Disclaimer: I do not claim to own Evangelion, it's characters or concepts. If I did I would be rich.
A month later, Gendo's Office in the research center
Gendo was going over the reports on Project E and adjusting the figures on funding for Units 01 and 02. Although
Gendo was said to have enough ice water to replenish both the Artic and Antarctic ice caps to ice age levels, he was
scared of one person. Yui. Gendo had originally started dating her to find out about the people that funded her
research. But soon he found he really did love Yui. She had taught him to care and not to provoke instant hostility
in everyone he met. But on top of this her drive towards preventing the very men that funded her research had surprised
and her brilliance in her field of bioengineering. If it involved living tissue, it was done quickly and thoroughly.
If not for Second imapact, she would have become a millionaire within a year of of research with a corporate research
team. But instead she had at first looked for a husband and a family. Gendo still wondered about the luck that had bought
them together. Or was it destiny? The phrase "opposites attract" readily came to mind. Gendo shook his head at his
wandering thoughts and resumed his task. At Yui's instigation, Gendo was adjusting the figures for the 2 Evangelion
units, making them look like they were behind schedule and over budget. It was Yui's plan that this would force Seele
to increase the funding for Project E. The modifications to both units were expensive, particularly Unit 01's. Although
no-one but Yui knew exactly what those modifications were, Unit 02's were known to be small but expensive modifications
to the internal structure and a prototype optical system. In addition, Unit 02 had more compatible operational variants
compared to the other 2 Units. One of these was the proposed D type equipment for high pressure and temperature use. The
surplus funds were used partly to fund Yui's personal project although Gendo's knowledge of it was limited to Yui's
assertion of it being an important aspect in the years to come and that the girl Gendo had seen in the liquid tank was
the center of the project. He had later found out from Naoko that the liquid was called LCL, but had ignored the majority
of the technical notes. What had interested him was the fact that it could act as a catalyst to growth and healing.
A vibration in his shirt pocket disturbed his thoughts, the screen indicating a call from security, and Gendo
immediately answered.
"Director Ikari, we have located evidence of a successful data extraction from the Supercrays. The identity of the hacker
has been found. The individual is a young hacker but we believe he had motivation from a Mr Ryushi Ayanami. What are your
orders?"
"Maintain surveillance on those two and bring 2 security agents, I shall take care of this personally."
-Ryushi Ayanami... One of my few true high school friends... I wish this did not have to be.- Gendo sighed and strode
out of his office towards the garage. En route he passed the security armoury and picked out a silenced handgun and 2 spare
clips. The director of Project E was no stranger to guns, having done army training before second impact. Gendo finally
arrived at the garage and took a moment to admire his car. One of the few Lexus cars left in the world, it looked like it
was trembling, ready to go, in glossy black paint. As the requested security agents boarded their own non-descript sedan
and followed Gendo to where the sureillance team was watching the spies.
"Any developments?"
"No sir, the subjects are still in the apartment. We've confirmed that only 5 other people live in the building and none
of them are due to return until 7:30pm, sir."
Gendo looked at his watch. It was only 3:20pm. -Excellent we can conduct this quietly-
"Cease observation, do not enter the building, stand guard at the entrances. These two will come with me." Gendo ordered,
indicating for two of the security agents to accompany him.
Once inside the building, the two agents flanked Gendo, moving along the wall with their guns raised. Gendo walked clear
down the middle of the halls until he reached the elevator. Confused, the two agents sprinted up the stairs, wary of
sabotage on the elevator. Gendo got in and pressed the button for level 4. Once the doors opened, the two agents resumed
their flanking position, slightly puffed. When the reached the apartment the spies were supposedly in, the two agents
prepared to kick the door down, but before they were ready, Gendo reached down and turned the door knob, opening the door.
"Stay and guard the door. You are not to enter under any circumstances, understood?" Gendo said, going through the
doorway before the agents had time to reply.
Once inside, Gendo heard a familiar voice, a voice he had not heard for over 4 years.
"Still as cold and ruthless as ever eh Gendo? I'm honoured that the Director of Project E came to personally deal with me."
Gendo turned towards the voice and saw a recording device and a nervous looking teenager. Gendo stared at him.
The teenager stayed quiet, more out of fear than of the instructions he had received from Mr Ayanami. He hadn't known what
he was getting into when the Ayanami guy had hired him to crack into the security of some computer system. The kid had known
it would be illegal but he was terrified now that it seemed that he had hacked into a government project. He was silently
praying to god that he would never do anything bad again if he survived this.
"I have looked into the files that this young man procured for me. This Project E, it is nothing but a grab for power by
those that sponsor you. But you are a little late to catch me here in the apartment" the recording continued.
Gendo took his gun out and aimed it at the tape recorder and blew it apart with 3 shots. He then turned toward the
teenager and aimed the gun at his head.
"Tell me where he is."
"Oh god!! I don't want to die!!! Please don't kill me!!! He's on his way to another apartment block 5 km away from here,
city building 382-14. For the love of God don't kill me, I don't want to die!!!" The teenager shrieked in terror.
"All things that are born die, I will simply hasten the process." Gendo said as he shot the boy in the head.
"Clean up this area, I want every single storage medium seized and every possible hiding place searched." Gendo ordered into
his mobile to the surveillance team.
"Yes sir."
"You two will accompany me to the site." Gendo ordered as he came out of the apartment.
"But sir, should we not wait for backup?"
"It seems you are less efficient at your job than is required, perhaps another candidate can be given a chance at your
position?" Gendo said without turning to face the agent.
"No sir, I understand sir" said the security agent as he turned to go with his partner to their vehicle.
As the vehicles stopped at the governemnt high density housing block, Gendo thought about how to deal with Ryushi. Gendo
had recognised the number of the apartment block happened to be the number of days he had spent in police custody through
his life and the number of times he had been arrested together with Ryushi in his younger days. Gendo had been much the same
he was now, hated wherever he went, often precipitating a brawl, even a full blown riot once. The police had been unnerved
by his uncrackable facial expression when he was hauled to lockup and consequently treated him quite badly to cover their
nervousness. Gendo realised this was a message emphasising how close Ryushi was to him, in spirit and temperament.
Gendo was snapped out of his thoughts as 2 bursts of gunfire raked the agents car behind him. Before he could take his gun
out of his coat to return fire, he saw a gun muzzle pointed at him, held by none other than Ryushi Ayanami. He had changed
little since Gendo had last seen him. His face was a little more wrinkled, but the fire in his pale emerald eyes were the same as
they had been 5 years ago.
"I see that the teenager spilled the beans. Not that I was really expecting him to be able to keep his mouth shut when his
life was at stake." Ryushi said while keeping the gun trained on Gendo.
"When threatened man will either submit or lash out. He chose to submit and provided the information I required."
"Perhaps, but you are still quite ruthless, since I took the liberty of attaching a small trnsmitting device on the boy.
You always did go for brute force over subtleness in the short term." Ryushi replied, shaking his head.
"At heart we are no less ruthless than the piranha or the saltwater crocodile. You are of the same mould as me, it is
unfortunate that you chose to oppose me." Gendo stated coolly.
"Perhaps we are, but I chose to live in a world with people rather a single collective organism. Mankind is not prepared to
pay the price for continued evolution." Ryushi retorted
"That is why Seele have generously decided to bear the guilt and financial cost of deciding for humanity."
"Damn it Gendo!!! You know which cost I mean!!" Ryushi dropped the gun a few inches so that it pointed at Gendo's feet.
It was all the opening Gendo needed, lashing out with his left hand and batting the gun's muzzle up as it fired uselessly
into the ceilng and bringing his own gun in line with Ryushi's torso.
"You always were a little bit faster than me, Gendo" Ryushi said ruefully.
"Ryushi, you are mistaken, we are on the same side. I do not wish to annihilate individualism for evolution. I regret having
to kill you so I can demonstrate the ruthlessness that Seele wants, allowing me insinuate myself further with Seele.
I am... sorry, Ryushi." Gendo said in a low voice as he shot Ryushi in the chest.
Coughing blood, Ryushi crumbled to the dirty apartment floor. As his lifeblood drained out of the wound, he smiled eerily
and breathed his last words.
"Don't forget what is at stake, you do not need to be sorry..." Ryushi choked out before his head flopped, blood dribbling
out of the corner of his mouth.
A week Later
The funeral for Ryushi Ayanami was held at noon. Gendo and Yui were the only ones in attendence. As the remains of Gendo's
friend were lowered into a final resting place, Gendo grieved for his friend and respected his sacrifice. Seele's faith
in hime had increased, enough that they revealed more of the details on the Dead Sea scrolls. The official cause of death
was listed as heart failure but Yui had somehow found out the truth. Gendo sorely wished to honour his friend's sacrifice
but lacked any idea on how to do so other than to succeed. It was Yui that suggested that the girl at the center of her
project be given the surname of Ayanami to honour Ryushi when and if Yui's plan succeeded. But she also suggested he
destroy all the pictures he had of Ryushi, saying it would distract him from his tasks, and that what he kept in his
heart were the most important.
-Sleep well my friend, let us hope that when we meet next, it will not be as parts of a sea of LCL.-
Gendo took one last look at Ryushi's grave, then moved to board the helicopter that would ferry him back to the research
facility, and the copies of the Dead Sea scrolls.
OK, I wrote this due to the intense urge to have Gendo kill in cold blood. I didn't describe Ryushi because I find it too
difficult to picture him. I would appreciate any criticism and reviews. The next chapter is planned to be the last one, but
I might get an idea to extend it with. BUT I NEED FEEDBACK!!!
A month later, Gendo's Office in the research center
Gendo was going over the reports on Project E and adjusting the figures on funding for Units 01 and 02. Although
Gendo was said to have enough ice water to replenish both the Artic and Antarctic ice caps to ice age levels, he was
scared of one person. Yui. Gendo had originally started dating her to find out about the people that funded her
research. But soon he found he really did love Yui. She had taught him to care and not to provoke instant hostility
in everyone he met. But on top of this her drive towards preventing the very men that funded her research had surprised
and her brilliance in her field of bioengineering. If it involved living tissue, it was done quickly and thoroughly.
If not for Second imapact, she would have become a millionaire within a year of of research with a corporate research
team. But instead she had at first looked for a husband and a family. Gendo still wondered about the luck that had bought
them together. Or was it destiny? The phrase "opposites attract" readily came to mind. Gendo shook his head at his
wandering thoughts and resumed his task. At Yui's instigation, Gendo was adjusting the figures for the 2 Evangelion
units, making them look like they were behind schedule and over budget. It was Yui's plan that this would force Seele
to increase the funding for Project E. The modifications to both units were expensive, particularly Unit 01's. Although
no-one but Yui knew exactly what those modifications were, Unit 02's were known to be small but expensive modifications
to the internal structure and a prototype optical system. In addition, Unit 02 had more compatible operational variants
compared to the other 2 Units. One of these was the proposed D type equipment for high pressure and temperature use. The
surplus funds were used partly to fund Yui's personal project although Gendo's knowledge of it was limited to Yui's
assertion of it being an important aspect in the years to come and that the girl Gendo had seen in the liquid tank was
the center of the project. He had later found out from Naoko that the liquid was called LCL, but had ignored the majority
of the technical notes. What had interested him was the fact that it could act as a catalyst to growth and healing.
A vibration in his shirt pocket disturbed his thoughts, the screen indicating a call from security, and Gendo
immediately answered.
"Director Ikari, we have located evidence of a successful data extraction from the Supercrays. The identity of the hacker
has been found. The individual is a young hacker but we believe he had motivation from a Mr Ryushi Ayanami. What are your
orders?"
"Maintain surveillance on those two and bring 2 security agents, I shall take care of this personally."
-Ryushi Ayanami... One of my few true high school friends... I wish this did not have to be.- Gendo sighed and strode
out of his office towards the garage. En route he passed the security armoury and picked out a silenced handgun and 2 spare
clips. The director of Project E was no stranger to guns, having done army training before second impact. Gendo finally
arrived at the garage and took a moment to admire his car. One of the few Lexus cars left in the world, it looked like it
was trembling, ready to go, in glossy black paint. As the requested security agents boarded their own non-descript sedan
and followed Gendo to where the sureillance team was watching the spies.
"Any developments?"
"No sir, the subjects are still in the apartment. We've confirmed that only 5 other people live in the building and none
of them are due to return until 7:30pm, sir."
Gendo looked at his watch. It was only 3:20pm. -Excellent we can conduct this quietly-
"Cease observation, do not enter the building, stand guard at the entrances. These two will come with me." Gendo ordered,
indicating for two of the security agents to accompany him.
Once inside the building, the two agents flanked Gendo, moving along the wall with their guns raised. Gendo walked clear
down the middle of the halls until he reached the elevator. Confused, the two agents sprinted up the stairs, wary of
sabotage on the elevator. Gendo got in and pressed the button for level 4. Once the doors opened, the two agents resumed
their flanking position, slightly puffed. When the reached the apartment the spies were supposedly in, the two agents
prepared to kick the door down, but before they were ready, Gendo reached down and turned the door knob, opening the door.
"Stay and guard the door. You are not to enter under any circumstances, understood?" Gendo said, going through the
doorway before the agents had time to reply.
Once inside, Gendo heard a familiar voice, a voice he had not heard for over 4 years.
"Still as cold and ruthless as ever eh Gendo? I'm honoured that the Director of Project E came to personally deal with me."
Gendo turned towards the voice and saw a recording device and a nervous looking teenager. Gendo stared at him.
The teenager stayed quiet, more out of fear than of the instructions he had received from Mr Ayanami. He hadn't known what
he was getting into when the Ayanami guy had hired him to crack into the security of some computer system. The kid had known
it would be illegal but he was terrified now that it seemed that he had hacked into a government project. He was silently
praying to god that he would never do anything bad again if he survived this.
"I have looked into the files that this young man procured for me. This Project E, it is nothing but a grab for power by
those that sponsor you. But you are a little late to catch me here in the apartment" the recording continued.
Gendo took his gun out and aimed it at the tape recorder and blew it apart with 3 shots. He then turned toward the
teenager and aimed the gun at his head.
"Tell me where he is."
"Oh god!! I don't want to die!!! Please don't kill me!!! He's on his way to another apartment block 5 km away from here,
city building 382-14. For the love of God don't kill me, I don't want to die!!!" The teenager shrieked in terror.
"All things that are born die, I will simply hasten the process." Gendo said as he shot the boy in the head.
"Clean up this area, I want every single storage medium seized and every possible hiding place searched." Gendo ordered into
his mobile to the surveillance team.
"Yes sir."
"You two will accompany me to the site." Gendo ordered as he came out of the apartment.
"But sir, should we not wait for backup?"
"It seems you are less efficient at your job than is required, perhaps another candidate can be given a chance at your
position?" Gendo said without turning to face the agent.
"No sir, I understand sir" said the security agent as he turned to go with his partner to their vehicle.
As the vehicles stopped at the governemnt high density housing block, Gendo thought about how to deal with Ryushi. Gendo
had recognised the number of the apartment block happened to be the number of days he had spent in police custody through
his life and the number of times he had been arrested together with Ryushi in his younger days. Gendo had been much the same
he was now, hated wherever he went, often precipitating a brawl, even a full blown riot once. The police had been unnerved
by his uncrackable facial expression when he was hauled to lockup and consequently treated him quite badly to cover their
nervousness. Gendo realised this was a message emphasising how close Ryushi was to him, in spirit and temperament.
Gendo was snapped out of his thoughts as 2 bursts of gunfire raked the agents car behind him. Before he could take his gun
out of his coat to return fire, he saw a gun muzzle pointed at him, held by none other than Ryushi Ayanami. He had changed
little since Gendo had last seen him. His face was a little more wrinkled, but the fire in his pale emerald eyes were the same as
they had been 5 years ago.
"I see that the teenager spilled the beans. Not that I was really expecting him to be able to keep his mouth shut when his
life was at stake." Ryushi said while keeping the gun trained on Gendo.
"When threatened man will either submit or lash out. He chose to submit and provided the information I required."
"Perhaps, but you are still quite ruthless, since I took the liberty of attaching a small trnsmitting device on the boy.
You always did go for brute force over subtleness in the short term." Ryushi replied, shaking his head.
"At heart we are no less ruthless than the piranha or the saltwater crocodile. You are of the same mould as me, it is
unfortunate that you chose to oppose me." Gendo stated coolly.
"Perhaps we are, but I chose to live in a world with people rather a single collective organism. Mankind is not prepared to
pay the price for continued evolution." Ryushi retorted
"That is why Seele have generously decided to bear the guilt and financial cost of deciding for humanity."
"Damn it Gendo!!! You know which cost I mean!!" Ryushi dropped the gun a few inches so that it pointed at Gendo's feet.
It was all the opening Gendo needed, lashing out with his left hand and batting the gun's muzzle up as it fired uselessly
into the ceilng and bringing his own gun in line with Ryushi's torso.
"You always were a little bit faster than me, Gendo" Ryushi said ruefully.
"Ryushi, you are mistaken, we are on the same side. I do not wish to annihilate individualism for evolution. I regret having
to kill you so I can demonstrate the ruthlessness that Seele wants, allowing me insinuate myself further with Seele.
I am... sorry, Ryushi." Gendo said in a low voice as he shot Ryushi in the chest.
Coughing blood, Ryushi crumbled to the dirty apartment floor. As his lifeblood drained out of the wound, he smiled eerily
and breathed his last words.
"Don't forget what is at stake, you do not need to be sorry..." Ryushi choked out before his head flopped, blood dribbling
out of the corner of his mouth.
A week Later
The funeral for Ryushi Ayanami was held at noon. Gendo and Yui were the only ones in attendence. As the remains of Gendo's
friend were lowered into a final resting place, Gendo grieved for his friend and respected his sacrifice. Seele's faith
in hime had increased, enough that they revealed more of the details on the Dead Sea scrolls. The official cause of death
was listed as heart failure but Yui had somehow found out the truth. Gendo sorely wished to honour his friend's sacrifice
but lacked any idea on how to do so other than to succeed. It was Yui that suggested that the girl at the center of her
project be given the surname of Ayanami to honour Ryushi when and if Yui's plan succeeded. But she also suggested he
destroy all the pictures he had of Ryushi, saying it would distract him from his tasks, and that what he kept in his
heart were the most important.
-Sleep well my friend, let us hope that when we meet next, it will not be as parts of a sea of LCL.-
Gendo took one last look at Ryushi's grave, then moved to board the helicopter that would ferry him back to the research
facility, and the copies of the Dead Sea scrolls.
OK, I wrote this due to the intense urge to have Gendo kill in cold blood. I didn't describe Ryushi because I find it too
difficult to picture him. I would appreciate any criticism and reviews. The next chapter is planned to be the last one, but
I might get an idea to extend it with. BUT I NEED FEEDBACK!!!