Spirit within part 3: Evangelion.
Part 2.2 /The beast.
Shinji sat in the darkness of the cockpit and glared at the blank
screens. She knew that if her mother refused her he would die in moments.
It felt strange inside the small space, as if she was still connected to
the Eva. A sorrow filled her heart as no answer came to her and she heard
and felt the angel strike the body of the Eva relentlessly. Shinji glared
at the blank screens with sad eyes and prepared to die. "No, I refuse to
die." she said finally. That was when it happened.
"The angel is attacking the Eva!" cried Maya as she worked the
terminal desperately. On screen they could see Sachiel hammering on the
chest of the Eva as if he was trying to get to something inside the armor
plates.
"Is he trying to get to the pilot?" said Misato in horror.
"What's that glow?" said Ritsuko quietly.
"Energy reading from the Eva!" screamed Maya in shock.
"Impossible! All the systems are shut down!" said Ritsuko giving
her as strange look.
The Eva slowly raised its good arm and the blue aura surrounding
it began to condense in its palm. As if by magic all the systems returned
almost immediately. The screen showed the girl holding her palm forward
and glaring at the angel with eyes of complete despair. "I will not be
killed so easily!" she cried and recoiled as the angel grabbed the
outstretched arm. "Eat this Shi shi Hokou Dan!" screamed Shinji and
finally released the blast at the monster.
Sachiel was blasted back across the city and slammed into a
building which crumbled immediately. Shinji finally got the Eva to slowly
rise to its feet. She then realized why her mother had not helped her.
She couldn't recognize her essence in this body. Even her spirit was
female in this form. Desperately she played the memories of Jusenkyo and
her memories of her mother in her mind. Almost instantly she felt a warm
comfort cover her and she felt the cold loneliness of the entry plug fade
away. "Mother." she gasped as her tears floated away through the LCL.
Sachiel was now standing again and moving towards her. It's eyes
flared up sending a blast that took Eva in the Chest. Shinji felt herself
fall back and hit the ground as the armor finally cracked making her very
vulnerable. This time she stood quickly and faced the creature with new
determination. That was when she saw the timer appear in the corner of
the screen.
"What happened to the power?" cried Ritsuko as she slammed her
hands onto the console. Maya worked as fast as she could for an answer.
"The umbilical cable has snapped." she said quietly.
"She doesn't know where the emergency power junctions are does
she?" said Misato.
"Girl fall back!" cried Ritsuko over the com.
"I can't! I can barely walk much less retreat!" screamed the girl
angrily in reply.
"My god." said Maya in horror. They all realized that she was
trapped in the Eva up there with no way of being recovered.
"NO! The batteries just died!" cried Ritsuko.
Misato fell to her knees and tears streamed down her face as she
sobbed. There was nothing she could do for the girl.
Sachiel jumped and landed on top of the Eva and began to pound on
the head viciously. It clawed at the face and tried to rip the armor off
the face.
The screens went blank again inside the Eva. Shinji felt helpless
inside the monstrous machine and simply collapsed in exhaustion.
Eva however awoke. Just as Sachiel had ripped off half of the
armored helmet, Eva stood knocking it away. Its jaws snapped open and it
roared angrily.
"The Eva just reactivated itself!" yelled the long haired man.
"The Eva just ripped out her own frontal shut off joint!" cried
Maya.
"That's impossible! There's no power! The syncrographs are still
in the negative zone! She can't be moving!" screamed Ritsuko in shock.
"Unless...My god! She's out of control!"
Eva jumped high into the air and landed on the red sphere that
was embedded in the angel's chest. It cracked under the pressure and Eva
slid off.
Sachiel tried to grab for it, but Eva was to fast It gripped both
of the arms in one hand and snapped them off easily.
The two giants clashed for a moment and Eva pushed it off with
it's good arm.
Sachiel stood silently and Eva charged right into its AT field.
The Eva backed away and lifted its broken arm and clenched the fist
repairing it immediately.
"The Angel has an AT field?" whispered Misato in shock.
"As long as its up the Eva can't approach." said Ritsuko in a
frustrated tone.
"The left wrist..is restored?!" said one of the men on the other
side of the room.
"Just like that?" said Misato in surprise.
"The Eva is spreading its own AT field!" said Maya as she looked
at the steadily moving graph before her. "Its neutralizing the phase
space!"
"No its breaking through it!" cried Ritsuko in shock.
"The Eva just forced open the angel's AT feild!" cried Misato in
shock.
The angel shot another beam at Eva and it raised its hand and
reflected it back at it sending blasting away. Eva rushed forward and
fell on the downed angel and ripped one of the bony protrusions off its
chest and used it to beat at the red sphere in the center of its chest.
The object cracked more and more.
The angel emitted a scream and grabbed the Eva wrapping itself
around it. It exploded in a large column of white fire, the peak of the
blast was shaped like a cross.
All present in the control room watched in awe. Gendo sat
unmoving and smiled slightly.
The Eva emerged from the flames and stopped cold in the street.
Shinji sat in the darkness of the cockpit awake and aware. She did not
need to see outside the cockpit to know that armor plating on Eva's face
had slid off to reveal the flesh beneath. She simply sat and waited for
pick up.
TBC...
Next time, Shinji in school. His new identity allows him to keep
his piloting a secret. But how long will it last and how well does he get
along with the other students? All this and more next time!
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