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11:30 PM...
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"Tokyo-2 cab, what can I do for you?"
"Please send a cab to Takazi road."
"Where on Takazi road?"
"He'll know when he sees it."
"What? What's that supposed to mean?"
"Tell the driver to drive down Takazi road, when he sees something peculiar,
that is when he should stop."
"What the hell? Is this a prank call?"
"NERV employees don't make prank calls."
The dispatcher silenced for a few moments
"Ok, I'll send one."
"Very well."
Rei put the phone back into the EVAs back, and walked to the ejected plug. The
subject of rumour on the base concerning the EVAs was that a new component had
been added to the beasts, and this was a chance to find out. She looked around
and not a soul was in sight. Here is the time. She opened a panel at the
base of the plugs slot, inside was a glowing LED display:
_______________________________________________________________________________
INTERNAL POWER SUPPLY LEVEL:
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_______________________________________________________________________________
Rei wondered if there was enough juice to execute the experiment. She tapped
the rim of the plug with her finger, and finally decided to go for it. She
climbed inside the plug, and took her seat. The capsule shut, and rushed into
the Eva. The LCL flowed up slowly due to the low power, but did manage to fill
the plug. The light in the plug was dimmed as the pumps attempted to immerse
the contents inside. The light became bright again when the pumps
stopped.
"Set to pre-set Language...Engage L.C.L. oxidation."
The light in the plug became a bit dimmer.
"Enable cardiac monitor."
The bottom of the plug disappeared into blackness, Rei could only see her feet
now. The light got dimmer.
"Initiate nerve linkup."
A feeling of pins and needles overcame Rei, all over her body. Nerve
connections "Blinked" on and off due to low power, and as they connected, and
quickly died away, they stunned the pilot in whatever area the nerve was set..
The light in the plug was now almost totally gone, the plug display gave a
"Low power" warning, but it was so dim, Rei had to squint to see it.
"Begin synchronisation"
The light died away. The feeling of pins and needles sunk into her, and seemed
to become dead-weight. Like lead inside Rei's skin that dissolved to her flesh
making her whole body heavy. The Eva was now desperately out of power. It
were as though it was dying, and as the Eva died, she took Rei with her.
Synching at such a low power level meant that soon she would be asleep inside
Unit-00. If she was lucky, the eject system would initiate, and blast her from
the Eva, if not the plug would stay trapped, and the life support would fail,
leaving her to die inside, but Rei had neither of those ideas in mind. Even as
the Eva was dragging her beneath the waves of unconsciousness, her eyes closing;
Rei mustered one last sentence.
"...Engage...S2 drive."
The cockpit became an electric chair. Energy poured through the nerves of the
Eva. Suddenly, Rei was whole once more. Light flooded into the plug, Eva is
reborn. The S2 engines had indeed been installed into the EVAs. The angelic
girl smiled at having her bet pay off. She sat back and took in a deep breath
of L.C.L. 'Why all the secrecy?' she wondered. 'If the EVAs have S2 origins,
we should have been the first ones to know.' That is when Rei realised that
she must have pried open one of NERVs biggest secrets. All the secrecy that
had been surrounding the S2 orgins had to be there for a reason.
"Disengage S2 drive."
The EVA did not die, rather it had 3 minutes of standby power from the S2 origin
charging the internal batteries. Rei allowed for most of the time to drain
away before ejecting. Finally satisfied, she rested on the back of the Eva,
and looked up at the moon. She then noticed her partner coming out of the
field.
"Where's Shinji, Asuka?"
"Fuck him, bastard doesn't trust me, I hope I never see that Asshole again."
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2:45 AM...
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BEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEEP... (x3)
" What now?" a cell phone clicked on and a muffled voice grumbled into the
receiver.
" Hey Rei...it's me."
Rei sighed audibly, frustrated now,
" Yeah I know...Look Asuka I'm trying to get some sleep. What is it?"
" Um... I just wanted to say sorry...for, well you know. I'm sorry I messed
your evening with Kaoru. I know you had stuff planned and I kinda, fucked
it all up." Asuka paused for a moment before continuing, " Well basically,
I just wanted to thank you for being there for me. And I wanted to let you
know that I care.....thanks"
Rei smiles slightly at this point. Being dragged out of sleep is worth it for
one of Asuka's rare deep moments., " Asuka it's ok you know I didn't mind....."
Rei began before being cut off by an odd, male noise.
"What's that?" Rei asked
"What's what?"
"What do you mean, 'What?', I mean that voice in the background."
"That, that's, uhhh, the third child."
"Ok, then, what are you doing with the third child?"
"Rei, are you suggesting that, I've-ahhhhh, stop that."
Rei listened as Shinji's audible laugh came from the receiver. She then could
hear a potent slap penetrate somewhere onto Shinji's body.
"DON'T TOUCH ME THERE, SICKO."
To which he responded, "You weren't saying that fiftee..."
"I'm on the phone now, so please try to behave. Now, as I was saying Rei..."
"Asuka, did you accomplish the commanders mission?"
"Rei, Shinji's setting me up, making it look--Shinji-What are you-Give me that,
Shinji-Shinji!" Rei listened as muffled sounds came from the phone as it was
apparently battled over for possession. At the end of the battle, she could
clearly hear Shinji's voice "Rei, did you know, Asuka's got..." the phone was
apparently ripped from his hand, Asuka regained possession.
"Thanks again, Rei, goodnight..."-dialtone-
Rei looked at the now dead phone with an expression first displaying her
disbelief, then her amusement, then her utter frustration. " I'll get you back
for that one, red. If you even get some while I don't get sleep...MEIN GOTT IN
HIMMEL, DU FLITCHEN DUMPKOFF!!!!" Rei looks around sheepishly, relieved that
no one is there to overhear. " Way too much time with the red-head...."
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***Mindless banter warning***
(insert MST3K "MOVIE SIGN!" here)
Chenalos turns from his makeshift centre of evil.
"Hey guys, I'm writing to you from one of the most ancient piles
of garbage in history. Remember 386's? Funny little critters
that make DOOM seem like a walk through a bad museum? Well, that's
the one. Still, I got notepad, I got 3.5" discs, life is good.
I sure do miss winamp though. Asuka amp skin with MP3's
blaring. But I'm off the topic here. Time to get down to business."
"Well, I think I make a return to the "Old Rei" in this version.
You purists should be happy with that, but don't get too
attached. Soon I will be back to "My Rei". I made an
effort to explain at least why Rei is the way she is, why the
character break occurred and why it was necessary. Also, to
hardcore EVA purists, in the future I will go further than
most any other Fic for an alternate interpretation of Evangelion.
Keep an open mind, or you will get pissed. I get poetic and
Darkly Waffy in the middle here. It adjusts the humorous drama edge
I have been trying to convey, but I had to combine senselessness and
logic (which is confusion) and it all came out like a big poem. It
doesn't suck, (in my opinion anyway) but be ready for a gearshift."
Rei is a Yui Ikari clone
Asuka's mind gets rapped
Kaji DIES!
Misato has a scar on her left tit
Shinji is a wuss
***More spoilers to come, read on***
AT fields are either hexagonal, or octagonal, but it's my fic, so HA!
I say PENTAGONS!
I also want to thank A1-I-Bus for breaking my writers block.
I couldn't connect some of the parts of my story, so he
wrote in some suggestions, and I pasted them in.
I altered them a little, ok allot. Sorry about all the
changes, man. I felt I had to make a couple
here and there, but I still owe you one bud.
Read his work at SDAT, and several other pages,
and be sure to ask him about a little problem he had
recently. Bus has got a cause, here, read his stuff and
tell him what you thought at A1boogZ@aol.com.
***UNN-SPEL-CHEKDE-VIRZJUN***
Eva is owned by Gianax, with greedy, slimy American Syndicate
ADV reserving limited rights in the US, and Dapper, Class act
organisation ADV UK operating in England.
Pulp Fiction, which I am drifting further and further from,
is owned by Mirimax productions.
My brain and its thoughts are owned by me, on loan from Jehovah
and his Holy Trinity. All rights to think are reserved by me.
All rights to the characters, however are owned by (see above)
for more mindless banter, see bottom.
OK, now lets party like it's 199...oh, wait...it is!
ROCK ALL HEAVENLEY KINGDOM!
It's fic time!
***End of Mindless banter***
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FAN
FICTION
-Chapter 5-
EXODUS AYANAMI
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5:55 AM...
"...So you are sure of this?"
"Yes sir, it's that individual. What do you plan to do?" asked Maya
"It is none of your concern. Send the girl to me. You may go now."
"Yes sir."
Maya got up and left, leaving Ikari and Fuyutsuki to discuss the answer to
this recent problem.
"What do you plan to do, Ikari?"
"The creation NERV and the creation of SEELE are to be kept apart at all
costs. One of these creations must be eliminated. SEELE has
replacements, as do we. I'm sure they won't be discouraged after the loss
of only one."
"If you destroy one of SEELE's creations, you won't sit long in this
throne."
"Ahhhh, true, but if an insanely jealous person were to destroy it, then I
would be spared. Crimes of passion are the easiest to understand."
"Even so, don't you feel like there is a more powerful force at hand here
than just NERV and SEELE?"
Gendo paused, seeing what Fuyutsuki was hinting at, and deep down he worried
that he was right. But Gendo had come too far to let that stop him.
"The force of destiny does not coincide with my schedule."
"What if her will is greater than you think? If you underestimate her now,
than all that we have worked for will fall away."
"She will obey. Her obedience is part of her design."
"Very well then, but what if we are too late? What if she has already
united with the boy? What then, with the two of them in the same flesh?"
Gendo sat perfectly silent. Fuyutsuki glanced down and looked at the back
of his head, since he was in his usual standing position; behind the
Commander. Gendo still remained as fixed as stone. Fuyutsuki looked back
up, and said what Gendo could not.
"If that has happened, the timetable is already fatally altered, she will
have to be replaced."
"There is a time for every purpose, if it must be done than it shall be."
"The time would have to be today, if she is defiled, we cannot delay. It
is a sad day for us all if she has..."
The buzzer rang on Gendo's desk, Ritsuko spoke up.
"I got your message, She will be on her way."
"Very well. Also, doctor Akagi, prepare the EVAs for launch, but do it
quietly."
"Quietly, sir?"
"As I recall, you have a test to perform on the Evas, which requires
them to be prepared for activation."
"Very well, then I'll start that test immediately."
"Excellent, and what of the dummy plugs?"
"The cores have not been calibrated correctly yet."
"Have them ready within the hour and at 8:00 AM, summon the other children."
"Yes, sir."
The desk com went off.
"You will use the EVAs on her?"
"Unless it kills itself, that is the only way to defeat an angel." Gendo
said through clenched teeth.
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BEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEP
Rei groggily turned over in her bed. The bright red light from her bedside
clock bored, 6:00 AM through her redder than usual eyes, right into the
back of her skull, but still that phone rang at her. She sighed.
"What in icy hell do you want?" She snapped into the phone.
On the other end Maya flinched a little, " Never heard her like that..."
she thought for a second..." Hey Rei..Commander Ikari needs to see you
immediately. Sorry. about waking you up."
Rei composed herself instinctively at the mention of that name, "Sorry Maya.
Didn't mean to yell at you. Tell him I'm on my way."
Rei clicked the off button on her phone and pulled herself out of bed.
Yawning and stretching she started to get dressed...
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7:00 AM
Gendo and Fuyutsuki remained in a pause of silence, awaiting for the door
of the office to be knocked on. Little was said, both men knew that if
worse went to worse, the entire pilot roster would have to be revised.
Finally, the knock on the door came.
"Enter." spoke Gendo
The silhouette of a girl appeared in the distance of the office. She
walked to the desk and sat before Gendo.
"I have a job for you pilot, a job only you can do" Gendo said, placing
his own personal Bren Ten 1.0 centimeter handgun and an envelope on the
desk.
"There are security photographs, from this installation, of a person that
was on the premises of the Geofront last night. We have included the
pictures of that person in this envelope. I want you to find this person.
Your job is to have this individual eliminated by 10:00 AM this morning."
Rei hesitated
"Sir, don't you think Asuka would be more proficient at this job?"
"Asuka must remain here, She has a synch test this morning."
"I've never worked without my partner before."
"Rei," he paused, "this is a job you are designed for."
"I see."
"Get some breakfast, and leave by 9:35."
"Why the long wait, sir?"
"You may need some time. Go now."
Rei felt herself almost tear in two. She knew that she was hiding the truth
from Gendo, an act she would never have done, but she swore to herself, that
there was one order, only one, all others were happily met with, but she hid
the fact that one could not be met. And what if now, that order may be
called upon? If she was ordered to do that which she had taken an oath
against? She left the office in a daze, as though she remained still, and
the world moved around her, due to the meaningless motions of her legs.
When being torn almost in two, a person will tend to focus inwardly, as she
did. She felt only her mind, as the thoughts raced about in her head. When
the world finally came back to her, she was sitting at a table in the
cafeteria. The envelope was still in perfect condition by her tray, and
the gun was strapped to her shoulder, on the inside of her jacket. Rei
stared blankly at the envelope. Everything had lost it's meaning, the world
around her, her orders, the envelope, they all became meaningless items
outside of her world. Even so, she remembered that she did have orders and
was told to obey them. She picked up the envelope, and bent the slim metal
pins that held the flap down. She gently folded up the paper edge, and
reached inside to find several sheets of black and white photographs. They
were all timed, and dated, happening late last night, just outside the dogma
pyramid. Rei looked at the person she was told to kill, and she was kissing
him. That was the moment she tore in two.
The remainder of the morning went by too fast. Rei went about finishing
breakfast, talking to Asuka and Shinji when they came in at 8:00 AM. She
told them not a word about her assignment, only of any other thing that she
was thinking of. The thought raced through her head, but it was so
inconceivable to her, that she thought of it as a phantom, just a bad dream.
Rei could not see herself doing what she was asked to do, it was unreal.
She knew, however, that soon she would be at his apartment, obeying orders.
The two halves of herself conflicted, and only one would be the victor. She
talked to the two about last nights occurrences, they assembled together all
the details that each person had missed out on, forming the complete story.
Shinji and Asuka got up after a while, and went to get suited up. Rei sat
there, conflicting with herself, one side longing for her creator, the
other, for her passion. After almost two hours of the same moment, the same
stalemated inner conflict, she looked up at the clock on the wall. It was
9:26. She shut her eyes, and looked deep into herself. Standing up,
"He made me what I am."
9:59
Kaoru answered the knock on his door. He swung the door open, and there
before him was Rei, her head nodded and her eyes closed.
"Hey, good morning, Wondergirl."
"Don't call me that." she said in a silent whisper
"Uhhhh, very well, would you like to come inside?"
She gave no answer. Rei stood there, and simply breathed, it was all she
could know to do now. Doing as she was told, always, never questioning.
All of her life, all times, all things; bombarded her. She saw what her
life was. Her mind started realising that all she did was at the request
of the Commander.
'...Listen to me'
'...Trust me.'
'...Obey me.'
'...Never fear.'
'...Pilot the Eva.'
'...Do the synch tests'
'...Fight'
'...Do it again.'
'...You will.'
'...You must.'
'...Win, above all else, win.'
'...You may speak..'
'...Never kiss...'
'...Not Shinji.'
'...Cooperate.'
'...Be nice to your new partner.'
'...Accept that you are different.'
'...don't ever cry, you are too strong.'
'...Always listen, always follow.'
'...You are mine.'
'...Listen to me.'
'...Trust me.'
'...Obey me.'
Rei breathed, that was all she could do, that was all she did.
She breathed, all else was Commander Ikari's work. She was his puppet
that breathed. Rei had now learned to do a new thing, something that, for
the first time truly pleased her. She had done something that Commander
Ikari had not ordered her to do. Something that only she did, for herself.
Rei loved, She had loved earnestly, and guiltlessly; and had found peace.
She loved, and not for the commander. She loved Kaoru, and became a girl
that loved, and found her humanity. The Commander found out, and now
Rei must abandon love, and go back to just breathing.
Rei's Eyes opened, and they were cold, as cold as when she had gunned
down the eleventh angel. She looked up, directly at Kaoru compassionlessly.
She hated him, she hated the commander, she hated it all, because nothing
would let her live, and she must kill again. Her arms flew to Kaoru's
chest. Her AT field blossomed like a flower right before him and into
him. He was sent blasted from the entrance, and slammed into the
opposing wall, the AT field pressing him there. Kaoru could feel the
crushing pain, as his ribs bent into his torso, pushing his last breath
of air from him. The hard walls at his back were just as unforgiving as
he was viced inward. His ribs beginning to bend out, Kaouru knew it was
only a matter of seconds before they snapped. Then the AT field dropped
suddenly.
Kaoru looked up, hoping to see that Rei had stopped. He had
barely looked up, when he saw flashes in both of Rei's eyes, and heard
a sound, like an invisible force was being thrown at him. The sound
lasted a fraction of a second, and came to rest before him. There, a
fiery cross leapt from the floor, burning in his eyes. Kaoru shielded
himself from the fire, when he heard the sound again, and searing heat
burned at his back. The Explosion then immediately ripped at his sides.
He felt the world slip away, and the heat rush upward. Then he hit the
ground. He looked up and saw a hole in the ceiling, and four inverted
crosses of fire dissipate into smoke. Kaoru pushed himself up on the
fragment of his floor that had been cut out, fallen through, and landed one
floor down, and looked up. There were his downstairs neighbours, an
elderly couple, ducking under the table where they were just playing a game
of chow.
"Son, what is happening up there?"
Kaoru looked up, coughed and remarked dryly;
"My girlfriend and I are fighting."
Upstairs, Rei walked inside the apartment and stood near the entrance.
Her unrelenting cold eyes diverted to the floor, and she pushed it down.
The ceiling began to bulge and crack, as Rei's AT field pounded downward.
"GET OUT GET OUTTA HERE! IT'S GONNA COLLAPSE!" Screamed Kaoru
The couple jumped to their feet and rushed for the door, even as the
ceiling was rupturing above it. Kaoru was getting to his feet when a
slab of concrete fell just in front of him, he looked up, and then he knew
his chance to escape was gone. The hard concrete finally gave way, and
shattering, fracturing, the floor collapsed down into the room, crushing
everything, and enshrouding the destruction in a cloud of dirt.
A silvery silhouette drifted down, and planted herself with ease upon the
broken floor. Her AT field Expanded, and all the dust was gone. There
was Kaoru, barely a scratch on him. Being over a hole in the ceiling
saved his life. He looked up at Rei, her eyes still frozen in cold
nothingness. She reached into her vest and removed the Bren Ten 10 MM
pistol. Kaoru's eyes grew in surprise as Rei pointed the gun at him.
The scene remained the same, neither Rei nor Kaoru made a single move.
They just stood there looking at each other, with the gun in between.
Kaoru, finally made a step forward, and Rei remained still. Kaoru
looked into her cold eyes with warmth as he kept on approaching her.
When Kaoru got within three feet oh her, he felt the distinct hum of an
AT field. He put out his fingers, and pentagons formed around the tips of
them.
"As long as this field is up, I can't harm you." Rei spoke
Kaoru brushed the AT filed before putting both his hands upon it.
"Rei," he said, "As long as this field is up, I can't be with you."
"If you ever try to be with me again, you will die."
Kaoru's look grew strikingly serious as Rei's cold truth rang to him.
But he knew what he had to do. He stood up right next to the invisible
wall, the light of the soul, and he spoke to her.
"Rei, I would rather die than be without you."
Even though he did nothing when Rei had tried to crush him, burn him, and
dropped him through the floor, he now finally unfolded his AT field, and
walked to Rei. He ran his fingers through her short hair, and slid his
other palm down her waist. He looked Rei right in her icy eyes, looking
with love, even as Rei was pushing the gun to his temple. He closed his
eyes, and pressed his lips to hers. He held her tight, and tears flowed
from those icy eyes, running to their lips, seeping into their kiss. The
point where love and sorrow met. Rei closed her Icy eyes, pushing
all her tears from them. She kissed Kaoru deeply, as she pulled on the
trigger with all of her might.
A stream of pain surged within her, not physical pain but a different
type, caused by the realisation of what had happened. Now she had failed
both of them, and her vow. She threw the gun away and collapsed on
the broken floor. She watched the tears fall from her face, landing
meaninglessly on the crumbled concrete. She forced from herself only
6 difficult words,
"What you gave me..." she said, sobbing "It hurts."
7:30 PM
"Ritsuko, this is taking too damn long. I've been inside of this Eva
since nine in the morning, can you please make some progress?" shouted
Asuka
"We are doing the best we can, Asuka, without Rei here, I've lost a third
of collectable data, It's just you two."
"Yeah, whatever." moaned Shinji
Ritsuko turned to the second monitor.
"Something wrong, Shinji?"
"Ohhh, no nothing's wrong, I'm just getting locked into a quaint little
L.C.L. prison, just because I went to my father's office after visiting
hours, but apparently during a conjugal visit."
Ritsuko turned off Asuka's comm quickly, and stared directly at Shinji's
Eyes.
"Get over it Shinji. It wasn't the first time, It won't be the last, and
it is absolutely none of your business. You are here to pilot that Eva,
and that means obeying my orders. So shut up, forget about last night, and
and focus on piloting."
Shinji drew back his aggression, having been apparently just put in his
place. He nodded and spoke up softly;
"Ok, Ritsuko, in that case I have only one question," he spoke
"Can I call you 'mom'?"
In anger, Ritsuko slammed off the comm link.
"Move them out to the combat room, and increase Shinji's nervous
sensitivity by a factor of 50."
"Roger." spoke Maya
Ritsuko walked over to a telephone com, and rang into Commander Ikari's
Office.
"Commander, the natives are getting restless. I have broken off the test,
and I am proceeding to hand to hand combat training, but they won't stay
in those EVAs much longer, sir."
"Weld the plugs into place if you have to, Doctor Akagi, they must
remain in the EVAs until the first child returns."
"And what then?"
"You have my orders."
Gendo hung up.
30 minutes later.
The sun had begun to set now, and no one at NERV had seen Rei since that
morning. Her return still expected, all the guards at all of the
entrances had been placed on full shifts, but time had dragged on, and
patience, thin. Her car was gone, and even with special intelligence in the
field, she was not found. At eight o'clock, however, the phone rang at
commander Ikari's desk.
"Hello?"
"She's here, sir. Pilot Ayanami has just reported in at Northwest gate 8,
and she is en route to central dogma."
"Excellent, tell SSB-2 to escort her car to docking area A14 where she will
be brought directly to my office."
"Car, sir?"
"Yes, a Red 2010 Suzuki Kitana."
"Sir, Pilot Ayanami arrived in a modified 2013 Honda Gotonpo, off-road
dirtbike."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, sir, should I send out a party to retrieve the vehicle?"
"That won't be necessary. She will tell me where it is. Goodbye."
Gendo hung up the phone, Fuyutsuki spoke an observation;
"That is attachment. We are already too late."
Gendo stood still, an image of the last remnant of his past flashed before
his eyes. He saw the girl, bent and twisted, gone but not forever. The girl,
would as said, be replaced. Still, though replaced, she would still be a
substitute. Just a replacement of a replacement; a plug in the hole of his
soul, blocking the tear of the past. Gendo longed for the past, so he kept it
with him. He never thought that it would find its own way in the present or
the future. Gendo had always hoped that he could make life that would embody
what he wished. But, now that hope was gone, and the past must be replaced
to keep it from being re-written.
Gendo remained transfixed, and only replied to Fuyutsuki;
"So it would seem."
8:25
No pleasantries, Rei walked in and not a word was said. There is nothing to
describe, she just walked to the desk, and stood there, mute. The three held
tight and unmoving, like chess pieces poised at the point in a game where one
wrong move would mean penultimate defeat. The gambits held, time stood still
nothing changed. Finally, words formed in the room.
"I don't have the gun."
"Where is it?" Asked Fuyutsuki
"At the complex"
"Why did you leave it?"
"...I disliked it's funtion"
"Rei," Spoke Gendo, "that boy was an angel, his death was a requirement."
"I see."
Gendo closed his eyes, and for the first time in his life, mustered the energy
to remove the past.
"He may still be alive. If he found a place in you, he will continue to exist.
As long as that possibility remains, the plan has already failed."
"Yes, sir."
"Rei, Did you unite with Angel Alpha?"
Her mind flashed back to the moment that case opened, and there it was, the
gift that would change her life forever, how she would have done anything for
it. She remembered what she did do for it, and she did not regret a single
thing. Now, she only had one regret, she wished she had never returned to
the geofront. She longed to be somewhere else, but she did return, and that
was reality. That day with Kaouru, one of the greatest days of her life was
gone now, and the present now coldly beckons its confirmation. Tears formed
and flowed down her face.
"Yes." She replied, as her eyes looked to the floor.
Gendo remained fixed, and after a long while spoke up.
"Fuyutsuki?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Place your weapon on my desk and leave."
The slight clank of metal on the hard desk resounded through the huge
office, and Fuyutsuki shut the door behind him. Gendo grasped the gun, and
stood to his feet.
"Rei..."
Rei pushed in and out, forcefully, the breaths of air. She looked up and
saw the gun pointed at her. Her life, now seemed only worth loosing as it
would probably only get worse from here on.
"Lower your AT field, Rei."
She nodded, and Gendo closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger. Nothing
happened. He opened his eyes once more, looked, curiously at the gun. The
safety was still on. He could not believe that he had forgotten the most
menial part of gunfire. He angrily unclipped the caps, and pointed again at
Rei. This time was different, however. The safety being off he now thought
twice. His eyes closed the first time, Rei meant nothing to him, a spot
ahead, only meant for receiving a bullet. Now he looked at Rei. He saw
what she was, her form was perfect. Gendo had captured the past for
himself, and in Rei he had made his perfect soul mate. Rei was her
creation, and now the maker must destroy his work, he must trample his
greatest feat, and begin again from the start. Gendo, now opened his eyes
widely against the girl that had destroyed his dream. He clenched his teeth
at the traitor, and now found the wrath to scrape the flaw away, and make
his plan perfect once more.
The trigger clicked, and the hammer indented the blasting cap. Fire
rushed forward, and propelled the bullet straight through the air, towards
Rei's sobbing Eyes, her uncaring face, welcoming the end to her suffering.
The bullet flew forward, and it impacted. After stopping, the bullet shined
with a red lustre. It shined with bright Red, as it reflected the hue of
Rei's AT field, at full strength.
Her eyes exploded into life, and gushed the tears from her. The bullet
hung motionless in the air. Gendo froze. The incomprehensible overtook
him like nightfall, Rei had rebelled, and now there was nothing he could do
to stop her.
Rei took in a deep breath, and finally, let out a scream which she kept
within herself for as long as she lived. She screamed at Gendo. Anger,
pain, rebellion, all the feelings which she had locked within her all that
time finally came spilling over into a wordless, piercing scream.
As she screamed, the bullet before her grew red hot, and a beam blasted out
from it, and fired directly into the still smoking barrel of Gendo's gun.
The blast separated inside the gun, and a perfect cross formed there,
tearing the hard metal in two. By reflex Gendo pulled back from the cross-
blast, and consequently his gun was turned into little more than a handle
with a trigger attached. Gendo looked up at Rei, now knowing that he was
powerless to stop her. In a maddened rage, he jumped to his feet and
lunged at the girl, slamming against the AT field.
"You BITCH, Lower this field."
Rei stood there, looking directly into his eyes.
"I made you what you are. I am your commander, so lower this field."
The field expanded, and Gendo was thrust back, he was thrown back into
his desk and, when he landed, was face down on the floor behind it, and
his glasses had cracked on the hard surface. Rei floated down from above,
and landed in front of his face.
"You made me. But I make myself. You cannot control me because you are
not me. No longer, Commander Ikari. I am I, and you will not have any
part of me."
The tears stopped flowing from Rei's eyes, she freed herself, and was
no longer a puppet of Commander Ikari, but Rei Ayanami, herself and
no more. In her new freedom she told Gendo her great plan.
"Gendo, I will stop you."
"What?" He said in disbelief
"I am not your tool, and Man is not your tool, either. Therefore, on
behalf of mankind, I will stop you."
Gendo froze offended to the core, staring at Rei's cold, emotionless Eyes.
The presentation was not delivered as a treat, but as a matter of fact.
Gendo's worst nightmare overtook him as a prophecy, unchangeable, and
unrelenting. The things yet to come. Re turned around, and reached down
to a briefcase that she gave Gendo the day before. She reached down, and
grasped the key to it all, and lifted it, so easily off the ground.
Commander Ikari jumped to his feet, and pressed himself to the AT field
screaming with all his might,
"NO! REI! PUT THAT DOWN! IF YOU TAKE THAT FROM THIS ROOM I WILL DESTROY
YOU..."
Rei made not another gesture, she only calmly walked away from Gendo,
hearing his treats of destruction, his vows of vengeance. The creator had
lost control of his creation, and Rei looked inside of herself, and knew
that he would never have her again. She walked down the office,
maintaining the field in the same spot, trapping Gendo behind his desk.
His voice grew fainter, as she shut the door behind her.
She looked out from the balcony, outside of the office, to the command
center. Fuyutsuki looked over and saw Rei standing outside of the office.
He looked over and saw the case in Rei's hand, and an Icy look in her eye.
"No." was all he could say.
The intercom then immediately sprung to life as a full scale alert was
sounded.
"This is Commander Ikari; All assault and tactical personnel, you are on
full scale alert. Angel Echo is now unstable. Repeat; Angel Echo is now
unstable. Blue pattern is now approved, destroy this angel at all costs."
In the midst fo the fury of a full-scale NERV alert, her thoughts turned
inward. She remembered how Kaoru had held her the night before, and how,
even after all that had happened, she could return the favour.
...To be continued
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***Now for more banter***
OK, there it is! Fan Fiction 5 after, what? A month now? apologies
to those anxiously waiting a continuation, I have just been through a
couple of incidents that really unmotivated me. I wouldn't say that I'm
totally better now, but better than I was. Probably the worst time for
it too, in that, while this is sitting here on the net, most of my readers
are probably out getting Star Wars 1 tickets, or at the show itself.
A1-I-Bus' Pulp Evangelion has not gotten much feedback. This really
reflects poorly on me. If you are reading this, STOP! And go read
PE, and give him some mail. A few of us have been undeniably depressed,
With the Goddell incident, and he is trying to pull out of it. Inspired
by action taken on re-innovating HERZ, he is beginning again from the
start on Imagine Normality, and he's pissed. Boog is out to out-do what
you knew. In prose, IN is going to be much easier to progress through.
I know I may be over-plugging here but, dammit, there has been allot of
crap to suffer recently for both of us. We have both made a goal to
be better authors, and Boog is going above and beyond to make it better.
If you paid me I would not re-write The Entry Plug Trilogy, yet he is
taking his favourite work and re-working, just because he was asked.
Go check out some of Boogz work at SDAT, among other pages, when you
e-mail him tell him Chen sent you.
OK, fireworks galore in the next episode of _Fan Fiction_:
Chapter 6
"Destruction"
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Chenalos@aol.com
11:30 PM...
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"Tokyo-2 cab, what can I do for you?"
"Please send a cab to Takazi road."
"Where on Takazi road?"
"He'll know when he sees it."
"What? What's that supposed to mean?"
"Tell the driver to drive down Takazi road, when he sees something peculiar,
that is when he should stop."
"What the hell? Is this a prank call?"
"NERV employees don't make prank calls."
The dispatcher silenced for a few moments
"Ok, I'll send one."
"Very well."
Rei put the phone back into the EVAs back, and walked to the ejected plug. The
subject of rumour on the base concerning the EVAs was that a new component had
been added to the beasts, and this was a chance to find out. She looked around
and not a soul was in sight. Here is the time. She opened a panel at the
base of the plugs slot, inside was a glowing LED display:
_______________________________________________________________________________
INTERNAL POWER SUPPLY LEVEL:
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Rei wondered if there was enough juice to execute the experiment. She tapped
the rim of the plug with her finger, and finally decided to go for it. She
climbed inside the plug, and took her seat. The capsule shut, and rushed into
the Eva. The LCL flowed up slowly due to the low power, but did manage to fill
the plug. The light in the plug was dimmed as the pumps attempted to immerse
the contents inside. The light became bright again when the pumps
stopped.
"Set to pre-set Language...Engage L.C.L. oxidation."
The light in the plug became a bit dimmer.
"Enable cardiac monitor."
The bottom of the plug disappeared into blackness, Rei could only see her feet
now. The light got dimmer.
"Initiate nerve linkup."
A feeling of pins and needles overcame Rei, all over her body. Nerve
connections "Blinked" on and off due to low power, and as they connected, and
quickly died away, they stunned the pilot in whatever area the nerve was set..
The light in the plug was now almost totally gone, the plug display gave a
"Low power" warning, but it was so dim, Rei had to squint to see it.
"Begin synchronisation"
The light died away. The feeling of pins and needles sunk into her, and seemed
to become dead-weight. Like lead inside Rei's skin that dissolved to her flesh
making her whole body heavy. The Eva was now desperately out of power. It
were as though it was dying, and as the Eva died, she took Rei with her.
Synching at such a low power level meant that soon she would be asleep inside
Unit-00. If she was lucky, the eject system would initiate, and blast her from
the Eva, if not the plug would stay trapped, and the life support would fail,
leaving her to die inside, but Rei had neither of those ideas in mind. Even as
the Eva was dragging her beneath the waves of unconsciousness, her eyes closing;
Rei mustered one last sentence.
"...Engage...S2 drive."
The cockpit became an electric chair. Energy poured through the nerves of the
Eva. Suddenly, Rei was whole once more. Light flooded into the plug, Eva is
reborn. The S2 engines had indeed been installed into the EVAs. The angelic
girl smiled at having her bet pay off. She sat back and took in a deep breath
of L.C.L. 'Why all the secrecy?' she wondered. 'If the EVAs have S2 origins,
we should have been the first ones to know.' That is when Rei realised that
she must have pried open one of NERVs biggest secrets. All the secrecy that
had been surrounding the S2 orgins had to be there for a reason.
"Disengage S2 drive."
The EVA did not die, rather it had 3 minutes of standby power from the S2 origin
charging the internal batteries. Rei allowed for most of the time to drain
away before ejecting. Finally satisfied, she rested on the back of the Eva,
and looked up at the moon. She then noticed her partner coming out of the
field.
"Where's Shinji, Asuka?"
"Fuck him, bastard doesn't trust me, I hope I never see that Asshole again."
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2:45 AM...
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BEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEEP... (x3)
" What now?" a cell phone clicked on and a muffled voice grumbled into the
receiver.
" Hey Rei...it's me."
Rei sighed audibly, frustrated now,
" Yeah I know...Look Asuka I'm trying to get some sleep. What is it?"
" Um... I just wanted to say sorry...for, well you know. I'm sorry I messed
your evening with Kaoru. I know you had stuff planned and I kinda, fucked
it all up." Asuka paused for a moment before continuing, " Well basically,
I just wanted to thank you for being there for me. And I wanted to let you
know that I care.....thanks"
Rei smiles slightly at this point. Being dragged out of sleep is worth it for
one of Asuka's rare deep moments., " Asuka it's ok you know I didn't mind....."
Rei began before being cut off by an odd, male noise.
"What's that?" Rei asked
"What's what?"
"What do you mean, 'What?', I mean that voice in the background."
"That, that's, uhhh, the third child."
"Ok, then, what are you doing with the third child?"
"Rei, are you suggesting that, I've-ahhhhh, stop that."
Rei listened as Shinji's audible laugh came from the receiver. She then could
hear a potent slap penetrate somewhere onto Shinji's body.
"DON'T TOUCH ME THERE, SICKO."
To which he responded, "You weren't saying that fiftee..."
"I'm on the phone now, so please try to behave. Now, as I was saying Rei..."
"Asuka, did you accomplish the commanders mission?"
"Rei, Shinji's setting me up, making it look--Shinji-What are you-Give me that,
Shinji-Shinji!" Rei listened as muffled sounds came from the phone as it was
apparently battled over for possession. At the end of the battle, she could
clearly hear Shinji's voice "Rei, did you know, Asuka's got..." the phone was
apparently ripped from his hand, Asuka regained possession.
"Thanks again, Rei, goodnight..."-dialtone-
Rei looked at the now dead phone with an expression first displaying her
disbelief, then her amusement, then her utter frustration. " I'll get you back
for that one, red. If you even get some while I don't get sleep...MEIN GOTT IN
HIMMEL, DU FLITCHEN DUMPKOFF!!!!" Rei looks around sheepishly, relieved that
no one is there to overhear. " Way too much time with the red-head...."
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***Mindless banter warning***
(insert MST3K "MOVIE SIGN!" here)
Chenalos turns from his makeshift centre of evil.
"Hey guys, I'm writing to you from one of the most ancient piles
of garbage in history. Remember 386's? Funny little critters
that make DOOM seem like a walk through a bad museum? Well, that's
the one. Still, I got notepad, I got 3.5" discs, life is good.
I sure do miss winamp though. Asuka amp skin with MP3's
blaring. But I'm off the topic here. Time to get down to business."
"Well, I think I make a return to the "Old Rei" in this version.
You purists should be happy with that, but don't get too
attached. Soon I will be back to "My Rei". I made an
effort to explain at least why Rei is the way she is, why the
character break occurred and why it was necessary. Also, to
hardcore EVA purists, in the future I will go further than
most any other Fic for an alternate interpretation of Evangelion.
Keep an open mind, or you will get pissed. I get poetic and
Darkly Waffy in the middle here. It adjusts the humorous drama edge
I have been trying to convey, but I had to combine senselessness and
logic (which is confusion) and it all came out like a big poem. It
doesn't suck, (in my opinion anyway) but be ready for a gearshift."
Rei is a Yui Ikari clone
Asuka's mind gets rapped
Kaji DIES!
Misato has a scar on her left tit
Shinji is a wuss
***More spoilers to come, read on***
AT fields are either hexagonal, or octagonal, but it's my fic, so HA!
I say PENTAGONS!
I also want to thank A1-I-Bus for breaking my writers block.
I couldn't connect some of the parts of my story, so he
wrote in some suggestions, and I pasted them in.
I altered them a little, ok allot. Sorry about all the
changes, man. I felt I had to make a couple
here and there, but I still owe you one bud.
Read his work at SDAT, and several other pages,
and be sure to ask him about a little problem he had
recently. Bus has got a cause, here, read his stuff and
tell him what you thought at A1boogZ@aol.com.
***UNN-SPEL-CHEKDE-VIRZJUN***
Eva is owned by Gianax, with greedy, slimy American Syndicate
ADV reserving limited rights in the US, and Dapper, Class act
organisation ADV UK operating in England.
Pulp Fiction, which I am drifting further and further from,
is owned by Mirimax productions.
My brain and its thoughts are owned by me, on loan from Jehovah
and his Holy Trinity. All rights to think are reserved by me.
All rights to the characters, however are owned by (see above)
for more mindless banter, see bottom.
OK, now lets party like it's 199...oh, wait...it is!
ROCK ALL HEAVENLEY KINGDOM!
It's fic time!
***End of Mindless banter***
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FAN
FICTION
-Chapter 5-
EXODUS AYANAMI
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5:55 AM...
"...So you are sure of this?"
"Yes sir, it's that individual. What do you plan to do?" asked Maya
"It is none of your concern. Send the girl to me. You may go now."
"Yes sir."
Maya got up and left, leaving Ikari and Fuyutsuki to discuss the answer to
this recent problem.
"What do you plan to do, Ikari?"
"The creation NERV and the creation of SEELE are to be kept apart at all
costs. One of these creations must be eliminated. SEELE has
replacements, as do we. I'm sure they won't be discouraged after the loss
of only one."
"If you destroy one of SEELE's creations, you won't sit long in this
throne."
"Ahhhh, true, but if an insanely jealous person were to destroy it, then I
would be spared. Crimes of passion are the easiest to understand."
"Even so, don't you feel like there is a more powerful force at hand here
than just NERV and SEELE?"
Gendo paused, seeing what Fuyutsuki was hinting at, and deep down he worried
that he was right. But Gendo had come too far to let that stop him.
"The force of destiny does not coincide with my schedule."
"What if her will is greater than you think? If you underestimate her now,
than all that we have worked for will fall away."
"She will obey. Her obedience is part of her design."
"Very well then, but what if we are too late? What if she has already
united with the boy? What then, with the two of them in the same flesh?"
Gendo sat perfectly silent. Fuyutsuki glanced down and looked at the back
of his head, since he was in his usual standing position; behind the
Commander. Gendo still remained as fixed as stone. Fuyutsuki looked back
up, and said what Gendo could not.
"If that has happened, the timetable is already fatally altered, she will
have to be replaced."
"There is a time for every purpose, if it must be done than it shall be."
"The time would have to be today, if she is defiled, we cannot delay. It
is a sad day for us all if she has..."
The buzzer rang on Gendo's desk, Ritsuko spoke up.
"I got your message, She will be on her way."
"Very well. Also, doctor Akagi, prepare the EVAs for launch, but do it
quietly."
"Quietly, sir?"
"As I recall, you have a test to perform on the Evas, which requires
them to be prepared for activation."
"Very well, then I'll start that test immediately."
"Excellent, and what of the dummy plugs?"
"The cores have not been calibrated correctly yet."
"Have them ready within the hour and at 8:00 AM, summon the other children."
"Yes, sir."
The desk com went off.
"You will use the EVAs on her?"
"Unless it kills itself, that is the only way to defeat an angel." Gendo
said through clenched teeth.
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BEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEP
Rei groggily turned over in her bed. The bright red light from her bedside
clock bored, 6:00 AM through her redder than usual eyes, right into the
back of her skull, but still that phone rang at her. She sighed.
"What in icy hell do you want?" She snapped into the phone.
On the other end Maya flinched a little, " Never heard her like that..."
she thought for a second..." Hey Rei..Commander Ikari needs to see you
immediately. Sorry. about waking you up."
Rei composed herself instinctively at the mention of that name, "Sorry Maya.
Didn't mean to yell at you. Tell him I'm on my way."
Rei clicked the off button on her phone and pulled herself out of bed.
Yawning and stretching she started to get dressed...
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7:00 AM
Gendo and Fuyutsuki remained in a pause of silence, awaiting for the door
of the office to be knocked on. Little was said, both men knew that if
worse went to worse, the entire pilot roster would have to be revised.
Finally, the knock on the door came.
"Enter." spoke Gendo
The silhouette of a girl appeared in the distance of the office. She
walked to the desk and sat before Gendo.
"I have a job for you pilot, a job only you can do" Gendo said, placing
his own personal Bren Ten 1.0 centimeter handgun and an envelope on the
desk.
"There are security photographs, from this installation, of a person that
was on the premises of the Geofront last night. We have included the
pictures of that person in this envelope. I want you to find this person.
Your job is to have this individual eliminated by 10:00 AM this morning."
Rei hesitated
"Sir, don't you think Asuka would be more proficient at this job?"
"Asuka must remain here, She has a synch test this morning."
"I've never worked without my partner before."
"Rei," he paused, "this is a job you are designed for."
"I see."
"Get some breakfast, and leave by 9:35."
"Why the long wait, sir?"
"You may need some time. Go now."
Rei felt herself almost tear in two. She knew that she was hiding the truth
from Gendo, an act she would never have done, but she swore to herself, that
there was one order, only one, all others were happily met with, but she hid
the fact that one could not be met. And what if now, that order may be
called upon? If she was ordered to do that which she had taken an oath
against? She left the office in a daze, as though she remained still, and
the world moved around her, due to the meaningless motions of her legs.
When being torn almost in two, a person will tend to focus inwardly, as she
did. She felt only her mind, as the thoughts raced about in her head. When
the world finally came back to her, she was sitting at a table in the
cafeteria. The envelope was still in perfect condition by her tray, and
the gun was strapped to her shoulder, on the inside of her jacket. Rei
stared blankly at the envelope. Everything had lost it's meaning, the world
around her, her orders, the envelope, they all became meaningless items
outside of her world. Even so, she remembered that she did have orders and
was told to obey them. She picked up the envelope, and bent the slim metal
pins that held the flap down. She gently folded up the paper edge, and
reached inside to find several sheets of black and white photographs. They
were all timed, and dated, happening late last night, just outside the dogma
pyramid. Rei looked at the person she was told to kill, and she was kissing
him. That was the moment she tore in two.
The remainder of the morning went by too fast. Rei went about finishing
breakfast, talking to Asuka and Shinji when they came in at 8:00 AM. She
told them not a word about her assignment, only of any other thing that she
was thinking of. The thought raced through her head, but it was so
inconceivable to her, that she thought of it as a phantom, just a bad dream.
Rei could not see herself doing what she was asked to do, it was unreal.
She knew, however, that soon she would be at his apartment, obeying orders.
The two halves of herself conflicted, and only one would be the victor. She
talked to the two about last nights occurrences, they assembled together all
the details that each person had missed out on, forming the complete story.
Shinji and Asuka got up after a while, and went to get suited up. Rei sat
there, conflicting with herself, one side longing for her creator, the
other, for her passion. After almost two hours of the same moment, the same
stalemated inner conflict, she looked up at the clock on the wall. It was
9:26. She shut her eyes, and looked deep into herself. Standing up,
"He made me what I am."
9:59
Kaoru answered the knock on his door. He swung the door open, and there
before him was Rei, her head nodded and her eyes closed.
"Hey, good morning, Wondergirl."
"Don't call me that." she said in a silent whisper
"Uhhhh, very well, would you like to come inside?"
She gave no answer. Rei stood there, and simply breathed, it was all she
could know to do now. Doing as she was told, always, never questioning.
All of her life, all times, all things; bombarded her. She saw what her
life was. Her mind started realising that all she did was at the request
of the Commander.
'...Listen to me'
'...Trust me.'
'...Obey me.'
'...Never fear.'
'...Pilot the Eva.'
'...Do the synch tests'
'...Fight'
'...Do it again.'
'...You will.'
'...You must.'
'...Win, above all else, win.'
'...You may speak..'
'...Never kiss...'
'...Not Shinji.'
'...Cooperate.'
'...Be nice to your new partner.'
'...Accept that you are different.'
'...don't ever cry, you are too strong.'
'...Always listen, always follow.'
'...You are mine.'
'...Listen to me.'
'...Trust me.'
'...Obey me.'
Rei breathed, that was all she could do, that was all she did.
She breathed, all else was Commander Ikari's work. She was his puppet
that breathed. Rei had now learned to do a new thing, something that, for
the first time truly pleased her. She had done something that Commander
Ikari had not ordered her to do. Something that only she did, for herself.
Rei loved, She had loved earnestly, and guiltlessly; and had found peace.
She loved, and not for the commander. She loved Kaoru, and became a girl
that loved, and found her humanity. The Commander found out, and now
Rei must abandon love, and go back to just breathing.
Rei's Eyes opened, and they were cold, as cold as when she had gunned
down the eleventh angel. She looked up, directly at Kaoru compassionlessly.
She hated him, she hated the commander, she hated it all, because nothing
would let her live, and she must kill again. Her arms flew to Kaoru's
chest. Her AT field blossomed like a flower right before him and into
him. He was sent blasted from the entrance, and slammed into the
opposing wall, the AT field pressing him there. Kaoru could feel the
crushing pain, as his ribs bent into his torso, pushing his last breath
of air from him. The hard walls at his back were just as unforgiving as
he was viced inward. His ribs beginning to bend out, Kaouru knew it was
only a matter of seconds before they snapped. Then the AT field dropped
suddenly.
Kaoru looked up, hoping to see that Rei had stopped. He had
barely looked up, when he saw flashes in both of Rei's eyes, and heard
a sound, like an invisible force was being thrown at him. The sound
lasted a fraction of a second, and came to rest before him. There, a
fiery cross leapt from the floor, burning in his eyes. Kaoru shielded
himself from the fire, when he heard the sound again, and searing heat
burned at his back. The Explosion then immediately ripped at his sides.
He felt the world slip away, and the heat rush upward. Then he hit the
ground. He looked up and saw a hole in the ceiling, and four inverted
crosses of fire dissipate into smoke. Kaoru pushed himself up on the
fragment of his floor that had been cut out, fallen through, and landed one
floor down, and looked up. There were his downstairs neighbours, an
elderly couple, ducking under the table where they were just playing a game
of chow.
"Son, what is happening up there?"
Kaoru looked up, coughed and remarked dryly;
"My girlfriend and I are fighting."
Upstairs, Rei walked inside the apartment and stood near the entrance.
Her unrelenting cold eyes diverted to the floor, and she pushed it down.
The ceiling began to bulge and crack, as Rei's AT field pounded downward.
"GET OUT GET OUTTA HERE! IT'S GONNA COLLAPSE!" Screamed Kaoru
The couple jumped to their feet and rushed for the door, even as the
ceiling was rupturing above it. Kaoru was getting to his feet when a
slab of concrete fell just in front of him, he looked up, and then he knew
his chance to escape was gone. The hard concrete finally gave way, and
shattering, fracturing, the floor collapsed down into the room, crushing
everything, and enshrouding the destruction in a cloud of dirt.
A silvery silhouette drifted down, and planted herself with ease upon the
broken floor. Her AT field Expanded, and all the dust was gone. There
was Kaoru, barely a scratch on him. Being over a hole in the ceiling
saved his life. He looked up at Rei, her eyes still frozen in cold
nothingness. She reached into her vest and removed the Bren Ten 10 MM
pistol. Kaoru's eyes grew in surprise as Rei pointed the gun at him.
The scene remained the same, neither Rei nor Kaoru made a single move.
They just stood there looking at each other, with the gun in between.
Kaoru, finally made a step forward, and Rei remained still. Kaoru
looked into her cold eyes with warmth as he kept on approaching her.
When Kaoru got within three feet oh her, he felt the distinct hum of an
AT field. He put out his fingers, and pentagons formed around the tips of
them.
"As long as this field is up, I can't harm you." Rei spoke
Kaoru brushed the AT filed before putting both his hands upon it.
"Rei," he said, "As long as this field is up, I can't be with you."
"If you ever try to be with me again, you will die."
Kaoru's look grew strikingly serious as Rei's cold truth rang to him.
But he knew what he had to do. He stood up right next to the invisible
wall, the light of the soul, and he spoke to her.
"Rei, I would rather die than be without you."
Even though he did nothing when Rei had tried to crush him, burn him, and
dropped him through the floor, he now finally unfolded his AT field, and
walked to Rei. He ran his fingers through her short hair, and slid his
other palm down her waist. He looked Rei right in her icy eyes, looking
with love, even as Rei was pushing the gun to his temple. He closed his
eyes, and pressed his lips to hers. He held her tight, and tears flowed
from those icy eyes, running to their lips, seeping into their kiss. The
point where love and sorrow met. Rei closed her Icy eyes, pushing
all her tears from them. She kissed Kaoru deeply, as she pulled on the
trigger with all of her might.
A stream of pain surged within her, not physical pain but a different
type, caused by the realisation of what had happened. Now she had failed
both of them, and her vow. She threw the gun away and collapsed on
the broken floor. She watched the tears fall from her face, landing
meaninglessly on the crumbled concrete. She forced from herself only
6 difficult words,
"What you gave me..." she said, sobbing "It hurts."
7:30 PM
"Ritsuko, this is taking too damn long. I've been inside of this Eva
since nine in the morning, can you please make some progress?" shouted
Asuka
"We are doing the best we can, Asuka, without Rei here, I've lost a third
of collectable data, It's just you two."
"Yeah, whatever." moaned Shinji
Ritsuko turned to the second monitor.
"Something wrong, Shinji?"
"Ohhh, no nothing's wrong, I'm just getting locked into a quaint little
L.C.L. prison, just because I went to my father's office after visiting
hours, but apparently during a conjugal visit."
Ritsuko turned off Asuka's comm quickly, and stared directly at Shinji's
Eyes.
"Get over it Shinji. It wasn't the first time, It won't be the last, and
it is absolutely none of your business. You are here to pilot that Eva,
and that means obeying my orders. So shut up, forget about last night, and
and focus on piloting."
Shinji drew back his aggression, having been apparently just put in his
place. He nodded and spoke up softly;
"Ok, Ritsuko, in that case I have only one question," he spoke
"Can I call you 'mom'?"
In anger, Ritsuko slammed off the comm link.
"Move them out to the combat room, and increase Shinji's nervous
sensitivity by a factor of 50."
"Roger." spoke Maya
Ritsuko walked over to a telephone com, and rang into Commander Ikari's
Office.
"Commander, the natives are getting restless. I have broken off the test,
and I am proceeding to hand to hand combat training, but they won't stay
in those EVAs much longer, sir."
"Weld the plugs into place if you have to, Doctor Akagi, they must
remain in the EVAs until the first child returns."
"And what then?"
"You have my orders."
Gendo hung up.
30 minutes later.
The sun had begun to set now, and no one at NERV had seen Rei since that
morning. Her return still expected, all the guards at all of the
entrances had been placed on full shifts, but time had dragged on, and
patience, thin. Her car was gone, and even with special intelligence in the
field, she was not found. At eight o'clock, however, the phone rang at
commander Ikari's desk.
"Hello?"
"She's here, sir. Pilot Ayanami has just reported in at Northwest gate 8,
and she is en route to central dogma."
"Excellent, tell SSB-2 to escort her car to docking area A14 where she will
be brought directly to my office."
"Car, sir?"
"Yes, a Red 2010 Suzuki Kitana."
"Sir, Pilot Ayanami arrived in a modified 2013 Honda Gotonpo, off-road
dirtbike."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, sir, should I send out a party to retrieve the vehicle?"
"That won't be necessary. She will tell me where it is. Goodbye."
Gendo hung up the phone, Fuyutsuki spoke an observation;
"That is attachment. We are already too late."
Gendo stood still, an image of the last remnant of his past flashed before
his eyes. He saw the girl, bent and twisted, gone but not forever. The girl,
would as said, be replaced. Still, though replaced, she would still be a
substitute. Just a replacement of a replacement; a plug in the hole of his
soul, blocking the tear of the past. Gendo longed for the past, so he kept it
with him. He never thought that it would find its own way in the present or
the future. Gendo had always hoped that he could make life that would embody
what he wished. But, now that hope was gone, and the past must be replaced
to keep it from being re-written.
Gendo remained transfixed, and only replied to Fuyutsuki;
"So it would seem."
8:25
No pleasantries, Rei walked in and not a word was said. There is nothing to
describe, she just walked to the desk, and stood there, mute. The three held
tight and unmoving, like chess pieces poised at the point in a game where one
wrong move would mean penultimate defeat. The gambits held, time stood still
nothing changed. Finally, words formed in the room.
"I don't have the gun."
"Where is it?" Asked Fuyutsuki
"At the complex"
"Why did you leave it?"
"...I disliked it's funtion"
"Rei," Spoke Gendo, "that boy was an angel, his death was a requirement."
"I see."
Gendo closed his eyes, and for the first time in his life, mustered the energy
to remove the past.
"He may still be alive. If he found a place in you, he will continue to exist.
As long as that possibility remains, the plan has already failed."
"Yes, sir."
"Rei, Did you unite with Angel Alpha?"
Her mind flashed back to the moment that case opened, and there it was, the
gift that would change her life forever, how she would have done anything for
it. She remembered what she did do for it, and she did not regret a single
thing. Now, she only had one regret, she wished she had never returned to
the geofront. She longed to be somewhere else, but she did return, and that
was reality. That day with Kaouru, one of the greatest days of her life was
gone now, and the present now coldly beckons its confirmation. Tears formed
and flowed down her face.
"Yes." She replied, as her eyes looked to the floor.
Gendo remained fixed, and after a long while spoke up.
"Fuyutsuki?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Place your weapon on my desk and leave."
The slight clank of metal on the hard desk resounded through the huge
office, and Fuyutsuki shut the door behind him. Gendo grasped the gun, and
stood to his feet.
"Rei..."
Rei pushed in and out, forcefully, the breaths of air. She looked up and
saw the gun pointed at her. Her life, now seemed only worth loosing as it
would probably only get worse from here on.
"Lower your AT field, Rei."
She nodded, and Gendo closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger. Nothing
happened. He opened his eyes once more, looked, curiously at the gun. The
safety was still on. He could not believe that he had forgotten the most
menial part of gunfire. He angrily unclipped the caps, and pointed again at
Rei. This time was different, however. The safety being off he now thought
twice. His eyes closed the first time, Rei meant nothing to him, a spot
ahead, only meant for receiving a bullet. Now he looked at Rei. He saw
what she was, her form was perfect. Gendo had captured the past for
himself, and in Rei he had made his perfect soul mate. Rei was her
creation, and now the maker must destroy his work, he must trample his
greatest feat, and begin again from the start. Gendo, now opened his eyes
widely against the girl that had destroyed his dream. He clenched his teeth
at the traitor, and now found the wrath to scrape the flaw away, and make
his plan perfect once more.
The trigger clicked, and the hammer indented the blasting cap. Fire
rushed forward, and propelled the bullet straight through the air, towards
Rei's sobbing Eyes, her uncaring face, welcoming the end to her suffering.
The bullet flew forward, and it impacted. After stopping, the bullet shined
with a red lustre. It shined with bright Red, as it reflected the hue of
Rei's AT field, at full strength.
Her eyes exploded into life, and gushed the tears from her. The bullet
hung motionless in the air. Gendo froze. The incomprehensible overtook
him like nightfall, Rei had rebelled, and now there was nothing he could do
to stop her.
Rei took in a deep breath, and finally, let out a scream which she kept
within herself for as long as she lived. She screamed at Gendo. Anger,
pain, rebellion, all the feelings which she had locked within her all that
time finally came spilling over into a wordless, piercing scream.
As she screamed, the bullet before her grew red hot, and a beam blasted out
from it, and fired directly into the still smoking barrel of Gendo's gun.
The blast separated inside the gun, and a perfect cross formed there,
tearing the hard metal in two. By reflex Gendo pulled back from the cross-
blast, and consequently his gun was turned into little more than a handle
with a trigger attached. Gendo looked up at Rei, now knowing that he was
powerless to stop her. In a maddened rage, he jumped to his feet and
lunged at the girl, slamming against the AT field.
"You BITCH, Lower this field."
Rei stood there, looking directly into his eyes.
"I made you what you are. I am your commander, so lower this field."
The field expanded, and Gendo was thrust back, he was thrown back into
his desk and, when he landed, was face down on the floor behind it, and
his glasses had cracked on the hard surface. Rei floated down from above,
and landed in front of his face.
"You made me. But I make myself. You cannot control me because you are
not me. No longer, Commander Ikari. I am I, and you will not have any
part of me."
The tears stopped flowing from Rei's eyes, she freed herself, and was
no longer a puppet of Commander Ikari, but Rei Ayanami, herself and
no more. In her new freedom she told Gendo her great plan.
"Gendo, I will stop you."
"What?" He said in disbelief
"I am not your tool, and Man is not your tool, either. Therefore, on
behalf of mankind, I will stop you."
Gendo froze offended to the core, staring at Rei's cold, emotionless Eyes.
The presentation was not delivered as a treat, but as a matter of fact.
Gendo's worst nightmare overtook him as a prophecy, unchangeable, and
unrelenting. The things yet to come. Re turned around, and reached down
to a briefcase that she gave Gendo the day before. She reached down, and
grasped the key to it all, and lifted it, so easily off the ground.
Commander Ikari jumped to his feet, and pressed himself to the AT field
screaming with all his might,
"NO! REI! PUT THAT DOWN! IF YOU TAKE THAT FROM THIS ROOM I WILL DESTROY
YOU..."
Rei made not another gesture, she only calmly walked away from Gendo,
hearing his treats of destruction, his vows of vengeance. The creator had
lost control of his creation, and Rei looked inside of herself, and knew
that he would never have her again. She walked down the office,
maintaining the field in the same spot, trapping Gendo behind his desk.
His voice grew fainter, as she shut the door behind her.
She looked out from the balcony, outside of the office, to the command
center. Fuyutsuki looked over and saw Rei standing outside of the office.
He looked over and saw the case in Rei's hand, and an Icy look in her eye.
"No." was all he could say.
The intercom then immediately sprung to life as a full scale alert was
sounded.
"This is Commander Ikari; All assault and tactical personnel, you are on
full scale alert. Angel Echo is now unstable. Repeat; Angel Echo is now
unstable. Blue pattern is now approved, destroy this angel at all costs."
In the midst fo the fury of a full-scale NERV alert, her thoughts turned
inward. She remembered how Kaoru had held her the night before, and how,
even after all that had happened, she could return the favour.
...To be continued
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***Now for more banter***
OK, there it is! Fan Fiction 5 after, what? A month now? apologies
to those anxiously waiting a continuation, I have just been through a
couple of incidents that really unmotivated me. I wouldn't say that I'm
totally better now, but better than I was. Probably the worst time for
it too, in that, while this is sitting here on the net, most of my readers
are probably out getting Star Wars 1 tickets, or at the show itself.
A1-I-Bus' Pulp Evangelion has not gotten much feedback. This really
reflects poorly on me. If you are reading this, STOP! And go read
PE, and give him some mail. A few of us have been undeniably depressed,
With the Goddell incident, and he is trying to pull out of it. Inspired
by action taken on re-innovating HERZ, he is beginning again from the
start on Imagine Normality, and he's pissed. Boog is out to out-do what
you knew. In prose, IN is going to be much easier to progress through.
I know I may be over-plugging here but, dammit, there has been allot of
crap to suffer recently for both of us. We have both made a goal to
be better authors, and Boog is going above and beyond to make it better.
If you paid me I would not re-write The Entry Plug Trilogy, yet he is
taking his favourite work and re-working, just because he was asked.
Go check out some of Boogz work at SDAT, among other pages, when you
e-mail him tell him Chen sent you.
OK, fireworks galore in the next episode of _Fan Fiction_:
Chapter 6
"Destruction"
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