Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ EVANGELION: 2035 ❯ rage of lillith ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

EVANGELION: 2035

Hehehe….well, I guess I should do a disclaimer for this, eh?

Oh well, everyone knows I don't own EVA… because my secret identity is NOT Gainex…

CHAPTER TWO: RAGE OF LILLITH

"LAUNCH EVANGELION UNIT ONE!"

"Hey major!" shouted an irate computer technician nearby, (who just happened to be Kensuke Aida) "We're right here! You don't need to yell!"

Asuka gave her underling a death glare, which shut him up, and turned her attention to the gigantic holographic tactical screen, in time to see a gigantic, purple monster erupt from out of the launch tube, only to be stopped abruptly by the final safety locks.

"Talk to me, HQ." Came Usagi's voice over the communicator.

"From the rate of movement the Angel has shown over the past two minutes, we can expect it on your position in three-point-five minutes."

"Releasing final safety locks" another technician called, as the shoulder clamps released the Eva, and the launch rails sunk back into the ground.

Usagi sounded calm as she came over the com again, but all in the room could feel the tension in it.

"Any... any idea what it can do?"

"Sorry, but we don't have any information on the state of the Angel or it's abilities."

"Not even a picture?"

"Heh, Now that we can do. Hold on."

Commander Soryu clicked off the com, and started issuing orders. Opening the link again, she asked,

"You got that?"

"Yes, but it's kinda blurry."

Asuka smirked as she told the young pilot "yes, that's because the camera that took it, and the recon plane it was on, was destroyed shortly after. The crew were pissbolting outta there."

"Oh."

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Meanwh ile, in the cockpit.......

Usagi's hands sweated. Of course, she couldn't feel it, because of the LCL, but she knew they were. She was having a hard time keeping her composure, and not start screaming hysterically. I'm better than dad was, aren't I? Everyone said so, didn't they? Dad beat that first monster on his first day, so shouldn't I do the same? Usagi's thoughts were just making the situation worse. Dammit, pull yourself together! Remember those karate lessons mum wanted me to do? She thought desperately. No, wait, don't remember that. I sucked at that. Thinking she could do it wasn't working at all, so she reverted to plain not thinking about it.

Did it work? HELL NO!

The young pilot sighed. I wish the bloody thing would hurry up, and get this thing over and done with.

"Pilot Ikari"

"Yes?" this voice was unfamiliar to Usagi.

"Angel's ETA, thirty seconds."

"Roger."

Ok, checklist. Full and unrestricted movement of limbs, check. Full field of vision, check. Dirty great big cannon right next to me, check.

"ETA ten seconds"

Usagi grabbed the assault rifle (well, it was Unit one, but she was in control.) and started looking for the Angel. Ten seconds came and went. Then she saw it, looming over the hills of the Tokai region. She choked when she had a good look at it.

The thing before her was jet black and very evil looking. It was roughly humanoid, with spindly arms and legs, and two bat-like wings coming out of its shoulders. The only colour on it was its face, a teardrop-shaped piece of yellow with two hollow eyes, and a glowing red orb on its chest. Usagi was hit by a case of deja vu: she had seen this before. In her dream.

"Eeepppp........"

"Ok, Usagi," Second Commander Soryu's voice filled the plug. "When it comes into range, aim the rifle at it and wait for the reticule to centre. When it centres, and only when it centres, fire."

"Hai"

The thing began walking towards Tokyo-3 in general and, in Usagi's opinion, her in particular. She raised the oversized weapon, and placed the butt firmly on her shoulder. Immediately, the targeting computer came online, and started searching for a target. Not finding one, she started to whine to NERV HQ.

"It's not working. This piece of shit's broken!"

"No it's not!" some random technician shot back "There's a little thing called maximum range, and the angel is WAYYYYY out of it."

Usagi growled into the comm, and switched her attention to the Angel. Damn that thing walks slow... hang on, its stopped. I wonder...

"USAGI!!! MOVE!!!" Asuka screamed over the comm.

"Whaaa..."

BOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

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"We're detecting a high energy buildup within the Angel's core!!!"

Asuka swore. She stole a spit-second glance at the Ikaris, seeing their reaction to this news. Shinji was petrified, and as for wondergirl... she looked pissed. Asuka's eyes widened in shock to see Rei showing any kind of emotion, but hey! Her kid was up there.

"USAGI!!! MOVE!!!!" she screamed through the communicator. But it was too late.

BBBBOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!

The screen that they were watching went white, and the MAGI computer alarms went haywire.

"Damage report!" snarled Asuka at the technicians.

"The entire of the front half of the Eva's armour has been totally wiped out, and the back half has been melted down to the bottom layer!" Aida reported quickly, barely believing that a single attack could do so much damage. "As for the pilot, she's unconscious. It's looking bad out there." He added that to push his point.

Asuka swore.

"What's the status of the Angel?" she asked another tech who was monitoring it.

"It has resumed it's course towards Usagi at double pace. It seems to want a kill out of this" he hurried his report, because his superior was looking like killing the nearest living thing that annoyed her.

"Enough."

All heads in the room swiveled to see the person whom had made that comment, and they did not like what they saw.

Rei Ikari was literally glowing with divine anger. The light she let off cast a shadow across every face and control panel. The only part of her that wasn't glowing white was her eyes, and they shone with an evil brightness. When she spoke again, it was a voice so intense in hatred for the monster that had hurt her daughter, that it sent a cold shiver down the necks of all in earshot, and several people fainted. Even Asuka paled.

"Lucifer." She stated, referring to the angel by it's name (although how she knew it's name, nobody knew.) "Your ass is mine."

The Angelic ex-pilot expanded her AT field, uncaring for the fact that stacks of papers, coffee mugs, and Kensuke's glasses were all blown away. Pearly white wings shot out of her back, and she started to shine even brighter.

"Rei.... No...."

But the pleas of her husband fell on deaf ears. Clothing exploded away from her, but if anyone wanted a look (such as Aida and all you perverted hentai fanboys out there), the light was so intense nothing except a faint, human looking shape could be seen.

"But... you don't have a...."

yet again, Shinji Ikari's words seemed to have absolutely no affect on the enraged angel.

Rei lifted off the ground and started towards the nearest elevator shaft. No-one even thought of trying to stop her. When she reached her destination, she calmly raised her hand and, with a slight flick of the wrist, tore the door right out of its frame. Moving past this area of destruction, Rei went into the shaft, and with a sonic boom trailing her, shot towards the surface, leaving molten pieces of blast doors and other offending obstacles to fall in her wake.

The Angel that had hurt her baby, her first-born child, was going to pay. Bigtime.

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Usagi stirred, her vision clouded with pain. She felt like she had just been run over by a truck convoy, then dragged behind the ambulance. Damn that hurts!! She wanted to just cry out in pain, but her voice seemed to have shut down. Clearing her vision with a shake of her head, and looking up, she instantly regretted doing so. Towering above her, and only three blocks away, was the Angel.

Shit. Was the only thing that ran through her mind. She tried to stand her Eva up, but it was unresponsive.

Oh...Shitohshitohshitohshitohshit...

KABOOO OMMM!!!

A great cross-shaped explosion rent the air between her and her death. After it dissipated, and the smoke had cleared, Usagi saw an almighty great big hole in the ground in front of her.

"Waddafuck?" she asked, the pain slurring her speech. Then she was answered, by a small figure, with gigantuan wings, every part of which was glowing white. Except for the eyes. It turned slightly, to see the huge, humanoid bundle of blood, guts and little pieces of melted armour. Usagi was hit by recognition.

"MOM?" the pain seemed to go away at the shock of seeing her mother floating in front of her. (Of course, we all know that it definitely was Mrs. Ikari, so unless you're incredibly stupid, you shouldn't be surprised.) The angelic figure turned away, to face the monster that Usagi was to fight. Usagi was again hit by a wave of pain, and took her only way out. She fainted.

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Lucifer!! !! Rei shouted at the angel before her with as much conviction and hatred possible using telepathy. If any human had heard it, the sheer psychic force of it would have been fatal. The angel, however, looked right back at her and thought back.

Ah! Little one! The angel without a core. How humiliating. I have heard much about you from Tabris. Before he was driven from Heaven, that is.

Rei's eyes opened wide. That thing knew her weakness! And Tabris.... She made the connection. Her eyes narrowed dangerously.

Kaoru Nagisa was killed twenty years ago. You lie.

The angel seemed to laugh, but all the noise that came from it was a horrible screeching noise.

Ha! The third child may have killed his physical body, but his soul lived on. He was banished from heaven, and his formidable power contained.

Rei tired of this communication. Raising her petite hand she screamed the word, both physically and mentally, "DIE!"

And with that, condensed her AT field into one giant ball of pure destructive energy, and launched it at the object of her hatred.

The explosion that opened up the street was like a firecracker going off compared to this. Even the Angel's particle beam attack paled in comparison to Rei's AT energy blast.

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A huge flash lit up on the holographic display, to be replaced by static a millisecond later. All the staff threw their arms in front of their face, to protect their eyes. Then the shockwave hit. Coffee mugs not shattered by Rei's anger had their hopes for survival snuffed out, and people were thrown around the room. Then it stopped, with a deathly calm after it. Temporarily blinded, commander Katsuragi yelled at no one in particular.

"Status report!"

There was a sound of fumbling around, until someone regained their sight and their seat.

"All sensors within a kilometer radius off-line, due to electromagnetic interference." The tech reported. "Switching to secondary sensor arrays."

Everyone expectantly looked up at the screen, as one by one they regained use of their eyes. A fuzzy image came up, but little could be seen. Then it clarified, showing a piece of real estate even the devil himself wouldn't want. A yawning crater, easily 500 meters in diameter, was in the same spot the Angel was. On one edge, a large bloody pulp that could be identified as Unit-01 could be seen. Near the centre of the crater, was the small, white figure recognizable as Rei. The glow had left her, as had her wings.

"Rei...." Came the tortured whisper from behind Misato. She nearly jumped out of her skin, because she had forgotten he was there. Turning around, she saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked ready to cry. Looking closer, she saw something disturbing in his expression. When she realized who he reminded her of, she shuddered. Turning back quickly, she noticed how quiet it was: the alarms had stopped. As the sensors came back online, different techs began to report damage and the like.

"Unit-01's body integrity down 5% since explosion, regeneration normal." Said one.

"No sign of Angel. Completely destroyed." Called another.

"Pilot life signs normal, she's fine if unconscious, and a little bruised." Reported Aida.

"What about Wond... I mean, what about Rei?" ordered Asuka. She looked at her old flatmate with fear, wondering how he was going to take the news his beloved wife was de...

"Picking up faint life-signs from Rei. She appears to be in a coma."

Asuka inwardly sighed with relief. She wasn't looking forward to a psyched-out Shinji Ikari.

"Start damage assessment of Tokyo-3. And recover the Eva and it's pilot ASAP! Movemovemove!" Asuka got back into her usual routine, the one she was an expert at. Giving orders, yelling, using physical violence to get her point across, and yelling some more.

There was a flurry of movement as NERV personnel started to follow her orders, and there was a buildup of noise as various aspects of the battle and it's aftermath were reported.

"Commander! Unit-01's pilot is waking up!"

"QUIET!" screamed Misato. Automatically, the entire room went silent. Nobody was moving, many caught in half-stride.

"What's her status?" Misato asked more calmly.

"She's waking up, and brain patterns seem normal." Came the reply from a frightened Tech.

"Good. Has Rei's condition changed?"

"No ma'am. She has stabilized, but brain activity has not altered."

"Send out a med. team pronto. Get her into the infirmity as quickly as possible."

"Yes ma'am."

Asuka took a deep breath, and calmed herself. Well, she thought to her, it's over.

"Good job, people."

Everyone in the room stared at her in amazement. That was the first thing even approaching a compliment anyone had ever heard issue from their 2nd-in-command. Maybe it was just the stress let out.

BAAAAMMMPPPP! BAAAAMMMPPPP! BAAAAMMm.......

The alarms, which had just started, seemingly for no reason, stopped just as abruptly. There was a heated moment, when everyone rushed to check monitors for the reason for the Angel alarm going off.

"Report!" yelled Asuka, at no-one in particular.

The only person brave/stupid enough to reply was Kensuke Aida.

"We just had the AT sensors pick up something, for a moment." He sounded genuinely puzzled. "But then the signal stopped."

"What was it?" The annoyance in her voice was easily picked up.

"I don't know. We're working on it."

Asuka kept her expression the same, to mask her moment of fear. Perhaps it was just a malfunction? Yeah, that's what it was! Her reasoning bought her back to her senses. That's all we need. Another angel.

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The air was cold, due to the fact it was blowing in from the mountains, and the wind was strong. Overlooking the city of Tokyo-3, the boy standing on the crest of the hill took little notice of either the wind or the cold, except that his silvery-grey hair was blowing into his eyes. He was looking down at his destination, and though he had no idea why he had come here, he knew it was right. Hands balled up into fists, and blood-red eyes narrowed, he thought; who are you, Shinji Ikari? Where are you?

And the being, known only to himself as Tabris, walked slowly down the hill.

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END CHAPTER TWO

Will Usagi recover fully from her traumatic experience piloting Eva? Is Rei Ayanami gone for good? And why has Tabris returned, without any memories save the name of Shinji Ikari?

Find out, in the next episode of EVANGELION: 2035- An Angel Reborn!!!

Author's notes: well, I guess I really SHOULD be thanking my muse jimmy for helping me with this fiction… but I'm not going to.