I had something very important to say here.I have completely forgotten what
it was. Layra-chan's probably going to hit me for that.
In case you haven't noticed, when both Misatos are present, Misato jr. will
be referred to as Misa or Misa-chan, while the older Misato will remain
Misato.
Anyway, now for Unit 15 and many more unanswered questions.
Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion or any of its derivatives. These belong to Hideaki Anno and Gainax.
Fourth Impact Chapter 12: Wings
"Time for the ultimate test." Said Lilliko. "Are you ready?" Misato glanced over at the blue-haired girl. She nodded. Lilliko put one finger against the breast of her school-swimsuit and manifested her AT field in a spike on the tip of her finger. She slowly cut away at the suit to reveal her bright red core. "There." She said. "If the other girls are allowed to make slight adjustments to their swimsuits, so am I."
Misato copied her, cutting a hole in her own suit. The girls at the school weren't allowed two-piece swimsuits, but they were allowed to take small portions out of it to allow for 'streamlining.' In her opinion, it was because the coach was a pervert.
They stepped out into the pool enclosure, watching as the other girls pulled away from them. Their cores glinted in the sunlight, standing out against their black suits. "Race me?" asked Lilliko. Misato smirked.
"You're on." Misato knew that she was the fastest swimmer in the class. She didn't have to breathe, and she almost never got tired. Lilliko shared the same advantages, though, so it would be interesting.
They got into the pool, shivering as the cold water hit them. "On three."
"One. Two-"
"Ikari! Ayanami!" they spun around to see the coach standing above them. They both gave him their most innocent smiles and waited for the tirade.
"What are you doing, destroying your swimsuits like that?" he demanded.
Lilliko made her eyes as wide as she could. "Oh, coach, I always swim better with my core.exposed." She waited a moment to allow her statement to sink in. "The water rubbing against it, washing over it, feels so good." she rubbed her hand over her core, her fingers flicking across other things. The coach's eyes widened. Then he turned away.
"Whatever. Just don't let me catch you making any more holes in your suits. They are school property." He walked off, visibly shaken.
The two girls burst out laughing. "So," said Misato. "Shall we?" "Right. One, two, three!" they took off, neck and neck. Every few strokes one would glance over at the other, both of them thinking 'I wonder if she knows that I can go faster than this?' They reached the other side, touched, and spun around, racing back toward the front of the pool. "Let's take it up a notch!" shouted Lilliko. Misato nodded and took off in a burst of speed. Lilliko matched her.
Takoru and Adamu watched from their spot near the roof of the gym. The boys were doing a rope course, giving several of them a perfect view of girls' swimming.
"Misato's not even going half as fast as she can." Said Takoru.
"Neither is Lilliko." Replied Adamu. Takoru shot him a glance.
"How about we make a bet." He said. Adamu continued to watch the girls. "If Misato wins, you get me a date with your sister. If Lilliko wins, I'll get you a date with Misato."
"I don't want a date with Misato." Replied Adamu. Takoru's eyes widened.
"You don't want a date with Misato?" he asked, "How can you not? She's the hottest thing in the school, she's smart, she's talented. I mean, if I didn't think of her as a sister, I'd go out with her in a minute!"
Adamu shrugged, a difficult feat considering that he was hanging by one hand from the ropes.
Misato and Lilliko both hit the end of the pool at the same time. The bell rang. "I could have gone faster." Misato told the blue-haired girl.
"So could I." Replied Lilliko to the redhead.
They changed out of their swimsuits and back into their normal school uniforms. Swimming was the last class of the day, so they met Takoru and Adamu outside and they began walking home.
Then the Angel alert went out. Adamu spun and began running toward NERV. This time Misato kept up with him. "My turn." She said with a grin.
At NERV, she changed into her plugsuit and got into Unit 01. Adamu was already in Unit 18, dressed in his black plugsuit.
"Launch Evas!" The two units flew up to the surface.
All they could see of Unit 15 was a huge pair of feathery wings seemingly attached to a point.
"Is that it?" asked Misa.
Misato nodded. "We don't know what it is capable of, so be careful."
The two Evas picked up pallet guns from the racks beside them and moved forward carefully.
"Sync ratios both at 100 even." Announced Maya. "Both pilots have increased core pulse rates. Brainwave activity normal."
Misato turned to Ritsuko, who was looking over Maya's shoulder. "Are you sure that it's alright to let Unit 01 out on sortie without restraints?" The scientist turned to her.
"Misato, if the restraints didn't work before, then we're not going to waste the effort to put them on again. We do have the failsafe on the Super Solenoid engine."
Misato grinned. "But it's so ugly." Ritsuko rolled her eyes.
"Stop acting like your namesake and start acting like the Commander of NERV."
Misa watched as the Angel lazily flapped its wings. "Any ideas?" she asked.
"Wait for orders." Replied Adamu. She growled. She didn't like waiting for orders.
"I'm going to get closer." She told him, and began to bound forward. She ignored his calls for her to wait and continued toward the Angel.
She could barely make out a triangular body between the wings. Suddenly a bunch of black points filled her view.
She screamed as ten spikes pierced her Eva.
"We have damage to the chest region!" shouted Shigeru. "The core was missed, but the S2 is fluctuating."
"Adamu!" shouted Misato. "Fire!" Unit 18 opened fire, running forward.
Unit 01 fell back. Unit 19's AT field appeared just as another round of spikes flew at them.
Adamu began to drag Unit 01 back toward the catapults. Out of the corner of his eye he watched as the Angel shot more spikes at them. His AT field was holding, but he couldn't keep it up forever.
"OW!" Misa shouted, and stopped screaming. "That is going to leave a mark." Adamu turned to face the Eva.
"Are you all right?" Unit 01 pulled out of his arms and stood up.
"I'm a bit irritated, but otherwise I'm fine." She began to pull the spikes out of her body. Adamu's eyes widened as the spikes came out to reveal pockets of orange light. "Don't worry, I managed to get my AT field up in time. I was just really upset."
The Angel flapped its wings twice and took off into the air.
"Return to the Cages." Misato said wearily.
Misa looked down at the bruises on her chest. "Stupid Angel." She muttered. "If I ever get my hands on you, I'll show you not to mess with me."
"You're sounding more like your mother every day." Said Ritsuko, shaking her head. "Just be glad that you got your AT field up. Those spikes did quite a bit of damage to the Eva."
"I poked those holes in." said Misa. "I was too surprised to hold my field steady. But I'll get it next time."
Misato walked in. "We hope so. That Angel is hovering several kilometers above us, and we have no way to reach it."
"What about." she trailed off. Arael was something she couldn't mention. Not after what it did to her mother.
"We lost the Lance during Impact." Replied Ritsuko. "So far all we have is the positron gun, but the power systems currently up aren't enough to power it."
"A dilemma." Misato helped Misa to her feet. "If only we could get wings on an Eva, like the Eva series."
"We don't have that kind of technology here." Ritusko sighed. "SEELE held all of that secret from us."
Misato sighed. "Misa-chan, go back to school, all right? We have a lot of work to do."
Kaoru looked around, worried. He'd lost the signal in the crowd. He glanced down. There it was. He blinked. A five-year old girl holding a balloon filled his vision. She was giggling happily, without any sign of her parents anywhere. He watched as a ripple went through the air around her. An orange ripple. She had an AT field, but she was definitely human. 'They aren't supposed to have their fields up yet. It's only been sixteen years since Impact.' He thought to himself before flying away.
Misato sat down next to Lilliko. "What happened?" she asked. Misato gingerly touched her chest.
"I was hit by a bunch of spikes." She replied. "The Angel is gone now, several kilometers up, and we have no way to reach it."
"So what are we going to do?" asked Lilliko. Misato shrugged.
"Wait until Ritsuko finds out enough to put together some wings." Misato glanced out the window. "We are a bit short on Lances."
Adamu sat down on the other side of Misato and stared out the window. In the distance he could see the faint black dot that was the Angel.
"A yen for your thoughts?" asked Misato.
"My thoughts are worth more than that." He replied. Misato pouted and turned back to Lilliko.
"Your brother can be a real jerk sometimes." She said, making sure that Adamu could hear her.
Lilliko shrugged. "He could be waiting for something. Did you remember to thank him for yesterday?" Misato blinked and turned back to Adamu.
"Thank you for saving me yesterday." She said to him. "It was really sweet."
He continued to stare out the window. She fumed.
"What, are you expecting me to fling myself on you like some dumb story- book damsel and kiss you senseless?" she demanded.
"Possibly." Came the quite reply.
He suddenly found Misato's face centimeters away from his. She was grinning evilly. His eyes widened involuntarily. She grabbed his nose, clamping it shut, and slammed her lips onto his. All he could think of was.wow.
She pulled back reluctantly and returned to her seat, grateful that the teacher still hadn't shown up. She blinked several times and frowned slightly. "Mother's going to kill me for doing that."
It was a sunny day, a beautiful day with warm temperatures, a slight breeze, and an empty sky.except for the Angel. Misato wandered lazily through the park, enjoying the view, when her phone rang. "Misa-chan?" came Misato Sr.'s voice. "We've got the wings ready."
AN: Must.stop.laughing. I don't even remember how many references and jokes I've put in so far. I know that I've already referred to that scene already, but I couldn't help it. Now all I have to do is figure out what kind of wings the Eva will have, and what the fight will be like. Then I have to figure out how to get rid of the wings, as I need the Evas land-bound as a plot device. Hm. The little girl will be mentioned again later, I don't know how. The rivalry will become more full blown when the carnival comes up, don't ask, I thought of that literally as I was writing this sentence. Talk about spur of the moment. See you next time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion or any of its derivatives. These belong to Hideaki Anno and Gainax.
Fourth Impact Chapter 12: Wings
"Time for the ultimate test." Said Lilliko. "Are you ready?" Misato glanced over at the blue-haired girl. She nodded. Lilliko put one finger against the breast of her school-swimsuit and manifested her AT field in a spike on the tip of her finger. She slowly cut away at the suit to reveal her bright red core. "There." She said. "If the other girls are allowed to make slight adjustments to their swimsuits, so am I."
Misato copied her, cutting a hole in her own suit. The girls at the school weren't allowed two-piece swimsuits, but they were allowed to take small portions out of it to allow for 'streamlining.' In her opinion, it was because the coach was a pervert.
They stepped out into the pool enclosure, watching as the other girls pulled away from them. Their cores glinted in the sunlight, standing out against their black suits. "Race me?" asked Lilliko. Misato smirked.
"You're on." Misato knew that she was the fastest swimmer in the class. She didn't have to breathe, and she almost never got tired. Lilliko shared the same advantages, though, so it would be interesting.
They got into the pool, shivering as the cold water hit them. "On three."
"One. Two-"
"Ikari! Ayanami!" they spun around to see the coach standing above them. They both gave him their most innocent smiles and waited for the tirade.
"What are you doing, destroying your swimsuits like that?" he demanded.
Lilliko made her eyes as wide as she could. "Oh, coach, I always swim better with my core.exposed." She waited a moment to allow her statement to sink in. "The water rubbing against it, washing over it, feels so good." she rubbed her hand over her core, her fingers flicking across other things. The coach's eyes widened. Then he turned away.
"Whatever. Just don't let me catch you making any more holes in your suits. They are school property." He walked off, visibly shaken.
The two girls burst out laughing. "So," said Misato. "Shall we?" "Right. One, two, three!" they took off, neck and neck. Every few strokes one would glance over at the other, both of them thinking 'I wonder if she knows that I can go faster than this?' They reached the other side, touched, and spun around, racing back toward the front of the pool. "Let's take it up a notch!" shouted Lilliko. Misato nodded and took off in a burst of speed. Lilliko matched her.
Takoru and Adamu watched from their spot near the roof of the gym. The boys were doing a rope course, giving several of them a perfect view of girls' swimming.
"Misato's not even going half as fast as she can." Said Takoru.
"Neither is Lilliko." Replied Adamu. Takoru shot him a glance.
"How about we make a bet." He said. Adamu continued to watch the girls. "If Misato wins, you get me a date with your sister. If Lilliko wins, I'll get you a date with Misato."
"I don't want a date with Misato." Replied Adamu. Takoru's eyes widened.
"You don't want a date with Misato?" he asked, "How can you not? She's the hottest thing in the school, she's smart, she's talented. I mean, if I didn't think of her as a sister, I'd go out with her in a minute!"
Adamu shrugged, a difficult feat considering that he was hanging by one hand from the ropes.
Misato and Lilliko both hit the end of the pool at the same time. The bell rang. "I could have gone faster." Misato told the blue-haired girl.
"So could I." Replied Lilliko to the redhead.
They changed out of their swimsuits and back into their normal school uniforms. Swimming was the last class of the day, so they met Takoru and Adamu outside and they began walking home.
Then the Angel alert went out. Adamu spun and began running toward NERV. This time Misato kept up with him. "My turn." She said with a grin.
At NERV, she changed into her plugsuit and got into Unit 01. Adamu was already in Unit 18, dressed in his black plugsuit.
"Launch Evas!" The two units flew up to the surface.
All they could see of Unit 15 was a huge pair of feathery wings seemingly attached to a point.
"Is that it?" asked Misa.
Misato nodded. "We don't know what it is capable of, so be careful."
The two Evas picked up pallet guns from the racks beside them and moved forward carefully.
"Sync ratios both at 100 even." Announced Maya. "Both pilots have increased core pulse rates. Brainwave activity normal."
Misato turned to Ritsuko, who was looking over Maya's shoulder. "Are you sure that it's alright to let Unit 01 out on sortie without restraints?" The scientist turned to her.
"Misato, if the restraints didn't work before, then we're not going to waste the effort to put them on again. We do have the failsafe on the Super Solenoid engine."
Misato grinned. "But it's so ugly." Ritsuko rolled her eyes.
"Stop acting like your namesake and start acting like the Commander of NERV."
Misa watched as the Angel lazily flapped its wings. "Any ideas?" she asked.
"Wait for orders." Replied Adamu. She growled. She didn't like waiting for orders.
"I'm going to get closer." She told him, and began to bound forward. She ignored his calls for her to wait and continued toward the Angel.
She could barely make out a triangular body between the wings. Suddenly a bunch of black points filled her view.
She screamed as ten spikes pierced her Eva.
"We have damage to the chest region!" shouted Shigeru. "The core was missed, but the S2 is fluctuating."
"Adamu!" shouted Misato. "Fire!" Unit 18 opened fire, running forward.
Unit 01 fell back. Unit 19's AT field appeared just as another round of spikes flew at them.
Adamu began to drag Unit 01 back toward the catapults. Out of the corner of his eye he watched as the Angel shot more spikes at them. His AT field was holding, but he couldn't keep it up forever.
"OW!" Misa shouted, and stopped screaming. "That is going to leave a mark." Adamu turned to face the Eva.
"Are you all right?" Unit 01 pulled out of his arms and stood up.
"I'm a bit irritated, but otherwise I'm fine." She began to pull the spikes out of her body. Adamu's eyes widened as the spikes came out to reveal pockets of orange light. "Don't worry, I managed to get my AT field up in time. I was just really upset."
The Angel flapped its wings twice and took off into the air.
"Return to the Cages." Misato said wearily.
Misa looked down at the bruises on her chest. "Stupid Angel." She muttered. "If I ever get my hands on you, I'll show you not to mess with me."
"You're sounding more like your mother every day." Said Ritsuko, shaking her head. "Just be glad that you got your AT field up. Those spikes did quite a bit of damage to the Eva."
"I poked those holes in." said Misa. "I was too surprised to hold my field steady. But I'll get it next time."
Misato walked in. "We hope so. That Angel is hovering several kilometers above us, and we have no way to reach it."
"What about." she trailed off. Arael was something she couldn't mention. Not after what it did to her mother.
"We lost the Lance during Impact." Replied Ritsuko. "So far all we have is the positron gun, but the power systems currently up aren't enough to power it."
"A dilemma." Misato helped Misa to her feet. "If only we could get wings on an Eva, like the Eva series."
"We don't have that kind of technology here." Ritusko sighed. "SEELE held all of that secret from us."
Misato sighed. "Misa-chan, go back to school, all right? We have a lot of work to do."
Kaoru looked around, worried. He'd lost the signal in the crowd. He glanced down. There it was. He blinked. A five-year old girl holding a balloon filled his vision. She was giggling happily, without any sign of her parents anywhere. He watched as a ripple went through the air around her. An orange ripple. She had an AT field, but she was definitely human. 'They aren't supposed to have their fields up yet. It's only been sixteen years since Impact.' He thought to himself before flying away.
Misato sat down next to Lilliko. "What happened?" she asked. Misato gingerly touched her chest.
"I was hit by a bunch of spikes." She replied. "The Angel is gone now, several kilometers up, and we have no way to reach it."
"So what are we going to do?" asked Lilliko. Misato shrugged.
"Wait until Ritsuko finds out enough to put together some wings." Misato glanced out the window. "We are a bit short on Lances."
Adamu sat down on the other side of Misato and stared out the window. In the distance he could see the faint black dot that was the Angel.
"A yen for your thoughts?" asked Misato.
"My thoughts are worth more than that." He replied. Misato pouted and turned back to Lilliko.
"Your brother can be a real jerk sometimes." She said, making sure that Adamu could hear her.
Lilliko shrugged. "He could be waiting for something. Did you remember to thank him for yesterday?" Misato blinked and turned back to Adamu.
"Thank you for saving me yesterday." She said to him. "It was really sweet."
He continued to stare out the window. She fumed.
"What, are you expecting me to fling myself on you like some dumb story- book damsel and kiss you senseless?" she demanded.
"Possibly." Came the quite reply.
He suddenly found Misato's face centimeters away from his. She was grinning evilly. His eyes widened involuntarily. She grabbed his nose, clamping it shut, and slammed her lips onto his. All he could think of was.wow.
She pulled back reluctantly and returned to her seat, grateful that the teacher still hadn't shown up. She blinked several times and frowned slightly. "Mother's going to kill me for doing that."
It was a sunny day, a beautiful day with warm temperatures, a slight breeze, and an empty sky.except for the Angel. Misato wandered lazily through the park, enjoying the view, when her phone rang. "Misa-chan?" came Misato Sr.'s voice. "We've got the wings ready."
AN: Must.stop.laughing. I don't even remember how many references and jokes I've put in so far. I know that I've already referred to that scene already, but I couldn't help it. Now all I have to do is figure out what kind of wings the Eva will have, and what the fight will be like. Then I have to figure out how to get rid of the wings, as I need the Evas land-bound as a plot device. Hm. The little girl will be mentioned again later, I don't know how. The rivalry will become more full blown when the carnival comes up, don't ask, I thought of that literally as I was writing this sentence. Talk about spur of the moment. See you next time.