Disclaimer I do not own any rights to Evangelion or any of the other weird and wacky stuff that may or may not show in this story. Even some of the ideas present will be inspired from various other authors so all credit goes to them... I am just mixing and matching the ideas.
"Ah Gendo…." An old man said with a heavy heart as news of his wayward sons actions had reached his ears. "I honestly do not know where you get this anger from" He walks across the bright white hall waving his hand in the air which morphs to display a montage of various images. "Ever since you were recruited to be the commander of NERV and became a puppet for SEELE you have done nothing but insult you own father,and his teachings" His eyes darting over the various images in front of him, a collection of battles, faces and events.
"Alas I can not do anything to change your mind nor can I interfere directly with your precious little scenario….." he paused briefly. "But… perhaps I can play a little scenario of my own." A pleased grin crosses his lips. "It will be like your favourite game Gendo…. A game of chess… on one side will be you as the king" The old man moves his hand across a horizontal plane as a table appears in front of him , complete with a chess board and a small minature in the form of Gendo Ikari.
"An on the other side….. well it seems to be only fitting that your opposition would be your own son… Shinji… such a lovely boy I am so glad he took after his lovely mother... such a beautiful young woman Yui" A small representation of Shinji also appears on the board. "An what about the queens? I see you have the kings but what of the queens?" A soft feminine voice asks as she approaches the old man.
"Well of course my dear… however Gendo has lost Yui his queen… and Shinji is but a mere child at this point. But you are correct, like all men I will give Shinji the opportunity to find his own queen" He looks down at the small miniturre gently lifting it in his hand. "After all the boy deserves some happiness, especially for the man he is to become." The womans eyes widen with curiosity "Oh? And who will be the object of his affections my dear?" He lets a small laugh, "Well as I said he will have to choose the path for his heart to follow."
He trails off as he places the small miniature back on the table "But after speaking with Yui, she will follow her son" In an instant another miniature appears beside Shinji, it is of a rough outline with not much detail or features. He turns around to face the pale woman with her soft angelic face, "It appears that the game is on my dear…. I will leave you to determine which ladies will compete for the young mans heart…oh and another thing my dear there seems to be so much suffering on earth an with those rebellious angels around things could get worse... so lets try and make some happiness" As he walks by she lowers her body in a bow of respect and courtesy, she since proceeds her way to her own workshop.
Her eyes looking down to a series of tiny figures of various shapes and sizes, "Well let me see….I think I shall Shinji. Shinji is kind and gentle… a little introvert but maybe he needs a little encouragement to come out of his shell." She pauses for a moment as her train of thought continues to move along the tracks "Or perhaps a kind kindred soul would aid his sorrow, on the other hand maybe someone responsible he can depend on to be there for him". After a while she has selected a few possibilities but can not make her mind on which would suit him best, her mind remembers back to what the old man had said, "I will give Shinji the opportunity to find his own queen" She eventually relents and chooses them all an to let the boys young heart choose which one he will be with.
Back on Earth
Several years pass in the life of one young Shinji Ikari, a lot has happened since the terrible accident which robbed the young boy of his dear mother and to exasperate the situation. He was abandoned by his very own father for most of child hood. On his 14th birthday he receives a letter from him... originally Shinji had thought that it was a letter of apology, maybe even a birthday card. When he finally picked up the courage to open the envelop his heart was in his throat with nervous anticipation... until he read the message on the headed paper.
"Shinji Ikari,
Report to Toyko 3 immediately arrangements have been made for some one to pick you up at the train station.
Commander of Nerv Gendo Ikari"
Shinji noticed the NERV logo in the top right corner, it resembled a maple leaf along with the words "God is in his heaven, All is right with the world" something which Shinji thought was preculiar. However he was excited to see his father again and quickly ran to his dorm to pack his belongings. He had already informed this guardian of the situation and quickly left to catch the next train to Tokyo-3. Technology had progressed so much sine the second impact, magnetic bullet trains can now cross large areas of land in a few hours... an with the business class express trains using the vacumm tubes to remove the air resistance a person can travel from Old York to Tokyo – 3 in under 1 hour.
As Shinji quietly sits on the train along with his few possessions and his precious SDAT player to fill the silence and to stop people from trying to start a conversation with him. Elsewhere in Tokyo – 3 the UN defence forces have been mobilised along the outskirts of sunken city... a dark silhouette can be seen moving eerily in the water. The creature looks enormous, some what humanoid the means of propulsion, unknown as the creatures muscles do not seems to move to push its body through the water.
Along the outskirts are countless Liger tanks all equipped with standard shells, as well as the turret guns having armour piercing rounds. In Toyko – 3 itself an automated message transmitts over the large speakers in every street with the reptitive message of "Can I have your attention please, as of 12.30pm today a speacial state of emergency has been announced for the surrounding regions. All residence must evacuate to their designated shelters immediately" With in the almost ghost like city centre there is a lone blue hatchback driving through the barren streets. Its a right hand drive car meaning that it was imported from outside of Japan. The driver of the car is a beautiful young woman probably in her early twenties, with long purple hair the cascades down to her shoulders. She is dress in a short, taut mini-skirt and matching pair of black heels. A black sleeveless blouse, the whole outfit hugs tightly to her mature womanly curves. On the passenger seat appears to be a personnel file with a photo of Shinji Ikari on the front.
Following the GPS system she runs through several red lights, disregarding the city speed limit. "Damn it!! Why did I have to lose him at a time like this? Why now?" She questions herself followed by an irritated sigh, thinking back to how she could have been so irresponsible and slept in this morning. This was a direct order from the commander himself, she knew if she didnt find Shinji soon her neck would be on the line. Elsewhere in Tokyo – 3, Shinji has finally arrived at his destination, where he waited for 1 hour for someone to pick him up. He finally made the decision to try and contact someone. He didnt mind waiting, nor did he want to bother anyone, he knew people got busy and sometimes they forget things, he just wanted to see if the time was changed for someone to pick him up. "We are sorry due to state of emergency, there are no lines in use, this is a recording" Says the automated message over the public phone.
"Its no use, this is dumb, I should never have come here" as he lets out his pent up annoyance regarding his current circumstances. Why did he even bother to bring me here if he couldn't even bother to have someone pick me up, what this some sort of game? Some sick joke he wanted to play on me? Shinji reaches into the back pocket of his jeans an pulls out the picture of the person who is suppose to pick him up.
His eyes dart over the womans barely covered body as she stands in the sun, with a loose yellow tank top and a pair of tight denim shorts, he also notices the not so subtle hint of the arrow pointing to her chest with message "Notice the cleavage". He looks at his watch examining the time, "Hmm maybe should make my way to shelter or something?" Out of the corner of his eye he notices someone standing in the middle of the road, he looks round with curiousity to get a better look, however he is distracted by the birds which fly over head as he gaze shifts to them, he then looks back to the road to see who was here, but there is no one standing there. Where did they go? There was someone there wasn't there? Oh man, this heat must be getting to me.
Without warning Shinji hears the sounds of the metal extractor fans from a near by office block begin to shake violently, the electric and telephone cables over head also being to sway side to side. Shinjis ears are assaulted by some thunderous noise in the distance, he instinctively covers his ears with his hands to shield them from the onslaught as he looks up to see what the source of the noise was. He looks over to large mountainous area, where he sees several military aircraft backing away followed by a large monstrous humanoid creature, with long sharp limbs and what appears to be bones protruding from various parts of its body, with large in the middle of its chest. Shinji is then introduced to the sight of several guided missles flying over his head before proceeding to their intended target and impacting on the monsters chest.
The monster itself leans back from the impact, however other than that there are no other signs that they had any effect on it. None the less the barrage of missles continues. Shinji yells in terror as he sees on the of the planes crash beside him, followed by a large foot stepping on it, like a human would step on an ant, grinding the fallen plane under its weight. The impact of the creatures steps reverberate through the ground knocking Shinji off his feet as falls backwards landing on his ass, using his arms to shield his eyes from the explosion. Shinji then notices that a shadow is looming over him as he opens his eyes, he see the same woman from the photo, only now in a little tight black outfit, with matching sun glasses,with gold earrings and a matching gold cross. "Sorry,get in am I real late?" She askes innocently as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening.
The only thing Shinji can think at this point is Photos do not do this woman justice.... As Shinji gets in the car they both notice the sustained attack by the UN forces on the creature, their weapons having very little effect as it moves closer to the car. The woman quickly puts the petal to the metal placing the car in reverse an tried to get out of the situation like a scolded dog. As soon as they clear the area, the concrete ground shatters under the creatures weight as it moves with purpose to the heart of the city. The UN realising that there current armaments do not have the effective damage potential to destroy the creature, they launch their heavy weapons, firing a large missile towards the creature. Only to have the creature raise its right arm increasing its musculature as the missile impacts with its hand, before shredding on impact.
From the window of the car, the purple haired beauty leans over a nervous teenage Shinji who tries to avert his eyes from staring at her body. With binoculars in her hand, looking over the battle noticing the airforce quickly pulling back from the conflict. "Now wait a second.... NO!! They are gonna use an N2 mine!"She yells in response before using her body to drive Shinji to cover for his own safety. Not feeling very comfortable with a having a grown woman lying down on him.. especially one dressed in such a provocative outfit. However his protests are soon silenced as his ears pick up the thunderous sound of the explosion, as he opens his eyes only to be blinded by the light.
The shockwave impacts with the car sending it tumble back several hundred feet, once the car comes to a stop both the woman and Shinji peek their head out of the window to see the devastation. After things had settled down an they felt that it was safe to exit the car, they got out and set to work to reposition the car on its wheels. They decide that its best to lean their bodies against the hood of the car hoping to generation enough momentum to tilt the car over. Afterwards the purple haired beauty dusts off her hands, pleased with her and Shinjis work. "Nice job Shinji, your pretty useful" Shinji's eyes widden with amazment not knowing what to say, this is the first time he had ever heard someone actually thank him for anything, it was quite a shock to the system. After a while he responds, "Thank you, but I should thank you Miss Katsuragi"
"Oh Misato is fine, So Shinji Ikari we meet at last!" as she removes he sun glasses from her eyes. They are soon back on the road after patching up the car with some scavenged battery packs and lots of duck tape. The silver tape manages to hold the cars body together as it rattles down the smooth city road. "Don't worry, his safety is my top priority, so could you get a car train ready for us? An express of course!" Misato asks over the phone talking to a third party as Shinji looks out the window trying not to over hear the conversation, his eyes glancing down at Misatos short skirt as it clings to her long supple legs. Oh man! This is insane, back home I would be the envy of every guy in town.
He quietly thinks to himself a proud smile crossing his face for a brief moment. Right! Well I am the one who picked him up, so I'll make sure he get there. See Ya! She says as she ends the very brief conversation. Misato places the car phone back in the holder, as she thinks to her self, Man, this sucks! I just had this car restored and its a total wreck already! And look! My best dress has been ruined!
"Excuse me, Misato?" Shinji finally finds his voice to ask the purple haired minx. Being dragged from her thought Misatos only response is
"Hmmm, yes?"
"Are you sure you can just take those?" Shinji asks his voice shaky due to his nerves
Don't worry about it, its an emergency an we needed a working car right? And I am a government offical after all right?" Misato offers her fabricated response to the young man beside her
"I don't think anyone will buy that excuse" Shinji retorts with a hint of annoyance in his voice
"Awww your no fun! You look cute but you're kind of a cold fish" A brief blush crosses Shinjis cheeks after hearing Misato refer to him as 'cute'
"You think so?" Shinji asks again as his nerves return With a hint of excitement over the effect her words have had on the Third Child, Misato can not help but press the topic.
"Oooh did I hit a nerve there Shinji?" A wicked grin crosses her face looking to gauge his response. Followed by "Im sowy hahaha you are just a boy after all" Misato sits back with a pleased grin on her face until she hears Shinjis response.
"Well you are not as mature as I thought you would be" His words filled with bitter venom Misato scowls her face as she grinds her teeth together in frustration at Shinji and his cheeky response.
Taking upon herself to scare her passenger as starts to the steer the car wildly from side the side. Shinji begins to panic at the irregular driving, which he feels maybe the death of him. After both parties had calmed down they began to make their way down to NERV headquarters via the car train. Misato takes this time to inform Shinji of the history and existence of NERV as well as its purpose, the conversation soon reaches the topic of Shinjis father which he isnt too comfortable discussing at this point in time.
Moments later "What on earth? Isn't this the right way?" Misato asks looking a detailed map of NERV headquarters with concern in her voice that she may be lost.... again! Meanwhile Shinji is currently reading through the useless information brochuse that Misato have him back at that the car train. His eyes darting over each word, for once he was thankful that he took speed reading as an enrichment course. Shinji and Misato decide to take the elevator to the next level down, Misato gazing at how pretty she looks despite the earlier incident, Shinji again continues to read the book, fighting the urge to take a look at Misatos ass... The elevator eventually rings signalling that they had reached their destination, the doors open revealing a tall woman with short blonde hair, ruby lips dressed in a 1 piece swim suit, which left little to the imagination, as well as white lab coat, which didnt to much to cover her body, if anything it made her look even more attractive. Shinjis eyes dart between the two women, his mind wondering just where exactly he is, Is this a military base or some sort of model agency? The blonde doctor bumps into Misato pushing her backwards in the elevator, so that she can enter. Misato panics slighty before speaking
"Uh, Oh hi there Ritsuko!"
"What were you doing Captain Katsuragi? You are wasting my time 'Captain', don't you know that we are short on both time and man power?" She then turns and looks at Shinji. Who for the most part as finished reading the book and was being quiet as he took in the show of the two women arguing.
"So is this the boy?" Asks Ritsuko
"Yes, an I actually prefer to be called Shinji if you don't mind?" says Shinji, his eyes fixated on the book rather then the two women.
Ritsuko takes a deep breath before responding to the third child with a stern "Nice to meet you!"
The two women continue to talk about some E project, refering to unit 0 and unit 1, Shinji not wanting to impose on the conversation, continues to look around and reading yet another book... this one given to him by Ritsuko and detailed the scientific breakthroughs of NERV... none of which interested him. They eventually enter a dark chamber, as the doors close out all available light, Shinji begins to freak "Oh my god why is it so dark in here?" before thinking Oh my god they are going to take advantage of me!!
Almost on cue the lights activate as Shinji stares directly at a large purple face with feral pericing eyes, something about it seems familiar almost comforting to the young boy. He goes back to the technical manual to find out what this thing is.
"You wont find this in the manual" Says Ritsuko
"What?" Enquires a bewildered Shinji Ikari
"This is mankind's ultimate multi-purpose decisive weapon, the synthetic life-form known as Evangelion UNIT 1"
"Is this what my father has been working on for the past 9 years?"
"Correct" Comes a cold stern voice from above. Shinji looks up to see his father standing from what looks like an observation center. Shinjis face morphs to one of disgust at seeing his estranged father. A cocky smirk crosses the mans face as he speaks again
"We are moving out!"
"Moving out!? But Unit 0 is still in cryo-stasis, isnt it?" Asks a shocked an concerned Katsuragi Before allowing anyone to talk, Misato takes a deep breath and continues "Wait! You are not going to use UNIT 01 are you?"
"There is no other option captain" Ritsuko coldy responds
"Hold on, Rei cant do it yet, can she? After all the injuries she received from UNIT 0? We dont have a PILOT!" As cold as ice Ritsuko stares through her college friend before responding "We just received one."
Shinji feels a cold shiver creep down his spine upon hearing Ritsukos words, he silently beings to suspect that he may be the pilot. Oh god they cant be serious ! Can they?
Thats when he heard Ritsuko address him "Shinji Ikari, you will pilot UNIT 01"
"Hold on a minute! Are you insane? It took Rei several months just to be able to sync with her EVA, an you want Shinji to do it at a drop of a hat?"
"All he has to do is sit in the seat, we dont expect him to do more than that!"
"But.."
"Look, we either defeat that angel or mankind will be wiped off the face of the planet!" Shinji tired of everyone making a decision about his life finally speaks up
"So father, this is why you sent for me?!" Shinji eyes are now filled with cold hate as he glares at the man who dares call himself his father.
"Yes!"
"So, you are gonna stand there an ask me to take this thing an go out there and fight that... that monster?"
"Correct"
"Why now?"
"I called you, because now I finally have a use for you"
"Well I wont do it! Find someone else to pilot this thing"
"Then leave you little brat!" The commander turns around and orders one of the other officers to
"Wake up Rei"
"Sir can she pilot?"
"She isn't dead yet!"
"Sir yes sir" the officer turns around and begins to make his way to his the medical bay. The commander than speaks through an intercom
"Rei?"
"Yes..." in a monotone voice
"Our spare is useless, you will do it again"
"Hai!"
Ritsuko then begins to bark her orders at the technical support staff, "Reconfigure Unit 01's system to Rei then reactivate!"
Shinji turns round an sees a team of doctors and nurses wheel in a young woman around his age, with lightning blue hair and deep crimson eyes which is an exotic contrast against her flawless porcelain skin. As she his rolled past he notices her right arm is in a cast, her left is heavily bandages as well her her right eye and being attached to an IV. She tries to sit up on the bed, but the pain of her injuries shoot through every muscle and nerve in her body. Her breathing becomes heavy as she closes her eyes , tears begin to stream down her face as she waits for the agony to pass. Shinjis mind begins to race with the realization of the situation before him, He wouldn't, would he? No, even he would not do such a thing. I cant let him hurt that girl
Just as he is about voice his concern about the situation, the entire foundation of the compound shook violently, several parts of debris feel from the ceiling. Shinji acting instinct ran to shield vulnerable young woman as the doctor and nurses ran to save there own skin. He had braced himself to the imminent impact of the shards of glass and metallic debris to collide with his body, however when that didn't happen he opened his eyes an saw a large hand looming over them.
Did that thing move to protect us? He looks down at the beautiful young woman that he was holding his arms, as she shook violently grabbing on to his body for comfort and protection Shinji can hear her cries of pain as she mutters "Not again... please not again..." Shinji having seen enough of his "fathers" work, looks over at the menacing purple face, before shifting his gaze over to one Gendo Ikari.
"Father!! You want someone to pilot that thing, then I will do it!" Shinji gently wraps the arms of the blue haired girl around his neck, its obvious to him that she does not have the strength to hold on tight. He places on arm around her lower back and the other her knees as he lifts her up from the ground. He walks over to the medical team who are standing by with another bed an gently places her upon its warm sheets. "
Its ok, you just rest" He whispers into her ear before looking at the doctor
"Take care of her" He turns on his heels an makes his way to Ritsuko to find out just how he is to pilot this beast.
The next thing Shinji knows he is sitting in some sort of cock pit, his eyes dart over the controls still unsure of how on earth they think he can actually manoeuvre this thing. Suddenly the entire cockpit begins to fill with a strange liquid as it rises threatening to drown him.
"What? What are you people playing at!?" He yells out, as the level raises over his head, like most of Gods creatures he attempts to hold his breath.
He then hears Ritsukos cold voice attempting to sound human by expressing concern. "Don't worry, once your lungs are filled with LCL your blood will be oxygenated directly"
Yeah right... thats suppose to make me feel better witch!? He finally relents as he 'inhales' some of the liquid into his lungs, it isn;t long before he notices the terrible stench. "Oh man, I think I am gonna be sick.. this smells worse than old gym socks"
"STOP COMPLAINING!! YOU ARE A BOY YOU KNOW?"
"Wow, great powers of deduction there Misato!" Shinji whispers thinking that no one could hear him.
His last comment causes Misatos face for scowl in anger, but it quickly passes. After several minutes of sitting in the plug hearing people yell out orders and confirming orders regarding locks, restraints and batteries Shinji finally feels the large construct move slowly as it on an escalator, before shuddenly being rocketed through a series of tunnels, the acceleration catches him off guard. He finally comes to halt at the surface, he is a little disoriented but soon catches his barings as he now stands across from the monster which single handedly opposed the entire UN forces.
Authors Note: Ok so this is my first attempt at a piece of fan fiction, so please please rate and review! So that I can improve upon the next chapter. An yes I have some really wacky ideas to put in the story. Also Im not sure on which character to be Shinjis love interest? Any suggestions would be good, though, vote for your fave Evangelion Babe to make it happen.