A/N: FINALLY
FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY!
FINALLY! It's over. After finally getting past all my shitty US history projects (I mean I like to write, but not about history what the fu*k) I have finally finished rewriting the first 2 chapters of Evangelion: We Can (And Will) Reverse This. And as you've probably seen I decided to put this on the original page for the first version of the story; the draft idea in a sense. Well no more of that. No more rough drafts just the true, finalized edit in! Its! Finest!
I will post chapter 1 first and chapter 2 soon in the following week once chapter 3 is finalized and ready to post so do hang in there and be prepared for the changes to come.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV Anime and Manga), End of Evangelion, Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, and the Evangelion Rebuild series are owned by Hideki Anno and written by Yoshikuki Sadamoto. I own no characters, locations nor elements or songs from the original Manga, Anime, or Rebuild/EoE movies. I own only OC Shiro Ikari. Please support future Evangelion Rebuild releases.
That said, please make sure to leave a review; they help me to understand what you like, what you hate, and what you think of the story so far! That said, Please Enjoy the Show! Man haven't used that one in a while huh?
Anyways, Please Enjoy the Show!
Normal Talking- "Hello"
Radio/EVA- "Hello"
SEELE/?Angel-"Hello"
Chapter 1: Devil's Descent
Planet Earth, high atmospheric orbit
"Pursuit Squadron-01, report both Evangelion and NEVEC NEOS current orbital positions."
"Pod-02 Dash now reaching orbital altitude…. 02-Dash is now in target orbit."
"Pod-08? What of Pilot Illustrious?"
"Well, I had some orbital problems yeah, but-"
"Problems were unseen in orbit due to lack of rising altitude, though Unit-08 shall be within range shortly."
"Acknowledged; Pod 02-Dash will had to solo the operation, with Pod-08 as support."
"Transitioning now from shift 10 to 07."
"Pod 02-Dash now passing the point of return."
"And NEOS?"
"That old wreck? Still broken in the old orbital blockade, ma'am. Though we've still activated our Short Range EMP System in case they've planned a sneak attack."
"Pod 02-Dash now entering Orbital Area-88!"
"Acknowledged; Operation-U.S is a go!"
"Understood. Pod 02-Dash has now entered her final operational orbit."
"Now transferring engine power to deceleration."
"RCS now active…. Activation confirmed!"
Stage-01 ignition is a go!"
"Posture-Control Systems is green light, no problems in the machine."
More and more voices barked orders and rose to attention as a single star shaped object, black and shield like came to life with aboard engine fire. Its energy echoes across the black abyss, high above the red Earth's sea. "The S1C's combustion was a success!"
"Contact rings now ready for separation… Success!"
Metal split away from the large star body as Operation U.S came to life rapidly, with several voices going silent and other continuing on to give orders. Its engines flashes for a moment, turning the star as smaller parts hovered off the armor.
The object split somewhat in half, revealing the center piece which held two large points together like a shield. In the back of the triangles, held by thin metal bars, were large cells with gun grey and crimson red armor blocks and pieces holding them in place.
On the inside the pilot sat as the Entry Plug flared and roared to life, finally displaying the close planet. It still laid there, dormant, silent, red and still so full of death like before. Hands clenched to the controls as a voice, female yet full of the most extremist of stoic, spoke out. "Unit-02 Dash is on intercept course with target; I.D confirmed by MAGI, it's Unit-01. Eighty meters to contact."
"Reconfirm the target."
"Contact point is unchanged."
"Maintain Shift-M, no other casualties."
"02-Dash has prepared for rendezvous point. Pod-08 will only be able to give 96 second support, so make this quick, Shikinami."
The pilot silently nodded on their helmet, eyeing the far object under their visor. It was obsidian black, shaped like a cross with a disturbing silence surrounding its frame.
"Reflective waves appearing across the targets area."
"Is it NEOS? Or…. The other one?"
"No, this is different. Whatever it is, machine or not, it's jamming us!"
"It must be that wrecks old auto defense array." Flashes of light passed by Pod 02-Dash, exploding in the distance as it continued across the night. "Don't worry! I ain't alone on this little ride, nya~!"
Explosions returned around Pod 02, shaking it but not damaging it. "Burst shockwaves incoming in: Three…! Two…! One!"
Pod 02-Dash's pilot shook somewhat as the surrounding A.T Field arose, the explosions seemingly hitting the space surrounding it as another voice came to pass. "Second wave incom-Pattern Blue confirmed!"
"Oh dear me, what troublesome bunch, eh Eyepatch?"
"Shut up, 08! And I told not to call me that name!"
"Object scanned and identified- it's the Mark.04, Alpha-Type."
The Mark.04, from a far perspective, could be seen as a UFO. It was a rather dainty disk with purple "wings" and yellow linings, as well as four needle shaped legs that sliced at anything in its path. Say, for example. Pod 02's A.T Field, as it was now doing. "Bastard has an Anti-A.T Field?!" the pilot growled, watching with worry as the Mark.04-A's cut through the hexagon like shield around Pod 02-Dash.
Just at the legs retract, small inner energy cannons fired a barrage of bullets which melted into the star-like shield around Pod 02, whose pilot finally snapped in frustration. "To hell with this! Half of this shit is useless!"
The shielding fell away as the pod revealed its cargo: and huge, 100 meter red, black, yellow and white humanoid like mecha, and Evangelion-no, the Evangelion Unit-02 Dash in all its divine glory. The only few key differences being it's Gatling gun left arm, painted black and red to match its color coding.
"And this damn helmet! I can't see with it in the way!" Orange hair flowed out the helmet as the pilot revealed itself to be a beautiful redhead, with a piercing blue eye and a left eyepatch who glared at the supposed "EVA" before her. "Just how in the world could that moron Shiro wear these things huh? Must have had some sort of Bluetooth crap to his EVA or something! And Four-Eyes, quit your damn singing! It's pissing me off!"
Unit-02 Dash's A.T Field returned in a flash, and the Mark.04-A quick to the offense began trying to cut through the Field before it was send back by a powerful burst of energy. "Ngh, crappy 2 second support as ever I see!" Unit-02's pilot, Captain Asuka Langely Shikinami, glare down at her so called "help": a secondary Evangelion laying on one of the shields like a chair.
This Evangelion was different however, with a light pink coloring and white, yellow, green paneling with a white eight green-eyed horned helm. "Funny, you're usually 3 seconds ahead of the final run, Captain!" The pilot proclaimed cockily, her blue and pink helmet standing out inside the Entry Plug walls. "It's a little thing us adults call Adaption, Princes. Learn it, then try to keep up with little old me!"
"Adult thing?! I'm more of an adult than you EVER will be, Four-Eyes!" Asuka yelled back, before turning back to the situation. "I've passed the Fullerene Shift, now entering the Final Defense, Area designation is 89! Target is on the move!"
Closer and closer did the cross come, spilling rapidly as it did. "No time for obit correction!" Asuka cried out, jutting the controls and aiming her EVA's grapple cannon-arm. "Guess I'll just have to brute this like that idiot!"
Three….
Two….
One.
Boom. The grapples snagged onto the target alright, but it went sailing right past Unit-02. Just as planned. Cables were reeled as Asuka and the Unit-02 Dash approached the fast moving cross. A few second later and the pair made contact, with Unit-02 acting as the cross' defense. "Combustion is done for," She stated, detaching the final piece of her old shuttle as the boosters floated away. "The target is in my possession; returning to base immediately."
"Understood, good job out there Shikinami. We'll be awaiting at Retrieval Point Bravo, Call sign Saturn IV."
"Roger." Alarms flared as Asuka noticed a familiar indication come up on her side screen: Pattern Blue Detected. "Wha the-?! Another Pattern Blue, but from where?!"
Her answer came in the form of the lower section of the cross splitting apart, revealing another black and purple drone from the metal coffin. The 'box' opened and instantly all flaps extended to form a pair of thing, paper metal arm. "Object confirmed: it's the Mark.04-Beta. Field-Reflective Coating is being released!" Asuka cried, glaring from the arms and below to Unit-08. "Those bastards, and so close to home no less…. Hey Four-Eyes, give me some help here, will ya?!"
"Sorry darling, but I just reentered the atmosphere!" Unit-08 gave a simple salute as it and the pilot descended. "Hope to catch you on the surface!"
"Oh my God, why do we even keep you here?!" Asuka roared, puller her EVA around to see the Mark.04 rush at her. Unit-02 gave a harsh kick which left a notable dent, but the Mark.04 still firmly held to the cross. "No one told me anything about secret robots! Why wasn't that part on the sign-up sheet?"
Metal arms forged and gave a disturbing echo as a halo revealed its form, shining with an uncontrollable light around Unit-02 and the cross. Asuka's eyes widened with realization, and she cried out in pain as the echoing continuing, twice as loud and harsh in her ear drums. "D-Damn! My… My damn A.T Field won't neutralize it!"
"And I can't maintain my altitude angle anymore!" She continued, watching as the Mark.04-B jumped atop one of its 'arms' and rose up it like a car on a highway. "Dammit! I can't… reach… its core!"
"Captain Shikinami, the capturing if of Evangelion Unit-01 is our top priority!" Her superior snapped cruelly, not paying any mind to Asuka's previous words. "Capture it, even at the cost of Unit-02!"
"Jeez, thanks for reminding me Katsuragi! You think I'm doubling over in pain for kicks or something?!" Came Asuka's response. She turned from the "SOUND ONLY" comm screen as Unit-02 stood back up, before collapsing as the Mark.04-B fired a beam of raw power which tore right through Unit-02's arm. Asuka screamed louder before her eyes landed on the coffin, and the person whom she despised so much inside. "Think you can help me out here or something, huh?! Stupid idiot Shinji!"
As soon as the fords left her lips, she got exactly what she wanted.
Almost instantaneously, a single beam of red tore right through the cross with a loud crack, splitting the halo apart with unrelenting speed. The explosions that followed tore any hope of the Mark.04's survival away as it was easily stalked down and finally destroyed by the eye beam.
But Asuka didn't care.
She care for the crying out of her superior.
Or the bright explosion that followed the Mark.04's obliteration.
Or even the… the voice trying to speak up once more.
All she cared about now was staring at the crack in the cross. At Unit-01.
At Shinji.
The for briefest of moments she thought she could see his reflection in the Entry Plug from the encased Unit-01, still smiling brightly at her like how he did once before any of…. Any of it had happened. All she could do for time being was give a soft smile to the Unit-01 as it returned to sleep.
"Baka…." She warmly said, looked down to their home with a sad gaze as her Unit-02 Dash and Unit-01's coffin began to approach the red surface. "Welcome home, I guess…"
As they did, a single object began to flow somewhat to life. It was rather large object compared to the many asteroids and old defense satellites around it, with large wing shaped panel jutting out the stations sides with a large energy cannon underneath it. "Communications array reestablished. Orbital Station NEOS reporting to NEVEC Base-00. Neo-NERV and WILLE EMP Burst Wave Systems disabled; Evangelion Unit-01 has entered into WILLE territory. Recovery now improbable."
"Understood. Continue monitoring of AAA Wunder and Ark Fleet till and Western hemisphere bombardment of target till further orders."
"Acknowledged, NEOS out." Energy built up around the station as a beam of heat flowed across the night and onto the Earth, burning the "target" as it did.
Meanwhile back on Earth, a lone boy stood atop old wreckage with amusement. He could sense it; Unit-01, even after so long as it descended to the Earth. And the wave of energy he sense from his friends older sibling only confirmed his belief. "The time has come once more; welcome back, dearest Shinji Ikari." Kaworu Nagisa said softly, smiling as he faced the dark sky. "We've been waiting alone time for you to return."
"Shinji….. Shinji….. I… I miss you, brother….."