*Finishes tying straight-jacket on Layra-chan. Ties gag, goes over to
computer*
I can't believe she actually wrote that. It's a good thing Takoru only
/thinks/ of Misato as a sister.
Gah! I just realized: muse tied up = no muse = writer's block! *Unties gag,
dodges fangs. Ignores crocodile tears*
There we go. She's a lot of trouble but she is my muse.
Thanx again Keyblade. The image is in Newtype USA July issue, but I'm sure
you can find it in the Japanese version as well. It's the orange-yellowish
picture of the Eva immersed in LCL. You can't really tell that it's Unit 01
right off the bat, but it's got the horn, and it definitely isn't wearing
anything.
Anyway, I've got a bit of an idea where this is going, and yes, before you
ask, or possibly several chapters after you asked, there is going to be a
Fourth Impact.
Disclaimer: I liked what I did for the disclaimer in chapter 13. I still don't own Neon Genesis Envagelion, that still belongs to Gainax (big surprise)
Fourth Impact Chapter 15: Two Little Girls
The next day Takoru appeared early at school as usual, at least several minutes before everyone else. Basking in the relative quiet, he unpacked his stuff for the day and sat down. Soon the quiet started getting on his nerves. His home was never quiet, not with three younger siblings, not to mention his father. He often spent his time in very noisy places. School was usually very noisy, so he treasured the rare bits of silence that he got before class. He always hated the silence after a minute or so. Fortunately for him, other students started piling into the classroom soon after. Many of the students were discussing what they had done the day before. Takoru would rather not have thought about how his plan to get Lilliko to go out with him had backfired as she and Misato got into a contest with one another.
The teacher started droning on Third Impact, and as usual Takoru laughed inwardly at how little he actually knew on the subject. Other than a few people, no one knew anything past seeing a little girl with blue hair appear, then suddenly washing up on shore some time later. Those few people in the know were the ones connected to NERV.
FallenAngel: So, Takoru, care to give us your opinion now that we're too far away to hurt you?
Joker: Sorry, but Lilliko will start throwing paper at me again if I say anything. I'd rather not have to explain to the teacher why I have her homework crumpled up on my desk.
SugarHigh: I promise not to throw anything at you.
Joker: Really?
He turned to see her giving him a very innocent and fake smile.
Joker: Fine. Personally, I liked Lilliko's performance better. Sorry Misato, but it's true. However, I know that Adamu was riveted to you during your performance, and was rather upset during Lilliko's.
Ayanami2: I was not.
FallenAngel: Really, Adamu? Riveted? How sweet.
Adamu signed off and turned back to stare out the window. He could hear the teacher droning at the front of the classroom, and faint giggling coming from his sister. He could also hear that heartbeat, still steady, still going strong. 'Whose heart is that?' he wondered. He had heard it for the past four years, but had no idea what it was. None of his family could give him any answers. It wasn't exactly annoying, in fact, it was almost soothing, something that he could count on.
After school the four of them wandered around Tokyo 4, chatting. At least, Misato and Takoru chatted, while Adamu listened and Lilliko inserted lewd comments. They eventually found themselves on a grassy hill overlooking the city. "The view from here is so romantic." Remarked Lilliko. Misato nodded. "My parents came here a lot when they were going out." They relaxed on the hill for a while. Suddenly Adamu stood up.
"I can feel an AT field somewhere in the city." He told them. They rushed down the hill.
Unit 16 waited as the desert winds whipped around it. Its single eye stared east toward its goal, unheeding of the grating sand that the winds kicked up. It could feel the futile efforts of the humans to dislodge it from its perch on the cliff. It ignored them, as they had ignored her. They had ignored her screams, her pain, and only concentrated on the activation of the Eva. She had been the only one to care for it, only one to realize what it was.
~Flashback~
"This is it?" she asked. "Why is it that color?" It could hear her voice, see her standing in front of it, but did not understand. Who was this intruder into its solitude? "It looks like blood."
She was small, almost too small to see. A tiny creature, but somehow a reassuring presence. "You're not really just a robot, are you. You're alive, just like me."
Then she was inside it, a comforting feeling. Unit 16 felt the need to protect this human, for reasons it couldn't even turn into conscious thought.
It could see her looking up at it, so small yet so kind. She was the only one that ever talked to it, ever even bothered to look at it face to face. "You look sad. I feel sorry for you, locked up like this. Perhaps after the activation I can take you out and show you the world."
Then, it happened. She screamed as pain flashed through her. Agony shot across their link, infusing her pain into Unit 16's body. Her presence within it was fading, but their link was getting stronger. It could hear sirens around it, could feel its body awakening. But she was fading. "Unit.16." she was gone.
~End flashback~
She had been lost, and Unit 16 vowed to take revenge by restarting Instrumentality. It would end Humanity, and perhaps then they would bring her back. Inside an empty plugsuit floated in the LCL.
Kaoru stopped as the boy turned to face him. "You're one of them." The boy accused him. "One of Adam's Chosen." Kaoru didn't answer. "We are Lillith's Chosen, and we will not be stopped by obsolete failures like you."
"And what will you not be stopped from?" Kaoru asked. The boy's eyes met his. Blood red looked into pitch black.
"The true evolution of mankind."
Lilliko spotted a little girl standing in the middle of the street, holding a balloon and looking around in confusion. She was alone, a bemused smile on her face. Her yellow dress fluttered in the wind, the ribbons on her hat flailing.
"Little girl," Lilliko said, "Why are you standing in the middle of the street? Where are your parents?"
"I have no parents." The girl replied cheerfully. "I'm lost."
"What's your name?" Lilliko asked her. The girl smiled shyly.
"My name is Jenny. What's your name?"
"Lilliko, we have to get her out of here." Said Adamu before Lilliko could answer. "The AT field is somewhere nearby."
Unit 16 felt the humans pull away as its body began to change. The restraints cracked and fell away as its body grew longer and longer, its legs merging together. Blades shot out from its sides and its hands melted into crab-like pincers. Still it waited. Its turn had not yet arrived. There was another clouding its view of its goal.
"Could you move a bit?" the girl asked Lilliko suddenly, "I need to get going." Her empty hand began to glow.
"AT field!" shouted Makoto. "Blood pattern black!"
"Do we have a visual?" asked Misato, putting down her beer and glancing at Makoto's screen.
What they got was a picture of a little girl in a yellow dress and a frilly hat, a balloon in one hand, a rapidly growing fireball in the other.
AN: This was one of the weirder chapters. I wrote a flashback for an Eva. At least now we have a reason for it going after Adam. Unfortunately, I'm running out of rogue Evas, so Lillith's Chosen will have to take over. That means less Eva battles, more battles between the Children and the Chosen using AT fields and special weaponry. It will be interesting, to me at least. What to do about Jenny? I tried to make her cute, but now I have to deal with her. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to make my villains less than completely demonic, so if you're looking for a fight between Absolute Good and Absolute Evil, I'm sorry. It's eight in the morning. Some people will ask, you're on vacation, why are you up so early? The answer: I'm not. I'm up late.
Disclaimer: I liked what I did for the disclaimer in chapter 13. I still don't own Neon Genesis Envagelion, that still belongs to Gainax (big surprise)
Fourth Impact Chapter 15: Two Little Girls
The next day Takoru appeared early at school as usual, at least several minutes before everyone else. Basking in the relative quiet, he unpacked his stuff for the day and sat down. Soon the quiet started getting on his nerves. His home was never quiet, not with three younger siblings, not to mention his father. He often spent his time in very noisy places. School was usually very noisy, so he treasured the rare bits of silence that he got before class. He always hated the silence after a minute or so. Fortunately for him, other students started piling into the classroom soon after. Many of the students were discussing what they had done the day before. Takoru would rather not have thought about how his plan to get Lilliko to go out with him had backfired as she and Misato got into a contest with one another.
The teacher started droning on Third Impact, and as usual Takoru laughed inwardly at how little he actually knew on the subject. Other than a few people, no one knew anything past seeing a little girl with blue hair appear, then suddenly washing up on shore some time later. Those few people in the know were the ones connected to NERV.
FallenAngel: So, Takoru, care to give us your opinion now that we're too far away to hurt you?
Joker: Sorry, but Lilliko will start throwing paper at me again if I say anything. I'd rather not have to explain to the teacher why I have her homework crumpled up on my desk.
SugarHigh: I promise not to throw anything at you.
Joker: Really?
He turned to see her giving him a very innocent and fake smile.
Joker: Fine. Personally, I liked Lilliko's performance better. Sorry Misato, but it's true. However, I know that Adamu was riveted to you during your performance, and was rather upset during Lilliko's.
Ayanami2: I was not.
FallenAngel: Really, Adamu? Riveted? How sweet.
Adamu signed off and turned back to stare out the window. He could hear the teacher droning at the front of the classroom, and faint giggling coming from his sister. He could also hear that heartbeat, still steady, still going strong. 'Whose heart is that?' he wondered. He had heard it for the past four years, but had no idea what it was. None of his family could give him any answers. It wasn't exactly annoying, in fact, it was almost soothing, something that he could count on.
After school the four of them wandered around Tokyo 4, chatting. At least, Misato and Takoru chatted, while Adamu listened and Lilliko inserted lewd comments. They eventually found themselves on a grassy hill overlooking the city. "The view from here is so romantic." Remarked Lilliko. Misato nodded. "My parents came here a lot when they were going out." They relaxed on the hill for a while. Suddenly Adamu stood up.
"I can feel an AT field somewhere in the city." He told them. They rushed down the hill.
Unit 16 waited as the desert winds whipped around it. Its single eye stared east toward its goal, unheeding of the grating sand that the winds kicked up. It could feel the futile efforts of the humans to dislodge it from its perch on the cliff. It ignored them, as they had ignored her. They had ignored her screams, her pain, and only concentrated on the activation of the Eva. She had been the only one to care for it, only one to realize what it was.
~Flashback~
"This is it?" she asked. "Why is it that color?" It could hear her voice, see her standing in front of it, but did not understand. Who was this intruder into its solitude? "It looks like blood."
She was small, almost too small to see. A tiny creature, but somehow a reassuring presence. "You're not really just a robot, are you. You're alive, just like me."
Then she was inside it, a comforting feeling. Unit 16 felt the need to protect this human, for reasons it couldn't even turn into conscious thought.
It could see her looking up at it, so small yet so kind. She was the only one that ever talked to it, ever even bothered to look at it face to face. "You look sad. I feel sorry for you, locked up like this. Perhaps after the activation I can take you out and show you the world."
Then, it happened. She screamed as pain flashed through her. Agony shot across their link, infusing her pain into Unit 16's body. Her presence within it was fading, but their link was getting stronger. It could hear sirens around it, could feel its body awakening. But she was fading. "Unit.16." she was gone.
~End flashback~
She had been lost, and Unit 16 vowed to take revenge by restarting Instrumentality. It would end Humanity, and perhaps then they would bring her back. Inside an empty plugsuit floated in the LCL.
Kaoru stopped as the boy turned to face him. "You're one of them." The boy accused him. "One of Adam's Chosen." Kaoru didn't answer. "We are Lillith's Chosen, and we will not be stopped by obsolete failures like you."
"And what will you not be stopped from?" Kaoru asked. The boy's eyes met his. Blood red looked into pitch black.
"The true evolution of mankind."
Lilliko spotted a little girl standing in the middle of the street, holding a balloon and looking around in confusion. She was alone, a bemused smile on her face. Her yellow dress fluttered in the wind, the ribbons on her hat flailing.
"Little girl," Lilliko said, "Why are you standing in the middle of the street? Where are your parents?"
"I have no parents." The girl replied cheerfully. "I'm lost."
"What's your name?" Lilliko asked her. The girl smiled shyly.
"My name is Jenny. What's your name?"
"Lilliko, we have to get her out of here." Said Adamu before Lilliko could answer. "The AT field is somewhere nearby."
Unit 16 felt the humans pull away as its body began to change. The restraints cracked and fell away as its body grew longer and longer, its legs merging together. Blades shot out from its sides and its hands melted into crab-like pincers. Still it waited. Its turn had not yet arrived. There was another clouding its view of its goal.
"Could you move a bit?" the girl asked Lilliko suddenly, "I need to get going." Her empty hand began to glow.
"AT field!" shouted Makoto. "Blood pattern black!"
"Do we have a visual?" asked Misato, putting down her beer and glancing at Makoto's screen.
What they got was a picture of a little girl in a yellow dress and a frilly hat, a balloon in one hand, a rapidly growing fireball in the other.
AN: This was one of the weirder chapters. I wrote a flashback for an Eva. At least now we have a reason for it going after Adam. Unfortunately, I'm running out of rogue Evas, so Lillith's Chosen will have to take over. That means less Eva battles, more battles between the Children and the Chosen using AT fields and special weaponry. It will be interesting, to me at least. What to do about Jenny? I tried to make her cute, but now I have to deal with her. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to make my villains less than completely demonic, so if you're looking for a fight between Absolute Good and Absolute Evil, I'm sorry. It's eight in the morning. Some people will ask, you're on vacation, why are you up so early? The answer: I'm not. I'm up late.