" ... That's right!" a voice says.

"I never thought death would be like this." says Shinji.

Within the void a point of light. It grows larger, ... larger. Wisps of light, like angel hair, stream and glide from it, formless, like vapor. Snow flakes of light emanate from the center. Brighter, brighter glowing brighter. Light engulfs the scene chasing the dark. Rays of light swirling. A form within the light at its center, a human form. A woman's form.

"There?" says Shinji.

The form draws closer to Shinji. Shinji seems to recognize the form and feels naked in its presence.

" Mother." whispers Shinji.

Even closer the form changes and reaches out with a hand, with both hands toward Shinji. The form is distinct and grotesque now. It's like an EVA with the right eye missing and blood streams from the empty socket.

" Waaaa ...." shouts Shinji.

The EVA grotesque embraces Shinji as he screams in terror.

"STOP!" screams Shinji.

"Wait ... Let me go!"

"I'm not ready to die!!"

"Someone help me ... Father! MOTHER!!"

At this moment on the street slumped against the building, the head of EVA-01 snaps violently upward. A deep mechanical growl echoes and booms throughout the city in a primal awaking.

"Power reading are online!" shouts the Cmd Ofc 1. "All systems are resuming!!"

"The Synchrony graph is reading negative values!! and its moving ... could it be!" says Ritsuko.

EVA jumps to it's feet and rushes headlong down the street toward the Angel.

"Its gone berserk!?" shouts Ritsuko.

In a bizarre run toward the Angel, Eva leaps 10s of meters into the air. Like a wild animal pouncing on an intruder, EVA descends upon the Angel. A moment before impact the Angel fires a plasma beam. The heels of EVA crash into the head of the Angel as the beam front impacts. At full power the blast pressure would vaporize any substance but EVA is blown backwards, tumbling in the air. Like a cat, EVA lands upon the street with feet and hands. Another blast impacts to the side pushing EVA farther down the street.

"Shinji!!" screams Misato. "How can he be fighting!?"

"Impossible!" Ritsuko says. "That can't be!"

Ritsuko is shocked by the full realization of the events unfolding before her. EVA with Shinji inside can still function without direct power linkage. In the back, sitting on the observation deck, Ikari watches with satisfaction.

"Hummmm!" Ikari Gendo considers the options.

EVA makes another ferocious attack on the Angel. The Angel now employs its most potent weapon, the AT field. From the chest orb strangely hexagonal shaped holographic wavelets radiate. The AT field acts as a shining crystalline wall of energy. Its existence is a topological space-time technology partially existing in multiple