Chenalos enters the room with a frown on his face.
"I may be abruptly ending this farce. To put it in television terms,
I've got negative viewer reaction. This is not the fan fic chapter I
had intended, this is Chapter X. I'll get to the rest at the bottom
of this fic."
(That's X NOT 10)
***Initiate standard "Fan Fiction" intro setup***
***Beware of spoilers***
OK, class, who owns "Neon Genesis Evangelion?"
"GIANAX!"
Who owns "Pulp Fiction?"
"MIRAMAX!"
Ok, good, Who writes "Fan Fiction"
"....."
'-Uhhh...Andrew Huang?'
Boog, Thanks for all the help. This one goes out to ya'
spell checked version.
That's it, time to get it on.
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Chenalos
FINALLY Presents
Fan
Fiction
-Chapter X-
Brave New Worldly Hope
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9:00 PM
The light from the case was drowned back by a shadowy horizon, the
projected brightness folded into an infinite line, and then
disappeared as the case closed and the latches clamped shut. Rei
picked the case off of the ground and returned to Kaoru.
"So, that is your plan?" She asked
"If all goes well, yes. And a happy ending for all. It's locked?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Quite sure."
Kaoru formed a slight smirk at his angelic girlfriend.
"Better let me double check. After all, if you can't work a gun's
safety, who knows what you'll mess up." he said with a slight chuckle
"If I hadn't fumbled that safety, you wouldn't be here to double
check." She replied, sounding surprisingly serious. To that statement
Kaoru paused in reflection
"That's sad."
"What is sad?"
"Rei, after all the things we've done, all the times we have shared
even after all that, it wasn't love that saved my life, just..."
Kaoru paused to find the correct word."...just luck."
Rei paused likewise, reflecting on the moment she that had pulled so
hard on the trigger, but having nothing happen. being given this
second chance to do the right thing. 'Luck? Is that what brought
me through all of this, luck?' She worried.
"If it's sad to look at it that, then there must be a better way
to see it."
"How do you assume?" Kaoru asked pessimistically
Rei thought hard on finding a positive light on the darkest of truths.
Eventually an answer came to her.
"We'll have to assume that there is no luck..." she spoke, then
thinking of the name of the force that would override luck. In time,
that force revealed it's name to her. She walked over to Kaoru, and
placed her hand on his cheek.
"Only destiny."
Rei brought Kaoru's face to hers and their lips embraced in a kiss. A
kiss they were destined to share.
The warm fluid began to run down onto the boy's feet. The rush of the
fluid continued to the point that it was pushing him back with it's
force. The flowing fluid, so intense that it dropped him to his hands
and knees, began flowing like a hose into his face. The hatch to the
Plug finally opened, and Asuka let out one heave of L.C.L. She
heaved back her head in a giant gasp of air, and her eyes refocused on
the collapsed Shinji Ikari on the back of her Eva.
"What do you think you're doing there?"
His dripping face lifted from the red metal of unit-02's back.
"Asuka, you're supposed to discharge the L.C.L." Shinji snapped
"Don't take that tone of voice with me, third child."
"Ok, I'm sorry, but geeze! I was only trying to see if you were OK, and
you dump all you're breathing water on me?"
"I wouldn't have dumped it on you, if you hadn't been standing there,
nummy."
"Well, look, I was only standing there, just in case you needed my help
or anything, so I'm sorry for worrying about you, Asuka."
Asuka growled.
"Well, OK, then. Your concern is appreciated, even if it is
unnecessary."
Shinji paused.
"Ok, your input is noted, even though it is as cold as ice."
Asuka gave a harrumph, and hopped from her plug. Unexpectedly, her
foot slipped, and she fell into Shinji's arms. The force pushed him
back, and he slipped on the cold metal of the Eva. Asuka and Shinji
found themselves clutching at each other as the slick fluid skidded
them down onto the Eva's back. Shinji got a slight bump as his head
fell onto the Eva, while he was trying to brace both himself and Asuka
in the fall. There they lay in a wet puddle of L.C.L. Shinji winced.
"You see why you discharge the L.C.L?" he said. moving his headgear to
the side, and rubbing the bump on his head.
"I'm-" Asuka started "...OK, I'm sorry. Are you OK?"
"A little cranial damage, nothing to worry about." He moaned.
Asuka reached up and removed his silvery coned headgear. It had
smashed in like a tin can, and it had absorbed most of the shock from
a blow that would surely have killed a person. She gasped at the sight
of the bent silvery frame. She stared back at Shinji in fear.
"Just luck, I guess." he said.
"I..." Asuka stopped "...I..."
She couldn't say anything. In her mind there were no words to make
anything clear or resolute. Her blank eyes stared at Shinji with no
ability to really communicate anything. The two stared at each other
in a still silence, gazing deep into each other's eyes. Shinji
timidly brought his face to Asukas' and slowly closed his eyes.
Feeling Shinji's lips upon hers, however, Asuka snapped out of her
inactive mode. She brought her hands up to his head and pushed him
back.
"You idiot! I almost kill you and all...all you wanna do is make
out?"
"Uhh, Uhm-well..." Shinji stuttered "...Y...Yeah."
"GRRRRRRR..." Asuka slapped Shinji slightly across his head "All you
males, all of you are the same. Perverser mench!"
Before Shinji could voice a plea, Asuka started up again.
"Later, Romeo, Right now we have to find Rei, after all, she may be
fighting that other angel."
"Other Angel?"
"Du Dumkoff! Who do you think attacked our EVAs, The tooth-fairy?"
"So what should we do?"
"Let's just get street side, and find Rei."
"But isn't she an angel?"
Asuka paused, and the image of the Eva display pointing at Rei and
labelling her "Eve" flashed through her senses. Even so, Asuka could
not deny one thing.
"She's an EVA pilot first."
With that, Asuka opened up one of Unit-02's back access ports and
withdrew a long, winding chain ladder that was mounted on a reel. The
Ladder was lowered and within minutes the pair were on the evacuated
streets of Tokyo-3. It only took them a while to find Rei, as she
slowly closed the case. The tall, pale figure next to her asked her
something that was too faint for either Shinji or Asuka to hear. The
two moved closer, taking their time and trying to stay hidden for the
moment. They snuck behind a car and glimpsed around the side of it to
hear them. Shinji and Asuka were close enough now that they could
only faintly hear the two. As they approached, Asuka began to
finally recollect the image of the boy.
"Hey isn't that...Kaoru?"
"Who's Kaoru?" asked Shinji
"...Just Luck" they heard him say
Shinji and Asuka finally pieced together in their minds just what was
going on here. They found it hard to grasp.
"Asuka, are they BOTH angels?"
"I...well, it Looks like it."
"What are we gonna do?"
"If it's sad to look at it that, then there must be a better way
to see it." Rei's faint voice echoed
"How do you assume?" Kaoru questioned
"When they are distracted, I think we'll have to snatch the case, that's
all the boss wants anyway."
"And what if they fight us?"
"We'll have to assume that there is no luck..."
"She may be an angel, but she's still Rei. We'll just have to trust
her."
They watched as Rei walked over to Kaoru and placed her hand upon his
cheek.
"...Only destiny."
Asuka and Shinji observed as Rei brought her lips to Kaoru's and the two
closed their eyes in a deep kiss. For a moment Shinji and Asuka glared,
mesmerised by the unfamiliar side of Ayanami, that neither of them had
ever expected to see. Rei, embraced so deeply in a kiss that, for that
moment, could only define her as 100 percent human. Asuka was
distracted when Reis' fingers slipped slightly from the case, and it
drooped from her fist to the arches of her fingers. That was the moment
Asuka remembered her plan. Reis' eyes closed, her focus in a completely
different situation, and her AT field probably not even spread.
"Here's my chance" She whispered
With that, she flew as swiftly and as silently as she could from her
crouching position, and extended her hand out to grab the case, and
continued running as fast as she could, tucking the case underneath her
arm. Without warning, a gigantic fiery polygon appeared in front of
her. Asuka thrust her feet forward, pushing back against her momentum.
She leaned back and away, her soles skidding on the pavement. Eventually
the movement stopped, and now she was trapped standing in front of the AT
field. She hadn't made it far, 15 feet at most. Asuka turned to Rei,
who had never even stopped kissing Kaoru. Rei eventually separated from
her lover, and both their eyes opened, staring directly at each other.
Asuka stood there, catching her breath, and waiting for a confrontation.
Rei finally turned to her, looking as if Asuka was only a second priority.
"Rei, just let us have the case."
Rei stood there not saying anything.
"All we need is to just give this back to Gendo, and you two can just do
whatever you please."
She remained mute, Asuka became irate.
"Don't ignore me Ayanami! I'm trying to help here. Give us the case
and we'll try to help you." Asuka lowered her tone "Let me take it."
Rei still remained silent. Asuka, too silenced her tongue, no longer
wanting to say a thing until she had an answer. Rei took a step closer
to Asuka. She then eased her other foot forward, taking very slow
steps towards Asuka. Soon, she had walked right up to her, and the two
girls stared face to face. Nearly unblinking, angel and child stood
against another in a fiery exchange of gazes. Reis' lips slowly parted
and she whispered gently;
"It's yours."
The AT field lowered. Asuka paused for a moment. The confrontation had
ended in an uncomfortable, abrupt manner. The redheaded girl nodded her
head in acknowledgement, and proceeded to move past Rei.
"Not the case, but the choice." spoke Rei, Asuka stopped in her path.
"You must choose...partner."
"What do I have to choose?"
"Me or Gendo..."
Asukas' glare shot around, and locked cold on Rei.
"Angel or human-Trust or obedience-Friend or foe-I could say it a
hundred thousand different ways, but in the end this is the choice you
must make. Both Gendo and I have plans for that case, and we will
pursue them as best as we are able. You make the choice then. Walk to
the Geo-front, and next time we meet it will be in combat. Keep the case
for all of us, and Gendo will hunt the four of us to the ends of the
earth. This is your choice, Asuka."
Asuka sneered and turned her head from Rei. She froze in that exact
spot. Her feet, unable to begin the walk back to the Geo-front, and her
head not able to turn back to Rei. It was the biggest decision of her
life, and she knew that no matter what she did, nothing would ever be
the same. Without warning, however, a sound caught her attention. She
could hear an engine of a car rapidly approaching, despite the fact that
the streets had been deserted. All four of the children there, even
Shinji, who was still nearby the car he had hidden behind, was taken by
this sound. They all looked to one of the corners, where the projection
of headlights was becoming ever brighter, and the roar of an engine
became more and more intense. Finally, the lights began to turn into
the corner, and the engines roar spilled out onto the street, as an old-
style Jeep came rushing forward. Yellow tracers began to pour out of
the drivers side of the vehicle, coinciding with the sound of gunfire.
Rei and Kaoru unfolded their defences, shielding the three of them.
Asuka hit the deck, bracing herself on the case as the bullets
began to impact and stop dead on the AT field like drops of paint
splattered onto a canvas. The bullets hovered, trapped at the centers
of the AT field polygons. The gunfire ceased, but the Jeep continued
racing toward the group. Asuka looked up, as the bullets began sliding
down in front of her, like raindrops on a window pane.
In sheer audacity, the driver flipped on the high-beams, effectively
blinding all of the children. Asukas' hands raised up, to block out
the light, just as the Jeep came to a screeching halt. They could
hear the door open, and heard the footsteps leading out of the
automobile. The figure threw his scorpion machine gun into the street.
He stepped forward slowly, and finally spoke before the blinding
headlights.
"Give me the case."
Asuka remained still, unable to make any kind of move. Her mind was
still racing to come to a decision. In her hesitation, The figure
turned, and headed back away from the light. Asuka could hear a muffled
scream, as the figure grabbed Shinji.
"Shinji!" Asuka screamed
The figure returned to the front of the car after grabbing Shinji, who
had still been crouching behind the car. The shadowy figure extended
his hand, directly in front of the Jeeps headlight. The shadow of a
pistol, consumed the light, and the man drew back the hammer. A faint
sigh could be heard, as the gun was pressed to Shinji's head.
"I'll say it again, give me the case."
"You son of a bitch!" Asuka screamed "You'd kill your own son?"
"If I had a son, he would listen to his father. He'd be loyal, or he
shouldn't be at all."
"You bastard." She said with clenched teeth.
"I'm not going to ask again."
"If anything happens to Shinji, I know to angels that will show you the
quickest way to Hell."
Gendo paused.
"I'm sure they would, if their AT fields weren't neutralised."
With that, Gendo swung forth the pistol, and fired a round. The bullet
rushed forward, and sliced the air. The projectile streaked towards Rei.
Rei had barely enough time to raise her fingers to the AT field, as she
felt the bullet enter, and then exit, before impacting the concrete,
and zinging off into the darkness in a howling ricochet. Rei blinked
once, and looked down in shock. The hole in her skirt was fluttering
in the gentle night breeze. The bullet had ripped a hole in her skirt
and passed right in between her legs before exiting. Though she was
unhurt, the dress was ruined, and worse, the AT fields were completely
neutralised.
Commander Ikari smiled.
A huge building behind the trio began to thunder with noise. The steel
began to be warped enormously, as the object inside of it fought its
way out. Four tracks of lines wrenched across the face of the metal,
and the fingers that erupted from the steel tore the building to shreds
as she busted free. The single red-glowing eye of Unit-00 fixed on
the children.
"This is how it ends. Give me the case, and maybe Asuka and Shinji will
only be put in prison, or if they are very lucky, only deported. If you
do not give me the case, Shinji is the first one to go. After that I'll
hit the switch on my remote, and Unit-00s dummy plug will target all of
you. In either case, we'll have two more angels to add to our destroyed
targets list. There you have it, Asuka, the choice is yours."
Asuka looked up at Unit-00, then down to the case. Now she would have
to make her choice. At that moment, a new realisation dawned on her, a
different way out. She dropped the case on the ground.
"I am not supposed to be in this position. Rei, Gendo this isn't my
choice to make This is between the two of you. Whoever wants it most."
Asuka stepped away from the case, and Rei and Gendo stood motionless. A
glimmer, like that of a fire began to ignite in Reis' eyes. True, her AT
field may be neutralised, but she still had a good cross-flare waiting
within her. Noticing this, Gendo rubbed the barrel of his gun into
Shinji's temple. He shook his head, implying that interference would
surely result in Shinji's untimely demise. Reis eyes submitted and she
did not move an inch. In this time, Gendo began to take slow steps toward
the case. He inched Shinji forward, all the while pressing the gun firmly
to his head. Rei remained standing still. Gendo inched close enough that
he was right above the case. The gun in one hand, and his remote in the
other. This meant he had one last use for his son.
"Shinji, we are going to crouch down, and you are to pick up the case."
Shinji gave no response. Gendo once more rubbed the gun to his head.
"On three...One...Two..."
At three Shinji did as he was asked. The two rose from the street.
"I did not want this ending." Gendo spoke "But there is more at stake here
than the sum total of all of us. Try to think of yourselves with some
insignificance, when compared to the face of humanity. Then you can see
clearly."
"I told you, Commander." Rei spoke "Mankind is not your tool. I will
stop you."
"What would you do with mankind then, angel?"
"You will know one day, after I have stopped you. After I have fulfilled
my destiny."
Gendo glanced at Unit-00 "Your destiny lies with her." with that he began
dragging his son and the case back toward the Jeep. The three other
rebels stayed staring at him. Without warning, however, he felt himself
bump into something. A hand reached around his side and grabbed the gun,
and pulled it upward too quickly for him to even register a response.
When he turned his face to look at the person, an elbow came smashing into
his nose, breaking his glasses in two. The gun was ripped from his hand
and he staggered backwards. Shinji used this opportunity to jump away
with the case in hand. Gendo opened his eyes to see the incoming foot of
a blonde haired woman. That was the last thing he saw, as he collapsed
unconscious on the pavement. He didn't even have time to press the button.
Ritsuko bent down and picked up the remote.
"How's that for fire, Commander?"
Dr. Akagi turned, and faced Unit-00, she pressed a button on the pad, and
the Eva nodded off into de-activation. The four children approached,
circling around the fallen commander. There was silence. Every one of
them had a burning desire to do away with the commander, and Ritsuko had
the gun. She placed it on the ground by his head, as Kaoru walked away.
Asuka knelt down, and put her hand on the gun. She looked down onto the
unconscious Commander, then back up to Rei, Ritsuko, and Shinji. She
realised it was not her place. She walked away, to where Kaoru was
standing. Ritsuko simply sneered and kicked him in the side, that was
enough, she walked away. Rei bent down and picked up the gun, she placed
in Shinji's hand and walked back. Shinji put the bearings directly on his
father. He aimed the gun directly at his father. He looked down upon
his father. This was his father. Shinji's trembling hand was training
upon his own flesh. Shinji took a deep breath. He looked down at the gun
in his hand. His teeth clenched as he threw it deep into the darkness.
He gave his father one last sneering look. Shinji turned, and headed back
to the group.
"What do we do now?" He asked, handing the case to Rei.
"NERV is gone." Spoke Rei
"As is SEELE." Replied Kaoru
Rei picked up The case, and opened it once more, exposing the contents to
everyone there.
"So now it is up to us to finish what has begun. A new hope for
mankind..."
10:45
From high above, on a mountain road, Ritsuko looked back upon Tokyo-3.
All that she had worked for had now come to shambles, and yet she seemed
to feel no pain or regret. The back of her car was filled with items from
her house. Three cats were denned up in their kennels, ready for a long
travel to wherever their destination may be. When she cleared the top
of the hill, she put on her brakes. For no apparent reason, she got out
of the car, and stood there in the cold night air. She still could not
explain to herself why she got out of that car. The wind whipped at her,
as she stood on top of the hill, and she was dazzled by the light of cities
miles away. At that moment, she finally realised why she got out of the
car in the first place. She collapsed on her back, in a grassy clearing,
near her car.
"Damn Geo-Front." She sighed "How long has it been since I went outside?"
even while trying to fix herself totally on the task of naming a time when
she ever got out of Tokyo-3, she still could not recollect a single time.
It were as though the day she arrived there, she devoted herself to living
like a mole. For this moment, however, she was free from all that, and
free to breathe the fresh air.
Ritsuko squinted. Even in the darkness she hoped, somehow, that if she
tried hard enough she could see them. The four of them, three EVAs,
and one dirt-bike, with a case securely fastened to it. Even though
she knew that the four of them would be miles away, she still wanted to
see them one last time, running into the night, and embracing their
destiny.
"Good luck." She spoke, and then walked slowly back to her car.
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OK, there it is, _Fan Fiction_ is in the can. Thanks for reading.
Kind of hard, now looking back, that this piece was originally based on
"Pulp Fiction" I'm glad to see that my story did, eventually, take an
original turn, but I also kind of leaned away from the original Idea. Just
so you know, though, I did start to write A Pulp Fiction type time warp,
in which Asuka and Rei deal with problems after the 11th angel hit. If
you want me to finish it, so you can get a copy, just E-Mail me for it.
I'll pick up the pen again if I get 50 requests. If I do write it, it
will never be posted, this would be by request only. But even so, no
matter what becomes of "Fan Fiction" I gotta tell ya, this moment feels
GOOD.
Here come the 'thank yous':
I think I should thank God, because I did pray for inspiration, and I
think he gave it to me. Call me a Bible thumper if you will, but God is
to be thanked.
Now to my Special ASCII Credits. (Go to w3.to/evafiction if you want
to see any of my old ascii arts.)
(song: "Thanx dub" by Sublime)
For those people, who stood by me and kept it going all the way to this
point, my pre-readers and all around crew, here is something you all
deserve.
First off, My biggest influence, and really the reason I have kept on
writing. I owe him for countless moments of support and inspiration.
Thank you
A1BoogZ
Author of: "Imagine Normality" and "Pulp Evangelion"
Next up, I want to thank Him for being the first to actually request a
posting of FAN FICTION on his website. You can check it out at
"Zap.to/unspokenbonds" I also want to thank him for proving to me that
Rei lovers could actually appreciate an Asuka/Shinji fanfic.
Thank you,
Daryl Lee
Author of: "Crimson Resurrection"
I have two Australians to thank and I'm gonna get pissed that I thanked
one before the other. But I have to thank this guy. Second to Request
putting "Fan Fiction" on his sight. He's been a long time, busting my
ass when I needed it, to pump out the next chapter. Great guy, Check
his site www.key.net.au/~birdman
thank you
Koala Killer
Author of: "A Pilots Day Off" and "It Can Only Take One Night"
The Second Australian had some real crappy work out there, trying to
cross about 50 anime together and throw in some Duckman. Still, he's
come back, and I admire this guy, positive all the time, and in the
process of a killer Monty Python Fic.
Thank you to
The DOG.
Author of: "Shinji Python's Flying Geofront"
I wanna thank this guy, because I just hinted at the suggestion that he
should give Fan Fiction a peruse, and he went and read the whole thing
in one day! He is also the first person to really go all out on
"Ahhh, Whimsical Yet Risqué End of Evangelion." To top all that off,
the lucky boy got to met Tiffany Grant, which is cool.
Thank you,
Ted Hsu, The Soulman
Author of ALOT of UY fanfics and "Divas to be Live"
My last 'thank' is last, only because I met him most recently and he
asked to be a pre-reader, I figured, OK. Another of Boogz buds so he
had that going for him, and also he claims to be "Right on the level
with me"
Thank You,
FASDAR69
Also Mentions:
I can't forget some people, but I can't do ASCII art for Everybody.
Godsend777: Almost everyone on the above list is on real good terms with
this guy. I gotta recommend his works _NGE: Is nothing sacred_ and
_Strangely Darkfic_ CHAPTER THREE, MAN, COME ON!
Shinji Ikari; The Ten O'clock Assassin: We both mutually feel that Anno
screwed everybody over (including the audience) when he made EoE. We
fully encourage all Eva fans to look beyond the Pretty pictures to see
a movie where the whole world dies, and they try to soften the impact
(no pun intended) by playing some goofy stoner tune.
Donna Liston; YOU, YOU, READING THIS FIC, I don't care if you've got a
total Axel Terizaki superWAFF mindset about Shinji and Asuka, YOU NEED
TO READ _EVA AFTER IN GODS COUNTRY_ and see the darker flip side of
the EVA couple. It's the best post third impact fic yet written, and I
doubt that anyone will ever top it.
OK, that's it, all wrapped up. Once again, thanx to all readers,
pre-readers and fans. I do have an E-mail address, by the way, feel free
to send here:
Chenalos@aol.com
Alright, thanks for reading have a good night
-Chenalos
"Fan Fiction" C.A. Feb 1999 - October, 26 1999
A 14 Rivers Production
"I may be abruptly ending this farce. To put it in television terms,
I've got negative viewer reaction. This is not the fan fic chapter I
had intended, this is Chapter X. I'll get to the rest at the bottom
of this fic."
(That's X NOT 10)
***Initiate standard "Fan Fiction" intro setup***
***Beware of spoilers***
OK, class, who owns "Neon Genesis Evangelion?"
"GIANAX!"
Who owns "Pulp Fiction?"
"MIRAMAX!"
Ok, good, Who writes "Fan Fiction"
"....."
'-Uhhh...Andrew Huang?'
Boog, Thanks for all the help. This one goes out to ya'
spell checked version.
That's it, time to get it on.
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Chenalos
FINALLY Presents
Fan
Fiction
-Chapter X-
Brave New Worldly Hope
----------------------
9:00 PM
The light from the case was drowned back by a shadowy horizon, the
projected brightness folded into an infinite line, and then
disappeared as the case closed and the latches clamped shut. Rei
picked the case off of the ground and returned to Kaoru.
"So, that is your plan?" She asked
"If all goes well, yes. And a happy ending for all. It's locked?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Quite sure."
Kaoru formed a slight smirk at his angelic girlfriend.
"Better let me double check. After all, if you can't work a gun's
safety, who knows what you'll mess up." he said with a slight chuckle
"If I hadn't fumbled that safety, you wouldn't be here to double
check." She replied, sounding surprisingly serious. To that statement
Kaoru paused in reflection
"That's sad."
"What is sad?"
"Rei, after all the things we've done, all the times we have shared
even after all that, it wasn't love that saved my life, just..."
Kaoru paused to find the correct word."...just luck."
Rei paused likewise, reflecting on the moment she that had pulled so
hard on the trigger, but having nothing happen. being given this
second chance to do the right thing. 'Luck? Is that what brought
me through all of this, luck?' She worried.
"If it's sad to look at it that, then there must be a better way
to see it."
"How do you assume?" Kaoru asked pessimistically
Rei thought hard on finding a positive light on the darkest of truths.
Eventually an answer came to her.
"We'll have to assume that there is no luck..." she spoke, then
thinking of the name of the force that would override luck. In time,
that force revealed it's name to her. She walked over to Kaoru, and
placed her hand on his cheek.
"Only destiny."
Rei brought Kaoru's face to hers and their lips embraced in a kiss. A
kiss they were destined to share.
The warm fluid began to run down onto the boy's feet. The rush of the
fluid continued to the point that it was pushing him back with it's
force. The flowing fluid, so intense that it dropped him to his hands
and knees, began flowing like a hose into his face. The hatch to the
Plug finally opened, and Asuka let out one heave of L.C.L. She
heaved back her head in a giant gasp of air, and her eyes refocused on
the collapsed Shinji Ikari on the back of her Eva.
"What do you think you're doing there?"
His dripping face lifted from the red metal of unit-02's back.
"Asuka, you're supposed to discharge the L.C.L." Shinji snapped
"Don't take that tone of voice with me, third child."
"Ok, I'm sorry, but geeze! I was only trying to see if you were OK, and
you dump all you're breathing water on me?"
"I wouldn't have dumped it on you, if you hadn't been standing there,
nummy."
"Well, look, I was only standing there, just in case you needed my help
or anything, so I'm sorry for worrying about you, Asuka."
Asuka growled.
"Well, OK, then. Your concern is appreciated, even if it is
unnecessary."
Shinji paused.
"Ok, your input is noted, even though it is as cold as ice."
Asuka gave a harrumph, and hopped from her plug. Unexpectedly, her
foot slipped, and she fell into Shinji's arms. The force pushed him
back, and he slipped on the cold metal of the Eva. Asuka and Shinji
found themselves clutching at each other as the slick fluid skidded
them down onto the Eva's back. Shinji got a slight bump as his head
fell onto the Eva, while he was trying to brace both himself and Asuka
in the fall. There they lay in a wet puddle of L.C.L. Shinji winced.
"You see why you discharge the L.C.L?" he said. moving his headgear to
the side, and rubbing the bump on his head.
"I'm-" Asuka started "...OK, I'm sorry. Are you OK?"
"A little cranial damage, nothing to worry about." He moaned.
Asuka reached up and removed his silvery coned headgear. It had
smashed in like a tin can, and it had absorbed most of the shock from
a blow that would surely have killed a person. She gasped at the sight
of the bent silvery frame. She stared back at Shinji in fear.
"Just luck, I guess." he said.
"I..." Asuka stopped "...I..."
She couldn't say anything. In her mind there were no words to make
anything clear or resolute. Her blank eyes stared at Shinji with no
ability to really communicate anything. The two stared at each other
in a still silence, gazing deep into each other's eyes. Shinji
timidly brought his face to Asukas' and slowly closed his eyes.
Feeling Shinji's lips upon hers, however, Asuka snapped out of her
inactive mode. She brought her hands up to his head and pushed him
back.
"You idiot! I almost kill you and all...all you wanna do is make
out?"
"Uhh, Uhm-well..." Shinji stuttered "...Y...Yeah."
"GRRRRRRR..." Asuka slapped Shinji slightly across his head "All you
males, all of you are the same. Perverser mench!"
Before Shinji could voice a plea, Asuka started up again.
"Later, Romeo, Right now we have to find Rei, after all, she may be
fighting that other angel."
"Other Angel?"
"Du Dumkoff! Who do you think attacked our EVAs, The tooth-fairy?"
"So what should we do?"
"Let's just get street side, and find Rei."
"But isn't she an angel?"
Asuka paused, and the image of the Eva display pointing at Rei and
labelling her "Eve" flashed through her senses. Even so, Asuka could
not deny one thing.
"She's an EVA pilot first."
With that, Asuka opened up one of Unit-02's back access ports and
withdrew a long, winding chain ladder that was mounted on a reel. The
Ladder was lowered and within minutes the pair were on the evacuated
streets of Tokyo-3. It only took them a while to find Rei, as she
slowly closed the case. The tall, pale figure next to her asked her
something that was too faint for either Shinji or Asuka to hear. The
two moved closer, taking their time and trying to stay hidden for the
moment. They snuck behind a car and glimpsed around the side of it to
hear them. Shinji and Asuka were close enough now that they could
only faintly hear the two. As they approached, Asuka began to
finally recollect the image of the boy.
"Hey isn't that...Kaoru?"
"Who's Kaoru?" asked Shinji
"...Just Luck" they heard him say
Shinji and Asuka finally pieced together in their minds just what was
going on here. They found it hard to grasp.
"Asuka, are they BOTH angels?"
"I...well, it Looks like it."
"What are we gonna do?"
"If it's sad to look at it that, then there must be a better way
to see it." Rei's faint voice echoed
"How do you assume?" Kaoru questioned
"When they are distracted, I think we'll have to snatch the case, that's
all the boss wants anyway."
"And what if they fight us?"
"We'll have to assume that there is no luck..."
"She may be an angel, but she's still Rei. We'll just have to trust
her."
They watched as Rei walked over to Kaoru and placed her hand upon his
cheek.
"...Only destiny."
Asuka and Shinji observed as Rei brought her lips to Kaoru's and the two
closed their eyes in a deep kiss. For a moment Shinji and Asuka glared,
mesmerised by the unfamiliar side of Ayanami, that neither of them had
ever expected to see. Rei, embraced so deeply in a kiss that, for that
moment, could only define her as 100 percent human. Asuka was
distracted when Reis' fingers slipped slightly from the case, and it
drooped from her fist to the arches of her fingers. That was the moment
Asuka remembered her plan. Reis' eyes closed, her focus in a completely
different situation, and her AT field probably not even spread.
"Here's my chance" She whispered
With that, she flew as swiftly and as silently as she could from her
crouching position, and extended her hand out to grab the case, and
continued running as fast as she could, tucking the case underneath her
arm. Without warning, a gigantic fiery polygon appeared in front of
her. Asuka thrust her feet forward, pushing back against her momentum.
She leaned back and away, her soles skidding on the pavement. Eventually
the movement stopped, and now she was trapped standing in front of the AT
field. She hadn't made it far, 15 feet at most. Asuka turned to Rei,
who had never even stopped kissing Kaoru. Rei eventually separated from
her lover, and both their eyes opened, staring directly at each other.
Asuka stood there, catching her breath, and waiting for a confrontation.
Rei finally turned to her, looking as if Asuka was only a second priority.
"Rei, just let us have the case."
Rei stood there not saying anything.
"All we need is to just give this back to Gendo, and you two can just do
whatever you please."
She remained mute, Asuka became irate.
"Don't ignore me Ayanami! I'm trying to help here. Give us the case
and we'll try to help you." Asuka lowered her tone "Let me take it."
Rei still remained silent. Asuka, too silenced her tongue, no longer
wanting to say a thing until she had an answer. Rei took a step closer
to Asuka. She then eased her other foot forward, taking very slow
steps towards Asuka. Soon, she had walked right up to her, and the two
girls stared face to face. Nearly unblinking, angel and child stood
against another in a fiery exchange of gazes. Reis' lips slowly parted
and she whispered gently;
"It's yours."
The AT field lowered. Asuka paused for a moment. The confrontation had
ended in an uncomfortable, abrupt manner. The redheaded girl nodded her
head in acknowledgement, and proceeded to move past Rei.
"Not the case, but the choice." spoke Rei, Asuka stopped in her path.
"You must choose...partner."
"What do I have to choose?"
"Me or Gendo..."
Asukas' glare shot around, and locked cold on Rei.
"Angel or human-Trust or obedience-Friend or foe-I could say it a
hundred thousand different ways, but in the end this is the choice you
must make. Both Gendo and I have plans for that case, and we will
pursue them as best as we are able. You make the choice then. Walk to
the Geo-front, and next time we meet it will be in combat. Keep the case
for all of us, and Gendo will hunt the four of us to the ends of the
earth. This is your choice, Asuka."
Asuka sneered and turned her head from Rei. She froze in that exact
spot. Her feet, unable to begin the walk back to the Geo-front, and her
head not able to turn back to Rei. It was the biggest decision of her
life, and she knew that no matter what she did, nothing would ever be
the same. Without warning, however, a sound caught her attention. She
could hear an engine of a car rapidly approaching, despite the fact that
the streets had been deserted. All four of the children there, even
Shinji, who was still nearby the car he had hidden behind, was taken by
this sound. They all looked to one of the corners, where the projection
of headlights was becoming ever brighter, and the roar of an engine
became more and more intense. Finally, the lights began to turn into
the corner, and the engines roar spilled out onto the street, as an old-
style Jeep came rushing forward. Yellow tracers began to pour out of
the drivers side of the vehicle, coinciding with the sound of gunfire.
Rei and Kaoru unfolded their defences, shielding the three of them.
Asuka hit the deck, bracing herself on the case as the bullets
began to impact and stop dead on the AT field like drops of paint
splattered onto a canvas. The bullets hovered, trapped at the centers
of the AT field polygons. The gunfire ceased, but the Jeep continued
racing toward the group. Asuka looked up, as the bullets began sliding
down in front of her, like raindrops on a window pane.
In sheer audacity, the driver flipped on the high-beams, effectively
blinding all of the children. Asukas' hands raised up, to block out
the light, just as the Jeep came to a screeching halt. They could
hear the door open, and heard the footsteps leading out of the
automobile. The figure threw his scorpion machine gun into the street.
He stepped forward slowly, and finally spoke before the blinding
headlights.
"Give me the case."
Asuka remained still, unable to make any kind of move. Her mind was
still racing to come to a decision. In her hesitation, The figure
turned, and headed back away from the light. Asuka could hear a muffled
scream, as the figure grabbed Shinji.
"Shinji!" Asuka screamed
The figure returned to the front of the car after grabbing Shinji, who
had still been crouching behind the car. The shadowy figure extended
his hand, directly in front of the Jeeps headlight. The shadow of a
pistol, consumed the light, and the man drew back the hammer. A faint
sigh could be heard, as the gun was pressed to Shinji's head.
"I'll say it again, give me the case."
"You son of a bitch!" Asuka screamed "You'd kill your own son?"
"If I had a son, he would listen to his father. He'd be loyal, or he
shouldn't be at all."
"You bastard." She said with clenched teeth.
"I'm not going to ask again."
"If anything happens to Shinji, I know to angels that will show you the
quickest way to Hell."
Gendo paused.
"I'm sure they would, if their AT fields weren't neutralised."
With that, Gendo swung forth the pistol, and fired a round. The bullet
rushed forward, and sliced the air. The projectile streaked towards Rei.
Rei had barely enough time to raise her fingers to the AT field, as she
felt the bullet enter, and then exit, before impacting the concrete,
and zinging off into the darkness in a howling ricochet. Rei blinked
once, and looked down in shock. The hole in her skirt was fluttering
in the gentle night breeze. The bullet had ripped a hole in her skirt
and passed right in between her legs before exiting. Though she was
unhurt, the dress was ruined, and worse, the AT fields were completely
neutralised.
Commander Ikari smiled.
A huge building behind the trio began to thunder with noise. The steel
began to be warped enormously, as the object inside of it fought its
way out. Four tracks of lines wrenched across the face of the metal,
and the fingers that erupted from the steel tore the building to shreds
as she busted free. The single red-glowing eye of Unit-00 fixed on
the children.
"This is how it ends. Give me the case, and maybe Asuka and Shinji will
only be put in prison, or if they are very lucky, only deported. If you
do not give me the case, Shinji is the first one to go. After that I'll
hit the switch on my remote, and Unit-00s dummy plug will target all of
you. In either case, we'll have two more angels to add to our destroyed
targets list. There you have it, Asuka, the choice is yours."
Asuka looked up at Unit-00, then down to the case. Now she would have
to make her choice. At that moment, a new realisation dawned on her, a
different way out. She dropped the case on the ground.
"I am not supposed to be in this position. Rei, Gendo this isn't my
choice to make This is between the two of you. Whoever wants it most."
Asuka stepped away from the case, and Rei and Gendo stood motionless. A
glimmer, like that of a fire began to ignite in Reis' eyes. True, her AT
field may be neutralised, but she still had a good cross-flare waiting
within her. Noticing this, Gendo rubbed the barrel of his gun into
Shinji's temple. He shook his head, implying that interference would
surely result in Shinji's untimely demise. Reis eyes submitted and she
did not move an inch. In this time, Gendo began to take slow steps toward
the case. He inched Shinji forward, all the while pressing the gun firmly
to his head. Rei remained standing still. Gendo inched close enough that
he was right above the case. The gun in one hand, and his remote in the
other. This meant he had one last use for his son.
"Shinji, we are going to crouch down, and you are to pick up the case."
Shinji gave no response. Gendo once more rubbed the gun to his head.
"On three...One...Two..."
At three Shinji did as he was asked. The two rose from the street.
"I did not want this ending." Gendo spoke "But there is more at stake here
than the sum total of all of us. Try to think of yourselves with some
insignificance, when compared to the face of humanity. Then you can see
clearly."
"I told you, Commander." Rei spoke "Mankind is not your tool. I will
stop you."
"What would you do with mankind then, angel?"
"You will know one day, after I have stopped you. After I have fulfilled
my destiny."
Gendo glanced at Unit-00 "Your destiny lies with her." with that he began
dragging his son and the case back toward the Jeep. The three other
rebels stayed staring at him. Without warning, however, he felt himself
bump into something. A hand reached around his side and grabbed the gun,
and pulled it upward too quickly for him to even register a response.
When he turned his face to look at the person, an elbow came smashing into
his nose, breaking his glasses in two. The gun was ripped from his hand
and he staggered backwards. Shinji used this opportunity to jump away
with the case in hand. Gendo opened his eyes to see the incoming foot of
a blonde haired woman. That was the last thing he saw, as he collapsed
unconscious on the pavement. He didn't even have time to press the button.
Ritsuko bent down and picked up the remote.
"How's that for fire, Commander?"
Dr. Akagi turned, and faced Unit-00, she pressed a button on the pad, and
the Eva nodded off into de-activation. The four children approached,
circling around the fallen commander. There was silence. Every one of
them had a burning desire to do away with the commander, and Ritsuko had
the gun. She placed it on the ground by his head, as Kaoru walked away.
Asuka knelt down, and put her hand on the gun. She looked down onto the
unconscious Commander, then back up to Rei, Ritsuko, and Shinji. She
realised it was not her place. She walked away, to where Kaoru was
standing. Ritsuko simply sneered and kicked him in the side, that was
enough, she walked away. Rei bent down and picked up the gun, she placed
in Shinji's hand and walked back. Shinji put the bearings directly on his
father. He aimed the gun directly at his father. He looked down upon
his father. This was his father. Shinji's trembling hand was training
upon his own flesh. Shinji took a deep breath. He looked down at the gun
in his hand. His teeth clenched as he threw it deep into the darkness.
He gave his father one last sneering look. Shinji turned, and headed back
to the group.
"What do we do now?" He asked, handing the case to Rei.
"NERV is gone." Spoke Rei
"As is SEELE." Replied Kaoru
Rei picked up The case, and opened it once more, exposing the contents to
everyone there.
"So now it is up to us to finish what has begun. A new hope for
mankind..."
10:45
From high above, on a mountain road, Ritsuko looked back upon Tokyo-3.
All that she had worked for had now come to shambles, and yet she seemed
to feel no pain or regret. The back of her car was filled with items from
her house. Three cats were denned up in their kennels, ready for a long
travel to wherever their destination may be. When she cleared the top
of the hill, she put on her brakes. For no apparent reason, she got out
of the car, and stood there in the cold night air. She still could not
explain to herself why she got out of that car. The wind whipped at her,
as she stood on top of the hill, and she was dazzled by the light of cities
miles away. At that moment, she finally realised why she got out of the
car in the first place. She collapsed on her back, in a grassy clearing,
near her car.
"Damn Geo-Front." She sighed "How long has it been since I went outside?"
even while trying to fix herself totally on the task of naming a time when
she ever got out of Tokyo-3, she still could not recollect a single time.
It were as though the day she arrived there, she devoted herself to living
like a mole. For this moment, however, she was free from all that, and
free to breathe the fresh air.
Ritsuko squinted. Even in the darkness she hoped, somehow, that if she
tried hard enough she could see them. The four of them, three EVAs,
and one dirt-bike, with a case securely fastened to it. Even though
she knew that the four of them would be miles away, she still wanted to
see them one last time, running into the night, and embracing their
destiny.
"Good luck." She spoke, and then walked slowly back to her car.
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OK, there it is, _Fan Fiction_ is in the can. Thanks for reading.
Kind of hard, now looking back, that this piece was originally based on
"Pulp Fiction" I'm glad to see that my story did, eventually, take an
original turn, but I also kind of leaned away from the original Idea. Just
so you know, though, I did start to write A Pulp Fiction type time warp,
in which Asuka and Rei deal with problems after the 11th angel hit. If
you want me to finish it, so you can get a copy, just E-Mail me for it.
I'll pick up the pen again if I get 50 requests. If I do write it, it
will never be posted, this would be by request only. But even so, no
matter what becomes of "Fan Fiction" I gotta tell ya, this moment feels
GOOD.
Here come the 'thank yous':
I think I should thank God, because I did pray for inspiration, and I
think he gave it to me. Call me a Bible thumper if you will, but God is
to be thanked.
Now to my Special ASCII Credits. (Go to w3.to/evafiction if you want
to see any of my old ascii arts.)
(song: "Thanx dub" by Sublime)
For those people, who stood by me and kept it going all the way to this
point, my pre-readers and all around crew, here is something you all
deserve.
First off, My biggest influence, and really the reason I have kept on
writing. I owe him for countless moments of support and inspiration.
Thank you
A1BoogZ
Author of: "Imagine Normality" and "Pulp Evangelion"
Next up, I want to thank Him for being the first to actually request a
posting of FAN FICTION on his website. You can check it out at
"Zap.to/unspokenbonds" I also want to thank him for proving to me that
Rei lovers could actually appreciate an Asuka/Shinji fanfic.
Thank you,
Daryl Lee
Author of: "Crimson Resurrection"
I have two Australians to thank and I'm gonna get pissed that I thanked
one before the other. But I have to thank this guy. Second to Request
putting "Fan Fiction" on his sight. He's been a long time, busting my
ass when I needed it, to pump out the next chapter. Great guy, Check
his site www.key.net.au/~birdman
thank you
Koala Killer
Author of: "A Pilots Day Off" and "It Can Only Take One Night"
The Second Australian had some real crappy work out there, trying to
cross about 50 anime together and throw in some Duckman. Still, he's
come back, and I admire this guy, positive all the time, and in the
process of a killer Monty Python Fic.
Thank you to
The DOG.
Author of: "Shinji Python's Flying Geofront"
I wanna thank this guy, because I just hinted at the suggestion that he
should give Fan Fiction a peruse, and he went and read the whole thing
in one day! He is also the first person to really go all out on
"Ahhh, Whimsical Yet Risqué End of Evangelion." To top all that off,
the lucky boy got to met Tiffany Grant, which is cool.
Thank you,
Ted Hsu, The Soulman
Author of ALOT of UY fanfics and "Divas to be Live"
My last 'thank' is last, only because I met him most recently and he
asked to be a pre-reader, I figured, OK. Another of Boogz buds so he
had that going for him, and also he claims to be "Right on the level
with me"
Thank You,
FASDAR69
Also Mentions:
I can't forget some people, but I can't do ASCII art for Everybody.
Godsend777: Almost everyone on the above list is on real good terms with
this guy. I gotta recommend his works _NGE: Is nothing sacred_ and
_Strangely Darkfic_ CHAPTER THREE, MAN, COME ON!
Shinji Ikari; The Ten O'clock Assassin: We both mutually feel that Anno
screwed everybody over (including the audience) when he made EoE. We
fully encourage all Eva fans to look beyond the Pretty pictures to see
a movie where the whole world dies, and they try to soften the impact
(no pun intended) by playing some goofy stoner tune.
Donna Liston; YOU, YOU, READING THIS FIC, I don't care if you've got a
total Axel Terizaki superWAFF mindset about Shinji and Asuka, YOU NEED
TO READ _EVA AFTER IN GODS COUNTRY_ and see the darker flip side of
the EVA couple. It's the best post third impact fic yet written, and I
doubt that anyone will ever top it.
OK, that's it, all wrapped up. Once again, thanx to all readers,
pre-readers and fans. I do have an E-mail address, by the way, feel free
to send here:
Chenalos@aol.com
Alright, thanks for reading have a good night
-Chenalos
"Fan Fiction" C.A. Feb 1999 - October, 26 1999
A 14 Rivers Production