This is a (former) one-shot of a new type of story I wanted to do. Give me your thoughts about the story as well as check out my other stories, Saiyan of Marvel and Lelouch of the Atom as the two are also taking place in the same universe.
Love. Hatred.
Faith. Doubt.
Past. Future.
Together. Alone.
Shinji Ikari, before Near Third Impact, wanted to be loved.
Shinji Ikari, after Near Third Impact, now hated.
Shinji Ikari, before Near Third Impact, everyone had faith in him.
Shinji Ikari, after Near Third Impact, everyone now doubts him.
Shinji Ikari, before Fourth Impact, wanted the past.
Shinji Ikari, after Fourth Impact, has to face the future.
Shinji Ikari, before Near Third Impact, was together with others.
Shinji Ikari, after Fourth Impact...
Alone.
Earth-5221
Sadness. Misery. Despair. Guilt. Loneliness. Those words can only describe Shinji Ikari the state he is now. Why? The former First Angel, now the Thirteenth, Karowu Nagisa, his only friend, is dead. And it all his fault. Many thoughts are scrambling in Shinji's head, but the only he is doing, is crying.
Moments ago, the DSS Choker, an explosive collar made for Angels, a punishment for Shinji given from the leftovers of Lilith, the anti-NERV organization called WILLE, or more precisely, his former guardian, Misato Katsuragi, had taken Karowu's life. Outside of EVA Unit 13, many things just took place. Asuka Langley Shikinami, to prevent Unit 09 from taking control of the flagship of WILLE, AAA Wunder, self-destructed her own Unit, EVA 02. The pilot of 09, Rei Ayanami had just ejected from her EVA, allowing her to survive from the explosion. Rei Ayanami was a girl, that Shinji desperately wanted to save as she was eaten while in her EVA, Unit 00, by the angel Zeruel. Shinji defeated Zeruel after taking his last EVA, Unit 01 to it awakening.
"I don't care what happens to me. I don't care what happens to the world. But I'm bring Ayanami back... I promise I'll save you Ayanami... EVEN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!"
To save Rei Ayanami, he sacrifice his own well being. The world. Everything to save this one girl. And in the end, he didn't. He didn't know that he was really sacrificing the world. He didn't know what would happen if he try to save Ayanami. But in the end, he did and the price he payed was too much for himself and the world. He didn't even save Rei Ayanami. The Ayanami that was in Unit 09 is a clone of the Rei Ayanami Shinji knew. He learned that, along with another truth. The Ayanami he knew, was a clone of his own mother, Yui Ikari, a woman who was loved by Shinji's father, Gendo Ikari so much, he plotted the destruction of the world, his own son's life, and the extinction of a majority of humanity, all of it, just to see her again. Everything, the relationship of Rei and Shinji, Unit 01 awakening, Third Impact, Fourth Impact, and if his cards are played right, Final Impact.
As Asuka had just defeated Unit 09, Mari Illustrious Makinami, pilot of Unit 08, is on her unit, running towards the recently awakened Unit 13, which thanks to Karowu, had just stabbed itself with two spears that look like The Spear of Longinus to try to stop Fourth Impact. Even after that and Karowu's sacrifice, the Doors of Guf still hasn't close as the sky is still filled with multiple colored rings. Unit 08 starts running towards the falling Unit 13.
"The Doors of Guf still haven't close!", Mari said to herself, "So Puppy Boy was SEELE's back up!"
As Mari Makinami made the jump towards Unit 13, inside the machine, Shinji is crying for Karowu.
"It's my fault."
Shinji has is face on the side of entry plug and he weeps for his friend. The blood of Karowu is splattered to the side of his entry plug. Because Shinji wanted to fix the world. Because he wanted to return everything back to where they once were. Because he kept denying what the world is now. Because of him, he died.
"Why? Why?", whispers Shinji as he breakdown, "WHY!?"
As Unit 08 jumps towards Unit 13, Shinji's mind becomes a mess.
"It's my fault. It's all my fault.", thought the despair filled Shinji Ikari, "Karowu is-"
The though of Karowu Nagisa being dead filled Shinji with the guilt and misery as he knew that it was his fault. He didn't listen to him. He didn't listen to Karowu or Asuka and Karowu died to prevent Fourth Impact. He died in place of Shinji. He died for Shinji's sins.
"I want to runaway.", thought Shinji as more tears starts steaming as he couldn't accept all of this, "I want to runaway. I want to disappear."
He wanted nothing more than just to be gone. Karowu's gone. Ayanami's gone. His father used him. Misato put a bomb collar on him. Asuka hates him. As far as Shinji considered, he had nothing else to live for. Nothing to return to. He wanted to disappear from this world. The world that he hates and deny which in turn, hates and deny him.
"I want to run away. I want to run away", whimpers Shinji as Unit 08 draws closer,"I WANT TO RUN AWAY!"
The Doors of Guf than began to glow a white light. The radiant white light than spread in all directions as EVA 13 emit a powerful energy blast that blocks EVA 08 from reaching the unit.
"Graaah!", screams Mari as Unit 08 is severely damaged from the blast.
Unit 08 crashes to the ground, as there is no else to close the Doors. The white light coming out of the Doors while turning black as it speeds towards Unit 13, attaching to the EVA like tentacles. EVA Unit 13 stops falling as the glowing black tentacles than starts pulling the EVA towards to the Doors of Guf. Inside the Wunder, the occupants inside watches what transpiring from the screens as none of them can't expect what going to happen next.
"The EVA.", said Dr. Ritsuko Akagi as with a disturbed look on her face, "It being dragged into the Doors. But why?"
"Vice-Captain.", said The Captain of the Wunder, Colonel Katsuragi as she watches the screen as she grit her teeth, "Is it possible that this is Fourth Impact?"
"I don't know.", responses the vice-captain.
There was fear in the eyes of most of the inexperienced members of WILLE that are in the Wunder. The veterans however are analyzing anything they have to find a way to counter what happening.
"Captain!", yells Makoto Hyuga for the Colonel's attention, "I have the analysis from the DSS Choker and it was set off moments ago."
Misato's eyes widen as it as she thought of Shinji. If he truly was inside that EVA, then...
"Shinji.", thought Misato as she closes her eyes thinking that this was his end.
"What is this!?", yells a surprised Hyuga.
"What is it?", demands Ritsuko.
"The readings from the DSS Choker... it was a pattern blue!"
Misato's eyes widen more as she looks at Hyuga's screen.
"Is that really right!?", demands Misato as she sees the computer saying "Blood Pattern: Blue"
"Yes ma'am!"
"The DSS Choker.", said Ritsuko, "It was not on Shinji Ikari, it was on the 13th Angel?"
"How did it get there?", thought Misato as she reads "Possible 13th Angel Manifestation".
Meanwhile, after ejecting from her EVA, Asuka opens her entry plug to see Unit 13 being lifted up by something in the Door of Guf as it draws closer to the Doors. Asuka's eyes widen as she felt fear on what going to happen to the world now. Her first thought was on how it came to this as she thought of Shinji.
"That brat.", thought Asuka as she trying to stay calm, but can't due to the fact that their world can end here and all she can do is watch, "Why? WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A STUPID BRAT, BRAT SHINJI!?"
For years, she watches as the world slowly comes to an end. For years, she try to endure everything since her incident with EVA 03. She continued piloting, even after she no longer human. She couldn't do anything 14 years ago and now she can't do anything like back than. All she can do, is stare deadly at the EVA and hope for a miracle. During which, Mari feels pain from the blast as her EVA loses both it's arms, her screen starts to regain visual as she sees EVA 13 reaching the Doors of Guf.
"Well that's unexpected.", comments Mari as the black tentacles from the Doors turn white in an instant, "That too. I don't know what is Fourth Impact, but is that supposed to be it?"
No one knows what happening to EVA 13 and the Doors of Guf. No one in WILLE or NERV. Inside an unknown room, Gendo Ikari and Dr. Kozo Fuyutuski watches the event that transpiring as they look surprised at what happening.
"Is it what SEELE also was attending for? Or rather something was there a mistranslation in the Dead Sea Scrolls?", wonders Dr. Fuyutuski, "In ether case, the original scenario called for the Third Child to be put back into the possession of Colonel Katsuragi, but now we might have to rewrite that scenario."
"Is there any way to shut the down the EVA, Fuyutuski?", asks Gendo as he just stares at what happening with a little visible sign of unsettlement.
"There none whatsoever.", answers Fuyutuski, "All we can do is watch and hope for the best for our scenario. For Yui's sake."
As EVA 13 stops, it opens its mouth and roars as the white tentacles began to in fuse with the EVA. The EVA than curls into a ball as the white energy wraps around the EVA until it looks like a white ball. It starts drawing closer to the Doors of Guf as nobody can do anything about it. Somewhere in the ground, the Ayanami type, Rei Q watches the events with little emotion on her face.
The white sphere than starts expanding as it continues to draw closer to the Doors.
"Ritsuko.", said Misato as she is so startled, that she couldn't address Akagi formerly in the bridge, "What is it doing?"
Akagi just shakes her head as she couldn't even describe what happening. Everyone in the Wunder just stops and looks as their eyes are completely widened from shock. Nobody can describe what going on. In the outside, Asuka's one eye looks startled as she felt what under her eye-patch is acting up.
"Wh-what is going on?"
Mari has nothing to say as she is just speechless. The sphere than expands large enough to cover the Doors of Guf. The multiple colored rings disappear as the white sphere starts to glowing. Fuyutuski just looks startled as Gendo Ikari gets up and watches the events with a visible look of unsettlement. Inside the EVA, something happening to Shinji Ikari.
"RAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Shinji screams as he felt his entire body feeling like it going to break. He having trouble breathing, his mind is a complete mess, and he can't see anything as it pitch black. He loses his hearing and sight as he starts kicking and punching anything he can feel as the pain in his body is too much.
"What is this!?", screams Shinji as he try to grab something, "What is going on!?"
Shinji''s eyes start to glow red as the black sphere, now completely white, becomes brighter and brighter as it than starts to shrink. The sphere than explodes as a white light blinds everybody who watching. As the lights disappears, so does EVA Mark 13. As everybody living being watching the event just looks at what took place, Colonel Katsuragi regains her composure.
"Repair the main engine!", orders Colonel Katsuragi, "After which, we shall retrieve the remains of Unit 02 and 08!"
Asuka at the same time regain her own composure and out of instinct, ran towards the area to where the white sphere was. She didn't know what to expect, didn't know what would happen to her, she just kept running. As much as she is angry at Shinji, there a part of her deep down that can be describe as worried. She arrives to what most likely to where the sphere might be. What she found... was one person standing in the middle of the remains of Tokyo-3. Asuka moves quickly only to pause as she see it was standing there. Rei Q, the clone of Rei Ayanami.
"Is that one of the old Ayanami types?", Asuka wonders to herself as she runs to her, "Hey, do you know what just happened?"
The Ayanami clone just stood silent as Asuka just sighs.
"Do-you-know-what-happened-to-Shinji-Ikari?", Asuka said slowly in case the clone doesn't understand.
Once again, the clone said nothing.
"That just great.", Asuka sighs as she pulls out a radar to see if there anything abnormal.
To her surprise, nothing. The L barrier density is too high, like most of the world, but that about it. It like Shinji and the EVA just disappeared. She looks around to her to see if she missed anything, but there was no sign of Unit 13 or Shinji Ikari. She looks down of the ground, closes her eye, and clinches her fist.
"That brat.", Asuka said silently as she stood there for a minute before looking up.
As Asuka starts to leave, Rei Q starts to follow her. Asuka turns around to the clone and looks at her.
"So you are just going to follow me?", demands Asuka as Rei Q just stands there, showing no emotion, just looking at Asuka silently.
Asuka just sighs as she continues to walk away to a place were WILLE can pick her up as the Rei Q walks behind her. Asuka can tell the Rei clone is still following her, but chose to ignore her. Asuka doesn't know what happened with Shinji, if Fourth Impact was even stopped, or if things are going to get better or worse. All she knows is that she has to survive through this. In a world beyond salvation unwittingly created by a boy named Shinji Ikari.
Earth-616
Superheroes. In this world, exist super-powered beings that use their powers to save the lives of others, capture criminals, and defeat supervillans. Some supers work with the government when needed, like the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Some, like the X-Men have a lukewarm (at best) relationship with the government. While the others are labeled vigilantes, but are usually ignored. The Untied Nations decided a long time ago that they no longer want to rely on non-authorized superheroes to combat threats on world security. The result was to create an international intelligence organization to combat things from advanced terrorism to extraterrestrial threats. The keys to helm to this incredible organization was given to a man that people may not like, but knew he more than capable of protecting the world. A veteran of every war single war since World War 2, former CIA operative and spy, Nick Fury.
Nick Fury is a complicated man. He was a boy turning man in the 1940's, living in the tough streets of Hell's Kitchen in New York City. He was friends with a man named Red Hargrove who became fast friends with Fury. During World War 2, they were asked by a man, Lieutenant "Happy Sam" Sawyer, who saw potential in them to enlist to the army. Hargrove accepted, but it took Fury until 1941 to enlist due to him wanting to ride out the wave of unemployment in America at the time. It took Pearl Harbor and the death of Red Hargrove, who was stationed there to wake up Fury about the world. Reuniting with Sawyer, who was now a Captain, Fury was then in command of First Attack Squad, or the Howling Commandos. There, he became comrades with his soon to be life-long allies. The Howling Commandos take on the most dangerous mission during World War 2, resulting in their reputations during the war to be a recognizable as Captain America.
Two major injuries happened to Fury during the war. One of was a grenade blast that hit Fury, causing his eye to slowly deteriorate in his left eye. Another was a landmine accident which led Fury into association with a professor in France named Berthold Sternberg who then gave him the Infinity Formula. This Formula causes Fury aging process to slow down, allowing Fury to heal faster than most humans, but the short end was that Fury has to out live his friends and loved ones. Fury still continue to fight, even after the war is over, becoming an agent with the CIA, participating in the Korea War along with some members of his Howling Commandos, who also drank a bit of the Infinity Formula, as well as earning the rank of Colonel. He soon fought in every major war before the start of the "Golden Age of Superheroes." With his impressive resume along with his past relations with super humans, Fury was than appointed to the director of SHIELD (formerly, Supreme Headquarters International Espionage aw-Enforcement Division, now, Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate).
Above the clouds near the city of New York, the headquarters of SHIELD, the SHIELD Helicarrier as it currently on standby for any threats that can come at any minute. At least two dozen SHIELD agents are controlling everything from the Helicarrier itself, radar, alerts to anomalies in the world they live. Watching everything with his one eye, a man with brown hair with white temples along with brown, eyes is watching the screens seriously, but with patients. He expecting something to happen. He always expecting something. The world they live in is a complicated and unexpected world, so the best anyone can do is expect the unexpected. A level red alert is signaling in the command center of the Helicarrier as Fury gets ready.
"The hells going on?", demands Fury as he looks at the screens.
"Sir", a female agent responses, "We have a massive energy source had just appeared above the atmosphere."
"Had just appear?", questions Fury.
"It just came out of nowhere.", says the agent, "Our scanners just pick up on it."
"Get a visual of it from the surveillance satellites.", orders Fury.
The SHIELD surveillance satellites are located on the moon. Stark Industries have a hand on making them. The screen shows a giant sphere outside of Earth. The sphere than begins to move closer to the Earth.
"The hell is it doing!?", demands Fury.
"Sir it heading straight towards the planet.", says male agent, "I'm beginning an analysis on it's landing course."
"Do it fast!", orders Fury.
"Sir, the readings coming off this thing are inconclusive.", says another agent, "There no familiar data that can fit into this thing."
"Not even alien?"
"No sir."
"I need a brain! Wake up Dr. Richards!", orders Fury, "Do we have a landing course!?"
"Sir, it seems to be heading to US soil. Somewhere in Pennsylvania.", said one agent.
"We have a commando unit near Pennsylvania. Tell them to get a damn bird in the air and get a visual! Get the president on the line immediately!", orders Fury, "Tell me when is this thing going to land!"
"At about 5 to 7 minutes sir."
"We don't have time for an evacuation if that thing lands on a town. Tell the unit to have their fighters on standby and wait for further orders. Do we have a precise location on where the hell that thing is going!?", demands an impatient Fury.
"Sir, it heading into a field away from any town, but the size of it could create a shock wave upon impact that could affect the nearby towns."
"Damn.", Fury said under his breath, "Is the president on the phone yet?"
"He on line 1 sir.", said one agent who holding a phone
"Good." says Fury as he grabs the phone.
"Fury. What happened this time?", asks the president.
"Mr. President.", says Fury, "We have an unknown power appearing out of nowhere in space and it's coming straight towards Pennsylvania. It seems to be heading towards a field. But the impact can create a shock wave that could reach the nearby towns."
"Do we have time for an evac?", asks the president.
"With the timing of the object, no.", Fury truthfully said, "We don't have the time to slow that thing down, so the best we can do is prepare for the aftermath."
The president was silent for a couple of seconds, before he returns to the phone.
"Are you sure we can't stop that thing? Or at least slow it down long enough to get as many civilians out of the danger zone?", asks a worried president,
"Once we get a camera on that thing and get full analysis, we'll look at our options.", said Fury as he looks at the command center of the Helicarrier.
"If there is an option to save as many civilians as we can, do it.", commands the president, "I'll assemble the national guard just in case, but you're running the show. I'm counting on you Director Fury."
"Understood sir.", understood Fury as the president hangs up as Fury turns to the command center, "Can someone give me an update on this!"
"Sir, we have a bird in the air with a visual."
"Show it on screen.", orders Fury as the operator does what she was ordered to.
On the giant screen of the Helicarrier, shows a massive white sphere falling towards the planet. The Helicarrier stood in shock as Fury gets angry as he became a little desperate at this point.
"Where is Doctor Richards!? Call the Avengers! The X-Men! The goddamn Defenders! Anybody that can help stop that thing! DO WE HAVE AN ANYTHING THAT CAN DETERMINE IF WE CAN DESTROY THAT THING!?", demands Fury as he is flaring up.
"Sir.", says one operator, "We have a scan on the object. We don't know what it's made of, but we can deem it safe to fire."
"Scramble the jets and tell them to open fire.", orders Nick Fury.
The jets draw near at the white sphere as they unload their missiles at the white sphere. The sphere than emit an A.T. Field that blocks the missiles.
"Sir, we have a hit, but the target is not destroyed! The object emitted some sort of defense mechanism that protects itself.", says the operator.
"Damn.", grunts Fury as he look as the white comes closer, "We need something that can take that thing down, or at least slow it down."
"Sir.", says an operator, "We have a response from the Avengers."
"Tell them that they have permission to destroy that thing. Or at least slow it down.", Fury told the operator.
"Sir, they said their ahead of you and that they sent "the big man".", says the operator.
"The big man?", wonders one operator as he raises his eyebrow.
"Sir! An electric storm had just appeared around the area where the object appears to be landing!", says another operator as Fury grins a bit upon realizing what they meant.
Somewhere in Pennsylvania
A huge electric storm appears out of nowhere as the clouds became pitch black. The air becomes cooler as the lightning around the area starts gather to something in the middle of the storm. Mjölnir, the legendary Asgardian weapon, gathers the lighting forming from the clouds as the wielder is holding Mjölnir with both of his hands. This man, or rather, this Asgardian god, is ready to combat the white sphere as his weapon finishes gathering lighting. The white sphere enters through the clouds as the sky can be seen from behind it. Lighting from the clouds try to hit the sphere, but it's A.T. Field once again protects the sphere. The sphere only has one thing standing in its way. The Mighty Thor.
"I do not know of why thou have come here.", Thor thought as he looks at the sphere, "But I cannot allow you harm the planet under my protection."
"HAVE AT THEE!"
Thor aims Mjölnir at the sphere, as appearing out of the hammer, is a huge electrical beam. The electrical beam clashes with the A.T. Field, as it seems that Thor is struggling. That is not the case as Thor smirks a bit as he stops the electric beam. He than gathers more electricity to Mjölnir as the sphere draws closer to Thor.
"FOR MIDGARD!", screams Thor as he uses a more powerful electrical beam at the sphere.
The electrical beam once again clashes with the A.T. Field as this time, the A.T. Field looks like it about to break. It took a couple of seconds, but the electrical beam finally penetrates the A.T. Field as it hits the white sphere. Cracks can be seen as at the area the beam is hitting as a huge amount of energy is emitting from the inside of the white sphere. The cracks became a hole as an energy beam appears out of the hole, hitting Thor. As Thor loses balance, the white sphere starts cracking open as something is falling out of the sphere. It is glowing white with something sticking out of it, as the white sphere starts to disappear.
SHIELD Helicarrier
"Sir, Thor manages to damage the sphere, but something came out of it.", said an operator, Thor is on his way to retrieve what came out of it before it lands."
"Let him do what he has to do. And get a picture on screen.", orders Fury
"Yes sir.", says the operator as she calls the one of the planes to a visual on what's falling.
The picture that came on screen was a little blurry, but it still usable. What came out of the sphere looked like a creature glowing white with two sticks sticking out of it. Fury glares at the screen as something not from Earth seems to have arrived.
Pennsylvania
Thor uses his hammer to fly to the glowing white EVA Unit 13, which came out of the white sphere. As Thor nears the EVA, it emits an A. that prevents Thor from entering it.
"What sort of barrier is this?", thought Thor as he tries to power through the A.T. Field.
The moment Thor realizes that it more time wasting trying to use his strength to go through the A.T. Field and try grabbing the EVA with his godlike strength, he stops what he is doing and flies directly to the ground, where the EVA is going to land, which seems to have nothing and nobody near it. Spinning his war hammer, Mjölnir, Thor creates a twister underneath the EVA. The twister than swallows the EVA as Thor tries to maintain the twister as it starts slowing its wind. The moment the EVA is at a distance where it doesn't create any damage from landing, he stops as the EVA is about 1 mile up in the air. The Eva crashes to the ground. The black clouds start disappearing as Thor starts catching his breath. Appearing above the disappearing black clouds is the SHIELD Helicarrier, along with the Avengers' Quinjet.
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"Shinji-kun."
"Ikari-kun"
He can hear voices. Voices from familiar others. The first one belongs to a young man, whose voice is calm and friendly. The second voice belongs to a girl, whose voice is stoic sounding and emotionless. He can see darkness around him as he has no clue where is he. A small light appears from far away, before it starts coming closer and closer as boy can now see beyond the light.
The SHIELD Helicarrier's Infirmary Room
Shinji Ikari wakes up to an unfamiliar ceiling. He stood looking at the ceiling for a couple of seconds before trying to get his upper body up. The room he staying in is a small white room with the only things there are the monitors and the wires that are hooked to his chest. He looks to the right side of his bed as more a moment, a girl with short light blue hair and red eyes wearing a school girl's uniform is standing to the right of him, looking at him. He was startled for second, before blinking his eyes from a reflex as the moment he opens his eyes, the girl was gone. He looks around the room for the girl as he looks at the mirror in the wall in front of his bed. Appearing in the mirror, to the left of the bed, is a young man with light gray hair and red eyes, smiling while looking at the mirror as well. Shinji quickly turns to the left to see that the young man is gone.
"Who were they?"
Shinji returns to mirror and sees a boy with brown hair and blue eye looking at him. He than realizes the boy looking at him, was himself.
"Is that...me?"
Review to tell me what I need to work on about EVA and/or if I got the characters right. Any grammar mistakes I made will be fixed later because I'm going to Chicago later this week. Follow or Favorite to tell me your interested. Hoped you enjoyed the story.
P.S. For those of you that notice that EVA Unit 13 use an A.T. Field even though it couldn't in 3.33. Depending if the story continues, there will be an explanation for that.
Next Chapter:
Shinji Ikari awaken into a whole new world. The Third Child is taken into SHIELD custody. The Avengers fight Evangleion 13. Shinji's memories are never gone, but aren't understood as a new life awaits him.