Disclaimer: I just saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance by switching to Geico. Unfortunately, that has nothing to do with the fact that I own no part of Evangelion and am using it's characters for the pleasure and enjoyment of all who deem it worthy to read.
Oculus of Seraphs
Prologue
"Professor Akagi! Professor Akagi!" Maya shouted impatiently.
Doctor Ritsuko Akagi sighed in temporary annoyance and then smiled as usual. "Yes Maya?"
"I… Well, there's something I need you to see! I… well I did a data scan on the pilots again, like you asked! But this time something different happened!" She cried excitedly.
"Oh? Such as what?" Ritsuko asked, not surprised in the least. Maya was getting better after all. A close eye and a few years of experience and Maya would be at her level and beyond. It made her happy in truth.
"It's… well it's Rei, Ritsuko. Something is odd about her. Normally, the pilots pattern is green but, during this .00000000032 decimal of a second her pattern flashed blue! Doesn't that mean that… that…!"
"No. Do NOT jump to conclusions, Maya! Recheck the scanners and triple check the data readouts. You are, doubtless, mistaken. That can't be possible." Ritsuko stated.
"But… but Doctor Akagi, I've checked them four times! Rei… she produced a BLUE pattern. That's… that's and AT field!" Maya exclaimed.
Maya was even better than Ritsuko had thought. "Maya… hmm, come with me." Ritsuko said.
"Eh, huh? Yes, ma'am!" She said quickly with a salute.
Ritsuko made her way to commander Ikari's office quickly. Educating Maya probably would not be pleasant. But the girl had become to smart.
"Wait outside for a moment, Maya." Ritsuko said with a bit of fear in her voice. "Hai!" Maya responded sternly.
Ritsuko entered Gendo's office with a placid look on her face. Inside fear raged in her.
"Dr. Akagi. What brings you to my office?" Gendo said coldly.
"I… well. I need to let you know. Maya… she's… she's gotten much smarter. She can analyze data almost as fast as I can. I, well... She found the blue point in Ayanami's test. I… I believe it's time we told her what will happen to the pilots. What is happening, to the pilots." Ritsuko proposed.
"Yes… yes I suppose it is time that she was informed. Promote her. Her genius is beginning to rival yours Dr. Akagi." Ikari said slyly.
"Don't I know it. Seems only yesterday she was a naïve little girl." Ritsuko Akagi said proudly.
Gendo flopped his hand about until it came to rest palm up. "It seems not long ago that you were quite young as well Doctor."
"Hmm. I suppose." Ritsuko muttered.
Ritsuko walked over to the door and pushed it open. She found Maya patiently awaiting. Perfect.
"Maya, it's time we told you the truth. You've become smart enough now to understand. Please follow me."
"I… um… ok!" She responded hastily.
Ritsuko and Maya walked along for a moment down a narrow corridor. A few left turns and a right, they reached an elevator.
Upon entering the elevator, Ritsuko excavated a key from her pocket, shoved it into hidden key hole in the wall and pressed the button that mysteriously appeared behind Maya.
"I… where are you taking me Dr. Akagi?" Maya asked patiently.
"To find out what happens to the pilots as they pilot." Ritsuko said.
Maya felt apprehension and fear as she was being let in. The Circle that had always held out was now finally letting her in on the truths that they kept. They, being what she assumed as Dr. Akagi, Mr. Fuyutski and Mr. Ikari.
"Thank you very much, teacher." She breathed.
Ritsuko nodded her acknowledgement.
They moved towards a room that, for the longest time, had been barred from Maya. She could only stare at the door in wonder, on most days, as she walked by on her way from the lockers to the brig.
"I… I really get to go in there!" She asked, somewhat excited, and somewhat frantic.
"Yes. Oh and by the way," Ritsuko said as she pushed a small badge onto the collar of Maya's uniform, "Congratulations, Lieutenant Maya."
"Oh! Bu.. But, but I'm not ready! I.. I um… I!" Maya stuttered. At a quick harsh look from Ritsuko Maya quickly snapped her mouth shut. "S.. Sorry ma'am."
"I decide when your ready." Ritsuko said plainly. "And you are. And I'm no longer ma'am to you. Were now pretty well on equal footing, though I'm still lead. Call me Ritsuko. So? How do you feel?"
"I… Surprised Ma'… er.. Ritsuko." Maya stuttered again with nervousness as they halted at the cast iron, barred, doors. "No offence of course, but, shouldn't it be Major Katsuragi or even Lieutenant Shigeru who promotes me?
Ritsuko smiled. "Your being promoted with a little bit of a special rank. Follow me."
Placing her eyes against an optic scanner, she said. "Dr. Ritsuko Akagi." The bars unlocked. "New accepted professor, inform file." Ritsuko said suddenly.
"Please enter voice command and optic pass wording." The computerized voice of a female said.
Ritsuko stepped aside. "Maya?"
Maya stepped forward and looked into the odd eye scanner. "Eye blueprint confirmed. Please recite name. Speak clearly." The machine said.
"Maya Ibuki." Maya said in as straight of a voice as she could manage.
"Good." Ritsuko said plainly. They entered the room quickly, moving around the darkened part of the place known as Lab 214.
"Now where's that light?" Ritsuko muttered. Suddenly the room illuminated. A great metal tower of bleeping lights and signals suddenly was made visible to the awed eyes of one Maya Ibuki.
"What? What is this!" She exclaimed. "This," Ritsuko replied calmly "Is the computer for Balthazar." Ritsuko said.
"But… but Caspar was kept under the Magi box. This one was not?" Maya asked, confused.
Ritsuko smiled again. "No, Balthazar was not kept directly beneath the Magi box at the brig like Caspar was. Balthazar is the computer involving data analysis. As a matter of fact, it was originally developed for criticizing and examining data."
"So… why would you need direct access to the computer though? Shouldn't it work right up on the...?" Maya asked.
"In here, forbidden files are no longer forbidden." Ritsuko interrupted.
"Oooh!" Maya cooed. "So.. What's this… what's this truth about the pilots? What's happening to them? Are they… developing their own"
"S2 Organs? Prosthetic cores? AT fields?" Ritsuko interrupted again. "Yes, yes, and yes. The children, or pilots if you prefer, are becoming the very thing they seek to destroy. They're becoming angels."
"I… oh my…"
"Yes. Oh my." Ritsuko mimicked.
Suddenly a great screen on the left side of the room lit up, with bleeps and line graphs only people with the minds such as Ritsuko, and now Maya, could understand.
"Oh my… all. This has happened to all three of them!" Maya exclaimed, now even more excited. "My god! Asuka and Rei are both growing Cores and Shinji's growing his own S2 Organ! He… he'll be able to generate his own AT field! And Rei, and Asuka aren't far behind!"
"Yes. The first occurrence was with the tenth angel Sahaquiel. I think it began as a reaction to all three of their AT fields reacting to each other and the angel at maximum power. I'm glad the last angel wasn't one that the pilots needed to fight. Otherwise I'm sure more data like this would be appearing. But it's been over a months since Iruel's attack on the Magi. Another challenge for the Eva's will surely arise soon. I assume Asuka will be the first person to show it... her temper and all, you know."
"But… but this can't be! The pilots of Eva… they're… really going to become… angels? Just like the angels that attack us now?" Maya questioned as she stared at the screen, a worried look on her face.
"Yes, Maya but with one primary difference." Ritsuko said holding up a finger.
"And… what is that?" Maya asked.
"They'll still be part human. Lets just hope that the angel's quest to destroy mankind doesn't become their own." Ritsuko murmured.
"Ayah…" Maya murmured, rubbing her now aching temple.
Good so far? Well, the fun begins on the first chapter. I wonder how the fic readers in the eva section will react to me?