The red production model closed the gap to the floating egg-shaped Angel swiftly, progressive knife held ready. Asuka yelled fiercely. A blast of brown sludge erupted from the Angel and slammed into her machine, sending it tumbling to the ground. The sticky fluid held it down as effectively as industrial- strength glue despite Asuka's desperate attempts at recovery. Ritsuko's face appeared over another screen.
Initial analysis indicate it to be chocolate syrup.
Just hold on, Asuka. The AT Field protected her, but the blue prototype was flung back into a cluster of outlying buildings. Maya exclaimed, horrified. On the screen, Eva-01 avoided incoming jets of chocolate syrup with animal grace and ferocious speed, darting close to the Angel and ripping at the lifeform's AT Field. It began hammering its progressive knife into the outer structure, flaking off bits of gilt and dark brown matter.