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File #4 - Operation Blackout
There had been many theories, many questions and much speculation on the alien race known as the Angels, the so called 'Messengers of God.' Only a few had been given the privilege of knowing the full truth on their origins and their reasons and motivation for attacking humanity.
When the Universal Union landed on Xen, they found it was populated by a wide variety of species including the native Vortigaunts, the Headcrabs…and the Angels themselves: Lumbering beasts taking many forms, they were charged with protecting the borderworld. The highest among them was the Nihilanth, the 19th Angel.
The Union sat about enslaving the Vortigaunts, and in the process fragmenting their world and meeting fierce resistance from the Angels. Knowing the 19 Angels would wipe them out the invading forces out, they used their teleportation displacement technology and sent them all to a backwater planet known as Earth. But the Nihilanth, the highest but the weakest of the Angels, was captured and experimented on, having his S2 Organ removed and storing it in an undisclosed location. They then fused him with their technology and became the puppet ruler of Xen. Nihilanth prayed every second of his existence after that for someone to put him out of his misery, but knowing his body would fight back against whoever would have the courage to stand up against an Angel.
The 18th Angel Xidus, probably known best as the Geneworm, escaped from Xen, creating his own army dubbed 'Race-X', where he sat about robbing other systems of it's natural resources in order to survive. The 17th Angel Tabris created his own human shell and was reborn on Earth.
Knowing that some day the Union will invade Earth, the Angels decided to destroy it, sparing it from being taken over the Union and it's populace subjected to it's horrifying authority. But they failed, thanks to the mechanoid Evangelion Units, created from technology provided from the entity known as the G-Man.
From a different location, the G-Man surveyed every battle the children Ikari, Ayanami and Sohryu fought, evaluating their progress and deciding that Shinji Ikari was the master pilot. The G-Man only started one battle between them and the Angel known as Matarael, knowing that this battle will feature all three pilots.
The people to do his bidding in starting the battle were the men and women of the top secret government assassins known as the Black Ops…
Night had fallen over the city of Tokyo-03. The buildings up were up high as if they didn't have a worry in the world, It's populace slept both soundly and uncomfortably, knowing that even thought NERV would detect an Angel, they are still wise to a least keep one eyes open.
Driving along the outskirts of Tokyo-03 in the industrial sector towards the power station was a singular van with the logo 'Clean-4-U.' The power station was like a fortress, with raised barb-wired walls and armed guards carrying H&K Submachine-guns.
The van came up to the gate and a security post, it's guard with a Uzi flung over his shoulder. He walked up to the window and saw the cap wearing Caucasian man.
"Good evening, sir," the guard begun, "What is your business here?"
The driver passed along a signed paper, his cap over his eyes.
"We have authorisation to enter here and take care of the control room and the power outage area," the driver said.
The guard looked over the paper, then at the driver.
"Just give me a second," the guard said, before walking to his phone and picking it up.
"Control, this is station 1, we got a cleaning company van here, requesting entry," he said, "Uh-huh, oh…alright. I understand."
He then put down the phone and was back with the van.
"Alright, we've been expecting," he said, smiling, "Hope you get the cobwebs out of the turbines, they're getting old."
The driver smiled, "We'll do our best."
The gate opened and the van drove in, where it circled the whole station, before parking in front of the loading dock. The driver then got out and slammed the door, before looking around.
Meanwhile in the control room, a security guard noticed the camera screens going blank.
"Hey," he begun, "What's going on!"
The tech noticed it as well.
"I don't know," he said, "Must be coming down with another virus."
On the surface, the driver banged a couple times on the side of the van, where the back doors opened and out stepped a couple of women in tight-fitting black bodysuits, where they pulled out silenced pistols. The driver nodded to them, and they ran off.
A security guard noticed the van and the driver standing there.
"You lost, buddy?" he asked.
The driver shook his head sadly, before pulling out a silenced pistol and shooting him right in the head. The female assassins scowled the area behind the walls, sneaking up behind all the guard and sliding cold steel into their necks.
At the guard post outside the gate, the Uzi-Guard noticed his radio going silent. He reached for it.
"Units 2,3,4,5 and 6, come in," he replied, "Hey, why are you guys silent."
Suddenly, he felt several rounds of silenced-assault rifle tear through him, before seeing 5 heavily armed men in black combat suits entered the post, before opening the gate. A guard from a tower noticed this.
"Hey, what the f…!" he begun, before the driver broke his neck and threw his body over the wall into the bushes.
The male assassins then ran into the courtyard, before putting their backs against the wall near the door leading into the station, checking their weapons.
All units check in, their radio cackled.
The Black Ops identified themselves…
"Captain Nicholson!"
"Hird!"
"Williams!"
"Jean!"
"Harding!"
"Prague!"
"Reece!"
"Weathers!"
Move in and secure station, a familiar voice cackled, but not sounding sinister.
"Roger that, colonel," the driver known as Captain Agent Nicholson said, "Moving in."
Tearing off his clothes to reveal a black combat suit, pulling out a silenced Uzi, and a mask with night-vision goggles, he kicked down the door and they moved in, startling the guard in there, which Nicholson instantly delivered a kick to his skull, knocking him cold.
"Split up," Nicholson ordered, putting the mask over his face, "Terminate anyone who sees you!"
The female assassins Jean and Prague ran ahead, activating their prototype cloaking devices. The station was practically empty, with only a small amount of security personnel to guard a few hundred computers than ran everything. And if one of them were to be corrupted, then the power would just go off.
Running of a + junction, passing several doors, Prague and Jean dispatched any guard they came across. With a hand over the mouth and knife in the back, they slaughtered the guards, before meeting up with the other assassins.
"Control room," Nicholson ordered, "Williams, Hird. Cover our backs!"
Williams and Hird, armed with their silenced carbines, prowled the hallways. Suddenly, another guard appeared.
"Hey, where the f#$# are you guys?" he cried, "OH SHIT!"
Williams shot him up, and despite their weapons being silenced, all the other guards heard the tame cry of a silencer, drawing their 9mm Pistols.
"We got company!" Williams said, calmly.
More guards appeared, guns drawn. The Black Ops opened fire on them, spilling their blood over the walls and floors. One guard dove at Nicholson with a baton, the Black Op punching his chest rapidly, before finishing off with a roundhouse kick, sending him flying.
Williams grabbed the head of a nearby guard and smashed it against the wall, sending his head through it and kicking him, sending him through the wall completely.
2 techs in the control room heard the commotion…
"Hey Kenta?" one of them asked, "What the hell is that?"
"Don't know," the other replied.
Suddenly, a guard flew through the door, it plummeting to the ground. Next they saw 4 dark-coloured ninja-like assassins walk in, guns drawn.
"Back away from the terminals!" Reece ordered.
"What the hell is this?" Kenta cried, then was roughly pushed back by Reece.
Reece then turned to Nicholson.
"Control room secured, sir," Reece said.
Nicholson nodded, "Williams?"
"Right here, sir!" Williams said.
"Do your thing."
"Yes sir!"
Williams sat in front of the terminal, where he looked at the Japanese-inscribed keyboard. He sighed and pulled out a laptop, attaching it to the terminal.
"Hey!" Kenta cried, "What are you doing?"
Williams then accessed the computer, the read-outs in English…
HACKING PROGRAM READY…ACCESSING…POWER GRID
"I've hacked into the grid, sir," Williams said.
"Good work," Nicholsin said, "Now shut it off."
"WHAT?" Kenta cried, "NO!"
All guns pointed at the techs.
"You can't shut off the power!" Kenta exclaimed, "The city's defences will be down! We'll be sitting ducks!"
Nicholson smiled, despite it not being seen, "That's the idea!"
"Shall I push the button?" Williams said.
"Do it!" Nicholson ordered.
"NOOO!" Kenta cried, rushing forward towards Williams.
Reece then aimed his carbine at Kenta and fired, shooting him in the shoulder, sending him reeling back against the wall. Williams typed some more…
Suddenly, the power went down in all sectors of Tokyo-03. The control room went dark…
"AHHH, OH GOD!" Kenta cried, "YOU SHOT ME…YOU BASTARDS!"
Back-up power went on, Kenta and the other tech saw that…
"Hey!" the tech cried, "They're gone!"
The Black Ops had disappeared in a flash. Kenta quickly got up and ran to the terminal.
"QUICK!" he cried, "WE GOTTA GET THE POWER BACK ON!"
"Er…Kenta?" the tech said weakly.
"What?"
The tech pointed up and saw that a bomb had been attached to the roof. Kenta's eyes went wide…
"Oh f#$#…"
The control room exploded!
Agent Nicholson and his men escaped, devastating the power station and leaving it open to an attack. As anticipated, Matarael struck and all three Evangelion Units and their pilots were sent into action.
The G-Man watched the battle from afar and saw that Ikari was the dominant pilot. As for Agents Nicholson and Williams, they reassumed their civilian lives in Australia, until their services were called again…
