Alright so here's the next chapter to the story, I sorry I messed up on a few things in the last chapter.
"Italics" Represent thoughts or location changes.
"Bold" Represent exclamations.
"Underline" Represent flashbacks.
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Chapter 3: Coping with Changes
"Blaze get out of here!"
"No dad I'm not going until mom comes!"
"Get into the escape shuttle and get out of here!"
"No I'm not going!"
"Blaze this is no time to argue with me, I'll find mom and we'll get out in another shuttle."
"Promise…"
"Promise."
Blaze was suddenly dragged away from the image of his father by wires that seemed to come out of nowhere. He struggled against them, fought against them. It was no use he was pulled into a tank of warm water. His vision was blurred, he could see the silhouettes of some people behind the glass tank. He tried to punch through the glass, but he wasn't strong enough and felt his strength drain from his body. Suddenly, he screamed through the water as he felt hot stabs of pain all over his body, he struggled to get out of the tank, which was now filled with bubbles. The aqua-green color of the tank had now turned red, and he could taste blood as he opened his mouth. Then everything went black and he was surrounded by images.
The face of a girl…
A hallway covered in blood…
Slaughtered solders…
His father…
His brother…
The three Evangelion units…
Everything went dark again, he was standing there. The pain was gone, he wasn't in the tank anymore. He was standing in the darkness, the only thing illuminated was a spotlight that seemed to come down from the dark sky. It only shone on him though, and followed him wherever he went. Black feathers began falling down, something appeared out of the corner of his eye. He turned towards it to find "her".
She stared at him, and eerie, sad look painted across her face. He remembered her. He ran towards her, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't reach her. He was surrounded by a blinding light. Then saw the man who he hated so much, he smiled wickedly at him then pulled out a pistol. He felt another hot pain in his head, his vision turned red then blurred out.
"Stop it!"
"Let him go!"
"Open fire he's broken loose!"
"He's too fast--AHHH!"
"Shit what the--"
"God it hurts so much make it stop! Make it stop!"
"Blaze…"
"You can't change your destiny…"
"You must accept your fate…"
"Shut up…"
"Shut up…"
"SHUT UP!"
Blaze woke up in Shinji's room. He was sweating like crazy, his breathing was ragged. He checked the clock and saw that it was only four in the morning. He sighed and got up from his futon. Leaving the Shinji's room, he heard weak whimpers coming from the room across the hall. (A/N: I'm not sure what Misato's apartment looks like I've only seen parts of it so bare with me…)
He ignored the sound and went towards the doorway. Putting on his shoes he stepped outside into the apartment hallway.
Later that morning…
"Hey Shinji have you seen Blaze?"
"No not really, when I woke up he had already left."
"Well you two head off to school, maybe I'll go look for Blaze after I'm done checking some things."
Shinji nodded and got his bag. Asuka finished her food and put her shoes on. Not forgetting the lunches, the two of them headed on their way.
The walk to school got pretty quiet until they stopped at Hikari's house. After that which, the two talked almost continuously.
"So I heard that you guys have someone else living with you now."
"Yeah I know." Asuka retorted. "He's the guy from the alert yesterday."
"Oh really?" Hikari was seemed really interested now. "So it wasn't an Angel?"
"I dunno…"
Shinji sighed.
NERV HQ
Medical Lab
"So what was so important that you had to make me come here?" Misato complained sarcastically as she stepped through the doors. Ritsuko chewed on her glasses and pointed to a small stack of papers.
"Is this what I think it is?" Misato asked in shock.
"Yes, it's about Blaze…"
"That's impossible, no one can… t-that's impossible…"
"I know what you mean, his blood is too concentrated. He has twice the amount of blood that a regular person would. And because of that, he has higher stamina, also, his brainwave patterns are strangely irregular."
"H-how is that possible?" She couldn't believe her ears.
"I'm not sure, we might need to check his mech for anything strange." Misato nodded.
"Right, I'm going to check on him."
"Okay he's in the southwest area."
"Isn't that where Rei lives?"
"Yes…" Maybe this was a bad idea…
Tokyo Japan
Southwestern Region of the City
Rei walked out of the apartment doors. She didn't want to be late for school, she didn't have a perfect attendance record, but that was because of the sync tests at NERV. Though she wondered when she would get to see the commander. She didn't know why but she felt comfortable around him. It wasn't love though. At least not that she knew of it.
She suddenly heard the noise of screeching tires followed by the noise of slamming car doors. It was right around the corner. Rei sped up her pace and rounded to corner to find Katsuragi with a gun pointed at someone. Was that Blaze?
"Who the hell are anyway." Misato said as she cocked the gun.
Blaze was no longer himself, his usually calm green eyes had turned to a dark crimson, and he had a cold murderous look. "You won't shoot me…"
Misato gritted her teeth, he had ignored the question. "How do you know that?"
"I can see it in your eyes…" He said coldly. He then ran towards her. She shot, but the bullet only grazed his shoulder. He slammed her against her own car and pinned her there. He had also grabbed the handgun and had smashed it barrel length against the car, destroying the entire weapon. Though blood was dripping from that hand.
"There are things in this world that your not supposed to know Misato…" He said with the same coldness as he let her go. "And it's best that you don't know yet…" His eyes changed back to the cheery, calm green eyes that everyone had known him for.
Misato lay on the ground clutching her hand. Blaze tore a piece of his jacket and wrapped it around his hand. Rei had rounded the corner and walked quickly towards Misato and Blaze.
"Major Katsuragi are you alright."
"She'll be okay…" Blaze answered.
Rei was about to say something when sirens were heard through out the city.
"Everyone report to the shelters throughout the city." The voice sounded throughout the intercoms.
"Damn…" Blaze cursed.
Tokyo, Japan
Combat Zone
Pilots: Rei, Shinji, Asuka, Blaze
"Damn another Angel attack, this is the forth time in a row!" Asuka complained.
"Shinji, Asuka to you read me?"
"Yes I hear you Misato!" Shinji replied over the inter-com.
"This Angel is believed to have some sort of jamming system, so you won't be able to contact us for any help if you engage it, you got that?"
"Yes." Both pilots said in unison.
"Ready N2 mines incase the red unit engages the EVAs." The commander said calmly.
Misato was taken aback by the command. "But… sir…"
"Just do it major Katsuragi."
"Y-yes sir."
Back in the city, Asuka and Shinji were already engaging the Angel. Asuka had gone through three assault rifles and two bazookas. That firepower would have depleted any Angel's AT field. Yet this one still stood.
"Damn! I am depleting its AT field right." Asuka said as she held the trigger button sending a hose of bullets streaming ahead. Shinji grabbed two rocket launchers and fired them at the Angel. It disappeared in a cloud of smoke that neither the HQ or the pilots could see.
Shinji squinted to see through the smoke. "I-is it dead?"
His question was answered as a thin blade-like pole shot through the smoke and pierced Asuka's Eva through the chest.
In the plug the pilot screamed in pain as the blades heated up and began to burn the EVA.
"Cut off all nerve connections immediately!" Misato shouted. A beep was heard then silence.
"Connection has been cut ma'am."
Asuka slouched over in the entry plug still gripping her chest in pain.
Shinji, on the other hand, painstakingly dodged the blades being shot at him. One pierced his shoulder and drove him against the wall. The blade began heating up like it did once before. Shinji cried out in pain and clutched his shoulder. He fired the assault rifle on his left arm to drive it away, but it was no use. The AT field was too strong.
When all hope seemed lost, a blue beam was seem speeding towards the Angel. It pierced the AT field and penetrated its shell. It turned towards the attacker only to see Blaze a red and black figure about two thousand meters away. It burrowed into the ground and sped towards him.
"What the hell, you never said any thing about it burrowing!" Blaze shouted through the intercom.
"We didn't know about it until just now! Try your best to destroy it."
"O… I'll try but I'm not sure I'll……………….. it………ound"
"What did you say Blaze. Blaze!"
"Angel is blocking transmissions ma'am contact with pilot Blaze lost."
"Dammit!" Misato cursed out loud.
"Shit!" Blaze swore as the Angel burst from the ground right behind him. He pressed a button and heard a beep. Then four turrets shot out of the core of his mech and fired energy beams at the Angel. It seemed to work because it repelled the Angel and sent it back underground."
"Rei be careful, it's coming towards you." Blaze said as he activated his boosters and glided along the ground towards Rei's position.
Rei, who was unable to detect the target since it was underground. Began looking around her. She turned to one direction only to have the Angel pop up in her face. It looked like a cross between a bear, manta ray, and snake. It's eyes were on each side of its head and they were colored yellow. It fired two blades out from underneath its body. They struck both of Unit 01's shoulders and pinned her against the mountain wall. She dropped the positronic rifle and screamed in pain as the Angel infected her EVA.
"EVA Unit 01 is being infected!" One of the personnel cried franticly as he pressed a number of buttons on the keyboard.
"Detach both arms!" Gendou shouted as the personnel began to panic.
"No good it's not accepting our commands!"
"Infection has spread to the body!"
"Unable to eject the entry plug!"
"Damn it!"
"Rei!"
Rei began to scream more and more as the pain spread to her body and then to her mind. The Angel was feeding off of her and her EVA. It was so unbearable that she began to thrash around in her entry plug. The LCL fluid began to taste and smell like blood. She screamed and cried as tears began falling from her eyes and floating in the liquid. It was hopeless, she was going to die.
"BLAZE!"
"Dammit! Rei!" Blaze shouted as he boosted towards her. As much as he hated the Overboost cores, he suddenly wished he had one.
Then, something happened. He felt something in his head, it felt as if he was merging with something. He felt his soul leave his body and fuse with the metal of his mech. It was a strange feeling but time seemed to stop as everything moved like it was underwater, slow and calm.
You can't escape your destiny Blaze…
You can't change it either…
You must learn to cope with this…
Blaze…
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Well I'm leaving it at a cliffhanger for now. Lots of violence in the next chapter. (I think…)
Anyway R&R… (Still thinking on the parings for the characters.)
Character parings so far requested.
ReixBlaze; ShinjixAsuka (1 vote)
AsukaxBlaze; ShinjixRei (1 vote)