PROLOG

"What do you mean `you can't tell me!'" she yelled at me. Her eyes were transfixed upon me, and I was routed to the spot.

"I'm sorry, I just...can't it's..."

"Hard to explain!" She took the words right out of my mouth

"Look, Katie." I sighed "please don't think this bad of me," honestly, I've tried explaining this to her but, the problem is I can only tell her so much, not even my family knows it!. Only me. It was only a week ago when they came up to me. They, who pulled up in the black limo, they, who told me everything.

It was on the way back from school, it was an overcast day, dark clouds and the smell of rain in the air. The limo crawled up beside me on the road; it's a quiet country road, with no one within a mile. As the driver stopped the car, and a passenger stepped out on to the pavement. He was tall, extremely muscular, and wearing a black smart suit. He gestured a hand for me to stop. Curiously, I took out my headphones and answered "humph?"

The Agent referred my name.

"I might be..." raising my suspicions "who are you?"

"We're from NERV" he held out the ID

"NERV? Never heard of it!"

"Good, please step in." He opened the door exposing a black interior

Now as I live I a small town in the Devon district of England, the roads are pretty quiet, and no one would know that I'd be...I gulped at the thought...kidnapped! I looked around and weighed up my chances, they would easily catch me if I ran, and so what choice did I have?

The man flexed, he must have read my mind!

"We can do this one of two ways. Please, step in"

I did.

Inside were two people, on my left was a middle aged man, wearing a blue suit, shades and wore white gloves, I could tell he was of oriental background, I'd like to say Japanese, or Chinese without sounding too racist, I'm British, I don't know these things too well. And there was woman on my right. This girl was European, and she was the one who spoke first.

"Good evening, This is commander Ikari, from NERV in Japan. I am Wilma Belle; I'll be translation as commander Ikari doesn't speak much English"

"Fine, what's going on?" I felt the car begin to move again.

"Firstly, what do you know about the second impact?"

"Second impact... I heard something like that... was it... that earthquake in Japan 15 years ago that caused all those deaths?"

Wilma sighed, said something in Japanese to the Ikari, who nodded and interlocked his fingers above his mouth, she then turned back, "we have... a lot to explain"

And boy did she, she explained about the "angels" and an ongoing war. "Which I where you come in, we have reason to believe that you are the Sixth child"

"Me?"

"No, your pet dog. Of course you!" she said sarcastically

"Look, I can't, I have friends! family... besides, you know how old I am! I'm not old enough to fight this war of yours!"

"Unfortunately, we cannot take your family with you; neither can they know about this, a threat of national security, as for you age, well..." she paused a moment "the UN don't say much on the matter, only people born past second impact can pilot, so they respectfully give us leeway."

"Why should I fight for you?" i asked bitterly

She turned to Ikari and said something. For the first time he moved! He bought out of his suit case a brown envelope. "Here" he handed he the file "Read" I opened it, and read... "

"the world will end if you do not do anything." Wilma explained "angels attacks have been more frequent and more... brutal"

"So, why me?"

"DNA" Wilma answered "yours is perfect. And it matches you age"

"Right..."

And with that, I was going to Japan, but I couldn't tell anyone. NERV had it all sorted out, although it's not nice, I really was... to be kidnapped. So that's where are now. Breakings off ties to my friends here... even my girlfriend, Katie.

Katie shook her head. "No, ok. Fine! Be that way!" she stormed out of the hallway. Turning back at me, she finally sighed "If you didn't want to be with me, you could have just said" she explained kindly, she wasn't angry, but she was upset. She didn't look directly at me as she said her final words; she then turned down the hall and out of sight.

I tried to hold back the tears, "k-Katie!" i yelled after her, but she didn't reappear, she had Left me alone. "Shit!" I sighed to myself.

Throughout the rest of the school day, I was nervous for what i was about to anticipate in. I was to be the pawn in an old man's war. Did I want to do this? What was in it for me? Sure moving to Japan seemed like a good prospect, but at what cost?

Throughout the remainder of the day I was catching glances of the other student, glaring at me... they had obviously have heard what I had done with Katie. Damn! I knew it wouldn't go down to well, but this was... too much. Besides how could i back out of NERV now? After what I'd done to her... damn it, my life was set in motion by one mistake, one error, one action with me not thinking about the outcome. I had made my choice to go the moment i spoke to Katie this morning.

I was relieved when the school day ended, just to get away from the appalled look on people faces when they hear the news about me and Katie. So when the bell rang, I snatched my stuff and left the classroom in a hurry. I was walking home, and at the same spot which they first picked me up, the limo was already parked to the side of the road and Commander Ikari got out, his hand on the door. It was raining something awful that day. I looked up at the sky, seeing the rain fall past my face. Ikari was watching me, waiting and calculating my reply to his offer. As my eyes meet his shades, I nodded, got in the car and threw my cell phone to the ground. This was to make it seem a simple case of a missing person.

As if sleep walking, i hazed my way forward. I had no idea what would happen within the next months... maybe years with my time with NERV. All I knew was that they needed me. I had thought about it long and hard the previous night. NERV sounded desperate to recruit an untrained person as myself, and if they were that desperate then the world was in big trouble... so I came to an ultimatum.

Stay at home as a coward. And if NERV can't find a replacement pilot, then the world will end... and I'll die anyway, or go with NERV, leave everything behind and probably die, but the world will be saved.

So, i decided. As the driver placed the car in gear, I was hesitant to look back upon the phone that was left behind...