Prologue
Writer note: first of all I apologize in advance for any typos or errors because English is not my native language second because I tend to write at off intervals and last I don't have much experience so any constructive review is welcome and last a beta reader is also welcome as I told I am not the best at grammar.
Chapter 1: sachiel´s fall.
Shinji stare out the empty streets of Tokyo 3 in a phone booth trying to contact the person that was supposed to come pick him up since his cell phone wasn't working the signal was dead when he got there, and then suddenly.
*bum* *crash* *pum*
The earth itself started shaking the sound of destruction and explosions was clear, startled Shinji start looking for the source of the noise and there he/it was a giant around 15 meters big his skin(?) was as black as the night it had what it look like pieces of bone around his body and a big red orb in his chest and that withe mask like face just above the orb.
"What in the holy world is that!?"
The thing Shinji saw was being attacked by an enormous quantity of missiles from the helicopters surrounding him but the giant wasn't even bothered by the helicopters and in one swing of his arm the helicopters start falling like flies, Shinji couldn't believe the scene before his eyes it was just too surreal he could only be reminded of the old Godzilla movies with this kind of setting, his mind start filling with thoughts of fear and somewhat at a little degree of curiosity about what exactly was happening here.
Soon his mind start processing something else the sound of the screech of tires, he look behind him to find a blue sports quickly approaching him, Shinji had left the phone booth after seeing the monster and was in the middle of the street, the blue car at full speed soon start to break and came to stop no more than 2 meters from Shinji´s location and a raven haired woman that was apparently the driver spoke to him.
"Quickly get in the car"
At this point Shinji didn't hesitate to move at fast as he could to enter the car, the car start moving at full speed at the opposite direction from where the monster was and soon after Shinji broke the silence.
"I assume you're the person that was supposed to come get half an hour ago isn't?"
"Yeah that's me Katsuragi Misato at your service and you are Ikari Shinji, right?"
"You would have been of much more service half an hour ago you know" Shinji's voice was tinted with a little sarcasm.
"Yeah sorry about that but as you probably saw there was a little of an inconvenience soon after you arrived"
"Yeah I notice, is that kind of thing a common occurrence around here? The 40 meter s monster rampaging the city I mean, because if it is I am going to try and make this visit the shortest possible"
"hahaha …" Misato laugh nervously "is not really common you see this is the first time it happen"
"I see, me and my luck" Shinji mutter under his breath.
"Your luck yeah right hahaha …"Misato laugh nervously again and try to chance the subject "You look surprisingly calm for someone that was so close to where the angel was fighting"
"Angel? And why in the earth do you call that thing an angel?"
Misato look through the window to look how the fight against the angel was going, and at that moment Misato realize she had screwed up.
"*gasp* those idiots fire a N2 mine at the angel! Shinji grab onto something quickly"
"a N2 mine?"Shinji took a moment to remember what a N2 bomb was, he had memories of hearing of such a thing a second later he remember what the infernal thing was, the N2 mine one of the deadliest arms ever constructed by man one of those that make countries surrender at the other before the second impact when the population of the earth was vast and the people fought for land or resources but in that 1 second that took him to remember it was too late the N2 mine was already exploding, and all its destructive force was being release in its intended target.
The angel took the N2 mine in the face but unlike before this time he had use some kind of shield that protect him at the last second.
*boooooooooommmmmmmmmmm*
The car Shinji was in wasn't enough to hold them to the ground and the car start rolling the opposite direction the explosion had come from taking them out of the road and into the dead land near by they spin around 3 times before the car come to a full stop with the car resting in its right side.
"Ugh … Shinji are you okay?" Misato growl as she spoke to Shinji.
Misato was in the driver seat mostly unscratched thanks to her seat belt.
"Yeah I am, it was fun like a roller coaster…"this time the sarcasm was much more obvious.
"Hey don't take out on me it's not my fault those idiots decided to nuke the damn angel"
"look I had and awful day I travel by train for 4, I wait 2 hours to change trains and when I finally come the person that was supposed to come get me was nowhere to be seen then a freaking 15 meter monster come out of nowhere and start trashing the city and when I am finally getting somewhere some idiots launch a freaking nuke so close that I thought I was going to die for sure, so excuse me if I am in a bad mood!"
"Ugh… sorry I see you had a bad day but for now let´s try and get out of here"
Misato toke off her seat belt and climb to the side of the car to get out Shinji soon follow, the car was not in and unusable condition but the exterior of the car was another matter it had bumps scratches' all over it and some of the windows had shatter from impact but the front window just had a few cracks.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO GOD WHY WHY!? please take me but not my car I still have to pay 2 years of it" *sob* *sob*
"…"Shinji could only watch as the full grown woman in front of him cry and sob for her apparently beloved car "Misato a, um, are you okay? You know aren't we in a bit of a hurry? "
"Who could you say that you impudent brat don't you know how I feel, that car was like a son to me" the Misato that until now had only weakly reply to his not so good attitude and sarcasm was now in full trot over his dismissive attitude towards the car.
"…"again Shinji was left with nothing to say until he look the direction where the angel he thought was dead but he was wrong, the lone black tall figure stood in the middle of what effectively was the place where a nuke had fallen a place where the was supposed to be nothing left, but there it stood even from the distance they where he could see that at least it was damaged.
"Hey is not that thing supposed to be dead?" he says as he pointed the angel in the distance.
"Huh? Yeah I guess it didn't die it could not be that simple if that was enough there would not be any point in the evas"Misato still look like she was more concern about the situation at hand.
"What!? That thing just receive a nuke on the face how can you say so calmly that like you expected it there is nothing in this round earth that can survive a freaking nuke" he didn't bother to hide the shock in his face or voice.
"Just as you say that thing is not from earth and that is why we of NERV bring you here to tokyo3 so you can fight and defeat the angel!" Misato that seen had recovered from the shock of her beloved car said with passion.
"Wait what!?"
In an obscure place where 12 monoliths float in the room in a circular manner Gendo Ikari and Kozo Fuyutsuki stood in the middle of the room the monoliths began to talk.
"The N2 mine fail and the army was useless"
"It look´s we don't have another choice"
"Gendo we give you control of the operation"
"you may use your precious monster if you want but don't let that thing get to the central dogma"
"Auto destruct if necessary but if you let that thing in is the end of humanity"
"And the end of the of our plans"
The until now silent Gendo spoke.
"Leave everything in my hands I will accomplish the objective with out fail"
The monoliths disappear and the room got silent.
"Let's go fuyutsuki we have work to do."
Not long after in a side of the rode where Shinji and Misato where.
Shinji was still mildly confused by Misato´s words but manage to squeeze a few words.
"Are you freaking kidding me!?"
"Ooh… I wasn't suppose to tell you that yet I just got a little excited and blurted out with out thinking could you perhaps forget I say that?"
"…"Shinji was heavily conflicted deciding with what words to put his thoughts into.
"Please?"Said Misato with the best puppy eyes she could manage.
Before answering he walk to the car and in 1 mighty push he flipped so it was in back on the tires carefully with out cutting himself he took the bag that had all of he's belongings put it on and say in a polite manner than he haven't used, to the point that he look like someone else.
"Sorry about this but I refuse with every fiber of my been" with out waiting for an answer he took off at the max speed that his legs could carry.
"WAIT!" Misato also took off when she realize what he was thinking unfortunately for Shinji Misato was a second faster and tackle him in the back a few steps from where he start running "wait we need you if you don't come with me all of humanity will die"
"If I come with you I will surely die!"As he said this Shinji was struggling in the ground with Misato to try and shake her off but it was futile Misato had a firm grip on his waist and wasn't going to let go any time soon.
"No you won't that's what the EVAS are for"
"You keep talking like I know what you are talking about, what the heck are the EVAS anyway?"Shinji was still struggling with Misato as he spoke.
"Sorry but I can't tell you unless you come with me"
Shinji stop struggling and look at Misato how was clinging to his waist and said "will I really won't die if I fight that thing? If you at least tell me that with honest words I my think about it"
Misato look up from her position to meet his eyes "I don't know if you will die or not, but I can say for sure that at least you have more chance to defeat the angel, than anything else we could throw at him"
Shinji close his eyes for a second to ponder his decision "if I fight I might die but if I don't fight I will die for sure with the rest of humanity apparently" that's what he thought.
"Ok I fight that thing but before that I have to talk to my father he is the one that involve me in this so I have my conditions"
"Conditions?"Said Misato with a confuse look.
"Yeah but I get to that when I see my father"
Soon after Misato and Shinji took off in what was left of Misato´s car and eventually get to an underground tunnel there Misato spoke again.
"Ah I almost forgot" she took a big envelope from the glove compartment and handed it to Shinji"inside there is things like your NERV pass and some information that you should know"
Shinji took the documents and pass through them mainly because most of the actual information was censored but he took notice of one of the pictures with care it was the photo if his father Gendo but he wasn't alone he had a girl beside him pale frail looking girl with a hair color that he thought was too weird to be real but at the same time look too natural to be otherwise.
"Who´s the girl with my father in this picture?"
"Ah you mean Rei she is the commander´s protégé she´s always with him"
"I see" Shinji immediately had conflicting thoughts for the girl, there was that familiar almost nostalgic feeling and also those that concerned being his father protégé but at the moment they arrive at the geo front in all its magnificence moments later the elevator stop and Shinji decided that there was more important things at hand and that later he will think about the trivial stuff.
They move through the hallways of the geo front for several minutes until Shinji finally ask the question.
"Misato could it be, that just by chance, maybe, are you lost?"
Misato look at Shinji and start laughing nervously "hahaha what, no I am not lost I just don't know where we are"
"Isn't that the same bloody thing!"
"No is not, I mean it is but I think I know somewhat where we are it shouldn't be very far from here"
Shinji let a sigh leave his mouth and starts thinking just how much of her image had already crumble in his mind, such a big difference from her outward looks and her actual personality was simply amazing for him.
Soon after a voice come from one of the speakers near a wall.
"Misato! What the heck are you doing so far from the cages, are you giving him a tour of the geo front or something, we are in a emergency situation here hurry up and bring him here asap."
"Um speaker lady we are kind of lost here so it would be a huge help if you could guide us"
"Really, really Misato? This is the 5 time this week where is the map I gave you this morning?"
"Well the truth is we kind a got into a little accident and I lost it"
Misato kept getting scolded by the speaker lady for around five minutes before it finally gave us the directions we needed to get to the cages.
When Shinji got there he was for the 3 time today left speechless, he had wondered why they where call the cages but not he realize in there it was what he could only think was some kind giant robot but for an instant he though, a beast in a cage and he wasn't too far off from the truth.
"You´re finally here third child"
That voice that profound voice that give away the years on his shoulders, that voice than he hadn't listen in eleven years, the voice of Gendo Ikari.
To say Shinji was disgusted by the sole sound was an understatement, he wanted to leave the room immediately after he heard it, but he didn't he simply turn around ever so slowly and look for the source of the voice, the voice of the man that didn't even acknowledge him as his son but as the role that the man call him here to interpret, as he found the silhouette of the man, he directed the most power full glare that he could manage, and acknowledge him by the only role that he had ever interpret for him.
"I have come father" the cold tone in his words could have freeze hell itself and a chill run down the back of everyone that hear him.
"Are you prepare to fulfill your role and defeat the angel?" even when his own son directed a glare at him he said so totally calm as if he was talking to an inanimate object.
For a moment Shinji stop thinking and the rage took over his logical mind.
"And why in hell would I do what you want?"
Gendo understood immediately what his son was thinking and he was prepared for it.
"Ok then if you aren´t going to do it then leave, we are busy here" it was time to play his card "bring Rei here he don't have time to lose"
"But Rei is still in bad condition from the activation experiment in unit 0 she is in not con-" she was interrupted by Gendo
"I did not ask for a report on her health I say bring Rei here, she´s not dead so there must be something she can do"
Immediately Shinji snap back from the rage and stared thinking again "Rei? The Rei that he had seen in the files? Wasn´t she like a daughter for him?"
Then just moments later she entered the cage, the moment he saw her, he understood what his father was thinking, she was in an absolute bad state she had a pale complexion reminiscent of a dead person, bandages in her right arm, one of her leg, part of her body and half her otherwise spotless face was covered too, Gendo knew if Shinji had even a bit of humanity in him he was going to take that load on his shoulders instead of her, for a moment he feel defeated but since his talk with Misato he had resign himself for something like this to happen.
At that moment just when Rei Ayanami was passing on the bridge in the middle of the room it happen, the room started shaking and everything started moving violently and with a crash the sick truck she was being carried over tumble and she came crashing into the floor Shinji immediately run to her side to see if she was ok.
"Ok I do it god damned it! But I have a condition" Shinji was ready for his role but he wasn´t to go empty handed from this.
"What do you want third?" it look like Gendo was going to listen at least.
"A punch"
"A punch?"Repeat Gendo.
"yeah when and if I come back alive I want the privilege to punch your face with all my might" Shinji saw the unchanging face of his father and continue "come on I am going to go there and fight the giant monster you can at least make this sacrifice don't you father"
Gendo took a moment to answer "ok I accept"
If Shinji didn't have any motivation to fight now he had, he was going to survive and let his father take a taste of the feelings he have been bottling up for years.
It that moment maybe it was bad luck or something else but it happened to quickly to for Shinji to realize the only thing that he realize was that the roof of the room was coming too close to him or to be more precise a piece of the roof, it was beyond anyone control but a large piece of concrete that made the roof had give away and was collapsing on top of Shinji and Rei the only thing reaction that Shinji manage to toke was protect Rei body with his own and shot his eyes close.
The life of Shinji pass through his eyes, it was just a mere sixteen years old life so it was kind of quick he as his childhood full of the few memories that he had about his parents they where blurry for him anyway, he saw the life he had with his guardian during his pre teens, years the countless fights he had with other children that eventually become standard in his life, until a about a year ago, the short but kind memories that he share from the only person that he was proud of calling teacher and his more lively memory those if this day that for sure he wasn't going to forget soon and that was it a full two seconds that took him to remember all his life then still with his eyes close he wait, five seconds pass then ten Shinji realize that neither was he dead or did he hear the sound of the boulder falling at first it look like there wasn't any sound at all except for the alarm and for an unknown reason for Shinji the sound of gasps.
Shinji open his eyes and realize what had happened the apparently turn off giant robot that float in the tank had move but that wasn't it, it had move his arm in the way of the boulder catching it in mid air for what look like it had protected Shinji and Rei Shinji also gasp seeing this.
"The Eva just move on his own" Shinji heard various people murmured things alike.
"What just happened ?" Gendo demanded an answer, Gendo look moved by this been the first time he showed any emotion since Shinji arrived.
The women in a lab coat it seem responded. "I don't know it looks like the Eva had a flash in activity coming from the core, but I need investigate more to know what exactly happened"
"Then make sure to prioritize that later" Gendo recover his emotionless mask.
Not long later Shinji encounter himself inside the entry plug of the Eva.
"its really dark inside here where´s the light?"
"wait a moment Shinji the light it will go on once you synchronize" was now talking to him.
Soon the entry plug start filing with a weird liquid. "Hey what is this? Do you plan to drown me here or what?"
"Relax Shinji the LCL will transmit oxygen directly to your lungs you wont drown"
"Even if you say it" Shinji tried to hold his breath but ended up swallowing it anyway "this feels weird"
"commence synchronization"
The place around Shinji began to change, for a moment he thought he was hallucinating because of the weird liquid but soon after he was seeing everything clearly like if there a clear crystal in front of him.
"Harmonics stabilize reaching the activation point, all clear synchronization level stabilizing, he´s at 45% stable" that was said for a young woman with short hair that apparently was assistant, in the control center.
"Good, Shinji you are doing pretty well for your first time in an Eva"
"I don't know what exactly I am doing but ok, this still feels kind of weird"
"Ok hurry up and use the catapult" this time it was Misato but this Misato look nothing like the one he had meet earlier it was like she had change gears and now was in full work mode.
"the catapult?" that was all Shinji could say before the g force starting act on his body pushing him down while going up, then it suddenly stop when he reached the ground level "thanks for the warning… my stomach wasn't prepared for that…"Shinji felt slightly dizzy from the ascension "ok now could you someone tell me hoe does this thing work?"
"ok Shinji the Eva is controlled with your mind so just think about how you want to move for now try walking"
"ok" Shinji put one of the giants feet's of the Eva one after the other "it feels like my body had become giant"
"ok now Shinji the angel is really close so we are sending a rifle for you, pick it up in the catapult that´s at your right"
Shinji start moving to pick it up but it was too slow the angel that was in his way there had catch up, and the moment he saw the Eva he took off like a rocket, seeing this Shinji took evasive action and dodge the incoming strike by rolling the Eva but the angel had destroy the only weapon he knew he had.
"Shinji retreat without weapons you're a sitting duck" Misato ordered.
The angel close in on Shinji and start swinging his razor sharp fingers Shinji barely able to dodge.
"I can´t, this guy is too fast, is If gave him my back he hit me for sure" the angel keep his barrage of attacks and manage to scratch the Eva´s right arm "what!? Why does that hurt my arm?"
"Shinji keep calm the Eva is link to your brain is not your real arm is just an illusion"
Shinji didn't like this information and start thinking what his options were "I can't keep dodging forever, if this keep up he get me eventually I have to try to attack"
Shinji try to take distance between him and the angel, giving himself some room to maneuver he takes a chance and goes for a right punch to the body, but before it made contact a hexagon shield appear in mid air and took the hit, but the angel didn't miss this chance grip his wrist and start squeezing.
"damn it that really hurt´s" Shinji was trying to free his arm but it was futile the angel was too strong for him, until he snap the wrist he was holding "aaarrrrggg!" Shinji was clearly suffering the pain from a broken wrist, then the angel threw him against a building, Shinji's conscience at this point was getting dim too much pain assaulted his brain, the angel didn't give him any chance to breath and fire a laser that hit square in the middle of the unit 1 chest, again pain assaulted Shinji's already weaken brain he couldn't do much at this point even in his early days as a street fighter he never encounter such an overwhelming enemy, the people in the central command were shouting in panic but Shinji's brain didn't registered their screams, he was desperately trying to remain conscious, but the angel wasn't quite finish with him, he approach the fallen unit 1 and took his head with his right hand and lift the limp Eva then a hammer like extremity started pumping the Eva cranium hitting the left eye, *pump* "stop" *pump* "stop it" *pump*
"Harmonics are dropping synchronization level is below the 20% we are losing him!" it was the losing flag, the expression in the faces of the crew of the central command say so the desperation was clear in their faces, until "synchronization level rising 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%"
At that moment the eyes of the Eva start shining red "I AM TELLING YOU TO STOP IT GOD DAMMIT!" Shinji roar was fill with raged, then the Eva release the jaw anchors let out a might roar "RRRRRAAAAAARRRRR"
"The Eva has gone berserk all communication has been cut off, the pilot´s vitals are erratic"
the Eva right wrist that had been snap fix itself, and took hold of the wrist of the angel, snapping the angel wrist like a dry stick, the Eva´s feet touch the ground and now it was his turn, the angel fly until he hit a building and the Eva give chase when he was close enough to hit the same hexagon shield appear and momentarily stop the Eva.
The Eva began punching the shield then with his bare hands took hold of it and began tearing it.
"The unit 1 is creating an at field and is nullifying the one of the angel"
The Eva tear apart completely the angel at field and start beating the angel.
"It´s payback time bastard"
What follow could only be describe as a carnage, Shinji and unit 1 dismembered the angel piece by piece and spread the insides and outsides of the angel throw the streets of Tokyo 3.
The command center had got quiet they were various thoughts floating around but the ones that stood out the most were, "for the love of god what have we created" and "I am really glad he´s in our side"
Until he hit the core, when he shattered the core of the angel and a massive explosion in the form of a cross took place I the place Shinji was and then there was silence.
"What´s the status of the angel and unit 1" the only person that was calm enough to ask the logical was Gendo.
"There is not sign of the angel elimination confirmed, pilot´s vitals confirmed damage to unit 1 minimal"
"Good, Misato I leave the rest to you" Gendo walk away with fuyutsuki.
"Yes commander, quickly send an extraction team to unit 1"
Around 12 hours later Shinji wakes up to look an unfamiliar ceiling.
End of chapter 1 Sachiel´s fall
Writer note: well thanks if you read this far this is the end of my first fic ever and I have to say I feel pretty good about it at least this chapter and well I think I have a good base and give a few hints about how this fic is going to go (Shinji is not a wimp) and I give a warning, is rated m for the curse words mostly and maybe a little violence but don't expect too many sexual innuendos (but you can expect a few) and lastly this is going to be a harem so if you don't like it, well sorry we don't have the same taste but this is how is going to be, not to repeat myself here but if you have any constructive critic feel free to leave it and if anyone is interested the beta reader is also welcome
Also thanks to iyaoyas for his review I have to admit I was bit lose in what you mentioned and I also appreciate that it wasn't just a stupid comment saying it suck.
You can expect the next chapter in about 3 to 4 days if you´re interested and If I don't get stuck see you next chapter 2 introducing a new life.