Welcome back folks! Today, we'll see what happens if Rei was the commander of NERV while Gendo pilots Unit 00.
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Without any further ado, I present to you,
Episode 2: NERV Commander Rei; Unit 00 Pilot GendoShinji Ikari found himself in an unfamiliar situation of standing in front of the most powerful person in possibly the whole world. Unfortunately for his ego, the commander of NERV appeared to be of the same age as him. And she was a girl.
"Third Child, you are to pilot the Evangelion and fight that angel."
"What? You expect me to pilot something that I have absolutely no previous experience in and fight some giant entity that could possibly kill me?" Shinji said, aghast.
"Yes. Otherwise, there could be no future for humanity." The blue haired commander replied.
"NO I WON'T!"
"You leave me with no choice. Fuyutsuki, bring the other pilot here."
The sub-commander motioned towards the medical crew to wheel the severely injured pilot of the Evangelion into the room. Shinji took a close look at the heavily bandaged person in a white plug suit and said, "Father?"
"Gendo, the replacement is useless, you have to pilot the Evangelion again."
The poor man nodded his head slightly and tried gamely to get up. Unfortunately for him, the angel chose this time to fire a shot, causing the ceiling supports to fall and overturn the stretcher he was lying on.
Shinji ran towards his father. He held the pilot close to him and smelled blood, or so he thought.
"You're bleeding…"
"No I'm not, its LCL." Gendo replied.
"I thought you're hurt?" Shinji inquired.
"Urrg… oww… groan…"
The commander stared at her puppet.
"He'd better not give the act away…" She thought.
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"I'll do it!" Shinji finally relented.
"That's a good boy. Ritsuko, scramble it."
So it was, that fifteen minutes after Shinji agreed to pilot the space age robot, he came face to face with the third angel.
"You're that piece of shit that hurt my father? I'll hurt you!" Shinji roared uncharacteristically, filial piety getting the better of him. (A/N: huh? Filial piety?)
Then, the boy looked over at his control panels.
"What the… Hey! There are no joysticks! No fancy controls for manoeuvring! How the hell am I going to make this thing move?"
NERV's head scientist sweat dropped. "Just focus on the very concept of walking. As you are linked to its nervous system, that will suffice to make it move."
Luckily for Shinji and probably for humanity as a whole, the angel was actually surprised at the new target's lack of movement and therefore decided to observe the Evangelion for a while longer before choosing the proper course of action.
Then, the genetically engineered purple bio machine took a hesitant step towards the angel. Then another and another and another. Finally, it charged head on at the angel with the single intent of disembowelling it and offering its internal organ (or in this case the S2 engine) as a tribute to the pilot's incapacitated father.
"ARRRG! ARRG! AAARRRRGGGG!" Shinji could be heard screaming inside the cockpit. It was this fury that the boy unleashed whenever he was angry that made him such a suitable candidate for piloting the Evangelion. The commander could already imagine him taking out the remaining angels and finally bringing about her vision of the Third Impact. Reuniting her with her adoptive mother Yui Ikari, who coincidentally, was the current pilot's mother as well as the former pilot's wife. Surprisingly, Yui left the reigns of NERV to Rei (who was still an infant) just before she died. Everyone came up with his or her own theories as to why she did that. Nevertheless, they never got their answers, as Rei never let slip on anything. But I have digressed. The focus of this scene is on the boy and how he was going to rip the poor angel to shreds.
"DIE YOU COCKSUCKER! NOBODY ATTACKS AN IKARI WITHOUT INCURRING MY WRATH!" Shinji, almost in berserk mode screamed. Willing his robot towards the angel, the boy was prepared to suffer whatever damage the angel was able to inflict upon him as long as he could hurt it in return. Eva 01's hands reached out, claw like, to grip the angel's body….
Sachiel the third angel sidestepped the charging purple mass. Causing it to ram headfirst into a nearby skyscraper.
Commander Rei slapped her forehead with gloved hands. "This is going to be harder than I thought."
Sachiel grabbed Eva 01's head and proceeded to fire energy beams at its eyes.
"URRG! MY EYES!" Shinji grabbed his face. "They're still there…right?"
"Oh I'm sorry…" Ritsuko's voice could be heard over the intercom. "I forgot to mention that since you are linked to the Eva's nervous system…you can feel its pain as well."
"What! That's hardly fair!" Shinji's eyes glowed dangerously red. His anger at being betrayed once again finally overcame his self-control.
(On cue, the song, The Beast starts to play in the background)
Unit 01's other eye glowed red as it reactivated. (Ritsuko: Oh my god its berserk!) An Absolute Terror field emanated from the Evangelion, which forcefully ejected Unit 01 from Sachiel's death grip. Somersaulting in mid-air, Eva 01 aimed its knee spikes at the core of the angel. When the knee spikes connected, a pathetic moan could be heard coming from the angel. That only served to fuel Shinji's bloodlust and he mercilessly pounded the core until the angel could not take the pain any longer and self-destructed, forming a large energy beam the shape of a cross.
Inside the safety of the Geofront, the other members of NERV stared blankly at the ruthlessness displayed in front of them. That as well as Shinji's ability to synch almost perfectly with the Evangelion dumbfounded them. Only one person seemed unconcerned.
There, seated on the table overseeing the entire project was the commander, hands criss-crossed in front of her face, displaying absolutely no emotion whatsoever.
"Send a retrieval team to get the pilot out" was all she said.
Weeks after the fight with the third angel
Shinji had finally managed to settle down relatively peacefully in Tokyo 3. Although the enigmatic commander and his father still remained mysteries to him, he felt accepted and welcomed by practically everyone else. That was until Misato decided to be his permanent guardian.
The Katsuragi residence was never a good place to live in. Especially if you are housebroken and male. Unfortunately for Shinji, he happened to be both. Today however, his torment was all the more unbearable, due to a certain Miss Ritsuko Akagi deciding to give his guardian a visit. After their 137th dirty joke about what Misato could be doing with his nubile young body when nobody is home, Ritsuko's face paled suddenly.
"Shit…"
"What's the matter Rit-chan?" Misato asked, surprised by her friend's sudden change in behaviour.
"I forgot to give Gendo his new security access card!" Ritsuko said sadly. "What's worse, I have to visit my sick grandmother later. If only someone can help me pass it to him… someone I can trust."
She looked at Misato expectantly.
"Don't look at me, I still have piled of work to complete by tomorrow." Misato quickly countered.
In actual fact, they just did not want to be near the weird 36 year old man who obeyed the every command of the 14-year-old commander. Furthermore, he was still studying in the fourth grade for goodness sake! Then, an idea hit them.
"Shinji?" Both women looked at him. "You do it!" They said in unison.
"Why me?" Shinji stammered.
"Because you have nothing better to do. AND, he is your father. What better way to start on some family bonding!" Ritsuko said with a tone of finality in her voice.
With that, she placed Gendo's security in Shinji's breast pocket and ushered him out of the house.
Gendo's apartment: Apartment 402Shinji knocked timidly at the door. Not surprisingly, nobody answered.
"And the doorbell's spoiled as well" he cursed inwardly.
Finally deciding to try his luck, Shinji tried turning the doorknob. To his relief, the door was unlocked. He cautiously pushed the door open and peered inside.
"Anybody home?" he asked.
No reply.
"If you are at home please say so or I am going to piss on your bed."
Still nothing.
Taking that to be his cue to explore the mess of an apartment that his father called home, Shinji stepped boldly into where no teenage boy has stepped into before. Then, something caught his attention. On top of a small cupboard next to a beaker of water, was a pair of orange tinted glasses.
"Strange, they look like the pair the commander always wear." Shinji thought. Out of curiosity, Shinji decided to try them on.
A noise could be heard behind him.
Shinji whirled 180 degrees to see what created that noise and came face to face with an almost naked Gendo, with only a tower draped over his shoulders.
"Ddd…ddd…dad?" Shinji stammered as he saw Gendo striding angrily towards him and yank the glasses out of his face.
"What can I do for you?" Gendo ask emotionlessly as he placed the glasses carefully back into its original position.
"Yo…yo...your access card! I bro… bro…brought it he…he…here for you!" Shinji hastily replied. After being separated with his father for 10 years, suddenly seeing Gendo in his full naked glory made Shinji as nervous as if he saw Commander Rei naked.
"Place it on the table then." Gendo stated simply, his voice still bearing no emotion whatsoever.
"Rrright!" Shinji did as he was told and hurriedly tried to leave the room. However, his sling bag was caught by the cupboard's handle. In his hurry, the sudden jerk caused him to lose his balance and fall. He instinctively tried to grab something to balance himself but all he could reach was Gendo. Finally, the son landed on top his father in a heap of boxer shorts and briefs.
A stunned moment of silence later, Shinji peered at where he had landed. His eyes widened as he realised his face was near his father's crotch while his right was touching something fleshy. That in itself would have frightened most boys but what happened to Shinji was worse. His right hand felt the fleshy portion of his father's body becoming steadily harder. Then, he looked up at Gendo's face and noticed a slight blush and a small smile of encouragement. He lost it there and then. All traces of sanity.
"AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"
3 weeks later in a psychiatric ward
"I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away…" the boy who was curled in a foetal position was murmuring.
The commander was not amused. She turned towards her 'doll' and stared daggers at him.
"Dolls are not supposed to get emotionally attached to humans. You had better keep that in mind." She chastised the 36-year-old man who was wearing his school uniform. "Now go and wait for me in Terminal Dogma."
"Yes Madam."
Rei watched her 'doll' exit the ward, leaving her alone with Shinji. Then, a small smile crept its way unto her usually emotionless face. Her stepbrother really looked like his mother.
"Soon Yui-chan, we're going to be re-united."
THE ENDI kinda liked the way this fic turned out. Review please? Should I continue or is this too dumb? My sister/proof-reader certainly thinks so.