Lo people...yay...4th chapter here...dont know how the hell i found time to finish this...oh well...enjoy and R&R
Chp. 4 The False Truth
Storm warily examined the Factory's defense. He saw a group of patrols made up of heavy AAS and a countless number of turret weapons. The spherical factory looked even more formidable. It was like a huge glass globe, supported by hundred of meters-thick steel pillars. Multiple limbs branched out, connecting it to the other facilities around it. There was a small airstrip along the right end.
He looked to the side of him and saw all of his forces stringed out along the forest's edge, waiting for the signal to attack. He checked his electronic beeper, which the other commander of the assault force on the other side would signal him when he was ready to attack. He held his breath and gripped his controls. A second later, the beeper flashed red several time and emitted a shrill beeping sound. Storm flicked on his intercom, "All AAS units, take out the turrets on my mark…three…two…" He kept one eye on the radar, and the other eye on the blinking light. It stopped flashing and turned green. "FIRE!"
The clearing exploded with color and smoke as gun after gun discharged their lethal payloads. Streams of autocannon shells raked their way towards turrets, while missiles and rockets streaked towards their designated targets. Flashes of green, red, and blue filled the air as lasers, pulse lasers, and PPC's filled the air. The defense turrets defending the outer lines of the SEELE facilities were soon turned to slag.
"EVERYBODY LET'S GO!"
Immediately, like wave of metal monsters, his assault force charged out into the clearing, firing their weapons at specific targets, taking them out one by one. Storm spotted a camouflaged Black Cougar hidden under a clump of trees firing at his forces with its autocannons. He shifted his Thunder Falcon and leveled his gauss rifles. With years of experience comes skill, and with great skill he fired all three of his gauss rifles, launching silvery hypersonic slugs travel towards his target.
The Black Cougar pilot never knew what hit him, as the slugs plowed into his mid section, sending the black, medium weight AAS stumbling backwards. Storm finished the job with a wave of long-ranged missiles, which slammed into the AAS, blowing off its chest armor and landing it on its back. Suddenly, the clearing erupted in laser fire as dozens of SEELE gun emplacement popped up to meet the line of Vanguards invaders. Storm quickly shouted commands into his intercom, ordering the air units placed at his command to begin giving air support.
"WHERE'S OUR AIR SUPPORT?"
Suddenly, the hills in front of them opened up and out came streams of AAS.
"Everyone, concentrate your fire on the tunnel entrances. 8th Heavy Assault take out the AAS that come out."
Along the line, the Vanguard Forces concentrated their firepower on the hill entrances, causing them to cave in, crushing some of the SEELE AAS, but enough had come out to put up a strong defense. Hearing a "whoosh", Storm tilted his AAS upwards, but didn't see anything. But then the SEELE line of defense began crumbling under a furious storm of PPC's, autocannon, heat-guided bombs, missiles, and lasers, that seemed to appear from nowhere.
"Hello, Storm, you called for help?", a voice came from somewhere inside his cockpit. A holo-screen appeared a foot away from his head.
"Why yes I did, you really took your time comin' here didn't 'cha?"
"Heh heh, not really, but lets take out that factory first."
Then one by one, Vanguard aircraft began to appear in the air above them. The SEELE gun emplacements swiveled to track the fighters, but they were too speedy to hit. One by one, the emplacements began exploding under streams of PPC's and autocannon shells. Storm yelled to his units through the intercom, "Come on, we've got to take out that factory before they get reinforcements. Everyone, CHARGE!!!!"
Immediately, the Vanguard line, which had stopped to exchange fire with the SEELE Mechs, charged forward into the valley, toward the gargantuan Evangelion Factory. What ever remained of the SEELE AAS was quickly swallowed up by the unstoppable wave of Ferro-fibrous armor. Some of the Vanguard AAS actually slowed down to punch the standing SEELE AAS. Then a Vanguard Werewolf disintegrated under a furious stream of PPC's turned into a burning pile of scrap. Storm roared, "MCV's!!! Take 'em out."
The wave of AAS slowed down and tilted upwards, and saw a large flotilla of MCV's firing at them. The AAS opened up with wave after wave of missiles, while the Vanguard fighters began making strafing run at the group. The MCV, extremely maneuverable, weren't taken down so easily. They immediately dispersed and started jetting around, throwing off the aim of the AAS. Roaring defiantly, Storm fired his gauss rifles again and again, each time, damaging a MCV. The MCV units noticed this and began to concentrate their fire at him.
Lasers and shells exploded on the ground around him. Sidestepping a stream of PPC's, Storm switched to his Ultra autocannons for a more rapid rate of fire. Leveling them at a MCV, which was firing at a Vanguard Storm Crow, he opened up, sending nearly-invisible streams of shells flying into the MCV, which seemed to disintegrate in the storm of exploding shrapnel, and imploding a second later, showering burnt and twisted metal on his AAS.
Ignoring the dangers of the battlefield. Storm twisted his AAS around, looking at the battle going on around him. He quickly saw that his assault force had taken many casualties. Many were caused by the deadly beam swords wielded by the high-flying MCV's. Oh shit, he thought as a MCV turned to face him.
It drew a beam sword and ignited it. Then it fired its thrusters and fly down at Storm's AAS. Storm raised both arms of his AAS and fired everything he had at the incoming threat. The pilot was good; he dodged everything Storm threw at him. The MCV raised the blade above his head and cut down, just as Storm quickly sidestepped his AAS and narrowly dodged the MCV.
Grinning triumphantly, Storm aimed his three gauss rifles and fired. The pilot never saw what hit him; the three silvery slugs had punctured the hover jets on the back and slammed the unlucky MCV into the ground, leaving a long furrow behind him.
There's seven up yours!
"So...have the rebels initiated their attack?"
"Yes sir! They have already breached the perimeter defenses and are several hundred yards from the outmost complex facility."
"Hmmm...they're better than I predicted...let them overrun the factory...we need only to make sure that none of them make it out alive...is the Ultima squadron prepped?"
"They're on standby...ready for the order."
"Have the reconnaissance team located the rebel drop site?"
"Yes, some twenty kilometers from our position."
"Good..."
"Ow, Shinji, that really hurt our ears." Said an annoyed-looking Asuka, who walked to the door next to a disgruntled Shinji. Toji and Rei followed her. Aida immediately, at the sight of Toji, screamed, "What the hell did you do to your leg!!!!??"
"Uh, I got 'n a really bad car accident?"
"NO really, you disappeared for a week! Without notice!!!"
"Okay fine, I'm 'da fourth pilot for the Evangelions."
"Really?"
"Yah."
Smack! Asuka had punched Toji, again. "You retard! What did we just discuss!!?"
"Uh, Asuka," Shinji intervened, "Maybe we should tell Aida…um, the truth."
"…"
Later, the four of them were telling Aida about what had happened in the last week. Unfortunately, they all failed to mention the demise of most the NERV personnel, which led to the uncomfortable subject of—
"Hey Shinji, shouldn't Misato be home right about now?"
At this, Asuka, Rei, and Shinji all looked down, downcast, while Toji broke down into tears.
"Toji stop it dammit!"
"Umm, Aida, when SEELE attacked NERV. They killed everyone…including Misato and the others…"
A long silence ensued, while Aida tried to cope with this new knowledge. Shinji continued to pat a weeping Toji's back. Rei just frowned at her drink while Asuka stared at Toji quizzically.
BOOOOOM!!! Another explosion outside rocked the Vanguard corridors, sending Misato and Maya to the floor. Kaji, quickly grabbed their hands and pulled them towards him. "Thanks Kaji,!" echoed the two women.
"Misato then asked Kaji, "What's going on outside, it really does sound like a miniature war out there."
"A war, in some sense."
Both girls stared at him. Maya then asked unbelievingly, "You mean, we're in a war zone?"
"Uh-huh, follow me if you want to see some action." He smiled and began walking again.
Takeda shouted, "Target the Battlecruiser's frontal armor and weapons!! Take out the bridge! Scatter fire will accomplish nothing!" his voice echoed through the capacious War Room. It was quite large, for it was based on the same design as the Tokyo-3 NERV Main Tactics Room, with one wall being the On-screen and three separate control platforms. In the middle of the larger center control platform, there was a giant 3-D hologram-projector, which currently displayed the fourth SEELE attack force that appeared over the Vanguard base.
Another explosion rocked the room, caused by a salvo of missiles from the Battlecruiser.
"Raise the Blast shield! We've got to survive this salvo!"
"Sir! We have on screen another fleet of aircraft!"
Takeda looked up from the console he was checking and saw a large group of fighters heading towards him on the Main Screen.
"Sir, I think they're ours."
Indeed, for the new arrivals commenced firing at the SEELE forces.
"Sir, it appears the leader is trying to contact us. Shall I patch him through?"
"Yes."
The Main Screen switched to show the grinning face of Major Howe Greene. A friend of Takeda's from old. He was a large man, with a large fuzzy beard.
"Well hello Takeda. Long time no see. So you're already in charge of this joint, huh?"
Takeda smiled warmly at the large bearded face on the screen, "It has been a while, hasn't it? And no, sorry, but I'm second in command. But pleasantries later; you see, we are under attack in four points, so we're in dire need of help. Could please take out that Battlecruiser for us?"
"On it! Oh yeah, and one thing. The commander rotation period has ended. Command told me to inform you that you're now in command of this place. Could ya' kindly tell the former commander that he has been rotated? Okay?" With that, his face blinked out and the battle was once again played out on the Main Screen through several observation cameras.
"Interesting, that the GLA command wing would order a officer rotation during a battle. Open a link to Commander Kotone's G-suit!"
"I'm sorry Commander, but I can't raise him. There is no communications signal coming from his mobile suit. It appears to be jammed from the inside."
He must be finally testing out his little project now, Operation Open Mind…with the so-called AT Imitator
"Never mind Commander, we can still contact him through the intercom, though his hologram projection system is off."
On the hologram projector next to Takeda, the last SEELE Battlecruiser reeled about to engage Howe's fighters. Howe did not ride in a fighter, but oversaw the battle in the main bridge of another Battlecruiser, which soon joined the SEELE Battlecruiser on the projector. On the digital battlefield, the fighters swarmed around the Battlecruiser, striking it with missiles and lasers. Little green explosion erupted on the hologram, representing fighters blowing up and the capital ships dealing and receiving punishment.
The battle was faring quite well for the Vanguard, for the SEELE Armada that had appeared still had yet to locate the main sectors of the Vanguard base, which was sprawled across the whole island, going underground as well. The fighters under the command of Lt. Gen. Hogan then joined the NERV forces over the base. Of course, that meant that the second SEELE armada was only minutes away.
"Howe, this is Hogan, we've got to take out the Battlecruiser! Have your forces concentrate on taking out the weapons pods and bridge. Let our ground weapons emplacements and armor worry about the fighters."
"We hear you. Target the weapons pods!"
The officer at the weapons station immediately shouted orders to the technicians, who quickly did their work. Outside, the gun emplacements on the Battlecruiser swiveled and targeted the enemy ship and fired, sending green and red bursts of laser lancing out at designated spots on the cruiser, along with shells from naval autocannons and swarms of missiles. Explosions blanketed the SEELE Battlecruiser as the Vanguard forces concentrated their fire on it. Suddenly, a volley of PPCs smashed through a flight of Vanguard aircraft, sending burning wreckage flying in all directions.
"Too late…" the SEELE reinforcements had arrived.
Tai floated in the air in his new body, waiting for the Evangelions to do something. The Evangelions were all much larger than Tai's G-suit, but size didn't matter much, nor did numbers when it came to Tai. The sun had already begun to set. This is starting to tick me off…I guess I'll have to do the honors…He flew at one of the units, gripping his sword with both hand.
He slashed at the Evangelion, which raised its own blade to block with inhuman speed. The other Evangelions quickly closed in on Tai. Tai leapt around the mob, stabbing and slashing away with his swords. He was keeping a rhythm to his movements; stab, parry, slash, dodge, stab, parry, slash, dodge. Over the ocean the duel continued, with Tai holding out against the supposedly superior numbers.
Tai flew high up, with the Evangelions ascending with him. Come on, seriously…this is pathetic…these computers, though cloned from a human mind, are nothing compared to the real thing. That was true. Tai would be in trouble if they had all worked together.
Tai brought up a blade and blocked a sword coming down on him. With a twisting motion of his arm, he disarmed the Evangelion, and with his other blade, he cut a long furrow across the chest of it and kicked it away, turning just in time to knock aside a stab and reply with one his own. That stab sent another Evangelion plummeting down to the ocean. Damn this can't be...too easy...but if they want me to destroy the evas...then I'll do so with a vengeance
He spun around, slashing off the arms of two Evangelions. He followed through with stab to one, and a dual slash with both of his blades to the other. Wait a sec… he looked down, the Evangelions I just knocked down have regenerated their arms? Guess that means I will have to destroy them one by one. He rushed at one and before it could react, he kicked away its sword, spun it around with a vicious roundhouse kick, and sliced off its wings. He then proceeded to kick it again, and sent it flying upward, and sheathed one of his katanas. Mitsurugi Rei!
As the Evangelion came flailing down, Tai brought up his single blade and sent a flurry of rapid but fluid slashes upward to meet the hapless foe, keeping it in the air with the force and speed of his blows. Suddenly, the armor plating of the Evangelion fell off in burnt shreds, revealing a freakish humanoid figure with a strange glowing orb in the center of its chest. What the? The orb must be its power source, the rumored S2 engine...
Tai quickly stabbed at the engine, but the blade only nicked a small piece out of the orb. Suddenly, a fist came into view, smashing into Tai's chest and sending him careening backwards. Several of his frontal plates, bent and twisted out of shape, fell off into the roaring ocean below. Crap…it's regenerated already? The now rewinged Evangelion streaked after him. Hmph! If swords don't work, maybe old-fashioned fists will! Tai fired his thrusters and with burst of speed flew at the incoming threat.
As the Evangelion threw his fist at Tai, Tai ducked his head over at the last second and drove the point of his foot into the center of S2 engine, cracking the orb. Success... A moment later, the damaged engine of the Evangelion ruptured and engulfed it Tai in a white mushroom cloud explosion.
The next morning, Asuka and Rei walked to school without Shinji, who had gone to a "sleepover party" at Aida's house, which consisted of him, Toji, and Aida.
"Hey Rei."
Rei turned her head around and looked at Asuka, again with the familiar I-know-no-emotions mask.
"Um, yeah. Hey, have you ever thought of going out with Shinji, I think you two are seriously a cute snigger couple."
"No." replied Rei, again without any hint of emotion. She continued forward. Why does Asuka keep bringing up this annoying subject…?
When they got to school, they decided to wait for Shinji. ("Hey Rei, why don't we wait for Shinji, then you can snigger say good morning to him.")
(Rei waited but didn't say anything. Sure…why not…?)
Twenty minutes later…
"I am so going to kill Shinji, that little imbecile!" snarled Asuka, "Why da' #$ did I even bother waiting for that retard!" She angrily kicked a stone. "We are late for class. Might as well play hooky for the rest of the day." She began walking, "Then I can find Shinji and pound his face!"
Rei followed behind Asuka. Shinji's never late for school…wonder what happened? She looked up. It's a beautiful day though… Suddenly, an image of her and an older boy walking through a garden flashed through her mind. She stopped and put a hand to her head. What was that…that boy…I've seen him somewhere before…
Ten minutes later, the two girls stood outside the entrance to the NERV Headquarters, or whatever was left of the shredded metal door. The heavily rusted metal door had a large hole in the middle as if it had been burned through with a fusion cutter. Rei said, "This must be where the SEELE assault force came through." Asuka just walked in through the man-sized hole. Rei calmly reached into her backpack and pulled out a flashlight and followed Asuka. Once inside, Rei flicked on the power and shown the light ahead of her.
"Uh, Rei, move your flashlight."
"Sorry."
They continued deeper down, this time with Rei leading them, since she had memorized the base's entire layout by heart. They walked past sections of walls with torch marks and large gashes, as if they had been punched through with a giant knife. The air also grew thicker and damper.
"Hey wondergirl…do you even know where we're headed?"
"The cages..."
"We're going that deep?"
Suddenly, Asuka tripped and fell forward on her face. Raging, she jumped up and was about to kick whatever had tripped her, when Rei gasped and pointed a finger at the object. Asuka took one close look and screamed.
In the Main Tactics Room, Takeda was yelling orders every couple of seconds as the battle drew out. Holograms were everywhere, some blinking, other appearing, as the battle raged back and forth above them. The computer would occasionally blare out information about the battle. "Enemy Battlecruiser has targeted the secondary repair facility. Facility has withstood attack."
Takeda strolled over to one of the consoles and brought up a holochart of the battle statistics. He grimaced as a long list of casualties rolled down. We've taken casualties…quite a lot at that…apparently SEELE has better pilots than we thought…none of the facilities have been severely damaged though.
"Sir, we've detected another SEELE ship speeding towards us about five hundred mils away. It is predicted that it will reach us in about ten minutes. We can't tell what kind of ship it is or what it is carrying. It seems to have some sort of shielding that reflects radar. Our sensors can't pierce it."
Another operator then turned and said, "But it does seem to be leaking radioactive particles. I think the ship may be carrying some sort of nuclear device."
Takeda sat down and rested his chin on his hand. "Send two MCV's to take it out."
"Yes sir."
"Also, have all personnel prepare to evacuate as soon as possible. Order all of the subs back to base and prep them for quick loading."
"Yes sir."
Suddenly, a large explosion shook the entire, causing some of the lights to fall down and crash onto the floor. Takeda quickly yelled as he dragged himself off the floor, "Damage report!! What happened?"
"The enemy forces have targeted our section of the HQ."
"Shields are down! They blew out the generators with that missile strike!"
Almost immediately after the words had left the operator's mouth, the lights went out, along with all of the hologram displays. A second later, a synthesized voice called out,
"Main Power Units 1-4 have been damaged. Rerouting all remaining power to Main Tactics Room and life support system." Then everything flickered back to life.
"Emergency Power Generator 5 and 6 are running and fully operational. All systems checked and are good to go."
The Main Screen flickered on to show a picture of a smoking crater, which was what was left of Power Generators 1-4. Nearly everyone in the room gasped at the size of the crater, which around the edges showed the broken passageways and torn, twisted cables.
"What was that?" called out Takeda, "How were the generators destroyed?"
A one of the officers turned around from her station and replied, "Sir, there is no known conventional weapon of this strength, apart from tactical nuclear devices, that could both penetrate the shield and still have enough remaining force to take out the generators. My guess is that it was caused by some sort of sabotage."
Another explosion rocked the Main Tactics Room, sending people flying from their chairs.
"Status report!" yelled Takeda, once again dragging himself off the ground. I'm getting too old for this…
"Enemy Battlecruisers have targeted the Command facility, with the Tactics Room as the epicenter! Without shields, the armor plating is getting shredded. They're also using some kind of new high-end particle beam. Its power is nothing like those of a PPC."
More explosions rocked the room, causing the lights to flicker. Some chunks of the ceiling came crashing down, falling on the first level of the room. A hologram showed a SEELE Battlecruiser firing a thin white beam of energy at their Main Facility
"Armor Plates 12 through 2 had been penetrated."
Takeda paced the room with dozens of pairs of eyes following him. "Then we are no longer safe in our own house. We may even have a traitor, or more,among us. Are the subs ready Lieutenant?"
"Yes sir."
"Commence the evacuation!"
At that moment, the blast doors of the Tactics Room opened and in came Kaji, and after a few seconds, two young and very shaken women. The taller one had long, dark blue hair and was wearing a NERV officer's uniform. She was also holding a data pad. The other, another slender, also pretty girl, had short brown hair and was wearing a Vanguard uniform, though Takeda didn't remember her face. Takeda guessed they were about twenty or so. He turned and called out to Kaji and called out, "You're back? And who are they?"
Kaji grinned and said, "Oh, they're my fan club."
"No they're not." Takeda walked over to them. "I presume that you are Major Katsuragi, the Chief-of-Operations at NERV." He looked at her uniform, "Commander Kamiya has told me a lot about you. And you," he turned to the other girl, "You must be Lt. Maya Ibuki. Correct?"
Both girls nodded affirmative.
"But where is Dr. Akagi. I heard that we picked her up as well."
"I'm here." Everyone turned to look as the blast doors opened again, this time the world-famous Dr. Akagi walking through with her long white lab coat flowing out behind her.
"Ritsuko!" Misato ran over and gave Ritsuko a hug. "What's wrong Ritusko?"
"Oh, nothing… Maya, I was so worried that something had happened to you!"
Maya smiled and nodded.
"I am sorry to interrupt this reunion. But may I remind you people that we are still under attack. Dr. Akagi, may I ask you for your assistance?"
"Yes, of course."
Punching in the chest of an Eva (short for Evangelion), Tai followed with a quick slash, decapitating it instantly. Tai proceeded to slash open the chest armor and reveal the S2 Engine. He then grabbed the Eva by the neck and shoulder and drove his armored knee into it again and again, cracking it and causing the Eva to explode, again engulfing him in a blinding white cloud of radioactive particles.
Already, Tai's armor had hundred of pockets from experiencing miniature nuclear explosions firsthand. Some parts of his armor had been completely shredded up; his left leg was missing it knee guard, which had been blown off when he discovered that the Eva's also had projectile weapons, his other leg had a gash so deep that it revealed the geo-titanium bone frame beneath the armor. His G-suit had also turned from white and blue to dark shades of red, as the blood from the Eva's splashed over him.
Tai hovered there, staring hard at the remaining Eva which had mysteriously become motionless. A second later,the Unitflew around Tai, toward the Vanguard base. Tai turned and quickly snapped off a couple of shotgun blasts then proceeded to pursue. When he reached them,it abruptly stopped and flew towards him. Tai tensed, prepared to fight, but the Eva just flew past him. He stared. That was pointless…must have been to waste some time…or collect data...
Asuka stumbled backward into Rei, knocking the flashlight from her hand. Rei quickly jumped up, pulled Asuka up to her feet, and retrieved the flashlight. Asuka stood transfixed at the object. It was the body of a NERV personnel. It was covered in blood. Asuka quickly turned around and hurled out her breakfast.
"Uhhhnnn, Rei lets get out of here."
"No."
"Huh? Why not?"
"I have reason to believe Shinji is down here."
"What!??"
Rei just continued walking. Asuka quickly scrambled after her.
"…"
"Ooooooooooooh! No wonder you have no friends!"
Two hours later, Rei still continued walking through the darkened corridors of the former NERV stronghold, with Asuka following her, unusually quiet.
Man, she must really like Shinji to put up with this…
"You must really like Shinji, to stay in this dump looking for him."
"You were the one who wanted to come down here, so I don't know why you are complaining."
They continued walking. Suddenly, a pair of arms shot out of the darkness and grabbed Asuka by the shoulders and covered her mouth. Asuka, in turn, screamed in fright and jabbed an elbow into the assailant, causing him to double forward. Rei quickly shined her light in his direction, revealing a groaning Toji, and Aida and Shinji doubled up in silent laughter.
"I am soooo going to kill you!" Asuka screamed.
At that, Aida started laughing even harder. Indignantly, Asuka strode over and kicked Aida in the ribs, causing him to grunt in pain, but making him to laugh even harder yet.
Rei, standing away from the ruckus, looked at Shinji and asked, "Ikari-san, why didn't you come to school? We were worried that something might have happened."
"Oh, sorry, Aida and Toji wanted to come back to what was left of the geo-front and NERV HQ."
"How'd you find your way around?"
"Kensuke hacked into his dad's files a printed out a map."
"Oh...let's go back...this place is starting to scare me..."
"Wanna go to the Eva cages?"
"NO!"
Three hours of walking in circles later, the group was now back at the entrance of the geo-front.
"Good job Shinji, you got us lost like six times!"
Toji opened his backpack and passed out several cans of soda.
"Here's one for you Shinji…Kensuke, catch! Here Asuka. And Rei…? What? I know I brought at least six…"
Aida sheepishly grinned and said, "Uh, I had a couple back down there. Heh…"
"What', you mean you've been stealing drinks from my backpack?"
"Sorry I got thirsty."
While Toji was yelling at Aida, Shinji walked up to Rei and gave her his drink.
"Here, you can have mine," he smiled at her in a embarrassed sort of way, "I'm not really…um…thirsty…um…yeah."
"Oh, thanks." Rei thrust her hand behind her into her backpack and spontaneously pulled out a cup, "I brought a cup, so we can share."
Asuka watched the two different dramas occur, though much more interested in the one with Shinji and Rei. She watched as Rei deftly poured some of the soda into the cup and handed the can back to Shinji, who gave a quick "thank you" and blushed.
Sure they don't like each other…my ass!!
He signed as he opened up his soda. "SEELE really killed a lot of NERV guys. I can't believe 'dey shot Misato. Din' think there'd be some guy heartless enough to kill a girl as pretty as Misato…"
At that, he broke down crying again.
"Oh yeah, sure she was a girl, she was just twice your age, third in command of a SEELE spin-off, and had a little drinking problem."
"…blub I didn't a chance to ask her out…hic!"
Shinji patted his back sympathetically ("No really she really was twice your age, and she was probably going to marry Kaji anyways…" repeated Asuka, who said the latter part in a rather ), all the while drinking and not really conscious of what Toji was crying about. Suddenly Toji jumped up and yelled, "They must pay for 'dis heinous crime!!!"
"Say what!?" Asuka stared at Toji with a mixture of shock and amusement.
"Who's he talking about?" asked Shinji absentmindedly
"Those SEELE guys must pay!" He punched a hand into his soda can, which exploded, drenching everyone with the sticky sweet fluid.
"Tooojiii…!?"
"Wat?"
"MY DRESS!!"
"Oh…" Oh crap...
WHONK! They winced as Asuka wrenched Toji's flashlight from his grip and began whacking Toji with it. The one-sided scuffle ended with a still-angry Asuka standing atop an unconscious Toji. Toji groaned as he looked up at Asuka. Unfortunately, he ended up looking up her skirt unintentionally, giving her another reason to beat the living daylight out of him again.
"SO YOU STILL HAVE THE NERVE TO PEEK!!!!???"
"ARGHHH MAKE IT STOP!!!! HEEEEEELP!!!!"
Aida grinned through his camcorder, "OOOoooh…that's gonna leave a mark…"
"ARGH!! MERCY!!!!!!"
Shinji gave an involuntary shudder as he watched Asuka pummel Toji to the floor.
So scary…we really need health insurance for living with her…!
Fifteen minutes and a trip to the local pharmacy later, a heavily bandaged Toji staggered out of the front door of the shop, followed by a frowning Asuka, along with a silent Rei and Shinji.
"I…can't believe you did 'dat…Owww…"
"You ruined my dress. It's only fair that I punish you."
Behind Asuka, Shinji started laughing.
Asuka spun around and stopped him. "What's so funny."
"Hehe. You."
"Do you want me to hurt you?"
"No…but-"
"Exactly!" And with that, she spun around and continued walking, her nose held highin the air.
Aida (who by the way, had recorded all of the events that had taken place that day with his camcorder) then, rather unwittingly, said, "You know, this is gonna make a great drama movie…or a comedy at that…"
"Thank YOU for YOUR OPINION, KENSUKE!!!!"
The next thing he knew, Aida had taken a knuckle sandwich from Asuka and was lying flat on his back.
Shinji turned to say something to Rei, only finding empty space beside him.
"Huh?"
He looked behind him and saw Rei looking at a TV set at an electronics boutique store. He ran over to her, calling, "Hey! Rei! What're you looking at!?" She turned to look at him and pointed at the TV screen. He looked. It was a newsflash, about the events that had led to the demise of NERV. It showed pictures of the SEELE attack on the geo-front; the bombardment, then the SEELE assault force arriving on the scene. But it showed none of the violence that had taken place inside the NERV HQ.
"As you can see, the UN was forced to dispatch its troops to ensure the safety of those living in the city of Tokyo-3. The heads of the NERV garrison was disregarding orders to follow his own personal agenda. That agenda is currently unknown but involved using the Evangelions for personal use and experimenting. This would ultimately kill hundreds in Tokyo-3."
Pictures of the Evangelions, of his father Gendo, Commander Fuyutsuki, Ritsuko, and then…one of Misato, flashed by.
"Hey! What're you watching?" Asuka, Aida, and Toji joined them.
Shinji replied, "Look!", his eyes not leaving the screen.
"The UN had first attempted a peaceful takeover of NERV by hacking into the computer mainframe of the base, but the NERV personnel resisted this, forcing the UN to reluctantly order the takeover of NERV by force. But then NERV utilized the Evangelions against the UN forces, causing many fatalities."
"UN my ass!"
"What about your ass?" asked Kensuke sarcastically.
"Did you say...something?"
"Why yes I-NOOOO MERCY!!!!"
"Asuka...please try not to kill him..."
Footage depicting Asuka and Unit-02 destroying SEELE forces appeared.
Haha, Asuka beating up on SEELE!
"Sadly, the pilots of the Evangelions were killed in combat, though they were forced to pilot the Evangelions against their will."
SAY WHAT!!!??
A picture of Rei, himself, and Asuka appeared on the screen ("KIA" appeared below Asuka and Rei's pictures. "MIA" appeared below Shinji's). I don't know whether to laugh or to cry...
"What kind of crap is this!!!?" screamed Asuka, stomping her feet, "Whaddaya me-" Shinji covered her mouth with a hand.
"Uh, Asuka?" Shinji whispered into her ear, "There are people watching."
It was true, for a crowd had gathered behind them. Some of the people in the crowd were muttering things to each other and shooting glances at their little group.
Toji took one look around and whispered, "Uh, I propose 'dat we get oudda here…"
"Aida adjusted his now-bent glasses and said, "I second that motion."
"I have to agree. People will find it strange that the news reports us as dead, while we're standing here watching it." Said Rei. She turned and quick wove a path through the crowd, with Shinji, Asuka, Toji, and Aida following. Shinji couldn't help but overhear some comments on their departure.
"Psss…weren't those the kids on TV?"
"Didn't the report saw they were dead or something?"
My god…wait till tomorrow at school…
End chp. 4
ATS 4!
Tai wobbles precariously onto the stage as the curtains close.
Tai: Hello again. Sorry i wasn't here last time. i got involved with some issues... (clasps a hand to his back) Damn, my back...
Matt walks onto stage.
Matt: Well, if you were more careful you wouldn't have been hit by that last missile barrage. Now your Blue Lancer looks like Swiss cheese.
FireDragonBL walks onto stage.
BL: Good Evening. Today, I would like to give you a demonstration of firearms safety! Tai! Shoot me!!!
Matt: Say what?"
Tai: You were drinking again weren't you?
Bl: Shoot me or I'll make your precious Magnums disappear!!!!
Tai: Okay okay fine whatever...(Tai pulls out his shiny gun and aims it at BL) Don't blame me for anything that happens...
BL: No problem!
audience gasps. Tai fires the Magnum. The bullet strikes a forcefield that appears. The field looks rather familiar...
Tai: What the hell? An AT field?
BL: YEEEESS!!! IT IS AN AT FIELD!!!!H4H4H4H4H4 PH34R M4 M4D S4F37Y 5KILLZ!!!! ...Ahem...so you see people, the best wayto havefirearms safety is to have an AT Field!
Matt snorts.
Matt: Like hell that's going to help.
Misato walks on stage.
Misato:So you're an Angel...?
BL: You could say that...
Misato pulls out a walkietalkie and talks into it.
BL: Uh Misato? I was ki—
A giant purple foot crashes through the ceiling and squishes BL, AT Field and all.
Misato: Good work Shinji!
Shinji: Thanks Misato. Uh...are you sure it was a good idea to kill the writer?
Misato: Of course...he was an Angel
Shinji: Yes ma'am.
-meanwhile, somewhere in Paris.
Tour Guide: Et c'est le Tour Eiffel monde-célèbre!
BL yawns.
BL/ I wonder how my clone is faring back in Tokyo...?
Tour guide: La tour est de 324 mètres de grande, et est peint tous les sept ans.
BL/ I coulda sworn I asked for English...
Tour Guide: La tour a coûté au gouvernement français 7.800.000 francs or au
buil en 1889.
BL/ maybe he understands Italian or German...
BL: Parlate italiano?
Tour Guide: monsieur, Je suis désolé, mais je parle seulement français et allemand et ne comprends pas ce que vous dites. Mais si vous laisserez, Je pourrais trouver un traducteur...
BL: Uh, Guten tag?
Tour Guide: Ampèreheure vous parlez allemand ! Mais vous semblez asiatique !
BL: Sprechen Sie im deutschen Fluch ihn, wenn Sie ihn verstehen! (If you speak German then speak it Damn it!)
Tour Guide: Keine Notwendigkeit, ungeduldig meinen Freund zu erhalten, Ich verstehe Sie tadellos! (No need to get impatient, my friend, I understand you.)
BL: Oh what the hell screw this ######### trip I'm going back to Tokyo.
BL walks away
Tour Guide: Was über die Spitze? (Where's the tip?)
End ATS 4
k people...pls R&R