Disclaimer: I do NOT own Evangelion; Anno does...
Chapter 02: "Psycho Shinji awakes"
"Woohoo, this is better than a roller coaster! Yeah!" When he finally stopped he could only say "Damn, it sure stops like one..."
In the command bridge everybody looked dumbfounded at the dizzy, whirly-eyed kid. Misato raised her hand to her forehead and could only mutter in frustration "We're so dead..."
Dr. Akagi managed to hear her, but decided not to comment. Instead she turned back to Shinji and said "Shinji, listen to me, concentrate on walking for now."
"Wwaalkyy!" Said the light-headed boy, slowly moving the controls forward.
The robot obeyed taking a shaky step forwards; looking almost like it was drunk.
"It's walking!" Everybody in the command bridge was in an uproar, finally all their efforts were making progress, mankind had a chance for survival now...
"It's falling..." Everybody silently watched as the ultimate war machine, tumbled down face first onto the pavement.
Shinji suddenly felt a stinging sensation in his face, which brought him back to his senses. "Damn! What the hell happened!?" He said as he rubbed his nose.
"Shinji, be careful. Because of your synch ratio with the Eva, you will feel what it feels to a certain degree."
"Why do I have to learn everything the hard way 'round here!"
Meanwhile, the angel had made its way through the city, and was standing directly in front of the Evangelion, it could feel a familiar presence inside it, but it was different at the same time, something had tainted that presence. It couldn't be the lillium inside that thing; it was something else, something dark. But that wasn't important right now; the thing had to be destroyed to fulfil its destiny of joining with the father. And when the purple monster fell, the angel moved to attack.
Misato saw this and shouted to the young pilot. "Shinji quick! Move out of the way!"
But it was already too late. As Shinji looked up he saw the Angel's hand just in front of the Eva's face. The creature's fingers wrapped around the purple machine's head, before it lifted the whole Evangelion up into the air like a rag doll.
Then the angel grabbed the Eva's left arm and pulled it with all its might trying to tear it off. "AAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!" The pain was unbearable; Shinji could feel how the angel crushed the Eva's arm as if was his own
"Shinji, calm down, that's not your real arm!" Maya said in a vain attempt to help him.
"Tell...That...To...My brain!!!" He yelled. He knew he wasn't really getting hurt, but the sensation was way too real for his liking.
Finally, with a loud crack, the angel managed to twist the Eva's arm, but, still not satisfied with it, pierced the broken limb with its light spear, completely shattering the remains of the bone.
"D-Damn it..." Shinji thought as he held his arm. "I can't feel my hand! This damn thing is killing me! I've got to...AAAAHHH!!!" He screamed when he felt like something was crushing his head "W-What...n-now..." He though as he saw the centre of his enemy's hand was starting to shine.
The command bridge was soon filled with the pained screams of the pilot as the angel pounded the Eva's right eye with its lance.
"There is a crack in the head armour!" yelled a long haired tech named Shigeru.
"The brain case is breaking, it won't take much more!" reported his colleague Makoto.
After that, the spear went through the Eva's head, impaling it to a nearby building, with the Eva's head spraying blood through both of its sides.
"Maya, give me the pilot's status!" said Misato, concern was evident in her voice.
"Neural connections reversing! Synch ratio dropping! Unable to read pilot's life signals!"
"Damn, there's no choice" thought Misato as she watched the situation "The life of the pilot is top priority, eject the entry plug!"
"I can't, its rejecting the signal!" Yelled Maya.
"What did you say!?" Said the captain while looking at the young tech's screen.
"T-The Eva is reactivating itself!" Shouted Makoto as he turned to the main screen
Everybody watched silently as the giant mecha slowly stood up.
"Its...Its..." Misato couldn't finish the sentence; she was fearing the worst, a reprise of Unit 00's activation.
"Berserker..." Ritsuko finished for her friend, also, with concern and fear in her voice.
"Ma'am, we're receiving readings from the pilot!" Yelled Maya, breaking the silence, and getting the bridge's attention.
"What!?" Shouted the doctor.
"His cardiac pulse is increasing the same as the adrenaline levels in his blood! His psychological readings are completely out of control!" Said the doctor's pupil watching the readings at her terminal.
"Give me a visual!" Ordered Misato, turning once again to the main screen.
Soon, after a bit of static, they could see the insides of the entry plug. Shinji was gripping tightly the controls, his body trembling in a mix of pain and anger. His head was lowered with his hair covering his eyes.
"Captain, the pilot's synch ratio is rising!" said Maya as she stared in shock at her terminal.
"W-What does it say?" asked Misato, still looking at the main screen.
"It's oscillating around 60.35%" said quietly the young woman, as she turned to her superior.
Ritsuko was about to say something when a laugh interrupted her. Everyone turned again to the main screen. Shinji was slowly raising his head; he had a feral grin on his face and an equally wild look in his dark blue eyes, a complete opposite to his previous childish façade.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha" He started laughing louder this time. His voice was also different, almost as if somebody else was speaking through him. "Ha Ha He He...I...Ha Ha I..." he trailed of sounding crazier by the second. "Ha Ha...I...I...I'll tear you apart!!! Hahahaha!!!" He finally snapped. And, at that same moment, Unit 01 raised its head, its mouth restrains broke, exposing its blood red teeth, and its bestial war cry echoed through the night.
The angel watched silently as the purple beast stood up again and slowly raised its broken arm, regenerating its bone and flesh. The angel, saw that its opponent still wanted more, and shot its cross beam at the mecha, destroying the buildings and the street in its wake. When the smoke cleared Unit 01 was still standing, its armor was charred, but it didn't care. With another mighty roar, the Eva launched itself towards its enemy landing on top of it. Both titans were dueling to dominate the other, crushing houses and cars while they rolled on the ground. The angel tried to use its spears, but Unit 01 grabbed its wrists before the lances were fully extended, they struggled until Unit 01 broke both of the angel arms. "Hahaha!!! Yes! Scream for me, you bastard!!! Hahaha!!!" Yelled Shinji as his enemy cried in pain.
In the command bridge, everybody stared in fear and shock as their creation mercilessly pounded his enemy and its pilot's maniacal laughter filled the room.
"W-What the hell is going on" Said Misato as she turned to her friend
"I-I really don't know" said Ritsuko, lowering her head "But, at the risk of sounding un-professional...I think they're both berserker." She said as she turned once again towards the stunned captain.
The angel, desperate to free itself, raised its AT-field knocking the possessed beast off and allowing it to stand up again.
The purple Eva landed a few meters away from its prey. "Oh! C'mon! You don't want to play some more!? Hahaha!!!" Shinji roared as he motioned his machine to dart towards the angel, only to slam once again into its AT-field.
Shinji was on the ground once again, but he didn't care, the Eva rushed once more at his enemy while he raised his own AT-field. It slammed against the angel's shattering it like it was made of glass, not stopping there, he tackled the angel to the ground and the Eva began pounding again on the angel's core.
The angel could feel its life force draining with each blow. It was humiliating, this lillium was defeating it. But it wasn't going alone, as a last resort to destroy the purple beast it raised its arms and legs and attached itself to the Eva.
"It's going to self-destruct!" Shouted Dr. Akagi as she watched the angel's core start shining.
"Shinji move out of the way! Now!" Yelled Misato through the inter comm., but he ignored her.
"Hahaha!!! Bring It!!! Hahaha!!!" He said as his Eva bear-hugged the angel and its core started to shine even more brightly.
A huge cross shaped explosion spiraled to the night sky soon afterwards, illuminating the city for a few moments.
"Main surface cameras damaged, switching to back-up cameras" said a tech after the shockwave damaged their outside view.
"Cameras back on line" Said another tech. When they turned to the screen, they were completely speechless. Most of the buildings were in ruins and on fire. The streets were a total wreck.
"What about the Eva?" whispered Misato, as she stared at the blazing scene of the once main street of Tokyo-3. A loud roar answered her. Everyone stared in awe as the Eva silently walked out of the area, as if it was a demon coming from the fires of hell. Its horn was broken; its right shoulder wing was missing and its only remaining eye shone ominously in the night.
"Are you sure we can control this power, Ikari" Said Sub-commander Fuyutsuki as he approached his colleague. The supreme commander of NERV only smirked.
Finally, the Eva stopped next to one of the few standing buildings in the area.
"Damn, what a headache..." Shinji thought as he rubbed his forehead, completely ignoring a voice from the inter comm. saying something about his life signs and the Eva status. A sudden metallic noise got his attention, looking down, he saw the upper part of the Eva's helmet was on the ground, then looking to his side, he saw the robot's reflection, only the lower jaw remained of the armor. He stared at the thing's head, it was brown and fleshy, and some cables and devices were attached to it, there was a hole in the place where the eye used to be. Suddenly, large fleshy bumps formed along the hole, and slowly they reformed the surface of it's face and it's newly formed eyelid slid open, revealing a dark green eye whose, to Shinji's amazement the pupil contracted to reveal three slightly smaller secondary pupils spaced equally around the main one.. It stared back at him, almost as if it knew that he was in there. "Damn, this thing sure is butt ugly..." Said Shinji before blacking out due exhaustation.
When Shinji awoke he found himself in a hospital room "Damn, how did I get in here..." he thought as he studied his surroundings, he quickly got dressed and exited the room. In the hallway he saw a group of nurses pushing a stretcher with a girl around his age in it. She had short hair and had bandages over her right eye and arm, he couldn't recognize her features because of the hospital's lights, but she seemed to be staring at him. "Get well!" he said as the nurses carried her to her room.
Eventually, he made it to the lobby of the hospital where he was greeted by Dr. Akagi and Captain Katsuragi.
"Hey Shinji! Are you ok?" Asked Misato.
"Hmm yeah, I'm fine. A bit tired, but other than that, I'm Ok" Replied the boy with a smile.
"Good, because I would like to ask you a few questions about yesterday." the Doctor Intervened.
"...Ok..." he shrugged as he followed her and Misato filed the forms to release him.
"Ok Shinji. Do you remember anything about the battle?" Asked Dr. Akagi once they were in one of the hospital rooms.
"Well, not much. I remember that the angel was kicking my ass, then I was rolling in the ground with it and an explosion, the rest of it is all blurry" He answered as he scratched the back of his head.
"Shinji" The blonde said "According to the Magi, after the angel 'knocked you out' your synch ratio started to drop, and then abruptly came up again, way higher that your original one. Do you have any idea of what may have caused it?"
"How should I know? Maybe survival instincts or something like that. Are we done yet? I'm tired and I would really like to get some shut eye you know" He told her with pleading eyes.
"Ok" sighed the doctor. "Misato probably already filled out your release forms by now" She said as she stood up and walked out of the room followed by Shinji.
"Hey, Misato, do you know where I'll be staying?" Asked Shinji as he yawned.
"That's what we're going to find out, please follow me" Said the cheery woman.
"Oh no, here we go again..." Sighed the boy.
Eventually, after Dr. Akagi led them down the proper path, they parted ways, and Misato, alongside with Shinji, arrived at one of the NERV personnel's location office.
"Ikari, Shinji" said the agent in charge. "You'll be living in the new underground F section"
"Cool!" replied the ever smiling kid.
"Are you sure Shinji, are you ok with this?" Asked the Captain.
"Yeah!" replied Shinji. "I don't mind being alone. The feeling of independence and all that stuff. I'm cool with it."
Misato, on her part just gave him a concerned look. "Excuse me" she said referring to the agent. "I would like to make a new arrangement..."
"What did you say!?" Yelled an angry doctor Akagi through the telephone.
"Calm down Ritsu..." Said the poor captain "I said that he is gonna live with me, it's already been approved so there is no problem. And don't worry; I won't try any moves on him." She said in a playful tone.
"The hell you won't!!!" shouted the short tempered blonde "Don't you have any shame at all!? I can't believe you even suggest something like that!"
"Damn, some people don't have any sense of humor..." said the slightly scared officer as she put the phone away from her ears.
Shinji wasn't going to let this opportunity pass. "Hey, Misato!" he shouted "How many body lotion bottles did you said!?"
"What the hell did I just hear!?" screamed the now very angry doctor "I knew I couldn't trust in you! I could easily get you suspended for something like this!"
Misato quickly hung up the phone to escape from the ranting of the other woman, giving her soon to be new roommate a dirty glare as he laughed his ass off on the ground. She felt somehow relieved to hear him back to normal after his performance last night. "Come on, we have some things to do before going home" she said walking past him "Oh! I almost forget, here, this is yours." She said as she put forcefully yet playfully his hat on his head.
"Sorry 'bout that, I just couldn't resist"
"Don't worry Shinji" She said without turning back "I'll get you for that...eventually"
"Where are we going again?" Shinji asked to his new guardian as she drove through the still empty streets.
"We're going to get some stuff, and then we'll have a little welcome party for my new roommate" She replied.
"Oh, ok just wake me up when we're there" he said as he reclined his seat and covered his face with the peak of his hat.
Eventually, after a little stop at the grocery store, they arrived at a spot overlooking Tokyo-3.
"This is a nice place, but it's a bit plain. Don't you think?" Shinji asked as he watched the scene in front of him. The sun was setting creating a beautiful mix of colors in the sky, and yet, everything seemed empty, almost lifeless.
"Any second now" Said Misato ignoring her young charge's question.
"What do yo...?" He said before being interrupted by the sound of alarms and machinery moving. "Wow..." he muttered as he leaned forwards on the railing.
"That is Tokyo-3, this is our home, and the city that you saved" She said smiling warmly as the young kid beside her watched amused how the city raised to its full glory.
It was already nightfall when they arrived at the apartment complex that they would be sharing from now on.
"I just moved here a few days ago you know" Said Misato as she entered the apartment "Please put the food on the fridge and then we'll make some..." She trailed of when she noticed her young charge was still outside the door "Hey Shinji, what's wrong?"
"I don't think this is a good idea, I mean, I really don't want to be a bother"
"Shinji, this is your home too, c'mon in. Or, Are you afraid to live with a beautiful woman?" She teased while flashing a little pose and winking.
Shinji then crossed the door, took a deep breath and said "Honey! I'm home!"
"Welcome home" The captain giggled "It may be a bit messy, but try to make yourself comfy"
Shinji's eyes widened at the sight before him, there were trash bags piled in the corner of the kitchen, all the furniture was stained and in disarray, beer cans and other alcoholic drinks bottles were scattered everywhere, in his eyes there was only one way to describe it "Awesome!"
"W-What?"
"C'mon, look at this place!" Said the excited kid "It must have been a hell of a party last night to leave a dump like this! I can't wait for the next one!"
Misato remained silent, giving him an apologetic look.
"Don't tell me..." he said with a raised eyebrow "You drank all that?"
"W-Well...I..." She trailed of before escaping to her room to avoid any more questions.
"Great" He said "I could be living in a nice apartment just for me, without having to give reasons to anyone, cleaning other people trash and stuff, but nooo, I let a pretty face cloud my judgment..." he rambled after making some space for the food in the beer-stuck fridge "Damn puberty!" he shouted when he started cleaning a bit his new home. Eventually, Misato got out of her room wearing a very loose sleeveless shirt and denim hotpants and heated a few instant meals.
"Oh Yeah!!! This is what makes life good!!!" Yelled Misato after drinking half a can of her beer in one go.
"You sure have some healthy habits..." Shinji said unenthusiastically while forming a pyramid with some empty cans.
"Shut up!" She said sticking her tongue out. "Well, now that we're over with dinner, we should divide our chores, right?" Replied the cheerful and slightly drunk woman.
"Paper...scissors...stone...one...two...three!" they both said in unison.
"Oh crap..."
"I'm sorry Shinji; it looks like this isn't your day..."
"I don't know how, but, I think you cheated..." Said the annoyed boy while looking at the now complete chore's chart in which from the who knows how many turns in there, only around four or five where for Misato.
"Complain, complain, complain, is that the only thing you do? It's getting on my nerves! Stop doing it and act like a man!" She replied leaning on the table and giving him an angry look, forgetting the fact that she wasn't wearing a bra.
"Y-Yes ma'am...Sorry ma'am!" he said leaning back on his chair a bit scared of her attitude, and giving quick glances to the 'little show' she was giving him.
"Oh well, I guess it's just an age thing..." she sighed getting back to her chair "Hey, why don't you go take a bath? Yeah! A bath will help you relax and get a good night rest!"
"Ok..." Shinji yawned as he went to get some stuff from his back pack and then entered the bathroom.
"He's a good kid..." Misato mused while sipping her beer "...A bit annoying, but a good kid anyway..."
"WAARRK!!!"
She was interrupted from her train of thoughts with a loud squeak, a few seconds later Shinji's head popped out of the slightly opened bathroom door. "...err...Misato..." he said with a bit of uneasiness "...care to explain?" he said coming completely out of the bathroom holding a shocked looking penguin from under its wings.
"Oh, that's Pen-Pen" She answered "He's one of those warm water penguins, he's your other roommate" She said while drinking her beer "Don't mind him, he likes to take hot baths every once in a while..."
Hearing this, he placed the bird on the floor kneeling in front of it and staring at it for a little while "S'up dude!" he said extending a hand to his unusual roommate.
"Wark" it replied, shaking the offered hand with its flipper and then getting back to its fridge.
"Heh Heh, what a weird place..." he said as he stood up and placed his hands behind his head.
"...err...Shinji?" Said Misato.
"Yeah?"
"Why don't you cover up?"
Hearing this, Shinji looked down to himself and noticed that he wasn't wearing anything except some white boxers with pink heart shaped dots "What? They're clean" he said a bit indignant before retreating back to the bathroom, Misato just sighed and headed back to her room.
"Ahhh, She was right this feels good" Shinji said out loud while relaxing in the hot tub "Damn, who would have though that not only I'll be meeting again with my father, but also I'll be end working for him too" he thought as he stared at the ceiling "I wonder who is that Rei girl everyone was talking about, maybe she was the girl I saw in the hospital?" and so he let his mind wonder about the new changes in his life.
Meanwhile, in a secured part of NERV commander Ikari was looking down to the yellow Cyclops known as Evangelion Unit-00 from the remains of the testing room.
"So, how was Rei today? You went to see her today didn't you?" Asked Dr. Akagi as she approached the man.
"She will be fine in twenty days, after that we will be able to reactivate Unit-00" he said while he adjusted his glasses.
"You're being too hard on these kids"
"We have no choice, as long as they can pilot the Evas, they will have to do it"
"Without any regard to what they want, or to what they need, to...?"
"Do you have any information from the third child?" He cut her off.
"Well..." she sighed in defeat "He doesn't recall much of the battle, and justifies his unexpected high synch ratio to survival instinct, but I still think he was hiding some information"
"Very well doctor, you are dismissed" he said without turning back.
She turned around and walked off, when she was about to reach the door she turned back to the commander and said "Are you sure you can control this, that you will be able to control him when he finds out about all this? Shinji doesn't seems to be the kind of person who likes to obey orders"
When he didn't say anything she continued on her way and left the room, leaving him to his thoughts. He knew she was right to a certain degree; he wasn't expecting his son to be this 'carefree' and possibly was going to give a bit more trouble than he had expected, but he wasn't going to let that stop him. He had worked to hard to carry his scenario to this point and nothing would step in his way. Eventually, he left the room; he had more important things to handle right now.
Back in the now Katsuragi/Ikari residence, Shinji was already on his bed listening to some rock ballads with his Discman; he raised his left hand above his head and stared at it for a while before touching around his right eye with it. "That was really weird" he whispered remembering the rather painful experience inside the Eva.
------------Flashback------------
"There is a crack in the head armour!" yelled a long haired tech named Shigeru.
"The brain case is breaking, it won't take much more!" reported his colleague Makoto.
After that, the spear went through the Eva's head, impaling it to a nearby building, with the Eva's head spraying blood through both of its sides.
"Maya, give me the pilot's status!" said Misato, concern was evident in her voice.
"Neural connections reversing! Synch ratio dropping! Unable to read pilot's life signals!"
"Damn, there's no choice" thought Misato as she watched the situation "The life of the pilot is top priority, eject the entry plug!"
"I can't, its rejecting the signal!" Yelled Maya.
Inside the entry plug, Shinji was gripping his right eye with his good hand "Dammit, Dammit, Dammit, Dammit, this t-thing is killing me, I-I can't do this, what was I thinking when I agreed to this!" he thought desperately as he saw the 'warning' signals across the plug's walls. "But..." he suddenly realized "if I don't do it...they all will die..." he thought as he felt the same burning sensation he felt earlier "T-They're counting on me...I-I mustn't give up"
Fight...
"Y-yes...I must fight..."
Kill...
"Yes, heh heh...I-I'm gonna kill it, heh heh heh..." he said as the plug's walls returned to the normal outside view. "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha" He started laughing louder as the burning feeling increased by the second "Ha Ha He He...I...Ha Ha I..." he trailed of "Ha Ha...I...I...I'll tear you apart!!! Hahahaha!!!"
This is only the beginning...
----------End flashback------------
"I wonder what that was all about, that weird feeling..." he thought as he tried to sleep "Well, I better not think much about it right now, it's late and I apparently have school tomorrow...damn..." he yawned and a few moments later he was sound asleep.
To be continued
Thanks to my pre-readers EVA-01X, Cavalier and StormofDragons
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Untill next time!