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"Due to a Special state of emergency,all lines are currently unavailable."The slightly distorted voice informed Shinji as he stood in front of the green phone booth. The woman that was supposed to be picking him up was late and if this kept up he'd have to run for shelter or risk getting squashed by the incoming angel. just fantastic,father prepares everything but actual safe transportation to the Geo-front. Typical.
He looked at the picture of the woman who supposedly would come pick him up,he had to admit that she was indeed rather attractive. Not that it mattered. At that point he had more pressing concerns,like the possible extinction of the human race through third impact. If he didn't get in the goddamn robot in time
Shinji then felt a sudden rush of wind and saw a few VTOLS retreating from what he assumes at least is the angel. It then leaps and lands but a few meters in front of him crushing an already downed craft as it does so.
He hears the screeching of tires and a car comes to a stop but a few meters in front of him.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting!Shinji Ikari right?"Shinji just nods and hops onto the car as it speeds away.
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"The Target is still operational,it continues headed directly towards Tokyo-3"
"The air-force doesn't have the power to stop it!"
"Damn it!hit it with everything we've got,mobilize all units from Atsugi and scramble the squadrons from Iruma!"Ordered one of the JSSDF's generals.
"Forget about the budget!Destroy it at all costs!"added another as a pencil snapped in his hand.
A guided missile hits the enigmatic figure directly,it can't be seen for a few seconds as the smoke from the strike clears,as it does however its reveled not to have suffered any damage from the explosion.
"The tank battalion lost 90% of its units,Guided missiles and artillery are having no effect either."One said as he crossed his arms and sunk into his seat.
"Damn it!we've already lost half our forces and we're not even touching it!"Said another as he slammed his hand on the table.
"Is this the power of an AT field?"Fuyutsuki asked as he looked at Gendo,whose hands where now tented bellow his nose.
"Indeed,conventional weapons will not damage the angels"Gendo replied before a beeping could be heard from one of the general's phones. The man looked surprised for a moment before nodding and replying.
"Yes sir,we will execute the plan at once. All units clear the area,we're authorizing an n2 strike!"He shouted a couple more orders and the VTOLS in the screen could be seen retreating from the angel. The screen is then left with nothing more than static as the might of the n2 mine falls upon the angel.
"YES,WE'VE DONE IT!"Shouted the youngest of the JSSDF's generals as he rose from his seat.
"Sorry,but it seems your toy wont be getting a shot at it today."Another said as a smug grin crossed his face. "Perhaps we should request the UN to lower your funding."
"It will be rather amusing to see their reaction to it's survival."Gendo said,low enough that the generals didn't hear it but just loud enough for Fuyutsuki to do so. The older man simply smiled and nodded has he trained his eyes on the screen again.
"Hey,kid. Are you alright?"Misato asked,a lightly concerned tone in her voice. He sighed as he spit out dirt that had entered his mouth.
"Aside from a small heart-attack and a mouth-full of dirt, I'm fine."He replied jokingly.
"okay,then. Help me push."Shinji just nodded in response as he helped her put the car back on its wheels."There" She shook the dirt off her hands."Thanks for the help,i appreciate it."The older woman said with a smile on her lips.
"No problem,miss Katsuragi, I'm here to help after all."Shinji replied as he cleaned the dirt off his shirt. I should squish the JSSDF for ruining my favorite shirt. Nah two much work and n2 mines can actually damage Evangelions. Father would kill me if I got his precious unit-01 damaged.
"Just Misato is fine. its great to finally meet you,Shinji-kun."She said while taking off her sunglasses
"Okay then misato,call me shinji,deal?"He extended his hand which she shook with a small laugh.
"Deal."
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"What's the status on the target"One of the JSSDF's men asked.
"We can't confirm it yet,EMP interference from the n2 mine."A bridge operator replied.
"You saw the size of the explosion,its dead."The youngest of the 3 stated.
"Sensors restored."
"We've got an energy reading at the center of the explosion!Pattern blue detected,its the Angel."
"Impossible!That was our last resort..."The oldest general said,the 2 others too surprised to even speak.
"It seems you were right again Gendo,their reactions were indeed rather amusing."Fuyutsuki said as his lips tugged upwards.
"By now you should know I'm always right,old friend."Gendo replied only half seriously.
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This sucks!I just had this car restored and now its a wreck,I've still got 33 loan repayments to go,and oh god,and the repair costs!
Misato sighed as she looked down at her equally ruined clothes. This was possibly the third,no scratch that second worst day of her life.
"Hey,Misato,not that I mean to intrude or anything,but are we sure we can,you know,steal those batteries?"Shinji asked,of course he knew they could NERV did hold authority over the city in a state of emergency,but he still found it incredibly rude to steal something like that.
"I'm sure it'll be fine,it is an emergency after all"she replied while scratching the back of her head in a rather comical fashion.
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"It seems our predictions where correct,its regenerating itself."Fuyutsuki stated as he looked at the screen where the angel was indeed doing exactly that.
"It would be a rather in-effective invasion weapon if it could not"Gendo stated. Fuyutsuki simply nods and smiles,nods and smiles as always.
"It will renew its assault shortly. Will our assets be ready for launch by then?" Fuyutsuki asked to which Gendo merely nodded,smirk hidden beneath his hands.
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"So,do you know what your father does?"Misato asked as they waited for them to arrive.
"Of course,something to do with this organization called NERV and some giant robots"Shinji answered,he'd been trained to use EVA in secret,a small facility created for that purpose alone was built near to his former living space,he had however not been in an actual evangelion ever before,and the memories he did have of his designated unit where less than stellar. with it having killed his mother and all. Even so he was loyal to his father and his scenario.
"Well your about to find out a whole of a lot more about it."Misato told him,Shinji for his part merely nodded.
"Oh,I think I should give you this"Shinji hands his summoning letter along with his NERV I.D card to Misato.
"Thanks,i was just about to ask for them anyways."She said matter-of-factually.
Then the car-train entered the Geo-front proper. The photographs he had access to didn't even come close to making it justice,the buildings that extended from the ceiling the gigantic pyramid of glass standing beside in an artificial lake and the lifts that interconnected the super-structure that was the HQ and the surface,it all fascinated him.
"Amazing,its a real Geo-front!"Shinji said excitedly as he took in the beauty of the place. I was expecting it,yet it still looks so amazing.
"Yup,This our secret Base,NERV headquarters,the key to rebuilding our world..."She said as she too took in the beauty.
"A fortress for all mankind."He'd heard those words before,one of his teacher's lessons about his future work place.
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"From this point on,command of the operation will be entrusted to you, NERV commander Ikari."The general in the middle stated,though he seemed none too pleased about having to say those words.
"show us your at least mildly capable."he added."Can your weapons even destroy this thing?we've used the most power-full weapon mankind has ever created and it did nothing but slow it down. Why should your toy be any more effective?"He asked,looking down on Ikari,both physically and metaphorically.
"Trust us,defeating angels is after all,NERV's Only purpose for existing."As far as you are aware at least. Gendo added mentally. He then took the elevator up,where Fuyutsuki waited for him. "And to call the n2 mine mankind's most powerful weapon is incorrect." He added from above.
"Has our spare pilot arrived yet?"Fuyutsuki asked.
"My son has arrived,yes."Gendo put emphasis on the word 'my' and 'son',he was aware of Fuyutsuki's reservations about the boy's special treatment when compared to the other pilots,just as Fuyutsuki was aware of Shinji's role in the scenario,a role the boy willingly followed and one that was of utmost importance.
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"Why are you wasting my time,captain Katsuragi?you known we're both short on time and manpower."A rather annoyed Ritsuko said before looking at Shinji."Is this the boy?"She asked. Shinji wondered how an organization that was funded with over 100 billion dollars per year could ever be short on time and much less manpower. Are we really that wasteful?
"Wha?Oh,yeah,according to the Marduk report he's the Third Child."Misato answered quickly.
"That would be me Shinji Ikari,Pleasure to meet you, I presume?"He says with a small smile,he'd stopped reading the NERV welcome pamphlet quite the while ago,he knew most if not all of what it said anyway. "I've researched your work,especially in the field of bio-mechanical engineering,its impressive."
"He's quite a bit more friendly than his father,isn't he?"Misato simply laughs in response,while Shinji blushes slightly.
"Handle the rest of this, I'm going to go welcome my son." Gendo ordered,Fuyutsuki nods an turns back towards the feed.
"Status?" The old man asks.
"Target has started moving again." One crew-member responds calmly.
"Very well. Assume battle stations,level one." He orders.
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"Repeat,battle stations,level one,prepare for ground-unit interception" Shinji heard the voice say, now that confused him,was that just a woman on the bridge announcing,an automated pre-recorded message?the magi's own automated voice?He knew most of NERV's secrets,more so than Misato. Ritsuko now...she knew of his father's scenario,the question was how much?more so than him?perhaps,not that it mattered at the moment,he had a battle to fight and worrying about the future was irrelevant if he couldn't guarantee it. While he was busy thinking of that he'd over-heard Misato and Ritsuko talking,they were speaking about unit-01,more specifically its probability of activation.0,000000001% I can work with those odds. And they are probably calculated with the notion that I've never piloted before,well technically speaking I haven't,but simulation training is something,Right?please don't tell me I'm completely un-prepared for this. well only one way to find out.
The lights on the room were off and he could hear the sound of his steeping making a metallic noise,where the hell were they?His question was answered moments later when the lights turned on and he found himself standing face-to-face with Eva-01.
"This is man's ultimate humanoid fighting machine..."Ritsuko began.
"Evangelion unit-01,the test unit if remember correctly,this is the one I'll be piloting?"Shinji asked while cutting her off
"Correct."That was not Ritsuko but his own father."It's been a while,Shinji."
"Yes,4 years?Good to see you again father."He said as he looked above towards his father.
"Likewise"He answers aloud and then continues "we're moving out."
"Moving out?!"Misato asks,he wouldn't!throw his own son into the Eva without training,it would be suicide!"Unit-00's still in cryo-stasis,isn't it?"She looks at unit one."Wait a second,your gonna use unit 1,aren't you?"
"There's no other way."Ritsuko answers.
"We don't even have a pilot!"Misato states.
"One's been delivered"She looks directly at Shinji.
"Your serious,aren't you?You'll send him out to die!"Misato couldn't just accept that,to send an untrained child against the angel.
"Third,you will pilot"Ritsuko said as she looked at Shinji,ignoring Misato's outburst. Shinji made a barely noticeable nod.
"How will he even do it,Rei took over 7 months to synch with her own Eva. Its impossible,he's never even seen an Eva before."
"And? he doesn't need to have seen an Eva to sit down on the plug."Was Ritsuko's answer.
"But...he's just a child.."
"Killing the angel's is not only NERV'S but mankind's only priority,if putting a child in the entry plug gives us even the slightest of chances at doing that,then we must. You understand that don't you,captain?"She finally asks,but it wasn't really a question,both of them knew the answer was yes.
Suddenly explosions started sounding off above and debris fell into the Geo-front from the city above causing the entire facility to shake violently and for lights to fall down from above. Shinji's only thoughts as the lights fell on him were that he was going to die,die against some fucking lights. not even Sachiel outside but mother,fucking,ceiling lights.
He closes his eyes and wonders if it will be painless,and then unit-01 stirs stooping the lights from falling on him. Protecting him.
"mother.."He whispers.
"No,that's not possible!It doesn't have an entry plug installed,it shouldn't move!"Ritsuko said with wide eyes.
"It Reacted without an interface?or was it protecting something?protecting him?But why?"Misato said as she looked at the Eva's hand over Shinji's head.
Shinji gets up and cleans his shirt off dust for the third time today."Let's do it,I'll pilot"He stated with far more confidence than either Ritsuko or Misato expected of the boy.
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"cooling process finished,no irregularities detected."
"Right arm binding repaired and functional"
"Cage is now in position"
"Termination plug,removed,ready to accept entry plug"
"Inserting entry plug"
Shinji feelt the plug lower and then rotate into place as it locked itself into the Eva's spine and then he could hear the chatter of the operators again.
"Plug in position,Initiating unit"
"LCL immersion starting,LCL Shows no impurities,Flooding the plug in 3,2,1"The liquid raises up into mouth,Shinji chooses the more painful yet less nauseating method of taking it all in through his nose rather than mouth.
"Don't worry,the liquid is oxygenated."No shit Ritsuko,i though you wanted to drown mankind's last hope. He nearly said it out loud but decided it would probably be a bad idea to badmouth Ritsuko,for now.
"It tastes like blood."That was always what he'd hated most about LCL,it both tasted and smelled like blood,he had of course gotten used to it eventually but it still bothered him if he spent more than a week or two without being submerged in it.
"Connecting umbilical cable now. Umbilical cable connected without incident."They continued on while ignoring his comment.
"All circuits are nominal and transmitting power as expect"
"Secondary contacts,connecting."
"A-10 nerve connection,nominal"
"Setting logic language to Japanese."
"Checking for performance issues,none found,performance nominal."
"Bi-directional circuits,open."
"Synchronization ratio at 64% and holding."A bridge operator reported Dumbstruck
"What?how is that possible,check the magi for errors on synchronization ratio display." Ritsuko ordered,Shinji synch ratio was pretty high,he'd been told he was a natural, the problem was that here it wasn't supposed be that high. Well,not like he would lower his synch ratio just so he'd seem less suspicious.
"Magi reports a 0,00000000000045% probability of error sempai" the same operator,Maya,replied.
"Amazing" Was Ritsuko's response and by the look on Misato's face it seemed like she was thinking the same thing
"Harmonics are normal,no disturbances."
"We can do this."Ritsuko didn't seem to believe her own words,here they were,proving to the world they wouldn't go out without a fight. Misato's only response was a wide smile and a nod.
"Prepare to launch."Misato ordered.
Shinji heard quite the bit more chatter from the crew as the various locks around his evangelion were dis-engaged and it was moved to the launch pad.
In the bridge Misato looked at commander Ikari.
"Can we really do this?"Was her question. A simple one but with a lot of meaning behind it.
"Its our only choice,we have no future otherwise."Was Gendo's reply,He looked at the screen that showed the inside of the entry plug."Are you ready for this?"
"Hai!" He then gives them a thumbs up.
"LAUNCH!"Misato shouted.
And Shinji screamed. He had trained for a lot of things,but the one thing he hadn't trained for was going towards the surface at mach 15.
And as the Eva leaves the launch catapult he sees himself face-to-face with Sachiel,the first of many angels he would have to kill.
And he was ready.
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Hello there,as some of you might have noticed,this is an updated version of this chapter with less grammatical errors but little to no alteration on the plot itself.
This chapter didn't really have too many deviations from canon,but those will mostly happen later on.