Shinji's One Wish
By StriaghtedgeEpyon
Shinji makes a wish for a family upon a shooting star which gains him a better family made up of various people from other universes
Beta read by TOAT
I own nothing
Chapter 11 Rewritten
Gundam Vs Angel
(NERV HQ the Eva Cages)
A month had passed since the Third Child's kidnapping. Since then, NERV couldn't turn up any leads as to where he might be held or who kidnapped him and there still was no indication that he was alive or dead.
Misato was frantic on where he might be, worrying herself nearly sick for all that time. Trying to get the Intelligence department to work double time in trying to find him.
Asuka just didn't care and Rei was more or less a little sad that he was kidnapped, but still kept her mask of passiveness.
Gendo was more focused on getting the Dummy System online so that he would have total control over the Evas when he felt it was necessary.
Ritsuko was of the same mindset and Fuyutski kept to himself.
Now Gendo and Ritsuko were on the platform overlooking the final stages of the Dummy System.
"Are you certain it'll be ready by the time of the next attack?" Gendo asked, looking up at an unmarked Entry Plug.
"I am, with the adjustments I've recently made, it should be ready to go by the time of the next attack." Ritsuko replied, looking at her clipboard.
"Good. Has section 2 turned up any leads on the Third Child's kidnapping?" he asked, getting a shake of the head no.
"Not a trace. Section 2 and the intelligence department have turned up no leads on his whereabouts or anything on a group that might have kidnapped him." Ritsuko said.
"I see. Well, at this point, we'll need to start looking for a replacement pilot, as well as reconfiguring Unit-01 for Rei." Gendo stated coldly.
"Yes, sir," said Ritsuko, looking up at the plug being hoisted over Unit-01 and inserted
Nothing else was said as the two walked out of the Eva cages.
Little did they know, their conversation was being heard by a maintenance worker, but not just any ordinary maintenance worker.
A young man by the name of Trowa Barton, dressed as one of the maintenance crew members. He, along with his adoptive cyborg mother, Vanessa had easily infiltrated NERV one week ago, with the intention of sabotaging some of the agency's operations, namely the Dummy System and their Evangelions.
"Such fools. an over-reliance on machinery is a sure sign of weakness." Trowa remarked, looking up at the Entry Plug, and then he heard a beeping in his ear.
("That's why we're here, Trowa. They need a lesson in what real strength is.") Vanessa's voice spoke up in total agreement.
"Agreed, but what I'm most surprised about is how completely and utterly pathetic their security is. Even Fort Knox's security is never this lax, and I've broken into it twice on a dare," stated Trowa.
("You think that's bad? I cracked all their little firewalls in their Magi as soon as I sat down on one of their consoles. Dr. Akagi is either incredibly secure about her personally-designed network or incredibly lazy,") said Vanessa.
"Nevertheless, these weaklings are in for a rude awaking," said Trowa as he went to the nearby console and lowered the plug down a little, and then he grabbed a small, brown satchel hidden in the corner of the cage.
Then, like a cat climbing a tree, he jumped onto the plug and proceeded to pry the hatch open. He didn't need to worry about security, since Vanessa hacked the cameras as soon as she came in. All anyone was watching is a fixed loop of the same thing.
After a couple of seconds, he pried it open and slipped in with ease. While Trowa was relived when there no LCL inside, he wasted no time in getting to work. He proceeded to pry open the controls and communications panel and pull and cut some important wires out.
Trowa and Vanessa studied the schematics of the Dummy Plug thoroughly, since Dr. Akagi never bothered to encrypt it.
Apparently, she believed her network security to be full-proof, but Vanessa, being a cyborg and master hacker, broke through it in ten seconds flat.
After taking out a few more pieces and cutting a few more wires, Trowa exited the Entry Plug, closed the hatch and landed gracefully on the floor.
"Vanessa, the strings have been cut," reported Trowa.
("Excellent work. I'll send confirmation to Sangar on Animaria so she could have Ororo make the preparations. You get back to your post. I've rigged up a nice, little mess in one of the lower halls you can use as an excuse for your absence.") Vanessa told him.
"Alright, thanks."
With his task complete, Trowa silently exited the cage, humming a 'no strings on me' tune on the way out.
(Animaria)
Shinji and Elena were outside the castle exploring the forests of the vast, floating island of Animaria. They were awed of how beautiful it was. It was as if time itself stopped here so it could retain its beauty. They climbed up the hillside to get a better view of the castle and the mountains.
Shinji peered up at the clear sky, hoping to catch a glimpse of the giant Eagle Zord that roamed the skies.
"Magnificent. Truly magnificent." Elena commented in awe of what she was seeing.
Smiling, Shinji replied, "That was my first thought when I set foot on this island. I could hardly believe a place like this exist."
"Is it true what your father said? That there are giant, mechanical animals living on this island?" Elena asked, getting a nod from the boy.
"Yes, there are. I've only see two of them, but I was told there are others here on the island. We're bound to see one of them." Shinji said, still looking out into the forest and lakes.
Suddenly, the large body of water started to shake. The cause of it revealing itself to be a massive, blue, metallic shark jumping out as if saying hello to the two children before diving back into the water.
"Incredible!" Shinji gasped, then he heard the sound of a bird flying overhead.
It was a large, metallic, red and white bird flying towards the mountains.
"Ahiee!"
"Amazing!" Elena gasped at what she was seeing.
"It is, isn't it?" Kyoshi, appearing out of nowhere, startling the two as she asked.
"Hello, Grandmother," Shinji greeted her.
"Hello, Ms. Kyoshi," Elena politely greeted while bowing.
"These creatures are magnificent, aren't they? Much like their organic counterparts."
"Indeed. This place reminds me of the nature life surrounding my home. But this island is far more majestic than any place on earth." said Elena
"And we want to keep it that way. That's why we took extreme measures to make sure no one on earth or anyone in space could see it and attempt to ruin its beauty." Kyoshi stated.
"So what brings you out here, Grandmother?" Shinji asked.
"I was looking for you two. It's time to head back to the castle for lunch." Kyoshi explained.
"Is it that late already? I had no idea. I was training with Father and Shadow most of the morning before and after breakfast, and we just got here." Shinji said.
"Well, that's what happens when you train with the legendary Dragon ninja. Just be glad it's not me training you, or you'd be buried deep into the ground, my grandson." Kyoshi smirked and Shinji just chuckled nervously.
"Alright, well, if it's lunch time, we shouldn't keep everyone waiting, Master Shinji," said Elena.
"Right, let's go." Shinji said, and then suddenly, a large shadow cast itself on the boy.
He looked up to see a gigantic, metallic black bison cast its shadow on Shinji. It snorted down on Shinji, blowing steam from its nostrils, causing him to fall down in surprise.
"Rahh!" roared the bison.
Kyoshi and Elena just laughed, but then, just as quickly, another large shadow cast over Elena. She looked up and gasped; it was a white/sliver, metallic tigress with dazzling, yellow eyes.
"Rarggh!" it growled up close; it was so close up that it knocked Elena to the ground right next to Shinji.
"Heh. I think that's their way of saying hello." Kyoshi said.
"Well, hello to them, too," said Elena, sitting up, with Shinji sitting up with her, their hands touching dangerously close.
"Are you sure they're not gonna eat us, Grandmother?" Shinji asked nervously and getting a shake of the head in the negative.
"Heavens, no, they don't eat people, but it is speculated that they-" Kyoshi was about to say until she was cut off by Blink warping into the spot.
"Hey, guys! Ms. Ororo wants you back at the castle now. Something is happening in Tokyo-3." Blink said, creating a portal to the entrance of the castle.
(Castle Control Room)
The quartet appeared in the control via Blink's portals. The rest of the family was already there as they were watching the Angel attacking Tokyo-3. Nerv had already dispatched Unit-00 and Unit-02 on the scene, it revealed itself to be a possessed black Eva unit.
"Reiko, is it ready?" Sangar asked, glancing at her.
"Yes, Sangar, it's ready." Reiko answered.
"Wait, what's ready?" Shinji asked.
Reiko turned to him and answered, "A better means for you to fight the Angels and, if necessary, the Evas, too, even on their best day…and win!"
Ororo spoke up out of concern for her boy.
"Are you sure he's ready, Reiko? What if-" Ororo started to say, but was interrupted by her father.
"Ororo, the means we speak of is not like those dangerous, outdated hunks of junk NERV foolishly calls 'Humanity's last hope'. I know, cause I've already tested it myself." Sangar stated.
"You have?" Ororo asked.
"Yes, as a grandfather and an experienced robot pilot myself, I wasn't about to sign off on any robot that could be potentially dangerous or fatal to any of my grandchildren."
Ororo smiled in relief, knowing that her father cared enough about his grandchildren to test this unknown robot himself.
Reiko typed a few buttons and brought up the 'means' they spoke of. It was an image of a giant, blue and white robot with four, angelic wings and a green orb in the center if its chest. It was carrying a large rifle that seemed over half the size of its body. All and all it looked like a real advanced robot.
"This is one of my greatest creations. The XXXG-00W0, AKA, Gundam Wing Zero." Reiko stated with obvious pride in her voice.
"Wing Zero." Shinji repeated.
"A powerful robot, half the size of the Evas, but far more superior. It's faster, made with a super strong alloy that can take any hit and not get a scratch. Its buster rifle has enough fire power to wipe out cities in one shot.
"Its equipped with powerful beam sabers that can cut through anything. Its four wings provide incredible speed, while doubling as shields and best of all, defense buffers in the cockpit so that you'll never feel pain again."
Shinji smiled at the single mention.
"I've already keyed it to your genetic code so only you can use the Wing Zero. It won't be the only Gundam you'll use, but that's for another time." Reiko said.
"Thank you, Reiko. Thank you, grandfather. When will I be able to use it?" Shinji asked.
The family looked back towards the screen and saw Unit-00 get nearly cleaved in half much to Shinji's horror. Unit-02 started to grapple with it, but was losing in strength.
"Now would be good," said Reiko.
(NERV HQ)
"Status of the Eva's?" Gendo asked from his seat.
"Unit-00 is down!" Shigeru Aoba shouted.
"Unit-02 has engaged target." Makoto Hyuga said.
"Great. Just great. We face a very dangerous threat, and Shinji is still no where to be found!" Misato groaned as she hobbled onto the bridge, her arm in a sling.
"Section 2 hasn't been able to locate him since he supposedly was kidnapped," Ritsuko said, her head wrapped in a bandage.
"Those idiots couldn't find King Kong on top of a skyscraper."
"Unit-02 is down!" Shigeru shouted.
"Damn it! Now we'll have to have the JSSDF deploy an N2 Mine." Gendo said.
"Our credibility will suffer at this." Fuyutsuki said.
'Even worse, the Dummy System will not activate Unit-01 at all. Yui, why do you refuse me?' Gendo thought.
Suddenly, one of the monitors started to beep.
"Sir! Ma'am! We've got an incoming signal!" Maya Ibuki shouted from her console.
"Incoming signal?" Misato asked.
"Long-range scanners have detected an object entering Earth's atmosphere. It's coming in fast."
"Great, maybe a comet will take out the Angel." she said sarcastically.
Uh… I don't think it's a comet, Misato, it's coming in much too fast." Ritsuko said as she analyzed the data over Maya's right shoulder.
"Why not?" she asked.
"It's changing course."
"What?"
"Where's it's heading?" Fuyutsuki asked.
"Directly towards the Angel." Ritsuko said
The blazing ball of fire stopped glowing and took the shape of a giant, white, red and blue robot with angelic wings half the size of Eva. It landed a half-mile away from the black Evangelion with its large, white wings folded in front of it. The Angel looked at the new arrival, assessing if, whether or not, it was a threat to its mission.
"This is Shinji, Wing Zero has landed safely," the boy said.
("Good work, Shinji, go slowly with it first, try to get a feel of it, what you need to do will all come to you. Like I said, it's nothing like an Eva. Trust me.") Reiko said.
"I do," Shinji said.
He turned his attention back to the possessed Evangelion. Shinji closed his eyes and breathed slowly. The console panel in front of him lit up, revealing a large, crystal orb. The orb lit up with targeting screens and red lines. Shinji opened his eyes and randomly tapped a few buttons without looking as if something was possessing him.
Outside The robot jumped up and hovered in the air startling the approaching Angel. Shinji pressed some more random buttons, and the robots eyes glowed green as it unfurled its front large wings and folded over the two back wings, stretching them out in threw them parallel in a pose to the ground with the green orb lighting up, giving a display of a giant angel.
Or a giant, guardian angel to be precise.
The Angel-possessed Eva went right for the attack, and lashed its arms only for the robot to quickly move behind it.
"There's an Entry Plug stuck in its neck, by the looks of it, it hasn't been fully absorbed yet."
("Work on getting that plug out first Shinji.") instructed Sangar.
"Understood." Shinji replied, pushing the robot forward, knocking the possessed Evangelion down.
The Angel got up quickly tried to retaliate, but the angelic robot was too fast to catch. The blue coverings on the shoulders of the robot opened up, revealing themselves to be machine guns. It unloaded multiple rounds on the face of the Angel, causing it to scream out in pain.
(At NERV)
"Where the hell did that robot come from?" Misato gasped.
"The Magi doesn't recognize the design or the markings on it." Shigeru said.
"That thing is too advanced to have been Earth-made." Ritsuko stated just staring at the video feed.
"So there's no way of knowing if it's being piloted by anyone or if it's an AI?" Misato asked.
"Could be either."
"What do you think, Ikari?" Fuyutsuki asked the commander.
"We must find a way to get possession of this robot." Gendo stated.
"How?"
"Akagi? What is the recovery status of the Eva's?" the commander asked the doctor.
On the screen, the group watched as the 13th Angel kept swinging at the robot, but kept evading. The Gundam eventually got right behind it after the Angel stumbled clumsily to the ground.
Then they watched as the mysterious, angelic robot pulled a cylindrical object from its back underneath one of the wings and a green, beam saber shot out from it.
"Is that a lightsaber?" Makoto asked.
He got no reply as the Gundam flipped it over in a reverse grip and stabbed it where the Entry Plug was located.
The Gundam dug deeper and deeper causing the possessed Evangelion to scream in pain. It took a couple of minutes, but it finally managed to get it out. The robot pulled the plug out with its left hand and flew off to put the plug at a safe distance.
"Unbelievable," Ritsuko gasped.
"Who could have created such a wonder?" Fuyutski mused.
The Gundam flew right back with its saber still active and struck the Angel right in the face, cutting off half of its face plate
"Akagi! Eva's recovery time?!" Gendo shouted.
"Eva's coming back online in…two minutes!" the faux-blond replied.
"What incredible response time," said Shinji as he moved the Gundam to the left, avoiding another attack by the Angel.
The Angel made an attempt to grab the robot since it was half its size than its Evangelion-possessed form. But it proved too fast as it flew into the air.
"You're finished!" Shinji exclaimed as he was about to finish it off.
But then suddenly the entire cockpit lit up in a yellow light. Shinji stopped midway as something began to enter his mind. He was seeing images of his past, with his previous life, his battles against the Angels in Unit-01.
Then more images of him losing the battle and dying by way of the Angel's overwhelming AT-Field or the Angel self-destructing, then the last images he saw next were of his new family and his former father. As if the cockpit was telling him Gendo was the enemy.
The images faded and Shinji found himself still in the cockpit of his Gundam.
"W-What was all that?" whispered Shinji shaken by what he had seen
(It's the cockpit system, Shinji, it uploads data from battle and calculates every possible outcome. Even such outcomes where you would lose. Try to block them and power on through.") Sangar said.
"Right, grandfather." said Shinji as he felt the Gundam shake.
He saw the 13th Angel had grab onto the leg of Wing Zero. The Gundam activated its shoulder machine guns and broke free from the Angel's grasp.
Wing Zero struck it again with its saber a couple more times, it went for another strike, but it was blocked by the Angel's AT-Field.
("Just keep striking it, Shinji, the AT-Field can't withstand the intense heat from the saber for long.") Reiko said.
Shinji nodded and kept slashing away at it. The Angel kept swinging at it and missing every time. The AT-Field started to weaken around the Angel as it shrieked as it was being hit now from side to side.
The Gundam went for a vertical cut at the top of the field, finally slashing through, destroying its only means of defense.
"AT-Field is down, now I'm gonna finish it." Shinji said, pulling Wing Zero back for one, final attack.
Wing Zero flew high into the sky, deactivating its saber and reached under its back wings with both arms, revealing two, long matching guns, and put them together.
"You are terminated!"
Shinji clicked the right trigger, and at the end of the gun, it began to glow with a yellow energy and then an awesome power was unleashed from it.
A huge beam of light shot out of the weapon at incredible speed towards the Angel who couldn't evade in time. The light went through the core of the possessed Evangelion through the front and the out the back.
"GRAHHHH!" the angel shrieked
A large surge of air and electricity went through hole, then a bright light filled the area as the Angel exploded in a flash destroying almost everything within its radius. The explosion could be seen for miles, the brightness of the explosion could even be seen from outer space.
(Back On Animaria)
"Father, why didn't you warn Shinji of the ZERO system before he got inside the Gundam?!" Ororo demanded.
"I didn't think it would activate so soon, or so suddenly." Sangar replied, unfazed by his daughter's outburst.
"Still you should have said something. You know how the system can affect the pilot's mind!" she exclaimed.
"If Shinji was able to get through it at this stage, then there's a chance he can master it as I have," he said.
"Is the system really that dangerous?" Kagome asked in concern for her little brother.
"Oh, yes, while it accumulates raw data, the process becomes too much to handle and eventually overwhelms the pilot's mind and causes them to go insane." Reiko answered.
"But in hindsight, it practically guarantees total victory in battle." Sangar said.
"I hope you didn't install it in all the Gundams." Ororo said
"No, just that one and the red one that's almost finished being built. Reiko informed
Wing Zero assessed the vast damage of the area after replacing the rifle back under its back wings. The Gundam walked up to the crater as if to see if the Angel was really gone, then it turned and began to walk away.
Meanwhile, Asuka and Rei had regained control of their Eva's and had received orders to halt the robot's escape. Asuka was the first to mobilize.
"Hey! Stop!" she shouted on the open frequency towards the winged robot as her Eva raised its rifle.
But the Gundam didn't notice or care as it continued to walk away.
"I SAID STOP!" she shouted, her anger getting the better of her and flexing her fist, causing her trigger finger to fire.
The bullet headed straight for the Gundam, and the Gundam in response folded its right, front wing over its back, right wing and blocked the bullet, pushing it a few feet back, but not even dinging it.
Even though it didn't damage it, it was enough to stop it from walking away, the Gundam turned around, and activated its thrusters and blasted off towards the red Evangelion.
"STOP MOVING SO I CAN SHOOT YOU!" she shouted as she fired at the robot, her bullets missing since the robot was so fast.
It kept flying towards her, the Evangelion's bullets still missing, barrel rolling through every shot.
Before Asuka knew it, the robot was hovering above her, it pulled out its beam saber and cut through the barrel of her rifle. Suddenly, a communique came across the wire.
"Only you would do something like that." Shinji said, appearing on screen.
"S-Shinji?" the redhead gasped.
("You're welcome, by the way, you selfish, stuck-up, red-headed bitch,") Shinji said, cutting off communication.
With that, the signal was lost as the Gundam took off into the air, blasting away from sight.
(NERV HQ)
"Was that…" Maya gasped.
"Shinji?" Shigeru asked.
"Where has he been and where did he get that robot?" Misato asked.
"And where did he learn how to pilot it so well?" Makoto asked.
"Well? Not 'well'. 'Perfect' would be a better word." Ritsuko said.
"He pilots it better than he does the Eva's." Kaji said, having finally arrived.
"The UN is going to wonder about this." Fuyutsuki said.
"SEELE, as well." Gendo said.
Unbeknownst to the two of them, Vanessa, who was in disguise at the time, heard what they had said thanks to her advanced, cybernetic hearing, heard what the two men said, even from the second level of the control room.
'You old men don't know the half of it. This is just the prelude for things to come.' Vanessa thought.
(Castle Control Room)
So now NERV knows. What do we do now mother?" asked Kikyo.
"Isn't obvious, my daughter? The time has come to introduce ourselves to NERV," answered her mother.
"Everything is in place, then?" Kyoshi asked, getting a nod of conformation from Ororo.
"Yes, mother, a vicious hurricane is coming their way, and I mean that in a metaphorical sense." Ororo replied.
Shadow smirked and Kagome noticed.
"Why are you smirking?" Kagome asked her brother.
"Isn't it obvious sis? We're going up against NERV, the arrogant, cowardly organization that uses kids our age to do their dirty work. Its not gonna end well," Shadow said. "For them."
"You're just looking for an excuse to fight, aren't you?"
"Yeah, pretty much." Shadow chuckled "Reiko, how long will it be until we get our Gundams?"
"Not to worry, Shadow, they're already in development. They should be ready in a matter of weeks." said the raven-haired scientist.
End chapter
End notes: Torches and pitchforks down please. My reasons for choosing Wing Zero custom have nothing to do with my penname (I'm probably gonna be changing that soon) but because at the beginning many wanted to see Zero go up against the Angel. I believe a Gundam can defeat an Angel even though it has a size advantage over the Gundam. But in the immortal words of Yoda "Size means nothing". Wing Zero blew up a chunk of Libra which is of larger then a skyscraper. An Angel is roughly around the same size and is heavily dependent on the power source, and while it could block out most attacks with its own AT-Field it cannot be held up long against a constant barrage of attacks. And before anyone says that Wing Zero lost against Nataku in Endless Waltz, let me point out that Heero held back against Wufei. Had he been serious in that fight, it would've ended differently and Wing Zero wouldn't have taken so much damage. And to those who wanted Burning Gundam, worry not, it's still gonna make an appearance, but who will pilot it? I haven't decided yet. Now the next chapter Nerv Meets Family. I promise I won't be as merciful as Gunman was expect a little less talking more fighting, and you can believe that! A big thank you to TOAT. Please, leave a good review.