Thank you guys for your reviews. Im thinking of having a chapter later that explains the background of the colonies. I'm glad for all your advice. And as a side note the earth quakes occurred in the three years before the event. ((And the one who won't forgive Shinji is the Eva, I thought that would be obvious.)) So now without further Adieu,
KAOS LEGION: Angel's Thesis
Chapter 2:
Shinji sat in the cockpit staring at the half distorted image on the LCD monitor. "Wh-who are you?" he began slowly, trying to calm himself, thinking, it's not my arm, it's not my arm. He waited for a reply, then repeated the question.
"My name is not important right now, But I need you to send me visual conformation that you're a pilot inside that thing."
Shinji looked at the onboard Plug-Cam and hit the red record button. For a while there was silence. Then, he heard that ever so calm voice again. "I see. So you really aren't one of Them.
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"What's going on?" yelled Gendo Ikari, slamming his fists on the desk.
Katsuragi replied. "He's just standing there..." She trailed off. "Shinji REPORT!"
Static plagued the speakers at NERV, but was then followed with a voice. "It's OK Misato, I don't think this one is bad!"
Katsuragi appeared baffled. "What?"
She could faintly hear the words "There's a pilot inside..." before the Transmission cut off. Leaving NERV very unaware, and very, very, confused.
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"Who were you talking to?" The person asked. "Just now, through the radio."
Shinji thought for a moment. Should he really trust this guy? His "creature" or whatever it was sure looked menacing. He didn't know what to do in this situation. The radio was dead, no surprise seeing that the frequency admitted by Ayanami Rei scrambled most radio signals. He looked at the guy. He was about 6ft 3", with narrow crystal blue eyes. His long black hair trailed down to his shoulder blades. His face was riddled with scares and bruises, but despite the fact, the boy appeared to be quite handsome. His fine, black hair seemed to flow, despite the fact that it appeared not to have been washed in weeks. Were ever this boy came from, he must have had a rough life.
"Answer me!" he said impatiently, the look of frustration scrawling across his pale face.
Shinji closed his eyes and spoke. "I was speaking with Misato-san, at NERV headquarters. We fight Angels. Are you our Alley or our enemy?"
"I'm hear to present a warning. A warning to the one in charge."
"Well then," said Shinji, "follow me."
Ikari looked angry. "Were is that boy?" He yelled. "It's been almost twenty minutes since the last transmission. Shinji report. Shinji!"
"Yessir." came a slightly clearer audio signal.
"Shinji report! What is your mission status?" Said Misato in a very concerned voice.
"It's ok Misato, I think he's here to help us!" he said happily.
Misato was surprised. "Shinji what are you talking about?"
"I'll explain in a minute, just open the Launch Tunnel." after that the signal cut off, and they were left with that same, frustrating static. Misato looked at Gendo, who nodded in approval. She flipped a switch, typed in a few codes, and hit enter.
Outside the launch tunnel sprung open to reveal the holding restraints for the Eva.
"What is this?" ask the boy as he followed in his strange bio-mechanical creature.
Shinji turned around. "This is NERV."
A half an hour later and the Eva and the creature were docked in the holding bay at NERV HQ. Shinji stepped out of the Plug, and ran his fingers through his hair, taking out the two Cranial receptors on his forehead. He was still dripping with the orange fluid. He began walking towards the strange creature, who now lie silent. He was wondering many things, and was eager to talk to the pilot. Among them, what was this thing. It had the same look and feel of the Evas. The sleek boney armor, the horns and spines, and most of all, the brightly colored square teeth. It was uncanny. He also wandered what relation this boy could have with the Angels, and maybe an explanation as to why they came.
Suddenly and without warning, the creature bent it's back and arched it's neck, as if in a regurgitation posture. Shouts flew throughout the Docking Bay, as well as many panicked screams. Shinji fell back, as the vibrations from it's deep rumble shook the area. It's hands slammed into the ground, spreading cracks from their impact zones. Shinji stared in horror, as the creature began to emit low hacking noises. It's back arched as a large pill shaped item was pushed from the innards of the beast's throat. A cap in the front of the tube emitted a jet of steam. The hatch rose, pouring out a large quantity of strange purple liquid.
It was then that it occurred to Shinji what was happening. This must be the cockpit of that thing. Sure enough, out climbed the dripping wet mystery pilot. The beasts plug had an orange tint, and was nearly half the size of Shinji's. The fascinating part was, no one ever made Evas except NERV and SEELE. Plus, the third impact completely annihilated SEELE off the face of the planet. was this an Angel? It didn't look it. It looked like an adaptation to an Evangalion. If that's true, then how did he get it? These and other questions swarmed through Shinji's head a he made his way over. Hey, I'll be friendly. He seems like he would be nice.
He greeted the stranger, holding his hand out to be shook. The boy looked at it, smirked, and turned away. Across the deck Shinji could see Gendo and the others making their way over.
"Hi... I'm Shinji. I pilot Evang-"
He snuffed, "You call that piloting? That was a joke."
Shinji caught his breath, and struggled to keep his composure.
"Who are you?" Growled a very annoyed Gendo Ikari, "And what business do you have terrifying the citizens of Neo-Tokyo? Unless you can answer those two questions then get the hell out of my complex!"
The boy hesitated. "That wasn't me..." he finally replied.
"Then who the hell was it? We have seven reports of a monster that matches your description across the globe in the past week! And what is this... this... thing?"
"This is kaos unit 0436. And I, Raid kazuki am it's pilot. If you don't want to accept my people's warning than I shall leave.
"No!" said Katsuragi, rushing in. "Please, what is it?" She didn't know who this guy was, or were he came from, but she knew he had an Eva-like mechanism, and that's reason enough to listen to him. Gendo got the message to and gave her a slight nod.
Without further hesitation, the boy began.
"I'm from Earth. But not the earth that you know. An earth on a parallel demension to this one."
"Like another plain of existence?" Asked a surprised Misato.
"Yes." Said the boy nonchalantly, and continued. "It all really began when Lilith created the-"
"Second Impact..." Shinji trailed off.
"In our world it was called the Day of Reckoning. Then there was a short scilence, followed by the damned rest of them. Shamshel, then Ramiel, followed by Gaghiel, Israfel, Sandalphon, Matariel, Sahaqiel, Iruel, and leliel. Bardiel, Zeruel, Arael, Armisael. Then there was the seventeenth Brooder. Tabris. Then someone we thought was one of our own. Someone who betrayed us...
Shinji balled his fists. "Kaoru."
"Yeah, this place is pretty deep into the chain of procession."
"So we aren't the only one the angels have attacked?" asked Gendo as he listened intently.
Raid laughed. "Not hardly. We can't tell how many were before us, but we wager that it's in the thousands."
There was scilence throughout the Bay as everyone absorbed this. So there were thousands before us. That's impossible...
"Then, Kaoru did the unthinkable. He brought about the end of the world."
The third impact, thought Shinji.
"But wait..." said Misato. "Our stories don't add up. Kaoru didn't cause the third impact here. The third child successfully terminated the target."
These words still burned holes into shinji. "Shinji... I love you..."
Then, nearly six months after, Ayanami Rei fused with lilith to create it.
"Just because you stopped Kaoru from causing it doesn't mean that you prevented earth's destiny. The 'third impact' was always inevitable. It would have happened eventually, regardless of how many times you prevented it.
"So the end of the world was upon us. Very little of us managed to survive. We took the 10,000 or so and started to rebuild. That's when one of our scientists created this... thing. It was like, a pilot enabled adaptation of a Kaos, or 'angel,' as you call them. We had just started to recover, and didn't know if we had reached the end of it yet. Many were sure it was over. But others feared the worst was yet to come. We built six, and waited. For nearly five years the Kaos lie dormant. But then, four years ago, they struck again."
"Again?" Said Misato nervously. They were all SO sure they were finished. The last angel, followed by the Third Impact. That had to be the end.
"So... what happened in the second attack?" asked Shinji slowly.
The boy focused on them with his narrow eyes. "We called them the Legions."
Gendo still appeared skeptical. "Them...?"
"These 'angels' that you knew and fought so well, are about to crush your entire race. I suppose their attack pattern is somewhat like an AT-Field..." He made a jabbing motion with his hand. "As long as an 'angel' has an AT-Field, he can't be touched. You still attack, regardless, wave after wave of attacks, but in the back of your head, you're actually not fighting your hardest. Your waiting so that when you do break that AT-Field," with this sentence he punched with amazing speed, his fist stopping within inches of Shinji's face. "you can unleash you're true power on the defenseless enemy.
"The angels were weakening you. Now that the third impact has occurred, they will attack without Mercy or Prejudice."
They all stared at him with disbelief. Not even their true power?
Katsuragi shook with anger. "Father..." she looked down, tears welling up in her eyes. "Fifteen years... For nothing..."
Then Gendo started again. "What do these angels look like?"
Raid pointed back at the creature he was piloting. "All the same. Like that one. Our scientists found that it was much simpler to make these units pilot enabled."
Then Gendo asked the question that was on everyone's mind. "How many? Ten? Twenty?"
Raid looked him square in the eye. With his next few words, he would have completely delivered the message. Gendo, Misato, and Shinji stared, their eyes fixed on Raid.
He then gave them their answer.
"Millions..."
So? Any comments or reviews? I hope to incorporate Raid's world a little too. Well, see you in Chapt 3.