Evangelion Next Genesis 01

Chapter 1: You are (Most Likely Not) Alone

Act I: ANGEL!

"I'm sorry. Your call could not be completed. Please hang up and try again."

"Seriously?" A brown-haired boy about 14 groaned, "Who the hell keeps interrupting my phone calls and stops them from being completed!"

And suddenly, his answer presented itself - a giant, darkish green humanoid monster with a beaked skull face... thing.

"Whoa," The boy noted.

As the monster rampaged, the boy smirked.

"Today just got a bit more interesting..."

Suddenly, a blue car stopped right in front of him. The door opened, revealing a purple-haired woman with sunglasses.

"Shinji Ikari, I presume?" The woman smirked.

"Best. Day. Ever," the boy replied, "I mean, yes."

"Misato Katsuragi," The woman replied, "Sorry, I'm late."
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One speedy drive later, and Misato and Shinji make it to the mysterious underground complex.

"Welcome to the New Earth Revival Ventures company. Also known as NERV," Misato smirked, "This is NERV HQ, the key in the effort to rebuild our world, and ensure our place in it."

"So, let me get this straight," Shinji observed, "I meet a hot girl in the middle of a giant monster attack, and she works for an organization meant to preserve all mankind?"

"Yeah, pretty much," Misato replied, crossing her arms.

"Best. Day. Ever," Shinji repeats, "How can this day get any cooler?"

As they walk into the next room, Shinji notices a giant robotic humanoid. Purple armor. Shoulder fins. A horn.

"BEST. DAY. EVER," Shinji smiles almost madly.

"Hey, Ritsuko, we're here!" Misato shouted to a blonde woman in a labcoat standing nearby.

"About time," Ritsuko Akagi groaned, "And I suppose THIS is the Third Child."

"Third Child?" Shinji snapped out of his almost crazy look, "I'm no child! I'm more manly then anybody else! My manliness will pierce the heavens themselves!"

"... He's a Gurren Lagann fanboy, I take it," Ritsuko blinked.

"Yeah, I don't know either," Misato sighed.

"The hell's Gurren Lagann?"
---
As the monster rampaged outside, Gendo Ikari, a man with gloves, glasses, and a stern look on his face, sat waiting at a table on top of a large... thing.

"Misato Katsuragi has arrived with the Third Child," an old man named Kozo Fuyutsuki spoke.

"About time, too," Gendo smirked, "Project Eva is underway."
"So, lemme get this straight," Shinji blinked, "You expect me to fight this monster, which you refer to as an Angel, using this... Evangelion, as you call it?"

"Yes," Ritsuko replied, "We found that it seemed to respond best to your genetic template."

"... As I said before, Best. Day. EVER. In ALL. Of HISTORY," Shinji replied, "But wait... didn't my DAD send the invitation?"

"Correct," A voice spoke. Everyone looked up to see Gendo Ikari standing nearby, above some stairs, "Been a long time, Shinji."

"... Who are you?" Shinji asked, causing everyone to groan intensely.

"It's me, your dad," Gendo replied.

"You're my dad?" Shinji asked, "You look more like a pedophile."

"WHAT?" Gendo ran down the stairs, murderous intentions written on his own face.

"MY VIRGINITY REGRETS NOTHING!" Shinji ran away, with Gendo in pursuit.

"Yep, father and son, alright," Misato sighed.

After Shinji's 'whipping,' and after they got Shinji into a plugsuit, they headed back towards the room where the Eva was, riding a platform up to the walkway that went around to the Eva's back. Misato led Shinji over to it, where technicians were preparing the cockpit.

Ritsuko stepped towards them. "Shinji, you need to wear these," she said, holding out a pair of hair clips. "The Eva works by mental commands, and these A-10 clips will boost your mental waves to improve synchronization."

"A robot that works by means of mere thought," Shinji observed, "So, I can command it to grow a drill on his arm, and it'll do that?"

"... No," Ritsuko replied, "No, it will not."
---
As the once-black eyes glowed blue, the Eva was transported to a launching deck.

"Evangelion Unit 01 has been transported to the launching deck," A operator spoke.

"Launch!" Misato ordered, and watched as the Eva was transported to the surface.
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Act II: BERSERK!

The entity that humanity had dubbed 'the Third Angel' gazed upon the mass of metal and rock that was known as Tokyo-3. Senses extended, seeing and perceiving on levels beyond those of any organism on Earth.

'Now, where could you be?' The Third Angel thought to himself.

"Hey, Ugly!" A voice rang out. The Angel turned to see a giant purple creature approaching him.

"Yeah, I'm talking to you!" The voice shouted, "You may be big, but the bigger they are..."

The Angel sighted a sharp metallic object in the creature's hand.

"The harder they die when I kill them."

The Angel stood there a moment, then facepalmed.

'Seriously, I may not speak the Lilim Tongue, but I KNOW that isn't good grammer,' The Angel growled in a language no human could comprehend.

"So, why doncha speak your name?" The creature growled.

'VERY WELL,' The Angel thoughtspoke, 'I am the Angel of Water. My power rages like the tide. I am the Third of my Kind. I am Sachiel. I have arrived.'

"Oh, a Badass Boast?" The creature spoke again, "Here's mine. My name is Ikari. I'm Fourteen Years of Age. This is Evangelion 01. Or as I like to call it..."

The 'Evangelion' charged at Sachiel, the metal spike ready to pierce the core.

"... my BOOMSTICK!"

One quick movement by Sachiel got the Evangelion off guard. Tripping up the Evangelion with a pair of laser spikes, Sachiel watched the creature fall to his feet. Kicking the Evangelion over, Sachiel lasered the left eye, watched the blue eyes fade to black, then retracted his laser and walked off, back on his mission.

'That Ikari,' Sachiel thought to himself, 'What a fool.'

Suddenly, the Evangelion's remaining eye blinked red. The Evangelion rose to its feet, and opened a mouth full of sharp fangs. Sachiel turned to see its foe arise again.

'Oh,' Sachiel thought.

The Evangelion roared, charging toward the Angel of Water, red eye narrowing.

'Oh,' Sachiel thought.

A spire of AT Field energy surrounded the Evangelion's arm, pointed toward Sachiel's core.

'Oh,' Sachiel thought.

And the AT Field Drill pierced his core.

'Oh,' Sachiel thought, 'F*ck.'

And so, the Angel exploded into the lifeblood it was spawned from.
---
Shinji's eyes snapped open.

"GAH!" Shinji screamed, "MY EYE! IT GOT MY EYE!"

Poking the eye, Shinji realized it was still there.

"What... happened?" Shinji thought.

"Ah, you're awake," A voice spoke.

Shinji turned to see non other then Misato, sitting nearby, with a magazine in her hand.

"What the heck happened back there?" Shinji asked, "Why is my eye still here?"

"Sync Ratio was at 70%," Misato replied, "You felt the injuries, but didn't experience them."

"So, how'd we beat the Angel?"

"Eva went berserk," Misato replied, "The Angel's gone."

"Oh... so my Eva can act on its own?" Shinji asked.

Misato nodded.

"Cool..." Shinji smiled.
---
"How is he?"

"Doing very well," Misato replied, "He wasn't scared by the Eva going Berserk, so that's good."

"I feel he is not yet ready."

"You're always so sure of that," Misato replied.

"Indeed," the pilot of Eva 00, Rei Ayanami, responded, "Indeed..."
---
Act III: CLASSMATES!

"Nice place," Shinji commented, "Misato, I gotta admit, your place is nice and roomy... if a bit cluttered. Perfect for a person like you."

"You really think so?" Misato popped a can of beer open, "And I thought the uptight act fooled people well enough."

"Please," Shinji sighed, "I've been deceived enough so that I can tell when someone's lying and when they aren't. My mind is the one that can piece the illusions of the deceitful, like a drill piercing the heavens."

"Okay, now I KNOW you watch Gurren Lagann," Misato replied.

"Only a few episodes," Shinji replied, shrugging.

Misato smiled. 'Guy's being honest,' she thought, 'That oughta earn him a few friends...'

"Oh, by the way..."

"Eh?"

"Why do you have PenPen?" Shinji pointed to what appeared to be a Rockhopper Penguin nearby.

"Because everything's better with penguins!" Misato replied with a smile.
---
"Do the impossible, see the invisible," Shinji sung to himself, "Row Row Fight da Powah..."

"Hey, you!"

Shinji turned to the voice... only for a fist to make contact to his face.

"OW, MY FACE!" Shinji shouted in pain, grabbing the hurt area.

"Sorry," The fist's owner spoke, "Just had an anger issue there. Didn't feel right if I didn't."

"Who..." Shinji growled, "Are you to do that?"

"My name is Touji Suzuhara," The boy replied, "You nearly killed my sister. Prepare to die..."

"Wait, what?" Shinji replied, "I only moved here yesterday! I didn't do a damn thing!"

"Hey, I gotta apologize to you," A blonde guy with glasses spoke, "His sister got hurt by all the commotion that happened a few days ago. Kensuke Aida, Nice to meet you, Mr. Mecha Pilot Dude!"

"Shinji Ikari," Shinji replied, "Wait... Whatcha Talkin' About, Aida?"

"You're the pilot of that giant robot, right?"

"Who told you?"
During Lunch that day, Shinji stood on the roof of the school, contemplating.

"How were those guys able to figure out my Status as an Eva Pilot so quickly?" Shinji asked himself.
~~~
"Oh, a Badass Boast?" The creature spoke again, "Here's mine. My name is Ikari. I'm Fourteen Years of Age. This is Evangelion 01. Or as I like to call it..."

The 'Evangelion' charged at Sachiel, the metal spike ready to pierce the core.

"... my BOOMSTICK!"
~~~
"Oh, yeah," Shinji noted, "Geez."

"Mr. Ikari?"

Shinji turned to the owner of the voice. It was a girl. Red eyes, and light-blue hair done in a shorter style then most.

"There has been a summons," The girl spoke, "A new Angel has emerged."

Shinji watched her go, then turned to the sea. There, just on the horizon...

A giant beast resembling a fusion of a tadpole and a crab of some sort was approaching.

The 4th Angel has arrived.

'I am The Angel of the Morning. My power shines like a morning star. I am the Fourth of my kind. I am Shamshel. I am here...'
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Act IV: DESTRUCTION!

"ATTENTION ALL TOKYO-3 RESIDENTS. AN ANGEL HAS BEEN SIGHTED APPROACHING TOKYO-3. ALL RESIDENTS ARE TO REPORT TO THE NEAREST SHELTER."

It was the 30th time that message sounded. Everyone not involved with NERV had already gotten into the shelters. All but two.

"C'mon! The battle's starting!" Kensuke Aida shouted from the top of an extremely tall hill.

"Wait up!" Touji shouted from about halfway up the stairs that led up there.
"Evangelion restraints deactivated!"

"The Angel has approached the area!"

"Time to pierce the Angel back to the heavens!"

"Evangelion Unit 01 - LAUNCH!"
---
"And now... the main event!" Kensuke smirked, "Time to see if last time wasn't a fluke!"

"Geez, Aida," Touji sighed, "Might as well see this."
---
"Okay, Shinji," Misato spoke over the radio, "We're gonna take it by surprise, so you have an opportunity to shoot the core while it's caught unawares."

Shinji rolled his eyes, and watched the door open.

"Take it by surprise," Shinji sighed, "Not my style, but it'll-"

And then, a whip made of pure light wrapped around his leg, and threw him into a nearby building.

"AHHHH!" Shinji screamed, "TENTACLE RAPE! GODDAMMIT!"

A claw grabbed the Evangelion and threw it into a nearby hill - right where Kensuke and Touji were standing.

Shaking his head, Shinji noticed a pair of familiar faces in the corner of his eye.
"Two of Shinji's Classmates?" Misato noted.

"What're they doing there?" Dr. Akagi asked.
---
"Shinji, Let them in!" Misato shouted though the radio.

Shinji, seeing the danger they would be in, immediately popped out the Entry Plug, which lowered a ladder.

"You two, get in here if you wanna live!" Shinji shouted though the speakers.
After they got in the Entry Plug, Touji and Kensuke noticed that what they were breathing wasn't air.

"WHAT THE HELL, I'M BREATHING WATER?" Touji yelled.

"I'm all wet, and not in the naughty way!" Kensuke added.

"That's LCL," Misato explained, "Shinji didn't complain about it."

"Waitaminute, I was breathing LIQUID?" Shinji asked.

"That's not really much to know," Misato replied, "Now, Shinji, we're ordering a strategic retreat."

"Retreat?" Shinji repeated, "That's running away..."

"Yes, what's it to you?" Misato asked.

Shinji didn't answer...
~~
"Uncle, why did daddy abandon me?"

"He's just very busy with his job."

"But he abandoned me..."

"Listen, Shinji. Sometimes, circumstances lead to problems. But sometimes, you have to solve those problems. And if you want to, the best thing to do is to not run away. To advance in life, you mustn't run away..."

"You mustn't run away..."

"You mustn't run away..."

"You mustn't run away..."
~~~
"I mustn't run away," Shinji muttered, "I mustn't run away. I mustn't run away. I will NOT run away!"

"Huh?" Kensuke noted.

"I can never run away from my problems," Shinji spoke, "If I do, I can't move forward! My Uncle taught me this lesson, and it made me a better person! And now, to prove it!"

And so, the Evangelion ran toward the Angel, activated a progressive knife...

And got thrown into a nearby building by a laser tentacle.

'lol,' The Angel thought, and moved on to what it was looking for.

The Evangelion stood up again. Shinji smiled.

"Uh, dude?" Touji spotted something, "What's with the Timer?"
---
"UMBILICAL CABLE DISCONNECTED - TIME UNTIL INTERNAL POWER RUNS OUT - 3 Minutes."

"Crap!" Misato replied.
"Okay, I don't know what that timer's for," Shinji smirked, "But that Angel'll be dead before it runs out!"

The Evangelion began to run toward the Angel, Progressive Knife in hand... When the timer hit 00:00, and the Eva stopped in its tracks.

"DAMMIT!" Shinji screamed, "DAMMIT, MOVE!"
---
"The EVA has deactivated," Maya Ibuki noted. "Wait, we're getting some sort of increased power source from within the EVA!"
---
"No..." Shinji noted, "I'm not going to lose. I'm not going to run! I'm going to win!"

The Evangelion's eyes began glowing red.

"JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?" Shinji roared, along with the Evangelion.
---
"What the hell just happened!" Ritsuko yelled.

"Somehow, the Evangelion's entered some sort of controllable Berserker Mode!" Maya replied, "It's charging!"
---
"See this?" Shinji smirked, "This is it! THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!"

The Evangelion charged at the Angel, fangs bared, eyes red, and Progressive Knife ready.

The Angel, seeing this, unleashed a laser whip at the knife. The knife fell out of the Eva's hand, hitting the ground with a clang.

"That won't stop me!" Shinji roared, as the Eva's empty hand began glowing white.
---
"Sir, we're picking up massive AT Field fluctuations!" Matoko Aoba yelled.

"Could it be?" Gendo wondered to himself.
---
"AT FIELD..."

The white glow extended into a sharp spiral cone about the size of the Angel's head.

"GIGADRILL..."

The spiral cone began spinning, rocketing the Evangelion forward.

"BREAK!"

And the 'Drill' pierced Shamshel's core, reducing the great beast into the lifeblood it was spawned from.

The Eva landed, and Shinji sighed in relief.

"Gotta hand it to you, new kid," Touji smirked, "The commotion you may have caused may have injured my sister, but saving us makes you alright. Right, Aida?"

"Yeah..." Kensuke smiled.

"Oh, by the way, Dr. Akagi," Shinji turned his head toward the visage of the doctor, "In your face!"
---
Twelve black monoliths glow in the darkness. Standing at the center, Gendo Ikari pushes his glasses up and smirks.

"The Destruction of Angels 3 and 4 have been accomplished," A monolith labeled '03' intones, "Your son may be a wild card, Gendo Ikari, but he's proved amazingly useful."

"As I figured," Gendo replied, his hands in the oh-so-infamous Ikari Thinking Pose (Trademark), "However, with the information on further Angels indicating further advancement, I humbly request Unit 02 be transfered to Tokyo-3. I will repeat this request when the Fifth Angel has been dealt with, so we can be certain that we are their focus."

"Prove it is logical, and it shall be done," 01 replied, "I have an apprehension of having Soryu anywhere near Ikari."

"As do I, Keel," Gendo replied, "As do I..."
---
Act V: EVENTS!

"C'mon man, do it?"

"You really want this?"

"I won't feel right until you do!"

"Fine," Shinji Ikari pulled back, "UNSTOPPABLE SPIRIT PUNCH!"

And with that, Ikari's fist made contact with Touji Suzuhara's face.

"OW!" Touji yelled, "Okay... we're even. Sorry I decked you."

"Sorry isn't enough for forgiveness to me," Shinji smirked, "For my forgiveness, you must buy me some cool sunglasses."

"Geez, you're hard to please!" Touji yelled.

"Oh course! WHO DA HELL DO YA THINK I AM?"

"Way to rip off Gurren Lagann there."

"What?" Shinji asked.

"By the way, I've been meaning to ask," Kensuke asked, "Why exactly were YOU selected to be the Pilot of that 'Evangelion?'"

"Well..." Shinji replied, "According to my so-called father, the original pilot, a girl named Rei Ayanami, was injured in some incident involving Evangelion Unit 00..."
---
'Back then, when they were testing the Unit out, something happened...'

"The Evangelion's gone berserk!" A scientist yelled, as the hulking form of Eva 00 began to rampage around the room.

"Cut off the main power supply!" Gendo shouted.

Hydraulics and timed explosives propelled the power plug from the Evangelion's back, whereupon it crashed onto the floor.

The beast still moved.

"Thirty seconds of battery power remaining!"

"It's gone berserk! Get away from the windows!"

'The Eva went a little crazy, and sent Rei's entry plug out of its body...'

"The Entry Plug's been ejected!"

"Activate the Restrainer Polymer!"

Red streams of synthetic polymer guzzled out of the walls, encasing the mad beast in a rapidly-solidifying plastic.

'Then, in a sudden fit of silence, Unit-00 stopped.'

"Power's out."

'Gendo ran out and opened the entry plug, accidentally burning his hands in the process. Rei suffered a few broken ribs, and her right leg was broken slightly. Gendo had no choice but to contact me...'
---
"And now you know," Shinji smirked, "I was a replacement for Rei, and yet, in a way, I don't care."

"So, you weren't supposed to be here, and yet due to circumstances, here you are," Touji noted, "Well, that gives us a lot of closure."

"So, ever met this Ayanami chick?" Kensuke asked.

"Well, there was this one time..." Shinji replied.
'I was sent to give her a new ID Card, and she left the door open.'

"Hello?" Shinji asked, "Is anybody here?"

'Looking around, I noticed a pair of Gendo's glasses on the desk. I decided to try them.'

"Oooo!" Shinji picked up the glasses and put them on, "Hey look, I'm Gendo! I touch little kids and nobody cares!"

'And, well...'

"Hello there," Rei appeared behind him, in a towel, "Those glasses belong to Gendo Ikari. Please return them."

'... one thing led to another.'

"Oh... hey, Rei," Shinji sweatdropped, "I just was here to give you your ID Card!"

"Oh, really?"

"HERE!" Shinji handed the card and ran out.
---
"And that's all you need to know," Shinji replied.

"... Was she naked?" Kensuke asked

"THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW!"

A short silence followed, before Touji noticed something...

"Hey, anybody notice something about that puddle?"

"Like what?" Shinji looked down to the puddle. His eyes widened when he saw that said puddle was reflecting the three...

LIKE THEY WERE BEING VIEWED FROM ABOVE.

"That defies all logic!" Kensuke screamed, "Unless..."

Then the three looked up to see their reflections on a giant, flying diamond.

'I am the Angel of Thunder!' The diamond thoughtspoke to all minds around him, 'My power strikes like lighting! I am the Fifth of my kind! I am Ramiel! I HAVE COME!'

"Anger issues..." Shinji noted, "Well, here we go again!"
---
"LAUNCH!"

"Time for the angel of thunder... to face the LIGHTING!"

And so, the Evangelion was transported to the surface.
'IMMA FIRIN' MA LAZOR!' Ramiel thoughtroared, firing a laser straight at the Evangelion...

Act VI: FIRING!

"So..." Misato tapped her finger, "How's everyone doing?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Shinji screamed at the top of his lungs, as the Angel's Lazor struck his Evangelion.

"I'm fine," Ritsuko replied, "Not sure about the pilot."

"I'M FEELING THE PAIN, AND IT'S INTENSE!" Shinji screamed.

"Hm... I wonder if he's alright," Misato wondered.

"HELP!" Shinji screamed.

"Perhaps we could recall the Eva and launch it elsewhere," Ritsuko theorized.

"HELP!" Shinji screamed.

"Shinji wouldn't approve of it, but it is possible," Misato replied.

"WHY WON'T ANYBODY HELP?" Shinji asked, "I'M DYING OUT HERE!"

"Oh, fine, raise the blast shield," Misato replied.
A metal plate lifted itself inbetween the Angel and the Evangelion, intercepting the Lazor.

"Oh, thank god," Shinji smiled, "Listen, I may not like running from problems, but sometimes you HAVE to run so that the problem doesn't kill you-"

And he was interrupted by an EVEN MORE POWERFUL lazor piercing the Blast Shield.

"OH GOD WHY?" Shinji screamed.
"Retract the EVA!" Ritsuko screamed.

"RETRACTING NOW!" Maya yelled.
---
The Eva dropped down, out of the path of the lazor.
---
"Get the pilot to the ER Room, stat!" Ritsuko yelled.
---
Afterward, at a NERV Meeting...

"Okay, so the Angel's attack range is 30 meters in any random direction," Misato noted, "And when it attacks, a red orb appears, presumably the core. However, it can attack from any direction, therefore the usual tatic of stabbing the core won't work, and we don't know if the AT Drill will work, either. We have 10 hours to think of something before the Angel drills its way down here."

"Exactly," Ritsuko replied.

"... That's it. Nuke the thing," Misato replied.

"We don't have access to the remaining Nuclear Bombs, and we're gonna need to drop a LOT of N2 Mines," Makoto Hyuga replied, "About as many as it takes to destroy NERV."

"Okay, plan B," Misato replied, a small smirk across her face, "Bringing out the Big Guns."

"Eh?" Ritsuko asked.
---
6 Hours Later...

"Oh, I see what you mean by 'Big Guns,'" Ritsuko replied, watching several helicopters transport an oversized sniper rifle.

"That, my friend, is an Positron Cannon meant for oversized pilotable mecha," Misato replied, "The guys building it were glad enough to donate it to our cause."

"Why?"

"They didn't say," Misato replied, "Now, Shinji better be ready..."
"GAH!" Shinji woke up, "Hey, wait, I'm in a hospital again. The Eva must've gone berserk and killed the angel again. That's pretty much what happened last time..."

"Unfortunately, that is not the case."

Shinji turned to the voice's owner.

"Rei!" Shinji asked, "How long have you been here?"

"I have been here for approximately 3 hours," Rei replied, "Doing nothing to your body whatsoever. You should take note of that."

"I don't give a crap about what happened," Shinji smirked, "All that matters is that I'm back, beyotch!"

"Good to know this," Rei stood up, "Operation Yashima will occur in an hour."

And with that, she left.

"... Where are my pants?" Shinji asked when he looked under the sheets.
---
"Okay, here's the plan," Misato spoke to the pilots, "Shinji will utilize the cannon as a sniper rifle for the Angel, while Rei covers using the blast shield."

"Right," Shinji groaned, "Guns aren't my style, but at this point, I have no choice."

"Command Confirmed," Rei replied.

"Good girl," Misato smiled, "Oh, and all of Tokyo-3's power is going into the cannon, so you can't drop the cannon and run."

"Oh," Shinji sighed, "Great..."
---
"Angel has been sighted."

"Positron Cannon - Okay! Unit 01 - Okay! Unit 00 - Okay!"

Gendo smirked, and muttered three words.

"Begin the operation."
Ramiel continued the drill its way to the target before a barrage of missles began hitting it. The Angel of Thunder reacted to this by firing several lazors everywhere to intercept them...

Exposing its core to a certain giant purple-and-green robot with a sniper rifle,

"Core Located!" Shinji noted.

"Fire now!" Misato shouted.

Shinji pulled the trigger, firing the Positron Cannon at the Angel's core... and hit an AT Field.

"The AT Field's still up!" Shinji yelled, "And... I think I attracted its attention."

'Damn right you did!' Ramiel thoughtspoke, 'IMMA FIRIN' MY LAZOR!'

A lazor streaked toward the Evangelion... only to be intercepted by another blue Evangelion, with a shield.

'WTF?' Ramiel thoughtgrowled.

"Ikari, cover your own ass! I get tired of having to do it for you!" Rei shouted.

"Okay, you finally show emotion here," Shinji noted, "Okay, here we go! This cannon of ours will proceed forward... and pierce the Angel and the Heavens themselves! Take this! Our hopes! Our dreams! And all of our Sorrow! INFINITY BUSTER CANNON!"

Another trigger pull, and the cannon fired straight into the Angel's core.

'OH SH*T!' Ramiel thoughtscreamed as he died, his core reverting to lifeblood and his body shattering to bits.

One of those bits was flung over to Eva-01. It looked a LOT like a pair of Kamina shades.

"I think I'll keep this as a reminder," Shinji smirked, as the Eva lifted the Kamina Shades to its face, "To remind me why we'll always win - because Angelkind is dumb!"
---
"The fifth Angel has fallen," Gendo stood up, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting to attend to."
---
"Ayanami, you okay?" Shinji asked.

"I'm fine," Rei replied, "But why would you care?"

"Please," Shinji replied, "Why wouldn't I?"

"If I died, nobody would care," Rei replied, "I shall simply be replaced."

"Oh, please," Shinji replied, "So what if you have few friends and rarely emote. You're unique, like a-"

"Please, for the love of god, don't say 'Snowflake,'" Rei sighed.

"... I was going to say 'Diamond,'" Shinji replied.

"Oh..." Rei sighed, "I guess there is only one thing I can say..."

"And that would be?"

"You are not alone."
---
"The Fifth Angel has fallen," 03 noted.

"Indeed," Gendo Ikari sighed.

"Tokyo-3 has been determined the center of Angel attacks," 01 replies, "Therefore, Gendo Ikari, Unit-02 will be transferred to Tokyo-3, along with Pilot Soryu."

"Excellent..." Gendo exited the scene.

"You sure about bringing those two together?" A new voice spoke.

"It is logical," 01 replied, "As such, it will occur."

"I dunno," The voice's owner smirked, "It'll certainly be interesting..."

"Indeed, Tabris," 01 added, "Indeed."

END CHAPTER 1