An anticipatory grin appeared on my face in the Evangelion's cockpit. The soft pulsation of the Core slightly accelerated in response to my mood, and aggressive and almost unrestrained spiritual energy spread through both bodies. The wound on my chest healed almost instantly, restoring even the chest armor. But the Angel did not understand anything yet and once again moved forward, reducing the distance. The whips, with respectable speed, rushed towards me. And although I, the "pilot", no longer had the level of perception and reaction that was familiar to me, thanks to Eva I still easily saw all his movements.
Raise your right hand. And a wall of AT-field appears in the path of the whips. The whips crash powerlessly into the obstacle that has appeared and, having twisted into rings, begin to crawl continuously along the plane of the AT-field, very much reminiscent of some earthworms trying to bore into the ground through glass. The pressure is practically not felt, but the AT-field, shining with rainbow flashes, has already passed into the visible spectrum. Shinji's joy and excitement come from the depths, because he also feels this difference in strength, the gap between me and the Angel. Yui... She is also nearby, but does not interfere, enjoying her son's emotions.
- Si.....i! O.....ai! Dis.....di...a...yu! - Misato's excited cry was heard through the hum of interference. Hmm... And I forgot that the AT field interferes with radio communications... "Shinji. Retreat. Break the distance", then. Well, Misato, you're just in time.
"Calm down, Misato. I'm almost done..." I said into the air, momentarily weakening the AT field from my back, so that the signal should pass through clearly enough.
The predatory grin on my face becomes a little wider, after all, feeling the fullness of power after the weakness of the human body is an incomparable pleasure, here even my self-control cracks. I was not worried about the recordings of the devices in the capsule, I monitored them constantly, so my superiors will not even see my "smile" on the recording, well, and operational communications... So the transmitter is weak, what does this have to do with me? Hee-hee...
Again I sharply strengthen the AT-field and push him forward, simultaneously with the throw of the quantum knife. The Angel managed to recoil, but that was all, the wave of the compressed AT-field crashed into his body, knocking him over and dragging him along the ground, and the knife entered the flesh, cutting off one of the legs of his Core. A jump and I grab the white, chaotically throwing whips. My hands burn, but the next moment the spiritual energy seething in the body, having found an outlet for itself, completely drowns out the pain and bursts into the Angel's flesh, interrupting his own flows. Both whips convulsively twitch and hang down. From Eve's hands, along the shining surface of the whips, a gray spot slowly spreads, and I am already pulling the Angel towards me. Another blow with the AT field, straight into the Angel's body, bypassing the limbs and the right tentacle, unable to withstand the pressure, breaks off, irrigating the ground with purple blood. I throw away the useless stump and, stepping towards the Angel, pull out the quantum knife from him. A blow to the place that could be called a chin, the chitin does not want to give in, sharply dissonant with the soft flesh of Sachiel, but now it does not matter, Eva's muscles are too saturated with spiritual energy. A deep wound literally tears the lower part of the Angel's head in half and his scarlet Core is flooded with streams of purple blood. Leaving the knife in the wound, I grab the joint of the body and head and, leaning on it, finally knock the Angel to the ground, trying to get up. My right leg crashes into his chest, breaking two paws at once and pressing the giant to the ground, at the same moment I make a circular motion with my left hand, winding the tentacle around my fist and jerk it sharply, tearing out the Angel's second weapon along with an impressive piece of flesh.
The Core... It's so close... and now completely defenseless... Just bend down, open my jaw and devour... I want to... But I can't. The previous Core has already given me so much, if I absorb another one - Eva may well awaken, and not just for the duration of the fight, but forever. Her soul may be Yui's soul, but her essence and instincts belong to a predatory unbridled monster, and Yui... despite all her virtues and love for her son, she remains an ordinary person. Who, at most, will be able to direct, but in no way restrain or suppress these instincts. And what's even more important, if she fails to restrain them, she will most likely simply cease to exist, completely losing her personality in the flow of someone else's madness. Of course, I will restrain this madness and even close her off from it, but although I like the taste of LCL, I have no desire to live in a contact capsule. So let's curb our thirst and wait, especially since the awakened Core of Eve has not yet fully revealed its potential. Well, as for waiting... I've always been able to wait.
Obeying my will, Eva's instincts subside. I feel Yui trying to help me, but there is no need for it and Shinji's worried mother quickly calms down, hiding again in the depths of her inner world.
The Angel twitches, the wounds are trying hard to regenerate, but it's too late. The quantum knife is back in his hand, a moment - and the humming steel with a crunch pierces the hard shell of the Core. A continuous stream of white sparks bursts out of the broken crack, and I feel how the hand clutching the quantum knife grows cold from the stream of the Angel's spiritual energy pouring onto it. Life, strength, essence - all this flows out in a stormy stream into space, leaving an absurdly huge body, and since I am right above the wound, this stream hits me first of all. It's funny, but a person would not even notice this stream, but on the contrary, it became difficult for me to breathe, as if I had immediately flown into a hot steam room, or rather, from a warm summer day I suddenly found myself in the icy desert of Cania. But the unpleasant sensation quickly passed and I began to hastily absorb the free power pouring onto me. It's not even worth dreaming about getting the entire volume of energy that was in the Angel, the maximum I'll be able to appropriate is ten percent, and even that is unlikely, but it should be enough to restore some of the damage and even fill my own reserves a little.
Hmm... I wonder, after all this performance, will they let me out of the headquarters today?