[Warhammer returns from the light.]
	WH: I can�t understand, what makes a man. Takes another man, help me 
understand.
							-"People are people"
								by Depeche Mode

	I know, I usually say something else, but I just felt I had to do this. 

TekkaKnight Warhammer presents

Seraphim�s Judgment:
Part 4:
A Fistful of Evas

A Teknoman/Neon Genesis Evangelion crossover
Written by
Christian Clark


	After suiting up, Touji stepped into the seat within the entry plug. He 
looked to Misato up in the control room and yelled, "Misato-san! Is 
Shinji going to be ok?" He had been worried since the day before. To his 
relief, she told him that he was still asleep back at her apartment. He 
would be back soon enough, hopefully. Well, at least it was better than 
nothing. 

	He felt the LCL flood the plug and soon his lungs soon afterwards. He 
kept himself as calm as he could, hearing Ritsuko and Misato give him 
the pre-launch instructions. Soon, the inner shell of the plug was 
replaced with several different surroundings. Some looked like computer 
schematics, others looked like pychadelic colors, other just couldn�t 
have been described. 

	Soon enough, he felt the EVA�s mind merging with his own. He closed his 
eyes and took a deep breath of LCL. As he breathed out, he slowly opened 
his eyes to see the city around him. Though he didn�t recall going 
through the entry shafts. Then he remembered about the sim attached to 
his EVA. He would be using the newest weapon to the EVA�s arsenal in 
this simulation. 

	The plates on top of the EVA�s shoulders opened up to reveal a pair of  
black rods. He reached to the far ends of both of them and pulled them 
out. Putting the ends of the grabbed rods together, he switched the 
position of his hands and activated the weapon. From the unhanded end, a 
long and vibrating blade grew from plate to plate. Think like a pull-out 
antenna. The blade had a gentle orange glow about it as he held it in 
the position as he was told. 

	"Man, I feel like I�m in one of those RPG things that Kensuke talked me 
into getting in that one time. All I need now is a summoner or something 
like that, some bad guy to kill and I�m all set," he said to himself. He 
never really liked role playing games, he just couldn�t get into them. 

	Suddenly, a projection of the 3rd angel appeared across from him. Worse 
yet, it was charging. It would have collided with him, had he not jumped 
to the side in time. He was able to regain his footing again, but then 
found no time to react as the eyes of the angel glowed for an instant. 
Then a glowing wave of power flew at him. He was able to sidestep in 
time, he figured that unless he made use of his new weapon, he was dead. 

	Another wave of energy was shot, but was jumped over by Touji. Using 
this missed shot, he slashed the weapon downward and spilt the angel in 
two. He was able to get a breath out before he heard something else. 

	Turning around, he saw a rather large diamond floating in the sky. Also 
emitting a strange noise. It was the 4th angel! Just perfect! It�s 
energy beam shot straight at him and he jumped to the left and started 
to run as fast as the EVA could. Just before it hit his chest, he had 
brought up the blade in time and it had deflected the shot away.  

	The sword wouldn�t be able to hold it much longer unless he did 
something. Adjusting the sword, the beam refracted straight back at it�s 
sender. It was pure luck that it hit the area where the beam came from. 
The angel soon exploded and the next angel took it�s place. Touji 
figured it was going to be a long day. 

*************************************************

	Elsewhere, Rei requested to check up upon Shinji, since there was 
nothing much more she could do. Misato consented and made sure that 
Asuka wasn�t around. In her current demeanor, she was the last thing 
anyone needed. 

	Opening the door to the apartment, Rei stepped in silently, knowing 
that Shinji was still asleep. Pen pen gave her a casual glance as she 
stepped through the entryway to the main room. All the light came from 
the windows, giving the home a rather, abandoned look. Stepping into the 
hallway, she observed the door which was labeled "Shin-chan�s room". 

Logic would figure that he was in there. 

She opened the door silently and saw the sleeping form of Shinji Ikari, 
still in his plug suit, curled up on his bed. She knelt down by his bed 
and took a more conscious look upon the younger Ikari. 

Moving a litle closer, she reached over and touched his hair. She had 
often wondered why he felt so concerned for her sometimes. In fact, she 
was wondering why she was doing this. At that time, she had found her 
hand had traveled to his cheek. She didn�t move a muscle, for fear of 
awakening him. Yet, something else crowded her mind at that time. 

The touch of his skin. Her hand felt the warmth of his cheek as she 
stared at her hand for what it was doing. Also, from what little she did 
know, his skin seemed so soft, so gentle seeming. She couldn�t 
understand what was going on. At that point, she wondered what it would 
feel like if Shinji touched her in the same way. Her eyes widened a bit 
at that notion. Knowing Asuka, she would probably over stimulate her own 
heart.

She knew Shinji was a gentle soul, but she also knew of his problems 
with Commander Ikari. Also, living with Asuka and Misato had not helped 
him that much. He seemed so alone, until he had moved here. 

She remembered after the encounter with the 4th angel. He tore open the 
entry plug, the same way Gendou did. He was glad to see her all right. 
He had cried when he found she was not hurt. He was worried for her. 
Even if he hadn�t asked her to smile, she still would have. She now knew 
what that feeling was. 

The want to be wanted. The need to be needed. The love to be loved.* She 
remembered hearing those three sentences in a song. In this situation, 
it held so true. Before, emotion was a thing which did not come easy to 
someone like her. Or him for that matter. Both she and Shinji. They both 
wanted to be wanted, needed to be needed, and would love to be loved. 

At that time, she had found herself kneeling right beside the bed and 
was leaning on it, her face only a half a meter from his. She blinked a 
couple of times and felt her heart racing. She had never been this close 
to anyone before in her life. Not even Commander Ikari. Yet, some inner 
force was pushing her further to doing something she thought she would 
never do. 

For one of the few times in her life, she was scared. What would she do? 
Why is she feelings this way? Why was this happening? Did she like him 
for what he was? Where did that last thought come from? So many 
questions without answers. 

At that time, her lips were only centimeters from his. That was when she 
heard the door open. She had quickly moved to stand up and sat down on 
the chair. Not at all knowing that her face had reddened a bit. She took 
a few deep breaths, which had calmed her down a bit, and had hidden her 
previous faces from Misato who had walked to the edge of the opened 
door.  

"Rei. You never reported back. Was there anything wrong with 
Shinji-kun?" she asked, her face a little tired. Rei shook her head and 
gathered up her bag. 

Rei had managed to avoid a fuming Asuka on her way out and had 
discovered that it was almost 9:30 in the evening. She couldn�t believe 
that a whole 10 hours had passed. Well, there would be more time to 
figure out what exactly was going on with her at home. 

*************************************************

	In the storage area of the EVAs, unit 00 couldn�t help but smile to 
itself. If it had a face it would. 

	"Oh Rei. So innocent..."

	Sanshi/03 had heard it�s self thought. 

	"Did anything wrong happen?"

	"No. In fact, I think something right happened. Rei was watching over 
Shinji and nearly kissed him. It was so adorable to see her like that."

	At that time, Yui/01 had heard what was said. "Are you saying that... 
they... almost kissed?"

	"Hai. I could even tell Rei was blushing. Much more than the time Touji 
and Shinji came to her apartment. I think she�s starting to grow up, and 
it�s all thanks to your son, Yui."

	"Uh... Thank you. I think. But what do you think Shinji would react if 
he found out."

	Interceding, Sanshi joked, "Probably nosebleed." He hadn�t had such a 
good laugh in a long time. Sadly, both Yui and Koorichi did not share 
his same sense of humor. Things that day were going a bit smoother, 
unless you take into account Asuka�s bad mood, and since she had it, 
Ninohi got it as well. The EVA in question was being loaded up to the 
safety locks for the night and was thankfully asleep.

*************************************************

	Shinji awoke the next day, still feeling tired despite all the rest he 
had received. He checked the watch on his plug suit to find that he had 
been asleep for almost 2 days! He needed to find out what he missed in 
all that time, he needed to get updated... he needed to take a shower. 
His stomach growled, making his hunger all the more apparent. 

	After a quick shower, a quick made dinner, and a phone call to Misato, 
he felt ready to go back to NERV HQ. Just then, a rumble in the distance 
nearly threw him off balance. He ran outside to see something he wished 
wasn�t there. 

	There, in the sky, was a glowing cross. Not one, but several of them. 
Another angel was coming. Grabbing his plug suit, he ran back outside 
and down the steps to the nearest entryway to NERV. Just then, he ran 
into a another person who seemed to be the only one there other than 
him. 

	"Oh, gomen nasai. I..." Shinji looked to see a hand extended down to 
him. He looked up to see the hand belonged to an albino. Rather similar 
to Rei. Although he was a little taller than Shinji, his rather lean 
body made the difference in size between them both. 

	"No, I should be saying that. I should have moved. Here." The boy 
grabbed his hand and pulled him up as gently as he could. The boy�s red 
eyes and silver hair caught his attention most of all. "I�m really 
sorry."

	"No, it�s ok, I gotta go. Thank you."

	"Doitashimashite." The boy said, waving slightly. The smile on his face 
never wavering. Then, he turned to the distance and saw the crosses and 
then the reason for their existence. He put his hands in his pockets and 
leaned against the wall. 

	If anyone could see, the colors of his eyes switched. The red becoming 
white and the white becoming red. In a voice that sounded like an 
inhuman whisper. <You always were a fool Zeruel. You won�t beat them, no 
matter what you and the others may do or think. You will fail. I, on the 
other hand, will not.> 

	With that, he turned and walked the other way. Not even caring that 
Tokyo-3 was on red alert. 

*************************************************

	Missles fired, rockets launched, shells flew, but nothing could stop 
the advancing angel from it�s intended target. Tokyo-3 and eventually, 
Adam. Once more, it�s face glowed momentarily, and several crosses grew 
from several areas around the city. 

	"Commander! The angle just pierced level 16 of the armor plates with 
one blast. At this rate, they won�t last that long!" Shigeru cried to 
the commander who simply stared at the form of the most powerful angel 
they�ve ever faced so far. 

	"Alright. Prepare the EVAs for an assault in the Geofront. Evacuate ALL 
non-combatants at once! Go to red alert level 1!" Misato cried to the 
other comm officers on the platforms below her. They all repeated the 
intructions to the best of their ability. 

	Two platforms opened up near the pyramid and from both of them, came 
the fifty foot demonic defenders. Eva Units 02 and 03, the former armed 
with a large gun rack behind it and the latter armed with the newer Prog 
Sword. One would have thought that both were ready for battle, 
however...

	"I don�t understand how Misato-san would give YOU, of all people, that. 
It should have went to me! I�m the best here and..."

	"Oh SHUT UP Asuka! IF you spent half as much time training in this 
thing rather than blowing off your stinking trap, you probably WOULD 
have been the one. But NO! You just have to let everyone know just how 
good you are and..."

	"Whatever, you pervert! Just stay out of my way as I take this thing 
out!"

	"Yeah, whatever. And stop calling me a pervert! It�s not my fault 
you�re the raunch you are."

	"AW, SHUT UP!" 

	A third voice beloning to Misato, interrupted their, ahem, �little 
conversation�.

	"BOTH OF YOU! STOP IT! You two can kill each other AFTER you kill the 
angel. Now move out!"  

	As if on cue, the ceiling on the Geofront exploded and the angel began 
to hover down through the hole it made. The very second it came into 
view, it was marauded with a cascade of uranium bullets, rockets, and 
everything the defensive could throw. However, the combined power of all 
of mankind�s weapon technology couldn�t hope to pierce the angel�s AT 
field.

	Touji had used the fire from both Asuka and the defensive forces and 
had taken a long way around the angel. Hoping that he wasn�t noticed, he 
pulled out his weapon and readied when the moment would come. 

	"I don�t believe this! It�s AT field should be gone by now!" Asuka 
screamed as she ran out of ammo for the single rifle she carried. 
Tossing it aside, she grabbed a pair of larger rifles and let the ammo 
fly. Seeing that everything she threw at it didn�t scratch it, she 
grabbed a pair of rocket launchers and continued to fire. 

	Meanwhile, behind the angel, Touji had found the oppertunity he wanted. 

	The grey �arms� of the angel seemed to fall down like a pair of 
curtains and hang at it�s side. That is, until they both charged 
forward, aiming at Asuka�s Eva arms. Asuka never had any chance to react 
as the enemy attacked. The attack would have taken both of her arms off, 
execpt for the fact that Touji had slashed at it�s back. 

	The angel only had a second to move as it�s left arm was chopped off. 
It screamed in agony as Touji continued to swipe at the angel. The blade 
immediately met with the AT Field and the EVA�s pilot struggled to get 
his weapon through. 

	At that time, Shinji came out of the hatch to see Asuka pull out her 
prog knif and charge at the unprotected backside of the angel. Shinji 
knew that the AT Field only protected one side of the angel and EVA, but 
he couldn�t get rid of a feeling. That something wasn�t right. 

	His suspicions were comfirmed when he saw several �arms� speed out of 
the back and lance Asuka�s EVA in several different places. He charged 
to help assist both Touji and Asuka. 

	Despite all the prodding the EVA put in getting the prog sword through, 
it did no good. Touji saw the angel�s right eye glow momentarily and a 
shot came out that cut both forarms off. He screamed as the EVA 
collasped to his knees. Then he saw the angel�s other �arm� reach up and 
cut him down accross the chest area. 

Before he even hit the ground, it�s eyes glowed again and the 
explosiontore off several plates. Revealing the same organic red sphere 
that was in all EVAs. The core. The heart of all the Evangelions. And 
with that single arm, began to beat on it, trying to crack what was 
within. 

Shinji screamed and charged not even caring that the angel noticed him. 
That was a mistake worth learning from, if he would live to tell about 
it that is. Like Asuka, several more �arms� pierced the EVA and started 
to tear off the armor, where the core in all three EVAs were. 

*************************************************

	Back in the Central Dogma.

	"Touji? TOUJI? Answer me! Touji? Asuka, you there? Come in! Shinji! 
SHINJI!" Makoto screamed into the comm, hoping that anyone would 
respond. The current news didn�t make anyone hopeful.  

	Misato turned to Maya. "What are their conditions?"

	"All three pilots are still alive. But their pulses are quickening to 
above safe levels and synchronization is decreasing. If they don�t get 
out of there soon, they�ll die."

	Misato turned to Shigeru. "Is Rei ready?"

	"Yes, but their still having problems trying to get her EVA started up. 
And the left arm hasn�t been completely regenerated yet."

	"Very well then. Continue to try and get that EVA working at 100%."

	A voice came from the speaker. "Commander. I want to pilot it. Without 
the arm." Rei said from within the ice blue colored EVA. 

	"Rei, you can�t be..." she was interrupted as Rei said.

	"O negai?"(Please?) Rei begged. She sounded... what could have been 
called, desperate. Like she wanted to get into there as quickly as she 
could. But why, everyone wondered. 
	
	"Very well. Get out there and stop that angel."

	"Yokai."(Roger) The connection between the Dogma and Rei�s EVA was cut 
and she stared out forward. A more than determined look upon her face. 
Thinking of what was above, she thought of only one thing.

	<Shinji. Ganbatte.(Hang in there.) I�m coming.> Some hidden drive in 
her head had been causing her to think a little more about him. What it 
was, she couldn�t tell, but what she did know that she had to be there. 
She didn�t want to lose him. She wanted to be near Shinji. To protect 
him. To save him. 

*************************************************

	Back at the battle. With all the screaming going on withing the EVAs, 
the people below were not the only ones to notice this. 

	<Yui, Ninohi. Are you both all right?> Sanshi asked, even though the 
only thing he could feel was pain. 

<Of COURSE NOT YOU IDIOT! I�M A KABOB AND YOU�RE ASKING ME IF I�M ALL 
RIGHT?> Ninohi screamed. 

	Yui struggled as she felt the core starting to crack. <It hurts... I 
can�t take it anymore! If we don�t do anything, our pilots and us will 
die. I�m taking over.>

	<Yui! Wait! Do you know what you�re doing? If you do, then SEELE will 
find out sooner or later and then who knows what will happen! Everyone�s 
going to perish!>

<I don�t care! I am not going to let that thing harm my son!> Yui said 
as her mind soon grew to a much more powerful size than before. Within 
seconds, Shinji felt the mind of someone else enter into the EVA. 

	Ninohi, not being able to think of anything else to do, followed suit. 

	Just before Sanshi was about to do the same, he felt another of his 
kind come. It was Kooriichi. 

	<Sanshi. What�s going on?>

	<Stay back! Yui and Ninohi have take control of the EVAs and who knows 
what will happen. I was about to as well, but thought the better of it 
at the last second.>

	<What? Do they know about...>

	<Sadly, yes. Yui doesn�t want to let it hurt Shinji.>

	<Is there anything we can do?>

	Sanshi took a short while to think before answering.

	<Pray.>

End of Chapter 4


[Warhammer returns.]

	Now the idea for the sim using the prog sword was taken from the second 
episode I believe. Only we�re adapting it for Touji in this case. 

[SPOILER HERE!]
Now even though Rei is a clone made of both angel material and Yui 
Ikari�s genes. I think she�s different enough to be her own person. 
Which also says why I think that she and Shinji would make so cute a 
couple. The emotionally sterile liking the emotionally scrambled. How 
touching.

*The song I was referring to was Peter Gabriel�s "Loved to be Loved." 
It�s a nice song about self-esteem. The reason why I used it? Come on, 
it�s human instinct to want to be wanted, need to be needed, and so on. 
Also, I still like the Shinji/Rei coupling. 

Oh and only people who�ve seen episode 24 of EVA knows who Shinji bumped 
into. I�ll let you know next chapter. 

I may be blowing the Touji/Asuka fight a bit out of porportion, but it�s 
kinda funny to think that they�re took busy fighting each other to think 
about the angel. Or not. To each their own.

Now, I think that all EVAs have essentially the same design, so they 
would all have a simliar core. Where, ironically enough, the hidden 
conciounesses of all the NERV EVAs are. 

>From the last scene with Rei in it, you can tell whom I like in EVA. If 
you haven�t already guessed, it�s Shinji and Rei. Rei to the rescue, or 
so she thinks. 

I think the final part of this chapter kinda helps explain what I think 
happens when the EVAs go berserk. Anno-san might have something else to 
say about it, but hey, this is MY fanfic, although based more on his 
story. 

Now, before you go all in a tiff about "Where�s the Teknoman part of 
this story?" the next chapter is going to be mostly on the background of 
the teknoman segment of this fic.

For background stories about the teknoman portion of previous chapters. 
Go to the "Save Teknoman Archive" and read Hammer�s Wrath. It will clear 
up some things for those who are confused. 

Send all C&C, MSTfics(recommended), and what not to 
Teknoplus@hotmail.com

Could Yui and Ninohi have made a mistake in taking over? Can Nodoka 
explain where�s she�s been? Will more questions without answers be 
answered? All in the next chapter. 

[Warhammer returns to the light.]


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