Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ 01 ❯ 01:5 ( Chapter 5 )

01:5

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Disclaimer:I do not own Evangelion or any of the characters they are the property of their respective creators. Please be aware that no profit is being made from this work of fan fiction.

A/N: This was my first Evangelion fiction. Now as I am on my sixth work, presently I thank everyone who supported this story and took the time and effort to review. I now present you with this revised edition, now reformatted to meet the standards I have developed in my newer works and with the grammar (hopefully) sorted out.

Regards,

Hououza

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'Why did you make me do that to her?! Why do you hate her so much?!'

Shinji lashed out at his doppelganger but the other figure simply slid out of the way…

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Before him, lay an endless sea of red, half of a giant version of the head of Rei Ayanami floated there. As he raised his eyes further upwards, he was met with the great black second moon, the 'egg' of Lilith…

He watched as his other self slowly drew the weapon to his chest and the pulled the trigger as a weeping Asuka feebly reached out to him

"No"

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Shinji closed his eyes tightly to shut out the unpleasant scene, when he opened them the other him and the other Asuka were gone, now all that remained was the decimated landscape

'What is…this place?'

'This…'

The doppelganger swept his arm out in an expansive gesture taking in the wasteland behind him

'…Is the land after third impact. All of humanity united as one entity, their AT fields dissolved and their minds and souls bonded as one. This is the world that mother and father worked so hard to build…the world we chose…'

'We…chose…for this…I don't…understand'

'When Unit-01 merged with Lilith we were given the choice over humanity's future. My choice returned both myself and Asuka to this world, I had asked for a world without suffering yet, that is all I found when I returned…I even though that I loved her…how foolish'

'I…We…'

It was then that the second Shinji broke into a small grin

'However none of that matters anymore, soon I will put an end to their plans and make my revenge complete…then it will be time to deal with SEELE…'

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In the cell deep within the bowls of Nerv both girls thoughts were on Shinji, the enigmatic pilot of the fearsome Unit-01 and the saviour of humanity. Even now as his body lay deep within Central Dogma, wracked by changes they could neither understand nor predict they still felt their bond to him

"Shinji"

They whispered his name as their minds tried to regain the link that had been severed when his other self had sent them back. The awakened S2 organs in their bodies slowly beginning to activate and start the process of evolution that the other Shinji had plotted for them…

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The figure of a young woman appeared in the mindscape

'Shinji, what are you doing?'

Both figures turned to face the newcomer

'Mother?'

'Why are you doing this?'

The second Shinji laughed

'So, you came here to try to stop me mother? Even though you know what this will bring?'

'Shinji…I…'

Evil Shinji let out a cruel laugh, the hollow sound echoing throughout the mindscape

'It's too late mother, it's all ready begun…'

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High above in central command a reaction was occurring in Unit-01

"Sir! We have unusual readings coming from the Eva cages! Something is happening to Unit-01!"

Hyuga quickly switched the view to the cage where Unit-01 was currently being held, as they watched the chest armour expanded outwards, the plates opening to reveal the core of the Eva. A bright light flared for a moment and then a single figure emerged and fell onto the umbilical bridge

"Yui…"

The Commander's whispered words, he got to his feet

"YUI!"

He screamed leaping over his desk and dashing for the lift to the observation deck where his wife lay. The whole of the bridge crew could only look on in a mixture of shock and horror at the events unfolding in front of them

"Yui"

The Commander's voice held all the pent up emotion he had been suppressing. Her eyes slowly opened to look up at the face of her husband

"Shinji…the Eva…stop…Gendo"

It was then that the core once more was drawn back into the chest of Unit-01 and the armour plates sealed. Then its eyes lit up and Unit-01 lowered its head to face the two figures

"Mother…Father…witness now what you have created…AND WATCH NOW AS I PUT AN END TO IT ALL!"

"Shinji…what have I done?"

Gendo could only look up at the beast that was now bonded to his son, the beast that had once taken his wife and now with Yui returned had taken his son. Unit-01 began to roar and tear itself free from the restraints that bound it

"Berserker…"