The Initiation
At NERV-6 compound at New Mexico, where SEELE put construction of Mass Production Evangelion, EVA-05.The people were busy; they're not noticing two kids around them. The boy is pale-haired and his eyes were red, he just kicking the dust. Meanwhile, the green-haired girl was reading a book. Then, the boy walked toward the girl.
"Is it boring here?" the boy asked, the girl didn't answer. The boy only sighed, while the girl closed the book that she read.
"May I introduce my name? I'm Kaworu Nagisa …you are…"
"I know you! I'm Ayame Nagase, nice to meet you." Kaworu looks amazed, and then he blocked Ayame's way. This almost made Ayame getting on her nerves.
"Whoa, don't say you're the child also…" Displeased, Ayame retorted:
"Excuse me, Fifth Child! I'm the Eighth Child…Marduk Institute was sent me here…would you excuse me?" Ayame shrugged his way past Kaworu.
"Have you take ride an EVA?" Kaworu asked Ayame. She quite surprised, when heard his question.
"No, Marduk Institute said I had already to my own designated EVA. Until now, I never seen it…"
Kaworu tells her, "I'm sent to replace pilot for EVA 02, the Second Child, Asuka Sohryu Langley, was failing since she received attack from an Angel…I was curious to know what Angel is! Are they evil? Or good?"
"Maybe, they'd just like to be left alone," Ayame sighed,
"I don't understand this battle…why they need us? Why we can't communicate with those Angels?" She finds out that he became annoying.
"Perhaps, you'd better asked other people. How far you knew about Marduk and NERV?"
" Many, I believe that EVA 02 was at NERV-1 on Japan, is that right?"
"Yes, only EVA 00 and 01 still left. I'd like to met with Shinji Ikari, Third Child…
I believe we could be good friends. Also, Rei Ayanami, First Child…" Kaworu laughed, this make Ayame quite ashamed. "Is there something wrong with my words?"
"No, it isn't the matter…you seems confident! I wish I had that! Hey, had they already test your synch rate?" Ayame answered, "I had been tested, they seems disappointed…I hope it isn't bad!"
Kaworu smiles, then give a reassuring word; "Don't be pessimistic, everyone had a second chance to try something…my room was on second flood, how about you?"
"Why are you wanted to know about it?" Ayame gives him a death look.
"Is that a problem?" After thinking a while, Ayame says: "My room is at the first floor. Hey, I must go…I have something to do!" She left him pondering upon the conversation.
"Indeed, you have to…" He whispered.
In Tokyo-3, a brown-haired girl with blue school uniform stooped at the garden. She smiles wryly, as she know something…
"Finally, both of you come! We're going to meet soon!!"
As she half-awake, Ayame began to think about her recent conversation with Kaworu. It seems that Kaworu reminded her to someone she knew before, but where?
She had thinking about her hometown in Nikko; she missed it very much. Finally, she lay asleep…only to be disturbed by nightmares:
"Keiko…(what!)…Keiko, where are you?"
"Michael (who is he? I don't know him), is that you?"
"Keiko…you quite successful. I believe that I would not be good as you…"
"Michael, don't be silly! Beside, James and you are my friend…"
Suddenly it was cut by a sharp voice from other place:
"Who are you? You are nothing but Lilim! (What?) You even couldn't remember who you are?"
"Are they truly your friend? You only deceived yourself! James never likes you, in fact he hate you! (No, it can't be true!) He also hates Michael (That's lie!)"
"Who are you actually? Ayame Nagase or Keiko Ishikawa? Or nothing? (No, I'm Ayame Nagase! Who is Keiko Ishikawa?) You even not a human! (WHAT?)"
Then flashing scenes seems passed Ayame's minds, a huge green Evangelion, along side with the black, yellow and white one. Then the raging Battle…unfamiliar places and faces. Then the black Evangelion was wrestled against the blue robot, two men controlled each one…the black Evangelion swung the sword toward…her!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" She had screamed, her shirt was wet with sweats. She was in her room, alone! She thinks her dreams. That was a very scary dream!
Meanwhile, in SEELE compound, Keel and the others had met for something.
"We've had been patient enough with Gendo Ikari, now it is time to deal with him!"
"So far he had been useful, we must careful to not turn the table!"
"No, he had confirmed about Angels! However, it seems that we should know more from his assistant…"
"Fuyutski, you mean? How we could get him here?" Keel only smiles when heard that question.
"Don't worry, someone will facilitate it for us…however, there is an intriguing development, we've found the Ninth Child!"
"Impossible, after the others? How could that be?" asked other monolith.
Keel responded, "That is the latest report that we got from Marduk! After double checked, they had found her as other child…so far, we'd got almost 8 candidates."
One of the monoliths inquire, "Can we know who is the Ninth Child?"
"Her synch rate also good as Nagisa…so I had her sent to New Mexico for further experimentation. From there, we shall know about her!"
At NERV-6, Yuji and Brenner was checked Ayame's progress inside Plug. The technicians had registered any changes. "How is her synchronization rate?" Brenner asked the nearest technician.
"Somehow, it was falling yet not rapidly. Yesterday, it was 15%; but now had reached 25%"
The technician reported. Yuji checked her log, while corrected her glasses.
"How are her vital signs?" She asked, "The sensors noted several changes in her homeostatic, it could be something disturbs her mind…" Brenner seems dissatisfied with the reports, yet he insists to continue the test. "Now the error margin is 2.5! The synch rate had fallen to 35%!" Yuji quite surprised,
"How come? Her harmonic levels had sunk in 12!" Then the instruments gave the worse predicament, "The mental contamination above 1.2 had detected! If this continues, she can't pilot any EVAs!"
Exasperatedly, Brenner ordered, "That's it! Stop her test now, I don't want to waste my time with such a loser…" Before Yuji can explain, he had left the room. Yuji only watched Ayame from the monitor, she felt badly.
"How is the result today?" Ayame asked Yuji, the scientist seems silent for a while. This make clear to Ayame, "I think I had messed up again, didn't I?" Yuji felt unpleasant, she thought that Brenner was too hard on Ayame. Kneeled, she held Ayame's shoulders.
"Look, you must have a confidence within yourself! Don't too hard to yourself! Everyone make mistakes…" Then Ayame looked to her, and shouted,
"I can't be! I can't be like Kaworu! My synch rate was poor, not even higher than him!
Who am I? " Afterward, she ran from Yuji and cried,
"Ayame! Come back!!"
At the roof, Ayame sits and noticed the sunset. She still upset to what happened this morning.
Then she heard footsteps and turn head backward. Kaworu was here, "Can I come here?"
"It's you!" she grumbled, however Kaworu didn't heed the expression. He sat beside Ayame.
"This is only an dream! I couldn't do it now! How can I ride an EVA if my synch rate was low?" "I don't know that you could have good imagination," he said jokingly. Ayame felt hurt, it seems Kaworu wasn't sympathized to her troubles.
She continued, "I wish I never had come to this place…it's better I stay at my hometown!" Kaworu was silent until he said, "Is that all? I know there is more than you said…"
"I…I don't know who I am! Are there any meanings in my life? If so, what is this?" Kaworu patiently listen to Ayame.
"Did you have someone to stand for? So far I knew, your feeling would be better if you unburden to someone else…" Ayame looks to him disbelieved.
"Reason to live is depends to the individual's will. Human aren't so complex, they're still needed each other. Only, they were ashamed to admit it…" She was silent after heard these words.
"What do you think about being loved, Ayame? Are you thinking to be a pilot of EVA can describe it? Your success doesn't meant you're loved, in contrast; it can separate you from those who you loved…"
Suddenly, Kaworu hugs her. This made her almost shocked; she tried to release her from him until…
"Let your problems alone, and find someone to help you…the friend in need is the friend indeed. You aren't alone, Ayame! You aren't alone…"Ayame didn't said anything, she leans her head on Kaworu's chest.
Somehow he reminds her to someone...For the first time in her life, she felt calm…for her; Kaworu was her solace, her friend.
In her room, Yuji cleans her glasses and continued to notice about her readings. She had reads several data about Kaworu and Ayame , it was classified confidential by Marduk Institute. Yuji breathed heavily, she felt guilty to Ayame.
She can't do anything to change Brenner's impressions to her. It was too early to label her as a failure. Then she saw her picture when she was on the University's picnic. She had posed with several people, including Kaji, Ritsuko and…Misato.
She had cut her picture already, since she had graduated from University of Kyoto. Kaji, why you stll loved her instead of me? Why don't you let your heart open to me only?"
Kurt slowly brandished his Colt 45, polishes it and then targeting to his family picture.
It already a long time he hadn't return to his family. The latest news he heard was his father was dying.
His mother had already begged him to return, however he had told them he'd reconsider it. He turned his attention to his picture with Kaji.
Strange, he felt that Kaji could be so serious than he thought before. "Hey,Steiner! If I ever had a trouble, could you help my ass out?"
He answered it jokingly, "You help yourself out, Ryoji! I never helps anyone's ass out from hot water…"
Funny thing and…ironically correct, he can't help his sister from drowning. Why should he help anyone else?
Notes:
Before that, I give thanks for Project SVR for Ayame, Michael and James characters. Ayame Nagase is intriguing me as well as Kaworu Nagisa.
That's why I based this story to see how Angels see human as they are and learn about emotion.The arrangement of number, I followed from Resurrection. Fifth and Eighth makes
the good combination. To make it interesting, I put romantic angle to both of them. How is it?
However, the third character would make it to this story. Anyway, this story is set up not to interfere to other stories; this is just a story in separate time and place.
Sorry, actually the story is finished. Yet, I had to make some revisions and editing to make it fit with the storyline.
At NERV-6 compound at New Mexico, where SEELE put construction of Mass Production Evangelion, EVA-05.The people were busy; they're not noticing two kids around them. The boy is pale-haired and his eyes were red, he just kicking the dust. Meanwhile, the green-haired girl was reading a book. Then, the boy walked toward the girl.
"Is it boring here?" the boy asked, the girl didn't answer. The boy only sighed, while the girl closed the book that she read.
"May I introduce my name? I'm Kaworu Nagisa …you are…"
"I know you! I'm Ayame Nagase, nice to meet you." Kaworu looks amazed, and then he blocked Ayame's way. This almost made Ayame getting on her nerves.
"Whoa, don't say you're the child also…" Displeased, Ayame retorted:
"Excuse me, Fifth Child! I'm the Eighth Child…Marduk Institute was sent me here…would you excuse me?" Ayame shrugged his way past Kaworu.
"Have you take ride an EVA?" Kaworu asked Ayame. She quite surprised, when heard his question.
"No, Marduk Institute said I had already to my own designated EVA. Until now, I never seen it…"
Kaworu tells her, "I'm sent to replace pilot for EVA 02, the Second Child, Asuka Sohryu Langley, was failing since she received attack from an Angel…I was curious to know what Angel is! Are they evil? Or good?"
"Maybe, they'd just like to be left alone," Ayame sighed,
"I don't understand this battle…why they need us? Why we can't communicate with those Angels?" She finds out that he became annoying.
"Perhaps, you'd better asked other people. How far you knew about Marduk and NERV?"
" Many, I believe that EVA 02 was at NERV-1 on Japan, is that right?"
"Yes, only EVA 00 and 01 still left. I'd like to met with Shinji Ikari, Third Child…
I believe we could be good friends. Also, Rei Ayanami, First Child…" Kaworu laughed, this make Ayame quite ashamed. "Is there something wrong with my words?"
"No, it isn't the matter…you seems confident! I wish I had that! Hey, had they already test your synch rate?" Ayame answered, "I had been tested, they seems disappointed…I hope it isn't bad!"
Kaworu smiles, then give a reassuring word; "Don't be pessimistic, everyone had a second chance to try something…my room was on second flood, how about you?"
"Why are you wanted to know about it?" Ayame gives him a death look.
"Is that a problem?" After thinking a while, Ayame says: "My room is at the first floor. Hey, I must go…I have something to do!" She left him pondering upon the conversation.
"Indeed, you have to…" He whispered.
In Tokyo-3, a brown-haired girl with blue school uniform stooped at the garden. She smiles wryly, as she know something…
"Finally, both of you come! We're going to meet soon!!"
As she half-awake, Ayame began to think about her recent conversation with Kaworu. It seems that Kaworu reminded her to someone she knew before, but where?
She had thinking about her hometown in Nikko; she missed it very much. Finally, she lay asleep…only to be disturbed by nightmares:
"Keiko…(what!)…Keiko, where are you?"
"Michael (who is he? I don't know him), is that you?"
"Keiko…you quite successful. I believe that I would not be good as you…"
"Michael, don't be silly! Beside, James and you are my friend…"
Suddenly it was cut by a sharp voice from other place:
"Who are you? You are nothing but Lilim! (What?) You even couldn't remember who you are?"
"Are they truly your friend? You only deceived yourself! James never likes you, in fact he hate you! (No, it can't be true!) He also hates Michael (That's lie!)"
"Who are you actually? Ayame Nagase or Keiko Ishikawa? Or nothing? (No, I'm Ayame Nagase! Who is Keiko Ishikawa?) You even not a human! (WHAT?)"
Then flashing scenes seems passed Ayame's minds, a huge green Evangelion, along side with the black, yellow and white one. Then the raging Battle…unfamiliar places and faces. Then the black Evangelion was wrestled against the blue robot, two men controlled each one…the black Evangelion swung the sword toward…her!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" She had screamed, her shirt was wet with sweats. She was in her room, alone! She thinks her dreams. That was a very scary dream!
Meanwhile, in SEELE compound, Keel and the others had met for something.
"We've had been patient enough with Gendo Ikari, now it is time to deal with him!"
"So far he had been useful, we must careful to not turn the table!"
"No, he had confirmed about Angels! However, it seems that we should know more from his assistant…"
"Fuyutski, you mean? How we could get him here?" Keel only smiles when heard that question.
"Don't worry, someone will facilitate it for us…however, there is an intriguing development, we've found the Ninth Child!"
"Impossible, after the others? How could that be?" asked other monolith.
Keel responded, "That is the latest report that we got from Marduk! After double checked, they had found her as other child…so far, we'd got almost 8 candidates."
One of the monoliths inquire, "Can we know who is the Ninth Child?"
"Her synch rate also good as Nagisa…so I had her sent to New Mexico for further experimentation. From there, we shall know about her!"
At NERV-6, Yuji and Brenner was checked Ayame's progress inside Plug. The technicians had registered any changes. "How is her synchronization rate?" Brenner asked the nearest technician.
"Somehow, it was falling yet not rapidly. Yesterday, it was 15%; but now had reached 25%"
The technician reported. Yuji checked her log, while corrected her glasses.
"How are her vital signs?" She asked, "The sensors noted several changes in her homeostatic, it could be something disturbs her mind…" Brenner seems dissatisfied with the reports, yet he insists to continue the test. "Now the error margin is 2.5! The synch rate had fallen to 35%!" Yuji quite surprised,
"How come? Her harmonic levels had sunk in 12!" Then the instruments gave the worse predicament, "The mental contamination above 1.2 had detected! If this continues, she can't pilot any EVAs!"
Exasperatedly, Brenner ordered, "That's it! Stop her test now, I don't want to waste my time with such a loser…" Before Yuji can explain, he had left the room. Yuji only watched Ayame from the monitor, she felt badly.
"How is the result today?" Ayame asked Yuji, the scientist seems silent for a while. This make clear to Ayame, "I think I had messed up again, didn't I?" Yuji felt unpleasant, she thought that Brenner was too hard on Ayame. Kneeled, she held Ayame's shoulders.
"Look, you must have a confidence within yourself! Don't too hard to yourself! Everyone make mistakes…" Then Ayame looked to her, and shouted,
"I can't be! I can't be like Kaworu! My synch rate was poor, not even higher than him!
Who am I? " Afterward, she ran from Yuji and cried,
"Ayame! Come back!!"
At the roof, Ayame sits and noticed the sunset. She still upset to what happened this morning.
Then she heard footsteps and turn head backward. Kaworu was here, "Can I come here?"
"It's you!" she grumbled, however Kaworu didn't heed the expression. He sat beside Ayame.
"This is only an dream! I couldn't do it now! How can I ride an EVA if my synch rate was low?" "I don't know that you could have good imagination," he said jokingly. Ayame felt hurt, it seems Kaworu wasn't sympathized to her troubles.
She continued, "I wish I never had come to this place…it's better I stay at my hometown!" Kaworu was silent until he said, "Is that all? I know there is more than you said…"
"I…I don't know who I am! Are there any meanings in my life? If so, what is this?" Kaworu patiently listen to Ayame.
"Did you have someone to stand for? So far I knew, your feeling would be better if you unburden to someone else…" Ayame looks to him disbelieved.
"Reason to live is depends to the individual's will. Human aren't so complex, they're still needed each other. Only, they were ashamed to admit it…" She was silent after heard these words.
"What do you think about being loved, Ayame? Are you thinking to be a pilot of EVA can describe it? Your success doesn't meant you're loved, in contrast; it can separate you from those who you loved…"
Suddenly, Kaworu hugs her. This made her almost shocked; she tried to release her from him until…
"Let your problems alone, and find someone to help you…the friend in need is the friend indeed. You aren't alone, Ayame! You aren't alone…"Ayame didn't said anything, she leans her head on Kaworu's chest.
Somehow he reminds her to someone...For the first time in her life, she felt calm…for her; Kaworu was her solace, her friend.
In her room, Yuji cleans her glasses and continued to notice about her readings. She had reads several data about Kaworu and Ayame , it was classified confidential by Marduk Institute. Yuji breathed heavily, she felt guilty to Ayame.
She can't do anything to change Brenner's impressions to her. It was too early to label her as a failure. Then she saw her picture when she was on the University's picnic. She had posed with several people, including Kaji, Ritsuko and…Misato.
She had cut her picture already, since she had graduated from University of Kyoto. Kaji, why you stll loved her instead of me? Why don't you let your heart open to me only?"
Kurt slowly brandished his Colt 45, polishes it and then targeting to his family picture.
It already a long time he hadn't return to his family. The latest news he heard was his father was dying.
His mother had already begged him to return, however he had told them he'd reconsider it. He turned his attention to his picture with Kaji.
Strange, he felt that Kaji could be so serious than he thought before. "Hey,Steiner! If I ever had a trouble, could you help my ass out?"
He answered it jokingly, "You help yourself out, Ryoji! I never helps anyone's ass out from hot water…"
Funny thing and…ironically correct, he can't help his sister from drowning. Why should he help anyone else?
Notes:
Before that, I give thanks for Project SVR for Ayame, Michael and James characters. Ayame Nagase is intriguing me as well as Kaworu Nagisa.
That's why I based this story to see how Angels see human as they are and learn about emotion.The arrangement of number, I followed from Resurrection. Fifth and Eighth makes
the good combination. To make it interesting, I put romantic angle to both of them. How is it?
However, the third character would make it to this story. Anyway, this story is set up not to interfere to other stories; this is just a story in separate time and place.
Sorry, actually the story is finished. Yet, I had to make some revisions and editing to make it fit with the storyline.