Neon Genesis Evangelion belongs mainly to GAINAX and not to me. This fic, however, incorperates the characters and settings from the TV series. Most of the story, here, is mine. Also, I do not own Dolby, as they, themselves, do. I don't own anything mentioned in this fic if you believe that another person does. Don't sue me!
And, so, here's the prologue. Nice and short. The first chapter is soon to go up.
Much effort has been put in this to make for an interesting tale. Start with what we have - this magnificant cast of characters - put them in the most unexpecting situation, and you shall see... a new beginning. Secrets will unfold before your eyes, things never done before will be done by the most unexpected, things will never look the same again. It all begins now. So, begin. I'm done.
Elements
Original Idea/Plot by Nathan Rawlins
Adapted/Written by William Wong
Prologue
Asuka shoved the door to the side and stormed in. Paused. Turned around and went back out again, red in the face.
A moment later, Misato opened the door, again, and called, "Shinji, get up, we got to get to NERV pretty soon."
Shinji turned in his sheets and groaned, "Mmm... But I was having a really good dream..." He became aware of the light that streamed through the window. He succeeded in opening his eyes by squinting at the light, but gave in and turned away from the window, facing Misato's feet.
"Yeah," said Misato, "I can tell."
Shinji blinked again and looked down at what Misato was referring to. With a squeal, he jumped, hid his crotch and ran out of the room, half-naked. He ran past Asuka, sitting at the table, and straight to the bathroom. Asuka's first and only thought about this came. Baka...
In the shower, Shinji twisted the cold-water knob on full blast.
Nothing came out.
On cue, Misato called out from the other side of the door, "Oh, yeah. It's a little cold, today... so the water system's frozen..."
It turned out that opening the window a bit served just as well as a cold shower for Shinji; however, he struggled to get out from under the pile of snow.
Meanwhile, at a particularly dark apartment, a siren was set off.
Lights flashed blue, red and green. These colours, however, seemed to cancel each other out, combining to give a simple, bright white. They woke the room's occupants, either way.
Maya, the frist to respond, snapped into a sitting position with a start. She looked at the electronic message board on the wall, opposite, which scrolled some messages in red LEDs. She couldn't quite read the message, but she got it, anyway. "Oh, no! Not another angel!"
She jumped out of futon and dashed to get her contacts. "Guys! Get up!" She yelled. "Come on! It's another one!" She then rushed to the bathroom and began to change.
Shigeru moaned and twisted. "Oh, I don't want to get up... Just give me a few minutes." Makoto, however, got up and stretched slowly.
"Get up or Maya's going to splash water on our heads again, Shigeru," he said, making his futon in a sleepy fasion. It has happened numerous times, actually, to both him and Shigeru when either one couldn't get out quickly enough before Maya was changed into her typical NERV uniform. Such were the lives of these flatmates.
Shigeru squeezed his eyes. "Mmm... But I was having a really good dream..."
"Yeah, I can tell," said Maya, looking down at him, sternly.
Shigeru looked up at Maya. He got a bucketful of extremely cold water.
"But all of humanity depends on us getting up and getting dressed," she continued. "Lets go!"
"Whatever," moaned Makoto. He wondered if Maya even read what the message board said, and checked for himself. Nope, it was definitely an angel.
All the while, Gendou was meditating. His legs were crossed in an inverted way and his hands were put together between his thighs. It had a tub of Nestlé Yogurt on it. The room was candle-lit. Gendou meditated quietly.
"Yummm..."
His resonating chant was interrupted, and Gendou's answering machine beeped. Ritsuko Akagi's voice entered. "Hey, commander. Uh, sorry, I know you're meditating, right now, but we have a potential angel indicated by the MAGI. We'll need you real soon... Oh, and I hear there's a blizzard going on up there. You can't take the train. See you real soon." The machine beeped again.
Gendou eyes slowly opened, revealing two glaringly shiney irises; light reflected off them from a small slit in the windows that landed on him. They gleamed in the darkness of the room, brighter than the little yellow flames. Gendou's eyelids became two, ominousslits of light. For some reason, his eyes were naturally like that. Gendou put on his prescription sunglasses and stood up.
He acknowledged the snow. No train, today. "Time for plan B..."
Misato's car slid down the road at high speed.
Bang! She hit a parked car.
Bang! She hit a phone booth.
Bang! She hit a pedestrian.
Bang! She hit a bike.
Bang! She hit a rabbit.
Wait a minute thought Misato, aren't rabbits extinct?
Bang! She hit a light pole.
"Dammit!" she shouted. The blizzard has been quite heavy and no one would be able to see more than five meters in it. Yet, perhaps Misato's blood-alcohol level might have contributed. Certainly, she wouldn't have seen Rei walking in the blizzard if she hadn't hit the light pole.
"Rei?" said Misato after she emerged from her car. "What are you doing? It's negative sixty degrees out here! You don't think some loose bandages are gonna keep you warm!? ...You wanna ride?"
Ironically, Rei was known as the Icy Queen to the few who knew her, but she nodded and entered the car. She threw her bag across the back, which hit Shinji square in the crotch. He gasped and his voice went entirely high-pitched. "Gah! Eek! Oooh..." Shinji forced a clenched smile at Rei as she sat next to him.
"Err," his new voice said. "Hi, Rei."
Misato drove on.
She hit hit a couple of other things on the way, but as she approached what she estimated as the intersection, she realized there was a major traffic jam ahead. "Oh, shit!"
She skidded, slid, and hit the first car she saw. Bang! Everyone in the car was thrown to the right. Perhaps rolling once, and sliding, and bumping around other cars, Misato's poor car bounced around like a pinball in slow motion, making all sorts of interesting noises as it hit certain things. When the noise had died down, only traffic noise was heard.
Shinji couldn't help but notice his head was buried right into Rei's chest.
He had contemplated whether he should jump out and apologize right away or pretend he was unconscious or dead. He wasn't quick at making decisions.
"Get a room, Baka," grunted Asuka. She turned away in disgust, with steam coming out of her fiery hair, aiding in melting some of the snow that surrounded within a four meter radius.
"Watch out, Shigeru!"
Bang! They all smashed into Misato's car.
Bang! Kaji smashed into Shigeru's car.
Bang! Kouzou smashed into Kaji's car. (It was a rental - Fuyutsuki's car.)
Jingle, jingle! A large sleigh stopped by the sidewalk next the the ruins at the intersection.
When everyone had finally emerged, unharmed, from the pile-up, they stared stupidly at the Sleigh. A thin, tall figure in a red suit emerged through the thick snow that poured from the sky. All could percieve he was solemn and serious. Too much so to be the you-know-who. All could percieve a second after that that he was Gendou.
From that moment of silence came a drunk laugh. "Hey, Grumpy Santa," mocked Misato, at last. "Where's your Christmas Spirit?"
Everyone started laughing, heartily.
Gendou looked at Misato, undaunted. "Hoe."
Everyone eventually became silent again. Gendou raised his arms.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures," he called. "Now, come with me! To war and victory!" He pointed in the direction of NERV's frontdoor. "Come! Away!"
He marched back into his giant sleigh and everyone got on.
"Glad you could make it," greeted Ritsuko. She had just started booting up MAGI when everyone came in with red coats and furry hats on. "I see the Commander has supplied you with our temporary winter uniforms. Just to let you know, I've been working on the MAGI while you were on your 'extended weekend,' so you would be happy to know I have upgraded the MAGI's hardware and platform."
"What a crappy waste of money," muttered Gendou. He was financially tight.
"I heard that!"
Gendou jumped back and pointed at her like he had just discovered it was she who pulled the plug on the Rei's. "How the hell could you hear that!?"
Ritsuko smiled. "Need I mention that the MAGI system has incorperated the new Dolby Digital Surround Sound® 17.4 Speaker/Microphone System?" She said, tapping on her earplug. As if on cue, like things have always been, the giant MAGI screen displayed the startup Dolby Digital® sign and made a mesmerizing tune (which was also trademarked).
Everyone goggled, "Oooo...!"
After some organization, Gendou stood up behind his frontdesk, and began a rather Hitler-like speech, all enhanced further by the new Surround Sound feature. His voice boomed all around the Geofront.
"Lieutenants! Sub-lieutenants! Men of NERV!
"Fifteen years of world-historical events is coming to an end. The day of great decision is nigh. In this grave period, I speak to you, Children of the Evangelions, as representatives of all Humanity. In addition, I speak to all of you to fight and defeat the Angels for Man's and our own futures!"
Already, the Japanese Flag skillfully dropped behind Gendou, flapping in the pseudo-wind, proudly. A rather patriotic one, Gendou had done. He had roused the crowd.
"Ride now! Ride Now!
"Ride! Ride for Ruin!
"AND THE WORLD'S ENDING!!!"
The people of NERV cheered in a deafening roar. They were berserkers. The janitor waved his broomstick like a primative spear. War was what they were out for. Gendou finally knew that Dolby Digital® was a good idea. He smiled above them all. The crowd never died down. They have been hyped to an insane level. Nothing can stop them.
"Sorry to interrupt," interrupted Ritsuko, looking up from her computer, "But it seems like we'll be snowbound for the next three weeks."
Silently, everyone sweatdropped in unison and immediately fell on their backs.
As the end credits scroll, the music plays "Neodämmerung".
What will happen to our characters? Can they survive the three weeks? What horrors await them, if any? Has Santa Clause reincarnated? Or has Hitler? Will the story get better? Will something happen between Shinji and... Rei? (hint hint)
I hope you enjoyed it. Credit goes out to RePliKaNT for proofing.
Look out for the first chapter, soon. And drop by a review, even if it's just to let me know you've read it. The next chater will be bigger and bolder than ever. The second will be lightly shorter, but the third will be... Well, you'll see. (To let you know, there will be some old Lord of the Rings and... The Matrix references.)
The elements begin.
