Chapter 12: Counterattack
Chapter 12:
Counterattack
Counterattack
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VA-02 ALLEGORICA
tumbled onto the moon’s surface at five kilometers per second. If Asuka hadn’t been in a liquid cockpit, and if the Eva hadn’t had an A.T. Field, they both would have been badly damaged. The momentum threatened to rebound the Eva back into the sky, but Asuka engaged the thrusters to keep it in contact with the ground.
She felt the rear legs reengage under control of the main unit.
Within the restraint armor, the sound of the Eva’s four feet planting on the ground came across as a muted, echoing rumble, but it was the first time Asuka had heard anything from the outside world in a long time.
“Now, run!”
Even though she’d been skimming across the ground, she’d maintained orbital speed and remained in a state of free fall without any sensation of gravity. At last, she felt the moon’s gravitational pull.
Slowly, unsteadily, the Eva stood. Her equipment had mostly survived intact. The alignment of the Powered 8’s barrel remained true. Her target was close; less than six kilometers separated them.
Asuka clicked her tongue. “I’ll have to use the other one.” She ejected the Powered 8’s magazine, which had only been fired once, and then retrieved another magazine from the payload. This one was marked with an S.
“All right, Shinji. I’m counting on you.”
As the approaching Eva-02 slowed, the Arael Carrier turned and began closing the distance.