2. Training

"Yoji, I would like you to put this flight suit on, it may look baggy but trust me it will fit you." Shougo handed Yoji the red baggy suit, and he was right, it didn't look like it would fit, but he went to put it on anyway.

He was pointed towards a white door as with most of the other doors it opened automatically, he stepped through nervously the door clicked shut behind him, and he used a red button to lock it behind him.

"How do you think he will do?" asked Kazuo, "I think he will be fine, remember this isn't Eva unit-01, and its mental effects have been worked out, although due to unit-01's escape we will have two change the armour slightly encase Japanese State Defence mistake it for unit-01." Shougo explained.

The door slid open, Yoji stepped out wearing the red and white suit, it was exceedingly large on him, Kazuo stepped towards him and reached out with his hand, Yoji gasped as Kazuo held his neck, "Shhhk!" the suit fitted around Yoji in a flash, "This switch will make you flight suit fit to your size, it fits tight like a wet suit but is not restrictive." Kazuo explained.

"Please enter the door next to the viewing window, when you enter you will see a long cylinder with an open hatch, this is an entry plug enter it and sit down, we will instruct you from here." explained Shougo.

Yoji did as he was told, he entered the entry plug, "The two small metal triangles that are on the seat are to be placed on the top of your head, clip them on your hair, put one on the top left of your head and one on the top right." a voice spoke from inside of the small chamber as the hatch door slammed shut behind him, once again Yoji did as he was told.

He sat in the dull silver pilot seat, it was metal but he still found it comfortable, other than the silver seat it was pitch black but then screens lit up all around him, they showed the large white room the where the entry plug was, "The monitors around you will show the view from the head of your Eva, at the moment were using camera feeds to simulate it." the voice from the speaker added.

The plug started to fill with an amber coloured liquid, "Hey, is this supposed to happen?!" Yoji shouted as the liquid substance rapidly filled the surrounding area, as it reached his mouth Yoji smelt its thick blood like scent, "Calm down Yoji, its called LCL, its breathable." the speaker sounded, Yoji began to run out of air and he took a good gasp of the LCL, he found that it wasn't suffocating him also it was as if it didn't exist, when in it was clear and his hair didn't flow.

"LCL connects you mentally to your Eva, and also acts as a support for when you take shocks." Shougo added, "Isn't LCL the substance that the sea was made of after genesis?" Yoji replied still amazed at this breathable liquid.

Yoji heard a crack and then suddenly his mind was filled with thoughts that weren't his, "What the hell?!" Yoji yelped, "You need to concentrate Yoji! To synchronize with your Eva you needed to be fully focused!" Shougo said from the control room, "I'll try!" Yoji tried to clear his head, he began to calm down as he gained control of his mind, "Ok, I think I've got the hang of it now." he continued, "Good Yoji that's it you have synchronized with the Eva, now to actually pilot flaming sword." Shougo finished.

Yoji, Kuzi and Shougo walked down another corridor, this one was blue, Yoji was still wearing the red and white flight suit, Kazuo had changed out of his black officers suit and into some camouflage gear but Shougo still wore his white lab coat, Yoji thought he was a bit of a nerd, but he also wore a black t-shirt and blue baggy jeans which made him look a bit cool.

"Yoji, do you know what this means, with you piloting an Eva?" Kazuo asked, "It means that Genesis will happen like it did before and give the human race a another chance to look after the world and each other, the book of Ikari is what everyone believes in but I don't believe in anything, I make my own destiny." proclaimed Yoji.

Shougo smiled, "Yes but just like last time angels will awake to try and be the species that are reborn, they will try to come into contact with the pieces of the original Lilith the our government has, that is why we built Eva unit-14.".

They reached another door it read "EVANGELION HOLDING PORT", it slide open revealing the flaming sword project to Yoji, "Whoah! Is that an Eva?! I've read about them but I've never seen one, do I get to pilot this?! Awesome!!!" he ran across the bridge that was next to the head and stopped to stair at the giant beasts eye.

"It looks like Adam? The angel that looks like its made of light, it was Adam that made this Eva fall on my parents, I swear I will destroy that thing, giant piece of shit!" Yoji slammed his fists down on the railing in front of him, "The original Adam is missing along with Eva unit-01, I'm guessing that they will return you'll get your revenge." Kazuo replied as he walked towards Yoji, Kazuo could tell that Yoji was a hot headed child but he still had feelings.

Shougo followed closely behind, "Hey you two we don't have time to talk, Yoji follow me to the briefing room."

Later

"Yoji, listen closely, you will be deployed by a missile, once it lands you will have only five minutes to complete your objective, your objective is as follows, eliminate all X-ray's that means targets in civilian terms." Kazuo explained the mission plan with a stern face, the map was on a large computer screen behind him, Yoji looked uneasy as he sat at a large round table, "What is the target?" he said as he raised his hand, then the target came on screen, Yoji felt his heart drop, "Good question, the target is Evangelion, nine of them in fact, they are the Eva series that were used in genesis, that we managed to re-activate." Kazuo replied, Shougo saw that Yoji was worried "Don't worry, their under our control, the entry plugs that were in there can not be removed, but they have no signs of activity, so we programmed them." he said.

Later Yoji sat in the seat of unit-14, the LCL once again filled the small compartment and his lungs, he spoke out "I'll never get used to that, so I just destroy the Eva units, Jesus! Ya don't ask for much do ya, it's my first go and I have to beat NINE enemies!" The speaker sounded again, "They can't hurt you, so this time round just try to get used to controlling the Eva, and be careful! It's an expensive weapon!"

The Eva was loaded into the side of the missile, "Careful? I've got to have fun!" Yoji spoke to himself, speakers could be heard all around, people were giving orders, "Set missile coordination to 363, 547!" "Complete! Preparing primary and secondary thrusters! Activate primary thrusters!" Yoji jolted as the missile fired up into air, the sun gleaned as Yoji struggled under the strain of gravity, the boosters cut out and the missile began to fall, Yoji's stomach jumped, "Oh shit." the missile speeded up as it descended.

"Activate secondary boosters!" shouted Kazuo, the missile fired up and sped to its target at an alarming rate "Whooooo!!!" Yoji shouted as he closed in on the ground.

The missile collided with the earth in a giant thud, "Gotta do that again!" Yoji shouted as his monitors lit up revealing the rocky area around, cylinders burst up thought the ground around him, Yoji's Eva burst up from the crashed missile, it landed on one knee in front of its craft, its bright red armour shinning in the sunlight, "When you pull back on the handles in your Eva your thought commands are acted out, and Yoji, check your shoulder switch, there will be a weapon you can use." Kazuo's voice sounded inside the entry plug, machine guns immediately sprung to Yoji's mind, but when he pushed the switch he found a small red object.

"It's called a progressive Knife, it's the second version we found, push the button on the side." Shougo announced, "A knife?! How can I defeat nine Eva's with a knife?!" Shouted Yoji as the knife extended into a box cutter shape, "Eva's and angels have what's called an A.T. field, it is impenetrable to modern weaponry, but when two A.T. fields come into close contact they cancel each other out, so hand to hand is the best form of combat." Kazuo explained to Yoji.

The doors on the cylinders burst off releasing gushes of LCL, the white Eva's hunched over still attached to their capsules by three large wires on each of their backs.

The wires burst off and the Eva's dropped to their knee's, they climbed to their feet and set their look on unit-14, they had no eye's but red lips on their grinning faces, they showed their human like teeth from long their whale shaped heads.

"Here we go." Yoji said as he took a battle stance, the first white Eva ran straight at Yoji, his Eva sliced the knife into the enemies shoulder, the white Eva grabbed his arm as a rush of blood spurted from the wound, unit- 14 drew back and stabbed the knife into the side of his wounded enemies head.

Another white Eva was already running at Yoji, it jumped at him but he quickly span around slicing his target in half, the body dropped to the floor releasing floods of blue internal fluid and blood.

Yoji saw another Eva approaching, he asks "Is that Eva's A.T. field cancelled Kazuo?", "Yes, it's not showing on the sensors." Kuzi replied unit-14 threw the knife at the approaching threat; the knife hit the enemy's neck sending its head flying.

"How's that for a shot!" Yoji shouted, another white Eva grabbed Yoji from behind but he quickly flipped the Eva over and got it in a head lock, the two Eva's were locked in a struggle but Yoji pulled back on his foes neck snapping it, the white giant dropped and coughed blood from its mouth.

Yoji once again was charged at by a white Eva, they locked hands, unit-14 was stronger and the enemies fingers snapped back from the strain, Yoji span around slamming his heel into the side of the grinning creatures face sending teeth flying and dropping it to the ground.

Suddenly a white fist hit unit-14 in the face, "I felt that, How did I feel that?!" Shouted Yoji, Shougo explained "The Eva is mentally linked to you, so when it gets hit, you get hit.", "Ah, crap, punch me will you, you bastard!" Yoji replied, his Eva punched back again and again knocking it to the ground, he continued to punch his opponent until the white Eva's face was covered in blood.

Two white Eva's stood watching, Yoji ran forward but as he closed nearer he just ran straight past the two adversaries, he turned and grabbed onto the two white Eva's spines, he pulled at the armour that covered them and then they collapsed as if paralysed.

He turned looking for the last X-ray, his Eva was kicked in the stomach and it dropped to the floor, Yoji was almost sick, "I can't fail, I must do this for mum and dad." Yoji said to himself as he gathered strength, he screamed as his Eva rose up and grabbed the sides of his foes chest armour, he squeezed until blood burst from the weak points.

The white Eva drops and Yoji relaxes, the fallen Eva's began to stir, "What the hell is happening?! Their not dead?!" Yoji snarled readying himself for battle again, "Calm down, remember that the Eva series reactivated during genesis, you've done well, training over." Kazuo explained.