Offspring
Prologue
A few weeks ago
Toji Suzahara had never been one to really believe in God. He had always found the notion an all-powerful being rather stupid, especially when he heard people mutter the phrase 'God has a plan for us all'. He believed that nobody controlled what he did or what happened to him but himself. But if God existed, then he was the cause of all of Toji's hardships and pain.
Mother dying.
Never seeing his father or grandfather.
Sister being injured.
Being stuck in this monster.
All of these things he blamed himself for, at least at one time or another, but now he was blaming God. He still wasn't sure whether he believed in the all-powerful, but he hated the name and all that came with it just the same.
But the situation Toji found himself in, sitting in a metal capsule inches from death, made any concept of hate or love impossible to distinguish.
" Make it a stop. Make it stop. Make it stop." Those three words were all his mind could comprehend. He couldn't tell where he was anymore, or who he was. The only thing his mind was telling him was that his body was in pain.
At that moment, Toji Suzahara became a blank slate. No thoughts went through his head, no feelings through his body.
Just nothingness.
His body had become completely limp, just as the walls gave in.
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The entity known as Bardiel had known exactly how this battle would end before it begun. Everything had happened as it was meant to. His purpose had been to create opportunity, nothing more or nothing less. And its purpose was almost complete.
A small snake like creature had been sitting patiently on the surface of Unit-03's entry plug, just waiting for an entry point to be made. Its patience was rewarded as Unit-01 crushed the plug with its mighty grip before letting out a blood-curdling roar.
This wasn't impressive. The creature saw the mighty Evangelion for what it truly was, a means to an end, and a tool that the Lilum exploited. It's slimly body made its way through the wreckage that was once an entry plug, seeming to be fully at home in the LCL that the plug contained, even though most of it had now leaked out. The red globe clearly visible as it went forward to claim its prize, and to fulfill its purpose.
What entered the entry plug was not in itself Bardiel, but rather a seedling, an offspring of sorts. It would claim the Lilim as its host and remain dormant until the time of it's rebirth.
Bardiel had watched everything from its place in the destroyed Eva. If it had a mouth, it would be smiling, like a father would watching his child's first steps. It had served its purpose.
Bardiel then, as the Lilim called it, died.
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(" FATHER!")
Gendo Ikari sat calmly in his seat as his son cried over Unit-01's comm system, calling his name. It had been but thirty seconds since he had ordered the activation of the dummy plug system, and already it was fulfilling its purpose with what some would call savage efficiency. The image that filled the screen in front of the command deck was truly a disturbing sight, though by looking at him passers-by would swear he was enjoying watching the annihilation of Evangelion Unit-03 with his own son's horrified screams as it's soundtrack.
(" Father please, I beg of you, stop this thing!")
His son's words were now barely audible over his sobs. A part of him, a part that he would never admit to any living soul, felt sorry for what his son was enduring, he was his own blood after all. But those feelings had been locked away when he lost Yui, for Shinji had definitely inherited his mother's eyes. And whenever Shinji looked at him, all he saw was his beloved wife. Even though he hid it perfectly, it drove a knife into his heart whenever his son laid those eyes upon him.
" What is the target's condition?" Gendo finally stood up after witnessing Unit-01 crush the entry plug without hesitation. Even Gendo Ikari, well-respected bastard, had his limits. 'The fourth could have been useful as a backup, now I doubt he will even survive.'
" Unit.... I mean the target has gone silent." Shigeru Aoba stated from his station, the nausea he felt clearly detectable in his voice.
" Deactivate the dummy plug system." Those were the last words that came from Gendo Ikari's mouth as he walked off the command deck, knowing full well that everyone behind him would have found it very easy to kill him at the moment without so much as a guilty thought.
Gendo Ikari couldn't care less.
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Toji felt very dizzy. His world was spinning, various shapes and images made them selves clear for no more then a second before seeming to once again join the constant spinning haze that surrounded him. Then as suddenly as he found himself in this place his vision cleared and he was sitting in a train.
'What? Where am I? How did I get here? Who am I? ' His thoughts were as weak and confused as he felt. So much had happened he knew that much. But What?
Slowly his mind began to regain the memories of himself, his friends, his life, the Eva. They all came back to him like they had been misplaced, like he had left them under the bed or something.
Looking out the window he saw only an orange haze that seemed to hint at objects being there but never actually revealing anything, Toji was so confused by this that it took him a few moments to realize that he was no longer alone.
'Shinji and Ayanami?' He could tell they were talking, but couldn't quite make out what they were saying, and judging by Shinji's reaction to something Ayanami said it wasn't good. 'What are those two talking about, this is weird.'
He tried to stand, but his feet didn't work. He tried yelling to Shinji, but no sound came out. 'What the hell is going on?'
Toji then began to feel odd, very odd. A feeling of familiarity swept over him, but he couldn't tell from what. It was about this time that he noticed a fourth figure had appeared in the train, sitting directly across from him with their eyes closed and hands behind their head.
Toji Suzahara was terrified.
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Present
" How are Unit-03's repairs coming along?" Gendo asked, though he didn't really care about that answer for in the grand scheme it was irrelevant.
Ritsuko shuffled a bit behind him before proceeding to answer. " It's about fifty eight percent complete and so far all seems normal except for a small irregularity in the LCL scan, but I don't really believe it to be a problem."
" Very well." He had answered coldly. Even though the woman had shared his bed on many occasions he didn't feel the need to coddle her. He didn't love her, nor would he ever, she was sufficient for his needs and that was all that mattered.
'And there are far more pressing issues that demand my attention. Far more important then the feelings of this woman '
That fact that the fourteenth angel should have appeared long before now was not going down well with Seele, their schedules allowed for little deviation and the lack of an angel was considered to be a very big one. Gendo suspected that it was in how the Dead Sea Scrolls had been translated, an error must have been made but he didn't know where or what. This fact aggravated him to no end. 'Only God knows what is to happen now, and I've never been one to agree with his decision's.'
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Inside one of NERV's hospitals, a young man lay asleep on his bed. Though he looked it, he was anything but restful. His dreams haunted him, trying to dig away at his mind.
Something was invading him.
To be continued...
Sorry for this chapter being so short but I was basically just to set up where in the timeline the story is taking place.
Prologue
A few weeks ago
Toji Suzahara had never been one to really believe in God. He had always found the notion an all-powerful being rather stupid, especially when he heard people mutter the phrase 'God has a plan for us all'. He believed that nobody controlled what he did or what happened to him but himself. But if God existed, then he was the cause of all of Toji's hardships and pain.
Mother dying.
Never seeing his father or grandfather.
Sister being injured.
Being stuck in this monster.
All of these things he blamed himself for, at least at one time or another, but now he was blaming God. He still wasn't sure whether he believed in the all-powerful, but he hated the name and all that came with it just the same.
But the situation Toji found himself in, sitting in a metal capsule inches from death, made any concept of hate or love impossible to distinguish.
" Make it a stop. Make it stop. Make it stop." Those three words were all his mind could comprehend. He couldn't tell where he was anymore, or who he was. The only thing his mind was telling him was that his body was in pain.
At that moment, Toji Suzahara became a blank slate. No thoughts went through his head, no feelings through his body.
Just nothingness.
His body had become completely limp, just as the walls gave in.
$$$$$$$$$$$
The entity known as Bardiel had known exactly how this battle would end before it begun. Everything had happened as it was meant to. His purpose had been to create opportunity, nothing more or nothing less. And its purpose was almost complete.
A small snake like creature had been sitting patiently on the surface of Unit-03's entry plug, just waiting for an entry point to be made. Its patience was rewarded as Unit-01 crushed the plug with its mighty grip before letting out a blood-curdling roar.
This wasn't impressive. The creature saw the mighty Evangelion for what it truly was, a means to an end, and a tool that the Lilum exploited. It's slimly body made its way through the wreckage that was once an entry plug, seeming to be fully at home in the LCL that the plug contained, even though most of it had now leaked out. The red globe clearly visible as it went forward to claim its prize, and to fulfill its purpose.
What entered the entry plug was not in itself Bardiel, but rather a seedling, an offspring of sorts. It would claim the Lilim as its host and remain dormant until the time of it's rebirth.
Bardiel had watched everything from its place in the destroyed Eva. If it had a mouth, it would be smiling, like a father would watching his child's first steps. It had served its purpose.
Bardiel then, as the Lilim called it, died.
$$$$$$$$$$$$
(" FATHER!")
Gendo Ikari sat calmly in his seat as his son cried over Unit-01's comm system, calling his name. It had been but thirty seconds since he had ordered the activation of the dummy plug system, and already it was fulfilling its purpose with what some would call savage efficiency. The image that filled the screen in front of the command deck was truly a disturbing sight, though by looking at him passers-by would swear he was enjoying watching the annihilation of Evangelion Unit-03 with his own son's horrified screams as it's soundtrack.
(" Father please, I beg of you, stop this thing!")
His son's words were now barely audible over his sobs. A part of him, a part that he would never admit to any living soul, felt sorry for what his son was enduring, he was his own blood after all. But those feelings had been locked away when he lost Yui, for Shinji had definitely inherited his mother's eyes. And whenever Shinji looked at him, all he saw was his beloved wife. Even though he hid it perfectly, it drove a knife into his heart whenever his son laid those eyes upon him.
" What is the target's condition?" Gendo finally stood up after witnessing Unit-01 crush the entry plug without hesitation. Even Gendo Ikari, well-respected bastard, had his limits. 'The fourth could have been useful as a backup, now I doubt he will even survive.'
" Unit.... I mean the target has gone silent." Shigeru Aoba stated from his station, the nausea he felt clearly detectable in his voice.
" Deactivate the dummy plug system." Those were the last words that came from Gendo Ikari's mouth as he walked off the command deck, knowing full well that everyone behind him would have found it very easy to kill him at the moment without so much as a guilty thought.
Gendo Ikari couldn't care less.
$$$$$$$$$$$
Toji felt very dizzy. His world was spinning, various shapes and images made them selves clear for no more then a second before seeming to once again join the constant spinning haze that surrounded him. Then as suddenly as he found himself in this place his vision cleared and he was sitting in a train.
'What? Where am I? How did I get here? Who am I? ' His thoughts were as weak and confused as he felt. So much had happened he knew that much. But What?
Slowly his mind began to regain the memories of himself, his friends, his life, the Eva. They all came back to him like they had been misplaced, like he had left them under the bed or something.
Looking out the window he saw only an orange haze that seemed to hint at objects being there but never actually revealing anything, Toji was so confused by this that it took him a few moments to realize that he was no longer alone.
'Shinji and Ayanami?' He could tell they were talking, but couldn't quite make out what they were saying, and judging by Shinji's reaction to something Ayanami said it wasn't good. 'What are those two talking about, this is weird.'
He tried to stand, but his feet didn't work. He tried yelling to Shinji, but no sound came out. 'What the hell is going on?'
Toji then began to feel odd, very odd. A feeling of familiarity swept over him, but he couldn't tell from what. It was about this time that he noticed a fourth figure had appeared in the train, sitting directly across from him with their eyes closed and hands behind their head.
Toji Suzahara was terrified.
$$$$$$$$$$$
Present
" How are Unit-03's repairs coming along?" Gendo asked, though he didn't really care about that answer for in the grand scheme it was irrelevant.
Ritsuko shuffled a bit behind him before proceeding to answer. " It's about fifty eight percent complete and so far all seems normal except for a small irregularity in the LCL scan, but I don't really believe it to be a problem."
" Very well." He had answered coldly. Even though the woman had shared his bed on many occasions he didn't feel the need to coddle her. He didn't love her, nor would he ever, she was sufficient for his needs and that was all that mattered.
'And there are far more pressing issues that demand my attention. Far more important then the feelings of this woman '
That fact that the fourteenth angel should have appeared long before now was not going down well with Seele, their schedules allowed for little deviation and the lack of an angel was considered to be a very big one. Gendo suspected that it was in how the Dead Sea Scrolls had been translated, an error must have been made but he didn't know where or what. This fact aggravated him to no end. 'Only God knows what is to happen now, and I've never been one to agree with his decision's.'
$$$$$$$$$$$
Inside one of NERV's hospitals, a young man lay asleep on his bed. Though he looked it, he was anything but restful. His dreams haunted him, trying to dig away at his mind.
Something was invading him.
To be continued...
Sorry for this chapter being so short but I was basically just to set up where in the timeline the story is taking place.