Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Possession ❯ Chapter 1

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Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki read the next line on the paper in front in his hands. He stopped. Then he went back and read it again. And then a
third time, just to be sure. He turned to the man seated at the desk
next to him.

"Is this correct?" he asked.

"Is what correct?" asked the man, not bothering to turn his head.

"The next part in the scenario. It says Rei will - "

"There is no error, Fuyutsuki."

"Ikari, why? You've shown nothing but care for that girl."

"I thought you were better at reading people," Gendo Ikari replied, his
eyes turning to look at his aging associate. "In any case, now that
the Fifteenth Angel has been defeated, Rei's purpose is nearly at an
end. This iteration of the First Child is only scheduled to survive up
to the Sixteenth Angel."

"I thought she was supposed to start Instrumentality, Ikari."

"That remains her primary purpose. But there are too many variables
with this second Rei. She's been alive much too long, and is no longer
as predictable as I would prefer. You've read Dr. Akagi said about
her...feelings, correct?"

'Funny, I never would have thought Rei could feel that way about the
Third Child,' Fuyutsuki thought. `Actually, I never would have thought
she'd feel, period. I wonder if Ikari's son knows.'

"And in any case," Gendo continued, "I trust you've also seen Doctor
Akagi's profile on the predicted form of the Sixteenth."

"Of course."

"Contact with the Angel will complete Rei's baseline construction, with
a certainty of over ninety percent. Of course, then she will no longer
be what we need for Instrumentality. Akagi has also assured me that
the third Rei will be perfect."

"She'll be an Angel, then?"

"Not a natural one, but one we made. Rei III will be just the thing
for Instrumentality. And it would not do to have two Reis in
existence."

Fuyutsuki hung his head. He'd learned a long time ago that arguing
with Gendo Ikari on the subject of Third Impact would be a wasted
effort. As such, silence reigned in the office for several minutes.

"I'm sure SEELE will be able to make use of Rei II's remains," Gendo
finally added.

Fuyutsuki looked at the other man again. "What do you mean?"

Gendo's mouth curled into his signature smirk. "I mean that everything
has been following that schedule, Fuyutsuki, and there's no reason for
you to worry."

Fuyutsuki suddenly found he was even more worried than before.

***

Rei's body contorted in pain as she felt the Angel pushing deeper into
her. Her ever-logical mind determined that the Angel was somehow
upping her synch ratio with the Eva to an impossible number, meaning
she experienced everything the machine felt. In other words, the Angel
was invading _her_ just as it was invading her Eva's body. As the
pain receded for a moment, she looked down at the vein-like patterns
crawling up her torso.

And it was invading her mind, as well. That conversation she'd had
with...herself would have been interesting, given different
circumstances. Unfortnately, she knew that she would lose that mental
battle with time. The Angel would invade her mind, and it would be
within her. It would _be_ her. And so her mission would fail.

Her mission could not fail. She had never given up, period. Since
fighting it in a conventional manner would take too long, there was
only one logical course of action. But...she didn't want to do it.
Why? She knew there was some very important reason, but she couldn't
recall it. The Angel was now so far into her that it was scrambling
her thoughts. She couldn't remember why she wanted to live.

Droplets of water fell onto her plugsuit glove. Her eyes widened as
she realized what they were.

"Is this a tear? Am I the one who is crying?"

She'd never cried before. What did the tears mean? She wanted to
know, but there was no time to study them. The Angel was pushing
further into her. She had to eliminate it, _now_.

<No,> she thought. <There's got to be another way. I...don't want to
die.>

<Why?> came another voice. It sounded like her own voice, but she
recognized it as the Angel's.

<I...> she tried to respond. <I...don't want to die, not now...I
still...I want to...>

<You have no reason to avoid it. Death is the natural course of life.>

<But I still...I want...> she tried for all she was worth to remember.

***

Fuyutsuki watched it unfold, then glanced down to Gendo. ^Christ, he's
really going to go through with it,^ he thought to himself. Meanwhile,
Rei continued to struggle with the Angel, trying in vain to pull it out
of her Eva.

"It seems she's hesitating," Fuyutsuki commented.

"Indeed," Gendo said. "She may need some motivation."

The Commander raised his voice and called down to the bridge crew.

"Unit-01's locked status is hereby removed. Deploy it immediately."

***

Rei's screen registered a new arrival on the battlefield. She looked
at it, immediately recognizing Unit-01's gigantic form.

Her eyes widened. "Ikari-kun!" she called out. At the same time,
the Angel's free end lanced out towards Unit-01.

"Does my soul wish to become one with Ikari-kun?" she wondered aloud,
watching the purple Eva dodge out of the way.

There was no time for reflection, though. Ikari-kun was going to
fight, to try to save her. But he would fail, too. The Angel would
invade both of them. She couldn't just let it happen.

She got out of her seat and engaged the switch on the floor of her
cockpit. The controls extended.

"Rei, abandon Unit-00! Evacuate!" came a voice at the radio.

"No. I can't do it," Rei responded. "I must stay to keep the AT field
in effect. Therefore, I won't retreat."

She had to keep the Angel in place, for this to work. One last act to
protect Ikari-kun. Why was she still crying? This was just completing
the mission. There was no way the Angel would survive an Eva self-
destruct.

Then, something happened. Everyone-Misato, Ritsuko, Rei, the Commander, Shinji-everyone heard the voice. Only this time, it was thin and high-pitched.

Why bother?

The ring of light detached itself from Unit 00, and went for Unit 01. Rei felt it leave her mind and body. "Ikari-kun!!"

Too late. It wrapped itself around the Unit 01 like a snake. The Eva roared and tried to detach the angel from around it. As Unit 00 rushed to Unit 01's aid, the angel lashed out and threw it back. And just like earlier, it infiltrated the Eva and the Entry Plug.

Within the command center, there was chaos. Misato was frantically ordering people around. As for the Commander…

`This was not anticipated!'

"Well, well, Ikari. Looks like another wrench in your plans. What now?"

Inside the Eva, Shinji felt the Angel trying to infiltrate his mind, in which it was partially successfully.

<Look what I've found. A pure soul. Not many of those around now. >

"Who are you!? Get out of my head!!"

<Heh heh heh…>

`Dammit. I've got no chance. Only one thing left to do…'

"Self-destruct sequence for Unit 01 activated. Time left: 30 seconds."

"Shinji! What the hell are you doing!?" screamed Misato.

The screen came on, revealing Shinji. He looked horrible; there were veins all over his body and his eyes were red with tears.

"This is the only way! If this thing lives, you all die!"

"He's nobler than you Ikari," smirked Fuyutsuki.

"Override the self-destruct and eject the entry plug." The commander had been silent up till now.

"Ye-yes sir." Hyuga typed in a command. The computer responded, "Self-destruct sequence aborted."

"What are you doing you bastard!?" Shinji screamed.

"I'm isolating the angel, Third."

"You bastard!"

"Commander!" Rei came onscreen. "He's your son for god's sake!"

"Rei-" He was cut off as Shinji let out a wail.

The pain was unbearable, even as he breathed.

<Why do you resist? This is inevitable. So says Armisael. >

Then everything went black.

The screen that viewed Shinji suddenly went black.

"What the hell just happened!?"

"The Eva just ejected its' plug."

"Onscreen."

Maya pressed some keys and it showed the entry plug float downward via parachute.

"Blue Pattern disappeared."

"Send a recovery team."

The team was outside NERV and approaching the entry plug, when…

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"Pattern Blue detected!"

"Where!?"

"In the entry… oh, god."

"The team-"

Outside, the team stepped backwards as numerous cracks appeared on the entry plug. The cracks were white and the plug began to rise to a standing position. Then it exploded. The shards flew everywhere, making the team run behind the truck. Levitating 10 feet above them was a glowing being in an all-to-familiar plug suit.

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