As the EVA was launched, Ranma looked at Misato’s angry face on the communication panel. Maybe that last stunt was too much.
Flashback moments before entering Unit 01
Ranma had been led out of the command bridge to get him to 01 and the staff of the command bridge returned to their battle preparations. Rei looked at the bottle and tried to figure out if the bubbles she saw were flaws in the bottle or actually drops of Everclear.
“Hey Rei. Look! I’m an angel that’s gonna get ya’s…” Ranma staggered into the room with a spare plug suit on his back. He twisted back and forth so that the arms and legs of the plug suit swung in concert. Rei giggled softly and said,
“Acknowledged, Ranma designated as the forth angel…. or would that be the fifth?” Wielding the bottle like a prog knife, she poked at him until she hit a ticklish spot and announced as the third child fell down laughing. “Angel core has been breached. Mission accomplished.” Ritsuko ran into the room with security and grabbed him.
“Just get him into 01!” Misato yelled. Ranma waved as security supported him out of the room.
“Bye Rei. That was fun!” Rei did a small wave as she mentally filed this as another sort of fun. However, in her current state it was misfiled under Eva training and would make for some interesting recollection later.
End of flashback
“This ride is making me queasy…”
“Don’t you dare vomit in the entry plug! I’ll make you clean it up!” Ritsuko snapped.
“Sheesh. I wouldn’t feel sick if this didna taste like blood. Maybe ya could make it cherry flavored instead.” In the background, Rei can be heard.
“I dislike meat. I would like it vegetable flavored, or mint, or, maybe, green tea….”
With a noticeable eye twitch, Ritsuko finished checking on the readings on the 3rd child.
“Now Ranma, just try and walk around when you get up there.”
“Right, tha’ mush be some sort of military code for beat up the angel.” Ranma slurred back. Ritsuko growled in slight annoyance at his flippant attitude.
A lot of professionalism had returned to Misato now that the 3rd child was on his way to meet the angel.
“Your sync rate dropped a bit, but it’s within acceptable parameters. If you can’t walk then return to base and we’ll have to drop a N2 mine on it.” She looked at the pilot statistics and prayed that the sync rate held at 44 percent. The captain really did not want to explain to the brass that they needed to stall the angel because their pilots had to sober up.
Misato kept her eyes glued to the screen as Unit 01 exited out of the catapult. The captain forced herself not to look around the room. She was certain everybody’s face was full of accusations and blame, or worse pity for her failure as a guardian. She held her breath as Ranma’s EVA took a few steps. She felt like sobbing when she saw the EVA stagger out into the open and even had to grab a building to keep from falling over. She mentally pulled herself together and said,
“Abort. Return to base and we’ll have an N2 mine dropped on it. Ranma acknowledge.” Unit 01, however, did not stop and continued advancing until it was just a couple of blocks from the angel. “You’re in no shape to fight that angel. Return to base. Ranma, acknowledge at once.”
The angel raised itself from flight position and looked at the EVA clinging to the side of a building. It could not detect any hostile intent from it. After a few minutes, the angel finally decided that it was an obstacle and sent a whip like arm in the EVA’s direction. Everyone in the control cringed and Misato’s warning died on her lips as 01 fell backwards just dodging the laser whip that would have taken off its head. As 01 fell, its right leg kicked up a car toward the angels head which exploded off its AT shield.
Aoba looked up from his console.
“Angel’s AT field has been weakened by 21 %. It looks like either this angel’s AT field isn’t very strong or he found a weak spot.” Misato breathed a sigh of relief. It appeared Ranma was not as bad as she thought.
“His sync level keeps fluctuating too fast for the sensors to get a good reading. It is sometimes as low as 35% and I think it jumps briefly to 78%. Um…His sync rate is steadily at 10 % now.” Maya reported with a sweat drop on the back of her head.
Misato turned to the pilot communication screen and froze in horror. The third child was asleep and snoring.
“RANMA WAKE UP!” He only stirred a little then went back to snoring. The angel attacked using both laser tentacles. Still flat on its back, Unit 01 rolled over to the left and right in its ‘sleep’, avoiding each attack. When the smoke cleared, Unit 01 was untouched but the surrounding buildings looked like sliced tofu.
The angel attacked in a crossing pattern with its laser tentacles. Unit 01 rolled again, but after it came to a stop the horn on top of its head suddenly fell off. Ranma woke up with a grimace.
“Ouch! Tha’ hurt ya dumb sex toy reject.” He flipped the EVA on its feet and took a swaying stance.
Touji and Kensuke climbed to the top of the hill and caught the end of the laser whip barrage. Kensuke started snapping pictures.
“That was cool! Man, did you see the Evangelion avoid all of those attacks.” Touji looked down as the EVA got on its feet and said,
“Seemed kinda sloppy. Look how he let those buildings get all banged up. He should fight away from all of them!”
“I don’t think the angel is giving him a choice of where to fight.”
“Whatever. I bet I could do better. Just look at that weak fighting stance. It’s all unsteady and weaving. Heck, I bet if I went down and pushed it would fall over.” Touji retorted as he crossed his arms. Kensuke stopped taking pictures and looked at Touji in disbelief at his friend’s ignorance.
“That is a real martial arts stance. I’ve been researching them since the first angel battle. I think it’s called drunken fist or Jackie Chan style. It is based upon deceiving your enemy alongside crippling attacks. You don’t normally see this style in a tournament as it is made up of mainly of groin strikes and joint disabling attacks that would not be allowed, but a master in a street fight has got to be an unstoppable force. Wow, we get to see an Evangelion use it!” Touji just grumbled in response.
Unit 01 unsteadily weaved back and forth with its hands positioned before its face as if playing an imaginary flute. A stagger to the left avoided an attack that would have split it half. A twirling duck to the right brought 01 next to the angel. The EVA followed up with a series of hand and elbow strikes up and down the angel’s body, never breaking the hold on the imaginary flute.
The angel was losing ground from the relentless pummeling. It steadied itself and attacked again with both whips at once. Everyone in the control room held their breath, as there was no place for the EVA to dodge to either side. Spinning about, Unit 01 ran up the side of the building, just avoiding the deadly attack. The Eva kicked off the side of the building at the top of the run and landed on top of the angel.
“Ranma, the AT shield is down! Hurry up and stab the core!” Misato yelled.
“I know wash ‘em doing. Ya wanna come out and fight this thing?” Ranma retorted, rolling 01 over its shoulders into a standing position.
“I know your job better then you do! You have no idea how much I wish I was out there instead of you!” Misato snapped. Ranma’s voice took on a softer tone.
“No worries Misato-chan. I’ll protect ya. I bet ya could take care of angels real good though. I bet the fight would even be cute and sexy. Just like this.” Unit 01 began shifting its hip in an exaggerated feminine sway. Each sway of the hip struck the rising angel and knocked it back down again.
Makoto and Shigeru looked down, speculating, at Misato’s hips.
“Do you think she has that much power in them?”
“I don’t know, but I want to know why Ranma knows how powerful they are.” Sporting a crimson blush, she was about to reprimand all the men under her command, when she felt a tug on her sleeve. A flushed Rei said,
“Would I be cuter if I learned to fight like you?”
“I... I wouldn’t fight an angel like that. I mean, I would fight an angel, but not with my hips. Not to say I have weak hips, or that I wouldn’t make it look sexier. But if I did. I would….” Ritsuko shook her head as she watched her long time friend talk herself into a corner. She was not sure what was worse, the fact that Misato was actually talking about sexy fighting or that Rei was seriously nodding her head and studiously taking notes.
While a stuttering Misato disputed the power of her hips, Unit 01 grabbed the now upright angel by the head. The EVA twisted the angel’s head around with the intention of exposing its core to an elbow strike. Unfortunately, the angel’s head was not completely rigid and flopped in its grip.
The angel tried to use the close quarters to its advantage and attacked again. Unit 01 ducked to the angel’s back and then jumped backwards against its opponent, which thrust the angel off balance. The EVA leaned its shoulder into the angel and spun around it. This unbalanced the angel allowing 01 to keep just ahead of the whip attack until they were finally back-to-back. Once in this position Unit 01 fell backwards and ended up sitting on the angel.
The angel started to rise and forced the EVA to roll off its back. Unit 01 avoided the first whip with a handstand back flip. The whip continued to cut through a communication tower behind 01. The defunct tower knocked Unit 01 directly in front of the angel’s second whip.
The EVA recovered and spun to the side in anticipation of a follow up attack. Unit 01 just avoided being eviscerated by the attack, but the left arm was almost completely severed and dangled uselessly to the side. Ranma forced himself not to yell in pain and maneuvered the EVA to face the angel again. Misato yelled a warning,
“Look out Ranma! Your power cord is tangled around the base of the angel!” He leapt beneath the next volley of deadly whips toward the tangled cord. He slammed 01’s right shoulder into the angel’s base and seized the cord with its good hand.
As the angel toppled over, the EVA stood up and flipped the angel over on its head. While 01 held securely on to the cord, it thrust the angel forward, grinding its head into the ground for several yards. When the cord was almost free of the angel, Unit 01 kicked the angel in the middle causing it to fly free of the cord. The angel came to rest a block and half away.
Misato’s voice came over the radio again. “Ranma there are two civilians on top of the hill.” He looked at the screen and saw Touji and Kensuke. Ranma groaned. He had completely forgotten about those two idiots getting in the way of the fight.
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