A.N.- "Blah"- normal speech Neon Genesis Evangelion
'Blah'- thoughts
Blah>- Phone
Man's greatest enemy is…
Chapter 1.
… I hope you are aware of the consequences if your caught> said the person on the other end on the phone
"Don't worry me and the boys know what we gotta do" said his contact
Just make sure you do it, Ikari has strayed to far from the path and he need's to be reminder who holds his leash> the speaker said before hanging up the phone
"Don't worry" he said smiling at the now dead phone "it will be done", he put the phone back on the receiver before leaving passing a red symbol on the wall of four letters that spelt out NERV and a fig leaf with 'God's in his Heaven. All's right with the world' written underneath.
For the first time in two week Ryoji Kaji opened his front door after picking up his mail, all that time he'd inspected three more agencies connected with the Marduk institute and like all the others he'd seen they'd turned out to be dummy organisations with the names G.Ikari, K.Fuyutsuki and R.Akagi listed on their board's of directors, one by one the pieces were coming together but Kaji felt he already knew what the picture looked like, soon he'd know the truth and he'd be able to atone for the sin that had cost him his brother and friends.
His apartment was the same as ever which had been described as what Misato's place could look like if she tried, his living room had bit's of rubbish and dirty laundry lying about the place, in the kitchen the sink was piled up with dishes that had yet be cleaned, seeing how his fridge was empty and it was now too late to order anything he headed off to bed thinking
'I wonder if I could talk Katsuragi into letting Shinji move in with me, at least that way this place would be in order and there'd be actual food to eat' deciding it would be easier to ask Commander Ikari for a pay rise Kaji flopped down on the bed ginning at the thought as he fell asleep.
Across town Shinji was wide awake, looking up at his ceiling almost afraid to go to sleep because he knew what was waiting for him there, the Eva like creature that haunted his dreams.
He'd seen it during his first battle when the third Angel beat him unconscious, he then saw what he believed was his mothers spirit coming to greet him but when he looked again he saw it, it grabbed him in a loving embrace and tried to pull him towards death and he'd only just been able to resist it and had cried out for his mother. Strangely when he done that Unit 1 went berserk and defeated the Angel, since then the creature had started appearing in Shinji's dreams not every night but it would always come back eventually making him afraid to go to sleep because it would be waiting for him. He hadn't told anyone but he already had a pretty good idea what reaction he'd get at least from three people
'Ah did lil Shin-can have a scary dream' in his head he heard Misato's voice in a mocking tone which was followed by Asuka
'What your scared of something in your dreams, are you stupid or what' and all he got from Rei was an empty silence.
Giving up on the subject Shinji decided to try and get some sleep, the creature hadn't appeared in the last couple of nights and he might be lucky again tonight, he was drifting off when something occurred to him that on a few occasions after he had this dream an Angel would attacked or something bad would happen.
Next morning was Shinji woke up in a cold sweat, he'd had the dream again but he shook his head vigorously as Asuka's voice sounded in it
'She's right I'm being stupid, it just a dream it doesn't mean anything' he got up and headed for the bathroom to shower followed by drying himself and getting dressed before starting breakfast for his flatmates
"Nothing is going to happen" he said to himself as he lit the stove, he really should have known better.
Some where at NERV HQ three men met in a in a darkened room, no one knew they were meeting and it was important that no one did
"Ok you two got the plan" the first said
"Yes sir" second replied
"Crystal boss crystal" the third smirked
"Excellent cos we can't afford to screw up now" he then looked at the third "is Borg ready"
"Oh Yeah he's ready all that's needed is your order and he'll assimilated any system you point him at"
"Good" the first smirked before turning his attention to the second "what about you, you got the stuff" the second reached into his jacket and pulled out a small medicine bottle
"Getting the stuff wasn't difficult, the guy we were pointed to came up top trumps, the only difficulty was getting it past Section 2 security but I got it"
"Alright everything's set all we need to do now is bide our time till the opportunity presents itself".
Later that day Shinji was walking through the corridors of NERV, he had a sync test today but let's face it today had not been a good day and to be frank if he had a choice he would just blowing the whole thing off head home and go back to bed but he didn't so he was now heading for the changing rooms to dress in his plug suit, at this time Shinji was so lost in his thoughts he didn't notice a person dressed in a NERV uniform following him.
The man reached into one of the pockets of his trousers and pulled out his phone which wasn't one NERV issued to its staff, he hit one of the numbers on speed dial
"You ready" he asked the person on the other end
Ready to rock and roll> came the reply
"Then get to it and you and then grab him and get in position, I got the target in my sights I'll grab him once the lights go out and meet up with you two and we'll do the job" he then hung up, else ware in the facility a man was typing vigorously away at a computer, he paused for a brief moment all was needed now was on click of the mouse and it was ready to do it's work
"Let the mayhem begin" he said and click his work was done, two minutes later virtually every system in NERV shut down causing wide spread panic.
Shinji got a shock when all the lights went out, he was about to cry out when someone grabbed him from behind and put a hand over his mouth before dragging him off.
"You sure your virus has assimilated the entire security network" said a man his face completely hidden by shadow
"Trust me" his companion said "Borg'll get the job done, true it's effect will only last for a limited time but it's long enough to get the job done", the door opened and a third member entered dragging Shinji with him
"Now the fun can begin" he said as he threw Shinji against the opposite wall, one of the group picked Shinji up by his shirt
"It's nothing personal kid, it just that daddy has angered a lot of people and our employer wants to send him a message and your gonna help us" he then punched Shinji in the face.
For the next five minutes the three men beat Shinji to a pulp they then watched as Shinji crawled about on the floor his face covered in cuts and bruises occasionally coughing up blood, two of the men then grabbed him by his arms and forced him to his feet one of the men forced his back b whilst the other opened his mouth, the third brought out a small medicine bottle
"You hurting kid, don't worry this'll help take the edge off".
The contents was then tipped into Shinji's mouth and was then forced to swallowed it, five minutes later Shinji began to feel very strange for no apparent reason a wave of happiness washed over him and the pain seemed to disappear, everything then began to move in and out of focus, every sound around him hit him as if there was a pinball bouncing around the inside of his skull
"Is he ok, what's with the laugh and idiot smile" a voice from far off said
"Don't worry" another said "he's just on a high", Shinji tried to locate the voices when a third bounced off his head
"Who cares lets just get this done, remember were against the clock people", turning around Shinji saw the thing that was the source of his nightmares then he saw not one but three of them bearing down on him, Shinji screamed and started edged his way into a corner breathing rapidly as the creatures began advancing on him his mind racing
"MISATO! ASUKA! AYANAMI! KAJI! RITSUKO! FATHER" he cried out "help me, please some one help me"
"No one can help you now kid" said one of the creatures and it pulled a knife from its body "but this might help get your priorities in order".
Kaji had been at the vending machine when the lights went out deciding there nothing to do till they came back on he sat down on the nearest bench, lit up a cigarette and watched as his fellow employees panicking, an hours later the lights came back and as it would take Ritsuko and the other techs a while to figure out what caused it he figured he'd head for his office and try do some work
'Paperwork whoopee'.
The door slid open, he was about to enter when something on the floor caught his eye then looked away before doing a double take, a body was lying on the floor in a pool of blood facing away from him. Kaji knelt down and turned the person over and saw who it was and he had a knife with a note attached sticking out of his shoulder he removed the note stuffing it in his pocket for later, he then got up and rushed over to the intercom, he pressed a button that connected his office with the testing labs
"Ritsuko I need you to get a medical team down to my office now it's an emergency" he cut the connection before she could reply and went back to the person on the floor and to his horror found he wasn't breathing.
Ritsuko, Misato and five others raced along the corridors to Kaji's office, the door opened and the found Kaji giving CPR to a person lying on the floor, the gave a light cough showing he was breathing but only just,
"Kaji leave this to us" Ritsuko said Kaji looked over his shoulder at them, his brow was drenched it sweat and a defeated look appeared on his face when he saw Misato was also there
"What is it" she asked, Kaji shock his head then got up picked the person off the floor and turned around which was met with a stunned silence Misato looked on the verge of tears
"Oh god, Shinji"!
Well that was the chapter of my new story, please review and tell me what you think because I've had the idea for this one kicking around for quiet a while. For toughs of you care yes Borg as in Star trek Borg. Ganix owns the Eva world and I never will unless they sell it cheap on Ebay. I only have a vauge idea of where this story's going e.g. how it ends so any suggstions you have will be welcome. Peace.