Neon Pony Evangelion

Darkness. Surrounded by darkness, submerged in the sweet smelling fluid known as LCL. A fluid that oxygenated her blood directly. It was a sensation that Rainbow Dash loved. Over the radio she could hear voices running diagnostics and getting her ready for combat. As the checks continued, she sat there, breathing heavily in anticipation of what was about to come, light slowly beginning to fill the entry plug.

"Pilot," one of the voices said. "Please verify that cockpit comm systems are operational."

"Testing, testing. One, two, three. You read me?" Rainbow asked, pausing in her breathing pattern. She wore a helmet that left only her mouth exposed, a red visor covering her face, and her body was covered by a green and grey suit that had three tubes each attached to the gauntlets.

"Loud and clear."

Screens around her lit up with sequences of red data streams as Rainbow settled back into place, groaning and wincing as she shifted uncomfortably.

"Sorry we couldn't get you the new model in time," a male voice that commanded respect said.

"Or a plug suit that doesn't crush my tits!" Rainbow complained, her constrictive suit binding her large D-cups against her.

"I'd be more worried about the fact that you're piloting a scrapped together prototype of an Eva," the voice said in amusement.

"I can deal with it," Rainbow grumbled as she did some checks on her end and activated the video feeds from around her Eva. "The adrenaline will dull the pain. I finally get to pilot something."

The voice laughed a little. "You earned it, Fourth Child. Good luck."

Rainbow's breathing quickened as she kept doing checks on her controls, the systems beginning to hum more loudly. "So damn exciting! Aw listen to that baby purr!" Pylons extended from the shoulders of her Eva and connected to tracks on the ceiling of the tunnel she was in, allowing power to reach the Eva. "Alright then! Evangelion Provisional Unit-05, activate!"

Unit-05's visor lit up with a yellow glow, as did the accents on its body. At Rainbow's urging, it began moving forward, going faster and faster as Rainbow willed it to. True she would have preferred her Eva to be fully formed with arms and legs, but she could work with an Eva on wheels and with only crude claws for hands, the right one holding a spear.

Outside the base, on an anchored ship's bridge, Spitfire watched the display on the screen as the Eva sped toward its target, which was running roughshod over the various tank battalions. "Celestiadammit! How did that thing escape a security system as secure as Tartarus?!"

"Not only was it possible, it was inevitable." Spitfire turned to see the speaker: a white coated unicorn stallion with long blue locks and a blue and purple shield emblazoned on his jacket. "Fact is, ponykind is simply incapable of containing the Angels. We stripped this thing down to the bone while studying it, and all that seemed to do was piss it off."

Spitfire smirked at Shining Armor. "Well lucky for us, we've got an Eva pilot to take the trash out."

"Target inbound!" Fleetfoot called from her computer. "Eva Unit-05 preparing for hostile engagement!"

It's time to face the day.
Time to make it snappy.
But you know, first you gotta make it outta bed!

Rainbow Dash sang her jaunty little tune with a wide smile as she sped down the tunnel network, Unit-05's energy pylons sparking against the tracks in the ceiling that supplied the Eva with power.

Hello, Mr. Sunshine.
Today you're gonna be mine.
Make you pinkie swear there's only sunny skies ahead.
Take on the day with the one two punch!

As she sang, Rainbow moved into a tunnel lit only by red emergency lights, three thick security doors closing behind her. "And there it is! Deploy field!" she said cheerfully as she spotted her target.

The Angel was certainly an ugly thing. It had a shell like brace around what remained of its skeleton that was fitted with four arms and four legs, on which it was scurrying toward her. The tail and neck were pretty long, and she could barely make out its core in the back of its mouth.

Rainbow's smile morphed into a bloodthirsty grin as she reared back with her spear. "Aw yeah!" She lunged at the Angel, the spear tip piercing through the barrier that appeared before it without any problems. Unfortunately, the Angel was more nimble than she thought and dodged past her. "Dammit!" she yelled as she started turning around, only to be hindered by her momentum. "Shit this thing is stiff!"

A pair of short drills deployed from the bottom of Unit-05 and dug into the tunnel floor to try to slow it down, its movement finally halted by slamming against a sealed passageway, the back wheels sliding up to the door. "Alright. You wanna play that way, huh?" Rainbow asked as she urged her Eva after the escaping Angel.

The Angel unleashed a powerful blast from its eye holes and blasted clean through the trio of blast doors, passing into the chamber beyond and stopping, a yellow halo forming above it that cut through the ceiling and brought it down, catching the cylinder of metal and pushing it up as it lifted the Angel up the new shaft.

"Target is heading for the final seal!" Fleetfoot reported.

"What the hell is Rainbow Dash doing?!" Spitfire yelled as they watched a cylinder of metal rise up from the top of the base before being split into pieces and falling apart by the Angel's AT-Field.

Rainbow reached the hole and detached Unit-05's shoulder pylons, firing a set of thrusters that sent her rocketing up the shaft. "No you don't! Get back here!" she screamed as she closed in on the Angel and impaled it against one of the surrounding pillars. It reacted by letting out a loud howl and unleashing its eye beams at Unit-05, shearing off part of its right front leg.

Rainbow cried out as pain washed through her senses, her link with Unit-05 may have made it easier to pilot, but it also meant she felt the pain of its injuries. "Shit! That would really hurt if this wasn't so much fun!" Unit-05's left claw lunged up and closed on the Angel's core. She glanced at a counting down timer and saw that it had just dropped below 30 seconds. "Time's almost up! Better make this quick!" She growled as she tried to bring up the right arm. "Dammit! The arms weren't properly synced! This damn thing is starting to fall apart on me!"

The Angel unleashed its beam again, this time shearing off all four of Unit-05's legs, which fell to the roof of the base. Rainbow groaned in pain as she endured the pain, a couple of her right gauntlet's cables having come unhooked. "Fine! You want it that badly?! Just take the arm!" she snapped as she disconnected the third cable from her gauntlet, some of her view screens flickering. Immediately, Unit-05's right claw shot up and clamped onto the Angel's core right beside its left, prying its jaws open to let out a roar.

Rainbow pushed her left control handle forward with both hands to help Unit-05, cracking sounds starting to come from the core. "That's enough! Just! Fucking! DIE!!!" The core finally broke into several pieces and burst into blood like liquid before Unit-05 deactivated and fell from the pillar, the Angel exploding and creating a cross shaped pillar of light as Unit-05 landed face down on the roof of the base.

"Target obliterated," Soarin reported. "Unit-05 is intact and pilot life signs are still green."

A hatch at the back of Unit-05's neck opened, allowing the entry plug to extend out. A hatch on each cardinal side opened and allowed the LCL to spray out before a hatch opened and Rainbow Dash crawled from it, falling somewhat roughly onto the roof after getting down from her Eva. "Ow that hurt," she groaned. "Syncing with an Eva is even more brutal than they warned." Sitting up, Rainbow pressed a button on her helmet that retracted her visor to the sides of her helmet, revealing her magenta eyes and a trail of blood flowing down her face. Pulling the helmet off, she shook her chromatic locks free and lovingly patted her inactive Eva. "Well, we're still alive, buddy." She groaned in pain and clenched at her plug suit, finally ripping it off with a sigh of relief. The suit fell from her torso and allowed her majestic, cyan wings to spread. Slipping her arms out of the suit, she started massaging her chest. "Oh my poor boobs," she groaned as a helicopter landed behind her.

Spitfire and a medical team ran up to Rainbow, the captain stopping at the sight before her. "Rainbow Dash, why are you fondling yourself?"

"This plug suit's too tight, Captain," Rainbow explained as she kept up her massage even as the medics looked her over. "My breasts have gone numb, I'm trying to get the blood flowing again."

"I see..." Spitfire muttered as she looked at Unit-05. "That Angel did a number on Unit-05. That's gonna cost a lot to fix." She waited for the medics to bandage up Rainbow's head wound before tossing a duffel bag beside her. "Get dressed. The princess is gonna want a report from your own mouth."

"Yes, ma'am," Rainbow said as she grabbed the bag and opened it. Quickly getting dressed in the uniform she'd been provided, she stood and put on her hat before turning to Spitfire and nodding. "Let's not keep Princess Celestia waiting."

Spitfire nodded and led Rainbow to the chopper and boarded it, where a video feed started up on a mounted screen, showing Princess Celestia. Spitfire and Rainbow snapped to attention and saluted their commander in chief.

"At ease," Celestia said with a warm smile. "Are you feeling alright, Rainbow Dash?"

Rainbow relaxed and cracked her neck. "I kinda hurt all over. Syncing with an Eva is brutal, but I managed to kill the Third Angel."

"Well done, Rainbow Dash," Celestia said with a nod. "Captain Spitfire, please make sure Unit-05 is repaired and fully operational as soon as possible. Once it is, Rainbow Dash and Unit-05 will be transported to Canterlot and assigned to active duty."

"Yes, ma'am," Spitfire said with a nod. "If I may, what of Canterlot's current defensive forces?"

"Unit-00 is still in suspension, but we'll soon be receiving the Third Child, so we can get Unit-01 up and running," Celestia said.

Rainbow chuckled. "That egghead piloting an Eva? That I gotta see."

"We're sorry. Due to the state of emergency that has been declared, all lines are currently out of service."

Twilight sighed as the line cut off. "Of course these lines are cut off," she muttered as she hung up the phone. "And my cell isn't getting any reception either."