Spirit within 3: Neon Genesis Evangelion.

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	Part 4

	"Visual confirmation of target! Territorial waters have been
breached!" cried the technician, Shigeru Aoba. He pushed his chair back
from his monitor and turned to face the holographic screen in the room
below.
	Misato Katsuragi stood flanked by Dr. Ritsuko Ikagi in the center
of the cramped platform that overlooked the huge holographic display.
"All personnel, prepare for level one combat!!" she cried.
	"Tokyo three transforming to battle mode. Armament buildings and
current anti-air intercept systems operating at forty eight percent!"
cried the other tech. His name was Hyuga Makoto. A discarded manga sat by
his chair and he pushed his glasses up his nose as he read the
information forming on his monitors.
	"Shinji! Are you ready?" said Misato to the silent cockpit of the
waiting Evangelion.
	"Does it matter?" said the girl in slight amusement.
	"Damn it Shinji, this isn't the time for this," muttered Misato
under her breath.
	"Sorry Misato-chan, I'm ready," said Shinji.
	Misato growled, he was showing off again.
	Ritsuko just stood silently.
	After a few moments the woman calmed a bit. "So the fourth angel
attacks while the commander�s away...this is sooner than we expected."
	"There was no sign of them for fifteen years before that last
attack! This time just three weeks have passed," said Makoto.
	"How convenient, can I go kill it now?" said Shinji impatiently
from the comm.
	"Shinji, try to show a little respect at least?" said Futsugi
from his perch above Misato on a balcony nearby. He sounded more amused
than anything else.
	Misato grit her teeth and said nothing.
	"Captain Katsuragi! The committee is demanding the immediate
dispatch of Eva!" said Shigeru as he hung up the phone at his station.
	"Tell them I already did," said Misato looking a little sated.
Maybe that would get the old farts worked up anyway. She felt a little
better.

	Underground in Geo-shelter 334 Shinji's classmates Toji and
Kensuke sat looking bored. 
	Kensuke had a video camera with an antenna and a pull out screen
and was watching in frustration. "Damn! They're doing it again," he
whined.
	"Doin' what?" muttered Suzahara grumpily.
	"See for yourself," muttered Kensuke as he offered the camera.
"All words again. They never show us civilians anything, and this is such
a big event!"
	"You really get off on this stuff, huh?" said Toji.
	"ARRRGGGGHHHH! Man I just gotta see it just once! We might never
get another chance." said Kensuke "...Toji?"
	"What?"
	"Lets sneak out."
	"Are you nuts?! We'll be killed!!"
	
	"Okay Shinji?! Neutralize the enemy's A.T. field, then repeat
fire. Just like in practice, got it?" said Ritsuko as she went over the
mission one last time.
	"Like any thing ever goes 'Just like practice," muttered Shinji.
	"Just do it Shinji. Eva Unit one launch!" said Misato.
	"Yea yea..." said the girl in the cockpit as she felt the G-force
blast her into the seat again.

	"Hey Kensuke, wait up already!! You're goin' too fast!" cried
Toji as he chased his friend up the stairs of a temple on the side of a
large hill. They could see most of the city from it's peak. Kensuke
reached the top and kneeled on the ground. He pointed his camera at the
angel as it moved over the rooftops of the city. It moved forward and
stopped. The angel then stood on it's end and moved it's two lower
appendages apart. 
	"Man! It was worth all the hassle sneaking out here!!" cried
Kensuke in excitement.
	"Eeeww," said Suzahara as he looked at the towering monster. A
doorway opened and Unit one appeared from underground.
	"There it is!" cried Kensuke in almost rapture. The Eva moved out
and behind one of the buildings, then it just disappeared.
	"Hey! Where did it go?" said Toji in shock.
	Aida was speechless. "What the...?" he thought as he looked
around desperately.
	Then the Eva appeared behind the angel. The monster spun around
and two whip like lazer tentacles appeared from the stubby 'arms' below
the head. 
	"Center the target and..." said Shinji reflexively as she aimed
for the red sphere just below the monster's head. She pulled the trigger
and fired a short burst. She saw the first tracer bullet bounce off the
sphere without hitting an A.T. field.
	"Shit! Misato, the gun's no good, it's bullet proof. I'm gonna
have to switch over to the progressive knife! Unless you've got something
better?" she reported. 
	
	Misato looked at the screen in shock. "What? You only shot it
once!" 
	"She's right Captain, look," said Makoto as he replayed the shots
in super slow motion. "She'll just be wasting ammo and making smoke if
she tries to shot it."
	"Progressive knife has been engaged," said Maya calmly from her
seat.

	The angel came to life the instant the knife was in Shinji's
hands. It's whip like protrusions slashed about wildly and the girl was
barely able to avoid them. She rushed under a particularly wide swipe and
punched out at the monster as fast as she could, it was still blocked. 
She tried a variety of punches and kicks and each time was forced to back
off.
	"What the hell? Why can't I get through??!!" that was when she
realized. It wasn't her, it was the Eva. 
	"Damn it! The Eva can't move like me, it's not built for speed.
The body hasn�t been trained!" she cried as she ducked under another set
of slashes. A building fell apart behind her. The Eva�s arm crashed
through one of the buildings as it ducked away again. The girl had a
realization.
	"Ryoga." she said as she smiled again.  

	The angel rushed forward and crushed a smaller building as it
charged through it. Shinji did a spinning back hand that connected
solidly and sent the angel flying back a short distance. The angel moved
forward in another attack and Shinji backed away and kicked outwards at
the last moment. The angel was sent back again.
	"If I can't go around it, I go through it. I've got to fight like
Ryoga in this thing," muttered Shinji as she looked at the small
scratches the angel had made along the arms of the Eva. She frowned and
charged for the angel with the knife held in an offensive posture. At the
last moment Shinji jumped into the air in a flying side kick aimed at the
core of the angel. The last thing Shinji remembered of that kick was
something wrapping itself around her leg and tossing her away. Just
before the ground hit, she felt something pull at her back. The internal
warning light started blinking and a timer appeared.
	
	Shinji looked down at her hand, the Eva's hand actually and
frowned. There was both of the idiots. They had practically wet
themselves. She watched the angel draw nearer and sighed. "Get in now!"
she cried over the speakers as she released the manual plug ejection.

	"She can't let unauthorized civilians into the entry plug!" cried
Ritsuko angrily.
	"Umbilical cable severed! Eva has switched over to internal
batteries," yelled Aoba.
	"What the hell?! Damage report!" cried Misato.
	"None! All green, but he only has four minutes and fifty three
seconds of power remaining!" said Makoto.
	"Shinji you have to defeat it now! You've only got five minutes
of power remaining!...What the hell is than noise?!!"
	Aoba was the first to speak. "It's...Aerosmith?"
	It was coming through the speakers over the comm system.
	"<Sweet Emotion...>"
	Shinji appeared on the screen with an evil looking grin on her
face. "Let's go ugly. I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm
all out of gum."
	"Oh, shit! Were gonna die!" said Toji from behind her seat.
	"My camera! My camera!!" cried Kensuke.
	Toji became silent suddenly and just stared at the seat. Kensuke
just looked at him and frowned. "Uh oh."

	"We're detecting irregularities in the nervous system!" said
Maya.
	"That's because he's taken in two foreign bodies, there's noise
mixed in with the nerve pulses! That music is disturbing it too!" cried
Ritsuko from beside her assistant, she was not happy with Shinji.
	"Idiot! Your supposed to ask me for orders! You had any number of
options!" yelled Misato.
	"Combat situations don't have room for delegation!" said Shinji
as he stood and faced the angel, it had just come within range. She
kicked it and it fell back down the side of the mountain
	"Now! Fall back!" Use retrieval route 34--" started Misato, but
she was interrupted.
	"No retreat," said Shinji suddenly.
	
	That woke Toji up. "No! We'll be killed!"
	"Show a little faith sugar." said Shinji as she turned and winked
at him. He shuddered for a moment. Shinji had seen the looks he was
giving her from the beginning of course. "I could have some fun with
this." she thought to herself. She looked at the angel for a moment and
decided. 
	
	The progressive knife has been re-engaged!" said Makoto.
	"What?!" cried Ritsuko.
	"Shinji! follow my orders!" roared Misato.
	The girl frowned onscreen and the music got louder. The two boys
behind her were almost in tears and holding each other.
	
	Shinji uttered a battle cry and charged the angel. She held the
knife forward and slid down the side of the mountain. The  monster stood
waiting and slashed out as he neared. Shinji vaulted into the air at the
last moment and went over the angel's strike. 
	"Bakusai tenketsu!!" she cried and tossed the knife into the
core. It shattered instantly and the Eva ran out of power just before it
hit the ground. The song Shinji had been playing ended just before they
landed.
	
	"Eva Unit one is inactive!" said Aoba.
	"The target?" asked Misato.
	"No sign of any activity from the target," said Makoto.

	Shinji sat with her head bent down and was breathing hard. She
was almost gasping for breath as she sat looking worn out. 
	"Hey, y...you OK?" asked Toji. 
	Shinji turned around and smiled broadly. "Well that was fun! I
wasn't sure if that would work or not," she said as she looked back at
them a little too cheerfully. She had the same look as someone who had
just finished running five miles for the first time.
	"She's nuts!" said Kensuke in shocked fear.
	"Seriously though, what the hell were you two doing out here?"
said Shinji with a now serious gaze.
	The two boy's relaxed a great deal at her now serious demeanor
and blushed.
	"Hey, I know you, your that jerk that was dumb enough to get into
a fight with my little brother," said Shinji as she looked at Toji
directly.
	He turned extremely red and averted his eyes. "Yea..." he
muttered.
	"I'm Shinko, nice to meet ya," said Shinji. "If it works...." she
thought to herself.
	Toji just sat looking embarrassed. "I'm Aida Kensuke, and this is
Suzahara Toji," said Kensuke. 
	"Well we got a while to wait until pick up boys. How well do you
know my little brother?..."
	TBC...

C&C to Catbert25@juno.com

	Why the breaking point worked....
	
	My theory on the Bakusai tenketsu is that it works on structure
and hardness. There is nothing solid enough in the human body to use it
on so it doesn't work, bones aren't as hard as you think. Besides, that's
been debated in fanfics before. It doesn't work on most animals or
people, But it might work on a tortoise shell or something. Basically it
takes something rock like in structure. The angel's cores seem to be like
that from what I've seen. 
	As for cannon, In the manga it isn't used very often. They never
get into the real specifics of it all or anything. Cologne might have
only been generalizing on the whole 'it only works on rocks' thing. I'd
really rather not start an argument about it on the list.

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