SHINJI THE GILLMAN
by Gunman

Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion, The Creature from The Black Lagoon, or their characters.

Summary: Shinji becomes a half-human Gillman and meets and falls in love with the beautiful Kay Lawrence.

Original idea from DragonMaster4872

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The tramp steamer, The Rita, was casually sailing down the Amazon river.

Aboard were the crusty captain Lucas and his two men, Chico and Zee.

Their passengers consisted of a group of scientists from the Brazilian Marine instutite.

There was ichthyologist Dr. David Reed, financially minded geologist Dr. Mark Williams, the expedition leader Dr. Carl Maia who is an expert in fossils, and biologist Dr. Edwin Thompson.

David's girlfriend and colleague, Kay Lawrence, had also come with them more as an assistant to David.

Some weeks before, Dr. Maia had ventured into the Amazon jungles to conduct a geology survey for the government. He and his party had found a skeletal hand with webbed fingers from the Devonian Period that proves a direct link between land and sea animals.

Maia had ordered his two assistants to stay in camp to keep looking for the rest of the skeleton while he returned to the marine biology institute in Brazil for additional help.

Carl was able to enlist his friend and former student, ichthyologist Dr. David Reed, to join him, after telling him exactly what he had found. David had worked at an aquarium in California, but more recently he had been a guest at Carl's institute in Brazil to study lungfish.

Carl and David persuade the more financially minded Dr. Mark Williams to fund a return expedition to the Amazon to look for the remainder of the skeleton. Dr. Edwin Thompson had agreed to join them, helping to bring much needed equipment to help them out.

The return trip had been a fairly long one. And Carl could not wait to find out what his two aides had dug up.

However, when they returned to the campsite, they found the two assistants gone. There was blood and signs of a struggle. And what's more, strange footprints that did not look human.

But the biggest mystery was a bloody hand-print which looked like the web-handed fossil they had discovered weeks earlier.

Kay Lawrence, who had remained on the boat while Carl, David and the others returned to the campsite that was just further inland, had grown restless during the whole trip, and decided to go for a swim.

She had heard stories of the dangerous creatures, like piranha, that lived in the Amazon. But here now, the lagoon they had come upon looked ever so peaceful and inviting.

Meanwhile, from the nearby brush, a pair of blue eyes, belonging to one Shinji Ikari, froze in place as he took in the beautiful woman that undid her clothing to reveal a sleek white outfit underneath.

Shinji Ikari had arrived in this jungle forest more than ten years ago. He had collided with a strange fish-like humanoid, and was knocked unconscious. He awoke to find himself underwater, and while panicked, quickly realized he was breathing under the water. He also quickly discovered he had gained some other unique attributes, such as enhanced eyesight, gills on his neck, strange webbings between his fingers, and even between his toes.

Shinji realized he was different now than he had been, the obvious fear he could not go near a human civilization dawning on him.

But that was fine for Shinji, at first, who had often avoided social gatherings and interactions. But after ten long years of seeing no one, even his fellow humanoid fish-man who seemed to leave Shinji alone, Shinji was curious about the new boatload of people who had arrived.

And even more so about the woman who had come with them.

Shinji couldn't help but stare at her. A beautiful woman in a white one-piece bathing suit that looked almost like a second skin on her athletic body. She had long dark brown hair and a face that would make any man stop and gawk at her.

He saw her jump into the lagoon and start paddling around. Silently and discreetly he swam out to her. He kept just underneath her as she swam along the surface of the lake, admiring her form as she swam. Eventually, Kay paused and just floated in the water.

It was then, out of curiosity and a bit of longing, that Shinji made his appearance.

Kay was startled when a human face emerged from the water right next to her.

"OH!" she gasped as the young man appeared out of nowhere.

"I'm sorry if I scared you." the handsome man said to her.

"Oh, no. I... I was just surprised." she said with a smile. "Who are you?"

"Shinji. Shinji Ikari." he introduced himself.

"You're Japanese?" she said, realizing the man did not look as Asian as she expected him to.

"Yes. Who are you?" he asked.

"Kay. Kay Lawrence." she said with a smile.

"Why are you here?"

"My boyfriend and his friends are searching for a mysterious fossil. A fish-man, or so they said."

"Oh. Him."

"Him?"

"There's another creature here. The Gill-Man. He might not be hospitable to your friends. You, he might leave alone. But the others..."

"I see. And... does he look like you?"

"No. He's much more... noticeable."

"And... does he get along with you?"

"He leaves me alone, and I'm fine with that. I don't think he likes humans that much."

Kay couldn't help but notice just how handsome he was.

She also noticed the gills on his neck, as well as the webbing on his hands.

Suddenly...

SHUNK!

"AHHHH!" Shinji screamed as a spear penetrated his shoulder.

"AH!" Kay shouted, more in surprise than anything as another spear impaled Shinji in the back.

"Drag Him In! Get The Net!" one of the men shouted as the spears, connected to wires, were pulled on and

Kay realized it was Doctor Maia who was shouting, but she was shocked when she realized that it was David who had fired the spears.

Kay swam after them as they throw a net over Shinji and haul him up into the boat.

"What are you doing? Stop!" Kay shouted as she swam after the injured and bleeding young man.

"Kay, stay back! He's dangerous!" David said as the men bound Shinji as quickly as they could.

"Dangerous?" she gasped in shock.

"He's the one who killed my assistants when I left here a week ago." Doctor Maia said.

"What?" Kay gasped.

"We found bloody hand prints at their camp, just like the fossil." David said.

"And I saw your own hands through my binoculars. They're a match!" Maia shouted as he shook, and slapped Shinji across the face. "Where are they? What did you do to my men?"

"What men? I don't... know any men." Shinji replied, his blood lose and the pain quickly getting to him, as they had not removed the spears.

"He's lying!" Lucas said with a sneer. "Stinking Japs killed my crew when they captured us back during the war. Don't trust 'em. Never did!"

"Well, his one's going to talk. And if he doesn't, we'll just have to make him." Doctor Williams said. "And if nothing else... we'll have to take him back with us. For study."

Kay couldn't believe what she was hearing. She had looked Shinji in the eyes and saw not a violent, murderer of men. And she couldn't believe what they were proposing to do to him. She wanted to tell them about the other Gill-Man, but David ushers her out of the boat's cabin.

"David, don't do this! David!" she cried out, but her words fall on deaf ears.

Kay felt her heart ache as she heard the sounds of torture conducted below the decks of the Rita.

The men draw his blood, drug him, electrocute him, and physically beat him. Though Shinji is tougher than he was before, tougher than a mere human, he could still feel what they were doing to him.

They constantly try to get information out of him, about the fish-man fossils and anything else. Shinji came to realize that they knew about the other creature in this lagoon and wanted his location. Which he flatly refused to give them.

'This is wrong. So wrong.' Kay thought to herself.

She had never seen physical violence or torture used on anyone, though she was aware that these men had fought in the War. That they had seen things no one should see. But what was worse was that David was going along with all this.

It was late at night as the group was trying to figure out what to do with him. Doctor Williams wanted to head back to the institute with their 'find' to have him studied and analyzed. Maybe they could even sell him to the military.

The vote cast, the group decides to head back, only to find the river blocked by several fallen trees.

While the crew and scientists tried to unblock the river pathway, Kay, having had enough, decided to help Shinji.

Shinji, drugged up, dehydrated and still tied up with the netting, is cut loose by Kay.

"M... Miss... Kay?" Shinji groggily said as the woman cut him free of the net.

"Come on. We have to hurry." She said as she helped him to his feet.

Just then, one of the men, Zee, came down into the cabin.

"Hey! What are you doing?" he said as he rushed Kay.

Shinji suddenly moved, intercepting the man and striking him hard in the throat then in the chest, knocking him back against the wall. The impact, however, knocked one of the lamps down, the fire and oil quickly catching the boat on fire.

The man was unconscious as Kay helped Shinji get above deck.

Kay grabbed a first aide kit, as Shinji still had the spears in his body, and helped Shinji get outside.

"HEY! FIRE! FIRE!" the other man, Chico, shouted as he saw smoke coming from the cabin.

Shinji and Kay were over the side of the boat while the men were rushing about trying to save The Rita. Though he was weak, Shinji still had enough strength to get them to the underwater entrance to the grotto.

It was during all the chaos that they did not notice a certain humanoid fish-man staring intently at the boat.

The Gill-Man had seen the female human help Shinji get away. He had heard his screams of pain and knew they were hurting him. That was why he had blocked the river so they could not escape. With the younger half-man away, he was free to carry out his vengeance against the ones, like the other two who had tried to hurt him several days ago, who had hurt his brother.

Shinji guided Kay to his secret grotto where he knew they would be safe.

"Thank you." he said weakly to her.

"Don't thank me yet. I still have to... get those spears... out of you." she gasped from the long swim.

The grotto was rather well furnished with various tables, chairs, and other salvaged items from various villages along the Amazon river bends.

Kay tended to his injuries, which were helped by him pulling the spears out of his own body. As she did, she came to realize her own situation.

She and David had been involved once before. Before his work drove a wedge between them. She had wanted to come with him on this expedition to try and get back together with him. But now that she had met Shinji, and saw the cruel treatment David and the others had inflicted upon him, well, she was in no hurry to go back.

She could have just helped Shinji escape and stayed on the boat. But... without proper medical attention, Shinji might not make it. Plus, she didn't want to know what David and the others would do to her if they found out she had freed their prisoner.

And, she had to admit, that when she first met Shinji, there was something about him that... intrigued and captivated her. Something that she found was growing more and more as she tended to his injures. She found him to be a kind and gentle soul, despite his athletic and hardened body. Which made him handsomer than David, adding to his already good looks as well.

It was more than a day later. Shinji was mostly healed, at least enough that he could forage for food for them both.

"We... you should probably get back to your boat." Shinji said.

"No." Kay replied, having just finished her fish dinner.

"No?"

Though she was confused as to why no one had come looking for them, she thought maybe this grotto was safe from unwanted intruders.

"I... I don't want to go back to them. Not after what they did to you."

"But... you can't stay here."

"Why not?"

"Well... there's nothing here for you."

"There's you."

"Kay..."

The beautiful brunette leaned in and kissed Shinji gently on the lips. Shinji wrapped his strong arms around her, staring deeply into her eyes. He ran his hand through her long brown hair, the young woman enjoying the feel of his gentle touch. Despite his webbed fingers. He leaned in and pressed his lips to her own. Kay deepened the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck as she pressed herself against him.

Kay pulled back from Shinji before removing her shirt and shorts, revealing she was still wearing her white swimsuit. She reached up to the straps of her suit, slowly peeling it off her shoulders and down her body. Shinji just stared as the beautiful women before him stripped herself naked, standing before him unashamed and with a lustful look in her eyes. Shinji could only stare at her shapely and athletic figure, obviously honed by years of swimming.

Shinji removed the jean-shorts he had on, the only clothes he had after finding them in a village down river, exposing his large erection to the woman. Kay gasped. Even David hadn't been that big when they were dating.

Shinji wrapped his arms around her body, holding her to him as he kissed her tenderly. Kay moaned as she returned the kiss, her arms wrapped tightly around his neck.

Shinji kissed down her body causing her to moan at his tender touch. She couldn't remember when she had been touched so gently before. He licked and suckled her bare breasts, the woman holding his head to her chest to keep him there. He kissed down her body, nuzzling his face against her smooth stomach. Kay ran her fingers through his hair as he continued to worship her body.

He paused when he came to her bare trimmed womanhood, gently blowing on her wet mound and causing her to shiver in ecstacy. Shinji licked and tenderly nipped at her womanhood, nearly causing her to orgasm right then and there. She threw her left leg over his shoulder as he continued to eat her out, quickly losing herself to the pleasure. She cried out in joy as she came all over him.

Shinji pulled Kay down to the soft sand of the grotto, the young woman getting on top of her lover as her wet womanhood was guided towards his raging manhood. She gasped as she impaled herself on his member, his hands on her hips to keep her in place. Kay held on to his shoulders to help her keep her balance, bouncing up and down as she slid along his manhood. She stared deeply into his eyes which looked back at her with love and adoration. She leaned in and kissed his lips, holding his face between her hands as his arms wrapped around her shapely body.

The soft glow of the full moon illuminated the grotto, giving the pair a sensuous glow as they made love to each other.

Kay found herself on her back as Shinji continued to thrust deeply into her, her arms and legs coiled around him like a snake, never wanting to let him go. The soft sand of the grotto barely scratched her skin as Shinji bore into her, kissing her lips passionately as his muscular chest rubbed against her fully aroused breasts.

He moved, faster and more furious, causing Kay to cry out in ecstacy, her body squeezed him tightly as she came, the half-gillman bringing her to an orgasm like she had never experienced before.

Kay laid against her lover, the half-gillman holding her close to him as they basked in the afterglow of their lovemaking and the illumination of the full moon.

"I wish I was like you." she said to him, her head on his chest.

"Well... there might be a way." he replied.

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(Five Years Later)

"Papa! Papa! Look! I Did It!" the young brown-haired girl shouted as she swam up to her father.

"I'm proud of you, sweetheart." Shinji said to his daughter as he enveloped her in his arms.

Kay looked on as her lover and their child continued to play in the grottos lagoon. Her belly was swollen and would soon give them their second child. Hopefully it would be a boy.

Living here in the Amazon jungle was difficult, but Kay was happy. She had a man who loved her and a family she always wanted.

Shinji was a good provider and protector. Even the more savage creatures of the jungle did not mess with him.

She looked back at the grotto, filled with everything from The Rita, chairs and pillows and mattresses and all the supplies they had brought with them. All of their clothes and equipment, not to mention tables and plates and silverwear, pots and pans, coffee pots, axes and saws and other hardware tools, and even Kays grooming tools like her hairbrush and combs. They even had books and book shelves, plus an old steamer trunk from 1890 which converts to a dresser for easy clothes storage. They had a cast iron cooking stove that was also from The Rita, which required wood to burn to cook their food. It had been heavy, but Kay was impressed that Shinji had managed to carry it all the way from The Rita to the grotto with little trouble.

She had been impressed as how Shinji managed to live in the jungle on spartan necessities. Her own needs were greater, but she managed.

She had been shocked when Shinji had ventured out to find things to make Kay's stay all the more comfortable, and came upon The Rita, but no sign of anyone else. The fire has scorched some of the boat, but it was mostly intact.

Shinji reasoned that the other Gillman must have had something to do with it.

Kay was a little sad, since she had never wanted that for them, despite what they had done to Shinji. Even so, she had moved on from the incident as they salvaged everything from the tramp steamer.

Since she couldn't pilot the boat back to civilization, and Shinji couldn't go back because of his 'condition', they both decided to stay.

Shinji had also found a small pool of what seemed to be oil, which they used to illuminate the grotto with torches at night.

Kay wondered how rich they would be if they sunk a well down there and sold the oil.

The Rita herself had been taken apart and used to make a suitable door and gate to the entrance of the grotto. But also as a fence to keep out unwanted pests. The rest of it had been used to make their home as comfortable as possible.

They had a garden to grow food, Shinji hunted fish and even scavenged from nearby villages down river. Oh, there were many things that Kay was used to back in the States that she wished she had here, like electric lighting and washing machines, and even a beauty parlor from time to time, but Shinji had managed to provide them with everything they needed to survive.

Especially when he had turned Kay into an amphibious human like himself.

Shinji's canine teeth apparently secreted a venom which, when combined with his impregnating her with his semen, had caused her to grow gills like him, but also enabled her to grow webbings on her hands and enhanced her eyes, allowing her to see clearly underneath the water of the lagoon.

Shinji didn't know how he knew this, he just did.

This enabled her to swim underwater at great length, like a fish, which she loved, and even enabled both her and Shinji to sleep underwater whenever they wanted. Something they did often. They had even made love underwater. Also, like Shinji, Kay found that the nail on her big toes could produce a paralytic toxin that tranquilized anyone or anything that she stabbed with her extended nail. Her pointer fingers also produced a type of aphrodisiac that made anything she stabbed with it feel like they were taking a 'wonder drug'.

Her daughter had inherited all of these abilities like them, and Kay was sure their second child would be the same as their parents.

The local natives avoided this area, mostly because of the downed trees that blocked access to this area of the river. But also because of the Gillman who lived there.

The Gillman looked on as his brother and his mate played with their offspring.

It had been five years since he had killed the crew of the boat that had captured and tortured his human brother. Though he had kept his distance from him, he did have a soft spot for the younger half-human. He had managed to escape because of the attractive female. While the humans had been searching for his brother, he had attacked and killed them one-by-one.

He had kept his distance, watched as his brother and the female had scavenged everything they could from the boat and made his grotto as comfortable as possible.

The little female creature saw the Gillman and waved at him while her father and mother kissed each other.

Having seen enough, he went back to his own lair, where his own mate was waiting.

"How is your brother?" the female creature cooed to her mate.

"Happy." he said to her. "His mate and offspring are happy as well."

"They do not know of me?"

"No. They do not."

The gillwoman lead her mate over to the darker section of the lagoon, where a large nest of eggs were currently underwater waiting to hatch.

The Gillman nodded as he held his mate to him.

They had been together for two years, following the gillwomans appearance in the Amazon looking for a mate. She had come up from the far South and was happy to have found him. She had thought she was the last of her race and was glad she wasn't. Together, they were the continuation of their race. They would protect their territory, and their extended family as well.

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Authors Notes:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Just a little story I wrote a while back, and finally finished staring Shinji getting together with Kay Lawrence from The Creature from the Black Lagoon. I wrote this mostly because I needed something new to write, and because Julie Adams was so hot in that movie. Probably the only reason most people watched it.

So I wrote in the pairing, and I wrote a happy ending for everyone. If you were expecting more horror, sorry, not really my thing.

Alot of people died, but.. more off screen kind of thing.

Also, I based Shinji's appearance mostly on the character of Mark Harris from 'Man From Atlantis'. Just so everyone knows.

Please, read and review.