NOTE:  Welcome to Phase 3 (rewrite).  Where we last left off, Shinji was just mugged by someone!!  What will happen to him...?

By the way, Ojisan is a term of respect used for elderly (male) strangers.  For females, it's Obasan.

This has been rewritten for the Third Impact Trilogy.

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Shinji Ikari closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, awaiting the searing pain and the death that would follow.  Instead - -

"I would let go of that kid, if I were you."

Shinji opened his eyes, to see a tall figure, covered in a grey poncho, standing in the rain outside of the dark alley.

"O- -  Ojisan?"

The attacker that Shinji had taken down suddenly stood up, with another knife in his hand.

"Stay out of this, stranger!!" he screamed at Snake.  Snake smiled, dropped his duffle bag on the ground, and motioned at him to come.

"You're asking for it, man!!"  The person lunged towards Snake with his blade, which Snake avoided deftly.  The attacker's momentum carried him past Snake, and Snake took advantage of this.  He seized the street bum by his shirt collar, and violently slammed the back of his head on the wet sidewalk with one swift move.  Blood oozed out of his head, and the man laid still.

Both Shinji and his assailant stood there silent for a moment.

"Ohsawa?" he called out to his once partner-in-crime.  "Ohsawa, can you hear me?"

Anger overcame the mugger, and he once again threatened to thrust his knife blade into Shinji's neck.  "You... bastard!!!!!  Now he's really gonna get it!!"  He raised his knife up high, and made a downward stroke to stab his hostage.

Shinji closed his eyes, and awaited death to take him.

Snake reached for his Five-seveN in his hip holster.

And at the same time, steel cut through flesh, and blood was spilt in the cold, rainy night...

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11-41 Studios presents - -

Evangelion : The Third Impact Trilogy

A new Evangelion fan fiction saga in three parts.

Part 1: New Apocalypse

Evangelion/Metal Gear Crossover

Chapter 3: Enter the Ninja

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(I'm still alive?) Shinji asked himself.  He opened his eyes, and was treated to the sight of blood covering his shirt.  He opened his mouth to scream, but a different voice was heard.

"AAAHHHHHGGH!!!!!  MY HAND!!!"  There was only a bloody stump left where the attacker's knife, and hand, once was.  In a matter of seconds, the man's neck began gushing crimson all over the alley.  He tried to use his only hand to stop the bleeding, but to no avail.  He fell to the ground, made a gurgling noise from what was left of his throat, and was dead.  Shinji stood wild-eyed, just baring witness to a brutal execution.  He tried to look for the person who saved him, but all Shinji could see was a pair of green, glowing - -

(Eyes?) he thought to himself.  And just as suddenly as he saw them, they disappeared.

Snake was just as dumbfounded as Shinji was.  He desperately pointed his gun at every direction, trying to find the person responsible for such a violent death.  He could find no one, and soon was interrupted by the sound of footsteps and voices in the distance.

"Ikari!  He's being attacked!" they called out.  Snake knew that it was his cue to leave.  He picked up his duffel bag, and ran towards the other end of the alley.

"O... Ojisan..."  Shinji tried to call out to the stranger who had saved him.

Snake turned around briefly to respond - -

"I told you, don't call me Ojisan."

- - before continuing his escape from the NERV security detail.  Snake continued to run until he disappeared in the heavy rain.

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Major Misato Katsuragi paced in the hallways outside of the main control room, awaiting any word about Shinji.  She became worried when the security detail for Shinji reported that they couldn't find him, and their report that he was covered in blood when they finally found him did not soothe her.  When they did return, she would have to give those idiots a serious tongue-lashing, and she would have a word with Shinji as well, she thought to her.

The door behind Misato opened, and Makoto Hyuga, her aide, stepped out into the hallway.  Makoto did not like to see Misato like this at all - - it saddened him.  It took Makoto some time to muster up his strength to be able to converse with Misato like this, alone.

"M... Major, are you- -"

Misato gave him a small smile.  "Please, Misato is fine.  You don't need to be so formal."

Makoto chuckled nervously.  "Yeah, of course."  He took a step forward, and continued to talk.  "I-I was just worried about you.  You've been such a nervous wreck."

Misato understood his intentions... however...

She walked over to Hyuga.  "Listen, Makoto," she said, "I understand your feelings.  It's just- -  I'm sorry... but I don't feel the same- -"

"Major Katsuragi!"  Misato was interrupted by the sounds of footsteps.  "Major, we have the Third Child here now."  Two of the guards took Shinji in front of Misato.

"Shinji," Misato sobbed, "Shinji, are you okay?"  She clutched Shinji in such a tight hug, that he could barely breathe.  "You're covered in blood!  What happened to you?"

One of the bodyguards spoke up.  "We found two dead bodies with him when we found him.  He says that they attacked him, but someone saved him."

Misato returned her attention to Shinji.  "Shinji!  Thank God...  Who was it that saved you?"

Shinji's thoughts went back to the green pair of eyes that he saw.

"I- - I don't know..."

Misato wasn't satisfied with this answer, but understood the condition that Shinji was in at the moment.

"That's ok... Look, from now on, you have to stay within the NERV facility.  It's not safe in the town anymore, or in the apartments.  Rei is somewhere here as well, and Asuka was taken from the hospital to stay in a room in one of the lower levels.  Please, Shinji, promise me that you'll never do anything like that again."

Shinji bowed his head down.  (I'm so useless...)

"I... I understand..."

Misato breathed a sigh of relief.  "Thank you, Shinji."  Misato now faced the guards.  "If this happens again, I swear I will have your heads on a platter, understood?"

The guards stood up straight, embarrassed by their nearly-fatal blunder.  "Yes Major!" they all shouted in unison.

"Good.  Take Shinji to his quarters, so he can rest and change clothes.  Don't let him leave this facility."

With that done, Misato turned around to talk to Hyuga again.

"Now, Makoto, as I was saying- - Makoto?"

He had already returned to the control room.

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Snake answered the incoming Codec call.

"This is Snake."

"Snake, this is Commander Tadokoro.  What is your status?"

"I have arrived at the building without any troubles.  What's next from here?"

"A block from your current position, there is an entrance used for sending supplies to NERV.  Since all other gates from the surface city to the geofront are closed, and entering through the front entrance is not an option, this your only chance to get inside.  The gate employs a lift that takes vehicles from the surface to the geofront.  Sneak into one of the NERV supply trucks, take the lift down, get inside the facility, and find yourself a secure position to report in.  If you need help with anything in particular, I can help you.  My frequency is 140.85."

Snake paused to think about this for a second.  (This is familiar...)  "Understood."

The Codec flickered and revealed Eliza Akane's face.  "Hello, Snake, how are you holding up?"

"I'm alright, I just need to get used to this again," he replied.

Eliza smiled warmly.  "I'm sure you will.  I'm just glad you're in good spirits.  Now, I have information about the weapons NERV has at their disposal, as well as intel on the building itself.  I can also help you identify key NERV personnel.  Contact me at 141.92 if you have questions."

"Got it.  I'll call if I'm feeling... lonely," Snake said with a leer on his face.

Eliza giggled at Snake's response.  "Just... come back in one piece," Eliza said.  "Now, I understand there's an old friend who wants to talk to you."

(An old friend?) 

The screen flickers again to show a familiar face.

"Otacon!"

"Hey Snake!  Jeez, you don't look like you've aged very well," Otacon replied with a smile.  Otacon has not changed much, and has retained the same shoulder-length hair and eyeglasses, even though there appeared to be a few gray strands in his hair.

Snake scowled briefly before his face reverted back to a faint smile.  "You haven't been looking any younger yourself," he joked back.  "What have you been doing?"

"Oh, just some work for the U.S. government, and I even helped partially in creating the Evangelions."

"I see.  Still won't give up the dream, huh?" Snake asked, referring to the scientist's love of mecha.

"I told you, Snake.  It's always been my dream... I've always wanted to at least participate in a project such as the Evangelion.  It's like something out of an anime!"

"Ha, the way your mind works, you'd think you were in a cartoon or a piece of fiction."

Otacon shook his head.  "You're still the same..."

Snake's face slowly turned serious.  "Well, I'm afraid that these plans have turned sour."

Otacon's expression became grim as well.  "I had no idea they would be used in instigating Third Impact, instead of preventing it.  That's why I chose to help you on this mission.  I feel obligated, since I helped create Eva.  If you need any information concerning NERV or the Evas, contact me.  My frequency is 141.12."

"Thanks.  It's nice to see you again, Otacon."

Tadokoro appears on the screen again.

"Ok Snake, it's time to move out.  Good luck."

"This is Snake, signing off."

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The workers in an auxiliary security station were surprised by the klaxons ringing in the room.

"What the hell just happened?"

"Security cameras from sections A-05 through A-12 have been destroyed!"

"Cameras are being destroyed in a northeasterly direction, as if the intruders are headed for the top floors of the commander's offices!"

"Damn!  Send a squadron of guards up ahead at H5-07 to intercept, now!  And notify Captain Katsuragi!"

A large BOOM resonated throughout the NERV facility, shaking up personnel and equipment.

"Intruders have entered the main power room and completely destroyed it!  Power in headquarters is down for 3/5 of the facility!"

"Damn, most of the security cameras are useless now.  Get the Captain on the emergency phone!"

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Misato answered the ringing phone.  "Yes.  I understand.  I want extra security for the Children immediately!  Keep guards on patrol in the hallways where cameras are down."

"We've already sent an attack squadron to head off the attackers."

"Good... keep two other units on full alert, standing by as backup.  I want no chances taken."

"Understood," the officer on the other end of the phone said before- -

"SHIT!!! ATTACK, WE'RE BEING ATT- -"

- - the phone went dead.

(Damn, has it started already?), Misato thought to herself.  (They sure work fast...)

 "Get ready, just in case," she told the technicians in the control room, as she locked and loaded her own pistol, a Glock G18.

Shigeru and Makoto were already taking out crates full of guns and ammo.  "Way ahead of you, Captain," Shigeru answered.

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At H5-07, a squadron of 12 guards stood ready with their FN P90 sub-machine rifles.  They heard the footsteps coming, but were caught off guard when they saw that - -

"There's only one of them?!?"

The figure was dressed in gunmetal-gray armor.  Aside from its green eyes glowing through the masked face, one noticeable feature the figure had was a long Japanese nodachi the ninja held in one hand.  The soldiers started to fire at the lone attacker, only to find an orange light protecting the body.

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"AT-field detected in section H5-07!"  Maya declared as she read her monitor.

"What's the blood pattern?"  Misato asked.

"Red..." Maya muttered.

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Taking the orange light into himself, the ninja held the nodachi up and swiftly blocked the bullets, twirling the sword skillfully.

"Don't let him get any closer," one of the guards said.  "That sword is dangerous!"

It was too late.  The luckless soldiers were within the range of the great curved blade.  The ninja slashed at the nearest one, neatly slicing the gun and his upper torso diagonally.  Blood gushed over his masked face, and on the victim's former comrades.  As the ninja walked slowly over to the next nearest guard, the soldiers dared not fire, fearing that they might hit one of the other guards in such close proximity.  He sliced downward, lopping off the soldier's left arm, before decapitating him with another blow.

The sight of the two soldiers' deaths created chaos in the ranks, and they all fled.  After using a quick downward swipe to cleanse his blade of spilt blood, the ninja ran after the remainder of the force, and the massacre continued.  Leaping towards a guard further down the hallway, the ninja stabbed the hapless grunt in the back.  Before his victim could even scream, the assassin moved his blade with an upward stroke, splitting the body in half, and spraying crimson on the floor and ceiling.  Three more guards attempted to fire at the ninja, but the bullets were intercepted by the dead soldier's body that the masked man held up.  As soon as the guards stopped firing, the blood-soaked ninja dropped his makeshift shield with one hand, and at the same time, tossed a flurry of kunais with the other hand.  The soldiers were immediately turned into fleshy pincushions by the sharp throwing blades.

Out of the corner of his eye, the ninja spotted a guard to his left about to fire his pistol.  At the sound of the BANG, the guard was dead on the spot.  The ninja had deflected the incoming bullet, sending it straight towards the guard's head.

The five remaining guards went behind a corner.  "Toss some grenades!" one of them ordered.  Two guards complied with his order, and tossed 3 grenades hanging from their hip pouches.

"You idiots!! Those were chaff grenades!"

The grenades exploded, and the electrical interference caused by the metal chaff floating in the air seemed to inflict pain on the ninja.  In a matter of moments, the attacker was down on his knees, clutching his head with one hand.

"We got him now!  Pour it on him!"  The five remaining guards came out of their hiding spot, and began to fire unmercilessly at the ninja, only to have the bullets blocked by an AT-field.  "Keep it up!  He can't last long!"

The guards did not count on the chaff losing effect.  As soon as that happened, the ninja was on his feet again.

"RUN- - UUURGHKH..."  In a matter of seconds, three of the guards were simultaneously skewered by the neck on the ninja's long nodachi blade.  Letting go of the sword, he placed his attention on the next nearest guard.  The guard tried to land the ninja on his back with a well-executed front kick, but the ninja countered his foot with another kick.  While their legs were locked together, the ninja twisted his kicking foot to apply pressure on the guard's shin, and- -

SNAP

The guard screamed in pain, as the ninja adeptly snapped the leg in half; the only thing keeping it together was a small patch of skin that was still intact.  He kicked the soldier to the ground, and stomped his head flat, grey and red-colored fluids mixing together on the floor.

The ninja picked his sword up, and saw the last guard trying to make for a door on the other side of the hallway.  The ninja reeled his sword arm backwards, and threw the blade towards the soldier.  The blade's trajectory was low, but it managed to take off both of the runaway's legs, and the poor guard landed in a heap on the floor.  Walking over to the guard, he picked up his blade once again.  The ninja stopped in front of him, and with both hands, raised his sword high in the air.

Before the ninja could finish the job, his AT-field activated at an enormous range.  The intensity and size of the AT-field crushed everything within its range, and left huge depressions in the floors, walls, and ceilings of nearby hallways. The ninja held his head with both hands as if in pain, and he looked as if he was unable to control his AT-field.  Letting out a primal, metallic-sounding scream, the figure started to run away, back in the direction he came from.  In the middle of his run, the ninja's thermoptic camouflage activated, and was nowhere to be seen.

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A lone figure stood atop a tall building within the geofront, surveying the surrounding areas- - and more importantly, the NERV headquarters.  She was not very tall, and she was wearing gunmetal gray armor that fitted her shapely form.  On her back, she wore a pair of criss-crossed medium katana blades.

Pushing her short gray hair away from her pale face, her scarlet-colored eyes spotted something- - an entrance, with only a few security guards to stand guard.  She smiled warmly; a strange type of smile for that type of occasion...

She turned her head sharply in that direction.  She felt something... a presence so strong, it almost gave her goosebumps.  She knew who it was- - it was the Other.  It was strong, she thought to herself.

And with another smile, she jumped off the 10th story of the building, and landed safely on the concrete below.

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Two men talked over a secure line...

"Hah, the fool wasn't able his AT-field."

"It was to be expected.  He was merely the prototype for the experiment."

"So, you have mobilized the new test unit to eliminate him?"

"Yes.  The test unit should prove to be more reliable than the prototype.  The unit will finish the objectives, should Snake prove to be of no use to us."

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"Where's the AT-field?" Misato asked.

"It disappeared."  Maya looked at her screen in disbelief.  "It appears as if it isn't in the building anymore."

This greatly troubled Misato.  (Red?  What does this mean?)

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Snake waited patiently in the supply truck, hidden in a cardboard box he found outside (Works every time, Snake thought to himself).  After 10 minutes, power to the vehicle lift was restored, and he felt it moving again.  He heard the guards in the front talking.

"So this one guy took out a whole squadron?"

"Yep, all twelve of them, and he was carrying this big-ass sword.  Started chopping 'em up like crazy."

"Damn!  Where is that ninja now?"

"He disappeared from the building, but not before disabling most of the cameras in the whole place.  They have guards patrolling the hallways now, but I'm not sure if that'll be much help."

(A ninja,) Snake thought, (Is there someone else besides me?)

How are the rewrites so far?  Good?  Good.  But, what I could really use now is some help... I haven't heard from most of my pre-readers in a while, so I'm looking for more guys.  If you think you can handle it, drop me a line at the DS or EFO forums, or at KLstumpy@yahoo.com.  Thanks!

Story (c) 2003 11-41 Studios.  Characters used in this story belong to their respective owners.

Updated 1.19.2003