This is a revision of "Deception of Slaughter," done to rectify several spelling mistakes and to fill in certain plot holes that were so graciously pointed out to me by you, the readers.
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[Author�s Note: This is a divergence/fusion fic that begins shortly after the battle with the 14th Angel.]
CENTRAL DOGMA:
�Any reports from Kyoto?�
�No ma�am. Everything remains silent.�
�That is not good.�
�Indeed, Major.� Gendo Ikari surprised everyone by actually stepping down from his dais and joining Misato and the others on the control deck. Gendo began punching buttons on Maya�s screen and pulled a map of the Kyoto region on the main screen.
�Most of their attacks, so far, have centered on Japan�s factories and energy production facilities. But their raid on Kyoto, which has been devastated since the Second Impact, remains a mystery.�
Misato shook her head. �I agree, it doesn�t make sense. The only thing that might have had any value to them was our Angel Listening Post.�
Asuka Langley Soryu, eating an ice cream cone, stepped into the room. �What would they want with a A.L.P.? Those things are so low-tech, I doubt it would interest them.�
Ritsuko nodded in agreement. �The only thing of value would be the ether-net link to the MAGI system....� Ritsuko stopped, her face developing a horrified look.
�Dr. Akagi, what�s wrong,� Asuka asked.
�Good lord, the MAGI system. When I designed the A.L.P. systems, I put a direct link from the MAGI to the ether-net.�
Misato�s eyes widened in horror. �Meaning...�
�Meaning that they could trace the link back to GeoFront.�
�And finally figure out just where exactly NERV HQ is located,� finished Gendo.
Misato snapped from her reverie and began shaking Ritsuko by her lab coat lapels. "Ritsuko, how long would it take them to trace the link back to NERV HQ? How long?!!?�
Suddenly, klaxons began blaring and red lights began flashing. The automated comm system broke in.
�THIS IS A PRIORITY-ONE ALERT! CONDITION BROWN! REPEAT:
CONDITION BROWN!�
Asuka dropped her ice cream cone. �Mein Gott! I think they�ve already found us.� Asuka ran from the control room down towards the loading bay, and Unit-02.
Gendo returned to his dais, his hands folded in front of him. �Check that, Maya. Are you sure the color is brown, not blue.�
�Confirmed sir, it�s not an Angel. It�s a Decepticon....�
W*ING Higley Presents:
Deception of Slaughter!
Narrator: It is the year 2015. The treacherous Decepticons have conqured the Autobots home planet of Cybertron and have now returned to Earth, determined to seek vengeance on the humans who aided Optimus Prime and his allies. However, the world they find is far different from the one they left. Humanity has been devastated by the Second Impact and the Angels. Now, Gendo Ikari finds himself no longer in charge of a project to initiate the Third Impact. He is now the leader of a ragged band of freedom fighters, defending the Earth from sentient robots with the ability to transform into everyday objects. Robots called...Decepticons.
�I must commend you, Soundwave. You did a find job in tracing the link from the humans listening post back to their headquarters.�
�Thank you, Lord Megatron.�
Megatron, leader of the Decepticon army, flew at the head of the mighty armada. Joining him was his treacherous second-in-command, Starscream, along with Soundwave (who can transform into a tape recorder) Skywarp and Thundercracker (who along with Starscream, transform into jets) the hideous Insecticons (who transform into giant insects) the Constructicons (who transform into construction vehicles and merge into a bigger robot called Devastator) and the Decepticon third-in-command, Shockwave (who transforms into a futuristic laser cannon).
�Mighty Megatron,� Shockwave interrupted, �we have arrived at the humans base.�
�Excellent. Skywarp, Thundercracker, Starscream lead the assault.�
�As you command, oh great Megatron,� Starscream said sarcastically. The three jets swooped down on Tokyo-3 and began blowing holes into the buildings with their laser cannons.
*****
�EVA Unit-02 and Unit-00 are ready for launch,� Maya reported.
�And what of EVA Unit-01,� Gendo inquired.
�See for yourself, sir.�
�No, I won�t do it.� The scene that appeared on the monitor was not a new one for Gendo Ikari. His insolent son, Shinji, was half-dressed in a plug suit, and was arguing vehemently with Misato.
�Shinji, you have to. They�ve found our HQ. We�re all doomed without all three EVAS.�
�No! He almost killed Touji. He tried to kill him with my own hands. I will NOT pilot EVA anymore.�
Shinji pushed Misato away and ran down the corridor.
�It appears that we will be without the services of UNIT-01 this time out. Launch Units-00 and 02 accordingly.�
Maya looked at him questioningly. �Sir?�
�Just do it, Maya.�
*****
Asuka steeled herself inside EVA Unit-02. Finally, no Shinji. Just her and �Wonder Girl.� Now she would finally be able to prove that she was the best EVA pilot, no matter how good Ikari�s sync ratios were.
As her eyes adjusted to the mid-day light of the outside world, Asuka scanned around for a Decepticon.
�See anything, Rei?�
�Target at three o�clock,� came the albino�s soulless reply.
Asuka spun around to see a red-colored jet, the one called Starscream, come diving towards her, twin blasts of laser fire raking the ground ahead of her. Asuka steeled herself and raised her own gun up.
�Got to time this just right. At the rate he�s coming in, I�ll only have one shot before he passes by.�
Asuka remained calm as the laser fire grew closer to her EVA. Finally, the onboard targeting computer indicated it had a positive lock. Asuka pulled the trigger on her gun and watches with small satisfaction as the shells slammed into Starscream�s cockpit.
�AIGGH!� Starscream roared in pain, finally transforming. The front-half of his cockpit had been blown off, as well as a good portion of his wingspan.
�You hurt me. You�ll pay for that, puny fleshling.�
As Starscream raised his one good arm to fire, Asuka fired again. Not even waiting for the targeting computer, she fired blindly. The second shot slammed into Starscream�s torso, ripping him in half.
Asuka turned to see Rei fending off both Skywarp and Thundercracker, though she was losing.
�Need any help, Wonder Girl?�
�It would be appreciated.� Rei�s response seemed somewhat strained It was so rare for the albino to show emotion, Asuka noted as her EVA tackled Skywarp.
*****
�Why are there so few of them, Maya?�
Maya listened intently to her earpiece for a moment. �Message from SEELE sir, The EVA factories in France, Germany and America are all under Decepticon attack.�
�How many?�
Maya gulped, �It appears that the rest of the Decepticon army is involved.�
*****
>From above, Megatron watched with silent glee as UNIT-02 destroyed Starscream.
�Well Shockwave, it seems you�ve gotten a promotion.�
�I...Thank you, Megatron.�
�Enough of this farce. Constructicons, form Devastator and eliminate the human HQ.�
�At once, Megatron.� Longhaul signaled the other Constructicons, and they turned into a massive robot, ten times bigger than any EVA. Devastator swooped down towards the GeoFront. For not the first time, Megatron allowed his thoughts to drift back, back to that fateful day in 1999 when the Decepticon armada had stormed Autobot City. In the heated battle, he had finally achieved his dream, killing Optimus Prime. He smiled inwardly as he remembered how he had ripped the Matrix of Leadership from Optimus�s body and crushed it like so much tin (and thus, unwittingly, spared Cybertron from Unicron, as the planet eating monster no longer had a reason to pay any attention to the Transformers.) The Autobots, under the leadership of Ultra Magnus, had fled Earth after that, and it had taken 16 more years to finally hunt them all down. But today, today it would all be worth it as he finally killed all his enemies.
*****
�Sir,� Maya called, �We�ve got a big problem coming up.�
Gendo remained emotionless. He pressed a button and spoke into the comm system. �Security, get my worthless son into his plug, even if you have to do it at gunpoint.�
*****
�I mustn�t run away, I mustn�t run away, I mustn�t run away, I mustn�t run away.� The mantra that Shinji Ikari lived by was doing little to help him as the security guards sealed him inside his plug.
Misato appeared on the screen. �Shinji, listen to me. The Decepticons have launched Devastator. We�re all dead unless you can stop them.�
�BUT I DON�T WANT TO PILOT EVA!!!!!�
�Dammit Shinji, you have to do this. All of us, including Rei and Asuka will die if you don�t.�
�Rei? I...I....launch the EVA.� Shinji would never know what, exactly, made him change his mind, but at the mention of Rei, it felt like his mother was beside him again.
*****
�Not bad Wonder Girl.� Asuka watched with a smirk as Unit-00 finished off the Decepticon known as Thundercracker. Skywarp had already been reduced to so much scrap. Asuka�s good mood was destroyed as she looked skyward.
�MEIN GOTT!� Above them, Devastator came zooming down.
�Devastator will destroy puny humans,� said the gestalt Transformer as it smacked Rei�s EVA into a building, then kicked Asuka into a lake formed by the devastation of the 7th Angel.
�Not if I can do anything about it.� That sounded like Shinji, Asuka thought. But that�s impossible, when did Shinji get a spine?
As Asuka pulled her EVA out of the water, she watched in amazement as EVA-01 rose from GeoFront and began firing wildly at Devastator.
Misato appeared on the screen. �Rei, Asuka, get back up there and join in a synchronous fire. If we can hit it from three sides, we may be able to knock him off balance and buy us some time.�
�Right,� the two girls responded in unison.
Unit-00 and Unit-02 joined 01 and began to unload all of their ammo into Devastator. Megatron watched in horror as the gestalt was knocked off balance and came crashing down.
�Bomblast, Shrapnel, Kickback and the rest of you, take out those EVAS.�
*****
�FUCKING DIE!� Asuka watched with glee as the giant robot fell to the ground.
�Uh Asuka?�
�NOT NOW THIRD CHILD! I�M BUSY!�
�But Asuka, look above you!�
�What?� Those were Asuka�s last words as all three Insecticons, in bug form, swooped down and latched themselves onto Unit-02.
�AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!� Asuka screamed in pain as the Insecticons began to rip off the EVA�s armor and devour the power cables.
�Tasty enough, Bomblast?�
�Indeed Shrapnel, though not as tasty as the human inside will be, I�m sure.�
Kickback would have responded, but he was too busy gnawing into Asuka�s plug.
�Kickback, save some for me.�
*****
Rei fired at the Insecticons, trying to blast them off Unit-02. She never saw Shockwave come behind her and rip a hole in the middle of her EVA with his massive arm cannon.
Meanwhile, the Constructicons managed to reform Devastator and began to rip through the various levels of armor protecting GeoFront as if they were paper.
*****
>From above, Megatron commented, �I must commend you yet again, Soundwave. Figuring out how to circumvent those A.T. Fields was pure genius.�
*****
�They�ve broken through the final defense grid, sir.�
Ritsuko turned to Gendo, the entire room was shaking as the ceiling began to collapse on top of them. �Now what do we do, sir?�
Gendo turned to stare at Misato, who was curled up into a fetal position and seemed to be mumbling a silent prayer to her father.
�Now,� Gendo Ikari said, �we die.�
*****
Shinji stared numbly at the bloody remains of UNIT-02. Asuka was dead, he told himself.
He turned to the fried remains of UNIT-00. Rei, he told himself, was also dead.
He then turned to the giant hole where Devastator had dug through, into GeoFront. The screams of terror he heard over the comm system told him that Misato, his father, and everyone else he knew and cared for, were also dead.
Shinji could no longer maintain the concentration needed to keep UNIT-01 upright. The entire thing collapsed.
Megatron strode triumphantly towards Shinji's EVA. He pointed his fusion cannon straight at it.
�Well, little one, why don�t you fight. Don�t you want to live?�
Shinji activated his PA system. He stared blankly at the fusion cannon.
�Well, don�t you?�
�I want to die,� Shinji stated matter-of-factly.
�So be it.� The fusion cannon�s flare was the last thing Shinji Ikari ever saw, before joining his mother and father in the afterlife.
Author�s Comments: This is not a revenge fic, or an anti-EVA fic. I was just sitting at home, watching a very bad fansub of �End of Evangelion� and was struck by the scene where Shinji says �I want to die� to Misato and then thought of the scene in �Transformers: The Movie� where Megatron slaughters a bunch of Autobots on a shuttle. I didn�t use Galvatron because in this reality, the events portrayed in �Transformers: The Movie� which resulted in Megatron becoming Galvatron never happened. C&C can be sent to: Skywarp@cephiro.com
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