Evangelion Heroes: A touch of Venom
Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or Venom (the symbiote). This is a simple non-profit fanfiction.
Summary: After running away from his duties at NERV, due to Misato berating him on fighting the Angel so recklessly, Shinji thought he was all alone and forever misunderstood in the world. But something proclaims that she understands him and she gives Shinji powers beyond those of normalcy…
My tenth story (and still, none of them are completed)! Yet another Evangelion Heroes; and a slightly different one than usual, I cannot take full credit for this story, as it was suggested to me by Azure Dragon of the East, a fellow writer (he also holds seniority over me, by how long he has been on Fanfiction), he also wrote a story about Shinji becoming Spawn (from Image Comics, I think its Image Comics, I could be wrong).
Chapter 1: Upside down
'Uhh…' a groan came from a 14 year old boy known as Shinji Ikari. His vision slowly started to fix itself, going from blurry to him being able to see with his usual clarity. He felt strange, as if he were more…powerful, stronger than he had ever been in his life.
He also felt like he was upside down. He gasped in fright when he saw that he was indeed upside down, at least 40 stories high, suspended by a strange black…rope. He was staring at his reflection, but it couldn't possibly be him that he saw. He stared at the face that was more of a mask, a black mask with large white eyes.
'Wha-what's going on?' he spoke out loud in a panicked voice. How did this happen? How did he get here? How was he doing this?
'Don't worry darling, I did this to you' a voice told him, in his mind.
'Who-who are you? What d-did you do to me?' he asked, still panicking.
'You were so hurt, so alone, I couldn't help it. I know what rejection feels like, I did this to help you, love' the feminine voice said, somehow, after the voice had spoken; Shinji felt…safe, and secure, like nothing was going to go bad.
'What's going on?' Shinji asked, basking in the positive emotions that surged through him.
'I made it so that you are stronger than any other human on the planet, faster too' the voice told him.
'W-where are you? I don't see you' he asked, still trying to adapt to this strange event.
'You're wearing me, I can change my appearance to whatever you want or…desire' the voice said, suggestively, causing Shinji to blush underneath his "mask". The voice giggled at his embarrassment, 'You don't need to be ashamed for your desire; everyone has desires'
'B-but where did you come from? How did you find me?' he asked, still trying to figure out how he had gone from being in the Tokyo-3 wilderness to being suspended, upside down from a tall building and staring at his reflection with a voice in his head, in clothes he had never seen before.
'Don't you remember, sweetie? You found me…'
[Flashback]
Shinji had just run away from Misato's apartment. She had snapped at him for defeating the Angel, the thing he was being forced to do by his father. He had done what had to be done and she had berated him for it. She had obviously only taken him in so he would be easier to use, easier to toy with his feelings, he was just some pawn on a chess board for her and the whole of NERV.
He really was pathetic; he should just end it all. No need to suffer through it anymore and cause more harm to people whenever he tried to do something right. The pilot of Unit-01 had just left the movie theatre he had spent most of the night in. It was still a few more hours till dawn and being in the city had made him feel like he was being suffocated, boxed in, so he fled to the countryside.
He was simply wondering around, no real destination in mind, when he spotted something just ahead of where he was standing. It was a crater, dirt and earth had been kicked up, as if something had fallen with an incredible force and skidded to a halt through the earth.
Shinji went over to investigate what it was, hoping it would keep his mind off of his dark thoughts.
'What's that?' he wondered out loud.
He was standing just above the small crater and there was a metallic sphere, a bit bigger than a soccer ball, with a large crack running halfway around it. Shinji began to feel uneasy just staring at it, something was telling him to reach out to the sphere. Soon Shinji was unable to quell this urge, and he stepped down and touched the sphere gently, oddly enough, it was cool to the touch. Shinji ran his fingers around the sphere, and cried out in fright as black ooze leapt at his hand from the crack, and it was soon crawling up his arm, enveloping him and soon, the world went black.
[Flashback end]
'You were stuck in that metal ball?' Shinji asked, wondering what his stupidity had got him into.
'Yes, but you freed me. So it is only natural that I should repay your good deed, unlike that Misato woman. She wasn't very grateful for what you did, was she?' the voice asked.
'No…she wasn't…wait how do you know about that?' Shinji asked, how did it…she, know about the Angel battle and Misato if she was stuck inside that metal prison?
'I can read your emotions, and if they are strongly tied to a memory I can get a rough idea of the event. I know how much it hurt you Shinji; she doesn't understand what its like to be alone, does she? But I do, you can trust me' the voice said.
'Why were you alone; were you stuck in that sphere for a long time?' Shinji asked the feminine voice, feeling sorry for her if his suspicion turned out to be true.
'Yes, a very long time. My first…helper was cruel; he had his friends trap me and try to murder me many times. I found someone else, he helped me try to make the cruel man pay, but…he left me too. The man's friends trapped me one last time and sent me through…something, an invention of theirs, and then I ended up here, were you saved me. You're a real hero Shinji, I can see that and Misato is a fool not to see it' the voice spoke with emotion, that Shinji experienced for himself, so he knew that she meant what she was saying.
'I'm sorry that you got hurt like that, no one should be treated like that' Shinji said, feeling anger well in him when he thought that somebody would try to hurt someone so obviously innocent.
'No one should Shinji, especially you, that's why I am going to stay with you and make sure that no one will dare to hurt you anymore' the voice promised.
'Do you really mean that?' Shinji asked, feeling elated that someone would be willing to do such a thing for a sad excuse for a human being like him.
'Of course, darling, now come. I need to show you what you can do now' the voice said.
'What's your name, I forgot to ask' Shinji said, sounding as apologetic as he felt. How could he forget to let the poor girl introduce herself?
'I…do not have one…' the voice said, taken aback by Shinji's question. No one had ever asked her for her name, and she had never been given one.
'You don't? Well, how does…Megumi sound?' Shinji asked, thinking that the Japanese word for kindness or blessing was appropriate for her.
'That is…sweet of you, Shinji' the newly named Megumi said, thinking she might keep this host a bit…longer than she had originally planned, 'come, let me teach you some tricks I picked up from my previous…travels'
Megumi told Shinji to climb up the substance that was keeping him suspended, he was incredibly reluctant to due to fearing that he would fall, but Megumi put an end to his worries, 'if you do fall, I'll save you don't worry'
After a few deep breaths, Shinji turned his body upright, and slowly worked his way up the stringy, black web-like substance. He was surprised that this physical activity was not nearly as exhausting as it usually was and he was soon on top of the skyscraper, looking at the city below him.
'Um, now what must I do, Megumi?' Shinji asked, feeling a little sick because of his height.
'I'll show you…' she whispered.
Shinji felt his mind being…invaded, but he stopped fighting it when Megumi said she was just going to show him a past memory.
Shinji was looking through someone else's eyes. He, or rather the person whose memory it was, was perched on a tall building with a pointed roof. The person raised his hand, which had the same suit colour scheme Megumi had, he clenched his hand to form a fist and web shot out and attached itself to another building. The person whoo-hooed as he leapt from his perch; he had begun to swing from his web-line, firing another one as he swung towards some unknown destination.
The memory faded out, and Shinji asked Megumi in a worried voice, 'D-do you want me to do…that!'
'You can do it, silly! Just let go of your fears and don't worry about falling, I'll catch you if you do' she said.
'I-I'm not sure that I can…' Shinji said, gulping as his eyesight reminded him he was at least 40 stories high.
'Just point your fingers however you want and think that you are shooting a web, okay?' huffed Megumi.
'Alright…' Shinji pointed with his index and middle finger, and sure enough, a web-line shot from his fingertips and attached itself to a building. It then fell, as Shinji had neglected to catch it.
'Darling, you have to grab it. You can't swing on thin air' she said, thinking that this boy really did need a boost in self-esteem.
'S-sorry' Shinji fired again, in the same way and caught the web this time. He moved to the edge of the building, and stood there, thinking about what he was doing and how flat he would be when he reached the street below.
'Jump' ordered Megumi.
Shinji shut his eyes tight and then slipped off the building, screaming as the world blurred past. He was about to smack into the building his web was attached to, but his body seemed to react on its own accord and fired another web-line, and swung from that one.
'M-Megumi, are you doing this?' Shinji asked, wondering how his body was moving on its own.
'Yes, I didn't want you to go splat' Megumi said, wondering how she was going to get this boy to cut loose.
Megumi controlled Shinji's movements for several minutes, during that time Shinji realised it was actually quite, exhilarating swinging through the air, no worries or concerns, 'um, I think I know how to do it now Megumi'
'Alright, go ahead' Megumi said, relinquishing her control to Shinji.
Shinji soon discovered that this was really fun this…web-swinging, he was giggling like a school girl from all the adrenalin that was pumping through his veins from this activity.
'Land on the wall, use your hands and feet, they'll stick' Megumi said, relishing the feel of the adrenalin that she was feeding on. The first time was always the best.
'Uh, okay' Shinji answered, reasoning that, if she had been right about the web-swinging, she'll be right about the landing on the wall. He left his web-line and slammed onto the wall, his fingertips becoming slightly clawed and latching onto the solid bricks, 'wow…'
'Having fun darling?' Megumi asked the boy, who was ecstatic with all his new abilities.
'Yeah, this is the most fun that…I've ever had!' Shinji said, smiling underneath his mask.
'There's more to come, love, trust me…' Megumi said. If she had a real face she would have had a wide grin when she said this.
'So, what do we do now?' Shinji asked his newfound friend, his only friend.
'I think its time we made tracks to that Misato woman's home, we'll need rest for our activities later' Megumi said.
'W-why must we go back, Misato hates me…' Shinji said, not really wanting to face his legal guardian after running away.
'We'll show her that you were right and she was wrong, then she'll have no choice but to accept that, as you are the only one who can fight those things you're fighting' Megumi said, knowing that the very fact that Shinji thought that Misato hated him was her reason for him to go back, she needed to eat after all.
'Well…okay, I guess' Shinji said, a bit reluctant, but Megumi seemed to know what she was talking about, and Shinji trusted her because she actually seemed to care about him and understand him.
[Power corrupts]
Shinji landed on the roof, opposite Misato's apartment, staring at it with worry.
'Well?' Megumi asked the boy.
'I need a change of clothes. I don't think Misato will…well…' Shinji began to explain, but Megumi cut him off, warping and shifting herself until Shinji appeared to be wearing a dark leather jacket and jeans.
'I think this is more appropriate for the new you' Megumi said proudly.
'Th-thanks Megumi' Shinji said, amazed that Megumi could appear as everyday clothes.
He soon made his way down to street level, avoiding the Section-02 agents that were standing guard outside the apartment complex.
A few minutes later, he was outside Misato's apartment door. He gulped a bit, but steeled himself, he would make her understand that he was right and she was wrong, just like Megumi said.
He tapped the door and waited a few seconds. He heard beer cans cluttering as Misato was making her way to the door.
'Yeah, what…Shinji!' she cried, pulling the boy into a bear hug.
The boy had no idea how to react as his face was in a…place that many teenage boys would give their left testicle to be, 'M-Misato I need to say that…'
'I'm so sorry Shinji; I shouldn't have said what I said. You're being forced to do this, but…I was wrong to snap at you like that, you were doing what you thought was right…' Misato said, cutting him off, a few tears falling down her face.
'I…its okay Misato, I…understand why you did it' Shinji told her, realising she was his commanding officer and she had just been doing her job.
'No, don't tell her that!' Megumi protested, what was Shinji doing? He was supposed to be angry!
'Please just promise me you won't runaway again. You had me really worried…' Misato said, looking at her young ward sympathetically.
'I promise' Shinji said, feeling bad that he had been thinking such vengeful thoughts about her.
'She-she's just lying! She's trying to get you to work for them again!' Megumi said desperately, realising with horror that Shinji was not listening. This boy was a lot more trouble than her other hosts.
'Come on, I think you need some proper rest…heh, sorry about the mess' Misato apologised as they both walked into the apartment, Shinji groaned inwardly at the amount of garbage that had accumulated after the past two days.
'It's okay…' Shinji said; feeling drained all of a sudden, his voice wavering.
'Wow, you're really tired, what have you been doing these past two days Shinji-kun? Did you meet someone and…score a home run?' she asked playfully, hoping that some teasing would get him more awake.
'No…' Shinji was feeling far too tired to even be embarrassed, he mumbled a good night and stumbled into his room, and he fell onto his bed. The world was slowly slipping away from view, the last thing he heard was Megumi saying something about hunting…
-End chapter 1-
Hope this wasn't too far fetched or anything. If it was a review and your complaint will suffice (although no flaming, please act civilised). You can also send ideas or tips as I am not sure who Shinji should fight (be a little bit detailed though, I might not know how to bring the villain or whoever in like you want it to be).