Chapter 63: Foiling Plans
In a hidden facility, the committee members of SEELE were conducting an in person meeting. They were discussing about the organization that they oversee, NERV. The leader of the group began with the beginnings of their company's existence, Second Impact, discovery of Angels, birth of NERV, the development of the Eva series, and the Instrumentality Project. Continuing with the chronological order, a projector showed images of the battles that occurred from the Third Angel onwards. In each slide, one or more committee members indicated an important or critical impact from each battle.
It created a developing positive or negative image for NERV and SEELE toward the public and relations with the UN. It also led to new developments of equipment, technology, and research. From all that was seen, there were a couple of individuals that made the committee members want more control over NERV. Their top character was the Commander of the Neo-Tokyo NERV branch, Gendo Ikari. Though he was their direct contact to the subordinate organization, he kept proving to be a devious and tactical person.
"Though he has been meeting our objectives and following along with our guidance, I suspect that he has a hidden agenda. We must monitor him more and keep our eyes open for any deviation from the Instrumentality Project or Dead Sea Scrolls," the leader of the committee stated. A couple of the members sounded in agreement while others remained silent.
Second was their hired spy, Ryoji Kaji. Though he gave details to the movements and whereabouts to NERV's operation, rumors have been going about that he is doing extra investigations. Possibilities of what the man was doing revolved around digging up information regarding the reason of NERV's formulation as well as other secrets.
"If the rumors are true and he can cultivate all the information needed, we will be in a perilous position. Both NERV's and SEELE's secrets, projects, and ultimate purpose can fall into the hands of enemies and the public," the SEELE member with the eye visor stated. "However…not enough observations and actions from him has been deemed as traitorous. We shall keep tabs on him in case he starts to go astray and rogue."
Lastly, the group discussed about the Third Child, Shinji Ikari. The pilot with no background history. Even their top inspectors could not recover a piece of information about the boy's upbringing. All possibilities ended up unfounded or outdated. Discovery of the pilot's mental disorder was rather off putting.
The members were quick to reject him and demanded to substitute another at first. Despite their decision and persuasion of Commander Ikari, the Third Child has proven useful to both NERV and SEELE. In fact, he has only been following along the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Instrumentality Project of what his role is. However, many committee members felt otherwise from recent developments.
"I must protest," one committee member stated. "The Third Child cannot be an asset for us now. He has discovered one of our projects and apparently found this information through NERV's computer network."
"I agree. This gives Commander Gendo Ikari an upper hand on us. The E.B.M.O. survival subject is being held at his NERV's facility. It can cause more damage for us being in his hands."
"Irrelevant," the leader of the group stated causing some to gasp a little. "That subject was a failed experiment. Its neural links to that hybrid Angel prototype were severed after the accident in that lab long ago."
"But the surveillance showed otherwise! It was able to resurrect that prototype!"
"Should we recover the specimen and continue where the project left off?"
"No," the committee leader stated. "That will not be necessary. The E.B.M.O. subject failed the experiment on the grounds of not staying active long. That was when we were training it to sustain its powers."
"Indeed," a committee member with a German accent stated. "I remember that case. In the end, we scrambled the subject's brain and erased any paper trail of its existence."
"Then…what do we do about the subject now that it has discovered its origin."
"We have already taken that into consideration. Two operatives will visit the NERV compound and extract the subject. Once they reach the rendezvous point, we will send another team to make sure that what the specimen saw was only a dream," the leader stated. The group murmured in agreement until an American committee member spoke.
"That is all nice and dandy. What about the Third Child though? I have heard from being in contact with the subject and prototype, the pilot is a full schizophrenic. How will he continue to be useful to us in that state?"
"That is true. It would be impossible to be useful."
"Did the Dead Sea Scrolls predict this?"
"No, the Third Child was never meant to have this."
"If anything, that pilot will be the destruction of everything."
"Indeed. Once running a mock, we are all doomed."
"Commander Ikari…that idiotic man thinks he can use an insane child to stop the Angels!"
"What a joke! Only an deranged man would think so!"
"We should take over NERV and make corrective actions to fix this predicament!"
"Agreed!"
"Let us vote now!"
The leader was about to raise his voice when there was a light that appeared on the table. It indicated a call was dispatched to their committee room. Everyone saw this and started quieting down from their verbal tussling over the issues discussed.
"Excuse me everyone," the member with the German accent stated drawing everyone's attention to him.
"Forgive me. I informed one of my agents to inform me when it had completed its objective."
"What was his objective?" the leader asked seeing the man nervously laugh.
"I wanted to get a blood sample of the Third Child for my research team. There were certain qualities that the pilot exhibit that quip my scientists for future projects."
"…" the leader said then nodded. "Take the call."
"Thank you kind-"
"Here," the older man with visor stated with no amusement.
"…" the German accent member said feeling sweat build on his forehead. "Y-Yes sir."
Pressing the call button, he responded. The committee members heard a distant giggle of a small child. It slowly repeated its mirth and got louder. Sounding innocent at first, it grew into something dark and filled with malice.
"What is this?!" each committee member stated until all became quiet. The giggling changed to cackling and was louder than their voices. It continued to increase in volume as the pitch started dropping to a more monstrous tone. As quickly as it came, it was gone.
"…?" each of them stated. Suddenly, the lights in the room flickered. In a blink of a strobe light, a grotesque hunched figure stood in the middle of the committee table. Each word the figure uttered was different in a pitch, volume, annunciation, and speed.
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The strobe imagery showed the figure's head turn 360 degrees slowly. Its neck popped, cracked, and snapped as it giggled evilly in a deep voice. A light flickered again and the figure was in front of the German accent committee member.
"…!?" he said in fear and terror seeing its vile and morbid figure. Shaking all over, his eyes widen seeing its face resembling someone as its grinning smile was inhumanly wide.
"…w…O…r…M…" it spoke in an airy voice. Before the members reacted, another strobe light flickered. In a blink of an eye, the morbid being vanished with a sound of a pistol going off. A series of gasps were heard that sounded distant, amplified, and shocked.
[Chancellor…are you there!?] someone from the intercom spoke. The members looked down and saw that the phone call was still ongoing. There seemed to be much activity and shouts from the other line.
"Y-Y-Yes," the German committee member stuttered. Getting out a handkerchief, he wiped the sweat building on his face. Clearing his throat, he quickly composed himself.
"I am here."
[Chancellor. I'm sorry to state the blood sample didn't make it through transit.]
"What…what happened?"
[The transporter crashed into another accidentally.]
"I see," the committee member stated quietly with disappointment. "I will talk to the transporter afterwards."
[…Chancellor-] the caller began to talk when the committee member ended the call. Feeling frustrated and embarrassed, he looked up to see all the committee members looking at him as well as the leader.
"Please forgive this intrusion of mine gentlemen," he said standing up and deeply bowing.
"Sit down Chancellor," the eye visor committee member stated and watched the man sit down. "What was that?"
"…" the German man stated contemplating quickly.
"I really do not know what that was committee leader. I am just as perplexed and alarmed as you all."
"It addressed you specifically," the American member stated with hands across his chest. "Why?"
"Again, I do not know."
"Enough," the leader stated out loud. "This meeting has gone far enough. We will have our researchers analyze what smokes and mirrors that was. Dismissed."
Each committee member left the conference room and headed toward their escorts and vehicle. Enter his unmarked limo, the German SEELE member sat in the back and began to bite his thumbnail.
'There is no way it could be alive,' he thought as the vehicle started moving. 'There was nothing but burnt earth at the underground facility…even the black box melted.'
Out in the country side of Neo-Tokyo, a man was slowly walking towards a small facility. From the looks of it, it had a small amount of buildings clustered together around a warehouse. Going to the structure that had the most barricaded windows, Kaji walked up to the front door. Standing adjacent to it, he placed his hand on the pistol holstered in his jacket. Using the right foot to push at the door, it swung open slowly with the hinges creaking.
"…" he said peering into the building before walking in.
Gauging his surroundings, it was the administration office or what was left of it. Everything had either been ran-sacked or abandoned ages ago. Smashed glass, broken wood, holes in the wall, and other damage lied out in the room he was in. There were a couple of pieces of equipment still lying around intact, but they looked inoperable. With a sigh, the special investigator took his hand off the firearm. Reaching into his jacket pocket, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes and took one out.
'Another dead end. This makes 30 of NERV's 108 branches of operations a smoking gun,' he thought placing the smoke in his mouth and lighting it. With a relaxing inhale and exhale, he picked up a chair on the ground. Setting it on its feet, he sat down.
'There are branches located all around Neo-Tokyo and farther north. All of them were approved by the government as to further NERV's operations,' the unshaven man thought looking out through a crack on the barricaded window.
'Just what were these operations that NERV were conducting? Why so many branches with a growing number of them dysfunctional or no longer an existing location?' Kaji thought taking a drag while looking back at the floor in contemplation.
'Of course, one person can answer all this. The person that has been there from the beginning of NERV's foundation. Gendo Ikari.'
Getting up from the chair, he walked a little further into the building. Peering at the next room, it was even more of a mess. There were many rats running around with some form of decay on the ground in places. Walking back to the front door, he took out his cigarette and exhaled. Taking a quick scan from it being held open a little, no one was seen coming toward the deserted buildings. Placing the smoke back to his lips, he walked back to the chair. Sitting down again, he pulled out his mobile phone. Making a call, he gave his report to his superiors.
In the next morning, Asuka woke up to the apartment being empty. Neither Misato or Ayanami were in their rooms. Getting ready for school and heading toward the front door, the redhead noted that both roommates' shoes were not there. Figuring they had plans to go do, Asuka walked solo to school. When she got onto the campus grounds, she was approached by other school girls. They were ones that the female pilot would talk to from neighboring classes. Getting to her homeroom, the redhead saw Hikari standing by her desk and turned to her.
"Morning Asuka," the Class Rep said with a small smile.
"Morning Hikari. What's new?" Asuka asked smiling back.
"Not much lately. I haven't seen Ayanami come in yet. She usually is the first one," she said. Looking back at were the blue-haired student would sit, her desk was empty. Looking back at the Second Child, her friend just shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know where she is. She doesn't tell me anything about her pass time or business."
"Even though you two live in the same apartment?" Hikari asked a little surprised.
"The way she acts at school is how she is everywhere. She is just a cold person. It would be in your best interest to ignore her Hikari. It is difficult enough to deal with her as is," Asuka stated with a hand on her hip and mildly pointing at her friend.
"…" the Class Rep said blinking and frowning a little.
Shaking her head, she decided to move to a different subject. As more and more students came into the classroom, Ayanami's seat was still vacant. Ikari's seat was also vacant as well. Hearing the bell, the Class Rep started the morning routine to begin the school day. When lunch break came around, both Horaki and Asuka went to a certain location. It was the place that the male pilot showed the Class Rep at the corner of one of the school buildings. Reaching there and sitting down, both had started conversing for a little while till they got onto an certain topic.
"Honestly Hikari, boys are nothing but immature perverts that will go to any length to get into a girl's legs," Asuka proclaimed while eating her lunch.
"I am sure not all boys have that as their first goal," the Class Rep countered politely.
"No, they do. I have seen it. I went to college, so I know. Now if we speak of a man, the only one for me is Kaji. He is the only mature one out of the rest," the redhead stated. Releasing a happy sigh, she started thinking about the special investigator.
'Again with this Kaji guy,' Hikari thought. Giving a tired sigh, she put a portion of rice in her mouth. While chewing, a thought popped in her head.
"Since we are on the topic of about boys," she asked after swallowing and turning to her friend. "What is Ikari like outside of school?"
"Eh?" Asuka stated with surprise, confusion, and irritation. "Why do you want to know? I thought you said he wasn't someone of your interest."
"Well, we are talking about boys. Ikari is one of them. Where does he fit in your spectrum?" the freckled teen asked with a straight face.
"…" the redhead said narrowing her eyes a little. "You are interested in him…aren't you?"
"…" Hikari said blinking and keeping her straight face. She felt butterflies in her stomach. At the same time, the Class Rep felt that how her friend was acting was more than just annoyance.
"Just…interested in being friends with him and wanting to know him better…that is about it."
"…friends? With that idiot?" the Second Child said with a face of disapproval. Crossing her arms over her chest, she leaned forward toward Hikari which made her friend lean back a little. She was a little alarmed from the change of demeanor.
"Listen Hikari. I'll let you in on something about him because you're my friend. He isn't interesting. He is a loner. He is a weirdo. He doesn't have hobbies. He uses the butler disguise to have perverted fantasies. Underneath all that stone face acting, he is just another immature sex-driven boy. He isn't worth knowing."
"You're wrong!" the freckled student said loudly holding onto her bento box tightly.
"…!?" Asuka said in surprise. Seeing the irritated look on the Class Rep's face, the Eva pilot blinked and leaned back a little. Hikari put her lunchbox aside and turned back to her.
"That's wrong. You remember when he saved Ayanami from Kazo and his gang?"
"…yeah?"
"He saved me just like that before he transferred to our school."
"W-What? No way," Asuka said half-heartedly.
"He did! Two men kidnapped me," Hikari said looking at the ground and gripping herself from the memory. "It still frightens me remembering it. Being tied up and shoved in the trunk of a car…they…they brought me to an awful remote place. It looked like a horror scene with all the blood inside."
'…Hikari…' the Second Child thought taken aback from seeing her friend trembling and grimacing.
"They…they were going to rape me. I was so terrified and helpless. Then…then Ikari showed up," the browned haired girl said turning to the redhead.
"He defeated them just like he did with Kazo's gang. He untied me and carried me to safety…it…it was the first time that someone saved me like that…I felt so…"
"…" Asuka said listening intently.
Hikari's trembling changed to feeling red in the face. The rapid emotional changes gave the redhead the notion that her friend was not lying. Thinking about how both the Class Rep and the First Child were saved in similar matters, Asuka felt her hands clench into fits and her face to tighten. Shaking her head of the developing emotion, she tried keep her head cool.
"So," the Second Child began forcing herself to calm down. "You see that idiot as prince charming…don't you?"
"W-well…kind of. He is a bit peculiar like Ayanami is and difficult to approach. Almost like they were related in a way."
"Yeah…both of them act like dolls," Asuka said then mumbled the last part. Shaking her head again of the quick emotions that festered, the female pilot wanted to quickly make amends.
"I'm sorry for upsetting you. It wasn't my intention," the redhead said and clasped her hands over Hikari's. "As an apology, I'll do whatever you want. Just name it."
"…" Horaki said blinking. About to ask again about the male pilot, she remembered something that another student asked her to do. Debating on which one weighed more, she sighed internally.
"Could you do me a little favor?" Hikari asked looking a little guilty.
"Of course! What is it?" Asuka asked then was explained about a blind date with a male student at school. Getting informed about the back story, she was asked if she could do that. Smirking, the Second Child agreed seeing that it put a grateful smile on her friend's face.
In the medical facility at the NERV base, two doctors were walking side by side and heading toward the re-established quarantined area. Avoiding any medical staff and checking around themselves, they made it to the heavy curtains with the warning signs about entering. Both glanced at each other and nodded. Passing through the segmented plastic barrier, they headed toward the first door on the left. Reaching it, one opened it slowly while the other scouted around them. Stating that it was clear, both entered the room and closed the door. Seeing that they were in a make-shift staging area, they saw the patient on the bed.
"How do we extract without causing too much detection?" one asked seeing the other doctor scan around the room.
"Get it in a wheelchair and drape a bed sheet over the head," he said spotting the chair in need. Turning to his partner, he kept his neutral expression.
"Get the chair ready while I disconnect the lines. We need to be quick about it."
"What about the contamination?"
"The quicker we are, the less it will come into effect," he said and headed toward the bed.
Pushing through the drapes, the other doctor went to the medical chair. After carefully removing the I.V.s and turning off the monitoring equipment, they transferred the patient to the wheelchair. Covering her body and head with the bedsheet, they headed toward the room's door. Opening it up and peering down the hallways, the doctor motioned it was clear. Exiting, both walked back the way they came. An innocent child giggled down the hallway behind them and sent a chill down their spine. Both didn't stop and sped up to a brisk pace to leave.
Once out of the quarantined area and seeing the coast was clear, they pushed the wheelchair at a normal walking pace. Avoiding direct contact with NERV medical officials, they headed toward the exit. Eventually reaching and seeing the administration desk, one of the doctors went forward to distract any receptionist there. Once at the desk, he motioned to the other doctor to go. Wheeling the patient forward, he passed by the admin desk. His partner followed him and kept looking around to make sure that no one was looking at them.
"…" one doctor said seeing a NERV staffer sitting on a bench.
The person was reading a newspaper that cover its face. Deeming the person not a threat, the two doctors passed the employee continuing toward the exit. The NERV staffer moved the newspaper forward and glanced at them. Going back to the newspaper, he taps an ear piece to relay a message. The other end picked up.
"They have exited with the female patient."
[Have they noticed anything?]
"Doesn't seem so."
[Good. Inform security to let them through.]
"Copy," he said letting go of his ear piece. Changing to a different frequency, he stated the message to security and heard a reply.
In a control room, Ritsuko and Maya were conducting tests and screenings on the Evas. Hearing the other occupant in the room close her cell phone, the doctor saw the person walk forward to be in her peripheral.
"Something going on?" the scientist asked looking at her clipboard.
"Hmm?" Misato stated with a little smirk. "Nah. Nothing big."
"Something that involves with security is not big?"
"Trust me. What it deals with will be taken care of by another party," the Major said. "By the way, did you get the invite?"
"You mean to the wedding of a colleague? Yes."
"You planning on going?"
"Probably should."
"I was thinking the same."
"Kaji probably got an invite as well," Ritsuko said glancing at her friend.
"…" Misato said frowning a little. "Well, the three of us were part of a large circle of friends in college. It would be odd if he wasn't invited."
Exiting out of the medical facility, the two doctors wheeled out the patient to a grey sedan. Each went to a back side door and opened it. One carefully loaded the woman into the backseat while the other opened a hidden compartment underneath it. Loading her upper body first, they opened the other half and put the rest of her in. Seeing that she fit in the rectangular hidden trunk, they closed it. Folding up the wheelchair and loading it into the trunk, they entered their vehicle and started the car.
While driving to the large conveyor to go to the surface, NERV security did not stop them or look at them. Once at the lift and heading up, both waited in suspension. Once reaching the top and driving off the lift, both saw the guards at the gate post. Glancing back at them, the gate was lifted. The two doctors saw the security personnel motion them to go ahead. Giving them a wave, the sedan drove off toward the highway. Once out of the island tunnel and into the open, one of the doctors got out his cell phone. Dialing a number, a couple of rings were heard.
"Agent Bersin speaking. Extraction of specimen completed. Further instructions?" he said. Hearing their superior give coordinates and the next objective, the operative ended the call.
'Gotcha,' Jack thought after listening to the phone call.
Several minutes ago, the tech officer picked up a GPS signal that started underground. Informing Ryu about it and showing where it was coming from, the chief smirked a little then started making phone calls. Ordering him to setup a phone hacking to intercept and listen in quickly, Jack grabbed a couple pieces of equipment and set it up. Once ready and watching the GPS signal move, he waited. When he picked up the signal of a call, he immediately tapped in and listened. Putting down his modified headphones and hardware headset, he left his equipment room. Walking toward the conference room, there was an assembly of officers in strike force tactical gear.
"Got'em chief," Jack said and gave the details of the phone call.
"Good," Ryu said nodding.
Turning to the small group of officers that were part of the station's strike force, he gave them orders and told them to get ready. Giving a holler, they group went to the garage space connected to the station. Getting into three vehicles, Jack opened up the two drop gate doors. The cars that exited were regular, plain looking sedans as they followed in line on the streets. Jack and Nami stayed at the station and went to their designated places to give support. As the strike team moved through the streets, Jack was their external eyes and ears while Nami was his assistant.
[Just remember chief, you and your team will have about 30 seconds. That is how long the glitch program will last on the camera system of that area they are heading] the tech officer said.
"Copy that. How much time till we get there compared to the Agents?" Ryu asked.
[It will be close at your current rate. You'll only have a minute or two of lead time on them. If you step on it, you may get five minutes]
"Copy. Step on it," he said as the driver complied. Jack saw the three blue GPS signals move faster toward the destination.
After a couple of minutes, the strike team arrived at the coordinates of the rendezvous. It was an abandon warehouse building with its gates closed. Parking on the streets behind the structure, one officer used infrared goggles and stated that there was no one in the building. Jack informed them that there were no bugs or surveillance cameras wired into the building.
"Alright," the Chief said and hit a button on his headset. "Everyone get into position. We go in hard and fast. We leave without making a scene or a stir. 30 seconds is our time limit. Given the vehicle and were our officer is, she is in the backseat. I will give the signal to strike."
Looking around, all the strike force members put on light weight tactical helmets and face masks. When the last officer touched his headset and gave a thumbs up, the Chief nodded.
"We're ready."
[Target is two blocks away from your position] Jack stated.
"Let's move! Let's move! Let's move!" Ryu ordered as he and five other strikers got out.
The drivers stayed in the cars to keep look out and be ready. Moving to the backdoor of the warehouse, the lock had long been picked. Entering and sweeping the inside, the coast was clear. Everyone saw that the building had long been ransacked and was bare. Each headed behind a pillar or wall with two going toward covered areas at the far corners.
Hiding in the shadows, they heard Jack report that they were turning onto the street with the roll up gate door to the building. Feeling time slow to a crawl and staring at it, the strike force heard the gate door start to lift up slowly. Peering at their target, the unmarked gray sedan slowly entered. Seeing two doctors in the front seat, they didn't move a muscle and waited. The chief saw that the two officers at the corners changed weapons and were pointing their non-lethal rifles at the vehicle. Hitting his headset to give a Morse code, Jack quietly stated that the program was engaged. Hearing the car stop and the engine die, the two occupants moved toward their car doors.
"Strike!" the police chief said quietly in the headset.
The two SELEE operatives opened their doors and got out of the sedan to stand. Both immediately got hit with a tranquilizer followed by another in the chest. Only able to give a facial expression of surprise, the two agents fell into a slumber and hit the concrete floor. Remaining at his position and signaling forward, the other three strike force members immediately ran to the sedan. Two of them went to the down Agents and retrieved the tranquilizers. Afterwards, they worked on getting each operative back into their car seat. The other officer went to the backseat and saw no body. Pulling roughly on the back and bottom portions, she felt something give. Pulling from the backside of the seat cushion, it swung up to reveal Rayne.
[20 seconds!] Nami stated.
Seeing that the officers at the car found something, Yogosami motioned the two strikers at the corners to come back. Looking back at the unmarked sedan, he saw two officers pull out their missing officer from the backseat. One of them lifted and fireman carried her back to Ryu's position. The other two put everything back to what it looked like then closed the doors. Hearing the corner strikers at the backdoor and signaling things were clear, the drivers said it was clear outside. The chief saw the remaining officers from the SEELE vehicle run toward him.
"Fall back! Start running the cars!" he ordered.
[10 seconds!]
The strikers quickly exited and rushed to their already running vehicles. Entering their designated vehicles and closing the doors, the drivers sped off. Hearing Nami give a countdown, each vehicle was a few blocks away from the building. When zero was heard, the three sedans went in different directions. Each was instructed to go to a cardinal direction end of Neo-Tokyo. Once they reached it, they would loop back to the police station. Jack and Nami kept an eye on the three and informed them if there was someone tailing them or not.
"How are the cameras around that block Jack?" Ryu asked.
[They are back online. I haven't seen an inquiry on the government line or external line. No calls to the police either.]
"What about the tranquilizers used on the agents?"
[They were regular ones. One is only necessary to knock out a person. Given who they are, two is a safety precaution in case they are able to resist and do something.]
"Copy," the chief said then took his hand off his headset. Crossing his arms over his chest, he glanced at Rayne. The weird mask piece and strait jacket was removed by him and another officer in the car. Overall, she looked fine while leaning on his shoulder still asleep.
"…" he said turning to look out the window.
'Now that we have her back, how do we keep her out of sight from SEELE?' Ryu thought. Tapping his arm with his index finger and contemplating, he continued staring at the scenery going by in the backseat of the sedan.