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Author's Note: This is an edited version of the first chapter which was uploaded to . Changes have been made to correct some errors in formatting and a few things which were missed the first time around, hopefully to make it more readable. Thanks goes to the people who edited my work, one of whom is known here as Shadic the Hedgehog, the other who wishes to remain anonymous.

Operation: Shin Seiki Evangelion

Chapter One

The lab was huge. Not simply big, but very, very big. There were spaces several stories tall, hollowed out areas which tested the limits of construction and material engineering. And all of it was made to house one of the most terrible weapons known to man.

This weapon was known as the Evangelion 00, a cyber-organic life form custom made as both a proof of concept and a testbed for the bleeding edge of human technology. Currently, said weapon was being tested. Inside of the cockpit of it was a blue haired, red eyed fourteen year old girl dressed in a form fitting flight suit. A nearly imperceptible frown was present on her face, as she pressed a small button on the side of the butterfly control handles which would open up a channel to the control room.

"Yes, Rei?" A thirty-something Japanese woman with bottle blonde hair asked.

"The test was scheduled to begin at eighteen hundred. It is now eighteen hundred and one," the blue hair pilot said.

"Unfortunately, we are waiting for Dr. Ikari," the woman replied.

Rei's frown went from barely noticeable to slight. "Dr. Akagi, please inform my father that he needs to get off the phone with my brother."

Said Dr. Ikagi seemed to sigh. "Alright, Rei. Just hang tight."

"I do not see how I can hang when I am sitting."

Ritsuko just stared at the screen. "You didn't just… never mind. I'll be right back."

Gendo Ikari is man who was both respected and feared. A native Japanese man, he nevertheless secured a position as DARPA's chief researcher for the Evangelion projects. He was not close to the military genius that the commanders of the NORTHCOM put in charge of the project, through he didn't have to be. The bearded genius in a tailored black jacket and red turtle neck had become the stuff of legends among those who were in the know about Project E.

He was also, inevitably, the butt of most the jokes told by said people.

"To-ku-ga-ra Shinji. To-ku-ga-ra. Of course I know what I am saying. … WHAT?!"

Dr. Ikagi poked her head out of the door, noting that Gendo speaking into his cell phone. "Dr. Ikari."

"Of course I passed Japanese History when I was your age! … Don't you bring Kozo into this! Or your mother!"

"Dr. Ikari!" Ritsuko yelled, trying to get the man's attention.

Gendo sighed the yelling, putting his hand over the speaker of the cell phone. "Just one more moment, Dr. Akagi." He said, before uncovering the speaker and talking to Shinji once more. "Shinji… you would make your mother proud. Do the best in your studies as you can. And Shinji… I love you. … Don't take the tone with me!"

The phone went dead at that point. Ritsuko honestly was not surprised.

"You're smothering your son," Ritsuko said, as Gendo stood up straigt and began walking to the control room.

"I only call him once a week," the man replied in monotone. "He doesn't have a mother, and is being raised by my brother-in-law and is checked up on by Dr. Fuyutsuki. I am his only living parent, and I have to be overseas in order to stay employed."

"I can see how that's a problem," Ritsuko admitted, before shaking her head. "Although that last part is a lie. You could have been hired by the JSSDF without any problems."

Gendo was composed enough not to snort. "And work for a fossilizing organization that will be irrelevant in little under five years?"

"I see your point," Ritsuko replied.

"Is everything in place?" Gendo asked, looking at the techs.

"Everything's ready," the tech replied. "Although your daughter wants to speak with you."

Gendo nodded. "Put her through."

"You are late," Rei said in monotone.

"I am merely ensuring that the previous obligations were fulfilled," Gendo replied, in the same monotone.

"Such obligations could have been delayed until the end of the test," Rei retorted.

"So could this test," Gendo continued.

One of the technicians leaned over to the other. "I swear, it's like listening to two Vulcans argue with each other."

"Settle down," Ritsuko said, before looking at Gendo, interrupting the argument. "We can start the test now, sir."

"Very well," Gendo replied, before looking at screen. "Is this agreeable, Rei?"

"Most agreeable," Rei replied.

Gendo looked down at the technician manning the power station, a young Japanese woman who, if he remembered correctly, was named Maya. "Begin the test."

"Yes sir," Maya replied in stilted English, before turning the red key set in the control panel. "Beginning start up sequence now. Synchro-start. And… it's now at 20%. Mental contamination within acceptable parameters and… wait a minute…"

"Sir," one of the technicians spoke up. "We are reading an anomalous energy reading."

"Is it within acceptable limits?" Gendo asked.

"It is right… whoa!" at that point the technician typed a few things in his station's keyboard. "Confirmed, spike in Evangelion power consumption!"

It was almost imperceptible at first. The slight strain, between the Evangelion and the restraints which kept it pinned to the wall. It was only when a dull, muffled roar was heard that every realized how screwed they were.

"My God… it's gone berserk!" Ritsuko yelled. At that very moment the Evangelion broke from it's restraints, and began to pound on the window of the observation deck. "Everyone, get back!"

"Cut all power! Turn it off!" Gendo yelled.

"I can't!" the technician on the power station replied.

"Evangelion is not responding to any digital input!" Maya yelled.

"SHITE! Plug depth unstable!" a Scottish accented voice yelled. "Pilot is being pulled towards the Evangelion!"

"Manually cut the power supply!" Gendo yelled. The window was beginning to crack from the giant's assault, and Maya was frozen in fear as a result. Technicians where scrambling away from the window, all of them trying to get out of the room as quickly as possible. Realizing that help wouldn't come in time, Gendo broke the fail-safe buttons glass and pushed said button down as quickly as he could.

The plug which powered Unit 00 was separated from the Evangelion through the careful application of shaped explosives, effectively cutting the unit off from it's source of power. The unit managed to finally break the glass, special bakelite encasing the unit to prevent it from moving. The neck of the Evangelion then opened up as the plug ejected, for no truly discernible reason, hitting the roof of the test chamber before racing along it, hitting the corner of the test chamber at high speed and with a high rate of rotation.

"NO!" Gendo yelled. The engines on the plug turned escape pod failed, letting it fall several stories to the ground. The head doctor of Project E became unconcerned about the deactivating weapon, and instead had the perfectly reasonable concerns of any father whose daughter was involved in a life threatening accident. Mainly, mortal fear which lead him to run down the stairs faster then he ever had before.

"I need a medical team down here now!" Ritsuko yelled into a phone as the Gendo flew past. "Two, and a security detail! Dr. Ikari's probably going to do something stupid now!"

Ritsuko set the phone down. The Evangelion was quiet now, the room hissing as gases where being released from the Bakelite. "Ms. Ibuki?" Ritsuko asked, noticing how the young woman was frozen in terror.

Ritsuko lightly touched Maya's shoulder. The woman visibly flinched, pulling away for a moment before looking at her.

"That… that was…"

"That was Evangelion," Ritsuko replied. "Our last hope."

Maya then gripped the older scientist's lab coat, beginning to cry as she rested her head against her. Ritsuko patted her on shoulder, and waited until help came. One of Ritsuko's specialties was psychology, and she knew that Maya would have post traumatic stress if not handled properly.

It was going to be a long day.

Gendo was now at the test chamber, a ruined wreck of broken metal and ceramic. The Eva stood over him, dead to the world and restrained by Bakelite. A red mist was over the ground, giving the room a deathly atmosphere, as heat radiated from the Eva plug.

Finding his objective, Gendo rushed to the plug. The pulled on the entrance's handles, letting and go and recoiling from the pain that the heat caused. His glasses fell, and the plastic lenses began to warp from the heat.

Realizing that he didn't have much time, Gendo pulled on the handles again, ignoring the pain and twisting the mechanism loose. The door opened, and the warm LCL did the rest of the work, opening the door. A large red puddle formed around the plug, as Gendo worked his way into the pod.

"REI!" the father yelled, finding the pilot coughing up LCL.

"I'm… fine… father…" she sputtered.

Gendo heard the splashes as the paramedics approached the plug. One of them pulled Gendo away as the others moved into the pod and began to move Rei as carefully as they could.

"Sir," one of the paramedics said, with an ABU clad airman standing behind him. "We need you to come with us."

"I am well." Gendo said, acting as if his word would finish the conversation.

"No, sir, you are not," the paramedic replied. "You have third degree burns on your hands, and I'm pretty sure the only reason why you have not gone into shock is because of adrenaline."

Gendo then looked down at his hands. Sure enough, there were plenty of horrific burns. "I see," the man replied, beginning to make his way to the door. "I shall see Doctor Frasier, then."

Gendo then began to walk towards the exit of the test chamber, all of the paramedics who where not working on Rei and the security staff just watching him. They were amaze at his composure, especially at what would be the considerable pain of the skin layer being compromised and the ensuing swelling.

And then he fell on his face.

If Rei was not strapped down to a stretcher, she would have face palmed.

It was going to be a very, very long day.