EVA Hangar
Several mechanical arms lifted an enormous ball of flesh out of the Blood Pool.
The blood spilling from it fell like rain, drenching Gendo Ikari and Kozo Fuyutsuki below.
Splat-crash!!!
As if hatching from an egg, Unit-13 was extracted from the ball of flesh by the mechanical arms, and the rain of blood grew even heavier.
Gendo Ikari looked up at the blood-soaked Unit-13. He had waited a long time for this moment.
Kozo Fuyutsuki said, "So the final executor is complete at last?"
Gendo Ikari replied, "Yes. All the props are in place now. All that remains is for the cast to enter in order..."
The piano music stopped abruptly. Kaworu Nagisa lifted his hands from the keys and looked toward the Hangar. "Are the preparations complete? It's finally about to begin, Shinji Ikari..."
Single room
Shinji Ikari held his head in both hands and asked, his voice agitated, "I can pilot an EVA again, but you have to tell me whether we can restore this world. I don't want everything I do to come to nothing again, like when I failed to save Ayanami."
Kaworu Nagisa comforted Shinji Ikari in an unhurried voice. "It seems you don't want those painful memories to keep repeating. This isn't a matter of good or bad."
Shinji Ikari looked at the Walkman in his hands and said through gritted teeth, "This world is already a complete mess. Piloting an EVA again won't change anything, unless there's a way to restore the world with it. Besides, I'm the one who has to bear the consequences of all this."
Looking pleased, Kaworu Nagisa walked over to Shinji Ikari and picked up the Walkman. He placed one earbud in Shinji's ear and used the other himself.
"Since you know what the EVA did,