Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Symphony
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Neon Genesis Evangelion, but I do own a box of special k, it'll be gone by the end of the week. This is AU and because of that, the characters will be OOC, but also in character at the same time. It will be clear through out the story.
Key "Talking" Thinking/Dream-state ¨Anything that isn't human or is Asuka¨
He was panickinghe didn't know what do so he kept running. Down an endless corridor, the darkness was catching up to him. No! He had to push it, he just had to, he needed an existence, a purpose he wasn't going to allow himself to vanish in that void. A light appeared in front of him making him halt his advance.
"I-it's you, isn't it?! What the hell are you?! What the hell am I?!" Shinji could feel himself breaking down, he couldn't take it anymore too much had happened and it was a lot to take it. He needed answers, he wanted answers, he wanted anything. The darkness had caught up to him and began engulfing him, but instead of smothering him, it began clawing at him. It tugged at his arm and with such force that his arm ripped off; a gushing sound was heard and blood, muscle, and bone oozed out. He was melting?
"ARGH! What is this? Stop it! No!" Now his leg melted of, the wound oozing fresh. Something ripped his stomach open and the contents of his body to spill out. He was trying to get free, shrug off this black mist, but he felt his other leg snap and bend in the opposite direction from where it was supposed to bend. He fell, except instead of falling onto the surface he was running on. He kept falling, falling falling, falling. It was just him and this light that floated in front of him and he was fading, he couldn't take it anymore, he was done.
Shinji, I am. . .
Impact 1.2 Expectations
Shinji awoke to a white ceiling, he frantically looked around. The room was also white, it must be a hospital. Wait why was he in a hospital? This wasn't making sense, what the hell happened to him out there? He got up and looked around, it was spacious but it only held one person in it. Shinji sighed.
"Unfamiliar."
"Just like 15 years ago, the Angels have seemed to return." The council of SEELE had commenced an emergency meeting concerning this new revelation. Gendo sat at his position and listen to them talk about the current situation and what steps are needed. One of the council members began talking to him directly.
"Well Ikari it would seem that our investments are beginning to pay off. But that doesn't stem from that the fact that reports indicate that you gave the Eva to your own son."
"That's right Ikari, we have suffered enough from your family. Stemming from man power and time to money."
"You should instead be concentrating fully on the human enhancement project, the future of mankind."
Gendo remained calm, he knew that as long as there money was going in the right direction then they couldn't do anything serious to him.
"All that aside, under the current situation we may consider adjusting the budget, as for the rest of the meeting it shouldn't concern you Ikari."
And with that the council vanished, except for one who informed Gendo that it has now begun and they can not take any chances. As soon as they left Gendo was left staring into space.
"I know because. . ."
Shinji walked out into the hallway and gazed out the window. Just how much more of this would he have to put up with, whatever had happened to him last night had him drained physically as well as emotionally. He turned to go back into his room when he the noise of wheels, he turned to catch Rei still in her bandages and also staring out the window. When their eyes locked for a second Shinji seemed to notice that she wasn't even looking at him, she was looking through him. Not a word, no thank you, no look of concern for him. He hung his head and headed back to his room.
I am no one.
Misato and Ritsuko were on their way back to head quarters after salvaging the parts of Unit 01 that fell off during the fight, so they could start repairs right away. They were also wondering what caused Unit 01 to create that kind of shock wave, well because they were driving back from a gigantic crater. Ritsuko put the phone down after Misato had finished her rant on air conditioning, how it was the 'best thing' man has ever made.
"Shinji's awake." Misato opened her eyes and continued to stare straight into the sky.
"How is he?"
"Well he's fine aside from his memory of last night being moldy." Misato tensed up a bit, she wanted to ask questions sure she did, but Ritsuko seemed fine and when Ritsuko seems fine then nothing bad has happened. . . yet.
"He had a rough day, he just needs a little break that's all." Ritsuko nodded as they entered NERV.
Shinji stared at his arm, last night was like a dream. He remembered some, but not all. He arm was in pain, then it felt like something was jammed into his eye. He felt all of it, he remembered the pain. Then there was nothing, no feeling, no pain, no emotion. It's like after that he phased out, but then who took out the Angel? Him? Someone else? He didn't know. He put his head down and allowed himself to drift off until he heard someone approach. He raised his head and locked eyes with Misato. There was no exchange of words, they didn't need any. Shinji just got up and walked with Misato towards an elevator. The doors swung open and low and behold there was Gendo staring right at him, looking as if he was about to strike Shinji. Shinji stared right back, he wanted to punch his old man right in the face. The doors closed separating them, the elevator then continued on it's course. Misato could only watch the exchange, she felt uneasy about the whole thing. They went on there way o get Shinji's housing information.
"Why do you want to know so badly?" A man pulled out a cigarette and lit it up, inhaling and exhaling in one swift movement.
"Because I'm curious, it's way to convenient, and besides." The man looked over at his companion and took another puff from his cigarette. "The capacity has reached it's limit, if we're not careful." The other man just sighed.
"I know of the consequences dammit! I don't need someone like you to lecture me." He rubbed his temple with his fingers. He sighed heavily as the other man finished his cigarette and stomped it out.
"Not only has it begun to stir, but it has also grown exceptionally in only a few hours." He checked his watch and tucked his zippo into his pocket.
"It will have to wait, this little 'meeting' is over." And with that both men turned and left walking in the opposite direction of each other, unsure what the future will hold now.
"You mean he's gonna be living alone? And Shinji, you're alright with this?" Shinji just nodded at Misato, she couldn't understand he was just a kid and wanted to be alone? What the hell was wrong with this kid? Aside from the jerk for a father.
"It doesn't bother me, I didn't exactly come here to make friends." He stated, not even making eye contact with Misato. He turned to leave, he didn't want to linger about not when we was feeling like this. Just then he stopped when a hand landed on his shoulder. Touch. He tensed up and turned around and looked to see Misato staring at him.
"Hold on Shinji, I got an idea." She decided to make one hell of a cute face at Shinji, to this he blushed and turned his head around quickly, he hated being these situations.
Misato watched at Unit 01 placed on the elevator and shot up right to the surface, this was gonna be hard on Shinji but he was their only hope at the moment. Please Shinji, survive.
"Unit 01, restraints have been removed commencing battle preparations!" Yelled First Lieutenant Makoto Hyuga checking over the Eva.
"Sync signs are normal, everything is ready for operation." said the second technician Maya Ibuki as she just finished double checking, making sure the Eva had accepted this unknown boy as it's pilot. She didn't want to remember what happened last time with Rei.
"Good I want to be updated every second! We have to ensure the safety of the pilot." Misato was worried, but she couldn't let it show, she had to put her rank in front of her personal feelings. She hated it though, Ritsuko and Gendo had pulled one over her.
"Amazing, his sync ratio is 54.2, that's the highest we've ever had for a beginner." Ritsuko stated, having look over the sync records. Misato turned her head to the monitor, and then to the screen displaying Unit 01. What? His sync is a lot higher than Rei's, and she had months of training. Misato quickly shook these thoughts our of her head, she had to concentrate on the task at hand.
"Shinji we need you to walk." Ritusko ordered, there was no reply but they clearly saw Unit 01 begin to walk, but it then stumbled and fell forward, but before it made contact Unit 01 had caught itself. Misato gave a sigh of relief.
"The target is advancing on Unit 01!" reported First Lieutenant Shigeru Aoba.
Misato shot her head up to the screen and there it was, the Angel. The one that had been attacking the city. The one that the UN had failed to eliminate, and now they were using a scared 14 year old boy to utilize a very dangerous and unstable weapon.
"Unit 01 has regain it's posture and has begun to assault the target!" Hyuga reported. Misato and Ritsuko looked up at the screen and were left in awe, Shinji had done it. He had not only caught himself but he was up and attacking the Angel, laying hit after hit on the being. Everything was on their side until Shinji lined up the 8th punch, Unit 01's back gave out and it tumbled backwards, but before it could hit the group the Angel quickly swept itself up and grabbed Unit 01 and began it's counter attack.
"Target has snapped Unit 01's left arm!"
"His sync levels are dropping!"
"Unit 01 has gone silent!"
Misato couldn't keep up, it happened too fast. The Angel was too much for him, she quickly ordered the retrieval of the pilot when the alarm sounded off.
"What is that?" Misato asked the technicians, Ibuki was the first to reply.
"It's Unit 01 it has come back online, and the pilots vitals are confirmed. He is conscious. . . .What? His sync level is 110!"
"What?! How did it spike that high? It has to be an error!" Ritsuko went over to the monitor to check it out personally. Misato could only look up at the screen, and soon everyone was looking up at the screen. Unit 01 decimated the Angel as if it was nothing. Reports came in from the technicians, how Unit 01 had regenerated it's arm and how Shinji's sync ratio was climbing. But Misato couldn't care less Unit 01 had begun to thrash out at the surrounding area.
"HAHAHA! Crush! Crush!" Shinji's voiced echoed over the comm system. Misato was taken a back, was this the same timid boy she had saved earlier? The same one would hardly said a word? He had to calm down before he destroyed the area.
"Shinji!" As soon as Misato had called out to him, Unit 01 stopped. Then it went limp, but then some form of light manifested around Unit 01 then wings flashed out of the machines back. What is. . .?
"Energy levels spiking! Surging out of Unit 01 and expanding!" Shigeru reported. Misato couldn't take her eyes off the screen, it was just like that time. Then, the light engulfed Unit 01 and the area blinked out. When the light had faded, the area was nothing but a crater with Unit 01 levitating above the wreckage. It began to lower itself down until it reached the bottom, the wings fluttered out and Unit 01 fell down like a rag doll. Ritsuko ordered the retrieval of the pilot right away, Misato was frozen to the spot where she stood. Shinji...
Gendo Smirked.
Misato was pulled out of the events that happened last night by the voice of Shinji.
"Hm?"
"It's um, a news report about the Angel attack." Shinji repeated pointing to her car radio. Misato had just gotten approval from the supervisor for Shinji be moved in with her. After what happened last night, she wanted to make sure the boy was alright. He needed someone to look over him, and Misato took it upon herself. She turned the radio and as Shinji had informed her it was about the Angel attack, but it also about a hijacking at the Japanese International Airport.
"What the hell?!" Misato pulled her car over to the side of the road and turned the radio up louder.
"Tension has arisen from last night's invasion from the being known as Angel, in response the UN gave authorization over to NERV to use the experimental machine known as Evangelion." Mistao was shocked, how did a radio station get this information? Wasn't the Evas supposed to classified above top secret? At least until this afternoon, when Gendo was going to make a public announcment. And how did this tie into the hijacking? No sooner had she asked herself these questions, the broadcaster reveled the answer to one of them.
"Due to the battle last night, the area was decimated resulting in an unknown amount of casualties. Due to this, a small group broke into the north bay military base and acquired VTOLs. Taking the Airport and 870 hostages, they are demanding to know the identity of the pilot and for him to be brought to them." Misato kicked her radio and it blanked out.
"Ah hell!" She cursed. Turning her car on, she pulled one hell of a u turn and headed back to NERV.
"So, the Eva's are out."
"So soon Kaji-san?" A young red-haired girl looked over at the man in question. He looked over at the girl sitting across from him. They were sitting in a small kitchen, big enough for three. Kaji looked down at his breakfast, picking up a piece of bacon he replied.
"Yes Asuka, and the pilot in question is the third child." She turned her head to the tv and rested her chin on the palm of her right hand and smirked playfully.
"Well, I'm going to see how this plays out then."
"So they have the place neatly tied up? The UN can't get in?" Misato had arrived just in time for the briefing, the were carefully discussing and forms hostage retrieval. Ritsuko just shook her head.
"No, and now this concerns NERV as well. These people are desperate and unless we bring them Shinji-kun, they will start killing people, they also set it up so that if weapons are launched then the civilians are the first ones wiped out in the ensuing crossfire."
They were at a stalemate, not only had this group thought this out; but they could properly defend them using the weapons they stole, and by using a human shield.
"Damn, well we can't let them have Shinji-kun without a fight."
Shinji was watching the events on a tv monitor in a waiting room. He wanted to know what the hell happened last night. Why was he being blamed? And now if he wasn't going to show up at the airportthen more people will get executed. They make me sick.
Justifying bloodshed with a cardboard cause.
I want to do something. . .
As expected, you truly are unique, well then you know what you could do.
Misato stared in amazement at Gendo. He was about to sell out his son, his suggestion was to simply deliver him no questions asked. He calmly stated that they could always get another child. Even Ritsuko looked shocked, but she wasn't as clearly pissed as Misato. Unfortunately, he was the commander and if you speak out against him then he could make you disappear in an instant. Just then there was a knock on the door. The guard opened it and there was Shinji standing there. Misato quickly noticed one thing. His eyes. . .
"Excuse me, but I think I may have a suggestion if that's alright with everyone." Shinji said. Everyone looked at him in puzzlement. But Gendo had remained calm the entire time.
"And what is this suggestion?" Inquired Gendo. Shinji just gave a confident smirk as his eyes glowed blue.
"Well, they want the Eva pilot right? Then we shouldn't disappoint..."
The airport was silent, everyone was afraid to talk. These men had guns and had issued the order to bring the mysterious Eva pilot or there will be blood. The leader of said group checked his watch.
"They made us wait long enough, alright they wanted to fuck with us men! Waste 'em!" All the men pointed their guns at the the hostages that they lined up. They were gonna kill as many people they could before making their escape. Then detonating the building. Before a single trigger could be pulled, the ground began to shake.
"W-what the hell is this?!"
"Boss!! Out in the run way!!" All the men turned there heads and locked there eyes on the advancing figure of Evangelion Unit 01.
"Well, well. Not only did they bring us the pilot but that piece of shit machine." The leader smirked, he signaled to his men to board the VTOLs and intercept the Eva.
"Leave these punks, this place is in lock down anyway. It'll take them 15 minutes to burn through the doors. And we always have plan B, now head out!" The men finished boarding and began their way over to Eva.
"Well Shinji, that certainly got there attention." Misato's voiced buzzed over the comm.
"Shinji, I've noticed that your walk is a little wobbly. An Eva is like a person, without careful actions and posture you will fall down." Ritsuko's voice added. Shinji was nervous, she was right. He hadn't gotten the walking down yet, but arm movements were easy for him. He had practiced that before making his way to the run way.
"Alright Akagi-san, I'll take it as easy as I can." Shinji replied, he wanted to get this over with. He caused this mess and he didn't want blood on his hands. This wasn't his war, he wanted to resolve this and never step foot inside the Eva again. He breathed his to calm himself and looked behind him, the UN and NERV personnel had sent up safety nets. The plan was pretty straight forward: disable the the VTOLs and make sure they crash land in the safety nets where the person or persons on board would be arrested, if stage one could not be attained, then they were to be taken out. Shinji gulped at that, as stated: this wasn't his damn war, after this why should he fight? For people? Bah, people didn't concern Shinji. Except for Misato, she was very nice to him after all that was happening. He quickly shook these thoughts out of his head as the VTOLs cam into range, and with that Shinji made Unit 01 jump into the air landing right between two of them, brining his arms down on top of them and crushing the rudders, concentrating as hard as he could, he made Unit 01 do a 180 while making it stand up at the same time. The other VTOLs opened fire on him as he slid the two he had right into the safety net. Surprisingly he didn't feel a thing, even when they shot their missiles at him. Spinning around he batted one in the cock pit, making it spin around he then grabbed that back of it and brought it to the ground, then sliding it between his legs as his did a frog jump. Three more. He did a landing slid, stopping when he smashed into the side of a parked airplane, scrambling to his feet he closed line another one and again proceeded to slid it into the safety net. He turned around but fumbled a bit. This was hard, and clearly straining him. He felt some blood tinkle out of his nose.
"Shinji calm down, you're still not used to the effects of synchronization. Just hang in there you're doing an amazing job." Misato said, these were the words Shinji needed to hear. They made him strong, they made him steady himself and advance on the remaining two VTOLs. They were still firing on the machine, Unit 01 seemed to fly through the explosions and collide into one of them. He pulled another slid and turned around to face off against the last one.
"Damn! This isn't any good! We're all out of ammunition!" Screamed the pilot to the leader.
"FUCK!! Keep her steady, I'm gonna blast this piece of shit." He unlatched the side and attached a harness and hung out the side. He proceeded to open fire on Unit 01. Shinji made Unit 01 rush forward and try to grab the machine but he fumbled a bit and fell on one knee.
"Dammit!" Shinji let out his frustration. The remaining VTOL in front of him began to turn around, the pilot wanted to get some distance. The leader than noticed one thing. Their hostages were being evacuated.
"Son of a bitch! I was looking forward to plan b! Ah well I'll take some out now anyway! HAHAHAHA!!" And with that he opened fire on the fleeting group, they all took cover but one little girl wasn't so lucky, he had clipped her in the leg. She fell down with a thud.
"Big brother!"
"Dammit, Akane!" A boy about Shinji's age ran out to his little sister, he was wearing a black track suit and he looked pretty athletic.
"WAH! Hey, hey Toji get back here man!" Called out his friend, he looked quite the opposite looking a bit nerdy.
"No way Kensuke! She's my sister!" He got to her and began to pick her up carefully when he noticed the VTOL across from them in the sky. He also noticed that the gunner had them right in his sights.
"Well, welcome back to Tokyo-3 sis. . ."
"Brother. . . "
Shinji got Unit 01 stable and moving over to them, Unit 01 tripped on it's feet as the leader pulled the trigger. Unit 01's right hand had landed first and Shinji had made sure it cupped them from the bullets. Twisting the Eva's torso, Shinji grabbed the last VTOL with the Eva's left hand and slid it over to the safety net just like with all the others. Letting out a sigh of relief, he lifted the Eva's hand to reveal that the two people underneath were alright, minus a leg shot. The crowd began to cheer as Shinji made the Unit stand up straight. As the paramedics rushed over to the girl, Toji stood up and looked at the Eva. He smiled and gave it a thumbs up. Shinji blushed at this and responded at this by making the Eva give a thumbs up back. Then Misato's voice clicked on the comm.
"That was excellent Shinji! You saved them with zero casualties. You've done a very brave thing, not once but twice." Shinji smiled at this. Maybe, I am someone. . . .
"I present to you mankind's weapon! Shield, sword, spear, hammer, and gun! The Evangelion!" Gendo had taken this opportunity to hack the speakers of the area and make an early announcement. A perfect chance to rally people on the side of NERV.
"Well, was that to your liking Asuka?" Kaji asked as they both watched the even unfold. Asuka shivered with excitement.
"Well, it seems this Third Child is pretty decent. It's a shame that when we meet, I'll prove to be the superior pilot." Asuka said as a matter of factly.
A hand clicked the power button on a remote and the turned the monitor off displaying this new event. Sitting in absolute darkness a figure leaned back in their chair.
"Well that was a perfect field run, now it is time to load the second stage. . ."
