Author Notes: Here's another one! FYI: The names in the parenthesis ex. (CHRISTIAN) mean the viewpoint of the chapter in that person's eye. ^_^ hope y'all like this next one!

Chapter 15 - Training Day

(CHRISTIAN)

I didn't sleep at all last night. The thought of Dani kept me awake all night. I wasn't tired though. And caffeine helped me out as well. When I came out of my room, the sun had just risen, and was shining through the living room window. In the kitchen, Dani was sitting at the table drinking some coffee; we were the only ones awake.

"Hey." I said as I sat across from her, sipping some coffee.

"Hey." She said, almost shyly. There was a long pause; it must have been five minutes.

"Did Bri come home last night?" I asked. "I didn't hear her come in at all last night."

"Yeah, she came in around midnight." Dani said. And again more awkward silence filled the room.

"Do you know what time we have to be at NERV to start training?" Dani finally said.

"I believe I heard Holly say we have to be there at 0800 hours to suit up."

"Well, Dani said, "It's 0700 hours; do you think we should wake Danny and Bri?"

"Sure, I'll get them." I said.

(BRI)

Okay. So I was a little late getting home last night. Well, I actually got home fairly early, but just before I walked in, some guy by the name of Jake came out of the complex. I got to talking with him, despite my anti social tendencies, and it turns out he's from Earth too! Not only that, he's an Eva Pilot!! So, somehow, we ended up going out for some dinner, though I already ate. We talked about just about everything. Earth, friends, family, dating, everything! Then we went to go see a movie, and as it turns out, they show Earth movies here too! It's so great!!! WE were out until about eleven, and I got home around midnight, because Jake told me that we have training tomorrow. Well, now back to more current times...

Christian came into my room to wake me up, because it was an hour before we had to be at NERV to report for training. I'm really excited to finally see what an Eva really is!!

"Wake up, Bri! We have training in an hour." He said.

"Alright." I said as I rose from my bed. "Is anybody else awake?"

"Yes, Dani is up, and Holly already left. She had to be there early I guess."

"That must really suck." I said. "I'll wake Danny up."

"Okay." He said. Then he left. I overheard him say, "I'm going to suit up Dani, you should do the same." And then he entered his room. I decided to do the same, and I suited up in my nice black uniform! I swear I look damn sexy in this! So I came out and went into Danny's room.

"Wake up sleepy head..." I said, but he was already awake...and in full uniform nonetheless. "Wow, early bird!"

"Yeah, well" Danny said. "I'm really excited to finally find out what the hell an Eva is today!"

"Aren't we all?" I said back to him.

"Guess so." Danny said. We walked out of his room and into the living room, seeing Christian in uniform, with a weird look on his face, and Dani looking at him. "Christian seems disturbed this morning." Danny got out. So I decided to go into the kitchen and see what was up.

"What's up, you two?" I said to them.

"Uh...nothing." Dani said hesitantly. "Absolutely nothing."

"Yeah, nothing." Christian said back. "Dani, I need to talk with you in my room, immediately." He said, and they exited to Christian's room.

"That was weird." I said. What went on last night, Danny?"

"You're asking the wrong person. Follow them and find out."

(DANI)

Oh shit, he's going to talk to me about last night, isn't he...I know I shouldn't have done it. Now he's probably gonna hate me...oh, why did I do it?

We got into Christian's room. He went and sat me on his bed and he started pacing. I could tell when he's nervous when he paces. It's so cute though!

"Wha- Wh- How- uh..." He said. He couldn't say anything...he was baffled. And after some silence, Bri walked in and asked, "What's going on, you two?"

"Nothing." I said to her. "Well, we better be off to training. It's nearly 0730 hours.

"Right." Christian said. "Don't forget those things we got back on Earth."

"We won't." Bri said. And so we headed off to NERV.

We arrived there right at 0800 hours, right on time. Holly came up to us in the lobby and said, "You're late!"

"But it's 0800!" Danny said. "That means we're on time."

"You obviously don't understand this...if you're early, you're on time, if you're on time, you're late! That's how it works here!"

"Okay, geez." Danny said. Where do we go?"

"Christian, you go to the launch pad underground, you're first in training today." Holly said. "Clay and that Sixth Child are waiting for us in HQ. Let's go. Escort? Can you take Christian here to the launch pad for Eva unit 01?"

"Right away, Lieutenant." The man said, and escorted him to the Launch pads.

Now we were up high, looking over the city. About 5 minutes passed by, and a camera popped up on the giant screen, showing a bunch of things.stats to vitals for Christian. Another camera showed up of the city, showing where Christian was. He was underground.

"Preparing for launch." One woman in the room said. "Checking sync rates...WHOA! HIS SYNC RATE IS OVER 40%!! THAT'S UNHEARD OF!!!"

"What?" Holly said. "That's impossible; he's a first time pilot!"

"Well, it's possible!" The woman said. "5...4...3..." The computer said. When it got to one, I giant mechanical beast came out from underground. It was amazing, and Christian was piloting that?!

"Releasing Security locks." One man said. Then the Eva was detached from the launch pad.

"Okay Christian." Holly said. "We're going to try walking first. Just think about what you want the Eva to do, and it will do it. It also helps if you do the motions with it, it'll help your mind concentrate."

"Alright." We heard him say over the Com. "walk." He said, and the Eva took a step.

"Good job." Holly said. Now try walking multiple steps.

He started to walk, and then he tripped and fell down. Ouch, that must've hurt. "OUCH!!" Christian said!! Why did that hurt so much?"

"You feel what the Eva feels, Christian." Holly said. "Now get up." And he did. He got the hang of walking right away. Just then, the unthinkable happened.

"Ma'am! We have another AT reading!!! It's an angel!" A man said.

"It's Sachiel, the first angel." Holly said. "We don't have time to get the others out, Christian. You're going to have to fight this angel."

"What?!?!" Christian said. I could tell he was scared. His vitals started to race. We could see what was happening on the view screen.

The Angel stood right in front of Christian. Just staring at him. Christian was frozen solid with fear, as I could tell...I just felt it, that's all. The angel started walking towards him.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING CHRISTIAN?" Holly yelled out. "Fight him!" There was no response. Sachiel grabbed him and started punching him in the face.

"AHHHHHHH! IT HURTS!" Christian said.

"Keep your calm Christian; it's not really your chest." Holly said. Sachiel then pulled out some sort of plasma device and started to hit Christian in the eye. It didn't take long for the Angel to impale Christian's head through and through.

"CHRISTIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I yelled out.

"Vitals lost, all security locks lost." A man said. The Eva hit the ground like a dead body.

"This is unheard of." Holly said. "Why did an Angel have to come today?"

I started to cry. I didn't even get to find out if he really liked me. Then the unspeakable happened...everything went back up again.

"HIS SYNC RATING IS OVER 400%. HIS VITALS ARE FULL!" A man said.

"What? That's impossible! Christian!!!!!!!!!" Holly said.

"I don't have control." Christian said. The angel proceeded to fight Sachiel and defeated it with ease, then the Angel fell down dead again.

"Get a medical team down there immediately!" Holly said. "Come with me all of you." She said to us. It took us about 15 minutes to get down there. By then Christian was already extracted from the Eva, and he was bandaged on his head, chest, and arm. He was unconscious.

"Doctor, report." Holly asked a doctor.

"He's in critical condition, but stable. He'll make it through this time."

"That's good news to hear, doctor."

"Wait." I said. "Is this going to happen every time we pilot Eva's?"

"No." Holly said. "This was a most unfortuneance. His Eva went berserker to protect itself because he was paralyzed with fear, and that takes a harsh toll on pilots. The lesson to be learned is never freeze in the heat of battle!"

"When can we go see him in the hospital?" Clay asked Holly.

"I'll take you all there now, everybody in my van." Holly said. And we all hopped in.