Evangelion: The World Set Free

[Asclepion]

Nyso highway had been devastated. A blast of tremendous power had obliterated the defense line, leaving a crater through the ground. Grey chunks of asphalt piled up, reaching for the sky. Blinding, choking black smoke from napalm was everywhere. Huge concrete embankments stood over a burning line of military vehicles; many buried underneath rubble from the walls of armor plating lining the zone. What had been a bridge was now a twisting iron frame. Further down, debris from crushed bunkers blocked the road. Huge artillery guns lay silent. A legion of tanks was flat on their backs, destroyed by the passing Angel.

From this the city of New Masau had been forewarned of the Angel heading towards them, and the direction from whence it came.

 

[Asclepion]

"Roger. Inserting entry plug."
"Direct hydrotransmission system, connection prepared."
"Plug fixed in place."
"First stage connection initiated."
"Filling the entry plug."
"Connecting main power."
"Commencing secondary contacts. A-10 nerve connection, normal."
"Set the thought configuration to English. All preliminary contacts established."
"Bidirectional circuits are open. Synchronization rate at 0."

It's been 4 hours since the alarms sounded outside. Piggy was sitting in Unit-02's entry plug. The Spread Pattern of the dormant Evangelion made it look like he was flying through an endless black cloud, unable to see anything except the flashes of dissipating static energy. The LCL had already filled his lungs, and he was mentally preparing himself.

"Unit-02, prepare to launch."

The colossal platform raised the Eva up from it's supports to the nearby deployment catapult, the shaft a tunnel going straight up. Elevators locked themselves onto the rail around it's feet and back.

"Release locks."

Suddenly the Eva was rocketing up. Each level passed, small modules followed by the solid metal of armor plates, faster and faster until they began to blur together. The rushing darkness was now flecked with lights, streaking down. And then light filled their eyes as they came to the surface. The supply tower shot up to his right, rising into the air. The monolith opened to reveal his weapons. He equipped his gun and hammer, and turned as he heard other pilots launching.

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Spoiler: OOC

So it's more obvious, I will use colors to signify the other "Addisons" in Thirteen's head. I won't have more than a few at a time.

"30%

"Baby steps now..." The scientists used to say followed by a series of follow-up reports and scientific jargon that Addison was told not to try and interpret but she did anyway. She was the farthest of her clones to survive past the calculated age of death that had fallen upon her other "sisters" and in comparison to now, her steps were measured in kilometers.

"Almost there..." Addison tensed up as the synchronization process kicked in. This is what she was bred for, what she was trained from artificial birth to go through like all her sisters.

"50%"

The synchronization process was the part that the other clones struggled in too. 10 took more months to train than expected and 7 couldn't get passed the 20% mark. Thirteen was here and years upon years of genetic modification and mental "calibrations" led up to this and she didn't see a reason for it to stop. She had to be the best. For the people who can't fight, to the those that needed her to fight but most importantly, the company and scientists that had labeled themselves as her family.


She could slowly feel the Eva's soul connect with her's as she heard the voices confirming her estimate of her synch level. Through the bubbly LCL she heard the "70%" and the world around her rush to the unfamiliar sun of New Massua. For a brief second as the world rushed back down Thirteen observed all that was around them. The NERV walls, the human cities, the nature that she had hoped to save in the ensuing battle.

Thirteen moved the Eva and moved the arms of what was now hers. She respected the Eva's, bodies and all. They were more alike than some could comprehend, both byproducts of science and technology. Even with all the training, Thirteen felt a feeling in the bottom of her stomach. Was it nervousness?

Either way she could not think of failing her superiors or the people of this city. She spotted Unit-02 collecting his weapons from the supply tower and she did the same. Thirteen grabbed the Railgun and attached it to her shoulder where a complicated set of locks, counter-weights and shock absorbers did the rest of the work. As the Heavy-Railgun was getting ready she fetched her knife and her pistol.

"This is Unit-09, I am ready." Thirteen said to HQ.

 

[Sirron Kcuch]

Damn, Evangelion is one of my favorite series of all time.
Gotta post here, but tl;dr, gonna edit later
Keep up the good stuff

 

[Asclepion]

Spoiler: OOC

Damn, Evangelion is one of my favorite series of all time.
Gotta post here, but tl;dr, gonna edit later
Keep up the good stuff

If you write here, put it in spoilers marked "OOC".

 

[CJ1145]

"You're letting them take me?"
"We can't stop, them dear, or we would."
"You didn't even try, did you? You don't even love me."
"Don't say that!"

"30%."

Mikhael gasped. A series of bubbles fell out of his mouth, carelessly drifting up along his face and above him. He wasn't sure where he was at first. He should be drowning, dead by now. Then he remembered; the Eva. They had placed him inside the Eva when the alarms sounded. He wasn't certain what had happened. The strange liquid that they called LCL had poured into the cockpit with him, as it had during all of the trial runs. They never told him what it was; only that it was vital in connecting him to his Eva, his beast. He had begun to... "synchronize", they called it. He became one with the monster whose controls he now held tightly in his thin hands. But during it all he had drifted away.

He did that almost every time. Remembered things he didn't want to remember. And he always panicked, his thoughts rushing back to the forefront of his mind as if they were a tidal wave pushing back against the endless pressure of the beast. But the pressure always rescinded. The beast had no interest in taking him prisoner, for now at least.

He remembered the three months he had spent here, at the Nerv Center. He had chuckled once or twice at the pun, but by now it was too commonplace for him to find anything humorous about it. Not that he didn't find other things to laugh at, of course. A job as stressful as savior of the world, he found, required a somewhat boisterous disposition.

"50%"

It was almost time. By now the effects of the synchronization process had redoubled its efforts as they pushed into Mikhael's mind. The sensation was difficult to describe. He could feel his own body, still, but it was not the body he felt like he was in. As the harmless little number climbed up on a screen somewhere in Nerv, he felt the bony, fifteen year old boy slip away, and felt as it was replaced by the hulking monster he found himself inside. An Eva. The weapon that would save the world from the Angels.

Mikhael had yet to encounter one of these monsters; he didn't know what to expect. He had seen images of them, but he simply couldn't believe them. Nothing that... monstrous could ever really exist, right? And, of course, even if they did that wasn't to say he was afraid. He couldn't afford to be afraid. The world was depending on everything he did. He would not fail them.

"70%, Unit-27 prepare to launch"

It was time. An elevator cranked to life as the locks were released; his Eva was shuttled higher and higher up from its womb, deep within Nerv's facilities. Mikhael could not contain his jumbled mass of excitement, anxiety, and sheer unbridled joy at what was happening. His number shifted up to 74%.

And in an instant, he broke to the surface. His enormous beast, black as the night with dozens of placed trimmed with bright yellow paint, stood erect as the boy took in the beautiful sights of the surface. He grinned, an expression that his Eva mimicked, showing a particularly gruesome maw of gnashed, sharp teeth.

"This is Mikhael Rev, launching in Unit-27, HERE WE GO!"

 

[Asclepion]

The coordinates came in, a holographic map showing their location and the expected Angel vector. You would not think, to look at an Evangelion, that it can even run at all. But an Eva can move when it needs to. They can keep up with fighter jets. The intercept point was not far, with an approximate 4-minute window until Angel contact. Enough time to spread out and scan the landscape. At first, there was a glittering of reflected sunlight in the distance. This was followed by a high-pitched ringing or humming sound. There were patches of bare rock and cleared jungle, spreading and growing wider, and the high-pitched noise became louder.

Something unseen ripped a path through the rainforest. Shrapnel flew everywhere. The trees were being ripped away! The ground beneath them was disappearing! Jungle and water and stone just dissolved and disintegrated. The entire space in front of them was just being shredded. Shredded to dust!

The landscape was disintegrating. Piggy realized the Angel might be invisible and threw the Eva's giant arms out, surging the A.T. Field over his hands into a solid wall. Within a space of seconds he felt something hit it. The Evangelion saw individual particles, like dust, streaking in front of it. The particles were moving at incredible speed. They were not being blown by the wind. They were moving all on their own, very fast, toward the city.

 

[Sirron Kcuch]

He couldn't believe it. Those enormous robots actually worked. "Surprising, but we have yet to see if these things can really be trusted to fight the... Angels? The CIA is going to fire me if I tell them NERV is fighting some kind of aalien angels. Damn, that can't be true." He thought.

"Notako, you gotta see this. It's ubelievable". But it was true, that green robot just hit the unstoppable nothingness. And it was OK

"I've got to know how those Evangelion things work." It was completely different to what he was used to. If NERV decided to start a war, they would be unstoppable.

Then, there were the Angels. Who made them? Why are they attacking so many places? He was extremely confused. He just couldn't believe what he'd been told

 

[CJ1145]

He was free.

In a single bound, Mikhael felt a freedom unlike anything he could have imagined. He gave no physical input; his hands made no movements as they gripped the odd bars that passed for controls. He did not even think his commands for the midnight-tinted beast to follow. They were one, and as naturally as he moved his own body, the Eva moved. His very first choice was to leap. Though he hadn't realized it just yet, his Eva's legs were sturdy, broader and stronger than others, and was perfect for such a request.

The Eva crouched, a low, guttural growl vibrating the minuscule trees below. Mikhael noticed that they looked almost like pieces of broccoli from up here, even though the fusion of flesh and metal was at almost half its normal height. And then, in an instant, it was gone. The legs released their stored energy, uncountable thousands of pounds of pressure released in a single moment as the colossus shot into the air as if it had been fired from a cannon. Rev screamed; he wasn't Mikhael when he was in this thing. That was the name of some tired old philosopher who locked himself in his room. Rev was the name of a hero. His heart leaped in his chest as he took in the sensation of weightlessness. The landscape below rocketed past at a level he was barely able to comprehend, even with the extremely acute senses of his Eva.

Finally, he sank. His legs extended, and he made contact with the dirt below. Gravel, dust, and soil nearly a hundred feet deep moments before exploded into the air as the monster dug his heels into the ground, slowing down at extreme speeds. After the acceleration of the Eva had been halted, Mikhael took off again, voices now streaming into his cockpit about the insanity of what he just attempted. He only picked up one in particular.

"If you try that again you're going to rip that power cord right out of the Eva's back! Stick to the ground!"

As much as he wanted to get a real taste of his quasi-flight capabilities, Rev decided to relent. He would rather the world remain safe than indulge in his own fantasies. Coordinates came up in front of him; he was close. The Eva took off at a sprint again. Rev only promised he wouldn't jump. He flew over a mountain as if it were a slight incline, and nearly flew face-first into another pilot; Piggy stood his ground, holding the line against... something.

"Huh--" was all Rev managed to get out before he crashed into the AT-Field, his Eva roaring in shock as his hands pushed with all of their power against the psychic wall in its path. He looked for an Angel, but saw no great figure. No eye of a thousand colors. Not even a sea of inhuman blood. Then he noticed it, the little pinpricks buzzing about like a swarm of insects, crashing into the field between them and him. Rev groaned, his hands shaking as he felt a sensation both similar to and entirely unlike a thousand needles piercing his arms. He considered retracting, but only for a moment. His eyes were clamped tightly shut, and his brow was furrowed into the closest thing his timid face could get to a fierce expression. His lips curled, and he snarled.

"I don't care if you're a a monster, or an alien, or even just a bunch of bugs! We're gonna kill you!"

"75%."

 

[hiei82]

"This is why I hate people" Owen uttered under his breath, now heavy from running, as he made his way to the nearest entrance to the underground facility with the greatest of speed. His formerly pristine white lab coat, now stained with a combination of countless shades of browns and one disturbingly familiar shade of red, fluttered behind him in the unnatural winds, his face now obscured by a mask to prevent any "particle mass intake" as the label had vaguely promised. The street was a disaster zone. When the warning sirens first blared to life, the surest sign of an impending attack, the people had stopped whatever action they had been previously doing and chosen to run for cover, despite the fact that there had been ample time between the first siren and the attack to get to a nearby shelter safely and calmly. Vehicles, purses, packs, cases, and all manner of other portable tools had been left sitting in the street, giving the whole street an air of the ghastly; and all making his path a bit more difficult to navigate. "People" he muttered again.

"Damnable A.T. Fields" Owen heaved out, as he struggled to cross a street, empty save for dropped items and the bodies of the unfortunate few who did not make it to a shelter. Whatever the Angel was attempting to do, it was causing a major disturbance and Owen was willing to bet the increased wind speed was designed to have some perverse effect the city and its not-so-secret base. That; or the hurricane season had started a bit early. Either or. He would have to remember to experiment with the effects of A.T. Fields on the local climate... lots of potential uses there.

Crossing the street with some effort, only possible thanks to the wind-breaking effects of the massive urban sky-scrappers, Owen finally reached the entrance he sought. A pair of bodies clung to the doorway, desperate to gain entrance, the life having left their eyes some time ago. Pushing them aside, Owen scanned his access card to raise the barricade. "Two weeks! I stay in my lab for two bloody weeks working on every project under the sun - no angels. Leave my lab to finally get some proper rest - attacked by sentient, translucent energy particles that apparently have a thing for black holes. I don't know how, but they must plan these attacks around my sleep patterns" Owen half shouted, the beginnings of a tirade in his tone, as he bolted through the quickly opening passageway, leaping over the safety rails for the stairs headed down.

Not that he really cared. The Evangelions would triumph, the Angel would die for its crimes, and the world would just keep on spinning. But, it would be just a shame to miss the party. Besides, if by some stroke of bad fortune the Evangelions did encounter difficulty, Owen would be necessary. After all, no one else is really qualified to make field repairs to 50ft giant monsters. "Then again, is anyone truly qualified to... operate?... on an Evangelion." A question for another day: Is fixing an Evangelion repair work or surgery?

Adding his inquiry to the quickly growing list of questions in his mind, Owen jumped another railing, descending further and faster into the belly of the HQ. His lab was not far away now, just a few more meters to the express elevator and he would be 3 minutes and 17 seconds from his office. Yes he had counted.

The re-purposed air raid sirens rang through the corridors, a sign that the first of the Evangelions had just launched. He had to hurry. "Just grab the A.T. Field scanner and go to Command Ops. Just grab the A.T. Field scanner and go to Command Ops. Just grab the A.T. Field scanner and..." He continued his mantra, hoping he would not get distracted by all the other potentially useful devices squirreled away in his lab - like the Synchronization Rate Enhancer, or the A.T. Field pressure regulator, or the A10-Analyzer, or the... "Damn it, focus" He muttered while shaking his head as he reached the door to his office. Reaching into his pocket, he sighed in frustration; "Wrong lab coat" Looking up, he cursed every divine being he could think of, most notably the yet-unnamed Angel at street level.

His curse complete, he reached for the fire extinguisher next to his door - kept there solely because it was convenient for what he was about to do; and the half dozen fires that had spontaneously erupted from his lab in the past year he supposed. With all the force he could muster, he smashed the extinguisher into the locking mechanism on the door. The handle bent, but the door held fast against the onslaught, much like the city above. He hit it again, his hands still ringing from the first blow. Once more, the portal-blocking device held, its hinges shaking under the force. Again the anti-fire device was swung at the door, but this time, the door could no longer bare the strain, as the lock gave way, and the door crashed forward with a resounding thud; emphasized by the sudden release of pressure from the extinguisher as it too cracked under the momentum of the swing.

Owen dropped the make-shift battering ram and pressed forward into the room. With barely a thought, he grabbed the A.T. Field Scanner and made for Command Ops, detoured only to grab the Synchronization Rate Enhancer, the A.T. Field pressure regulator, the A10-Analyzer, the Particle Field Disruptor...

 

[TheNaut131]

65%

"Alright, alright. I've been at this for two years and this whole process still feels odd."

Alexander was sitting in Unit-31, contemplating his first mode of attack. He was the only A.T. Tactician on the team and felt he had some sort of responsibility and that he had to uphold his role. Showing up late hadn't really helped that. He'd been training for years, after his little joy ride in the Tops. The government had happily provided him with education, a home, an entirely new life, the works. He was ready to pay them back.

Alexander was syncing up nicely with his Eva, a sensation that still shocked him. And yet filled him with complete awe and fascination. He'd learned all he could about Evas, how they're grown, how they berserk, the entry plugs, corruption,angels, and especially A.T. fields.

"Hmm, I can already tell things are heating up out there. C'mon guys, get me to the top of this thing..."

70%

Unit-31, prepare for launch


The elevator slowly but surely rose to the top, as him and his Eva synced up. He could already sense Unit-31's intrigue. Thats all it ever thought, really. Intrigue, confusion, exploration, discovery. All the curiosity of a child with a tank for body. The only time these feelings subsided was when they had learned all they needed to know about the enemy at the time and they were ready to destroy the enemy. Though, the word that would pop into his head wasn't destroy or murder, but dissect.

Unit-31's eyes, all three in a row down it's knife-shaped face, flickered for a second. Looked like Dioscuri was finally awake. Alexander was nearing the top of the elevator. He was ready to take on anything. When he reached the top of the elevator, Pollux was in control.

75%

Unit-31 is clear!

"Thats what I wanted to hear!"

Pollux broke off in a flash. Though Unit-31 was a bit more armored, it was just as fast as the other Evas, it's control of A.T. field making it even faster. Pollux quickly scanned the perimeter. He could sense people on the ground, people being evacuated, and a strong A.T field up ahead. He could see Rev, off in the distance, fighting what he assumed to be the angel. But something felt off. He didn't actually see anything, but could tell Rev was under some form of attack. He did a quick check and found what he was looking for.

There was one huge A.T field but within it were thousands of tinier ones.

"What is this? Not just another brute?"

Unit-31 ran slightly faster, while Dioscuri pondered the enemy. Alexander was ready to support Rev, and Pollux was ready to see what they were up against.

Pollux fired off a few rockets to see if he could get the angels attention. He did, but it appeared he'd gotten only half of it. A portion of the little A.T.s broke off in his direction. He was utterly confused. Were these the angel, these sprites?

"No, not possible".

He thought about what he'd learned involving angels.

"Right?"

And then a thousand needles bored into his skin.

 

[Asclepion]

Spoiler: OOC

You guys are a seriously fantastic group.

 

[Grim327]

20%

Chris was put into his Eva no more than five minutes ago, and told that it was time to fight. The LCL fluid started to fill the cockpit, but he took little notice to the fluid. The only thing that was on his mind was getting focused on the battle to come very shortly.

40%

He and his Eva were now becoming more and more in-tuned, and the Eva started feeling like an extension of the body. At this moment Chris was beginning to focus more on his Eva, trying to keep the synch process under check so as it would not go overboard. He began to run through his training in his head, what his trainers and teachers told him about angels and how to combat them. He never fought an angel up to today, and so he did not know what it was like, but he saw footage, and read after-action reports from Eva pilots before. He was anxious to see these enemies and figure out how good they really were. If what he read and saw was the real thing and then he would not be disappointed.

70%

With the Synch process complete, Chris told HQ, "Grim and Unit 03 ready for launch." After he said that, the massive elevator immediately lurched its way up going ever-so faster. After what felt like seconds, the Eva was now outside of the cocoon of Nerv and on the battlefield. "Alright Reaper, its time to fight and add our first creature to our list," Chris said coldly. Knowing that his Eva couldn't talk, Chris did not expect a reply back, but he did feel what seemed like anxiousness on the part of the Eva. Maybe, just like himself, the Eva wanted to test out this angel's abilities, and see how good it is in a fight.

Chris turned his attention to grabbing his gear, so with a 90 degree turn, he was looking at the supply tower, and the Eva made a full-on sprint to the tower getting there in seconds. He grabbed his Long Maz Mk ll, Handcannon, and finally his chainsword, which he placed on his back. "God, I wish they made a katana version of that sword," Chris mentioned under his breath. Once he was finally ready, Chris turned and headed off toward the battle that seemed to already start.

After a few seconds, Chris saw that Piggy and Rev were pushing or holding something in front of them. From where he was at, Chris couldn't tell what. However, he was at the perfect distance for his Long Maz, so Chris knelt down to get a better firing position and zoomed in on what was directly in front of Piggy and Rez. He did not fire however, fearing that if he did there was a possibility that the wind would blow the projectile into either Piggy or Rez, "Move out of the way so I can shoot," Chris said over the radio to Piggy and Rez

 

[TheNaut131]

Pollux flanked around the giant mass. He could still feel the sprites,as he'd come to call them, right on his ass. He wasn't exactly sure how to handle this situation or where everyone was. This was not going too well, especially if someone wasn't around with a plan.

"Okay, think! Theres no way THESE can be the angel, where the hell would the core be? Unless this thing has no core, which means we have no way of taking it out, and we're totally screw-what the hell am I saying?! Theres gotta be a core here somewhere."

Pollux spun around, and fired off 3 shots into the cluster of sprites. The explosions sent the swarm flying off in multiple directions. Closer than he was before, he saw them scatter for a brief moment, but they clustered up and dove at him.

"Goddamn, that stings!"

Unit-31 jumped straight up, high above the swarm bellow him. He was slightly floating, but could feel himself descending rapidly. He scanned over to the larger mass of sprites and saw, Piggy, Rev and a few yards away ,Grim, who was taking aim at the cluster.

"Guys, give Grim some room!"

Pollux wasn't too sure Grim could actually do any damage, but he needed to see how the angel would absorb the hit. What exactly was the reach of it's A.T field?

Below Pollux, the sprites were rising towards him, but he dashed forward, in mid air, flanking around. He ended up a few yards away from Grim, and the sprites appeared to be returning to the main cluster, just a bunch of small floating dots in the air.

"What is up with this angel? How are we gonna stop this hurricane?"

 

[Raynoson]

Damien watched from his post within the command center, technicians, operators, and others manned screens and panels.
As he watched the main image of the impending force seemingly like the wind itself consuming everything in its paths.

"Come on, I want some information on that thing, prepare the nearby turrets and get ready to fire or raise the barricades!" His tone was firm and confident.

Communicating in directly to the pilots so all could hear.
"Nik, Mik and Alex, try to keep A.T fields up against that thing and keep an eye for the core."
"Chris, Addi, try to get a sight for the core to, and be ready to take a shot when clear."

<spoiler=OOC>Combat uh.... yeah I need some serious words to input here from you Asc because combat scenarios and what not are a bit hard to manage from a OD point of view at this point...
Basically any things you don't want me to do or I should know of before I start spinning around like a top trying to hold 5-6 pilots in check or so?

 

[Asclepion]

Piggy held out Unit-02's A.T. Field with one arm, the other raising his Bolt Launcher. The A.T. Fields neutralized, and Piggy fired at the particles flooding out of the trees. What had been too small to see in the forest was now rising up in gargantuan clouds. He heard shots from behind him, and a rocket sailed over his head. He though it missed, but it was actually right on target, because the sky above him was growing dark. A swirling dust cloud shrouded the sun. A tornado of dust in the sky. The dust swarm came together into a shape like nothing the Earth had ever seen. A gigantic being of teeth and blades and randomly placed eyes.

Spoiler

*Image property of Monster-Man-08 on Deviantart. Credit to KA Applegate.

--

The Angel of dust descended on the Evangelions. Unit-02 fired a bolt through it and swung a titanic fist. It was a blow that would have punched through an aircraft carrier. The blow raked though the swarm-thing. Unit-02's jaw racheted open and the Evangelion roared.

Her arm had been eaten away. In its place was a mangled, bloody mess. Desynchronize! Piggy closed his own eyes and pushed the sensations from him. It began to dull- strong as ever, but farther away. By the time the scream was over, it was already gone.

Then he gagged in the plug. Because the dust was streaming into the Evangelion's mouth, it's ears, it's nose! Piggy raked at his face! The Eva tore handfuls away from it's cheeks. But it was no use. It kept coming! The Pointman was in the grip of a living tornado monster. Some deadly swarming beast determined to engulf him.

The Evangelion bellowed. Strength flooded Piggy's body. It drew it's A.T. Field close, crushing the beings against it's armor, and blasted them away. But then Piggy saw that the creature was moving in a straight line towards Masau. Already the anti-aircraft guns were opening fire, while Evas raced after it. The Angel of dust was after Nerv. The Angel dropped to just a few feet above the ground, spread itself wide, and destroyed everything in it's path.

 

[TheNaut131]

<spoiler=OOC> I'm not sure about you guys, but I think I'll call it a night. Asc left us on a good note, and I think it would be a good stopping point.[/spoiler]

 

[Asclepion]

The Director called for information, and the Magi were analyzing a massive stream of data evaluating every aspect of the Angel. The particles were like insects, with miniscule wings arranged in rows and antennae were covered in tiny radio dishes. They lacked any eyes or mouth, but had two long wire-like filaments sweeping from the front.

Spoiler

*Image property of Monster-Man-08 on Deviantart. Credit to KA Applegate.

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An guard in a Nerv uniform and rounded sunglasses turned into the server room after hearing voices on patrol. Dr. Smith was there, seemingly talking to himself. Some more NERV guards came down the passage. Their belts held electric batons, handcuffs, walkie-talkies, standard gear. But one of the men had something much more dangerous- an assault rifle. HQ was in a state of emergency.

"What are you doing?"

 

[Sirron Kcuch]

Things started to make sense; after all that giant of steel was actually bleeding. And the dust thing... it was actually chewing through it, at a faster pace each time. "Was that an arm flying?" He thought.

It didn't even touch the ground, before it could, a million invisible blades tore it apart.

NERV, EVA, Angels, AT fields, positron cannons, progressive knifes... There were so many things he couldn't understand. In fact he did understand; he just couldn't believe it. Weapons wouldn't work against that beast. It couldn't be cut, it couldn't be shot, and it couldn't even be touched.

"That's it". He thought. "Goddamit, I'm starting to think like these people"

"Pig- Nikolai, try to maximize your AT field!"

He couldn't believe what he actually said. It didn't really matter, though, as his main goal at the moment was just to infiltrate. Nothing else.

Comm chatter interrupted his thoughts:

"Hahaha, you're just as mad as them"
"Nokato again" He said to himself "But she's right after all. That wasn't just a slip. I actually thought everything made sense.Damn"

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

"Roger that." Addison said as she made the EVA skit around the massive swarm. It seemed like one of those nightmare scenarios that Addison was put in. It was always something unexpected, something so dangerous that even the scientists had trouble compiling. She remembered all the digital angels, all the calibrations into how the situation had to be played through to get to the expected results.

But this time everything was different. Everyone's life was at stake and not just hers. She stopped at a sloping hill when she saw Piggy's EVA being consumed by the swarm. It was in no way pretty but in a way it was an expected sight. She tried to look for a core, for anything to aim at but it was as if there was no core. Addison hatched an idea but she needed to pass it through the HQ first and eventually the scientists gathering terabytes of information.

"HQ, I'm going to fire a rail shot into the swarm. I need to get that Angel to notice that we are a bigger threat." Addison said. Her EVA was a significant distance from the swarm but it was still in distance for a devastating shot with her railgun.

"Chris, I need you to help me with this one." She said as she brought the massive railgun to bear. Addison charged the shot, energy leaping about as the gun was about to fire. The gun was massive and meant for intercontinental strikes.As soon as Addison felt like it was the right time to fire, she did not hesitate.

"Firing!" The ground around her EVA's feet kicked up as the recoil reached past the shock absorbers but not enough to knock her EVA down. She could feel the soul of the EVA grin with satisfaction. The velocity of the round fired traveled at an unparalleled speed with the force that could go into the stratosphere without stop. In no time the round would hit the swarm of whirling blades and death. She hoped that the strike would mean something or else stopping the beasts would be more of a battle than she thought it would be.