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Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
"What would you like me to do next?" Ranma asked.
Shinji shrugged.
"We wait," he said, "That's all we can do. We wait for Ritsuko to
reprogram
MAGI so we can self-destruct Nerv. After that, I'm heading for Germany to
get
Unit-01. Frankly, after all I've been through, I can't wait to get off
this
world,"
<new stuff 12/24>
Shinji and Ranma stood outside Nerv.
Actually, the stood on top of the debris that used to be Nerv's
entrance where it was dry. It was better than standing in the knee-high
seawater.
They had a few hours to kill before Ritsuko would be finished with her
reprogramming. In the meanwhile, they just waited for anything to happen
so they could take care of it. It was most likely the military would try
and attack Nerv one more time.
"Um," Shinji said.
The Angel turned toward Shinji, "Yes?"
"You said you pushed that aircraft supercarrier in to the hole to plug
it up," Shinji began, "That must mean you're very strong,"
"It is all a matter of opinion," Ranma said, "Compared to you, I am
nothing,"
Shinji was silent.
"Your powers are infinite where mine is not," Ranma continued.
"If my powers are supposedly infinite, then it's kinda weird why I
can't lift something really heavy," Shinji commented, jerking a thumb
toward a particular rock, "For instance, I tried lifting that slab of
rock and I can't,"
The Angel regarded the rock, "Why not?"
Shinji shrugged, "I have no idea. It seems like that aspect of my
powers haven't surfaced yet. And what sucks is that that's the most
important power I need,"
"It seems like it'll come in time," Ranma said, "Some aspects of your
powers surface at different times. It will most likely take years before
you fully understand how to use your powers naturally,"
"Years is what I don't have," Shinji commented, "Naturally? What do you
mean by that?"
"You can use your powers on yourself to make yourself more powerful,"
Ranma said.
"I can?"
"Yes, your powers are infinite," Ranma said, "You can do whatever you
want,"
"How do I do it?" Shinji asked.
"I don't know," Ranma answered, "That's a power you possess that I
don't,"
Shinji sighed, "This sucks. I need the strength to lift the weapon that
will kill Ranma,"
"What do you mean?" Ranma asked.
"The weapon I'm to use is too heavy to lift," Shinji commented,
"Without the weapon, I can't kill Ranma,"
The Angel said, "That is untrue,"
"Huh?"
"Whatever weapon you're talking about, you don't need it," the Angel
commented, "You can kill anything with your bare hands,"
"I can?"
The Angel shrugged.
"Remember, God can kill God,"
Shinji and Ranma entered the command center sometime around the
estimated time Ritsuko had asked them to come back.
"Um, how goes everything?" Shinji asked.
Ritsuko merged from the console, "Ah, perfect timing. I just finished,"
"You're done reprogramming MAGI?" Shinji asked.
Ritsuko smiled, "Yes. Just finished,"
"So what do we do now?" Asuka asked.
"What else, we self-destruct Nerv once and for all," Misato said, "Once
Nerv is gone, we have on less thing to worry about. All we will have left
to worry about is getting Unit-01 in Shinji's hands and getting rid of
Adam,"
The Angel made a sad face that no one but Shinji noticed.
"We gotta figure our how to get to Germany but that shouldn't be all
that much a problem," Misato commented, "We can commandeer a private
plane or such from the nearby airport and fly down there. We don't really
have to worry about destroying Adam since it's currently located in
Germany as well where Unit-01 is,"
"Actually, if you want, I can carry everyone and fly there," the Angel
said, "We will be there within a short period of time,"
"Ah, even better," Misato said.
Suddenly, the command center was bathed in red light. Everyone turned
their attention toward the main screen. The screen showed an image of a
group of tanks heading down the tunnel toward GeoFront.
Misato smirked, "Well, it seems like the military's decision to finally
mobilize after its failure the first time around proved too late,"
"We'll go take care of them," Shinji said, heading out of the command
center, gesturing for the Angel to follow.
When the two of them were gone, Misato scratched her head, "Why the
heck did Shinji need to go? He could've just sent Ranma to do all the
dirty work,"
The tree girls were confused about that.
Walking down the corridor and toward Nerv's entrance, Shinji turned
toward the Angel.
"I saw that sad look you gave when Misato mentioned something about
getting rid of Adam," Shinji commented.
"That's because Adam's my father," the Angel said, "If you destroy
Adam, you will be destroying my father,"
Shinji was silent. He couldn't help but feel very sorry for the Angel.
He had completely forgotten that Angels came from Adam. Afterall, that
was why they attacked this world in the first place, to bring their
father back home.
"But it's okay," the Angel said, "It's your will so I'll continue to do
as you wish, even if it means having to destroy Adam,"
Shinji continued to say nothing for several moments.
"The end justify the means," he asked, not liking what he was saying.
The Angel nodded, "Yes,"
Shinji sighed.
He wished it didn't have to be that way.
Shinji and Ranma entered the command center around a half-hour since
they left. This surprised the three girls because they had been watching
the screen all this time and had been watching Shinji and the Angel take
care of the incoming tanks.
"You guys took care of them really fast," Misato commented with a
smirk.
"Much like the guards around Nerv back then, they have become more of
an annoyance than anything else," Shinji smirked.
"What are you to saying?" Misato chuckled, "From what we saw, Ranma did
all the work,"
Shinji blushed, "Well, I would've helped, but he seemed to have done
fine without me,"
"Well, now that they're no longer something to worry about, we can
continue on with our task," Ritsuko said, "Everything is set,"
Shinji couldn't help but feel a great sense of relief upon hearing
that.
He asked, "How did you do it? What did you do?"
"I rewrote the entire operating system for MAGI," Ritsuko said, "Even
if MAGI did have control over Nerv and its functions before, it doesn't
anymore. Everything within Nerv was integrated with the operating system.
Since I replaced that operating system, it has no more control over any
of its systems. That's what took me so long. I basically rewrote the
entire operating system from scratch. We don't have to worry about MAGI
anymore,"
"Well, that's good to hear. How do we self-destruct Nerv?" Shinji asked
curiously, "Are we setting it off remotely? Or is it time based?"
"It's time-based," Ritsuko said, "I set it up so we have a half-hour to
get out of GeoFront. That should give us plenty of time to get a safe
distance away from here,"
Shinji nodded, "Yeah, that's plenty of time. That's more than enough
time even if we bump in to another incoming army on the way up,"
"Yes, I gave that consideration, about us running in to trouble on the
way topside," Ritsuko said.
"Before we head out, we should make one last thorough check-through of
Nerv to make sure Nerv's been evacuated completely," Shinji said.
Everyone seemed to agree.
"We should all split up," Misato suggested, "That way, we can cover
more ground,"
Asuka gulped, "If we all split up, who will handle the military if they
try and attack once again while we're away from the command center
looking,"
Shinji turned toward Ranma, "Well, Ranma here can keep watch over any
incoming attacks. Considering how long it took them to mobilize, it's a
good chance they won't be attacking anytime soon,"
"All right, Ritsuko and I will search the upper levels," Misato said,
"You and Asuka can go search the lower levels. It'll take us around an
hour to thoroughly check through Nerv at this rate. We can meet here
afterwards,"
Shinji nodded, "Okay,"
"If we find anyone, we can bring them here and carry them out with us
as we leave," Misato said, "However, there should be none to worry about.
Everyone was most likely evacuated the first time around anyway,"
"All right, let's get going,"
Shinji and Asuka headed down one of the corridors together.
"It seems like things are finally turning out really well," Asuka
commented.
"Yeah," he said, "Before long, we'll find ourselves in Germany where we
can get our hands on Unit-01 and be gone for good,"
Asuka asked, "Um, is it possible for us to visit my home in Germany?
Um, that way, I can say goodbye,"
Shinji was silent for a moment, "Are you sure? Y'know, about coming
with me back to my world?"
"You said that we all could," Asuka said, "Are you backing out on you
word?"
Shinji held up his hands defensively, "No, of course not. I have no
problems with bringing you guys back with me. It's just that I figure you
might change your mind and would rather stay here,"
Asuka shook her head, "No. I'd rather not stay here,"
"Bad memories, huh?" Shinji smirked.
She nodded, "Yeah. Well, of course, you should already know since you
seem to know about my life,"
He gave a chuckle, "I guess you have a good point,"
"What about you? What prompted you to leave your world and go to the
other one?" Asuka asked, "Keep in mind that you may know a lot about me,
but I still don't know much about you,"
"Well, if you think about it, leaving this world is like my leaving my
past behind me," Shinji said, "Being an EVA pilot and all, that's
something I wasn't all that proud of,
"Why not?"
Shinji shrugged, "What, are you proud of it? Are you proud of being a
pilot now that you know the truth behind Nerv and Seele and the Angels
and everything?"
Asuka said, "I guess not,"
"Well, I guess I have different reasons for disliking being a pilot,"
Shinji shrugged, "I dislike it because it reminds me of my father and how
he tried to use me to attain his own goals at any cost,"
"I guess due to circumstances, people change,"
"Exactly,"
Misato was dragging the unconscious body of a guard when they all met
up by Nerv's entrance around an hour since they split up.
"Oh, you found someone," Shinji was surprised.
Misato nodded, "Yeah. He was hiding down by section 'L', in one of the
rooms. He took a few shots at us but I managed to take him down before he
could hit us,"
"Wow, um, good job," Shinji didn't' know what to say.
Misato smirked, "What, were you expecting Ritsuko and I to get taken
out by just one lone person? That would definitely put a damper on things
if you came here at the designated time and we weren't around. Knowing
how things have been until recently, you'd end up coming searching for
us, and in the process, the army would attack, etcetera etcetera,"
Shinji said, "I wasn't thinking of something like that. I figured I
found everyone the first time around,"
"Well, this is the last of 'em," Misato said, "Let's get going,"
Ritsuko excused herself to head down the corridor.
Before Shinji had a chance to ask, Misato said, "She's heading to the
command center to set off the self-destruct sequence,"
"Oh," Shinji felt a bit embarrassed. He should've known.
When Ritsuko came back, a few minutes later, they all left Nerv once
and for all, Shinji carrying the unconscious guard.
They proceeded across GeoFront toward the tunnel that led topside.
"Well, no more Nerv to worry about," Misato said, feeling a sense of
elation, stretching a bit as she walked along.
Ritsuko nodded, "Right. Now, all we've got left to worry about is to
get to Germany and get rid of Adam and get Unit-01 and everything will be
done and over with,"
"I can't wait," Shinji said, "I've been on this world for far too
long,"
"What are you talking about? It's only been a few days since you got
here," Ritsuko commented, "You haven't even been here a week,"
Shinji smirked, "I may have been here for a few days, but it sure feels
much longer than that,"
"If you think about it, you probably would've been out of this world
had you taking in the first Angel's core instead of killing it by
accident," Misato smirked.
Shinji hung his head low, "You don't hafta remind me. All because of my
killing the first Angel by accident, all of this happened,"
"Heck, if you figured out you could've summon and control the Angels
shortly afterwards, it wouldn'tve taken so long for it to come to this,"
Misato added.
Shinji sighed, "I know. I know,"
"Actually, if you wanted, I could've blown up Nerv for you instead of
us waiting around for your friend to reprogram," the Angel commented,
"With a few energy blasts, I can blow up Nerv with no problem,"
"R-really?" Shinji asked.
Ranma nodded, "Yes,"
"How come you didn't tell me before?" Shinji asked, "We could've saved
ourselves several hours instead of just waiting around,"
"You never asked,"
Everyone fell to the ground.
Shinji summoned three more Angels shortly after they made it topside.
However, he summoned them after he and Ranma took care of the convoy of
tanks currently mobilizing and about to head down the tunnel as they
emerged. By then, all the people they had evacuated from Nerv were no
longer where they left them, having been transported to nearby medical
facilities since all of them, save for Rei, were considered casualties.
When the three Angels arrived, they looked exactly like Ranma.
Shinji basically gave them the tasks of protecting Asuka, Ritsuko, and
Misato. He figured it was best to have each individual protect the three
girls. Who knew what could happen in the future? At least this way, in
case anything came up, they each had an Angel there to watch over them.
"Man, they're like 'pets'," Misato commented, smirking.
"'Pets'?" Shinji asked.
"Not so much as a you would consider a dog or a cat a pet. It's
different and kinda hard to explain. Anyway, those Angels you summoned
would basically be considered 'pets'," Misato said, "Don't worry about
it. It was just an observation and isn't all that important if you know
what I'm talking about,"
"Um, okay," Shinji was confused.
The group hung around the entrance to the tunnel until Nerv
self-destructed. Luckily for the group, Shinji having summoned the extra
Angels was very useful. This was because none of them had anticipated
that the explosion would've been so powerful that a wall of fire would've
escaped from GeoFront via the tunnel.
The three Angels, without a moment's hesitation, summoned an AT Field
in front of their assigned members, protecting them completely. Although
Shinji didn't need protecting, much like his brethren did for the others,
Ranma even summoned an AT Field to protect him as well.
"Um, thanks," Shinji commented.
The four Angels seemed to accept the thanks gracefully.
"We're happy to protect you all," all four Angels said in unison.
Once everyone had a chance to gather their bearings, Shinji had one of
the Angels utterly destroy the entrance to the tunnel, so that the
military would have a lot of trouble getting down there to find out what
had happened.
"All right," Shinji said, "It seems like we're done with Tokyo-3,"
"What are we going to do now?" Asuka asked.
"We head to Germany," Shinji said. He turned to Ritsuko, "Do you know
exactly where in Germany we're supposed to go?"
Ritsuko smirked, "I find it amusing that you ask me this question after
Nerv is destroyed, what with MAGI containing the information of Germany's
Nerv Headquarters location,"
"W-wait, you mean to say that the information of where Nerv for Germany
was blown up along with Nerv here?" Shinji gasped.
Ritsuko smiled, "No. Don't worry about that. In actuality, both Misato
and I know where Germany's Nerv Headquarters is. It's just that it would
prove quite a problem if we didn't and never considered looking it up in
MAGI's computers before we blew everything up,"
Shinji sighed, "Thank goodness you know where it is,"
"Actually, it wouldn't matter anyway," Asuka smiled, "I know where it
is also. Keep in mind I used to train there before I was allocated to
Tokyo-3,"
"Well, that's good to hear," Shinji said, very relieved.
"So, what do we do? Do we go find an airport to commandeer a plane or,
um, do we hitch a ride with the Angels?" Misato asked.
Shinji turned toward the Angels, "You guys can give us a ride, right?"
All the Angels nodded, "Yes,"
"Um, exactly how do they give us a ride?" Ritsuko asked.
"We can carry you in our arms or you can ride on our backs," one of the
Angels commented, "It's your decision,"
Everyone turned toward one another.
Before long, everyone decided it was best to piggy-back on their
individual Angel's back as the Angel flew toward Germany.
"Do want me to fly you as well?" Ranma asked Shinji.
"Yeah, how else am I gonna get to Germany?" Shinji asked.
"You can fly," the Angel said matter-of-factly.
"I can?" Shinji asked. He couldn't help but wonder how cool it would be
to fly. It must be amazing to be able to fly, to have the skies free to
him and no longer be restricted to land.
"How do I fly?" Shinji asked.
Ranma said, "I'm not too sure. It is something you are definitely
capable of doing. As to exactly how, I can't tell for sure. They way you
fly is differently from the way I fly,"
Shinji asked, "Do you think I need to just think of flying and I'll be
able to fly?"
The Angel shrugged, "I'm not too sure. I fly much like the way a bird
flies. You fly differently,"
Shinji closed his eyes and envisioned himself flying. He pictured
himself darting through the skies in flight.
"It seems like whatever you're doing isn't working," Misato commented,
"They way you seem to contort your face makes it looks like you're
constipated,"
Shinji blushed, "That's because I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm used
to being taught stuff and not figuring things on my own,"
"You seemed to have done fine on your own," Ritsuko commented.
Shinji said, "Maybe I just need time. Keep in mind I still can lift
heavy stuff yet so it's understandable that I can't fly yet. Maybe I need
more time to have God powers,"
Ritsuko chuckled, "That's some rather weird logic if you're hearing
yourself from where I'm standing,"
"I guess in the meanwhile, I'll just ride with Ranma," Shinji said, "I
mean as much as I'd like to be able to fly on my own, we can't just stand
around and waste time while I wait and figure out how to fly,"
"Why not just try and summon some pixie dust and think happy thoughts?"
Misato smirked.
Shinji couldn't help but chuckle at the comment.
"Well, we should get going," Misato said, "Let's get Unit-01 and be off
this world,"
"Yeah," Shinji agreed.
Over ten hours.
That was the approximate time it would take for the group to get to
Germany from Japan. Given the distance and the speed of which they were
traveling, it was no wonder how the girls could be exposed to the open
air at such speed without being torn to shreds.
"How fast are we traveling?" Shinji asked around ten minutes in to the
trip. It surprised him that he wasn't having trouble breathing or
talking.
"Would you like an exact number or an rough estimation?" the Angel
asked.
"A rough estimate," he answered.
"We are going slightly slower than the speed," the Angel replied, "That
is why we can hear each other,"
"Hm, that makes sense," Shinji wanted to bop himself on his head had
both his hands not been holding on to the Angel tightly, "But this's got
me confused. How are we able to go so fast? I'm not having any problems
breathing and such. Considering our speed, the wind should feel like it's
hitting me at around seven hundred miles per hour. However, it feels like
a light breeze,"
"That's because I have an AT Field active," the Angel replied, "It's
protecting you from the force of the air at this speed,"
"Oh," Shinji said.
He suddenly remembered a conversation he had with his friend Ranma a
long time ago. Ranma had assumed the same thing when he was able to go
through the air at supersonic speeds. He had discovered this something
during the time when Ranma was preparing for the Angels expected to
attack MegaTokyo long ago.
Shinji glanced backward where he saw Misato, Ritsuko, and Asuka. All
three of them were resting comfortably on their individual Angel's back.
He noticed that all three girls seemed to be keeping themselves occupied
conversing with their Angels.
"So, you think we'll be attacked up here in the skies?" Shinji asked
for conversational purposes.
"Yes, sooner or later," the Angel answered.
"I guess that's cause the human species is very tenacious," Shinji
commented.
"Perhaps,"
<all ive got so far...>
-OneShot
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~jeffwong/index.html
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