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At Nerv
"Shinji I want you to answer the question truthfully, what happened to doctor Akagi?" asked the voice of an unknown speaker. Shinji layed there hands and feet restrained to the table in the bright white room. Nerv personal had taken him and restrained him to the table placing three guards around him armed with high powered rifles.
"I don't know what happened" sighed out an exhausted Shinji. They had woken him up in a lab and an unknown woman asked him the same question repeatedly. "She was hurting that girl and when she tried to hurt me I heard a loud noise and she was dead. I don't know what happened." He heard the voice sigh behind the tinted bulletproof glass and the woman said,
"You need to remember Shinji this is serious. Tell us what happened!" Shinji felt himself at his breaking point and he yelled,
"I don't know! Please let me out of this!" He pulled and chaffed his wrists trying to get them out of the restraints. The only female out of the three guards stationed around him walked up to the table he was on and held his wrists tight trying to get him to be still.
"You forced me to resort to this Shinji." said the voice. "Guards! Set up the equipment!" Two of the guards stepped up to the table and ripped off Shinji's shirt and placed electrodes over his chest and face. They moved a large black box into view and attached the electrodes to the box. The guards flipped a large switch and a very loud humming noise came from the box.
"This is your last chance Shinji, what happened?" asked the voice.
"I don't know!" screamed the frustrated and scared Shinji. A silhouette behind the tinted screen motioned something to the guard next to the box and the guard pressed a button sending an enormously painful shock into Shinji's little body. Shinji's body jumped and seizured from the immense shock and poor Shinji could see the white light building up behind his eyes. The silhouette moved its hand again and the guard turned off the voltage.
Streams of tears poured out of Shinji's eyes as he lay on the table gasping for air trying to breathe out his pain. The voice spoke again in even greater firmness,
"I'm sorry that we had to do that Shinji, but we need you to tell the truth. What happened to professor Akagi?" Shinji got his breathing under control and fought back the tears threatening to flood out of his eyes again. He calmly breathed out,
"I don't know what happened to Professor Akagi, but no matter how painful it was to her it's nothing compared to what I am wishing on all of you." The silhouette gestured again and a series of shocks pelted Shinji. Short intervals of shocks lasted for about an hour until Shinji felt his body give out and his consciousness let go, passing out.
Gunshots rang out waking Shinji up. He was standing where the tinted glass once stood. The glass was shattered over the floor. He looked back where the table was and he saw the remains of the three guards. Before him lay the dead body of the woman who spoke with him through the glass. More gunshots came from his right were the girl from the trauma word stood holding a gun pointed at Shinji. She pulled the trigger repeatedly grazing Shinji in the arm. Another gun shot came from his left where his father stood pointing a tranquilizer gun at him. In Shinji's chest landed the drugged dart, and Shinji felt the drug course through his system at record speed. Before falling down Shinji realized his father was the Silhouette that ordered his electroshock torture.
The next day Shinji woke up in his bed groggy and fully dressed in a new t-shirt and shorts. A suitcase stood up next to the bed and his room was striped bare. His father's voice echoed out from the front door,
"Come Shinji, its time to go." Shinji cautiously picked up his suitcase and walked to the front door wondering if what he had felt was all a dream. Gendo walked Shinji outside to his car and sat Shinji down in the backseat. Gendo drove out of Tokyo towards the north. Shinji amused himself by playing with his favorite toy he had received from his mother. After a day about a day of driving Gendo stops at a gas station and buys snacks and drinks for Shinji and himself. They do not speak until a few hours later when they were at the gate of Purgatory.
"Shinji" starts Gendo "I can no longer afford to keep you with me in Tokyo, you have become too much of a security risk. So I am dropping you off in Shiretoko where you will live in an orphanage until you are adopted by another family." Shinji didn't say a word, his jaw clamped shut. "I would like you to leave the car now son." Shinji hesitantly grabbed his suitcase and exited the car shutting the door behind him. "Enjoy your new life Shinji" Gendo said to him just before he sped away.
DDDDDDDDDD Gaston's House
Gaston had been a crime lord in his prime. In Europe the news and police referred to him as the Gray Fox because of his gray hair that he had since birth. His elaborate crimes often left the police force puzzled on how he pulled it off. When he felt his body begin to tire he moved to Japan where he would be unheard of. He moved to the very tip of Shiretoko so he could be with nature and live next to the sea. When the angel hit Japan and Shiretoko was turned into a wasteland he fell into crime again. He mugged people on the streets, broke into homes, and robbed stores for years until he eventually he bit off more than he could chew. One day he was holding up a liquor store that just happened to be protected by the Iron Monkeys, a gang made up of kung fu masters from China. It didn't take any more than two to beat him to a pulp.
On his way back from dragging himself back to his home he came across Judas. He was holding a knife in his hand and his white shirt was covered in blood. He took Judas back to his home and adopted him as soon as Judas told him he was now an orphan. A year later they came across Tsujido just as they had Shinji. He was curled up against a brick wall covered in cuts and bruises. When they took him back home and bandages his body Gaston found disturbing evidence that pointed to sexual abuse. They did not ask Tsujido any questions after that, and eventually Tsujido began to open up and became the happy hyper child he is today.
After two days of bed rest Shinji was miraculously healed. Gaston commented,
"Kid you healed deep knife wounds, surgery scars, and that cut you got below your eye. That has to be some kind of magic." Shinji shrugged telling Gaston he did not know the origin of his power. "You said you wanted to get stronger right? Well this ability you have will have great uses in the future. If you take advantage of the training I offer you then you will have the skills to kill him and anyone fucking dumb enough to get in your way. You will be an unstoppable force boy." Shinji liked the sound of that.
"Yes, that is what I want. Teach me I want that strength!" said Shinji.
"Good" grinned Gaston. "We will start right now; you should be ready in a few years. You, Judas, and Tsu all together will have Purgatory at its knees. We'll start right away."
That is how it began, dawn till dusk Gaston would train the three boys in marksman ship, knife handling, and sword fighting. They would only switch to regular schooling every two days to keep their minds sharp learning foreign languages such as French, German, and Italian, completing complex math problems, computer science, chemistry, shop class, and Shinji's favorite History. At the end of the day Gaston would go off to bed and the boys of to their bed. The boys shared this bed for a few years cuddling up close to share body heat.
Shinji by this time could retract his wings and tail into his body at will and during his marksmanship training Shinji realized his new power. He noticed whenever he concentrated hard enough on one spot on the board a hole would automatically appear following a large noise. He could make a mental bullet and shoot it at whatever he was staring at. Shinji dubbed this new power his mind bullet and started training it whenever he could. After a lot of practice Shinji found his current limit to be one shot a day. His family was impressed with his new found skill.
After two years of training there Gaston took what remained of his money and took the boys traveling with him to different countries to visit his former allies in the crime world. Their first destination was Harbin, China where Gaston led the boys over the Da Hinggan Ling mountain range where Gaston's old friend Gang Bo lived. When he retired from his life as a Chinese crime lord he moved to his new home behind the mountain to teach Kung Fu to whoever came to him.
While Gaston and Gang Bo talked about old times the boys practiced the basics that Gang Bo had taught them. Gang Bo knew very little Japanese but he would often speak to the boys with what little he knew.
"Lift leg higher motherfucka! Break board now whore! You stop I snap neck!" he often shouted. Whenever their form was sloppy Gang Bo would shout, "No don't do that, I no teaching that shit! Try harder!" But despite the screaming, cursing, and death threats the boys had a lot of fun training with Gang Bo and began calling him uncle. While living under his roof Gang Bo insisted the boys learn Mandarin
After dark when his brothers Tsu and Judas would eat with Gaston and Gang Bo, Shinji would step out to the woods and practice his mind bullet and try to fly with his wings. Shinji's mind bullet capacity increased over the past years and he could now fire three in one day. With his wings now fully grown and strengthened Shinji could now fly in the air with no problem. After staying with Gang Bo for a year and a half Gaston felt it was time to go.
"You guys did good. Learned Kung Fu quick. Real quick. Now you go and kick asses." Gang Bo said to the boys as they left. "And no step on my flower bed motherfucka, I just plant that shit!" Gang Bo called after them. Sadly the boys left with Gaston back to Harbin to the airport to go to their next destination.
DDDDDDDD 6 years later (At Gaston's house)
Shinji (15)
Tsujido (17)
Judas (18)
"Boys" said the sickly Gaston as he lay on his deathbed. "You have grown up to be men, your training is complete. Your tattoos are a symbol of your sprouting into your new identities. Shinji it is time you shed your old life and embraced your new one with a new name. From now on your name will be Darkwings. With your pitch black wings you will soar to the sky and balance the world like you were sent to do."
"Darkwings?" scoffed Shinji. "That name sucks! (what my brother said)"
"Shut your filthy friggin mouth! It is a good name you bastard! (me)" shouted Gaston.
"Yeah, whatever it is still stupid! It sounds cheesy as if it is supposed to be really scary" (bro) said Shinji.
"My dying wish is for you to take that name." Gaston wheezed.
"Ok then" sighed Shinji. Tsujido piped up,
"What about my new name?" Gaston shrugged,
"You are a boy named Tsu, deal with it. Now boys listen closely in the new lives you've chosen you have to follow one strict rule: never get too attached to one person, that goes double for women. Every woman I have ever loved has been killed; don't make the same mistake I did. Don't let them get too close to you. When I die I want to be buried in the field were we trained so much and grew together as a family." Gaston reached into his pajama pocket and pulled out a key. "Before you leave this house however I want you to open up the chest I have in the attic, in there I have left some presents for you." Gaston let out a loud yawn. "Alright, that's enough of my yammering. All of you go off to bed. If I don't see you all tomorrow know that I love you all like my real sons." Darkwings, Judas, and Tsu all went to bed. During the night Gaston passed away in his sleep.
The next morning Darkwings dressed Gaston in his best suit and with Judas and Tsu's help buried him in the ground. None of them shed a tear for him. Gaston had taught them to shed their emotions and become stronger with each new event in their lives. They went into the attic where the trunk was and unlocked it using the key. Inside were three swords with each of their names engraved in them. Attached to the hilt of each sword was a small note, Darkwings's read: Dear son, I hope you like your gift, it is a trustworthy blade that will never cut its owner. It should serve you well. -Gaston P.S. to shut her up put the blade in the sheath." Darkwings walked down the steps to the front door with his brothers close behind him.
"What now?" Tsu asked?
"Where taking Purgatory" Darkwings answered stepping out of the door.
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Alrighty. That was my sixth chapter. I hope you liked it. I wrote how Shinji visited one of Gaston's friends to give the idea that over the years his powers were gradually growing. I chose China to learn Kung Fu because I plan to have him bust out some martial arts and I wanted a back story for that. I plan to tell more about where they went for training in future chapters. I plan on referring to Shinji as Darkwings from now on in the story just to give a heads up for anyone who skipped ahead in my story to see the lemons. For those that did you won't have to wait anymore next chapter is going to have some. Thank you for all those who sent reviews and everybody who has checked out this story so far.