A Boy and His Tanks
Prologue
Arrival
Disclaimer I do not own Evangelion or the books by Leo Frankowski or David Weber.
Gendo Ikari was a man who didn't like it when his carefully laid plans were disrupted. He had planned this very carefully choosing his own child to shoulder this responsibility. However his son had vanished for 10 years.
Gendo looked back at the piece of paper in his hand. After 10 years Shinji had reappeared as if nothing happened. Gendo didn't like this at all especially when two of his section 2 agents sent to acquire the third child were brutally wiped out. Word had gotten to him that Gendo Ikari commander of NERV was looking for him and to his distress it wasn't Shinji that had responded but some female who refused to tell him who she was.
Gendo looked down at the sheet again before pressing a button on his desk. "Fuyutsuki alert Katsuragi and Ikagi that I need to see them immediately."
Without waiting for a reply he turned off the intercom and waited for the two women to enter his office.
When there was a knock on the door Gendo turned to face the door as it opened revealing the two waiting women. Interlacing his fingers in front of his face as he usually did he nod towards the file sitting on the edge of the desk Ritsuko stepped closer to the desk and picked it up, she opened it and glanced over the file quickly.
"So the third child has finally resurfaced." Misato stepped up and looked over her friends shoulder. The blonde woman glanced at the commander and saw an irritated look cross his normally impassive face. "What's wrong commander."
Gendo didn't reply but pushed a sheet of paper towards the scientist who picked it up and glanced over it. She looked back at the commander concern dawning on her face. "But this is impossible, how could they know."
Gendo stood up and placed his hands on the desk. "It doesn't matter they know what matters is that they will be arriving tomorrow to make the modifications to 01 and you are to allow them full access to the unit but once they are finished I need to make sure we will still have control. Is that understood?"
Ritsuko nodded. "It will be done."
Misato was wondering why she was here when she felt the gaze of Gendo on her. "Katsuragi you are going to pick up the third child when he arrives."
Misato nodded then took the file from Ritsuko as Gendo dismissed them.
Ritsuko watched from the command room above the eva cage as the techs worked on the entry plug. She was slightly upset when the techs had first arrived they were unimpressed with the evas. And she was further upset when they began to work on the entry plug with what seemed prior knowledge of the electronics used to interface the pilot and the eva. The techs had worked all day and were now finishing the final details. Ritsuko watched as a tech walked down the service ramp carrying what looked like a canister by a handle. When the tech reached the others they took the canister and slid it into the proper spot and the system they had spent the day working on glowed to life. A tech slipped into the seat and placed a helmet on his head. After a few moments he took the helmet off and gave thumbs up and the techs gave a cheer and began to round up their equipment.
When the techs had left Ritsuko and her crew made their way to the cage containing unit 01 and the modified entry plug. Maya quickly activated her laptop and began to check the systems. Ritsuko gazed at the helmet and gently lifted it from the seat and turned it over. She looked inside and noticed that there were many small sensor plates built into the helmet. She turned her attention away from the helmet when she heard maya gasp. Moving over she looked over the bridge bunnies' shoulder at the screen and felt her jaw drop.
Misato was speeding once more. She was cursing herself for trusting Asuka to wake her up on time. Rounding the last corner she saw the train station just ahead. When she pulled to a stop she was opening the door to her car when the alarm went out. Cursing herself even more she raced into the station. Looking about she spotted a young man standing off to the side with a large duffle bag at his feet. When she walked up to him he turned his head and gazed at her through some very dark sunglasses. It was then that Misato noticed the glove on his right hand, but she put that off believing it to be a fashion statement or something.
"Ikari Shinji?" The purple haired woman asked.
Shinji glanced up at her. "Yeah I am Shinji but no I am not Ikari. I gave up that name the day he left me behind you can call me Shinji but if you have to call me by any other name you can call me by how my opponents call me."
Misato cocked her head slightly as she watched him pick up the duffel bag and started to walk towards the exit. "And what do your opponents call you?"
As Shinji was about to answer an explosion rocked the station and Shinji turned to her with a wicked grin on his face that sent a shiver running down Misato's back.
Shinji turned and smiled back at her. "Akuma."
A/N I know this is short but considering this is my first Eva fic I am a tad bit nervous about posting it. Anyways the next ch are going to be longer I just like to see how the prologue is taken if it is good then I will continue id it isn't then I won't waste time writing a fic that I don't feel like writing.