Turning Points - Tale 2: Gendo Ikari
Legal Boilerplate:
NGE and the characters used with the expection of Wolf Larsen are property of GAINAX.
Used without permission.
All mistakes made are mine alone.
This the second translation I make of one of my FFs from german to english, so there might
be all kinds of mistake, since neither I nor my dictonary are as perfect as I would like it.
If you happen to find a mistake you can either keep it or tell me about it, thanks.
I have labeled all my NGE-FFs Turning Points, but they all have beginnigs and endings of
their own. TP-III is already up at this side.
And since I do not wish anybody wasting his/her time reading this - this won´t be a
Shinji/Asuka-Fic, I simply can´t do that to him.
Have fun!
Prolog:
Tokio-3, NERV-headquarters, commandcenter
"Contact with unit two lost." - "Pilot evacuated, medical team is underway!" - "Target
is moving towards unit zero!" - "Blue pattern confirmed!" - "No lifesigns from within
the entryplug!"
Gendo Ikari sat behind his desk at the commandcenter´s top level, looking down on the
officers within the lower levels, before joining the radiocontact to the EVANGELION-
units.
"Rei, avoid close combat, but prevent the target from progressing, I am sending unit one."
"Understood." it came completly calm out of the loud-speaker.
The monitors showed the unit zero wasn´t moving, even with the target approaching.
"What is she waiting for?" the second-in-command who stood right behind Ikari whispered.
"It´s invading!" The voice coming out of the speaker grew louder, the words came more
rapid but still controlled. Then a scream followed.
Lieutenant Maya Ibuki looked up.
"Commander, the angel is invading the left arm, neural joints are being invaded."
"Cut off the arm."
Ikari´s voice was cold and without emotions.
"But we must cut off the nerve connection first..."
"Cut off the left arm, now!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Another scream.
For a moment Ikari closed his eyes.
"Middle class damage to the Unit Zero, and the pilot has been injured." Ibuki said.
***
Matsushiro, the ruins of the NERV-testing area
Shinji Ikari withstood the urge to press his hands against his ears while Rei Ayanami´s
scream shrilled out of the speaker next to his head.
"No..."
Ayanami...
"The target is approaching. You will have contact within 20 seconds. Take care of the
angel."
Another voice replaced the scream, the cold voice of a man, the voice of Gendo Ikari,
Shinji´s father.
"You call it the target, but it is an EVANGELION, is noone within the entryplug - a
child of my age...?"
Unit three came closer, a silent black giant.
Shinji made EVA-01 step aside to be able to have a look at the other EVA´s neck region.
There is was, a red plug, covered by a fungus-like tissue, as if a child had placed a
chewinggum on the robot´s back.
"An entryplug - somebody is aboard!"
He was speaking more to himself than to the people within the commandcenter.
The first punch hit unit one while EVA-03 was still out of reach. EVA-01 stumbled backwards,
Shinji thought to have been hit into the stomach.
He saw the second punch coming, unit three´s arm seemed to have transformed into a rubberband,
hitting him heavyly against the rips.
Shinji gasped with eyes wide open, feeling each and every hit as if he had been hit himself.
***
NERV-headquarters, commandcenter
"Trouble in life support." - "The pilot is in danger."
The sub-commander stepped forward to Ikari´s side.
"Oh no. Cut the synchronization to 60%."
"Wait." Gendo revoked Fuyutsuki´s order.
"But if you maintain the status, the pilot will die."
Ikari ignored the older man, turned toward the radio.
"Shiji, why don't you fight?"
"But there is a person inside, father."
"It doesn't matter. It is an Angel. Our Enermy."
"But I cannot do that. I have to save the one. I cannot kill a person."
There was a short pause between Shinji´s words and Gendo´s answer, only Fuyutsuki notices
it, as well as he notices the fact that Gendo´s lost a bit of it´s common sharpness.
"You will die."
"I don't care. It's much better than killing someone."
Ikaris gaze fixed on Maya.
"Go ahead and cut the synchronization of the pilot and unit one completely."
"Cutting off, sir?"
"Yes. Switch the circuit to the dummy plug."
"But sir, the dummy system still has many problems, and without Akagi's direction..."
"It works better than the pilot. Do it."
"Yes, sir."
***
Matsushiro, the ruins of the NERV-testing area
EVA-01 was hit again and again and with EVA-01 it´s pilot was hit.
Shinji was bleeding from mouth and nose but did nothing to defend himself or even start
a counterattack. Too great his fear was to hurt or even kill the other unit´s pilot.
Suddenly the lights within the entryplug went out, when the link to the EVA was broken.
At the same time the pain regressed and Shinji was able to breath again. Only the main
screen was still active, showing what EVA-01´s eyes were seeing.
"What? What have you done, father?"
He got no answer.
EVA-01 moved without his orders, stormed toward EVA-03, beating the whip-like arms aside,
suddenly grabbing one of the arms and pulling the other one towards itself.
A cracking within radio-link.
"... pilot is with me. I repeat, the pilot is in safety..."
Shinji´s heart skipped a beat.
Misato-san... she´s alive... There´s no other human within EVA-03...
At the same time EVA-01 ripped one of the other unit´s arms out of the socket and threw
it far away, dug it´s finger into the chest armor, opening it without effort, digging
it´s finger through the skin and into the innard.
"Are you able to fight now?" his father asked, despise within his voice.
Shinji swallowed.
"Yes."
He felt anger, anger towards himself, his father and the other EVANGELION-unit, but mostly
towards himself. Anger that wanted to be canalized. And the only available target
was the angel-possessed EVANGELION in front of him that had hurt Asuka and Ayanami.
"Dummyplug deactivated."
The lights in the plug brightened. Shinji reached for the controls.
***
Gendo Ikari turned away when the destruction of the angel had been confirmed.
He didn´t tell his son whose screams of anger came from the speaker and who was tearing
unit three apart with his EVA´s hands.
"Fuyutsuki, the german branch shall hurry up with completion of EVA-04, I want the unit
to be here as soon as possible."
"I will tell them. You know, that they´ve already found a pilot?!"
"Yes, even as I don´t unterstand it... We don´t need pilot Suzuhara anymore, let him go
home, but tell him not to talk about what has happened..."
next: EVA-04, the EVANGELION that fell from the sky...
Legal Boilerplate:
NGE and the characters used with the expection of Wolf Larsen are property of GAINAX.
Used without permission.
All mistakes made are mine alone.
This the second translation I make of one of my FFs from german to english, so there might
be all kinds of mistake, since neither I nor my dictonary are as perfect as I would like it.
If you happen to find a mistake you can either keep it or tell me about it, thanks.
I have labeled all my NGE-FFs Turning Points, but they all have beginnigs and endings of
their own. TP-III is already up at this side.
And since I do not wish anybody wasting his/her time reading this - this won´t be a
Shinji/Asuka-Fic, I simply can´t do that to him.
Have fun!
Prolog:
Tokio-3, NERV-headquarters, commandcenter
"Contact with unit two lost." - "Pilot evacuated, medical team is underway!" - "Target
is moving towards unit zero!" - "Blue pattern confirmed!" - "No lifesigns from within
the entryplug!"
Gendo Ikari sat behind his desk at the commandcenter´s top level, looking down on the
officers within the lower levels, before joining the radiocontact to the EVANGELION-
units.
"Rei, avoid close combat, but prevent the target from progressing, I am sending unit one."
"Understood." it came completly calm out of the loud-speaker.
The monitors showed the unit zero wasn´t moving, even with the target approaching.
"What is she waiting for?" the second-in-command who stood right behind Ikari whispered.
"It´s invading!" The voice coming out of the speaker grew louder, the words came more
rapid but still controlled. Then a scream followed.
Lieutenant Maya Ibuki looked up.
"Commander, the angel is invading the left arm, neural joints are being invaded."
"Cut off the arm."
Ikari´s voice was cold and without emotions.
"But we must cut off the nerve connection first..."
"Cut off the left arm, now!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Another scream.
For a moment Ikari closed his eyes.
"Middle class damage to the Unit Zero, and the pilot has been injured." Ibuki said.
***
Matsushiro, the ruins of the NERV-testing area
Shinji Ikari withstood the urge to press his hands against his ears while Rei Ayanami´s
scream shrilled out of the speaker next to his head.
"No..."
Ayanami...
"The target is approaching. You will have contact within 20 seconds. Take care of the
angel."
Another voice replaced the scream, the cold voice of a man, the voice of Gendo Ikari,
Shinji´s father.
"You call it the target, but it is an EVANGELION, is noone within the entryplug - a
child of my age...?"
Unit three came closer, a silent black giant.
Shinji made EVA-01 step aside to be able to have a look at the other EVA´s neck region.
There is was, a red plug, covered by a fungus-like tissue, as if a child had placed a
chewinggum on the robot´s back.
"An entryplug - somebody is aboard!"
He was speaking more to himself than to the people within the commandcenter.
The first punch hit unit one while EVA-03 was still out of reach. EVA-01 stumbled backwards,
Shinji thought to have been hit into the stomach.
He saw the second punch coming, unit three´s arm seemed to have transformed into a rubberband,
hitting him heavyly against the rips.
Shinji gasped with eyes wide open, feeling each and every hit as if he had been hit himself.
***
NERV-headquarters, commandcenter
"Trouble in life support." - "The pilot is in danger."
The sub-commander stepped forward to Ikari´s side.
"Oh no. Cut the synchronization to 60%."
"Wait." Gendo revoked Fuyutsuki´s order.
"But if you maintain the status, the pilot will die."
Ikari ignored the older man, turned toward the radio.
"Shiji, why don't you fight?"
"But there is a person inside, father."
"It doesn't matter. It is an Angel. Our Enermy."
"But I cannot do that. I have to save the one. I cannot kill a person."
There was a short pause between Shinji´s words and Gendo´s answer, only Fuyutsuki notices
it, as well as he notices the fact that Gendo´s lost a bit of it´s common sharpness.
"You will die."
"I don't care. It's much better than killing someone."
Ikaris gaze fixed on Maya.
"Go ahead and cut the synchronization of the pilot and unit one completely."
"Cutting off, sir?"
"Yes. Switch the circuit to the dummy plug."
"But sir, the dummy system still has many problems, and without Akagi's direction..."
"It works better than the pilot. Do it."
"Yes, sir."
***
Matsushiro, the ruins of the NERV-testing area
EVA-01 was hit again and again and with EVA-01 it´s pilot was hit.
Shinji was bleeding from mouth and nose but did nothing to defend himself or even start
a counterattack. Too great his fear was to hurt or even kill the other unit´s pilot.
Suddenly the lights within the entryplug went out, when the link to the EVA was broken.
At the same time the pain regressed and Shinji was able to breath again. Only the main
screen was still active, showing what EVA-01´s eyes were seeing.
"What? What have you done, father?"
He got no answer.
EVA-01 moved without his orders, stormed toward EVA-03, beating the whip-like arms aside,
suddenly grabbing one of the arms and pulling the other one towards itself.
A cracking within radio-link.
"... pilot is with me. I repeat, the pilot is in safety..."
Shinji´s heart skipped a beat.
Misato-san... she´s alive... There´s no other human within EVA-03...
At the same time EVA-01 ripped one of the other unit´s arms out of the socket and threw
it far away, dug it´s finger into the chest armor, opening it without effort, digging
it´s finger through the skin and into the innard.
"Are you able to fight now?" his father asked, despise within his voice.
Shinji swallowed.
"Yes."
He felt anger, anger towards himself, his father and the other EVANGELION-unit, but mostly
towards himself. Anger that wanted to be canalized. And the only available target
was the angel-possessed EVANGELION in front of him that had hurt Asuka and Ayanami.
"Dummyplug deactivated."
The lights in the plug brightened. Shinji reached for the controls.
***
Gendo Ikari turned away when the destruction of the angel had been confirmed.
He didn´t tell his son whose screams of anger came from the speaker and who was tearing
unit three apart with his EVA´s hands.
"Fuyutsuki, the german branch shall hurry up with completion of EVA-04, I want the unit
to be here as soon as possible."
"I will tell them. You know, that they´ve already found a pilot?!"
"Yes, even as I don´t unterstand it... We don´t need pilot Suzuhara anymore, let him go
home, but tell him not to talk about what has happened..."
next: EVA-04, the EVANGELION that fell from the sky...
