You Can (Not) Undo

by Johnny Highwater

During the events of Instrumentality Shinji is given a choice to either go back in time and save everyone or let the world keep going as it is. But no matter which one he chooses, there will always be a price.

1. Chapter 1

I do not own anything that belongs to Evangelion.

Just to let you know, I combined Chapter one and two.

So before we begin I just want to say that this is my first Evangelion fic. However I love watching the anime and reading the manga. So I just wanted to try and give my take on the story, so I hope you enjoy.

Shinji Ikari, is the name of a 14 year old boy that had no idea what was going on right now. Just a few minutes ago he was watching his fellow pilot being ripped to pieces by the Eva's that a organization called Seele had created. Now he is standing in some type of void. There was no light or darkness, no sky or earth. If you were to look down it would seem like you are falling an infanite free fall. But at this very moment, none of that was bothering him. For you see, it was the question that Rei just asked him that had his attention more than anything.

Shinji looked at Rei with more than mild bewilderment. "Rei, you cant be serious right?! I mean, its just not possible for that to even happen, is it?!"

Rei Ayanami, one of the most stoic human beings you could meet in this entire world, just kept looking at Shinji with her usual blank stare. "You are wrong. Sice Instramintality has been initiated, you hold the key that could end up changing this world."

"I dont understand! How can I hold the key to change anything, when I couldn't even save Asuka or anybody else!" Yelled Shinji as he closed his eyes and sank to his knees. Doing the same thing that he always does whenever he is put into a situation like this. Running away.

Rei just kept looking him with that same old stare. "I see. You are afraid."

Shinji just closed his eyes even tighter, and tried to sink further into himself to try and not come to the reality of what is happening. He knew what she ment. He did not even need to be told. "I dont understand, why does it have to be me? How come it wasnt Asuka or you Rei! How come every time something happens, everyone always puts it on me! Its always up to me to solve the problem! No one ever expected anything from you or Asuka!" With every word spoken, Shinji rose from the ground and looked at Rei with anger in his eyes. "So tell me Rei, how is any of this fair?!"

"Because, you are the only one that can make the hard choices, when every one else would take the easy choice." Rei explained to Shinji.

How ever Shinji did not understand this. "What do you mean, how can I make the hard choices. I have always ran away from situations that I did not like before." He said, turning his head away. He could not look at Rei while saying this.

Rei knew he was going to say this. She may have been the key to starting Instramintality, but that does not mean she has lost her memories of what has happened over the past few months. Yes she has died in the past but now that she has become more than a mere human, she is able to recall all of the past lifes she has had, even though it was only three lives. Plus she has all of the memories of every person that was on the planet, now that everyone has became a single entity. "You may have been afraid and ran away. But every time you did, you would always come back."

Shinji looked at her with a suprised look. Out of everything that has happened to him ever since he came to Tokyo 3, he never realized that. Before he could speak Rei kept talking. "You knew what your father was making you do. You knew how dangerous it would be. But you kept coming back."

When she finished Shinji had a thoughtful look on his face. But there was one problem with her statement. "You do know that the only reason that I even came back was so that I could make my father proud. Even though in the end id didn't make any difference."

Rei was not convinced. Sure she knew that when he first started piloting the Eva that that was the main reason for him doing it. But after a while it had changed. "It may have been that at the very beginning. But you know as well as I that it has changed when the Second Child came."

Rei noticed that his body became stiff, and with that she knew that her observation was spot on. In actualilty is was not hard to see that Shinji thought of Asuka more than a friend. But the way he is, being extremely shy and jaded, and Asuka with her firey and stubborn attitude, he would never have the courage to tell her.

Shinji Knew where this was going. How could he not, Rei just mentioned something that he hasnt told anyone about, his feelings for Asuka. "What does Asuka have to do with this?"

"When the Second Child came, you were able to find a more important reason for piloting the Eva. It was when she came and the two of you had to learn to syncronize for the week that you came to understand that you are not the only one that has had a hard life. When you heard her talking in her sleep and you heard her say that 'She does not want her Mamma to die', it was then that you decided to pilot the Eva. But not for your father. But to protect her."

Shinji looked at Rei with a surprised look in his eyes. After all this time how could he not relize this. After hearing it, he knew it was the truth. But during everything that was happening back on earth, he did not know how to admit it to himself. Now thinking about it, he knew he was running away from his own feelings. Being to afraid of what might happen if he ever let those emotions get to the surface, and do something that would cause her to react in the way he hates the most. Rejection. Out of everything that has happened, that is the one thing that he fears the most. Being rejected by her would probably break him. But it was his insecurity that made him think like this. But it does not matter now, Asuka was gone and there was nothing he could do about it.

Shinji, with that in mind sudenly remembered what Rei had asked him. "Rei?" He said with nervousness in his voice. "If I were to go back in time and change everything. Would I be able to save Asuka from this and everyone else."

"Only if you make the right choises, then you will." Rei said.

Shinji looked at Rei with slight fear and determination in his eyes. "Rei-"

Before he could finish Rei interupted him. "However. If you do decide to go back there is one thing that you should know." At this Shinji got a little confused. What else is there that he should know. "If you go back, you will loose all of your memories. But you will gain something that you did not have this time."

There it was, the bombshell that was droped on him. Shinji did not even hear Rei about the part of gaining anything, the fear of the first part had overwhelmed him. At first he thought he could just go back and change every fight he had done or change the conversation. But now that he knew that he would not be gonig back with his memories freaked him out. What was he supposed to do when he got back, start everything over from scratch. How could he do it? A lot of his early parts of being a pilot ended with being in the hospital and running away from almost any type of fight.

Rei could see that Shinji was having in internal battle. It was a hard choice to make. So she just let him sort it all himself.

Even though he had ran away a lot at the beginning, he would have the possiblity of saving his friends from this happening ever again. But there was still the chance that everything would end up the same way again.

After a few minutes of an internal struggle he finaly made his dicision. "Rei, I want to go back and try to save every one." said Shinji with a somewhat determined and mostly fear look on his face, since this choice would plunge him into the unknown.

Rei looked at Shinji, and for the second time that he could remember , she smiled. But before he could even respond to the smile, all he could see was white, and for a split second before everthing went dark, he forgot who the girl was that smiled at him.

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The year is 2015 A.D.

Tokyo, one of the larges cities in Japan. At one point in time it was the capital for monster movies and anime conventions. Beautiful skies and the most beautiful blue color of the ocean. But now it is a desolate waste land full of water and destroyed buildings. All of the buildings that are even still standing are half way sunk into the ocean. All life seems to have left this part of the city.

However something underneath the water is making its way to the new Tokyo city. What could be described as an humanoid type of thing. With a skeletal type of armor covering its head, its shoulders to its arms, and a red sphere in its chest. On its back were two spikes, plus it has thigh guards. It swam almost majestically as it made its way to the city. Its like the water itself was not even there.

On the shore line, there were hundreds of tanks sitting on the roads, with the logo of UN plastered on the side of each one. All of their barrels were pointing to the sea. Ready at a moments notice of something that could happen. Like they knew that there were going to be invaded by something. But at the moment nothing was happening. Because on one of the tanks barrels stood a bird. Just standing there picking at its feathers like it had nothing to worry about.

But it would seem that tranquility would not be staying. Because off in the distant an explosion of water accord that reveals the beginning of something that most men would fear to go up against. It also would seem that the bird feared it too, as it flew off to a safer place for the time being.

Right after the explosion of water, an announcement was being played back on the main land. "As of 12:30 PM today, a special state of emergency has been declared for the Kanto and chubu regions surrounding the Tokai district. All residents must evacuate to their designated shelters immediately." It would seem that the city has already been evacuated considering that all of the cars and trains have stopped moving and have been left in the street in chaos.

But it would seem that one person could be seen running in the streets looking for something.

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On one of the streets, admit all of the cars that could be seen littering them, one could see that a blue car was weaving in and out of the way of the empty cars. The person inside of this blue car at the moment was not happy. "Damn it, why did I have to lose sight of him now? I just saw him a few blocks up, but now I cant find him." In the passenger side of this ladies car you could see a red and green file with a picture of a boy clipped on top of them. With the name of the boy being Shinji Ikari.

The one person that was running before found himself in front of a telephone booth. The boy looked a little average, with brown hair and blue eyes. The shirt that he wore was a plane white button up shirt with a blue shirt underneath. He had both shirts tucked into his blue jeans. He also had on a green back pack as well, it held some of his things that he brought with him. "Well, might as well and try to call her and find out where she is." he said.

So he takes out his yen and places it into the machine and dials her number. But all he got was an automated answering machine. "We are sorry but due to the special emergency that in now in effect, all lines are currently unavailable. This is a recording."

With a confused look on his face, he puts the receiver back onto the hook of the booth. "What was that all about? Everything seems fine out here. But now that I cant call her, what am I supposed to do." he said. He then looks at his watch and notices that the time that the lady that he was supposed to meet has past.

He then takes a picture out of his back pocket and sees the lady that was supposed to meet him. The lady that was on the picture was probably one of the most prettiest girls that he has seen in some time. She had long purple hair, with a tank top on and a pair of short shorts. She has a smile on her face while she winked at the camera and held up a peace sign with her fingers. Her posture was of her leaning forward and exposing some of her beautiful looking tits. She Knew she was doing this because on the picture she wrote, "Attention here please!" with an arrow pointing to her tits. She also wrote, "To Shinji, I'll be coming to get you, so wait for me." Shinji could not help but look there. But could you really blame him. He is a growing teen that is going through puberty.

After looking at the photo for a few more seconds he puts it back into his back pocket of his pants. "Hmm. Maybe I should go and find one of the shelters that the machine was talking about earlier. Since it seems that she wont be coming." Just before he turns around, he sees in the corner of his eye a girl standing a few blocks away looking straight at him. But right before he could say anything a flock of birds caches his attention. When he looks back, he finds that the girl that was standing there is no longer there. "That was weird, I could have sworn that there was a girl over there just a few seconds ago." He then turns around and heads the other way, when out of no where this loud boom accurse. It was so loud that it almost made him go deft, if the rigging in his ears were to go by.

What ever had made the boom had to be close, because all of the nearby building were shaking. Even some of the glass windows shattered because of the blast. Ropes from the power lines were moving and shifting back and forth.

After getting some of his hearing back, Shinji hears a noise coming from behind him. He looks around and sees these hovering jet like machines taking fire at something that was hidden behind the hill. However Shinji did not have to wonder that long as to what they where shooting at because just a few seconds later came this humanoid type of creature walking past the hill. For Shinji, it was something of a sight to behold. Because one, it was nothing that he had ever seen in his life before, and two, how often could you go say that you went into a city and found something that looked like it came from outer space.

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While all of this was happening, a hidden military operation command post was watching everything that was going on outside. All the people in the room was looking at a monitor that showed the humanoid creatures plausible path to the city. Over the intercom a lady announced, "The unidentified mobile object is still advancing on our position." Right after her a man could be heard, "We've got visual confirmation. I am putting it on the main screen." With that every ones attention was on the screen.

But two men in the back could be seen talking. The man standing looked to be in his mid 40s with grey hair and a brown suit. He looked at the other man who was sitting and said, "Its been fifteen long years, hasn't it?"

The man that was sitting had on a pair of sunglasses, brown hair and had a black suit. But for some reason he had on a pair of white gloves. "Yes, there is no doubt about it. The creature that has appeared, is an Angel.

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Shinji just kept looking at the creature in front of him still with the amazement on his face. But it was short lived as out of no where two missiles were shot not even twenty feet above his head, went over him. On reflex he falls to the ground but has just enough time to see the missiles head straight for the humanoid creature.

Those two missals were not the only ones that had been launched. No, every one of the hovering jets were firing all of their missiles and guns at the creature. Explosions after explosions kept lighting up the city. All of the surrounding area was being leveled to the ground from all of the them. Buildings, train stations, even some of the apartment complexes did not make it through.

The pilots in the aircrafts were starting to get nervous. None of their fire power was not doing any damage to the creature what so ever. Each missile they launched, it would hit the target, but all the creature would do is lean back from the force of the impacts, and that was it. One of the pilots radioed into the secret command post "Every missile we send is hitting the target! But its not doing any damage to-" The pilot did not get to finish because a beam of some sort came out of the creatures hand and pierced all the way through his aircraft, and killing him in the process. Then the creature retracted its spear of light back into its arm.

Shinji watched as all of this was happening not a few hundred feet away from him. When he saw that the now pilotless aircraft was falling towards him, all he could do was run the opposite direction and hope for the best that it would miss him. Luckily for him it landed just about twenty or so feet in front of him. With his life not in the immediate peril, he looks back at the creature and sees that all the surrounds that is near it start to repel away from it. Then all of a sudden the creature lifts off of the ground and floats towards him and its foot lands directly onto the aircraft that had already fallen.

Now Shinji was afraid, because when he saw the foot of the creature land on the jet, he saw a few sparks coming from the grinding metal as it was being crushed, and the sparks were heading towards the pool of gasoline that had seeped out of the jet after it landed. The only thing he could do was close his eyes and hope for the best that his death would be quick. Because he new that the distance that he was from the explosion would not be survivable. He saw the sparks hit the gasoline and watched as the fire was coming for him. But it never came. He looks up with a surprised look on his face. Right in front of him was a blue car blocking the fire that would have hit him. Then the door to the car opens and he sees the lady that was supposed to pick him up. "I'm sorry it took so long! But Thanks for waiting!" She yelled over the explosion with a smile on her face. Like this is the normal type of thing to happen in her daily life. He just looked at her weirdly before he ran over and dove into the car.

The hovering jets kept on firing all of their ammo at the creature like it was going out of style. Explosion after explosion was erupting in its face. But the creature only blinked in confusion. Like it did not understand what these things that was hitting it was, and why they kept sending more, even though it did not hurt that much. But because of all the explosions going on, some of the side building were starting to fall over and right on top of the two occupants in the car.

The lady that was driving saw this and put the car into reverse and slammed on the gas. Barely able to escape from the falling buildings, with only the roof of the car being dented in by some of the smaller pieces of rubble hitting it. She then turns the car 180 degrees and puts it back into drive and high tails it out of there.

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Back at the underground command post, every one was busy trying to figure out what to do. One of the men operating the main screen yelled, "The target is still operational! It's still heading towards New Tokyo-3!" The lady next to him also started to relay what she and every one there was thinking. "The Air Defense Force does not seem to have the firepower to stop that thing!"

However, all of the three generals that was in command of this operation was not listening to any of the information that they had just been given. "Hit it with every single missile we've got!" General #1 said. "Don't hold anything back while firing at it! We are to destroy this thing at any cost!" said General #3, who was also holding a pencil so hard that it broke after giving his orders.

Every single missile that the military had at their disposal was being launched at the creature. But no matter what they did it would still keep moving towards the city. The tanks that were at its feet exploded after being stepped on.

Now more frustrated than before general #3 slams his fits into the table. Trying and failing to relieve the pent up fear and anger of what might happen if this thing keeps heading to the city. "What is happening?! Every single one of those missiles were a direct it!"

The general #1 just folds his hands in defeat. "The tank battalion's have been annihilated like it was nothing. All of the guided missiles and artillery does not seem to have any effect either."

The two men in the back just looked at the generals with calm looks on their faces. Like they knew that no matter what the military did, they would not be able to harm the Angel that has appeared. "It would seem that it is an AT field that is protecting right?" said the man that was standing.

"Yes. Conventional weapons are useless when it comes to the Angels." Said the man that was sitting.

On the desk where the three generals sat, a red phone started ringing. General #1 picks up the phone and listens to who ever is on the other end. "Yes, I understand. We will activate the back up plan at once." With that he hangs the phone up and then nods to the other generals.

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Back outside we find both Shinji and the woman, in the car, up on top of a hill looking out into the distance and at the battle. The woman, who was looking out the window with a pair of binoculars and is hovering just above Shinji's head, since he had to scrunch down so that she could see, notices that all of the aircraft in the area around the creature were starting to move away from it. "That's weird, why would they-?" Then the she realized what was about to happed. "They are going to use an N2 mine!" She then grabs ahold of Shinji and forces him to the floor of the car.

The next thing that happened was the biggest explosion that Shinji had ever seen in his life. Even though he could see only a piece of it from the corner of his eye, he still knew this. However what he was not prepared for was the aftershock of that explosion. The wave it the car with enough force that it flipped multiple times and came to stop on its side. When the car finally stopped they both got their bearings and got out of the car.

While looking at the plume of fire that was still in the sky, there was only one thing Shinji could say at this moment. "Amazing."

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All of the military that was present in the underground command post was cheering at the moment. They knew that their ace in the hole would work. General #1 looks behind him at the two men in the back and speaks to the one sitting down. "Well look at this. It would seem that you wont be able to get a shot at it now huh." It would seem that this general likes to gloat when ever he wins any type of game.

However the two men just kept looking at the screen waiting for the footage to come back on. Since it got cut off when the shock way of that explosion occurred.

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Back outside we find Shinji and the lady talking together. "Hey are you alright there Shinji?" the lady asks.

"Yea I'm fine. But now I have to get all of this dirt out of my mouth. Which I will tell you, does not have that good of a taste." Shinji replied to the woman. Sure he may just have been blown back from that shock wave but that was not all that bad. It was more of a fun roller coaster ride to him more than anything. Only difference is that with this ride you may end up with a few cuts here and there. Which of course he had since he was bleeding from his arm.

The young lady just laughs at his remark not really expecting him to tell any type of joke like the one he made. Considering that all that was said in his file was that he is a shy boy and he keeps to himself. But at the moment it would seem that the reports are wrong in that case. "Well since you got to eat your lunch, help me push the car back onto its wheels." she says with a smile on her face. Shinji met her smile and agreed with a nod of his head. They both lean against the car and pushed. The first few times it would only move a little. But after a minute or so, they finally were able to role the car back onto its wheels. "It seems that we got our work out for today huh?" she said while laughing. "Thanks for helping me Shinji. I really do appreciate it."

Shinji just laughed along with her. "Well, as long as I get to help a pretty lady like you, I would help any day of the week Miss Katsuragi." He could not help but to flirt with the attractive woman that was in front of him. Especially since she has been nice to him so far. Now if she would had been rude to him, then he would have given a very different replay.

This caught her a little off guard. When she had read through his files this was not in it what so ever. This boy should have been saying that he was sorry for some reason or another after everything that she has said to him so far. But she would have to look into that a little bit later, right now she needs to hurry up and get going.

She then takes off the pair of sunglasses that she had been wearing up until now and smiles, "Oh please, you can just call me Misato. Since I already know your name, Shinji Ikari."

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Back in the underground command, all of the generals and officers were waiting for the monitors to come back online so that they could see the dead remains of the creature. "What is the target's status?" General #1 said. Just a few seconds later the monitor screens started to come back online. Everyone waited with baited breath.

It was the that the lady relayed what was on the screen. "We've got an energy reading in the middle of the explosions epicenter!"

The generals were not happy with that bit of information. "What the hell do you mean?! It should be impossible for that thing to be alive after and attack like that!" General #1 said. He did not have to wait long for the answer to his question. Because not even five seconds later the video displays were restored, and in the video amongst all of the fire and burnt earth was the creature, standing there almost as if nothing had just blasted it a few moments ago.

However upon closer inspection you could see all of the burn marks the bomb had left on it. Some of the skin was pilled off and hanging by barely anything. It would seem that it was starting to heal itself, since the burn marks were starting to fade. But for some reason the face of the Angel started to shift upwards and underneath it another face appeared. Now it had two faces on its head.

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We now find both Shinji and Misato back in the car and driving way from the after math of the bomb that had just occurred. The car at the moment though was being held together by a lot of pieces of duck tape.

In the car Misato is on the phone with somebody from the command post. "Yes. I know that the situation is not all that great at the moment. But don't worry, his safety is my top priority, so will you get one of the car trains ready for us for when we arrive? Yes, I know that I volunteered to pick him up, so Ill make sure he gets there on time. Okay, see ya." With that she hangs up the phone that was connected to the car. How ever the safety of the boy next too her was a little bit overshadowed by the fact that her car had almost been destroyed. "Damn it, this sucks ass! I just had this car restored a month ago and just a few seconds ago it was almost completely totaled! Plus lets not forget that I have to pay 33 more payments, and now I will have to pay more for the cost of the repair bill!" So to sum up her day so far, it is not going all that well. Also her shirt was ruined.

Shinji could tell that Misato was not in a good mood at the moment. Because if he had a car like this, and it was almost totaled, he would be furious right now. But alas, a fourteen year old is not eligible to drive a car, legally. But to be friendly, he tries to lighten the mood a little. "Hey, Misato, what as the reason for getting all of the batteries that we picked up before we starting to leave?"

"Well we kind of needed a working car at the moment, so there was no other choice than to get them. Besides, since I am an international government official I could just tell the owners that I needed them to get the car to run." She said with a smile on her face while looking at him before turning her head and back at the road.

All Shinji could do was laugh. He knew that even with that excuse she would still have to pay for the batteries, had the owner been there and not in a evacuation bunker. But her stealing the batteries did not really bother him, since he shop lifted before, however it was only a candy bar, not really something to brag about since she stole car batteries. All of this was exciting none the less.

Misato noticed his laugh and it reminded her about all of the files that she had on him. Not once in any of the files said anything about the boy being open minded or anything like that. In the files it said that he would close himself off from any thing that he did not understand came his way. Or that he would be shy almost always negative about things or run away. But here he was right next to her smiling and laughing like this was a normal Sunday drive out in the country. Instead of being scared of what was happening around him. "You know, you are a lot more fun than I thought you would be."

If his smile could get any bigger than it was from that type of complement, it would have. "Really? I'm just acting like I normally would. But its good to know that a pretty lady like you thinks that I'm a fun guy to hang out with."

Misato however, was caught off guard by his return complement. Due to the fact that you could see her cheeks become a little redder, and that she averted her gaze from him. But that did not stop her from teasing him back. "Well Mr. Shinji, if you are not careful and keep complementing me, I might just have to keep you all to my self."

Shinji knew that she was teasing him to try to get him embarrassed like he did her. But he had already expected this and told her his answer. "Honestly, I do not mind a pretty woman like yourself to keep me locked up in her room doing all types of 'Punishments' to me for being such a bad boy." He could not help himself and starting laughing uncontrollably at the look that came across her face. She almost even lost control of the car because of his comeback. It was when she gain control of the car again that she knew she would have to try a lot harder than that to embarrass him.

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Back in the underground command post we see that on the monitor is the humanoid creature, still healing itself from the earlier explosion that it had to endure. The two men in the back were not at all surprised to see the Angel regenerating from the damage it took. "It would seem that we were right about our prediction, its healing itself." said the man that was standing.

"If it couldn't, it wouldn't be a practical autonomous weapon now would it. There is also the chance that it can learn and become smarter after witnessing all of the strategies that it has seen so far. So it is only a matter of time before it decides to start attacking again," said the man that was sitting.

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Shinji and Misato finally arrive at the car transport system that is going to be taking them to the under ground command post. But what Shinji notices is that on the metal doors that was closed behind them, right after getting on the train, on the doors it read NERV. With a questioning look on his face he asks Misato about it.
"Hey Misato, what is NERV?"

Not missing a beat, she answers him with an almost serious tone. "It's a secret organization that is under the control of the United Nations."

It was then that a thought hit him. He remembered that his dad was working for this organization. Not that he could remember what he does there. However just to see if his dad still works there he asks Misato. "If I recall correctly that is the place that my dad works isn't it?"

Misato was a little bit surprised about his question. How could he not know about what his father does for a living. "Wait a minute, you do know what your father does don't you?"

At this, his look seemed like he would become sad or angry about the fact that he does not know. But she could almost see that he had a smile on his face. Albeit a very small one but a smile none the less. "Back about a few years ago when I asked my uncle about it, all he would say is that his work is vital for the protection of the human race."

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The man that was sitting before is now standing in front of the three generals listening to what they were saying to him. "From this point forward, the command of this operation will be entrusted to you. So show us that you are capable of taking command, Gendo Ikari." said the #2 general.

It was then that general #3 started to talk to the now identified, Gendo Ikari. "Mr. Ikari, we admit that all of our weapons have no effect on the target. It is only this reason that we are letting you take command of this operation."

"But are you sure that you can beat this thing?" said general #2.

Gendo adjusted the sunglasses that was on his face and looks up at the generals with the most confident look that a human being could make. "This is the reason that NERV was formed gentlemen."

With that the three general take there leave from the NERV command room. Leaving the fate of the city in the hands of Gendo Ikari. The man that was standing next to Gendo notices that all of the UN forces that were sent out to attack the creature have now retired. "With all of the UN's forces now depleted, what are you going to do now?"

"What we have been planning from the beginning, activate Unit 01." Gendo knew that the time has come to show the world that mankind is capable of standing on its own two feet and fighting back against the Angel.

However the other man was not so sure about this plan. "Activate Unit 01? But we don't have a pilot."

Expecting this Gendo replied. "That's not a problem now. Another pilot will be delivered to us soon."

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Both Misato and Shinji were still waiting in the car, while the train carried them farther down into the earth. With all of the silence that has been around for the past few minutes, Shinji could not help but have this thought, and it was starting to bug him. So he decides to ask Misato if his assumption is correct. "Misato, the place we are going to, is my father going to be there?"

Misato, who had been checking her makeup in the tiny mirror, looks over at him with a smile. "Of course he is." She noticed that for a second he looked a little sad after the mention of his father. But thought nothing more on it since she thought that he was nervous about meeting him after a long time.

Shinji however was not in that much of a happy mood as the lady next to him his. Because back when he was younger, just a few months after his mom died, his father suddenly decides to leave him with his aunt and uncle. At first he thought that his father had abandoned him for no reason, but when he got older he understood the reason behind why his father left him. It was because he reminded his father of his mother. Back before he left him, every time his father would look at him he would have these sad eyes, and after some time he could not handle it anymore. When Shinji figured this out, he was really mad at his father. How could he just leave his son just because of his mother passing away. But after some time, he could not help but feel sorry for his father, and forgive him to a certain extent. So, he might not be mad him, but that does not mean he considers the man to be his father. He has been gone for far to long to see him as one.

He then was brought out of his thought by Misato. "Oh, I almost forgot to ask you. Did you get the ID card that your father sent you?"

"Yea, hold on a sec and let me get it out of my bag." He gets the bag that was on the floor of the car and starts to rumble through it. He found it only and few seconds later and hands it to Misato.

She reaches over and takes it from him. "Thanks." After making sure that it was the right ID card, she reaches over to the glove box and gets out a book and places it in front of his face. "Now I need you to start reading this book here."

Perplexed at the sudden book in his face, he leans back so that he could get a good look at the wording on the front cover. 'Welcome to NERV'. "So does me reading this mean that I am going to be working for them somehow?" However the only replay that he got was her looking out the window. 'Well if I'm going to work for them, I hope that I get paid for it.' He thought. It would suck if he had to work for them and not get paid. 'At least my father asked me to come here. Even though I don't know what the reason for it.'

It was then that they came out of the tunnel in to this wide open space under the ground. Building were hanging from the ceiling and the color of the area was that of like it was outside. Shinji could not help but be amazed at the sight of the entire place. "Awesome! This has to be the Geo-Front that I have heard so much about!" At the bottom of the Geo-Front Shinji could she the building that was NERV.

"That's right. This is our secret underground base. NERV Headquarters. This is the key to rebuilding our world, and a fortress for all of mankind." Misato said with a very proud voice.

Only a few minutes after they got off the train, we find both Misato and Shinji on a journey to the command room of NERV. Unfortunately, they were lost. "This is strange. I could have sworn that this was the right way to go." said Misato with a map in her hands. 'If only Ritsuko was here to help me.'

Shinji at the moment was to wrapped up into reading the NERV manual that Misato had given him to really care what was going on. Sure, they may be lost but at least he will be able to learn what he can until they find their way to the command room.

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In a room some where in NERV with cables going down into a pink like color water. Over the intercom you could hear a woman speaking. "Would the head of Project E, Technical Department Division 1, Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, please contact Captain Misato Katsuragi of Operatons, Division 1, immediately." While this was going on a woman was getting out of the pink liquid, she had on a scuba outfit, and was listening to the broadcast. "It seems that she got lost again." She said.

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Both Shinji and Misato were now in an elevator still trying to find the way to the command room when suddenly the elevator stops and opens, revealing Ritsuko standing in the door way. "Your twelve minutes late Misato. If we were to have waited a little bit longer, we would have had to send out a search party" She said, while Misato could only reply with saying that she was sorry. Her attention was then placed on the boy to the side reading the NERV manual. "So this is the 'Third Child' then right?"

But before Misato could speak Shinji interrupted. "This 'Third Child' that you are referring to does have a name you know." You could here the edge in his tone.

She was surprised at the sudden reply, but quickly composed herself before he could notice. "Sorry, how about we start over? My name is Ritsuko Akagi."

"You probably already know mine but to be polite, My name is Shinji Ikari." He said.

Misato took notice at what was going on and decided to had her two cense in also. "Bet you weren't expecting him to be like this were you Ritsuko. The files we have on him seem to be out of date or something."

After a few minutes of walking Shinji finds himself on a raft heading over to a platform on the other side. But what was strange was the fact that something that looked like an arm was in the wall. They all got off the raft and went inside of the doors that was on the wall. Once inside the door closes behind them and the room became pitch black. Not a second later all of the light were turned on inside of the room, and Shinji found himself staring face to face with this huge purple head. Before he could get a word out however, Ritsuko said, "This is mankind's ultimate multipurpose decisive weapon, the synthetic human Evangelion, Unit 01. Built in absolute secrecy, it is mankind's ultimate weapon."

The Eva itself was a sight to behold. It had purple armor on its head and shoulders, with an orange neck. It also had a horn sticking out from the top of the armor on its head. The rest he could not see because of it being submersed underneath the pink liquid.

"Is this the type of work that my father has been doing." Asked Shinji, still looking at the head of the robot.

However he was not expecting to hear the answer from the person that said it. "You are correct." Came the voice, right above him, and standing on the platform was his father.

Gendo looks down at his son with an even stare. Not showing any type of emotion towards his son. "It has been a while, hasn't Shinji?"

Even though he does not consider the man in front of him his father any more, that does not mean that he is not happy to see him. "It has hasn't it? I would say that the last time we saw each other was when we met at mothers grave three years ago."

Gendo noticed that his son did not seem like he was the shy person that the reports told him about. Instead of his son being depressed, it would seem that he is more level headed than anything else. However, no matter how his son acted, this would not delay his plans. "We are moving out."

Misato was surprised at this. "Moving out?! Unit 00's still in cryo-stasis, isn't it?" It was then that she realized what they were thinking. "Hold on, are you really planning to use Unit 01?!"

Ritsuko was not at all surprised by the sudden out burst of her friend. "We do not have a choice in the matter."

"But Rei cant pilot it yet can she? If she cant then who can pilot it." Said Misato. It was then that Misato understood the reason they had asked to bring Shinji here.

Ritsuko turned to Shinji and gave him a hoping but serious glare. "Shinji Ikari, you will be the pilot."

"But that's not possible is it. I mean it took Rei Ayanami seven months to even synchronize with her Eva." Said Misato. She was not liking where all this was going. Honestly how could she, they want the boy that she just brought to pilot something without any prior training. Its is basically a suicide mission.

Ritsuko knew that what she and the commander were doing was a huge risk. Letting the fate of mankind rest on the shoulders of a fourteen year old boy is something that she does not like doing. But at the current moment they do not have much of a choice. "All we want him to do is just sit in the seat. We don't really expect the Eva to activate." She knew that her friend would still not like the idea so she had to give her the main reason for even letting him get in the Eva. "Defeating that Angel is our ultimate priority. In order to do that we have no choice but to put him in the Eva, even though the chances of it activating are slim to none."

While the two woman right next to Shinji kept arguing, he was deep in thought at the moment. For some reason or another, they were wanting him to pilot the robot that was right in front of him. He had to admit though, that being able to pilot this thing would be a pretty enjoyable time, if it were not the Angel that he was supposed to fight. But for some reason it was almost like he was compelled to go and get in the Eva. Like it was calling to him, to come and to embrace it, like a mother does when her son comes home. But what he was most anxious about was that the safety of mankind would be resting on his shoulders. Which he had to admit that it was a really big bourdon to carry. But with all of the negative things about piloting it, there was one thing that he would be able to do. He would be able to help save the people from this happening again. Don't get him wrong though, he's still a little bit scared of the situation, but if this were to work, the people in the city would be able to not fear of being wiped out almost constantly. So with his mind made up, he looks at his father and answers. "Alright. I will pilot the Eva for you."

The sudden statement brought the arguing woman to a dead stop, with Misato looking at Shinji with worry. "Shinji, are you sure about this? It is going to be really dangerous, and the possibility of succeeding are not going to be high."

"Its alright Misato, if what you guys were saying is true, that I am the only one that can pilot this thing, then I have to do the best I can to protect the people of the city from the Angel that is attacking them. Besides one of you will probably give me some type of instruction to pilot it if it does activate, right?" Said Shinji with a serious face to Misato, but the last sentence was more for Ritsuko.

"Yes, if the Eva does activate, we will give you instruction through the radio that is in the Eva." Ritsuko said.

Back on the platform, Gendo was looking down at his son. When he first saw him he was expecting the boy to out right hate him, and ignore him. But his son just looked up right at him and did not bat an eye. He was also expecting his son to outright and reject to even consider to pilot the Eva, but once again he was proven wrong by the sudden agreement to pilot it. Even with all of the unexpected changes in his son attitude, none of them would hinder on the plans that he had been setting up years ago. But if he were to admit to himself, he would be proud of the way his son has grown up.

Before any one could say anything else, a sudden explosion rocked the room that they were in, making a lot of people fall to the ground by the roughness of the shock wave. Even the beams that were hanging on the ceiling started to fall, and one of them was going to land right on top of Shinji. But before that could happen the Eva suddenly activated and broke free of its restraints and rose its hand right above Shinji and blocked the beams from hitting him, shocking everyone in the room. The reason everyone was so shocked was because that it was supposed to be impossible for the Eva to activate with no one onboard. But nobody had any more time to think on the situation because another shock wave from an explosion came again.

Not even a few minutes later every one was back to work and they were getting Unit 01 ready for deployment. Misato and Ritsuko were now in the command room watching Shinji, who was in the plug that was going to be lowered into the Eva's spine, getting prepared to move out. Once Shinji was locked in the Eva the tube that he was in started to fill up with some type of liquid. What was surprising for him is that he was not even panicking. It was like he knew that this was going to happen. Even Misato and Ritsuko were a little surprised by the fact that while the plug was being filled with LCL Shinji just sat there with a serious look on his face. "Shinji just so you know, that liquid is called LCL. You do not need to hold your breath, once your lungs have been filled with the LCL your blood will be oxygenated directly." Said Ritsuko.

Once he took a couple of gulps so that his lungs could get filled with the blood tasting liquid, the walls of the entry plug started to change to all types of colors until it would seem that he was looking from the Eva's point of view. He felt the Eva move a little as the main power cord was hooked into the back of the Eva so that he would not run out of power while fighting the Angel.

In the command room Ritsuko along with a woman named Maya were looking at the synchronization rate of the boy with the Eva. Both were very surprised to find that the boy had a synchronization rate of 55%.

The Eva was then transported to the launching pad that would send it straight up and into the city. When the Eva was in place and everyone was ready to begin the mission, Misato looked back at the commander with a little bit of worry. "Can we really pull this off?"

"Of course. If we are not able to defeat the Angel, then we will have no future." Said Gendo.

With that Misato turned back to the others in the command room and gave out the order. "Evangelion Unit 01, Launch!"

With that order, Shinji found himself to be rocketing towards the surface of the city. But at the moment the only thing he could think about was how is he going to defeat the Angel. He knew in the back of his mind, since he was synchronized with the Eva, that he had a prongs knife in the shoulder blade armor. But would that be enough to defeat the Angel. So before he could make another thought, he was already above ground and looking straight at the Angel. Not a second later he felt the restraints, that was keeping the Eva locked to the pad, release him and he became free.

Shinji knew that the choices that he was about to make in this fight, could either save the city, or loose his life in the process.

So that's the first chapter of this story, besides the prolog at the beginning. So tell me what you think and leave a review. Also it would be helpful if you could suggest what I am doing wrong and what could be improved so that your reading can be more enjoyable.

I just want to put this out there. I wont be able to put chapters out every other day like I did with this one, so just a fair warning.

See you next time.