Neon Genesis Evangelion: '2 before 3'
Chapter 01 - Angel against Angel
An NGE fanfic by the not-so-great Kompi.
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This is.. probably. .what would be refered to as a 'Derevative work' of an anime series known as 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' by the company 'Gainax'. Gainax owns all rights to their licenses, copyrights and such stuff.. and wether I or them own the specific rights for this derevative work I don't know. (Copyright laws are funny things.. uhm..)
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This was actually my first NGE fanfic idea, though Neon Genesis Plushievangelion beat it to completion of the first chapter/episode. It explores how things could've been if Asuka was transfered to deal with the third angel rather than Shinji; though she's still the pilot of Unit-02.
Now I know my interpretation of the characters is most likely to be off what some think of them, and moreso that I'll probably stray from my own interpretation too; so part-time out-of-characterness can be suspected. Though some of it is intended - events form the mind.. so with events happening differently, the minds will also be molded differently.
..also I don't know if the rating or genre is on point or not. (It will consist most of that the original series held.) Enlighten me if you feel it is off, okay?
Eh.. enough of my pointless babbling. Let's get to the point.
Happy reading -_^
-Kompi
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"Due to the special state of emergency, all lines are currently unavailable.". Asuka Langley Sohryu stared at the reciever like it had stabbed a knife in her back before forcefully replacing it on the phone hook. So much for trying to contact Captain Katsuragi. A stray glance down at her wristwatch told her exactly what she already knew.
*Damnit! She's late!* Asuka thought, visibly annoyed. After a month of waiting - a month of being seperated from her Unit-02 - she had finally been sent on a flight to Japan. Now she was standing beside the closest pay-phone she had found outside the airport: they hadn't let her stay and use the ones inside after the call for evacuation had sounded. She didn't bother look around for a car - in this silence she was sure to hear it; especially from what her beloved Kaji had told her about Misato Katsuragis' driving style.. It was too bad Kaji wouldn't be going to Japan yet, she would rather stay with him than alone; not to mention with someone else.
Her hands hit her ears before the loud bang registered in her mind. A loud rumbling slowly tuned out into nothing as she uncovered her ears, her face having a pained expression as she looked around for the source of the sudden noise.
Several VTOL attack-craft backed out from behind a hill on the edge of the city, followed by.. by.. a.. 'thing'..
"..Angel..." she wispered, knowing instantly what it was even though she had never seen this green monstrocity before. It was ugly: bone-like things protuding like its oddly green flesh couldn't cover its skeleton. It had a 'head' that looked like some flat skull of a bird, and below a red orb glowed like some odd heart.
A sharp roar tore through the sky as homing rockets passed by not too far above her head; she ducked instinctively and felt the airflow tug at her light yellow sundress. She traced the rocket exhausts with her eyes as they joined up with many more and took up a heading towards the the green demon - because there surely was nothing angelic about that beast!
*Idiots! Don't you know they can't be harmed THAT way?!* her mind practically yelled at whoever was in charge of the many VTOL craft hanging in the air. Nevertheless, the angel actually recoiled somewhat - probably more of shock than anything - when the burning blossoms of fire and dust bloomed all over its body, covering it from view. If her eyes hadn't been locked on the spectacle happening in the distance, she'd surely shaken her head by now.
As the dust cleared the angel formed some sort of energy spear out of one of its hands - easilly reaching twice its length - and spiked a VTOL craft high in the air above her, sending it on a merry flight to the ground. She instantly recoiled a few steps as the wreckage smashed into the pavement not too far from where she stood. An oddly sounding shriek turned her attention back to the angel, only to see it 'jumping' like carried by wings - straight to where she was standing..! Its gigantic foot impacted with the smoking wreckage causing an explosion that pushed her to a sitting position on the ground - arms covering her face trying to ward away anything that might harm her.
Somehow even with the air rushing by her ears and her eyes closed eyes still seeing the burning fire she heard a car stop by. As the furious air calmed down she looked sideways to see a smiling Misato Katsuragi opening the door of a blue car to let her in.
"Sorry I'm late! Did you wait long?" she asked, her black dress and dark shades looking really unfit with the scenario of a huge monster bent on crushing the town just a few meters ahead of them. Asuka shook the confusion and thoughts out of her head and bolted to the empty seat, shutting the door tightly behind her and scrambling for the belt as Misato switched in the reverse and floored the accellerator. The wheels shrieked as the car rushed to take them away from the mayhem before them, though still it wasn't fast enough to get hit by a few peices of stray debris from the military engaging the giant monster before them. Asuka sighed in relief as Misato made a 180 degree turn and slammed in the first gear. She was finally on her way...
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It was happening. It was finally happening! Everything had gone just perfect: The military had not only failed to destroy the angel, but had failed to cause any damage even close to fatal. Both the top military commanders and those annoying members of SEELE had granted him full control in dealing with the angel threat. The hand had finally been dealt, and he held all the aces. His long and intricate plans were finally on their way of becomming reality.
Right now, the only grain of sand in his machinery was the reliance of captain Katsuragi. The woman had taken on the responsibility of bringing the second child - the pilot for Evangelion unit-02 - to the geofront; the issue was that she was taking her sweet time doing so. Any delay in launching an attack could prove fatal.
Considering his options he came down to only one conclusion - he didn't like it.. but there was no other way. He used one of the communication arrays and contacted his second-in-command, sub-commander Fuyutsuki.
"We can't afford to wait for the second anymore. Get Rei." he said, not even bothering to wait for the other to greet him.
"Can we use her?" came the reply.
"She isn't dead." the commander answered coldly. He didn't like putting Rei at risk - she was far too important for his plans; but drastic situations required drastic measures.
"Sending Rei?! But commander..! She barely manages to sync with either Unit-00 or 01; and both resulted in accidents! The chance that she'll be able to sync with..." Ibuki - one of the bridge operators - argued.
"We have no other choice." Gendo said calmly, though he had to repress the urge to frown. The young woman was right: Rei had little to no chance of being able to use Evangelion Unit-02 even if she hadn't been wounded - which she was. He cursed SEELE; the old men had moved Unit-01 to germany for what they had called 'ease of repair', though he knew it was to punish him for letting Rei try to pilot it. Unit-01 had rejected her, just as Unit-00; but alot more forcefully. So he had been stuck with Unit-02 for a month while arrangements were made for moving its pilot to Japan.
Now when his plans had finally been set in motion, he was balancing on a very thin line. This was exactly the kind of thing that could send everything falling down; the kind of thing he absolutely did not need. Though he had sent for Rei himself he knew her chances of success was very close to none. It was all up to the blasted captain Katsuragi now..
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'Annoyed'. Asuka wasn't sure if the word was strong enough to describe her current mood. Not only had Misato been late, but she had gotten LOST - at a time like this! They had wandered around for what seemed like forever until they had met up with Doctor Akagi who had then led the way.
Right now, Asuka was sprinting towards the cages where she would assume control of Unit-02 and await launch. Thinking of the entry plug made her aware of yet another source of her annoyance: Akagi had told her her plugsuits hadn't arrived yet. What kind of crappy administration was that? Now she'd have to pilot in what she was wearing; she silently hoped LCL wouldn't ruin the thin fabric of her sundress.
The doors hadn't even opened when Asuka gave up waiting and nimbly slid past them and into the cages. She hadn't taken many steps before the ground around her shook violently and sent her stumbling - barely avoiding falling on the metal floor. It seemed not all were so lucky - her eyes spotted a pale and blue-haired girl dressed in a white plugsuit spawled on the ground. The girl was obviously hurt, wrapped in several bandages; a stretcher also laid fallen beside her. Asuka didn't have to change course to reach the girl: she had been right on the way to Unit-02.
Asuka wasn't stupid; she knew who the girl was and why she was here. They had obviously decided they didn't have time to wait anylonger and had tried to send the first child - injured as she was - into combat against the angel.. in Unit-02. Asuka kneeled down and tried to assess the extent of the injuries of the first child.
"Don't worry, I'll handle it." she said as soothingly as she could while gently touching the wounded girls' shoulder. In the corner of her vision she caught the sight of three nurses running their way; what they had been doing while this girl had suffered Asuka didn't know. She backed off as the nurses tended to the wounded pilot.
"You took your time, second child." an emotionless and authoritive voice called out. Asuka found the origin a man standing by a window at the bridge above her. She guessed it was the commander.
"The arrangements to get me here could've been better." she replied knowing very well it wasn't her fault. She tried to judge the commanders' expression but it was hidden behind dark glasses and an emotionless mask.
"You know what to do.". She nodded once and dashed for the entry plug.
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While the bridge crew handled the final pre-launch stages Asuka found herself doing nothing but spending time with her mind. She was so preocupied with being bored that she almost didn't notice that the entry plug had been flooded with LCL. An odd sensation passed her - sensory input from the Evangelions body - telling her that she was now sort-of connected with it.
"Evangelion Unit-02 has reached full activation! Syncronization ratio holding steady at 67.5 percent!" a female bridge crewmember stated. Asuka frowned, she had dropped a bit the last month.
"Set language to Japanese." Asuka thought out loud, knowing she'd have to get used to it sooner or later: she prefered sooner.
"Release primary safety locks!". Misato this time. She decided she had to ask later about the names of the other people crewing the bridge. The slight feeling of confindment around the front of her arms released, telling her the holds that had been against them were gone. Suddenly she felt like grinning and had to employ a bit of self-control to keep a serious look on her face. It was strange.. she felt excited, almost giddy; now was her time to shine.
"EVA unit-02. LAUNCH!". With Misatos' final command Asuka could feel the g-forces pushing her towards her seat as the Evangelion was almost catapulted to the surface. She looked up and after awhile she could see light in the enclosing end of the tunnel.
"Here I come."
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..while I did plan the first chapter to end here, I did plan for it to be longer at first.. It's just that I found I didn't have enough to fill the dialogue with. I hope it's enough for now anyway though..
Yes that IS Asuka being nice to Rei. I mean.. she _DID_ want to be her friend at first.. before learning how totally devoid of feelings the first child is. She didn't have time to learn yet.
Oh well. I hope I didn't do too bad.
fWhee.
-Kompi
Chapter 01 - Angel against Angel
An NGE fanfic by the not-so-great Kompi.
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This is.. probably. .what would be refered to as a 'Derevative work' of an anime series known as 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' by the company 'Gainax'. Gainax owns all rights to their licenses, copyrights and such stuff.. and wether I or them own the specific rights for this derevative work I don't know. (Copyright laws are funny things.. uhm..)
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This was actually my first NGE fanfic idea, though Neon Genesis Plushievangelion beat it to completion of the first chapter/episode. It explores how things could've been if Asuka was transfered to deal with the third angel rather than Shinji; though she's still the pilot of Unit-02.
Now I know my interpretation of the characters is most likely to be off what some think of them, and moreso that I'll probably stray from my own interpretation too; so part-time out-of-characterness can be suspected. Though some of it is intended - events form the mind.. so with events happening differently, the minds will also be molded differently.
..also I don't know if the rating or genre is on point or not. (It will consist most of that the original series held.) Enlighten me if you feel it is off, okay?
Eh.. enough of my pointless babbling. Let's get to the point.
Happy reading -_^
-Kompi
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"Due to the special state of emergency, all lines are currently unavailable.". Asuka Langley Sohryu stared at the reciever like it had stabbed a knife in her back before forcefully replacing it on the phone hook. So much for trying to contact Captain Katsuragi. A stray glance down at her wristwatch told her exactly what she already knew.
*Damnit! She's late!* Asuka thought, visibly annoyed. After a month of waiting - a month of being seperated from her Unit-02 - she had finally been sent on a flight to Japan. Now she was standing beside the closest pay-phone she had found outside the airport: they hadn't let her stay and use the ones inside after the call for evacuation had sounded. She didn't bother look around for a car - in this silence she was sure to hear it; especially from what her beloved Kaji had told her about Misato Katsuragis' driving style.. It was too bad Kaji wouldn't be going to Japan yet, she would rather stay with him than alone; not to mention with someone else.
Her hands hit her ears before the loud bang registered in her mind. A loud rumbling slowly tuned out into nothing as she uncovered her ears, her face having a pained expression as she looked around for the source of the sudden noise.
Several VTOL attack-craft backed out from behind a hill on the edge of the city, followed by.. by.. a.. 'thing'..
"..Angel..." she wispered, knowing instantly what it was even though she had never seen this green monstrocity before. It was ugly: bone-like things protuding like its oddly green flesh couldn't cover its skeleton. It had a 'head' that looked like some flat skull of a bird, and below a red orb glowed like some odd heart.
A sharp roar tore through the sky as homing rockets passed by not too far above her head; she ducked instinctively and felt the airflow tug at her light yellow sundress. She traced the rocket exhausts with her eyes as they joined up with many more and took up a heading towards the the green demon - because there surely was nothing angelic about that beast!
*Idiots! Don't you know they can't be harmed THAT way?!* her mind practically yelled at whoever was in charge of the many VTOL craft hanging in the air. Nevertheless, the angel actually recoiled somewhat - probably more of shock than anything - when the burning blossoms of fire and dust bloomed all over its body, covering it from view. If her eyes hadn't been locked on the spectacle happening in the distance, she'd surely shaken her head by now.
As the dust cleared the angel formed some sort of energy spear out of one of its hands - easilly reaching twice its length - and spiked a VTOL craft high in the air above her, sending it on a merry flight to the ground. She instantly recoiled a few steps as the wreckage smashed into the pavement not too far from where she stood. An oddly sounding shriek turned her attention back to the angel, only to see it 'jumping' like carried by wings - straight to where she was standing..! Its gigantic foot impacted with the smoking wreckage causing an explosion that pushed her to a sitting position on the ground - arms covering her face trying to ward away anything that might harm her.
Somehow even with the air rushing by her ears and her eyes closed eyes still seeing the burning fire she heard a car stop by. As the furious air calmed down she looked sideways to see a smiling Misato Katsuragi opening the door of a blue car to let her in.
"Sorry I'm late! Did you wait long?" she asked, her black dress and dark shades looking really unfit with the scenario of a huge monster bent on crushing the town just a few meters ahead of them. Asuka shook the confusion and thoughts out of her head and bolted to the empty seat, shutting the door tightly behind her and scrambling for the belt as Misato switched in the reverse and floored the accellerator. The wheels shrieked as the car rushed to take them away from the mayhem before them, though still it wasn't fast enough to get hit by a few peices of stray debris from the military engaging the giant monster before them. Asuka sighed in relief as Misato made a 180 degree turn and slammed in the first gear. She was finally on her way...
--
It was happening. It was finally happening! Everything had gone just perfect: The military had not only failed to destroy the angel, but had failed to cause any damage even close to fatal. Both the top military commanders and those annoying members of SEELE had granted him full control in dealing with the angel threat. The hand had finally been dealt, and he held all the aces. His long and intricate plans were finally on their way of becomming reality.
Right now, the only grain of sand in his machinery was the reliance of captain Katsuragi. The woman had taken on the responsibility of bringing the second child - the pilot for Evangelion unit-02 - to the geofront; the issue was that she was taking her sweet time doing so. Any delay in launching an attack could prove fatal.
Considering his options he came down to only one conclusion - he didn't like it.. but there was no other way. He used one of the communication arrays and contacted his second-in-command, sub-commander Fuyutsuki.
"We can't afford to wait for the second anymore. Get Rei." he said, not even bothering to wait for the other to greet him.
"Can we use her?" came the reply.
"She isn't dead." the commander answered coldly. He didn't like putting Rei at risk - she was far too important for his plans; but drastic situations required drastic measures.
"Sending Rei?! But commander..! She barely manages to sync with either Unit-00 or 01; and both resulted in accidents! The chance that she'll be able to sync with..." Ibuki - one of the bridge operators - argued.
"We have no other choice." Gendo said calmly, though he had to repress the urge to frown. The young woman was right: Rei had little to no chance of being able to use Evangelion Unit-02 even if she hadn't been wounded - which she was. He cursed SEELE; the old men had moved Unit-01 to germany for what they had called 'ease of repair', though he knew it was to punish him for letting Rei try to pilot it. Unit-01 had rejected her, just as Unit-00; but alot more forcefully. So he had been stuck with Unit-02 for a month while arrangements were made for moving its pilot to Japan.
Now when his plans had finally been set in motion, he was balancing on a very thin line. This was exactly the kind of thing that could send everything falling down; the kind of thing he absolutely did not need. Though he had sent for Rei himself he knew her chances of success was very close to none. It was all up to the blasted captain Katsuragi now..
--
'Annoyed'. Asuka wasn't sure if the word was strong enough to describe her current mood. Not only had Misato been late, but she had gotten LOST - at a time like this! They had wandered around for what seemed like forever until they had met up with Doctor Akagi who had then led the way.
Right now, Asuka was sprinting towards the cages where she would assume control of Unit-02 and await launch. Thinking of the entry plug made her aware of yet another source of her annoyance: Akagi had told her her plugsuits hadn't arrived yet. What kind of crappy administration was that? Now she'd have to pilot in what she was wearing; she silently hoped LCL wouldn't ruin the thin fabric of her sundress.
The doors hadn't even opened when Asuka gave up waiting and nimbly slid past them and into the cages. She hadn't taken many steps before the ground around her shook violently and sent her stumbling - barely avoiding falling on the metal floor. It seemed not all were so lucky - her eyes spotted a pale and blue-haired girl dressed in a white plugsuit spawled on the ground. The girl was obviously hurt, wrapped in several bandages; a stretcher also laid fallen beside her. Asuka didn't have to change course to reach the girl: she had been right on the way to Unit-02.
Asuka wasn't stupid; she knew who the girl was and why she was here. They had obviously decided they didn't have time to wait anylonger and had tried to send the first child - injured as she was - into combat against the angel.. in Unit-02. Asuka kneeled down and tried to assess the extent of the injuries of the first child.
"Don't worry, I'll handle it." she said as soothingly as she could while gently touching the wounded girls' shoulder. In the corner of her vision she caught the sight of three nurses running their way; what they had been doing while this girl had suffered Asuka didn't know. She backed off as the nurses tended to the wounded pilot.
"You took your time, second child." an emotionless and authoritive voice called out. Asuka found the origin a man standing by a window at the bridge above her. She guessed it was the commander.
"The arrangements to get me here could've been better." she replied knowing very well it wasn't her fault. She tried to judge the commanders' expression but it was hidden behind dark glasses and an emotionless mask.
"You know what to do.". She nodded once and dashed for the entry plug.
--
While the bridge crew handled the final pre-launch stages Asuka found herself doing nothing but spending time with her mind. She was so preocupied with being bored that she almost didn't notice that the entry plug had been flooded with LCL. An odd sensation passed her - sensory input from the Evangelions body - telling her that she was now sort-of connected with it.
"Evangelion Unit-02 has reached full activation! Syncronization ratio holding steady at 67.5 percent!" a female bridge crewmember stated. Asuka frowned, she had dropped a bit the last month.
"Set language to Japanese." Asuka thought out loud, knowing she'd have to get used to it sooner or later: she prefered sooner.
"Release primary safety locks!". Misato this time. She decided she had to ask later about the names of the other people crewing the bridge. The slight feeling of confindment around the front of her arms released, telling her the holds that had been against them were gone. Suddenly she felt like grinning and had to employ a bit of self-control to keep a serious look on her face. It was strange.. she felt excited, almost giddy; now was her time to shine.
"EVA unit-02. LAUNCH!". With Misatos' final command Asuka could feel the g-forces pushing her towards her seat as the Evangelion was almost catapulted to the surface. She looked up and after awhile she could see light in the enclosing end of the tunnel.
"Here I come."
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..while I did plan the first chapter to end here, I did plan for it to be longer at first.. It's just that I found I didn't have enough to fill the dialogue with. I hope it's enough for now anyway though..
Yes that IS Asuka being nice to Rei. I mean.. she _DID_ want to be her friend at first.. before learning how totally devoid of feelings the first child is. She didn't have time to learn yet.
Oh well. I hope I didn't do too bad.
fWhee.
-Kompi