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As The Divine Light Breaks (Evangelion AU)
Bloody Streaming Light Ever Abiding

Bloody Streaming Light Ever Abiding

BLOODY STREAMING LIGHT EVER ABIDING

So here I am looking at the footage Misato sent me. Rei last night managed to shut off the alarm and go in to Asuka’s room well not our Rei the other one, she turned coke to alcohol Asuka kissed her they talked…this is so fucked up now I have to find out how she killed the alarm. Koji Takao and his team of work men and women are trying to find the kink as it must have happened after the spears of destiny rattled las night.

They can’t find it though and it’s been hours and I’m sitting here looking at those spears. Its nine o clock in the morning and still nothing and they been searching for hours what is clear is part of the AT field has now been seriously weakened that’s how she could walk around so freely. It also means Dante has had to delay Asuka’s operation, as it can’t be done with a weakened AT shield.

“There you are my dear.”

Ritsuko turned slightly in her chair. “Has Koji and other specialists found the problem yet?” Gendo shook his head. “No but it matters not Dante is ready he says we can begin the operation on Asuka and close of the destroyer of worlds for good once they find the shields fault.” Ritsuko breathed in deeply as he put a hand on her shoulder. “The sooner the better, I will be so glad when this is all over.” Gendo leaned over as she adjusted her reading glasses. “We all will be.”

Gendo moved up against her putting his arms around her, he might not say as often as he should but he really loved her. He loved her more than anyone else, she was the only person who ever truly understood him, no one else did. “When this day is over the destroyer of worlds will be back where she belongs as a distant memory.”

He paused moving his gloved hand up stroking it against her face. “And all we will ever have to worry about will be the human form Nekomata were tiger who will take her place and I don’t see that being an issue as my daughter’s love will keep her fully in check.”

Ritsuko moved up her hand putting it on his. “Ah so you feel its love now, not control.” She paused. “Even I confess last night’s footage was very interesting…I still wonder how that other Rei opened the doors but one thing that was clear is Asuka treats her no different to her own lover even though the other is a teenager.”

Ritsuko breathed in deeply. “A guilty conscience maybe since our Asuka was never that kind to Rei or Shinji when she was that age.” She paused. “She can’t turn back the clock so she pushes her feelings out to the teenage version while clearly not seeing two separate people but one being just from a different time.”

Gendo breathed in deeply. “That teenage version from another life time will fade out given time though it won’t be instant but that is the way it must be.” He paused. “For her it will be a second death and possibly painful as her power fades.” Ritsuko looked at the footage. “It’s almost like a second death then.” Gendo leaned over kissing her gently. “Sadly sometimes a second death is necessary for the better things to happen….”

8

Asuka felt her eyes open slowly as she blinked away her dream which she couldn’t remember. Only that she had seen a burning stone like skeleton raise its hands to the heavens, its eyes glowing crying out in a strange kind of joy almost bliss.

She couldn’t remember the rest of the dream she looked down realizing she was sleeping on the sheep wool rug and no longer on the chair. She breathed in deeply not wanting to get up and not even caring that she should, she had nothing to do anyway she put her fingers over the collar which was still tight as ever.

She paused realizing she was being watched. She looked up for the first time seeing that Rei was lying on the carpet facing her though she was wide awake and smiling looking at her. “Hello Asuka.” Asuka stared at her for a long moment as the words came out before she could stop them. “You have a really beautiful smile…has anyone ever told you that?”

Rei leaned over running her fingers gently through the other woman’s long red hair feeling her smile widened. “No just you.” She paused before speaking. “So you and my other half had fun I see.” She pulled over an almost empty bottle of alcohol mixed with coke.”

Asuka eyed the bottle. “It’s not my fault the other version of you liked to do her god thing. It’s just unlike Jesus in the bible who turns water to wine from what I’ve heard. She turns coke in to German spirt.” She breathed in deeply. “I felt saying no would be rude, she’s just a teen after all.” Rei eyed the bottle. “You misunderstand Asuka, I saw everything you were really sweet to her it was wonderful to watch.”

Asuka breathed in deeply. “She’s you…just from long ago, that’s why I kissed her I just wanted her to know what real love really is. She’s been starved of it since my other self is an utter piece of verfickte scheisse.” She looked down slightly. “Plus there probably going to operate on me today, I can already feel it so I just wanted her last night here to be happy. Since I may never see her again as once my soul is healed she’ll stop coming through your body.”

Rei moved over taking her hand with her other placing it flat as she moved her finger on her palm creating patterns on it. “I feel that she appreciated it and it meant a lot to her that you cared and showed her love.” She leaned over kissing the other woman slowly and gently before pulling away. “And it was wonderful to watch.”

Asuka looked up slightly. “Thank you.” Rei looked slightly. “She wasn’t blocking me out she wanted me to be there. Maybe she felt guilty in that she was stepping inside out relationship and didn’t want to make things more difficult than they already are.”

Asuka looked down sadly. “It just saddened me that she has to go, she reminds me of you, when we were younger.” Rei sat up slightly taking the other woman’s hand bringing it to her chest. “All things come to an end, it’s the only constant we have in this world.”

Asuka looked at her for a long moment she was right. “That true, it’s just I wish I had more time with her. At least let her see the real wonders of this world that were denied to her in her own world because then when she leaves she can leave happy and not pining after some verfickte version of me who is utter scheisse and is a literal demon.” Rei held her hand tighter. “I think you gave that to her Asuka, I think last night meant the world to her.”

8

Misato breathed in deeply as she looked out over the Arcade’s Zones shops and restaurants, everyone was just starting to come in. She had been told Asuka’s operation would be taking place as soon as the alarm and AT field shield were fixed and that would be then end of this. After which she and Rei would need a week off till the effects on Rei were gone then they could both go back to normal duty.

A part of her wanted that return to normality so much. The last few weeks had felt like one insane turn to the next, she now felt like she has sunk in to the pit, which was Seele. Gods on earth demi gods and sleeping gods it was enough to give you a headache. She and Kaji did believe them though and they both trusted Dante’s words as he seemed to just say what he felt and clearly wanted what was best for everyone.

Plus the other Asuka was beyond terrifying, an Oni without mercy, a vile creature who enjoyed provoking others. Yet one thing the demon had said was playing on her mind as the vile being had pointed out that her being crippled was due to the choice or her former self in the last cycle and that had been playing on her mind for a while.

The reality is it could be a lie, but it didn’t make her feel any better. As she hated the idea that her forma self could make that choice and it had started this angry hurts child’s journey in to becoming that monster. Mostly because she had been trying to repair really hard to repair her relationship with the Asuka she knew had things been different now that history could have repeated itself and it could have been her doing yet again.

The only reason it hadn’t was their Asuka didn’t care for being god and had no interest in that kind of power. Yes there was a time when their Asuka had graved it in her early teens though after Shamshel that desire had utterly diminished, maybe it scared her as in this world they had come so close to creating that…but fate had been kinder.

Also in later life when Asuka had been going through a deep dark depression and Bardiel had invaded her body it was when he had tried to get her interested in power again but it had failed and he had then focused more on getting her with Rei so her depression would lessen and he could gain more power through her.

The reality was though Asuka could have accepted that power then she had nothing to lose, no friends and was a recluse and loner. Yet she had still denied it and even when getting super strength when utterly enraged and razor teeth she still didn’t want it. Even though in reality Bardiel never gave it to her it was the Spine Worms doing.

“Hey Misato.”

Misato turned seeing Shinji appear as he gave her a wave, she felt a smile form. “Come sit down I’ll get you a coffee.” She watched as he sat down next to her. “Where is Kaworu?” Shinji looked up slightly. “In the wreck room with Toji and Mari, nether of them want to have breakfast today. Toji said he had a long night with Sumire they had another date and he’s tired and Mari is just worn out with dealing with Asuka’s cat and looking after her house. Kaworu just doesn’t want to be seen by people.”

Misato looked at him seeing the sadness in his eyes as she put her hand on his. “Today there giving Asuka her operation once it’s over Kaworu and Rei are both going to turn back to normal.”

Shinji looked at her for a long moment. “That’s the problem, I don’t care how my boyfriend looks, I don’t care for the normal he craves so badly. I’m just so sad that all he does is hide away, from this.” He shook his head sadly. “I just wish he would see what I see. I get what he’s saying that not everyone is kind, but I just feel that maybe his hiding is no better than living a half-life because he’s not complete as he won’t accept himself when he’s not off the drugs. Plus he’s so angry all the time and not himself, he’s so unfocused.”

He breathed in deeply. “I don’t know maybe I’m just being selfish as I normally look to him for answers and right now he’s looking to me for answers. I’m also not giving him the right answers he wants to hear, because I’m telling him the opposite of what he wants to hear.”

Misato moved her hand to his shoulder. “You can only try your best Shinji that’s all you can ever do and hope that he might see it the way you do. I do feel this is more about his vile ex than how he looks though.” Shinji nodded sadly. “I know, I mean when Asuka read his mind, she said he wanted to kill his ex and that just made me sad, because even if he did I don’t know that he’d ever feel better.”

Misato looked at him for a long moment before speaking. “Abusers leave us with very complicated emotions even when their gone as I felt angry at my father for the longest time. As he was being so controlling and aggressive towards me and my mother when I was young and I was so afraid of him. I was terrified of going to Antarctica and being around him and he just made it even more complicated by saving me. Even though he never said he loved me or cared for me and as an angry child I wanted him dead so my mother would be free from him…and suddenly he was and I had a huge mix of happiness sadness and guilt.”

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She looked at her half empty iced coffee. “Maybe he feels that once the guy who abused him both physically and sexually is gone, he might feel that the curse is gone…but it’s never that simple. Once he’s dead he might realize it makes no difference and that he’ll feel no different. That’s the sad part about revenge it’s never sweet as you would like it to be and it does more harm to you than good and in the end its far better to move on.” She took in deep breath. “But not everyone can move on and everyone deals with their abuser differently, so maybe he might move on after getting his pound of flesh.”

She looked at Shinji who looked unsure as she squeezing his shoulder. “I’m sure you’ll both figure it out in time.” Shinji looked up slightly not really feeling convinced as he spoke. “Yeah I’m sure we will.” Misato smiled as she passed him a menu. “How’s about you order something I’ve heard the fluffy pancakes are good here.” Shinji took the menu looking it over. “Yeah maybe if I eat something it will give me time to think it over, as I don’t have any idea what to do right now.

8

Maya sat in her chair in the central dogma control room, Kaji, Sumire and Shigeru were already here. They were all just waiting on Misato who was slightly late. Though they’d been told she had been having breakfast with Shinji as he really needed a pep talk, as he was more down than normal. Dante was watching over the Soul Ark, Ritsuko and Gendo would be joining him soon as Asuka’s operation was to take place there today as soon as the AT field was fixed as it had a fault this morning though she had not been told what it was in full.

She looked over realizing something Sumire was smiling it was the first time she’d seen her smile since she’d got this job. As she’d always carried a very dark expression or was totality serious even when she flipping through magazines.

She put the book down which Mari had given her to read. It was in fact an outright hard core piece of dirty LGBT fiction as she’d said these books could be fun and give her ideas for the bedroom. Frankly this wasn’t her thing but she’d give it a try as the past two nights had felt long and draining.

They were both looking after Asuka and Rei’s house and it had taken her cat Erika a long while to calm down after being brought home and it was hard for her since the TV only worked by speaking German and though Mari could get it to work she couldn’t much to her utter frustration as her German was not that good. She’d be happy to get back to her own apartment and Mari’s at least she got how everything worked.

Kaji leaned over hearing Sumire hum something which he didn’t recognise. He leaned on his desk watching as Shigeru put his electric guitar to one side clearly from his night out with his band which he did for fun as they toured Café’s and bars in Tokyo Three and sometimes inside the Arcade Zone it being here meant he had a gig here tonight.

He eyed Sumire. “Someone’s happy! What happened to you last night?” Sumire turned in her chair. “Oh nothing interesting....” Shigeru as he adjusted his uniform. “Oh come on tell us…our lives are very boring.” Sumire eyed him. “Your lives are far from boring.”

Maya leaned forward feeling a wide smile. “No there not but we all want to know why your smiling, we’ve never seen you smile.” Kaji stroked his beard. “I heard you had another date with a certain pilot last night.” Sumire turned feeling the slight blush. “Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t.”

Maya shook her head. “If you’re really hoping to keep that a secret don’t bother, it didn’t work out for me. The walls have ears and Mari talks to loud.” Sumire looked at her and then Kaji realizing that they were both right and though she didn’t like the idea of her private relationship being out there. Hiding it wouldn’t work long term and would just make things much more difficult. “I had another date with Toji.”

She looked down slightly if you could call last night a date it had been more about having sex and getting used to each other bodies as they both been pent up as it had clearly been a long time since ether of them had, had a real relationship or had feelings of real love outside of casual sex.

Kaji felt a sly smile form on his face. “I see, do we get any more details?” Sumire eased up her magazine. “No.” Kaji stroked his beard about to speak only for one of the alarms to go off it wasn’t the one for Angel’s or Archangels it was the other one for the hybrid Evangelions. “What the fuck?!”

Everyone dropped everything in an instant, as they went in to action all at once, Maya looked up sharply. “I’m getting two signatures for the hybrids there in the red sea outside Tokyo Three!” Shigeru turned sharply. “Getting the same signal and our readings are picking up something huge!”

He was about to say more only to watch in utter shock as a huge airship rose out of the water only to spread its wings as it became airborne remaining stationary as the press feeds shot up along with peoples camera and phone footage. Kaji stared at it. “You’ve got to joking that’s Ankh’s airship the one that could dive that we saw on the ropey camera feed some days ago! And look I can see those two hybrid Evangelions their attached to its underside!””

Maya didn’t think as she pulled up her emergency holographic panel. “This is an emergency! This is not a drill we are locking down all of Tokyo Three, all personnel this is not a drill Nerv central is about to be attacked! Grab a weapon from the emergency boxes and load it we are locking down the whole city and all main doors!”

She paused. “All civilians must go to the bunkers!” She pressed the button watching as the whole city started to lower down along with all the farm lands which lowered in sections, she had never wanted to be in change. Nothing terrified her more, when the UN alpha unit had gone wrong it had almost fallen on her but Misato had come back fast but right now she wasn’t here and she had no idea where she was currently.

Kaji looked up watching as all the huge doors shut knowing he was now second in command since Misato was not here, but he was ready for this. “We have a problem…the Magnus Pillar isn’t fully repaired…it’s still broken and being repaired, they can use it to get in to the Geo front and to the void and Lilith.”

He paused. “They can funnel in from there with ground troops, tanks and vertical wings!” Maya breathed in deeply. “Then let’s blockade them and send the Evangelions to stop them!” Kaji turned sharply as a message came up as Misato spoke to his panel. “I’m coming to you I have Shinji I’ll get him to the Evangelion bay I’m currently in the Arcade zone!” Kaji turned sharply. “We hear you, we are sending out Toji, Mari and Kaworu now to protect the Geo front as it’s there only means of getting in!”

Maya turned sharply. “Ankh brought their ship and their two hybrids!” She paused. “I don’t think there here for Lilith…I think there here for Asuka.” Misato’s voice came over the speaker. “Don’t let those fuckers take her. Dante told me this morning that if they come they’ll want both her and her Evangelion. They can’t complete their ritual without both, it’s why Ankh failed and screwed up the first time, they only had one part!”

8

Caia breathed in deeply seeing the huge Mars Lander appear she watched as the holographic screen brought it up on her command desk. “Hey is everyone else seeing this?” The others all typed nodding as Radhak spoke in confusion. “Yes I’m seeing it…but their two days early and they never reported that anything was wrong or that they wold coming home ahead of schedule.”

He moved scanning it with the arms camera as it moved closer. “I’m not seeing any damage to hull or outside that means they’d have to return early.” He typed trying to get in to the systems so he could check the S2 engine only to watch in confusion as the access denied came up on his panel.

He paused. “Their denying me access to the S2 engine, I can’t get in.” Caia moved over to his panel. “Maybe it’s an error with the ships primary systems hence why there back early.” Radhak breathed in deeply. “Yes but we should still be able to back door in to the system yet I can’t get in, it’s like it’s been locked off.” Caia watched as the Mars Lander came to slow stop clearly waiting for the second new arm reach for it and help it lock on to the bay. “It must be a malfunction.”

She moved over to her panel typing in hoping Julia would be at the other end. “Are you reading me? This Eos station…pleases reply.” She watched as Julia’s face appeared as she spoke. “Hello Eos…we are having technical difficulties.”

Caia eyed her. “Please explain as your two days early.” Radhak turned sharply. “Tell her to give us her codes. It’s protocol.” Caia eyed him in annoyance before turning back. “Please give us your codes Mars Lander VD5670.” Julia’s face turned to anger. “Eos we are having tactical difficulties and you don’t need those codes.”

Radhak turned sharply. “Codes are procedure we will not dock with you without them, you know this Julia.” Julia’s mouth formed a cold sneer. “I need to dock with you…I have the discovery of a life time…it’s worthy of the Nobel Prize!”

Radhak leaned over before Caia could speak. “I don’t care if you have a little green man on board or the remains of an angel or space dinosaur…you know procedure. Your codes now or we can’t lock with your ship, plus alien life means three week quarantine in our special quarantine bay for you and the whole crew.”

He leaned over muting Julia as he looked at Caia. “Somethings just not right….she acting really weird since when does she care about alien finds, that is Ode’s expertise.” Caia eyed him in anger “You’re being foolish they just have something really good, maybe she’s excited.”

Radhak eyed her in annoyance. “Bullshit nothing excites her other than eating Jades food. She also really loves protocol and double checking everything over three times.” He paused. “It’s was why they loved her on the moon base colony and why she was promoted to Mars, cause she checks everything so much and loves the rules.”

Caia eyed him in annoyance. “She’s also a brilliant rock analyser…if this is this big as she says we should let her in, right now.” Radhak stood up slowly. “I’m not letting her without codes!” Caia eyed him in disgust. “I’m in charge, let her dock!”

A muffled voice suddenly came over the monitor. “Don’t let her in! She’s gone crazy she’s merged with the alien find!” Radhak turned recognising odes voice. “Ode, I hear you, please repeat that!” Ode’s voice came again. “Don’t let her in we found something alien on Mars and she’s merged with it!”

Jades voice hit the air. “The Mars Lander has been totality compromised! The thing we took on board it was an angel lance we found it and it drove her crazy. She’s killed all the crew then merged with it and it’s been sucking off the S2 engine ever since controlling the ship. Get out of its orbit move the station, this thing eats human flesh it consumed the crew after she killed them, it wants to consume the Eos crew!”

The next moments shocked him as two separate escape pods fired from rare end of the Mars Lander instantly causing the red code to come on screen as they sent out the emergency code. Which meant the mission had been compromised which the South Africa station would pick up and send out planes to pick up their pods which had entered earth’s atmosphere fully and were heading for the ocean.

Cara breathed in anger. “This is fucking stupid this has to be a joke, what does she mean alien lance!?” Radhak turned to screen where Julia was looking in as she turned the speaker on. “Alien lance want to explain this Julia as well as why two of your crew just used two escape pods to go to earth?”

The voice from mission control spoke. “Eos I’m getting a compromised message from the Mars Lander and feed that two escape pods are coming to earth. Please conform as well that the Mars Lander is two days early.” Julia’s face suddenly turned cold as her voice changed becoming dark and almost echoing. “I was hoping to not have to do it this way…you fucking Lilin vermin.”

Her scream suddenly hit the air as the skin was torn from her face revealing skull and muscle causing gasps of horror and cries of disgust from the control room. She spoke again her glowing blue eyes moving in their skull sockets. “If I can’t board you…I’ll take you by force unless you Linin vermin tell me where Asuka Langley is, as we have a date with destiny!”

Radhak didn’t think as he slammed his hand on the emergency controls seeing the Mars Lander move closer causing the alarm to go off as the emergency boosters went off which caused the Eos to move with intense force as the Mars Lander moved past it missing it as the video feed died.

He grabbed his panel typing in to Nerv’s direct feed. “This is an emergency I need colonel Misato at Nerv….this is Eos there is some sort of alien piece of shit attacking us. Send one of your fucking Evangelions up here to kill it. It has total control of the Mars Lander!”

He ignored a few of the crew throwing up more due to the horrific thing they’d seen and not the sudden force of being pushed away suddenly from the central orbit. He could see Caia suddenly looking horrified as it dawned on her that this was all real and they’d just fallen in to a nightmare no one in Eos had ever wanted. As they’d always felt safe out in space as the angels had always gone past them in all these years and ignored them as their main interest was always been landing on earth.

The voice from ground control came again even more confused. “Eos why have you just boosted your central rockets and moving away from the Mars Lander, please tell us what is going on up there?” Radhak pressed his holographic panel speaking. “The Mars Lander is compromised by an alien lance…it’s trying to fucking dock with us!”

End of part 54

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