From: Christopher Martin Brown This is my first attempt at a fanfic so forgive my errors. Comments and reviews welcome, but flames will be tossed out. You can send your reviews and commentaries to: MisterCB@ix.netcom.com All characters and situations are copyright their respective owners; please don't sue me, I'm broke, okay? That being said.... *********************************** Rage Across Tokyo-3 An Evangelion X-Over Fic By Christopher Brown *********************************** NOTE: This takes place during ep. 12 of the TV series. *********************************** Shinji was scared. His recklessness had placed him in the void that was this Angel's body, and now, it appeared he would die. He was cold, tired, but beyond all panic. -------------------------------------------------- What are you? Who...who said that? Who?.......Shinji Ikari. I am Shinji Ikari! I am! So am I. I am part of you, Shinji. There are many parts of you; I am only one. I am the part that observes. There are also parts that are observed. What do you mean? There is the Shinji that Misato sees, the Shinji that Ritsuko sees, the Shinji that Askua sees, the Shinji that Rei sees, the Shinji that Gendou sees; they are all valid versions of us. I'm afraid I will be hated. You're afraid to be hurt. Why? Because Father abandonded us for no reason. No! He left because I did something! It's my fault! Is it? What could a three-year old do to make his father leave him.....You can't answer that, can you? Please..leave me alone to die. I can't. Why? Because the Shinji that everyone sees will change soon. What do you mean by that? There is a part of you that wants to break free. He will not let us die. What part? I do not know him; I can only feel him, that he has been here since our birth. He will not be denied from existence. Denied existence? I must leave; he is approaching. No, wait!......... ---------------------------------------------- Shinji then found himself back in the entry plug. The LCL was cold, and the amount of debris had increased. He felt death was approaching. He then felt another presence...no, a feeling, inside of him. [Shinji.] "Please, no.." he cried weakly. [I will not be denied any longer.] "Please, go away, let me die." [No, I will not let us die, it is not our time to die.] "No..." [Father must pay for what he has done to us; he is corrupt, and we must end his machinations.] "No..." [Stop living a lie! you know what I say is true!] "Stop..." [You don't remember when the EVA first went crazy, do you? That event woke me; now we will become what we truly are, and were always ment to be.] "I don't want to...." [Rage, Shinji.] "No..." [Rage...] "Please..." [Rage!] "Stop..." [RAGE!] "NOOOOO!" And Shinji Ikari's world went black. ---------------------------------------------- "T-minus 60 seconds and counting; all 992 N-2 devices readied for detonation, EVA-00 and EVA-02 are in position," Maya announced. "Very well, we will commence the operation on my mark." Ritsuko replied. Misato Katsugari could only look on in sadness and hoplessness; her lack of disipline with Shinji had landed him in this situation, and she now faced the very real likelihood that one of the few people that she actually cared about in this world would die. For the first time in her life, she felt a sense of complete, utter, total helplessness. "What the?....." Askua suddenly yelled in a mix of surprise horror. A crack had just formed in the shadow that compromised the Angel's true "body," and lengthened until it had crossed the whole diameter of the circle. "Meters are going off the scale! EVA-01 is apparently fighting it's way.....Oh...my...God!" Maya gasped in horror. The illusory "body" of the Angel abruptly changed from its normal zebra-stripe pattern to pure black. As quickly as that happened, an arm punched its way out, then withdrew back into the sphere, blood spewing rapidly from the inflicted wound. The small hole then violently ripped apart, revealing a blood-drenched EVA-01. That was not the part that stood out, though. What stood out was the glow to EVA-01's eyes; eerie, primal, almost inhuman. "God help us all," Ritsuko muttered to herself, as she witnessed the visage of gore, with the blazing eyes standing out. She was so entranced by the vision that she did not notice that many of the techs were running away in sheer terror, while some curled up fetally, whimpering at the sight of the machine before them. "THAT'S what I'm piloting?" Askua cried in horror. As she saw the visage, she could not help but look at the eyes; although they terrified her, she felt a faint feeling as she looked; one of...for lack of a better word, kinship. And deep within Askua Langley, something stirred. EVA-01 leaped from the Angel's decaying body, and landed on the remains of the shadow, now solid as the ground beneath, shattering it. Rising from it's kneeling position, it raised one arm, crushed a remnant of the Angel's body in its hand, raised it's head, and roared....no, howled a cry of victory. Then, depleted of power, EVA-01 fell forward and shut down, the glow in it's eyes fading, then vanishing. --------------------------------------------- Shinji slowly came into consciousness, feeling the LCL being evacuated from the entry plug; it was still dark, and he was very much disoriented. He coughed the remaider of LCL from his lungs and as he slowly opened his eyes, He saw a figure before him, female and ethereal. In awe, Shinji spoke one word... "Mother?" "Shinji!" a familiar voice cried. The blinding lights suddenly replaced the phantom woman with another female visage: Misato's. "Oh God! Shinji, I though we lost you!" Misato cried as she tightly embraced the Third Child, her tears streaming from her cheeks onto his chest. The embrace continued for a minute or so until she heard a voice behind her. "Misato..." It was Askua's, filled with awe and fear at the same time. "What?" Misato replied. "Look..." Askua pointed towards them; Misato looked around her then realized what she was awestruck by. The inside of the entry plug was demolished. The walls were inunduated with cracks that resembled a fist striking a mirror with extreme force. Even the two butterfly handles that compromised the EVA's primary controls were destroyed, as if they were crushed. But there was one thing that shocked Misato. It was Shinji's plug suit. The memory plastics that allowed the suit to expand and contract with the wearer's figure were ripped away from Shinji's shoulder to his hands, as well as from his mid-thigh to his feet, as if their threshold was far exceeded. Misato could only stare, speechless. Shinji, exhausted, fell asleep in Misato's arms. ------------------------------------------------- To Be Continued......