"Yes Sir!" says the 2nd Cnd Ofc. "I see it!"

The Angel now raises the limp hulk of EVA high into the night air by its grip on the head. It unleashes a blast of a particle beam from the orifice of its palm directly point plank into EVA's head. The blast sounds like no thunder ever heard on Earth.

"Not that!" says Misato. "Shinji!" "Don't look at the beam!!" Misato screams into her communicator.

Too late. The beam impacts EVA's head in the right eye. Shinji screams as his head feels as if being cleaved.

"GGGeeee ... AAAAAAAaaaaa ...!!!" screams Shinji.

"The head is taking a death blow!!" Ritsuko says almost choking.

As the Angel holds the head, the back plates are blown off by the exiting beam. It continues to hold on for a second longer until the pressure is too much even for it to withstand. The Angel release its grip. EVA is blown backwards 200 meters into the side of a building and collapses. The control room staff, Misato and Ritsuko watch helpless in utter horror. The head of EVA slumps down and the body rolls forward. Blood and fluids gush from the head wound.

"The monitors are scrambled." barks the 1st Cnd Ofc. "I can't tell if the head is destroyed or not!"

"We've lost contact with the nervous system!" says the 2nd Cnd Ofc. "The synchronization graph is reversing!"

"Pulse is in a counter flow configuration!" barks the 3rd Cnd Ofc.

"All electronic circuits are disconnecting!" says the 2nd Cnd Ofc.

"Respiration is dropping!" the 1st Cnd Ofc reports.

"Impossible!" the 2nd Cmd Ofc. says. "Signal communication is down!"

"Shinji!?" screams Misato.

"The monitors are not responding" the 1st Cmd Ofc. barked out. "I can't tell if he's dead or alive!!"

"EVA-01 has experienced catastrophic failure!" the 2nd Cnd Ofc said almost gasping for breath. "IT'S DEAD!"

"HALT OPERATIONS!" Misato said shouting. "Protecting the pilot is our top priority! Eject the Plug!!"

"Impossible!" said the 1st Cnd Ofc. "The ejection mechanism had been completely destroyed!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" shouted Misato.

STAGE.5 Into the looking glass.

Awaking inside a dream. Floating in the void. Time irrelevant.

" ... warm" Shinji says not really speaking or thinking to himself.

"Here?" asks Shinji.