A lot of my other stories have come through as quite crappy. I've tried too hard to overflow my author skills onto the paper. Being a writer and artist is challenging, But when this Idea hit me, I was so excited I had to share it. So if you come in to read enjoy, and maybe leave a Review. It would REALLY help out. Well, here goes, hope you enjoy.
KAOS LEGION: The Angel's Thesis
Chapter 1:
Gendo Ikari sat at his desk, his brows furrowed in deep thought. All the days they were in trouble, all the times they were attacked they were ready. In recent years however, the faith in NERV had drastically dwindled. It was partly because of the part they played in creating the third impact. After the tragic event, the earth had been altered in a way that had changed modern history forever.
The world started to rebuild, but the scars still remained. In the three years that followed the massacre, only a small portion of salvageable buildings remain. The dwindling hundred thousand remaining human survivors were constantly being plagued by tremors and natural disasters. Ripples, from the aftermath of the event. Unbelievably, the Geo-front still stood amongst the rubble. The massive underground cavern had been ruptured, allowing sunlight and much of neo Tokyo to pour into the lake below. The massive skeleton of Ayanami rei still covered a good part of the world. Some thought it would be there till the end of time. NERV HQ had taken considerable damages, but was repaired within several months. Against the controversial views of numerous scientists, Ikari had begun reconstruction of the two remaining Eva units. This had not helped the already unsteady peace between the colonies.
Major Katsuragi was barely alive when found. She fought for her life for months but had now almost made a full recovery. Basically the impossible event that had plunged the world into chaos was slowly becoming more and more stabilized. But something strange has been occurring. Something hidden in the shadows that threatens to disrupt the now stable state, of a post apocalyptic world...
In the case of Gendo Ikari, life had been nothing short of a free-for-all. He slammed the papers onto his desk, causing Misato to jump. This sudden outburst was not common to his cool-collected personality.
"Misato, are you sure these documents are correct?" he grumbled, collapsing in his chair.
"Yes sir," she announced, "I checked the Data from the various reports three times before bringing up the matter with you Ikari sir." She closed the door to his office and gave him a worried look. "Mr. Ikari, you don't think these could possibly be-"
"Angels? Maybe. I don't know for sure. But this is the fourth sighting this month, and we don't know if these four incidents are even the same creature. Normally something of this size would be easily trackable, but given the worlds state, the percentage of land not inhabited greatly surpasses that of the land that is."
"So, what should we do?" said katsuragi in a low but, distressed voice. She had always thought that Kaoru was the last angel, but, apparently she was mistaken.
Gendo sat, wiping the sweat off his forehead. He looked at Misato dead in the eye. "Inform the boy of your findings. At the next Neo Tokyo sighting, we launch Unit 01."
"What? Impossible! How could there be another?" exclaimed Shinji Ikari.
Katsuragi handed him his 01 plug suit. "We don't know for sure," she repeated. She looked at him, and knelt down to face him were he was sitting. "We're not sure what this thing is, but we are still NERV. And as such we have a responsibility to be ready for this thing when it comes after us."
Memories of the last few angels flashed through his mind. He could not remember the time he had spent inside Ayanami Rei, nor could he compute the scale of her size. The memory of the third impact he'd helped create was a hazy dreamlike occurrence to him. Misato however, vividly remembers the incident. That was the day that three of her body parts were removed. Her left arm and both her legs were now prosthetic. Due to the modern technology her prostheses operated as normal limbs.
"I don't want to pilot it again... But I'll do it." He lowered his head. With those words, he had accepted his fate.
"Don't worry," she said, smiling. She placed a hand on his shoulder. "It will forgive you."
"No he wont! I nearly killed him. He wont obey me anymore."
"He trust you Shinji. If you can't synch with him, then you can't pilot him."
With these words Shinji was silent. His head still lowered, he remained melancholy.
"Besides, Im sure when the time comes... you'll be ready."
But Misato had hardly finished speaking when the bright crimson incandescent "Alert" light reflected off of there pale faces. The siren rang out in their ears and the deafening roar was a symbol of NERV HQ going into action.
Well, I guess I'll have to be ready...
Within a half an hour Shinji's body was re-adjusting to the Orange plug fluid that now coursed through his Trachea and lungs. He closed his eyes in preparation for the Activation. The LCD screens blinked on around him and the plug's metallic surface dissolved away, being replaced by the surroundings around him. Gendo Ikari's face appeared on the consol.
"Shinji... from what we can tell, this thing is roughly half the height of unit 01. Be careful, we know very little about it. I've placed a marker on you're digital map to where it was last sighted. Godspeed."
With that Ikari's face flickered and vanished. Although Shinji and his father were now on a talking basis, their relationship was still lacking emotion. With a sigh, Shinji gave the procedural signal for launch, and with a gut-wrenching screech, Unit 01 was rocketing it's way to the surface. Shinji was inside, preparing to emerge from one of the remaining two shafts that lie intact after the third impact. He shot into the landing dock at sub base A, approximately three miles southeast of the Geo-front. He gazed around at the daytime Purple-red sky, but saw no creatures amongst the rubble of the once proud city. The massive Eva unit slowly walked amongst the debris as it scanned the area for heat. It looked through the streets and alleyways to detect any vital signs. There was no life for at least ten square miles. As the search bore onto it's second hour, Shinji had received the call to return to base. He went to turn around and froze. He had barley caught an animal like foot move behind a nearby building.
"Target sighted. Im going in."
He pressed the Eva's back plate flat against the south wall of the building. He slowly edged his way to the corner, his rifle at the ready. Unit 01 stood for a moment, as Shinji whipped around the corner and fired off three rounds. He shot at air as it appeared that the creature vanished. "I lost sight of it!" He said in a panicked voice.
Without warning, the creature attacked from the roof of the building behind Shinji. It clung to the Eva's shoulders as it brought the Eva down onto its back. Inside, Shinji was struggling to operate the controls. Unit 01 brought both of it's legs up and kicked the creature off it's chest. Shinji rolled out of the way, stood up and fired.
This was the first time Shinji had gotten a good look at the thing. It seemed Bio-mechanical, as the Evas did. It's mouth was that of a wolf, almost snout like. The plated armor on it's slicked back face was razor sharp, and it's squared jaws resembled 01's teeth. The long versatile neck trailed back to two broad shoulder pads. The slender body seemed to fit a kind of climbing creature, like the kind that could easily scale buildings and get into hard to reach placed. It's long arms were firmly planted on the ground and were connected to extremely sharp claws. From the wrists, blades jutted up and back almost twice the length of the arms. The blades were folded back, and it appeared that if needed, the creature could swing the blades forward for a devastating blow. Finally the legs appeared to be those of a frog, powerful and long.
Shinji glowered at it with fear. He aimed and fired a Tesla grenade at it. Then he saw the worst thing he could possibly have wished for. Before the Grenade reached it, a pulse of yellow Pentagonal Waves emanated from directly in front of it. AT-Field...
It was no doubt. That was the trademark of an angel. The AT-Field. The Eva rose to strike. It jumped and stuck it's fingers in the AT-field in an attempt to rip it apart. The AT-field Fizzured and split apart. The creature leaped forward and sliced with it's powerful wrist-blade. 01 Reeled backed and dodged but the creature struck with the other arm. Sparks flew as Shinji's knife blade grinded against the creature's right wrist blade. The creature jumped back, and hurled itself at the Eva Unit. It grabbed 01's head and slammed it into the ground. It impacted and skidded across the asphalt from the force of the attack. The creature knelt on the Eva's chest, its arms tight around its neck. Shinji grabbed at his throat as he struggled to breath. This creature had the force and power to kill him, and he felt nothing but ruthlessness emanating from it's emotionless green eyes. Shinji thrust the Eva unit's arms in between the creature's and pushed out. The creatures hands pulled away and it jumped onto a nearby building. The six spines on it's head rustled as it glared at the Eva. Shinji, his Rifle long gone, Charged, his progressive knife at the ready.
The creature lunged towards Shinji. He ducked out of the way and grabbed the creature by the foot. The creature, surprised, went soaring into the pavement. The Eva brutally pounded hit after hit on the monster.
Then it happened.
The creature caught the Eva's fist, and in one, swift blow, severed the unit's right arm. Shinji Screamed in pain and grabbed at his arm. Looking up, he saw the creature, it's sword at 01's throat.
A voice message was received by the Plug software.
"Are you with the Kaos?" said a low, cool voice.
"What?" Yelled Shinji, still dealing with the pain.
Silence. Then, a response. "I said, are you with the Kaos? You people here know them as the angels."
Shinji barely comprehended the message. He blurted out the words "No! Im not!"
The creature then retracted it's blade and climbed off of the Eva. The audio box was replaced with a rough, shaky black and white image of a pilot. "Then, Im not you're enemy..."
Who is this mysterious new Child? What answers could he bring about the Origins of the angels, Find out in Chapt. 2 of Kaos Legion, The Angels Thesis