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"Betrayal of the 1st Degree"
(N.G. Evangelion "B" version [subversion])
By Q.C. of {PpG}
This fic has been rated R for content.
1st draft completion date: June 19, 2001
Final release date: June 21, 2001
Current revision number: 1
Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for: The return of the awesome BM-25 "Timber Wolf" nuclear attack mecha! After facing down the Russian army and the MechWarrior mercenaries, let's see how well it fares in the post-apocalyptic world of Evangelion! Let's get this damn thing on the road...
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Intro to some new C-Division characters:
This is one of my fics after all, so of course it involves C-Division. In addition to Jake Anderson this story adds two new characters to the lineup. Colonel Drake is the liaison between C-Division and NERV, and is played by William Davis (who is the Cigarette-Smoking Man from the X-Files). Also is his lackey Major Adams, who is played by Arnold Schwartzenegger (I hope I spelled that right). That's all for now, here's the fucking fic!
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Ever since the Second Impact the world had been a very different place. After the ice caps melted and all coastal cities had become underwater ruins nationalists had faced their worst nightmare when the UN came to power. Now fifteen years after the Second Impact war seemed obsolete as preservation of the human race and the battles against the Angels took priority. However this was not so as there were still ultra-nationalists in various governments around the world, as NERV was about to find out...
Things were going fairly normally around NERV headquarters itself, as no Angels had attacked lately and nothing else major was going on. It looked like the day was going to go without any incident when suddenly...
"What the?" Maya suddenly said when her panel fizzed for a second. Misato who was in charge at the time walked up.
"What's going on?"
"My screen went out for a second, wait! I've just picked up a huge explosion over Moscow, I'm not sure what it was but it wasn't a N2 mine."
"How can you be sure of that? What do you think just happened?"
"Well judging by the readings on the magnitude of the explosion and the radiation levels it must've been a hydrogen bomb! Why would anyone want to..."
"This is just too wired... I mean is someone trying to start a war or what?
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"Betrayal in the 1st Degree" N.G. Evangelion "B" version, chapter 1
By QC of MagSys and it's ADF
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"Just before the Second Impact the Americans had made a failed attempt to conquer the world which was code named 'Operation World War 3.' In that attack they used a sort of confined-effect thermonuclear weapon to destroy the Kremlin in Moscow. There were no large-scale hydrogen bombs fired in that operation because less than a week after the attack on Moscow the Second Impact occurred. Very little is known about the attack except that it revolved around a secret weapon code named 'Timber Wolf,' which was manufactured by American weapon manufacturer Leviathan Arms. The file on Timber Wolf, as well as the one on a secret group known as C-Division are the only two files in the entire American government which we have no access to. The reason I'm telling you this is because we believe that one or more American ultra-nationalists with high positions in their government are attempting to start World War 3 again. The MAGI give a 75% probability that this is in fact the case, and 99% that if World War 3 does start that the Timber Wolf will be used in combat again." Ritsuko said to the rest of the people in the command center.
"As far as we know it's a new, supposedly experimental, warfare system with at least some of it gleaned from technology the American's confiscated from us after the attack on Chicago. The weapons platform itself is centered around a two legged mecha powered by a self sufficient generator. Initial estimates predict that it's only weapon is a short range nuclear missile launcher and some experimental armor that's slightly resistant to our N2 mine technology. It's just the Americans building big things that don't work right." Gendo added. He knew this was a lie, but he wasn't about to tell everyone the truth!
"So what do we do about it?" Misato asked.
"Nothing for now, at least not until we have reason to believe that the Americans are actually trying to start another world war. Now return to your posts and do your jobs as usual unless I order otherwise! Dismissed!"
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"I can't believe that Commander Ikari just ordered us to ignore something this big! I mean the MAGI did say that it was 75% likely that there was going to be a war." Misato said to Dr. Akagi while walking back to the command center from Gendo's office.
"Commander Ikari is in charge, but I agree this is ridiculous. Someone dropped a thermonuclear bomb on the Russian capitol city. This could only mean that they are trying to start a total war. If they just wanted to destroy the Russian capitol then a N2 mine would have been more than enough."
"Yeah. I just hope we're not next..."
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Meanwhile Gendo was sitting in his office reading through a stolen American file that was marked with the words "X-File" and a label on the tab that read "Project Timber Wolf, declassified data. X-File number #224728" when his telephone rang. He closed the file, placed it in his desk and answered the phone with a simple "What?"
"I think you know who this is and if you're smart you won't hang up on me. I trust you heard about the hydrogen bomb attack on Moscow, or did we knock out your surveillance with that blast?" a man with a New England accent asked.
"Who is this and what do you want?"
"Who I am doesn't matter. What I have to say is of paramount importance. You have three hours to decide weather you live or die. You side with Japan and the Liberty Alliance you live. You side with the UN and their dumbass policies and you die. I'll call in three hours and you'd better answer right!" the man said. He almost immediately hung up the phone.
"Hello? Damn." Gendo put the phone back on the hook and leaned back in his seat. Three hours...
"Sir, Colonel Drake's here to see you..." Fuyutsuki said over the intercom.
"Let him in." The door slid open and a tall man wearing a black trench coat adorned only by an American flag patch on the right shoulder. He pulled a cigarette out of his pocket, which he lit before walking up to Gendo's desk.
"I trust you got our call? I know you plan on agreeing with our plan, that was just for the spies." the tall man said.
"I understood that, and that's why I put on the act of surprise. Anything else?"
"Yes. I've liquidated your colleagues from the UN. I'm also giving you unrestricted access to all materials needed for the Human Instrumentality Project, but only as long as it's in the best interest of the US Government. The second it's no longer in our interest I'll nail you to a fucking cross, cover you in napalm and burn your bitch-ass! I hope you agree to our terms because you don't get a choice in this matter. Is that understood?"
"Yes. Thank you Colonel Drake. Now if you don't mind I'm rather busy. Could you please go someplace else?"
"Yes. I have more important people to kill. Good day." Drake said. He then left Gendo alone in his office. Gendo scoffed.
"Fuyutsuki, prepare the Evas for launch... I have reason to believe that we'll be attacked shortly..."
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Two hours later the pilots arrived at the geo front for their daily training. They were rather surprised to see everything in a bustle that they hadn't seen since the last time an Angel attacked. As they tried to find Misato to find out what was going on Shinji saw out of the corner of his eye a tall man wearing a trench coat and smoking a cigarette, a man that he'd seen talking with his father recently. Finally they found Misato, who didn't waste any time and immediately started talking...
"Allright, the Commander has reason to believe that an attack is imminent, and has ordered for us to prepare the Evas. I want you three to go to the Cage and get suited up." she ordered.
"Yes mam." both Shinji and Rei replied in unison... Asuka, however, wasn't so easily convinced.
"What's the point? We haven't been attacked! Can't we do something more interesting?"
"Orders are orders Asuka. Once you're suited up you can do as you please until the commander orders otherwise. Now get going!"
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It hit like a meteor right out of Hell! No one knew where it came from, but something huge had just been dropped on Tokyo-III, and had leveled the entire 1st District! Alarms were going off all over the city and the Geo-front. Down in the Cage, the force of the impact was almost enough to shake the Evas out of their restraints. People were knocked off their feet, ceilings collapsed, and all-around mayhem insued...
"Commander, I don't know what that was but it hit like we were just attacked by a N2 mine! We've got damage reports all over the City and the Geo-Front, and no reports at all from the First District." Maya yelled out.
"Are the MAGI and the Evas intact?" Gendo demanded.
"As far as we know... I'm getting scattered reports from the city now. That was no explosion to speak of, but there's a large cylindrical object embedded in the First District."
"Captain Katsuragi, deploy the Evas to investigate the object. Report back anything unusual as soon as you find it."
"Yes sir!" Misato replied before picking up the phone and dialing the Cage up...
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Down in the Cage the pilots were just recovering from the massive shock when they got the order to get in the entry plugs immediately. Now knowing how dire the situation was they ran to the Evas without a word, boarded their entry plugs and got ready...
"EVA LAUNCH!" Misato ordered. The Evas shot up from their launch pads to the streets above. Shinji, who was on point, waited for the sudden deceleration when the Eva reached ground level... Seconds later everything around him jerked to a halt. Now he'd been confronted by Angels within seconds of emerging, but he was unprepared for what he saw next... The entire first district was engulfed in flames, with a huge cloud of black smoke rising up to the stratosphere. Still silent, he left the socket and started toward the column of fire and smoke. Rei also was silent, but as usual Asuka felt like making a comment.
"What the Hell happened here? Is that what that shockwave was?"
"Yes Asuka... We're detecting a solid object in the center of that fire, we need you to figure out what it is." Misato replied.
"Shienza. Very well..." She charged past Shinji and Rei, determined to get the honor of being first for herself. Within seconds she was within the wall of fire. Switching to the CT-monitor, she saw a huge cylinder, nearly three times the size of the Eva... "Mein god! What is that?"
Down in Central Dogma the MAGI were hard at work trying to determine what the cylinder was. Unfortunately there was nothing like it on record. Also, it's reading was not blue, but gray, and therefore synthetic. All that came up on the large display in the command center was a large hollow cylinder with indeterminate contents.
"What could it be? Some sort of transport?" Misato speculated. Gendo looked on, having a pretty good guess at what it was, but still not knowing what was inside.
"Sir, we have a visual!" Maya reported. For the first time the smoke cleared enough for the cylinder to be visible, and what they saw wasn't encouraging...
"CCCP? What is that supposed to stand for? Misato said. She thought she'd seen it in a history book but just couldn't place a finger on it... A black expression came over both Gendo and Fuyutsuki's faces.
"CCCP is Cyrillic for USSR. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. World War 3 has done more than just started, it's over here now! Order the Evas to destroy that thing immediately!" Gendo yelled.
"Okay, move in and attack that thing with everything you've got. You're to destroy that thing, priority one!" Misato ordered.
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"Leave this one to me!" Asuka said quite arrogantly.
"Misato ordered all of us to attack!" Shinji retorted.
"But..." Asuka started to say when suddenly out of the blue several smaller versions of the giant cylinder rained down on the city. They almost immediately split open revealing a relatively small mecha armed with shoulder cannons above it's small arms. They charged towards the Evas and began to attack...
"Multiple targets inbound, spread out and commence attack!" Rei said. She turned to face three of the short mechas, drew the progressive knife, and assumed a fighting stance. The first mecha leaped at her and fired it's cannons, which bounced harmlessly off the Eva's AT-field. Rei then backhanded the mecha, sending it flying miles out of the city!
"This is easy!" Asuka blurted. She grabbed two of the mechas and smashed them together, sending flames shooting out of the lump of twisted metal, which she then threw at a third mecha. She threw her progressive knife at another, cleaving it in neat halves, which exploded seconds later. Shinji also joined in. He grabbed one in both hands and broke it over his Eva's knee. He kicked the last one in sight, which flew into the side of a building, pulverizing it...
"All targets defeated." Rei muttered.
"I can see that wondergirl, but what were they?" Asuka asked. She was hoping for an answer when a sudden explosion rocked the air. A section of the large cylinder blew off and flew across the city and landed in the mountains just beyond the edge of Tokyo-III. A pair of crimson-red clawed hands grabbed the sides of the opening on the cylinder from the dark interior. A huge red foot smashed into the ground, and a gigantic mecha pulled itself into the open air. It hesitated for a second, before turning to face the Evas...
"Shit! That's the Alfa! Eva team move in and destroy it immediately!!!" Gendo yelled, jumping out of his seat in shock. Like the Timber Wolf he knew what it was but hadn't briefed anyone else on it.
"Roger! Moving in for attack!" Asuka responded. She ran to the side to try to flank it, while Shinji and Rei took aim and fired their rifles at it. Their bullets just bounced off the giant mecha's armor, however. Asuka charged in, progressive knife in hand, to slash at it's side. Just before she arrived a cannon took aim and fired a 70mm slug into her Eva's chest, knocking it over like a 500-foot tall bowling pin! Another cannon took aim at Unit-01...
"Asuka! Are you allright?" Shinji asked. He was about to move in to help when suddenly a bright red beam tore through the air at incredible speed from a small cannon on the mecha's shoulder. It smacked into the Eva's chest, and tore through the armor, the eva's body, and straight through the entry plug! It ripped through the LCL, cavitating and boiling it as it passed within an inch of Shinji's right ear, before proceeding to go through the entire backside of the Eva and shoot off into the distant unknown. The Eva collapsed like a sack of potatoes!
"Shinji!" Rei exclaimed. She grabbed the damaged Eva and started dragging it towards the nearest elevator. Asuka started firing her rifle as she also retreated to a nearby elevator. The giant mecha had won without taking even a scratch...
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"Eject the Entry Plug, we have to get him out of there!" Misato demanded. Eva unit-01, which was now secured in the cage, ejected it's entry plug. It was leaking LCL from a pair of holes roughly at the center and on exact opposite sides. The door opened, the LCL spilled onto the floor, and the robotic arm retrieved the seat and pilot.
Shinji was in bad shape. His nose and right ear were bleeding, and he was totally unconscious. The shock of the bullet had given him a minor concussion, which he would easily recover from, but was still dangerous. He again was moved to the hospital and placed in a recovery capsule. The doctors said that he'd be able to work again in sixteen hours, but his hearing would take much longer to recover.
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"According to estimates and information from our colleague from the United States the thing that attacked us was a Russian attack mecha, built before the end of the Cold War. It's armed with some sort of railgun that's capable of penetrating an AT-field, which we thought was impossible. An unconfirmed report states that the slug that was fired through the Eva penetrated the Earth's crust and emerged somewhere in Libya and still had sufficient velocity to escape the Earth's gravitational field. In any case the Russian mecha holds the entire city, we have no way to take it out as an Eva is at risk from it's railgun. Our estimates are that the Russians currently control 90% of our country. Without immediate support it's only a matter of time before they take over the Geo Front and we're finished." Ritsuko said in her usual briefing.
"I've already taken the liberty of bringing several of our soldiers into the country. I've got 5 from E-Division to act as guards for the control room, the Cage, and the MAGI. I also brought in a young marine to act as a guard for the pilots. Her name's Jamie Sanders, and she'll accompany the pilots wherever they go until we have this situation resolved. Is that acceptable?" Drake asked, while lighting another cigarette.
"Yes. Now if you'll excuse me I need to make a call..." Gendo replied. He got up and walked into his office. He then picked up the telephone, dialed a number and said "This is Ikari, get me General Anderson..."
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Meanwhile Asuka and Rei had just finished changing into their normal clothes and were about to exit the locker room when they saw a girl with dark blonde hair and wearing camo fatigues leaning up against the doorframe. Asuka stepped belligerently in front of Rei and said "Move it!"
"I'd like to see you make me. And here some baka send me to protect you two kids..." she replied, oddly enough in Japanese dispute wearing American camo!
"And just who are you anyway?" Asuka demanded.
"I'm Corporal Jamie Sanders. You must be Asuka Langley Soyru. I should've guessed, between your hair and your attitude..."
"Why you..."
"And she must be Rei Ayanami... I was briefed on you, and I seem to be stuck babysitting on you two, as well as Shinji what's-his-face once he gets out of the hospital. It's just some baka didn't tell the operation commander that I'm a tomboy and I don't do this shit!" she trailed off. Asuka blinked, realizing that she wasn't the only girl with a bad attitude in the room anymore! She pushed Jamie out of the way and marched down the hall to wherever she was going. Jamie stepped out of the way so Rei could pass before following the blue-haired girl...
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"This is General Anderson, who the fuck is it?" said a huge man on a monitor in Gendo's office. He was wearing a black trench coat a green beret and an Israeli gas mask of all things.
"It's Ikari. We need assistance..." Gendo said reluctantly. Colonel Drake lit a cigarette then said to the monitor
"He's right. We were just attacked by a Russian Alfa X. The Evangelion unit 01 was cut down by a single hit from it's railgun. It's my recommendation that we initiate a code 4211."
"Why the fuck not? Gendo, I'm placing colonel Drake in charge of all fuckin' NERV operations. You are now second in command to him, you will follow his fuckin' orders. You are still in operational command of NERV, but you WILL follow his fucking orders!"
"Yes sir." Gendo replied. "Is there anything else?"
"We're sending reinforcements. You can expect help to arrive in four days. That's fucking all for now, QC out." the monitor went black. Gendo turned in his seat to face the Colonel.
"So, anything that I should know?"
"Yes, prepare to counterattack the Alfa as soon as repairs to Unit 01 are complete and it's pilot has recovered. Until then..." The colonel turned and walked out of the office. As soon as the door shut Gendo slammed his fist into the desk and he muttered several curses. His command had been snatched right out from under his nose and there wasn't anything he could do about it!
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Shinji woke with a start. He jumped up in the recovery bed, not realizing that the doctors had stripped him of his clothes! He quickly realized this and pulled the bed sheets over himself before looking over and seeing that both Rei and Asuka were in the room! There was also another girl in the room who looked a few years older and was chewing gum.
"Well Shinji, how's your balance?" the strange girl asked.
"I feel allright... Who are you anyway?"
"I'm Corporal Jamie Sanders. I've been assigned to babysit you and your two friends here. Well get some clothes on and let's get going. Your commanders just told me that you're counterattacking in an hour." Jamie and the other two pilots walked out of the room so Shinji could dress in privacy. As he put on his clothes he realized that he had a large bandage over his right ear and he couldn't hear a thing out of it! He finished dressing and walked out into the hallway just as Jamie popped another square of gum into her mouth.
"You got any more of that?" Asuka asked. Jamie said nothing but reached into her fatigue pocket and handed Asuka a box labeled 'Nicorette.' "On second thought, never mind..."
"Tell me about it... This stuff tastes like shit! Well we don't have time to waste. Let's get going."
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Ten minutes later the pilots were preparing to enter the Evas. They had just put on their plug suits and were about to enter the Entry plug when the ground shook again. Not quite as bad as before, but bad enough to raise the concerns of everyone in the Geo Front. Meanwhile up in the control room Gendo was nowhere to be seen. Where he usually sat Colonel Drake now sat, smoking another cigarette and looking over the situation. Fuyutsuki, who was right next to him, gave an annoyed glance before stating
"Sir, the Evas are ready."
"Good. Captain Katsuragi, you may proceed with the attack." Drake ordered.
"Yes sir." Misato replied. She picked up the intercom and gave the order... "EVA LAUNCH!"
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The Evas suddenly shot up in the launching tubes. All three pilots braced themselves for both the sudden stop and the inevitable attack of the enemy. Seconds later all three Evas emerged from the hatches in the streets, and immediately disengaged from their restraints and took cover. The huge Alfa stood in the middle of the First District like a soldier on top of a bare hill. Vulnerable, and yet hard to reach. The pilots knew well that their rifles were totally ineffective against it's armor, so Asuka spoke up.
"Allright, we go in and hit that with our prog knives, retreat, wait fifteen seconds, and repeat the cycle. We'll remain on external power unless it interferes with the attack. Got it?"
"Understood..." Rei replied.
"Let's just hope this works..." Shinji mumbled.
"It's going to work! ATTACK!!!" In that instant Asuka jumped over the building she was hiding behind and leapt at the Alfa, swinging her progressive knife at it and slicing it's arm! Shinji and Rei charged up and stabbed the Alfa almost simultaneously, causing a brilliant shower of sparks but not much else. The progressive knives cut through the Alfa's armor like butter, but were too short to hit anything inside... Suddenly Drake's face popped up on the communicator and he said
"You have three minutes to defeat the Alfa. It's preparing to attack NERV with a surface-piercing nuclear weapon! Destroy it immediately!" His image instantly disappeared from the screens.
"You heard him! What are we waiting for?" Asuka demanded. She swung again, hitting a bundle of cables and causing a massive explosion, sending her Eva flying! It sailed through the air for over three miles before the cable stopped it from going any further, at which point it just crashed to the ground.
"NYYYYYYYYYGGGHHH!!" Shinji yelled, He stabbed the progressive knife into the hole the explosion had caused, embedding the Eva's arm up to the elbow in the mechanical monster! He wildly twisted his Eva's wrist around, shredding the contents of the Alfa. Without any warning a series of explosions ripped through the Alfa, engulfing both it and the Evas in a ball of fire! The Alfa blew apart at the seams, sending pieces of metal screaming through the air. What was left of the Alfa's skeleton fell to the ground in a molten lump!
"What?!? You beat it without me? Idiot! When we get back to the Geo Front you're gonna hear it from me mister!" Asuka yelled.
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Drake looked down at his watch. Fifteen seconds longer and the Alfa would've fired it's deadly payload into the Geo Front and they all would be dead. He lit another cigarette and stood up, then walked silently to Gendo's office. He walked up to the desk where Gendo was seated and said
"The threat is eliminated. Your son did the honors."
"Good work. I've already got Anderson on the line." He turned the monitor to face Drake, who motioned for Gendo to leave the room. As soon as Gendo was gone Drake started talking.
"Sir, the Alfa X has been destroyed. It is my recommendation that we bring Timber Wolf into the country along with the reinforcements your already sending. Is that acceptable?"
"Abso-fucking-luteley. When my fuckin' reinforcements arrive I'll fuckin' be placing Major Adams in charge of the mother-fuckin' SDF, with you as his CO. Any fuckin' questions?"
"Yes, how many enemy ICBMs have we shot down so far?"
"247 fuckin' rockets. It seems former fuckin' president Bush's missile defense system works after all. Any-fuckin'-thing else?"
"No. Thank you sir." Drake said while turning off the monitor. He let Gendo back into the room.
"What was all of that about?"
"Nothing. Our SDI system has shot down 247 missiles so far and the reinforcements will arrive in three days as planned. Now I have some pressing business to take care of. Good day." Drake stated, then he left the room.
"Great... Why did they have to do this...
To be continued...
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is the first half of BOT1D Eva. Yes Drake is the Smoking Man from the X-Files, so don't even ask! It won't be long before I start work on part 2, so just wait for the end of the world!!! See ya on the other side. -QC
