EVA Ambivilence
Evangelion Fan Fiction by .Richard Flynn.

Chapter 6.

Shinji was dragged by Misato for about half an hour as they searched for some decent protection. Experience had told her that many of the Angels were dumb. Powerful of course, but still, dumb! However... this new Angel was different. It possessed human thoughts and emotions and wasn't at all stupid. Asuka and Misato checked room after room in search of survivors, but more accurately, a good place to hide. Both Misato and Asuka believed that Matt would hunt them down in some way or another. Although, Asuka was still emotionally attached to him and was reluctant to believe the series of events that had just unfolded. In not too short a time, they found the perfect place. A small utility room, that had been hurriedly abandoned at the first instance of red alert.
"This will have to do for now." Misato began, as she inspected the room through a small crack in door. "Asuka, Rei. Could ya's help me open this? Door seems to be jarred... Wait a minute. Where's Rei?!" and she looked around curiously. Asuka turned surprised. Rei had disappeared without them knowing it. Misato became worried as she ducked behind looking for her. She disappeared down the corridor as Asuka sat there next to an unconscious Shinji.
"Well Shinji, looks like Rei's gone. I'm sure if you were awake right now she'd still be here!" said Asuka sarcastically. She looked down at him as he laid down face first on the concrete.
"Hell, you probably can't even hear what I'm saying can you?!" and she gave him a good square kick in the ribs with her frustration. She was being taken down by the pressure yet again. She clenched her fists hard as she fought back the urge to go crazy. Just then Misato came bolting back around the corner, with Rei in close succession. Asuka looked up, partly relieved, but also irritated.
"Found her! She was lost a far way back. Think we must have been going a bit too fast for her." Said Misato as she gasped for air.
"Hey, what's that?" said Asuka loudly. And she pointed to some blood on Rei's hands.
"Umm... I fell. Don't worry yourself. I will be fine." Rei replied. But Asuka didn't buy it, and she cocked an eyebrow while staring carefully at her. Something about Rei was strange. She wasn't her usual dreary self. Asuka noticed that Rei had briefly... smiled! Something that she'd never seen before. She quickly hid her disbelief though, as a large explosion, not too far from them, shook the floor violently. All of them froze as a shrieking sound was heard, accompanied by loud screams, gunfire and the sound of more spilt blood. Misato reloaded her gun as she took a cautious step forward. Slowly, she eased herself around the corner, fully alert. Then she witnessed a terrible sight. There stood a now unrecognizable Matsushito. Flexing his large armor plates, he looked over a young steward. Scared to death, the steward began crying while the Angel peered closely at him. Slowly, it inched its head back and raised his right hand. And at the tips of his fingers, a long, razor sharp blade instantly grew. Misato stood there silently. Scared and astonished, she hardly breathed. And without thought or mercy, the Angel took one last look at its victim, before lunging the six foot blade through the steward's face. He became instantly decapitated as blood splattered all over the wall behind him. The lifeless body dropped to the floor as a pool of blood grew ever larger. Misato screamed loudly before covering her mouth. With pinpoint hearing, the Angel looked up. Its red eyes glowed suddenly as it watched Misato disappear around the corner. In an instant it pursued. Ruthlessly hunting down its prey, it followed her, sprinting along the sides of the walls.
"OPEN THAT GOD DAMM DOOR. THAT THING'S RIGHT BEHIND ME!" she shouted to Asuka and Rei who were sitting down bored outside their future shelter.
"What? What are you going on about woman?" Asuka asked, as she drowsily came to her feet. Just then she heard that same loud shriek and watched fearfully as the Angel pursued Misato down the long corridor.
"HOLY FUCK!" she screamed. And she instantly took to the jarred door. With almost super-human strength, she released the door and grinded it open.
"This way!" she pointed and Misato and Rei quickly dove in. Grabbing Shinji by the arms, she dragged him into the small room, before jamming the door shut again with tables, chairs and other heavy objects.

For an hour, the Angel relentlessly barged itself into the door. Fearing for her own safety, Asuka continued to stack items against it. Standing there for a moment, the Angel looked at the large metal door and with one last shriek, it ran off.
"Few!" Misato sighed. "For a moment there, I thought our gooses were well and truly cooked." She exclaimed, as she wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Best we stay here though. For the night I mean. Who knows, maybe that thing will come back. Safer here I reckon, than someone waltzing around out there with that predator. What do you think Asuka?" But Asuka just sat there silently. She had been thinking for quite some time about the former Matsushito. She was once so madly in love with him...kinda, even though she didn't really know how he felt about her. Now he was one of the enemy, and here she was, hiding in the most neglected part of NERV, fearing for her life. She pondered for a moment as she held Shinji's hand.
"What do I do now?" she asked him silently. Just then, he groaned. And slowly opened his eyes. "My god! Is he awake?" and she slapped him across the face a little as he regained consciousness.
"Out of the way Asuka. Give him some air." And Misato carefully brought him to his feet. He slowly caught his sense of consciousness and looked around the room.
"God, my head hurts." He spluttered. "Wouldn't mind a bit of fresh air." And he looked towards the jarred metal door, at a small stream of light, penetrating through the debris. He proceeded to remove the items blocking the door, when a hand shot in front of him.
"Don't you dare!" said Misato seriously. "That's just what it wants." Shinji stood back alarmed. What was 'it' exactly? He turned and looked at Asuka and Rei, who were sitting beside the wall. Rei was wearing her usual bandages. Another accident no doubt. She looked up at him, and briefly narrowed her eyes. He stood back rather surprised. Something struck him as rather odd about Rei when she looked up at him. He sensed a hint of... hostility within her! Asuka however was looking at him drowsily, but still relieved that he was awake.
"Umm, how long have I been out for?" he asked curiously.
"Let's see now. About three and a half hours. I think." Asuka replied.
"Well... that doesn't seem to be too long. Err, how did I get unconscious exactly?" he continued. Misato walked over to him and looked him in the eyes.
"You were knocked out by a large sheet of metal. There was an explosion of some sort and it fell on you. Remarkable you're not dead. Afterall, that was one big sheet of titanium."
"Oh. I see. So where are we anyway? This place doesn't look very familiar. We are in NERV aren't we?!" "We're in a utilities room Shinji, nothing spectacular. The bottom line is that a lot has happened since you hit the deck. But, that's only putting it lightly." And she held her gun up at the ready.

"Time you all bedded down I think. I know it isn't much, but if it keeps us out of harms way it'll have to do." Said Misato to the three. She looked at her watch. 11.00pm. And the minutes continued to slowly tick by. She sat herself down by the door and started flicking the magazine of her gun. Annoyingly clicking it in and out to pass the time as she kept watch. She yawned as she took a look at her watch again. 11.42pm. Felt like hours sitting there on the cold concrete. Everyone else was asleep. She quietly envied them as they snoozed away. What she'd give for some sleep. She had been up early that day after having a bad night. So that made things all the worse. She yawned again and placed her gun on the floor. It was her last magazine, so she had to be careful she didn't waste bullets on shadows, or worse still, people.
'Doesn't look like E.T's gonna make another appearance tonight.' She thought to herself. And she lied down on the floor, trying to grab a few hours of deep sleep. Looking at her revolver on the ground, she began to close her eyes. Suddenly she opened them again. Something had caught her attention. She looked closer at her gun as it laid there. It slowly began to shake and vibrate. As was the floor, and the ceiling, and the walls. Just like when she was in the control room. She thought deeply for a moment before realizing the danger. Vibration of this kind could only mean one thing. The Angel was dissolving its way through something hard. It was close, she could feel it. She stood up and looked through the holes in the debris blocking the doorway. Nothing. Where was it? She sensed it drawing towards them ever closer, so she inserted her last magazine and cocked her gun. Things were beginning to rattle now. She walked around the room cautiously, pointing her gun in every which way she could. Then suddenly... the rattling stopped. And there was a deadly silence. She stood there for what seemed an eternity. The whole time at full alert. Was it her imagination? Did she just dream the rattling? Maybe she was already asleep, having a nightmare. She pinched herself superstitiously. Just to be sure. And at that precise moment her fears became reality. That familiar shrieking sound blared in her ears. And almost everyone (asleep or not) jumped up in fear. She watched the walls as they began rattling again. Slowly she pointed her gun at the wall ahead of her. As the shrieking continued, the wall began to glow.
"Fuck! It's coming through the damm walls! You know, this gun won't do shit against this thing!" she said to the others, who were all wide awake by now. "Best we get going now! It's coming through this wall here. Move the stuff blocking the door. Since it's dissolving through, you should be able to get a clear run."
"No Misato. Look." Said Asuka. And she pointed to an old door that had been partly obscured by garbage. With a creak, it slowly wrenched open, revealing a long rising hallway. A sign attached to the door read this: 'Emergency Geo-front Access Ramp'
"Good work Asuka." Misato complemented. "I want you to take everyone to the surface!" Asuka gave a nod and she began jogging up. She stopped suddenly as Shinji wouldn't leave.
"Dammit Shinji, c'mon!" she said to him. But he wouldn't. Instead he just stood there talking to Misato. Pleading with her.
"Shinji I can't, honestly." Misato explained. "When this thing breaks through it'll be too fast for all of us. We'd all die if I followed. One of us has to stay behind to slow it down."
"But why you?!" Shinji begged. "Shinji! I'm the one with the bloody gun okay! Now for once in your god dammed life, do what your tol..." but she was suddenly cut off. Literally. Two huge blades sliced Misato's body three ways. Shinji stared horrified as each of her limbs dropped in different places.
"No!" he shouted loudly. And he rushed to her side as the last drops of life eased out of her. He held her tight as a large foot landed next to him. Looking up, he caught the gaze of the Angel. Its bright red eyes fixating on him as it raised its blades in preparation for attack.
"Matt!" a voice called. And the Angel turned to face it. To Shinji's surprise, it was Asuka. Seeing that Shinji had not followed, she had come back to find out what was happening. "Don't do it." She said to him. The Angel looked puzzled at her for a moment before walking closer.
"Asuka?" it began. And he rapidly returned to his former state. Human. "I thought I'd never see you again." And he walked closer still, now resembling the Matsushito everyone knew.
"Thank god you're alive." He said. And he planted a small kiss on Asuka's cheek. She fell for it instantly and gave him a hug. "Asuka. Before you go, I must ask you. Where is Lilith?!" and he narrowed his eyes at her. But Asuka was clueless as to who or what Lilith was. She had never seen her before.
Standing there puzzled, she replied. "Who is Lilith?" And Matt stood back in shock and shook his head.
"As I thought. You know nothing of her do you?!"
"Her?" Matt seemed bitterly disappointed and moved closer, holding his hands behind his back. Then he whispered.
"Well Asuka my dear... That's too bad." And he lengthened the blades on both his hands without her noticing. "So unfortunate you couldn't tell me. Goodbye."
"Asuka watch out!" shouted Shinji to her. But she was clueless and still under Matt's romantic spell. Without warning, he sliced her body in two. Blood spilt across the floor as Matt personally made sure him victim was dead. Strike after strike, mad with blood lust, he decimated her body, spreading her remains far from the scene of the event. Shinji sat there paralyzed, and cried as hard as he could. Returning to his Angelic state, Matt watched him as he sobbed in the corner. Shinji met his gaze yet again, and the two looked at each other, both with fear and with hatred. And by some miracle. Matt turned and dissolved his way through the walls. Shaken and scared to death, he didn't move for another hour. Instead he cowered himself into the corner, before regaining his composure and fleeing the scene.

As he opened the door to the geo-front, the light blinded his eyes. The geo-front was huge and to the untrained eye, could seem like the surface. He turned his head in every which way looking for other survivors. However none were visible. Just then a movement caught his eye. In the bushes not far from him, and a young boy ran out. He was clearly scared and backed up immediately when he saw Shinji.
"Don't worry kid. I won't hurt you." He said and he stretched his arm out towards him. Quickly the boy shot back.
"It's coming! You have to run now." He stuttered. "It's killing everyone. Nothing can stop it. Please, you have to run away, you have to run now!" but right there before him, the child's eyes went white. And a powerful particle beam shot through his chest. He made bloodthirsty sounds as his internal organs were instantly burning him from the inside out. Within a few seconds the child was dead, and the middle section of his body lied there disintegrated. And roughly a hundred feet away, stood the Angel. Motionless and without regret, he smiled at Shinji before disappearing yet again. Shinji swallowed hard. Again he had witnessed someone's death. Was the Angel trying to make him go mad?! But he wasn't scared so much though. No, he was far beyond that. It was almost as if he was used to the sound of murderous screams. One thing that was for sure was that the Angel had taken everything that he had ever loved from him. And it had to be stop. If not for the relief of his emotions, then for the lives of everyone remaining on the planet. However, he didn't know how. He had accidentally dropped the cage access cards into the coolant fluid. So access to the Eva's was near impossible. He strained his brain hard, trying to calm the hatred he held within him. But the fact of the matter was that he couldn't. He could no longer bear to see innocent people die at its murderous hands. He could no longer fear for his own safety every minute of every day. He could no longer leave someone walk free of whom had betrayed and literally broken Asuka's heart. And so he concluded. There was only one thing certain to him now, after everything that had happened. The Angel, must die!

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