[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 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 
third'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 flew up above the line of fire and threw several 
sheets in response.

     All three EVAs scrambled to get out of the way from the rain of 
death from above. The third 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. He 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 and whispered, "Sayonara...Shinji-kun."

     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 eleventh 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. 

	After EVA Unit's 01 and 03 got 00 to a safe enough distance, Shinji 
opened up the communications between his EVA and what little power Rei's 
Unit had left. He saw her, breathing the LCL as quickly as she could 
from the panic she felt that came from nowhere at seeing her rescuer. 

	"Aya� Rei, are you alright?!" he said, trying to keep his calm. She 
looked to him, a little surprised at seeing him as the one who saved 
him, and then smiled a bit. 

"Arigatou, Shinji-kun." She whispered into the LCL. Though she was not 
in his arms like last time, it certainly felt that way, seeing him 
relieved to see her unhurt. Before, she would have given no thought of 
her own life, but after experiencing a few of the many things that most 
normal people could, she wanted to know more and lose that cold feeling 
of emotionlessness. 

Back there, when Armisael nearly fused with her, she had felt fear. True 
fear. Fear for losing her life, only after when she found an avenue to 
so much more. Now, she felt another new feeling. She believed that 
people called it 'relief'. And she liked it. These new emotions also 
lead to many questions as well. How would Commander Ikari react if he 
knew? Should she try and follow these unusual feelings to their end? Be 
them good or bad?

	Yet, somehow, there would be time to find the answers later. Also, she 
felt too relieved to even think of a reason why she was that way. 

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

     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 sword 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 sheer size of the blast made the city seem small. 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 the 
situation. <Interesting.> he thought, also thinking about the questions 
that accompanied this new player. What were the motives? Did it have 
some ideas of it's own? Or was it really a messenger of God, sent to 
help them? Or to warn and divert them from their present course? It 
appeared that waiting was the only course of action they could do.

     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 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 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 want 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 50%, Asuka 24%, Shinji 53%, Touji 49%, 
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. 

     Both women looked up at Kaworu's silent face and wondered. What 
exactly was it that enabled him to arrange any syncro ratio freely, of 
his own will?


End of Part 9a.

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

     WH: {Revision notes} For this chapter, I changed a few more things 
than the last. For example, I am taking the Shinji/Rei thing a lot 
slower, I reexamined the original characters and then realized my folly. 
Oops. Also, I was informed that 100% would most likely absorb any pilot 
foolish enough to get that high, and after checking what he originally 
did in the anime, I figured it would make a lot more sense to be more 
faithful to it. 

	Also, I made the pure amount of power the Seraphim had a bit more clear 
than in the first try. It was made rather obvious to me by valued 
prereaders and MSTers. 

	Lastly, I added a bit more to Gendou's assessment of Seraphim. Make it 
look like there was a third player in this game. 

        On a final note, expect the Shinji's Angels arc to go to at 
least part 'f' or at most 'h'. Man this is getting long.

{Original notes}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 of Angels, but it's likely they're not invincible. 
If it were Gabriel or Michael, then it would be a different story all 
together. But it's not, so I won't worry about it. If you're wondering 
what the heck I'm talking about, it's my justification for hurting both 
Seraphim and Nodoka.

     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, the next couple of 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,c,d,e,f, and possibly g), 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.]  


Teknos WarHammer-

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