Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cry of the Heavens
Episode 05: Fear/Panic
Off the coast of Japan.
Encircling the dark endless waters that now covered a great portion of what was once China's east coast. Five military vessels stood guard over a single ship that appeared to be a civilian vessel. Over the side of the civilian ship hung a small submersible for deep sea exploration, crewmembers of the civilian ship could be seen preparing the submersible for launch, so busy were they that they failed to notice a large shadow move underneath there vessel. As the submersible was lowered in to the water, and detached from the civilian vessel, it begun to sink slowly in to the dark empty waters. As the Submersible begun to fall lower and lower in to the darkness, the small crew on board begun to activate the exterior lights.
Submersible pilot: All seems to be fine here, we are beginning are dissent.
As one of the crew members switched on another light, a large eye, at lest the size of the submersible was reviled among the darkness. As the light shined on the large eye, it quickly contracted in to what could only be described as a glare.
Crew member: Oh my god!
A sudden burst of light erupted from the eyes pupil. Suddenly with out warning, the sea where the submersible was launched begun to boil before a massive pillar of light erupted from the sea. As the pillar slowly faded away, the crews of the six ships in the area were left in a panic as they rushed to discover what had happened . . . they did not have to wait long. From a distance, the sounds of ship cannon fire could be heard, but were soon silenced by massive explosions, and more pillars of light.
NERV HQ, Command center.
On one of the consuls a light quickly lit up indicating an angel or an AT-field appeared but disappeared in less then a second.
Hyuga: What?
Aoba: What is it?
Hyuga: I thought I saw something . . . I think there are still some bugs in this control room
Maya: It's basically the same command center, and any glitch's should have been all but worked out by now. but the chairs are still cramped
Hyuga: . . . Yeah
Hyuga said, sounding more concerned then he had been. There was a long silence before one of the three spoke up.
Maya: Why do you think they constructed two new Eva's? I thought this was all over.
Aoba: Those Eva's were finished to quickly . . . it's almost like they were on stand by.
Hyuga: And one crashed in to the sea off Japan.
Maya: I heard the sixth child was lost along with it.
Aoba: That's sad, but maybe he was lucky, maybe better to die in such a way then to die fighting an angel.
Maya & Hyuga: . . . .
Maya: Have any of you seen the seventh child? He looks like the fifth child . . . you don't think.
Aoba: I don't think so, they would have taken precautions this time to make sure.
Maya: . . .
Hyuga: In any case, they are rebuilding Unit-00 and they were bringing two new Evangelions here, and they have begun rebuilding Tokyo-3 . . . we should be ready for the worst.
Aoba: I heard they started a recovery mission for Unit-F0.
Hyuga: Evangelions have been able to withstand a lot of punishment . . .it's most likely it is sitting at the bottom of the sea . . .just waiting to be claimed.
Corridor, outside male locker room.
Shinji: You promised me Misato!
Misato: I know Shinji . . . but things have not turned out how I thought they would.
Shinji: You said he was the last, you said I did not have to pilot Eva anymore!
Misato: There was no way I could know that things would have lead up to this Shinji!
Shinji: Then you should not have promised me!
Misato: I'm not asking you to pilot . . . I . . . can you just go through with this test today Shinji-kun.
Shinji (looking away): . . . .
Misato: I can't force you to do anything Shinji . . .it's up to you rather you want to do this or not.
Shinji: . . . .
Stepping past Shinji, Misato begun on her way to the test chamber, leaving Shinji to ponder her words and come up with his own answer for them.
In the male locker room, Seth had just pushed the switch on his wrist causing his plug suit to tighten to fit his body perfectly as Shinji entered the locker room.
Seth: Oh, hey Shinji, what took you so long?
Shinji: . . . I had to talk to Misato.
Reaching his locker, Shinji opened it, removing his own plug suit.
Shinji: Seth . . .
Seth: hmm? Yeah?
Shinji: Why did you chose to pilot Eva?
Seth: Heh, I have been asking my self that for a while now, when I come up with the answer I'll tell you.
Shinji seemed surprised by Seth's reply and turned to Seth.
Shinji: You don't know?
Seth: I guess not . . . what about you Shinji?
Shinji: huh?
Seth: Why do you pilot Eva?
Shinji thought back to the day himself, Misato, Asuka, and Rei had ramen on the street corner and when his father had praised him.
Shinji: I . . .
Shinji no longer felt the same as when he did back then, he could careless about his fathers praise.
Shinji: I don't know.
Seth: Well, when you figure it out, tell me, maybe it might enlighten me to find my own answer.
Seth said with a smile, Shinji only stared at Seth confused for a moment before he smiled and nodded his head.
Shinji: okay.
Test chamber.
On the main screen in the test chamber control room, images of the four children could be seen as they relaxed with there eyes shut. In the control room, Stood Misato, Ritsuko and Alex, Alex paid passing glances towards Misato and Ritsuko, Alex had no idea what was going on, but that was not going to keep him from looking like he did.
Ritsuko: Confused lieutenant?
Alex: hmm?
Ritsuko: You don't have to act like you know what is happening, we all know you didn't have any training with sync ratio testing.
Alex simply ruffled his hair before letting a soft laugh escape his lips.
Alex: Yeah, well this is not really my thing, I was only trained in military tactics.
Misato: Then why are you here?
Alex: Because my roommate is here.
Misato: you're roommate?
Alex: I have to make sure you people treat the new guy with some respect.
Alex said jokingly
Misato: You live with Seth?
Alex: You could not be bothered with looking after three children major, I requested to be the seventh child's guardian.
Misato: You make it sound like its some kind of job.
Instead of replying to Misato, Alex made his way over to Ritsuko and leaned over to look at what she was staring at.
Alex: I don't understand any of this, how about you give me a private lesson afterwards doctor.
Misato's eye brow begun to twitch as she watched as Alex begun to hit on Ritsuko, and needless to say Maya was not very happy with Alex's advances as well.
Command center
Fuyutsuki: What do you mean we have lost contact with the recovery team!?
Fuyutsuki shouted in to phone that he held.
Fuyutsuki: Have a recon patrol sent out to see what has happened!
Fuyutsuki quickly hung up the phone before taking a deep breath.
Fuyutsuki: could this be it
Out at sea, a small squad of VOLTS could be seen skimming across the surface of the ocean.
VOLT Pilot 1: I can't believe they have sent us out to the middle of sea.
VOLT pilot 2: They most likely just have some interference.
VOLT Pilot: This is such a waste of time.
VOLT pilot 2: At lest it is better then stalling some giant monster.
VOLT Pilot 1: I would prefer that rather then flying in the middle of no where's on my way to the middle of no where's.
VOLT Pilot 2: You're to damn picky.
As the VOLTS came to the position the small fleet had been located, they found them selves hovering above a circle of debris.
VOLT Pilot 1: What the hell?
VOLT Pilot 2: Should we call this in?
VOLT Pilot 1: Nah, I'm sure this is just some debris from some other ships . . . of course call it in you jackass!
Command center, fifteen minutes later
Fuyutsuki: What!? are you sure!?
Fuyutsuki: I see.
Hanging up the phone, Fuyutsuki pushed a button causing an intercom system to come on.
Fuyutsuki: You should come up here Ikari.
On the lower level of the command center, Hyuga, Aoba, and Maya glanced up towards the upper level where Fuyutsuki stood.
Hyuga: I don't like where this is going.
Back at Sea.
The VOLTS had begun to circling the area looking for survivors and answers.
VOLT Pilot 1: This is hopeless, there is nothing and nobody out here, and we are running out of fuel.
VOLT pilot 2: Yeah, we should head back
VOLT Pilot 1: This is dark angel one, no survivors found, were heading back now.
Voice: Roger.
Coast line of Japan.
As the VOLTS were about to reach the main land of Japan, a massive jet of water vapor shot up as a massive figure emerged from the sea. The VOLTS scatters like insects to avoid the massive figure as it begun to make slow steps on to the shore of Japan.
VOLT Pilot 1: You have to be kidding me!
VOLT Pilot 2: This is Dark angel two, we have sighted a---
Before the pilot could finish his VOLT erupted in a fire ball as a bright flash of light emanated from the massive figure, As the VOLT was destroyed, the remaining VOLTS begun to fire on the target, but to no affect, Soon an uncountable number of flashes begun to come from the figure. The landscape was immediately set a blaze as explosions begun to rape the land. Half the VOLTS had been destroyed from direct hits or from flying in to fire balls rising up from the surface.
VOLT pilot 1: We have sighted an angel off the coa—
Once again before the pilot could finish, a massive fire ball rose up in front of the VOLT. Flying in to the fire, the glass of the cockpit was shattered as the wall of fire tore through the craft.
NERV, Test chamber.
The lights of the control room had quickly turned red as alarms begun to howl. Confused, everyone in the control room glanced towards the red lights in wonder.
Alex: Does NERV have drills?
Misato: No
Pushing a button on one of the control panels, Misato opened a channel to the command center.
Misato: Hyuga, what's going on!?
Hyuga's voice: a Squad of VOLT's just reported sighting an angel making land fall on the east coast right before we lost contact with them, But we have still not detected anything yet.
Misato: What!?
Ritsuko: End the test immediately!
Maya: Roger!
With out warning the four test plugs quickly slid open revealing three confused children. Rei over ever did not seem confused or alarmed with the sudden end to the test.
Shinji: Is the test done already?
Seth: That was quick.
Asuka: What's going on!? We just started!
Rei: . . .
Misato's Voice: An Angel has been sighted, report to the cages on the double!
Shinji: Why is this happening, I thought it was all over!
As Seth begun to climb out of the test plug, he could not help but notice Shinji still sitting with his hands firmly grasped around the controls.
Seth: Shinji?
Nothing
Seth: Shinji!?
Shinji was suddenly shocked out of his train of thought as he turned towards the voice that was calling him.
Shinji: huh?
Seth: We have to go, there's an angel
Shinji: . . . right.
Command center, five minutes later.
Standing on the bridge, Misato, Ritsuko, and Alex watched the main screen as it showed an estimated course the angel may take from where it was last sighted.
Hyuga: JSSDF forces have reached point of last contact, they are sending us a live feed.
As Hyuga finished speaking, the main screen flicked a few times before the image of a war torn landscape appeared on the screen. All vegetation had been burned away, but a small spot in the middle of the destruction where the angel had been standing. Large foot prints could be seen dug in to the ground as the angel had made its way through the field of destruction it had created.
Alex: Impressive.
Hyuga: Another team has spotted the angel, there transferring the feed to us.
Once again, the screen quickly changed to an image of a massive dark figure, with skin that seemed like armor that jetted out in some spots forming sharp horns or spikes. The angel was at lest two times the mass of an Evangelion, and lacked a face that could be seen, but had uncountable eyes going from its large shoulder blades down the whole of its arms. Every eye seemed to have a will of its own as they glanced around in every direction. The VOLT's were keeping there distance as they circled around the massive beast.
Hyuga: Still nothing, No signs of an At-field, or blue blood pattern detected.
Ritsuko: How can that be?
Misato: It does not matter, it's here, we will figure it out later. When will the target reach Tokyo-3?
Aoba: thirty minutes at its current speed.
Alex: I suggest we have all Eva's deployed on the out skirts of town and ready an ambush for the target.
Misato: . . .Noted. Seth, Asuka prepare for
Gendo: Sortie Rei in Unit-F1
Misato: What?
Ritsuko: its should not be a problem with the new control system, it will only take a moment to configure it for Rei.
Cage.
Asuka: Looks like they don't want the seventh child playing with the big boys yet
Asuka said with a mocking tone as she sat in the entry plug of Unit-02.
Misato: Seth does not have any combat experience Asuka.
Asuka: HA So you don't trust him with an Eva yet do you, admit it.
Misato: We don't have time for this Asuka.
Leaning over the rail in front of Eva Unit-02, Seth glared up at the four eyed beast, Seth could hear everything that was being said over the loud speakers in the control room.
Misato: Unit-01 is to remain under lock down, you two will have to handle this on your own, I'm counting on you two.
Rei: Roger.
Asuka: Understood.
Misato: Launch!
When the word launch was yelled out, Unit-02 and Unit-F1 were launched upwards only seconds apart. Sitting inside Unit-01, Shinji had a look of regret and bitterness to him.
I don't want to be here, why am I here? Because an angel attacked, I could not just say no when they need me. . .but they don't need me, I'm just sitting here under lock down.
Seth's voice: Hey Shinji!
Shinji blinked a few times, confused on where the voice was coming from, Shinji glanced around the entry plug, no one in here besides him self. Looking towards the screen, Shinji could see Seth standing in front of Unit-01, staring up at it as if he was talking Shinji's face and not the large inhuman one of Unit-01.
Seth: Why are you being held back? Do they not like guys here or something!?
Shinji: Ehh. . .I'm . . . I mean, Unit-01 is under lock down.
Seth: Lock down?
Tokyo-3.
On the outskirts of Tokyo-3, Unit-F1 and Unit-02 had been placed five kilometers apart and each held a long distance weapon. Unit-F1 had placed the barrel of the cannon it held on the roof top of a small building and had the barrel trained on the location the angel was most likely to come from.
Misato: We don't know much about are target, we can't detected it, so it may be using a form of stealth, so be careful.
Asuka: Don't worry, I'll take care of it, You cover me first child.
Rei: . . .
Misato: Don't do anything rash Asuka, the target possess a great deal of fire power from what we can tell.
Asuka: That's why the first child is going to cover me.
Rei: It's coming
Rei's soft voice was strangely heard loud and clear, putting Asuka's attention back on to the matter at hand. Stepping out from behind a small mountain, the angel turned towards the city of Tokyo-3.
Misato: Rei, You take the first shot, Asuka back Rei up
Asuka: What!?
Rei: Roger.
Asuka: Wait!
Before Asuka could complain, Unit-F1 pulled the trigger of its cannon three times. The first shot fired by the cannon was so loud and shook the building so, that the windows of the building shattered and rained down on to the pavement. The three shots sailed through the air, arching only slightly as they did. As the three shots impacted the Angel, blooms of smoke and fire rose off the angel's body, only to revile the angel was completely unharmed. Raising its right hand slowly, the angel held its three fingers open, reviling a large eye on its palm that focused in on Unit-F1.
Hyuga: High energy build up detected!
Misato: What!? Rei dodge!
With a quick brilliant flash of light from the eye in the angel's palm, the building Unit-F1 was behind was vaporized in a pillar of light. Being thrown back from the blast, Unit-F1 tore through one building behind it before falling to the street, cracking the pavement as it did.
Command Center.
Misato: Rei! Rei answer! Rei!
Maya: Pilot of Unit-F1's heart rate is erratic, I think she is having a panic attack ma'am!
Misato: What!?
Rei's voice: I don't want to die