Evangelion Heroes: The Last Son of Krypton
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Chapter 4: It's Superman!
Shinji moved his hands across the kitchen counter, moving so fast that his hands were only blurry streaks of colour, as he prepared breakfast for him and Misato. All the while he was being watched by a pair of curious eyes; the person that the eyes belonged to did not know what to think of this speedy human so he decided to voice his concern.
'WARK!' he screeched.
Shinji turned his head and smiled at the little animal, 'hello there, I was wondering when you would come out of your home.'
The warm-water penguin tilted his at the stranger, not quite sure what to make of the speedy human, eventually it decided he was alright when he had been offered a fish for breakfast.
Soon the table had been set and Shinji had already sat down, waiting for Misato to slump her way to the breakfast table and obtain her daily dose of alcohol.
Sure enough a grumbling and scantily dressed Misato dragged herself to the table, mumbling a greeting after she heard Shinji say good morning.
'YEE-HAW!' the major shouted at an unnecessary volume, causing Shinji to wince at it and the penguin to WARK in disgust at his owners manners.
'Hey there Pen-pen, finally come out, huh?' Misato asked the penguin as she scratched his head, 'oh, sorry for not introducing him to you Shinji, but I kinda forgot about him, since he went on one of his "hibernations". I hope it's not a problem.'
'No, I like animals it's fine' Shinji answered with a smile, putting away his plate of food in the sink, 'well, see you later, gotta go to school.'
'Well, have fun then' the captain said back guzzling down her divine breakfast, but stopping when she realized she needed to ask Shinji something, 'hold on, can you give this to a girl in your class?'
Shinji looked at her, confused, but took the card anyway. He was surprised to see that it was the girl that Kensuke and Hikari had been talking about the other day (she fit the description at least).
'Um, who is she?' Shinji asked.
'She's the first child, she goes to your school, but remember to keep your guy's status a secret, alright?' Misato warned.
'Don't worry; I'm good at keeping secrets' Shinji replied, keeping a smile hidden.
'See you later, Shinji-kun!' Misato said as the boy left.
'Ayanami, Rei. 16 years old, light blue hair, red eyes and 5 foot 5. Strange girl, although I'm not really normal myself' Shinji commented as he read the card, when he had a second look at her photo he was amazed at the similarity she had to his mother, maybe she was a relative? Although, his mom had never mentioned any family, other than her friends in America, the Kent's, but it may have been to keep his secret.
'Guess, I could ask her when I see her' he decided in the end, putting the card into his pocket as he made his way to the school in his own unique way.
- [Last Son] -
'Finally' Dr. Kanashimi said out loud, smiling at the rather gruesome object before him on the surgery table. It was a body bag that held the deceased form of Ryu, Takai, who had been involved in a horrible car accident, or so his death certificate said.
The doctor had received the body from Section-02, he was surprised that Gendo agreed to do this to aid his work, but Gendo seemed generally interested that the doctor succeeded in his experiments.
Unzipping the bag, Kanashimi frowned, the young man's arms were in need of repairs and his organs were ruptured and of no use. The arms were the only problem, as his work would replace the damaged organs, perhaps some cybernetics for the arms? Power was the only problem for mechanical arms these days and his work would supply more than enough if built correctly.
All it would require was another favour from the Head of NERV and he could have Project Lazarus up and running by tomorrow night, probably more than running if he was lucky.
- [Last Son] -
Ayanami, Rei entered the school grounds. Her left arm was in a cast and her right arm was covered in bandages. She walked towards the school building, not too slowly or too briskly, ignoring the stares, and hushed laughs and pointed fingers she got as she walked by, she had received them for all her life. She ignored them because she knew that it was unnecessary to be accepted socially, but…sometimes she wished she did not need to experience the negative emotions she received inside her when she heard the other children speaking negatively about her.
As she made her way inside the school, she was bumped into by a student she had never seen before. The impact felt like walking into a brick wall and her arms sensitive condition made her wince, visibly, in pain.
'I-I am so sorry…' the boy apologized, quickly retrieving the card he had dropped. This gave Rei time to take in the boy's features. He wore round glasses, which made a person's gaze distract from his blue eyes, he had arms that were a bit big as if he exercised a lot and his face held a look of…compassion, but it was mostly hidden by his shy reaction.
'I…didn't mean to bump into you like that, Rei' Shinji did mean that sincerely, he really didn't mean to bump into the injured girl, but her face was so similar to his mothers that he had completely forgotten about his steel skin and had walked into her by accident. He held the card towards her, 'Misato asked me to deliver this to you…'
Rei took the offered card and examined it; it was her new NERV ID card.
'I-I'm Shinji, by the way' the boy added, then he whispered, 'I'm the Third Child'
'I see…' Rei answered, so this was Yui Ikari's adopted son. He was not like the other children his age, he seemed…well, Rei couldn't place her finger on it, but there was something different about him. She decided she would try and discover the reason he was different when her mind wondered in class, as it always did.
Shinji noticed the pale-skinned girl beginning to leave and started to walk with her, as he remembered Hikari telling him about her suspicions on the origin of Rei's injuries.
'Um, so what happened to your arms?' Shinji asked.
'It is related to my duty as a pilot' Rei answered simply, not turning her head as she walked onwards towards their class.
'Oh, well…I was just asking since the class representative was, um, worried about you' Shinji stated his reason, hoping the blue-haired girl wasn't angry with his curiosity, and he was glad that she wasn't being hurt at home. He had listened to her heartbeat and it didn't waver when she had answered, meaning that she wasn't lying.
'Why would class representative Horaki be concerned about my well being?' Rei asked, she had stopped walking to look at the taller boy curiously, why would Hikari be worried about her, she was replaceable was she not?
'Uh, well…you come to school injured and can't tell her why, so she thought that someone was hurting you' Shinji said, fiddling with his satchel's strap when he noticed the girls red-eyed gaze.
'It is unnecessary to be concerned about my well-being' she answered, entering the classroom through the door, leaving Shinji standing outside, dumbfounded by what she had just said.
Rei put down her bag, taking note of the large amount of homework she had accumulated and then decided to ask the boy directly, out of curiosity, why Hikari had been worried about her, as his answer didn't really satisfy her. She opened the door to find the hallway empty, leaving her with a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, which was not visibly shown; they always left after talking to her.
- [Last Son] -
In the inner area of Tokyo-3, various pedestrians pointed up into the sky marvelling at the speedy object that streaked through the air, wondering what it could be. Was it a bird? Was it a plane?
Superman flew through the air, he felt guilty about leaving Rei so suddenly, but he had heard some maniacs in a car driving recklessly through the streets and he needed to use his powers to stop them, he couldn't leave them to hurt innocent people.
He spotted the speeding car just below himself; using his X-ray vision he saw that the drivers were two teenagers, a little bit older than him. He manoeuvred himself underneath the car, the driver and his passenger, a girl who was egging the boy driving to go faster, didn't notice…until they saw that the car was airborne. Both screamed and yelped in fright, clutching onto one another, making Shinji smirk at them as held the vehicle from underneath.
He dropped them off at the police station, in the parking lot just in front. Shinji looked at the two frightened teens with a disapproving look, 'If you're lucky you won't be charged, but I will be watching you two from now on, understand?'
The two teens nodded their heads vigorously, which satisfied the Man of Steel, so he took off into the sky, leaving the police to look at Superman's parked vehicle with confusion.
- [Last Son] -
'Stand, bow, sit!' Hikari ordered the class, as their Sensei entered.
The elderly man immediately started his incredibly boring lecture on life before Second Impact, not hearing the groans of the students.
Shinji slunk back into his desk, already bored out of his mind. Being forced to sit still when he could be flying above the clouds was bad enough, but having to sit and listen to this old man drone on was even worse, he would rather get hit by one of those green meteorites again…well, maybe it wasn't that bad. He shifted in his seat, staring at the laptop in front of him. Maybe the students would have a chat room or something; teenagers did that sort of thing to avoid boredom.
He logged onto the chat room as: lastKr03, and was astonished at the number of users. It looked like the whole class was on and they were all talking about one topic.
[Did you hear, he stopped bullets with his chest!]
[Talk about rock-hard abs, have seen his body?]
[He once lifted a whole building can you imagine what he looks like under that cape of his?]
Well, it seemed the ladies of the class were very interested in his alter ego, thought Shinji, trying his best to hide a blush. He logged off, not commenting on anything, and turned his gaze to the students in the classroom. All seemed engrossed in either sleeping or perving over Superman on the chat room, except for one, Rei. The albino girl was just staring out the window, seeming to be entranced by something outside.
Shinji looked at the girl with curiosity, then he focussed his vision in the direction she was looking at, the walls melted away, revealing the street. On the street was a mother and her child, playing together, happy and content. Shinji felt some old feelings of loneliness grow in him when he saw the mother and child and he wondered if Rei was maybe feeling the same as well.
- [Last Son] -
Dr. Kanashimi removed the surgical gloves from his hands, feeling tired after the hard and exhausting work. Takai was once a 20-something boy, with short black hair and now, thanks to Doctor Kanashimi and the assistant surgical "robot", he had bones of a titanium alloy and several advanced cybernetics, courtesy of NERV. All that was needed now; was the heart and the Lazarus project would, hopefully, prove to be fruitful.
He was about to begin the last phase, but the blaring sirens made him change his mind.
- [Last Son] -
'Okay, everyone follow me to the shelters' Hikari told the class, leading the talking crowd of teenagers to the shelters. Most were wondering if Superman would appear to stop the Angel again.
Superman was wondering that himself, as he was walking near the back of the crowd, trying to figure out what to do. He could fly off and stop the vessel of…whatever was controlling these husks of false life, or he could reinforce the façade that he was not Superman and go to NERV and fight it with his Eva, which would definitely be longer and messier.
Luckily, the decision was made for him, as Rei found him lagging behind, 'Pilot Ikari, we must make our way to headquarters.'
'Oh, r-right' Shinji replied, following the blue-haired girls lead.
The two made it to the Geofront in good time, but Shinji grew nervous at the sluggish pace he had to move. At least he was able to keep track of the Angel's movements with his senses and so far, no one had been hurt and he now knew that the Angel looked like a giant pink slug with tentacles.
Rei and Shinji entered the Geofront, and met Misato as they neared the briefing room, 'Shinji you need to get changed into your plug suit; it's in the locker room, Rei can you take him there?'
'Of course, Captain Katsuragi' the albino answered, leading Shinji once again.
After reaching their destination, Shinji observed the room. It was a simple changing room with lockers, one of them showing his designation as "Third Child".
'Your plug suit is in there' Rei said, pointing to the locker.
'Um, okay…' Shinji moved to the locker and opened it, inside was a suit that was similar to his…other outfit, except it was mostly white and blue.
Rei looked at Shinji, not moving a muscle, aside from blinking, 'are you not going to change?'
'Um, well…I-I was waiting for you to leave…' he answered with a pink colour on his cheeks, didn't Rei know about modesty?
'Very well then' Rei said in monotone.
Shinji then removed his clothes and his suit that was underneath it, hiding the suit in the false bottom of his satchel and stuffing his clothes into the locker. He retrieved his plug suit and put it on, and was puzzled at the bagginess it had.
He walked out of the changing area and spotted Rei, who had been waiting for him.
'You neglected to pressurise the suit' Rei said simply, pressing a button on the suits arm.
'Oh…' Shinji said, blushing at the way it hugged his body. It was a lot tighter than his usual suit and it showed off his musculature a lot more.
- [Last Son] -
'Oh good you're…' Misato was unable to finish her sentence as she looked, gaping, at Shinji, his muscles showing proudly in the tight plug suit.
'Um, mustn't I…uh, stop the Angel?' Shinji asked, feeling incredibly embarrassed at the looks he was getting.
'…right, yes' Misato shut her gaping mouth, trying to shake the thoughts on how she missed his body when he had been staying with her for a while now.
Soon Shinji was jettisoned near the Angels location and awaiting orders.
[Alright Shinji, this is your first time, but don't worry you'll be able to handle it]
Shinji gulped, he felt a lot more vulnerable in his Eva than without it. Now he was supposed to fight the husk creature in this giant robot, even though he could have beaten it with his bare hands already, life really wasn't fair.
['Shinji, I know you don't like guns, but you're going to have to use them if you want to keep Tokyo-3 safe, okay?']
Shinji groaned, he really didn't want to have to use a weapon, but…people where in harms way and it was the only way, besides he wouldn't be killing a living creature (if his "soul"-vision was correct).
After a prolonged pause, Shinji eventually answered command, '…alright.'
He willed his Evangelion to retrieve a rifle from the rack that was just a short distance from his entry point. Gripping the oversized weapon in his hands, he used the targeting computer and his incredible senses to take aim at the creatures' weak point, the core.
He unloaded the rifle, his ability to see the world at a slower pace allowed him to observe each individual slug as it ripped through the air and…came into contact with an orange field that protected the angel.
'Hmm, strange…' Shinji focussed his eyes, switching through several wavelengths at a time, stopping at his "soul"-vision. It appeared that whatever energy was controlling the vessels, spread itself around to create a virtually, impenetrable shield, which, of course,
emanated from the red core on its head.
['Shinji, you're going to have to engage it in melee combat! Draw out your prog knife!']
Shinji complied with command, retrieving the rather small blade from the shoulder pylon, as he had been taught. He then willed the purple behemoth to dash towards its target, whom swivelled its head to face its enemy. It screamed in rage and sent its tentacles of pink energy to slice it in half. Shinji saw this coming and used his knowledge of were the attacks would land to dodge them…most of them anyway. One grabbed his left wrist and pulled the Eva to its knees. Shinji grunted in pain, as he felt the unusual sensation of his skin burning, but he pulled himself together (mostly) and stabbed the appendage, causing the angel to reel back in agony, screaming. Shinji moved quickly and slammed the knife into the angels core, but he was unable to finish pushing it deep enough to end the creature.
Shinji yelped in fright as his giant war machine was picked up by its ankles and tossed like a rag doll, landing on its hands and knees in the nick of time. Shinji heard the creature making its way towards him, and he observed 2 problems he had.
1: Command was shouting that he only had five minutes of power left, as his umbilical cord had come loose.
2: Kensuke and some other boy were standing just outside the shelter; thankfully, they were at least a bit far from the actual fight.
'Hey, Kensuke! You and your friend need to get into the shelters now!' Shinji shouted into the loudspeaker, seeing his friend's wide eyes at the purple giant speaking to him. He must have decided to listen to it, as both of them immediately headed back into the shelter, probably so as to not irk the Mech.
Shinji got his Eva to its feet when he saw that his friend was out of harms way. Unit-01 glared at its opponent, who was dragging itself towards the purple Eva. The Eva got into a runners position, waiting for an opening. The angel immediately lashed out at Shinji's Eva, hoping to cut and rip it apart, but this time Shinji was ready to compensate his Eva's sluggish speed with his senses. He weaved past and over the attacks and drove the giant, purple fist into the knife that was stuck fast in the Angels core. The Angel didn't even cry out once, as its "life" left it.
Shinji panted, apparently from exhaustion. This was all just a hoax, but he didn't need the whole of NERV to know that he had incredible stamina.
- [Last Son] -
'You did great today, Shinji!' Misato praised the boy, as he exited the plug, hugging him tightly.
'Uh…I-I was just doing what was necessary' Shinji replied, blushing from the older woman's body pressing against the plug suit.
'Don't talk it down; you're the only one who could have done it. As a reward I'll be doing the cooking tonight!' Misato exclaimed gleefully, not taking note of the boy's horrified expression.
'I-its okay Misato, I like cooking it…relaxes me!' Shinji said in desperation. He really didn't want his nose and taste buds overloaded with burnt instant ramen again.
'Well, I'll have to think of…other ways to reward you' Misato said in a suggestive tone, adding a playful wink for effect.
'M-Misato!' Shinji cried out in embarrassment.
- [Last Son] -
'I must admit, I am surprised at the Third Child's battle, he seemed to know what he was doing most of the time' Fuyutsuki commented, as he stood next to the Commander of NERV.
'Yes, surprising…' Gendo said, still staring at the video footage of the battle. He didn't outwardly show his puzzlement, how on Earth could a simple farm boy be so…adept at piloting an Evangelion? He decided to shelve that idea away for later; he had more pressing matters to attend to. Kanashimi was about to finish Lazarus, and that would hopefully put an end to the Kryptonian menace. Also, the project would have several other applications he could exploit.
- [Last Son] -
'How much longer, Kanashimi?' Gendo asked the doctor, who was busy checking the vitals of the dead body, which still showed that it was quite dead.
'A-almost Dr. Ikari, just need to finish the insertion of the artificial heart' the small doctor soon completed his attaching of the metallic "cage" into the dead mans torso. It soon gave off a green glow from the rock it held, making the doctor remark, 'there.'
An ominous glow filled the room, as the medical equipment began to show signs of life. The glow became brighter and brighter, and soon the dead man's eyes snapped open, glowing the same sickly green colour.
The reanimated body coughed and gagged as it came back to life, staring at the scientists with confusion, 'what…w-where?'
'Hello Takai, it is good to have you back' the smaller scientist said, with a large smile.
-Chapter 4 end-
Three guesses who Shinji's gonna face in the next chapter! Anyway thanks for the reviews and favs once again, and I will get back to my other stories as soon as I get some inspiration for them (few ideas wouldn't hurt, just so you know…). Hope you enjoyed!