*DISCLAIMER* I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion, the character,
or much of anything really.
This is a Alternate Universe fic., being one, the characters
might be OOC, Ill do my best to keep them IC as much as possible.
Instead of giving you a long description on how this world is
different from the real EVA world, Ill let the story do that.
Some things I can tell you are that there are no angels and
everything exists as it would if the Second Impact never
happened, hence no Tokyo 3. This is a prologue that leads into
the real story involving most of the EVA cast. There will romance
later in the story, but for now it's basically just action.
Prologue to "The Twelve"
A tall man in a business suit along with his four remaining body
guards looked behind them as the helicopter they had just landed
in exploded into a burning ball of metal.
"Run!" screamed one of the now badly shaken soldiers.
All five of the men did just that, they ran with everything they
had into the tall dark warehouse. Once they were inside the men
didn't stop running, they simply slowed down enough to turn the
many corners in this maze of a building.
"We have to reach the communications room!" the man in the suit
yelled. "It's not too far ahead." Turning another corner the man
stopped and spun around ordering two of the men to stand guard
here and wait for whatever it was that was following them.
"Yes sir." The two camouflaged figures said in unison to the
command that was sure to cause their demise.
The three remaining men continued running as the two soldiers
they left behind cocked their rifles and took a knee in a
defensive position behind a small overturned table one of the
guards had found.
"Something's coming . . . " the older of the two mercenaries
whispered.
Finding no comfort in his younger partner, who was now noticeably
shaking, the man panicked and yelled the order, "Open fire!"
The dark hallway was illuminated and filled with lead as the two
men unloaded their cartridges into the hallway, firing blindly.
"Grenade!" was the only thing the younger soldier heard before
being deafened and blinded.
The hallway filled with a blinding white light and a ear
shattering boom as the modified flash bang grenade exploded.
Both of the body guards were now combat ineffective, being
permanently blind and deaf, however, this wasn't going to be
enough for the assailant.
The younger soldier had dropped his assault rifle and was on his
knees holding his face, the older man was on his feet squinting,
trying to get a view of what was attacking them. All he could
make out was bright white. He stumbled back a bit when he felt a
presence approach him. Having no time to react the man just stood
there in a daze as a bullet entered his leg and the figure who
shot him ran up, broke his arm and kicked his kneeling partner in
the face in one move.
Running through the dark hallway trying keep up with the man in
the suit, one of the soldiers who was still alive tried to radio
in to check up on the two men they had left. When no response
came back they all stopped and began trying to radio again.
A single slug passed through the body guard's hand, through the
radio handset and into the man's chest knocking him onto the
ground.
"Move!" the only guard left yelled frantically as he fired off
rounds towards the dark figure.
Bullets barely missed the unknown assassin as she jumped behind a
crate and began to return fire. Changing magazines she cursed at
the delay this was causing. The black clothed girl raised from
her position and fired off a few more rounds toward the corner
where the soldier and hopefully the man in the suit were.
"Damnit!" the now injured mercenary screamed as a hot metal round
entered his knee. "I'm hit he yelled as he turned around to see
the man he was protecting grab a single grenade off of the
soldier's vest and punch him in the face. Shocked and in pain he
stumbled backward into the line of fire. His eyes grey wide as he
took two more rounds and fell to the floor.
The operative got to her feet, pistol still trained on the corner
where she had just downed what she thought to be the mans last
body guard. She warily began to approach the adjoining hallway as
a gloved hand gripping a pistol came around the corner and
blindly fired two wild shots in her direction.
Hearing the fast paced foot steps of the suited man the operator
turned the corner just in time to see a small circular object
rolling toward her. Seeing the grenade the agent gasped and
turned around to try to avoid the blast and was thrown by the
force of the explosion around the corner and into the wall.
Regaining her composer she checked herself for wet spots, running
her hands along her back she was shocked and horrified to find
several pieces of jagged metal stuck in her back. In a panic she
felt under her armor to make sure the ballistic vest had done its
job.
"Continue moving." A emotionless voice came over her headset.
"Yeah, yeah I know." The field op. complained as she got to her
feet and continued sprinting down the hallway.
"He has locked himself inside a room and has began to transmit
the dataI can't stop him." The voice over the headset said.
Arriving at the room, she raised her weapon to the doorknob and
fired, blowing off the lock. Kicking down the door she aimed at
the man's head and pulled the trigger.
Realizing she was out of ammunition he turned around and fired
twice, hitting her once in the shoulder. The force of the slug
turned her clockwise bringing her left arm and the pistol she had
pulled from her belt in line with the mans head. She fired,
killing him and destroying the computer monitor he was sitting in
front of.
"Well?" the now injured and bleeding operative said to the
slightly shorter agent that had just appeared behind her without
turning around.
Pressing a device on her ear the shorter girl signaled H.Q.
"Yes." Came a voice in the girls ear.
"Mission failed." She calmly said.
"Understood." The voice came back.
"I see." The injured agent said with noticeable disappointment in
her voice. "There will be hell to pay for this."
"Yes." The smaller girl blankly answered while reaching for a
compartment on the back of her vest. Retrieving a small, cylinder
shaped object she set it for one minute then tossed it into the
room. After removing her own equipment she held out her arms as
her partner began to take off her load bearing vest and armor.
Throwing all of the equipment into the room she closed the door
and looked at her partner who was bleeding from the shoulder.
"We need to move." The inured girl said cradling her injured arm.
"Yes." The shorter agent said as they both began walking away.
Both operatives could feel the heat as the fire-bomb exploded
incinerating everything in that room. The computer, the weapons
and the man were all now dust.
"Are we clear?" the pilot of the black hawk helicopter yelled through his microphone.
"Good to go!" one of the agents said giving him the thumbs up
while strapping herself in. Taking off her goggles and face
covering hood revealing her auburn hair the girl said "I trust
your mission was a success Rei."
"Yes, the gas leak is set." The crimson eyed girl said as the
building exploded with a blinding explosion and a shockwave that
shook the helicopter.
"Some gas leak." The young red haired agent said grinning.
The blinking transmission light caught both of the girl's
attention as Rei flipped a switch on the radio so both agents
could hear in their headsets.
"How much did they get?" asked one of the female agents.
"Everything." The voice on the radio came back. "Their next
target will be Shinji."
Both girls looked at each other for a moment before a female
voice came through their headsets.
"Agents Rei and Asuka you leave for Tokyo, Japan in two hours."