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First Contact
Night has a way of drawing out time So that you think more time has transpired when actually the reverse was true. This was the quandry that Shinji found himself in while staring at the ceiling.
Its ONLY that time? Ugh, thought couple hours had passed.'
Then of course, Fate has a way with humor, thusly, a couple more minutes passed before Shinji fell asleep
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Morning came.
In the case of Shinji, it appeared in the sudden form of an alarm clock beeping.
The large lump under the covers groaned, "Uuuurgh… Note to self… Ban all alarm clocks….Aaarrggh…" The lump availed itself to be Shinji Ikari, Pilot of Unit 01, Pawn of his bastard Father Gendo Ikari, the Commander In Chief of NERV.
Shinji staggered out of bed and managed to dress presentably before opening his door and seemingly sleepwalking to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for his two room mates. One being both the princess and main star of his dreams while the other his guardian and commanding officer. Though, if pressed, he would admit to doing breakfast more for the redheaded goddess then the guardian who seemed to drink a beer truck a day.
He went about preparing the western style breakfast while half listening to his SDAT, not noticing the sound of a door as it slid open to admit a pair of bare feet before closing.
These bare feet were attached to the lovely pair of legs that belonged to the pilot of Unit 02, the red haired beauty and also bane of the third Child's existence. She had also woken up, similarly interrupted by her own alarm clock. With much vague venomous cursing, she went to the bathroom for her bath in her usual ritual to get going for the day.
In the last bedroom, Misato Katsuragi groaned as she slowly regenerated into a living being, of course, for the Major, living meant having beer nearby to at least jumpstart your internal batteries. Today, she recalled somewhat blearily, she was to pick up the Seventh Child that day in about three hours.
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On the plane, Hawklyn sighed, looking out the window towards the Pacific Ocean. Somewhere down there, his unit was being floated to Japan, however it was still a couple weeks out from its destination.
He turned to look at the series of images on his laptop, some were of Unit 5 while the others were sent to him by his soon to be guardian, somewoman called Katsuragi, and his former guardian. He looked at the picture of his EVA and smirked. He had insisted on the black and midnight blue flame paint job, even if it would cost more to keep repainting after repairs. The biomech was pretty much standard design, it could fly short distances with rockets, it also was prepared for an S2 organ, but had the same power hookups as the other EVAs. Adley smiled to himself as he checked the time.
"Hmmm, two more hours…"
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A small blue Renault Alpine made its way haphazardly to its destination, the three passengers wearing expressions that pretty much stated the belief that death was near. Even the First Child had a white knuckled grip on the armrest as Misato kept her foot buried into the engine on the belief that it was a very bad idea for them to be late. Specially considering that the Major was in command of both the Seventh Child and the cargo he brought along.
The pilots' thought processes were something like this…
Rei: Major Katsuragi's handling of this method of transportation is rather unsettling… Is this feeling… Frightened? Am I fearful even though I know I'm replaceable?' She winced mentally as the Major swerved to avoid a large truck that was barreling down upon them. She managed a glance to her fellow pilots, Ikari was fairly pale, his eyes wide in fear. Sorhyu looked to be holding on for dear life.
Asuka: I'mgonnadie.I'mgonnadie.I'mgonnadie…I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIIIEEE!' She clenched the dash and door handle in terror.
Shinji: Kami-sama, protect us even though we're hurdling down the highway at 175kph…' He was holding on to whatever he could in front of him and to the side, watching as his guardian caused multiple car wrecks while avoiding being in one.
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"What is it Fuyutski?" The Commander was displayed in his usual position and appearance.
"Well Ikari, you wanted to know what Major Katsuragi's driving habits were like…" Fuyutski was a tad nervous as he'd just come from a meeting with Section 2 to tell him that the camera's were in place on the Major's car as of last night. Thusly, the vice commander had a unique opportunity to view the feed first hand.
"Yes, I believe I did." The gloved hands remained in place.
"The feed is working Ikari."
"Very well." With that, Gendo hit a button and watched as the feed from the Katsuragi car cam appeared…
…Right as she swerved out of the path of an oncoming cargo truck…
Fuyutski developed a sweatdrop while Gendo's face paled only slightly.
"Fuyutski…" Gendo's voice had a tiny tremor quality to it. "I would appreciate it if you would update the Pilots Life insurance policies."
"O-of course Commander." The vice commander smirked at the alien emotion in his old student's voice, then disappeared.
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Misato's eyes glanced at the clock on her car radio, and promptly tried to urge the car faster as they had about 90 minutes to go and she was expected to be a bit early for paper pushing, not that she relished the additional near automatic exercise of signatures.
Nevermind that the destination was only 10 minutes away by now.
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On Hawklyn's plane, seated several rows behind, was a Section 2 agent, in fact, she was the head of the Seventh Child's security team. She had watched as this boy had grown up, been with him after he'd been told about his mother.
She had been a friend of his father before Second Impact and had gone to work at the organization that became NERV. She had been lucky thus far to remain part of his life indirectly. She checked the time…
An hour to go…'
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Hawklyn sighed as he viewed his picture collection. He'd meet Major Katsuragi in about an hour, beyond that knowledge, he had no clue what would occur.
Frankly, he had the jitters, being in a new country for the first time. Knowing the language helped, but still, the culture and customs and mannerisms of a completely alien country to ones own was rather prone to encite fear. The fear of ones own shortcomings being glaringly obvious to those around you. The fear of being seen by others as a rolling sideshow. The main fear Hawklyn had was being accepted by those of similar age in a different country.
Hawklyn remembered a lot about Japan from what he read. He knew the Japanese slept on the floors and resolved himself to get a couple mattresses for his own bed. He pondered what living would be like here and hoped he could enjoy it.
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Hawklyn sighed as he viewed his picture collection. He'd meet Major Katsuragi in about an hour, beyond that knowledge, he had no clue what would occur.
Frankly, he had the jitters, being in a new country for the first time. Knowing the language helped, but still, the culture and customs and mannerisms of a completely alien country to ones own was rather prone to incite fear. The fear of ones own shortcomings being glaringly obvious to those around you. The fear of being seen by others as a rolling sideshow. The main fear Hawklyn had was being accepted by those of similar age in a different country.
Hawklyn remembered a lot about Japan from what he read. He knew the Japanese slept on the floors and resolved himself to get a couple mattresses for his own bed. He pondered what living would be like here and hoped he could enjoy it.
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Misato had finally made it to the VIP section of the airport, much to her passengers relief. The three of them were over talking to Hyuga and Ibuki who had come with the cargo truck while the Major herself was ensnared into the demonic cesspool known as paperwork.
As she went slowly through the rigorous task of filling out and signing what was needed, Major Katsugi recalled the details of the Seventh's file., she recalled that he seemed to be perceptive, but very unaccustomed to social situations and as for the rest, she'd have to reread it at a later time.
Forms for the test plug transfer… Forms for multiple plugsuit insurance, EVA insurance… Wait, EVA insurance? The hell? Pilot Life insurance forms. Transfer of guardianship forms. Section 2 team transfer approval Forms. Special order paint transfer forms… Dammit! Too many bloody forms!'
"Ugh, I hate paperwork." Misato said with a sigh as she finished the small mountain of signitures and fill outs. She looked at her watch, and with 15 minutes to go, went to round up the other pilots.
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Hawklyn had already packed up his stuff and watched through the window as the Japanese coastline grew larger and closer as the plane descended. The spectacle was quite a sight to behold as the airport came into view. He could the plane banking as it circled around the airport before coming in for a landing.
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The pilots with the guardian watched as the plane landed and started to taxi toward them, the ominous black of the cargo jet clashing with the distant white hulls of the other planes on the regular end of the airport. The pilots watched as the stairway was positioned to the airlock after the plane had halted while Misato noted the tail of the plane there was a beehive of activity as well.
First to appear were two Section 2 goons, then…
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The plane was silent and still. The finality of the journey seeping into the Seventh Child as he waited behind the Section 2 agents with his backpack and duffelbag. He recognized the one Section person in front of him and whispered to her, knowing she'd hear him. "Ya know, I've never told you how much I've appreciated your presence.. If I don't see you around anymore… Thank you."
A small smile graced the features of the agent as she nodded nearly imperceptively. She leaned back a bit and thanked him in a barely heard whisper then straightened as her subordinate opened the hatchway and nodded to her.
"Its time Seventh Child.." Williams followed her subordinate out, in turn followed by Hawklyn.
At the top of the stairway, Hawklyn started down his path, noticing the 4 main figures at the landing of the steps.
One of the teen girls had blue hair while the other had red. The teen guy had dark brown hair, and the woman looked to be his new guardian. He all greeted them with a smile.
"Guten tag." Hawklyn greeted in German. He looked to the woman of the group, "And you must be…"
"…Major Katsuragi. Your new Guardian and commanding officer." The major extended her hand and Hawklyn shook it in greeting.
"Nice to meet you Ma-"
"Call me Misato please unless we're actually at NERV."
"Very well." He turned to the other Pilots. "And you must be…"
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Asuka's thoughts derailed as the new pilot turned toward her. He had a slightly unshaven look to him, tall, not too scrawny like Shinji was, but still skinny, and he had blue eyes that were similar to her own. Seeing her chance to impress him, she barged into the created opening.
"Hello, I'm Asuka Langley Sohryu, Pilot of Unit 02, Best pilot in fact!" Asuka stuck out her hand in greeting to Hawklyn and proceeded to get surprised when he brought her hand up while he bowed down and kissed the roof of her hand before stepping back and smiling a bit while Asuka's mind was in an uproar of shock.
He… He didn't'
Yes he did.
The nerve of him-!'
--(All conversations now are pretty much in Japanese, for simplicity)--
Hawklyn blinked, as the redhead seemed to be tongue tied, "Pleased to meet you Asuka, I'm Adley Hawklyn, Seventh Child and Pilot of Unit 05."
He moved on to the boy beside Asuka.
"I'm Shinji Ikari, Pilot of Unit 01."
Hawklyn nodded briefly and smiled, "Good to meet you. I've heard stories about you, but I won't torture you for any tidbits yet. Anyway, I hope we can be friends and all." Hawklyn bowed to Shinji in respect and then turned to the blue haired Pilot only to get beaten the chance for an introduction.
"Greetings Pilot Hawklyn, I am Rei Ayanami, Pilot of Unit 00-" Ayanami greeted Hawklyn tonelessly, almost as if he was a piece of junk mail only have the voice of Unit 02's pilot slay her sentence. Which made Hawklyn blink before he likewise took the bluehead's hand and kissed it gently, setting off a small series of reactions in those around them.
Rei 's eyes widened slightly.
The older women in the area generally thought: Quite the charmer.
Asuka narrowed her eyes and cursed silently, labelling the Seventh as a player and being cautious in the future not to be more then friends with him. Saying out loud, "Yeah yeah Wonderdoll, we know who you are, no need to hog the attention!"
The Major cleared her throat, noticing that Makoto was signaling that the cargo team was ready to leave. "Guys, its time leave. Adley put your bags in back."
Hawklyn nodded and put his duffel bag in the back and managed to squeeze into the car for the ride to his new home…
(A/N: Yes, Hawklyn is ACC and the dream Sequivision is in here as well. I'm hoping to get more feedback from people like Random and those other good Evangelion writers. Because admittedly, the characters are harder to write and I think myself that I'm not very good with describing somethings that possibly should be there. Anyway RnR Please.)
