Disclaimer: I am not Gainax. I do not own Evangelion.
AN: Yeah the main storyline I promised isn't starting yet. I found some gaping plot holes in it thanks to my super amazing beta Seeking Professional Help. So now the story at the beginning of Chapter One has been pushed back a bit. Or maybe alot. I don't really know for sure at this time. So... Sorry bout that. All I can say is sit tight. Now then... Read the damn chapter.
The Forgotten Angel Chapter 3: Destruction
The first thing I notice is that I feel someone poking my shoulder. Next thing was that I was sore as hell. I wave my hand at them and I drowsily say, "Leave me alone." I then hear, "You need to get up." "Don't wanna.", I sleepily say as I roll onto my side. "We're needed at NERV.", the voice says. I crack open my eyes to see a blue haired girl was watching me. I push myself up into a sitting posistion. I look around to see that I was laying on the floor and my blanket was in a crumpled pile by my feet. I stand up slowly and shake my head. Ayanami grabs my arm and drags me to the door. I stumble and smack my face against the wall. "Damn it!", I shout at the top of my lungs as Ayanami pulls me out of the door, now with a dent in it from when I headbutted it. "Is it an Angel?", I ask as I rub my eyes. "Yes.", Ayanami says as we walk onto the street, where the bright light was blinding. I flinch in pain and cover my eyes with my palms. When my eyes finally adjust to the harsh sunlight I see that she was already down the street. 'Holy shit! I should pay attention.', I tell myself.
I pop my neck as I look around. There was nobody here but me and her. "How are we supposed to get there?", I inquire as I place my hands on my spine. I lean back and hear a satisfying 'crack' and I felt a whole hell of alot better. Ayanami monotonically says to me, "Walking." I look down the street and see something was gleaming in the sunlight. I walk up to it and examine it closer. I cracked a satisfied grin as I recognized what it was. It was a motorcycle that appeared to be in good condition. It was blue with a white flame design. I looked down and seen the keys were missing. "Fuck!", I yell as I slam my fist onto the seat. I look up to see Ayanami was now a couple of streets away from me and walking in the same direction as before without looking back. I was about to run after her but feel something against my fist. I look down to see that there was a envelope with Shin written on it. I tear the letter open and tip it over. A single key poured out onto my palm.
I jump onto the leathery seat and put the silvery piece of metal into the ignition and turn it. 'Piece of metal.' Suddenly my boxcutter seemed to weigh a million tons. I shake my head right as the the engine sputters and dies. I growl in anger as I crank it again. This time the engine had roared loudly and didn't die. I hit the gas slightly and slowly creep down the road. I see Ayanami was still keeping a brisk pace. I ease up behind her and hit the brakes. "Hey.", I say to her. Ayanami spins around and looks at me. She was blankly staring at me, not offering the slightest hint of her emotions from her ruby colored eyes. I offer her my hand and say, "This is faster." She wordlessly climbs on behind the bike behind me. "Hold onto something.", I say over my shoulder, afraid of the time we were making. Hopefully this would change that. Ayanami wraps her arms around my waist and presses against my back slightly. I'm now nervous about the girl sitting behind me. I shake my head and focus on driving the motorcycle. I rev the engine onto full throttle and next thing I know we're rocketing down the highway at speeds that would probably put Misato to shame. Giant skyscrapers were now brief blurs, vehicles now became splashes of random color. I don't know if it was either luck or skill; but whatever it was we somehow managed to safely navigate Tokyo-3 and reach NERV alive and in one piece, well technically two pieces. Three if you count the bike.
I see the building up ahead and slam onto the brakes. The bike skids down the path and I tell Ayanami to brace herself. She must have heard me because she had ducked behind me and squeezed her arms tightly around my waist. I closed my eyes and we crashed through the door like it was nothing. The bike bounces and slammed against the wall and miraculously stopped moving. I'm sick to my stomach as I feel Ayanami peel herself off of me. I hear a suprised voice say, "Make a big entrance alot?" I look to my right to see Special Inspector Ryouji Kaji standing there smoking a cigarette. I lean forwards and fall straight onto the ground facefirst. Ayanami somehow managed to avoid making the same mistake. I prop myself up with my forearms. Kaji flicked his cigarette butt onto the ground. "Come on.", he says to me before he grabs the back of my shirt. He pulls me to my feet and relinquishes his grip.
Ayanami had already vanished, which I didn't blame her for. 'Who would want to be seen near me?', I asked myself, self hatred surging forwards. I was beginning to stew in my misery but I decided to look up. Kaji also didn't want to be seen near me. 'Might as well get used to it.', I say inwardly to myself. I dart down the corridors as fast as I can. I reach the changing room and nearly bust the door down. In the back of the room was a metal storage locker labeled 'Ikari'. I undo the lock and the door creaks open oh so slowly. When it's finally open I see a blue mass of fabric. I snatch up my plugsuit and undo my shirt and sleeves. I stop to see my collection of cuts along my forearms. I shake my head and slip off the rest of my clothes. I grab the mass of fabric and struggle to put it on. After pressing a switch on the left wrist the plugsuit instantly readjust itself to conform to my body. As always, I take an experimental stretching routine. The suit wasn't unbearable, but it wouldn't hurt if it was a bit looser. I wad up my clothes and throw them into my locker. The door slams shut and I race down the hall.
I arrive at the command room to hear Misato say, "The target has become stationary in the ocean. If we attack it now we can avoid excess damage to Tokyo-3." I look inside and see my ex-guardian was giving a speech to my ex-roomate and my roomate along with a flock of employees. I take a cautous step forwards and feel everyone's eyes on me. I swallow nervously and hear Asuka say in a mocking tone, "Well, look who decided to show their disgusting face here." I stare at the floor in shame and hear footsteps lead in front of me. I see a pair of shoes at the edge of my peripheral vision. "Look at me.", Misato says in a hard tone. I look up at the dark haired lady and she had a dissaproving glare on her face. I take a few involuntary steps back under that look. The look I had been given my whole life. The look that that woman had had. Shivering, I hastily look at the floor and step away from Misato.
"As I was saying...", the Major said, "If we attack now, we can avert causing even more damage to the city." Images of the clips they showed me when 01 had went Berserk flash through my mind. "Shinji." I look at Misato and she had on a grimace as she told me, "You will be with Asuka. Unit Zero is still undergoing repairs." Fear floods my senses as I realize that there would be nobody but me and her out there. If I was in trouble she wouldn't save me. "Why send me out there?", I mumble under my breath. "It's not like I'm any good at this." I start to make multiple remarks like this as Misato drones on. "The operation will commence in two hours.", my ex-guardian declares loudly. I groan as I turn away from everybody and stomp off. I turn down the hall without any real idea where I was going. After a few more pathways, I don't have any idea where I'm at. There was many computers and chairs spaced out in neat even rows around the room. The equipment here looks like it hasn't been used in ages, evidenced by the sheen of dust coating the monitors. I growl in frustration as I begin to walk some more. I reach the end of the hall and slam into somebody. I rub my head and apoligize meekly. "Sorry." "It's alright.", the person says in a cheerful tone, "It was my fault." I look up to see a light brown head of hair. It takes a couple of seconds before I recognize Lieutenant Maya Ibuki.
"What are you doing back here?", I ask Maya as I start to walk away. "I could ask you the same thing.", she remarks, "The operation is about to start." Panic and fear begin to flood my mind as I take off in a dead run. I manage to find my way through the labyrinth of halls and get to my Eva. It was a purple behemoth, several stories tall. There were neon green highlights along the chest and a giant purple horn protruding from it's forehead. Even after piloting it for some time now that sight still scared the shit out of me. I walk up to the Entry Plug as quietly as I can. I really didn't want to have to put up with another barrage of verbal abuse from Asuka. Especially in front of everyone in NERV. If they saw that they would think even less of me. Not that there's much to say. I sigh as I climb into the Plug and watched it fill with LCL, a liquid that reeked of the stench of blood. Being surrounded by it made me feel sick. As it went past my head my skin crawled, and I took that first breath. I gag on the taste and nearly vomit, but there was nothing for me to puke up. So instead my body decides to say 'Fuck you' and become numb as hell while I sit in the damn LCL. Misato's face popped up in a window near my face, "The target has begun to move towards land. Intercept and destroy.", she said harshly. I nod my head slightly as I take the control yokes in my hands. I heard Asuka babbling about how she was the best, and that she didn't need for a piece of shit pilot to help her fight an Angel. The Eva accelerates at a high speed towards the surface. I brace myself as me and Asuka erupt from the ground and stare at the Angel. The Angel looked like a humanoid figure sloched over with a white mask and a thick ribcage surrounding its S2 Engine. It was dark colored with a set of razor sharp claws.
Asuka grins ferally as she picks up a spear from the ground and rushes at the Angel. Unit 02 brings it spear up before cleaving downards, splitting the Angel clean in two. Asuka laughed loudly as she told everyone over the radio, "See that? I told you I didn't need any backup!" I peeked behind the crimson Eva and saw the two halves were beginning to wriggle. "Um... Asuka...", I said nervously, "Aren't you celebrating a bit too soon?" Asuka gave me a go to hell look before she looked over her Eva's shoulder. She saw the Angel's halves stand up by themselves and began to bubble and froth. The next second there were two identical Angels, one was black and the other was red. They both looked like the first one except for the lack of a ribcage like structure. The duo lunged at Unit 02 and Asuka swatted the black one away and got tackled by the red one. I sighed as I dashed towards the black half and smashed into it, and also some of the shore. Dirt cascaded from the sky as me and the Angel struggled for supremacy in our fight. The Angel ended up on top of Unit 01 so I pulled back the Eva's right hand and grabbed the Progressive Knife. I brought it forwards and impaled it in the stomach before ripping it upwards. A torrent of blood showered my Eva before the cut began to close itself up. The Angel looked down at my Eva and its eyeholes in its white mask began to glow. I grimaced as I brought the knife up into its right eye. Blood spewed from the wound as it flinched back and its eyes stopped glowing. It brought its right hand down and pierced the Eva's forearm, effectively pinning it to the ground. I screeched in pain as my nerves registered the agony my Eva was in. The Angel brought its other clawed hand up slowly and menacingly. I closed my eyes and immediately felt a burning pain on my chest. I go to scream but my muscles tighten up, preventing me from even wincing. Unbearable pain flooded my chest and wormed its way into my mind. I somehow managed to open my mouth and scream in agony before I blacked out.
AN: That wasn't too painful, I hope. Anyways please continue to read and don't forget to review. Good day to you. I must get back to destroying the souls of my enemies. See ya next time I get around to posting a chapter.
