Creation began on 09-03-15

Creation ended on 09-04-15

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Digital Redemption: To aid or be alone

A/N: If nobody has attempted this, then it's because the possibility of such was unknown to them. Here goes.

He had lost consciousness during the immersion in the shadow that appeared under Unit-01. There was no awareness of how much time had passed…or what was happening around him.

"Shinji," he heard a female voice call out to him. "Shinji…wake up."

Opening his eyes, he saw something atop his chest. It looked like the Eva, but smaller and looking as though it were completely organic with little armor on its shoulders that weren't like the pylon on the actual cyborg.

"You're okay," it, no, she said to him.

"Hey! Over here!" Shinji heard someone call out. "Are you alright?!"

Turning his head to the left, Shinji saw a young man in a blue shirt and brown shorts with spiky, brown hair.

As he tried to get up, he found himself dressed in an outfit reminiscent of his plugsuit. It was predominantly blue, with white trims on the ends of the sleeves and trousers, a red circle on the front of the black shirt, and the jacket itself seemed to be lined with Kevlar or some sort of material that appeared to make the article feel tough to damage.

"Where…am I?" He asked.

-x-

While the Twelfth Angel was destroyed, NERV now had a different problem. In place of where the Angel's shadow-like body had been was now a pool of psychedelic energy.

"So, where's the Eva?" Misato asked Ritsuko, displeased with the attempt to salvage the Eva by blowing the Angel up with all their N² weapons when it meant the possibility of killing Shinji.

Suddenly, something emerged from the pool. It looked like a large serpent covered in golden armor, with a blade-like horn on its head and bluish-purple hair.

"Aaaaahh!" They heard it howl. "I live again!"

Finding itself in a new realm, it took to the sky and disappeared amongst the clouds.

"What was that?!" Asuka gasped.

-x-

"…Thank you," Shinji praised the young man with glasses that the other kids addressed as Joe, having been handed a cup of water. "So…this place is called the Digital World?"

"That's right," said the young girl addressed as Sora to him. "You really have no clue as to how you got here?"

"No," he answered, and then looked at the Digimon that resembled Unit-01. "And I have no idea who or what this is, either."

"Now, I'm offended, Shinji," she responded to this mild form of disrespect. "I told you before. My name is Evamon, and you're my partner."

"Evamon? And I take it…that means you're some sort of Evangelion granted a life of its own?"

"In a way, that's exactly what it means, so don't you forget."

"What's an Evangelion?" The little boy addressed as T.K. questioned.

"A giant robot designed to face giant monsters called Angels."

"Giant monsters called Angels?" The other little boy addressed as Izzy questioned. "That seems a bit immoral, addressing giant monsters as angels. Angels have always been designated as messengers from the heavens and protectors of humanity."

"I once asked why they were called such, but nobody ever gave me an answer. It was like nobody wanted to know why or even explain why."

"Then…it's that you're from a different dimension, an alternate universe."

"You really think it's possible?" Tai asked him.

"How else do you explain someone that lived in a city with buildings that could sink into and rise out of the ground?" Izzy responded. "There have been dozens of theories surrounding alternate dimensions. Like this one being separate from the real world."

Shinji noticed Tai's sister, Kari, looking at him, and was uncomfortable by such an act.

"Yes?" He asked her.

"I was just wondering something," she expressed, and then took out something from in her pants' left pocket. "Do you happen to have one of these?"

The object in her hand looked like some sort of pocket-sized pendant with three buttons and a screen on it. It was bluish-white with the buttons being a darker shade of blue. Strange markings appeared engraved around its screen.

"What is that?" He asked her.

"It's called a Digivice. We use them to help our Digimon digivolve. Do you think you have one?"

"I don't think so."

"Well, did you check your pockets or your jacket?" T.K. asked him. "You might have one in there. We all have one."

Shinji sighed and got up from the rock he was sitting on and checked his pockets.

"Nothing," he told them, and then noticed something on his left arm. "Huh?"

Pulling up the coat sleeve, he found something that wasn't a watch. It was just like the Digivice the girl showed him, only it was attached to a strap-like article stuck around his wrist. And it was colored differently, being a combination of purple, red and blue, with the strap being green.

"Well, it looks like you're one of us, Shinji," said Joe to him.

"One of you?" He questioned.

"DigiDestined," expressed Sora. "We have to save the two worlds. Maybe your world, too."

To be continued…

A/N: Here's the first chapter, and it will help to decide where and how to progress. Peace.