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== NEON GENESIS EVANGELION EPISODE 24 "THE FINAL ANGEL" (SECOND DRAFT) ==


<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - COMMAND CENTER
Misato stands before Ikari and Fuyutsuki.</font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: (Looking shocked) The Fifth Child…… really!?
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: Yes, the fifth candidate will be arriving shortly. Overwrite Second's personal data in Unit 02 with the Fifth's.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: But, what about Asuka……?
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: We can't keep useless items lying around forever. Send her back to Germany when you have an opportunity. That is all.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: ……
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: Do you have something to say to me?
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: No…… Excuse me.
<font color="#800000">FUYUTSUKI</font>: The Fifth Child. He's probably a SEELE spy.
<font color="#800000">IKARI </font>: He's coming here directly, bypassing the Marduk mechanism.
<font color="#800000">FUYUTSUKI</font>: They seem to be quite impatient now.
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: Let's watch and wait for a bit. According to the Dead Sea Scrolls there's still one Angel left.
'''THE LAST ANGEL'''
<hr>
<font color="#008080">A WESTERN-QIN STYLE PAINTING OF A RURAL EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE (ASUKA'S DREAM)
Asuka on her way home from school (age 12), her eyes light up as she runs home.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. HOME
Asuka bursts in, a big smile on her face.</font>
<font color="#800000">ASUKA</font>: Mama! I was chosen! I was chosen as an elite pilot to protect humanity! To protect the world!
<font color="#008080">She says, placing her bag on the sofa and walking about the house.</font>
<font color="#800000">ASUKA</font>: It's a secret. But can tell you Mama! Everyone's so nice to me. So it won't be lonely.
<font color="#008080">But Asuka's mother doesn't respond.<br>
We just hear the voices coming from the TV.</font>
<font color="#800000">ASUKA</font>: (With a slightly anxious expression) So, it doesn't matter that Papa's not here. We won't be lonely.
<font color="#008080">Asuka's mother is nowhere to be seen.</font>
<font color="#800000">ASUKA</font>: Hey, Mama, where are you? Mama! Mama!
<font color="#008080">Suddenly a THUMP THUMP THUMP! Comes a knock at the door.</font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Asuka! Asuka!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ, GEOFRONT, RESIDENTIAL SECTOR ASUKA's ROOM
The door opens with a BAM! Misato crashes in with emergency medical personnel.</font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Asuka……!
<font color="#008080">Asuka is curled up in a corner of the room, hugging her knees. Her eyes are blank and sunken, her cheeks are hollow, her lips pale. She barely resembles herself.<br>
A male paramedic checks her eyes and tongue with a pen light.</font>
<font color="#800000">PARAMEDIC</font>: It doesn't seem like she's been eating or drinking. She's very dehydrated. She needs to be hospitalized immediately.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Asuka! Do you want to die or something!?
<font color="#800000">ASUKA</font>: (Crackely) There's no reason for me to be here anymore…… There's no reason for me to go on living……
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: ––
<font color="#008080">A stretcher is brought in and Asuka is put on it.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - HALLWAY
The stretcher with Asuka on it comes out of room #02.<br>
A bit after, Misato follows.<br>
Misato notices Shinji standing in the hall.</font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: What's wrong?
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Nothing. Asuka's just not feeling very well. She'll be okay.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Oh……
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Bye––
<font color="#008080">And Misato leaves, following the stretcher.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CAGE
Unit 01 submerged in coolant.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 - ENTRY PLUG
Shinji appears to be in low spirits.</font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: (MONO) Nothing…… huh. Misato didn't tell me the truth. I wonder what happened to Asuka. And Ayanami……
<font color="#008080">Insert –– The Reis in the test tube all look toward us at once.</font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: (Sighing) Mom, what is Dad doing?
<font color="#008080">Unit 01 doesn't answer.
<hr>
INT. SPECIAL SOLITARY CELL
Ritsuko is bound in a small room of iron bars.<br>
She's bound by several leather straps, her once commanding expression is nowhere to be seen. It's almost like her soul has left her body.<br>
Thunk, thunk, thunk…… Eventually we hear footsteps coming from the hall.<br>
Ikari's figure appears in the faint light.</font>
<font color="#800000">RITSUKO</font>: (Still blankly) My cat died…… The one I left in my grandmother's care…… I never really took care of it, but…… all of a sudden…… I'll never see it again.
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: Professor Akagi, why did you destroy the dummy plug?
<font color="#008080">Ritsuko doesn't respond, she just looks ahead, with a faint smile on her lips.</font>
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: I'll ask again. Why?
<font color="#800000">RITSUKO</font>: Because you're a shitty lay. Plus, I didn't destroy the dummy system. I destroyed Rei……
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: What?
<font color="#800000">RITSUKO</font>: Those things aren't human. They're just human shaped objects. So they didn't die. They were destroyed. Rei is just your plaything. I never could became your plaything though……
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: ––
<font color="#800000">RITSUKO</font>: I wonder, Commander, did you come here because your new toy isn't working out so well? Since a familiar toy is here. Just do what you will. I'll do whatever. But, I'm sure I can't compete with the playful spirit of that doll of yours.
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: You're a disappointment.
<font color="#800000">RITSUKO</font>: Disappointment……?
<font color="#008080">Ritsuko suddenly bursts into raucous laughter.</font>
<font color="#800000">RITSUKO</font>: You never wanted anything to begin with! You wanted nothing from me! Nothing!
<font color="#008080">Tears spill out, and her laughter suddenly turns into sobs.<br>
Ikari stands there silently.<br>
Gashann! The door closes and the sound of Ritsuko's sobs are cut off.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. HALL - DREAM
Shinji stands in front of the elevator.<br>
The door opens.<br>
Rei is inside.<br>
Countless Reis are reflected in the stainless steel.<br>
Shinji and Rei's eyes meet and Shinji is petrified. </font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. SHINJI'S ROOM
Shinji throws himself onto his bed.</font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ……
<hr>
<font color="#008080">EXT. AERIAL VIEW OF TOKYO-3
The city is in ruins from Unit 00's suicide attack during the previous battle.<br>
Shinji wanders about the abandoned city, a strong wind blowing through as he stumbles over the rubble.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">EXT. ANOTHER AREA
Shinji is walking about, he hears a piano coming from somewhere.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">EXT. SCHOOL
The blast has turned the building to ruins.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. SCHOOL - GYMNASIUM
A lone boy innocently plays the piano.<br>
He has a shockingly beautiful face.<br>
The boy notices Shinji's gaze and stops playing</font>
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: Oh, is someone there?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Who are……? You're not a student of this school are you?
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: I'm a transfer student.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Transfer student?
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: I brought my transfer papers where the school was supposed to be, but as I suspected, not a soul is here.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Everyone was sent away to Tokyo-2. Both the teachers and students.
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: Why are you still here?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I was left behind.
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: Haha. Poor thing.
<font color="#008080">An ominous sound fills the building.</font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: The wind……
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: I thought it might have been the sound of spirit voices.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Spirit voices?
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: Didn't you know? In the dead of night in the school gymnasium, you can hear voices making merry.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: No.
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: They say that the spirits of children who aren't done playing leave their bodies as they sleep, and gather in these places.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Huh.
<font color="#800000">BOY</font>: In the Heian period, they called this flitting out of spirits, "akugaru" which has now become the word "akogareru." {I'm stumped on a good English rendition for this, "akugaru" is like Kaworu says, that whole spirit leaving the body thing, but I guess the fundamental idea here is one's soul being drawn out by some strong desire. The modern word which allegedly derives from it is "akogareru" or "to yearn for" (or admire, but I think yearning fits most here)}
<font color="#008080">The ominous sound fills the building again.<br>
Shinji looks up at the ceiling, frightened.<br>
It almost seems like we can hear the voices of those children in the sound.<br>
Shinji comes back to his senses and notices that the boy is gone.</font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: (Looking around) ––Hey! Where'd you go!
<font color="#008080">But the boy doesn't respond.</font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ……
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. GEOFRONT, LOBBY OF THE CEILING BUILDING {天井ビル again, whatever that is}
Rei has been awaiting orders.<br>
Shinji comes a bit later, and stands next to her.</font>
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: ––What?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Uh……
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: You seem startled. You were looking at me in the elevator.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Not really……
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: Oh.
<font color="#008080">And that's when Misato comes in, with someone else in tow.</font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Alright you two, everyone's here. Let me introduce you. This is a new pilot candidate, Nagisa Kaworu.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: The Fifth Child……?
<font color="#008080">Shinji is shocked when he sees him.<br>
He's the boy he saw in the gymnasium playing piano.</font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: This is the pilot of Eva Unit 01, Ikari Shinji. And formerly Unit 00's pilot, Ayanami Rei.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Pleased to meet you. I look forward to working together.
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: (Expressionlessly) Same here.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: (To Kaworu) If there's anything you need to know about living here, just ask Shinji.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: (Holding out his hand). Pleased to meet you, Ikari Shinji.
<font color="#008080">As they shake hands, he looks intently at Shinji's eyes.<br>
Shinji looks away.<br>
Kaworu smiles when he sees this.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - PLUG TEST ROOM
Three test plugs are submerged in liquid.<br>
Rei, Kaworu and Shinji have their eyes closed.<br>
Slowly and quietly they sink into the interior.</font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - CONTROL ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The three of them are on the monitors.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: #0 is nearing the contamination limit. That's as far as she can go. #1 and #5 can go a bit further.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: You mean his harmonics are better than Rei's?
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: They're way beyond Shinji's numbers from before when that happened.
<font color="#008080">Kaworu's wave pattern comes up on the screen.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: Take a look at #5's personal pattern! He shouldn't be compatible with Unit 02, but they're so similar.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: So he can sync with Unit 01!?
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: It should be impossible.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Did you hear that from Ritsuko…… Professor Akagi?
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: No…… I was informed about the Fifth's existence though.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Estimate his sync rate with Unit 02.
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: (Calculating) 270%!
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Could that happen in Unit 02 too……!?
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: No way, I don't believe it!
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: But it is true. We've gotta accept it, find out the cause.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The plug hatches open after the test ends.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">After Shinji gets out, he hurries to leave.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu watches him from behind.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - PUBLIC BATH<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji taking a bath.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">We hear the door open and close.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu's slender figure appears out of the steam.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: You always head off before everyone.
<font color="#008080">Shinji averts his eyes from Kaworu's naked body.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: I wonder, are you avoiding me?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I'm not avoiding you or anything.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: You're such a liar. You totally are.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: You should have told me you were the Fifth Child.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: That's my line. I didn't know you were the Third. ––Are you mad about that?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Not really.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Is it always like this? Like, kinda tense?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Tense?
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Both Lieutenant Katsuragi and you.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: A lot of stuff has happened. Before you came, Mr. Kaji and Ayanami, they……
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: What happened to the First?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Uh…… Nevermind.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Tell me.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I don't want to talk about it.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Oh, so it's confidential.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ……
<font color="#008080">Kaworu enters the water.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: But, it's made you pretty timid when it comes to human contact.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I've always been like this. If I don't know someone, we can't betray or hurt each other.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: But isn't that kind of lonesome?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: That's just how it is. I was born this way. I can't change. I hate that about myself so much. To be honest, I want to scream and run away from myself.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: But I always hear you saying that you mustn't run away.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I figure, if I'll get reborn as a new person when I die, I don't mind if I do.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: I dunno about that. You seem to be a person who values yourself above all else.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ……
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: (Abruptly) Let me see your hand.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Huh……?
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Your left hand.
<font color="#008080">Kaworu takes Shinji's left hand and examines his palm.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji is startled when he notices several scars on Kaworu's wrist.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: You have callouses on your finger tips.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: It's from playing cello.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Cello?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I play a little.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: How lovely.
<font color="#008080">Kaworu gripping his left hand.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Skin touching skin……<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Badump, badump, Shinji's heart pounds wildly.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Sorry…… I need to get out……
<font color="#008080">He says, letting go of Kaworu's hand and leaving the bath.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji's heart pounds even harder.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">He staggers to his feet.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji faints.<br></font>
WIPE OUT
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ, RESIDENTIAL AREA - SHINJI'S ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji realizes he's lying on his bed.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu is looking down at him.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: You awake?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ……
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: You passed out. You really scared me when you collapsed.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Sorry…… for being such a bother.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: You must be tired. I'm sure. So much has happened.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Yeah. A lot has happened……
<font color="#008080">Kaworu notices the cello in the corner of the room.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Is that yours?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Yeah.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: It's a nice cello.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: It was my mother's.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Oh, I know. We should play together. You on cello, me on piano. I'm sure it'll calm you down. It must be suffocating being trapped underground, just doing Eva tests all day.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: But, I don't think my cello playing is as good as your piano. I'm embarrassed.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: It'll just be for fun. Plus, what do we have to be embarrassed about at this point?
<font color="#008080">Shinji remembers his disgraceful behavior, and his pale face turns bright red again.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Is there a piano somewhere around here?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I think there should be one in the lounge.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: I have a startup test with Unit 02 tomorrow. Let's go tomorrow after that. Promise?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Okay.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Well, I should be going.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Good night.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Good night––
<font color="#008080">Kaworu's face slides toward Shinji's.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu gives Shinji a kiss.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji doesn't refuse him, he notices how naturally he accepts it.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Feeling strangely calm, he looks up at the ceiling light.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">SOMEWHERE IN THE GEOFRONT<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Misato confiding in Hyuga.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: (Looking up from some papers) ––Dead Sea Scrolls!?
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: Yeah. I tried investigating the Fifth like you said, Ms. Katsuragi, but as I was digging, I found something strange in an unexpected place.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: So you're saying the Angels are mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls?
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: Not just the Angels. But Adam, the Second Impact and the Human Instrumentality Project even.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: (Scanning over the end of the document) So there's one Angel left……?
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: It seems like the higher ups knew already.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: The commander?
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: Not just him, but the assistant commander and even Professor Akagi too. Nerv's predecessor organization, Gehrin seems to have been based on the scenario detailed in these Dead Sea Scrolls.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: ……
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: Seems like we both got ourselves tangled up in some ridiculous organization, huh?
<font color="#008080">Hyuga hands Misato some more documents.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: Here's my research on the Fifth Child. There's nothing suspicious in his history. Before he came, he had some contact with the committee, but  there are no traces of it being organized. It seems like a lot has happened in his family life. Well, I guess he's just a pretty boy who's experienced much misfortune.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Just your type, huh. {whaa, Hyuga's a homo?}
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: Jeez……
<font color="#008080">Misato flips through the pages of the documents and her face grows dim when she sees something.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: What is it?
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: His birthday……
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: (Looking over at the document) ––?
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: It's the day of the Second Impact……
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - PILOT'S LOCKER ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu is changing.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">He clicks the switch on his wrist and the plugsuit conforms to his body.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu gazes at his wrist for a bit.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The voices of the operators come and go over the intercom.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">They're preparing for Unit 02's activation test.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - HALLWAY<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu heads out having changed.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Rei is waiting for him.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: (Handing over a card) Here. It's a flow chart of today's startup test. Please look it over, including the times.
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Thank you.
<font color="#008080">Rei and Kaworu's fingers touch ever so slightly as he takes it from her.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Their expressions change as if they've both realized something.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: So that's what Ikari meant……
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: ––
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: You're just like me. I think I have a better idea of what I'm supposed to do now.
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: Just who, are you……?
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: (Without answering) Well, bye.
<font color="#008080">And he leaves.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Rei watches him walk off.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 02 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu inside.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">IBUKI'S VOICE</font>: Commencing Unit 02 activation test.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CONTROL ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Misato, Ibuki and the operators are at their stations.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: Initiating first connection phase. All main electric circuits connected.
<font color="#800000">OPERATOR A</font>: Electric connections complete. Initiating activation system.
<font color="#800000">OPERATOR B</font>: Operation voltage at critical in 0.5……0.2……breakthrough.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 02 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">OPERATOR A'S VOICE</font>: Initiating connection between pilot and Unit 02.
<font color="#800000">OPERATOR B'S VOICE</font>: Circuits open.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. HALLWAY<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji watching the activation test from the window.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">ANNOUNCER</font>: Absolute border* in 0.9, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3…… {*絶対境界線 - sorry, I don't remember how most of the technobabble terms translate 'officially,' so I'm kinda bullshitting through these parts}
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 02 tears off its restraints and begins to struggle.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CONTROL ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: Contact suspended!
<font color="#800000">OPERATOR C</font>: It's not working, we can't control Unit 02!
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: Isolate all circuits! Cut the power!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The [umbilical] connector is shot out of the socket.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 02 begins to destroy the walls.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. HALLWAY<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The ceiling is crumbling.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji hurriedly escapes.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CONTROL ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Another berserker!?
<font color="#800000">IBUKI</font>: No, it's not berserk. It's moving according to the pilot's wishes!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA {like wherever the PA system mics and shit are I guess}<br></font>
<font color="#008080">A warning alarm sounds. <br></font>
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: (Into the mic) We've detected and AT field from Unit 02 in test site #7!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CONTROL ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: No way. You mean he's an Angel!?
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. HALL<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: No! That's a lie!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA <br></font>
<font color="#800000">FUYUTSUKI</font>: A humanoid Angel!
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: So SEELE held the joker themselves.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 02 has destroyed everything it could [in the area].<br></font>
<font color="#008080">And then it breaks through the wall and leaves.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CONTROL ROOM<br></font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: It's heading for Dogma!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">A spot on the screen is flashing to indicate where Unit 02 broke through.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">AOBA</font>: Unit 02 is heading for the underground structure.
<font color="#800000">FUYUTSUKI</font>: You're going to allow an Angel to enter Dogma again?
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: Sortie Unit 01 immediately. Prevent [the Angel] from entering Terminal Dogma at all costs.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CAGE<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Shinji runs along the catwalk.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Rei is standing at the hatch, already in her plugsuit, trying to get into Unit 01's entry plug.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ––Ayanami!
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: I'll go.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Why?
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: Because you have feelings for him. {she uses あこがれる, I only mention this because Kaworu brings up the word earlier}
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ––
<font color="#800000">REI</font>: You won't be able to dispose of him will you?
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: I'm the pilot of Unit 01……
<font color="#008080">Shinji pushes Rei aside and opens the hatch.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 02 moving down.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CAGE<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 01 sortieing and heading underground.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA <br></font>
<font color="#008080">Misato, Ibuki and the others return.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: Unit 01 has departed.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Will Shinji make it in time?
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: It's 50-50 at this point.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: (In Hyuga's ear) If worst comes to worst, we'll have to destroy everything. We can't let it affect the rest of the world.
<font color="#800000">HYUGA</font>: I don't mind, if it's with you.
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Thanks.
<font color="#008080">Hyuga, calmly as ever, plugs in the key for the self-destruct switch.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 01 is descending at immense speed.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: (Frantic and angry) Damnittt!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 02 descending.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Finally, Unit 01 catches up.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: You betrayed me! You betrayed my feelings! You betrayed me just like my father!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 01 pulls out its prog knife.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 02 follows suit, accepting the challenge.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">They fight viciously hand to hand with the knives.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The blades cross repeatedly, discharging plasma, sparks fly.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA <br></font>
<font color="#008080">Everyone holds their breath watching the Evas fight.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The two Evas finally reach the bottom.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">A wall crumbles, revealing Adam.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The crucified upper body of the seven-eyed giant.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The bizarre, objet d'art makes Shinji flinch for a second.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA <br></font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: Shinji!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Without hesitation, Unit 02 slices Unit 01 with its blade.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 01's prog knife pops off and falls into the sea of LCL.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ---!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 01 and Unit 02 do battle in front of Adam.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">But, Unit 02 throws away its prog knife.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">It vanishes into the sea of LCL.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: The Eva series. Born of Adam, a being you should have stayed away from. But you Lilin used it and survived. I don't understand it.
<font color="#008080">Unit 02 stops moving.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The entry plug comes out slowly and Kaworu gets out.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: You tricked me? Were you just using me?
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: That's not it at all. I think it was a wonderful thing that I got to meet you. I've reached my destination. I have no intent to continue fighting. I never wanted to quarrel with you in the first place.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu before Adam.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Once I touch this monster, the path of humanity will close.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: The path of humanity?
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Yes, the path of human evolution. But, it really doesn't matter either way to me. You're the only one who can end my life. If it's by your hand, I couldn't be happier, even if it means my death. I do feel a little regretful that we didn't have a chance to perform together though.
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: Let's go back together. We'll do it together. I got up early this morning to practice a bit even.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: I'm sorry, but I can't. I can feel something stirring inside me. I think it's my instinct.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ……
<font color="#800000">KAWORU</font>: Hurry!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Kaworu suddenly turns and dives toward Adam.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG<br></font>
<font color="#800000">SHINJI</font>: ––!
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. CENTRAL DOGMA<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Unit 01 reaches out and grabs the Angel just before it makes contact with Adam.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Crunch.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Blood flows from Unit 01's hand, trickling down.<br></font>
<font color="#008080">Finally, Shinji's screams fill the huge room.<br></font>
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA<br></font>
<font color="#800000">MISATO</font>: ……
<font color="#008080">Hyuga removes the self-destruct key.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">FUYUTSUKI</font>: It's over.
<font color="#800000">IKARI</font>: Yes. But, now the real battle begins.
<hr>
<font color="#008080">INT. SOMEWHERE - HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITY PROJECT<br></font>
<font color="#008080">The committee is gathered.<br></font>
<font color="#800000">KEEL</font>: We've just confirmed the elimination of the AT Field. Adam's children, the Angels are all destroyed. The only remaining Angels are us, humanity. The promised time has come, for when we shall entrust our souls to Lilith and purify this filthy world.
<font color="#800000">MEMBER A</font>: But before that, we should do something about this troublesome pimple on our face. {oh why can't I remember the English idiom for this}
<font color="#800000">MEMBER B</font>: Ikari Gendou.
<font color="#800000">MEMBER C</font>: He's been using his position as commander to turn Nerv into his personal property.
<font color="#800000">MEMBER D</font>: We have clear evidence that he's been diverting from the plan.
<font color="#800000">KEEL</font>: Gentlemen! I hereby declare Nerv dissolved and the Eva project suspended.


=Original Japanese=
=Original Japanese=

Revision as of 04:09, 28 January 2013

The second draft of Episode 24 printed in the magazine JUNE Supplement 09/1996 issue (『別冊JUNE』1996年9月号). Originally fetched from http://homepage3.nifty.com/kyrie/story24-2-1.htm. According to that source, the drafts were credited to Satsukawa Akio (薩川昭夫).

See also: Resources:Episode 24 Draft 1 (Translation)


English Translation

(Translated by Good Haro)

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION EPISODE 24 "THE FINAL ANGEL" (SECOND DRAFT)

INT. NERV HQ - COMMAND CENTER

Misato stands before Ikari and Fuyutsuki.

MISATO: (Looking shocked) The Fifth Child…… really!?

IKARI: Yes, the fifth candidate will be arriving shortly. Overwrite Second's personal data in Unit 02 with the Fifth's.

MISATO: But, what about Asuka……?

IKARI: We can't keep useless items lying around forever. Send her back to Germany when you have an opportunity. That is all.

MISATO: ……

IKARI: Do you have something to say to me?

MISATO: No…… Excuse me.

FUYUTSUKI: The Fifth Child. He's probably a SEELE spy.

IKARI : He's coming here directly, bypassing the Marduk mechanism.

FUYUTSUKI: They seem to be quite impatient now.

IKARI: Let's watch and wait for a bit. According to the Dead Sea Scrolls there's still one Angel left.


THE LAST ANGEL


A WESTERN-QIN STYLE PAINTING OF A RURAL EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE (ASUKA'S DREAM)

Asuka on her way home from school (age 12), her eyes light up as she runs home.

INT. HOME

Asuka bursts in, a big smile on her face.

ASUKA: Mama! I was chosen! I was chosen as an elite pilot to protect humanity! To protect the world!

She says, placing her bag on the sofa and walking about the house.

ASUKA: It's a secret. But can tell you Mama! Everyone's so nice to me. So it won't be lonely.

But Asuka's mother doesn't respond.
We just hear the voices coming from the TV.

ASUKA: (With a slightly anxious expression) So, it doesn't matter that Papa's not here. We won't be lonely.

Asuka's mother is nowhere to be seen.

ASUKA: Hey, Mama, where are you? Mama! Mama!

Suddenly a THUMP THUMP THUMP! Comes a knock at the door.

MISATO: Asuka! Asuka!

INT. NERV HQ, GEOFRONT, RESIDENTIAL SECTOR ASUKA's ROOM

The door opens with a BAM! Misato crashes in with emergency medical personnel.

MISATO: Asuka……!

Asuka is curled up in a corner of the room, hugging her knees. Her eyes are blank and sunken, her cheeks are hollow, her lips pale. She barely resembles herself.
A male paramedic checks her eyes and tongue with a pen light.

PARAMEDIC: It doesn't seem like she's been eating or drinking. She's very dehydrated. She needs to be hospitalized immediately.

MISATO: Asuka! Do you want to die or something!?

ASUKA: (Crackely) There's no reason for me to be here anymore…… There's no reason for me to go on living……

MISATO: ––

A stretcher is brought in and Asuka is put on it.

INT. NERV HQ - HALLWAY

The stretcher with Asuka on it comes out of room #02.
A bit after, Misato follows.
Misato notices Shinji standing in the hall.

SHINJI: What's wrong?

MISATO: Nothing. Asuka's just not feeling very well. She'll be okay.

SHINJI: Oh……

MISATO: Bye––

And Misato leaves, following the stretcher.

INT. CAGE

Unit 01 submerged in coolant.

INT. UNIT 01 - ENTRY PLUG

Shinji appears to be in low spirits.

SHINJI: (MONO) Nothing…… huh. Misato didn't tell me the truth. I wonder what happened to Asuka. And Ayanami……

Insert –– The Reis in the test tube all look toward us at once.

SHINJI: (Sighing) Mom, what is Dad doing?

Unit 01 doesn't answer.

INT. SPECIAL SOLITARY CELL

Ritsuko is bound in a small room of iron bars.
She's bound by several leather straps, her once commanding expression is nowhere to be seen. It's almost like her soul has left her body.
Thunk, thunk, thunk…… Eventually we hear footsteps coming from the hall.
Ikari's figure appears in the faint light.

RITSUKO: (Still blankly) My cat died…… The one I left in my grandmother's care…… I never really took care of it, but…… all of a sudden…… I'll never see it again.

IKARI: Professor Akagi, why did you destroy the dummy plug?

Ritsuko doesn't respond, she just looks ahead, with a faint smile on her lips.

IKARI: I'll ask again. Why?

RITSUKO: Because you're a shitty lay. Plus, I didn't destroy the dummy system. I destroyed Rei……

IKARI: What?

RITSUKO: Those things aren't human. They're just human shaped objects. So they didn't die. They were destroyed. Rei is just your plaything. I never could became your plaything though……

IKARI: ––

RITSUKO: I wonder, Commander, did you come here because your new toy isn't working out so well? Since a familiar toy is here. Just do what you will. I'll do whatever. But, I'm sure I can't compete with the playful spirit of that doll of yours.

IKARI: You're a disappointment.

RITSUKO: Disappointment……?

Ritsuko suddenly bursts into raucous laughter.

RITSUKO: You never wanted anything to begin with! You wanted nothing from me! Nothing!

Tears spill out, and her laughter suddenly turns into sobs.
Ikari stands there silently.
Gashann! The door closes and the sound of Ritsuko's sobs are cut off.

INT. HALL - DREAM

Shinji stands in front of the elevator.
The door opens.
Rei is inside.
Countless Reis are reflected in the stainless steel.
Shinji and Rei's eyes meet and Shinji is petrified.

INT. SHINJI'S ROOM

Shinji throws himself onto his bed.

SHINJI: ……

EXT. AERIAL VIEW OF TOKYO-3

The city is in ruins from Unit 00's suicide attack during the previous battle.
Shinji wanders about the abandoned city, a strong wind blowing through as he stumbles over the rubble.

EXT. ANOTHER AREA

Shinji is walking about, he hears a piano coming from somewhere.

EXT. SCHOOL

The blast has turned the building to ruins.

INT. SCHOOL - GYMNASIUM

A lone boy innocently plays the piano.
He has a shockingly beautiful face.
The boy notices Shinji's gaze and stops playing

BOY: Oh, is someone there?

SHINJI: Who are……? You're not a student of this school are you?

BOY: I'm a transfer student.

SHINJI: Transfer student?

BOY: I brought my transfer papers where the school was supposed to be, but as I suspected, not a soul is here.

SHINJI: Everyone was sent away to Tokyo-2. Both the teachers and students.

BOY: Why are you still here?

SHINJI: I was left behind.

BOY: Haha. Poor thing.

An ominous sound fills the building.

SHINJI: The wind……

BOY: I thought it might have been the sound of spirit voices.

SHINJI: Spirit voices?

BOY: Didn't you know? In the dead of night in the school gymnasium, you can hear voices making merry.

SHINJI: No.

BOY: They say that the spirits of children who aren't done playing leave their bodies as they sleep, and gather in these places.

SHINJI: Huh.

BOY: In the Heian period, they called this flitting out of spirits, "akugaru" which has now become the word "akogareru." {I'm stumped on a good English rendition for this, "akugaru" is like Kaworu says, that whole spirit leaving the body thing, but I guess the fundamental idea here is one's soul being drawn out by some strong desire. The modern word which allegedly derives from it is "akogareru" or "to yearn for" (or admire, but I think yearning fits most here)}

The ominous sound fills the building again.
Shinji looks up at the ceiling, frightened.
It almost seems like we can hear the voices of those children in the sound.
Shinji comes back to his senses and notices that the boy is gone.

SHINJI: (Looking around) ––Hey! Where'd you go!

But the boy doesn't respond.

SHINJI: ……

INT. GEOFRONT, LOBBY OF THE CEILING BUILDING {天井ビル again, whatever that is}

Rei has been awaiting orders.
Shinji comes a bit later, and stands next to her.

REI: ––What?

SHINJI: Uh……

REI: You seem startled. You were looking at me in the elevator.

SHINJI: Not really……

REI: Oh.

And that's when Misato comes in, with someone else in tow.

MISATO: Alright you two, everyone's here. Let me introduce you. This is a new pilot candidate, Nagisa Kaworu.

SHINJI: The Fifth Child……?

Shinji is shocked when he sees him.
He's the boy he saw in the gymnasium playing piano.

MISATO: This is the pilot of Eva Unit 01, Ikari Shinji. And formerly Unit 00's pilot, Ayanami Rei.

KAWORU: Pleased to meet you. I look forward to working together.

REI: (Expressionlessly) Same here.

MISATO: (To Kaworu) If there's anything you need to know about living here, just ask Shinji.

KAWORU: (Holding out his hand). Pleased to meet you, Ikari Shinji.

As they shake hands, he looks intently at Shinji's eyes.
Shinji looks away.
Kaworu smiles when he sees this.

INT. NERV HQ - PLUG TEST ROOM

Three test plugs are submerged in liquid.
Rei, Kaworu and Shinji have their eyes closed.
Slowly and quietly they sink into the interior.

INT. NERV HQ - CONTROL ROOM

The three of them are on the monitors.

IBUKI: #0 is nearing the contamination limit. That's as far as she can go. #1 and #5 can go a bit further.

MISATO: You mean his harmonics are better than Rei's?

IBUKI: They're way beyond Shinji's numbers from before when that happened.

Kaworu's wave pattern comes up on the screen.

IBUKI: Take a look at #5's personal pattern! He shouldn't be compatible with Unit 02, but they're so similar.

MISATO: So he can sync with Unit 01!?

IBUKI: It should be impossible.

MISATO: Did you hear that from Ritsuko…… Professor Akagi?

IBUKI: No…… I was informed about the Fifth's existence though.

MISATO: Estimate his sync rate with Unit 02.

IBUKI: (Calculating) 270%!

MISATO: Could that happen in Unit 02 too……!?

IBUKI: No way, I don't believe it!

MISATO: But it is true. We've gotta accept it, find out the cause.

INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE

The plug hatches open after the test ends.
 After Shinji gets out, he hurries to leave.
 Kaworu watches him from behind.

INT. NERV HQ - PUBLIC BATH

Shinji taking a bath.
 We hear the door open and close.
 Kaworu's slender figure appears out of the steam.

KAWORU: You always head off before everyone.

Shinji averts his eyes from Kaworu's naked body.

KAWORU: I wonder, are you avoiding me?

SHINJI: I'm not avoiding you or anything.

KAWORU: You're such a liar. You totally are.

SHINJI: You should have told me you were the Fifth Child.

KAWORU: That's my line. I didn't know you were the Third. ––Are you mad about that?

SHINJI: Not really.

KAWORU: Is it always like this? Like, kinda tense?

SHINJI: Tense?

KAWORU: Both Lieutenant Katsuragi and you.

SHINJI: A lot of stuff has happened. Before you came, Mr. Kaji and Ayanami, they……

KAWORU: What happened to the First?

SHINJI: Uh…… Nevermind.

KAWORU: Tell me.

SHINJI: I don't want to talk about it.

KAWORU: Oh, so it's confidential.

SHINJI: ……

Kaworu enters the water.

KAWORU: But, it's made you pretty timid when it comes to human contact.

SHINJI: I've always been like this. If I don't know someone, we can't betray or hurt each other.

KAWORU: But isn't that kind of lonesome?

SHINJI: That's just how it is. I was born this way. I can't change. I hate that about myself so much. To be honest, I want to scream and run away from myself.

KAWORU: But I always hear you saying that you mustn't run away.

SHINJI: I figure, if I'll get reborn as a new person when I die, I don't mind if I do.

KAWORU: I dunno about that. You seem to be a person who values yourself above all else.

SHINJI: ……

KAWORU: (Abruptly) Let me see your hand.

SHINJI: Huh……?

KAWORU: Your left hand.

Kaworu takes Shinji's left hand and examines his palm.
 Shinji is startled when he notices several scars on Kaworu's wrist.

KAWORU: You have callouses on your finger tips.

SHINJI: It's from playing cello.

KAWORU: Cello?

SHINJI: I play a little.

KAWORU: How lovely.

Kaworu gripping his left hand.
 Skin touching skin……
 Badump, badump, Shinji's heart pounds wildly.

SHINJI: Sorry…… I need to get out……

He says, letting go of Kaworu's hand and leaving the bath.

Shinji's heart pounds even harder.
 He staggers to his feet.
 Shinji faints.

WIPE OUT

INT. NERV HQ, RESIDENTIAL AREA - SHINJI'S ROOM

Shinji realizes he's lying on his bed.
 Kaworu is looking down at him.

KAWORU: You awake?

SHINJI: ……

KAWORU: You passed out. You really scared me when you collapsed.

SHINJI: Sorry…… for being such a bother.

KAWORU: You must be tired. I'm sure. So much has happened.

SHINJI: Yeah. A lot has happened……

Kaworu notices the cello in the corner of the room.

KAWORU: Is that yours?

SHINJI: Yeah.

KAWORU: It's a nice cello.

SHINJI: It was my mother's.

KAWORU: Oh, I know. We should play together. You on cello, me on piano. I'm sure it'll calm you down. It must be suffocating being trapped underground, just doing Eva tests all day.

SHINJI: But, I don't think my cello playing is as good as your piano. I'm embarrassed.

KAWORU: It'll just be for fun. Plus, what do we have to be embarrassed about at this point?

Shinji remembers his disgraceful behavior, and his pale face turns bright red again.

KAWORU: Is there a piano somewhere around here?

SHINJI: I think there should be one in the lounge.

KAWORU: I have a startup test with Unit 02 tomorrow. Let's go tomorrow after that. Promise?

SHINJI: Okay.

KAWORU: Well, I should be going.

SHINJI: Good night.

KAWORU: Good night––

Kaworu's face slides toward Shinji's.
 Kaworu gives Shinji a kiss.
 Shinji doesn't refuse him, he notices how naturally he accepts it.
 Feeling strangely calm, he looks up at the ceiling light.

SOMEWHERE IN THE GEOFRONT

Misato confiding in Hyuga.

MISATO: (Looking up from some papers) ––Dead Sea Scrolls!?

HYUGA: Yeah. I tried investigating the Fifth like you said, Ms. Katsuragi, but as I was digging, I found something strange in an unexpected place.

MISATO: So you're saying the Angels are mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

HYUGA: Not just the Angels. But Adam, the Second Impact and the Human Instrumentality Project even.

MISATO: (Scanning over the end of the document) So there's one Angel left……?

HYUGA: It seems like the higher ups knew already.

MISATO: The commander?

HYUGA: Not just him, but the assistant commander and even Professor Akagi too. Nerv's predecessor organization, Gehrin seems to have been based on the scenario detailed in these Dead Sea Scrolls.

MISATO: ……

HYUGA: Seems like we both got ourselves tangled up in some ridiculous organization, huh?

Hyuga hands Misato some more documents.

HYUGA: Here's my research on the Fifth Child. There's nothing suspicious in his history. Before he came, he had some contact with the committee, but there are no traces of it being organized. It seems like a lot has happened in his family life. Well, I guess he's just a pretty boy who's experienced much misfortune.

MISATO: Just your type, huh. {whaa, Hyuga's a homo?}

HYUGA: Jeez……

Misato flips through the pages of the documents and her face grows dim when she sees something.

HYUGA: What is it?

MISATO: His birthday……

HYUGA: (Looking over at the document) ––?

MISATO: It's the day of the Second Impact……

INT. NERV HQ - PILOT'S LOCKER ROOM

Kaworu is changing.
 He clicks the switch on his wrist and the plugsuit conforms to his body.
 Kaworu gazes at his wrist for a bit.

INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7

The voices of the operators come and go over the intercom.
 They're preparing for Unit 02's activation test.

INT. NERV HQ - HALLWAY

Kaworu heads out having changed.
 Rei is waiting for him.

REI: (Handing over a card) Here. It's a flow chart of today's startup test. Please look it over, including the times.

KAWORU: Thank you.

Rei and Kaworu's fingers touch ever so slightly as he takes it from her.
 Their expressions change as if they've both realized something.

KAWORU: So that's what Ikari meant……

REI: ––

KAWORU: You're just like me. I think I have a better idea of what I'm supposed to do now.

REI: Just who, are you……?

KAWORU: (Without answering) Well, bye.

And he leaves.

Rei watches him walk off.

INT. UNIT 02 ENTRY PLUG

Kaworu inside.

IBUKI'S VOICE: Commencing Unit 02 activation test.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

Misato, Ibuki and the operators are at their stations.

IBUKI: Initiating first connection phase. All main electric circuits connected.

OPERATOR A: Electric connections complete. Initiating activation system.

OPERATOR B: Operation voltage at critical in 0.5……0.2……breakthrough.

INT. UNIT 02 ENTRY PLUG

OPERATOR A'S VOICE: Initiating connection between pilot and Unit 02.

OPERATOR B'S VOICE: Circuits open.

INT. HALLWAY

Shinji watching the activation test from the window.

ANNOUNCER: Absolute border* in 0.9, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3…… {*絶対境界線 - sorry, I don't remember how most of the technobabble terms translate 'officially,' so I'm kinda bullshitting through these parts}

INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7

Unit 02 tears off its restraints and begins to struggle.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

IBUKI: Contact suspended!

OPERATOR C: It's not working, we can't control Unit 02!

IBUKI: Isolate all circuits! Cut the power!

INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7

The [umbilical] connector is shot out of the socket.
 Unit 02 begins to destroy the walls.

INT. HALLWAY

The ceiling is crumbling.
 Shinji hurriedly escapes.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

MISATO: Another berserker!?

IBUKI: No, it's not berserk. It's moving according to the pilot's wishes!

INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA {like wherever the PA system mics and shit are I guess}

A warning alarm sounds.

HYUGA: (Into the mic) We've detected and AT field from Unit 02 in test site #7!

INT. CONTROL ROOM

MISATO: No way. You mean he's an Angel!?

INT. HALL

SHINJI: No! That's a lie!

INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA

FUYUTSUKI: A humanoid Angel!

IKARI: So SEELE held the joker themselves.

INT. NERV HQ - TEST SITE #7

Unit 02 has destroyed everything it could [in the area].
 And then it breaks through the wall and leaves.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

MISATO: It's heading for Dogma!

INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA

A spot on the screen is flashing to indicate where Unit 02 broke through.

AOBA: Unit 02 is heading for the underground structure.

FUYUTSUKI: You're going to allow an Angel to enter Dogma again?

IKARI: Sortie Unit 01 immediately. Prevent [the Angel] from entering Terminal Dogma at all costs.

INT. CAGE

Shinji runs along the catwalk.
 Rei is standing at the hatch, already in her plugsuit, trying to get into Unit 01's entry plug.

SHINJI: ––Ayanami!

REI: I'll go.

SHINJI: Why?

REI: Because you have feelings for him. {she uses あこがれる, I only mention this because Kaworu brings up the word earlier}

SHINJI: ––

REI: You won't be able to dispose of him will you?

SHINJI: I'm the pilot of Unit 01……

Shinji pushes Rei aside and opens the hatch.

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Unit 02 moving down.

INT. CAGE

Unit 01 sortieing and heading underground.

INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA

Misato, Ibuki and the others return.

HYUGA: Unit 01 has departed.

MISATO: Will Shinji make it in time?

HYUGA: It's 50-50 at this point.

MISATO: (In Hyuga's ear) If worst comes to worst, we'll have to destroy everything. We can't let it affect the rest of the world.

HYUGA: I don't mind, if it's with you.

MISATO: Thanks.

Hyuga, calmly as ever, plugs in the key for the self-destruct switch.

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Unit 01 is descending at immense speed.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

SHINJI: (Frantic and angry) Damnittt!

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Unit 02 descending.

Finally, Unit 01 catches up.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

SHINJI: You betrayed me! You betrayed my feelings! You betrayed me just like my father!

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Unit 01 pulls out its prog knife.
 Unit 02 follows suit, accepting the challenge.
 They fight viciously hand to hand with the knives.
 The blades cross repeatedly, discharging plasma, sparks fly.

INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA

Everyone holds their breath watching the Evas fight.

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

The two Evas finally reach the bottom.
 A wall crumbles, revealing Adam.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

The crucified upper body of the seven-eyed giant.
 The bizarre, objet d'art makes Shinji flinch for a second.

INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA

MISATO: Shinji!

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Without hesitation, Unit 02 slices Unit 01 with its blade.
 Unit 01's prog knife pops off and falls into the sea of LCL.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

SHINJI: ---!

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Unit 01 and Unit 02 do battle in front of Adam.
 But, Unit 02 throws away its prog knife.
 It vanishes into the sea of LCL.

KAWORU: The Eva series. Born of Adam, a being you should have stayed away from. But you Lilin used it and survived. I don't understand it.

Unit 02 stops moving.
 The entry plug comes out slowly and Kaworu gets out.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

SHINJI: You tricked me? Were you just using me?

KAWORU: That's not it at all. I think it was a wonderful thing that I got to meet you. I've reached my destination. I have no intent to continue fighting. I never wanted to quarrel with you in the first place.

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Kaworu before Adam.

KAWORU: Once I touch this monster, the path of humanity will close.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

SHINJI: The path of humanity?

KAWORU: Yes, the path of human evolution. But, it really doesn't matter either way to me. You're the only one who can end my life. If it's by your hand, I couldn't be happier, even if it means my death. I do feel a little regretful that we didn't have a chance to perform together though.

SHINJI: Let's go back together. We'll do it together. I got up early this morning to practice a bit even.

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

KAWORU: I'm sorry, but I can't. I can feel something stirring inside me. I think it's my instinct.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

SHINJI: ……

KAWORU: Hurry!

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Kaworu suddenly turns and dives toward Adam.

INT. UNIT 01 ENTRY PLUG

SHINJI: ––!

INT. CENTRAL DOGMA

Unit 01 reaches out and grabs the Angel just before it makes contact with Adam.
 Crunch.
 Blood flows from Unit 01's hand, trickling down.
 Finally, Shinji's screams fill the huge room.

INT. ANNOUNCEMENT AREA

MISATO: ……

Hyuga removes the self-destruct key.

FUYUTSUKI: It's over.

IKARI: Yes. But, now the real battle begins.

INT. SOMEWHERE - HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITY PROJECT

The committee is gathered.

KEEL: We've just confirmed the elimination of the AT Field. Adam's children, the Angels are all destroyed. The only remaining Angels are us, humanity. The promised time has come, for when we shall entrust our souls to Lilith and purify this filthy world.

MEMBER A: But before that, we should do something about this troublesome pimple on our face. {oh why can't I remember the English idiom for this}

MEMBER B: Ikari Gendou.

MEMBER C: He's been using his position as commander to turn Nerv into his personal property.

MEMBER D: We have clear evidence that he's been diverting from the plan.

KEEL: Gentlemen! I hereby declare Nerv dissolved and the Eva project suspended.

Original Japanese

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン　第弐拾四話「最後のシ者」（第弐稿）

○（F・I)ネルフ本部・司令公務室


碇、冬月の前に立つミサト。


ミサト: 「（驚いた様子で）フィフス・チルドレン・・・・・・ですか！？」

碇: 「ああ、５人目の適任者がまもなく届く。弐号機のパーソナルデータはセカンドからフィフスに書き換える」

ミサト: 「では、アスカは・・・・・・？」

碇: 「役に立たぬものをいつまでも置いておくわけにはいかぬ。適当な時期にドイツに送還してくれたまえ。話は以上だ」

ミサト: 「・・・・・・」

碇: 「何か言いたいことがあるのか」

ミサト: 「いえ・・・・・・。失礼致します」

冬月: 「フィフス・チルドレン。おそらくゼーレのスパイだな」

碇: 「マルドゥック機関を通さず、直接送り込んで来た」

冬月: 「やつらも相当焦っているな」

碇: 「しばらく様子を見るさ。死海文書によると、まだ最後の使徒が残っている」


「　最　後　の　シ　者　」

○秦西名画のごとき欧州の田園風景（アスカの夢）


学校帰りのアスカ（１２歳）が目を輝かせ、家に向かって駆けて行く。

○家・中


喜色満面のアスカが飛び込んでくる。


アスカ: 「ママ！　私、選ばれたの！　人類を守るエリートパイロットなのよ！　世界一よっ！ 」


と鞄をソファーに置き、家の中を歩き回る。


アスカ: 「誰にも秘密なの。でもママにだけ、教えるわね！　いろんな人が親切にしてくれるわ。だから、寂しくなんかないわ」


だが、ママからの返事はない。
つけっ放しのテレビの音声が聞こえてくるだけだ。


アスカ: 「（少し不安な表情になり）だから、パパがいなくなっても大丈夫。寂しくなんかないわ」


どこにもママはいない。


アスカ: 「ねえママ、どこにいるの！　ママ！　ママ！」


いきなりドンドンドンドン！　とドアを叩く音がINする。


ミサト: 「アスカ！　アスカ！」

○ネルフ本部地下・居住区域・アスカの個室


バーン！　とドアが蹴破られ、ミサトと救急医療班の数名が飛び込んでくる。


ミサト: 「アスカ・・・・・・！」


アスカは部屋の片隅に膝を抱えて座り込んでいる。目は虚ろで落ち窪み、頬の肉は削げ、唇は白く変色し、まるで別人のようだ。
ペンライトでアスカの瞳孔の反応や舌の状態を確認する救急医療班の男。


医療班の男: 「水も食料も摂ってなかったようですね。ひどい脱水症状を起こしています。至急、入院が必要です」

ミサト: 「アスカ！　あんた、こんなことして、死ぬ気！？」

アスカ: 「（かすれて）もう、ここにいる理由はないもの・・・・・・私が生きていく、理由もないわ・・・・・・」

ミサト: 「——」


ストレッチャーが運ばれ、アスカはその上に乗せられる。

○同・廊下


02の部屋からアスカを乗せたストレッチャーが運び出される。
やや遅れて、ミサトが出てくる。
ミサト、廊下にシンジが立っているのに気づく。


シンジ: 「どうしたの？」

ミサト: 「何でもないわ。アスカの調子がちょっと悪くなっただけ。大丈夫だから」

シンジ: 「そう・・・・・・」

ミサト: 「じゃあ——」


と、ストレッチャーの後を追い、去って行く。

○ケイジ


冷却液に浸かっているエヴァンゲリオン初号機。

○初号機・エントリープラグ


塞ぎ込んだ様子のシンジ。


シンジ: 「（MONO）何でもないわ・・・・・・か。ミサトさんは本当の事を教えてくれない。アスカ、どうしちゃったんだろ。それに綾波・・・・・・」


インサート——一斉にこちらを向く、試験管に入ったレイたち。


シンジ: 「（ポツリと）母さん、父さんは何をしているんだ？」


何も答えない初号機。

○特別単独監房


薄暗くて狭い鉄格子の部屋にリツコが拘束されている。
幾筋もの革の紐で雁字搦めに捕縛されているその姿は、かつての凛然とした面影はなく、まるで魂の抜け殻のようだ。
コツ、コツ、コツ・・・・・・、やがて廊下から靴音が聞こえてくる。
仄かな明りに浮かび上がる碇の姿。


リツコ: 「（放心した様子のまま）猫が死んだの・・・・・・おばあちゃんの所に預けていた・・・・・・ずっとかまっていなかったのに・・・・・・突然・・・・・・もう会えなくなるのね」

碇: 「赤木博士、何故、ダミープラグを破壊した？」


リツコは答えず、薄笑いを浮かべたまま、目の前を見つめている。


碇: 「もう一度聞く。何故だ」

リツコ: 「あなたに抱かれてうれしくなくなった、から。それに、私が壊したのはダミーではないわ。壊したのは、レイ・・・・・・」

碇: 「何だと」

リツコ: 「アレは人間じゃないわ。人の形をしたモノ。だから死んだんじゃないの。壊れちゃったの。レイはあなたの玩具。もっとも私もあなたの玩具には変りなかったけど・・・・・・」

碇: 「——」

リツコ: 「司令が来たのは新しい玩具の調子が悪かったせいかしら。ここには馴染んだ玩具がありますからね。好きにしたらどうです。何でもしてさし上げますよ。あのお人形さんほど遊び心地はよくないでしょうけど」

碇: 「君には失望した」

リツコ: 「失望・・・・・・？」


突然、堰を切ったようにゲラゲラ嗤い出すリツコ。


リツコ: 「最初から何も望んでなかったくせに！　私には何も！　何も！」


ボロボロと涙が零れ、嗤いはいつしか嗚咽に変わっていく。
黙って立ち去っていく碇。
ガッシャーン！　ドアの閉まる音が、リツコの泣き声を遮断する。

○ホール（夢）


エレベーターの前に立つシンジ。
開くドア。
その奥にレイ。
ステンレスの壁面が無数のレイの鏡像を映し出している。
レイと目が合い、硬直してしまうシンジ。

○シンジの部屋


パッと、ベッドから跳ね起きるシンジ


シンジ: 「・・・・・・」

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