Shin Seiki Evangelion
The Gospel Of The New Era
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"So Ikari, was this expected as well?" asked Kouzou, from Gendo's right shoulder.
Gendo kept staring into the darkness. "Yes."
"Who can we risk for unit 04's reactivation," began Kouzou. "You know, as well as I, that Unit 04's test pilot was found dead in the Entry Plug. And we have few pilots to spare."
"Worry not, Professor. I have already prepared a pilot and he's just reaching the 2nd Branch at this moment. In fact, he was quite excited at the prospect of piloting." Gendo was almost smirking behind his hands.
The older man caught on quickly. "Is it necessary to use him? This may be the last straw for your son's mind."
"I've taken that into account already. He's finding the path to sanity, as we speck. That is, if he takes it."
Kouzou arched an eyebrow. "What do you mean Ikari?"
"You'll know soon enough."
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"Well today's the day, Shinji," Misato told Shinji. They were both sitting at the table, eating breakfast.
"I know Misato. I just hope it's not like last time." Shinji cast his eyes down and looked at his feet. He almost jumped when he felt a pair arms encircle him and Misato's head came to a rest in between his neck and shoulder.
"So do I Shinji. So do I," she said softly.
After a minute Misato got up. Shinji did as well, and then he cleaned the dishes, while Misato finished getting ready.
"Come on Shinji, it's time to go," Misato called out in a semi-serious tone as she walked towards the door.
Shinji nodded and followed her, but stopped just at the threshold.
"Wait! Misato, who is the pilot?" he implored.
She sighed. "I'm sorry Shinji, but they didn't tell. I was informed that the pilot's identity was irrelevant to the test."
He shrugged "That's alright. I mean it's not like I know anyone else that they would want to be a pilot."
"True," Misato said with a grin.
Shinji soon found himself riding in Misato's deathtrap, known as her car. After a moment she notice that his eyes were glued to the speedometer, which read 160kph (100mph).
"Something the matter Shin-chan?" she asked teasingly.
"Too fast," he muttered ominously.
"Well, then you won't mind telling me what you and Miss. Ibuki have been up to, the past two weeks?" she purred as she sped up the car's pace.
He began stuttering. "We. ha.h.haven't.I mean, I haven't.No that's not rig- "
Misato cut him off. "It's alright Shinji, Maya told me everything."
He swallowed. "You're not mad?"
"Why would I? You're just helping her out fill out paper work, right?"
"No," he said shaking his head. "I've been helping her maintain the Evas."
She stared at him. "How did you learn to do that?"
"Remember that disk you gave me?"
She kept staring at him. "No way. The stuff on it was over my head, and I went to college!"
"It just comes really easy to me, must be.Oh my God! Stop!" Shinji yelled while pointing at NERV's main gate, which was only a few meters from them. It was also shut.
"Shit," she screamed, as she slammed on the brakes. The car spun out of control for a second, but Misato recovered it.
The car came to a final lurch, one millimeter from the titanium gate.
"You okay, Shinji?" asked a very nervous major.
"I think so, but I think my stomach is in the backseat."
She nodded. "Same here."
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"Ma'am," Makoto said over the din in the command room. "Unit 01 is in place."
Misato nodded. "Good. How long until they arrive Shigeru?" she asked, turning to the longhaired lieutenant.
"Twenty minutes, Major," he replied.
Misato looked up at the main monitor, which was displaying live feed of unit 01's Entry Plug. "You okay Shinji?"
He nodded. "I'm fine Misato. But, I'm still praying."
The major shrugged. "Didn't know you were the religious type, Shinji."
All the techs lightly chuckled as they watched Shinji squirm and stutter. That is, all but Maya.
"Shinji, you know the procedure that we're using today. Nothing can contaminate unit 04, without our knowing," Maya told Shinji.
"I know, but something can still go wrong." he said morosely.
"What? Shinji, this was your idea in the first place! Are you trying to tell me that you're not good enough to do this?" exclaimed Maya.
Misato, along with Shigeru and Makoto, glanced questioningly between the two. "What the Hell are you two talking about?" they yelled in unison.
Both Shinji and Maya blushed.
"Well you s.see." began Shinji, as he rubbed his head.
Maya sighed and cut him off. "As you probable don't already know, Shinji is my assistant; and when I was asked to devise a plan to safely transport unit 04, we brainstormed. Well, to cut a long story short, Shinji came up with the idea that we keep the Eva in basic life support mode for the flight."
Misato blinked. "You mean that it was Shinji's plan?"
"Yes, it was," Maya assured her.
"Wow!" exclaimed a smiling Misato. "That was a good plan Shinji. I'm really impressed"
"Thanks, Misato. But it did you find out who the pi-"
Shigeru interrupted him by saying, in a commanding tone, "Unit 04 will be making ground contact in one minute."
Misato looked up at Shinji. "Alright Shinji. Get ready."
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Shinji looked into the sky, through the eye's of 01. He could almost feel the presence of unit 04 just over the horizon.
Eva.
The creatures born of the same tissue that Angels came from.
'That was what Kaworu said', recalled Shinji.
Angels. Sent by God to test man, to see if he deserved life. And that was good.
But Rei said something else was coming.
Their antithesis.
Dea-
"Unit 04 will reach the ground in ten seconds!" yelled Makoto, thus bracing Shinji from his thoughts.
Shinji and the command crew both watched a man shaped blur fall from the sky. The blur landed gracefully on the ground.
As it stood, Shinji noted that it was mainly silver with red trim and had two eyes. The demonic being stared at him a moment, before a comm. channel with the other pilot, opened in his entry plug.
"Hey! How have you been, Shinji?" exclaimed Kensuke as he gave his friend the victory sign.
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The scene opens up with a shot of Rei sitting on a park bench, reading a book. Suddenly an orangutan runs up to her, waving around bottles of dry Tang mix.
Rei:Yes?
Orangutan: Oh! Ah! Ah!
Rei simply ignores it.
It looked at her funny, and then it threw one of the bottles at her. The bottle bounced off of her A.T. field.
Rei: You have annoyed me.
She waved her arm at the primate. It melted into a puddle of L.C.L.
Rei closed her book and starts to walk off.
Rei: Tang. It's a kick in the A.T. field.
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Written by Baladar. Send all comments to Tasslehoff_11@yahoo.com
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Neon Genesis Evengelion is owned by GAINAX
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Chapter III-"Here, Now, and Then ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
"So Ikari, was this expected as well?" asked Kouzou, from Gendo's right shoulder.
Gendo kept staring into the darkness. "Yes."
"Who can we risk for unit 04's reactivation," began Kouzou. "You know, as well as I, that Unit 04's test pilot was found dead in the Entry Plug. And we have few pilots to spare."
"Worry not, Professor. I have already prepared a pilot and he's just reaching the 2nd Branch at this moment. In fact, he was quite excited at the prospect of piloting." Gendo was almost smirking behind his hands.
The older man caught on quickly. "Is it necessary to use him? This may be the last straw for your son's mind."
"I've taken that into account already. He's finding the path to sanity, as we speck. That is, if he takes it."
Kouzou arched an eyebrow. "What do you mean Ikari?"
"You'll know soon enough."
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"Well today's the day, Shinji," Misato told Shinji. They were both sitting at the table, eating breakfast.
"I know Misato. I just hope it's not like last time." Shinji cast his eyes down and looked at his feet. He almost jumped when he felt a pair arms encircle him and Misato's head came to a rest in between his neck and shoulder.
"So do I Shinji. So do I," she said softly.
After a minute Misato got up. Shinji did as well, and then he cleaned the dishes, while Misato finished getting ready.
"Come on Shinji, it's time to go," Misato called out in a semi-serious tone as she walked towards the door.
Shinji nodded and followed her, but stopped just at the threshold.
"Wait! Misato, who is the pilot?" he implored.
She sighed. "I'm sorry Shinji, but they didn't tell. I was informed that the pilot's identity was irrelevant to the test."
He shrugged "That's alright. I mean it's not like I know anyone else that they would want to be a pilot."
"True," Misato said with a grin.
Shinji soon found himself riding in Misato's deathtrap, known as her car. After a moment she notice that his eyes were glued to the speedometer, which read 160kph (100mph).
"Something the matter Shin-chan?" she asked teasingly.
"Too fast," he muttered ominously.
"Well, then you won't mind telling me what you and Miss. Ibuki have been up to, the past two weeks?" she purred as she sped up the car's pace.
He began stuttering. "We. ha.h.haven't.I mean, I haven't.No that's not rig- "
Misato cut him off. "It's alright Shinji, Maya told me everything."
He swallowed. "You're not mad?"
"Why would I? You're just helping her out fill out paper work, right?"
"No," he said shaking his head. "I've been helping her maintain the Evas."
She stared at him. "How did you learn to do that?"
"Remember that disk you gave me?"
She kept staring at him. "No way. The stuff on it was over my head, and I went to college!"
"It just comes really easy to me, must be.Oh my God! Stop!" Shinji yelled while pointing at NERV's main gate, which was only a few meters from them. It was also shut.
"Shit," she screamed, as she slammed on the brakes. The car spun out of control for a second, but Misato recovered it.
The car came to a final lurch, one millimeter from the titanium gate.
"You okay, Shinji?" asked a very nervous major.
"I think so, but I think my stomach is in the backseat."
She nodded. "Same here."
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"Ma'am," Makoto said over the din in the command room. "Unit 01 is in place."
Misato nodded. "Good. How long until they arrive Shigeru?" she asked, turning to the longhaired lieutenant.
"Twenty minutes, Major," he replied.
Misato looked up at the main monitor, which was displaying live feed of unit 01's Entry Plug. "You okay Shinji?"
He nodded. "I'm fine Misato. But, I'm still praying."
The major shrugged. "Didn't know you were the religious type, Shinji."
All the techs lightly chuckled as they watched Shinji squirm and stutter. That is, all but Maya.
"Shinji, you know the procedure that we're using today. Nothing can contaminate unit 04, without our knowing," Maya told Shinji.
"I know, but something can still go wrong." he said morosely.
"What? Shinji, this was your idea in the first place! Are you trying to tell me that you're not good enough to do this?" exclaimed Maya.
Misato, along with Shigeru and Makoto, glanced questioningly between the two. "What the Hell are you two talking about?" they yelled in unison.
Both Shinji and Maya blushed.
"Well you s.see." began Shinji, as he rubbed his head.
Maya sighed and cut him off. "As you probable don't already know, Shinji is my assistant; and when I was asked to devise a plan to safely transport unit 04, we brainstormed. Well, to cut a long story short, Shinji came up with the idea that we keep the Eva in basic life support mode for the flight."
Misato blinked. "You mean that it was Shinji's plan?"
"Yes, it was," Maya assured her.
"Wow!" exclaimed a smiling Misato. "That was a good plan Shinji. I'm really impressed"
"Thanks, Misato. But it did you find out who the pi-"
Shigeru interrupted him by saying, in a commanding tone, "Unit 04 will be making ground contact in one minute."
Misato looked up at Shinji. "Alright Shinji. Get ready."
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Shinji looked into the sky, through the eye's of 01. He could almost feel the presence of unit 04 just over the horizon.
Eva.
The creatures born of the same tissue that Angels came from.
'That was what Kaworu said', recalled Shinji.
Angels. Sent by God to test man, to see if he deserved life. And that was good.
But Rei said something else was coming.
Their antithesis.
Dea-
"Unit 04 will reach the ground in ten seconds!" yelled Makoto, thus bracing Shinji from his thoughts.
Shinji and the command crew both watched a man shaped blur fall from the sky. The blur landed gracefully on the ground.
As it stood, Shinji noted that it was mainly silver with red trim and had two eyes. The demonic being stared at him a moment, before a comm. channel with the other pilot, opened in his entry plug.
"Hey! How have you been, Shinji?" exclaimed Kensuke as he gave his friend the victory sign.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Omake "Who Killed Kaji"(Part 2) Commercial ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
The scene opens up with a shot of Rei sitting on a park bench, reading a book. Suddenly an orangutan runs up to her, waving around bottles of dry Tang mix.
Rei:Yes?
Orangutan: Oh! Ah! Ah!
Rei simply ignores it.
It looked at her funny, and then it threw one of the bottles at her. The bottle bounced off of her A.T. field.
Rei: You have annoyed me.
She waved her arm at the primate. It melted into a puddle of L.C.L.
Rei closed her book and starts to walk off.
Rei: Tang. It's a kick in the A.T. field.
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Written by Baladar. Send all comments to Tasslehoff_11@yahoo.com
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Neon Genesis Evengelion is owned by GAINAX
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