[Warhammer walks out of the light.]

     WH: I might as well say something intelligent for this... 

     *buzz* *buzz* *buzz* Drive not ready. Abort? Retry? Fail?


Teknos Warhammer presents

Seraphim's Judgment:
Part 9a:
Shinji's Angels

A crossover between
Neon Genesis Evangelion and
Teknoman.

	Within the holding areas of the four man-made demons, three of the four 
souls conversed, while the fourth stayed uncharacteristically quiet. 

	<Poor Ninohi. She can't even connect with Asuka anymore. No wonder 
she's so quiet. > Yui of Unit 01 EVA said to her companions.

	<True, until her pilot can let the past be as it is, there is no hope 
for either one becoming one again. > Koorichi said quietly.

	<It gets worse. From what I can got from Shinji, they got another pilot 
for Ninohi. > Yui whispered to the other two.

	<No way! Yui, please tell me you're joking! > Sanshi exclaimed. The 
other two quickly silenced him so Ninohi could not hear. Koorichi hissed 
as quietly as she could.

	<Be silent! We don't know how she will react if she heard you. Besides, 
let's hope that it doesn't really come to that. > With that, the other 
two souls released Sanshi's _voice_ and allowed him to speak in hushed 
tones.

	<I surely hope so. Touji's been worrying about Asuka for quite a while. 
It's been getting in his way. I mean, what if an angel comes that would 
have been defeated if all four of us were out there and only two were 
functioning properly? >

	Yui sighed and replied, <Well, let's not think about that. All we can 
do is hope that Asuka pulls it together. > 

	The alarms wailed and the three remaining pilots ran to the plugs' 
places over the EVAs. Apparently, another angel was found.

*************************************************

	Around the central districts of Tokyo-3, three passages opened up from 
the ground. From each one, a man made giant emerged. One purple, the 
next blue, and the last being black. Each one armed with the best 
weapons they could hold. 

	The purple was armed with the same weapon that had been given to him 
the in the last battle. The blue was given not only another version of 
the positron rifle, but a remodeled shield as well. The black carried a 
rather large handgun as well as a long glowing sword in his hands. 

	The glowing disc suddenly turned 45 degrees and threw a large volley of 
thin _sheets_ of light. Two of the three EVAs jumped out of the way, 
while the third deflected the shots using his sword. Sending the 
projectiles else where and into a few buildings. Every building that was 
hit, suddenly found the upper half of it sliding off. It appeared that 
the weapon of the angel was somewhat based on a principle of the 
progressive weapons. 

	"Alright, Touji, see if you can distract the angel long enough so that 
Shinji and Rei can take sniper positions. And all three of you prepare 
to put your AT Fields just in case. Move out!" Misato ordered from 
Central Dogma. 

	Touji nodded and thinking of the best way to distract it, charged. More 
of the angel's weapon were shot and struck out of the way with Touji's 
sword. When he was within range, Touji jumped over another volley of 
shots and swung with all his might. 

	The blade collided with the AT Field and seemed to hold on despite all 
the strength he put into the blow. 

	Meanwhile, both Shinji and Rei took the positions told by their 
commander and aimed their weapons. Since Touji wasn't in Rei's way, she 
began to fire, unlike Shinji. The fourth child was in the way of the 
second's line of fire. 

	Closing one eye, Shinji took careful aim and said into the comm, "Ok 
Touji... JUMP!" and pulled the trigger. The stream of positive energy 
screamed forth and would have hit Touji, had he not jumped out of the 
way. Using both the strength of the EVA and the boosters on the EVA's 
shoulder blades, he landed beside Shinji, powered down the prog sword, 
and took aim with the hand gun.   

	With relentless attacks from all three EVAs, it appeared that the 
angel's AT Field would surely fall. Just as the next volley would have 
hit the angel, it's shield dropped and flew up above the line of 
fire.... And returned with it's own volley.

	All three EVAs scrambled to get out of the way from the rain of death 
from above. The second and fourth child put up their fields which slowed 
the shots enough to move. Sadly, Rei was not so fortunate. Even with the 
improved shield, it was of no help as the collision between the shield 
and the angel's weapon threw Rei across the city,  with her umbilical 
cord severed.

	Now that one of the angel's three attackers was indisposed, it 
continued to press it's advantage against Rei. It flew over to Rei's EVA 
and started to spin, the double helix on it's edge was beginning to 
break apart. 

	On the other side of the city, both boys made a mad dash to try and 
stop the Angel, but knew that they would not get there in time. Shinji's 
heart was pounding, he had to save Rei, and here he was, too far away to 
do anything. Her didn't know what the angel was going to do, but he knew 
that whatever it was, it wasn't going to be good. 

	Rei blinked several times and looked up through the eyes of her EVA to 
see Armisael above her. She looked to her right to see that she had less 
than two minutes remaining in her internal battery. Returning to the 
angel above, she knew what was to happen next. Armisael would use her to 
try and get to Adam, and what was worse was that she could do nothing. 
Except for allowing it to fuse with her and active the self-destruct 
sequence on the EVA. 

	Yet, something was holding her back. She looked to see her hand 
quivering. She blinked and realized something... she was scared. Scared 
for Shinji and Touji. Scared of Armisael using her to hurt Shinji. 
Looking forward, she opened the panel in front and saw the switch that 
would destroy her EVA, along with Armisael. She would NOT let it hurt 
Shinji. 

	She placed her hand over the small red panel, and before hitting the 
switch that would end her life, she remembered him. Of all things, that 
single, warm, and wonderful embrace they shared a while ago. Somehow, 
that was one of the best things she could remember. She closed her eyes, 
allowing a single tear to escape into the LCL, and whispered, 
"Sayonara...Shinji."

	She was suddenly tossed back into her seat as she looked up. There, 
standing on the top of her prone EVA, was an armored person, with six 
wings sticking out of the person's back. The light that encased  the 
person's body  was almost blinding, yet not so bright she couldn't see 
what exactly was going on. 

	The light was holding back Armisael! Pushing against it the same way 
she, Shinji, and Asuka did with the twelfth angel. The light became 
stronger as the real angel pushed back Armisael further. That was what 
gave Shinji and Touji the time they needed to get Rei out of there. 

	When they got to a safe distance, Shinji scrambled out of his EVA and 
ran to the semi-ejected plug of Rei's. He tore open the entry hatch and 
saw her there, still as a stone, until she saw him. 

	Without thinking, she went over to him and embraced him as hard as her 
tired body could. He held her as gently as he could, despite the fact 
his heart was beating several times quicker than usual. His breathing 
was quick and ragged as he asked, "Rei... are you alright?"

	She looked up to him with tears coming out of her eyes gently and a 
look of true fear stuck on her face. She nodded and whispered, "It... it 
wanted to hurt you... I didn't want it to..." and embraced him even 
harder, evidently glad that he was alright. Shinji held her close as 
best he could, almost crying with relief that she was alright. In each 
other's arms, no matter what would happen, they both felt safe.

Neither one of them noticed, nor cared, that the battle between the 
angel and Rei's savior were still fighting.

*************************************************

	Seeing that her first objective was complete, Seraphim suddenly flew 
out from under the angel to continue her next objective. Destroying 
Armisael. She flew up to the roof of one of the higher remaining 
buildings and prepared for her foe's next attack. 

	As expected, the angel shot another slew of razor thin shots at the 
light that dared interfere with it's mission. Seraphim pulled out the 
same word that ended Bardial's life and knocked away several of it's 
shots. In response, she fired several energy blasts from her hand.

	Knowing what to do, the angel inverted it's AT Field, caught the 
blasts, and threw them straight back at her. Also, it fired more of it's 
weapon, not intending to miss. 

	The shots hitting the building created the smoke screen which blinded 
Seraphim from seeing the second assault. She had no time to defend as 
several of the razor sharp _sheets_ went across the junction between her 
left arm and shoulder. Not only that, but a single right wing, and two 
of her left, shared the same fate.  Both Seraphim and Nodoka felt the 
pain that raced through their bodies like liquid fire. The scream of 
pain reverberated throughout Tokyo-3. 

	Touji and everyone in Central Dogma looked on in horror as the light 
that had saved them a few times in true defeat, was now being defeated 
in front of them. Gendou pushed up his glasses again and figured that 
who ever it was, was paying the price for interfering in this war. 

	Seraphim collapsed and tried to clutch at an arm that wasn't there. The 
arm fell off the side of the building and the severed wings dissipated 
in the wind, no longer being a part of they body they belonged to. She 
tried to get up using the single arm, but only was able to turn herself 
onto her back to see Armisael hovering over her. Almost jeering at her 
defeat. 

	She wouldn't be beaten that easily. Several plate on her shoulders, 
chest-plate, and remaining gauntlet opened to reveal thirteen crystals, 
glowing blue. It would have been sixteen had she her other arm as well, 
sadly, she had to make do with what she had remaining.  A sphere of blue 
light soon covered her place on the roof and grew larger. 

	At that time, Armisael made a decision to do the same thing to her what 
it was about to do to Rei. It started to spin and the helix broke up 
once more. Yet, didn't get any farther than that as the sphere that 
contained Seraphim exploded upward, creating a literal volcano of 
anti-matter. The blast was large enough to not only take out Tokyo-3 and 
the Geofront, but a good portion of the countryside as well. The 
sixteenth angel was no more. 

	Within NERV, everyone stared dumbfounded at the immense display of 
power. Save for Gendou, who narrowed his eyes and reassessed on this 
angel. This was certainly not someone to be trifled with. 

	Back on the roof, Seraphim made another attempt to get up. It only 
resulted in her falling off the side of the building. With no strength 
left, she could neither scream or fly. At least they both did the best 
they could and hoped that their end would be quick. Yet, instead of 
hitting the concrete, she felt like a giant pair of cupped hands were 
holding her. 

	She looked up to see the black and demonic face of EVA Unit 03 and 
smiled beneath her helmet. From inside, Touji could see she was in pain 
and hated himself that he could do nothing. Holding the angel like a 
child was holding a small animal, he knelt down opened his hands open 
just enough to let her get her dismembered arm. 

	Looking back at him, she nodded once and crawled out from between his 
hands. She took a final look at the giant black demon and walked away. 

	Misato's face appeared to Touji's right as he saw the angel walk away 
out of his sight. "Hey, Touji... why did you do that?" 

	He sighed, smiled, and turned to his commander, "Well, I never really 
got a chance to thank her for saving me. Until now that is. It just felt 
like the right thing to do, you know?" He turned to the direction the 
angel left and only saw the setting sun. He started to shake his head. 
What a day!

*************************************************

The door of Seraphina Brown's door was struck with urgency. In haste,  
she opened the door to reveal a horribly injured Nodoka. 

"Nodoka-san!" she exclaimed as she caught her companion from falling. 
Trying to keep her composure, Sera carried her friend over to a clear 
portion of the floor and laid her there while she went to get the medic 
kit. From what she could see, Nodoka's left shoulder was cut severely, 
and had several gashes on her back. 

Just when Sera was about to peel off Nodoka's blood stained kimono to 
wash the wound, Nodoka's blood covered hand grabbed her wrist. Despite 
the amount of pain she went through, Nodoka kept a calm face as she told 
Sera, "We... don't need.. that. Remember?" 

Sera blinked a few times, until Nodoka put her hand on the wound. That 
was when she knew what the elder woman was getting at. So, placing her 
other hand over the slash, she concentrated her healing power of the 
Teknos into the wound. Seconds later, a gentle blue glow came from her 
hands and slowly closed the injury. 

	Minutes later, the wounds were closed and Nodoka's condition went 
stable. Sera turned around, fell on her bottom, and turned to give an 
exasperated look at Nodoka. This whole ordeal was giving her a headache. 

	That was when one of Nodoka's eyes opened, she frowned, and said, 
"You're not the one doing the fighting!" With those last words, the 
elder woman fell silent, falling asleep.   

	Sera blinked a few times, then sighed. She didn't to admit it, but 
Nodoka was right. She hated getting berated. Especially by cantankerous 
old women. A fist out of nowhere bapped her on the back of her head. She 
turned to see Nodoka still asleep, but her thought to Sera was loud and 
clear.

	<I heard that!>

*************************************************

	The next day, all five of the children were placed in test plugs to 
check for synchronization. A fifth was made with the arrival of Kaworu 
so all could take the test at the same time. 

	In the control room, Misato and Maya took final look at the screen 
where it showed all of the children faces with their eyes closed. 
Clearly in concentration. 

	"Begin." Misato ordered.

	Maia punched up the necessary sequence of numbers and the five children 
found their minds trying to merge with a pseudo-EVA. Five minutes passed 
slowly as the numbers next to Maia's screen came up. 

	"Sir, the results are in." Misato then walked over as the smaller woman 
spoke out the results. "Rei 70%, Asuka 24%, Shinji 76%, Touji 68%, and 
Kaworu... oh my..."

	Misato looked over Maia's shoulder to see what was the cause of her 
gasp. She found her eyes widening as well. 

	"...100%..."

	Both women looked up at Kaworu's silent face and wondered. What exactly 
was it that enabled him to perfectly synchronize with the EVA?

End of Part 9a.

[Warhammer comes out slowly, making sure that the angry fans are calm by 
this time.]

	WH: You actually thought I was going to kill Rei? GET REAL! After all I 
did for her and Shinji? Come on! Besides, I'd hate myself until I fixed 
it, and this is the way it should have happened. 

	Next, we all know that Seraphim and Cherubim are pretty high on the 
Christian Hierarchy, but it's likely they're not invincible. If it were 
Gabriel or Michel, then it would be a different story all together. But 
it's not, so I won't worry about it.  

	I may be overstepping Rei's and Shinji's feelings for each other, 
especially Rei. Yet, I would think that since she's so new to emotion, 
that she wants to feel more. Especially with Shinji. If I am overdoing 
it, let me know quick!

	I looked over the outline for this chapter and realized that I had to 
cut this into two chapters if I wanted to keep the Rei/Shinji/Kaworu 
triangle in my story. I wonder just how long Kaworu kept his little 
secret before everyone found out? Also, both chapters talked about 
_Shinji's angels_ so they actually fit. I should be whacked for using 
the title of that old show, Charlie's Angels. Oh brother!

	Since I am not done with the entire chapter (meaning part b), I won't 
put any of the questions that I usually do when I finish a fic. One of 
the things I can tell you about the next chapter is that you're going to 
see Gendou be a little more OOC. Which may be a good thing. Until then 
my friends.

[Warhammer returns to the light.]	

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