Crossed Paths: Part Three

“So, the only way to defeat the Angels is to engage them in battle with these robots?” Kory inquired

“Yeah” Misato answered “But like I said before, we don’t have our pilots”

After a few second of silence, Dick spoke up “We’ll pilot them”

“What!” Misato was taken back “Are you crazy? You cant pilot an EVA without prior-” she stopped ‘Shinji piloted without prior training’ she thought for a second ‘but he was a special case. It’s still a huge risk’ “I can’t let you do it” she said aloud “It’s too dangerous”

“Oh, come on” Gar spoke up “It’s five against one, how dangerous can it be?”

“You have courage, I’ll give you that much” Misato smiled slightly

“At least let us try” Dick requested

Misato sighed. She knew she was defeated “Alright. But if you get injured, it’s not my fault” she said as she turned to make her way back to Central Dogma.

The Titans proceeded to climb into the entry plugs. Raven into Unit 00. Dick in Unit 01. Kory to Unit 02. Vic in Unit 03. And Gar to Unit 04. As they settled in, the hatches closed and the plugs were flooded with a strange orange liquid.

Immediately, Gar objected “What are you doing?!” he demanded “Are you trying to drown us?!”

“Don’t worry” Misato explained through the intercom “Once your lungs are filled with LCL, they will be oxygenated directly”

Still not convinced, Gar held his breath as long as he could, but eventually released and took in the liquid. “Hey” he said after getting used to it for a few seconds “I can breathe”

“That’s what I was trying to tell you” Misato said coolly

“Connecting to the main power supply” Maya Ibuki announced from her post at the computer

“Transmitting power to all circuits” Shigeru Aoba announced as well.

“Commence second contact” Dr. Ritsuko Akagi ordered

“Connection operational” Maya replied “Synchronization rate for Unit 00 is 25.3%”

“Well, that’s not bad, for a first timer” Ritsuko thought aloud “What about the others?”

“Units 02 and 04 are at 20.5% and 22.7%” Makoto shouted back “Unit 03 is 30.8%”

“What about Unit 01?” Misato demanded

“Ratio fluctuating” Shigeru told her “Its around 30%, but I cant get an exact  reading”

“That’s good enough” Misato said “Move Units 00 through 04 to the launch pads”

The sections of floor holding the EVAs began to move them towards a wall and stopped when the EVAs were against the wall.

“Pathway clear” Maya announced

‘Good luck, kids’ Misato announced silently “EVA Launch!”

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“What a weirdo” Asuka stared at the strange little boy wearing a green jumpsuit and mechanical backpack as he made his way out of the bank.

“We should call the police” Shinji began walking towards a pay phone, but was stopped when the orange German grabbed his shoulder. “Huh?”

“No, you baka” She quizzed “Why do you think we look like this and are wearing these strange outfits?”

“What do you mean?” Shinji inquired

“You baka!” Asuka practically shouted “We must be super heroes in this world!”

“I don’t know, Asuka” The brown haired boy whined “Even if we are superheroes, we don’t even know what our powers are, or if we have any”

“Well, I’m going to fight crime!” she turned and ran towards the bank and the little boy

“Asuka!” Shinji yelled after her “Wait up!”

“Come on, Ayanami” Toji said as he and Kensuke ran after the others two.

Rei nodded and followed them

“Stop right there!” Asuka shouted when she was within 20 feet of the boy. “You’re under arrest!”

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