A FORBIDDEN CROSSING IN TO THE UNKNOWN

Misato sat back watching the Rio De Janeiro parade from the control room at central Dogma as the thousands of colourful floats moved and the dancers danced in the morning sunlight. At the far corner she could see all of the Evangelion's lined up neatly standing still, she looked up noticing that unit 02's eyes had gone dark unlike the others.

She pressed her holographic panel. "Could someone please wake Asuka up? The Brazilian president is about come though and she's not meant to be sleeping." Mari turned keeping her hands off the controls eyeing unit 02 as Rei face appeared on her screen as she spoke. "I can't reach with my units tail can you do it?"

Mari smirked. "Yeah sure…" She slowly rose unit 04's whip lash tail snaking it along the floor past Shinji’s unit feeling around finding one of Asuka's units tails she wrapped slowly around it then shapely yanked as she spoke through the com. "Rise and shine princess!" She watched as unit 02 suddenly bolted upright its eyes glowing as Asuka's voice hit the air as her face appeared filled with confusion. "What's happening?" Mari felt a coy smile form. "You were sleeping."

Asuka eyed her as she sat back in her seat. "No I wasn't four eyes!" Rei's image came up on her screen. "Yes you were Asuka, it’s okay we all understand it's boring." Toji's face popped up. "I think it's cool I mean look at the all the awesome floats I mean they even made Evangelion ones."

Asuka looked down watching as a group of dancing women and men went by far below as the drums and music bellowed through the air. "Yeah I guess there is that." Misato's face suddenly popped up on her screen. "You know next time you decide to have fun with Rei all night please don't do it a day before your meant to stand on display."

Asuka folded her arms. "I wasn't doing that and even if I was it's not like it's any of business anyway so like get out of our verfickte sex life and get a new hobby." Shinji's face appeared opposite. "I was at Asuka's last night and Mari stayed around the night as she was feeling under the weather."

Maya looked up eyeing a media clip which was off Mari singing god save our noble queen in very slurred English which the media centre had, had to pull from every website as fast as possible as it was a breach of the pilots privacy.

The public weren't meant to record the pilots when they were out enjoying themselves. "Yes I'm sure drinking that much made you very ill Mari." Mari lay back putting her hands behind her head. "I have no idea what you're talking about." Maya put her hands together. "Please don't play dumb with me…you ignored your medication and got wasted on cocktails."

She eyed Asuka and Rei. "I'm guessing you both picked up the pieces right when she threw up all over your house." Mari felt a sneer form. "Like back off what are you my mother?" Maya folded her arms. "You know I'm really disappointed in you, I get that this is hard for you but why did you have to blow two weeks of program?"

Asuka raised her hand. "No now that's not fair I blew the medication program three times before you chewed me out I think you can cut my sister a little slack on this one." Mari folded her arms eyeing Maya. "I don't know why you care after all you said I was childish I was just proving your point."

Maya rolled her eyes ignoring the fact that the others were now looking at her. "You know that was not what I meant by that!" Mari picked up her drinking bottle taking a sip. "Could've fooled me…I mean your words were that I wasn't grown up enough for a long term relationship!" Maya eased up her hand. "Can we please not do this right now?!"

Mari felt a sneer form. "You started this maybe if you weren't being such a mean wanker the other day we wouldn't be having this conversation now!" Maya blinked in shock tapping her panel so Mari couldn't hear her. "What the hell did she just call me?!"

Kaji eyed his holographic panel. "Wanker it's a British slur for calling someone an idiot." Maya leaned back folding her arms. "I don't believe this I'm trying to help her!" Kaji looked up. "Mari's emotional wounds are still too fresh and she lashes out just like Asuka used to, I think you need to be gentler."

Maya breathed in deeply. "I just want her to stop drinking I mean I was reading Marcus's file about her from the British division last night and he said this has always been a long standing problem with her with regards to drink."

She shook her head. "She also wasn't as healthy as she is now, they had to work her hard over there as her body type didn't fit in the entry plug chair at first and she was resultant back then as well but they managed to iron it out but it was touch and go for a while."

She put a hand through her hair in frustration. "Just wish I could figure out a way to keep her off cocktails, because she'll be so much happier when she drinks less." Asuka eyed Mari. "You know she is trying to help you, you didn't need to be that harsh." Mari folded her arm looking up in annoyance. "Please from what I hear you called her every name under the sun when you started the drinking program."

She took another sip from her water bottle. "And don't deny it because she told me." Asuka leaned back breathing in deeply. "Look when we get back I'll speak to her okay." Mari looked up. "Don't bother she thinks I'm a fucking child anyway." Toji's face appeared on her screen. "You know she probably didn't mean it in that sense."

Mari felt a sneer form. "Yeah she did…I hate being called a child you know during the first year of training back in Britain the other fucking candidates used to call me podgy, childish, weirdo and they used even take the piss out of the fact that I didn't fit well in the simulation chair." She put her drink bottle away. "I had a very bad diet because I was fucking poor it wasn't my fault I didn't fit well in the fucking chair!"

Shinji's face came up on her hologram screen. "Those chairs are not comfortable I remember when Rei and I trained in them they really bite at your sides and I they've always had tight regulations in that you have a certain weight in the entry plugs its really stupid, I mean the back rest moves as does the leg rests but they won't change the stomach or waist section to fit any size." He was about to say more only to feel a rumbling under his feet. "What's that?"

Kaworu's eyed his screen feeling the vibrations under his unit's feet he looked down seeing that the people had stopped dancing. "Feels like an earthquake…" Misato's voice hit the air. "That's not normal ever since second impact Brazil has not had many earthquakes because it was believed that the impact itself caused the ring of fire to became less active while Europe has become much more active and developed the new ring of fire"

Shinji looked around hearing the earth quake siren go off as the people started to run as the sea start to boil out in the distance something was rising some way from shore, he looked up watching as a huge form rose slowly from the water its huge green armour plated shifting the waters as the huge head carried on rising causing water to flow to the shore only to be stopped by the huge breakers.

Suddenly everyone was screaming and running as its huge thin body rose skyward which was covered in orange and green plating it wasn't Bukavac despite being the same size it had long a long thin salamander like body and tail along with thin arms and long clawed fingers and long hind feet with white claws it had a huge head though it was large it was only half covered by plating as it opened its huge wide gap showing off rows and rows of small inner teeth as it let out an ear splinting screech.

Misato turned sharply. "Great this is just fucking great I was wondering when Ouroboros were going to show up again!" Kaji looked up eyeing the monstrous being which was remaining off shore and not moving any closer as its huge jaws closed as the purple lenses caught the glint of the sun light as the armoured tail rose upwards as eight long waving blue tentacles came up four on each side of its back close to the duel pilot operating system. "Reading angel the closest match is Shamshel!"

Misato watched as it stood still but didn't move. "Move all three flying wings closer get ready to drop weapons!" Shinji turned seeing the others all start to move in to position as they readied themselves though the huge monster still didn't move it carried on staring at them as it rose up on to its hind legs as a male voice came over the speaker "It's nice to meet you all, you sinners who denied us heaven!"

Mari blinked seeing the confusion on everyone faces. "Any of you have a clue what the little fucking fruit cake is talking about?" The voice came again though filled with anger. "Fruit cake that's funny coming from a fat faced weirdo like you!" Mari watched as the people carried on running below her she turned suddenly recognising the voice. "Oh well look who is it, it's that jack ass piece of shit Joshua…long time no see wanker!"

Joshua's voice came again. "Fuck you, you fat bitch, you got me thrown off the program!" Mari felt a sly smile form. "Please you were doing illegal drugs and selling them to the other candidates you deserved what you got, you piece of shit!" Misato looked up sharply. "Joshua, get me everything on Joshua now!"

Maya looked up as a file was brought up. "Joshua Hays military British candidate he was only on the program for a year he was later court marshalled for the reasons Mari stated and he was stripped of his medals and honours and discharged." Another male voice hit the air. "Would you not torment them Joshua we are here to work."

There was a long pause. "I do hope you doing well Kaworu you know I was quite offended that you left without saying good bye to me…took me a long time to get over you." Kaworu leaned back in his entry plug feeling a cold shiver go down his spine. "Avel?" The voice came again. "Oh so you remember…do you remember the fun we had you sucking my cock and liking it but I hear you've taken to Shinji's cock now such a pity?"

Kaworu felt his fingers tense on the controls. "I never liked you and what we were was never an item! You are cruel and unkind you do not care for humanity all you care about is yourself."

Avel spoke again his voice turning dark. "You are such an ungrateful little bastard! The only reason you're still not wearing that slave collar that could blow your head from your neck was because I hacked it and freed you from its fucking shackles you walking dead zombie!"

Kaworu looked up slightly trying to keep it together seeing Shinji face filing with concern on his holographic screen. "Yet you wanted sex as the currency for your so called kindness." Kaji eyed his screen. "Avel Kostya dropped from the Ukrainian program very skilled at hacking but was kicked due to extremely violent behaviour."

Misato eyed him in confusion. "I don't understand I thought the program managed violent behaviour." Shigeru looked up. "You misunderstand he has a seven counts of violent abuse towards former boyfriends the program does not tolerate this kind of behaviour because it reflects badly on Nerv." Misato looked up. "Great so these two are another couple just like Hikari and Kensuke."

Sumire looked up. "Yes it appear so as in my debriefing I was told that these angel abominations can only be run by lovers as they must have a close connection to use the system as it puts vast stress on the pilot and that unlike in Evangelion the sync doesn't work through positive emotions but negative."

Misato looked up as the angel alarm went off. "Are the civilians out of the danger zone?" Maya looked up. "No they need a few minutes more and the Brazilian army are also coming in as we speak!" Misato pressed her holographic panel as she looked at Shinji. "Stall these two for a long as you can, the city is close to evacuation and people are flooding in to the shelters."

Shinji nodded as he stepped 01 forward very slowly raising as clawed hand. "What do you want?" Joshua's mocking laugh hit the air. "We want the destroyer of worlds if you surrender the death god to us right now we won't fight we will leave you be!"

Shinji blinked in confusion. "Destroyer of worlds…what are you talking about?" Misato looked up as Gendo and Ritsuko appeared above. "It appears that Ouroboros has sent its second attack dog this one was made from Shamshel it would appear!" Ritsuko looked down eyeing the angel abomination. "Don't just stand there have them destroy it!"

Joshua spoke again the anger in his voice as he eyed 01. "Don't play stupid with me Shinji you dick less little shit…I'm not in the mood for your stupidity." The Archangels huge long arms moved as it raised its four clawed hands slowly. "Unless you want our creation of the gods Eligos to destroy you, you will give us what we fucking want!"

Mari breathed in deeply. "I don't know why your bothering talking to this idiot Shinji he's properly high as a kite on grade A drugs!" She slowly eased up the new weapon which she'd been sent from her division which was a huge double barrelled machine gun which also had three vibrating and routeing cutting blades to slice open AT fields. She turned seeing Asuka pull the huge machine gun free from her back holder as they had been the only ones carrying weapons as they were acting as guards at the display. "So let's kill him and his boyfriend already!"

Eligos's armoured head turned to look at unit 02 as Avel spoke calmly. "Come to us destroyer of worlds let us embrace you, you do not need these fools." He turned eyeing 00. "You do not need her either, it not like she can ever love you the way we can we'll embrace your faults and flaws in a way Nerv never has."

Asuka felt her teeth grind together as her units clawed fingers started to play with the trigger as she pressed her holographic screen going to a private channel. "Kaworu did this verfickte piece of scheisse ever beat you?"

Kaworu's face popped up on her screen he looked tense and uncomfortable as he spoke quietly and sadly as Shinji's appeared opposite the deep concern showing. "Yes he did." Asuka turned slowly back to the huge angel. "They call you Avel right?" The soft voice came back. "Yes." Asuka felt a cold sadistic smile form on her lips. "Well I have four words for you and your obnoxious boyfriend." She raised the gun higher. "Fick dich ins Knie!"

She slammed down the trigger hearing the sound as the massive bullets started to leave the barrel. She watched as the Angels huge AT field rose up as the bullets started to smash against it cutting slowly through the layers. She moved closer to Eligos watching as three flying wings flew overhead as they began to drop the others weapons which they picked up and started to fire at the ugly Salamander like Archangel who remained completely still.

Its huge tentacles waving as they all rose higher in to the air slashing back and forth violently. Mari felt a sneer form as she ran at Eligos feeling 04's clawed feet leave the floor as she came down ramming the cutting the blade in to the AT shield watching as it started to slice through the already damaged layers. "Hey shit heads did you know that your Archangel looks like a walking dildo!?"

The next moments turned to agony as the two of the tentacles shot out smashing into her unit sending it flying causing her and her weapon to collide with the ground hard as she smashed hard into one to of the cities buildings causing one of its top section to fall down close to her sending glass and rubble everywhere as her units tail trashed around violently as she pulled her unit back on to its feet feeling the blood run down her chin as her teeth grown together as the anger started to boil.

Shinji moved forward with the others. "Keep all your fire focused on the AT field that's disintegrating!" He was about to say more only for one of the tentacles to shoot out without warning grabbing his units leg as another shot out trying to lash out at Kaworu's unit the next moment hurt as he was thrown up into the air only to come crashing down back first onto one of the skyscrapers only to be thrown upwards as he was smashed into another as the tentacle let go and unit 01 came crashing down hitting the floor hard sending cars flying as both pilots in Eligos started to laugh as Joshua's voice hit the air. "Look the little fucker bounces when he lands in his shitty Evangelion!"

There was a long pause. "You think Shamshel was bad well get a load of us you little pricks!" Toji watched as all eight tentacles suddenly shot out trying to hit the others who started to duck and dive as they came down smashing up sections of the city skyscrapers and road.

Asuka breathed in suddenly hearing Misato's voice hit the air. "Give Toji your big gun!" Asuka blinked in confusion. "What why?" Misato looked up sharply "Because I want you to get right up close and distort that bastard's AT field while Rei cuts it from the other side, so the others can do some real damage!"

Mari's voice suddenly hit the air as 04 stood up its long tongue moving around as it started to drool as it got on to its hind legs as an awful air spitting screech hit the air causing sky scraper glass to shatter around her unit. "Hey Joshua go fuck yourself!"

Asuka found herself putting her hands to her ears only to see that it was effecting the others as much as her as they all stopped only for the screech to change frequency as it stopped hurting her ears, she turned seeing that the Archangel was suddenly shaking its head from side to side violently as it started to roar in pain as all eight tentacles rose up trashing around above.

Misato blinked in shock. "What going on what is Mari doing?!" Maya eyed her holographic screen. "I don't know it's like she's matching the Archangels AT field frequency it's not distorting the AT field but its causing pain to both pilots somehow!" Misato turned sharply. "Toji take Asuka's gun and protect Mari now she clearly can't do anything else while she's doing this!" She watched Asuka threw 05 her gun watching as it caught it dropping its other weapon.

She could see unit 01 running forward as it roared in anger as it's two crest horn sections to open outwards as it readied itself to fire a full on beam. "Rei, Asuka move in now I want Rei to cut the lower section of the AT field bellow and Asuka distorting it on the other side!" She turned sharply. "The rest of you lay down opposing fire!" She turned eyeing Shinji. "When the AT field is weak enough I want you to fire your beam directly at that bastard!"

Asuka raised her tail turret gun firing it as she started to move forward on all fours towards the Archangel seeing Rei run 00 towards on its hind legs while firing her machine gun as she moved towards the other side of the AT field pulling up its cutting blade tail as they both moved towards each side of the AT field. She could now see the Brazilian heavy bombers and jet planes coming in as they started to fire there rockets at the Archangel causing fire to blast up as they hit the AT field along with the other Eva's bullets.

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

She could see Mari unit was starting to tense clearly her older sister could not keep this up forever. She raised her cutting blade tail shoving it in watching as Rei's dagger like tail started to cut from the other side like a knife through butter while on her side the AT field started to fade as Joshua's pained voice the air. "No you fucking don't, you are not going to get near our entry plugs the way you did Bukavac's you little German bitch!"

Asuka looked up only to see on the tentacles come down like lightening grabbing her unit's hind leg as she was violently lifted high above the AT field and swung around in to mid-air as Joshua's voice came again. "Take a fucking swim you over grown cat on steroids it's no secret that your scared stiff of water everyone knows it!"

The next moment turned to terror as he threw her causing unit 02 to go in to a violent spin she looked down realizing where he was aimed her which was right at the huge ship yard where they were building three huge super dreadnaught destroyers one of which was complete.

She felt her units body slam in to the ship yard hard as it rolled off sending metal flying as she came crashing down off the roof right in to one of destroyers as its support cables began to snap as they got they tied up on her units shoulder sails causing the huge dreadnaught to come free from its huge holding station.

It came flying down the platform towards her smashing into her units chest causing the air to get knocked out her lungs as she was forced towards the sea along with it unable to break free as they both sped down the slide and she hit the water hard as everything turned to pure blue and she felt her unit sink downwards as the huge dreadnaught ship remained floating above.

She felt her body freeze as the panic set in as she started to sink into the deeper depths and the sensation of ice cold water hit home as she hit the sandy floor below feeling herself curl up which in turn caused 02 to go into a fetal position as she started to breath faster as her hands started to shake the controls violently all she heard was a booms above as more rockets were fired.

Misato looked up sharply only see Rei’s unit get sent flying in the other direction as it was grabbed by another tentacle and was thrown at one of the tourists pears where it smashed head first straight in to a docked White Star Line ocean Cruise liner before hitting the water of the docks hard on its side hard.

She could see that Rei was clearly dazed and disoriented as she tried to stand unit 00 up only for it to fall to its knees breathing in heavily as it dagger like tail trashed around violently smashing down on some sailors ships opposite destroying them instantly.

Kaji looked up sharply at the holographic screen. "I'm giving Rei a pain killer and medication for concussion!" Maya looked up at the press feeds from the press helicopters that were flying over as she began to type in to her holographic desk. "I'm giving Asuka a sedative to relax her, her heart rates gone far too high the waters causing a semi panic attack!"

Kaji looked up sharply. "I thought Bardiel fixed this when he was in her brain as she didn't panic as much when Mari and her had that punch up and she tried to drown her."

Maya turned sharply. "I believe he suppressed it for his own self-preservation." She grabbed her ear piece putting it in putting it on a private channel. "I can talk her down I just need a moment, I've done this with before with Gaghiel as she had a semi panic attack after freeing Rei from his throat because she got pulled under too fast! That's what causes it when she loses her sense of control in deep water."

She breathed in bringing up Asuka's image on her holographic screen seeing that Asuka good eye was darting and her hands were shaking the controls as she spoke softly. "Asuka I need you to focus." She watched as the red haired woman face turned clearly hearing her voice. "The water is shallow it just looks deep you need to start swimming upwards slowly."

She watched as the woman said nothing but started to move the unit slowly out of its fetal position. "That’s it now just swim towards that super dreadnaught you won't drown 02 is protecting you no water can enter your entry plug." She watched as the red unit started to move swimming slowly upwards towards the others. "She'll surface in a moment."

Misato turned eyeing Shinji as Mari's unit stopped screeching as it lowered its head while Toji was lowering Asuka’s gun which was now empty. "Fire your beam now!" She watched as unit ones crest sections locked as it raised its free clawed hand as Shinji's eyes started to glow red he suddenly let out a scream as the huge beam came out 01's mouth all at once hitting Eligos's AT field tearing in to the layers violently stripping them away cause the huge Archangel to step back he breathed in seeing the final layer tear away just as his beamed stopped.

Joshua's laugher came. "Look at that you ran out of ammo, do you fire blanks in bed to!?" He was about to say more only to hear a huge rumble off in the distance he knew the Evangelion's were almost out of bullets now as was the military who were flying off. He turned as the caught sight of the super dreadnaught started to make grinding sounds.

Misato looked up sharply seeing that Asuka had now come up under the ship. "Asuka what are doing!?" The red haired woman didn't reply as her good eye turned green as her left eye started to glow under the patch as her teeth turned to their razor form. Maya turned sharply. "She's trying to lift the super dreadnaught!"

Kaji eyed his holographic screen seeing that Rei was coming to her senses. "It's not possible Evangelions can't lift them they're just too heavy!"

Shinji watched as the huge ship suddenly started to rise up into the air as 02 surfaced its tiger like roar hitting the air as was raised fully out of the water which in turn caused sections of it crack violently as it started to fall apart. It was slowly moved forward as she got ready to aim it at Eligos. Misato turned eyeing Ritsuko who had an utter look of shock on her face while Gendo had cold a smile on his.

The world seemed to slow down as Asuka unit moved closer getting into shallower waters the huge dreadnaught was suddenly thrown with incredible force in the Archangels direction as it smashed through the broken AT field hitting it head smashing into thousands of pieces and blasting up in to flames which caused the Archangel to scream in pain as part of it was set alight.

The next moment caught everyone by surprise as Mari's unit raised it head again this time opening its mouth wide as beam of ultra-bright light came out like a laser beam it flew past Shinji and Kaworu slicing into the tentacles cutting three of them off half way down causing red blood to spill everywhere before dissipating as the Archangel backed off further screeching in even more pain as Mari's voice hit the air filled with rage. "Fuck you Joshua's and your wanker boyfriend!"

Misato looked up sharply eyeing Ritsuko. "Well it would appear that we vastly unrated the potential of the primal units! It appears all three of them can take massive beatings and can hold their special skills far longer than our calculations anticipated." She turned to the screen eyeing all of the pilot's images. "Finish off those bastards now make the Archangel fucker wish he and his boyfriend had never been born!"

Sumire blinked eyeing her read out. "Wait I'm getting a funny reading something's coming towards them all very fast!" Misato turned sharply. "Is it Bukavac!?" Sumire shook her head. "No!" Shigeru eyed his holographic. "She's right it matches none of our normal readings it's like an energy spike but it's not from a weapon fire!"

He looked up watching in surprise as Evangelion suddenly broke the surface it flew through the air landing squarely on the ship yards roof looking over at everyone it had four arms and was pure white though it was covered gold, blue and golden patterns its lands and feet were lycanthropic it strangely had a face similar to 02's current form it had four red glowing eyes and a long whip lash like tail in one set of its hands was what looked like a stone lance and nothing more.

A young male voice spoke as it raised the stone spear high in to the air. "I am Sobek and the time for war and song is at an end for the time of the walking god has come!" Misato blinked in confusion. "Is that an Evangelion?" Shigeru looked down at his holographic panel. "I'm reading unit 02 but I'm also reading Bardiel this makes no sense!" Ritsuko looked down. "It's Ankh that's their colour scheme!"

Maya looked up as all four Magi appeared on the screen opposite. "All four Magi agree that it was made from Bardiel's hybrid DNA when he made 02 give birth so he could create a body of his own that's why it's reading 02 but also angel and it's not a reading our computers are not used to as it contradicts what we are used to as its as much Evangelion as Angel!"

Gendo looked up speaking calmly. "And it would appear that, that is has the lance of Longinus that we threw back into the dead zone of Antarctica it’s of no consequence in that hybrid abominations hands as its dead so this is clearly foolish childish posturing from a boy." Ritsuko eyed him. "This is serious he could start the final impact!"

Gendo turned slowly to her. "No he can't my dear as we both know he's not the original owner and her hands are now tied to the spears of destiny this a just another fruitless attempt of Ankh believing they are suddenly important."

Misato put a hand to her face as the truth hit her hard. "Those bastards, that's why Bardiel's tongue went missing for so long because they were stealing his DNA from it!" The Evangelion raised the lance as its pilot spoke again pointing it at Asuka. "Heed my call destroyer of worlds I call up on you to fulfil your destiny!"

Asuka blinked in utter confusion as she pulled 02 out of the water walking it slowly on all fours towards Rei and who had pulled 00 onto its hind legs as she came out of her daze fully she turned on her live speaker. "Please be verfickte, quite! You're the second idiot to call me that today so why don't you take your shitty little four armed Evangelion elsewhere?"

She turned hearing 02's bellowing roar hit the air. "Before I eat you alive like I did Bardiel!" The white Evangelion raised the lance higher as the male voice spoke again. "Surrender to your true will sense your true calling and finally be free from the shadows!"

Asuka moved about to say something only to watch in surprise as the spear blasted up with red lightening for a second she found herself freezing before she could get any closer to Rei nothing would move and all she could suddenly feel was a drumming of her own hear beat in her ears as everything turned to a cold silence.

The next moment's turned to utter agony as she grabbed her left patched eye screaming in pain as her own voice hit the air but it wasn't her speaking. "Humanity doesn't deserve to exist anymore, it's pathetic it's worthless and without remorse therefore it should feel none in return!"

There was a long pause. "It left me to die it left me to burn and it will all suffer for I am the destroyer of worlds!" Asuka felt her good eye snap open as she looked down into the blackness seeing her left hand no longer had flesh on it was burnt down the bones and tendons bloody skeleton like and bleeding into her LCL.

She looked down seeing that her right leg looked wrong the foot was no longer level like the bone had not been rest right and all she could feel was pain in it spiking up her leg. She could also feel pain in her face and the feeling of something cold running down it she eased up her fingers pulling them away on to see blood running down from her good hand.

She paused hearing the tapping of something above her she looked up slowly only for the breath to leave her as she found herself staring into the face of a skeleton whose one good eye looked similar to her own. It spoke no words as its mouth opened revealing a tongue she could see that its right leg was crippled and had healed at the wrong angle from being set wrong as its hand started to move towards her face as it finally spoke in her own voice though it sounded raspy almost sickly. "The joy of death awaits you now destroy those who tried to break you."

Rei shook her head feeling the pain full daze subside she turned seeing that 02 was not moving not even its tails were shifting it was frozen in place and Asuka's face was just staring blankly forward maybe it was the shock of falling into deeper water but even then that didn't seem right as she was leaned over her controls clutching her left eye. She moved her unit closer. "Asuka are you okay?" She tried again. "Asuka its Rei..." She stopped feeling the cold why was it suddenly so cold?

She stopped looking down feeling her sight turn to white as a barrage of voices slammed into her mind it was so painfully that it caused her to learn forward only for them to fade as she looked down seeing that she was suddenly naked from head to toe staring into the clouds. She felt her hands rose as she realized that they were shielding a small unit 02 that looked like Asuka's used to look apart from the huge crest horns which were even larger and horn like.

It looked toy size though and it had six demonic looking wings and darker colours as a voice which was her own spoke from afar but it was so subdued and quite. "Did you ever try to understand others or is blocking them from your heart easier?"

She paused hearing Asuka's cold voice hit the air the tone was chilling to the bone. "What's to block there annoying, cheap and fucking, worthless." Her own meek voice came again. "Have you considered that the one you block out the most is the one who still loves you even now?"

Asuka's voice came again. "Would you shut up Wonder girl? God you're so annoying!" Her own voice came again. "Because I'm like you..." There was a long pause. "Asuka you can use your power now to do so much good, you can recreate this world with your limitless imagination you don't have to kill all these people to bring them into human instrumentality I can bring them in for you it will be painless."

Asuka's voice came again only harsher. "Imagination doesn't mean anything at the end of the time, in the end all paintings and books burn or are forgotten to timeless waste lands after all we are stuck in this endless cycle that just keeps on repeating and I'm tired of it. I've seen my past lives once again and nothing changes I never get what I want. Also what good would imagination ever do for me? I can't draw I have no imagination outside numbers so if your trying to save these people don't because I'm going to strike them all down I don't care for your painless way just like I don't give a shit about them or your so called love for me, as if you could ever love anyone your just a doll!"

Rei looked up feeling the tears come before she could stop them she knew it wasn't her Asuka speaking but it still hurt so much it felt like her heart was being stabbed with a razor sharp knife suddenly she just felt so depressed and couldn't stop herself breaking into tears.

Shinji blinked suddenly realizing his world had turned to darkness he watched as it faded away and he found himself sitting on the floor in Nerv but it wasn't the Nerv he knew. It smelt of rot and damp and the corridor he was looking down was hollow almost lonely he looked up hearing his own voice speak. "Kaworu you can't do this!"

He stood up running towards the voices coming out in what looked like the Arcade zone area but there were no shops no music no colour it was old worn out levels with decaying steps and rotting facades and a few broken down cafe's but nothing more, off side he could see the Delphi gardens if you could call that it was tiny compared to the one he knew and run down.

He turned realizing he was standing in the garden though he was much younger at sixteen but Kaworu was also there though his skin looked so much whiter and his eyes are more glowing red.

He moved closer hearing Kaworu speak as water dripped down from the damp facets around him. "It has to be this way Shinji my life has now become forfeit and I have betrayed Seele by telling you of their plans but it will give you a chance to win because you can tell the Rei and Asuka of their plans to cause a final impact." There was a long pause. "Don't worry everything will change this time around." The younger Shinji spoke again getting more and more panicked. "But you can't do this please I love you!"

Kaworu mouth formed a warm smile as he leaned over giving him a gentle kiss on the lips. "Don't worry we'll see each other again, you won't understand now but you will and one day this will all become clear to you."

He stepped back his red eyes focusing on something above Shinji turned realizing that a young short brown haired woman with dark blue eyes who was also his age was standing a level above him dressed in full black armour holding up a rifle she spoke in a whisper. "Target acquired Keel."

A male voice spoke coldly. "The angel dears to betray us, kill him his role in this cycle is over make sure you aim for his head but leave Ikari's worthless boy alive let him see his new lover and plaything die in front of his eyes." The woman spoke as she loaded her rifle. "As you command..." Shinji felt his breathing start to go faster as he spoke. "No you can't!" He felt his eyes dart realizing she couldn't hear him he turned back as Kaworu spoke to the younger Shinji again. "Always remember one thing Shinji if you see me again I will be the person you truly deserve and not a puppet to anyone, I intend to free myself from this endless game as I feel it's been played out long enough."

Shinji heard the rifle crack behind him only to watch in utter pain and horror as the younger Kaworu's head exploded violently in a flash of bone and blood in front of his younger self eyes only to be followed by his screaming which echoed through the rotting zone like a knife as he felt himself start to panic before he stop it.

Maya watched as 02's panel went crazy flashing red as the sync started to break along with both unit 00 and 01 doing the same. "I'm losing readings from 00, 01 and 02 the others are unaffected!" She eyed all three pilot screens Asuka was bent over in pain holding her left eye clearly in pain, while Rei was crying and it was becoming getting more intense while Shinji was starting to have a panic attack similar to his youth she could see it in his eyes. Misato looked up sharply. "Shut all three of them down now!" She eyed the other three units. "Attack that hybrid Evangelion and get that stone spear from its hands, now!"

Toji's voice shot up on screen. "What about Eligos?" Misato looked up seeing Eligos suddenly leap backwards smashing in to the water disappearing under it before any of them could stop it as it vanished from sight. "Let it go I want that spear right now, it's affecting the other units we're trying to shut them down!"

Kaji breathed in eyeing his panel. "What in the fuck is that spear doing? I'm getting odd brain waves from all of them and the syncs are fluctuating like crazy one minute there normal the next there dipping in the danger zone!"

Rei turned watching a younger version of herself-appeared though her hair was lighter blue and she had glowing red eyes and her skin was pale she was fifteen years old and completely naked as she stepped towards her as she spoke in that meek tone as her fingers reached towards her. "Are you me…or am I you? I don't understand I should not be here my time has passed and you are who I have become."

The fear hit before she could stop it as she felt her hands rattle the controls. Maya turned sharply seeing 00 suddenly leap out of the water as her Evangelion's lion like roar hit the air as it started to leap up and down in a crazy circles it tail flying out smashing the huge White Star ocean liner in half as the blade came down only to pull back revealing the lock on port it suddenly swung around in a violent motion as Rei's sudden cry of panic hit the air. "Get out of my mind!"

She turned not thinking the action was pure instinct as she shoved her tail port over 02 entry plug watching it open as she slammed it down unable to stop herself she wanted to be in Asuka's mind and a safe place and away from this she couldn't stand it anymore! Asuka breathed in as the one eyed skeleton in front looked up sharply only for it to instantly vanish as the blackness faded and everything returned to normal as Rei's voice hit the air speaking clearly in her mind. "Get away from me!"

She blinked looking up seeing the three flying wings fly over again dropped extra bullet cartages as others were reloading trying to fire at the white four armed Evangelion's AT field which was super thick. She felt herself suddenly cough as it felt like a stomach was starting to boil and feeling of indigestion setting in and it really hurt.

Sumire looked up sharply watching as unit 02's mouth started to slowly open as a huge blue and red ball started to form in it. "I'm reading massive energy levels in 00 and 02 cores!" Misato looked up seeing the ball as unit 00 turned so it close to 02 like within inches of its face as it started to crack it teeth together. Misato turned. "Ah shit." She turned sharply. "Turn them off Asuka's about to do what she did on the training field!" Shigeru typed faster. "Unit 01 is about to shut down but I can't shut 00 down its attachment to 02 is blocking me!"

Unit 02's head suddenly went back only to go forward as the energy ball left its mouth as it rocketed towards the white hybrid Evangelion slamming into its AT field sticking to it, unit 00's mouth opened suddenly as a rocket of pure white light flew out of it slammed in to ball which remained still for a spilt second before it blew up with enough force to blast outwards in pure red and blue fire light which smashed through a huge amount of the layers and sending the white hybrid Evangelion flying off the ship yard and in to ocean where it landed hard causing water to fly up.

Misato watched as 01 hit the water its eyes going dark as it shut off as Kaworu’s unit came down landing next to it as he pulled his units white wings open folding them around it, clearly trying to protect it. She turned as 00's tail separated suddenly from unit 02's entry plug as both units hit the floor hard as they shut down.

She looked as all of the pilot's images came up on the main and it was very clear that Asuka, Rei and Shinji had all lost consciousness. Toji and Mari on the other hand were moving out into the deep water trying to find the white hybrid Evangelion which had now also vanished from sight. Sumire looked at her holographic panel. "I've lost both energy signatures for Eligos and Sobek."

Misato turned eyeing her. "Great this just what I didn't need they had Eligos if that stupid white Evangelion hybrid had not shown up we would have destroyed them!" She breathed in deeply trying to calm herself down. "Send in the medical flying wings, have 00, 01 and 02 lifted out and have the others shadow them home."

She turned eyeing Ritsuko and Gendo. "Either of you want to tell me what just happened, because that lance did not seem like it was dead?!" Ritsuko eyed her. "We didn't keep anything from you! This is as strange to us as it is to you!" Gendo eyed her speaking coldly. "I can ensure you Colonel we were told even from above that it was dead."

End of part 14

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