The Eva series, once used to fight of powerful beings known as the angels, have been become a weapon for world wars, this is world war III the truest and most destructive war. So far the casualties are numbered somewhere in the 10's of millions. These powerful tools have been taken and used by nations around the world to account for amazing amounts of destruction.
Piloted by teenagers these weapons are built and then a pilot found and chosen. The children who pilot these massive siege weapons are referred to as the children. This each nation refers to them as the 1st child, 2nd child, and so on. The children control the Eva's through a process of harmonizing with the biological part of the Eva therefore granting control to the Eva through the cockpit.
The pilot is put inside of an entry plug, which is basically the cockpit; they are then entered into the back of the Eva where they will begin interacting with the Eva. The pilot feels and sees anything that happens to the Eva while they are inside of the Eva. The Eva series has now discovered a longer lasting battery; it will go now 10 minutes on optimal power and 5 minutes on minimum life support without the umbilical cable.
There are 3 main powers, Nerv, which is the main Eva Corporation of Japan, China, Russia, and Germany. Cerebral, which is the main Eva Corporation of America, Canada, and England. Firefly, which is the main Eva Corporation of Australia, France, Greece, and Italy. Each of them controlling and running about 4 Evas at a time.
"Commander Kilgrav, we have found a pilot for the 3rd Eva." The radio blurted in and out with static written across every word.
Commander Xerick Kilgrav tapped the armrest of his chair with his fingertips. He scanned over the documents that contained the identity of the 6th child in the Nerv foundation. Kilgrav wasn't one to be taken lightly at all, in fact everyone knew him to be cruel and quite demanding. He was a restless entity, and he expected all of his employees to be same. Though he did treat each of them with the respect they deserved he was not light hearted, and rarely ever smiled. Just the words that he spoke seemed to drive everyone to work, his voice the whip. He donned light brown hair with pure black eyes, he lacked the whiteness in his eyes that everyone else seemed to have. Whenever he was near Nerv at all he donned his commanders Uniform.
"Well then does that mean we will have 3 pilots?" Lieutenant Colonel Katsuragi spoke up from behind Kilgrav who continued to stare at the papers completely unchanged.
Lieutenant Colonel Shohito Katsuragi, the 2nd in command at Nerv, was the right hand man to Kilgrav, he like his boss was not accepting of failure, though his complexion had a softer way of displaying that, he was slightly less feared by the faculty with good reason, he just wasn't as plain scary as Kilgrav. He stood 5'10" only 2 inches taller than Kilgrav.
"Well Shohito it does mean that we will have more pilots than just Shinji and Asuka." Kilgrav's monotonous voice filled the air as he spoke to Shohito.
"How will they react to another child piloting I wonder? And where will he live… We are running out of space since the Tokyo repopulation act"
"He will live with the other two children, Lieutenant Ru'Thon can take care of them without any problems."
"Is it ok to be forcing this upon all the children?"
"They will accept it Shohito, do not forget your place."
"Yes sir."
James walked into the classroom and was greeted almost immediately by the class rep, she was a kind person but generally unbearable. She was just a little to cheerful for his taste. Most of the girls in his class were that way with the exception of 2, Asuka Langley Sohryu, and Michelle Morita. Both of which were overall cruel and mean. James made his way past his teacher who was quite short, brushing off the class rep. She gave him a slight humph before taking her seat at the front. James continued to walk along the rows heading towards the back waiting for his seat.
James stood at 6'3" and with his blonde hair; he was the Russian dreamboat at his school. He had been transferred there about 2 weeks ago, he didn't quite know why, but that didn't stop him enjoying life. He had a slight accent, though he tried to keep it under control. Both of his parents were American and had died after his 9th birthday in Russia during the third impact. Now 7 years later he is in Japanese schools, with his only true friend.
On his way down the rows Michael Wade, an American who had been at the school long before James had ever transferred held out his hand. Mike was a rather large kid he was well built, and he stood slightly shorter than James at 5'11". Michael's hand was met with James' as he took his seat to the right of Mike. Kicking his feet up on the desk he bent over to the left and begun whispering while the teacher idly went on talking.
"So my good man, how was your weekend?"
"Weekend?" whispered Mike as he turned to face James. "Well first of all, the class rep came to my apartment and begun demanding that she be my tutor because my marks are down."
"Why didn't you get Asuka to help you, I've been to Germany I know the school system, she's a fuckin genius if you help her understand the Japanese."
Michael and James both laughed at the comment; it was true on so many different levels. She was a genius but her Japanese really wasn't that good. She was the German girl that all the guys wanted, James and Mike just thought it was funny to watch guys do the stupidest things for her. Everyone knew that she and Shinji piloted the Eva during war, but they always thought that there was something else between them. Though when you saw the two together she was usually swearing at him in German but that didn't deter our curious minds.
"Mr. Black and Mr. Wade do you have something you would like to share with the rest of us?"
James and Mike exchanged some looks before James stood up and began saluting his teacher and they both looked at each other once again. Both of them hated authority, and it just so happened that James spoke fluent German and Mike understood most of it.
"Meine Augen sind sehr schlecht." He said with a laugh.
Soon the rest of the class started laughing at the teacher, however Shinji continued to stare blankly into his computer screen while Asuka turned around and begun swearing in German under her breath once again. They sat down as the teacher begun yelling at us, they just kind of tuned out until suddenly over the loud speaker came the morning announcements.
"Welcome everyone to Tokyo-3 High School. Next weekend is the school picnic. Don't forget to bring some food. Tomorrow is finals day so everyone study tonight and raise your marks. That is all the announcements for today. Oh yeah would James Black report to the principals office."
The classroom suddenly became silent as eyes started to dart towards James the teacher nodded to him and James nervously stood up, sure he was disobedient but he had never been to the principals office before or at least not for disciplinary problems. He looked at Mike who also gave him an odd look. He walked out of the room and then murmuring began in the classroom as he began walking down the hall.
"I understand your concerns Mr. Nasagi, but please trust us, James, like Asuka and Shinji, will be given a choice and will be safe for the most part." Shohito continued to explain the situation to the Principal.
"Mr. Katsuragi, you must understand my worry is for my students not this war."
Shohito sighed softly as the Principal continued to talk in the background. It truly did bother him though, it didn't seem right that 15-17 year old children pilot these massive machines of war, putting their own life on the line, and they were the only one that can do it. Though this mind setting was short lived as the door slid open and James stepped into the room.
"You wanted to see me Mr. Nasagi?" he said bowing to both of the men.
"Yes James, this man is Mr. Katsuragi he is the Lieutenant Colonel at Nerv, it would appear that you have been chosen as the 6th child to pilot an EVA, I'm afraid I have more pressing matters to work with so if you would both take this elsewhere I would be quite appreciative."
James was shocked his mouth was sitting wide open he couldn't believe what he was hearing; his first thoughts were hell no. He didn't want to risk his life for this god-forsaken war. Children should pilot nothing this powerful. But the more he thought about it the more he grew to understand that he did want to, in fact this is exactly what he wanted, recognition.
As both Shohito and James left the office they heard the principal let out some swear words, before following Shohito out to the track. They began walking Shohito held his tongue wanting James to take in all of this information before he started talking.
"Well James, you know why I am here, we are in need of pilots for this war, you know what the EVA are and how they function, we ask that you would pilot for us. But it is your choice."
"What about my school and my friends?" James looked up at Shohito with curious eyes. There were just so many things that could rip his life apart if he did this.
"You will attend the same school and still be able to talk to your friends. You will even get to meet new people, for example some of the employees and even the other two pilots."
"You are referring to Shinji and Asuka?"
"Yes…"
"What about my house where will I live, and my stuff?"
"You have already been relocated, we own a small apartment complex inside Nerv itself you will live next door to Lieutenant Ru'Thon, he is a good man and he is the guardian of all the children, Shinji and Asuka live with him."
"If I do this will I die?" James's Voice had cracked a little bit, he did fear death more than anything else, and he didn't try and pretend like he wasn't afraid of it.
"There is that chance, but you will never do a solo mission, you have allies. Will you be ok with piloting?"
"If I don't pilot who will pilot?"
"We will search for a 7th child someone who will be able to pilot it in your place."
"I see."
"Will you pilot the EVA?"
"Yes I will."
"Wonderful in that case here is your new address and Nerv id card, I will see you tonight during the training sessions with the rest of the children. Talk to Ru'Thon when you get there."
Shohito left with a goodbye as he walked towards the middle of the field and a small helicopter had appeared from the sky and landed, he looked back at James as he stood there looking at the ground, he shook his head.
"Poor kid."
He go into the helicopter and they both took off, class was about over so James just continued to walk around the track. After class had ended Mike came looking for James and saw him walking around the track, when he approached James he made no attempt to talk to Mike. Mike put his hand on James shoulder and shook him softly.
"James talk to me man… What's wrong with you." Mike continued to shake him until he faced him.
"They want me to pilot an EVA, I told them I would."
Mike looked at James with disbelief, his best friend had been picked as an EVA pilot, that to mike meant he would never get to be friends, at least not in the same way. He breathed in and out as they both started walking around the track.
"Will you be attending this school?"
"Ja, James will attend this school, he will just live by us rather than you." Asuka spoke up as she approached them, looking at both of them in the pathetic state they were. She knew about James' selection as a pilot. And had the job of getting James safely to his new house.
"Asuka, what are you doing here?" Mike said to her quite surprised as she approached them.
"I'm here to take James to his new home, James, gehen wir nach Nerv." She was now turned completely to James not wanting Mike to understand what was going on.
"Ich habe keine Lust auf nach Hause gehen."
"You have to James. Stop being such a Dumbkoft!" She yelled at him as she passed by him and grabbed him by the arm and begun walking towards the street, he just weakly walked with her trying to turn around and wave to Mike. He began walking with her at his own free will as they slowly closed in his car. He pulled out his keys and unlocked the doors, Asuka slipped into the passenger side. He took one last look at the school before he opened his door and sat in the drivers seat. They took off towards Nerv HQ.
When they finally got near HQ Asuka began talking to him
"You know James, it wont be that bad. You won't die, Shinji and I will protect you."
"I saw some of your last fights, Shinji can barley protect you, let alone me. I don't know why you like him." At these words Asuka's face turned a bright red color, she did like Shinji but she didn't think anyone else had noticed. She immediately got flustered and begun yelling at James in German.
As they approached the entry gate James pulled out his new ID and after looking at it for a quick second he swiped it and the gate opened. Asuka began pointing around telling him, which ways went, where, to get to the apartments he needed to take a left. So he did, and as they got nearer the apartments he sighed when they parked. Both of them exited the vehicle in none to happy state. They both headed to the elevator that took them to the 7th floor, they exited the elevator and went to room 712, and Asuka reached into her pocket and pulled out a key card that opened the door. She walked in and likewise James followed suit.
The next person that James met scared him quite thoroughly, Lieutenant Ricor Ru'Thon stood there at 6'5" his head almost touched the wall, and his overall appearance scared James half to death. He had no pupils and just white eyes; he was closely related to the commander of Nerv, rather his fraternal twin. Though he changed his name out of hate of his parents. He looked as though he could snap James like a twig.
"Asuka is this the boy?" He asked Asuka as she nodded and left to her room.
"Well James Black, the 6th child, you will be living next door your ID will open the door. I am your supervisor your ID opens both these doors and thus you are welcome to come here for breakfast and visit if you want, in your room I have provided a Cell Phone, and a guide to the EVA. Please read over that in your spare time, and enjoy the use of the cell phone."
"Will I be able to have my friends over for visits?"
"Yes as long as you keep them away from the Nerv Headquarters, that is off limits to civilians. Might I suggest taking a nap before the big night, this will be your first harmonics test and also practice duel. You will be piloting EVA unit 07, codename Light. He may be relatively weak armored but his speed is unmatched by any other EVA."
"Ok then I will be heading out."
"Come by if you want to visit"
Like that would ever happen, James hated that man at his first look of him, he was just so damn tall and scary. James turned and left the apartment without another word as Asuka yelled out of her room followed by Shinji.
"Auf Wiedersen."
"See you tonight James."
James sighed as he walked out and down to the next room sliding his ID across the door panel it opened up and he walked inside. It was very roomy, he was the only person there, it had a kitchen front room television and on the table was the manual and cell phone, his room in the back. All of his stuff had already been set up; he walked back into his room and took a look around falling onto the bed.
"This is going to be the worse mistake of my life.