DISCLAIMER: Neon Genesis Evangelion is not mine, period. Or is it question mark, exclamation point? Also, I don't own TV series 24, just using their idea of their story.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hi, this is my first time writing a fic so please bear with me if I have grammatical errors or my story is just plain dumb… Anyways, please kindly review. I'm not used to flames, at least not yet.
blahblahblah- means person's thoughts
"blahblahblah"- means someone's speaking
Project R
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: 24
3:00:00 AM
It was now early morning and still four occupants of Katsuragi household are still sleeping; a drunk who was the NERV Tactical Operations Director and Major named Misato Katsuragi, the devil's little girl who was the greatest (in her personal opinion) pilot of Evangelion Unit 2 named Asuka Langley Sohryu, the little girl's favorite wimp who pilots Evangelion Unit 1 who sometimes went berserk (thus saving humanity in the process) is Shinji Ikari, and finally the warm water penguin, named Pen-Pen.
At a glance, the whole apartment building's surroundings seems peaceful because of lack of its tenants, or because that redhead is sleeping, except that there is someone prowling around, stopping in front of the door of Katsuragi apartment.
And that someone isn't your regular thief with his trademark balaclava accentuated with his trademark black-colored sweater. Of course, he wears those mentioned clothes, except that he is carrying an assault rifle with a silencer attachment and a keypad hacker kit he is using right now to Katsuragi apartment's keypad. The aforementioned equipment was restricted only for use by the JSSDF Special Forces.
This man isn't going to steal something from the Katsuragi household; he is going to kill the pilots and their guardian/major. His intention was clearly emphasized when he silently killed the Section 2 Agents assigned to monitor the apartment prior to his intrusion.
But luckily, Misato installed a simple anti-theft device connected to the door before she slept.
Misato suddenly woke up after having a bad dream of beer cans and her. She then feels her service handgun, a .45 one, which she grasped instinctively under her pillow due to her nightmare. Sighing in relief that it was only a dream, she was about to sleep again when she saw her anti-theft device beeping beside her bed, indicating that someone intruded their apartment.
Then she heard a scuffling outside her door followed by a ka-chunk sound of a gun being cocked back.
Misato wasted no time to take cover behind her desk just as rain of bullets penetrated the thin sliding door of her room.
"SHIT!" she exclaimed. More bullets continue to patter her desk, wood shards flying everywhere.
She then fired back.
BAM! BAM!
Misato then heard the intruder grunted before he hastily retreated. The major then followed suit, pausing only to look at the bloodstain in the door ceiling outside.
At least now she knew that she managed to hit him.
Grabbing her cellular phone from the table she then called NERV headquarters for backup, not minding that she only wore shorts and t-shirt as she chased the intruder outside, finding several corpses of Section-2 officers assigned to monitor her place along the way.
3:04:45 AM
"I'm sending backup there at once!" Makoto Hyuga then turned to Aoba Shigeru and Maya Ibuki "Misato needs backup at once!"
"Backup?" both asked, alarmed why Misato would need backup at this time of morning.
"Misato will tell us the details later. Send backup at her place now!"
Maya then placed a call to the Section 2 and NERV security, while Aoba called Commander Ikari's office.
"Major Katsuragi called for emergency backup?" the Sub-commander Kouzou Fuyutsuki asked, pressing the button on the intercom to hear what Aoba would say, gazing at Commander Gendo Ikari listening keenly to their conversation in his trademark position, that is, hands steepled in front of him, elbows on the desk and fingers below his nose. His glasses shined for a moment.
"Affirmative sir, the major reported an intrusion in her place. She found several dead Section 2 officers we have assigned to monitor the pilots and her apartment. Whoever that intruder is, she says that he was about to kill her. She also says that the killer might go after the pilots"
"Are you positive?"
"Yes sir"
"Then send backup at once to the Katsuragi apartment and also to the residence of the First Child. Safety of the pilots is the priority at once"
"Yes sir"
Fuyutsuki then released the button for intercom to terminate the connection.
"So someone has interests for the pilots" Commander Ikari monotonously said.
"It seems so"
Fuyutsuki noted that the elder Ikari was frowning.
"Is this part of the scenario, I presume?"
Silence ensued for a moment before Gendo spoke in one word, summarizing it perfectly.
"Unexpected"
Suddenly his phone rang and Fuyutsuki picked it up, frowning when he heard what the other person on the line had to say.
"It's for you Ikari"
Commander Ikari then received the phone from Fuyutsuki.
Misato chased the intruder in the streets and was gaining on him fast due to the fact that he's wounded. Sometimes the intruder fires at her, which she ducked behind a pillar or a garbage can in response and firing back at him, again, causing a serious wound. The major was surprisingly a good shot, years of training with the JSSDF certainly pays off.
But the man managed to hold on and run roughly, not minding the blood he was losing.
The chase went on for a moment, that is, chasing the man through the parking lot, an empty building, back on the streets, on the empty lot, and then at the train station until Misato had cornered him finally in the alley.
Far away, sirens began to make itself heard.
Pointing the gun at the cornered man Misato barked at him "Put your weapon down and your hands up! Do as what I say!"
The man slowly turned to her, still wearing his balaclava and clutching his right side. Misato saw blood already dropping from his side. In his other hand was his rifle.
"I'd say it again, put your weapon down and your hands up!!"
The sirens were getting nearer.
The man's eyes casts downward, as if he realized the precarious situation he was in.
Misato thought he was about to give up when he suddenly raised the rifle and aimed it at her.
Three shots in that man's chest made him drop it.
3:18:20 AM
Several Section 2 Agents and NERV security team are on the scene to secure the area while some police officers are there to check the place up. Agent Kaji Ryouji was also there to see Misato. Secretly he was relieved to see the major okay.
"… so you chase him here only dressed like that" Kaji said, his eyes roaming on the very sexy body and the flimsy cloth material that belonged to Misato.
The major didn't seem to notice and instead asked a question "What about Shinji and Asuka? Rei too… are they...?"
"Yes they are safe. Section 2 reported to me about 10 minutes ago that they have safely secured the pilots, although at the First Child's place there are no reported incidents"
"I see. That's good to hear" Misato said before yawning.
"Care to escort you back to your place?"
"I…" Misato then turned away from him "That's fine, but I would check up on first the identity of that man"
Kaji then flashed his trademark "lady-killer" smile to her. Misato deliberately ignores him while she checks the dead body of the would-be-assassin.
"Who's he?" she asked the Section 2 agent.
"We have already run search on the database about his identity and his name was Tenchi Hamada. A Tokyo-3 resident" the agent replied.
Misato waited for more description, frowning when there was none forthcoming "Anything else?"
"Nothing ma'am"
The major scratched her nose in disbelief "As in nothing else?"
"Nothing else ma'am"
"Then search the database again, not only from the MAGI but from the other databases as well. Civilian, military, whatever you may find. Report to me your findings as soon as you can"
The Section-2 agent saluted before doing what she requested, tapping on his fellow agent to do a complete search on Tenchi Hamada on every available database on their mobile van.
"I see you had your suspicions" Kaji said, still smiling while he pocketed his hands inside his pants "Care to tell me about it?"
"Anyone who would kill the pilots would have a higher profile than that of a Tokyo-3 resident. Just look what he brought with him"
"Let's see" Kaji said, rubbing his hands and inspected the weaponry the intruder used "Hmm… a JSSDF standard assault rifle with a silencer attachment" He then frowns "This shouldn't just go into the hands of that intruder"
Kaji then turned to Misato "Yep, someone hired him"
The major stared at him "You sure?"
"Yes, and someone from the JSSDF who gave him that weapon or someone else. But that someone has to know that giving him a rifle from the JSSDF armory would attract serious attention from NERV, Japanese government or even JSSDF itself"
"So you're saying that someone would want attention to be drawn to JSSDF first"
"Yeah, like stalling for time until a grand scenario is at hand"
Misato then paused for awhile to think about what had Kaji had said to her "Makes sense actually. That man's ability to kill Section 2 agents assigned to monitor my place suggests to me that he is somewhat no amateur"
Kaji's cellular phone beeped and he received it.
"Kaji Ryouji here…"
His expression became a thoughtful one after hearing what the other person behind other line would say. He then turned to Misato.
"Our presence is required by Commander Ikari"
Misato frowned "Okay, let's go"
"Care to dress first?"
The major then looked at her clothes "Very well then, let's go back to my place and I'll change. I also would check up on Shinji and Asuka first before leaving for NERV. And by the way…" she smirked "That's the first time you told me decently about dressing first"
Misato then fished her cellular phone out of her pocket and dialed.
3:23:56 AM
Asuka stared warily the agents around outside of their apartment, all on high alert and sporting shades even at this time of the early morning. They would definitely, after she and Shinji woke up from the deafening gunshots inside their apartment and seeing Misato's thin door ripped apart by bullets.
Their telephone rang and Shinji picked it up.
"Hello? Oh, it's you Misato… okay. Oh, Kaji would come? Okay then… bye"
Hearing her lover's name (yet again, in her personal opinion) mentioned, Asuka's ears perked up.
"Kaji would come!?"
"Yes… he would come with Misato"
"Yay!"
While Asuka was giddily prancing around like a love struck girl, Shinji focuses on the matter at hand.
He was still sleepy.
"Hey Asuka, I'm going to sleep. You should too… we still have classes tomorrow, I mean… later, right?"
Asuka smirked at him "Sure Baka-Shinji… right. I'll wait for my Kaji here first!" she said, shouting.
Shinji wisely didn't reply as he went inside his room. Talking back to Asuka means receiving a slap followed by a kick in the groin.
3:31:10 AM
Much to Asuka's chagrin, Kaji wouldn't stay for the morning as Misato drives in the highway toward NERV headquarters, now dressed in her usual red jacket and black tight fitting clothes. Before they left Misato told Asuka to sleep now because they have classes later.
"Why would Commander Ikari call for an emergency meeting?" Misato asked.
Kaji replied "He wouldn't say the details"
"I see"
Kaji was about to play his charms again to the lavender-haired major, his hand rising to caress the exposed thigh of the woman, when he saw her frowning expression.
"Hey, don't be so uptight today dearest honey"
"Why would someone wants to kill me and the pilots?"
Kaji folded his arms in his chest "Come to think of it, why the killer would targeted you first? If he's after the pilots, he should have go after them first"
"Maybe because I'm their guardian, and also an important asset in NERV as their Operations Director. At least, that was my initial assumption"
The agent nodded approvingly "Of course"
Finally the highway they were upon ended on the large rail gate marked "TO NERV HEADQUARTERS" and underneath the sign there are words that form into a sentence, which reads "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY"
Misato drew out her card but Kaji beat her unto it, sliding his own card into the keycard slide next to the rail gate. The system recognized him as one of the NERV employ so the rail gate automatically opened up.
Misato then drove the car inside and waited until the rail gate closed behind them and her car secured by the clamps. A moment later she could feel the descent of the car train towards Geo-front.
3:45:12 AM
A quick tussle happened again between the two ex-lovers as they ascend inside the elevator going directly to Commander Ikari's office. Although Misato resisted at first, she couldn't help but melt in Kaji's embrace and return the kiss.
PING!
They pushed off from each other and hastily fixed themselves while the elevator door opens up, and they met Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, the Project-E chairperson and their best friend apparently waiting for them.
"Hey sweetie" Kaji said, flashing again his trademark smile.
"Hi Kaji, hello Misato, have a good time?" Ritsuko asked, obviously noticed that both of her past college friends have done something inside the elevator by the look of their disheveled clothes "Still can't control hormones eh, both of you?"
"Shut up!" Misato exclaimed "None of your business!"
The doctor laughed mildly before returning to the important task at hand "Yeah sure. By the way, Commander Ikari all called us important people for the special emergency meeting"
"What for?"
"He said to me over the phone that he will all give us the details later"
Then they walked towards the office of the supreme commander of NERV directly ahead.
Misato, Kaji, Ritsuko and the head officer from Section-2 were all standing in front of the Commanders Ikari and Fuyutsuki.
"Now that we are all here…" Fuyutsuki began "I'll go straight to the point. Earlier we have received a call directly into this office. Someone is threatening NERV organization to give up Evangelion Unit 1 and its pilot"
"Who?" Misato instantly asked, already worried for the safety of her charge.
"He wouldn't say. Only that he belongs to an organization named "Black Cell" and that particular organization wants Evangelion Unit 1 and its pilot"
"Was the phone call traced?" Kaji asked.
"No. The caller hung up before Section-2 got his location"
"But how he managed to call directly through Commander Ikari's phone? He doesn't have access, doesn't even knew the number… does he?"
Fuyutsuki mentioned the head officer from Section-2. The officer nodded and explained "The unknown caller used some kind of computer technology to hack inside telecommunication systems. The caller then found out Commander Ikari's access number"
"But how did it happen? The MAGI could trace this intruder…"
"Actually the MAGI and our telecommunication systems, although connected to each other, were actually both separate units protected by simultaneous layers of firewall. That was made in order to prevent intrusion into MAGI through means of a telephone line and hack the sensitive data" Ritsuko said "Plus, that someone only used a low-level pirate access, is that correct officer?"
"Yes ma'am" the Section-2 officer replied.
Kaji then asked "What if we didn't yield to their demands?"
Fuyutsuki then replied, while frowning "If we didn't yield to their demands, then they will detonate an N2 mine inside Tokyo-3"
"N2 mine!?" Misato exclaimed "But how did they managed to get their hands on it!?"
Kaji thought about it gravely "Might be stolen from the UN armory"
"Yes it was" Commander Gendo Ikari now spoke "We have received reports yesterday that the UN Armory Branch 442 somewhere around Nevada, United States was invaded by a group of armed individuals. By the tenacity of these reports I could say that these particular armed groups were all no amateurs"
"I see"
"Now for the situation at hand… Major Katsuragi?"
"Yes sir"
"I will assign you and Special Agent Ryouji to work together. From now on, all available NERV security and Section-2 officers will assist in your investigation on this matter. Use every resource available to your immediate disposal"
"Are there any questions, both of you?" Fuyutsuki asked.
Misato and Kaji stared at each other before facing the sub-commander "No sir"
Fuyutsuki then gave Commander Ikari an approving nod.
Commander Ikari then said "Evangelion Unit 1 and its pilot are both important to NERV and to humanity. Without them Angels will triumph and initiate Third Impact. We cannot allow this to happen. For this, we will not yield to their demands, to this particular terrorist organization named "Black Cell", as they do not know what they are doing"
"I expect a full report by the end of the day" the commander continued "Dismiss"
Misato, Kaji Ritsuko and the Section-2 officer saluted before him and exited the commander's office.
After awhile, Fuyutsuki spoke.
"Totally unexpected situation Ikari, what would you do?"
"I leave all of this to Major Katsuragi's and Agent Ryouji's capable hands. I would take decisive action if a detrimental situation developed"
"So, your planned scenario is still at motion?"
"Definitely"
A beep then made itself heard from the desk; Gendo smirked again when he saw who was calling.
SEELE…
Misato was peeved when she found out that she will work together with Kaji when his cellular phone rang.
"Katsuragi"
"This is from Section-2. We have new information regarding Tenchi Hamada"
Misato then pulled out her communicator and popped open the display and connected its cord to her phone.
"Patch the information to my line access"
Kaji and Ritsuko then looked on as the information about the perpetrator Tenchi Hamada. They both frowned when they saw the information displayed.
"Tenchi Hamada was an ex-JSSDF?" Kaji remarked.
Misato thanked the man on the other line before she presses the hung up button on her cellular phone.
"So he is an ex-JSSDF" the major said.
"What will you do now, both of you?" Ritsuko asked, pleased that her friends will work together. Maybe this time… they might work out something. Like making up to each other and confessing that they love each other so much…
"Well, for head start we should check that man on JSSDF, eh Kaji?"
Kaji smiled at her, pleased that him working together with Misato will enable him to have more "opportunity" with her.
"Yep, and also check his residence. We might pick up a clue"
4:00:00 AM
To Be Continued…
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