Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or concepts of Neon Genesis Evangelion. They are owned by, among others, Gainax and ADVision.
Note: This is my first Evangelion fanfic (my first fanfic ever...); so don't be too hard on me. It takes place instead of the events portrayed in the film (the 3rd Impact and so on...) Well, I hope you like it.
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Episode 1:
The darkness is suddenly pierced by a group of circles of light.
Flat grey monoliths appear in each circle; each has familiar words on it, declaring that this is a gathering of SEELE.
SEELE 01: A new problem has arisen
SEELE 09: Yes
SEELE 07: What is to be done?
SEELE 01: Ikari will object to any intervention by us
SEELE 02: It matters not - we will proceed as planned
The lights fade and the room is left in darkness again.
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Major Misato Katsuragi flicked her collar up to keep out the cold as she stood on the tarmac of the airfield. She waited impatiently for the arrival of the new "Tactical Consultant" from the UK. She had disagreed at first with the necessity of his arrival - he would be taking over form her in most respects - but then she had realised that since she had no say in the matter, she might as well get on with the job of greeting him.
She knew little about the new addition to their group, except that his name was, ... what was it ... Corin Butler she saw from the unhelpfully thin dossier in her hands. That and the fact that he had trained with some of the military units in the UK. This should be interesting, she thought.
After what she felt was an intolerable wait after the touch-down, a tall young man of about 26 strode out of the plane and quickly looked around before descending the stairs. As he approached, she saw that he had shortish, blonde hair that had obviously been dyed (it was probably brown originally, she thought) and was wearing slightly baggy blue denim jeans and a large red jacket that was zipped all the was up and so hid whatever he wore underneath. He walked with an air that suggested that he knew he had every right to be there, and no-one could possibly stop him.
When he got to where she was standing, Misato stepped forwards and said, "Welcome to Nerv; Mister Butler isn't it? I'm Major Misato Katsuragi."
Nodding in acknowledgement, he replied "Major. I'm Corin Butler, and its good to be here at last. By the way, I was told that it was going to be cold here ... ?" At this last remark he casually unzipped his coat, which turned out to be fleece-lined, this then revealed that he was wearing a thin grey top that was obviously the fashion in the UK. What caught Misato's attention most was the sight of a pistol butt in a holster at his side. Realising what must have caught her attention, he flipped the pistol out of its holster and presented it, the butt facing towards her; "I assume you will want to take care of this until my clearance is confirmed?"
Misato was surprised by his boldness, and replied coldly "Yes; I certainly would. I'm surprised they let you on the plane with it." With that she turned around and began to walk away with no indication that she cared whether he followed her or not.
Despite her apparent cold attitude towards him, he hurried after and decided to try to break the ice, "Major, please, call me Cor. Everyone does." Silence apart from the hurried footsteps of the pair as they walked down the long, empty corridor. "I'm sorry if I offended you." he offered when they arrived at the pair of large double doors that were the entrance to the lift down to the main facility inside the GeoFront.
"It's like I'm talking to myself here" Cor thought as they entered the lift and began the long descent down. "I really screwed up that introduction. To think I'm going to have to work with this person..." The rest of the trip down to Nerv was silent, only the sound of the lift moving in the shaft could be heard.
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Cor stood in the middle of Commander Ikari's office, at what could be described as at attention, waiting for Ikari to finish whatever it was he was doing in the next room. The minutes ticked by, but Cor's disciplined mind was still preventing him from becoming affected by boredom. At times like this he relied on his military "experiences" to get him through. He just "zoned out" and let his mind wander. He couldn't understand how some people couldn't just stand still for a little while.
The silence was broken when Gendo Ikari, Commander of the Nerv site in the GeoFront, stormed in. "He is obviously unhappy about something", Cor thought, but he kept it to himself.
After sitting down at his desk, Ikari looked up at Cor and said "So, Mister Butler, have all the arrangements been made?"
"I believe so Commander - in return for materials, technology and information regarding the Eva project, we will provide you with the extra funding and personnel required for this facility to be independent of the SEELE committee." Cor replied.
"Excellent."
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Standing outside the door to Commander Ikari's office, Cor paused for a second to recompose himself before setting off to solve his other problem.
After wandering around for what seemed like an age without seeing anyone, Cor was beginning to think that he had gotten himself lost. "Shit, I'm lost... first day on the job and I can't even...." At that moment a young woman in a uniform walked round the corner. As soon as she noticed him, Cor decided to capitalize on her shock at seeing a new face "Hello, I was wondering if you could help me..." (looking at her insignia) "Lieutenant ... ?"
Caught off guard, she had to recover her wits before she answered the stranger "Lieutenant Ibuki Maya ... um ... Who are you?"
Nodding at her he replied, "Lieutenant Maya, I'm the new Tactical Consultant. My name is Corin Butler - call me Cor. And could you tell me where I might find Major Katsuragi?"
Stunned by his forthrightness, she took a while to recover her wits this time, but managed to say, "Um, I'm not sure where she is right now... I think she might have gone home."
Sensing that she was a bit intimidated by the six foot four stranger that had confronted her in the corridor, he changed his tone to sound a bit softer. "Well could you tell me how to get to the control room then? I seem to have gotten a bit lost on my first day"
"Um, ok..." She managed to reply before indicating the direction they were going to take "If you'll follow me..."
"Thank you so much" Cor added in his softer voice before following her up the corridor.
"Well, it looks like the other problem will have to wait" he thought with a smile.
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Cor was in his new room. It was in the GeoFront because, due to the recent destruction of Tokyo 3, there was not much left for him to stay in.
He was glad that the walls of his new home were soundproof and most people around here could not understand English. It meant he could play his music. Very loud. It relaxed him, helped him think, which was surprising because most people couldn't concentrate with any noise in the background. He looked around his new home; it was still pretty empty because all his stuff would arrive on the next plane from the UK. Along with the other things he needed for his mission. He almost felt sorry for people like that Lieutenant he met earlier... Their quiet little life was soon going to change. And he didn't know whether it would be for better, or for worse.
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The light of a new day washed over Cor as he stood alone on the shores of the new lake caused by the destruction of Tokyo 3. He breathed deeply, and felt almost sad that the tang of ozone had still not completely left this place where so many people must have died. His quiet reverie was ended when he heard quiet footsteps behind him. He tried to guess who they would belong to. They were not particularly trying to be silent, so he wasn't worried. They were close together, so it was someone shorter than him - "Not that that rules many people out around here" he thought - it sounded like a woman's tread, so he decided that it was probably that Major Katsuragi coming to check up on him or something. He turned round.
And was wrong. Standing completely still, staring at him in an unnerving way was a young girl. She had oddly blue hair, he thought. "Hello? Can I help you?" he said "Are you lost?" he asked in his soft voice he used when he wanted to sound kind.
The young girl replied in a flat and barely audible voice, "No."
"Oh..." Cor was taken off-guard by the girl's attitude. He hadn't expected that answer. Switching back to his normal voice, he decided to force an answer, "Who are you?"
"I am the First Child. Who are you?"
That was a surprise to Cor; he had heard that the First Child - Rei Ayanami he remembered - had been horrendously injured, if not killed, in the battle with the second last Angel when she had self-destructed her Eva and created the very lake they were now standing next to. This child did not appear to have any sign of injury on her. "Well then," he thought, "Lets see what we can find out shall we?"
"I'm the new Tactical Consultant at Nerv; my name's Corin Butler." After waiting for that to be digested he added, "Now that we've been introduced, could you tell me why you don't look like someone who took the full force of an exploding Eva at point-blank?"
"Why are you here?" came the reply.
"I already told you - I'm the new ... Look, why don't you stop bothering me and go back to the GeoFront?"
"The angels are gone; I am not needed there anymore. Not until the end."
"And what is that supposed to mean?" This Rei was beginning to annoy him. "Get back to the GeoFront."
At that, Rei seemed to lose interest in this newcomer and turned to walk away. Cor watched her disappear into the distance. After she had gone he said to himself, "That is one strange child ... " After pondering that for a while he set off towards Nerv. "I need to get a grip here."
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Note: This is my first Evangelion fanfic (my first fanfic ever...); so don't be too hard on me. It takes place instead of the events portrayed in the film (the 3rd Impact and so on...) Well, I hope you like it.
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Episode 1:
The darkness is suddenly pierced by a group of circles of light.
Flat grey monoliths appear in each circle; each has familiar words on it, declaring that this is a gathering of SEELE.
SEELE 01: A new problem has arisen
SEELE 09: Yes
SEELE 07: What is to be done?
SEELE 01: Ikari will object to any intervention by us
SEELE 02: It matters not - we will proceed as planned
The lights fade and the room is left in darkness again.
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Major Misato Katsuragi flicked her collar up to keep out the cold as she stood on the tarmac of the airfield. She waited impatiently for the arrival of the new "Tactical Consultant" from the UK. She had disagreed at first with the necessity of his arrival - he would be taking over form her in most respects - but then she had realised that since she had no say in the matter, she might as well get on with the job of greeting him.
She knew little about the new addition to their group, except that his name was, ... what was it ... Corin Butler she saw from the unhelpfully thin dossier in her hands. That and the fact that he had trained with some of the military units in the UK. This should be interesting, she thought.
After what she felt was an intolerable wait after the touch-down, a tall young man of about 26 strode out of the plane and quickly looked around before descending the stairs. As he approached, she saw that he had shortish, blonde hair that had obviously been dyed (it was probably brown originally, she thought) and was wearing slightly baggy blue denim jeans and a large red jacket that was zipped all the was up and so hid whatever he wore underneath. He walked with an air that suggested that he knew he had every right to be there, and no-one could possibly stop him.
When he got to where she was standing, Misato stepped forwards and said, "Welcome to Nerv; Mister Butler isn't it? I'm Major Misato Katsuragi."
Nodding in acknowledgement, he replied "Major. I'm Corin Butler, and its good to be here at last. By the way, I was told that it was going to be cold here ... ?" At this last remark he casually unzipped his coat, which turned out to be fleece-lined, this then revealed that he was wearing a thin grey top that was obviously the fashion in the UK. What caught Misato's attention most was the sight of a pistol butt in a holster at his side. Realising what must have caught her attention, he flipped the pistol out of its holster and presented it, the butt facing towards her; "I assume you will want to take care of this until my clearance is confirmed?"
Misato was surprised by his boldness, and replied coldly "Yes; I certainly would. I'm surprised they let you on the plane with it." With that she turned around and began to walk away with no indication that she cared whether he followed her or not.
Despite her apparent cold attitude towards him, he hurried after and decided to try to break the ice, "Major, please, call me Cor. Everyone does." Silence apart from the hurried footsteps of the pair as they walked down the long, empty corridor. "I'm sorry if I offended you." he offered when they arrived at the pair of large double doors that were the entrance to the lift down to the main facility inside the GeoFront.
"It's like I'm talking to myself here" Cor thought as they entered the lift and began the long descent down. "I really screwed up that introduction. To think I'm going to have to work with this person..." The rest of the trip down to Nerv was silent, only the sound of the lift moving in the shaft could be heard.
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Cor stood in the middle of Commander Ikari's office, at what could be described as at attention, waiting for Ikari to finish whatever it was he was doing in the next room. The minutes ticked by, but Cor's disciplined mind was still preventing him from becoming affected by boredom. At times like this he relied on his military "experiences" to get him through. He just "zoned out" and let his mind wander. He couldn't understand how some people couldn't just stand still for a little while.
The silence was broken when Gendo Ikari, Commander of the Nerv site in the GeoFront, stormed in. "He is obviously unhappy about something", Cor thought, but he kept it to himself.
After sitting down at his desk, Ikari looked up at Cor and said "So, Mister Butler, have all the arrangements been made?"
"I believe so Commander - in return for materials, technology and information regarding the Eva project, we will provide you with the extra funding and personnel required for this facility to be independent of the SEELE committee." Cor replied.
"Excellent."
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Standing outside the door to Commander Ikari's office, Cor paused for a second to recompose himself before setting off to solve his other problem.
After wandering around for what seemed like an age without seeing anyone, Cor was beginning to think that he had gotten himself lost. "Shit, I'm lost... first day on the job and I can't even...." At that moment a young woman in a uniform walked round the corner. As soon as she noticed him, Cor decided to capitalize on her shock at seeing a new face "Hello, I was wondering if you could help me..." (looking at her insignia) "Lieutenant ... ?"
Caught off guard, she had to recover her wits before she answered the stranger "Lieutenant Ibuki Maya ... um ... Who are you?"
Nodding at her he replied, "Lieutenant Maya, I'm the new Tactical Consultant. My name is Corin Butler - call me Cor. And could you tell me where I might find Major Katsuragi?"
Stunned by his forthrightness, she took a while to recover her wits this time, but managed to say, "Um, I'm not sure where she is right now... I think she might have gone home."
Sensing that she was a bit intimidated by the six foot four stranger that had confronted her in the corridor, he changed his tone to sound a bit softer. "Well could you tell me how to get to the control room then? I seem to have gotten a bit lost on my first day"
"Um, ok..." She managed to reply before indicating the direction they were going to take "If you'll follow me..."
"Thank you so much" Cor added in his softer voice before following her up the corridor.
"Well, it looks like the other problem will have to wait" he thought with a smile.
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Cor was in his new room. It was in the GeoFront because, due to the recent destruction of Tokyo 3, there was not much left for him to stay in.
He was glad that the walls of his new home were soundproof and most people around here could not understand English. It meant he could play his music. Very loud. It relaxed him, helped him think, which was surprising because most people couldn't concentrate with any noise in the background. He looked around his new home; it was still pretty empty because all his stuff would arrive on the next plane from the UK. Along with the other things he needed for his mission. He almost felt sorry for people like that Lieutenant he met earlier... Their quiet little life was soon going to change. And he didn't know whether it would be for better, or for worse.
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The light of a new day washed over Cor as he stood alone on the shores of the new lake caused by the destruction of Tokyo 3. He breathed deeply, and felt almost sad that the tang of ozone had still not completely left this place where so many people must have died. His quiet reverie was ended when he heard quiet footsteps behind him. He tried to guess who they would belong to. They were not particularly trying to be silent, so he wasn't worried. They were close together, so it was someone shorter than him - "Not that that rules many people out around here" he thought - it sounded like a woman's tread, so he decided that it was probably that Major Katsuragi coming to check up on him or something. He turned round.
And was wrong. Standing completely still, staring at him in an unnerving way was a young girl. She had oddly blue hair, he thought. "Hello? Can I help you?" he said "Are you lost?" he asked in his soft voice he used when he wanted to sound kind.
The young girl replied in a flat and barely audible voice, "No."
"Oh..." Cor was taken off-guard by the girl's attitude. He hadn't expected that answer. Switching back to his normal voice, he decided to force an answer, "Who are you?"
"I am the First Child. Who are you?"
That was a surprise to Cor; he had heard that the First Child - Rei Ayanami he remembered - had been horrendously injured, if not killed, in the battle with the second last Angel when she had self-destructed her Eva and created the very lake they were now standing next to. This child did not appear to have any sign of injury on her. "Well then," he thought, "Lets see what we can find out shall we?"
"I'm the new Tactical Consultant at Nerv; my name's Corin Butler." After waiting for that to be digested he added, "Now that we've been introduced, could you tell me why you don't look like someone who took the full force of an exploding Eva at point-blank?"
"Why are you here?" came the reply.
"I already told you - I'm the new ... Look, why don't you stop bothering me and go back to the GeoFront?"
"The angels are gone; I am not needed there anymore. Not until the end."
"And what is that supposed to mean?" This Rei was beginning to annoy him. "Get back to the GeoFront."
At that, Rei seemed to lose interest in this newcomer and turned to walk away. Cor watched her disappear into the distance. After she had gone he said to himself, "That is one strange child ... " After pondering that for a while he set off towards Nerv. "I need to get a grip here."
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