t have my freedom!” He kicked the gun out of the man’s hand, and before the second man could react, he shot him, and then shot the first man. Both were dead. As the lift door opened, Ishikawa walked out of the small brown box, which was now dyed red, decorated with two dead suits. Quietly and swiftly, he walked towards the exit. Surveillance saw that… I don’t have much time before black suits fill this place up…

…

“I have a feeling… that these girls can be used for something major…” Eji said to Gendou. “Something so grandiose and awesome… something so incredible.”

“What exactly are you insinuating, Eji-san?” Gendou said, shortly. “They are only as useful to us as they are to the Longinus Cross.”

Eji began to chuckle, madly. “That’s the best part, Ikari-san.” He pulled up a window on his laptop. “This is the ultimate energy source. I was able to null the opposition of their AT-fields. Normally this would do nothing, but it turns out these girls have more in common then I once thought… After looking over the data, it seems their AT-fields are one in the same.”

Fuyutsuki arched an eyebrow. “How is that possible?”

Eji chuckled, shrugging. “I haven’t gotten that far yet.” He looked at the data. “Rei was born in a completely different way than Megami. Megami… isn’t even Megami! Her body’s DNA sequence matches that of Hikari… the girl from that school.”

Gendou crossed his arms. “Is that so?”

“Her power in EVA-08 can be accounted for now.” He chuckled. “Through some strange, supernatural process… she seems to know the key to operation of the EVA. She can fight at near full strength I see, from watching her battles. She knows her mother is in that EVA.”

Fuyutsuki nodded. “I see… this is quite a find.”

“Yes.” Gendou said. “But unless you start making more since this all means nothing.” He turned away. “Find out what all this means…and give me something I can use. If you could speed up my efforts, I’d be happy… but we need to kill more angels before we can launch the plan.”

Eji nodded. “But first… I must visit my daughter. It’s been 2 days since I arrived here, after all.” He took out a bottle of water. “I need to make sure my little girl is alright.”

Gendou nodded. “Very well.” With that, he and Fuyutsuki exited the room, leaving Eji alone.

Eji stared at the door as it slid to a close, his eyes intense behind his glasses. I still don’t know what Ikari is aiming for… I still don’t get it… What is he after? He smiled suddenly, putting the water down. “No matter. I’ve got some power on my side as well… I was a researcher among Gendou, after all.” It was silent as the man rubbed the back of his head. “Now, to go see my little chocolate monster!”

[wolfy147]

Ina struggled agaisnt the hold of Batou, but could not break free, "Why are you doing this!!!!" she said with her temper growing every secound she was being carried...... "You turn on us father... like the Sick Freak you are!" her emotions dropped...... her breathes less and longer parted....... "Remember what you did father...." her voice was changed.. "Only if they new...... they would rip your eyes out...."

Yoshirou looked down to were Batou was holding his sister... "Ina....." he muttered and went back into his unconious state, she should keep her mouth shut..... Yoshirou thought but she carried on...

"Why did you do it?" she continued, "It isnt our fault your so ****ed up!!" she started to laugh psychotically, glancing over at Victor... "Your just as bad......" she said looking at him as his hand moved for his blade, "Ooooo going o kill me? that isn't very good now is it........" she laughed again..... "Never understood your ****ed up mind either......" she laughed again and then carried on being dragged by Batou..

[max payne]

Take Kyoko... The woman who had killed Jun. No. He wouldn't, he didn't want to run with Yori anymore, he had surrendered and he refused him that. Why was he running? Because Yori threatened him every time he tried to give up. But Yori was gone now, it was likely that Yori would die, he should give up. It was all fun and games when the faceless, nameless NERV agents were killed but now Jun was dead. And he realized that this wasn't exciting and it wasn't fun. People were dieing because Yori had betrayed them. He tried to put himself in there place, with family and friends and whole lives ahead of them, and they were gone because of Yori. Was it his fault? No! He had tried to give up, he wasn't part of this. Kikan turned to Kyoko "Go home. If you want to live just go home." he walked closer to her "Is you **** buddy really worth all this?" he said calmly "He's made you into a killer and a fugitive." he shook his head and laughed hollowly "In fact, why go home! There's no hope for you now! I mean, you're his accomplice, you've killed people! I should kill you right now! It'll save the executioners some time." he finished bitterly "Come on, let's just go give ourselves up. Maybe if I surrender, they'll let you go." He turned away from her and stopped after a few steps. He didn't want to blunder into the fight between Yori and his enemies, he'd get shot, probably by Yori, he thought bitterly. "What am I going to DO!"

[Tidusauron12]

Yuri stopped walking suddenly, his sons following suit. “Father? What’s wrong?” Victor asked, running one of his gloved hands through his rugged, long hair. “Is this horrible oven of a jungle finally getting to you?” Yuri didn’t answer at first, he only stared at the ground intently, his back to his sons. All of the memories of that night came to him. The night he had bloomed his daughter’s bud. “Father?” Victor repeated arching an eyebrow. It seemed concern was coming now.

“Shut that girl up.” He said, his back still to his sons. “Shut her up now.” He was glad they couldn’t see his face, because contrary to his voice, which was as empty and coarse as pure rage, he had a smile plastered on his face. A smile that superficially, seemed happy and joyful.

Ina recognized this character. She didn’t need to see his face to know that he was smiling; she knew. The night he had wilted her, he was acting the same. A gardener dressed in pleasant and familiar clothing, but with an evil, forceful intent within. On that night, he had came into the room, a time not fit for a gardener to visit his flower, no matter how much he treasured it. He had grabbed that flower, more roughly than normal, and then, started pulling it’s bud open. The flower tried to resist, but it was powerless against its gardener, the one who had raised it. The gardener had pulled open the bud and inserted a worm inside, and then, just as swiftly as he had put it in, he withdrew it an left the flower there; wilted and almost dead, its pedals strewn across the pot’s bed. She said nothing however, this nostalgia was more like a grievance than a painful memory. That night wasn’t just a bad night, it was a nightmare. She’d never forget the feeling, and she’d never forget his face that night; it bordered kindness with utter hate, and combined the two had formed a monster, her father – Yuri Naoki.

“What, is she finally starting to get to you, father?” Victor smiled, his tongue slithered perfectly to formulate his words. “Me too you know… I’ll gladly quiet her down.” As he said this, he turned his self to face Batou, looking to the growing tempest in his brother’s arms. “Well father… how about it…? Want me to… silence her?” As the last of the words rolled off of his tongue, he waited for the answer, almost praying inside for permission to do what he wanted to do.

I can’t… He remembered that night perfectly, and right now, those memories were in. I can’t let her expose that night to anyone. I will not let that be disclosed! “Go ahead!” He said shortly, not looking back. “It’s too hot for her *****y whining.” His hands went slowly deeper, slowly deeper into his soaked pockets. “This tuxedo… is causing sweat to accumulate.” As he said this to himself, he realized that the sweat was not a consequence of the mere heat they’d been through. Damn… that *****, bringing back those memories.

Batou nodded to Victor, who nodded back. “I’ll quiet you down…” Victor said, stretching one of his legs.

Batou threw Ina to the ground, not caring that she landed face first in the mud below. Victor… I wonder how harsh he plans on being this time. The little fool. He looked down to Yoshirou, who sat in his left arm, listlessly. It’s better if this one isn’t awake for it… I’d probably have to shut him up myself. Batou looked back to Ina. The depth of his eyes became deep and clouded. And Sister Ina... what was she speaking about? It seems like father became a bit… a bit unnerved by what she was saying. He suddenly wanted her quiet. He looked to his father, who still looked forward into the deep jungle. “Father…” He said, under his breath.

“This blow will put you out for a while.” Victor was beaming. His smile had grown voracious, hungry to cause damage to something, someone. “Sister…” He began to walk towards her, slowly. His hair over his face, and with faint light, all she could see was his bright smile, which faded when ever his tongue ran over it, licking his blood-thirsty lips. “… Go to sleep, Ina!”

It seemed right for sleep anyways; the Jungle had eclipsed into an almost pitch black void with the coming of night. An inch could be confused as a mile, and a mile an inch. Travel was neither safe or smart. Ina stood up to face her brother, not giving him the pleasure of seeing her face. Still, he charged ever onward, his foot ready to deliver a hypnotic blow.

[Tidusauron12]

Kyoko grabbed Kikan by the back of his shirt, and spun him around with just the grip of one hand. Before he could react, she slapped him with her free hand, putting her full weight into it. Kikan could taste the new blood that was in his mouth. “What the hell!?” He roared, almost striking her back in reaction.

“You shouldn’t say that about Yori-sama!” She raised her gun to his face. “We’re going to go, now.” Her eyes were serious on a level that Kikan knew well. She had lost apart of herself, the tears that ran from her eyes were just fragments of that self. A different part of her had been brought to the forefront. “Do you know why I killed Jun?” She didn’t give him time to answer. “Because he was going to kill Yori, that’s why!” As she said this, more tears began to run from her eyes. The part of her that had been eclipsed by the other, more callous half was feeling pain. “I had to make a choice. Which one of them did I love most? Which one of them did I want alive more than the other? It was Yori. I had to choose! One more second, and Yori would’ve been the one who was shot dead!” She took her eyes off of Kikan, her eyes raising a bit, her tensions leasing a bit. “I know we’ve… killed a lot of men today. Men that have families… men that have children… but I trust Yori!” And now she was back to being intense, her gun back in Kikan’s face. “I’m not expecting a kid like you to understand, but I trust that man! I know he has good reasons for what he is doing. He’s been around NERV for years, I know he doesn’t trust the system! And I think he has a damn good reason!” Suddenly, she hit him in the face with the barrel of the gun, knocking Kikan to the ground. “He told you to take me and escape. That’s going to happen, even if it has to be the other way around!” As she said this, she jacked Kikan up, and then set him on his feet. “Do you understand? I’m going to make you follow his will, because I trust him with my life, and I love him more than any other human being on this planet!” Her breathing was fast and loud, Kikan could even hear it over the explosions and automatic gunfire just around the corner. He got a feeling suddenly - that this woman was in love; there was probably nothing he could do about it. The night had finally been born from the burnt out day, and now only the fires of battle and the city gave light. This night however, was no less active than the day: the sound of men yelling orders, of men dieing and of bombs bursting was still in high abundance. It seemed Yori was a better soldier than what his appearance would lead the eye to believe. Kyoko pointed towards the forest, which loomed only a mile away. “Come.” She said, simply. She began to walk, keeping a stern eye on Kikan. Kikan didn’t move. “Go! Start walking!” She shouted, raising the gun to his face, once more.

…

Dr. Ishikawa stared at the fireballs that were rising in the southern end of town. In the distance, they almost seemed like small depictions of nuclear mushroom clouds. They lit the dark sky more so than the city lights or the starlight. He shook his head, a painful frown on his face. “So… I stay underground for more than a decade… and within an hour of my first night out I find warfare across the street?” He sighed, regretfully. “This is not right… It’s not right at all!” His attention shifted back to the empty expressway as he made a turn for the south. And that’s the direction I’m headed… It’s too bad, but I HAVE to find the pilots. It is absolutely imperative that I do so. The man looked back over to the southern side of town, which his car was now speeding towards. “I’ll have to be careful… Tokyo-3 is a warzone!” As he said this, he glanced at the pistol in the passenger seat beside him.

[wolfy147]

Ina looked at her brother who was nearly in her face, then stepped to the side very quickly dogding the fist he held up, "So you have to resort to putting me to 'sleep' father..." she muttered, "Don't want anyone else to know i see...... why father..." she giggled again,
looking back at victor, "Oooo victor seems you wasn't quick enough..." she laughed as a sick twisted smile came across her face, seing that her brother just punched a tree, blood all over his hand, "I hope it's broken i really do..." she turned to face Batou,
"Hmm.... why do you listen to my father and Disgrace our family name.... you know what he is doing is wrong" she moved towards him, she saw him move the machine gun up to her face, "so you have to resort to killing me......" he lowered his arm at these words, he couldn't see her face, her hair coverd her eyes, and all you could see was the blood and the sick smile of her's, "I think we should wake my brother up... dont you father? he could help rebuild the memories of that night..."
"Yoshirou....." she whispered in his ear, "Wake up brother......." at his he moved nearly falling out of Batou grip, "Sister....... Were are we...." he was still tired and hurt to bad to walk, "Rest, but stay awake...." she started to laugh, "Remember fathers secret........"

[max payne]

Kikan walked "I still have my gun" he thought, he guessed he could kill her, he was a pilot after all, he'd had training. But it was senseless to do so, but then again, she had killed Jun. Kikan suddenly thought of something. "You love Yori, eh?" his lip curled "I just hope he feels the same way about you." he turned slightly "He's always hitting on that girl Ina. He does kinda have the air of a- ah, how can I put this? A promiscuous kinda guy, don't you think?" he knew this probably would make her angry, not turn her against Yori. But then it would be self defense, not cold blooded killing. His hand slid into the pocket he had his gun inside. "What do you think about it?" he said coldly

[Tidusauron12]

…

Aki had managed to make it home safely after Jun’s assistance. “I don’t know if I…” She smiled, thinking of the man suddenly. “Don’t know if I could have made it home without him!” She giggled a bit, a small blush coming about her. The new house was at the trough of two giant hills; the low point of both. To some people, it might seem like the choice for site of construction was erroneous, but Tokyo-3 had no space left; too much of the land was uninhabitable, thanks to angels and terrorists. This house is so strange… Aki thought, as she pushed the key into the front door. “I’ll just have to adjust…” She hesitated as an explosion sounded in the distance. After a small quake and rupture, it was silent again. “Kikan…” She gazed back towards the city. She could see the fiery red smoke rising in the distance; it didn’t look too far from the hospital. “Kikan.” She said again, with a bit more panic in her voice. A sensational, systematic smoothness seemed so strained, so stressed in this city. The people who lived and worked in Tokyo-3 had been evacuated a week ago; and besides a select group, the city was empty now. The people who worked for the UN and NERV, and with a few other exceptions, they were here. But all the business men. The school teachers and the electricians and janitors and police cops and the citizens of the city who just lived – they were gone. The city had been largely abandoned, and for good reason. It was almost like living in a warzone, what with the terrorists a constant threat, as well as the angels. “Are we really safe here!?” Aki walked out into the miniature lawn of the small house, thinking on it. “Are we really being protected?” She couldn’t help but ask, it was like everything in the air and all the events that had happened since they moved to Tokyo-3 were egging her on: Is this home really so safe? “Is Kikan… am I… are we safe here!?” She held her hand to her chest as she spoke these things to herself. Then, Gendou came to mind. Gendou Ikari; the commander of everything in this city. Of course. We need the EVA pilots. We need them to survive. She remembered rejecting his commands that day, outside in the lawn of the old home. It had been a hot day, no different from any other day of the year, not from the perspective of a normal person. Aki however was not normal, not after her Kikan began piloting a giant robot, and definitely after her confrontation with Gendou. It was all contradicting. It seemed that NERV itself was evil at times, but in reality, it was NERV that had already saved the world multiple times. It contradicted any feelings she had of hostility towards NERV or their leader, Gendou Ikari. “What do I… what do I do?” She asked the world. What should she do then? What, unanswering world? “All of these contradicting things…” Tears began to roll down her cheeks. “How am I supposed to know what to do, when everything is a shadow of another? When evil is good!?” The tears began to fall; she banged her hands against the pavement, ignoring the bits of insignificant pain and blood. “How do I protect my brother, and make him happy, if to take him away from the source of sadness is to murder the world!? How am I supposed to…?” She looked up to the fiery sky, her eyes begging; answers for tears. “How am I to protect my brother? How…?” It always returned to support. Support Kikan. But what was that doing? Getting him attacked by terrorists, injured by monsters and exposed to adult propaganda. “Even an adult… even I don’t have life that hard! The only burden I have is that he is my brother, I love him!” She began to cry finally, she was more than worried about her brother, she loved him. Why was it so hard to do? Protect the one who was dearest to her? She didn’t understand, and no matter how hard she tried, it seemed like she was bound by some limits; limits she would never understand.

Ishi watched from the roof of a house that was atop the hill. He looked down to her with a smile on his face, and then spread his arms out wide, forming a cross-like shape with his torso. “Aki…” He said, lightly. “You are reaching the barrier. The one that humans, no matter how long or hard they search, can breach.” He closed his eyes, slowly. “Surely… you do not wish to push. Humans who pass this point… I wonder what would happen? Maybe… it would help me understand what the true nature of the human race is... How I can be a part of that grand race. Slowly, he opened his eyes again, opened them up to look down upon Aki, who was down in the valley of the two hills, down on her knees, with her left hand to her chest, and her eyes closed tightly, deep in thought. Ishi seemed to be more delighted with this gesture. “Hm… maybe I really am like a god!” He laughed at his notion a bit, before disappearing in a great gulf of golden gleam.

“What!?” Aki stood, staring at the intense glare of golden light that exploded in front of her. Suddenly, it was gone, and the night was normal again. She stared at the space where she had seen the light, her eyes wide, tears done. Was it… an explosion? A terrorist? “No…” She looked back to the city. “It wasn’t the same type of explosion. That light was… beautiful and strong… and...!” As another explosion rose up in the distance, Aki frowned. “Well, dammit Kikan! I don’t know what the hell I’m feeling, but I’m not going to let you die on me!” There was sudden strength in her voice, a sort of golden glimmer about her. “I’ll drag you home if I have too… I just can’t let you run around on your own anymore!” It was funny. She didn’t know what she was doing, but she had an urge to protect her brother, to keep him happy. Even if she couldn’t she had to try; there was no way she’d sit by and watch her brother suffer any longer. Without looking back, she began to sprint towards the place where she saw the explosions: Tokyo-3. It might be four miles from here, but I’ll find him. I know I will, somehow.

“Watch out!” Aki turned to see a car twisting and turning down the road, barreling towards her. Scream was all she could do as the car came to a screeching halt, just inches from her. “Hey, just what the heck are you doing running around this late, young lady!?” Dr. Ishikawa roared, his fist raised at her. “I could’ve killed you!”

“Well it’s not my fault!” Aki screamed. “The speed limit applies after sundown too, buddy. I don’t think you were going fifteen just now!”

Ishikawa scowled. “What!? You…” Suddenly, he stopped speaking, anger leaving his face. Now it seemed like he was trying to remember something, his eye brows furrowed, and his mouth flopped open a bit. “I… know you!” He said, genuinely. His voice had a sudden academic quality in it, and this reflected to Aki as well.

“Y-you!” Aki said, pointing at him with a smile of realization on her face. “I know you too! Doctor?”

“You’re Kikan’s older sister, aren’t you!?” Dr. Ishikawa proclaimed, a warm smile spreading across his face. But he didn’t have time for a reunion. “Hey,” he said, his look getting serious again. “Have you seen your brother around?” Hopefully she has. I need to find him as soon as possible! He arched an eyebrow as Aki took a step towards the car. Please… let me find the boy in time!

[Tidusauron12]

Victor growled as the girl continued on, doing as she pleased. “You ****in’ *****!” He said, attacking her once again.

Ina dodged his blow more easily than the first. “Victor… why not give up?” She turned to him, smiling callously. “I don’t want to have to stop you. You might die.”

Victor’s eyes widened as he felt the air from around his sister, Ina. “What!?” How can she be that fast? Just a second ago she was nothing but a *****! Now she’s like a trained warrior. And this chill… what has this girl turned into to? Just what has she turned into to!? “You think you can do as you please? Eh!?”

As he prepared to go in for another strike, Batou barred his path with one muscular arm. “Do you want to die?” He asked Victor, impartially. He kept his eyes on Ina, no expression on his face, not even in his voice.

“What?” Victor scowled. “Me die by her?” He chortled, almost passively. “Outta’ my way!” With that, he jumped Batou’s arm and dove in for a deadly blow with his blade.

Batou shook his head. And now he’s going to try and kill her. That fool! Has he forgotten what father gave him permission to do?

Ina avoided the blade easily, placing a stiff punch right in Victor’s stomach cavity. “Heh, you should’ve listened to Brother Batou, fool.”

Victor stared at her, wide eyed as blood splashed from his lips. “You… *****!” He spat, before he fell into the ground, coughing relentlessly. Why…? Victor thought, as his eyes began to close. Who is this person… not… Ina… that I know… He fell unconscious.

Ina chuckled. “Not as blood thirsty as you used to be? Most of the blood thirsty don’t enjoy the taste of their own blood. Better hope you’re quenched, boy.” She turned to Batou now. “So… what now?” A devilish smile formed across her face, slowly.

Batou sighed. “Another one that I have to carry.” He looked to Ina. “Did you have to put him out? You could’ve just put him in submission, you know.” She’s probably just as ferocious as Victor in this state. I should be careful. He observed her smile as he thought this.

Yuri watched in silence, a disgruntled frown on his face. Damn… this state of hers… she even managed to take down Victor!

Ina turned to Yuri suddenly. “Hey, how about I tell Batou what happened? What only me and Yoshirou know…” She smiled at her father, coldly. “Huh? How about it, father?” Her voice was a loquacious and cool hybrid, making her sound callous. “What you did to me! Eh, father!?” She frowned suddenly.

Batou turned to Yuri. “Father… I am interested to know. What is this event she speaks of? It sounds like you don’t want us to know. Something you did to Sister Ina?” He looked quickly from Ina back to his father. Good, she doesn’t seem to want to fight right now. I’m glad. But what is this… event she keeps speaking of? Either way, the situation was heavily confused. The darkness of pitch black, accompanied by the humid choked heat of the night-time jungle, made it a bit scary and unnerving. To watch a high stakes confrontation under the conditions of the night time jungle – it even bothered Batou.

Yuri hesitated to speak. “The… the girl is insane! Batou, silence her!” He said, sweat beads forming on his face. “Now!” He roared, pointing to Ina, who stood directly in front of him.

“Yes sir!” Batou cried. I see… he’s procrastinating. He put Yoshirou down on the ground, and his gun too. That’s too bad… I was hoping I wouldn’t have to fight Sister Ina… but now, it seems I must, as it is father’s wish. Ina looked to Batou, no absolute expression on her face. Batou stood after securing his gun on the ground. “I’m sorry.” He said, aloud. “I wish to know the answers to your questions as well, but now, we must fight.” He rushed Ina, raising one of his big, round fist.

Yuri snickered to himself, discretely. Yes… not even this Ina will be able to fight Batou. He is too strong.

...

Kyoko shook her head. “It’s not about returning the favor! You little bastard!” She kept the gun aimed at his face. “If a kid like you understood love… if you really knew me, then you’d know that how it works!” Another large explosion came from around the corner, sending debris in their direction. Kyoko stood her ground as a pretty sizable rock struck her head, causing blood to drip from her hair line. “I will do anything for him… because he saved me! I really didn’t want to kill Jun… but he was going to kill Yori!” Now blood was dripping from her mouth as well. “Please… walk. Please… for your own sake… walk! We don’t have time for this!”

“Hey, you idiots!” Yori came suddenly, running out of the flames of the explosion like some war hero, his muscles shown brilliantly in the night fire, a rifle in his hands. “I thought I told you to run!?” He spat. “I told you… I’d catch up later!” He stopped, beside Kikan. “What the hell!?”

Kikan shook his head. “Why should I run with you?”

Yori arched an eyebrow. “What, you dumb ****? What did you just say to me?” Kyoko only watched, more blood pouring from her mouth, and running down her face. Her gun was still aimed at Kikan’s face. Yori turned to Kyoko. “What’s going on here!?” When he noticed the gun, his eyes widened. He spun around, looking at Kikan’s gun. “You… two… are fighting!?” The first thing he did was dropkick Kikan to the ground.

It hurt miserably, but Kikan could tell as he crashed into the ground, that Yori had held back a great deal. Still, the gun went in the opposite direction than himself. “Damn… that bastard!” Kikan muttered, getting to his feet. “What the **** was that for? You’re probably finally going to kill me now, right? I bet that was your plan all along!” He didn’t trust Yori at all, in fact he hated Yori. He wanted Yori to die. Yori and Kyoko.

Yori didn’t respond, he simply snatched the gun from Kyoko and stuffed it away into his pocket. “You know what kid, since you didn’t run when I told you to, that wish is going to come true.” He said, finally. “The UN is coming. I killed ten of their men, and now I find it was for nothing… You guys didn’t even move! I held them for thirty minutes, and you bastards didn’t even move! Do you get what I’m saying to you!?” Kikan said nothing. “I guess not… so now it has come to this!” He loaded his rifle. “I’m going to die.”

“No!” Kyoko screamed, running to embrace Yori from the back. “Don’t do it!”

Yori knocked her off. “Sorry doll… I have to, since you two didn’t get away when you had the chance.” He looked to Kikan. “They’re sending in tanks now. I recommend you leave. They won’t take prisoners now… their missions is seek and destroy. You two should get out of here.” Yori stuffed a cigarette in his mouth, and walked back into the flames of the street, slowly. “Let’s go you bastards!” As the sound of machine gun fire came, a giant explosion hit nearby, blowing Kyoko to the ground.

“No…!” Kyoko got to her feet. “Yori!” Kikan could hear the rolling of the military tanks. They were coming. “Yori!”

[wolfy147]

Ina moved her head down, looking at the floor, then as brother Batou moved towards her she stepped to the side, he just missed her, the cold air around Ina seem to become greater with every thought of her fater, the one that destroyed her innocence, everything about her was changed, even how she looked, not the happy loving sister, but the dark and unhappy side of her.
"Well father, not even brother Batou can hurt me, why do you want to hurt me father?" she didn't let him reply, letting out a screech of laughter, "But i guess you are use to hurting me arn't you? remember what happend.... i bet its so clear now" she noticed Yuri moving for a gun in his pocket, "Ooooo so if you can't shut me up you going to kill me? thats just like you Isn't it!!" with this she dodged another punched with Batou threw at her, "Please..... before i get nasty stop for your own good......"

[max payne]

Kikan sighed and turned away from Kyoko "God, I should just kill you as sign of good will to NERV." he said bitterly "Come on then." he walked away from her, he honestly felt completely impassive to Yori's claim that he was going to die. It really made no difference to him, he had kidnapped him, used him as a human shield, drop-kicked him and made his lady friend smack him around. He couldn't say he was really going to miss him, the Rei clone and his luggage probably would, so he'd have a couple of mourners. "You still alive back there?" he called to Kyoko.

Aki sighed, partly from relief of the doctor helping her, half exasperation that Kikan was probably where she thought he was "You hear those explosions, he'd probably be there." she turned quickly, so quickly she cricked her neck. "Ow, dammit! Just go there, he's there, no doubt. Just go!" she rubbed her neck "Why are you looking for him, anyway?"

[Tidusauron12]

It was silent in the jungle, as Batou breathed aloud. He almost sounded like a small dog, panting in a hot sunshine… but there was no shine. It was dead black. “Yeah…” He said, lowering his fists. “I see… you’re fast.” He looked back to Yuri. “Father… I just thought of something, what if one of those things attack?” He looked back to Ina. “Should we really be fighting? They seem to come randomly…. what’s going to happen if those monsters come?
Yoshirou isn’t there to fight.” He said this because he had a certain feeling. A feeling that something was coming.

Yuri looked from Batou to Ina. “You here that, Ina? Something is coming.” His gun shook in his hand, which still rested deep in his pocket. “So now’s not the time to do this…” He took his hand from his pocket, leaving the gun in his pocket.

Batou crossed his arms, walking back to his gun. “If those things reach a certain point, I heard the world would die in a single…” He looked up to the night sky. “In a single night.” He picked his gun up, not looking away from the night sky. “Well… I’ve got this feeling.” It was true. Something was making Batou frightened. To the core. He had no idea what this great force was, but it was coming. Closing in on the city from some dark corner of the universe. He looked towards the mountains, which were invisible in the pitched black of night. “There!” He pointed, taking a step back. “Something’s coming, and fast!” Yuri and Ina looked in the direction he’d pointed. “Don’t you hear it?” Batou cried, looking between the two.

In this situation, it was the most active and expressive Yuri had seen in a long while. “Batou…” Yuri muttered, staring at his panicking son. He was beginning to panic himself now; he who could not be frightened was being frightened right before his eyes.

Suddenly it became audible. The sound of trees being smashed and shredded, consumed by a force that was rushing in. Ina took a step back. “What is… that?”

Batou dove atop of Ina. “Father, get down!”

Ina tried to push Batou off of her. “Hey, get off! What’s the…” Before she could finish her sentence, a giant mass of something seemed to glide over them, causing an intense wind to blow over them, it moved so fast. “What is this!?” Ina cried out, trying not to get sucked in by the wind.

Batou held her firmly. “I have no idea!” He looked to where his father had been. Father… did you listen to my words? Please tell me you reacted in time! “Stay down!” He cried, looking over to Victor and Yoshirou. Luckily, they were still unconscious. “Hang on, Sister Ina!”

…


“Is this the latest angel?” Ishi chuckled. “Funny, it seemed to pop out from nowhere.” As he spoke, so delicately to himself, he looked on to the forest from the summit of this mountain. “Half of the forest is gone from here. I wonder what is going to happen next? They’ll have to stop their pointless conflict, and help each other. Either that or die.” He thought of Shinji for a second, and then he nodded, acceptingly. “He’ll survive.” He turned, disappearing into the mountainous terrain.

…

“Yes, I’m alive!” She began to walk after Kikan, but fell over after just a few steps. She slammed into the pavement face first, moaning out in miserable pain. I guess… I lost too much blood.

“Hey, what are you doing?” Kikan asked, stopping to look back. Before he could ask her another question, he heard a sound far off in the distance. It sounded like a giant mass of crickets or cicadas, and it was getting louder. “What is…?” The ground started shaking then, like an earthquake. Whatever is was, it was getting louder, and it was getting closer. He could even hear the strange roar over the sound of gunfire and night fire battle.

...

Dr. Ishikawa began to speed back on his way down the lane. The warm moist air pressed against faces, seeming to slow the speeding car down with its thick, muggy fingers. “There’s corruption within NERV.” The doctor said, squarely. “That’s all I can say for now. We just need to find your brother, as soon as possible!”

Aki shook her head. “Corruption? In NERV?” Before she could say anymore, the road began to shake, furiously. The car spun wildly, Ishikawa tried to gain control of the car, but he couldn’t. The car took a sharp jerk towards a tree before it flipped, smashing upside down into the tree. The land continued to rupture, and soon, the night sky became pitch black. The dark wave of monsters passed over the, and their eclipse of the light was gone as fast as it had come, leaving Ishikawa’s car smashed against the tree.

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"Get... of me!!!!" she screamed as her brother held her down, to protect her of course but Ina did not like this, she started to kick at him, but no chance he was to big to harm, "Batou get the hell of me!"

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Kikan looked around to see what the noise was, he couldn't see anything yet. "Get up, I'm not carrying you!" he yelled out to her, he started walking over to her, all the while looking around everywhere. "I'm serious, you'll be too heavy! Get up!" he knelt next to her "Come on, I think it's an angel!" he assumed this because of the golden rule: everything that's strange in the world is either because of angels, NERV, or terrorists.

Aki fumbled around blood was pouring from her face. "Doctor." she mumbled "Doctor?" she tried to move her limbs, she couldn't feel them. She looked down, they were still there. She sighed in relief before closing her eyes. "Sleep would be good right now." she had forgotten about Kikan, she had forgotten everything, she just closed her eyes and let sleep take over.

[Tidusauron12]

Batou held Ina firmly to the ground, until he was sure it was silent. It was silent. Still, he held his eyes closed, something… told him not to open his eyes. He could feel a certain heat; see a dull light inside his eyelids. What is this? He thought. “Ina, stay down, and don’t open your eyes, no matter what!” Slowly, cautiously, Batou opened his eyes, and whilst doing so, didn’t even breathe. He didn’t move any part of his body except his eyelids, which opened up slowly to the dull light that called from beyond. At his first glimpse, the dull light became much brighter, almost blindingly bright. “What is this?” Batou said, standing up as slowly and cautiously as he had when opening his eyes. Suddenly, he felt hot. The air above his ankles seemed to be boiling hot. “What… is this!?” He fell to his knees; his hands clamping over his face, which burned in such a painstaking way. Batou couldn’t imagine what it was. What is this, was wrong. The wrong question. What was right was What is going to happen to me!? Finally, after getting out one more cry of horror, Batou smashed into the ground, face first and almost unconscious.

Ina opened her eyes slowly, immediately, glinting at the radiation of the light. “What…? Batou…?”

Batou still held his hands over his face. “Sister Ina!” He turned to her, still on the ground. “Don’t get up…! It’s too hot! You’ll be burned! We have to stay ground level, or we’ll die!” He reached one of his hands out, grabbing her leg. “Please, don’t move, trust me!”

Suddenly, Victor’s voice rang out. “Help me!” He screamed. “Brother!” His voice pierced the entire situation. When Batou heard his brother’s voice, he forgot about his own life, and immediately stood, ignoring the pain that came with his new height.

“Brother!” He roared, running towards where he heard his brother’s voice. “Victor!” He cried. Damn! I can’t see in this bright array! Where is everything!? “Brother!”

“Brother!” Victor cried out for his brother one more time, and then, he just began screaming, not able to think under the intense pain he was under. He opened his eyes to see his arm, and immediately he screamed out. It was bubbling like a piece of melted plastic, and it seemed his skin was falling off of his arm. Victor screamed even more, as the bone of his hands came into view.

Batou shook his head, feeling tears roll down his cheeks. “Victor, where are you!” He cried, before he finally collapsed to the ground. He could feel it, his skin was burnt. Everywhere above his ankles was burned, and burned bad. He could hardly feel the pain, it was so bad. Batou shook his head. It’s no use… I can’t help him… With this realization, he hugged the Earth as hard as he could. The ground was the only place where it was cool, where there wasn’t a burning heat that could melt the flesh. “I’m sorry… brother!” He couldn’t protect his brother. He was right there, but he couldn’t protect his brother. This was the first time. This was the first time he couldn’t do what we he wanted, no… what he had… no, what he was obligated to do. Protect his family. It felt worse than the pain of the angel’s light, worse than hearing the screams of his dying brother, worse than death.

Finally, the light began to fade, and with the retreat of brightness came a reproach of silence. Victor no longer screamed out. His pain had been lifted. Batou got to his feet, as fast as he could. His skin hurt, but everything underneath worked like it was supposed to. “Victor!” He cried out. “Brother Victor!” No answer. It was still hard to see, since there was a smoke in there air. That’s when Batou noticed… it was hard to see… because there was smoke, and not because it was pitch black. “What…? It can’t be…!” Batou look up to see the stars of the night sky shining down brightly over him. All of the forest was gone. All of the trees, all of the animal sounds, everything, was gone. DEAD. “It’s all gone!” The land was bare and stricken. There was nothing left, nothing but a muddy wasteland. Batou turned to Ina, who was now standing herself. “Sister Ina?” He said, stepping towards her. “Are you OK?”

Ina looked around the area, a daze on her face. “Yoshirou!?” She turned back to Batou. “Where’s my brother! Where is he, dammit!?” She began to walk towards Batou, her face losing composition, tears gathering in her eyes. “He better not be dead… because if he is…”

“Argh!” Yuri stood up, coughing up a sickly volume of blood from his mouth.

“Father!” Batou turned to his father, a happy look on his face, but then, just as fast as he looked to his father, he looked away. “Damn…” Ina watched her dad; a disgusted look on her face. Batou walked towards his father, looking at the ground. “Father…”

Yuri’s arm was gone. His hand on his opposite arm was gone. It appeared as his head had been slashed all over, both his ears were gone. His left leg was half off, and the other was nothing but blood. He was a dead man standing. “Y-Yoshirou… is… there.” He pointed to a collapsed tree limb, from which two legs came from under.

“Yoshirou!” Ina cried, running towards the tree branch. “Brother! Are you OK!?”

Batou could not look at his father. The man was crying, Batou could hear it. He was suffering. He wanted to die. Batou picked up his gun, which had survived the… whatever had just happened to them. “Father…” He said again, raising the gun to aim at his father. “Rest in peace.” As his finger went to press the trigger, his dad’s eyes widened, as if telling him to stop. “Father?” Batou asked, keeping the gun aimed at his father’s head.

“Tell… Ina… I… am sorry…” Batou nodded. Yuri smiled and nodded. There was a gunshot.

Batou looked down at his brother’s body. It was a dry, dead corpse. Victor was dead. His body was all bone, and there was no flesh left. Just bones. “Victor…” Batou said, staring at the bones. “Rest in peace.” He turned back to Ina. The angels… they did this, huh? He clenched his fists as hard as he could. “They did this, eh!?” He roared, into the open night sky. “Bastards…”

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Kyoko looked up to Kikan. “I’m sorry… I lost more… more blood than I thought.” She paused, taking a few deep blood filled breaths. “Just leave me… I’m going to… die anyways… if you stay, you’ll die too.” Kikan arched an eyebrow. The sounds were getting louder. Something was getting closer, and Kikan already had a good idea of what.

Yori dropped his rifle to the ground, smiling at the soldiers who took aim at him. “I’m ready to die, I done killed enough of you bastards!” Yori spat, mostly blood coming from his mouth. “Comon! Shoot me!” The men raised their guns, but before they could shoot, they fell in half. Killed, instantly. “What da’!” Yori looked at the corpses in disbelief, but it wasn’t long before he began to run. Guess it ain’t my time to die… He smiled, picking up a rifle that one of the fallen men had dropped. He stopped as the sound of gunfire filled the air. ****… is that a tank? He looked around the corner. A giant black mass filled the air above the tank. The tank fired into the black mass, but nothing happened. Finally, the mass smashed itself down atop of the tank. “Well I’ll be damned, saved by an angel!” Yori chuckled, continuing on his way. “Now I gotta’ catch up to Kyoko and Kikan!” Guess I’ma live after all! I’ll have to… Yori’s head fell to the ground, blood spraying from his neck. His corpse disappeared into the sea of black angelic mass.

...

Arakawa opened the door to the car, falling into the grass of the yard they had crashed into. “Ni hao ma?” He asked himself, then he chuckled. “Bu hao…” Why am I speaking Chinese…? He thought, as he looked listlessly to the sky. “Because… I’m disoriented…” He said, aloud, to himself. He nodded, then got up. To his own surprise, he only had a few scratches from the crash. “Ok… who… what… when… where…?” He turned immediately to the city. “Kikan!” Then another punch of remembrance. “Aki!” He went back to the car, running to her side and pulling the door open. “Aki! Aki, you OK!?” He reached in and grabbed her arm. “Aki-san!”

(Guys, the first half of this post is on the last page).

[wolfy147]

"So now the end of the world, the scum of my 'father' is now dead and so is one of this sons......." Ina grinned, like when she turned into the.... thing the last time, not her inncent self but the demonic and blood thirsty girl.....

"Sister... pl.ease... Do..nt harm Ba......" Yoshirou had fainted from the heat as inside the tree was very hot, Ina look at Batou, "Well are you going to stand there like some idiot or help me get my Brother out?!" she was getting angry now, the heat made her angry, remembering the day in the greenhouse with her father, as they lifted the body of Yoshirou a sound of helicopters was going from a distance....

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Kikan knelt lower to Kyoko "If you're an angel, I doubt you can talk, if you're a terrorist you won't say anything and smack me around the head, same if your with NERV." he paused "So I don't know why I'm even bothering to waste my breath." he grabbed Kyoko's arm "Come on lady, time to rise and shine." he tried to pull her up. Something was wrong with him, he felt strangely light headed and care-free. Maybe it was because he knew he could die. Maybe it was just the angel messing with his brain. He didn't know.

Aki replied by gripping the Doctor's arm slightly "Doctor." she felt the pain catching up to her "Got any painkillers?" she let go of his arm and slumped forwards "Ow." She held her hand, waiting for whatever the doctor could give her.

[Tidusauron12]

"So now the end of the world, the scum of my 'father' is now dead and so is one of this sons......." Ina grinned, like when she turned into the.... thing the last time, not her inncent self but the demonic and blood thirsty girl.....

"Sister... pl.ease... Do..nt harm Ba......" Yoshirou had fainted from the heat as inside the tree was very hot, Ina look at Batou, "Well are you going to stand there like some idiot or help me get my Brother out?!" she was getting angry now, the heat made her angry, remembering the day in the greenhouse with her father, as they lifted the body of Yoshirou a sound of helicopters was going from a distance....

Batou arched an eyebrow. "Is that... a helicopter?" He waited until the sound made him sure, then nodded. "Yes... it is." He turned to Ina. "If might be NERV, we should get help immediately, it's not safe out here with the angels running around."

...

"It's so dark down their!" The pilot said, trying to see down into the desecrated forest below. "Glad we have night vision to help us see... any luck yet?"

"No! We don't see anything! There aren't even any trees! Look like the angel took out everything!" It was silent, the helicopter hovered just off the ground. "They have to be out here somewhere...!"

Kikan knelt lower to Kyoko "If you're an angel, I doubt you can talk, if you're a terrorist you won't say anything and smack me around the head, same if your with NERV." he paused "So I don't know why I'm even bothering to waste my breath." he grabbed Kyoko's arm "Come on lady, time to rise and shine." he tried to pull her up. Something was wrong with him, he felt strangely light headed and care-free. Maybe it was because he knew he could die. Maybe it was just the angel messing with his brain. He didn't know.

Aki replied by gripping the Doctor's arm slightly "Doctor." she felt the pain catching up to her "Got any painkillers?" she let go of his arm and slumped forwards "Ow." She held her hand, waiting for whatever the doctor could give her.

Kyoko opened her eyes as much as she could, reaching for Kikan's face. "I don't think I can move on my own... I think I'm going to... die..." She didn't know it, but Kikan could hardly hear her. Her voice was starting to wane, her breathing was slowing. She felt like going to sleep... she felt like leaving her pains in life behind, and falling into an eternal sleep. "It won't be that bad... It feels good... to just give up... so... leave me behind..." Her eyes began to close, slowly... Kikan could see it. She was dieing.

...

The doctor handed Aki a small pill. "Take it. It should greatly alleviate your pain." He stared at her, a great horror in his face. "Your wounds... are they bad?" Please, let this girl be OK... please... He could fee it. Death was in the air, tonight at Tokyo-3.

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Ina grinned as she saw her brother follow her order's, "Now.... we get that helicopters attention before we all die out here...." her breathe's were long, panting as she walked.. "Batou..... what happend back there...." she calmed down to the calm innocent version on Ina... the twisted girl was gone.. and all she cared about was helping her brother out of this wasteland.

"Ina.... what did father do to you.." Batou said nervous of his sisters reply, "Nothing which you need to know..." she said turning to look at him, "We are nearly out come on...."

As they got to the edge of the wasteland they saw a cliff, but not like a normal cliff with rocks, it looked almost artifical, "We should get to the top of that...." Batou said looking up at it, "It isnt that steep...." as they climbed they saw the helicopter fly past, "We are here!!" Ina shouted waving her arms around, "Ina... im sorry" As Ina turned around she saw Batou with a gun to his head, he put Yoshirou on a rock, "I am sorry for my weakness... and for what father did..... i shouldn't of gone along with his plan..." silence fell across..... "Batou....." Ina said then the gunshot rang out, his body fell to his knee's and rolled down the cliff.

Ina had tears in her eyes.... she didn't know why but she did, as she rubbed her eyes she saw the helicopter fly towards them, "They must of heard the shot......"

Suddenly the helicopter was moving quickley down to the clearing close to the location of Ina and hurt injured brother Yoshirou, "Yoshirou hang in there..... they are coming please dont die..." she started to cry over her brothers motionless body, suddenly his hands moved.....
"Ina....." he said quitely, she took him into her arms, "Be quite rest....." her tears were falling onto his pale face.

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Kikan paused for a while. He kept going over the whole situation in his head. Finally, he gently let go of Kyoko's arm and started walking away. "There's nothing-" the words caught in his throat, the end of the sentence trailed away. He kept walking, soon it was run, he didn't want to be anywhere near her. "It wasn't my fault..." he whispered to himself, the answer came from his head "Liar."

Aki dry swallowed the pill, it took a while but the pain seemed to be retreating to what seemed like out of her ears. "I don't think it's too bad." she mumbled "Everything's attached and I can still see." she turned her head slightly "Yourself?"

[Tidusauron12]

The helicopter touched down on the slope of the... what seemed to be a hillside, with little difficulty. Promptly, two men came out, armed with machine guns. At first they aimed at Ina and Yoshirou, but then they nodded, lowered their guns and began to run towards the two. Their faces were hid by black helmets, and their eyes invisible behind thick red visors, which seemed to cover the entirety of their faces from the forehead down to the eyes. "Yoshirou... and Ina?" The men asked if trying to get a confirmation from the two.

Ina nodded. "Yes... it's us." She was a bit afraid of the men. They were with NERV, weren't they? In this situation, with the angels about, she could only hope for the best and trust them. "You're here to rescue us!?"

One of the men nodded, but the other began looking around the hillside, his gun still firmly in his hands. "We heard a gun shot. You kidnappers... where are they?"

"Batou..." Yoshirou muttered, trying to look towards the men above him, trying to see them through the dark night. "He died for us... he..." He began to cough, and went unconscious again before he could finish his thought.

"Yoshirou!" Ina cried, placing her hand worried on his face. "Stay with me!"

The men scowled. "Damn, he's in worse condition than we thought! We'll save the questions for later. First things is first! We have to get out of here!" One of the men picked Yoshirou up, carefully, then began to walk towards the helicopter, which waited only a few yards from the. The intense noise and wind that came from the chopper gave the situation a frantic feel, like something could go wrong at any moment.

"Man..." Said the second NERV officer, placing his gun back in its register. "Today has been bad... first their treason... and now Yori's dead...." As he began to walk away, Ina grabbed his arm.

"What... did you just say?" She said, her voice low. Tears were already starting to flow from her eyes. "About... Yori...?"

"Captain Yori...?" The man sighed, looking into the night sky. "Yeah. He's... a goner. A recovery team found his body after the angel moved through downtown, a couple of minutes ago..."

"It can't be..." Ina said, her legs becoming wobbly. "Yori, he's..." Before she even could finish the sentence, blood seemed to launch itself into her mouth, and all over the front of her body. She didn't even know what to think at first... it had just smacked her, just slapped her, just like that. Simple. Finally, as the blood began to trickle down her face, she managed words. "What...?" The man was still there in front of her, but his body was clean. He said nothing, was silent, and stood tall. She could tell, he was in more shock than her. "Mister... are alright...?" Blood exploded from his mouth, and his top half fell separate from his bottom. Ina screamed, back away from his half as it fell down towards her. The head contacted her feet as his body hit the ground, solidly. "No!" She screamed, backing away even faster. She hit a wall. She could back away no further, some wall or something had gotten in her way. It moved. Quickly, it jolted into the air with an insane roar that sounded like that of a monster. As her head smashed into the ground, she caught a glimpse of it: it was a large bee like beast, was a grayish color, and where its face should be, their was nothing but a thick red core.

"Get up!" The man who had carried her brother grabbed her by the arm and started dragging her back towards the helicopter. As soon as they were on he nodded. "GO!" With that the helicopter lifted into the air, and began to fly back towards Tokyo-3. At first, all were silent, afraid of the thing they'd just seen would come back, and strike them dead. It did come back. Something brushed by the chopper so fast that it seemed like nothing but a blur. It seemed like it was more than a blur however, as it had just slashed a giant hole into the door of the chopper. "****!" One of the pilots called. "It's too damn fast! We're sitting ducks out here!" The radar gave a high pitched cry, with WARNING in capitals.

"What is it?!" Cried the man, still holding Ina in his arms. "It's coming back! It headed directly towards us, and the systems are shocked! We can't move in time! It's headed in for a direct hit!" And it was. The red dot moved faster and faster to the center circle: the end was near.

"DO SOMETHING!" The copilot screamed, placing his hands on the roof of the chopper. "We're all going to die!" Everyone braced them selves of the sound of the approaching beast became audible. It sound like metal, being sheared apart by teeth of diamond. The sound grew louder and louder, until it sounded like the shredder was right out the door and than, just as impact seemed reality, it became silent.

"What?" The man said, looking up to the pilots for answers.

"It's falling off... no, it stopped suddenly! It seems like it just froze in its position back there... and now... its retrieving back to the take off positon!"

"Well I'll be damned. Looks like were lucky this time, boys." The chopper pulled onwards, and as it did, Tokyo-3 came into view, fire still glowing in the cities center.

...

Dr. Ishikawa nodded. "I'm actually virtually unharmed, save a few scratches." He reached for her arm. "Come now, we need to get you out of this wreckage, before something else bad happens." He smiled, giving her a wink with one arm.

The alarms from the city had started by now. People knew it was time to go to the shelters; the angels were attacking again. The once quiet streets that Ishikawa and Aki had been treading were now as active as a rush hour freeway, as began to run the streets wildly, headed for the safety facilities of Tokyo-3. A guy ran up to Ishikawa from outside his house. "Hey, are you alright..." He noticed Aki. "Oh god! Aki! Is that you girl? I'll go get help." Aki new him... he was the old man that lived down the street. He had welcomed her when she had got the new house in the neighborhood.

"Thanks!" Ishikawa called after the old man, as he hurried to get help from inside his house. "We need to hurry! We can't wait much longer! Your brother is probably not at NERV right now, so we should head for the city. We HAVE to find him before he goes back to NERV!" Aki nodded in agreement as the doctor began to pull her from the wreck.

...

Gendou stood in front of Ritsuko and Misato. "How much time until the angel penetrates are barriers?" Fuyutsuki stood next to him, a callous expression on his face.

Ritsuko nodded. "Sir! The UNs forces are down 80%, and our own are down 15%! We can only keep the angel at bay for an estimated 20 more minutes!"

"Are the EVA ready for mobilization? I'd hate to see the government waste anymore of my tax dollars." Fuyutsuki said, a competent smile on his face. He said this to Misato of course, as she was in control of Shinji and Asuka.

"They should be ready to go in about 5 minutes!" Misato said, keeping her eyes on the wall, between the two men. "We have already began to create our strategies that will used for battle based off of the current combat results of the UN, and the estimates produced by the MAGI."

Gendou nodded. "Very well. Since the remaining pilots are no where to be found, we will have to operate on what we have now." He turned and began to walk from the room. "To Central Dogma, then."

"Yes." Fuyutsuki said, following him. "Well," he said, after they had left the room. "If Shinji and Asuka can't handle it, we an always resort to that."

"Only if absolutely necessary. I don't really need those old men breathing down my neck at the moment. The plans are in full swing. Any delay could prove fatal... We have to be prepared when the time comes." Fuyutsuki nodded in agreement.

Back in the meeting room, Ritsuko and Misato began to walk to CD, an awkward silence between the two of them. No one had anything to say to each other. Finally Misato spoke. "Yoshirou and Ina had better not be dead."

"It's possible." Ritsuko said, shortly. She kept her eyes focused on the door at the end of the hall. It was far away and coming slow.

Misato scowled, but said nothing at first. After another awkward silence she spoke again. "And Kikan too. I don't care what the reports say... that boy better not die either. They shouldn't be in any danger here! This is Tokyo-3!"

"It is all a possibility. After all, for all we know, there could be more spies within NERV. These people have power, and they know how to use it. The only thing we can do is fight the angels." Misato said nothing, but glared at Ritsuko's nonchalant attitude.

[wolfy147]

Ina fell out of the mans arms and sat next to her brother, "Yoshirou....... wake up..." her skin was wet, and tears ran down her face.... but she was still confused... why didnt batou kill himself? she didn't even know her self..

[max payne]

Aki freed herself from the wreckage "We need to go." she mumbled "He could be anywhere." she felt tired, she couldn't think straight but she needed to find her brother "The fire... The explosion, he's might be there." she said louder than before "We need to hurry!"

[Tidusauron12]

The helicopter pilot got up, walking from the cockpit. "Keep this thing up, Taku."

"Yeah." Said the co-pilot, keeping his eyes on the night sky ahead.

The pilot nodded, then looked to Ina. "What was that thing? I thought we were done for..." He looked to the giant gash in the helicopter door. "It almost took out the entire door of the helicopter... and it was moving faster than the speed of sound... I'm sure of it." No one said anything. "Did you or your brother at least see it?" He said, leaning against the wall of the cockpit. Still no answer. "It's crap like this..." He said, looking at the bashed in door. "That made me pickup smoking." With that, he removed his helmet and began to smoke a cigarette.

Ina stared at the man for a while. "I... don't know." She said, tears falling from her eyes. "I just... don't remember what happened up until..." The image of Batou tumbling down the mountain came to her mind. "Batou he... he...!"

"Enough." The man said, looking from the pilot to Ina. "Enough of this. It's all for later. Our priority now... it should be getting you two to NERV. There is an angel on the move... and we have to do something about it."

...

Ishikawa nodded to Aki. "Yes, you are right." As the old man came back, he had a couple of men with him, Ishikawa raised a hand. "It's fine." He said, nodding. "We're fine. Just worry about getting yourselves out of here."

"What? Are you sure?" The man said. "Really? But... your wounds..."

"Right." Ishikawa said. "I'm a doctor who works for NERV. Are wounds aren't serious, and we have somewhere we need to be, now. Do you have a car we can borrow? Ours is a little too... banged up, as you can see." He said, pointing at his car, which was now wrapped around the tree.

"What? A car?" The old man said, looking around the neighborhood. "There is an angle about! We need vehicles to get to the shelters!"

Aki stepped forward. "Well, I need a car to find my brother! He's downtown! If we don't go, he'll die. And if he those... I'll blame you people!" She screamed. "Who do you think it is that protects you from the angels everyday!? My brother, Kikan! And you're telling I can't lend a damn car to go rescue him!? You're the worse, you old hag!"

"A-Aki...!?" The old man said, taking a few steps back. The men he had gathered with him said nothing, then ran off, probably to get to the shelters. Aki stared at the old man, her glare more cold than that of a snake. "I... I...!"

"Give me the keys." Aki said suddenly, in a low, tame voice. "Place it in my hands... or I'll never forgive you." Ishikawa looked slowly from the old man to Aki, not saying one word. The old man said nothing, as another explosion rose out of downtown. "NOW!" Aki shouted, stepping towards the old man.

"Ok!" The old man said, throwing the girl his keys. "Take them and go!" With this, he ran off, in the direction that the men had before him.

"Thank you!" Aki cried after the old man, as he hurried down the avenue. He didn't say anything, but Aki didn't care, she only cared about her brother. "Let's go!" She said to Ishikawa, running towards the old man's garage. She could see his car.

"Right!" Ishikawa said, a smile on his face. She's as feisty as her brother.

When they were both in the car, Aki started it, and pulled out to the street, driving as fast as she could. "Slow down!" Ishikawa said, grabbing the roof of the car. "There are people out here! It's too dangerous to..."

"I'm saving Kikan!" Aki said, not even listening to the doctor. "We have to get downtown. NOW!"

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Ina looked at the pilot, "And you think my brother can fight it because!" anger started to fill her again, "You can see for your self he is unable to even move!!!" she held onto Yoshirou with her tears running down her cheek and falling onto him, "Just go fly this stupid helicopter back to NERV..."

[max payne]

Aki was driving as fast the car would possibly go, she was single minded, and there was only a few miles until downtown now "So tell me?" she asked, her eyes glued to the road in front of her "Why do you want to find my brother? Is it a NERV thing or something?" she felt slightly bitter "Experiments and crap like that?" she made the car go off the road "Sorry about that."

[Tidusauron12]

The pilot stared at Ina for a while, saying nothing. Then, slowly, his eyes hovered over to Yoshirou. "Fine." He said finally, after a long silence. "Land!" He said.

"Yeah." The co-pilot said.

The chopper had passed over the fire line, which glowed on the edges surrounding the center of the city. NERV was insight, and the helicopter began a slow descent to the H landing port on its top. "Looks like the UN is holding the angel off for now." The pilot said, sitting down in his seat. "That's good, let's land while we can." The chopper touched the port softly, and then came to a complete landing seconds later.

"Let's go!" The man said, who had held onto Ina, opening the sliding door. "Come! We have to get within NERV!"

...

"Hey hothead!" Kikan heard it; the voice in his head. "Hothead! Let's go! Move it!" He stopped running suddenly, the voice was too loud in his head. "You're really going to leave that girl to die?" The voice was louder and louder in his head it seemed. "You can't, Kikan. You can't. It's like you're killing her yourself. She's suffering, fool! Go save her!"

"Kikan!" Kikan looked up form his thoughts to see Suzihara, standing a short ways from him. "Hey, there's a lady I saw back in the city! She needs help man!" When Kikan didn't reply at first, he took a step forward. "Hey! Kikan!"

...

Dr. Ishikawa still held the roof of the car firmly, fearing for his own life as Aki continued to speed down the highway. He was still able to answer her questions, however. "I want to find Kikan... for the exact opposite reasons you're expecting, Ms. Aki."

Aki looked at him for a second, then her eyes were back on the road. "What do you mean?"

"I've been with NERV for many years young lady. I've seen how corrupt they are under the wraps." Aki swerved around a corner, almost smashing the car into a fire hydrant. "Um..." The doctor sighed in relief, as the car narrowly missed contact. "I'm tired of it. These kids... they don't deserve to be used like this. They don't deserve to be used as puppets or sacrifices to save us... Not only that, but recently, they've started experiments on two pilots, and I don't know what they are thinking... We have to get Kikan away from NERV, and ASAP. They have the means to destroy the rest of the angels without your brother's help... I'm sure of it."

[wolfy147]

"Get of me!" Ina said struggling with the man, "Can't you see my brother needs the help not me? or are you that stupid!?" as she broke free she ran towards NERV.

"Come on!!!" she screamed as she ran around a corner, but as she did she bumped ino the UN soliders, "Ooooooooo........" she turned quickly to try run back but they caught her.

"Get of me!!" she screamed hitting the man who held her tight as gunshots rang out, "What do you think you are doing!" she screamed again, "Stop shouting you stupid girl!" he said to her as he pulled her down, "See that building? terrorist are inside... so shut up" He said looking at her, "You remind me of my daughter......." his words were bitter, they went through Ina, a pain rush through her as he said this, "Don't speak to me...." she said in a defencive voice, "just leave me alone"

"Ina!" a cry from the NERV pilots rang out as they ran with Yoshirou over one of their shoulders looking for his sister, "Why is she so god damn stubborn!" the co-pilot said as they went around the corner, "Ina!" he shouted as he saw her with the UN troops, they wern't the american's but a Unit of German scouts, "Hmm.... how do we get to her..." suddenly gun fire came their way, "Ahhhh Move!!!"

As they moved behind the wall a shout from the UN troops came, "Don't move they are pinning you down...." said the German soldier, as he said this the Pilot laughed "They care about us... thats a first supprised they don't shoot at us..." s******ed the other person who was in the helicopter, when the Gun shots stopped they ran to were the UN troops were, just diving into the cover quick enough before the shots restarted, "How is NERV?" said the pilot in shock as they saw Ina on the floor, "And why is one of the pilots on the floor...." he looked at the 2 German troops standing near her, "She fell what can i say..." a smug look over his face.

"No.... she didn't did she..." the 3rd man said looking at the German soldier who was closer to her.. "What did you do!" He tackled the UN soldier to the ground hitting him with left and right, "You stupid man!!"

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Kikan shook his head "There's nothing we can do. She's lost too much blood. It'll be a waste of time." he said coldly. He wanted to ignore what he had heard. It wasn't real anyways, all he needed was some medicine and he'd be fine. "But..." he had a thought that had been fermenting in the back of his mind. Perhaps, it would be better to make it quick? He still had his gun and it was doubtful she would survive a trip to the hospital... "Forget it." he said quietly "There's nothing we can do."

Aki almost crashed into a lampost "Sorry. What experiments? On what pilots?!" horrid images came to mind "Are they experimenting on my brother? Why do we need to get him away?!" she sounded angry, maybe even a little frightened. She hated all this uncertainty, all the lies and the secrets. "Can you tell me? Please?" this man had all the answered it seemed, and she wanted them as fast as possible before something bad could happen.

[Tidusauron12]

The wind blew Krieger's long, dry weed hair across his face, and the warmness of the air brought small bouts of perspiration to his calm face. "The angels... huh?" He said, taking out a communicator. "The timing couldn't have worse... they don't even give us a week's free time, do they?" His voice was low and controlled, but a bit playful at the same time. He was completely unaltered. "Org! This is Commander Krieger! All units... pull out of Tokyo-3 now! The angels are about us. The UN is dispatched at its fullest, and the EVA will appear momentarily. If you stay... you will die. Move out!" He waited until he heard his mens' response, a sound yes sir!, and then he smiled, closing his eyes softly. "Good." He waited a second, then opened eyes once more. His grip on the communicator tightened. "Men! This is Leader, all units of Anti-EVA, remain within the temples walls for tonight." His men responded with an immediate 'yes sir', and Krieger smiled, turning off his communicator. "For tonight... I'm done." With that, he placed his communicator in his pocket, and looked back to the city, from the mountain he stood on. His view was as clear and wide as his evil intentions.

...

The helicopter pilot stood a short ways from the German soldiers, and Ina lay between them. "You bastards!" He spat, taking out a pistol.

The UN men simply continued their laughter, their submachine gun erected high in their hands. "This isn't the time to fight, yeh Jap. We're under enemy fire!" They were right. Tokyo-org had been attacking Tokyo-3 since daybreak, and there was no time for internal struggle. No matter how brash the UN were, the men of NERV knew their respectable protocol, and they knew it well.

"You're right." The co-pilot said, walking over to Ina, and picking her up in his arms. "This is no time to be fighting." He gave the UN men a callous, but unintentful stare. "Let's go." He began to run for the lift which was placed conveniently over NERV HQ. The pilot said nothing at first, he only glared at the UN men. Only after his anger subsided did he relent and follow the co-pilot. The third soldier carried Yoshirou to the lift last. They had finally returned to the interior of the walls of NERV.

"Sir!" A UN soldier came from around the side of the rooftop. "News, sir!"

"What is it?" The man who had struck Ina said, turning to his officer. "What's happened down there?"

"Sir!" The man nodded, holding his gun in both his hands. "It's Tokyo-Org, sir! Their fire has silenced. They're retreating from the city!"

"Hmph!" The man said, placing his gun in its holster on his belt. "So they finally realized that we German's are no force to be reckoned with."

"The fools. They won't be able to escape." Said the other man, who had teased the copilot. "The city is surrounded by angels. They won't be able to escape alive."

"Better chance than if they would've stayed to fight us!"

"True!" The two men burst into obnoxious laughter, their officer watching from his own thoughts and perspective.

What fools... The boy thought, running back to his company.

...

Ishikawa shook his head quickly, as Aki clipped the side of a large bush, outside a mini mart. "As far as I know..." He said, looking down the road, as they quickly approached the rising fireballs from downtown. "Kikan hasn't been involved in any of NERV's tests... other than normal tests that all the pilots go through... but that could change anytime. Especially with the way things are happening now... their have been strange occurrences that I've noticed after each angel was defeated... Gendou has been sending recovery teams to the sight of each angel's death immediately after they were destroyed, and recently, I came across some secret files on why exactly he was doing this. It involves the pilots indirectly, and the EVA even more directly. When all the angles are defeated, I have a fear that the entire world will be changed in some shape, way or form... and I can not let that happen. Especially... not to those kids. They're sacrificing they're lives... and even for that... I say it's wrong."

Suddenly, an explosion fired up from the street, right behind the car, sending it airborne. "Argh!" Ishikawa cried, grabbing onto the roof once again. "Aki! Hang on!" The car smashed solidly into a city building's wall, throwing Ishikawa completely out of the car, and flinging Aki out her window. Luckily for her, she landed in a nearby tree. Ishikawa however... was not so lucky.

...

Suzihara sighed, sadly. "You're right man... You're probably right... It's just that... she did surgery on me... she saved me man... I wanted to return... the favor... I guess." The amount of gunfire seemed to have gone down, but there were still explosions that sounded relatively close. The sky had become full of burning smoke and ash, and it was clear... Tokyo-3 was a war zone. Suzihara took a step forward. "Kikan. We have to get out of here! There's no way we'll make it to NERV alive... Since Shinji and Asuka are here... it's OK! We need to get out of here! We need to survive!"

[wolfy147]

As the NERV men got into the lift Ina came around, "Stupid germans....." she held her ribs as she had been punched, "i thought they were helping us?" as she looked at the 3rd man, "Im.... sorry for my actions" she said bowing her head, the NERV soldier looked shocked, "No... i understand we have seen how close you and your brother are....." he raised her head and smiled, "as long as you both make it through this we have done our job.." he took his gun of his soldier and sat down while the lift was going up, "Least we safe now....." said the copilot with a unsure tone to his voice.

[max payne]

Aki held onto the tree branch, she couldn't see anything out of the tree. "Doctor?! Doctor where are you?" she tried to lower herself down, but the branch snapped and she fell to the ground. She landed on her back, it didn't feel like anything had broken but the impact had jarred her. "Awo! Doctor?! Doctor?! Answer me! Where are you?" She feared for the worst.

"I guess you're right." Kikan said wearily "What do you suggest. Because I have no ideas at all." he'd been lead all over the place, he just wanted to go home. "Wait... I need to get to NERV. The angel." he was talking more to himself than anyone else. "Ah **** it." he said finally "What's your idea?" he asked Suzihara "You're right we need to survive, but wherewe gonna go if we can't go to NERV?"

[Tidusauron12]

Ishikawa coughed, blood spewing from his mouth. "I guess... I'm done, finally... huh?" He chuckled, lightly. "Looks like I'm not as luck as last time the car crashed..." He could hear Aki calling out his name, but he couldn't tell how close or far she was. It was all... blurry. His sight... sounds melded together in ugly, perverted harmonies. "So... this is what it is like to die in a war zone...?" He was joking with himself... over and over. Life was a joke to him, now that he was about to die.

"Doctor!" Aki called out once again. "Where are you!?"

"Here!" The doctor shouted, blindly. A jarring pain all the way down his spine as he spoke, and so he let out a yelp apt to that of a pup in pain. "****!"

"Doctor!" Aki screamed, running towards him. She knew it as soon as she saw him. He was done for. His entire body was burnt and most of his skin was oozing blood. His head had a giant gash in it, and his left leg bone was sticking out of his left leg, completely. Death was not far from this man, and there was little Aki could do to alleviate the situation. "My god... Doctor Ishikawa..." She said, in disbelief.

"Go. And... if you can, find your brother... and then... leave." He chuckled. "At least do that for me. An old fool who wasted his life building NERV, that hell house... that will destroy us all."

"Doctor... no!" Aki cried, tears falling from her eyes. "Don't... don't do this!"

Slowly the doctor put a hand in his pocket, and brought out a small pill. "You know..." He said, laughing a little bit, before coughing up more blood. "My entire body hurts bad. I just noticed that now..." He threw the pill into his mouth. "And I got a glimpse of my arm and skin just now... I'm dead. At least this pill... will make it quick... painless, and dreamy..." He took a deep breath, seeming to almost suddenly loose consciousness... but he held on, long enough for one more breath. "I wasted my life in NERV... so I want you to escape, and live long enough to witness its destruction... and not just you... you... and your brother." With that, the man was dead, and his final breath left him. Aki watched his eyes turn desolate and empty. His life was over.

"Doctor..." She said again. "Doctor...! No!" The tears came slowly, but surely, like the flow of a powerful waterfall... but before she could began a cry of sorrow, a cry of death and of horror filled the air around her... she could see another fireball rising up in the distance. Move on. That all she heard in her head at that moment. There's nothing more to do here. Move on.

...

Suzihara pointed back towards the road. "Dude, on my way over here... I saw this car get blown into a city wall... I think a UN bomber aimed the wrong way or something. Anyways, in that direction, I'm pretty sure that I didn't see any of those angels... so..." He put his hands in his pockets. "I think we should go back that way. It's our only chance man! Every other direction has nothing but explosions, angels and the UN!"

...

"Commander! We've gotten word that Yoshirou has finally arrived... but he is apparently in no condition to fight!"

Gendou stood silent for a moment, oblivious to the hectic atmosphere around him. He could not hear the typing of the hundreds of keyboards in CD. He could not see the staff NERV workmen in front of him. He could not perceive his peoples' feelings, and he did not try to. He only experienced what he wanted to happen. "Put him in the entry plug of his EVA! That is all!"

"But sir...!"

"That is all!" Gendou said again, turning his back to the staff.

"... Yes sir!"

...

"Ms. Ina, please accompany me... I'm afraid you have no business with your brother at this time." It was none other than Kaji giving these others, and he had a smoother smile plastered across his face. "Well... ma'am?"

A group of men began to carry Yoshirou down the hall. They were going towards the EVA hangars. "Sis...!" Yoshirou cried out. "Sis... you do it! You pilot EVA!" Everyone stopped at his words. It was silent. "Sis! You pilot my EVA! You can do it!"

[wolfy147]

Ina looked at her brother... "I'm.. to weak... im no strong enough to pilot eva..." she looked down the hall at her brothers body.. "Wait..." she ran up to her brother and the soldiers who were carrying him, "Take me to EVA.... my brother is in no state ..." she sounded very unsure... even scared, but she new she had to help her brother... after all he did for her.

"Are you sure mrs.Ina" the captin looked very unsure, "It was made for your brother..... it has... well its very highly tuned to one persons..." as he was trying to finish Yoshirou started to cough, "Look at him! he cant even walk.... let me try please..." she moved infront of the captin "trust me..."

[max payne]

Aki kept moving, onward toward the fireball she'd seen. She couldn't help but wonder if this was a little too... convienient. The doctor was explaining things too her, then an explosion out of nowhere killed him, maybe even trying to kill them both. She felt paranoid, she started running looking wildy in every direction. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her.

Kikan nodded "Alright then, let's go." he started walking in the direction Suzihara had suggested "So, what were you doing out here? Nice stroll in the warzone?" his tone wasn't accusing, but it did have a certain bitter tone. Most likely an after affect of what he had just done. He felt like he should care about leaving that woman. He didn't. He just felt irritated that Suzihara had suggested to save her. It wasn't his fault. Yori dragged her into this, there was nothing he could do.

[Tidusauron12]

Asuka awoke. Immediately her first impulse was to sit up, and observe her surroundings. NERV. She recognized the darkness of the atmosphere, and the coolness of the air. The EVA hangar. Next to her was Shinji, who was still asleep. She was in... a stretcher.

"Can you stand?" A man said. He had a suit and shades. A NERV agent. He extended a hand as if gesturing the girl help standing up.

"What...?" Asuka said, shortly. Next came the sound of the alarms in the distance. "Alarms...?" Asuka turned to Shinji, who was still laying next to her, silent. "Shinji...?"

"Awake yet?" Kaji asked, walking into the room. Accompanying him was Ina, and soon after, with the help of NERV men, Yoshirou. "We need you now. So if you can, fight."

"There's an angel attack!?" Asuka said, standing suddenly, without the NERV man's help.

"Yes." Kaji said, a settle smile on his face. "I don't Kikan or Yoshirou are in the mood to fight... so we need you more than ever."

Shinji could feel his body. It was floating up out of the darkness. Slowly... but surely, he was beginning to surface above the darkness. Into the red faint light from which faint cries of alarms and voices chanted out to him. "Whose... their...?" He asked this to the red light, and as he did, it grew brighter and brighter, until he was forced to open his eyes. The first thing he noticed was Asuka, standing almost on him. Her leg was only a couple inches from contact with his face, her scent strong in his nose. "A-Asuka...?" He said weakly, sitting up. "NERV... where am I?" He asked this to Asuka as he sat up, and then to Kaji as he noticed the man. "What's... happening?"

Kaji sighed. "We really don't have time for this... the angel is closing in with every second passed."

...

Suzihara and Kikan ran as fast as they could down the lane. There was a definite feeling of paranoia in the air. It felt like you might blow up at any second, and for no reason. It wasn't a good feeling to have... to feel like... to KNOW that you have no control over your life. "Hurry!" Suzihara cried, even though he was only slightly ahead of Kikan. It was hard to tell if he was talking to Kikan, or egging himself on, so Kikan said nothing; he only focused on himself. However, something caught Kikan's eye as they ran, and he stopped for this something.

"Doctor..." Kikan said, looking down at the doctors body. They had come across the crash sight. There, on the road in front of them, was the doctor's dead corpse.

"You know him...?" Suzihara said, looking at the body distantly.

[wolfy147]

"Kaji..." Ina looked at him, with a stern, but worried face, "He canno pilot.... you can see that.... let me.." she looked at the floor... worried wat might happen, "Ill be fine.. i promise"

[max payne]

"An attack?" Shinji replied numbly. His mind was racing, screaming at him to get up and fight, but his body felt like it was submerged in jelly. "What does it do?" that was the chief question on his mind "What does the angel do?" the feeling was returning to his body now.

Kikan was silent for a moment before answering slowly "Kind of. He operated on me a few times I think." he looked up from the body "Come on, we need to get out of here." he wanted to leave as soon as possible: being next to a dead body wasn't the most pleasant of experiences and the paranoia wasn't making it anymore bearable.

[Tidusauron12]

"Actually, we have a lot of information on what this angel those..." Ritsuko said, walking in from the entrance to the hangar. With her was Misato, who kept quiet. Shinji couldn't help but notice how angry Misato seemed. "Still... it's better if you are in your EVA before we discuss this matter... time is of the essence. The first priority is getting you in a position to conduct combat..." She looked down to her clip board, straining to see her writings in the hangar's dim lighting. "You have an estimated ten minutes of cover to use as time to prepare. Your plug suits are in the outfitting room. You must hurry."

It was silent for a while, as ever one stared at Ritsuko. "Right." Kaji said. "Asuka, Shinji... I know you just awoke from days of unconsciousness... and that you must be very weak... but you realize the position we're in right? It's life or death here." He turned to Ina now, a faint smile on his face. "You too, Ina. We need you guys." He looked back to Shinji and Asuka. "We can't do anything... no matter how strongly we feel on the matter... so we have to depend on you. Now we need to know, can we depend on you for this? This battle against the angels? We have too... or the world will end. Ask yourselves... what does that mean to you? How those that make you feel? Make your decision tonight... as you prepare to go into battle."

Misato cringed at the realists tongue of his speech, and looked to Asuka and Shinji to see how they would respond. Shinji... Asuka...

Asuka smiled at Kaji wistfully, a sudden fire in her eyes. "Are you kidding?" She said, almost mockingly. "You do know who I am... right?" Kaji smiled, nodding his head, but Asuka was done with him, and she turned to Shinji. "Shinji... let's go!" She couldn't remember the past few days clearly, but something about Shinji made her feel weary suddenly. It was almost a feeling of... depression. Regardless, she continued on, pulling Shinji towards the dressing rooms. She blushed to herself as she pulled him down the hall... she felt good holding his hand.

Kaji turned to Ina. "Well Ms. Ina, since you have never piloted EVA... you won't be going with Shinji and Asuka." He began to walk in the opposite direction of the two. "Please... follow me."

"Where... are you taking me?" Ina asked.

"Well," Ritsuko said, walking beside Kaji. "Since you've never piloted, we're going to have to take some time to familiarize you with how the EVA work. You will not be of any use in battle if you do not know how to pilot."

Kaji nodded, in agreement. "Right... first there's the plug suit... and then there's the EVA itself... and learning how to make it function properly. We can have you ready to fight in about an hour and a half... but still, these circumstances are not good at all. There's a good chance that you will be slain in battle due to your inexperience... so you won't fight unless absolutely necessary."

"Sis... good luck!" Yoshirou called out after his sister, as Kaji and Ritsuko led her away. "Do your best... I know you can do it..."

...

Suzihara and Kikan were sprinting as fast as they could, but it seemed like they weren't getting anywhere. Everything looked the same, and in the midst of the chaotic town, it seemed like they were just going in circles. There was one thing the two were sure of however... in the midst of the night, the angels were winning the war. The amount of UN forces had definately gone down, and it seemed the only thing holding the angles off was some last stand army force. Only a few explosions could be heard, somewhere near the center of the bombarded city.

"Kikan..." Suzihara said, tiredly. He stopped running suddenly, signaling for Kikan to stop as well. "Dude... where are we even going?" He really didn't know... and he had an idea Kikan didn't know either. "Seriously... I can't even tell which direction we're going in anymore..."

[wolfy147]

Ina turned around to see her brother, a small smile came from her face as they turned a corner and into a wide open area, "So... i know pug suit thingy... and the robot... now what" she looked puzzled as Kaji just stood there, "Well come on it's the world at stake right?" she pulled on his top to try to get his attention

[max payne]

Kikan clenched his fists "It was your idea to come this way! you said "I think we should go back that way. It's our only chance man! Every other direction has nothing but explosions, angels and the UN!" if you have no idea, then I certainly don't!" he stood still for moment, calming himself down. He was starting to feel that his friend was merely a liability now. "Look, I'm sure if we just keep going on this way; we'll end up somewhere where we recognize and find our way from there. Sound good?"

Shinji just let himself be led on, the speech Misato gave playing over in his head. "Can we depend on you for this?" had she just lost faith in them? They'd fought the angels before, what was so different this time? Was it because they were practically a pilot short? It's not as if the other pilot did anything other than be a meatshield anyway. Why was she so angry? The thought made Shinji himself angry.

[Tidusauron12]

Kaji looked down to Ina, his expression serious and with lowered eyebrows. “Listen... If you want the truth, I’ll give it to you.” Ina looked to Kaji, silent but attentive, giving a nod. “You... will not pilot tonight.” It was silent for a while, and it took a while to click. He’d just told her she wasn’t piloting. Yeah.

“What!?” She said, finally, pushing against his chest. “Why not?” She screamed, shaking her head wildly. “You don’t think I’m good enough?”

Kaji shook his head. “You... you don’t understand.” Firmly, he took hold of her arms. “These angels have been getting progressively stronger since they first appeared. Even if we taught you the basics of combat... you’d be dead before you could even do any damage if we sent you into battle with the thing.” He looked to her Eva, a bit of a frown on his face. “This angel... is just too powerful.”

“So... what am I even doing here?” Ina asked, looking down to the floor, her fists clenched tightly. “If I can’t be of any use, why’d you bring me here?”

Kaji smiled, suddenly, taking both her shoulders with his hands. “Because...” He said, intently. “We can at least teach the basics... so that you’ll be ready for battle on another day. We plan on winning this fight with what we have. By the time the next angel rolls along... you’ll be ready to go.” He nodded, and then walked over to a door. “Now then, come Ina!” He motioned her to come over. “The first part to piloting Eva is the plug suit! Without it, you can’t even make your Eva move!” Suddenly, a light earthquake overtook the room, like an explosion had happened somewhere near. Damn... Kaji thought. Shinji and Asuka need to hurry!

...

The ceiling over the EVA hangar seemed to loom endlessly into the air over Shinji and Asuka as they stood side by side outside the dressing rooms. Asuka could hardly remember anything from before they’d woken up, but there was one thing. It was like a void. She didn’t try to dig into that, for it was radiating nothing but bad vibes for her. “Shinji...” Asuka said, not looking at him. “Let’s do this.” She walked into the room first, and walked to the hanger with held her plug-suit. She felt like she didn’t really have a self... memories were distant and blurry, everything she was doing seemed strangely routine and unreal. Even her hearing sound like it was through an old pair of messy headphones. “Fight the angels...” She said aloud as the two got dressed.

...

Suzihara stood idle for a while. Kikan’s short temper made his panic a little bit more frenzied, and it also made him want to fight for some reason. No... Suzihara thought, clenching his fists, The last thing we need in this situation is to fight amongst ourselves... “You’re right.” Suzihara said, beginning to run with Kikan the way they’d been going. “We have to find a way out of this!”

Kikan saw a girl in the distance. His sister. That was the first thing that came to mind. She was running in the direction they were, but she was way farther ahead than he and Suzihara.

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With that Ina followed Kaji into the hanger where the EVA's were being held, "so if im not the pilot.. and my broher is out of action..." she paused and thought to herself, maybe he was going to train her now in the basics? she wasn't to sure anymore with her brother in the back of her mind, and her fathers true death.. she was angry and confused and just wanted this nightmare to be over.

"Soo.... what we do now?" she said with intrest in her voice

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Kikan saw his sister. Then it took several seconds for his brain to process the information. "Hey! HEY!" he called out to her at the top of his lungs.

Aki heard her brother's voice. Then it took several seconds for her brain to process that information. He legs started moving of their own free will. Then her mouth shouted back a generic reply. She ran as fast as she could to her brother (and his friend, who she had just noticed) and soon she was with them, colliding into her brother with a half-throttle half-hug.

"Woah!" Kikan gasped out "Pleased to see me?" she looked like she was about to punch him in the face.
"No! Of course not! That's why I came pelting down the road as fast as I could!" she screamed angrily at him, taking a couple of steps back from him. Kikan looked both confused and amused at the same time. "What the hell is wrong with you?" his sister breathlessly explained what the doctor had told her, it took a while for it all to sink in. But it seemed so likely.

"Have you been feeling any... different lately?" Aki asked tentatively
"I geuss. I mean, I've been feeling more agressive and more- well implulsive I guess but not really different." he shrugged "Just thought it was a part of growing up." but then he started thinking of the other things. The voices in his mind and his little visions of the grinning chick. "But I thought that all this stuff was indirect to me?" Aki merely sighed and shrugged
"I know as much as you do." The siblings were both silent for a while before heading in the same direction in wich they were heading before, as if they had never spoken. "Come on Suzihara, we better get moving." Aki called out to him.

Shinji was getting ready on auto-pilot, he was responding to Asuka mechanically with "Yes" and "Of course". His mind was somewhere else. Even after his body had gained full function, his mind was still refusing to think anything practical or useful to the situation at hand. He was ready for the angel in body and soul. Who cared about the mind? 2/3s is good enough he rationalized. Make that 3/3. "Let's go." he called out to Asuka "Fight the Angels."

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Kaji smiled to the girl, trying to maintain a consistency in his cheery but false outlook. “Ms. Ina, all you need to do for now is worry about one thing, and that is being able to control EVA.” He pointed to a small room in the left corner of the room. “You can be fitted in your Plug Suit in that room over there.” He said, simply. “Once you’ve been fitted, come back here, and I’ll instruct you into the plug suit. From there they’ll tell you what to do from central headquarters.” There were a few more rumbles from above the ceiling. Kaji glanced overhead for a second, then looked back to Ina. “No need to worry. Shinji and Asuka will take care of the angel.”


...

Suzihara nodded at Aki, breaking into sprint to try and catch up with them. “Yeah, right!” Before he could catch up, however, a loud screeching sound filled the air, and almost simultaneously, a fierce wind began to roar over them. It was as if the war that seemed so distant a second ago had moved suddenly to right where Kikan, Aki and Suzihara were - and that wasn’t far from the truth. “What is...!?” Before Suzihara could finish his mad shout for wanting, the apartment building to the group’s left exploded, sending shards of metal and concrete rock flying at them. Suzihara dove to the ground, just able to avoid a gigantic boulder block of cement. After a short silence, he stood to his feet. “Kikan!?” He cried, looking around the area, which was now covered in burning rubble. Before he could even begin to speak again, another loud explosion sounded in almost the same place as before, and it blew Suzihara to the ground.

Kikan and Aki had managed to avoid the explosive apartment, but the next thing that came was completely unavoidable. Much to their horror, a large UN helicopter of some sort was coming, and coming fast, towards them. “Kikan!” Was the only thing Aki managed to shout before the craft contacted the ground, giving out a death-hollowing screech as it crashed towards the two. Kikan could feel it, the burning friction between the massive multi-ton UN copter and the street’s ignited asphalt. Death was only meters away, and it was closing in fast. For the few seconds he had to think, he was only able to think of how angry he was that he couldn’t do anything to save he and his sister from this death. Also, he thought that maybe he was a bit unsatisfied and unready to die just yet, as Megami still needed him... but still, as the ashes of metallic light raged on towards him, twisted and demented as hell itself, he felt some strange kind of calm about all of it. Suddenly, the burning chopper came to a screeching, burning halt, and only a few mere centimeters from Kikan and his sister. It grew eerily silent for a second, and all Kikan could do was stand in awe at the green burnt steel that rested before him. He could feel the intensity of its burning, and suddenly he could see its leaking fuel, but his body just wouldn’t move... he could even hear voices in his head. Kikan! KIKAN!!! They called.

“Kikan, get out of there!” Suzihara cried, running towards him and his sister. “You’ve got to move, man!” He ran as fast as he could, but he was simply too far away.

Aki pulled at Kikan’s arm as hard as she could. “Kikan! KIKAN!!!” He was simply unresponsive, and it didn’t seem like there was anything they could do about it. “Kikan, it’s going to blow!” She slapped him with a blow that was solid and platonic; a sense giver, you could call it. “We’ve got to move, dammit!” She cried. It seemed the sense giver had worked, as she was now able to pull Kikan away from the burning chopper, and just in the nick of time it seemed, as the chopper exploded seconds later, blowing Kikan and his sister a clear fifty yards outward from the fireball that rose into the air.

“Oh, ****!” Suzihara cried, pausing as the force of the explosion forced him to his feet. The heat burning his arm, which he lifted in instinct to cover his eyes. He waited until the heat subsided, then looked up to the fireball, which had faded a bit by now, and had risen considerably high into the air. He stared at it, in utter awe for a second, then remembered his friends. “Kikan! Aki!” He cried out, running towards where he’d last seem them. When he reached the area where they were (making sure to stay plenty far away from the chopper), he called out for them with his generic Kikan! Aki! cries. He heard some light coughing a short distance away, and began to run in that direction, calling their names. “Kikan! Aki!” Please... tell me they’re alright... he thought. If he was to lose them in this situation, Suzihara wasn’t sure if he’d be able to make it out of this night alive.
...

Asuka, being in the obviously bare mental state that she was, did not even notice Shinji’s empty response to her words, as her bare state was quite empty as well. Full of noise and confusion, but nonetheless, when it came to the social level of basic conversation, quite empty. “I’m going.” She said to Shinji, in an almost monotone voice. The rumbling form above could be felt quite well, and it made the atmosphere quite an odd one. Normally, it’d be one of turmoil for sure, what with the possible end of the world right above you, but for these two, it almost seemed unreal and routine, like some video game you’d played many times. As Asuka made it to the door, and she turned to Shinji and gave him an empty stare, then continued out into the halls, heading towards her Eva, Unit-02.

Over the intercom, Ritsuko spoke in a collected but strict tone. “Shinji, Asuka? We’ve got five minutes until the operation is to conclude. Please hurry to your Eva!” NERV was still in an uproar, and rightfully so. A great battle was in store.

Asuka looked back to the dressing room, wondering if she and Shinji alone would be enough to deter the angel. She also wondered if any other Eva pilots would join in for battle.

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Ina looked at the door to the changing rooms, picking up the plug suit on the side of the room which was a sickening lime green and purple, "How can i wear something like this... it's so ugly!" she said to herself getting changed into it, it was a baggy fit and she started to complain to Kaji who was outside waiting for her "Are these suits suppose to fit Sumo's? or do you just think im fat?" she said in a sarcastic voice.

When she finally got comfy, she walked back outside and saw Kaji leaning against a wall waiting for her, "about time" he said walking over to Ina, "So what now? what am i doing if i cannot fight?" she said with a angry tone of voice.

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Kikan's vision was blurry, it appeared the blast had knocked him and his sister quite a way back. He felt his head, he was bleeding. He realized he was lying next to a big spire. A tree. His turned over to his back. He wasn't going anywhere, that was for sure. His vision was blurred and all the lights were star-burst. He wished that the fool Yori (who murdered Jun and dragged Kikan out of bed and into danger along with an innocent nurse) had explained *why* he was running. 3 people were dead becaues of him, maybe 4 if Kikan was really unlucky. He was, in a way, glad Yori was dead. He definately deserved it for what he did.

Suddenly, Kikan's thoughts were intterupted by the sound of crunching grass towards him. It was odd though, his vision became even more blurry and everything sounded slightly muffled as if his through broken headphones. It was his sister. She was bleeding from the mouth. She looked up at the sky and groaned for ages, blood now flowing in a torrent across the floor before the skin melted off the bone and he could see the skeleton. The grinning girl was inside the ribcage. Kikan simply blacked out. There wasn't any one around to hear him if he had screamed anyways. Aki was down and out, lying face first on the damp grass. The blast had affected them both. Maybe some worse than others.

Shinji headed towards his EVA. He was worried now that his brain was fully functional. He had little confidence that he could defeat the angel. The humans always seemed to beat the angels by a combination of luck, numbers and guesswork. And then, it was by the skin of their teeth. Their number had been practically halved. Things did not look good. But he wouldn't run away. Not now. He was better than that. At least, he thought he was.

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Suzihara ran as fast as he could. He had to watch out for the occasional fireball of sheet metal that came raining down from the dark sky, but he was able to make it to Kikan and his Sister without much trouble. “Hey!” He called, when he was at their feet. “Hey! Kikan!” It was no use, and he realized this as he went to shake the boy; he was completely out. “Damn!” He shouted, standing back up.

“Suzihara...” Aki still had her consciousness it seemed, but just barely. She’d said his name weakly, as if about to pass into a dark coma.

“Good!” Suzihara said, squatting down over her. “Good... I’m so happy.” He said, putting a hand over Aki’s forehead. “I’m so happy you guys are still around.” He chuckled, feeling like kissing both Kikan and his sister. These feelings though, they were not appropriate in this situation. This was a situation where is should be every man for himself. Where it should be life over death or brains over brawn. The sound of a paper crumpling under the force of immense pressure filled the sky. It was almost like there were a million kids each with an endless supply of paper, crushing it greedily between their palms, not caring of all the trees being killed thanks to them. And that sound was growing louder, more importantly, closer. Suzihara froze at the horror of the sound of the flapping, crumpling, noises. He knew instantly what it meant. He knew why that apartment had come crashing down upon them, along with the chopper...

Immediately Kikan’s eyes opened up, the sound of the flapping was definitely wings. The uncaring and callous and metronomic rate at which they moved and the sounds came was unique to one race of being only – the angels. All at once the three kids turned themselves to look up toward the sky, where this murderous screech was emanating from. What they saw was not the night sky filled with faded mushroom clouds that they expected to see, but a mass of large, moth-like creatures. They were a bland and ugly green color, and they each had four eyes, which glowed with a bright lime green. They were coming, rushing forward, and they weren’t going to stop for anything.

“No!” Suzihara cried, getting to his feet. He had almost began to make his break for it, when he remembered his two friends, unable to move. It struck like a jab to the side, when he realized that he couldn’t just keep on moving and worry about himself. It pained him that he would have to risk himself, just to make sure his friends could survive too. But no, he thought, turning back, I’m no ape. I’m a human being... I’ll save them! Before Kikan and Aki could react, Suzihara, in a surge of super-human strength (it would seem), had wrapped his arms firmly around both of them, and ran as hard as he could towards the exploded chopper. It was clearly a fifty yard dash, and the angels were closing in fast from the other side, but Suzihara ran with the hardest determination he had ever put forth in his entire life. “I’ll make it!” He cried, feeling the burn in his legs from the running, and the hurt in his arms from the two meat-bags he’d decided to bring with him. He was half way there, staring the angels in the eyes as he ran. “Guess this is where we find out if all those years of gym and physical fitness are gonna’ come in handy, huh!?” As he neared the chopper (and so did the angels), he roared in suicidal battle-speak, “Come on! You think you can beat me, you damn angels!? Eh!?” With the last of his strength he leaped into the air tossing Kikan and Aki the best he could the rest of the ways towards the chopper. Both of them landed solidly in the chopper (not exactly gracefully, but nonetheless, within). Suzihara smiled, chuckling with a great roar. “Well you may have gotten me, but you can’t have those two, you... you damn things...!?” As he spoke, the angels had finally reached him. Their sharp, jagged teeth was the last thing he was to see, and his powerful, self-assured battle-speak quickly degenerated into high-pitched screams of terror; their teeth ripped easily through Suzihara’s flesh, and the first thing to go were his legs. He fell solidly to the ground, breaking his nose as his face smashed into the concrete ground. With blood flowing over his eyes, he was able to let out one more scream before a second set of teeth ripped his head off.

The burnt-out, ragged chopper flipped and turned violently as the angel ran their teeth into it as hard as they could, trying to devour the reinforced armor. However, even though it had exploded quite fully, the armor still held quite strong in the vital places, notably, the cockpit, which is where Suzihara had so skillfully thrown Kikan and his sister with the last of his strength. No matter how many times the chopper took the blows, the little cockpit stayed intact, and only one pair of teeth was able to make through (thought just barely). Though the teeth were able to pierce the chopper, she hardly noticed while the chopper flipped around, rapidly on the ground. It seemed to grow louder and louder, and the rotations seemed to grow even more rapid with each passing second. Death would surely be experienced in the worse possible way if this kept up. It stopped.

The three bodies in the cockpit fell flat where they were, and the sound of the wings grew faint, and then dissipated. Kikan was completely knocked out, his body smashed into a corner of the cockpit like a rag doll. Aki, on the other hand, was quite awake. Her body hurt all over, and felt like it was covered in blood (she wasn’t sure if it was all hers, and at this point, she didn’t have enough sense about herself to care). Her head hurt with insane intensity, and everything was blurred up in her vision, accompanied and topped off by the sweetest ringing in her ears. Something had cushioned her smashing and crashing throughout the flips of the chopper, but she wasn’t sure exactly what. Whatever it was, it still stuck to her though, with stickiness like that of gum on the bottom of a shoe. It felt soft and mushy, like some kind of meat-shield, and it lay obnoxiously and disgustingly right atop Aki. It dripped something on to her face at a constant rate of about a pint of slime per second. She could make no sense of what it was at first, but slowly, she began to regain herself... and when she had regained enough of herself - she lost it all in an instant. A corpse lay lifelessly about her, its face to hers, and its blood and saliva from its mouth (which was ripped open quite widely, making the head look like some kind of inhuman beast), of which the saliva was full of some sort of green ooze (perhaps regurgitated fluids?). She let out a scream like nothing she’d released before, and pushed the body away from her as hard as she could. The body left her body, making a loud sound like that of an insect being squashed under a fly swatter. It squished up against the opposite wall, and stuck to it. Something poured from the main remainder of the body, something that seemed half solid and half fluid, and was red as blood itself. Aki puked, and screamed all at once, and for a whole minute, it was all she could do. Then, she lay in silence, staring at the deformed corpse with the definition of terror signed ever so diligently into her face by the Devil himself. She couldn’t think, she couldn’t breathe, and she peed herself without even noticing one bit. The pain of her broken and shattered bones (there actually weren’t many, thanks to that corpse) was nonexistent to her, and the angel tooth that still stuck in her arm like a saber wasn’t there.

Outside of the chopper, it was a dead silence. The world was lifeless. The ground was littered with carnage and destruction. The night was onto the new day, but the death of yesterday was still very well present and new. “Kikan...” Aki mumbled, lightly. The moon was full and high, a complete voracious and rich red through the billowing enriched death smoke that rose from the city of Tokyo-3.

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...

Aoba banged his hand on his keyboard. “Damn!” He turned to Misato, ferocious tension built up on his face. “The angel has breached the UN’s final barrier! We’ve got five minutes until they reach Nerv!”

Misato bit her lip. “Damn... well, can’t the residual UN and Nerv forces give us a little more time?”

Hyuga shook his head. “That’s already been calculated into the equation.” He turned to face Misato as well. “It’s five minutes tops!”

Maya looked to Ritsuko. “Sempai...?”

Ritsuko sighed. “Shinji!? Asuka!? You ready? I’ve got four minutes to explain this to you! I’ll leave you one minute to get your bearings once you reach the surface!”

Asuka sat silently in her Eva, as did Shinji. “Ready.” They both said, in voices that were almost completely monotone. It almost sounded like their voices tones were in exact sync, so it was hard to tell there were two people talking.

“OK!” She shouted, looking down to her clipboard with a focus impossible to break. “The target appears to be separated into many different bodies, all at once... or rather it has more than one body.”

Asuka arched an eyebrow, her eyes most reproachful. More than one body? Data map appeared inside the Eva’s monitors.

“As you can see, the angels are closing in on HQ, and fast. Your mission is not to fight the incoming bogeys, however, but a target almost 10 miles away.” The map shifted to the north of the city, showing a bright, red triangle. “According to reports given by a NERV chopper, a gigantic insect-like beast of some sort is residing there. There are reports of a gigantic red core at that location, which the beast appears to be guarding. This is our best bet for where the core of the angel is located. All of the smaller beasts display evidence of small portions of S2 engines within them. The only place that seems similar to the cores we have encountered in the past is the place we’ve given you to the north of the city. That is where the core is, more than likely.” More than likely. Shinji had been hearing this a lot whenever they went to go fight the angels. More than likely. It was all a gamble... all really a gamble. The Eva were launched up on the elevators towards the surface. “Since your primary target is not to fight the bogeys that are presently approaching the NERV from the north, you will take an alternative route, which will take you around the approaching bogeys, and on-towards the north to the approximate position of the core.” There was a short pause. “When you arrive... you’ll simply have to improvise. The most obvious thing for you to do is to have one of you hold off the sentry from the angel’s core, while the other goes straight for the core itself. There are many factors that will more than likely change this basic strategy, so follow it the best you can, and don’t abandon it unless absolutely necessary.”

Misato nodded as Ritsuko finished her outline. “OK, that’s it! Shinji, Asuka, go!” The two Eva were released and ready to go. Two long range rifles appeared ready for use, and their prog knives were ready to go as well.

Asuka stood for moment, silent. “Shinji.” She said, finally. “Let’s go.” Swift and quiet, Eva-02 began to dash through the city at high-speed, to the west. Shinji could see the dense wall of green approaching. It was the bogeys, and they were coming fast.

“Hurry and follow Asuka!” Misato called out to Shinji.

...

Kaji chuckled, walking towards Ina slowly. “You may fight, but only if absolutely necessary. This angel is the most powerful yet, so it’d be best if you stayed here beneath NERV.” He turned towards her Eva. “Now,” he said, taking on a more serious expression. “Board the Eva.” He pointed to the entry plug, which lay outside the back of the Eva. A large scaffold led all the way to it. As Ina began to walk toward it, he called after her. “And... watch your step! I’ll explain more after you’re inside the entry plug!” A couple of Nerv workers walked up beside Kaji, whispering words to his ears. He nodded, telling them to do something, and off they ran, to the edges of the Eva, doing the jobs they were ordered to do.

...

Yoshirou sat in an event-less wait. He wasn’t sure if anything was going to happen, or if he’d have to do something in the next instant, but he was bothered. He wondered if his sister would be OK, or if she’d be forced into battle. He wondered if Asuka and Shinji would be enough to stop the angel as well. The shaking grew more and more intense with each second, and with it, he grew more and more worried. It was times like this that Yoshirou began to think that Yori would come waltzing into the room with a beer or cigarette in hand, speaking some type of profanity as loud and obnoxiously as he could... but no. Yori was dead.

...

Aki awoke. The innards of the chopper were too dark for her to see in, but she remembered what she had seen. The image of the grotesque and destroyed human body that had been stuck to her body like some kind of meaty gum bathed in sticky, sour-red sauce was forever plastered in her mind; and as much as she wanted to scream and puke upon this horrible awakening, she knew she couldn’t. Her brother was in there somewhere, and he needed her. As she sat up straight (straight as she could get, among the battered and wrecked cockpit.), she looked through the darkness, concentrating as hard as she could. That’s when she noticed it; a gigantic sword-like tooth stuck straight out from her left arm, and it was in there quite deep. The pain, newly realized by her body, it seemed, ran up her arm like a live wire, and in an instant, it felt like her entire left side was on fire.

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Ina looked at the entry plug with a confused look, she shouted to Kaji "do i just sit in the thing?? or what" she waiting for his reply, while messing with the plug suit which was stickin to her.

Yoshirou sat up.. twitiched and looked at the machines hooked into him, he twitched again looking down into his hands, his eyes now bloodshot, and his arms shaking violently ".... why.. why..?" he quickly ripped the needle from the one machine out of his arm and screamed, as the blood started to spurt from where the needle was

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Shinji followed Asuka, as ordered but not without hesistation. He was worried. They could barely take out one angel at full strength. They were at half, and there was hundreds if not thousands of them. After reaching Asuka, he braced himself for the shook. Then it occured to him that he had absolutely no idea how to fight such a small and fast target. In fact, he had no idea what the angel(s?) even did. "Asuka. What do we do?" he asked weakly

Aki gritted her teeth and tried to pull the tooth out of her arm. The pain only intensified. She gasped out in pain and let go of the tooth, trying to get a firmer grip of the tooth. She pulled it again, but it refused to come out: it was stuck in the bone of her arm. The pain flared and she almost literally blinded by the pain but with one final tug, the tooth came free. She held the tooth in her hand, breathing heavily. She discarded the tooth but the pain it had caused didn't stop.

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“Didn’t you hear Ritsuko? Just follow me!” Shinji winced at the piercing tone of her voice, but it was at least enough to hook; to give him some stability as to what to do next. Asuka, on the other hand, was very near tears. You idiot, Shinji... how should I know what we should do next? I only know what I’ve been told... just like you. She ran the path that was provided to her by NERV. It took them around the impending wall of angels, and all she knew was that she had to stay on that path, or it was game over. Shinji’s feelings... mine... the feelings of these people who are NERV, and those of the angels... if they even have them... do they matter? “What matters is the protocol!”She shouted, suddenly. “If we don’t follow it, everything is lost! I’m not going to let myself get lost, I’m not some disposable toy; I’m Asuka Langley Sohryu!” She could feel the raging fire within. It was completely out of control, flaring in every possible direction, and not hindered by the tears of pain and regret in her heart.

The night was as wretched and spoiled as could be; too much death and war had occurred. The black sky was tinted red, and stars that were big and bright enough to be seen in the red nightshade appeared as pimply blemishes in the hell sky. Everything beneath the sky seemed to be equipment. The trees seemed placed; the sounds of the angels seemed man-made. The panic in everyone’s voices and the hostility of the situation. The reason for everything to be just seemed too convenient, like it was all a book, like someone was just writing this out day after day, all too make it progressively worse. Shinji had had these thoughts sometimes, and so had Asuka too. It was just all so much... and there was nothing to do but deal. How to deal with it? Fighting on was a good phrase to use to describe it, but why? Would this hell that was so implanted on Earth ever withdraw from implantation?

Asuka, however, kept her mouth closed and ran on. Move, move, MOVE! They had cleared the wall of angels which was headed directly for NERV, and made it around, into the suburbs. Asuka stopped for a few second as they had reached the first checkpoint that Ritsuko had laid out for them. “Shinji, we’re half way there! Let’s go!”

Aki saw them. The gigantic Eva feet had landed only a few yards away from her and her brother. The Earth shook as the gigantic things came to a stop, and dust and shrapnel took flight. She could hear Asuka’s voice coming from up in the air – from Eva Unit 02. Kikan also heard Asuka’s voice. It was the first thing he’d heard for a while, and he could tell from the intercom-tone of her voice... he could tell instantly that she was in her Eva. He didn’t know where he was... just that everything hurt, and that he’d just heard Asuka’s voice.

...

“How are we doing on time!?” Ritsuko stared at the positioning radar for the deployed Eva units as she asked this.

“We’ve got less than 60 seconds until initial contact with headquarters! From there, it’ll be a few minutes until the enemy penetrates the shielded layers!”

Aoba cursed, sticking a pacifying thumb to his mouth. “Don’t even ask if the other pilots have shown up. They aren’t here, and it doesn’t seem possible that we’d be getting them here under these conditions.”

“Will we have to rely on... Ina?” Ritsuko looked to Misato.

“No way!” Misato cried. “You use all of those weapons we’ve got up there. I’m not sending that girl up there like this!”

...

Kaji hesitated to respond to Ina as more eruptions from above ground shook the building. “Um...” As they subsided, he looked nervously back to the girl. “Um... sit in, and concentrate.” A few technicians came out from behind closed doors. “When we close it... a liquid will submerge you...”

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Ina heard what was been said and looked at them "Just let me... ill be fine... im a strong lass.. ain't i?" she looked abit scared, and her arms were violently shaking, but she didn't care, "Just do this ... if it's to save everyone for my life then im willing to do that" a tear started to roll down her eye as she grabbed the controlls inside the EVA unit, "Just do it!!!!"

Meanwhile back in the hospital, Yoshirou was sitting against the wall, blood still squirting out of his arms were he ripped the needles out, "Why... i shouldn't let Ina do this" he got to his feat slowly but fell back down, hitting his head against the solid wall, "damn this!" with a scream he pulled himself up and walked out the door of the room he was in, and made his way down the path to the exit.

[max payne]

Shinji followed orders, followed Asuka. But he was starting to lose his nerve. He was starting to doubt his own skill and the rest of the pilots.

The only reason we win is because we outnumber them. We don't have that advantage any more.

Swallowing the lump in his throat he continued to follow his leader. His pulse was pounding and quickly, it became the only thing he could hear.

What happens if we lose? I'll die. Maybe everyone in the world will die. What do the angels want? What do they want from us?

He was shaking. The thought of his own death seemed inescapable. The knowlege that he couldn't run away even if he wanted too made him feel claustrophobic and helpless: the EVA merely a giant metal coffin.


Aki looked up at the towering EVA. She knew then she had to get away, the angels would be drawn to them and she didn't want her or her brother to be eaten by the disgusting things. She hauled herself out of the wreckage and fell to the ground.

The pain from the tooth flared but she pressed on, pushing herself off the floor and surveyed her sorroundings. She saw Kikan. Sitting with his back rested on a tree. She limped over to him.

"Nice to see your comfortable." she muttered. She put her arm on her brother's shoulder. He rolled his head to face her. His face was covered in cuts and burns, his right eye looked as though he had some shrapnel imbedded in it. Kikan reached out to his sister.

"I can't see." he mumbled, his hand tightened on his sister's forearm.

"Where are we? Where's Asuka?" and then he remembered what he was supposed to be doing

"Megami." he repeated the name that was coursing through his mind.

Aki moved silently closer to her brother, trying to pull him from the ground.

"Aki." Kikan started to feel like he was dissolving in warm water.

"Don't let it end like this."

"I won't." she promised with a trembling voice.

[Tidusauron12]

The cave that Ishi called home sat in its same place, and it was snug and where it was like it had always been. The cave was a classic cave, with a brown rock exterior and a wide open interior. The forest sat around it, and it was all on a sharp plane, going down towards Tokyo. Tokyo was good view from the cave’s entrance; on fire and destroyed it was... any onlooker would be terrified to see a city that had once stood in such glory was now so totally destroyed. Ishi stared at the destruction before him. He knew that he could do nothing to change what had occurred. He knew that he could not intervene, at least, not yet. “Sorry Shinji...” He said, looking the wall of angels that moved towards the center of the city. “But I can’t do anything. I want to... but I can’t.” He looked down to his feet, where a green, glowing brilliance had taken root. He looked from his feet, following the green shiny growth to where it went; the green growth went into the cave, and it went infinitely far. Ishi closed his eyes and slowly, began to walk into the cave, the green growth pulling him. “I’ll be back...” He said, looking back to the city. “And I’ll see you then... Shinji.”

...

It was dark in the room. The dark was fresh and with electronic quiet noise sounding from within. Computers worked in the background, and they worked quickly and thoroughly, giving figures to one thing or the other. Stacks of papers were on shelves, stuffed alphabetically and numerically, but not neatly, and there were two doors to the room. The sound of men talking came closer to the room, and then one of the doors opened. Dr. Eji stood in the doorway, holding it open with his left hand. “Please...” he said. “After you...” The other man stepped into the room. It was Gendou Ikari.

“Yes.” He said, solidly, stepping into the room. When he was in the room, he stopped and turned to Eji. His eyes were fixed upon the man coldly.

“Now...” Eji said, closing the door gently behind himself, and turning to face Gendou properly. “What is it, exactly, that you need to ask me about?”

Before Gendou could respond, the entire room began to shake, and an awful, deep rumble burped from above. When it died down a bit, Gendou nodded. “That.” He said, nodding his head upwards. “We need to mobilize it. Now.”

“What!?” Eji cried, throwing his arms out in disagreement. “Are you crazy!? A negative impulse is a large possibility at this point and time, if we get a negative impulse, it would vaporize everything in a one hundred mile radius!”

“So what.” Gendou said, calmly. “If we don’t do this. There is an even larger possibility that everyone on this planet will be vaporized.” Eji didn’t seem convinced. “Even your daughter, Dr. Eji.”

Eji seemed to go livid. In just one short sip of words, his entire defense was shattered. “No Ikari.” He said, his eyes widening to a frightening degree. “I’m afraid I can’t let that happen. No.” He stepped closer to Gendou. Gendou simply stared back, expectantly. “You see, I made a promise to my wife... that I would protect her... I will keep that promise!” He said, excitedly, raising an offensive arm.

Gendou took a calm step back. “Then you know what you have to do.” He looked to the man’s raised arm. “Lower your hand on the release. We all die unless you do it.” He turned pointing to the door on the opposite side of the room. “Only you, Dr. Eji, know the password. Only you can save us all.”

Ejinathan stood still for a while, as if he was thinking, but soon his mouth curled into an insane, crooked smile. He perked up and nodded. “Yes, Dr. Ikari.” He began to walk, almost robotically towards the door on the other side of the room. Gendou stared at the man methodically as he went, as if he had so kind of mental hold on the man, and was control each and every thought and movement of him. When the man had disappeared behind the door, he turned away from him, and went through the door from which he had come, leaving the room dark in conservative, quiet, but busy noise.

“Fuyutsuki.” Gendou said, holding his communicator firmly in front of his mouth. “They will launch, shortly.” He said, solidly. He put the communicator away into his pants pocket, and then turned and walked into a room. The room seemed to be an observation deck. It was small, and had nothing inside, except a giant, glass window, which overlooked a room that was millions of time larger than it. In this room stood the two Eva, Units zero and four stared each other in face, and they were magnificent and God-like figures in the room. They stood over the cross that binded them together, both physically and spiritually. Everything else in the room seemed insignificant and small. Gendou looked at all of this from the small look out booth that he stood in. He peered over this magnificent scene with a smile on his face, his hands pressed slightly against the watch glass.

Eji looked down at the controls. The room he stood in was small and bright with light. Everything was close together and shiny. The room was covered with busy and sophisticated machinery. Eji could see every detail of the machinery clearly in the sharp light of the room, and so he was almost done doing what he had been instructed to them. Finally, his gloved finger hovered over a final button, which glowed a bright orange hell red. “For you... my dear!” He pressed the button.

...

Megami licked Rei’s neck. Rei’s eyes opened, slowly. “What’s...?”

Megami smiled. “It’s time to go, Rei.”

...

Fuyutsuki managed a slight face palm as the shaking began from underneath NERV. “Those old men aren’t going to be happy about this at all...” He said, quietly.

...

Both Eva jumped from the cross, which had held them in place so forcedly before. Unit 00 stood beside Unit 04, and both Units stood behind the cross. Slowly the cross broke from its connections to the room, and it began to float. It released a blue energy from its golden exterior, and this energy was very bright and hot. Both Eva units reached out a hand and took hold of one arm of the cross. The energy seemed to leave the cross and emanate to the two units.

Eji typed as fast as he could, sweat running down the side of his face. “I must separate the link now; we don’t need a meltdown on our hands!” He laughed complacently, pressing a final button with enough force to push down a child. He looked out to the Eva units to see if his work had worked. To see if he and his daughter would be living through this day.

The cross slowly, but surely fell back to the ground, it’s sides being clenched by small, insignificant mechanic structures, and its energy contained by some light, hardly visible electronic field. Wires became connected to the cross, and is was put to rest once again. The two Eva units glowed with a blue intensity, and they seemed ready to explode; they were so full of energy.

Gendou nodded. “Yes, Eji has done it.” He placed his communicator to his lips. “Now, Fuyutsuki, launch Units 00 and 04! They know what I call upon them to do!”

Fuyutsuki answered with a distinct “Yes!”

...

“You heard the man, launch the Eva!” Fuyutsuki looked objectively down to his staff.

Maya looked from Hyuga to Aoba, unsure of how to react. “Y...Yes sir!” She said, giving the command. Aoba and Hyuga nodded. The actions were completed on the computer. The growling from within NERV had grown so ferocious that the fact that the angels were literally only seconds from Headquarters left the mind of every individual within. A gigantic, blaring light filler the base as the two units were launched to the surface; the elevator was completely melted by the time the two units reach the top.

Gendou smiled, pressing his shades close against his face. “We made it in time.”

...

Kaji turned to Ina. “Looks like you won’t need to see battle after all, Ms. Ina.” He said cheerfully. He recognized what was going on. He knew.

...

“Kikan! Aki!?” She looked down at the two, horrified at how serious their injuries seemed. What should we do!? She thought. “Shinji!”

Before anything else could happen; before Shinji could answer. Before Aki could further comfort her brother. Before Ishi could take a step further into his cave. Before the angels could drill deeper into NERV. Before Gendou Ikari could take another breath. A giant beam of light exploded from NERV, it’s glow instantly dispersing the red death halo over Tokyo-3, and it’s ray firing infinitely into outer space. Instantly more than half of the small angels that had been impending on NERV were simply gone. Their atoms had been destroyed on a molecular level; there was simply nothing left. The force of eruption leveled every remaining building in Tokyo-3, and almost knocked Shinji and Asuka down. Slowly but surely, Eva’s 00 and 04 came from the light, and they floated down to the surfaces like leaves, landing lightly but mightily as if they were both Gods. After what seemed like an eternity, the light began to fade, and the two EVA began to move. Instantly, all of the remaining angels were destroyed, and the two EVA were done. They stood still after everything had been killed, and then they began to walk towards Asuka and Shinji.
Asuka could only stare at the two Eva Units in horror. She wasn’t able to speak or think. She just stared with a dumbfounded look about herself.

Kikan could see clearly. Megami’s Eva was approaching.

[wolfy147]

Yoshirou stumbled into the maincenter of nerv, coughing up blood and blooding from his wounds, "Suit me up..... they are outnumbered..."

....

Ina looked at Kaji "Naha... im going as well!"

[max payne]

Aki stared up at the EVAs, instead of feeling safe and comforted by their presence she felt even worse.

Is this what the Doctor was talking about?

She hated the towering metal giants with all her heart. She heaved and finally pulled her brother from the ground, practically carrying him. Kikan wasn't as heavy as she thought he'd be, in fact he was very light.

It dawned on her that her brother was wasting away. He rarely slept, usually only sleeping when he was too injured to even move. He rarely ate too. Ever since he'd become a pilot he'd been consumed by it. He had no time for himself, every time he had a chance he'd be attacked or called to pilot again.

And she still didn't even understand why he did it.


Shinji turned to see the other pilots. He felt a surge of confidence once more. The mere fact that more pilots had joined the fray was bolstering but the he felt even better when they just destroyed most of the angels in one blow.


Kikan could see unit 04 and the sight was met with a mix of awe, relief and something akin to gratitude. But he knew something was wrong. He knew that EVAs couldn't fire lasers unless they were using a weapon he didn't even know about. He didn't like it. This was no way a coincidence.

He was filled with the urge to flee but his leaden limbs refused to respond. The feeling of disintegration continued to spread and darkness was eating away at the corner of his vision.

He could hear whispered conversations in his ears.

Lay down your burdens.

[Tidusauron12]

...

“You know it’s that man who wants us to do this, correct?” Megami had her eyes closed as she spoke, the LCL flowing graciously over her. “Why do we even bother?”

“You already know the answer to that.” Rei said, softly. “You know the answer as well as I do.”


“That doesn’t matter, even if I do know.” Megami replied, almost silently. “I know that the answer originated from you.” This time, Rei did not reply. It was silent. “It’s OK.” Megami said, after a short pause. “I understand... how you feel.”

Rei was a silent for another moment. “Yes... I know you do.” Rei closed her eyes. “While we’re like this... we know everything about each other.”

Megami was silent for a second. Then she looked ahead to Shinji and Asuka. “Let’s do this.”

“Yes.” Rei said, shortly.

Asuka still stared at the two Eva, and finally, time began to move again for her. When Units 04 and 00 had bursts from the Earth, it seemed like time had stopped for them. It seemed like everything else was froze in captivation of the two Eva Units. As if their introduction to the night was the most important event of time. So important that it took hold of time itself and held it down with God-fingers until the introduction was done. Asuka turned slowly to Shinji, trying to break through the stiff, seized time. “S-Shinji?” She said, in almost a whisper. What happens now? She asked herself.

Suddenly, Gendou’s voice came over all. And his voice was calm and controlled and cold and chief over all. “Shinji, Asuka!” He said, not caring what they thought of his words. “Your role on the front lines is over! Return to base now!” And with that he was silent.

“What! But...!?” Time was all back in order for Asuka. Her rage was apparent in her voice of tone. “You expect us to return like this? When we haven’t even done anything yet!?” Again! She thought, banging her hands against the controls of her Eva. Again... I’m being set aside like I’m not needed... before even given the chance to prove myself! Tears began to stream from Asuka’s eyes. “What the hell do you people want from me!?” She screamed, blind with rage. “I’m talking to you, Commander Ikari!” She received no reply. “You wake me from a coma and stuff me in this damn machine. You send me out here against all odds, with a high chance of death! I’m out here trying to figure out how to win and stay alive at the same time, and what do you do? What do you do after all we’ve been through? You tell us to just go home!?” She still received no answer. “You can go to hell!” Asuka cried. “You can drop dead and go to hell, you can!”

It was soon quiet, and only Asuka’s loud and white enraged breaths for air could be heard. “Are you done yet...?” Gendou asked, in that same cold, uncaring tone. “If you are, then please proceed to follow the orders you have been given, pilot.”

Asuka shook her head, her eyes senseless with fear and rage. Am I just a doll? A toy soldier to these people!? She placed her hands over her face. “Do you even care about what I have to say, and what I think? I’m putting my life on the line for you, and you just treat me like a doll?” She cried, throwing herself against the controls within the cockpit.

Gendou answered immediately this time. “You are a soldier.” He said, solidly. “You will behave as such, and do what you are told. If it’s too much for a girl like you to handle, then you can get out and leave right now for all I care.” It was silent for a while, and then he spoke again. “Shinji, get back here. We need at least one Unit to guard Headquarters.”

“No!” Asuka shouted from her Eva. “No! No! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!” Her voice was shrill as an animal’s. It was the type of voice a human made when being painfully destroyed, or facing a humongous mental agony. It was animalistic and humanistic at the same terrific time; it was like the portal from hell to earth in sound. Unit-02 raised its rifle, and began firing in the direction of Nerv HQ. Explosions began to rise from the area.

...

The explosions struck the upper levels of NERV with great intensity. “What’s going on!?” Ritsuko cried. “Is it the angel?”

“No!” Maya cried, turning to face her teacher in absolute horror. “It’s friendly fire! Asuka’s firing at us!”

Misato shook her head. “She’s completely lost it!”

Ritsuko looked at Misato for a second, then back to Maya. “Damn, cut her power!”

Aoba nodded. “Done!”

“There’s still two minutes of battery power remaining!” Hyuga cried.

“She’ll destroy the whole upper compound by the time that power is gone!” Misato cried. “Asuka! What are you thinking?”

Gendou walking into the room, a frown on his face. “Foolish girl.”

Everyone looked to their leader as he walked into the room. “Commander Ikari!” They cried. He looked down to see the worry in their faces, and he didn’t care.

He looked to Fuyutsuki. “Those old men aren’t going to like this either.”

Fuyutsuki chuckled, struggling as the compound began to shake under the barrage of Asuka’s fire. “You think?”

“Commander!” Misato cried, wantonly. Gendou simply looked on, his position completely unchanged.

Suddenly a scream more hellish than before filled the roomed of Central Dogma. It was Asuka, and it was a blood curdling scream.

...

Shinji watched in horror as Asuka’s rifle arm fell to the Earth, and blood flooded from where the arm had been cut. Her Eva fell solidly to the ground.

Shinji watched as the light blue boomerang that had inflicted this injury to Asuka’s Eva returned back to its owner; Unit 04 caught the blade easily in its hand. Megami smiled, blandly. “That’ll take care of her.”

“Ikari.” Rei said, in a plain voice. “Please return to base, as ordered, or I will be forced to immobilize you as well.”

Megami looked at her radar, expectantly. “Rei.” She said, quickly. “It looks like the main bogey is approaching.”

“I see... yes.” Turned away from Shinji. “Return to base, Ikari.” She said, and then Units 00 and 04 began to move away, towards the forests.

Asuka lay in the LCL, letting it float her throughout the cockpit. “Why... am I a doll? Why am I, I tried not to be like momma’s doll...” Her tears were instantly drunk up by the LCL as she cried them, and her sadness was insignificant to the situation as a whole. Asuka was no longer needed.

...

Aki could feel the sheer force of the boomerang that had severed Unit 02’s arm. The wind was so powerful that it managed to irritate her open wounds, and it seemed like everything hurt more after it had passed. She had heard Gendou’s orders; to return to base.

...

[Tidusauron12]

“Yoshirou-san! What are you doing here?” Maya cried.

“Yoshirou-san!?” A few staff men ran to the boy. “Yoshirou-san? Are you OK?” It was a staff man who had run to the boy. “Why are you out of the infirmary?”

“Get him out of here! He’s in the way!” Ritsuko cried, trying to keep her attention what was happening.

Misato still stared angrily at the visual monitor, at Asuka’s downed Eva. Slowly, she looked up to Commander Ikari, her eyes small and beady and mad. She didn’t care if he was looking at him, she was pissed. But he was looking. His eyes were just as beady, glassy, even, and she could tell from his face that Gendou simply didn’t care how she felt. “Send a recovery team to get Asuka...” Misato began in a low, brooding tone.

Gendou intervened. “Negative.” She kept her eyes angrily on him the entire time. “It’s too dangerous, we don’t know what might occur with the angel still about.” He paused for a bit. “We’ll retrieve any fallen Eva units after the fighting is over. It’s how it’s always been done.” He turned to Maya, Aoba, and Hyuga. “Shift the visual feed to Units 00 and 04.”

“Yes sir!” The monitor shifted to Rei and Megami, who stormed towards the approaching Eva.

Two staff men carried Yoshirou slowly from the room. “Yoshirou-san!” The men cried, trying not to irritate his injuries. “Your bleeding... it has returned!”

“We need to get him to the infirmary, he’s in no condition to be walking around like this...” The men nodded to each other, and began heading down the hall.

...

The angel flew with its beastly might. Its gigantic pupil-full eyes were completely animal and unemotional. It cared of nothing but what it wanted; it was not capable of caring of anything else. It traveled forth with sure force, and nothing but instinct drove its actions and its being. It truly was an angel. Pure as the word can mean and be. It’s wings flapped at razor sharp speed, making a sound of high pitched terror, which caused all that heard it to either go death or die, instantaneously.

Megami smiled. “For your Gendou, Rei, and for mine as well.” Unit 00 stopped running suddenly, letting Unit 04 continue ahead. In Megami’s hand materialized a beam sword. She reared her arm back behind her as she ran forward. The beam sword was ready for a full swing. “You see, angel,” Megami began diving headfirst into the air, her blade still strung behind her. “You angels may be messengers of God... but our Eva Units...” She chuckled. “They are Gods themselves!”

Misato arched an eyebrow. God... The Eva Units... God?

The Angel roared as it came towards contact with Unit 04. “Don’t challenge a God! Know your place, you insect!” With sudden rage, Magami smashed her blade through the angel’s head, and the beast began to whine with a high pitched cry. In its wound, a red core was shown.

Rei smiled. “Gotcha.” She threw her boomerang. The Angel’s AT Field was completely destroyed. There was a large explosion. It engulfed both Eva Units. The fireball rose high into the night sky, and the shockwave went out over half of Tokyo-3. Winds in the shockwave blew at a force strong enough to pull a human apart; limb from limb. The only thing that saved Kikan and Asuka was Asuka’s fallen Eva Unit. The blast rose higher and higher into the air, peaking in intensity, and then settling down to nothingness. The relic left behind was a gigantic mushroom cloud, which soon took shape of a cross.

...

It was silent in Central Dogma for a second. “I think...” Hyuga began, and everyone stared at him in the entire room, as if angry that he had disturbed their silence. He looked at them, as if acknowledging this anger, but then continued anyways. “I think it’s over... finally.”

“Send a recovery team to Unit 02!” Misato said.

Ritsuko sighed, leaving the room. “I need a coffee before I do anything else...” She walked from the room, quickly.

“Have you made contact with Asuka!?” Misato cried, looking from Maya to Aoba and then to Hyuga. “Well!?”

Aoba shook his head. “No ma’am!” He cried. “No answer as of yet...”

“Damn!” Misato said, looking back to the monitor. Her eyes were heavy with determination, her mind full with thoughts. The Evangelion Units... These children... This death and destruction... “What the hell does this all mean!?” She smashed her foot against the side of a computer, then stormed from the room. “Get that recovery team out there ASAP! Continue trying to make contact with Asuka!”

“Yes ma’am!”

Gendou watched her go, his eyes empty. “It won’t be long until we get the call from SEELE.”

“Yeah...” Fuyutsuki said, looking at his watch. “Not long at all...”

...

Kaji smiled presently at Ina. “Sorry Ms. Ina... but it seems as though the fight has already been done.”

...

“Good Job.” Rei said.

“Yeah. Let’s get back.” Megami said, staring at Rei. Her eyes were empty, as if they had no soul behind them. Megami smiled, slightly, and then the two Eva began to make their way back towards NERV, stepping carelessly around the grounded Unit 02. Kikan could see the Eva Unit 04. Megami was there.
Megami looked carelessly down to Asuka’s Eva, and that’s when she saw him. Kikan. Suddenly, her eyes became wide, and she constricted her grasps on the controls. “Kikan!” She shouted. Kikan... Suddenly her eyes began to puddle with tears. “Don’t look at me!” She cried, throwing hands over her face. “Not like this! Don’t look!” Suddenly her Eva began to glow a bright white, and it seemed as if energy was beginning to flood form within the Unit.

...

Gendou looked hectically towards the visual feed. The view of the Eva penetrating the dark shade of his glasses. A call rang on his private phone, and he answered immediately. “Speak.” He said, solidly.

“I knew it!” Eji said. His voice was wild and manic. “It’s a negative impulse, Dr. Ikari!”

Gendou hung up. “Rei! Get control of that Eva, now!”

...

Unit 04 was glowing faster and faster, as if it was a time bomb that was set to explode at any moment. “Kikan!” Megami cried. “Don’t look at me!”

[wolfy147]

Ina let out a scream of anger, knowing she still didn't fight along side the other EVA pilots, "Why me?! it's always me, don't you trust me? havn't i proven my skills!? you even said because im a sister to my brother i should beable to pilot EVA-07!!!" she was in rage, as she left the plug of the EVA, she walked down from the Unit and got changed back into her clothes, "Well if i am useless to you maybe i should just go huh?!"

....

Yoshirou looked at the two men carrying him, "Put me down.... now" he said looking around, "I have to help the others... and my sister"

[max payne]

Kikan closed his eye, partly because he complied to Megami's request and partly because the glow was truly blinding.

He wanted to do something. To say something in response but a cracked whisper was the only thing that passed his lips.

His sister, on the other hand, took action. She started running for cover. Carrying her brother, she looked for somewhere safe. The thing looked like it was going to explode and she her or Kikan to be anywhere near it.

She blindly ran as far away from the glowing monster as possible.


Shinji froze, transfixed by the spectacle before him. The sound of Asuka's sobbing broke him out of his trance. He couldn't find words to comfort her. He tried to, but merely mouthed silent meaningless phrases.

He was too exhausted. He was so close to his own death just a few moments ago, the relief that he was still alive had drowned out all other emotions. But the euphoria had gone, all that was left was a void which couldn't be filled.

[Tidusauron12]

...

Kikan awoke. The room was pitch black and he couldn’t even see anything. His body hurt too much to move. There was no noise. He was laying in dead dark silence, and it seemed like it was so empty that he couldn’t breathe. But then he heard breathing. It was coming from very near him, and he could only pick out that it was the breathing of a girl, no more.

...

Kaji came into the room which was occupied by a lone, patient, Aki. “You awake yet?” He said, looking at the young woman pitifully. “We’ve gotten a call from your boyfriend... he’s on his way... he survived, Aki.”
Aki could hear every word Kaji said, but they were worthless to her at this moment. She could feel under the cover, which shrouded her body beneath the head in shaped obscurity... or rather, she couldn’t feel... she couldn’t feel her arm. There was nothing there. Her left arm was gone.
...

[max payne]

The fear gripped Kikan. He tried to steady his breathing, matching it to the girl's but his breath came out in ragged gasps and was too difficult to control. He swallowed hard, trying to make his voice reappear.

"Aki? Is that you? Help me, I can't see anything" he whispered, his throat dry and cracked. He sounded pathetic and he hated himself for it.

He tried to raise his hand or sit up but his body felt like a slab of lead left out in the hot sun for several months. He felt like he was dissolving again.

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"I see." she muttered hollowly. She had boyfriend? She barely remembered him. He didn't seem so important at that moment.

"I'd like to be on my own now, please." she said politely. It wasn't a request. Nausea churned violently in her stomach.

[Tidusauron12]

"Who's there?" Asuka replied. Kikan's question was answered with a question. She hoped the stranger would recognize her voice, for she was aware that in her near-death state that she sounded nothing like her normal self. Her voice teetered on the transcendental borders sound; a mere corpse of its usual vigor. "Is... that you, Kikan?" It came out slow, decrepit. A dire whisper. She turned her head weakly, and tried to look through the pitched blackness. She could see nothing.

...

Kaji bowed softly. "As you wish..." He stood up tall, looking pitifully at the dilapidated girl. "As you wish..." He whispered again, this time to himself; as he walked emptily out of the room. He closed the door and looked spitefully to the high ceiling. What are we even doing here?

"Move it." Yahiko said, solidly.

"Huh? Oh... it's you." Kaji smiled, closing his eyes. "You came..." he walked from infront of the door. "That must mean you really care about her." Yahiko eyed Kaji, wearily. "Anyone who stays here for anything must be dedicated. That's good. She needs love more than ever now." With that, Kaji left Yahiko.

Yahiko watched Kaji, then headed swiftly into Aki's room. "Aki! Are you..." He rushed quickly toward her bedside, reaching to grip her left hand, but when he felt no hand, he stammered. Confused and suspecting he had clumsily missed, he tried again, and it was then he realized that her entire left arm was gone. "Aki... you...?" He looked to her, partly in question and partly in concern.

[ladyshiro]

I know this isn't mine but I saving it for the time being I will erase post as soon as the pruning done.