Bodyguard

Chapter 03

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Gendo's eye twitched when he ascended to the control room via his private elevator. Shugo was sitting in his chair, humming and going down a check-list. The elder Ikari heard him mumble something about a cannon. Inching closer, he heard every word spoken. And they were directed to Sub-commander Fuyutski. "I am going to need a Proton Accelerator Cannon, around twelve grenades, some C4, two silenced pistols with five extra clips per pistol and a curved dagger". Gendo raised an eyebrow at this. That armament was enough to blast into the Geo-Front. Creeping up behind the child, Gendo remembered what happened when he had touched the boy. His wrist was still in a cast. Looking at Kozou, Gendo smirked at his mentor's expression. Incredulity. "You cannot be serious" he told Shugo, clearly mollified by the amount of weaponry. "I am serious. In fact, this won't be enough. But the rest can wait". Resigned, Kozou flipped open a cell-phone and dialled the armament division.

Shugo immediately stood, and the Command Centre, being a nervous wreck ever since Gendo's inception as Commander, turned to look, fear clearly evident. All they saw was the First Child's new Bodyguard. Walking to the edge, he smirked, before falling forwards. The ground rushing ever closer, Shugo twisted in mid-air, and impacted on his back. "Bugger" he muttered, before standing up. Rubbing his back, he hobbled over to Maya's screen to examine Rei's synchronisation results. Holding steady at 68. "That's good enough for today, Rei. Get changed, then head home" a mature, blonde doctor called to Rei over the speakers. Smirking, Shugo hobbled out. "And stay out of the change room" Misato ordered him, guessing his intent. Shugo flipped her off.

"Are you sure he won't interfere with our scenario" Kozou asked Gendo as they walked back to their office. "He is just a speed-bump" Gendo muttered, massaging his temples. Kozou smirked at Gendo, before adding his own opinion. "More like a coin on the train-tracks. And our scenario is the train". Gendo's eye twitched at this. "Three months ago a train was derailed in the Tokai District. 306 people died". Kozou shrugged. "How was it caused?". "A coin on the tracks" Gendo said, before snorting with anger. They had just got inside their office. His desk had been spray-painted green, with pink polka-dots. Sitting behind the desk, he assumed his trade-mark position.

Shugo lay on his bed, eyes wide awake. "I will not go to sleep. I will not let the dreams come" he muttered to himself, again and again. Like a mantra. But it never helped. His eyes closed of their own accord, and the dreams began again.

A dark dominion was spread before him, the screams of agony echoing through-out the void. The sound of wings beating couched the melodic ring of the screams perfectly. Tempering it. Strange, silvery beings flew around him. One of their wings went by his face, and in it, he saw himself

Shugo screamed as his mind was devoured by the dream. The darkness within the small apartment seemed to coalesce around his form, like an egg. A clawed hand broke the egg, reaching up to the moon

In the EVA caged, both EVA 01 and EVA 00 twitched simultaneously, sending waves crashing about in the liquid. The twitch done, they resumed their silent vigil. Meanwhile, the souls of the EVA's were connected in deliberation. The two aspects of Yui Ikari. The Mother, and the Woman.

"It is too early for this to happen. We must stop it" Yui 01 raged, fury consuming her. Yui 00 waited a moment, before voicing her thoughts. "It may be too early. Remember what happened at Tokyo-2 when the beast was released". Yui 01 mentally shuddered at the memories. "When we were absorbed, they were still finding corpses. SIX MONTHS, and they still hadn't found them all. I lost my first-born there". They both recalled what had happened at Tokyo-2. Fire raining from the sky, and a name whispered from the shadows. Alucard. The God of Death. It was Sodom and Gomorrah all over again. "We must part again" Yui 00 told her other self. Agreeing, they closed the link.

Shugo awoke, lying in his bed, a terrible taste in his mouth. Like rotting flesh. Rolling out of bed, he vomited all over the floor. Wiping the remaining bile from the side of his mouth, he forced himself to his feet. Taking a syringe from a special case, he affixed a needle, before plunging it into his neck. Injecting the substance, he sighed in relief as it took effect. Strength surging through him, he had just hidden the syringe, when the door to his apartment opened. "Shugo. You have been enrolled in school. You are to accompany me to every class" Ayanami Rei reported, reading from a small book in her hand. Looking up from the book, she saw him loading two the two pistols. Pulling his shirt off, he pulled on a Kevlar vest, before pulling a less-rumpled shirt from the floor. Pulling it on, he placed the two pistols in leg-holsters, before nodding. "Lead the way"

Shugo heard every single whisper concerning him. The girls were wondering if he had a girl-friend and the boys were extremely jealous. As such, that was why he felt the punch land in the small of his beck. Falling to his knees from the shock, he snarled. Behind him, standing in all his glory, was Touji Suzahara. Tensing, he twirled from his crouched position and slammed his fist into the jocks stomach, causing him to almost cave in upon himself. Brining his elbow up, he slammed it down hard upon the jock's neck. Touji collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, and not moving at all. "Temporary paralysation. It will wear off in ten minutes". Smirking, he spat at Touji's prone body, before walking into the school, the crowd parting before him like the red sea before Moses.

Shugo waited outside of class. With the water pails in his hand. "Damn class rep. All I did was sock someone in the face". Sighing, he lifted up one pail and took a deep drink. Placing the pails on the floor quietly, Shugo walked down the hall and ascended the stairs to the roof. Chuckling at the meagre punishment, he laid on the ground in the shade and closed his eyes to rest. And immediately felt cold water douse him. Eyes snapping open, he glared at the person who dared interrupt his rest. Hikari Horaki, the class representative. "Get back to class. Now" she hissed, eyes full of venom. Prepared to punch her over the railing, a different idea came to mind. Standing, he placed his hands on her shoulders, and gazed into her eyes. Hikari shivered. Plunging his head forward, he kissed her on the lips!

Hikari froze at the contact, before relaxing. Wait, what am I doing, she thought to herself. The contact ended, and she opened her eyes. Shugo was nowhere in sight. Intent on revenge, she descended the stairs and found him entering the class room. Just as he entered. The Hikari Fury roared in. Catching up to him, she grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. "Here's your change" she whispered, before kissing him back. Wolf whistles deafened the class. And Hikari immediately pulled away, to see him smirking victoriously. Her face, turning crimson, was immediately hidden behind her hands as she ran out. "First day here and he gets kissed by the class rep. Not bad" one of the boys said. Raising an eyebrow at him, he took his seat behind Rei. Opening a "borrowed" laptop, he scrolled through all the hate mail. Finding only three messages, he opened the first. It was from DepressedPilot01.

"Where did you learn all that?"

That was the entirety of the message. Smirking, he thought of an appropriate reply

"I taught myself how to fight. I learnt how to kiss from the Kama Sutra book, and experience"

Smirking, he clicked send, before opening the second message. It was from WarFreak.

"What are those guns in your holsters?"

Smirking, he examined his shoulder holsters, before replying

"Twin desert eagle's, with removable laser sights, silencers, detachable scope and gas-expanding rounds".

Sending it, he examined the final piece of mail. It was from Fuyutski, Kozou

"We have your armament ready. The Proton Accelerator Cannon has a uranium power source, so take care. The grenades are chlorine isotopes, so they blow big, they blow messy, and they blow loud. The other materials are already at your apartment"

Nodding, he deleted it, and closed the computer. Just as the bell rang for gym. Rei stood and walked over to him. "You are to accompany me to the changing rooms, then to the pool" she reported, a small frown, virtually imperceptible to him. The girls erupted in anger.