Taming the Beast

Summary: An error in the Space Bridge Project sends Coby, Lori, and the Convoys into the Eva Universe. Why are the Rumbles that Coby and Lori pilot so similar to the Evas? Is there a connection between the Angels and the Transformers? Will they survive?

Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion or Transformers Galaxy Force, but they are interesting stories.

Author's Note: And now for the thing everyone dreads, the return of S-C-H-O-O-L!

Shinji: Someone get some water, he just passed out on the floor.

Chapter 5

"I still don't like this," Lori stated as she looked up at the school building. "I've already been through high school once."

Coby chuckled, "You wore Japanese school uniforms then too, and I still think you look drop dead sexy in them."

Lori blushed, and then grinned evilly as she reached for the hem of her blue skirt, "Then should I…?"

"Grow up," Shinji groaned as he walked toward the building. Coby and Lori quickly followed, knowing that in spite of their age difference, they would be stuck in the same class as Shinji so that someone from Section 2 could keep an eye on them.

Class turned out to be a joke. Coby and Lori played solitaire on their notebooks in the back of the room while the teacher blabbed on about Second Impact and its effects. They were subconsciously sending the information to their Sybiocons for them to mentally chew on, and sometimes laugh at since they already knew the truth thanks to Ritsuko. Looking up from the screen though, Coby saw something interesting.

Shinji was steeling glances at Rei.

This could be fun, Coby thought to himself. He looked around and noticed that several others were looking at Shinji as well. Some of the girls were obviously interested in him, and judging by their giggles, were already dreaming about kissing him. One boy continued to glare angrily at Shinji, and Coby mentally marked him as a possible problem. Most of the class seemed to be avoiding him though, or trying not to look at him. His unusual hair and eye color were probably the reason. Then Coby noticed something else. All the boys are staring at Lori. They better not try… Oh no you don't!

The teacher was interrupted by a loud crash in the back of the room as Coby launched himself at the unfortunate spectacled boy who was trying to take a picture up Lori's skirt. Hikari Horaki, the Class Representative, quickly took care of things by dragging both boys outside. The teacher continued with his lecture, as if he didn't care what his class was doing.

Lori noticed a message pop up on her screen. Unknown: Are you the pilot of the giant mech? Y/N?

She frowned. Hive Queen: No.

Unknown: What about your boyfriend? Or is he your boyfriend?

Hive Queen: Yes, Coby's my boyfriend. No, he's not the pilot.

Unknown: We guessed as much, seeing as he clobbered Kensuke when the perv was trying to peek up your skirt. What about the other kid with white hair?

Hive Queen: I don't know. Ask him. Better yet, don't. He probably can't talk about it anyway. Lori hoped that would satisfy the curiosity of whoever was sending those messages.

It wasn't to be. Seconds later, Shinji noticed that he had a message on his laptop. Unknown: Are you the pilot of the giant mech? Y/N? He pushed 'y'. How bad could it be?

"Cool!"

"Are you really?"

"What's it like inside?"

"How does it work?"

"Does it have a special attack?"

Shinji closed his eyes as his ears were assaulted. Aw, shit!

Rei watched the spectacle unfold, and felt warm and light inside; amusement? She knew Shinji would say nothing. He would not divulge classified information. She watched as Hikari came back into the class and broke up the disruption, aided by the blonde haired boy, who went and sat back in his seat next to the black haired girl who was obviously his girlfriend. Rei knew who they were, having heard about them, but knew nothing as she had been in the hospital until recently. She had yet to actually meet them, but saw no reason to, as they could not pilot the Evas.

Then she saw the shift in the reflection again. Shinji was throwing glances at her again. The Third Child intrigued her to no end. He was… kind to her, and for some reason she felt drawn to him. Maybe it had something to do with his red eyes and white hair, features he should not have had, but did. Did the Eva do that to him, or did something else happen that she didn't know about?

She saw him glance at her again, and stared at his reflection. For some reason, he made her feel… warm?… comforted?… worthwhile?… No, none of these words where right. She was so confused. What is it that you make me feel, Pilot Ikari? She decided to ask the Commander.

If Rei had never been brainwashed by Gendo, she would have know that the word she was looking for was 'loved'.

Shinji was dragged away from his lunch by a large boy dressed in a black jacket to the gym. Coby followed behind slowly, making sure that nether one knew he was following. Hiding behind the door, he listened to everything.

"New kid, my name is Toji Suzuhara," the larger kid said. "Do you know what happened to my sister?"

"No," Shinji replied truthfully.

This guy's a bully, Coby realized, his eyes narrowing. Not because he likes it, but because he just wants people to understand he doesn't want people close to him hurt. Something really bad must have happened to his sister to make him this mad.

"Two weeks ago, a building was knocked down on her, putting her in the hospital in critical condition!" Toji yelled. "She'll recover, but she'll be paralyzed for life! She's only 11, and already paralyzed!"

"Sorry about that," Shinji said, fear in his voice.

"'Sorry' doesn't cut it!" Toji snarled as Coby peaked around the door. "The reason that building fell was because it was knocked down by a mech, piloted by you!" The jock swung his fist.

"SYBIOCON DUALITY FIELD TECHNIQUE TYPE 2: PYSICAL BARRIER," Coby whispered so that he wouldn't be heard.

Shinji stared in shock at the silver, wispy, force field that had suddenly sprung up between his face and Toji's fist.

Alarms rang out in NERV HQ.

"AT Field detected!" Maya Ikubi reported. "Wait! No! The MAGI are confirming that it isn't an AT Field, or an Angel!" It seems to have two patterns. The MAGI can't figure it out!"

"Is it Red-silver?" Ritsuko asked as Misato came rushing in.

"Yes," Maya replied. "And like before, it seems to be in two places. This time though, the second location is the school the pilots go to!"

"What?" Misato asked. "What about 'before'?"

"Shut off the alarm," Ritsuko told Maya before turning to Misato. "For the last two weeks, the MAGI have been going haywire over a strange energy reading that keeps popping up. It's not an AT Field, so it's not an Angel, and it has a Red-silver pattern. Also, it seems to exist in two locations at once. One location is always the Eva Cages, but the other location has been your apartment until now. Do you know what it could be?"

Misato looked fearful for a moment, and then became thoughtful, "I think I know. When they moved in, Coby and Lori told me that they could draw power from their Sybiocons to manipulate the area around them to a certain diameter. They called it a Sybiocon Duality Field. Could that be what the MAGI are picking up?"

Ritsuko quickly hid her surprise, "It could be. And since it's something from another universe, the MAGI wouldn't have known how to identify it. Looks like they might need an upgrade to the upgrade we installed." Veins popped out on her forehead as the alarms went off again. "Maya, shut those damn things off!"

"It's real this time!" the Bridge Bunny replied. "AT Field; Pattern Blue; it's an Angel!"

"Shit!" Risuko swore. This was really starting to wear on her nerves. If the MAGI were picking up Coby's and Lori's 'Duality whatever-it-was' Field, then they needed to be reprogrammed not to set off the alarms on them. "Get the pilots here, quick! And have those other two come as well. Let's see what they're capable of."

As she approached Tokyo 3, Shamshel struggled against the will that held her bound. It was a futile effort, she knew, and yet she still tried.

The Dawn does not give up to the Night easily. Neither shall I, Angel of the Morning give up to you, invader!

Whoever was controlling her didn't answer.

Thanks to the collective mind that the Angels had, however. Shamshel knew she'd be safe. The minute this body died, her father would save her. She had to trust in her father, and in the one that her father had adopted.

Do not hesitate, Tabrias. I will survive. You must win, or all is lost. Those heretics, whoever they are, who mutated me will be dealt with when we are all together. Defend this city, our new brother from the Children of Lilith.