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		EVA: FALLEN ANGEL


version 1.05
by Mekat 

Eva Caelum
www.geocities.com/evacael/

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Chapter 6: Light of judgement / Creation of woman

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In the last chapter, Asuka is confronted by unexpectedly both Rei and 
Angela. She decides finally that she would give her feeling towards 
Shinji a chance to blossom. Her timing is however, quite unfortunate, 
as in complying with NERV's forceful alliance with OMBRA, Unit-02 and 
it's pilot is to be shipped off and placed under full command of OMBRA 
for a period of three whole weeks. A lot can happen in three weeks. 
OMBRA has revealed itself to be quite resourceful, having demonstrated 
their power by annihilating a SEELE base in retaliation to the 
destruction of their own.

Who is the mysterious figure who was able to penetrate NERV's security 
without being detected? For what reason does OMBRA require the use of 
an Eva unit? What fate awaits Shinji and Rei with the coming of the 
fifteenth Angel? When will I have a mental break down and go on a 
rampage with a pump-action shotgun?

Hehehe... I'm feeling... a little disgruntled... hahahahah!!!!



Location: Outback Australia, The Red Center, precise coordinates 
unknown, 0300 hours local time

The massive black winged carrier skimmed across the terrain as smoothly 
as a bird. Simply taking into account it's size, it wasn't hard to 
guess that the skills involved in maintaining balance at such low 
altitudes in total darkness were unachievable without the aid of an 
infra-red guiding beacon. Flying in the same direction for several 
kilometers by now, it had kept itself below radar coverage since 
entering Australian airspace.

Primarily it was because its entry to the country was unauthorized, but 
also because it wished to avoid revealing it's final destination to the 
wrong parties.

Within minutes, the carrier reached a preset position and disengaged 
the multiple locks with which it held its precious cargo. Upon release, 
the giant body of Unit-02 slid off the carrier's ramp, falling a few 
stories, the unit was easily able to land on it's own two feet, thus 
avoided causing too much damage to the surrounding terrain. The Eva 
rose from its crouched position and regarded the carrier, which was 
already now fading off into the darkness, out of the range of her echo 
scans. 

Asuka: Shiest!

Asuka had been sitting in the Unit's entry plug for close to five hours 
now, she was aching badly all over the her body and was in quite 
frankly, a shitty mood. Things had not improved when she noted through 
her Eva's tracker, that the spare batteries were landing way off target 
and had scattered several kilometers from their designated pick-up 
point. Wasting no time, the multi-ton machine bounded across the 
landscape, desperate to reach the batteries before the Unit's own 
internal batteries ran dry.

Asuka: If I get stranded out here, those carrier pilots are going to 
get a piece of my mind ( and fists ) when I get back!

Fortunately, Asuka was able to locate them without any further problems 
and fitted her spare batteries in only a few seconds through practiced 
skills.

Asuka: Now... where was I supposed to go again? That's right! 20' 
Westwards!

Without another thought, the red Eva again made haste across the great 
Australian outback. A few Kangaroos were scared shitless by the 
appearance of the red monstrosity in the middle of the night but Asuka 
had thoughtfully avoided trampling over any of them. Almost using her 
full reserve power, she was able to reach an entrance to a large 
canyon, to which she immediately entered.

Asuka: Oh this is just great!

The girl was obviously not very happy that the canyon had turned out to 
be a dead end, it did not help her situation when she realized she had 
only about forty seconds of power left. Seeing that there wasn't much 
else she could do at this point, Asuka switched the Eva into minimal 
operation mode. She hoped she would be able to locate the base on her 
own two feet before attempting to reach it with her precious remaining 
power.

Asuka dropped off her Eva and landed carefully on the soft dusty 
ground. Being drenched with LCL, the red soil around her feet quickly 
turned into mud. Not to be discouraged by this, Asuka turned around and 

made for the Canyon's exit.

Man's voice in English: Miss Sohryu I presume?

She twirled around, getting rather tried of the way people kept on 
sneaking up behind he so often nowadays. Standing only a few feet away 
from her was a tall man, with dark short hair, he was of Asian descent, 
but the sound of his accent was definitely Australian.

Asuka ( answering in English ): Where the hell'd you come from?!

Man: The name's Phil, I believe you've been told about me? I'm sorry to 
keep you waiting ma'am. We had to make sure no one followed you and 
that there were no bugs on your Eva.

Asuka: Bugs? Ohh..... you 'that' kind....

Phil: Now if you'd get back in your Eva and follow me...

Asuka: Follow you where?! Because of your people's bad instructions I 
got only 40 seconds of motive power left so I can't get very far!

Phil: That won't be a problem ma'am.

Asuka: Huh? And quit calling me ma'am, I'm not an old lady you know!?

Phil: Whatever you say Miss Sohryu...

Phil ( lifting up a Comm-unit ): Ok boyz, she's clear... open up...

Asuka was more than flabbergasted when the side of the Canyon next to 
her slid open with a loud rumble, to reveal a subterranean Mag-Lev 
track similar to those used to transport the Evas beneath Toyko-3. It 
was mostly due to surprise though, as she quickly regained her composer 
and reasoned that the tracks were probably part of a larger network, 
which was actually normally used to shuttle equipment underneath the 
Australian outback in haste and secrecy.

Phil: The Mag-Lev carrier is the same configuration type you use in 
Toyko-3, just latch on and we can be on our way...

Asuka: What's with all the bloody secrecy?! How many more times do we 
have to switch transports?!

Phil: Oh, don't worry Miss Sohryu, the Mag-Lev carrier will take us 
directly to your final destination.

Asuka: It had better be or you're the first one I flatten, get it?

Phil ( sweating a little ): Err... Yes... now please... there are 
people anxious to make your acquaintance Miss Sohryu...

Asuka: So what I'm I here for anyway... they still haven't told me 
anything.

Phil: Refitting.

Asuka: Refitting?



Back in Toyko-3

Rei watched intently as the clouds drifted silently across the open 
night sky. The moon was full and shone down upon her as she stood on 
her apartment's roof, grasping lightly the cold metal railings which 
ran around its perimeter. She stared across the sea of human dwellings 
or rather 'the concrete hive' as she more often saw it. Across that 
hive, something called upon her. It reached out like a siren's song, 
though it was more like a whisper in the depths of her soul. Her soul: 
the only thing, which was hers. This apartment, these clothes, even 
this body weren't hers, they were all his; Commander Ikari's.

The whispers were subtle though. She was unable to pinpoint their exact 
source, nor how she did in fact sense it at all. In truth, the voice 
wasn't even really calling her, she merely sensed its presence within 
the city. It was her curiosity in fact, that was tempting her into 
finding it, she realized.

Then again, she already did have a good idea from whence it came from.

Perhaps it would be time to finally confront him with her queries. 
After all, had not her 'talk' with pilot Sohryu the night before had 
already turned out to be successful?

Rei settled her chin on her arms and signed. She looked up at the sky, 
the clouds having floated in front of the moon, casting a gelid 
darkness across the area. This time though, she thought, there would be 
no help from Angela.

Rei ( whispering to herself ): I will speak to him.

Conrad: Well then speak...

She twirled around so quickly she almost fell over. Being usually the 
quietest person around, Rei was used to unintentionally sneaking up on 
people, but she'd never thought that she would experience that for 
herself until now.

Rei: You...

Conrad: You have many questions... many of them are not relevant.

Rei stared at him intently as she often did, but unlike other's she'd 
stared at, he didn't seem at all uncomfortable with it.

Rei: You are the one I can sense...

Conrad: Probably... that might be because I had to form a connection to 
you in order to help you.

Rei: What do you mean?

Conrad: At one time, you were either unable or unwilling to express 
many emotions because you failed to understand them. I helped you 
understand them.

Rei: How?

Conrad: A medium, an interpreter if you will, for other people's 
emotions for you. By knowing other people's emotions, it helped you 
identify your own feelings.

Rei: But you did more than to translate their feelings for me...

Conrad: Again you're right... just as I can connect with you, I can 
connect with others, but unlike you, everyone else will not sense a 
difference. It is likely due to your nature.

Rei: What are you?

Conrad: Ah... well... It's a bit complicated... you'll find out sooner 
or later...

Rei: Why are you here?

Conrad: Quite frankly, I don't have a clue.

Rei: Why... are you helping me?

Conrad ( offering a smile ): I only do what feels right.

Rei: The Commander will not be happy with this interference.

Conrad: But what about you? Are you happy?

Rei: ...

Conrad: So?

She considered it a while, surprised that he would reply by querying 
about her feelings on the subject. Very few people ever asked her about 
how she felt about particular subjects. Was she happy that he helped 
her understand the people around her more?

Rei: Yes...

Conrad: Well that's good... well... I'm off then.

She then turned and looked around the surrounding apartment rooftops.

Rei: You should realize that Section 2 agents are probably observing 
our meeting at this very moment.

Conrad however, didn't seem to care, he slowly turned away and begun 
walking towards the stairs.

Conrad: What meeting?

With those words, reality ripped itself asunder. To Rei, it seemed as 
if a massive ripple had washed across the very ground she was standing 
on. Space and solid forms distorted like some abstract piece of art, 
whilst everything became blurred and a black void violently engulfed 
her.

She woke up with a start, the memory of her conversation with Conrad 
still fresh and already replaying in her mind. Rei took time to 
carefully memorize the information and then proceeded to examine her 
surroundings. She found herself back in her bed, within her apartment, 
where she had retired for the night. She realized in fact, that hadn't 
moved from the spot all night, or that she had gone up to her apartment 
roof for that matter.

Rei: I see...



Across town, in the dark corner of a bar

Two women sat opposite each other in a booth, awaiting the drinks 
they'd ordered previously. The bar was crowded with partygoers, one of 
the few places the people of Toyko-03 still went night clubbing. The 
two had chosen to come to this place to avoid the prying eyes and ears. 

Ritsuko: So what are you saying?

Misato: I think that think there's more to Angela's story than she's 
telling us. I have a feeling that she isn't part of OMBRA because she 
wants to.

Ritsuko: Since when are you the best of judge of character Misato? And 
anyhow we've just learnt of this other organization recently, how could 
you possibly know her reasons for being part of it? Besides I thought 
you didn't like her.

The Major toyed with the empty bottle of Lemon Ruski she'd drunk 
previously, pondering a response and whether she should grab another.

Misato: Well I don't hate her, I just... It's just a feeling ok?

Ritsuko: I'm a scientist Misato... remember that I don't go with 
'feeling' as certain facts.

Misato: It might be good to remind you that although you're a 
scientist. I on the other hand, am still a soldier or 'grunt', as you 
might call them. And we tend to rely on those 'feelings' or rather 
intuition, a lot in combat. That's what keeps us alive in those 
situations.

Ritsuko: I see your point, but other than that, why are you so worried 
about Angela's reasons then?

Misato: There's still so much we don't know about either OMBRA or its 
people; Angela included. I'm only trying to either understand or know 
more about them considering that woman's been assigned to me as an a 
tactical adviser... not that I need one.

Ritsuko: I don't pretend to understand Commander Ikari's reasons half 
the time, but I'm pretty sure having someone to help you couldn't hurt.

Misato: Ritsu...

Ritsuko: Hmmm?

Misato: Kaji's with them...

Ritsuko: ...

Ritsuko: So that's where he went off to...

Misato: I heard from him ages ago, but never reported it.

Ritsuko: I see... don't worry... he'll be fine...

Misato: ... 



Antrum-3, conference room.

In a room exactly like the one Gendo Ikari uses to commune with the 
members of SEELE, the present Commander of Antrum-3, Loren Boucien 
sits. She is shrouded in darkness but for a single floating unmarked 
holographic icon. The emblem of OMBRA.

Loren: Everything is proceeding as you predicted. Unit-02 and it's 
pilot are currently en route to Antrum-5 where the modifications for 
her task will occur. Ikari backed off just as you said he would.

Icon: People are so predictable. When you force them into a corner. 
Even Ikari.

Loren: How has the loss of Antrum-6 effected us in the long term?

Icon: The reports inform me that the economic losses are straining our 
resources. But Antrum-2 is already taking care of a temporary base for 
our continued mining operations. We will probably have to waste some 
more good money to turn some heads the other way before we can re-
establish a sub-oceanic operation like Antrum-6.

Loren: Then what shall we do about the Janus platform? Now that they 
know what it is there will be quite a hassle. 

Icon: Let them. It was always only for show anyway. Let them waste 
their missiles trying to take it out. The platform defense system 
should keep it safe for a while yet. China can't exactly point any 
fingers accusing someone of blowing up one of their mountains, which 
happens to be on top of a secret base filled with N2 mines now can 
they? I think their PR divisions already coming up with some story 
about some dull terrorist attack. 

Loren: They'll take it down then?

Icon: Eventually. They have plans to use a Positron cannon if the 
missiles fail, which they will.

Loren: What do we do about the other situation?

Icon: Ignore Dexter for now. Send Mr. Kaji to Antrum-5 to receive the 
2nd child. He will be of greater use controlling her than sitting 
around.

Loren: Yes, ever since his return from New York with Agent Nadel, he's 
been feeling responsible for her injuries.

Icon: Pity about Agent Nadel, she was a good agent.

Loren: It's doubtful she'll ever stand on her own legs again.

Icon: In any case, Dr. Mitcham will also be joining Mr. Kaji to 
supervise the modification of the Eva unit and the recovery of the beta 
segment.

Loren: Understood.

Icon: In the event that Ikari make a move against us, you will make him 
regret it.

Loren: Understood.

Icon: That is all.

The holographic display faded away as the voice finished its sentence, 
leaving Loren alone in the darkness of the room.



Loren found Kaji out in the main cavern, where he had started a small 
trend amongst especially the female elements in the base. Gardening. 
Only a few days since he'd arrived to Antrum-03 he request some melon 
seeds from the kitchen staff and headed off to find a suitable spot to 
plant them. Although much of their food actually came from self-
sufficient hydroponics, this was the first time someone had planted 
something that they had to take care of themselves, rather than letting 
it go through the automated process in hydroponic farming. Intrigued by 
the strange request, some of the female kitchen staff followed him, and 
before long, had started up their own small gardens in the same area.

It was a strange sight seeing Kaji watering his plants amongst several 
other OMBRA personnel, including Danielle, whom were tending their own 
Strawberry, Blueberry and even several flower patches on their free 
time. Luckily, the controlled conditions within the cavern allowed for 
many various types of plants to flourish. Loren knew for a fact that 
Kaji was the one who managed to get Danielle herself, to start her own 
garden. Strangely enough, it was a patch of sweet potatoes. Who'd ever 
guess, the tough Agent Nadel had a craving for sweet potatoes? Besides, 
now that she was stuck in a wheelchair there wasn't much else she 
could do. It was just like Dexter to aim for her thighbone, shattering 
it with one shot and leaving her handicapped for the rest of her life, 
rather than to simply kill her.

When someone finally noticed her approach, they all got up from 
whatever they were doing and saluted her, nodded them back at them and 
then headed straight for Kaji, who smiled and kept on watering all the 
same.

Loren: Kaji... Danielle...

Danielle / Kaji: Commander...

Loren: Kaji... a word with you... alone...

Kaji nodded and excused himself from Danielle and followed Loren off to 
a more secluded spot so that they could talk more privately.

Loren stopped when they came to the base of a very large pine tree, 
which cast a shadow over a wide area, hiding the two figures in a 
shroud of darkness.

Loren: You've got some new orders. You are to depart ASAP to Antrum-5, 
our base in Australia and supervise the 2nd child.

Kaji ( a little surprised ): Asuka?! How...?

Loren: It matters not, you are simply there to control her and make 
sure she doesn't go out of control. Her and her Eva are, after all, 
only 'borrowed' from NERV.

Kaji ( knowing better ): You mean more likely 'stolen' or 
'blackmailed' from NERV.

Loren: Second option of course.

Kaji: Hmmm, what do you need her for?

Loren: Peter will be accompanying you down there, he'll pass on the 
details. I trust you know to not tell her too much about our 
operations?

Kaji: I understand.

He was about to leave when...

Loren: Wait...

Kaji: I thought you told me to leave ASAP?

Loren: After I finish...

Kaji: What is it?

Loren didn't say a word, instead she opted to put her arms around him.

Kaji: Loren?

She still didn't respond as she hung on to him with a firm hug. 
Eventually, Kaji brought his arms up and wrapped them around her 
shoulders as well. They stayed like that for a while, until Loren 
looked up and kissed him. However, the act lasted for only a few 
seconds, reason being that Kaji pulled away from her, leaving the two 
standing a foot away from each other, inert. Kaji's eyes were lowered, 
but he didn't look away from her. Loren's however initially betrayed a 
look of surprise, but she then quickly lowered her gaze, avoiding any 
further eye contact.

Loren: So it's true then...

She spoke ever so softly. So different from when she was in control.

Loren: You're are in love with that Major. You've have forgotten me.

Kaji: I haven't forgotten...

Loren ( interrupting ): No... that's alright...

But the hurt in her eyes betrayed her. Kaji was surprised to find it 
there, but then again, he suspected that she blamed herself for loosing 
him.

Loren: 'We' were more than a decade ago... I just needing to be sure...

Kaji: But...

But the Commander did not reply, instead, she turned around and slowly 
walked away, towards the base.

Loren ( as she walked away ): You should get going...

Kaji ( watching her as she leaves ): Loren...



Far above, the silent void of space, an immensely ancient entity 
ponders its next move. It sensed that things are not right at all, 
someone or something has been interfering with the Lilims. They were 
stronger in will now than what was foreseen, they had been prepared.  A 
direct approach like what was planned was not feasible, another path 
had to be selected.

Ahh... perfect...

The entity sensed the object's presence before it could actually see 
it. Although still distant away, its focus was changed, namely, from 
the city of Tokyo-3 to the construct know amongst the Lilims as the 
Janus platform.




SEELE conference

SEELE 01: What is the meaning of this Ikari?!

SEELE 04: This is an outrage!

SEELE 03: Where is Unit-02 and it's pilot?!

Gendo: They have been taken off combat roster for extensive training 
and refitting.

SEELE 02: So how come the 2nd Child has been missing from school then?

SEELE 04: Surely, training does not normally require her to be absent 
every day?

Gendo: Her new training requires high levels of concentration, which is 
impossible with regular interaction with the school environment. She 
had been ordered to maintain minimum contact with any distractions. 
The new training will be completed in three weeks.

SEELE 01: What does this new training consists of?

Gendo: The pilot will attempt to increase her focus, she has been 
reported to lacking in that department.

SEELE 03: Yes... so we've heard...

SEELE 01: Very well Ikari. But in the future, you will make sure you 
confirm any such actions with us beforehand...

Gendo: Understood.



Voice: Kaji!!!

Kaji barely managed to get off the plane ramp when he was assaulted by 
a red blur. Totally surprised, he was knocked off his feet, and was 
flattened by the weight of the red blur. Who, in turn also tripped and 
fell on top of him.

Kaji: Ouch...

Peter ( stepping off the ramp after him ): Do you two need some time 
alone?

Kaji ( looking up to see who the red blur was ): Huh? Oh... hi Asuka...

The redhead in question was dressed in khaki shorts and a white top, 
quite appropriate for the weather of the Australia outback, even though 
they were underground. She was currently rubbing her forehead having 
bumped it on Kaji's chest when she fell on top of him.

Asuka ( standing up ): Owww... oh yeah... Kaji!!!!

As soon as Kaji had managed to stand up again, Asuka had him in a 
death-hug.

Kaji: A...Asuka... can't... breath...

Then before he knew it, Asuka pulled off and punched him in the gut. 
Causing him to fall on the hard ground once more. Everyone who was 
present to witness the action were by now all sporting large 
sweatdrops.

Asuka: That was for not saying goodbye when you left!

Kaji ( groaning from the pain ): Nice... to see you again... Asuka...

Peter ( offering a small smile ): Is she always like this?

Kaji ( still on the floor but with a small grin ): Oh yes. Always.

Peter: I'm beginning to see now why they sent you too...

Then, all of a sudden, unseen sirens began wailing across the interior 
of the cavern. The sound was deafening and caught them all by surprise.

Peter: What the hell?!

In amidst the confusion, Phil, the man who had made initial contact 
with Asuka appeared from the hangar doors. His face was paled, as if 
something had gone very wrong.

Phil: Dr. Mitcham? I think you better come with us...

Without another word, the OMBRA's head research director followed the 
man to the operations center of Antrum-05, where the base's Commander 
was busily shouting orders at the panicking technicians. Curious 
to see what the fuss was all about, both Kaji and Asuka follow them in.

Commander: Transmit the override codes!

Tech1: No use sir! The signal's being rejected!

Commander: Dammit! That's it... try the self-destruct code then!

Tech2: That won't do us any good sir! Only 9% of the systems are still 
responding to any commands at all. The remaining circuits have all been 
compromised...

Phil: Sir! Dr. Mitcham is here!

The man quickly turned around at the mention of the name.

Commander: Doc! We're is some serious shit right now! The Janus 
platform has been hi-jacked...

Peter: That's impossible! The system's completely isolated from all 
outside signals other than those coming from this exact geographical 
location!

Commander: Well screw this! Something's got control of it now, and it's 
not us!

Tech2: Sir! The platform's broken the geo-synch orbit! It's fired its 
retro-jets, the bloody thing's drifting away... we're getting sensor 
reports of massive damage to the main block's armour plates... it's 
like they're been torn off by something.

Asuka ( whispering to Kaji ): What's the Janus platform?

Kaji ( whispering back ): It's a Maser Cannon mounted orbital weapon's 
platform.

Asuka: What's a Maser?

Kaji: It's like a Laser... or a long ranged microwave...

Asuka: IT'S A WHAT!!?!

Peter ( ignoring Asuka's outburst ): Calculate it's trajectory... see 
were it's headed...

Kaji ( stating as a matter of fact ): Isn't it obvious... Toyko-3...

Phil ( somehow looking quite as confident as Kaji looked ): $50 bucks 
sez he's right.

Tech1: It's... heading straight towards... Toyko-3?

Commander: ...?

Kaji: I'm willing to bet it's an Angel.

Peter: This is highly unexpected... we have to inform Loren...

Kaji: Not to mention warning NERV might be also a good idea.

Peter: ....

Commander: It's gonna use the Maser to attack the city?

Kaji: They've been getting smarter... I don't see why not...

Peter: I see... it's infected the platform like it did with the Magi...

Asuka: Hmph! What the hell I'm I doing here? I should be back there! 
Loser boy and Wonder girl can't handle that thing alone!

Kaji: They seemed too be doing a good job before you came...

Asuka ( fuming ): What was that!!?

Kaji: Just calm down... they can handle it... trust them...

Asuka ( thinking ): I do... but knowing Shinji... he's gonna get hurt 
again...

Kaji ( noting her disgruntled look ): Are you worried about Shinji?

Asuka: Oh don't you even dare start on that too!!!



Only a little while later, NERV operation's center

The whole base was ready on full alert and all the civilians had been 
evacuated to their shelters. News of the hi-jacked orbital platform had 
reached NERV from Loren as soon as she became aware of it herself.

Misato entered the operation's center surprisingly accompanied by both 
Angela and Conrad. She'd previously had taken her time to send the 
children on their way to their Evas and thus still had to be informed 
of the situation. Angela, took it upon herself to provide the Major 
with background info on the platform on their way in.

Misato: So why don't we simply take the platform down with anti-
satellite missiles or aerial N2s?

Angela: You can't, the platform's equipped with the latest defenses. 
Are you familiar with the Metal Storm weapon systems?

Misato gave a nod, knowing what Angela was talking about. It was a 
system developed in Australia in the last decade of the 20th century, a 
system with enabled guns with be built with indefinite numbers of 
barrels which can all fire simultaneously... she'd always wanted to try 
them out herself, but they were all pretty expensive.

Angela: Well, imagine a device, using the Metal Storm, which can 
automatically track incoming projectiles and can fire thousands of 
rounds simultaneously in a screening pattern at any given angle of 
approach. Think of it like the CHAFF countermeasures on a fighter 
craft, except replace the cloud of shrapnel with a hail of 5mm rounds.

Misato: No missile would be able to get past that screen without 
detonating... you're saying the platform is equipped with this device?

Angela: More like eighteen of them... if it detects an attack early 
enough, that many of them it can even deflect solid projectiles.

Touji finally made an appearance too, as the backup pilot, it was his 
duty to remain within close proximity in case he was required. As 
unlikely that was.

Misato: That leaves us with the Positron cannon then...

Angela: Yes, only a direct beam weapon could do it.

Misato ( coming to a halt and looking around ): Ritsuko you heard her?

Ritsuko ( looking up from a screen next to Maya ): Yes, I heard, I've 
already ordered the deployment of the Positron cannon for Unit-01. 

Misato: What's the countdown? 

Ritsuko: It'll be right on top of us in fifteen minutes. Exactly at 
2000 hours.

In the background, Commander Ikari sat, content with allowing the Major 
control of the situation, for now... beside him, Sub-Commander 
Fuyutsuki stood silently as always.

Aoba: Commander, there's a signal coming through, the origins can't be 
identified but it's... it's marked as a direct feed from OMBRA.

Misato turned and looked up at the Commander, who seemed to consider 
something for a moment and then nodded to her.

Misato: On screen.

The face, which appeared on the screen next, was not someone who Misato 
was expecting.

Kaji: Hello darl...

Misato: What the *@#$!

Angela ( sarcastically ): Oh great... just who we need to see before we 
die...

Ritsuko: Kaji?!

Kaji: Hiya Ritz, I got someone here you might want to meet; Dr. 
Mitchen, the man who designed most of the systems on the platform.

There was a little bit of fuss on the other end of the feed, but 
eventually Peter appeared on the screen next to Kaji.

Peter: Dr. Akagi?

Ritsuko: Yes?

Peter: I have good news and bad news...

Ritsuko: What's the good news?

Peter: The Janus platform's solar array was damaged when the Angel made 
it's forced takeover. It can still provide the beam with constant power 
but it will be considerably weaker than its full capabilities.

Ritsuko: So what's the bad news?

Peter: There might be some problems with your plans to take out the 
platform with the Positron cannon.

Ritsuko: I was informed that the platform did not have a defensive 
system to counter an energy weapon...

Peter: That may be true, but the few sensors which we can still manage 
to coax data out of suggests that the Angel has now merging itself into 
the superstructure of the platform.

Ritsuko: My god... you're right...

Misato: What? What's the problem...

Ritsuko: Don't you see... the Angel isn't only using the platform as a 
weapon, but it's also protecting it with it's own AT-field.



Meanwhile, inside Unit-01's entry plug

Shinji ( thinking ): What are they waiting for?

Shinji: ...

Shinji ( thinking ): It's only me and Rei again... I hope Asuka's 
alright, where ever she is...

Shinji: ...

Misato ( suddenly appearing on a Comm window ): Shinji?

Shinji: Yes?

Misato: We're using a modified version of the JSSDF's Positron Cannon 
again, ours has neither the range or power to penetrate the Angel's AT-
field.

Shinji: You mean we're gonna drain the power of Japan again?

Misato: No... we don't have time for that, but the Cannon's still our 
only option.

Shinji ( frowning ): I see...

Misato: Oh quit being so pessimistic...!

Shinji: ...

Misato: Rei?

Rei ( also appearing on another Comm window ): Yes?

Misato: We're doing it like last time, you'll be in charge of 
protecting Unit-01.

Rei: Yes.

Misato: Alright... Shinji, you'll be deployed with the Positron Cannon, 
whilst Rei will concentrate on covering you with her AT-field. It's 
risky gamble, but only an AT-field has any chance of blocking the 
Maser beam.

Rei & Shinji: Understood.

Misato: Ok, move out and deploy at the preset locations.

Within minutes, Shinji and Rei had reached the surface, preparing 
themselves to welcome their latest uninvited guest. 



The rain splashed noisily off the purple armour of Unit-01 as it leaned 
against a large weapons building as to help support it's heavy load and 
maintain better balance for the time it would be fired. Shinji always 
hated taking the Eva out in the rain because of the noise it caused as 
it battered against the composite plates, which formed the outer skin 
of the Eva. The sound always seemed to echo painfully within his skull.

Shinji found his hand was twitching nervously as he held the large 
modified version of the Positron Cannon he used a while ago. It was 
involuntary, but his Eva seemed to mimic it none the less. Rei, who was 
standing next to him, could see it clearly and opened a channel to him 
in hopes of helping him calm down.

Rei: Shinji...

Shinji: I know... but I can't help it... I remembered what almost 
happened last time I used this thing. And you... you don't even have a 
shield this time...

Rei: My AT-field will block the attack.

Shinji: But... but are you sure you can hold it off...?

Rei: I can. I will. I have to...

Shinji: Rei...

Rei: Yes?

Shinji: Thank you.

Shinji didn't say anything further. He didn't need to. With a smile, he 
tightened his grip on the Positron Cannon, hefting the heavy weapon 
higher on his Eva's shoulder, scanning the skies for the expected foe. 
in Within her entry plug, Rei was blushing wildly, glad that she had 
quickly cut off the connection at this point. She was wearing a light 
smile however, the kind she first showed Shinji after the battle 
against the 5th Angel.

All of a sudden, her smile faded and lifted her head towards the sky.

It was here.

Misato ( appearing again on a Comm window ): Shinji! Rei! It's here, 
get ready!

As soon as the words left her lips, the clouds seemed to part and a 
giant ray of bright scarlet energy broke through the cloud front, 
impacting the ground not too far away from them. In a fraction of a 
second after the Maser struck, it immediately skimmed across the city, 
causing destruction and mayhem to where ever it passed. Small houses 
were reduced to charred ruins as the beam burned through them, whilst 
larger buildings were sliced in half.

Unit-01 was however still locking on to the tiny speck from which the 
violent attack originated from, only his Eva's sensors allowing his 
sight to penetrate the think rain clouds which shielded the Angel's 
position. The task made harder due to the electromagnetic discharge 
from the Maser beam into the clouds, which dispersed and incited the 
soft rain into a thunderstorm. There was little Shinji could do about 
it.

In the meantime, Rei noticed the beam was heading dangerously towards 
their position. Leaving a trail of blazing inferno behind it.

Rei: Shinji!!!

Finally, the on-board targeting system confirmed a lock on to the 
target and gave the go ahead. Needless to say, Shinji gritted his teeth 
and gladly pulled the trigger, which caused another screaming bolt of 
energy to lance out towards space.

Those on the Command Bridge held their breath and awaited the results 
as their own attack reached out through the atmosphere towards the mass 
of jumbled metal and organic matter that was once the 15th Angel and 
the Janus platform.

With a slight shudder by their target, the positron beam bounced clean 
off the Angel's AT-field.

Obvious disappointment was clearly visible on everyone's face as they 
realized the weapon had failed.

It did not however stop Rei from noticing that the Angel's own Maser 
beam was now racing towards them even faster.

Rei: Shinji! The beam!

Shinji: OH S$%T! Get out of here Rei!

Realizing that the Positron Cannon was now as useful to him as an 
oversized paperweight, Shinji dropped the multi-ton, multi-million 
dollar weapon unceremoniously on the ground.

But the scarlet beam was already upon them. Rei managed to raise her 
AT-field just in time before the energy concentrated itself above her. 
Feeling the deadly force of the attack, Rei had to stop in her tracks 
to focus her concentration on the field to strengthen it and prevent it 
from breaking through.



Command Bridge

Touji: It didn't work!

Misato: I can see that! 

Ritsuko: We don't have time for this, anyone has a viable idea then 
they better say it out now!

It seemed that it that Rei had managed to protect herself for the time 
being. The Maser beam had halted right on top of Unit-00 like it was 
waiting for its victim to drop its defenses. At lest it gave them a 
little breathing space to plan a new counter-attack. Though, Shinji 
could only stared in horror, as he knew that the slightest slip by the 
part of Rei could mean her AT-field collapsing.

Conrad ( whispering to Angela ): This is wrong...

Angela: Damn right it wrong.

Conrad: No, you don't understand. The Angel, it's up to something... 
this isn't all...

Angela: ... You sure?

Conrad: Positive... get her out of there... fast...

He looked around, making sure that no one was listening in. Major 
Katsuragi and Dr. Akagi were however standing too close for comfort.

Conrad: I... I'll be going to a shelter...

Angela: I understand.

Through their own unspoken language, Angela knew all too well that he 
didn't have any intention of going to any shelter, but continued to 
with disregard, as he departed. Conrad silently turned around and left 
the scene unnoticed.

As soon as she was sure he'd made it out of the room she spoke up.

Angela: Major. You have to get Rei from underneath that thing.

Misato: I know.

Angela: No, I mean now.

Misato: But if she moves again the beam will simply follow her and 
simply cause more damage.

Angela: No, you don't understand, I mean NOW. The Angel will do 
something else.

Ritsuko ( in a sarcastic tone ): And you would happen to know this 
because?

Angela ( ignoring her ): Rei, you hear me! It's Angela. Get hell outta 
there!

Misato: Hey! You can't do that!



Upon hearing Angela's words, Rei unconsciously shifted slightly to her 
side. Getting ready to make a run for it. Somehow, she knew that the 
Angela was right and that the Angel would do something else than simply 
use the Maser Cannon. She soon found out just how right she was.

Another beam of light, a larger, brighter white one, spotlighted her 
from the same direction as the Maser's. It was the slight shift, and 
readiness to run that saved Rei. Unit-00's AT-field collapsed the 
instant the white light enveloped her, accompanied by the sound of Rei 
screaming her lungs out. As the field collapsed, the scarlet Maser beam 
bit through her flank and sliced a good portion of her Eva's left arm 
clean off. The wound didn't even bleed, as the flesh was sealed close 
by the heat.

Shinji: Rei!!!

Unit-00 clutched its head with its right hand and the severed stump of 
its left arm. Rei howled in agony and almost fell further into the 
Maser beam. Without another thought, Shinji rushed to her aid. He 
grasped her right arm and ripped her out from underneath both beams, he 
immediately hefted her damaged Eva and ran.



Misato: What the hell was that!

Angela: The AT-field didn't stop it, whatever it was.

Ritsuko: We're analyzing it now... Misato, get them both the hell away 
from that thing as soon as possible...

Misato: Did you hear that Shinji! Get Rei into retrieval point 56, then 
draw it's fire until she's secured. After that make your way to 58 yourself!

Shinji: I'm on to it!

Angela: So... it was a two-fold attack. It could bring down an AT-field 
already by itself, but it needed the Janus platform to physically 
attack.

Ritsuko ( staring at Angela ): How... the hell did you know this was 
going to happen?

Angela: Good guess?



Shinji glance nervously behind him as he pushed his Eva as fast as it 
would go, noting that both beams originating from the Angel were now 
moving. Or more correctly, following him. He was barely keeping in 
front of it. So he decided to make sure of Rei's condition.

Shinji: Rei! Are you alright?!

No good, she was out cold.

Shinji: Damn it!

When he got to the retrieval point, he pushed her roughly onto the 
transport building, not having to time to do it with much care. Once 
she was safely inside the blue Eva was evacuated back into the relative 
safety of the Geo-front. The beams were by then close behind him but 
managed to leap aside when they shredded the buildings next to him 
aside. He was about to run off to his own retrieval point when he 
noticed something different. The white beam was not running with the 
red one any more.

He glanced around.

It was right behind him and coming up at high speed.

Shinji: %#@!!!!

He threw himself to one side again as the Angel's attack missed him by 
a few meters.

Shinji: Misato! It's splitting it's attacks!!!

Misato: Just concentrate on getting out of there now!!

Gendo: Belay that order. You will head to retrieval point 194.

Misato: Commander! Why!?

Gendo: He will descend to Terminal Dogma from there and obtain... a 
weapon.



Fuyutsuki ( whispering behind him): Ikari...!

Gendo ( answering softly so only Fuyutsuki could hear him ): Yes?

Fuyutsuki: You can't be serious... think of what might happen! And even 
if we do get through this alive, the old man will count this as the 
last straw, they will remove you.

Gendo: I'm well aware of the dangers, but there are no alternatives. 
The old man will see that and will not attempt to remove me until the 
right time. Rei is not in any position to fight, what else would you 
suggest we do?

Fuyutsuki: ...



Seeing the unwavering look the Commander kept on her, Misato was forced 
to concede, as much as she distrusted the orders.

Misato: Shinji... go.

Shinji: ...

Shinji wasn't in the position to argue, he ducked and dodged between 
the two attacks as best he could. Occasionally, the Maser beam would 
skim sections of his armour for a few milliseconds, but still enough to 
burn through the whole way to the flesh. Splashes of molten alloy 
dripped onto the concrete roads, sizzling a trail of vapor amidst the 
rain.

Ignoring the scorching pain from the burns, Shinji headed towards 
retrieval point 194, where he would be transported down to Terminal 
Dogma. An area he'd only heard of but never allowed access to. To his 
horror, when he'd almost made it, the Maser beam lanced in front of him 
and ripped his destination to shreds.

Shinji: Damn!

Now he found himself out in the open, with no retrieval points within 
reach of his power cable, his onboard NAV system displaying ever so 
nicely the retrieval points which had been compromised. It seem that 
the Angel had been smart enough to destroy them all before anyone had 
noticed it. Painfully, he realized that if he were to stop to change 
the extension, he'd be sliced and diced before he could move again. He 
was already merely by chance, that the beam hadn't struck his cable so 
far.

Oddly enough, the universe is always ready to comply.

Shinji could only watch as the beam spiraled around after destroying 
retrieval point 194 and burnt clean through his power cable whilst he 
was distracted.

He groaned as the all too familiar countdown appeared.

He had to get out of there.

Voice: Shinji...

It was back, the voice at the back of his head, the voice of what he 
could only now presume was his Eva, the voice that helped him when he 
fought against the 14th Angel. Hell' have to freeze over before he told 
anyone about it though, he didn't fancy spending the rest of his life 
in confinement due to probable 'mental contamination'.

Voice: Shinji...

Shinji: Help me! I don't know what to do!

Misato: Calm down Shinji!

Angela: Find him a way out of there now!

Ritsuko: She right Misato! He can't go on for much longer!

Misato ( panicking ): ... I... I don't know... There's got to be a... 
That's it! The vent shaft!

She quickly ordered Maya to bring up the plans for any vents shafts 
nearby. They would have to make use of them instead, just like when the 
9th attacked.

Misato: That's right! Shinji! The vent shaft, it's next to the 
retrieval point!

Ritsuko: Maya! Open the vent's surface barrier, close it and the other 
barriers progressively as he gets down to Terminal Dogma.

Maya: Yes Sempai!

Ritsuko: Shinji, that particular vent goes all the way down to Terminal 
Dogma, it's a very long drop.

Misato: It'll have to do though, we've got no choice. It's either that 
or being out there when your power runs out.

Shinji: I... I understand...

Ritsuko: The barrier's open! Go!

Shinji: Right!

With the massive strides an Eva was capable of, Shinji reached the vent 
in no time, but the beams were now closing on to him. He noticed that 
the white one was speeding in front of him, most likely to intercept 
him. He therefore did the only thing he could do, dive heads first 
directly into the vent, where he met a 'very' long drop. The red beam 
immediately positioned itself right above the vent, though the surface 
barrier closed behind Shinji, it served only to delay the beam for 
several seconds. Luckily, as Unit-01 descended at terminal velocity, 
more and more barriers closed behind it, delaying the Angel's attack 
even longer. To Shinji, the fall seemed like it took forever, but by 
the time he could see the bottom of the vent, he had managed to 
skillfully flip his Eva into an upright position through his newfound 
synchrony with the Eva. He then engaged his emergency thrusters, 
enabling him a controlled landing at the bottom of the shaft.

Misato: Shinji! Hurry! Break through the wall at you left.

Shinji immediately complied, hammering the wall with both of his Eva's 
fists, until it cracked and crumbled under the force.

Misato: Good! Now get in there!

Shinji did as she told him, just in time to get out of there before the 
Maser pieced through the last barrier and flooded the shaft with the 
molten alloy of which once formed the barriers from above.

Gendo: Open the gate to the LCL plant.

The armoured seals hissed opened as the barrier baring the gateway to 
the LCL plant was opened. As so as the entrance was clear, Unit-01 made 
it's way inside. Shinji found himself in a massive space, almost as 
large as the Geo-front itself. He bent over, allowing himself a small 
pause before having to resume his task at hand.

Voice: Shinji... listen to me...

Shinji ( whispering ): I'm... listening...




Maya: The Angel's diverted it's attack to the center of Toyko-03 ma'am, 
the Magi estimates it'll break through in less than ten minutes.

Ritsuko: This is the Maser when it's not at full strength? I'd hate to 
see it when it was.

Misato: How's Rei?

Aoba: The recover crew has her. Physically she'd fine, but her psycho-
graph's off the charts and abnormal brain activity has been detected.

Maya: The sensors report the composition of its secondary attack if 
similar to that of an AT-field.

Angela: A psychic attack...

Ritsuko: A form of psychic attack, yes... nothing to do with ESP 
nonsense though.

Angela ( thinking back to her Catholic upbringing ): Talk about demonic 
attacks... who's ever heard of angelic attacks before...

Misato ( staring at the Commander ): What now sir?

Gendo: Unit-01's pilot will proceed with obtaining the weapon at the 
center of Terminal Dogma, he will regard whatever he sees in there as 
extremely classified material. He will then proceed to re-establishing 
connection with a power cable, upon which he will then be launched 
again to intercept the Angel with the weapon.

Fuyutsuki: You better move it, or Unit-01 will run out of power.

Misato: ...



Strangely enough there wasn't even an acknowledgment from Shinji, but 
they could see him nodding on the Comm screen. The Eva's external 
cameras themselves had been switched off, due to the sensitive 
nature of the interior of Terminal Dogma. 

Unit-01 began wading into the lake of LCL. It's target in sight.



Gendo: Major.

Misato: Yes?

Gendo: Prepare Unit-00 for re-activation.

Misato: But Rei's not... oh...

She turned around until she met Touji's gaze.



Unit-01 reached the crucified Lilith and swiftly extracted the Lance of 
Longinus from it. Enabling the creature to regenerate further, it's 
legs growing back within a split second. They tumbled down into the 
LCL, causing massive waves and ripples on the surface of the lake. 
Unit-01 promptly ignored it and turned towards the exit.

The one minute mark was reached in the entry plug's remaining 
activation time display.



Touji: Me!?!

Ritsuko: What did you expect... you're the backup pilot.

Misato: But it's not going to work! You remember what happened when 
Shinji tried to synchronize with Unit-00!

Ritsuko: None the less we must try. Or would you rather Shinji go 
against this Angel alone?



Unit-01 reached the exit, where upon it found the transport rails, 
which would take it back to the surface. It also found a power socket 
and promptly plugged it in. The display reverted to a triple set of 
eighty-eight, confirming that the power connection was re-established. 
The unit then smoothly settled on the transport rails, allowing the 
magnetic clamps to lock on to the Eva.



Touji ( rushing off to where Unit-00 was docked ): It's alright Misato! 
I can do it!

Misato: Be careful!

Ritsuko: Shinji! We're going to attempt activating Unit-00 with Touji, 
if that works we'll send him to help you.

Shinji: That won't be necessary.

Ristuko: ...?

Gendo stared suspiciously at the Comm screen, having expected some sort 
of weak outburst from his son. Yet he was however proven wrong, as he 
suddenly realized that Shinji had already retrieved the Lance and 
was in position to launch back to the surface again. There wasn't even 
a query about the huge white figure mounted on the cross in the middle 
of a LCL lake, or why the weapon he was meant to retrieve was 
impaling the creature. 

It was as if Shinji had already known about them. 

But that was impossible.

Shinji: Launch Eva.

Before anyone could react, Unit-01 shot up with the force of several 
G's. The route had been plotted already, depositing him and his Eva 
almost outside the city limits. Far way from the focus of the beam 
attack.

As far as he was from the attack, the Angel was already redirecting its 
Maser beam towards Unit-01, with the white beam trailing it quickly 
behind it, which meant that he had to act quickly. He positioned 
himself in readiness to throw the lance when a channel opened up, 
interrupting him.

Conrad: Stop!

Shinji: Conrad!? What the hell are you doing?

Conrad: Don't throw the lance yet.

Shinji: Give me a good reason why not, considering the fact that 
there's a bloody Maser beam streaking across the city towards me right 
now!

Nervously, Shinji became aware that that his channel to NERV had been 
cut off in the process. Even the voice, which had been guiding him, has 
been fading into soft barely audible whispers.

Conrad: The platform's anti-missile system is still fully active, the 
Angel chose it especially because of that feature. Nothing can normally 
stop that lance, but the system's powerful enough to at lest deflect 
inbound angle of the lance once you throw it.

Shinji: So what the hell do I do now!

Conrad: Buy me some time! I can bring the system down!

Shinji: But! You...?!

Conrad: Just shut up and run!

Not being exactly in the position to argue at the moment, Shinji turned 
around and run, carrying the massive lance with him as the beam 
continued its chase.



Back in NERV

Misato: What the hell is going on!

Ritsuko: We've been cut off! We can't contact unit-01!

Misato: So why had Shinji been running away from the damned Angel when 
he's just got to throw the damned lance!

Peter: Because it'll be pointless.

Misato:  Huh?!

Amidst the confusion, they had completely forgotten that they still had 
an open channel to OMBRA. But it still didn't help them understand what 
he meant by that.

Peter: Don't worry, we'll be remedying the situation soon.



Outside, in the rain, stood Conrad. He waited on top of a building in 
the path of the beams. Although cold and soaked head to toes, he stood 
unwavering as the red beam skimmed off the western flank of the 
building.

He knew he could block the system somehow, but he needed a way to up-
link with it. The platform's receivers have been redirected so that 
even Antrum-5 couldn't gain access anymore. So that means was out 
of question.

However, he did know of another way to get through to the system.

But it was going to be quite unpleasant.

Unfortunately for him, it wasn't an option anymore.

Conrad didn't have to wait long before the chance he was waiting for 
reached him. He winced as the light of Arael's soul enveloped him.



A second later, the whispering voice at the back of Shinji's mind 
suddenly became clear. It was so forceful that even if he wanted to, he 
couldn't have refused it.

Voice: Now!

The conviction in the voice commanded him to turn around and throw the 
lance. But there wasn't any doubt in Shinji's mind that it was the 
right thing to do. The stress caused by the force of the throw was 
enough to rip apart several strands of muscles in unit-01's arms. But 
the lance flew true towards its target. Tearing though the clouds, 
creating a spiral trail of powerful turbulence as it moved through the 
atmosphere.

Far above, the eighteen automated anti-missile systems begun tracking 
the advancing projectile. But somewhere along the way they slowly came 
to a halt. The system failed, its remaining ammo was jettisoned into 
space. The platform's only defense became the Angel's AT-field.

Which had much of a chance of standing up to the lance as a snowball in 
hell.

Inside Unit-01's entry plug, Shinji finally breathed a sign of relief 
as he saw the bright implosion that signified the destruction of the 
15th Angel.

It was finally over. Another Angel had been destroyed.

But at what cost?

It still wasn't clear what happened to Rei.

But most of the city had been reduced to ruins.

Scorch marks scared the streets. Homes and businesses were lost. Shinji 
wondered why anyone would even bother remain in the city this time.



Although the Angel was destroyed, the tattered remains of the Janus 
platform began to fall unrestrained into the atmosphere of the planet. 
Technically, it should burn up completely upon re-entry, but even if by 
some chance it didn't, the Magi had already calculated that it would 
fall in an uninhabited area far away from the city.

In fact, the participation of the Janus platform in the incident was 
never to be logged down in any 'official' report. There were too many 
political issues at stake. After all, if NERV were to expose OMBRA as 
being an organization powerful enough to have launched an orbital 
weapons platform in secret, what would stop OMBRA in turning in certain 
dirty little secrets under NERV's rug.

Officially, the story was that the Janus platform was an unfortunate 
casualty of the angel's attack. Having being forced out of its orbit by 
the angel and destroyed upon re-entry.



Some time later

A tall figure wearing a blue poncho stepped out into the rain. She 
immediately sighted the prone body on the rooftop, and advanced towards 
it. Upon reaching the waterlogged body she came to a halt and stared 
down at it.

She then nudged it a few times with her foot.

Angela: You dead yet?

Her answer came in form of a slight groan.

Conrad: Uhhhhhhh...

Angela: Guess not... come on...let's get you cleaned up and somewhere 
warm before you catch a cold...

She reached down and grabbed one of his arms, and hefted him onto her 
shoulders. Slowly, she began carrying him back to the doorway.



In the darkness of his office, Gendo Ikari contemplated the events of 
the day. From the Angel's attack to Rei's current condition. Then there 
was the mystery of what had happened at the end of the battle, where 
the communication link was temporarily lost to Unit-01. The pilot 
feigned memory loss, the same old excuses. But he knew better.

Although the events of the day went against his plans, he found that 
there were new elements, which he could use to reinforce his them. He 
waited patiently for the phone call that would report the outcome of 
the special engineering team he'd sent out.

He smiled slightly as the phone rang.

Gendo: Report.

Voice: The target has been retrieved. It was in surprisingly good 
shape, considering what it had been through.

Gendo: Transport it immediately back to NERV, begin repairs as soon as 
it is in the secured bay.

Voice: Acknowledged.

Gendo: One more thing.

Voice: Yes?

Gendo: Make sure you don't leave any trace. Destroy the crash site.

Voice: I will see to it myself.

Gendo place the receiver down.

One more item secured for the final battle he thought. 

Two more to go, and then... I will see her again...

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END CHAPTER 6

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*Author's Corner*

Again that took quite a while, and again I'd actually finished this 
chapter essentially several weeks ago... :(

Gomen! I've been:
1. Busy
2. Lazy
3. Playing Dues Ex / Diablo II / Vampire:TM and etc...
5. Editing my next update to my page.
6. Writing the next fic 'Pariah', which is equal in length to about 
three Eva: Fallen Angel chapters!!!

Ok... here's the thing, I was a little disappointed with the end of the 
chapter a bit. It might be that I was going nuts writing it when 
suddenly I realized that I was going to have a lot of trouble 
eliminating this Angel... I almost made the bastard impossible to kill! 
So short of rewriting a good portion of the chapter I settled with this 
ending.

This really the trouble with writing from the top of you head, 'cause
once you head down a branch on the tree of possibilities then you might 
find you're stuck in a dead end. Which is what worries me at this 
point. It can't be helped though, I can only learn as I go.

BTW just in case you wonder why I even considered having the Angel nab 
the platform when it already had such a powerful attack... this was 
because I felt that if the Evas weren't there to be attacked, how on 
earth is the damned thing going to get into the Geofront?!

Honestly though, I do get a bit tired of this series... that's why I 
took a break and worked on that new fic.

'Pariah' is due to be finished soon, so when that's done I'll get back 
on working with Eva:Fallen Angel ASAP!

Coming up next: Chapter 7: Death or glory / Touched. 
Will the true nature of Conrad be finally revealed? What other tricks 
to OMBRA have under their sleeves to keep NERV in check? Will Rei 
recover from the weird affliction she is suffering from at the hands of 
the Angel's mental attack? Stay tuned for the as I drive deeper into 
insanity!

Many thanks to my pre-readers:

Axel Terizaki
Zoe Symons
Juan Luis Carrasco
Orac Otaku
Sayuri
Seph Khan

Anyway, enough talk... must go back to... uhhhh... finish writing Pariah... right... till next time!

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