For anybody who reading, I'm sorry for my unexplained and unannounced hiatus. There were several factors for why, like my computer couldn't sync to my Dropbox for a long time. The main reason is that I usually get tired writing unless I make myself do it. I usually get inspired enough to continue writing, but only for about a hundred before I stop. I'm not done with this or my other stories, but expect long updates sometimes.
With that said, I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Kyoto University
The room is quiet after Professor Fuyutuski invited Dr. Kursunada and Shinji in. Fuyutuski is setting up a Shogi board on a table as Dr. Kursunada and Shinji sits on one end of the table. Shinji watches Professor Fuyutuski setting up the board, feeling something familiar, like he seen this before. By the time Professor Fuyutuski finishes, Shinji made sure that Professor Fuyutuski doesn't notice that Shinji is watching him.
"Sorry, but I feel more at ease if we do this.", explains Professor Fuyutuski as Dr. Kursunada nods.
"I can understand that a bit.", agrees Dr. Kursunada as he looks at the board, "Although I only have limited experience in this game. Are you a quiet person when you're with company?"
"Unfortunately yes.", answers Professor Fuyutuski, as offers Dr. Kursunada the first move, "People complain how little I socialize with others and how focus I am in my work."
"Are you married?", asks Dr. Kursunada suddenly as Professor Fuyutuski doesn't even seems disturbed when he asks that.
"No. My love life is severely limited.", answers Professor Fuyutuski, "When I was younger, I admired a couple of people in my life, but led to nowhere. I haven't met someone that I'm completely smitten by."
"Mine the opposite. I had many partners, some I married, but like you, I led to nowhere.", reveals Dr. Kursunada as Professor Fuyutuski chuckles a bit.
"Sounds like you were quite a young adult.", says Professor Fuyutuski as he corners Dr. Kursunada in the game.
"More or less. I wished to contribute with the relationship… but I decided to focus more on my work at the time.", continues Dr. Kursunada as he managed to escape Professor Fuyutuski's trap on the board.
"I heard you worked for the Soviets in discovering more about human DNA. Should I guess that he reasons you're here is because of my work or for my cooperation?", questions Professor Fuyutuski as he starts to counter attack in the board, "It's not the first time SHIELD came after me for my research. To be honest, I don't like the idea of working with any military."
"I'm not here on SHIELD's behalf.", informs Dr. Kursunada, "I'm here on behalf of my research."
"And what research is that?", questions Professor Fuyutuski as the match stops.
"To perfect the Psycho System.", answers Dr. Kursunada as Professor Fuyutuski raises his eyebrow.
As Dr. Kursunada continues talking as he explains what the Psycho System to Professor Fuyutuski, Shinji looks at the Shogi board and recognizes the rules of the game. He doesn't know how, but it just came to him, like if somebody forget how to throw a ball to a hoop, before their muscles remember that feeling.
"Is that really possible?", asks Professor Fuyutuski as Dr. Kursunada just closes his eyes.
"Back during the Cold War, I thought I had a successful result before the volunteer died.", answers Dr. Kursunada.
"And what was the result of his death?", wonders Professor Fuyutuski as Dr. Kursunada looks the other way.
"Not a friendly one.", says the doctor, as he looks at the professor, "But I may have some through a breakthrough if I confirm something from one of your theories."
"And what theory is that if I may ask.", wonders Professor Fuyutuski as Dr. Kursunada leans forward.
"The existence of souls.", smiles the doctor as Shinji gives the doctor a look of confusion.
"Souls?", wonders Shinji as he wonders what does that have to do with anything.
"Why would you question the existence of something most scientist of this world would confirm as preposterous.", questions the professor as he makes his move of the board.
"People with superhuman abilities were considered preposterous before the age of heroes,", counters Dr. Kursunada.
"It was explained with human DNA and other means.", argues Professor Fuyutuski, "The subject I'm teaching is a dying one. I'm only here because the headmaster knows me, but if a new one is to replace him, I'll have to find a new job. People rather go for things that can be explained and touched rather then what they can't."
"Then, I have a proposal.", says Dr. Kursunada as gets off the chair and points his eyes at Shinji, "This is Agent Shinji Ikari. He is considered a superhuman, but his powers cannot be explained by normal means. He has a special barrier called an A.T. Field and can fired eye beams from his eyes."
"A.T. Field?", wonders the professor.
"Even the way he can fire beams is complex. It like something is causing the DNA in his eyes to change when he uses it.", continues the doctor, "and his DNA is considered human."
"How is that possible?", asks an astonished Fuyutuski.
"It can't be explained, that why we're here.", smiles Dr. Kursunada, as Shinji looks at him.
"Dr. Kursunada, what are doing?" wonders a reluctant and confused Shinji as he starting to realize what this man is doing.
"Shinji, this is a good chance to find out what you are. Are you willing to take it?", asks the doctor as Shinji still looks a bit unwilling.
"And how do you plan to that?", asks Shinji as Dr. Kursunada pulls out something from a file he brought next to the Shogi board.
Shinji looks at blueprint and realizes that it's the new body armor SHIELD is giving to him. Dr. Kursunada pulls out another paper that shows an exoskeleton in the body armor, mainly in his in anything but his joints. Shinji looks at the helmet and sees that there some type of small machine around his eyes.
"What is this?", questions Shinji as the doctor smiles widely.
"A variation of the Psycho System. Whatever is letting you use that power, the suit will analyze where your power comes from and extracts it.", explains Dr. Kursunada, ". It's called the Bio System."
"I don't think that's possible.", comments Professor Fuyutuski.
"Then you should leave Japan often.", smiles Dr. Kursunada as he continues, "And I never said it was easy. The process is painful due to the needles and how big the serum you have to take as well as-."
"Are you trying to kill me?", questions a disapproving Shinji, "How long do I have to be a science experiment to you?"
There was a silence that echoed the moment Shinji said that, the tension was the cut when Shinji's earpiece went off. When he activated, it was a message from SHIELD communications operator stationed in Japan. That's when Shinji received the news about what's transpired during his time in the university.
SHIELD Helicarrier
"Jesus, what is that thi-!"
"Man down! Man do-noo-!"
"This thing a frecking monster!"
A hallway of the Helicarrier is covered in blood as the metal monstrosity continues its rampage inside the SHIELD Helicarrier. Despite the desperate attempt to at least stop its movements, not even their best weapons which they brought on board isn't any use.
In the bridge, Fury is pacing back and forth and he waits for any word from the team in the hanger. They were supposed to report something the moment they stopped engaging, but Fury has the feeling that they don't anyone left to report, including his second in command. Finally, they relieve a signal.
"Director, it's from the Sub-Director!", informs the communications officer.
"Put it in!", commands Fury as the connection is made, "Dugan, status report."
"Sub-Director Dugan in out of commission sir.", says a voice which Fury recognized as Blake's voice.
"Saunders, what happened in there!?", "asks" Fury.
"Something that looked like a wolf came in from the hanger door. It took out half of both my and Commander Dugan's team. The other half managed to survive, but we have injured including the Sub-Director.", explains Blake as Fury looks a little angrier then before.
"What are we dealing with? What can it do?", calmly questions Fury as Blake took a beat before answering.
"It has fangs and claws that tearing through flesh and skin, and…", pauses Blake as he shallows his saliva, "It has an A.T. Field."
Fury doesn't say anything the moment Blake utters those words. He just stood there, with his eyes closed before opening them as he continues his conversation with Blake.
"We are starting to track his movements. Stay where you are and get ready to flee the moment he starts coming back. Protect the injured, understand?", orders Fury as Blake nods on the other line.
"Yes sir.", says Blake before communication ended.
Fury looks at everyone in bridge before making his orders, "Is that thing found yet?"
"Yes sir. He's making his way to the engine room, but his movements look like it just attacking anything in sight.", says one operator.
"Tell every agent not to engage. Tell them to run in the opposite direction.", orders Fury as people look at him confused.
"Then… what are we going to do… sir?", quietly asks one operator.
"Widow and Ikari are out of the country, so we can't rely on them and I need a distraction.", thinks Fury as he's coming up with a plan, "I need to rely on the other guy."
Hanger
Blake watches the medics that manages to make it to hanger providing first aid on SHIELD agents who were injured from the attack. That also includes Sub-Director Dum Dum Dugan, who bleeding from the right shoulder with a slash on his right side. The other agents' ether has less injuries, or more. The medics manages to stop the bleeding on most, but some need to be put in intensive care.
"A.T. Field! A goddamn A.T. Field!", thought Blake as he keeps an eye on the door, "And Shinji not here! Damn it! Can we even handle this ourselves?"
There not much options for SHIELD to take that thing down. They have the photon cannon, a weapon used to fire at long range, but the problem is that it's non-moveable and too heavy for several people to carry. With many agents with powers out of the field, the only person left to confront this monster is the last member of the four-man squad, the Hounds.
"I doubt that even he can hold that thing down.", thought Blake as holds on to his large handguns tighter, "As long as that thing can use an A.T. Field."
Unknown Location in Europe
"Now picking up encryption scans from Project B prototype.", says the blond women, Varvana whispers to the man sitting beside her, Iscariot.
"I believe the word "Berserk" is the most suited name for the prototype.", says Iscariot as Varvana corrects herself.
"Berserk. It still amazing how you yourself can think such a thing.", continues Varvana before asking, "Just how did you came up with the blueprints?"
"I'm not going to lie. It because we had a volunteer that such a thing can be created.", answers Iscariot.
"HYDRA has no shortage of volunteers who would sacrifice their own life for their ideals. It sad and pitiful if you think about it.", comments Varvana as she watches the monitor along with everybody else.
"There are those who would lose their own ego for such things. Ideals, vengeance, pride, survival. I find such things meaningless.", continues Iscariot as his eyes look at the screen, but his mind on something else, "What would ideals lead you to? A cruel reality. Where would vengeance lead you? A closed mind. Pride? Pain. Survival? Loneliness."
He smirks a bit as he thought of something from what he said, "Although, I am a bit of a hypocrite."
Helicarrier, Hallway
The metal beast is walking down the hallway, not knowing where it's going, just looking for something. It's ready to pounce on something, not like it was ready to attack someone, but ready to defend itself from something. It right near one of generators that's keeping one side of the Helicarrier afloat, but that's not what it's looking for.
Suddenly, as it turns the corner to the hallway leading to the generator, a lone figure appears in the middle of it. He appears a man, with a towering, yet lean figure, wearing a full gray body armor with a helmet that cover his face as well. The last member, Dog-4.
There is a scabbard attached to back of his left shoulder, in which he removes it off his back. He presses a button on the long sword as it unhooked itself off the scabbard. The moment he unshed the long sword, the blade started vibrating as Dog-4 is waiting for the Berserk to makes its move.
The moment the Berserk pounces straight towards Dog-4, he sidesteps with inhuman quickness, dodging the metal beast. He backflips away from the beast, which detects his movements and follows him. Dog-4 sees this coming, as his body instantly reacts and counters the lunging Berserk, by attempting to cut its side.
He fails due it's A.T. Field, but blocks the left back claw of the Berserk before retreating away. Dog-4 knew that the A.T. Field is seemingly nigh invincible, due to how Shinji manages to survive every battle up until now. SHIELD could get the Avengers, but this is something SHIELD has to do itself without help. If they keep relying on the Avengers, then what's the point of SHIELD?
Fury contacted Dog-4 about a plan, which Dog-4 feels that it's really reckless, but feels a little excited by it. He was a little crazy in his youth, but those days are over since his accident. It was little nostalgic for him to be doing this kind of stuff, so he sheds his long sword and clips it back to the scabbard, before taking off away from the Berserk unit, which then chases after him.
Even with Dog-4 running speed, the Berserk Unit is still faster as it manages to catch up to him. Before the beast can reach him however, a surge of electricity surges throughout the suit Dog-4 is wearing as his speed starts increasing, quickly putting more distance between him and the metal beast, as Dog-4 leads him to elsewhere, away from the generator.
Pacific Ocean, 3000 Feet Above Sea Level
A military carrier had just taken off 10 minutes ago from the eastern seaboard of Japan flying at high speed towards the United States. Inside the carrier, is just the pilot and Shinji Ikari, whose readying his equipment. From his modified shotgun, to readying his combat knives, Shinji can't help but worry about the thing that's attacking the Helicarrier.
"An A.T. Field. Like me.", thought Shinji as he pumps his modified shotgun, "Why? Just what is that thing?"
Shinji looks at the barrel of his shotgun, before placing it down and start readying his pistol.
"Am I the same as that thing? Are we the same?", wonders Shinji, who feels nervous about this, scared at what would happen from this event.
Helicarrier, Hallway, Starboard
A cat and mouse chase is happening, except the prey is much faster, but doesn't stand much of a chance going head to head. Dog-4 is leading the Berserk prototype around the area of the Helicarrier, which has been abandoned by orders of Director Fury. It's been 20 minutes since the chase started, with Dog-4 waiting for Fury's commands.
He feels exhausted from the constant running as well as the speed boost starting to wear down. His sword can't even pierce the A.T. Field and SHIELD doesn't powerful enough weapons to use that won't destroy the Helicarrier. He has no choice but to rely on Fury's plan.
He starts to lose speed as the boost the suit gave him stops. The boost the suit gave him is from the stored kinetic energy stored inside that comes out when he needs it, but it's temporarily and uses it for short burst to get away from the Berserk prototype. He turns around to see that the Berserk unit is gone. He stops immediately at a four-way hallway as he tries to communicate with the operators with his hand on the hilt of his sword.
The scanners in his helmet detects something coming from the left. It was the Berserk prototype, leaping towards him as it opens its mouth, ready to tear through him with its fangs. Dog-4 draws his sword as he places it between the Berserk's fangs and his own head. The moment the sword makes contact with the inside of the Berserk's mouth, the sword starts cutting through the metal inside the mouth of the Berserk prototype.
The Berserk didn't have its A.T. Field up when it uses its fangs. It never does. That's the only moment when it's truly vulnerable. It could have just crushed whoever is harming him with its A.T. Field, but it never does, like it's unaware of the fact that it could do that.
Blood and scraps and metal starts spewing out the mouth as the Berserk forces itself to pull away, but not before Dog-4 grabs his pistol and starts shooting. The Berserk, with blood coming out its mouth, activates it's A.T. Field before the bullets hit. Dog-4 knows he can't run away at this time with the suit needing more time until a boost and the Berserk normally being faster than him. Right now, he has to dodge as long as he can until Fury's plan is ready.
Helicarrier, Unknown Room, Starboard
In the Helicarrier, there is a large white room where most of the large and heavy weapons are placed. They are rarely used and only come out when SHIELD has time to set it up. Right now, those weapons are being transferred to separate rooms for a reason.
Group after group of SHIELD agents can in and out, moving the huge machines and weapons during the chase between Dog-4 and the Berserk prototype. Fury oversees this as he watches the last of the weapons are removed from the room… except one. Fury turns to see a cannon lookalike which was bolted down to the floor.
It's colored black with a seat attached to the back of it. It called the Polariton Cannon. It was being made into of the Helicarrier's new weapon, as it was on the verge of being tested out first before the incident. The reason why Fury chose this instead of the others is because it's power can be controlled. With everybody is gone, Fury gets on the seat of the cannon and aims at the room in front of him. Before he fires, he then contacts Dog-4.
"Agent Langley. It's time."
Helicarrier, Hallway, Starboard
Dog-4 or Agent Langley, had just received the message from Director Fury as he sees the Berserk coming right at him. At the speed it was coming at, Agent Langley dodges by lowering his body and spinning pass him. It worked, but the Berserk's A.T. Field took a chunk of his shoulder armor, but Langley ignores it and starts running.
The Berserk starts chasing after him as Agent Langley heads to the direction where Fury pinpoints him at. The Berserk starts chasing after him, but before it could close the distance, Agent Langley cuts into an another hallway as the Berserk follows him with a full turn as fast as it can. Berserk at first saw no one in the hallway, but spots Agent Langley in the corner of its eye, with the corner of the wall behind his back, before Langley continues running to the original path and The Berserk prototype took a while to stop due to the momentum it gains from the chase, but it turns around and starts chasing back after him.
He knows he he's close to where Fury wants him, but can tell that Berserk is lowering the distance between them. Suddenly, the Berserk starts slowing down as Langley sees it shaking its head. It suddenly crashes its head to the wall of the hallway while running as the distance increase. It repeatedly kept banging and banging and banging its head repeatedly to the wall before it stops completely.
With a painful howl, it starts running from wall to wall head first as Agent Langley stops and watches what the Berserk prototype is doing to itself. Its howl sends shivers down Agent Langley's spine as it sounds like it's was experiencing being tortured to death. It sounded to Langley like he was dying. It stops running back and forth from wall to wall and just pound its head against the floor over and over, as blood starts appearing on top of its head.
It stops and froze as it starts looking at the ceiling as Langley starts to contact Fury of this new development. By the time Langley finishes, the Berserk starts moving as it turns its head to Langley. Langley takes it that the Berserk is back to normal as he starts running with the Berserk leaping off his spot as the chase continues. Langley thought of reasons why the Berserk did that. Maybe it's running low on energy, or it was a living being, or it was made to feel pain. He doesn't know, but, he now knows that this machine has a weakness. However, since it returned to normal, he didn't have time to utilize it during the confusion, so now he has to fall back on Fury's plan.
New York City, Above Central Park
A pair of office workers were walking towards Central Park for a visit after a day of work. One was a women approaching her thirties and another a man who's in his mid-twenties. The man's type is women a couple of years older than him, which is why he invited her to Central Park for a change. When they arrived at Central Park, it seems their plans were ruined as the sounds multiple police sirens covers the entire outside of Central Park.
When the man asked a father of a small daughter and son about what accrued, the father answers the questions, saying that 20 minutes ago, police came in to the park, asking everyone to evacuate it. People started questioning the police, who respond by saying that an emergency from SHIELD has been called and that they are to leave the park now.
People protest, but soon left the park as more cops enter the park to find anybody that still in it. The chief of police, whose waiting for his men to finish the search, looks reluctant as he doesn't like being ordered by SHIELD too much, but he has his orders and hopes there is a good reason for them.
The couple, however, feels disappointed. The man wanted to get closer the women, but feels dejected for the fact that something special he had plan went down the toilet. He doesn't know what to do next as he never dated that often and feels intimidated by the women next to him. He looks up in the sky, hoping god will give him something to work with, only to see something above the city after a few moments of looking. It was a sunny day with few clouds as dusk starts to approach when the man saw the SHIELD Helicarrier above Central Park.
Helicarrier
Fury waits for the signal Agent Langley is supposed to give him the moment he arrives to his destination. The mood he's in can be described as determined, but he's burying frustration and angry to the back on his head. Mostly because he'll have to destroy a part of his ship. For a couple of moments before Langley's signal, his thoughts turn to various things like his projects, the current state of the world, and what he'll eat tomorrow. His thoughts then turned to who's being assigned to what mission now that several agents had been killed in action today with a couple injured. He was still the director of SHIELD after all.
He then thought about Shinji when he decided to cancel the Hounds, later in the week sneaking mission just now, due to possible injuries. While Shinji could do the mission by himself, the discovery of another who can use an A.T. Field, especially something seemingly mechanical, stopped that. That also means that Shinji needs to be analyze along with the beast like machine. While Fury prefers it be restrained, he knew that he can't, meaning they have to destroy, but not obliterate it.
"Director. I'm here.", announces a man, sounding like he's in his mid-forties.
"I got it. Make sure your ass dodge this and make sure ether he gets hit or the wall does.", says Fury as he aims his sights at the end of a collection of walls with giant holes on them with Fury aiming at the final wall.
He waits for a couple of seconds, closing his eyes and waits for a signal. The only person allowed to come in is Agent Langley with the Berserk unit as everybody was accounted for in the other sections. The Polariton Cannon is at one-tenth full power with the width and range shortened, meaning Fury doesn't want too much damaged to the Helicarrier.
Fury's earpiece goes off as he aims across the holes on the walls straight at the final untacked wall. The moment he sees Agent Langley, running at his maximum speed coming from the right side of his view of the broken walls he fires the cannon. The beam came straight from the cannon as it goes through the holes straight to the remaining unbroken wall. Agent Langley made it through, but the Berserk unit shows up and gets hit with straight on. The size of the beam is the size of the average human body as the Berserk unit is engulfed by the beam. The wall behind the Berserk unit crumbles as a hole to the outside appears.
Agent Langley sees the Berserk unit activated it's A.T. Field, saving itself from the Polariton Cannon. He then sends a signal to both Fury and the bridge as Fury stops the beam to see the Berserk unit intact. The Berserk unit turns to Fury as it lets out a furious roar as it crouches its legs to jump towards Fury. Fury lets out a smirk as red flashes throughout the Helicarrier.
"All personal, prepare for tilting!"
The engines for the left side of the thrusters lower itself as the Helicarrier starts tilting towards the right side. The Berserk unit loses its balance for a second as Fury quickly hits it with the cannon as the Berserk unit slides to the hole. Fury previous ties himself to his chair while Agent Langley holds on to a ladder that connects to the top of the Helicarrier.
The Berserk unit falls, but lands on the intact wall next to the hole. It then hops to the next room using the holes previously made by Fury and lands on its intact wall. It tries to hop to the next room with Fury trying to aim at it, but Langley starts following it, using the boost from suit to reach it and grabs its leg while in mid-air. The Berserk unit activates it's A.T. Field as it blows Langley away straight to the reinforced wall, but the momentum from the Berserk unit's jump was destroyed when Langley grabs its leg.
The Berserk unit starts falling, but for good measure, Fury blast it with the cannon as it exits through the hole. The moment the Berserk unit fell through the hole, Fury signals to the commend room, as the Helicarrier tilts back to normal. Fury unties himself off the chair of the Polariton cannon and rushes to Agent Langley's aid. Agent Langley lies on the ground, with the back of his helmet fractured from the back. He is still conscious as he releases the holds that attaches the helmet to his head.
When he took it off, the face behind the helmet reveals to be a deformed face of a man. The entire left side of his face looks melted as it's shaped like the left side of his skull. His left eye is replaced with a metal patch, infuse with in his face. The right side is better and looks human, but barely. The jaw of his right side looks like it's being something metal in his mouth. The right side of his head is shaven, revealing scars on top of his head. Other than that, the only human about him that's intact, is his blue right eye.
Manhattan, Central Park
It's been minutes since the evacuation from Central Park was completed. Meaning the only thing left to do is for all the cops searching the park to come back. Two cops were chatting on what's happening, with one of them saying that it might be a false alarm as nothing happened in park the park so far and that no reports of an invading army or even a somebody with powers rampaging.
"If it the freaking Hulk, then they should really have to find a way to get rid of him.", comments one cop as he spots the exit of the park, "He's too much trouble. Send him to space and make him somebody else's problem."
The moment he finished, something came crashing behind them as the cop of made the comment, thought that he tempted fate for a bit. As it turns out, that inside the newly created crater, is not the Hulk, but horrific mess of blood, metal, and bones.
That day, the local army of a small country in Europe located where the missile was launched. They started surrounding the base and are currently locating the entrance where less than fifty Hydra personal are preparing to escape through. A squad is preparing to force open the entrance to the missile launch pad. However, the entrance would open by itself, as the squad would peek inside to see a lone figure waiting.
The schedule on what gets updated first is now changed. The next update will be Saiyan or Marvel, then Lelouch of the Atom, then this story, and repeat. Follow to stay updated! Thank you and enjoy your day!