No longer a scrawny fourteen year old, his musculature had improved vastly, he'd added nearly a foot of height, and his "toothpick" had attained the sort of alteration that normally could exist only in overexaggerated locker room stories.
The containment was sufficiently painful though that Shinji fainted and Unit One slumped into inaction.
The blast had gone through the comm channel somehow, and both Unit Zero and Unit Two were both likewise collapsed. The Eva units themselves seemed to alter slightly as things went on, armor popping off the giant forms over the next few minutes.
Chimera vanished, its instincts being viral in nature. Instead of a more typical Angel, it was not trying to connect with Adam and reproduce that way. It had to spread its influence in another manner - and it had already done so with these attackers.
The attack had hit Misato with her handset through that commlink. She had collapsed. Maya had been at her board, and sparks had limned her form as well. Ritsuko had had her hand on her underling's shoulder, and her own outline had briefly flashed through the same odd colors and shifts that Maya had done.
The Wish, given in a moment of whimsy, had been granted. Everything else was to make the relationship fit within a new society.
Well, that and one of the djinni in charge of the Mihoshi Project had developed an intense dislike for Gendo Ikari while going over the details of this particular universe.
"They're down, get a medic in here," exclaimed Hyoga.
"Where is the Angel?" asked Gendo Ikari, ignoring the collapsed people.
"It seems to be riding power lines, converting into some electromagnetic waveform," said Makoto, ignoring the way his commanding officer was sprawled in a heap not too far behind him.
Hyoga returned to his board. "Confirmed. Angel designated Chimera has reappeared in New Shanghai."
"It's going towards major communications areas," said Fuyutsuki.
"Shut all communications and power lines connecting outside the city," commanded Ikari. "We need those Evangelion Units operating before it returns."
"My god," said one of the newly arrived medics, turning Misato over.
She was noticeably younger looking. Healthier too - she looked as if she'd been working out and had more of a gymnast's build though her figure looked more like she had visited a very talented plastic surgeon.
"Same here," said the medic, turning and checking Ritsuko Akagi next. He held up the doctor's hand to check her pulse and noted that her hand now ended in thin claws. "What the heck?!"
A sound brought the medic's attention to the top of Ritsuko's head where a pair of cat ears were now making an appearance.
"Angel contamination?" asked Fuyutsuki, observing the three girls on the floor changing. "Not exactly what I would expect."
"This particular Angel has deviated significantly from the existing pattern," offered Gendo, hands steepled in front of him.
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