Neon Genesis Evangelion:
A Young Man's Trials
Chapter 3
Enigma
Disclaimer: I don't own Eva. I wish I did because I could've made a rather large amount of money off of it. Oh well… I guess I'll have to be satisfied writing for my personal satisfaction for nothing… sigh.
"LAUNCH EVA UNIT 01!"
No sooner had Misato yelled, Shinji was sent up a shaft at an incredible velocity, traveling several miles in just a few seconds. When he arrived at the surface, he was face to face with the angel. Shinji immediately froze when he saw it again and just stared at it.
"Shinji, just try to concentrate on walking right now. Remember, just act like you want to walk and the Eva will understand and walk," Ritsuko's came.
Finally snapping out of his fear, Shinji began to visualize himself walking. He concentrated on simply moving one foot at a time and was rewarded when he felt something seem to understand what he wanted as the Eva took a step forward.
"He… he did it! He's walking!" Misato yelled.
Shinji was overwhelmed with feelings that coursed through him as he tried to take another hesitant step forward. However, at the last moment, he was suddenly filled with a feeling of self-doubt and inadequacy. The Eva stopped its forward gait and seemed to falter and lose its balance, propelling itself forward and into the ground. Shinji felt the impact and was a little dazed by it.
"Shinji! GET UP! HURRY!" Misato screamed.
Shinji looked up and saw the angel looming over him and was petrified with fear. He could only stare as the angel's arm flashed out and grabbed the Eva by its head and lift it up. Shinji felt his own head being raised and a sudden pain in his neck from the sudden jerking motion that he had just experienced. Feebly, Shinji managed to lash out with the gigantic robot's right arm but the angel simply caught it and began squeezing… hard. Shinji felt his arm suddenly explode in pain as the angel dislocated the robot's right arm. He almost passed out from the pain when sudden motion caused him to look up. The arm that was holding the Eva's head became brighter as a lance of energy impacted against the cranial armor on the Eva.
Shinji quickly forgot about the pain on his own right arm as his left eye exploded into even greater pain. He began screaming as the pain simply intensified until the angel managed to penetrate the cranial armor, launching the Eva backwards into a building. Shinji could no longer feel the left side of his face and was quickly slipping into unconsciousness. Before he went under, he managed to think one thought, "I'm sorry, Rei." He fell unconscious before he could feel another presence inside the Eva, one boiling with rage and concern…
(What sound does a respirator and life support equipment give off? Oh well, I'll just insert a random sound.)
SHHK… SHHK… SHHK
Shinji slowly awakened from a thankfully dreamless to the sound of something mechanical. Suddenly, he sat upright in surprise as he took in his surroundings. He didn't recognize the sterile room that he was in. Everything was white, immaculately clean, and barren of any sort of decoration. Shinji collapsed back into the bed that he was lying in. "Unfamiliar ceiling," was all that he muttered.
A few hours later, Shinji was walking around the hospital and managed to catch news broadcast:
"The incident that occurred yesterday was caused by an unknown entity that caused a significant amount of damage to the city of Tokyo 3 and Tokyo 2. Our military forces, spearheaded by the UN 3rd corps managed to destroy the entity before further damage could be done. That concludes this press conference."
Shinji gaped at the television screen uncomprehendingly. 'They didn't even mention anything about the robot that I was in? Was that all a dream? I don't feel any pain in my arm and I can see with my left eye, maybe it was a dream. But if that's the case, why am I in a hospital in Tokyo 3?'
Shinji's musings were interrupted when a loud sound resonated throughout the hospital's immaculately clean hallways. He looked up curiously and saw a hospital bed being moved by several doctors and nurses with a single… blue… haired… occupant.
Before he realized what he was doing, Shinji stood and crossed the hallway to where the girl was and quickly walked alongside her bed, ignoring the doctors and nurses as he looked at her. "Rei Ayanami," Shinji murmured quietly.
Rei opened her eyes halfway and managed to whisper, "Co- Comm- Commander Ikari?" Shinji was surprised to hear the girl speak his father's name. Before Shinji could even gather his thoughts, the girl closed her eyes again and slipped into unconsciousness. At that point, shock had caught up to young Shinji and he simply stopped in his tracks as he tried to figure out why she had just said his father's name.
"Shinji?"
The young boy turned around when he heard his name called and saw Misato standing behind him. "Miss Katsuragi… I, uh, I, uh didn't expect to see you here," he managed lamely.
The lavender-haired woman simply gave him a radiant smile, "Come on Shinji! HQ is taking care of your living arrangements and you've rated single quarters. I'm here to take you to them."
"Oh, okay."
The mismatched pair made their way to an elevator and waited for the door to open to take them to the ground floor. However, when the doors opened, they revealed one Gendo Ikari. Shinji looked up at his father's face and was disquieted by his father's cold stare. Before he realized what he was doing, Shinji looked away from his father's stare. The elevator doors closed in front of them, blocking their view of one another.
After the doors closed, Shinji simply stood there, trying to absorb all the feelings that he had just experienced. Misato looked at him quietly and was suddenly struck with an idea that made her grab for her cell phone and dial a number.
"Ritsuko? Yeah it's me. Can you do me a favor? Get the paperwork worked out for me, I'm going to take Shinji back to live with me in my apartment," Shinji's head snapped to look at the woman talking on the cell phone with a look of incredulity on his face. "Oh don't be a worrywart! I'm not so desperate that I'd jump a 14 year old! Look, just get the paperwork for me; I'll take the responsibility, okay? Buh-bye!" Misato turned to look at Shinji and couldn't help but to laugh at the expression on his face.
"This isn't funny Misato! What is this crazy idea that you just came up with?"
"Oh you're going to be living with me! Someone has to make sure that you don't do anything stupid and to also take care of you!"
"That's insane! You've got to be kidding! Who are you to be making all these arbitrary decisions?! Besides, why do I have to live with you in the first place? It's crazy!"
"Will you shut up already?! What part of 'Commanding Officer' don't you understand?" Misato said with the Misato look of death. All Shinji could do was develop a rather profuse sweat drop as Misato grabbed his hand and dragged him towards her car.
A few minutes later, the pair were speeding off at speeds that only Misato could manage with Misato's laughter filling the car, "ALL RIGHT! We're gonna have a party tonight! We'll have to stop off and buy some things, all right Shinji?"
"Oh, okay. Uh, Misato, just what are we celebrating?"
"The arrival of my new roommate of course! What did you think?"
"Sorry."
Seconds later, Misato threw the little sports car into a sharp bank and skidded into a parking space and exited the car with a jaunty, "I'll be right back!" Shinji for his part mainly just sank back into his seat. He instinctively put his hand into his pocket to pull out his SDAT player. He quietly put in his earbuds and pressed the play button. A violin began to play at a moderate volume. The violinist managed to make her bow dance over the strings, giving the music a joyful, exuberant energy. Shinji was so engrossed in the music that he didn't notice Misato return. He continued to listen and began to lose himself in the strains of music, bringing a smile of pleasure onto his face and a feeling of contentment washed over him. As the song ended, Shinji opened his eyes to reveal a smiling Misato looking at him.
Shinji promptly jumped a few inches in surprise and Misato began to chuckle a little before passing him a few bags of groceries to carry. One bag was filled with instant food and the other was filled with… beer. Lots of beer. Pounds of beer. Beer up the yin-yang. Misato ignored the sour look on Shinji's face as he looked at the contents of the second bag and started the car off again at an unthinkable velocity. Shinji turned his SDAT back on played the next song and listened as an orchestra played. Where the previous song had provided an exuberant energy, this song was ponderous in tempo and contemplative in quality.
As Shinji listened, his thoughts turned to what had happened in the hospital and he began to frown unconsciously as he tried to connect his father and Rei. He could not understand why Rei had called him Commander Ikari and why she would want to call for his father. A hand placed gently on his shoulder shattered his thoughts and Shinji turned to look at it.
"Hey Shinji, come one, I want to show you something," Misato said.
Shinji stopped his SDAT and exited the car, following Misato to a railing on the side of the road. When he looked out, he saw the city of Tokyo 3 but saw it not as a city, rather as a deserted group of buildings. "Is that the city? It looks so… desolate," he said.
"Just about… now," Misato replied looking up from her watch.
Shinji was about to ask what she meant when a sound brought his attention back to Tokyo 3. What he saw was a breathtaking sight as several buildings began to emerge from their underground armored shelters. "Whoa! The city is rising!"
"This is Tokyo 3, Shinji. This is the city that you saved."
AN:
Chapter 3 is done! I'd like to take this time to thank Melkor for pre-reading for me and for giving me his opinions before release. I would also like to thank Jon Cook for his generous offer to ask him for any sort of conventional weapon data. Lastly I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, say no more) my fic. See you all in the next chapter.
A Young Man's Trials
Chapter 3
Enigma
Disclaimer: I don't own Eva. I wish I did because I could've made a rather large amount of money off of it. Oh well… I guess I'll have to be satisfied writing for my personal satisfaction for nothing… sigh.
"LAUNCH EVA UNIT 01!"
No sooner had Misato yelled, Shinji was sent up a shaft at an incredible velocity, traveling several miles in just a few seconds. When he arrived at the surface, he was face to face with the angel. Shinji immediately froze when he saw it again and just stared at it.
"Shinji, just try to concentrate on walking right now. Remember, just act like you want to walk and the Eva will understand and walk," Ritsuko's came.
Finally snapping out of his fear, Shinji began to visualize himself walking. He concentrated on simply moving one foot at a time and was rewarded when he felt something seem to understand what he wanted as the Eva took a step forward.
"He… he did it! He's walking!" Misato yelled.
Shinji was overwhelmed with feelings that coursed through him as he tried to take another hesitant step forward. However, at the last moment, he was suddenly filled with a feeling of self-doubt and inadequacy. The Eva stopped its forward gait and seemed to falter and lose its balance, propelling itself forward and into the ground. Shinji felt the impact and was a little dazed by it.
"Shinji! GET UP! HURRY!" Misato screamed.
Shinji looked up and saw the angel looming over him and was petrified with fear. He could only stare as the angel's arm flashed out and grabbed the Eva by its head and lift it up. Shinji felt his own head being raised and a sudden pain in his neck from the sudden jerking motion that he had just experienced. Feebly, Shinji managed to lash out with the gigantic robot's right arm but the angel simply caught it and began squeezing… hard. Shinji felt his arm suddenly explode in pain as the angel dislocated the robot's right arm. He almost passed out from the pain when sudden motion caused him to look up. The arm that was holding the Eva's head became brighter as a lance of energy impacted against the cranial armor on the Eva.
Shinji quickly forgot about the pain on his own right arm as his left eye exploded into even greater pain. He began screaming as the pain simply intensified until the angel managed to penetrate the cranial armor, launching the Eva backwards into a building. Shinji could no longer feel the left side of his face and was quickly slipping into unconsciousness. Before he went under, he managed to think one thought, "I'm sorry, Rei." He fell unconscious before he could feel another presence inside the Eva, one boiling with rage and concern…
(What sound does a respirator and life support equipment give off? Oh well, I'll just insert a random sound.)
SHHK… SHHK… SHHK
Shinji slowly awakened from a thankfully dreamless to the sound of something mechanical. Suddenly, he sat upright in surprise as he took in his surroundings. He didn't recognize the sterile room that he was in. Everything was white, immaculately clean, and barren of any sort of decoration. Shinji collapsed back into the bed that he was lying in. "Unfamiliar ceiling," was all that he muttered.
A few hours later, Shinji was walking around the hospital and managed to catch news broadcast:
"The incident that occurred yesterday was caused by an unknown entity that caused a significant amount of damage to the city of Tokyo 3 and Tokyo 2. Our military forces, spearheaded by the UN 3rd corps managed to destroy the entity before further damage could be done. That concludes this press conference."
Shinji gaped at the television screen uncomprehendingly. 'They didn't even mention anything about the robot that I was in? Was that all a dream? I don't feel any pain in my arm and I can see with my left eye, maybe it was a dream. But if that's the case, why am I in a hospital in Tokyo 3?'
Shinji's musings were interrupted when a loud sound resonated throughout the hospital's immaculately clean hallways. He looked up curiously and saw a hospital bed being moved by several doctors and nurses with a single… blue… haired… occupant.
Before he realized what he was doing, Shinji stood and crossed the hallway to where the girl was and quickly walked alongside her bed, ignoring the doctors and nurses as he looked at her. "Rei Ayanami," Shinji murmured quietly.
Rei opened her eyes halfway and managed to whisper, "Co- Comm- Commander Ikari?" Shinji was surprised to hear the girl speak his father's name. Before Shinji could even gather his thoughts, the girl closed her eyes again and slipped into unconsciousness. At that point, shock had caught up to young Shinji and he simply stopped in his tracks as he tried to figure out why she had just said his father's name.
"Shinji?"
The young boy turned around when he heard his name called and saw Misato standing behind him. "Miss Katsuragi… I, uh, I, uh didn't expect to see you here," he managed lamely.
The lavender-haired woman simply gave him a radiant smile, "Come on Shinji! HQ is taking care of your living arrangements and you've rated single quarters. I'm here to take you to them."
"Oh, okay."
The mismatched pair made their way to an elevator and waited for the door to open to take them to the ground floor. However, when the doors opened, they revealed one Gendo Ikari. Shinji looked up at his father's face and was disquieted by his father's cold stare. Before he realized what he was doing, Shinji looked away from his father's stare. The elevator doors closed in front of them, blocking their view of one another.
After the doors closed, Shinji simply stood there, trying to absorb all the feelings that he had just experienced. Misato looked at him quietly and was suddenly struck with an idea that made her grab for her cell phone and dial a number.
"Ritsuko? Yeah it's me. Can you do me a favor? Get the paperwork worked out for me, I'm going to take Shinji back to live with me in my apartment," Shinji's head snapped to look at the woman talking on the cell phone with a look of incredulity on his face. "Oh don't be a worrywart! I'm not so desperate that I'd jump a 14 year old! Look, just get the paperwork for me; I'll take the responsibility, okay? Buh-bye!" Misato turned to look at Shinji and couldn't help but to laugh at the expression on his face.
"This isn't funny Misato! What is this crazy idea that you just came up with?"
"Oh you're going to be living with me! Someone has to make sure that you don't do anything stupid and to also take care of you!"
"That's insane! You've got to be kidding! Who are you to be making all these arbitrary decisions?! Besides, why do I have to live with you in the first place? It's crazy!"
"Will you shut up already?! What part of 'Commanding Officer' don't you understand?" Misato said with the Misato look of death. All Shinji could do was develop a rather profuse sweat drop as Misato grabbed his hand and dragged him towards her car.
A few minutes later, the pair were speeding off at speeds that only Misato could manage with Misato's laughter filling the car, "ALL RIGHT! We're gonna have a party tonight! We'll have to stop off and buy some things, all right Shinji?"
"Oh, okay. Uh, Misato, just what are we celebrating?"
"The arrival of my new roommate of course! What did you think?"
"Sorry."
Seconds later, Misato threw the little sports car into a sharp bank and skidded into a parking space and exited the car with a jaunty, "I'll be right back!" Shinji for his part mainly just sank back into his seat. He instinctively put his hand into his pocket to pull out his SDAT player. He quietly put in his earbuds and pressed the play button. A violin began to play at a moderate volume. The violinist managed to make her bow dance over the strings, giving the music a joyful, exuberant energy. Shinji was so engrossed in the music that he didn't notice Misato return. He continued to listen and began to lose himself in the strains of music, bringing a smile of pleasure onto his face and a feeling of contentment washed over him. As the song ended, Shinji opened his eyes to reveal a smiling Misato looking at him.
Shinji promptly jumped a few inches in surprise and Misato began to chuckle a little before passing him a few bags of groceries to carry. One bag was filled with instant food and the other was filled with… beer. Lots of beer. Pounds of beer. Beer up the yin-yang. Misato ignored the sour look on Shinji's face as he looked at the contents of the second bag and started the car off again at an unthinkable velocity. Shinji turned his SDAT back on played the next song and listened as an orchestra played. Where the previous song had provided an exuberant energy, this song was ponderous in tempo and contemplative in quality.
As Shinji listened, his thoughts turned to what had happened in the hospital and he began to frown unconsciously as he tried to connect his father and Rei. He could not understand why Rei had called him Commander Ikari and why she would want to call for his father. A hand placed gently on his shoulder shattered his thoughts and Shinji turned to look at it.
"Hey Shinji, come one, I want to show you something," Misato said.
Shinji stopped his SDAT and exited the car, following Misato to a railing on the side of the road. When he looked out, he saw the city of Tokyo 3 but saw it not as a city, rather as a deserted group of buildings. "Is that the city? It looks so… desolate," he said.
"Just about… now," Misato replied looking up from her watch.
Shinji was about to ask what she meant when a sound brought his attention back to Tokyo 3. What he saw was a breathtaking sight as several buildings began to emerge from their underground armored shelters. "Whoa! The city is rising!"
"This is Tokyo 3, Shinji. This is the city that you saved."
AN:
Chapter 3 is done! I'd like to take this time to thank Melkor for pre-reading for me and for giving me his opinions before release. I would also like to thank Jon Cook for his generous offer to ask him for any sort of conventional weapon data. Lastly I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, say no more) my fic. See you all in the next chapter.