Yeah…this is chapter two…enjoy. And R&R afterwards…
Yayy! The Children are back!
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Revelations
Chp.2 In a World of their Own
The week after the attack on NERV was one of great sadness. Shinji, Asuka, and Rei had all dramatically changed due to the recent events (well, not really then again). They all were mourning the loss of Misato, Shinji's surrogate mother/sister, Ritsuko, the guiding hand and guardian in battle, and Kaji, Asuka's supposed crush.
Shinji was now even quieter, calmer, but less pessimistic about things, though he seemed to accept things as they were. Asuka was missing her arrogant, bossy attitude, which had been replaced by a calm, thoughtful one, which was strangely confident (actually, on the other hand, ignore the calm and thoughtful part and add back in the bossy attitude part).
Rei had gone through the smallest change. The quiet, pretty, blue-haired girl in the class, she never had been very social, nor friendly towards anyone in particular. She would actually converse with Shinji openly though, which shocked Asuka (And made Shinji blush a lot more than he needed). But she still kept her usual monotone voice. But neither Shinji nor Asuka could stop staring when Rei started showing emotion, such as smiling (though still rarely) and the occasional frown.
The next day, Shinji was playing around with his pen. As before, he dropped it, and it rolled under Asuka's desk, which was a rather familiar scenario.
"Here, catch." Said Asuka throwing the pen to Shinji, who caught it by the tip instinctively. What, no gum?
He looked back at Asuka, who smiled back at him. Shinji quickly turned back to his work, clearly disturbed by the fact that Asuka sincerely smiled at him. Was that really sincere?
Shinji then sneaked a look at Rei, who was also fiddling around with her pen. Rei noticed this and waved to him. Shinji blushed and quickly immersed himself in his work.
Hmmm, Shinji isacting strange again…Rei thought as she typed in the conclusion to her essay on nuclear reactors. But then, after what's happened these past few days, I can't really say he changed. I still don't know what happened to my mind…I just don't understand…or remember. Even Asuka has changed. So many losses... all of our lives have changed. She frowned. Now I have no purpose in life…no purpose, the thought petrified her, …no wait… what about what Shinji said a while ago...what was it..."One day we'll both be glad that we survived"…something like that…what did he mean? Anyways...one thing's for sure…our lives will never be the same…
"Kaji…I wish you were still here…then I wouldn't have to put up with all this crap." murmured Asuka drowsily. She looked around the classroom. By now, most of the kids whose families had transferred to escape the angels had returned. Everything seemed the same as before, even after the near-catastrophic events, except for Shinji and Rei. Well, not Shinji that much. Rei, she saw, seemed to be fighting inner emotions, her face contorted in exasperation, something both her and Shinji were still getting used.
Now that's just creepy…Wondergirl plus emotion equals girl withsome majorissues…
"Well, Akagi, by the looks of it, you still haven't gotten a boyfriend, have you?"
Betrayed, again, first by Gendo, then by the soul of my own mother.
"Is anyone in there?"
Why does everything always go wrong?
"Come on Ritsuko, I know you're alive."
I did it for her... why did she betray me…? It's all over.
Is it raining?
Her eyes snapped open and saw a sponge held over her head.
"Ah, welcome back Ritsuko. I thought I had lost you there for a second."
Was that Kaji? No, this must be SEELE attempting to interrogate me.
She turned her head so that she faced the person with the sponge. What she saw sent a shock down her spine. Her eyes widened in disbelief. "What the…Oh my god, Kaji…"
"Yes I know. I can't even believe myself." He grinned
Ritsuko immediately sat up staring at Kaji, who grinned mischievously. He sat back and ran a hand through his hair.
"Well, you know," he said, "You should be dead too."
"But, it was Gendo who shot me from behind."
"WHO!" said Kaji in disbelief, "Gendo? Why would he do that?"
Ritsuko then lowered her head, saying nothing. Kaji could see that there was another side to the story.
"Why? Come on…you know you can trust"
She laughed weakly, "Umm, Kaji, I really don't feel like talking about it right now."
"Oh come on Ritsuko, we've all got secrets but they have to come out eventually."
"Yes I know, but not now. Anyways, I've got a headache now, so could you please leave me alone?"
"Oh, come now Ritsuko, you're acting rather cold today…"
"Please Kaji, I have a headache."
"Okay, okay, jeez, I was just worried about you." He smiled at her as he got up.
"I know, I know, I'm sorry…"
"Don't worry 'bout it. See ya later." And with that, he got up and left her to her own thoughts.
Maybe I should have told him…"Targets currently moving towards us from the west at 60 kilometers an hour. Speed steadily increasing."
The wide blast doors opened, and Tai entered the command room flanked by Chief of Operations Takeda Hyushi and Commander Matt Shindo. "What's going on?"
"We're tracking several large groups of aircraft moving towards our base. They're not carrying our IDs. Security level yellow?"
"Yes. What kind of aircraft?"
The technician chief replied, "Unsure right now, but they're definitely some type of new superiority fighter craft, apparentlymore advanced thanwhat we have. Some kind of lightened titanium alloy, but nothing that our weapons can't penetrate. Several weapons pods, a little more aerodynamic than some of ours. They number around a hundred so far as we can tell, probably more."
"Well, if they've discovered us," said Tai, "That could be a problem. But I'm sure our G-units units can take care of them easily."
"SEELE apparently has also sent a small naval fleet to back 'em up. But we crushed them the last time we engaged them."
Suddenly, one of the technicians yelled out in a panic, "Three Evangelion Units have appeared behind the aircraft, along with several groups of what appears to be MCV's!"
"What!" cried out Tai incredulously, "They have our technology? Everyone, Battle stations. Red Alert. Security level 1!"
"Several groups of enemy MCV's have alsoappeared to the east 400 km away!"
The room went from fully lighted to emergency red lights. Then the battle sirens sounded. Matt went to his console and yelled into the intercom, "All pilots prepare to sortie. This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not drill. We are under attack."
Takeda quickly moved to shout out orders.
"Activate anti-air batteries network and ground gun network."
"Ground gun defense network online! Operating at 98 percent."
"Anti-air intercept system operating at 50 percent. Will be at 100 percent in twenty seconds."
"Observation cameras on." Holo-screens popped up all around them, depicting parts of the islands, as well as strategically placed camera buoys in the ocean.
"Power the generators. Send an encrypted alert message to Command Wing over secured channel Alpha-Oh-six-five"
" Shield Generators 1-4 are ready for deployment."
"Message sent. HQ is not responding."
Damn it!
"Scrambling ground armor and AAS support."
Suddenly the elevator doors opened and Kaji rushed in.
"Tai, what's going on?"
Tai replied rather calmly for the present situation, "SEELE appears to have finally gotten annoyed with us so-called terrorists. They feel that we are getting too powerful to ignore any longer. They've finally sent an armada to openly attack the Vanguard, or us. Takeda! You're in charge while I'm out there."
"Yes…", he replied.
"Matt, let's go."
Matt nodded and followed Tai into the elevator.
Kaji then asked Takeda, "Where are they going? I thought Tai was in charge of this place?"
"He is, and he's also the pilot and lucky owner of one of the G-suits, codenamed "Gear fighters". That means he'll also be participating in combat. As well as several of the other Vanguard officers."
Kaji stared at Takeda, bewildered for a couple of seconds, and then said, "Oh…"
What's a Gear fighter?
"Camouflage holograms system online."
"Come on you old ladies, hurry up and you may yet get in the first shot," hollered Tai to the pilots he was leading. There were 6 MCV units of ten each (not counting the squad leaders). Each unit was heading by a squad leader with his or her own personalized G-suit except for the shadow squadron, which was the top MCV group in the GLA.
Tai's was the Blue Lancer, while Matt's was Hellscythe. The hangars were a hive of activity, with prep crews scurrying around making final check-ups on each mobile suit, while pilots were getting dressed and running to their mobile suits. In the Hangars on the other side of the base, superiority fighters were being prepped as well.
The inside of the mobile suit cockpit was like a mini-planetarium with the seat and controls suspended in the center. Tai looked around him, scanning the hangar (through the hologram globe around him). He saw Li-Chan in her usual grey jumpsuit still leading her group to the other side of the hangar. He saw that the other pilots in his group had gotten into their MCV. He grinned and opened a channel to Li-Chan's G-suit, Alpha Centauri, just as she opened the cockpit.
"Hey Li-Chan, better get a move on it…or you'll be late for the party again…like last time."
"SHUT UP!" came the terse reply.
"Okay, Shadow squadron, you lead the way," called Tai into his communicator, still grinning, " with Thunder and Alpha flanking you. Matt they're all yours. Over."
"Roger that. Over."
Back in central command, Takeda took a look at the statistics of their combat force. "This will be an interesting battle." He breathed. All of the data gathered on the attack force of SEELE estimated that it was about 350 aircraft, to our 125, and about 100 MCV's 9 Evangelions, to our 70 MCV's 6 G-suits. SEELE also had 2 Mammoth-class battlecruisers, literally flying fortresses bristling with weaponry. They, on the other hand, had 4 submarines, a heavily modified battleship, and 2 cruisers.
They had devoted some their forces to other operations around the globe and also to the GLA. They also had no battlecruisers at the moment, for one was undergoing repairs, while the other two were at bases located on the other side of the globe. In fact, their section of the GLA did not actually control one of the battlecruisers (the Vanguard, if you haven't noticed, is only one division of the GLA).
Few Battle AAS (Armored Assault Suits) were going to be used here, since it was a battle over a body of water (AAS look less humanoid than their cousins, the MCV's, and some AAS weren't even humanoid in design anyways. Some were shaped like animals and stuff; mostly flightless birds and blocky robots at that). Only a couple lances of them guarded the island.
"Doesn't look good, sir, does it?"
"Actually, it does theoretically…of course there are variables… Well anyways, activate the interior defense-systems."
"Yes sir."
"Shinji, watch out!"
"Huh?"
TWHACKK!
The rubber ball smashed into Shinji's face, sending him spiraling to the ground. Aida ran over to him and lifted him up. They were at the moment playing dodge ball in gym class
"God, Shinji, what's wrong with you. You've been like you're in a daze."
Shinji, rubbing his injured face, replied, "Sorry 'bout that, I just can't really concentrate today."
"Well at least try not to turn into road kill when you walk home. K?"
"Whatever."
At the swimming pool, Asuka and Rei were looking through the fence at the boys' dodge ball game.
"I really miss Kaji." Sighed Asuka, turning around
"Shinji's upset over Misato. She looked after all of us," said Rei, still looking into space.
"You know, Rei," said Asuka, leaning against the fence, "Of the three of us, you've seemed to have changed the most. I mean, you openly voicing your opinions and emotions…that's not like you" Rei stared at her
with a blank expression, "Well maybe not your emotions. But we're still getting used to that anyways"
Rei said nothing (as usual). Asuka noticed this and immediately changed the subject.
"Well, what do you think of Shinji? I mean, I noticed you two are together a lot. Have you ever thought of going out?"
"No, I have not. We are friends, but nothing more." Rei replied in the emotionless whisper. Though she seemed to look surprised at her own reaction
Curses, give me a straight answer!
"But why do you ask?" asked Rei.
"Well, I asked Shinji the same question once (well, sort of) and he didn't give me a very good answer. You do like him, don't you?"
"…This…does not concern you."
"Hey, Asuka, Rei, let's play Marco Polo." Called Hikari. She was waving at them from the other side of the pool
"Yeah sure, wait for me." And Asuka ran off, with Rei standing there reflecting on the recent conversation.
"Rei! Are you coming?"
Rei, her thoughts interrupted, quickly turned around and replied softly, "No, thanks anyways."
Hikari shot a glance at Asuka, who shrugged.
It looked like two groups of armored angels facing off, with weapons armed and cocked.
"Rebel forces, disarm and unshield and we will spare your lives. Do not force us to destroy you." The SEELE MCV's were sending transmissions asking for the complete and unconditional surrender of the Dragon Vanguard forces (name of Tai's section in the GLA).
Tai immediately called back through his communicator, "My ass! If you want us, come and get us!" Who the hell gave them a MCV!!!! Who stole our plans!!!!!
The SEELE forces quickly responded by charging up their weapons. The Vanguard did likewise. Suddenly, the Vanguard forces split apart into two groups, and flew backwards. Tai was barking commands into his communicator inside of his cockpit. Matt, commanding the other group, also did the same. The SEELE MCV's opened up with a barrage of Hellfire missiles, which spiraled towards the Vanguard MCV's…and were met by open air. The Vanguard forces had suddenly and mysteriously evaporated into thin air, leaving the confused SEELE forces looking around at each other.
Suddenly, several of the rear SEELE MCV's exploded as a wave of heated metal and lasers smashed into them. "HOLY SHIT!!!!!" screamed a SEELE pilot as whipped around his MCV to see the Vanguard forces again repeat their magic trick, this time by reappearing.
Colonel Jack Harps of the SEELE Air and Space Defense Force, was desperately trying to figure out what had happened in the past five seconds. One moment, his enemies, the Vanguard MCV's, had been sitting right in front of them, the next second, the Vanguard forces had reappeared behind them and unleashed a salvo of missiles, taking out his rear guard. His T34-3000 MCV whirled around and swung his PX2 Gauss Rifle to target a unusually large angelic MCV in the center of the Vanguard line. That is one huge Mech…
He held down the trigger and heard the familiar whine of the gun, declaring the launching a titanium-tipped slug at the MCV. Pity I have to destroy such a beautiful mech', he thought, his eyes looking at the streamlined edges of the MCV's battle armor. But then his eyes widened when he saw the suit react with lightning speed, turning into a blur, whipping outa long katana and deflecting the silvery bolt. No, he thought, his eyes had to be deceiving him.
No human pilot could react with such speed, nor could any mobile suit actually deflect a blast of pure energy. Looking back at the MCV, he saw that it had disappeared. Suddenly, a shadow appeared over him. Jack looked up, and was met with astream of autocannon shellsstabbing down on top on him. He only managed a scream as he evaporated into a white, expanding explosion.
As the SEELE forces reeled around in disarray to confront the appearance of the Vanguard forces, another wave of metal and fire collided with the first-turned-last wave of SEELE MCV's, throwing the whole of them into utter chaos.
The Vanguard forces had outmaneuvered them again, with the help of a recently invented cloaking device. Tai's G-suit, which resembled an armored angel with its wings, had wielded two heavy Blitzkrieg Auto-Shotguns, which Tai used with lethal efficiency, each blast disabling or blowing away a target. Seeing a flicker of movement to his right, he swung around, bringing his guns up to bear.
The SEELE pilot was apparently extremely dense or too headstrong for his own good, for he with was charging towards Tai launching missile after missile in quick succession from his MCV's missile racks. Tai smiled and just hovered there. The missiles, fired in haste with no skill whatsoever, either went too far right or above Tai's G-suit. Tai merely knocked away the last one. The SEELE pilot, furious at missing all of his shots, pulled outa progressiveswordand soared up into the sun. He then plunged down at Tai's mobile suit with thevibrating blade whirling over his head.
Tai calmly unsheathed his sword and pointed the keen end at the charging MCV. The foolhardy pilot's MCV was almost immediately impaled on the blade due to his momentum. Remembering the massacre at NERV, he coldly jerked the blade upward, nearly splitting the MCV in half and sending it to join its comrades in a watery grave.
Later, with his ammunition spent, Tai put away his shotguns and drew a second katana from his back. He darted into the mass of SEELE forces slashing and hacking away. By then, the SEELE forces had been heavily decimated. Of course, it was the first two salvos that had caught them off guard and destroyed many of them, Tai thought, parrying blows from three MCV's at once, and using a technique from the Neo-Mitsurugi Form (Which he studied in his spare time) which. In another slash, the three opposing MCV's were headed for a watery grave at the bottom of the ocean.
Suddenly, all of the lights in Tai's cockpit turned red, and he saw the reason on the console in front of him. Rolling in midair sharply to the right, he saw a flight of rockets pass through the patch of air where he just was. Looking down, he saw that the SEELE fleet had arrived, along with the two colossal Battle Cruisers. Again, the red lights in his cockpit came to life when every single one of the weapon turrets on one of the Battle Cruisers swiveled to face him.
Tai barely had time to stow away his swords and pull out from behind him a Shield, when he was pummeled and blasted backwards by dozens of Pulse lasers and missiles, then hammered by the Battle cruiser's Heavy Naval Autocannons. Crap!His G-suit's now shredded shield fell in apart and plummeted into the ocean. Still being fired upon, Tai weaved his mobile suit through streams of autocannon shells and missiles.
Several shells peppered his G-suit, climbing up its leg. Fuming, Tai fired his thrusters and streaked towards the mammoth ship as explosion around him rocked his suit. Drawing out a sword, he blasted his thrusters and skimmed over the top of the aerial fortress, dragging his sword over the top of the ship, carving a huge slash across its top. This is why the current capital ships are useless!
Explosions erupted on the Battlecruiser as Tai made another long slash across the stern of the ship. He then drew out his cannons and fired threesuccessiveburstsat the bridge of the ship, igniting the prow with explosion and flame. Anotherround and the repulsor lifts under the ship blew up. The flaming ship was now tilting forward and dropping altitude. His work done, Tai headed right back into the melee.
Major Kairi Megumi flew around the battlefield, striking quick and hard at any unfortunate SEELE MCV in her way. Spinning hercrescent pole-bladearound like a fan, she sliced through several enemy MCVs at once. Wonder what Mother would say if she found out what my real job was…heh, I told her that I was a surgical doctor in the US. Huh, a seventeen year-old in a section of a worldwide international rebel faction group at war with the international government SEELE. Oh well, she'd probably think I was joking…
She winced as a rocket exploded next to her. She called into her communicator.
"Alpha squadron, report in!"
"Alpha 1 here"
"Alpha 2 disabled but alive."
"Alpha 4"
"Alpha 6 damaged but combat-fit"
"Alpha 7 here"
"Alpha 10 disabled but alive."
She cried out in shock, "WHAT!!"
Her unit quickly took alarm to their leader's scream and swiftly called in again, asking if she needed assistance.
"No…I'm fine, look sharp, we're outnumbered 3 to 1."
"Major, Alpha 5 is alive but he had to pull out and eject. He's somewhere in the ocean below us."
Oh no…I've already lost half my unit!
Suddenly, an MCV loomed in front of her, its beam sword slashing down on her.
She shut her eyes as the blow came down, but it never landed.
"Tsk Tsk, Kairi, it won't help your squadron if their leader is taken out this early."
Sai Kurama had appeared on a holoscreen, which projected out of her panel of controls. His G-suit, the Fire Knight, had skewered the SEELE MCV on its exceptionally longspear. Kairi breathed a sigh of relief and wiped her face with the sleeve of her jumpsuit.
"Thanks…again."
He smiled, "No problem, just watch yourself, don't lose yourself in the battle too much until you've honed your skills."
Sai and Kairi, though they came from different families, were literally like brother and sister. Sai, 27, took on the role of Kairi's older brother and mentor, which she never had, training her to pilot the G-suits and also as a GLA operative. She looked up to him with the outmost respect and enjoyed having him acting the part of an older brother, as in her family, she had been the only child, and quite lonely. Sai had been the one to get Kairi to join in the first place after they met at a medical school in the northeastern US.
"Come on, let's go, before some lucky bloke gets a lucky shot off and blows us to kingdom come."
"Right behind you!"
The two jetted off as explosions erupted around them.
The battle on the island wasn't faring so well for the Vanguard though. The well-equipped SEELE assault force had landed on two beachheads and were driving towards the heart of the island. The SEELE Mech force had much more combat experience than the few Mech squads which defended the island. Fortunately, once the SEELE forces had moved into the forests, they had to deal with hidden traps, weapon emplacements, as well as the Vanguard Mech force as well.
Takeda watched as several screen depicted images sent in by hidden cameras in the forest. He watched as a lance of SEELE Mech touched off several motion sensor mines, which exploded, setting the Mech's on fire. Another screen showed a firefight in which the Vanguard Mechs and the SEELE Mechs were shooting from the protection of large trees and rock formations. But they were hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned 2 to one. Soon the SEELE Mechs were the last standing. But when they proceeded to walk into a growth of dense bushes, several of them fell into an expansive pit hidden by the bushes. Explosions rocked the earthen pit as several tons of explosives erupted, wiping out the SEELE unit and avenging the Vanguard ones.
Takeda closed his eyes and sighed, This will be a costly battle…we'll be fortunate to come out of this one alive, much less victorious…SEELE surely hasn't been idle in reassuming position as the world government…nor gathering military forces...if they had this much firepower...then why did they use only the Evangelions...? Obviously they had something else on their mind...
He called out, "Report in. I want the number of casualties displayed on Main screen now."
The whole command center watched as numbers scrolled down the massive screen at the front of the room. Takeda's spirit fell as he watching the ever-rising numbers of fatalities for the Vanguard.
At this rate, there will be no more Dragon Vanguard. The GLA command wing will not be pleased…
End Chp. 2
curtains close. Audience cheers, applause along with catcalls and jeers
Misato walks on stage along with Kaji, botjh are heavily bandaged.
Misato: hello people!!! I'm really sorry about last time...I just kinda got carried away...with the excitement of the release!!
Kaji: Yeah...don't worry, she's on probation right now, so she won't go crazy on you again...or me on that note cough
Tai walks in
Tai: Hello people. I'm sorry, but FireDragonBL is sick and will not be able to join us today...he is sick. I just got a call this mornig from him.
-meanwhile, in Boston, MA, at a nightclub
"YEEEE HAAAAAWWWW!!!! THIS IS DA REAL AFTERPARTY!!!!"
"GOING STREAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE GOING STREAKING !!!!!!!!"
sorry, but for the sake of all you viewers with heart and mental problems, we're not going to visually describe the scenes of chaos...I'm pretty sure you can do that yourselves. The writer's partying methods tend to be pretty extreme.
BL and friends are raising hell in Boston. Definitely drunk to the bone. Disturbing private property and going against all written and unwritten rules of ettiquete and decency, they are partying hard after long hours of working on the NGE script.
-back to the theater
Kaji: Yes let's all take a moment of silence in honor of his hard work...
room is silent
-in the Boston Museum of Science
"HEY GUYS!!! CHECK IT OUT...IT'S URANUS!!!!"
"WOW IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE URANUS!!!!"
"HEY HEY...IS THAT YOUR MOM?"
"I'm sorry sirs, but if you do not keep quiet we will have to-"
"RIOT!!!!!"
"HAHAHAHA!!! LEARN TO PH34R M4 M4D SKILLZ!!!"
"Someone please call the police..."
-back at the theater
Misato: Okay silence is up.
Tai: okay, so today's subject is...uh...what did we decide on again?
Kaji: Uh...firearm safety? or was it underage drinking or something? Or the effects of alcohol on certain personas?
Kaji grins at Misato, who proceeds to throw him off the stage. Fortunately for Kaji, he is caught by a group of fangirls. Unfortunately, they drag him outside.
Kaji: ARGH!!! NOOOOO HELP MEEEE!!! TAIIII!!!!!
Tai stands there dumbfounded. He slowly looks at Misato, who smiles back at him.
Tai: Urk!
Shinji walks out from behind the curtain, followed by Rei, Toji, Kensuke,and Asuka
Asuka: BAKA! Where'd Hikari go?
Shinji: Uh...
Rei: I believe she said she required use of the facilities...
Tai: Oh why hello.
Misato: Shinji...Asuka...did you do your homework yet?
S & A: yes ma'am.
Misato: good
She smiles at them.
Tai: ...Yeah...okay we'll talk about firearm safety...first off...make sure you pick a weapon to your liking...never use something you don't trust...for example...if you like pistols, and someone hands you a rocket launcher (looks at Misato) would you shoot it?
Misato: of course!
Tai: ...
Shinji: Um, Misato? Why are we talking about guns? i thought we were suppsoed to be answering questions about the show...
Misato: We are Shin-chan, due to Tai's obssession with guns, we're going to talk about them,
Tai coughs loudly. Hikari appears.
Hikari: Asuka, i can't find the bathroom.
Tai: I think Misato blew it up last time.
Hikari: Oh...that explains all the debris near the dressing rooms.
Maya appears from behind the curtains.
Maya: Er...Tai? Someone blew up the bathroom, along with my locker...
Tai: What? Oh er...I'll...uh...go back there with you...and try to find what's left of your locker...yeah...uh Misato take over?
Misato: No problem! (She grins mischievously)
Tai: k...(he frowns)
Taiguides Maya off the stage. Ritsuko enters from opposite side.
Ritsuko: Misato, did you get drunk again?
Asuka coughs loudly. Toji randomly pulls out a soda and starts drinking
Misato: What? Me? of course not...why?
Ritsuko: Someone blew up my changing room along with my laptop...and there's a closet open in the back filled with weapons...not to mention several dozenempty bottles of...I think it was called "Bud-wizard" or something...ring a bell?
audience laughs.
Misato turns red
Misato: Of course not!
Ritsuko studies Misato for a moment, and then walks off stage. Misato turns back to the audience and procures a microphone.
Misato: okay we'll skip the guns and instead introduce some new members to the NGE cast!
Ritsuko walks back on stage.
Ritsuko: Just so you know, everyone else has left except for you and the kids. Tai and Maya left as well. Together I might add.
Ritsuko waves to the audience as she exits.
-back on the furiousstreets ofBoston
"HAHAHA TRY AND CATCH US!!!!"
"YOU COPS ARE SO SLOW!!!! MAYBE YOU SHOULD TAKE THE DRIVERS TEST AGAIN!!! HAHAHA"
"WOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!! WE'RE GOING STREAKING!!!!!!"
"HEY LOOK! THEY'VE GOT HELICOPTERS!!"
"HEY RICK GET THE RPG!!!"
"ITS BLACKHAWK DOWN!!!!!"
"HOGAN GRAB THE WHEEL!!! I'M GOING UP!!!!"
"HAHAHA J00 MU57 L34RN D4 M34NING0F PH34R!!!!!"
"EVANGELION FOREVEEEERRR!!!!"
"AIIIIIEEEEE HOGAN WATCH OUT FOR THAT—"
"DON'T WORRY I'M ALL PRO!!!!"
-meanwhile...at some sushi bar in Tokyo
Tai and Maya are eating out for the first time...suddenly, Tai's cellphone rings...
Tai: Hello dammit im busy.
other line.
Matt: Uh sorry...Tai? We've got an emergency...BL, Rick, Hogan, Shaun, and some other went for a boy's night out back in the states...Boston, MA to be exact
Tai bites his lip.
Tai: I see...I'll be there in half an hour.
Matt: Let me guess...you stole the jet again didn't you?
Tai: cough of course not...no i did not take the jet.
Tai cuts the line and pockets the cellphone.
Maya: What's wrong?
Tai: Uh...we're having some technical difficulties...wanna go the US?
Maya: Um...sure...
Tai: good we're leaving now.
He reaches into his pocket and pulls out what looks likea pager. He taps in a series of codes. About five seconds later and huge thump outside catches everyones' attention. A pair of huge, armor-plated feet are right outside the sushi bar's windows
Tai: There's our ride
Maya: Is that the Blue Lancer?
Tai: Uh...yeah. Come on.
end after-the-show 2