And here comes jet alone in A man made work.
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"Seriously I'm starting to think you have a drinking problem." Shinji counted the amount of time it took his guardian to start drinking a beer after she woke up.31 looked at him as if he'd insulted her entire bloodline and murdered her he sometimes did want to do.
"What are you talking about this is the best way to start a day!" He rolled his eyes,if they started their bickering about her possible alcoholism they would be at it all morning. "And you've got an addiction to coffee!"
"I do not" He takes a sip of his coffee filled irony of the situation at hand escaped him completely at the time.
"A traditional japanese breakfeast begins with rice,miso and sake"She emphasizes her point by leaning in towards him.
"Not all,just yours really"He shoots back with a sly grin on his face.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing at all,now I realize how your single and sexless at your age." He says with an intentional overly serious tone as he takes yet another sip of the burning hot liquid in his hands.
"Excuse me,are you saying I'm lazy and un-appealing?"He pretends to consider that for a second before replying within seconds
"That and sloopy too." She makes a light choking sound and Shinji gets up to clean the dishes.
"So your actually coming to that parent-teacher thing today?" he asked with mild interest as he cleaned another plate and put it aside,if he was being honest with himself he would like her to come but that didn't mean he would force her to with the amount of work she already did at NERV, he had been joking when he called her lazy she certainly worked a lot more than him,in less stressful manners but more none the less.
"Of course,its my responsibility anyway." That 'anyway' changed the whole meaning of the phrase had it not been there Shinji would have perhaps thought she wouldn't go out of her own free will,but that single word conveyed the meaning it just an after thought to something she was planning on doing anyway.
A few Minutes later and his friend's were there,both looking incredibly excited at being there,thought not likely because of him,they must think of mean as some kind of slave-driver with how hard I've been training them.
"Good morning Ikari!"Both say in unison before peeking inside. "We're taking off Misato!" They announced loudly Misato replied with a short 'take care' and a hand wave,they looked incredibly disappointed.
"Beat it you two!" They looked at him "Or I'll make you run 60!" They both rushed off In record speed after that.
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Shinji watched with mild amusement and irritation as his classmates,and half the school drooled over Misato,but he could at least agree with them on the fact his guardian was indeed rather physically attractive,too bad she lacks everything else thought
"Its amazing someone so beautiful could be our operations director."Shinji gave him an unamused glare before answering with a 'is that so?'his friends then proceeded to mock him as if he wasn't there at all.
"I wish she were my girlfriend" Toji said wistfully as he clasped his hands and looked at the sky in happiness.
"She's more trouble than she's worth..."
"You don't get it do you big shot?" They both said at the same time before patting him in the back with excessive force "And we'll take care of misato!"
He looks at them for a few seconds before pulling their ears. "If you think im'a let you slack of to flirt with your superior your mistaken." Both replied with a short and pained 'yes sir!'
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Misato looked over the broken and battered remains of what used to be the city of Tokyo,to think that once lived millions in the now abandoned area was an odd thought indeed.
"Its still Hard to believe old Tokyo's gone."Misato had seen the city before.
"We're here."Misato looked over to the side,a facility in the middle of the ruins of Tokyo-1,quite the odd place to put it but it worked for their plan none the less. "Is the JSSDF Getting involved?"
"The Defense force?They are the ones backing it the most." The private company that developed and create Jet alone was only responsible for a minimal amount of the Machine's funding with the rest being donated by the JSSDF in return for the right to use it in combat against the angels. The rivalry between NERV and the JSSDF was already high before the angel attacks,with the regular forces being under the belief that NERV was incredibly over-funded,this rivalry only worsened when NERV technically stole the Positron sniper rifle from the JSSDF's R&D lab.
Soon they found themselves at their reserved the man began explaining what would be happening through the day and finally gave the guests the right to ask questions.
"Yes,the famous Doctor Ritsuko Akagi,its an honor to have you here."
"May I ask a question?"
"Of course."
"According to an earlier briefing the unit is equipped with an internal nuclear reactor correct?"The spokesperson nodded before answering the question.
"Indeed,its one of the products best functions,its capable of running for a minimum of 150 days and an expected maximum of 340"Those numbers were indeed impressive and gave the jet alone a much needed advantage when compared to the Evangelions,who could at max run for 5 Minutes On internal power battery and 45 If their shoulder Pylons were outfitted with mobile batteries. The shortest battle yet had,the one with Sachiel,had lasted 30 minutes,dangerously close to mobile power limit and far exceeding the internal power constraints.
"From a safety perspective is it not unsafe to incorporate a nuclear reactor on a hand to hand combat weapon?"The spokesperson smiled before responding.
"There are multiple safety mechanism in place to assure there are no accidents with the onboard reactor,not to say it surpasses the Evangelion's 5 minute power restraint."Ritsuko then latched on to another argument after her first one's failure.
"In an emergency there could be issues with remote control."
"Yes a good point. However that is why we have incorporated a manual piloting system along with that of the Remote controlled one."Ritsuko widened her eyes,the commander's plans could be at risk if the pilot could wrestle back control from the unit before Eva-01 had the chance to stop it.
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The two NERV employees leaned against the wall as they waited for the test to start. The massive building covering the unit opens slowly yet surely revealing the gigantic form of Jet alone.
"Starting Jet Alone mark 1 activation yourselves comfortable gentleman your about to see the next step in mankind's weaponry.
"Begging test,Discharging core,activating cockpit safety mechanism,coolant circulation nominal. releasing control rods. Manual controls at effective has reached nominal output."
"Very well,Kirishima step forward."The machine does as its pilot orders,its shaky first Step very much resembling that of Eva-01.
"It walks,now that's something to be proud of!"Misato shot sarcastically.
"Odd,the pressure inside the reactor is increasing"One of the crew members notes.
"Kirishima,hold position."Shiro orders as the unit continues is advance.
"I Can't seem to stop the unit on my its not an issue on your side?"
"Shut off the power,emergency keep attempting to control the unit."
"The radio circuit is being blocked,Its out of control!"
The giant continues its advance steeping through the control center as it does so.
"Is everyone alright down there?" Kirishima asks over the communication's system only to get nothing in return.
Meanwhile Misato is getting herself up from the ground and dusting off her clothes.
"Seems like this thing is as badly mannered as those who built it."
"Impossible...The J.A's program is meant to work in any contingency and the pilot is supposed to be able to manually shut off the core in emergency,this can't happen!"
"Yet it could melt down at any moment"
"Our only hope is to wait for it to stop"yet waiting was out of the question if that thing kept up its pace it would kill its pilot not to say it was headed straight towards a major population center.
A few calls later and the codes for JA's system where yet to be given,but it continued its path towards Atsugi.
"Time is running will take responsibility for your failure now."The tone in which she said it and the JSSDF's own unwillingness to shoot down their only asset against the angels left NERV to do the heavy lifting,as usual.
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Shinji sighed,he would have to go against a piloted Jet alone,that wasn't supposed to happen!It was supposed to be a mere AI-controlled mechanical construct that would be destroyed by NERV and assure their continued funding by SEELE and the simply hoped he was fast enough to both stop it from exploding and saving its pilot,whomever he was.
"There's a danger of meltdown in five minutes,so we can't allow it to get any closer to a populated area."Shinji clenched his teeth in frustration,he had to do both those things in 5 minutes.
"Great..."He shoot sarcastically as Misato explained the rest of her was planning on going inside it.
"Are you mad?!"His sudden outburst surprised even Misato. "Its dangerous,have me go!"He demanded.
"That wont work and you know it Shinji,i've got to give this a shoot or i'll regret it for the rest of my life." Shinji looked away as she said that,he knew that feeling the feeling that made him stay a pilot even after the extreme pain of his first three battles.
"Then good luck out there."
A few seconds later Shinji found himself dropping from unit-01 with Misato in its hand,one of the advantages of a Nerve connecting system was that it allowed him to do things like grab a human without crushing them to death.
Unit-01 slowed its descent with its AT Field and ran towards jet alone,debris from long fallen buildings flying as its feet pounded the ground with great strength. Eventually it catches up to it and Shinji drops Misato off in its back before running in front of it and blocking its advance with the Eva's full body strength.
Steam started to pour out of hole after hole in the robot and now Shinji was more worried about Misato's own survival than that of the pilot or the city behind him.
"Come on,HURRY UP!"The steam continued pouring out,it was about to explode and Shinji knew it."MISATO!" he screams in desperation before the steam subsides and the massivev robot goes limp.
"Misato,misato,are you alright?!"
"Yeah,not in my greatest shape thought."
Shinji then proceeded to cut into the prime's chest to remove the cockpit,thankfully the pilot had only suffered minor burns and would survive after some resting time.
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"Father...i have a plan." Gendo Ikari smirked as he heard those words come through the phone,he loved the boy's plans,things often didn't explode in contrary to popular opinion Gendo did not like unplanned ones anyways.
"I'm all ears..."
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This chapter is kind of painfully small when compared to the last but it there was not much to work with in the episode itself so I did my best whit what I had.