Not Without My Shinji

Chapter 3: Momentous Night

Evangelion and Eva concepts are copyright © 1995-1999 GAINAX and Project Eva.
Not Without my Shinji original fanfiction written and owned by David Hutchings. Any reproduction of this work, in whole or in part, without express permission is strictly prohibited.




<Shinji is inside Unit 01's entry pulg, talking with the voice in his head>

Shinji: What are you saying!? You can't be my mother! She died when I was four!

Misato: *over intercom* Release final safety locks!

Yui: Shinji! You have to focus on your target! There's no time to discuss this!

Shinji: GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER!!!!

*Safety locks release, and the eva slumps forward under its own weight*

Yui: Shinji...What will it take?

Ritsuko: *intercom* Shinji, Just concentrate on walking for now...

*Shinji thinks about walking, and the EVA take a laborious step forward*

Ritsuko: He's walking!

*Unit 01 trips over it's won foot and falls flat on its face*

Ritsuko: Spoke too soon...

Yui: Are you ok?

Shinji: Go away! I'm trying to do my job!

*The angel picks Unit 01 up by the head and starts pulling its left arm out of socket*

*Shinji screams in pain*

Yui: Shinji! Calm down! You must generate your AT Field, quickly!

*The angel snaps Unit 01's arm*

Yui: Shinji! Just let me help you!

Shinji: NO! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!!

*The Angel drop's the EVA's arm, and starts pounding in it's head with it's force spike*

Yui: SHINJI!!

*Shinji is knocked unconcious due to the enourmous amount of pain. The Angel finally drives the beam of energy through the EVA's head. The EVA lands against a building several blocks away with a gaping hole through its right eye*

*Unit 01 falls over, completely motionless*

Yui: This cannot be...

*Unit 01's eyes begin glowing bright blue*

Yui: You won't die; I'll be protecting you...

*Unit 01 stands, lifts its head, and roars with the voice of a thousand demons*

Yui: DIE YOU BASTARD!!!

*Unit 01 crouches and leaps into the air, colliding with the Angel. The Angel rather casually throws the EVA eleven blocks away. Yui quickly recovers, and charges the Angel, only to run into a fully developed AT Field*

Yui: Damn you!

*Shinji begins to recover his senses*

Shinji: Wha-huh?

Yui: Pay attention shinji, and look very closely into the face of the enemy!

*Shinji watches the battle raging along trhe entry plug walls. Suddenly he feels his left arm healing itself*

Shinji: How did you do that?

Yui: It's actually very simple. Always remember that the EVA is both weapon and ally. Always treat it as an extention of yourself.

*Unit 01 claws it's way through the Angel's AT Field, and begins to expand a field of its own*

Shinji: What's going on?

Yui: I'm going to destroy it. It won't ever try to hurt you again...

*Yui breaks through the Angel's AT Field only to be greeted by a massive energy blast*

Yui: I need a weapon...

*Unit 01's left utility pod opens, and Yui draws an oversized bowie knife. Instantly, the knife begins to glow with an eerie light*

Yui: I'll never let you take him...I've waited too long...

*The Angel tries to grab Unit 01 again, but Yui deftly blocks the grab and cuts both of the Angel's arms off with a single swipe. Howling in pain, the Angel staggers back just long enough for Yui to sink her knife into the Angel's chest. With a final shudder, the Angel collapses, and explodes*

*Miles away, onlookers can see the giant crucifix of light towering over the horizon. In the middle of it, stands Unit 01 with one eye glowing white hot*

Yui: It is done...

Shinji: Who are you?

Yui: I've told you already. I'm your mother...

Shinji: I still dont' belive you! I can't! I must be going insane! None of this can be real...

Yui: It's real, Shinji; All of it is real, and I'm sorry I had to drag you into all of this, but you're the only one who can help us now...

Shinji: I can't...I can't belive this...

Yui: I can prove it to you...

Shinji: What do you mean?

Yui: When you were only four, I worked on the team that designed and built this Evangelion. It was the first one ever completed, and I was going to be the first test pilot. The first tests were complete failures. I couldn't get anything out of the EVA at all. Then I heard about the research going on in Germany, and how they accidentally trapped a human mind inside an EVA. The pilot went completely insane, but her daughter showed much promise of being able to establish a link with the EVA. I decided to try once more, with Docter Akagi assisting me. I ordered her to turn the power up as high as it would go. We thought that we could control the procedure and copy my mind into this EVA. Instead, my mind was trapped, and my body was destroyed. That was almost a decade ago, and I haven't seen you or your father since...

Shinji: Why did you do it?

Yui: Because you might be the only one who has a chance of destroying the Angels, Shinji.

Shinji: But, you destroyed this one by yourself. You don't need my help.

Yui: I'm sorry Shinji, but it doesn't work that way. I can only take direct control of the EVA if the primary mind is unable to command the EVA. The mind has to be present, but not active, in order for the EVA to activate.

Shinji: I don't understand...

Yui: It's all right, dear. I'm not even sure why it happens.

Shinji: I'm still not sure I believe you...

Yui: All right...I'll show you something that you'll have to believe...

Shinji: What?

Yui: Just watch closely...

*Shinji watches, and before his own eyes, the pale, ghostly form of his mother appears in front of him. She turns her head and smiles at Shinji*

Yui: Do you believe me now?

Shinji: Mother! But, how?

Yui: I've been trapped in here a long time Shinji, and this is the only place where my mind can truly manifest itself. I've been waiting for a decade, and now you have arrived.

Shinji: But, why me? What am I supposed to do?

Yui: Something momentous, Shinji. Something momentous...

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