Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or rifts. If I did, you would have heard of me.
A/N: Alright, here's the lowdown. I am not sure how many of you know what Rifts is (those of you that do get a cookie, but you have buy it yourself). I really don't want to bore you with the details so here's the short form: Rifts is a Sci-fantasy RPG set on a future post-apocalyptic Earth that was devastated by the eruption of the rifts. Rifts are holes in the barriers between dimensions, allowing instantaneous travel between the connecting dimensions. It's sci-fantasy because it incorporates both magic and technology into the setting. I chose this setting for my story because it allowed me to incorporate two of my favorite hobbies into one story. Also, inter-dimensional nature of Rifts allowed me to do things with the story I might not have been able to. As I go through the story I shall try to give good detailed descriptions so that those of you who aren't familiar with Rifts will not be left in the dust. If you still have question, please don't hesitate to e-mail me so that I might clear up any questions you might have. Phew, well now on with the story.
Of Rifts and Evas
Book 1 of the Heaven's Storm series
Prologue
Dimension: NGE Earth
Location: Tokyo-3, Japan
Date: June, 14 2014 (A/N: Not entirely sure on the date.)
"Is this true?"
"Yes sir, when the report hit my desk I checked with my contacts with the second-branch and they confirmed it."
"Damn."
"What do you think will happen now sir?"
"I don't know, we will have to wait and see how the committee reacts."
Later on, elsewhere in Tokyo-3...
As soon as Shinji Ikari entered class 2-A he was pulled aside by a very excited Kensuke Aida.
"Shinji, you've gotta tell me what happened?" Kensuke asked excitedly.
"T...tell you what?" Shinji asked, quite at a loss as to what the military buff was so excited about.
"C'mon you know, the attack on the Nevada branch of NERV. You're an EVA pilot, surely they've told you about it." Kensuke said, too excited to notice the look of confusion on Shinji's face.
"They haven't told me anything about an attack on NERV." Shinji stated in a confused tone. 'I didn't even know there was a branch of NERV in Nevada.' Shinji thought to himself.
Kensuke, finally seeing the look of confusion on his friends face, filled him in.
"Yeah, there was a big assault against the Nevada complex. It was hit by a strike force of VTOL gun ships and elite ground forces. My Father's section was in an uproar about it. They think someone was trying to steal EVA unit-04." At this point Kensuke was quite out of breath and had to stop talking so that he could fill his lungs with air.
"EVA unit-04, I...I didn't even know there was a unit-04." Shinji said, still quite confused.
"Gee, don't they tell you anything?" Kensuke asked.
"No, not about another EVA...wait a minute does that mean that there is a unit-03 also?"
"Yeah, it's being built at the Massachusetts branch. I hacked my dad's files and saw that they've quadrupled security on it. It also looks like that once they're through building it they are going to ship it here to Tokyo-3. Maybe now I'll finally get a chance to pilot an EVA!"
Kensuke then proceeded to list all the reasons why he wanted to pilot an EVA, but Shinji wasn't listening.
'Units-03 and 04? Why didn't I know about them?' Shinji asked himself.
'Probably because I didn't need to know. All NERV needs from me is my ability to pilot EVA, why should they tell me anything.'
However, a voice in his head disagreed, 'Maybe if you just got the courage to ask, they might tell you something.'
'Shut up.' Shinji told the voice.
'You know I'm right.' The voice said.
'I said shut up, dammit.'
'I wonder if Asuka knew anything about more EVAs? Probably and if I were to ask she would then make snide comments on not only how inferior a pilot I am to her, but also on how dumb I was that I didn't know about the other EVAs.' Shinji decided that he just wouldn't bring the subject up with the prickly red-haired, German pilot.
"So do you know what they're going to do about unit-04?" Shinji asked Kensuke.
"Unit-04 is being transferred here." Gendo Ikari stated coldly.
Outwardly Gendo looked as he normally did, cool and collected. However, Vice-commander Fuyutski could tell that the committee's decision had angered Commander Ikari.
"Why?" Fuyutski asked.
"Apparently the Americans have gotten cold feet and have come up with the excuse that unit-04 would be safer here during its activation trials." Ikari answered.
"So the committee caved." Fuyutski stated.
"Nothing like this was foreseen when we began the Instrumentality Project, the old men are as shocked as the Americans were."
"Certainly the committee knows the dangers behind unit-04's activation, that's why it was supposed to be taking place in Nevada. It needs to be in an uninhabited area." Fuyutski said.
"After this attack the old men are taking no chances, they want the test done in a maximum security environment and what better place than the one hardened against Angel attacks." Gendo said.
Fuyutski sighed; there was nothing that could be done now.
"What of unit-03?" Fuyutski asked.
"It shall be shipped here as was originally planned." Gendo stated.
"Shall I inform Dr.Akagi to begin preparations for unit-04's arrival?"
Gendo simply nodded.
Without another word, Fuyutski walked out of Gendo's headquarters. He tried to shake the ominous feeling from his bones but he couldn't.
'This is a really bad idea.' Fuyutski thought to himself
End Prologue
Next chapter...1: I told you so.
A/N: So, what did you think about it. Please review. If you liked it, great. If you saw something that could be improved on, the give me some constructive criticism. I'm new to this so any help would be appreciated. If you feel like flaming well, laser-guided smart bombs will be there momentarily to plead my case. 'Til the next chapter.