Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Clones ❯ More Clones!? ( Chapter 2 )

"These are all dummies. They are also replacement parts for Rei. Man found God, and they tried to pick him up. For that Man was punished! That happened fifteen years ago, and the God they found disappeared. Then Man tried to resurrect God with his own hands and that's how Adam was created. From Adam, Man created what resembles God, himself. That is Eva!"

"So...they are human?"

"Yes, they are human. We put supposedly mindless souls in Eva. All the souls were salvaged souls. Rei is..."

"I am the only one that can hold them."

"Right. The souls are born only in Rei. The room of Guaf is empty. These are merely empty containers. They have no souls. So, I want to destroy them because I hate them."

"NO!!" Before Ritsuko is able to touch the screen, Rei uses her quick reflexes to knock the controller from her hand and lets it fall to the floor a couple meters away.

Misato grabs her firearm and points it at Ritsuko, "Ritsuko, stop this!"

Shinji, having been silent the whole time, finally decides to speak up, "So...this is what you meant by saying you were the third?"

"Yes, Shinji, as I told you last night, I am a clone."

"But...why, why were you required as an Eva pilot?"

"I do not know."

Ritsuko's knees begin to wobble as she starts to cry. Misato lowers her gun and walks up to her friend before she falls, "Shinji, could you help me bring Ritsuko into the hall, please?"

"…Hai."

Shinji and Misato pulled Ritsuko up and half-dragged, half-carried her to the door when it opened to reveal the Commander, Sub-commander, and 3 guards.

"Arrest them."

The guards went in front of them grabbed them all and pulled them to their knees. Gendo reached down and picked up the remote. By this time, Ritsuko had stopped crying, and was now consumed with rage.

"You bastard!" She threw herself at him, but was thrown to the ground.

"Really, Dr. Akagi, you didn't think I'd have surveillance on you."

"No matter what, you'll never complete the 18th angel!"

"Please." He smirked. "These are just spares."

Now Ritsuko was confused. "What do you mean? You said-"

"I lied." He walked over to a wall. "These are the true candidates for the 18th."

Pressing a button, he pointed it at a wall. With a rumble the wall opened sideways. Revealing another LCL filled room. In the room were cylinders.

In the cylinder were bodies.

The bodies of …Shinji.