This is my opening test chapter for a Halo/Evangelion crossover.
Summary: Young Shinji gets sent to the Haloverse years before the start of the H-C War, with him gaining a new family and becoming a Spartan himself, changing the course of the war. Years later during an experiment, he gets sent back to his original world. How will strong willed soldier like Shinji change things in the Evangelion Universe?
Recommend reading:
'Naruto: Hayabusa' by Dr1ft3r0I (Naruto/Halo)
'Coming of the Ancients' by Shadowz081 (Mass Effect/Halo)
'Dawn of the Spartan' by Chaodixe (Mass Effect/Halo)
'StarCraft II: Forward Unto Dawn' by PeteSkizzle (Starcraft/Halo)
I will say first that I am not good at describing things. Also, forgive my grammar, English is my second language.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for the plot of this story. This is for pure entertainment.
This story was beta read by Dr1ft3r0I, who also helped out in writing some parts.
The story that inspired me to write this was: 'Evangelion Combat Evolved' by Ghost of Meat; give it a shot.
Publish date- 12-1-12
New Sword Base, Reach
August 31, 2591
"Mom, are you sure this is a good idea to test out a miniature Slipspace generator in the middle of the base, or more specifically, making me test it out?" Shinji Keyes asked his mom as he stood in the middle of a test room right beside a small prototype Slipspace generator, wearing his prototype MJOLNIR Mark IX armor. His mother, Dr. Catherine Halsey Keyes, was watching behind the safety glass.
(The armor Shinji is wearing is the Rogue armor but with the helmet is a FOTUS Variant that does not have the horn. The colors are: primary- dark violet, secondary color- neon green)
"Well of course dear, don't you trust me?" Halsey replied back while smiling at her boy.
"Mom, no offense, but when it comes down to genetics, armor and computers, I trust you. But when it comes down to Slipspace tech, I don't. By the way, how the heck did you find the time to build this thing? Don't you have to worry about keeping ONI from going overboard, again?" Shinji retorted, talking about the fact that his mom went from ONI scientist to Director of ONI following Parangosky's arrest and execution, which he personally witnessed.
It was a sweet day indeed for the memories of fallen Spartan-IIIs.
"Don't worry about it. As for your question, I am not the only one who worked on this; both Cortana and Dawn helped build this. The prototype is actually made from the remains of a Promethean Knight. Now, the test will be that you will jump from this room to another room on the other side of the base. A simple test really, nothing to worry about," Halsey said.
"If this is just a simple test, then why is everyone, including Thel and Rtas, right there beside you watching?" Shinji asked sarcastically since when he said everyone, he meant everyone that he considered a family member.
Right in the room where his mother was, there was a large group gathered. The first person there was his father, Fleet Admiral Jacob Keyes, who took over Lord Hood's old position upon retiring years ago. Next was all the surviving Spartans II, including John, who was right next to a hard light (installed across the base after examining Forerunner tech) version of Cortana (both John and Cortana got together after her rescue; in fact there was a running bet on when they would finally get together. Kelly won). His sister, Captain Miranda Keyes of the newly refurbished Pillar of Autumn, was also there.
The two squads that Shinji worked the past few years were in the room as well. There were all five remaining members of Noble Team; Carter, Kat (both got together years after the end of the war; the running bet on them went to Six, lucky minx that she was), Jun, Emile and Six. Then there was the ODST group known as the 'Squad'; Dare, Buck (both of them got back into a relationship and got married years later; the winner of that bet was Dutch), Dutch, Romeo, Mickey and Rookie (who seemed to be sleeping in his chair, when in all actuality, was probably just looking at the monitors with interest). With them was the Engineer or Huragok named Virgil trying to slip off the Rookie's signature helmet.
Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez (who was still tough son of a **** despite his age), General Avery Johnson (who was smoking even though the good doctor yelled at him not to smoke in the room), and Captain Thomas Lasky with his Spartan IV wife Sarah Palmer Lasky were also in the room (the running bet on them was mysteriously won by none other than John himself) .
The final people in the room were the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and Rtas 'Vadum.
"It was slow day and we had nothing else to do," Johnson said.
"What are you talking about you had nothing to do? Don't you have some enemies to shoot and or kill, or better yet, don't you have paperwork to do?" Shinji said as he saw several people shiver at what he said. Paperwork was the ultimate enemy; even Thel admitted that it multiplied faster than the Flood.
"Finished it early," Johnson said gruffly.
"You just want to see me suffer don't you?" Shinji asked dejectedly as several people laughed a bit at this.
"Stop worrying honey, everything will be all right. Cortana and I have been calculating for this jump for days. You will land safely. If this test proves successful then we could have the ability to have people use Slipspace to go to other planets without the need of ships," Shinji's personal and girlfriend A.I., who was inside his armor and talking thought the armor hologram, Dawn said to him (The running bet on them was won by Miranda).
"Dawn, I am not worried about getting there, what I am worried about is losing parts of my body during transit," Shinji said to Dawn, causing her to laugh a bit, recalling a line from an old 21st century movie he had seen years ago. Something about one part going to one place, and the test subject's posterior going another way. Not a pretty picture.
"Don't worry. We took every precaution possible. Just be ready," Dawn said.
"Yeah, whatever," Shinji muttered.
"Okay, I am starting the generator in your room and on the other side of the base now," Halsey said to Shinji. The Slipspace generator next to Shinji lit up and then a few moments later, a Slipspace window the size of a human appeared in the room and in the other room as well. Shinji slowly walked over to it, and spent a few minutes looking at it.
Why do I get the feeling that this is going to land me in a whole new heap of trouble? Shinji thought.
"Because you're a Spartan and they attract problems?" Dawn said as she read his mind.
"Yeah," Shinji said in a whisper.
"Hey, don't worry, even if anything does happen, I am right here inside you," Dawn said comfortingly.
"I rather be inside you," Shinji said right back with an unseen smirk. This made Dawn stutter for a few moments.
"Oh God, he is unbelievable," Miranda said, embarrassed by her brother.
That's my boy, Jacob thought, since he couldn't say it out loud; otherwise, his wife and daughter would quite easily beat the crap out of him.
"Shinji, stop acting like Romeo," Halsey said to her son.
"Mom, you know that's not true. I mean, if I acted like Romeo, then I wouldn't have a girlfriend right now," Shinji said.
"Hey!" Romeo shouted, causing everyone else to laugh. Rookie simply snorted in derision.
"Yeah, that's true. Either way, proceed toward the rupture," Halsey ordered coolly.
"Alright mom," Shinji said casually as he walked toward the rupture. Taking a deep breath, Shinji took a single step and vanished in the tear in reality.
"He has entered the rupture, now we just wait for him to appear on the other si…" Halsey stopped talking as she and those close by the monitor saw that the Slipspace generator in the other room glow - and proceed to destroy itself, causing the Slipspace rupture in both rooms to close.
Everyone in the room became deadly quite, with the exception of Rookie. He simply said what everyone else had on their minds.
"Oh shit."
Quite possibly a minute later, Halsey regained her senses and went to maternal worry mode of the worst degree.
"Cortana, what the hell happened? Where are Shinji and Dawn?" she all but yelled at her second 'daughter'.
"I don't know! This wasn't supposed to happen! From the readings I got, the generator in the other room received a large amount of energy from out of nowhere and exploded. The generator here is somewhat damaged, but mostly still intact," Cortana said in a somewhat panicking tone.
"Any way to get him back?" Jacob asked his wife.
"Well, since the opening Slipspace generator is still intact, I might be able to get a location from it using the tracker program we developed from the Forerunner database. Just hope he is alright," Halsey said with worry.
"Relax mom, Shinji can take care of himself, and he will make sure nothing happens to Dawn either," Miranda told her.
"Your right, he'll be fine," Halsey said.
"The Spartan can take of himself, anywhere he goes I doubt there is anything that can challenge him," The Arbiter said, his voice still like that of dimly muted thunder.
"How long will it take track him in Slipspace?" John asked. He was still as blunt as ever, even with a wonderful woman by his side to tame him.
"Well, theoretically speaking, maybe a few months if we are lucky," Cortana said.
"Oh, so we have a few months huh? Well, we better start stocking up in the Infinity with weapons and supplies," Emile said out loud. Everyone looked at him in confusion.
"What are you talking about now Emile?" John asked.
"Well, simple John, you got in a Slipspace incident with your A.I. didn't you?" Emile asked back as he went and took out his kukri, balancing it on his finger.
"Yeah, so?"
"Well, when we found you two, we ended up fighting against an army of ancient machines lead by a crazy warlord. So what are the odds that when we find Shinji we will get into a fight again?" Emile said as his argument made everyone in the room dread on his logic.
"Oh come on, what are the odds that happening again?" Buck said.
"Yeah, I mean it's not like it can get worse. I mean, what can be worse than a crazy warlord with an endless army of machines?" Kat said. Everyone agreed on her logic.
They had no idea that they were going to face something a lot worse than the Didact in the coming months.
Let alone the irony of Kat's statement.
Biographical information:
Shinji Keyes (adopted name), Shinji Ikari (real name)
Spartan Tag: Shin- E001, call sign- Noble Zero
Homeworld: Earth (both falsified and real)
Birth date: c. June 6, 2512 (Haloverse, falsified), c. June 6, 2001 (Evaverse, real)
Physical description:
Gender- Male
Height- 208 centimeters (6 ft 10 in)
Weight- 130 kilograms (290 lb)
Hair color- Brown
Eye color- Grey-blue
Cybernetics: Spartan Neural Interface (Dawn)
Class: SPARTAN-III Alpha Company
Author Notes:
Hope you enjoyed this opening chapter of my Halo/Evangelion crossover.
For the record this is a test, I may or may not continue it.
Please review.