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Battle for Life

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Rebirth of Evangelion
Chapter 19
Battle for Life


NERV Operations Director Misato Katsuragi stands before the Human Instrumentality Committee, whose members ask her about the incident involving Leliel, the Angel night and Evangelion Unit-X.

"You rejected the interrogation of the only person directly involved in this incident, the pilot of Unit X,  Major Katsuragi"-Keel asks

"Yes. He is slightly emotionally unstable. I do not think it's a good idea to have him stand here right now"-Misato responds

"Then, I ask you, as his deputy, Major Katsuragi"- Responds the 08th monolith-"In this incident, didn't the Angels try to contact a human being?"

"The report from the person involved does not suggest that presumably, it was an irregular incident"-Misato responds

"If he remembers correctly"-says the 05th monolith

"No external tampering to his memory was detected"-Misato responded

"Eva's AC recorder was not operating. There is no way to confirm that"- Responds the 09th monolith:      

"Was the Angel interested in the human spirit and mind?"-Asks the 11th monolith. They are particularly interested if Leliel attempted to communicate or has somehow compromised the mind of the pilot.

"I am not able to answer that question. Do Angels have a concept of mind? Do they understand human thoughts? This is absolutely unknown"- Misato denies any such contamination

"This incident reveals a new aspect:  the Angel tried to possess Eva. What of the possibility of this aspect linking to the 11th Angel?"- Keel asks

"Considering the pattern so far, there is no systematic organization among the Angels"-Misato

"That's right. It is obvious that their actions have been independent, so far"- says the 07th monolith

"What does that mean?"-Misato asks

"You are not permitted to question"-Keel shouts

"Understood"-Misato responds

"That is all. Leave"-Keel

As Misato is dismissed, the members defer to NERV Commander Gendo Ikari, who is also present.

"What do you think, Ikari-kun?"-Keel asks Gendo

"The Angels are getting more and more intelligent. The time left… is short"- Gendo notes

"Very short, you mean to say?"-Keel asks

In the evening Raven, Rei, Shinji, and Asuka are subject to another Sync Ratio test, during which Ritsuko finds Raven's scores to have dropped.

"It's true.  Raven's synch ratio is getting worse"-Ritsuko says

"What does that mean?"-Misato asks

"I can't say.  But, I suppose something happened in the last accident, something mental if not emotional"-Ritsuko comments

"Could the angel have tampered with is kind"-Misato asks

"I don't know… the DNA test shows that he is in fact Raven but there is now way to know if there was any tampering with his mind or his body at another level, its just to far form our reach"

Lunchtime in Japan was always a busy affair, especially in junior high schools scattered throughout the country.

In one such junior high, Tokyo-3 First Municipal Middle School a boy sat eating lunch with his friends.  The boy's name was Raven or at least its how they know him as, and while he looked like any of the other students and was, to some extent this particular boy was unique.  He was one of the few children found thus far with the ability to pilot the giant, biomechanical defenders of Tokyo-3–the Evangelions.

The teenagers he was sitting with did fit into the classification of "normal" at some point though Raven found them to be anything but that.  Indeed, Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Sohryu, Rei Ayamani and Toji Suzuhara were fellow pilots, while Kensuke Aida and Hikari Horaki were far more ordinary to Raven because although not active pilots they shared a common, unusual trait: they were his friends.

"So you missed the first time?"-Kensuke was asking as he leaned over his lunch, an intense expression on his freckled face.

Raven sighed-"Yeah,"-he mumbled-"and then it sucked in."

The story of his battle with the fifteenth angel was his least favorite.  It gave him shivers to think of how close he had come to dying during the encounter with the giant shadow, and how he feels that he came to learned something in there but can't actually remember. Also he has had a strange feeling in him for while

"Hey Aida,"-Toji grumbled around a mouthful of food-"shut up, can ya?  I'm trying to eat over here; I don't want to hear about how superguy whacked a big, floating, beach ball… again. That image is the last thing I wanna remember."

"That'll be the fifth time in a week"-Hikari Horaki, the class representative groaned as she reclaimed her seat.

"Eighth,"-Toji corrected, pausing to drain half of the contents of a can of juice-"he asks outside class sometimes."

Raven shook his head-"I don't mind,"-he said quickly, setting his chopsticks in his lunch and waving his hands for emphasis-"really, Kensuke, it's okay beside I can probably help me remember what happen inside the angel because I know that I saw something"

"Trust me when I tell you are better of not remembering a thing!"-Asuka say continuing o eat her lunch-"...It not something you wanna see"

"Raven-san?"

All children looked up from their conversation, staring as they found a girl standing in front of Raven's desk.  She was dressed in the standard school uniform, and her long brown hair was up in two loosely bound ponytails, much like Hikari's.  Her dark brown eyes were cast downward, apparently studying the floor at Raven's feet, and her hands were held behind her back – her entire frame in a posture that spoke of respect for an elder.

"Yes?" Raven asked, confused.

"This is for you," the girl whispered, holding out a small, cloth-wrapped package.

Everyone, Raven included, looked surprised-"A bento…?"-he asked uncertainly.

The girl nodded, keeping her head down and her hands out in front of her.

Resisting the temptation to tell the girl that he already had a lunch, Raven accepted the box, setting it carefully on his desk-"Th-thank you…"-he murmured, blushing as at least three of his classmates began whispering back and forth behind him.

The girl bowed formally-"I hope you like it, Raven-san,"-she said quietly.

"Wait," Raven called as she turned to go-"ummm… what's your name?"

"Miki Nagasawa,"-the girl replied, fidgeting uncertainly with the edge of her skirt.

Several gasps could be heard as Raven rose to his feet, bowing at the waist-"Thank you" he said formally.

An eerie silence filled the classroom as Miki paled-"Y-you're welcome…"

"Raven,"-Kensuke muttered as the girl strode quickly from the room-"you shouldn't have taken it…"

"Why not?"-Raven asked, retaking his seat-"I couldn't just say no…"

"Dude,"-Toji answered-"are you stupid?"-He folded his arms, shaking his head as he clarified-"When a girl makes you a bento… especially one as pretty and flowery as that … it means she's into you... you get it?"-He leaned forward, grinning broadly-"Like, REALLY into you…"

Raven flushed, considering the bento for a moment before replying-"You think I don't know that, at this times its okay to be innocent, you can live happy in this hell…besides if I said I wouldn't take it, she would have been sad…"

Kensuke pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose-"She's a first year, Raven,"-he said sceptically-"She's at LEAST a year younger than you."

"It's not like I kissed her…"-Raven protested-"what was I supposed to do?"

"Say no,"-Toji grumbled-"If you give girls the wrong impression, they'll never leave you alo-"

"Toji!"-Hikari's voice interjected angrily-"Just because Raven isn't as rude and impolite as you are doesn't mean that you have to try making him that way!"

The Class Rep turned to Raven, her voice softening as she commented-"That was very nice of you, Raven… I'm sure that Miss Nagasawa went to a lot of trouble to make that for you, and just because you took it doesn't mean you're dating – regardless of what Toji thinks."

"Besides I'm I supposed to take dating and women advises form a dude that got a girlfriend by being an angel's hostage?"-Raven says smirking

Toji shifted in his seat, nodding awkwardly.

The teacher re-entered the room, ending the conversation as Hikari instructed them to rise, bow, and be seated.  Ten minutes into the class, Raven received an e-mail on his school laptop.  Taking a glance around, he opened the message… and sighed deeply.

"You shouldn't have taken it."-AidaK

That day in NERV…

"Raven seems to be improving his synch went 1.5%"-Maya says looking at his synch graphs

"Looks something cheered him up today"-Ritsuko comments

"Yeah he got a new girlfriend!"-Asuka says over the intercom

"She is not my girlfriend!"-Raven tells her

"She is just girl whop gave him a bento"-Shinji added

"That means some has crush on you"-Maya says

"Looks like it Maya… oh I'm sorry Lieutenant-Colonel Maya Ibuki for I remember your promotion was yesterday"-Raven adds

"Men! salute!!!"-Soundbyte plays making a classic military salute

"Yeah it was kind of embarrassing"-Maya says blushing

"But you earned it because you take the initiative girl. I wish I had ten more like you working here"-Raven say to her

"So who is this girl that has crush on you?"-Misato asks

"Her name is Miki Nagasawa"-Raven answers

"I think its okay for girl to have her first crush, especially towards someone who can be describe as a hero in Japan… helps you get through this world"-Maya says

"Who was your first crush?"-Ritsuko asks

After moment of doubt Maya answers-"…You"-leaving Ritsuko to blush-"I didn't exactly have the best childhood, when I grew up in orphanage; I didn't even a first boyfriend, good friends or a first bike!"-

"That sucks!"Soundbyte plays

The following day was peculiar for Raven.  He saw Miki in the hallway that morning, but she was just heading into her classroom, so he was not able to stop her and ask why she had given him a bento.  Not that he was terribly keen on the idea, of course, but he needed clarification on what, exactly, she meant by giving it to him. He thought he might have a chance to see her during the lunch period, but at 11:36 he was pulled out of class to deal with an unexpected situation.

"So where's your girlfriend?"-Kensuke asks

Raven looked up from his laptop as the lunch bell rang-"Huh?"

"Don't play dumb,"-Kensuke grumbled-"your little girlfriend – Nagasawa."

Blushing, Raven lowered his eyes-"Oh,"-he whispered-"she's not my girlfriend."

As if on cue, Miki appeared in the doorway, glancing around the classroom until her eyes found Raven .

"Right,"-Kensuke muttered dryly as the girl headed towards them.

"Raven-san,"-the girl murmured, stopping in front of Raven's desk and assuming the same, submissive pose as the last time she had come to see him.

"Hello,"-Raven answered slowly, wishing everyone in the room would stop watching him, "Miki."

Miki took a deep breath, forcing herself to remain calm-"Did you like the bento?"-she asked quietly.

Raven shrugged slightly-"I couldn't eat it until after school,"-he replied awkwardly-"but it was good."

"Really? You liked it?"-Miki inquired, raising her eyes to study the boy's face.

"Really, Really!"-Raven confirmed, glancing around at the altogether too quiet room-"It was good…"

Miki let her breath out slowly, a weak smile appearing at the corners of her mouth-"I'm glad," she whispered.

Miki looked from one boy to the other, wetting her lips before cautiously asking-"Can I make you another some time?"

"I would like that"-Raven said quietly

After that's Miki just went back top her class

"You shouldn't have taken it!"-Kensuke says only to get elbow-jabed in the chest and get winded

Still trying to figure out why Kensuke was so against him even talking to Miki, he walked out of the school and he spotted Miki waiting for him just outside the school gate-"Hello, Raven-san," she said formally, looking as if she might be ill at any moment.

"Raven ,"-the boy corrected sharply, feeling sick just from hearing the honorific-"just – Raven ."

Miki flinched- "Sorry,"-she whispered.

Raven flushed, feeling rather foolish-"It's ok,"-he told her as calmly as he could-"I just don't like titles and formality and stuff.  I didn't mean to snap."

The girl nodded, and they lapsed into silence.

After a moment, Raven asked, "So what-"

"Can we go to the park?"-Miki said suddenly, flinching again as she cut him off.

"Sorry for interrupting,"-she apologized-"but can we go to the park to talk?  So we're not… near school?"

Seeing his confusion, she shrugged uncomfortably-"I just wanted to talk in private, where people don't listen in… if that's ok with you Raven"

Raven cast a look around, noticing that a few lingering students were indeed watching them-"Yeah,"-he said, nodding firmly

Together, the two walked away from the school.  Neither spoke as they headed deeper into the suburbs of Tokyo-3, with Miki clutching her backpack tightly to her chest as she led the way.  As they walked, Raven stole a curious, sidelong glance at her, wondering what all of this was about.

</i>"She seems so quiet when I'm around"</i>-he thought, turning his attention to the sidewalk ahead of him-"But when I see her in the halls with her friends, she's always happy and smiling"

He frowned as a thought occurred to him.  Maybe someone she knows got hurt when I was piloting or something?  I wonder why she needs all the secrecy.

He shook his head, trying not to fall into the futile theorizing that had led him in circles earlier in the day.

"How about here?"-She asks when they reach a the park

Glancing up, Raven noticed that they had come to a small, out of the way park.  It had tall shade trees, a small swing set and accompanying sandbox for children, and a little, grassy hill in the middle, offering a nice view of the city.  Currently, he noticed, it seemed to be empty, and looked temptingly relaxing.

Miki smiled uncertainly as Raven nodded, a peculiar look passing over his face. He looked sad, she thought as they headed into the park, but that kind of sad when you had to give away an old toy you secretly still liked.

Still keeping their silence, the two youths found a small bench in the park, just behind the swings and sandbox, and sat down – making sure they were not too close – and looked out at the city.

"So,"-Raven prompted after a long pause.

Miki took a deep breath-"Did you really like the bento?"-she asked quietly.

"Well, yeah,"-the boy replied-"I said I did."

"I know,"-Miki said quickly-"I just, you know – sometimes people don't want to be mean, so they say they like something, or someone, and they don't, but they don't want to hurt…"-she took a deep breath-"Sorry, I'm just… a little nervous."

"It's ok,"-Raven assured her.  When the girl did not speak for a moment, Raven cleared his throat.-"There's something else you wanted to say?"-he asked, feeling oddly comforted by the fact that Miki was his junior.  Certainly, she was not that much younger, but just that one number implied a great deal in his mind.

Miki nodded, averting her eyes from the boy's inquisitive gaze as she murmured,

"I want to be an Evangelion pilot."-she says with confidence

"You… huh? Why?"-Raven asked

"My parents were in the killed in the last attack and want to avenge them. They were in the buildings that disappear"-She said

"Listen Miki I can't make you an Evangelion pilot, its not my decision to make, and you are still one year for reaching the appropriate age"-Raven says

"But I can make it, I can fight the angels"-She almost begging

"Still I don't know if it's what your parent would have wanted"-Raven says

"So… will you"-she asks

"No but I'll tell what we are going to do… I can ask Tactical Operations director Katsuragi to have put with a nice adoptive family far from here"-Raven says

"Why"-Miki asks

"Its dangerous for you to be here on your own… and I promise you that I will destroy the angel, not just because its my job but because this should not had to happen to you"-Raven says

"You promised"-Miki asks

"I promised"-Raven says

Back at Nerv HQ…

"Are you serious?"-Asuka asks

"Yeah it's my fault"-Raven says

"So what are you going to do?"-Misato asks

"Well since you people are very good at pulling strings a want you to put her in an adoptive family as soon as possible"-Raven says

"This is an Earth defending organization, not an adoption agency-"-Misato says

"You got Shinji and Asuka to live with Misato against their will, sure this shouldn't be so hard"-Raven says

"I'm not sure"-Misato says

"Either you do it or face the consequences"-Raven adds pointing at Soundbyte who glaring at Misato

"What consequences?"-Misato asks

"Just do I say!"-Raven snaps

In depths of the Pacific Ocean a giant awakens from its slumber, the beast emerged form its cocoon not looking that different from a human, but this is the form of the creatures that it seeks to destroy and transforms it body.

In a submarine…

"Sir we have detected an unidentified object moving in the bottom of the ocean"-Said the first officer

The beast senses the creatures that rule this world and were its target its. It's shot out of ocean floor straight for the surface

"Sir in coming target!!!"-the lieutenant shouts

"All back full!"-the commander shouts

But the beats saw the human construct and body-checked it half and blasted out of the sea.

"Alert, unidentified target has been detected of the cost of Japan, yellow stage alert"-Sounded over the intercom in NERV

"Great just what we need"-Misato grunts-"You heard get to your Evas"

The angel's massive form waded through water. He sensed the coast of Old Nebukawa was not far away, ahead of him was a barricade of ships and tanks was set up. It was a large force that would have caused a lesser power to back down but the angel was far from lesser. It's massive form stepped out of the ocean and landed shattering most of the buildings in a mile radius with the spreading of its A.T. Field.

The fleet of Self-Propelled Launcher M290, Experimental Light Tank M551ab and Leopard 2A7/A10 Main Tanks open fire on the angel. Thousands of cannon shells impact his skin before the bombardment stops.

Strategic Super-Heavy Bomber An-71MD drop three Super-sized Annihilation Bomb on the beast before the smoke obscure its shape.

"Hmph, if only they new that is so worthless"-Misato says as he looks upon the wreckage through the video feed

The men wait for any sign of life, the ships radar detects a large object moving In the smoke. One of the VTOL Aircraft is destroyed as the angel rises up from the smoke curtain.

The ships open fire again, The angel's fore arms glows red and a beam of swirling red energy fires forth from them. The men onboard the ships would be astounded by the beauty of such an attack if it were not the last site of some of them.

Arel, the Angel of Fire, lets the flames rise higher

Arel's massive form stepped out of the forest. He quickly picked up a passing bus and crushed it in his claw. He let out a laugh-like roar, these human creations were far more fragile than the though. People ran from the giant but it was in vain, he fires cross blasts and vaporizes them. He fires his horn beam and creates a path of destruction through the city.

"That is one strong mother-fucker"-Raven comments

"Seriously enough with that language!"-Misato shouts at him

"If you don't mind I like to take this guy on my own"-Raven says

"What?"-Misato asked

"Remember when Asuka loosing her synch and she face the tenth angel and regain confidence… this just what I need"-Raven says

"What? Are you out of your mind?"-Ritsuko asks

"Tell them Megatron"-Raven tell his cybernetic buddy

"Do as I command!!!"-Soundbyte played welding his shoulder and hand cannons at Ritsuko and Misato perfectly emulating the Decepticon leader from the cartoon series

"Okay, okay… Jesus"-Misato says putting her rams in defensive position

"Alright girl let show them what we can… Unit-X activate Warrior mode"-Raven says

To that the throne of soul in the entry plug tilted to become little bit more vertical and the hand control were retracted, dozens of cables emerged and slither to plug into Raven's plugsuit

Meanwhile at the surface, people ran like crazy pushing each other to reach for the shelters. In the frenzy one girl is knocked unconscious and left behind

Unit-X is move through Ejection Subterminal to its Ejection Shaft 45 leading far from Tokyo-03

"Evangelion-Unit-X lift of"-Raven screamed as his Evangelion was shot out by catapult nearly at the seep pf sound high into the air the and emerged on grassy field

"I'll try and lead it away form the city… it looks like its arms are its primary weapons as soon as take them out you can send the other Evangelion, got it Misato"-Rave said to Misato by the intercoom

"If you say so"-Misato says

"Come on X, let show them how we roll"-Raven shouts as his Evangelion dashes to battle

Arel waded through the burning ruins. His glowing, red eyes were fixed on his target. Entire neighborhoods had gone up in flames.

Raven was sworn to protect this world, and he would gladly kill anything that threatened it. But for the moment he set to watch Arel disseminate the JSSDF-"Go on buddy have fun you are making me a favor"

Arel his plasma beam and vaporizes the military creating a path of destruction through the city. Tank shells exploded against his skin but failed to do anything. He turns toward the approaching tanks and fires barrage of cross blast form eyes that obliterated the artillery. The tanks' armor is no match for the attack and the platoon is wiped out.

VTOL Aircraft fly towards him but fail to even fire a shot as Arel blasts them into nothingness with his plasma. The remaining battle aircrafts open fire, Arel doesn't turn around and able to release a surge of A.T. Field energy from his body disintegrating the remaining ships. Shockwaves generated shredded the district

Nearing the rampaging beast, Raven opened X's fanged mouth and bellowed a challenge that shattered what few windows remained in the surrounding buildings.

Arel then turns his attention toward the city and fires all of his energy weapons upon it, leaving little behind but flaming ruins as he moves inland coming face to face with Evangelion Unit-X.

Raven looked over the landscape seeing that no buildings stood and rubble covered the ground. Arel and Unit-X exchange looks.

"You been busy my friend! Your talents are impressing!"-he says-"Can you understand with I'm saying?"-and Arel nods he seems to understand at least the idea of human communication

"You now back where I came from they expect me to terminate you like quick, but I rather have a nice fight with you"-he says

"What is he doing?"-Misato asks her self back in HQ

"Raven doesn't act like that"-Maya says

"Send the Evangelion units up there right now"-Misato orders

"Mayor Katsuragi… leave him be"-Commander Ikari says from his upper post-"If he thinks he can do it let do it"

"Kids be ready if things begin to look wrong you'll be sent there"-Misato orders

"Got it!"-the pilots relied

Raven pulled out his Countersword and Spear form his should pylons grabbing them with the arm on the opposite side and whipped them out. Arel set into a defensive position but Raven simply drove his weapons into the ground confusing the angel.

"I won't need any weapons, we are going to fight equally and I'll beat you down with my bare hands"-Raven says

"It official that kid is insane"-Ritsuko says

"You want to start?"-Raven asks his opponent

Arel spread its arms and assumed an attacking position forming an energy orb in front of him that stretch out towards its enemy.

A giant explosion occurred. The destructive potency of the explosion levelled nearby buildings, it extended its radius instantly and the smoke rise into a mushroom form...

Arel roared in triumph at the smoke wall, proclaiming the death of this opponent, But not all is as it seems...

Unit-X emerged from the inferno, and strike at Arel's face with his claws ripping flesh from the bone. Arel is sent aback by the force impact force and tries to regain posture.

"Ha! bet you didn't see that coming"-Raven shouts as he lunges to battle

It was a challenge for his own superiority, one Arel sought to win, even if he had to stain this metropolis with Unit-X's blood.

"What is Raven synch?"-Ritsuko asked

"36% and slowly increasing"-Maya responded

Arel begins with barrage of Plasma bursts but Raven somersaults in waves his hands inwards bending A.T. Field energy that counter and cancel Arel's Plasma burst.

The battle of the once Angel of Life and Hope versus the Angel of Fire had began and all hell is about to brake loose.

Ripping and slashing at one another, Raven and Arel battled to a stand still. The two dashed for the hills going shoulder with shoulder blasting at eachother. Both seem evenly matched

Back at HQ…"Synch at 47% and increasing"-Maya shouted

Their fight erupts with intense attacks powered by their rage against each other.
Arel counters with an immense plasma beam. The ray barely hits Unit-X's A.T. Field. Arel charges up another cross blast in its eyes. Using her slim form and strong muscles Unit-X is able to back flips and jump avoiding Arel searing fury.

Arel advances launching a relentless barrage of Cross blasts, at his opponent, but the black and golden dragon-like creature spread it's A.T. Field it's bathed in plasma and push back.

Raven charges at Arel by using his A.T. Field enhanced speed and body-checked Arel. Challenged Arel duels with Unit-X

Both of their attacks of S2 Shoulder cannons and Plasma burst are fierce and unrestrained, encountering each other and letting string of flames shout out setting fire to the hills surrounding them, but despite Raven's mastership in ranged fire, Arel holds ground.

Both send out and attack and this collide until sending fire whipping outwards, until a slight change in their attacking position causes the attacks to push each other to their opponent's side as giant rainbow colored fire walls. Finally they break the attack and Arel is upset that he can be surpassed by some like him.

Arel somersaults and send a fury-filled Plasma burst against Unit-X but its rendered useless when Raven waves his arms outwards and summon an A.T. Field  that dissipates Arel's attacks outwards.

Arel is tired of this creature insulting him with resistance and Raven doesn't seem to be using much effort.

Raven lashed out his body forward and sends a blast at Arel and the angel barely managed to evade it. Arel takes on flight and hovers at low altitude using its A.T. Field  creating a halo on its head and firing plasma from its feet like boosters and began a barrage of his Plasma attacks and cross eye beams from his fists, circling around Unit-X.

Raven spins and waves his arms to create A.T. Field  walls covering from his opponents strikes

Seeing his opponent cease the attack to get in position Raven waves his arms in harmonic ways to create energy and lashed his arms outwards to send it in a crescent wave against Arel and made him lose footing against one of and tumbles across the ground.

Arel lets out a small roar of pain as he gets back to his feet. The monster gets back up, and dashes towards Unit-X with full force. The power of the blow knocks both of them over, but before falling Raven releases another shot. Arel staggers back from the rage of the attack. Arel moves for a blow but he was repelled by the swing of Unit-X's tail, and sent spining back, but landing on his feet.

In the city a girl left behind in evacuation wakes form the terrible hit she reciebed in her face-"…Oh what happen to me?"

Its Miki Nagasawa… the moment she hears the thundering attacks away in the hills she get up and begins running away looking for place to hide.

An orb of energy formed in the Arel's fore arms. Tendrils of energy escape in the region surrounding the cannons opening. Throwing his arms forward, Arel lanced his Plasma Burst into Unit-X.

Unit-X merely displayed its A.T. Field deflecting with a bit of effort

Raven saw an opportunity and in a burst of roaring rage he charged against Arel. Making several A.T. Field energy bursts, creating massive shock waves that shatter the surrounding hills and forest he landed a devastating strike that tore to into Arel's flesh all the way to the bone and rip off one of Arel's feathery facial horns of his ugly face which send the beast toppling over the landscape.

Arel began to rise to his feet but as far Raven thinks this battle is over...

"Angel of fire… I quit!"-

"What?!"-Misato angrily asks-"What are you talking about?!"

"I was hoping for this battle be more of match but you are using all of your power and don't scratch the paint on Unit-X… I had I what I needed, synch has gone my pervious score so there is no need for me to keep fighting, killing you such useless moron like will not gain me pride nor satisfaction so I'll leave that to my friends"

Raven lashed out his spears tentacles to retrieve his Countersword and Spear of Longunus back into his hands and place them on his shoulder pylons

"Since I have confidence in my friends I will simply say to you… Requiescat in pace "-and he turns away

Arel felt insulted… this creature will pay for insolence!

Arel unleash the full fury of his beam upon Unit-X at point blank range and sends another atomic ray towards Unit-X, followed by a giant cloud of fire reaching into the afternoon sky. But before Arel had expelled his power, Raven used Unit-X shoulder cannons blasts him off from Arel 's powerful attack, escaping just as the beam hit where he was laying ad was send flying away into the city.

Unit-X falls back-first onto a building submerged in the shore, and immediately flipping back into lizard-position, its razor sharp claws scraped the ground

Raven weakly clenched the ground with his gigantic claws. The warrior let a sigh of relief, thankful to be alive. He weakly fought to rise to his feet. The monster's legs wobbled; desperately trying to support the rest of the body.

How dare such an insolent creature ever think about doing such a thing!

Raven snarled in spite, despising the thought of not fulfilling his oath to murder the angel. There was only one emotion present at that time… retribution.

"Warning"-sounded in his cock pit as his sensor detected something under his Evangelion that was not supposed to be I there.

Miki Nagasawa laying on the ground almost crushed the giant hand of the construct… Raven felt fear shivering in his spine.

"Misato, that is Miki Nagasawa!"-Shinji shouted as he saw the feed of Unit-X's camera

"What is she doing there?!"-Ritsuko asked out loud

"She looks Injured, maybe she was left behind in the evacuation!"-raven says

Arel was nearing at all speed-"No you don't!"-Raven lunched his Evangelion forward and tackles the incoming angel.

"Weak!"-Raven called him as he pick up a rock and trashed it into Arel-"Punny! Waste of meat!"-As he drives his fits in Arel's back bending him and then his face calling him-"Dirtbag!!!"-bashing his head with elbow strikes cutting it with his blades and quickly pulled his sword and drive it into its shoulder bone pylons and later hurled him away from Miki

Raven latched X's powerful jaw tightly on Arel's shoulders. The angel shrieked out in pain, but more so in surprise. With an incredible feat of strength, Arel lifted Unit-X and tossed her away. Unable to hide the fury Unit-X separated his jaws and allowed a bloodcurdling roar to echo in this world.

"Send the Evangelion Units up there now!"-Misato asked

"Negative"-Gendo's voice-"the JSSDF will drop bombs in there to weaken the angel and then we will send the Evangelions to fight"

"But Sir Raven and a civilian child are out there, They will not survive"-Misato says

"Irrelevant"-Gendo coldly says making Misato to anger at his so called commander

Faint from the blows, Raven angered. He's experiencing brutal attacks from Arel and he wasn't about to take more beatings from this monster anymore.

Then, turning the tables... From the distance… Two Strategic Super-Heavy Bomber An-71MD launched Super-sized Annihilation Bomb.

"NO!!!"-Raven shout as he sends an offensive A.T. field to obliterate the bombs away and blasted the bomber into ashes.

But he got distracted and Arel blasted him away crashing into the houses.

"Raven! Misato we need to get out there"-Rei shouted

"Commander"-Misato shouted to Gendo but she receive no answer

Raven got up only realize where he was, right were Miki had been as he rise form the ground only to find that the neighbourhood has destroyed, his scanning show no sings of life, nothing could have survived… Miki must be dead. As his agony beggins to rise Raven sobs

"Raven look out!"-Misato screams

Arel walk up to the construct and rises its arm to deliver final blow but Unit-X reaches out and grabs Arel's hand cancelling her flame.

With a blood-curdling roar that sounded throughout the area, Unit-X grabbed the angel's arms with his other hand, yanked hard on it, pulling Arel against his face impaling the beast right eye with her horn snarling in rage.

Meeting face to face Unit-X's growls burned fear in this creatures mind.

It grabbed as much of the Angel's offending arm as it could and pulled hard as it placed his foot against the Arel's chest and pushed off with it.

The beast went flying, with shreds of its arm staying with Unit-X.

But this is not the end, struggling got get up, Unit-X began to undergo an internal change. Raven is out of control, his entry plug turn red and his eyes glow in enriched energy light and so do the normally golden stripes on Unit-X's body; the vision is that of a hell-born dragon.

His frightening form is a metal cage for primal, burning forces of chaos, giving him the appearance of a living furnace. These cauldron-like forces purged him of what empathy and morality remained.

Raven's wrath clouded his judgment. His rage was on the point of insanity. The idea of his friend being harmed by such a creature and the recklessness of Commander Ikari beckoned for an eternal life of suffering for both of them. These creatures had taught him the meaning of hate.

All he knew was power and death. Nothing else mattered.

With its true power active to full, the berserker gives a low growl like wild animal. But its effect is instant as it's A.T. Field  spreads beyond believe.

In central Dogma…

"Did you guys felt that?"-Maya asked

"If you mean the evil vibration and the sudden temperature drop?... sure did"-Makato replied

"It can't be..."-Misato stared

"Berserker?"-Ritsuko finished

Raven unleashes a blood-curdling roar sounded throughout the land.

Raven launches a vicious attack upon the Angel and leaps from his sitting position to somersault-dropkicked breaking through the Multi-layer A.T field of the angel shattering it like glass and bends the alien monster backwards, succeeding in damaging its face. He jumped back facing the other way when he landed.

"This is wrong, Synchronrate at 150% and growing"-Maya shouts

As Arel recovers Raven grab the monsters right's arms with its hand and broke them with a sharp snap, then kicked it into one of Tokyo-3's mirror buildings, and followed up by heavily leaned forward charging into it through the rest of the mirror buildings.

Lashing out with its Spear tentacles Raven proceeds to drive Arel back. Buildings were slashed in half, by his wrath, before a whip grabs Arel's leg and throws him high into the air, into on a nearby mountainside, destroying anything Raven deemed unworthy of existing

Arel regain footing and forces his broken arm bones to relocate themselves in the right position

Unit-X's beam ruptured the multi-layer A.T. Field shattering it like glass and the explosive energy strikes Arel. The beam shoots out looking thin, and like a lance into Arel's shoulder-joint, consuming it in a blinding aura of searing purgatory, succeeding in incinerating his arm, knocking the unstoppable monster on its back.

Enraged Raven corners Arel against one of the hill side, and uses its speed and strength to force Arel's injured face against the hill grinded it. It forced the enemy down and started beating it with its fists.

Raven picked up Arel and plunged his claws in his neck reaching the bone squeezing Arel's neck tighter and tighter… finally… there was a crushing sound… a sickening noise of a neck being crushed in little time … and the angel arms fell to its side its body went limp.

However, Raven did not stop, and threw the crippled monster to the ground.

Evangelion Unit-x pushed the angels head deep into the ground before she rear her hand in roaring rage back and then smashed Arel's skull in with a powerful punch spraying blood and meat all over.

To such horrific scene Maya cover her eyes in her hands.

In a horrific scene of bloodshed and gore, Raven uses Unit-X's hand and proceeded to tear the Arel's body like a wild animal, ripping off its armor plating and even limbs, and savagely pummelling its body to a pulp as a literal river of the Arel's blood began flowing.

Shinji and Asuka watched in horror the massacre, Toji could barely hold his stomach, Rei close her eyes and didn't even turned to look.

Arel's body ripped in a gruesome dismemberment, as a snarling Raven dove on the angel biting off pieces of Arel's retched body, arms and intestines and stuff getting thrown everywhere.

Finally, Raven picked up the beating beast's Core, and crushed it in its clenched hands and ripped apart the double-helix structure of Arel's S2 engine.

Moments later Unit-X stands up, with Arel's mangled remains hanging on his jaws, as his reddish fury rippled around him. The energy coursed through Unit-X's body for a moment before a powerful white light lanced from his shoulders. The Energy pulse ripped Arel from X's maw and lanced into Arel remains igniting its blistering fury as his enemy's remains were finally turned to ash and embers. A huge explosion follows, and giant light cross erupts into the sky as his frame by arched rainbow light pasing b the hail of blood.

The entire Nerv personal watch in awe as Unit-X emerges from the inferno.

Calm settles over the battlefield as Raven and Unit-X lurches to its feet. Raven is tired and wore out; he looks over where Miki was…

Unable to hide his agony, Raven breaks into tears.

"Pilot the Evangelion-Unit-X return to the cages"-Gendo says but he should have never open his goddanm mouth

Raven sobs turned to snarling as he acknowledges his tormentor, his enemy-"IKARI!!!"-He screams as his rage outburst is accompanied by Unit-X demented bloodcurdling roar that echoed in the world.

To be continue...
This Episode makes several references to the Transformers, such as Soundbyte imitating the original cartoon Megatron, and how Arel emerges of the bottom of the ocean like Megatron does in RoTF. Also This episode make reference to The Movie Fallen with Arel’s body design and Unit-X berserk that has the same living furnace appearance as the Decepticon leader.

Arel’s death is the recycled gruesome dismemberment of Unit-03 form the original series not used in my battle with Bardiel, even with some of the more brutal elements of the rebuild massacre of the same.

Another tribute in here is the Dragon-ball Z when Raven refuses to continue fighting Arel for he seems as to weak like Goku did Freeza in the Namek

Miki Nagasawa is named after Maya Ibuki’s seiyu and kind of resembles an early teenage version of Maya, but as the tribute to her original reference Miyuki Takara, Miki wears glasses and has rather “protruding curves” for her age like Miyuki Takara from Lucky Star or Nodoka Haramura from Saki
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Oh Shit! Ikari is a dead man.