Darkness of the Dawn
I don't Own anything having to do with Evangelion GAINAX does.
@@@- (my notes); ****- Flashback/Dream
Prologue:
Shinji woke up suddenly, the sweat dripping off his body onto his sad bed. He sighed slowly and looked around to see the empty void in which he lived for the past few years.
**** After he had rejected Third Impact he had gone with his mother (Unit 01) into hiding. In the destroyed remains of the Geo-Front he waited with her as all of Japan became deserted. They watched carefully as people would scour the remains of the once great city and wait. Finally after everyone had moved on, thus leaving Japan deserted (well almost). Slowly with the help of the most powerful creation man had ever made he built himself a small shelter so he could live. Over the years he had managed to adjust to the new life he had.****
His eyes slowly finished focusing, as he wiped the sleep out of his eyes. He slowly realized that he was staring straight into the demonic face of Unit 01. He turned and looked at the lake next to his "home" he looked around then slowly spoke to himself. "Hmm I had that dream again." Shinji turns and looks at Unit 01. "I know the reason you think I keep having that dream." Shinji looks down as his fist opens and closes. "Yes I think you're right. But, I don't think that they will be as forgiving as you say they will mother." (@@@ If you haven't figured it out by now Shinji can communicate with his mother who still remains in Unit 01.) Shinji looks at the scars on his arms as if remembering someone. Suddenly he runs to the lake and begins to swim. "I don't feel like going into it right now mother maybe later." Slowly he lets himself sink into the water allowing it to cover his whole body.
Later Shinji climbs out of Unit 01's Entry Plug and crawls his way down the side of the machine until he reaches the ground where he walks over to the hand and looks at the contents. Slowly he moves twisted pieces of metal as well as other debris every so often he throws something to the side until he finishes looking through the junk. He jumps down and walks to the pile and begins to carefully examine the things he had thrown there. "Well it looks like we got a good pile today mother. We got a 9 mm pistol intact." He pulls out the clip and looks at it. "Complete with bullets. We also got a picture frame that is a bit melted but could be useful for something." He looks up at 01 and smiles laughing lightly. "No mom I will not be putting a picture of my girlfriend in here. We also got a slightly singed chair and four rounds of ammunition for the AK-47." Shinji picked up the pistol as the rounds of ammo and carried them over to a metal box within his shelter. He lifted the lid to reveal a very extensive weapons arsenal that would make Kensuke drool. Next to the large box a smaller wood one held the bullets and other ammunition for the guns. Although Shinji never thought he would need to use them he figured they could be useful if he ever really needed them.
As the day went on Shinji just seemed to think about things while arranging his new furniture in his home. Finally he walked back outside and into the harsh sun the decrease in ozone had caused the sun to be very intense over the former fortress of Tokyo III. "Well mom it looks like winter is almost here I guess I'll have to start wearing my longer shorts." He looked down at the ground as he leaned in the shade against the leg of the bio-mechanical war-machine. "I guess it won't hurt to talk about it for a little bit." He sat down and looked up at 01. "I still don't think they would want to see me again, especially her. The only reason the other people ever even talked to me was because I was an Eva pilot." He stops almost as if he is listening to a reply. "I seriously doubt that Touji would want to see me ever again, especially after what happened to him. I know it's not my fault but that doesn't help much either I mean the boy is handicapped because of that." He move a little as he picks up a rock and throws it into the lake. "The only reason any of them would ever want to see me again is if they needed me for something." He looks up and watches as the sun slowly falls beneath the horizon. "Well I guess I'll go to bed good night mother." Shinji slowly climbs to his feet as he walks back to his shabby home and prepare for another restless night of sleep. As he walks away you can see the eyes of Unit 01 flicker with light then suddenly grow dark.
Slowly overheard and unnoticeable to the naked eye a satellite was slowly passing over them and observing them. Soon the satellite began to transmit various data back to a different point on earth.
Maya Ibuki looked up at her console as information from the most recently acquired satellite began to be read by the Magi II super-computer. "Major we have a transmission from surveillance satellite 091." "Understood, put it on the main screen." Slowly a very distorted image began to appear on the main screen of Central Dogma in the Nerv Second Branch of America. "Image on screen Major." Soon Central Dogma erupted in a frenzy of activity. "Are these images and readings correct Lieutenant Ibuki?" "With all the data that we were able to receive the Magi II say there is an eighty-five percent chance that these images are indeed Unit 01." The major nodded to her subordinates, as she looked at the distorted image that was shown on the main screen. The image though very poor did show something out of the ordinary, They showed a very large humanoid shape that seemed to be crouching, the most noticeable features of the shape were the long protrusions from the shoulder region, as well as the horn like growth on it's face. Soon the images had been stored in the Magi's database as "Top Secret", and all involved were instructed to not relay the incident to any one. Soon the Director of Operations had a copy of the new data in hand and was moving to the office of the Supreme High Commander of Nerv, Gendo Ikari.
(To Be Continued)
Author's notes.
Well there it is the prologue. Just to let you reader know Shinji sustained some injuries from the final battle with the production model Evas. He also if you hadn't noticed has an almost mental link with his mother. Also since he lives in the remains of Tokyo III he often tries to find things that he can salvage from the remains of the city as well as from the Geo-Front, so naturally since the last major event that happened there was the invasion by SEELE and the JSSDF on NERV, there would be a lot of guns and other weapons around. That's all I can think of to address right now. As always Review please.
Next Chapter: What has happened to the other pilots and Shinji's friends? Where is everyone? Will Shinji ever have to wear pants again? Find out.
