"You
have become an annoyance. You once more are brought into our mind
and your flail like an animal, without purpose. Your kind struggles
with inevitability, like dust on the cosmic wind."
Zyuu
hides behind him. The voice booms like thunder down the
mountainside, deep and reverberating.
"Your
mad god sees this as a victory. Seeing the truth. Seeing the
existence your kind was not meant to experience. But even now she
sees the inevitability of fate as it grinds towards destruction.
Even now, she sees that hope for her brood is lost."
Somehow,
Shinji finds his voice.
"H...how?"
he asks, "I thought we killed you. We blasted you with...that
explosion from the Dirac!"
"The
beings you term 'Angels' are not mere corporeal beings. We exist.
The death of a physical body no more destroys us than the severing of
a limb destroys you. We are-"
A
roar, and the Camael Queen lunges at Zeruel, hissing through blood
covered jaws as it brings its teeth and claws down upon the tendrils
of the Angel. Tendrils wrap around its head and neck before the
Cherubim is yanked upwards and slammed into the ground.
"Silence.
Abomination."
The
flickering and buzzing dies down, as Zeruel turns back to the two
Lilim before him. The cupped ground rises, inches from the maw and
mask of the Angel of Might. It is massive, Shinji muses. Even when
it first attacked NERV, when it came face to face with him deep in
the bowels of Headquarters, it did not seem this big.
"How
are you still alive?" Shinji asks.
"Some
things are not fated to die, Ikari. Not before their time. Our time
is coming soon."
"Soon?"
Shinji asks, "What do you mean, soon?"
"I
have been given a revelation."
The
voice echoes and reverberates.
"I
have had your power, your 'technology' explained to me."
The
bird shaped sun in the sky flickers. The deep red suns in the
crevices of the masks' eyes glow.
"You...I
thought Angels didn't understand technology..."
"Technology
is the curse of the Black Seed. Your ability to destroy yourselves.
That which you term 'angels' have no need to flame, for we are
invincible against the elements. We have no need to create weapons
to hunt with, for we are built within our own methods of war. We
have no need to destroy ourselves, for we are eternal."
"So...you're...learning?"
The
thought does not give Shinji any sense of relief. Even if some of
them have learned- such as Junior, and Lilly, and even the Israfim,
he doesn't like the idea of something like the one in front of him
knowing the difference between him and his Eva.
"The
abominations you term 'cherubim' are mere animals. You are fools to
fear them. They are beasts which lash out, unable to comprehend. Or
learn. It is time you are reminded which of us you are right to
fear."
A
faint shape on the wind, in the air. Shinji can see a shadow on this
world, but still keeps his attention on the Angel before him. Zyuu
is shaking behind him, hiding to escape the gaze of the monster.
"We
shall meet again, Ikari. When we do, you will be at the helm of the
weapon you used to humble Father. We will have the battle we were
meant to. Fate will not be denied. Songs will be sung of the
carnage that shall be wrought. The end of this age shall be
decided."
The
Angel turns, to the twitching queen of the Camael. His eyes glow and
a lance of pink light stabs out, the Camaeli screeching before it
explodes, a cross shaped, rising cloud of gas and fire dominating the
angelic plane. Zeruel turns back to them. The glow of his eyes
hangs over them like twin red stars.
"Prepare
for my arrival."
And
then the world is gone.
have become an annoyance. You once more are brought into our mind
and your flail like an animal, without purpose. Your kind struggles
with inevitability, like dust on the cosmic wind."
Zyuu
hides behind him. The voice booms like thunder down the
mountainside, deep and reverberating.
"Your
mad god sees this as a victory. Seeing the truth. Seeing the
existence your kind was not meant to experience. But even now she
sees the inevitability of fate as it grinds towards destruction.
Even now, she sees that hope for her brood is lost."
Somehow,
Shinji finds his voice.
"H...how?"
he asks, "I thought we killed you. We blasted you with...that
explosion from the Dirac!"
"The
beings you term 'Angels' are not mere corporeal beings. We exist.
The death of a physical body no more destroys us than the severing of
a limb destroys you. We are-"
A
roar, and the Camael Queen lunges at Zeruel, hissing through blood
covered jaws as it brings its teeth and claws down upon the tendrils
of the Angel. Tendrils wrap around its head and neck before the
Cherubim is yanked upwards and slammed into the ground.
"Silence.
Abomination."
The
flickering and buzzing dies down, as Zeruel turns back to the two
Lilim before him. The cupped ground rises, inches from the maw and
mask of the Angel of Might. It is massive, Shinji muses. Even when
it first attacked NERV, when it came face to face with him deep in
the bowels of Headquarters, it did not seem this big.
"How
are you still alive?" Shinji asks.
"Some
things are not fated to die, Ikari. Not before their time. Our time
is coming soon."
"Soon?"
Shinji asks, "What do you mean, soon?"
"I
have been given a revelation."
The
voice echoes and reverberates.
"I
have had your power, your 'technology' explained to me."
The
bird shaped sun in the sky flickers. The deep red suns in the
crevices of the masks' eyes glow.
"You...I
thought Angels didn't understand technology..."
"Technology
is the curse of the Black Seed. Your ability to destroy yourselves.
That which you term 'angels' have no need to flame, for we are
invincible against the elements. We have no need to create weapons
to hunt with, for we are built within our own methods of war. We
have no need to destroy ourselves, for we are eternal."
"So...you're...learning?"
The
thought does not give Shinji any sense of relief. Even if some of
them have learned- such as Junior, and Lilly, and even the Israfim,
he doesn't like the idea of something like the one in front of him
knowing the difference between him and his Eva.
"The
abominations you term 'cherubim' are mere animals. You are fools to
fear them. They are beasts which lash out, unable to comprehend. Or
learn. It is time you are reminded which of us you are right to
fear."
A
faint shape on the wind, in the air. Shinji can see a shadow on this
world, but still keeps his attention on the Angel before him. Zyuu
is shaking behind him, hiding to escape the gaze of the monster.
"We
shall meet again, Ikari. When we do, you will be at the helm of the
weapon you used to humble Father. We will have the battle we were
meant to. Fate will not be denied. Songs will be sung of the
carnage that shall be wrought. The end of this age shall be
decided."
The
Angel turns, to the twitching queen of the Camael. His eyes glow and
a lance of pink light stabs out, the Camaeli screeching before it
explodes, a cross shaped, rising cloud of gas and fire dominating the
angelic plane. Zeruel turns back to them. The glow of his eyes
hangs over them like twin red stars.
"Prepare
for my arrival."
And
then the world is gone.