'Blah'- Thoughts
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Stage of History
Chapter 2: The Fates
No one knows who forged Soul Edge but there are many legends surrounding it one is that it was forged by god himself for his most trusted angel Lucifer but as it is told Lucifer betrayed him and was cast into hell but before he was cast into the flames God sealed Lucifer inside the sword as punishment for his betrayal. Since the dawn of their civilisation man has always believed he was the master of all he surveyed never realising that he shared the world with being greater then we are and could not even begin to understand and just because we can't see them doesn't mean there not there.
In the hall of a great house high upon a mountain hight above the world three Women met each of them wielded great power worshipped in ancient time but toughs day are long since past they are known as the Norns, three goddesses who's duty was to observes the three threads of time as it forever moves their spinning wheel, the lives of gods and mortals alike pass through their hands.
Urd, Keeper of the Past.
Verdandi, watcher of the present.
And Skuld who holds the future,
past present and future three distinct but inseparable threads however they don't control fate they can only observe it, only mortal men have the power that can change destiny.
"Dear sisters," Verdandi said "It has been an age since we last came together."
"But events on earth have given us no choice." Urd said whilst Skuld nodded in agreement
"Dear sisters Soul Edge has returned and the one whom is fated to either be the saviour or destroyer of humanity has fallen under its influence and become its new host." Verdandi said as a large image appeared between them showing of Shinji receiving the shard of Soul Edge and his transformation into Nightmare
"Dear sister what are we to do?" Skuld asked "As we speak I see the future thatforetells the end of all life on Earth with what the mortals call 'Third Impact' unravelling and the one who's decision all mankind's future depends upon is lost corrupted by the demonic blade. Soul Edge has returned and it is clearly powerful enough to derail destiny and the only weapon that can destroy the Cursed Sword Soul Calibur is lost to us, cast into the abyss centuries ago by Soul Edges former host Siegfried. We must do something or all will be lost."
"You know our duty Skuld," Urd said "We can not interfere only observe. Whenever Soul Edge has arisen Soul Calibur has always reappeared to counter it."
"I see the future dear sister and I see no appearance of the Spirit Sword." Skuld replied sharply "What I do see is a great battle between the Azure Knight and a creature of unparalleled evil wielding a scythe. And I fear that only darkness will descend upon the world no matter who the victor."
"If that is the future then who are we to challenge it?" Urd countered
"Enough," Verdandi said ending any conflict between her siblings before it could escalate "You are both correct. The entire future of life on Earth depends on this young man choice but we can not interfere. But we can use our powers to send others who have knowledge of Soul Edge to aid him, it will be difficult however Soul Edge is cunning and ruthless and It has made its first kill so if we are to do this we must act quickly."
"Yes we must." Skuld agreed "We must do this now or all hope will be lost."
"We appear not to have too many options." Urd said through clearly not liking the idea.
Valentine Manor in England the home of a platinum haired woman dressed in skin tight white out fit that left very little to the imagination her name Ivy Valentine an alchemist whom was wielding her snake sword that she called Valentine that flashed each time she cleaved the air with it, not too long ago she had been in the library reviewing ancient tomes for a way to strengthen her sword and finally kill her father Cervantes and return him to hell now she was locked in combat with a grounp of thieves who foolishly broken in now all but one lay at her feet, the snake sword transformed into its whip form which wrapped around the man's throat and in one swift movement she snapped his neck like a dry reed.
In Japan in an Underground Buddhist sanctum wearing her black outfit was the demon slayer Taki using her two daggers Rekki-Mura and Mekki-Mura fought against ninja of her former clan that had turned on her after she refused to hand over her scared dagger Mekki-Mura which drew its power from a splinter of Soul Edge to her master who had become corrupted with the prospect of dark power.
In an area of south-east Asia in a valley was a watermill located near a village referred to by locals the Village of Wind Deity where a young girl name Talim sat admiring the view her trusty blades Syi Sarika and Loka Luh mounted on her wrists.
In Greece at Eurdice Shrine also known as the Gate of the Gods located in the Temple of Hepthaetus god of the forge which is guarded by Sophita Alexander who wielded a short sword she knew as an Omegasword and a small shield called Elk shield along side her sister Cassandra who also wielded an Omegasword short sword and a small shield Nemea Shield her engaged in a fierce battle against Lizardmen and would gladly give their lives to protect this sanctity of the gods but it wouldn't be necessary as the remaining enemy began to flee the two sisters beamed with pride at each other before embracing blissfully unaware that they were being watched,
standing on top of one of the pillars stood a young woman with cerulean blue hair, purple eyes a mole under her left one a purple stripe running across her right check and the bridge oh her nose, green lipstick and wearing a skin tight green outfit that covered a minute amount of her chest carrying a large metal disk she called her Alselne Drossel her name was Tira.
Unknown to these six women they were about to be torn from their homes and transported six centuries into the future, out of nowhere a giant flash of light appeared in England, Greece, south-east Asia and Japan swallowing up Ivy, Taki, Talim, Sophitia, Cassanda and Tira transporting them to a different time and place.
Meanwhile Nightmare was returning to the apartment which would serve as his temporary based of operations till he had gathered all the fragments of the Cursed Sword. He approached the front door but could sense no one inside which meant the one called Misato was till at work and the one called Asuka was still at the residence of the one called Hikari, he forced the door open and made his way inside in the kitchen Pen Pen emerged from his fridge only to come face to face with the Azure Knight
"Get out of my sight or I'll burn you alive." Nightmare snarled and the flightless bird instantly retreated to cower in his fridge.
Once more inside his hosts room Nightmare took out the fragment he had salvaged and put it on the desk next to the piece Shinji had received in the mail the moment he'd set it down both shards glowed red and he watched in amazement as they fused themselves together he picked up in his mutated hand and stared at it
"Yes I'm one step closer to engulfing this entire world in darkness." Nightmare said a smile on his lips, suddenly he began to feel woozy and he collapsed on the bed and his world went black.
The bright light died away and Ivy Valentine found herself lying on the marble floor looking about she noticed four other women Taki the ninja, Talim the wind priestess and Sophitia and Cassanda from the Temple of Hepthaetus in Greece whom she recognized due to encountering them the last time she tried to hunt down Soul Edge each of the women were unconscious which made Ivy very suspicious and tightened the grip on her sword a noise then caught her attention and the sword transformed into its whip form and sent it in the direction the noise had come from.
Taki had regained conciousness and was in the process of peeling herself off the floor due to her ninja training her senses were shaper then the average person and heard something coming towards her and was able to dodge at the last second, looking in the direction of her attack her she saw the familiar visage of Ivy Valentine, Ivy went to strike her again but Taki leapt into the air and disabled the British woman with a fly kick to the stomach that sent he crashing to the ground Taki handed in front of her and pointed one of her daggers to her throat
"Speak witch, what sorcery have you used to transport me here?" the ninja demanded
"I have done nothing, I too have been brought here against my will." Ivy replied it was at this the sound of the others waking up caught the ninjas attention and Ivy used this distraction to kick Taki in the stomach which sent her flying backwards and landed on her back Ivy was then upon her her sword to Taki's throat
"You really thought you could defeat me?" Ivy said however before Taki could reply or any of the others intervene there was another blinding light that engulfed the entire room.
Misato emerged from her lair in her traditional skimpy morning wear even though her head was still a little fuzzy she noticed that a few things were different then how they usually were but didn't really think about it till she downed her morning beer first thing she noticed was that Shinji wasn't already up making breakfast
'Ah well kid must have slept in this morning.' next thing she noticed was a cake on the table and it took her another few seconds it was a birthday cake 'Funny its not my birthday and I know its not Asuka's. Ah well finders keepers.' she mused as she began eating it.
Shinji began to stir 'What a weird dream.' he then noticed a wait in his left hand and saw he was still holding the metal shard he'd received last funny enough it seemed larger then it had done night, sitting up and tried to recall the previous evening but the thing was after opening the letter and picking up that shard he couldn't recall anything of the previous evening and looking down he saw the clothes he was wearing had been ripped to shreds.
Deciding to worry about these things later he put the metal shard in his desk draw and put on some fresh clothes and walked into the kitchen to find his guardian pigging out on his birthday cake
"Oh morning Shinji," Misato said through a mouthful of cake "Y'know I appreciate the thought but you do know its not my birthday right."
"I know Misato," he replied as she got up and headed for the bathroom "it was mine." she didn't seem to hear him though and all he could do was watched the bathroom door shut.
He was about to make himself a cup of tea when he heard Misato's voice calling to him from the other side of the door
"Oh Shinji, I left my towel in my room could you grab it and pass it to me through the door?"
"Ok." he replied, entering Misato's room Shinji had to fight not to pass out from the stench he found Misato's towel draped across her desk picking it up he found a letter underneath and even though he knew he shouldn't he began to read it and as he did his eyes glowed red.
Later that evening a NERV VTOL made its way towards a JSSDF facility located on the outskirts of Tokyo, inside Misato stared uncomfortably out the window very aware that the Commander Gendo Ikari was sitting in the seat opposite her along with Sub Commander Fuyutsuki sitting next to her blissfully unaware that tonight's events would change everything.
Ten minutes later the craft landed and upon exiting the two Commanders herself and lieutenant Hyuga were met by a squad of JSSDF troops assigned to escort them about the complex entered, they were led through many winding corridors to an elevator when the doors opened again they were greeted by for troops and a middle aged man dressed in a lab coat he had blue/grey eyes that were filled with good nature and humour and his brown was beginning to grey
"Commanders Ikari and Fuyutsuki welcome to our facility." he said by his accent the Major could tell he was German
"Yes, Professor Vanhofen this is our tactical Major Misato Katsuragi and Lieutenant Makoto Hyuga."
"Pleased to meet you." the professor said as he shook Misato and Hyuga's hands
"So what is this discovery you want us to see?" Gendo asked not even looking at the man
"Ah yes please follow me." they then followed a man to a door that had a sign next to it that read 'Maximum Security area. Level 6 clearance needed' the professor placed his eyes level with a box on the wall which preformed a retinal scan before taking a card out of his coat at wiping it through a slot and the door opened
"What I'm about to show you is unbelievable, it will revolutionise so many areas of science." the professor said as they entered a darkened room with a stoplight highlighting a table in the middle with four objects each contained in a glass container
when they got closer they saw what it was was a shard of metal and three metal splinters
"This is it, this is our discovery." the professor beamed "These where discovered on a construction sight three days ago, not wanting to take any chances the foremen had them scanned and radiographer actually exploded and they all panicked believing they were radioactive."
Misato stared at the man "If they are radioactive are we safe in here with out special suits?"
"No need to worry my dear we are quite safe," the professor replied "In fact it isn't radiation it gives off its some sort of energy, a great deal of energy." the three of four NERV representative traded intrigued looks with each other whilst Gendo continued to stare at the metal fragments,
the professor was correct the metal fragment were giving off some sort of energy and the Adam Embryo in his hand seemed to be reacting to it but there was also something else to it, its seemed to fear it the first angel was afraid this was deferentially something worth looking into "What is it you require of us professor?" he asked
"I want you to take me with you to NERV I believe I stand a much better chance of unlocking the secrets they contain with all the resources NERV has at its finger tips." however before Gendo could even consider this alarms began sounding
"What's going on?" Misato demanded "Not sure, give me a second." the professor said as he pulled out his cellphone and called security but got no reply.
Suddenly there was a loud banging on the door before it flew off it hinges and a figure wearing dark blue armour entered carrying a large sword with a pair of glowing red eyes visible through a slit in the helmet
"I will share with you my darkness."
AN Well chapter 2, how was it review and tell me. For anyone who cares I got the thing about the Norns from the manga series Ragnarok. As you can see I've introduced some of my favorite ladies from Soul Calibur and I can promse more characters will appear in future chapters from the Stage of History. Till next time, peace.