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Shinji Ikari stood at a phone booth. " We're sorry, due to the special state of emergency, all power is off line. We're sorry due to…"
Shinji hung up the phone. Shinji sighed as he looked down at the photo of the raven haired woman posing in the photo, her first two fingers spread into a v.
" Maybe I should fine a shelter?" he asked himself. Suddenly a blue haired girl with red eyes appeared in the middle of the street, then disappeared just as quickly. Shinji fell in surprise as U.N VTOLS flew over head, firing missiles at a large bipedal creature. The missiles seemed to impact some kind of orange force field, the back lash of the high yield explosives in the missiles hit Shinji like a hammer, knocking him back. A loud noise drew his attention as a one of the VTOLS was grabbed by the creature and thrown to the ground, then promptly stomped on.
" Get in!" a voice shouted. Shinji looked up and scrambled into the car as it sped off in the opposite direction.
" Was I real late?" she asked. Shinji looked over at the raven haired woman from the post card sitting next to him. He shook his quietly, afraid to speak. Shinji had a hard time with other people, he felt he always found away to push them away. He was also very shy, and this also hampered him with interpersonal relationships.
" My name is Misato Katsuragi ." she said, still trying to engage him in conversation.
" Shinji Ikari." he said meekly, his tone making it sound as though he didn't want to talk. Misato noticed this and obliged. Great Shinji thought to himself Another first impression gone wrong. Why cant I do anything right? He sighed dejectedly and looked out the window. Looking out the car window, he noticed something strange, all the aircraft seemed to be retreating from the creature.
" Umm Miss Katsuragi, why are the VTOLS leaving?"
" Huh?.. Shit! N2 Mine!" She leapt over and covered Shinji's body with her own as the N2 mine exploded and the shock wave caught and flipped the car.
Geo Front. Stasis chamber.
A young boy of 14 opened his eyes. He looked around confusedly and saw he was in some kind of medical lab. This confused him even more, as his last memory was of being stabbed and killed by his best friend during their activation test. The boys name was Michael Ryobi. He was still getting his bearings when a door opened behind him.
" you're awake." said a cold voice behind him. That voice sent chills down his spine. Ryobi turned to see a man with black hair and cold expressionless eyes covered by tinted glasses appraising him. The way the man looked at him made him feel small. And he didn't like it.
" Who are you?" he asked. The man smiled in response.
Misato's car.
Shinji and Misato pushed on the car until it rolled back on to all fours.
" Well that wasn't to bad was it?" she asked then moaned as she saw the true sate of the car.
" Damn it, I only had 54 payments left!" she wailed as she got in. the two continued down the road as Misato made a phone call.
" Do you have your paper work and I.D Card?" she asked Shinji. He nodded as he pulled the appropriate documents out of his bag.
" Good then read this." she said handing him a booklet emblazoned with welcome to NERV.
" NERV, my fathers organization, will I be working for them?" he asked. Misato nodded as she drove. He sighed and began to read. Figures the bastard didn't want to see me, he probably only has a use for me. But maybe… he sighed again. All he ever wanted was his fathers love after his mothers death. Instead he received rejection and uncaring. It left broken and introverted. Misato pulled into a garage and the floor began ,moving as the car was taken down to the Geo front. Shinji gasped with amazement at the sight. " Cool!" he said. Misato was smiling, happy the sight had broken his shell a bit.
" Yea, it's real live geo front, this is where NERV's secret headquarters is." she said enthusiastically. Shinji was too busy gaping at the beauty of the front to respond.
Soon the ride came to end and the pair began making their way through the base to command bridge, after about thirty minutes however, it became apparent she was lost.
" Damn, I knew I should studied the layout better." she muttered to her self. A door opened and woman with blonde hair walked out.
" Lost again Misato?"
" Ritsuko! Yea, I'm sorry. I'm still trying to figure out the layout of this place."
" It's all right. We need to get him to the cages now. The Angel is on the move." The two followed Ritsuko to the elevator and began their decent. The elevator stopped and the trio stepped out into a pitch black room.
" this is the synthetic human Evangelion." Said the woman called Ritsuko. Shinji fell in surprise as the lights came on. Before stood a large purple and green behemoth with a horn on its head and two malevolent eyes.
" Hello, its been awhile." said a voice from the other side of the room. Shinji looked over to see the man who abandoned him all those years ago. Smiling at him. Ritsuko spoke up
" Shinji we need you to pilot it." she said. Shinji ignored her. Instead he stared at the man before him as a torrent of hurt and pain and hope tore though him.
" Why did you call me father?" he asked. Hoping against hope it was because his father wanted him back in his life, that he was no longer a screw up.
" Because I have a use for you." was all he replied, smirking at his son. Shinji was defeated. He had lost everything in that moment.
" No." he said.
" What?" asked Gendo
" I said NO! I wont pilot it." Shinji screamed at his father.
Gendo looked at his son for a moment.
" you're just as useless as I thought you were." He pressed a button on the wall.
" Sub-Commander, the spare is useless send for Rei."
" Rei? Can she pilot it in her condition?"
" She's not dead." was all Gendo replied. Within minutes a young woman with blue hair was wheeled in on a gurney. Shinji could tell she was injured badly, suddenly the building shook and debris fell right toward her. Sprinting forward he sought to cover her with hid body to protect her. The purple Evangelion known as unit one eyes lit up and its hand moved, covering both from the falling debris.
Shinji held her in his arms as she winced in pain. He felt a warm liquid on his hand and lifted it to see her blood running down his arm. She winced once more and whimpered from the pain.
" Shhh, it's okay, I wont let them hurt you." Glaring up to his father he said. " Fine I'll pilot it. Just tell me how."
Ritsuko began briefing him on the basic operations of the Eva as he climbed into the plug. He settled in the plug seat and the hatch way sealed. Misato said " Good luck, Shinji." before the hatch closed. He felt the plug rotate around him as it inserted into the Evangelion. The plug began to fill with a orangish liquid that had a metallic smell to it.
" Hey!" he freaked " what is this shit!"
" It's LCL. Don't worry its oxygen rich and breathable."
Shinji nodded and began to inhale the strange liquid. Lights began to fill the cockpit as the activation began.
" Third barrier passed, approaching border line." Said lieutenant Hyuga. " Border line passed, all appears normal. Synch ratio holding at 50%" he reported.
" That's impressive." said Ritsuko " It took Rei four tries to synch with Unit 00. All right. Initiate launch sequence."
" Evangelion LAUNCH!" shouted Misato. Shinji felt the g-forces take hold as he rocketed up the chute to the awaiting angel. The bolts holding the EVA to the launcher released and the Eva slumped forward. Suddenly a beam of light flared out form the angel, smashing into unit one and throwing it through buildings. Before shinji could react, the Angel had unit one by the head and began ramming its emery spike though its head. Shinji screamed out in pain, it was too much and he passed out.
" EVA ahs shut down ma'am!" reported Shigeru
" What! Yelled Misato." The Eva sat there against the building. Then the one remaining eye lit up and the Eva surged to it's feet roaring in blind rage.
" It's reactivated ma'am!"
" Berserker" Ritsuko whispered.
Gendo smirked beneath his tented hands. It's becoming aware.
From then on the Battle took on a hellish appearance. The angel attempted to grab unit 01 again, but unit 01 was to fast, it grabbed the arm and ripped it off with amazing strength spraying its blood everywhere. The Angel roared in pain and punched unit 01 in the stomach, sending it crashing into another building. Unit 01's roar of rage shattered glass for miles around and shook the earth as it once more charged the angel as it tried to regenerate. Unit 01 grabbed the angels remaining arm and kicked it in the chest, slamming it to the ground. Before the Angel could move the Eva leaped onto it and began to drive punishing punches to its face, completely rearranging it.
The Angel regenerated it's arm and tried to grab Unit 01, but Unit 01 was to quick and ripped the arm off again and used it to impale the Angel. Realizing its defeat was in inevitable, the angle exposed it's core and detonated. Every one on the bridge was silent when they saw the image of unit one striding out of the fire.
Shinji awoke a day later in the hospital with Misato and boy his age next to him. They both smiled when he woke. The boy spoke first, " Good to see you're okay, I just wanted to say hello and meet the person I'm to be living with. If you'll excuse me, I have some things to attend to." with that he got up and left.
" who was that Misato?" Shinji asked.
" His name is Michael Ryobi. He's a pilot like you, I was just informed today that you two will be staying with me." she answered. Shinji nodded in response. The young man had seemed friendly enough to him.
" When can we leave?"
" Right now if you like, your things have already been delivered. Though the commander wants a de-brief before you go." He nodded again and watched Misato leave to allow him some privacy to change.
As he got up, he noticed he wasn't the only one in the room. The same blue haired girl called Rei was in there too, though she appeared to be sleeping. Even under the bandages he could tell she beautiful. He blushed deeply and hurriedly changed and left the room to go to the commanders de brief, feeling uncomfortable.