Supervillains of Eva: Black Vengence

Summary: She knew she was made to die. She always did, but she didn't care. Then she came in contact with another form of life, and everything changed… for the worse. See Author's Note inside.

Author's Note: I got this idea while reading other fanfics. I don't really know where to go with this, so any feedback will be much appreciated.

Encounter

A ten year old Rei Ayanami stared at the walls of her new apartment, hugging her legs close to her chest. She had been placed there just this morning, and now that darkness had settled, she wanted to be anywhere but where she was.

Rei was not stupid. She knew why she had been put here. The Commander created her to die. She had already died once, she could remember. Now, he had finished telling her everything he felt she needed to know, and he had left her here, in one of the worst parts of Tokyo 3.

It didn't matter if she died. He'd just bring her back to life.

Blinking tears out of her eyes, Rei slowly formulated a plan. She would kill herself, over and over again, until he tired of her and ended her life permanently. Then, she wouldn't have to be part of his scenario. Then, she would no longer be alone, because she would no longer exist.

Standing, she pulled off her black skirt and red blouse. There was no need to get her clothes dirty in the process. She left her underwear on, wanting to be somewhat decent when she was discovered. Then she moved toward the window, intending to jump the five stories to the ground.

She never made it to the window.

With a crash, something came clean through said window, sending her running into the adjacent kitchen in fright. Rei heard something soft land in her room, as well as smelling the terrible stench of burnt flesh. Wrinkling her nose, she cautiously peaked out to see what had happened.

A small, black, burnt ball – about the size of a small melon – sat in the center of a dent in the floor. The dent was black as well, betraying the heat that had blackened it. Curios, as she had never seen a meteor before, she approached it, carefully reaching out…

The ball suddenly morphed grasping her hand and traveling up her arm. She panicked as the amorphous substance began to enfold her and tried to remove it, only to succeed in spreading it further across her. Images, words, ideas, and memories filled her until she passed out, her brain working overtime to process the changes.

When she woke, she still lay on the floor, the substance now gone, but she knew what it was. It was a part of her now, and the new instincts and emotions she felt made her want to laugh in evil delight. Instead she stood, looking at her hands as she focused. A devious smile spread across her face as the blue-tinted black substance emerged from her skin, covering her as she watched. A second presence wrapped around her mind as she spoke to herself, hissing through sharpening teeth.

"Revenge is like a poison that can destroy us, but in this case, it has given me the resolve to fight back," she chuckled. Her own scenario was forming in her mind, and it involved becoming respected and feared, but most especially feared. "I will play your game for now, Commander, but I've grown tired of your hand feeding me desolation. The time will come when I bite that hand, and when that day comes, there will be no way for you to purge yourself of this Venom."

Four years later…

"Sorry, but all lines are down due to a state of emergency."

"Crap," Shinji Ikari muttered, hanging up the phone. Then a thought occurred to him. What if what my Uncle warned me about is true? Could this be the cause of Venom?