" ... AT FIELD!?" say Ritsuko and Misato in disbelief.

"The Angel is already having to use it!?" Misato.

"The Angel must be reaching it's limit to have to use the field!" says Ritsuko.

In a single motion of it's left arm, EVA reforms it, regenerating the damaged portion.

"The left arm is restored!!" 1st Cmd Ofc says in disbelief.

"WHAT!" Misato.

"Did it grow a new one?" Ritsuko.

"The EVA unit is generating it's own AT field!" says the 2nd Cnd Ofc. "Space-time topology in front of it is being neutralized!"

"OOOoooooo!!" says Ritsuko.

A fantastic scene unfolds. EVA is seen actually to interact, physically, with the Angel's AT field as if it were a solid substance! Using it's enormous hands, the EVA begins to spread a central opening in the AT field of the Angel. In a rainbow play of color, electrical-like discharges arc around the opening. EVA is now existing in multiple space-time topologies. The psychological affects on a pilot are unknown. But Shinji is neither dead nor alive.

"Wa ... Amazing!" says Misato. "A hole is opening in the Angel's AT field!"

EVA breaks through. The Angel in desperation fires its charged particle beam from it's eye openings in an attempt to seal the hole in it's AT field. EVA holds up it's arms as a shield. The interaction of the particle beam and the AT field produces a wild display of power.

"The Angel's using it's particle weapon!!" says Misato at an almost screaming level.

The interaction of the charged particle beam and the AT field is a mistake. Both EVA and the Angel are blown backwards by the counter energy flow of the topology. The Angel collapses to the street impacting a building. It lies motionless in the rubble. It's seriously damaged; wounded.

"AAAA!!" Misato can hardly believe what she's seeing.

EVA quickly recovers; rushes the fallen Angel. Leaping into the air EVA looks like an athlete. It folds its legs so that the knee struts protrude. Like giant hammers, the knee struts crash upon the chest orb of the Angel! The orb is cracked by the massive blows. Standing above the Angel, EVA raises its clenched right fist. Upon the orb, EVA pounds its fist in defiant blows. The orb cracks further. Again EVA pounds the orb until it shatters. The Angel lets out a shrieking sound, as if in utter shock! The Angel leaps up with its last energy and wraps itself around EVA. Then the explosion!

"SELF DESTRUCTION!?" says Misato trembling as she stands behind the officer staff.

A hemispheric blast front engulfs several city blocks around the titanic fight that has just ended. The blast front rushes heavenward like a pillar of light and fire. At the height of 3 kilometers the blast front spreads in a cylindrical horizontal plane to form the shape of a crucifix.

Blinding light floods the control room . Misato, Ritsuko and the staff are stunned into silence; they turn away from the monitors to guard their eyes, as in a repetition of an old myth. The very foundations of their psyches is weakened. What is it they are fighting? What is the meaning of this? Ikari Gendo knows that the moment of triumph has arrived. He is vindicated. His project is validated. He will live to see the destruction of the Angels and the next step in human evolution. Above Ikari Gendo, on the back wall of the control room is the Emblem of NERV, reflecting