[Warhammer walks out of the light.]

     WH: I might as well say something intelligent for this... 

     *buzz* *buzz* *buzz* Drive not ready. Abort? Retry? Fail?


Teknos Warhammer presents

Seraphim's Judgment:
Part 9a:
Shinji's Angels

A crossover between
Neon Genesis Evangelion and
Teknoman.

     Within the holding areas of the four man-made demons, three
of the four souls conversed,
while the fourth stayed uncharacteristically quiet. 

     <Poor Ninohi. She can't even connect with Asuka anymore. No
wonder she's so quiet. >
Yui of Unit 01 EVA said to her companions.

     <True, until her pilot can let the past be as it is, there
is no hope for either becoming
one again. > Koorichi said quietly.

     <It gets worse. From what I can got from Shinji, they got
another pilot for Ninohi. > Yui
whispered to the other two.

     <No way! Yui, please tell me you're joking! > Sanshi
exclaimed. The other two quickly
silenced him so Ninohi could not hear. Koorichi hissed as quietly
as she could.

     <Be silent! We don't know how she will react if she heard
you. Besides, let's hope that it
doesn't really come to that. > With that, the other two souls
released Sanshi's _voice_ and
allowed him to speak in hushed tones.

     <I surely hope so. Touji's been worrying about Asuka for
quite a while. It's been getting
in his way. I mean, what if an angel comes that would have been
defeated if all four of us were
out there and only two were functioning properly? >

     Yui sighed and replied, <Well, let's not think about that.
All we can do is hope that Asuka
pulls it together. > 

     The alarms wailed and the three remaining pilots ran to the
plugs' places over the EVAs.
Apparently, another angel was found.

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

     Around the central districts of Tokyo-3, three passages
opened up from the ground. From
each one, a man made giant emerged. One purple, the next blue,
and the last being black. Each
one armed with the best weapons they could hold. 

     The purple was armed with the same weapon that had been
given to him the in the last
battle. The blue was given not only another version of the
positron rifle, but a remodeled shield
as well. The black carried a rather large handgun as well as a
long glowing sword in his hands. 

     The glowing disc suddenly turned 45 degrees and threw a
large volley of thin _sheets_ of
light. Two of the three EVAs jumped out of the way, while the
third deflected the shots using his
sword. Sending the projectiles else where and into a few
buildings. Every building that was hit,
suddenly found the upper half of it sliding off. It appeared that
the weapon of the angel was
somewhat based on a principle of the progressive weapons. 

     "Alright, Touji, see if you can distract the angel long
enough so that Shinji and Rei can
take sniper positions. And all three of you prepare to put your
AT Fields just in case. Move out!"
Misato ordered from Central Dogma. 

     Touji nodded and thinking of the best way to distract it,
charged. More of the angel's
weapon were shot and struck out of the way with Touji's sword.
When he was within range,
Touji jumped over another volley of shots and swung with all his
might. 

     The blade collided with the AT Field and seemed to hold on
despite all the strength he
put into the blow. 

     Meanwhile, both Shinji and Rei took the positions told by
their commander and aimed
their weapons. Since Touji wasn't in Rei's way, she began to
fire, unlike Shinji. The fourth child
was in the way of the third's line of fire. 

     Closing one eye, Shinji took careful aim and said into the
comm, "Ok Touji... JUMP!"
and pulled the trigger. The stream of positive energy screamed
forth and would have hit Touji,
had he not jumped out of the way. Using both the strength of the
EVA and the boosters on the
EVA's shoulder blades, he landed beside Shinji, powered down the
prog sword, and took aim
with the hand gun.   

     With relentless attacks from all three EVAs, it appeared
that the angel's AT Field would
surely fall. Just as the next volley would have hit the angel, it
flew up above
the line of fire.... And returned with it's own volley.

     All three EVAs scrambled to get out of the way from the rain
of death from above. The
third and fourth child put up their fields which slowed the shots
enough to move. Sadly, Rei
was not so fortunate. Even with the improved shield, it was of no
help as the collision between
the shield and the angel's weapon threw Rei across the city, 
with her umbilical cord severed.

     Now that one of the angel's three attackers was indisposed,
it continued to press it's
advantage against Rei. It flew over to Rei's EVA and started to
spin, the double helix on it's edge
was beginning to break apart. 

     On the other side of the city, both boys made a mad dash to
try and stop the Angel, but
knew that they would not get there in time. Shinji's heart was
pounding, he had to save Rei, and
here he was, too far away to do anything. Her didn't know what
the angel was going to do, but he
knew that whatever it was, it wasn't going to be good. 

     Rei blinked several times and looked up through the eyes of
her EVA to see Armisael
above her. She looked to her right to see that she had less than
two minutes remaining in her
internal battery. Returning to the angel above, she knew what was
to happen next. Armisael
would use her to try and get to Adam, and what was worse was that
she could do nothing. Except
for allowing it to fuse with her and active the self-destruct
sequence on the EVA. 

     Yet, something was holding her back. She looked to see her
hand quivering. She blinked
and realized something... she was scared. Scared for Shinji and
Touji. Scared of Armisael using
her to hurt Shinji. Looking forward, she opened the panel in
front and saw the switch that would
destroy her EVA, along with Armisael. She would NOT let it hurt
Shinji. 

     She placed her hand over the small red panel, and before
hitting the switch that would
end her life, she remembered him. Of all things, that single,
warm, and wonderful embrace they
shared a while ago. Somehow, that was one of the best things she
could remember. She closed
her eyes, allowing a single tear to escape into the LCL, and
whispered, "Sayonara...Shinji."

     She was suddenly tossed back into her seat as she looked up.
There, standing on the top
of her prone EVA, was an armored person, with six wings sticking
out of the person's back. The
light that encased  the person's body  was almost blinding, yet
not so bright she couldn't see what
exactly was going on. 

     The light was holding back Armisael! Pushing against it the
same way she, Shinji, and
Asuka did with the twelfth angel. The light became stronger as
the real angel pushed back
Armisael further. That was what gave Shinji and Touji the time
they needed to get Rei out of
there. 

     When they got to a safe distance, Shinji scrambled out of
his EVA and ran to the
semi-ejected plug of Rei's. He tore open the entry hatch and saw
her there, still as a stone, until
she saw him. 

     Without thinking, she went over to him and embraced him as
hard as her tired body
could. He held her as gently as he could, despite the fact his
heart was beating several times
quicker than usual. His breathing was quick and ragged as he
asked, "Rei... are you alright?"

     She looked up to him with tears coming out of her eyes
gently and a look of true fear
stuck on her face. She nodded and whispered, "It... it wanted to
hurt you... I didn't want it to..."
and embraced him even harder, evidently glad that he was alright.
Shinji held her close as best he
could, almost crying with relief that she was alright. In each
other's arms, no matter what would
happen, they both felt safe.

Neither one of them noticed, nor cared, that the Angel and Rei's
savior were
still fighting.

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

     Seeing that her first objective was complete, Seraphim
suddenly flew out from under the
angel to continue her next objective. Destroying Armisael. She
flew up to the roof of one of the
higher remaining buildings and prepared for her foe's next
attack. 

     As expected, the angel shot another slew of razor thin shots
at the light that dared
interfere with it's mission. Seraphim pulled out the same sword
that ended Bardial's life and
knocked away several of it's shots. In response, she fired
several energy blasts from her hand.

     Knowing what to do, the angel inverted it's AT Field, caught
the blasts, and threw them
straight back at her. Also, it fired more of it's weapon, not
intending to miss. 

     The shots hitting the building created the smoke screen
which blinded Seraphim from
seeing the second assault. She had no time to defend as several
of the razor sharp _sheets_ went
across the junction between her left arm and shoulder. Not only
that, but a single right wing, and
two of her left, shared the same fate.  Both Seraphim and Nodoka
felt the pain that raced through
their bodies like liquid fire. The scream of pain reverberated
throughout Tokyo-3. 

     Touji and everyone in Central Dogma looked on in horror as
the light that had saved
them a few times in true defeat, was now being defeated in front
of them. Gendou pushed up his
glasses again and figured that who ever it was, was paying the
price for interfering in this war. 

     Seraphim collapsed and tried to clutch at an arm that wasn't
there. The arm fell off the
side of the building and the severed wings dissipated in the
wind, no longer being a part of they
body they belonged to. She tried to get up using the single arm,
but only was able to turn herself
onto her back to see Armisael hovering over her. Almost jeering
at her defeat. 

     She wouldn't be beaten that easily. Several plate on her
shoulders, chest-plate, and
remaining gauntlet opened to reveal thirteen crystals, glowing
blue. It would have been sixteen
had she her other arm as well, sadly, she had to make do with
what she had remaining.  A sphere
of blue light soon covered her place on the roof and grew larger. 

     At that time, Armisael made a decision to do the same thing
to her what it was about to
do to Rei. It started to spin and the helix broke up once more.
Yet, didn't get any farther than that
as the sphere that contained Seraphim exploded upward, creating a
literal volcano of anti-matter.
The blast was large enough to not only take out Tokyo-3 and the
Geofront, but a good portion of
the countryside as well. The sixteenth angel was no more. 

     Within NERV, everyone stared dumbfounded at the immense
display of power. Save for
Gendou, who narrowed his eyes and reassessed this angel. This was
certainly not someone to
be trifled with. 

     Back on the roof, Seraphim made another attempt to get up.
It only resulted in her falling
off the side of the building. With no strength left, she could
neither scream or fly. At least they
both did the best they could and hoped that their end would be
quick. Yet, instead of hitting the
concrete, she felt a giant pair of cupped hands were holding her. 

     She looked up to see the black and demonic face of EVA Unit
03 and smiled beneath her
helmet. From inside, Touji could see she was in pain and hated
himself that he could do nothing.
Holding the angel like a child holding a small animal, he knelt
down opened his hands open
just enough to let her get her dismembered arm. 

     Looking back at him, she nodded once and crawled out from
between his hands. She took
a final look at the giant black demon and walked away. 

     Misato's face appeared to Touji's right as he saw the angel
walk away out of his sight.
"Hey, Touji... why did you do that?" 

     He sighed, smiled, and turned to his commander, "Well, I
never really got a chance to
thank her for saving me. Until now that is. It just felt like the
right thing to do, you know?" He
turned to the direction the angel left and only saw the setting
sun. He started to shake his head.
What a day!

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

The door of Seraphina Brown's door was struck with urgency. In
haste,  she opened the door to
reveal a horribly injured Nodoka. 

"Nodoka-san!" she exclaimed as she caught her companion from
falling. Trying to keep her
composure, Sera carried her friend over to a clear portion of the
floor and laid her there while she
went to get the medic kit. From what she could see, Nodoka's left
shoulder was cut severely, and
had several gashes on her back. 

Just when Sera was about to peel off Nodoka's blood stained
kimono to wash the wound,
Nodoka's blood covered hand grabbed her wrist. Despite the amount
of pain she went through,
Nodoka kept a calm face as she told Sera, "We... don't need..
that. Remember?" 

Sera blinked a few times, until Nodoka put her hand on the wound.
That was when she knew
what the elder woman was getting at. So, placing her other hand
over the slash, she concentrated
her healing power of the Teknos into the wound. Seconds later, a
gentle blue glow came from her
hands and slowly closed the injury. 

     Minutes later, the wounds were closed and Nodoka's condition
went stable. Sera turned
around, fell on her bottom, and turned to give an exasperated
look at Nodoka. This whole ordeal
was giving her a headache. 

     That was when one of Nodoka's eyes opened, she frowned, and
said, "You're not the one
doing the fighting!" With those last words, the elder woman fell
silent, falling asleep.   

     Sera blinked a few times, then sighed. She didn't want to
admit it, but Nodoka was right. She
hated getting berated. Especially by cantankerous old women. A
fist out of nowhere bapped her
on the back of her head. She turned to see Nodoka still asleep,
but her thought to Sera was loud
and clear.

     <I heard that!>

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

     The next day, all five of the children were placed in test
plugs to check for
synchronization. A fifth was made with the arrival of Kaworu so
all could take the test at the
same time. 

     In the control room, Misato and Maya took final look at the
screen where it showed all of
the children faces with their eyes closed. Clearly in
concentration. 

     "Begin." Misato ordered.

     Maia punched up the necessary sequence of numbers and the
five children found their
minds trying to merge with a pseudo-EVA. Five minutes passed
slowly as the numbers next to
Maia's screen came up. 

     "Sir, the results are in." Misato then walked over as the
smaller woman spoke out the
results. "Rei 50%, Asuka 12%, Shinji 53%, Touji 49%, and
Kaworu... oh my..."

     Misato looked over Maia's shoulder to see what was the cause
of her gasp. She found her
eyes widening as well. 

     "...100%..."

     Both women looked up at Kaworu's silent face and wondered.
What exactly was it that
enabled him to perfectly synchronize with the EVA?

End of Part 9a.

[Warhammer comes out slowly, making sure that the angry fans are
calm by this time.]

     WH: You actually thought I was going to kill Rei? GET REAL!
After all I did for her and
Shinji? Come on! Besides, I'd hate myself until I fixed it, and
this is the way it should have
happened. 

     Next, we all know that Seraphim and Cherubim are pretty high
on the Christian
Hierarchy of Angels, but it's likely they're not invincible. If
it were Gabriel or Michel, then it would be a
different story all together. But it's not, so I won't worry
about it.  

     I may be overstepping Rei's and Shinji's feelings for each
other, especially Rei. Yet, I
would think that since she's so new to emotion, that she wants to
feel more. Especially with
Shinji. If I am overdoing it, let me know quick!

     I looked over the outline for this chapter and realized that
I had to cut this into two
chapters if I wanted to keep the Rei/Shinji/Kaworu triangle in my
story. I wonder just how long
Kaworu kept his little secret before everyone found out? Also,
both chapters talked about
_Shinji's angels_ so they actually fit. I should be whacked for
using the title of that old show,
Charlie's Angels. Oh brother!

     Since I am not done with the entire chapter (meaning part
b), I won't put any of the
questions that I usually do when I finish a fic. One of the
things I can tell you about the next
chapter is that you're going to see Gendou be a little more OOC.
Which may be a good thing.
Until then my friends.

[Warhammer returns to the light.]  


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