Hello All! This is a twoshot Eva Fanfic that I created in my spare time. Inspired by Mobile Fighter Evangelion and the concept of all the Superhero!Eva fanfics running around nowadays, I hope to give you all a good story. I may continue the series if it turns out people like it, but for now this is for my own amusement.

EDIT: This story will be continued!

Quick note: Everyone in the story doubles as an expy for another famous manga/superhero character! See if you can spot which ones are which, or just scroll to the bottom of the picture I've made:

To see how the characters look in the series, go to Deviant art, look up cataclyptic (me), without spaces, go to my gallery and then select the folder for Super Evangelion. Three character sheets are up! I wish I could post links but for now, FF has thwarted all 15 attempts for me to make one. Yes, I tried fifteen times and none of them worked.

With all that out of the way, let's begin!

Gendo Ikari stepped into a dimly lit room with so much nonchalance, one wouldn't assume the apocalypse was about to start. The black haired man pushed his red circular glasses up for one last time before entering a series of secret codes into his computer terminal. Accepting these codes, the computer linked him up with holographic versions of each SEELE member, who had been awaiting his arrival.

Other than him, five men occupied a position on a long black holographic table, two on each side with Gendo at the back and opposite to him, their leader at the head of the table. The members had disagreed on this, as if made four of them look unimportant by comparison, sitting at the sides while Gendo and Keel occupied the farthest ends of the table. However, the old man had managed to convince them all the matter was of little importance, and Gendo's role at the head of NERV was crucial to The Scenario.

The idiots actually bought the lie. Or at least, Gendo assumed they were all idiots, unable to see the massive ego behind the wrinkled face of their leader. Maybe Keel had them all blackmailed somehow; Gendo wouldn't put it past such a man with unchecked ego to spend billions if only to gain a single edge of importance at a holographic table. This massive ego would be Keel's undoing in the end, but Gendo stayed shut about this. His Plan would be all the better for it.

"I assume preparations are all completed?" asked the Israeli Prime Minister. All six members of SEELE had large power over their respective country in one way or another, for convenience.

"I should hope Gendo made suitable measures," said the Russian leader, "I would not want to wait any longer. Electing Putin as my patsy gets harder with each passing year."

Gendo nearly felt for his glasses, but reasoned it wouldn't be a wise move to display even a bit of insecurity at this vital stage. "All completed as per our designs." said the man simply.

"What of Rei?" asked one of them.

"Rei has completed her training." the bearded man spoke succinctly, "There is nothing further to do but wait."

At this, Keel Lorenz rose from his spot. His ancient face almost twisted into a smile, or was that Gendo's imagination? At any rate he spoke. "Then wait we shall. Gentlemen," he gestured to each of them, "immortality and godhood are at our fingertips. Let us allow these items to come into our grasp."

The members of SEELE agreed with this notion. Gendo had done his part, so there was nothing further to discuss. The members of the organization each faded one after another until the black haired NERV leader was left with Keel Lorenz. It seemed as though the old man had something else he wanted to say.

"Gendo. Like it or not, all of our hopes rest upon you. So let me be clear:" spoke the man in a semi-threatening tone, "Do not fail me."

The NERV leader displayed no emotion. He and Keel held a staring contest for a couple more seconds before the leader finally turned off his hologram as well. He was alone.

Being alone suited Gendo though, as the one person whom he allowed to stay in his company willingly had passed away long ago. But soon, that would change. With the Scenario, everything would be as if it was back then. She would once again be in his grasp, and it would be the two of together, forever, as it should be.

Gendo clutched the locket that he kept hidden under his shirt unconsciously, but relished in the texture. Inside the locket was a simple photo: him and his wife. Before their son came along, everything had been perfect. Soon, that distant memory would become a reality once again. For Gendo Ikari at least, the old adage rang true.

Love makes you do crazy things.

Super Evangelion

New Reality (Act one: Beast from Beyond)

A roaring crowd had gathered on the grounds outside of Tokyo-3 High School, their shouts of encouragement filling their air the sort of zeal that only teenagers can create. The grounds, devoid of teachers at the hour, was jam packed with students each trying to get a better shot of the center and bets going around via whispering.

"Scuse me! Pardon me! Best friend coming through! I need to record this and I have the best camera so get out of my way!" shouted a bespectacled brown haired boy moving his way through the crowd. He was dressed in the school's uniform, a white shirt with a red tie, but where one would expect to find black pants instead found black and green army trousers. The boy insisted that he wear it under his black pants every single say at school, no matter how sweaty he got.

Kensuke Aida was a military nut and he would be damned if everyone else didn't know that too. The boy finally made it to the edge of the crowd where he pushed himself free onto the circle that had formed by the crowd's boundaries. He flipped up his camera, aiming it at the two combatants.

In the center of this teenage wall were two contestants who had agreed to a brawl outside of class, something always appreciated by the youth. This was nothing out of the ordinary considering who these fighters were, but nonetheless whatever happened next would definitely be fun.

"Toji!" Kensuke waved to his best friend, a somewhat tall boy wearing of all things, a tracksuit.

Toji Suzuhara regarded Kensuke first with a curt nod, then with an overconfident grin that can only be achieved by being a hormone addled male with a penchant for risk. His red and white tracksuit, the lucky one, only gave the black haired boy even more confidence as he stared down his hated arch enemy: The German Hellspawn Bitch From Hell.

Said young woman of Germanic descent eyed Toji with a queenly look, that of the ruler stepping down to meet the commoner at equal length, for amusement. She brushed a bit of her orange hair aside and flashed a grin of perfect white teeth at the eager crowd.

"TOJI!" A new voice had entered the area, a panting young girl who had just managed to pass the wall of flesh surrounding he two fighters. Her brown hair was braided into a single short ponytail held by a ribbon. Dressed in the usual female uniform of a white undershirt, blue blazer and long skirt, Toji noticed that as per usual, her attire didn't have a single wrinkle on it. How and why she bothered to keep that up he would never know. Still, he supposed, that was a part of her cute charm.

"Toji!" the class rep shouted again, "Are you REALLY taking on Asuka again!?"

"Yuh-huh."

"You're just going to get your ass kicked AGAIN and wind up in the hospital!" protested the concerned girl.

"She has a point," chimed in the orange haired opponent, "After that last humiliation I would have thought you'd stop."

"HEY!" The black haired youth decided to issue a few corrections: "The hospital thing was only one time! And secondly, I'm gonna win this time for sure because I'm a lot stronger than before!"

"Really?" the brown haired girl sighed, realizing she couldn't possibly reason with him at this stage, "Why, Toji?"

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do." said Toji Suzuhara, flashing a pose trying to look cool while saying a clichéd line but coming off as cheesy instead. His flexed arms showed a bit of a bulge even while wearing a tracksuit, reminding the hormone addled teenage girl just how muscular the athlete was. That wasn't saying much, since anyone who had awakened their power tended to be at peak physical fitness, but in the case of Toji it made Hikari Horiaki hot and bothered for reasons she refused to elaborate on.

The class rep tried to steady herself by focusing on her foreign friend, Asuka Langley Soryuu. The Queen.

Now here was a perfect example of what awakening ones power did to a person. Asuka had muscles that fitness models dreamed of; not big like Toji's, but big enough to notice. Her six pack was legendary amongst students and had managed to convert more than a few boys to 'that side' when swimsuit day happened. But of course, the perfect Queen wouldn't stop there so in addition to the muscles she elected to have a large, feminine chest, helping further her appeal.

Her long orange hair seemed to glow in the sunlight, evoking a sense of sublime. Her fair face and vibrant, almost mystically blue eyes were able to pierce through anyone she looked at like a ruler should. Her lips were pursed into a soft but haughty smile.

Her appearance was indicative of, or perhaps a result of, how powerful she was.

"So are we doing this or what?" The German girl tapped her foot, impatient. Her eyes looked around at everyone who was watching, gauging their reactions.

"Idiot!" Toji shouted back "I'm waiting for the start signal!" he looked towards Kensuke. The brown haired boy had no idea he was the one who was supposed to start the fight, but apparently Toji decided that beforehand. Kensuke was used to this behavior though and adapted.

"Are both combatants ready!?" Kensuke shouted. Toji nodded his head once, but furiously. Asuka merely grinned, placing one hand on her hip and leaving the other at her side. Kensuke continued "Then… GO!"

Toji Suzuhara stood up a little bit straighter than before, "Your reign of terror ends here, German Hellspawn Bitch from Hell!"

With that redundant battle cry, Toji did his thing. He banged his fists together and immediately surrounded himself in a green suit of armor reminiscent of the old samurai. His next act was to summon a battle-hammer three times as big as he was tall and with a cry, brought it down upon the orange haired girl.

The Hammer crashed down with a mighty roar, causing some of the students to scatter upon realizing how big this fight would be. However, the hammer had no effect because Asuka had blocked it with a single hand.

"Really Toji? You lead in with the same move as last time?" she taunted.

"Yep." grinned the youth.

Before Asuka could process why Toji was happy, a second battle hammer five times bigger than the previous one struck down upon the first, dealing a much bigger impact than before. Asuka was forced to block with both hands in order to remain unhurt. However as she did so, Toji created a green chain with a mace and swung at Asuka's left side as hard as she could.

The orange haired girl used her super speed to dodge the two hammers and the chain, going next to Toji and slamming her fist into his side, cracking the energy armor and the air around her.

Toji just laughed and brought his green empowered fist down on the surprised German, dealing the first real blow in the battle. Asuka scurried away a little bit- the blow had hurt her pride more than her cheek.

"Huh. So you got a little stronger." mused the Queen.

Indeed, Toji's AT field must have gotten a lot stronger, thought Hikari. It took a lot to withstand even the weakest of Asuka's blows and she looked serious when she nailed that punch. If Toji didn't feel a thing, then maybe he had a chance after all.

Hikari couldn't help but be a little envious of the boy. He had gotten such a great power in solid-energy constructs. It allowed him to create virtually anything provided he knew the structure of the object. Hypothetically Toji could create a working super computer if he knew all the parts- of course it would vanish as soon as the brown haired boy told it to, but still. The classroom representative subconsciously clutched her hands, wishing that once she awakened, her own power would be something equally awesome.

"Alright, let's get serious!" Toji summoned a giant broadsword and swung madly at his orange haired enemy in an effort to hit her. Asuka elected on her super speed to easily dodge the incoming strikes. Her eyes drifted back to the crowd of people, now further out.

"Don't look down on me!" Suddenly, a thirty by thirty meter cage erupted from the ground- Toji had been building it since the start of the battle. Asuka's speed could not keep up and she found herself trapped within the short haired boy's cage- although the man himself was inside his cage too.

"Now I gotcha." grinned the determined boy. He repeated the same droll tactic of swinging at Asuka with his sword, the hammer and whatever else he created, but once again the girl simply dodged all of his efforts. This continued until Asuka felt her back being pressed into a green wall, which wasn't there a moment ago.

Quickly assessing the situation, the girl realized that the cage was shrinking. Every ten seconds it shrank by one meter, meaning that within a few minutes her speed would be almost useless. Her opponent was trying to force her into a head on brawl, which would undoubtedly work in the invulnerable boy's favor.

Toji was actually using strategy. He must be really desperate to beat her.

She regarded the advancing boy, then smiled her usual, cocky grin. "Sadly, the solution is pretty simple."

Asuka punched the wall with all she had and the entire cage shattered upon impact. Green energy fragmented, then dissolved into nothing as Toji looked angrier than ever at the girl who ruined his 'foolproof' plan. The German girl eyed her Japanese counterpart with a grin of superiority, and that's when she saw him.

There he was, beside a tree and hidden among the crowd of people. She finally found him!

And then Toji punched her jaw and the world tumbled town along with her. Enraged at being dealt twice a pride wounding blow, Asuka summoned her full might. Flying into the air, she combined her super speed with her super strength to ram her track suited foe across the field in spite of his strong AT field. She quickly looked left-

He was gone. Disappeared as if he was never there to begin with.

"Whatever." Asuka muttered. Her open palms glowed red and flames seared across the skies until it hit Toji, pushing him back. This wasn't enough to make the boy relent, as he created several spike balls and hurled them at Asuka to no effect. The girl zoomed in with her speed and flight, while not relenting on the hot fire, finally ramming the energy constructor with a great force that could be felt even from the audience.

The green samurai armor cracked, dissolving, while the boy himself appeared to finally be hurt. Asuka gently floated down until her eye level was just above his, hovering over the ground. "That the best you've got!?" Toji challenged.

Asuka put all her strength into the next gut punch, realizing that would be the only way to defeat him at this level. She had last clocked her punching speed at around subsonic levels, while her strength had enabled her to lift five tons easily the last time she checked. The gut punch cracked the air, and was not only heard but felt by every member of the audience.

Toji felt it too, and it hurt. The wind was knocked out of him, the last of his armor dissolved, and the boy collapsed, fainted on the floor.

Hikari solemnly nodded her head as some members of the audience let out a groan of disapproval. They had gotten their hopes up that the Queen would finally be defeated. Toji had definitely gotten way stronger since the last time they fought, but Asuka was still Asuka. In a world where most people got a single power, Asuka got five. Super strength, super speed, enhanced senses, flight and fire generation. Adding on to her large AT field which provided her with a high degree of invulnerability, the girl was nigh invincible.

The queen, deciding to put on a show, didn't walk but floated up to Kensuke Aida, "Give me a copy of the tape when you make it."

Then with dramatic gusto, the girl flew off into the sky. She wiped a tinge of blood from her face, grimacing at the reminder of her incompetence. Next time, she would do it perfectly. Toji wouldn't even land a single blow next time. That, she reasoned, would prove to her that she was the strongest thing in existence.

The girl excused herself for the second blow though, telling herself Toji had only hit her once. She had been distracted when she had finally seen him again.

"Next time, I'll track down 'The Invisible Boy', too." swore the perfectionist.

Misato Katsuragi merrily cooked a pot of who knows what while whistling a tune. After all these years, she had decided to take up cooking again because that was the feminine thing to do. Of course, the real impetus for this change in behavior was when she tried one of Shinji's meals last night and was blown away by the taste. She was not going to be outdone by a mere high school boy.

The purple haired woman poured all of the spices she thought would be good with spaghetti into the pot then stirred like crazy, reasoning that the more energy she put into it, the better it would taste. Some parts of it blew up, but that just meant it was working. Her red haired penguin friend walked up to her, having smelled the concoction of whatever that Misato was brewing, giving a questioning "wark?"

"Oh, Pen-Pen!" Misato said cheerfully, "You'll taste test this spaghetti sauce for me, won't you?" she asked, holding up a spoonful.

The black and white animal had no idea what was in the spoon but it was decidedly not spaghetti sauce. He began to sweat, becoming fearful as he tried to put his beak as far away from the spoon as he could.

"What's wrong little guy?" asked his oblivious owner.

"W-Wark!" Pen-Pen barked, refusing to eat the spoon. Misato was insistent that he try it, but before the penguin could eat liquid doom he was saved by the sound of the woman's cellphone ringing. The woman groaned, letting Pen-Pen free from her clutches as she grasped her phone "Hello?"

"Get Asuka and report back to command."

Misato widened her eyes, then frowned a soft disapproval. The voice was unmistakably Gendo Ikari's. This was an oddity since the supreme commander of NERV never spoke personally, unless it was that urgent. The fact that this was a direct call from him could only mean one thing.

"It's happening, isn't it?"

"Yes. Soon."

Misato pursed her lips. She stared longingly at the food she was going to serve as dinner, realizing that Shinji would have to eat it alone. The woman mused that Shinji needed it as he was a growing boy, but this belayed the underlying truth of tonight's meal. This was the last meal she could cook for him. This was it. From here on out, everything would change.

"Understood." she replied. The phone hung up and Misato put it into her pocket. With a soft sigh, she calmly went into her room, a small cave that was littered with all sorts of various things. All of them were treasured memories, but most of them were empty beer cans. She had to push her way through the miscellaneous junk in order to finally reach her closet. With a simple eye scan, it opened, revealing a black suit of armor and a sword.

Within a few minutes, Misato had donned the armor and sheathed the sword upon her back. Her black armor was jagged and coarse, with spikes hutting out in the shoulders, elbows and knees. It covered her from head to toe and though it must have weighed a hundred pounds at least, she wore it as easily as clanking pajamas.

At that moment, Misato Katsuragi ceased to be. In her placed stood the strategic commander of NERV.

She clanked over to the front door, turning off the stove before doing so. The woman eyed Pen-Pen, who stared at her with an unknown expression. The purple haired commander grinned, "Tell Shinji I'll be out late."

Asuka liked her flying power most of all. Experiencing soaring through the skies was an unbelievable experience every time, the exhilaration making her forget her troubles. Sometimes though, she would just hover at length over the Tokyo-3 and relish in the tranquility of it all. Up here, no one, not even Toji, could ever hope to touch her. She was truly invincible in her sky domain, able to observe everything below but with no one to observe her.

Make no mistake, she enjoyed the attention that she got. She loved it when the NERV researchers gave her praise each time she astounded them with her abilities. She ravished the feeling of when boys ogled her from a distance, as if she didn't notice. Attention from others made her feel important, special. And indeed she was special- she was going to save the whole world one day.

But sometimes, even she wanted some quiet. Up here, it was peaceful. Peace was good, sometimes.

Unfortunately her peace was disrupted when, as her super senses indicated, down in the city three men forced a woman into an alleyway. Asuka knew that these events never ended well for the women, so she flew down. The girl hovered just a few dozen meters above the situation, just to confirm what she was witnessing.

"N-No, please! I don't have any money!" said the woman, her eyes darting between the three men who had cornered her and her environment to look for an escape.

"Well boys, I think she'll have to pay us some other way." One of the men began to lick his lips.

Asuka cracked her knuckles, floating down further.

The woman shouted, "Someone please save-!"

That was as far as she got before she vanished. There was no light or sound, one moment she was there, and in the next instant she was gone. The three would-be criminals blinked a couple of times to make sure what they saw just happened. Even Asuka was a little stunned.

"H-Hey! What the hell, where did she go?" asked one of the men.

And then the three men were gone just as the woman was. Asuka realized what was happening and strained her senses to locate all four people- the woman was the first and easiest. She was now in a shopping mall surrounded by people, confusedly asking what had happened to the three men who were after her. As for the bad guys, they were trickier to find but eventually Asuka heard them inside the police station, inside three separate cells, screaming to the confused guards.

There was no longer any doubt. This was his work.

She maxed out her senses to the highest degree, intending to do the impossible. Soaring through the sky at just below sonic speed while keeping her hearing and eyesight on high, Asuka looked for him. After a minute of this her efforts were rewarded. He was somehow several hundred meters away from the sight, but Asuka had tracked him down.

Without hesitation, she zoomed away and landed right in front of the boy, startling him so much that he fell down.

"You." said Asuka accusingly.

He was a rather plain looking brown haired boy, around her own age. Even at this hour he wore the school uniform, black pants, white shirt, red tie, but as usual he was draped in a tattered heavy black cloak with a hoodie. The hoodie once concealed his face but thanks to Asuka's wind pressure, it was blown off to revealing his mystifying purple eyes. This boy was creepy in every sense of the word, dress, eye color, mannerisms, the list went on. His entire being was a mystery.

"A-Asuka? You scared me…" he whined, getting back up.

"I finally tracked you down." smiled Asuka in triumph, proud of her achievement "The 'Invisible Boy' of Tokyo-3 High School!"

The brown haired boy looked downward to avoid meeting her gaze. Asuka frowned at this; he was just as spineless as the last time they met.

"Hey, look at me when I'm talking to you!" she snapped. The brown haired boy obeyed and met her line of sight, a confused look in his eyes. The orange haired girl almost let out a sigh at how passive and meek the guy was.

"…you were the one who helped that woman, right?" the girl said in a more gentle tone. The boy fidgeted nervously, an indication that Asuka's deduction was spot on. He said in a small voice, "You saw that, huh…?"

She studied him extensively. Out of everyone she had ever met, this was the one person whom she couldn't figure out. At first glance he was nothing but a coward, so scared of everyone that he never showed up for class except to take the tests. But the orange haired super had figured out that there were multiple reports of people being in danger who had suddenly been warped somewhere else. Unlucky criminals who wound up in a prison cell without knowing how they got there.

She knew that it was his doing. She just couldn't figure out how.

Everyone knew he had an ability, but not even the teachers knew what it was. Whenever someone tried to drag him away to NERV and test him, the boy would simply escape from their grasp. It didn't matter what they tried to do, he always managed to run away no matter the odds. Many suspected it was some sort of teleportation power, but then again there were those incidents where people suddenly stopped moving…

Such was the Invisible Boy, whom no one ever saw nor spoke to. His power was unknown. His origin was unknown. His motives were equally unknown. And that was why she was here; If Asuka solved the mystery of who he was and where he came from, she would be lauded by her peers for doing what her teachers and the NERV agency could not.

"Um, did you want something?" asked the short haired boy, nervous.

The girl regarded him, thinking of the best way to appeal to this shy teenager. After some deliberation she chose to ask him an honest question. "…You save people, but never stick around long enough for them to thank you. Why?"

The boy looked at her with a somber expression "I don't like people." he said simply.

"Then why save them?" asked Asuka immediately.

"…" The boy looked downwards, as if he too was as confused as she was. "…I don't know."

The orange haired girl subtly bit her lip. She had never met someone so anti-social before. Typically the male gender was so easy for her to get talking thanks to her looks, but so far it was ineffective on this guy. Already, it seemed as though he was trying to retreat from her, posturing subtly to the side to create an inch of distance between them.

Finally, Asuka smiled, "You don't seem like such a bad guy. You know, if you joined NERV like I did, you could probably save more people. Maybe even help prevent that apocalypse that's coming."

The brown haired boy drew a breath and stopped, hesitant. For the first time, he looked at her sincerely, allowing Asuka to bathe in his deep purple eyes, full of what appeared to be fear, sorrow and something else. "… Thanks, but no. I really don't like people. And… I'm not brave, like you are."

He then gave an awkward smile, "I've seen you. You aren't afraid of anything… but I can't do that. I'm a nobody."

This time the orange haired super drew a breath. She felt like she could visibly see the boy battling his inner demons, like just a further peek and his entire heart would be hers to witness. She was so close to discovering who he was, so close to the solving the mystery and the looks of shock she would gain from her peers.

"But, you probably have a really powerful ability, right?" she pushed.

"No." replied the boy remorsefully, staring into the sky, "My power's only good for running away."

And then he was gone. Vanished without a trace and try as she might, Asuka could not track him anymore. The girl was visibly frustrated, she had been so close to getting something out of him, only to have him slip away like he always did.

Shinji Sekai. The boy was a coward to be sure, so spineless he could be classified as an invertebrate. And yet… it seemed like he did have a heart, as he proved today from saving that woman. This was odd, since if he really didn't like people, why save them? Moreover, Asuka couldn't fathom why Shinji wouldn't want anyone to know about the good acts he was doing. Not wanting that kind of positive attention was an alien notion to the girl.

Well, she supposed he had his own issues to work out. If she saw him again, she'd act friendly and try to pry open the secret of his power.

The super girl was about to fly off when she heard a voice calling her name. She turned around, seeing a black armored woman speeding towards her in a banged up blue car. The vehicle lurched beside her, and the purple haired driver poked her head out "Asuka, right? Name's Misato Katsuragi, the strategic commander of NERV!"

Asuka wondered whether or not this was a prank before the woman flashed her badge, revealing her authenticity "Anyway I was just wondering if you'd help us save the world?"

The girl grinned. The moment he had been waiting for finally arrived. While everyone on the planet dreaded the fateful day, for Asuka it was the moment of opportunity. The end of the world had finally come, and she couldn't wait for it to start.

"Yes." she said with the utmost confidence, "It's time for the so-called apocalypse, right? Well I'm your girl. I'll beat whatever comes my way until not even atoms remain!"

As soon as she said these words, a section of Tokyo-3 blew up. Its perpetrator was a hulking figure, who had just entered this plane of existence.

The being had been [MATERIALIZED/BORN] just a few seconds ago, but it had already known its mission. Just as it popped into the localized space-time, it fired one of its destructive blasts at a random section of the city, scattering the Lillin. It was displeased to find that not many Lillin were killed by its initial attack. Not because the being didn't try hard enough, but because most of them were gone.

Confusing.

"Sachiel, have you [AWOKEN/BECOME/MATERIALIZED]?" asked a voice in his head. Sachiel blinked its black eyes, remembering the situation fully, and who this voice was.

"I HAVE. THE LILLIN HAVE HIDDEN THEMSELVES FROM ME. DID THEY FORSEE MY COMING?"

"Yes. The Lillin have acquired the [INDECIPHERABLE], allowing them to partially predict when we will [ARISE/BECOME/EXIST]." the voice replied back, "It is unfortunate, but we will have our work cut out for us."

"I SEE" the massive being continued the conversation, "SO THE LILLIN HAVE PREPARED FOR US. IS THERE ANYTHING I MUST KNOW BEFORE CONTINUING MY ATTACK?"

"I cannot [LOCATE/UNDERSTAND/COMMUNICATE WITH] the body, but I know it to be in the NERV fortress, somewhere below." said the voice, giving Sachiel an image of the outside of the NERV base, "The Lillin have prepared their forces to stop us from getting there. There are… certain [ANOMALIES] that have arisen while you were [ASLEEP/NOT BEING]. They are, in some ways, [CONGRUENT/SIMILAR] to us. They cannot be underestimated."

"NO MATTER." remarked Sachiel somewhat haughtily, "THE WILL OF ADAM SHALL BE FULFILLED REGARDLESS OF THE LILLIN'S WISHES. I [UNDERSTAND/COMPREHEND] YOUR CONCERN BUT REST ASSURED, NO [ANOMALY/MOCKERY] WILL DEFEAT ME."

"I should hope so. Good luck with your mission, Sachiel."

The entire conversation took place in less than ten seconds, by which time the Lillin fortress in which the creature had foreseen began firing things at him. They were metallic in nature, cylindrical in shape and detonated in a tiny explosion upon contact. The projectiles were only a visual annoyance, harmlessly bouncing off Sachiel's [SOUL/EXISTENCE]. Luckily, these annoying metal things did provide Sachiel with the location of NERV's headquarters, so it began to stomp its way over to that location, undeterred by whatever it was the Lillin were trying to kill it with.

"The hell!" cursed one of the generals, painfully watching as their best missiles did absolutely jack to monster that steadily approached them. He was surrounded by equally mad, equally scared high ranking officials from the Japanese Self Defense Force, each seated in a row, eyes glued to the massive monitor.

The NERV command center was spacious, computers and monitors on every wall with a central large screen in the center to depict the most important things. Staff busily hurried about, predicting the next set of numbers, reporting damages, operating the complex machinery and brewing Gendo a mean cup of coffee.

Said assistant gave Gendo Ikari the black liquid, and he drank from it as a gentleman, holding it in one hand and subtly sipping the liquid without a sound. The bearded man was dressed in a creepy looking dark grey suit that somehow did and did not resemble anything military, his usual white gloves placed together as in a tent, and reddish orange glasses from which he judged. He was on the uppermost part of the bridge, observing the pawns down below with the gaze of a chess master.

Gendo watched the spectacle down below with a sense of amusement. The Japanese military had insisted they first try their cute little weaponry against the first Angel so as to save face with their country. Now these brave men and women, who had come into the office hours earlier gloating on how they could easily defeat the upcoming monstrosity were panicked, haggard and looking up at both the Angel and the supreme commander with eyes filled with rage.

To this, the supreme commander regarded one of them with an imaginary toast with the coffee mug in his hand. It was a rare moment for him to make their idiocy known to themselves, so he would relish the chance. He got a few mean looks for his action.

The elevator behind him opened up, revealing a silver haired, aged man who looked to be Gendo's senior by some decades. Dressed in a purple suit without wrinkles, a badge of NERV on his right chest, the man carried himself with a humble dignity as he approached Gendo.

"How goes the attack?" wondered the deputy commander of NERV, as if he didn't know the answer to his question.

"The monkey show proves as fruitless as predicted." said Gendo in a voice that was slightly loud enough for the military suits below him to hear. Some of them did, but ignored the NERV commander and barked more orders to their people. Seeing as how that didn't deter them, the man continued in a slightly louder voice than that "But don't worry, Fuyutsuki. Perhaps, eventually, one of these missiles might break through the Angel's AT Field, which may cause a bit of damage. With luck."

One of the generals, a silver haired senior who yearned for the undefinable time period known as 'the good old days', turned around at this comment, "You want to say something, Ikari!?"

"Cease this useless barrage and let NERV handle the Angel." The supreme commander of NERV stated the obvious. The general did not take kindly to that. Being bossed around by someone half his age who hadn't even served in a real war was a humiliation. Angry at the unpleasantness of the situation, he turned back around to his desk, reached for his mike and shouted angrily, "Fire the goddamn N2 mine!"

Gendo's glasses tilted up at that. The man turned to his trusty Kozo Fuyutsuki, asking if the evacuations of Tokyo-3 were completed. The deputy commander replied that while some casualties had happened, most everyone was in one of the many shelters decorated around the city. "Good." Gendo relaxed just a little, "At least the mine won't hurt anything."

Every member of the Japanese military heard that comment and grimaced, vowing to get Ikari fired.

Asuka turned towards the sound of the explosion, her confidence decreasing with every centimeter of her turn. She saw red flames rise from the silver city, the metal melting from the sudden increase in temperature. Buildings collapsed and lives were ended in but an instant. She should know, with her enhanced sense she saw the wisp of life fading from more than few people.

She beheld the form of their destructor. A one hundred meter tall humanoid, black but covered with skeletal white bone. The bones covered its shoulders, ribcage and thighs, and the white bone created a mask around its face- or was that actually its face? The abomination was broad shouldered but with slender limbs, long arms and a giant hook nose. Its visage resembled the humans it tried to kill, but it was decidedly not human. It was otherworldly. Unnerving, in fact. Asuka couldn't put it into words but this thing's form was just wrong.

Not too long after it appeared, the military acted by firing several dozen missiles at the thing, which bounced off some sort of barrier it possessed, dealing no damage. Instead, the thing fired another blast at the base of the firing, destroying an entire military complex with a single blow. It then began to walk in that direction with footsteps that could be heard from where she was.

Asuka allowed herself a tiny gulp, now knowing the responsibility she had undertaken.

"Oh crapbaskets." Misato cursed from behind her, "It's already here! Get in the car, Asuka!"

The girl was too dumbfounded to put up a reaction, going into the blue car and buckling herself in. The strategic commander then put her lead foot on the gas pedal and all hell broke loose.

Misato's car ran away three times faster than the speed limit, causing even Asuka to buckle down. Down the highway, ignoring any and all signs Misato rode her vehicle like a bat out of hell. Left and right she swerved to avoid the cars, finally turning to break through a concrete wall so that her car leapt from their higher platform onto another rode, where the purple driver handled the car until it bent to her whims, forcing it to progress forward without delay.

"Wh-Why are we going towards that thing!?" Asuka spoke up, fingers clawed into the seat from fear of Misato's driving.

"We aren't! We're heading towards the headquarters- which I guess is where the Angel is headed too…" Misato trailed off, remembering that during the briefing they had said that would likely happen. She suddenly gasped when a deflected missile landed right in front of them, but kept her driving cool and sped around it, the trees, and into an abandoned park. It was a shortcut.

Past the park, Misato raced through the Tokyo-3, getting closer to the beast as well as NERV headquarters. As they did, Asuka heard something plop onto their car. She figured it was just debris, until it started to claw the roof away. The metal roof was ripped open by a pair of clawed hands, which screeched in delight. It looked like a miniature version of the giant monster: white mask, black body, bony armor, but only around a meter tall. It lunged at Asuka but before it could lay even a finger on her, something cleaved it in half.

That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy and too rough. It was more like a large hunk of iron, yet Misato wielded it with absolute ease, destroying their would-be alien assailant with one stroke "Shit, it can do that!?" shouted the strategic commander. Asuka wondered the same thing about Misato.

Turning back to look at the road, Misato found the answer to her question. Yes, yes it could. Many times, in fact. Multiple small copies of the Angel flooded the streets and wreaked havoc upon the populace. An entire army of them awaited the girls, blocking their path to the HQ. A grin spread across the black swordswoman's face: "Asuka, hold on!"

The poor girl was so naïve in thinking that what she had witness thus far was Misato driving a car. She was soon corrected.

Misato lurched with expert and suicidal precision around each and every one of the beast's spawn- cutting anything else that she couldn't avoid by swinging her sword out the window. When the wall of flesh became too thick to reasonably penetrate, the crazy woman elected to crash into a building in order to avoid them. Inside the building- a shopping mall to be exact- Misato continued to never touch the brake pedal, speeding up an escalator onto the next floor, where she was met with more of the things.

Grinning like the maniac she was, Misato put the car into auto, broke the glass windshield and leapt onto the front of her blue car, sticking her armored soles into it for balance. From there she easily chopped, sliced and diced all of the creatures that came her way. Blood rained upon the store and car, painting the place a bright red as the slaughter showed no signs of stopping, until the wall came that is.

"MISATO!" Asuka pointed ahead, a wall and a large glass window the only thing ahead. They had two seconds before they hit it.

"Don't worry about me, I'm a professional!" was the last thing Misato said before they crashed through brick and cement. The armored woman covered herself with her sword, which was long as she was tall, to prevent the glass shards from hurting her. She retained this posture as the car flew through the air, arcing into a parking garage this time.

Misato sheathed her sword and went back into the driver's position, shifting gears until she was once again in control of her car, going full throttle up the levels of the garage. Eventually and at last, they arrived at the thirteenth and last floor, where Misato graciously stopped the car. Asuka breathed.

They looked around. NERV headquarters was just in sight a few kilometers away. The Angel was actually now far behind them, still steadily stomping over to their destination.

Misato regarded the situation, gazing into the sky. "Asuka, how strong are you?"

The orange haired girl blinked a few times, still shaken from what she has just seen. "S-Strong? Yeah, I'm super strong."

"Like, strong enough to lift a car?"

"…yeah? Easily."

"Awesome. Get one of those cars and hurry back over here." said Misato hurriedly, pointing to several abandoned cars at the top level.

"W-Why?"

"Because THAT." Misato pointed upwards to a recently launched missile, shining suspiciously in the air. The strategic commander of NERV identified it as an N2 mine "Hurry!"

Asuka looked up in horror at the nuclear weapon by any other name and quickly grabbed one of the red cars over her head. As per the purple haired major's instructions, the super strong girl lifted that car on top of the first car, rooting her arms in the second car while her legs were rooted in the first. "But why?"

"I need to get you to NERV in one piece, not a scratch on your body!" Misato replied, opening the trunk of the blue car and putting what appeared to be a jet engine on the back of her bumper. Telling Asuka to hold on, the black armored woman strapped herself in and pushed what looked like a detonator in her hand.

The rocket powered booster that Ritsuko gave her roared to life and the car launched forward with a burst of speed despite now having another car on top of it. The flame propelled car flew straight into the air as if it were a clunky bird. In mid-flight as the rocket continued to fly, the armored woman took her giant slab of a sword and began to cut at the base of the car until an opening was admitted. Roaring, she told the super powered girl to use her fire powers to meld the first car with the second, which was accomplished rather easily.

Misato grabbed Asuka and fell through the hole in the car, clinging on for dear life by grabbing the edge with the other hand holding her escort close. Using her sword once again, Misato stabbed the car in order to properly orient it so that there were now two cars in between them and the bomb. Screaming at Asuka to guard herself, the N2 mine detonated. The nuclear explosion was total, but it was at some distance from where they were; Misato had been counting on it.

The blast shook the melded cars, propelling them further and faster into the air while the metal of the vehicles shielded the two women from the worst of the impact. Heat from the explosion began to melt the twin cars, slowly depriving the girl of their precious barrier against the explosion. Yet the energy of the blast made them ride further into the skies away from the impact site. The cars melted, the wind pressure drowned out their screams, but after a few horrid seconds at last, they crashed through something and landed on solid ground, making a small dent into the otherwise pristine metal floor. The chaos ceased.

It was only now that the orange haired girl dared open her eyes. She saw a giant command center, filled with shocked faces, especially from the Japanese military. Everyone had stopped whatever they were doing to gape at the newcomers. Misato was the first one who stood up. She looked at the remainder of the car she had latched onto- now a broken fragment no bigger than her head- and discarded it.

The black swordswoman turned to the staff of NERV, saluted and reported. "Major Katsuragi, here to deliver Asuka L. Soryuu!"

Gaped faces lined the entire room, unable to speak. The only person who could find his voice was Gendo Ikari, who regarded the fact that Misato just used an N2 mine to get herself to NERV quicker with a simple phrase: "You're late."

The strategic commander huffed, "Only by like, two minutes!"

"Late is late." said the supreme commander dryly. Seeing as how they were late, he ordered Misato to get Asuka prepared as soon as possible. They had to sortie in less than ten minutes before the Angel breached their first barrier.

"Gendo, that thing was just hit with an N2 mine!" one of the military suits pointed out, "There's no way it can come out unscathed!"

Sachiel had felt that last one a little bit. But, he regenerated the damage and went on towards his destination. No harm, no foul. "THEIR METAL ROD WEAPONS ARE ODD." the creature remarked to itself.

"Son of a-!" cursed the general, at a loss for words as to how their strongest weapon didn't even dent the monstrosity. This was, finally, the point of defeat for the monkeys who ran the monkey show. Gendo Ikari stood up and formally renounced the capacity of the Japanese military, decreeing that from now on they would use NERV's strategy instead.

Most of the generals submitted. One tried to raise a final objection, to save a little face of the proud Japanese nation. As soon as his words came out, he found that he was being choked by an invisible force. They all saw the NERV supreme commander looking at the insurgent with his blood red eyes and a raised finger pointed at him. The veins in his body were clearly visible, a sign that Gendo was using his ability.

"May I remind you that we are trying to prevent the Third Impact from happening?" Gendo hissed, his words reverberating throughout the command center, his pronounced canines making him look all the more sinister "Failure means extinction, and I have been more than lenient with giving you an opportunity at dealing with the problem. You did not. Therefore, I will."

With a snap of his fingers, the military man fainted. Gendo turned back to Misato and Asuka, who were awestruck, "Did I not tell you to get ready?"

Misato took the chosen child by the cuff and went into an elevator in a hurry. As she selected a floor five levels lower than where they were, the purple haired girl breathed a sigh of relief "Man, Gendo's really mad. Let's get that Angel defeated quickly, else we'll have to face him next!" she half joked.

Asuka was still bewildered by the events that had taken place thus far. A monster appeared, a crazy driver had taken her to NERV, they had got caught in an explosion, survived thanks to either tactical genius or sheer luck and then it turned out the commander of NERV was a person with super powers. Also, she was probably going to fight the monster. That inhuman thing that could destroy sections of cities with its beam attack, a titan that could produce a shield which even an N2 mine couldn't penetrate. Suffice it to say, the odds were not in their favor.

"Hey," Misato gave her a warm look, brushing some dust off her shoulder, "You can do it. And you won't be alone, either."

It was a simple comment but it gave Asuka some much needed resolve. As the elevator went down its shaft, the black swordswoman began to brief the newly hired girl on what she needed to know.

The monster that had attacked was dubbed an Angel. There were several Angels that would appear, and this was the first one: Sachiel. The Angel's goal was to reach NERV and trigger Third Impact. The Second Impact that had occurred twenty years ago destroyed about 30% of the world, but the scientists at NERV believed that the Third Impact would finish the rest of it. It would be an explosion of space, time, material and immaterial that would eradicate the existence of planet Earth.

That's where NERV came in. It was an organization created to study and develop defenses for the Angels to prevent the apocalypse. NERV had learned that all Angel's possess what is called an AT field-the same thing that lurked within superpowered individuals, only much bigger. Although the field was not well understood, it was a known fact that AT fields can defy the laws of physics and warp bits and pieces of reality to the user's whims. The AT field was impenetrable to almost any attack, which is why they needed super powered individuals and unordinary weaponry to fight it.

Asuka, who had passed every test in NERV, was one such individual. She was suited to fight the Angel along with the organization and all of its resources. Ritsuko, head of R&D, predicted that there was a 99% of both her and Rei succeeding in subduing the first Angel.

"Wait, who's Rei?" the girl asked upon hearing the name. All of those tests at NERV, yet she had never heard of this one before. Misato explained that Rei was going to be the other person sent to fight the Angel; her existence was only just recently declassified. The purple haired woman hesitated to elaborate on Rei's origin, instead calling her a very unique girl.

The next question from Asuka was obvious from her own standpoint: "Is she stronger than me?"

At once, Misato saw that a sense of desperation and validation was reflected in Asuka's crystalline blue eyes. She blinked, surprised, but answered honestly "I can only say that Gendo thinks she's the strongest super alive. Beyond that, I don't know."

This was what got Asuka fired up more than the reassuring nudge. The orange haired girl reflected and silently felt her powers, all five of them. At that moment Asuka vowed to make the commander see the error of his ways. Whoever this Rei was, she wasn't going to be the hero of this story. It was going to be her instead.

No one was stronger than she was.

Rei Ayanami finished putting on her suit. Her short blue hair, red eyes and pale complexion gave her a sort of otherworldly appearance, especially with her constantly stoic facial expressions. She was a cute girl, but her people skills needed a lot of work. It was as if she was a robot, mechanically acting the way her superiors told her to. When told she would fight a giant monster bent on world destruction, the girl did not hesitate to begin the mission.

The suit she had just put on was primarily dark blue like the deep sea with yellow glowing lines in certain positions. The lines ran along her thighs, across her shoulders and arms, along her back, waist and just below her chest, dividing her nearly black suit into compartments. Notably, she was wearing fingerless white gloves that attached to her wrists. It had been an odd request to add gloves to the suit design, but honestly Ritsuko was just happy that the young girl was beginning have wants, so she allowed the order to pass.

Ritsuko Akagi, head of Research and Development at NERV headquarters, watched the various monitors connected to her headset, which relayed many numbers that only people with PHD's in biophysics and metaphysics could understand. The important part was that the numbers looked good.

"No issues with the suit." The blonde haired woman turned off her headset, having seen enough. She was dressed in the most stereotypical scientist outfit one could imagine: Plain maroon shirt, boring black skirt and a giant billowing lab coat with too many pockets and all filled with various science-things. She did, however, allowed herself a semblance of dress choice with fishnet stockings and high heels for the bottom half of her torso. "You're good to go, Rei."

Rei Ayanami, the so called greatest super on planet Earth, silently nodded at the head of R&D. Without another word, she walked to her left, intending to take the door that lead to the front of the base, where the Angel was advancing. Ritsuko stopped her for an instant.

"Rei." she said, causing the blue haired girl to stop "Rei… good luck." The words that she needed to tell this child could not be expressed here and now. One day, maybe they could say what needed to be said, but not right now.

The blue haired girl nodded her head again. She opened the door but before she left, the girl had one last thing to say.

"Thank you for the gloves, doctor Akagi. They will surely bring me good fortune."

The sliding door closed and the girl was gone. At some level Ritsuko felt guilty that they had to send children to fight the greatest enemies of mankind. However, the scientist within her made a sickening rationalization for her: They had no other choice. Children born after Second Impact were simply more suited than the older generations to fight the Angels. They were simply more powerful with better abilities and that was that.

Rei, being the strongest of all, was therefore the most suited. It was only logical.

But Ritsuko would be damned if she let an innocent girl experience all this fighting while being denied all of the pleasure of victory. She didn't care how much Gendo disagreed with her opinion, Rei deserved a normal life after this was all over. And she was going to make the bearded vampire submit, one way or another.

She had already forced his hand once by 'accidentally' leaking classified documents about the blue haired super to the public. She could pull off something else.

"Doctor Akagi!" a new voice entered the area, belonging to Maya Ibuki. As an assistant to the famed Doctor, she wore a tidy and clean uniform, white stockings and to match her superior, a white lab coat with too many pockets. Hers was more form fitting however, unlike the bulky thing the doctor wore. She reached Ritsuko and continued, "The commander says that Major Katsuragi has returned with the Second Child, Asuka Soryuu. He also said he's about to turn the MAGI up to maximum power."

Ritsuko sighed "Another child to fight for us?"

Maya hesitated, but the doctor held up a single hand "Don't say a word. I know." The blonde haired scientist gave a lengthy pause in contemplation before walking towards an elevator cylinder "Asuka's suit is in room 503. I'm heading up to interface with the computers."

Ritsuko took the elevator without another word. Maya with pursed lips, decided to go the opposite direction to inform Asuka and the commander of the news. It always seemed like Ritsuko wanted to say something more each time they met, but the words went unspoken. One day, maybe they could say what needed to be said, but not right now.

Maya ran towards one of the doors in the laboratory, exiting into hall 31, turning into hall 33, and verily meeting with strategic commander Misato, already dressed for battle in that black armor of hers. The major merrily handed Asuka off to Maya, then ran in the other direction to get back to the bridge.

"Asuka, you remember me right? I'm doctor Ritsuko's assistant."

"Of course, Maya." smiled Asuka. They had met a couple times during testing, mostly when Doctor Akagi wasn't available and Maya had to run the experiments instead "You guys really made a suit like I wanted, right?"

"Yes. Please, this way." Maya smiled. She led Asuka through a maze of hallways, corridors and elevators before reaching the fifth floor, room 503. It was a simple locker room stationed next to the other locker rooms. Maya told Asuka that her suit was inside, and the girl gleefully walked in the room to change.

Sure enough, a large box lay on a bench right near the middle of the room. The orange haired German opened it like a Christmas present, grinning at what she saw.

One minute later, Asuka stepped out of the locker room clad in her own official outfit. Long, sleek grey gloves decorate both of her hands while equally exaggerated grey boots with yellow trimmings covered her feet. The primary color of the form fitting outfit was red, but with some green lines to break up the sections of her body. The suit covered her head-to-toe up until her neck.

Her vibrant orange hair flowed freely, undeterred by the usual ponytail know she placed in her hair. Instead twin headpieces sat on the crown of her head, these were both speakers and transmitters directly linked to the command center. The entire outfit was made fireproof, shock resistant, pierce resistant and bunch of other resistances that Asuka couldn't care about at the moment. The suit was skintight, showing off her well-developed body but not enough for Asuka to feel inappropriate. In addition, the tightness of it all meant little drag would be produced while flying, which was a bonus. What would create some drag was her green cape, connected to her choker. The girl had insisted upon wearing a cape regardless of how functionally useless it was.

All and all, Maya noted, she looked almost like one of those American superheroes. Asuka for her part gained ~300% more confidence and strutted around like she owned the place. But the superhero was a good girl and paused to tell Maya that Ritsuko exceeded her expectations. Maya silently giggled at how happy the girl was. Most parts of the costume were unneeded flair, but the girl was having so much fun that the assistant didn't bring it up.

"Is Asuka ready?" Gendo's sudden voice from the loudspeaker made the brown haired assistant jump. She replied "Yes, she's ready…" the girl turned towards the super empowered girl, who flashed a grin and nodded eagerly.

"Then get her to platform 3. We will link up with her headpiece and give her further instructions." The supreme commander of NERV hung up abruptly, like he always did. Maya nodded towards Asuka, and the two began to race towards platform three. It was time to see if the suit could withstand an Angel attack.

Ritsuko Akagi arrived at the MAGI in no time. She wished it could have taken more time, as this was the part of her job that she hated the most.

Three massive supercomputers, taking up enough space to fill a whole house, occupied the majority of the room. They were spaced evenly in a triangular fashion. Cylindrical in shape, they offered very few buttons or blinking lights. Many a trainee had gazed upon these powerful machines and were unable to comprehend why there were no notable parts to their design: just plain, black cylinders.

The answer was because unlike in movies and television, few buttons and lights were required to operate them. This, Ritsuko had to assure them each and every time, was how a real quantum computer looked.

Written in steel were the names of these divine machines: Casper, Balthasar and Melchior. The only three quantum computers in the world, and all the power that entailed. Traditional computers were too linear, slow and inefficient for taking on beasts as mighty as the Angels. Computational power on a quantum level on the other hand, was like taking a partial gaze into omniscience. The MAGI were exponential, not linear. Every calculation that they made could compute another calculation, ad infinatum, until it had calculated every single numerical value about a subject or event.

The MAGI could accurately predict how many electrons were in a glass of water AND give their positions at any point in time. They could monitor every single communication between every person in Tokyo-3 and parse the data into useful models. They could probably do it for all of Japan too, but that was illegal at the moment.

From the creation of new materials thought impossible to produce, reading texts in a millennium old dead language and examining AT fields both of Angels and humans, the MAGI were an indispensable tool in NERV's arsenal.

Unfortunately there was a problem. The MAGI could compute yobibytes of information every second, and the average human didn't even know that a yobibyte existed, much less how to examine all that data and draw conclusions from it.

That was where Ritsuko came in.

The blonde woman removed her coat and then her shirt, exposing three metal circles lined on her back. With a simple thought command, three silver discs swung outward revealing the holes that they covered, mechanical in nature that stretched to her spinal cord. She went and sat in the solitary metal chair in the center of the three MAGI and pressed a few commands without looking.

First, three tubes rose up from the floor and automatically inserted themselves into Ritsuko's cavities. With a simple click, they locked into place. Then, the woman's fingers fragmented to reveal innumerable wires that connected to the armchair's rest. Next, a massive mechanical bowl came down, also connected to various wires, and attached itself to the scientists head. The first time she did this, she imagined that this was what astronauts felt like. The bowl covered her eyes, fitting snugly around her head. Ritsuko's ears, forehead and back head produced tiny screws which met tiny slots on the bowl to secure her in place.

Finally, once the machines had confirmed that Ritsuko Akagi was safely linked up, the MAGI were allowed to release their restraints and begin calculations at impossible speeds that no human could hope follow. Luckily for all of them, Doctor Akagi was only about 39.2% human.

"I'm linked up." Ritsuko's voice echoed throughout the command center. Gendo and Fuyutsuki nodded their heads. The bearded man asked "What do you know?"

"The Angel's AT field has no holes, it will reach the first barrier in 10.67 seconds. So far it has no notable weaknesses. I'm taking over the missile system, if one of the girls manages to break into the AT field I might be able to fire some.

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Ritsuko heard that damn voice in her head. She gritted her teeth and willed the glitch away. "Our odds of success are currently calculated to be 92.3%. However considering that this is the first Angel, take this notation with a grain of salt."

"I see. Continue to monitor the situation and act as you please." said Gendo in the Gendo pose, remaining as unnaturally calm as ever. Fuyutsuki often wondered how he did it. He also wondered how he could remain so calm in the face of their impending doom, a masked behemoth with powers beyond their understanding. Making it was just because he had faith in the ever scheming commander of NERV.

He wondered what Gendo had faith in.

"Let the games begin." mused the bearded commander.

Sachiel had walked into the innermost section of the city, where his target NERV was located. So far everything had gone good, and the Lillin, perhaps in what little wisdom they had, stopped firing their odd metal rods long ago to allow him advance unimpeded.

He suddenly reached a barrier that defied him to go any further. Electromagnetic in nature, it repulsed the beast back. But this was of no concern, he just had to apply a little bit of [POWER/EXISTENCE/DOMINATION] into it and the defense would crack.

It never got around to doing that though, as from behind emerged a blue haired girl in a dark suit that glowed yellow. The only reason Sachiel noticed her was because her [SOUL/EXISTENCE] was much more radiant than that of the other Lillin, allowing him to better [PERCEIVE/UNDERSTAND] it.

Sachiel blinked at this female Lillim, wondering what a lone member of their species hoped to accomplish.

The diminutive girl gathered her power and in a flash of lightning, transformed into something completely different. Now meeting his gaze at eye level, the now massive Lillin growled a primordial sound that even resonated through the ether. A warning.

Sachiel was amused. "SO THIS IS WHAT YOU MEANT BY [CONGRUENT/SIMILAR]. HOW INTERESTING." The Angel summoned twin swords of light in each of his hands and prepared to kill the strange Lillim.