The Hellspawn and The Amazon
By: StraightedgeEpyon
Shinji wakes up in a dark alley with no memory how he got there and now wearing a bizarre and demonic costume. Now Shinji rises in Tokyo-3 as the New Hellspawn and gains the attention of a certain amazon
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Beta read by TOAT
Chapter four
Reappearance
Two weeks had passed since Shinji's encounter with Wonder Girl. Since then, he's been sticking close to the more rundown, seedier, darker areas of Tokyo-3.
Hiding in the shadows of an old, rundown apartment with a single bed and barely-working bathroom, which reminded him of Rei's decrepit apartment, served as his place of refuge, hiding from Wonder Girl in case she was searching for him.
Shinji was still unsure if he should make his reappearance after just now finding out through an old newspaper obituary that he was declared K.I.A by Nerv. His masked, green eyes widened at the bold words at the top of his black and white picture.
"They think I-I-I'm d-dead," he stammered. "I can't believe it! I'm f-free, I'm finally free!"
Shinji was feeling mixed emotions, sadness, relief, etc.
Sadness that what he thought Nerv would do came true in their eyes. Shinji Ikari was dead and they probably didn't care.
Relief because he longer has to fight and suffer anymore in a war he wanted no part in.
Meanwhile, up above, unbeknownst to him, M.O.M was peering at the costumed boy from the next building.
"The world believes you to be dead, young Spawn. But sometimes, beliefs can be turned in an instant. You may hide in the darkness for now, though parts of darkness, are often illuminated by the light. said M.O.M.
Lying down on the bed, Shinji looked up at another unfamiliar ceiling. So Nerv did salvage Unit-01 and didn't find him inside after all.
"I have nothing to do with Nerv or the Angels anymore," Shinji mused with a smile, but then turned into a frown. "But what do I do now? All I have left is the symboite and even now I don't know what to do with it."
Taking off his mask, he examined his clawed hand from the front and back, but suddenly, his thoughts drifted to Wonder Girl. He felt extremely good about paying her back for saving his life from before, even though she didn't know it was really him under the mask. Boredom had soon set in as he felt himself dozing off, with the red cape consciously wrapping around him like a blanket.
(Dreamscape)
Shinji had found himself in a dark, dreary place. The skies were dark gray, there were destroyed buildings all around him, withering and dead plant life was all around him, destroyed burned-out vehicles laid all around him, and the streets were littered with skeletal remains.
"What the hell happened here?" he gasped, walking the deserted roads.
Shinji kept walking forward, looking for any signs of life. Up ahead, he noticed something large and very familiar. Getting a closer look his eyes widened in shock, it was an Eva's head. Moreover, it was the head of Unit-01, with the main body in pieces, along with Units-00 and 02.
"My God, it's Unit-01," gasped Shinji, placing a hand on the head.
Weak moaning came from the opposite side of the head. He hesitated to look, afraid of what he might find. Shakily he peered around and saw a slew of bloody dead bodies, lying face-down, all clad in NERV attire, some with twisted limbs and torn flesh right off the bone.
Shinji had braced himself from gagging. Looking up, he saw the dead body of his father, impaled on twisted rod, with a missing right hand. Looking up ahead, the new Spawn's eyes widened when saw the dead bodies of Misato, Ritsuko and Asuka up ahead.
'No,' he whispered.
'Shinji,' a weak voice moaned.
Shinji turned slowly to the source, and saw Wonder Girl, her revealing costume torn apart, blood pouring from her stomach and chest. Kneeling down next to her, feeling her neck for a pulse, Shinji felt Wonder Girl's hand suddenly, weakly grab his arm.
"S-S-Shinji, w-w-why d-d-didn't you h-h-help m-me?" she moaned weakly.
Shinji was now terrified out of his mind.
"Y—y-you c-c-could h-have-s-saved me, y-you -you c-could have saved R-Rei."
"W-what? Rei?"?
Just then, the dead bodies of the Nerv staff all started to rise and stand up, each and every one of them all decayed-looking.
"GRAGGGH!" They moaned, all reaching for Shinji, Misato and Asuka included.
"No! No!" Shinji cried, feeling Wonder Girl suddenly grab him from behind. "No!"
"You could have saved us! You could have saved us all!" they shouted.
"Now, you will join us! We shall become one!"
Shinji awoke with a gasp, and quickly hopped out of the bed in a sweat, his cape still wrapped around himself.
"Huff, huff, it was just a dream," he breathed. "No, not a dream, a nightmare."
'A nightmare? Or a vision?' a female voice asked him.
"Huh? Who said that?" Shinji questioned, looking around the room, only to find he was completely alone.
'Dark days are coming, my host.'
"Dark days?"
Shinji went into the barely-working bathroom. With barely-running water, he turned on the sink and splashed some water onto his unmasked face, looking at himself in a cracked mirror. A tint of green appeared in his eyes briefly.
"I think I'll head out for a while," suggested Shinji, putting on the mask. "Maybe I can help people from the shadows."
With that, Shinji leapt out the window and climbed up a nearby fire escape and onto the rooftop. The multiple sounds of sirens echoed throughout the night, through practically every corner of the city.
Spawn looked down at the nearby alley, at some homeless people gathered around a garbage can lit on fire, trying to warm themselves up from the cold night. Sighing, Shinji thought to practice a bit more with his abilities. Suddenly, the image of Rei popped into his mind for some reason.
"Do I want to see her? But she, like everyone else, thinks I'm dead. But still…" said Shinji.
Suddenly, in a sudden flash of green light, he instantaneously found himself next to Rei's rundown apartment.
"Huh? Oh, it happened again!" he groaned "But oddly enough, I feel…fine."
Shinji looked up at the building where the First Child's room was located, his feet unconsciously starting to move upward, but stopped short when another thought occurred to him.
'Section 2 is always monitoring this area. If they see me, they'll alert NERV that I'm still alive! If only I could turn invisible, I-'
The cape the quickly wrapped around Shinji's whole body, then it disappeared, vanishing in thin air. Shinji looked or tried to look at himself in a nearby broken window.
"I-I-I'm invisible!" said Shinji, completely surprised. "Okay, let's go."
Shinji quickly moved upward to the creaking and broken wooden floors, step by step, still completely unseen, not that anyone else aside from Rei lived there, as far as he knew. He had finally made it to her floor and with it her door.
Slowly, Spawn opened the unlocked door and slithered his way in. To his surprise, there were lots of books on Greek mythology lined up on Rei's bookshelf, as well as some items. What he didn't see was a golden shield and sword behind her dresser.
Peering around the corner, Shinji let a smile cross his face under his mask while invisible, as he saw the First Child sleeping peacefully, with a book on her lap. Glancing at the top of her nightstand, Shinji saw, to his surprise, his neural clips from Unit-01's plug.
'She must have taken them from the plug after they recovered Unit-01.' Shinji guessed, seeing her stir.
Deciding to leave her be, Shinji quietly shuffled out the door. Opening it, he took one last glance back at where Rei slept and he said, "Good night, Rei I wish things could have been different. I wish we could have met under different circumstances. Maybe we could have been friends."
The sound of the door closing awoke the girl from her sleep. Looking around her dreary apartment, she got up from her bed, looking around but found she was completely alone. But deep down, the First Child sensed that she wasn't alone. Someone was here, someone who could only speak to her with warmth and kindness, a familiar voice other than Athena…someone like…
"Ikari?" Rei whispered. "Was that you?"
(On another part of Tokyo-3 Gala)
A large event was taking place in another part of the city in a large gala. It was a fund raising event that hosted some of the major elites of Japan, the rich and powerful. And it was here that Fuyutsuki had to drag a very reluctant Gendo from his comfort zone (like he has one). To try and mingle and gain more funding for NERV, although for Fuyutsuki's part, he should have brought either Akagi, Katsuragi or maybe even Kaji along since they seemed more…socially competent. Unfortunately, Gendo had the personality of a stone. How Yui fell for him was beyond him (or anyone else, for that matter).
"Ikari, despite our recent losses and costs, we still at least need to look humanitarian, and help support the reconstruction efforts," the old man explained to his former student while Gendo just gave an annoyed grunt.
"Irrelevant. I don't have time to appease these rich fools, sensei." Gendo said.
"I really should have brought Agent Kaji with me."
"Why are they here?" someone whispered.
"For the sake of your children, don't go near them. They force children to fight for them," a woman said.
"I hear one of their pilots is dead because he cared more for that machine than a human life," an older man said.
"What's worse, the pilot was that glasses-wearing man's own son," another man said, "Look at him, he doesn't seem to care. He's a monster."
"Killers of children are what they really are. They can't be trusted."
"Maybe this was a bad idea after all. Shinji's death had more of a negative impact on us than we realized." Fuyutsuki said hearing all the negative talk about the two.
The two men just stood near one of the buffet tables. No one had bothered to even acknowledge the two, mainly because of how Gendo was looking and of how practically unapproachable he was.
The party went on quietly with classical music in the background.
Until…
BOOM! BOOM! CRASH!
A very large group of armed men burst into the room from the front door. They were dressed in gentlemen-style clothing, with bullet-proof vests, armed with AK-47s and Thompson sub-machine guns.
Everyone stopped as the armed gunmen forced them all against the wall, Gendo and Kouzu included. After a few moments, the apparent leader, wearing a fedora and a trench coat, armed with an assault rifle, stepped into the center of them, flanked by two other men.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is an old-fashioned stickup. We're only here for the basics: cash, jewelry, the latest smartphones and other tech. Hand them over nice and quietly, and no one will be hurt." the man said.
One the men whipped out several sacks in front of the guests and said guests had given what they had on their persons without hesitation. It wasn't long until the sound of sirens echoed outside of the building and police cars and a SWAT truck surrounded the the area.
"Boss, the cops are here," one of the men said.
"As expected, but I wonder where Wonder Girl might be? I was expecting her right about now. While we wait, start shaking these rich pricks down." he ordered.
"Yes, sir," the man responded, giving the signal.
The boss was surveying the area as his men kept their guns trained on their captives. Some were shying themselves away from his men, hoping they wouldn't notice them or cause something to get them shot. The man took out a pocket watch.
"It won't be long now," he whispered.
(Outside)
There were police cars, news vans and a whole load of bystanders observing the the situation. A SWAT truck pulls up and four men jumped out, lining up on standby.
Up above on a darkened building, Shinji observed the situation with his cloak fluttering without the wind. He could see some cops gathered around creating perimeters in the area, and Shinji saw all of this while contemplating if he should do something or not.
"Yen for your thoughts, young Spawn?" a voice startled him from his thoughts.
Turning around, he was surprised to find M.O.M behind him.
"I have been observing you earlier. You're taking to your form quite well." the man complemented.
"You've been watching me? When I-" Shinji started to say.
"Entered the girl's apartment," he cut him off kindly. 'Although I'm surprised you didn't notice who and what she really is. But I suppose you're not ready to know yet.'
"I just wanted to see her, that's all," said Shinji, looking back down. "She thinks I'm dead just like everyone else."
M.O.M remained silent, allowing Shinji to continue.
"I never wanted to fight in NERV's war. All I wanted was to be respected and accepted. Instead, I was hurt, used, abused and mostly likely cast aside, and she was part of the reason why I was drafted in the first place 'cause they were going to use her to pilot Unit-01 against the Angel, and she was too injured and…I…"
"You couldn't let that happen, so you took her place. How very noble," the man complemented.
'Also predictable.'
"And now…" Shinji trailed off.
"And now, you're at a true loss on what to do, on what path should you take," the man finished.
"Yes."
"Understandable, my boy, you're still, for a lack for a better term…lost…even more unsure of yourself as you were when you were the pilot of Unit-01."
"Remember what I told you about Al Simmons? He gave you the suit because you have something to fight for in this darkened world. And something inside you is pure and good, even better than he ever was."
"What kind of man was he?" asked Shinji.
"In life, he was a ruthless, dedicated solider, the best of the best. He thought he was, and I quote, 'getting rid of the vermin of the world.' But sadly, he found out too late in life he was becoming one of them." M.O.M explained about him.
"And now those very same 'vermin' as Al called them are down there now threatening innocent people."
Shinji said nothing, but just looked back at the scene below, mulling his words.
"You could be what he was and wasn't in life," the man said sagely. "Find the light within yourself."
At that point, Shinji's mind came up with Rei and her smile and his mother, then another set of memories flooded his mind. Memories that weren't his own
An African American woman he didn't recognize smiling and laughing. An African man, also laughing and smiling. The both of them with a little girl around three to four years old, all happy together.
'These aren't my memories,' thought Shinji. 'Whose are they?'
He looked at the scene with images of Rei and the nightmare he just had. Finally, after sometime, he had made his choice and vanished in flash of green light, leaving the old man alone.
(Inside the gala)
"This was a such bad idea after all," muttered Fuyutsuki as he and Gendo remained against the wall ducking down.
"You think!" snarked Gendo. "I should never have let you drag me here you old fool!"
SMASH!
The sound the of glass suddenly shattered from above and something long and red descended from above, slowly making its way down, with long, metal chains snapping like a rattlesnake at the lights above in circular motion, turning the whole room dark. The guests, even Gendo, all wondered what was happening now while the armed robbers were panicking at the sudden shift in the situation. They all had their guns pointed in all directions while whatever broke through the ceiling had slowly vanished into thin air.
"Something or someone is here! Search the area! Find and kill whoever is trying interfere with us!" ordered the leader, thinking it might be Wonder Girl.
"Yes, sir!" the man said, signaling for the other men to take positions in a circle.
The men did as ordered and took the sides of the massive room, the guests murmured among themselves why they had gotten so scared and what could have gotten inside the building from the ceiling.
"This may not end well for us," a man whispered with a gunman near his position.
"No, it won't end well for them," a deep voice said.
A set of chains snatched the man, taking upwards into the air, making drop his gun.
"What just happened?!" one man asked.
"Who took out one of our guys?!" another demanded right next to a pillar.
A flash of green light shined behind the pillar and something long and red ensnared him.
"Gah!" the man yelped.
"There goes another one."
The head leader in charge growled in fury, looking all around for the source of this disturbance that had taken out their plan.
"All right!" he yelled. "Get me a hostage."
"We can't have that."
Then, one by one, the rest of the men were taken down by the seemingly-alive chains from above, all shaking, snapping like snakes and rattling loudly.
The man instantaneously starting getting fearful, seeing the rest of his men down. He cocked his rifle and aimed it at the hostages who screamed in terror.
"This would have been over quickly, but…" the man said as he took aim.
"No, don't!"
Another flash a green came from behind him and a red cloak wrapped around his arm, then the man turned and gasped as he saw a dark figure with blazing green eyes and fired rapidly into the figure close range while he was still trapped.
"Gah!" Shinji grunted as he felt green ooze escape from his chest, then quickly sealing itself up like it did last time. 'What?! I actually felt that?!'
The dark figure took the front of rifle and snapped it like a twig.
"What the hell are you?!" gasped the man in fear.
"Yes, what are you?" Gendo asked, causing the figure to glare at him.
Shinji moved towards Gendo, moving slowly, menacingly with his cape fluttering, until he came face to face with the glasses-wearing man.
Gendo, on his part, felt something he hadn't felt as he looked at the dark seemingly demonic-looking figure.
Fear.
"You're worst F-ing nightmare!" Shinji answered him in a growling tone
Then the front doors suddenly burst down and the Tokyo PD came rushing in.
Shinji took this time to vanish again while the police swarmed the area.
"What was that?" whispered Fuyutsuki.
'What or whoever that is, I must have him for my scenario,' thought Gendo, looking at the police and SWAT teams sweep the area and began to assist the hostages.
(Cemetery)
"Why am I feeling so weak all of a sudden? Could I be going too fast with these abilities again? And it's draining me." Shinji groaned.
Shinji found himself crawling to a grave maker of his deceased mother, then he began subconsciously clawing at the soil. Bugs and worms were unearthed, crawling to him, beginning to repair the damages to his symboite as it absorbed them to repair and strengthen itself and Shinji along with it. He sat near his mother's grave and sighed.
"Mother, I so wish I could see you again, be with you somehow." Shinji said, starting to feel better.
All the while, M.O.M watched from a distance in the shadows.
"As the symboite did for his predecessor as it does for him, it calls to the creatures of the dark that have nourished it and the evil air around the city has restored his strength," M.O.M said sagely before glancing at the moving light in the distance.
It was a short, old, bald man wearing brown overalls and boots, carrying a lamp. He was old, in his sixties, at least, and couldn't see very well (think Dampe' From Ocarina Of Time).
"Just another dull night in the gateway to the afterlife," he said as he walked along the row of grave markers.
He was humming a cheery tone, which was odd, considering that he was in a cemetery, but he quickly slowed down when he saw something up ahead. Something dark with red around it. Even though his vision was blurred, he could still make out the color.
"Hey!" he exclaimed, startling Shinji from his stupor.
On a hidden instinct, Shinji willed the shroud to envelop him, various images of Misato, Rei, Wonder Girl and M.O.M flashed in his mind. Then, almost instantaneously, the shroud vanished and Shinji found himself in his original body, but suddenly felt weaker than he was previously. The man raised the light on Shinji, who shielded his eyes away from the light with his arms.
"Hey, kid, what are you doing here this time of night?" questioned the caretaker.
Shinji groggily got up to his feet, walking into the light so the man could see him better.
"Are you lost? What's your name, lad?"
"My name is Shinji Ikari," he answered back in a weak tone
End Chapter
End notes: I've hadn't had much inspiration for this story, I worked on it a little bit during the summer, but after seeing Venom it definitely gave me the boost I needed. I'm gonna be adding some elements from the Venom movie to this story. Major thanks to TOAT, for adding his personal touch. Next chapter: Here's a bit of reference from a certain show: The one you lost, might not be the one they found Read and Review and stay cool