Evangelion: Final Age of Reclamation Part one- Age of Discovery
Chapter one- Augmentation.
Garmin looked down from a glass paneled observation room into the operating room. On the table covered by a white sheet and hooked up to life support systems was the young man he and his team had found in the Glass dessert. The automatic doors behind him opened. He didn't have to look to know who it was.
" How is he Doctor Halsey?" Garmin asked, still looking out the observation room. Halsey could his face reflected in the window, his face a hard expression on it, as though he already knew the answer to his own question.
" He is stable, but…" Halsey started.
" But what Doctor?"
Halsey gulped. She knew the Colonel wouldn't like this next part. Not one bit.
" Section three wants him for…Study." She said nervously. Every one knew about the Colonel and Section Three. Judging from his expression there was still bad blood there.
" Study my ass. All they want to do is cut him open and see what makes him tick. Bastards." Garmin said to him self. Halsey nodded agreeing. " It's wrong." She said.
" Catherine?" Garmin asked, Shocking Halsey with his use of her first name, " We can't let that happen. He doesn't deserve to die in a lab as some kind of expirment."
Though Halsey agreed, she saw no way out of the situation. Well there was one way, but Halsey had sworn shhe never again ruin someones life that way. She knew immediately from the look at on the colonels face what he was going to ask.
" No, I wont do it. I swore I'd never ruin someone that way again."
Garmin turned to look at her. " Its murder if we don't. I can read those instruments as well as you can Doctor. He is dying, Section three knows this and will hurry to make sure that they can get what they want. Regardless of the fact that he's human."
Halsey was torn. She hated what she had done to Garmin and those like him, it was one of her greatest regrets, but she also knew that if the young man on the table didn't undergo augmentation he would die. And as a Spartan, he would become to Valuable for section three to use that way.
" Why? Is there really no other way?" Halsey asked. Garmin just shook his head.
" Why me? Why not one of the other doctors?"
" Because Catherine, I trust you. Look, I know what I'm asking you is hard, but please. Catherine please help him if we don't he's dead, if we do, well he may still die but if he survies then he'll at least have a fighting chance." Garmin pleaded with her.
Halsey relented " Ok, I'll do it. I'll just make up reason that will look good to section three." Halsey said.
" Thank you Doctor." Garmin said. He turned and headed for the door, as it opened Halsey called to him.
" You miss her don't you?" She asked looking him in the eye. Garmin looked her right back " I don't know what your talking about." he said coldly, and exited the room. Garmin walked back to his quarters to lay down. Thinking the whole way back. He looked over at his desk as he entered his quarters. The only picture on it was of him and pretty blonde woman sitting near a tree smiling. Garmin picked it up, looking at it memories flashed through his mind bringing tears as he remembered all the good times he'd had with her. Garmin remembered the last time he'd seen her, before her assignment to section three. He has finally told her that he loved her, and found out she felt the same. Then two months after she left, she was killed in action. Garmin looked at the picture again, sobbing now and threw it against the wall shattering it. Yes, he did miss her. More than any one knew.
Operating room.
" Well. Lets get this over with." Said Halsey. She looked over to her assistant.
" Get ready to begin stage one." Her assistant nodded an hooked up the boy to several machines. The machines came to life whirring and humming. The status lights on the machine blinked red then green. The tech looked up at Halsey.
" Its all ready doctor." he said.
" Good begin stage one of the Augmentation process." The tech nodded and gave the activate command. Six needles extended and entered the boy along his spine and began to inject their serum into him. Even in his sedated state he was cringing in pain.
" Stage one of augmentation successfully initiated. His body is accepting the muscle enhancers." the tech reported.
"Good. Prepare stage Two." The tech nodded and began stage two. The six neddles withdrew from his spine and refilled with blue liquid, then re-inserted into his spine. Halsey watched the data on her screen. Muscle mass had appropriately risen and the adrenal stimulant was working perfectly. He was ready for stage three.
" Begin stage three. Put him on the HGH drip. By morning he'll be ready for the final stage of his augmentation." Halsey watched as the tech scurried around and did as he was asked. As they left the operating room, she looked back the boy sleeping uncomfortably on the table. " I'm sorry." She whispered.
Restricted area 18. R&D hangar.
The massive purple creature stood in the hangar bay as techs ran around underneath it. Inside the hangar stood six other beings like it, though these appeared to be wearing MOLJNER battle armor. They were labled units 10 through 16. Each was an Evangelion, now ready for activation. All they needed was some pilots.
A man sat at his desk in a non descript office just off of restricted area 18. His name plate said Director Haverson. He was the commander of Section three. On his desk were six files of Spartans. Each one was a potential pilot. Garmins folder was on the top of the list.
Next day. Operating room.
Halsey looked at the face of the young man nervously. This was the most dangerous part of the whole part of the process. She remembered the first time she had done this operation. How many had either died or were so maimed they would never again function normally. She took a deep breath calming herself and looked up at the observation room to see Garmin standing in his dress uniform. He nodded to her.
Halsey began the incisions. Cutting down the the young mans bones. Once she could see the bones, she injected the combination of Carbon fibers and metal alloys that would make his bones virtually unbreakable. This whole process took well into the afternoon. Soon she was finished and moved on to the final stage.
This was the tricky part. She had to open his skull and install a neural uplink that would allow the young man to control his MOLJNER battle armor and synch with an A.I.
Halsey had some concerns however, as this was the new uplink made by ONI. Colonel Garmin and six other Spartans were the only other ones with this next generation uplink. She was wondering as to why ONI wanted him to have this uplink as well, as the original trial size required was six and they already had that.
Halsey shook her head and cast those thoughts to the side. She'd find out why later. Halsey made her incision and began to gently insert the uplink. When she was finished she went to the control console near his bead. Hasley's finger hovered over the activate button. Once the uplink was on, there was no going back. She looked again to the Colonel in the observatory, he nodded and she pushed the button.
" I'm sorry." She whispered again to the young man.
2 day later. Recovery room 232 C
Shinji began to stir.
" Unfamiliar ceiling." he muttered. Shinji felt a dull ache threw out his body, what happened? He thought to himself. He remembered seeing Asuka torn to shreds by the MP EVA series, then a massive Rei and Kouru floating in the air. Things got a little fuzzy after that, then he saw earth the blue green shining orb he called home getting father and father away, then nothing but inky blackness.
" I see your awake." Said a voice in the corner. Shinji looked over toward the voice seeing a tall handsome looking man of only maybe 17 or 18 looking back at him. The man was massive. He stood about 7 feet tall and was well muscled. His eyes were cold and his face hard. He was wearing a Black T-shirt and Combat fatigues with a pistol strapped to his right thigh.
" What's your name?" asked the man.
" Shinji Ikari." Shinji responded
" Pleased to meet you, my name is Matthew Garmin. I am a Colonel in the UNSC armed forces and a Spartan combat soilder."
What the hell is this guy talking about? He wondered. This was really confusing. What is the UNSC?
" Where am I?" Shinji asked, he needed some answers.
" You are on Reach, Aproximatley 10.5 light years from earth."
That stament set off alarm bells in Shinji's mind. I'm not on earth?
" What's the date?" he asked, afraid of the answer.
" April 10th 2558." the man answered
Shinji passed out on the bed. " What did I say?" Garmin wondered, confused.
Undisclosed location.
" How are our plans coming along?" Asked a man
" Very well," replied another " the covenant has pledged their support to us, and the new Eva units will soon be ready for them."
" Excellent. Soon every thing will begin. We will end the UNSC , light the rings and bring forth Universal Instrumentality."
A/N: I redid this chapter because I wrote it at one am in the morning and when I re-read it I did not like it. Thank you to all who have reviewed, your comments and suggestions have been very helpful.
