Better Role Models Ch.5
Arrival
Shinji walked out of Tokyo-3 airport. He had a long bike ride to this Nerv. About two days worth of exercise still he sucked it up and put on his hat backwards and started the usual bike ride almost perfectly mimicking a certain someone. He also found out that what Kintaro said helped. Think of one word that always will help you.
Control. Control. Control. Control. Control. Control. Control. Control. Shinji thought he tried the whole study bit but it didn't help him like control did he was biking really fast on the highway. Passing several cars he made it to the outskirts of Tokyo-3 by evening. It started to rain. He took out his poncho and continued his bike ride. Sure he would have to find a place to sleep or not sleep at all. He then heard a fain scream from a dark alley. A feminine voice. He knew that in this weather and conditions what some people would do. He turned his bike around and distinctively found the voice. He found a young woman wearing a kind of uniform. She had tinted brown hair. It looked kind of black. She was against a wall with three guys all holding knives. A bag of groceries on the ground with the rain passing by.
"Be quiet and you won't get hurt." One of the burly men said covering the woman's mouth. Maya Ibuki was going to cry.
"STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!" Shinji yelled jumping off of his bike and slamming into the one that spoke. These guys were all bigger. One fat man with a mustache another very built but gritty in other words. Also one slim guy but he still looked like he could do some damage. Shinji slammed into the muscular one that was holding the woman down.
"WHAT THE FUCK?" The fat brute yelled. Shinji then turned around swiftly causing his poncho to whip around revealing that he was present. The lightning and thunder crashed showing in light the distinct brown poncho in the rain. The fat brute lunged at Shinji. Shinji simply jumped up finding plenty of time to do whatever he wanted. He then did a flip in the air and over the guy and landed in back of him. The brute turned around and lunged at Shinji with his knife. Shinji simply grabbed the wrist with one hand and broke it. Causing the knife to drop to the ground. Shinji kicked the knife so it flew into a wall. The buff brute stood up and flung himself with rage at Shinji. Shinji jumped into the air and successfully did a 360 kick. Giving him lots of momentum he spun in the air and kicked the brute in the face. He gracefully landed. All of a sudden he felt a knife cut through the poncho revealing his clothes. A white button up shirt and blue jeans the knife came from the falling muscular brute that was now knocked out. The fat guy stood up and grabbed Shinji from the back.
While this was happening a stunned Maya watched. The slim man just stood against the wall next to her. The fat man then tried to arm bar Shinji. Shinji flung his head back and connected with his opponent's cranium. He then turned around and kneed him in the stomach making sure to knock him out. Just as this was done the slim man moved. He grabbed Maya and took out a gun and aimed it at Shinji. Shinji now completely drenched and his white shirt translucent unknown to him stood on top of the fat mans stomach. He had one leg on the man's stomach while the other on the ground.
"So hero you think you can stop a bullet? Come and get the girl from me." The slim guy stated. He then backed up trying to get out of the alley. Shinji simply looked at him with a glare that set the attacker off. He fired a very bad mistake. Shinji took notice of the bang and darted directly at his opponent sure the bullet grazed his shirt causing a big hole across the shoulders and drew just a little blood. He was angry very angry. He charged and stopped directly in front of Maya who was still stunned. He then grabbed the gun and flipped it so he had the gun cocked and loaded.
"You think I would use a gun like a coward. Fight me." Shinji stated with rage. He then drew the clip out and took the gun apart in mere seconds. He learned that from Ranma. Holding the clip in his hand he looks directly at the attacker. The slim brute drops Maya and darts off. Not fast enough. Shinji threw the clip full force and it hit the man right in the head knocking him unconscious.
"Are you all right?" Shinji picked up the now glazed eyed woman. She didn't move just looked at him longingly. She now had a crush on him it was kind of obvious. He lifted her up and handed her the groceries that were good.
"Here you go ma'am." Shinji said handing the bag over. He then felt a pang of pain. He looked to his left shoulder and saw the hole and some blood not a lot but a cut nonetheless.
"Thank you and my god you are bleeding." Maya said dropping the groceries right in front of an irritated Shinji. She still hadn't gotten a good look at her saviors face yet but she was worried. What if he died trying to save her? She was one of the emotional ones Shinji noticed that.
"It's ok now go home before more people like that come by. I will be all right. Go before you get mugged again." Shinji waved it off while standing up giving a good view of his features in the sudden flash of lightning. Maya took a breath in at how handsome the person who saved her was. He then gripped his shoulder grabbed the bag and hat. Taking the fallen bike he took off for a place to get a band-aid or something. Maya just watched him leave with an open mouth. She then finally coming back to reality ran to her apartment she had to get to work tomorrow. She was still daydreaming about the person who saved her while trying to sleep.
Two days later
Shinji stood in front of the designated phone booth. It seemed like no one was in the city. Where could everyone have gone? He slept through the so-called alarm so he had no idea. He picked up the phone.
"Please relocate yourself to the nearest shelter." The computerized voice said. Shinji got a little aggravated and punched the phone. He had been standing there for half an hour. The phone crumpled on itself. Then he heard a giant explosion. Looking in the direction he saw a huge jet flying at him. He took that exact moment to mount his bike and take off at an incredible speed. The resulted explosion only made him move faster.
While this was happening Misato Katsuragi was speeding along the streets. Her infamous driving technique in the blue sports car she was looking for the place she was supposed to meet the third child. She only had a picture of him from a few years back still it worked. She gazed at the picture for a moment then looked up at the initial explosion. Coming at her was a bike moving at the speed of who knows what. Shinji had no idea that the car would speed out of nowhere so he didn't slow down he was just running from the huge giant monster coming at him. He hit the car causing him to fly in the air. He used the front of the car like a ramp and went airborne. Misato only saw the tire on her window shield when she ducked. She then regaining her composer followed the bike that was speeding around. Shinji was driving like a maniac. He was sliding on his hands and feet on turns and still moving incredibly fast. Misato hadn't seen anything like it she just tried to get in front of the guy. She thought he was the third child because he was the only person out on the streets. She finally got to the side of the bike to get a good look at the person. She drew in a sharp breath and yelled.
"ARE YOU SHINJI IKARI?" Shinji looked to the direction of the call. He saw the certain purple hair beauty.
"YES. ARE YOU MS. KATSURAGI?" Shinji yelled still keeping one eye on the explosions drawing near.
"YES HOP IN." Misato screamed she didn't hear the definite order to evacuate over the radio. Shinji then saw a huge oncoming explosion. He saw that the driver of the car was too preoccupied so he dove into the car and knocked her over shielding her from the explosion. She was about to scream when she felt the car topple over and roll across the now blank plain. Shinji was worried about his bike and whether he would die or not. After the explosion was over he realized that his position was switched with the person he was protecting. Misato just looked at him. She was obviously straddling him and not caring. She just looked at the offspring of her commander the cold-hearted bastard. She didn't know that the commander actually looked like this kid. He was beautiful in her mind she just stared. Shinji used to this just pushed her off gently and jumped out looking for his bike. Kintaro was going to be so pissed. Meanwhile Misato just stood there starring at her discombobulated car. It looked like she was about to cry.
"Um maybe we should get to the place Nerv just maybe?" Shinji asked at the dazed Misato. She was just staring at the metal wreck of a car. She didn't move so Shinji seeking that the car was on its side walked over and kicked it with one foot. He didn't use his hands because they were in his pockets. As the car tumbled over Misato's eyes just followed.
"Um Ms. Katsuragi are you in shock or something?" Shinji softly shacked the purple haired woman. She finally snapped out of the trance.
"Um yes we should get going. But I don't think the car will start?" Misato said still lightheaded on the payments on the car.
"So what is that thing?" Shinji asked holding onto his bike to make sure it didn't fly through the already broken front window of the car.
"That is an Angel. Your father works for a place called Nerv. He protects humanity practically." Misato stated matter of fact.
"Hey kind of ironic." Shinji whispered under his breath.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
NERV HQ
Several Minutes later
Shinji was walking aimlessly around the base. He was just following Misato well she made him call her that now. He might have been to formal maybe. His head was stuck in that Nerv manual. He really didn't pay attention to the berating Misato got from the blonde. Hell his brain was on autopilot just saying who he was. Still he proceeded to follow these two women down into the bowels of Nerv.
"So here we are." Ritsuko said. Swiping a card the door opened to reveal complete blackness.
"So why are the lights out?" Shinji asked walking into the dark room. He felt an eerie ki surrounding this place and it was huge. It was sadness, pain, and anguish. Something was wrong very wrong. Then the lights flashed on to reveal the Unit one.
"What is that?" Shinji just pointed to it casually flipping through the handbook.
"You won't find it in there. This is an Eva. Man kinds last hope." Ritsuko lectured. Shinji would have fallen asleep pretty fast if not for his father.
"Yes this is a Eva and you will be piloting it." Gendo simply stated.
"So what if I refuse?" Shinji replied.
"Then mankind is doomed."
"So what does that have to do with me?"
"You have a use for me that is why you are here."
"Ok I already knew that. Still what can make me pilot this thing? Especially for you, bastard."
"Wake Rei." Shinji heard his father say. A few moments later a medical bed was rolling into the room. With a blue haired girl bandaged all over. Shinji felt ashamed. Still he didn't waver just on the outside that is.
"WHAT THE?" The ground rumbled and it felt like an earthquake. He saw the girl fall off the table. He ran to her aid. Lifting her in his arms to stop what pain she had. Then he felt a warm liquid on his hand. It was blood. He realized that a light was falling onto him, but he felt like he had all the time he wanted. Slowly the light fixture fell. Shinji felt an edging in his mind growing at an incredible rate. It was animalistic and primitive. Shinji took control getting rid of the sensation. His reflexes did the work on the light fixture. As it fell Shinji sat next to this Rei. Holding her. Then the light fixture was right above his head his forearm flung up and collided with it dead center. Shattering the glass, denting the metal, and sending a shock that shattered the cement connected to the light fixture.
"I will pilot for you. Just make sure that this girl is safe from harm." Shinji said in a low voice. He knew that this was a triumph card for him. He had to do it.
"I am proud of." Misato stopped as Shinji put his hand to her face. He stepped into the entry plug.
Minutes later
"EVA LAUNCH!" Misato yelled. As the Eva skyrocketed towards the surface. He was supposed to just think and the thing would move.
"Just concentrate on walking now. Ok." Ritsuko stated. She wasn't sure that his would work but they had to do it.
Shinji took his first steps in the evangelion. Everyone was amazed then he fell over. Sachiel walked over to the fallen foe and picked him up by the head. He strained the muscles on the Eva's neck then he started to use is extendable elbow to ram through the eye of the Eva. Again and again followed by a loud grunt of pain coming from Shinji. Sachiel seeing no resistance took his other arm and broke the Eva's. Once satisfied with his work he flung Unit 1 into a building. Blood seeping from its eye it was badly damaged. Inside Shinji was having difficulty he could feel the pain of the Eva also he didn't know how to work it. His eye filled with blood and his arm unusable he felt pent up rage filling him. Primitive instincts taking over Shinji tried to take control. His emotions couldn't get in the way. Still he felt a huge push to get up and attack at the threat that was on its way to Nerv.
"WHAT'S THE STATUS OF UNIT 1?" Misato yelled.
"IT'S SILENT." Maya yelled not knowing who exactly it was in the entry plug she arrived late.
"TARGET Is APROACHING NERV!" Makoto yelled.
"WAIT EVA UNIT 1 IS MOVING AGAIN! SYNC RATIO IS RISING DRAMATICLY!" Shigeru made it clear for everyone to look to the screenshot of the Eva. It was twitching and then it stood up.
"I will take care of this." Shinji said in a dry tone. Then in his Eva cracked the arm back into place. Outside the Eva took its good arm and grabbed the dislocated one. Twisting it in a loud crunch it was back from being dislocated. Everyone cringed at the sound. Then the first roar of Eva unit one came. Ritsuko thought it was a berserk but it would have started to act like an animal by now. It stood straight up adjusting its arm then charged.
Sachiel felt a different presence from behind him. He turned around to look at the charging Eva. It was moving incredibly fast. He shot a flaming cross at it and it still ran at top speed. Just moving to the side to avoid the blast. Shinji had his arms in back of him making the arms look like a V. He was charging and running low he was maybe a couple seconds from Sachiel. Sachiel now seeing the threat fired again and again. Shinji couldn't avoid one and got hit straight in the chest. Catching the flaming burst Shinji only backed up a few city blocks. Then he redirected the shot. Charging again he went in a circular route around his opponent getting closer every moment. Finally getting to his opponent Shinji jumped into the air and kicked the thing in its head. Taking the blow Sachiel grabbed the foot and flung the Eva upwards. Then firing several bursts on the descending Eva. Shinji got hit one after another. He finally couldn't control the primitive force anymore. He let himself slip but he didn't go unconscious. His mental ability still there would decide the fight.
"THERE IS NO WAY THAT HE IS AT THIS LEVEL OF PILOTING!" Ritsuko screamed watching the fight.
The Eva taking every hit just got into a diving position. Taking out its knife he descended at an incredible rate. Sachiel put up his AT field just as the Eva was going to hit. Shinji just dove straight through. The field slowed him down just a little bit. Not enough to save Sachiel though. As he landed he drove the knife into the core. Sachiel seeing no other means jumped onto his opponent and was going to self-destruct. The Eva jumped into the air with the angel attached. He was in the air when it exploded.
"The target has gone silent to sign of the Eva or the pilot." Shigeru explained. Everyone winced they lost a child and an Eva to just one angel and there were still a lot more where that one came from. As the flames settled a huge impact on the ground shuck the HQ. There below where the explosion was there was a kneeling Eva unit 1. It stood up and walked over to Nerv.
Sorry for the delay.