Copyright: I own nothing. Neon Genesis Evangelion and it's theatrical adaptation, Rebuild of Evangelion are both owned by Hideki Anno and Gainax/Studio Khara. This is a non-profit story made for my own amusement.
Got it? Cause I'm not repeating myself.
Nevada, USA
Carrying a delicate weight, Kaworu carefully contemplated his next action.
The Eva which he piloted gracefully levitated above him, awaiting his next command. His red eyes scanned the desolate area and his curiosity almost overwhelmed his purpose for being here.
The Impact which he had narrowly averted caused many changes within the world and even he could not have foreseen the event that caused it. That one would be so desperate for happiness that he would risk such destruction? When he awoke, that third child would enter a world that would be alien to him with people who would hate him for what he had inadvertedly done.
He would be alone.
At his command, he was lifted from the ruined grey ceiling and allowed to drift into a large gash which was left behind by the upheaval that this place had endured. Through the holes in the wall, Kaworu could see the dark red sea from which this place had risen. No doubt a side effect of the temporary, but devasting impact upon this place.
He landed upon the floor and felt the weight in his arms stir. Her eyes opened while her body twitched within the light and dark blue skin-tight plugsuit which he had garbed her in.
"You do not have much time." Kaworu told the girl while he walked through the corridors of this lost facility, "Can you hear me?" The girl's eyes looked into his and her lips spoke a word without sound. The girl seemed shocked by this and her eyes darted downwards.
"You've realized by now that you cannot speak." Kaworu explained, "Your voice has not recovered from your recent rigor mortis." Her eyes widened with full understanding of Kaworu's words. Moving her vision to her limp arms, the features of her face tensed and soured from recalling memories which were still fresh within her mind.
"A smart girl aren't you?" Kaworu remarked and brushed away a tear from her eye, "Yes...I am afraid that you died...It was an instant effect that you, your classmates and your family did not suffer through."
"But you will ask, if you did...why are you here?" Kaworu asked the girl and set her within a cushioned human-sized mold. Seeing that the girl had somewhat calmed down, Kaworu pulled out a red multi-strand object and brought it to the girl's face, "It seems that the very object that killed you...is the source of your salvation. When it pierced your body, it absorbed your soul and gave me the time that I needed to heal your body."
"It was more of an effort than I had anticipated, but your body has been restored. With it, your life as well." The girl looked from the object and then to Kaworu, her features softened as if she were trying to express gratitude to the grey haired boy. Kaworu appreciated the gesture and smiled, "But there is no home for me to return you to. So I must leave you here."
"You will awaken into a world which you will not recognize. With all of your friends and family long since deceased." Kaworu elaborated while holding out his hand in front of a console next to the mold. Lights in the room activated as Kaworu felt the base's power redirect to this room, "But you will have a chance to make your own happiness child. A chance you will not have in this world now."
"I hope to meet you again, but if not...I have a single favor to ask of you." Kaworu knelt down to the girl's ear and whispered his favor into the girl's ear. When he stood back up, the girl looked up at him. She seemed uncertain and terrified, but attempting to be brave. "Can you do that for him? Help him find his happiness?" The girl's eyes met his again and tilted her head forward before it fell back into the mold.
"I thank you, Horaki Hikari." The girl's eyes widened when the capsule which she was in rose from the ground and closed with her inside. "Much time will pass before you awaken, but I assure you that it will only seem like you have been asleep for a few hours...sleep peacefully..." The capsule turned and rested within the ceiling of the chamber as it's interior filled with the liquid which would preserve the poor child for as long as necessary.
"Goodbye."
REBUILD OF EVANGELION 4.0: YOU WILL (NOT) FAIL
15 years later...
Her heart beat...
She inhaled and exhaled, a harmless liquid flowed through her...
Her eyes opened and saw only blackness...
"The power's good on this thing." She heard a voice echo while she numbly moved her hands, "What do you say Commander?"
"Turn it on, there's a life sign inside it." Another voice echoed while the darkness began to clear away, "Is it an angel?"
"No...Blood Type A. Whoever's in there, it's human." She was now aware of the dull grey interior in which she lied, "Open it up."
"Ah! The opening sequence is totaled!" She heard the sound of something getting kicked above her, "It must have been damaged during the last Impact."
"If opening a life pod is all that was damaged, this place must be built like a rock."
"Probably stronger, it's the only section of the Nevada base that was found intact after the incident with Nerv's Second Branch." Her body shook when she felt something hit her metal cocoon. The edge of a knife dug into the metal before her and carved down, "Hey! Hey! What are you doing!"
"Opening the door." A faint, familiar voice said as she saw glove hands reach into the opening and pull outwards. As she gasped, two doors opened outward and splashed liquid into the outside world. The girl fell upon a figure and plummeted to the floor with him holding her, "Not one of my better ideas."
"Obviously." The girl heard someone say as the figure held onto her and pushed himself up onto his feet, "Didn't the Colonel warn you about stunts like that?"
"Not exactly..." The girl was now aware of the figure in a tight-suit with reinforced shoulder pads, chest plating and a helmet with a horned chin and a single horn portruding from above the narrow visor. The design seemed demonic, but also familiar to her, "Sorry about that...we had to get you out of there."
"Me?" The girl asked as a stark chill encompassed her body and brought her arms over her chest, "...Am I alive?"
"You've been in cryosleep for a long time." The figure explained and threw a black jacket over her shoulders, "Here...you're probably cold right now..."
"Where...am I?" The girl asked as she looked and saw four other figures in similar outfits except with different designs for their helmets and more armoring for their suits, "Who are you?"
"Just a screw-up Gaki." The man holding her said before the entire building began to shake, "I thought we had more time..."
"Guess not, time to move." Her liberator's teammate stated while the other three moved out of the largely empty room. As they left, the last squadmate handed the girl's liberator an aluminum pouch with a red liquid inside of it, "Give her this to drink. It tastes like shit, but it'll speed up her body's recovery so we can get out of here quicker."
"Got it." Her liberator agreed and picked her up while he exited the room, "This won't taste good but-"
"I heard that other guy..." The girl answered and opened her mouth while she was fed the horrible liquid. True to the warnings, the drink was the worst thing that she had ever tasted in her life, "Thank you for...asking..."
"Don't worry about it." Though she grimaced, the girl felt her body grow warmer and strength flow through her body, "Can you walk?"
"I don't know-" The girl mumbled and saw something dash up the hall on all fours, "Look out!" Her liberator threw her to the side and brandished the rifle at the creature. Bursts of ultraviolet heat riddled holes into the advancing creature which screeched and fell at the armored figure's feet. It struggled to get up while the girl's liberator pulled out a knife, knelt down and stabbed the monster in it's armored skull.
"You alright back there?"
"I guess..." The Liberator coldly said after the creature became limp and he pulled out his knife, "You okay?"
"What is that?"
"A daemon...artificially created angel husk created to hunt and kill humans." Her liberator answered while kicking the creature and dislodging it's head from it's hole-riddled neck, "And we're in the middle of their territory."
"Territory? There's more of them? Is there a nest or a hive nearby?"
"She catches on quickly." One of the squadmates complemented, "That one that Anchor just killed was a scout. A good thing too or else it's buddies would've found us before we got to the extraction site."
"So we're getting out of this place?"
"Yeah." Her liberator answered while picking her up, "Don't worry, we won't let anything happen to you. I promise."
"Thank you..." The girl answered, seeing her own terrified expression upon her freckled face in a nearby broken mirror, "Who are you...if I'm allowed to ask..."
"Sure." The squad's leader answered while they all hustled through the creaking corridors of the facility, "We're troopers of WILLE's Para-drop Elite Operations Taskforce."
"Or just P.E.O.T. for short." One of troopers stated, "I'm Trigger, our commander is EZ, Phoenix is our medic, Print is our Scout and the newbie carrying you is Anchor."
"Okay...hello everyone." The girl replied while weakly waving at the troopers, "I'm Hikari...Hikari Horaki..."
"Hi Hikari." All but one of the troopers replied, "Anchor! Say hi!"
"Sorry...hi Hikari."
"Hi Anchor." Hikari said to the trooper who was still carrying her, "Sorry for being so noisy..."
"Relax, daemons can't hear anyway." EZ assured the girl and put his hand on the shoulder of a panting Anchor, "Getting tired Anchor?"
"I'll be alright." Anchor said, brushing off his superior's hand, "Still getting used to these suits."
"Well these are meant for combat rather than piloting son." EZ chuckled, his helmet was a little bulkier than the rest and had a clear visor with which Hikari could see his hardened but friendly face, "Hope the armor doesn't scare you."
"I think everything scares me right now..." Hikari admitted while EZ shrugged his shoulders, "What are those suits for? Do they really protect you?"
"These suits keep us invisible to the daemon's long-range trackers. Which means the only way for them to find us is to personally hunt for us. They also have built-in shields that are a hassle to recharge, but they're worthwhile in tight spots like this," Trigger noted while poking his helmet which featured a T-Visor and a single antennae. Upon hearing this, Hikari gulped and realized that she felt very naked right then. She patted herself with a single hand and felt a tight-fitting outfit that had wrapped upon her body.
"The plugsuit? Don't ask us, you were in that when we found you." Anchor explained while Hikari's own panic increased, "Calm down...As long as you're clustered with us, you should be alright."
"Okay..." Hikari replied, feeling her feet move at her subconscious whim, "I think I can walk now."
"Do you think or do you know?" Phoenix asked, Hikari noted that it was a female speaking despite the vocal obscuration of the trooper's helmet, "We're not far from the ES, Set her down and let her work those things we call legs."
"Alright...alright..." Anchor said while he sat Hikari on her feet and watched he while she managed to stably stand, "Looks like you can stand on your own..."
"Yeah...I guess so-" Hikari tried to take a step and fell forward, being caught in Anchor's arms, "Sorry..."
"Don't sweat it. You've been in cryo-sleep for fift-" A harsh nudge from Phoenix stopped Trigger from speaking further, "Nevermind...Anchor, call Mother Duck and tell her to get down here."
"You sure about letting Anchor have the comm?"
"Can you speak Japanese?" EZ asked Print, who shrugged his shoulders while handing an earphone to Anchor, "My point exactly."
"Why are you all here?" Hikari asked as Anchor moved a few feet away from the group, "I appreciate that you've saved me...but I feel like you weren't looking for me-"
"Classified I'm afraid." Print replied before loading his rifle, "But it doesn't look like it's here so we're bailing before the shriekers get us."
"Anchor to Mother Duck...Mother Duck come in." The trooper spoke into the comm, grunting when nothing but static answered him, "Damn...the signal's too weak here."
"Try a switching to a different patcher." "Anything?"
"She moves around so much that...got it!" Anchor called out while locking onto the mother ship's comm channel, "Anchor to Mother Duck, come in."
"Mother Duck to Anchor, we read you!" A young ecstatic voice replied, "What's the status on Team Pathfinder?"
"Everyone's alive and we've found a survivor." Anchor reported and gave a quick look over at the girl, "A young girl, 14 with freckles and brown hair. Her name is Horaki Hikari."
"Hikari?" The voice on the other line asked, "One of Touji's friends-"
"I'll take it from her lieutenant Suzahara." A cold voice sounded, "Anchor, your team's objective is to search for and pinpoint the location of Unit 04."
"What about the extraction request-"
"Belay that order Suzahara!" The trooper's superior shouted, "Find that Eva before the daemons or Seele do. Do you understand me?"
"Misato-"
"Do you understand me?"
"We've already searched the entire facility!" Anchor yelled, causing Trigger to shake his head, "There's no sign that Unit 04 was ever even stored here! It could still be inside the Dirac Sea for all we know! Get us out of here-"
"Negative! Don't question the orders of your superior-"
"Why not! Why can't I question things that suck?" Anchor yelled back into the comm, "If you don't believe me then here's the Commander."
"I was just about to jump in." EZ noted when he took the comm from off of Anchor's helmet and attached it to his own, "Colonel, the sargeant's report is accurate. There's no sign of the Eva anywhere here."
"You wanna piss the colonel off more Anchor?" Trigger laughed before Anchor punched a dent into a nearby wall and sat down, "Can you try arguing with her when our lives aren't at stake too?"
"We've scanned the area twice already." Anchor heard the squad commander report while he silently fumed about the Colonel's animosity towards him, "The instability is increasing, this whole area's about to collapse back into the sea."
"Collapse?" Anchor heard Hikari mutter to herself, the girl carefully walked to where Anchor sat, "What does he mean by instability?"
"We're on top of a Dirac Sea."
"Dirac Sea?" Hikari vaguely recalled a science lecture about a theoretical sea of concentrated anti-matter and something that Kensuke had told her regarding the disappearance of a NERV branch in North America, "That's impossible..."
"You wanna talk impossible little miss? Hang around us for a while and you'll see impossible." Phoenix stated when EZ ended his transmission and gave it back to Print, "What's the word Commander?"
"Extraction approved, we'll need to pop smoke at the top of this place." EZ said to his team, "So double time people, before the damn daemons catch wind of us."
"Incoming multiple readings!" Print shouted, prompting the troopers to all grab their weapons while Print's helmet scanned around them, "They had a listener...they know that we're here."
"Make that triple time!" EZ commanded as the troopers dashed down the hallway with Hikari being lifted onto Anchor's back, "Trigger! Take the rear! Print! You've got the front! Anchor! Cover my six! Phoenix! Take the girl's six!"
"Yes sir!" Anchor said and dashed just behind the commander with Phoenix behind him and Trigger at the rear running backwards with a heavy barrelled gun while Print ran to the front with two pistols in his hands, "Sorry about picking you up...we're in a bit of a hurry."
"I noticed." Hikari replied when Print stopped in front of a broken door and held up his hand, causing the rest of the squad to halt in it's tracks. Hikari was about to ask why, but saw Phoenix place a finger over the girl's mouth. Hikari nodded knowingly while the team crouched down and EZ approached Print. Print pointed a single finger towards the doorway and held up four and then two fingers in quick succession.
EZ nodded and motioned for Trigger and Anchor to move towards the front. Anchor sat Hikari next to Phoenix and moved to the front alongside Trigger while EZ rolled out in front of Phoenix and held out his rifle towards the dark hallway. Before she could shout, the commander aimed and fired a barrage of bright bullets at a bulky daemon that reached out of the ground and cleaned it's head from it's shoulders. Another one crawled over the corpse and charged at the commander, who fired a single shot at the red core on it's chest and then it's skull-like head before it dropped to the ground dead.
At the front, Print quietly counted down before grabbing a cylinder can from his belt and throwing it into the room. A blinding flash of light appeared and was gone within the room. Trigger slammed his shoulder against the door to break it down as Print and Anchor leapt inside and opened fire on the blinded daemons within. Trigger moved in and unleashed a rapid payload from his repeating gun as Anchor fell back into the other hallway and covered Phoenix as she brought Hikari with her into the abandoned control room.
As Anchor moved to the side of his commander who had began to reload his depleted rifle, a swarm of diverse and furious daemons cautiously advanced towards them. Now opening fire as well, EZ and Anchor fell back into the doorway before being joined by Trigger who fired a grenade from his rifle that impacted in the middle of the enemy swarm and caused a furious explosion that divided the creatures. With the creatures scattered, the troopers retreated into the doorway where Phoenix had placed a device onto the rim which created a green forcefield over the doorway. One daemon attempted to rip open the field and a green surge ran through it's humanoid arms and into it's body until the red core on it's chest exploded and the creature fell.
"Area cleared-" Print was cut off when an armored claw reached through the wall and grabbed Anchor's shoulder and pulled to continually bash Anchor's head into the wall. "Wallmen...move Anchor! I can't get a shot!"
"Help him!" Hikari shouted as the daemon emerged from the wall with Anchor held out in front of it. The other troopers leveled their weapons on the creature as it ripped off Anchor's helmet to reveal the back of a head full of brown hair.
"Shoot damn it!" Anchor shouted in a voice that Hikari now recognized while the creature roared past it's hostage. It held one of it's free hand at Anchor's neck and a long blood tainted pincer grew out and stopped just before Anchor's neck, "Shoot it!"
"Hold fire!" EZ commanded while the team slowly spaced out to try and get a better shot on the creature. Anchor grunted when the daemon poked it's pincer into his neck, warning the other troopers not to move, "You're one of the smart ones I guess?"
"Don't flatter the enemy sir." Trigger spat while keeping his finger on the trigger of his large gun, "We can't stand here for long sir...Anchor's gonna lose a kidney, but I've got a shot."
"Do it-"
"Hold fire Trigger! That's an order." EZ stated while nothing in the room moved as Hikari's own breath began to quicken, "Print, take the girl ahead to the ES."
"Yes sir." Print began to move, but the daemon turned so that he faced his troopers while a light cut ran along the side of his neck, "Shit..."
"Shinji?" Hikari gasped when she saw the face of the growling trooper and instantly recognized her as one of the Eva pilots and a member of her class. Recognizing his identity and realizing the situation, Hikari felt something in her heart rise and something surged through her arms. She shot them forward in panicked alarm as runes of light appeared on her arms and the daemon seized up in surprise and alarm.
"What the-" Phoenix was cut off when an orange transparent octagon appeared between the daemon and his hostage, amputating it's forearms as Shinji fell onto his back and opened fire into the creature's core followed by the rest of the team, "Plug that hole!"
"My pleasure!" Trigger stated while moving in front of the gargling Shinji and firing into the breach in the wall. Hikari ran over to help Shinji up while Phoenix knelt next to him and dozens of shrieks sounded from within the wall's hole, "Area secure."
"Good." EZ noted while Phoenix applied a light colored gel to the cut on Shinji's neck while he grunted in pain and frustration, "You alright Anchor?"
"Yes sir...I've had worst..." Shinji noted and noticed Hikari's confused eyes locked onto his face, "Hey Class Rep...are you alright?"
"I should be asking you the same, are you okay?" Hikari asked while Shinji caught his helmet which was covered in the daemon's blood and proceeded to wipe off his visor, "What just...happened?"
"You saved our asses I guess." Phoenix shrugged as the runes on Hikari's arms faded, "Ritsuko will know more about exactly how you did that shit."
"Did what?" Hikari asked and remembered the barrier that had appeared a few seconds ago, "I did that?"
"That would explain the white stuff on your arms." Print noted before Trigger grabbed him by his collar, "It was a wallman! You know those things can't be detected by any radar-"
"Then pull one out of your ass before I reach in it and grab one myself!" Trigger warned and released his squadmate, "I just hate that mexican standoff shit."
"Think any of us do?" While Shinji exhaled in relief, Hikari felt a sudden pain in her chest and arms and moaned while she fell onto her back and started gasping in shock, "Hikari? Medic!"
"I'm right here!" Phoenix shouted as she took out a knife and pulled Hikari's suit at the chest. While Hikari's eyes started darting all over the place, Phoenix placed a wired pin onto the girl's chest and pressed a knob on her helmet. A surge of electricity fired into the girl's heart, causing her eyes to widen more before she fell to the ground and calmed down, "She's stable...I don't know how, but she just went into cardiac arrest."
"A heart attack?" Shinji asked with concern while Hikari struggled to remain conscious, "Forget about Misato, we need to get her to the medical ward asap."
"Hold on kid, first we've gotta save ourselves." Trigger muttered with a chuckle, "We're not gonna make it to the ES at his pace...what's the plan Rudder?"
"That's the old co-sign, stick to the new one alright?" EZ playfully suggested while looking from Hikari to the vacant control room which they sat within, "It's been fifteen years...but I'd say that there should be a hanger around here...which means that we just have to blow the door."
"And pray that there's something we can use to fly out of here." Print muttered while hacking into a nearby control console which activated to his surprise, "Great! There's just enough juice to get some schematics out of this place."
"Any exit points?"
"Hold on..." Print continued to watch a cracked monitor while Anchor held Hikari in his arms and Trigger watched the now empty hallway and it's adjacent walls for any sign of daemon activity, "I guess we can work with this."
"What's the word scout?"
"I've got good news and I've got bad news." Print began before turning off the computer and pointing to large opaque window which was lifting up to reveal clear glass underneath, "This control room leads right into a hanger bay that's filled with at least three cargo jets. All of which are out of fuel and shot beyond repair."
"And the good news?"
"That was the good news, relax I'm not done." Print assured Shinji as he put his helmet back onto his head, "There is a transport plane that may have enough fuel to get us out to sea, but after that...we're on our own."
"Does it have any cargo?"
"A package listed as unknown." Print answered his commander, "It's also mounted with two loaded 209mm cannons, so we'll be safe if a Nemesis decides to show up."
"Great! So we just gotta clear out the hanger and then-" Phoenix mumbled something in Chinese when she saw Print start to check his ammo, "What's the bad news?"
"The Auto-Launch is scrapped. We'll have to manually prepare the timer and be on the ship before it launches." Print stated to his team, "What do you want to do Commander?"
"There's nothing else that we can except charge." EZ casually said, "Anchor, you're are with me to secure the transport and see if we can start it so that our launch will be somewhat controlled. Print and Phoenix, set the timer on the launch catapult and Trigger, cover them until they set the timer."
"180?" Print asked while EZ nodded, "Alright...I'd rather go with 60 though..."
"120."
"Deal." The trooper agreed while the squad bumped their armored fists in a circle and got to work. Shinji followed the Commander to an opened doorway with Hikari holding onto his back. The two activated low-level flashlights attached to their helmets and slowly made their way through the dark hallway. Spotting stairs that went downwards, Shinji followed EZ down the steps to a broken down door leading to a fragile catwalk.
"Wanna just jump down?" EZ asked Shinji who looked at the more lively Hikari, "She'll be alright, I just don't trust walking on that frigid thing."
"Agreed." Shinji reluctantly answered and watched EZ dash out of the doorway and leap down to the floor below. When he landed, a dent was made in the floor while blue static circulated over his suit for several seconds, "Hold on tight...this may be rough."
"Okay..." Hikari agreed as Shinji took off into a dash and jumped out of the doorway and over the catwalk. Both teens felt their jaws shake as Shinji's feet impacted the ground, but instead of a dent, Shinji's feet touched upon an orange octagon shape that faded out and allowed Shinji to quietly land on the floor, "What just..."
"So are the one who made that shield." EZ noted while pointing to the docked massive transport plane nearby, "Ritsuko's going to have a lot of questions for you."
"Me too..." Hikari said as she felt her chest compress again though with much less pain, "What's...happening to me?"
"I'm afraid that I just don't know." EZ replied while he and Shinji dashed towards the stairs which lead up to the docked transport plane. Hikari noticed that a large red cross was attached to the bottom with something stabled to it underneath a great white cloak, "So that's the package...maybe Misato won't be so mad at us after all."
"She doesn't hate you, she hates me." Shinji replied as they climbed the stairs and entered the largely intact though disorganized transport plane's passenger area, "And she's right to."
"If she does hate you, she hates herself even more." EZ stated as Shinji placed the calmer Hikari in a nearby seat and ran to a nearby console. EZ meanwhile was in the pilot's section whose door had fallen from it's hinges, "If were gonna use this thing, then we'll need a co-pilot!"
"Found the gunner controls!" Shinji shouted from the back of the plane before running back to where Hikari was trying to stand, "You might want to stay in that seat..."
"Can I do anything to help?"
"Thanks, but we'll take care of everything." Shinji assured the girl as both rocked from movement on the plane, "They got the timer on the catapult working! Now what?"
"I've prepped the engines and the timer's set!" EZ shouted back, "Check for the others!"
"Got it!" Shinji agreed while dashing out of the plane and feeling the entire facility shake, "Is the area collapsing?"
"MOVE!" Phoenix roared as she ran into the hanger and dashed past Shinji to enter the plane. Behind her, Trigger carried Print who had a nasty gash in his side and his arm while both fired into the doorway which they had exited. Shinji leapt down the stairs and threw a grenade at the approaching armored daemon before began firing. The grenade exploded and encompassed the creature, but it continued to slowly march forward, healing the gash in it's bulky shoulder.
Just as Shinji was about to charge the creature, the large cannons on the ship's top turned towards the creature loudly fired, blasting off the daemon's top half as more smaller creatures ran past their fallen comrade. Shinji ran back to the stairs and kicked them down while Print threw another grenade and closed the paneled door.
"Is everything ready for launch?"
"I was about to ask you the same." Shinji asked Print while Phoenix checked the scout's wounds, "Nice shot Phoenix."
"That wasn't me." Phoenix said and pointed to where Hikari had her hands on her knees as she sat in a seat next to the plane's gunnery console, "Where did you learn to use military-grade equipment kid?"
"My friend was a military otaku whose father worked in the military."
"Good enough for me." Trigger noted as all of the troopers grabbed a seat and buckled in as Print ran into the cockpit, "EZ! You in the cockpit? Are the engines prepped?"
"Yeah...we'll only have enough fuel to barely escape the Dirac Sea, but everything's set." EZ answered from the plane's intercomm, "What did you set the trigger on?"
"60 sir..."
"This'll be fun." EZ said as the plane violently shifted into the hanger's floor and slowly pulled backwards as the troopers sat in place, "Seat belts everyone..."
"At least we're safe now..." Shinji said and helped Hikari get her seat belt before sitting next to the girl and putting on his own seat belt, "Relatively speaking...how are you feeling?"
"How should I feel?" Hikari asked while her hands were glued to her seat rests, "I don't even know what's happening to me or what's going on..."
"I'll tell you everything when we're out of here Hikari." Shinji assured her and absently placed his hand on her's, "You're not going to like a lot of it...but you won't be alone..."
"Thanks-" Just then, the plane was violently shot forward by the readied catapult and it's passengers were rocked when the plane broke through the large hanger bay doors and entered the outside world...
Author's Notes:
So begins You Will (Not) Fail.
Like I had mentioned in the summary, this will take place about a year after the events of Rebuild 3.0 so there will be spoilers for those who haven't watched that movie yet...
I won't say too much yet except that I'll be pretty critical of a certain character who really ticked me off in 3.0 I won't say who it is yet and I'll keep the "bashing" to reasonable levels, but let's just say that she and I have had a history with each other...
Why did Kaworu save Hikari after Near-3rd Impact? How come she can create temporary AT Fields? Why is Shinji a commando? Will the team make it to safety? Just what is a daemon which now apparently threatens the world? How will Hikari take the full truth about the world that she has awoken within?
Answer to the last quesiton: Not well.
