(AN: Thank you for the reviews, I met to get this out over the weekend but I got busy. Please review!!)
Neon Genesis Z
Genesis: 18
Trunks Down!
NERV HQ's Command Center was busy, the techs were typing commands in there keyboards and making phone calls. They knew an angel was responsible for the explosion. Commander Ikari ordered for a first stage alert. The pilots were retrieved from school and loaded into there Evangelions. Trunks entered the command center.
"Status of the test facility?" Trunks asked.
"Communications are down sending emergency teams to Matsushiro." Aoba said.
"Send the Eva's outside Matsushiro." Commander Ikari said.
"Air transport to Matsushiro will go on 20." Maya said.
The Eva's were loaded on there air transports and headed to Matsushiro. Aoba spoke up.
"Enemy on visual." Aoba said.
"Put it on the screen." Commander Ikari said.
Aoba typed in the command to place the video feed on the big screen. What they saw shocked them. It was Evangelion Unit-03.
"An Eva?" Trunks asked.
"That is Unit-03, Re-classify Unit 3 as the 13th Angel." Commander Ikari said.
"Status on the pilot?" Sub Commander Fuyski asked.
"Bio reading are not reading steady might be interference, but I would assume he is not alive." Aoba said.
"Understood, we must accept the loss of Unit-03, send the battle update to the pilots." Commander Ikari said.
The tech uploaded the battle information for the pilots.
"Where is Misato?" Shinji asked.
"Communications are still down at Matasushiro, commander Ikari will handle the operation." Rei said over the radio.
Shinji was nervous about his father commanding this operation.
"We need Misato." Shinji said.
"Shinji I'm sure she is fine." Trunks said.
"Enemy in visual range of the Evangelions." Maya said.
Shinji looked at his view screen ahead of him he saw Evangelion Unit 03.
"Is that the Angel?" Shinji asked.
"Correct that is your enemy." Commander Ikari said.
"But it is an Eva, is there a pilot inside?" Shinji asked.
"It doesn't matter, that is your enemy destroy it." Commander Ikari said.
Shinji just sat back for a moment and thought.
"I bet there a pilot inside, a kid just like me."
"I wonder who the pilot is." Shinji said out loud.
"You idiot you still don't who the pilot is, the pilot of Unit-03 is.. AHHHHHH" Asuka said she was cut off.
"Unit 2 is down pilot ejected, rescue teams are on there way." Aoba said.
Trunks headed out of the command center and headed to one of the launch bays.
"Captain what are you doing on the launch pad?" Maya asked.
"Lt. please launch me, I will go assist them in combat, if the pilot is still inside I'm going to help him." Trunks ordered.
Maya looked at the commander.
"Do as he says." Commander Ikari said.
Maya typed in a few commands and launched Trunks up to the surface. Once Trunks was clear on the surface he headed to the combat area.
"The enemy is heading in Eva-00 direction." Hyuga said.
"Rei, stop the enemy." Commander Ikari said.
"Yes sir." Rei said.
Rei stood in position, she heard the Eva coming. She decided to wait till walk pass so she can get the jump on the Angel. The Eva/Angel walked by like it didn't even notice her. Once it got into the position she wanted it to she decided to make a move. Before she was able to make her move the Eva stopped and started twitching, Rei stopped her attack and waited to see what the Eva does. The Eva jump up in the air, flip backwards on top of Unit-00.
The Eva/Angel then proceeded to inject some of itself into the arm of Unit-00 hoping it would take control on this Eva as well. Rei screamed in pain from the Angel merging with Unit-00.
"Bio contamination in the left arm of Unit-00." Maya said.
"Severe the left arm." Commander Ikari ordered.
"Sir the pilot is still connected to the nerve endings." Maya said.
"Cut it off!" Commander Ikari said.
"Yes sir." Maya said unpleased with what was told to her.
She typed in a few commands into the console and the left arm of Unit-00 popped off. Rei screamed even in more pain since she was still connected. The Eva was startled and backed off the Eva, it was satisfied with the damage and continued towards Toyko 3. Soon it was in the view screen of Shinji and Eva-01.
"Pilot Ikari destroy this Angel." Commander Ikari said.
Shinji didn't know if the pilot was still inside. He didn't want to kill the human being trapped in there if there was one. When the Angel got into range it jumped in the air and kicked Eva 01 down. Shinji got his bears and looking at the angel is was on all 4 fours ready to strike again. He looked at the Entry Plug that was sticking out of the back.
"There is a pilot in there, I knew it." Shinji said.
The angel launched its right arm, the angel was able to extend the limbs of the Eva. It grabbed a hold of Unit-01. Then it launched its other arm. It was now choking the life out of Eva-01 and the pilot inside. It pushed Eva-01 up against the side of a hill and continued with its choking tactic.
In the command center Commander Ikari was furious that Eva-01 was not attacking back.
"Pilot what is wrong I said destroy that angel." Commander Ikari said.
"I can't, the pilot is still inside." Shinji said.
"It doesn't matter destroy our enemy." Commander Ikari said.
"I can't kill another human being, we need to help him if we can." Shinji said.
The commander stood up and slammed his hand on his desk.
"Damn it, cut off the connection from the pilot to the Eva, restart using the dummy plug system." Commander Ikari said.
"Sir the system hasn't been approved by Dr. Akagi yet!" Maya said.
"Do it! Its better then the current pilot." Commander Ikari said.
"Yes sir." Maya said.
She typed in commands to the console. Soon Shinji felt the connection release from the Eva. Next he heard some clicks and the systems started to run. He looked over and saw something called "Dummy Plug System Activated."
"FATHER WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!" Shinji yelled.
Shinji felt the Eva come to life. The Eva reached for the neck of the Angel/Eva. It grabbed on and broke the neck of the Angel/Eva, the limbs of the angel went limp. Eva-01 stood up still holding the by the neck, then it proceed to pick up the Angel/Eva and slammed it on the ground. Evangelion Unit 01 began punching and tearing the angel/eva up. In the command center everyone but Commander Ikari was disgusted at what they saw. Unit-01 tore the angel/eva to pieces. Blood and Limbs everywhere, in the entry plug on Unit-01 Shinji tried to stop the Eva.
"STOP, STOP, STOP!!, FATHER! STOP THIS THING!!!" Shinji yelled.
Commander Ikari ignored his son's request.
Trunks got to the combat area just when Eva-01 held Eva-03 Entry Plug. Trunks had a feeling Shinji was no longer in control, the energy from Unit-01 was different it felt like Rei. Trunks charged up an energy just enough to get Eva-01 attention and hopefully drop the entry plug. The blast hit Unit-01's hand, Unit-01 dropped the entry plug and step back. Shinji look in the direction of the blast, there is saw Trunks floating in the air, his face full of disgust. Shinji switched on the outside speaker.
"Trunks get away from here I don't have control of the Eva, my father is controlling it from headquarters." Shinji said.
Unit-01 was lining up to punch the entry plug from Unit-03, Trunks with his super speed got in the path of the punch, he pushed the entry plug away from the impact area. Unit-01 missed both Trunks and the entry plug again. It rawr'd. Trunks knew he needed to get Touji out of the plug, he rolled over the plug to the entry hatch and opened it with the emergency release.
"Touji are you alright?" Trunks asked.
Touji was unconscious. Trunks shook Touji. Touji opened his eyes.
"Trunks?" Touji asked.
"Yea man, I got to get you out of here, Unit-01 is berserk can you walk preferable run?" Trunks asked.
Touji moved his legs and nodded. Trunks helped Touji out of the entry plug. Inside Unit-01 saw Trunks remove a body from the entry plug. He zoomed in on the entry plug, it was Touji getting out of the Entry plug. Unit-01 was still howling and noticed the two trying to get away, it picked up it's foot to smash down on them. Trunks noticed it.
"Touji hang on we going to get out of here." Trunks said.
Touji held on to Trunks. When Trunks was about to take off to the air, he felt something sticky attach itself to him, it was holding him back. A piece of the angel was still alive. Trunks couldn't move.
"Let go Touji I can't move you got to get away from here." Trunks said.
"LOOK OUT!" Touji yelled.
Trunks saw the foot of Unit-01 coming down he pushed Touji out of the way. Touji went flying back into a tree, the force knocked him unconscious. Trunks turned around to block the foot. Unit-01's foot came crashing down on him. The force of it threw Trunks down. It made a indent. Unit-01 quickly began punching Trunks, Trunks had no time to react, and he was soon unconscious. Eva-01 punched and punched Trunks.
"FATHER PLEASE STOP IT!!! YOU'RE KILLING HIM!" Shinji said.
Commander Ikari stood there grinning.
"Sir, are you gong to stop this, the angel/eva is dead." Aoba said.
"Turn off the dummy plug, send rescue teams to the site, mission accomplished." Commander Ikari said.
The Eva stopped its assault on Trunks. It's fist rested on Trunks's body. Retrieval teams got onsite to get the pilots and the Eva's. Maya spoke over the radio.
"Communications restored at Matsushiro." Maya said.
Misato spoke up.
"Shinji are you there?" Misato asked.
Heard over the communications what happen, she was horrified at what she heard.
"Misato, I did something horrible, I didn't mean too I, I had not control, it was my father he did it." Shinji said.
"I know Shinji, I wanted to tell you who the pilot was." Misato said.
"I know it is Touji, Trunks rescued him when everyone else didn't even try." Shinji said.
"Is Trunks ok?" Misato asked.
"No, he is under the Eva's fist, he got stuck in some sticky substance he saved Touji, the Eva kept punching him, he is probably dead." Shinji said.
Misato got upset when she heard that. How could the commander let that happen?
The connections were put back in place so Shinji can return the Eva to HQ.
"Return to base pilot." Commander Ikari said.
Shinji moved the arm of the Eva. A retrieval team member spoke up.
"Captain Trunks is still alive, we are bringing him in. He is badly hurt." The team member said.
Shinji looked up and saw the team pull Trunks out of the hole. He was horrified what he saw. Trunks was all torn up blood everywhere, he look like he was barely breathing.
"Shinji are you there respond." Misato.
Shinji just screamed. He felt that he hurt the one person that was ever nice to him and not fake about. He will never forgive his father he thought.
"Shinji please bring the Eva back to headquarters we can talk there." Misato said.
Shinji didn't respond he followed his orders to bring the Eva back but he was determined to get an answer from his father and he wasn't leaving the Eva till he did.
The other pilots were recovered. Asuka was a bit bruised up due the ejection, Rei also. They were being brought back to headquarters when they heard about Trunks. Asuka cried. Rei didn't understand why she was, but she thought she felt said. She didn't really know Trunks but felt a connection to him on some level which she didn't understand yet. She also thought about her date with Shinji and if that is going to happen now. She brought herself to speak up to Asuka.
"Are you alright Asuka?" Rei asked.
Asuka didn't respond but she heard Rei, she was surprised that she used her first name instead of 'Pilot Soryu'.
"I am unaccustomed to these situations, I'm not sure what to say." Rei said.
"You never tried to comfort someone that was upset?" Asuka asked
"No I have not, are you upset about Captain Trunks?" Rei said.
Asuka should have known the answer to that question.
"Yes I am." Asuka said.
"Please tell me why, I feel sad but I don't know how to react." Rei said.
"I was close to him, when you are close to someone and they get hurt you get upset it is quite normal." Asuka said.
"I see then I'm upset, because Shinji is hurt." Rei said.
"Shinji is hurt?" Asuka asked.
"Yes he is, it might not be physically but emotionally he is hurt." Rei said.
Asuka nodded.
"You really do care for him?" Asuka asked.
"Yes I do." Rei said.
"Asuka I think Trunks will be fine he is extraordinary." Rei said.
Asuka cracked smiled, she knew Rei was right.
"He sure is." Asuka said.
The rest of the trip was quiet.
Meanwhile at NERV HQ Evangelion Unit 01 was secured in its cage, the problem that the command center was having was removing the pilot.
"Shinji if the commander didn't take over you could have been killed." Maya said.
"That is not the point, my father tried to kill Touji and Trunks using my hands." Shinji said, his voice was monotone.
"Shinji come on both Touji and Trunks are alive that is better then nothing." Hyuga said.
"That is not the point, don't push me damn it! I have 1 minute 30 seconds of power in the battery pack that is enough to destroy least half of headquarters. I want my father to say something. FATHER!! I know you are there say something." Shinji said.
Commander Ikari stood up from his chair.
"Increase the LCL pressure by 60." Commander Ikari said.
"Sir?" Maya said.
Commander Ikari didn't say anything. Maya typed in a few commands. Shinji still in the entry plug heard something turn on.
"I still have a direct nerve connection!" Shinji said.
The pressure inside the entry plug was too much for Shinji to handle he blacked out. The entry plug was removed from the Eva. Shinji awoke to people pulling out of the entry plug. He started to thrash about kicking and punching best he could. Doctors came down and injected him with a sedative, he was soon asleep.
Touji and Trunks arrived at the hospital. Touji wasn't badly injured they placed him in the room to rest and be monitor for any aftereffects from being close to an angel. Trunks however was placed in an intensive care chamber to recover from his wounds, the doctors looking at the damage were amazed there was no broken bones, but Trunks suffered from serious internal damage which surprisingly healing itself.
Commander Ikari entered the room with the doctors that were examining Trunks.
"Status?" Commander Ikari asked.
"Its amazing commander, despite the Eva's attack the young boy has no broken bones, but he has severe internal damage which is healing. I assume it would be his alien half of him that is the main factor in this healing." The doctor said.
"Interesting, please conduct a blood test and DNA test forward the materials to Dr. Akagi." Commander Ikari said.
The doctor raised his eyebrow.
"What about Captain Trunks?" The doctor asked.
"Attend to his wounds like you would any other, I have what I want from him." Commander Ikari said.
The doctor nodded. Commander Ikari walked out of the room headed for his office with a grin on his face.
At another wing in the hospital Asuka and Rei were waiting for Misato to come and release them from the hospital. They were out in the hallway when they over heard the doctors talk about what happen to Shinji.
"That baka! Why did he have to fly off the handle like that?" Asuka asked.
"He did what he thought was right." Rei said.
"Maybe, I can tell you that he won't be able to talk himself out of this." Asuka said.
Rei didn't' say anything she was dealing with what she was feeling. Asuka just stood there in silence. Misato walked a few minutes later, her arm was in a sling and had a head bandage on.
"Misato what happen?" Asuka asked.
"My arm was fractured during the explosion, and I have a mild concussion." Misato said.
"Is Ritsuko alright?" Asuka asked.
"She is good just a few bumps and bruises, did you hear about Shinji?" Misato said.
"Yea we heard, did you hear about Trunks and Touji?" Asuka asked.
"Trunks is in intensive care, Touji is resting in a room." Misato said.
"How bad is it Misato?" Asuka said.
"He is badly injured has a lot of internal injuries, he has no broken bones but the doctors say he is healing well. I guess it is because being half saiyan it helps." Misato said.
Asuka just started sobbing. Misato put her arm around her.
"He will be ok Asuka." Misato said.
Asuka nodded. Misato took Rei and Asuka to get released.
In the one recovery room, Touji woke up he didn't recognize the room he was in. He looked around a bit and saw medical equipment.
"Am I in the same hospital as Sakura." Touji said to him self.
He look over to his right, there is saw Shinji laying in bed resting.
"Hey why is Shinji here." Touji thought.
Touji went back to sleep. In the intensive care room that Trunks was staying, Trunks was dreaming.
Trunks stood on a beach, everything around him was destroyed, and the water was red like blood. Trunks knew that this wasn't a dream.
"I know this isn't a dream you can come out now." Trunks said.
A woman appeared. She looked a lot like Rei.
"Hello Trunks." The woman said.
"Why am I here again?" Trunks asked.
"To talk." The woman said.
"Talk about what?" Trunks asked.
"What will happen to this world if you don't stop it." The woman said.
"You mean Third Impact?" Trunks asked.
"Yes." The woman said.
"I understand if something comes into contact with Adam, third impact will happen." Trunks said.
"No, Adam plays only a part. Man will be the responsible party." The woman said.
"How so?" Trunks asked.
"They will merge Adam and Lilith." The woman said.
"That will cause third impact? Why would they want this?" Trunks asked.
"Humans are complicated creatures, but higher powers see them as the ones that should live and grow." The woman said.
"So what am I suppose to do?" Trunks said.
"Save them from there destruction." The woman said.
"I plan on doing that." Trunks said.
"I know, I want to make sure you understand the severity of the situation." The woman said.
"I understand perfectly." Trunks said.
The woman smiled.
"Something funny?" Trunks asked.
"You are much like your father Prince Trunks." The woman said.
"My father how do you know him?" Trunks asked.
"I know of him, I'm a divine power I know a lot of things, your saiyan race has always been watched." The woman said.
"Is that so?" Trunks said.
"It is, you are superior to humans and angels, it is why I picked you. You are like your father you have honor and a sense of pride that can only come from a royal blood line it is why I picked you." The woman said.
"Why didn't you pick my father?" Trunks asked.
"You feel pain and emotion." The woman said.
"You're saying my father doesn't?" Trunks asked.
"Your father feels it differently, you are half human you understand it better." The woman said.
"Maybe I do." Trunks said.
There was a moment of silence.
"Is that all?" Trunks asked.
"Yes we will talk again." The woman said.
Trunks just stood there thinking.
The next day Touji woke up, he felt someone or something holding his hand. He looked over to see who it was. He saw Hikari holding his hand. He returned the hold.
"Hey." Touji said.
"Oh Touji I'm glad you are alright."
"I'm alright just a little banged up, Trunks saved my life." Touji said.
"I know, the nurses wouldn't let me come in since I wasn't family I said it was for school business." Hikari said.
Touji smiled.
"Oh just for school business?" Touji said.
Hikari smiled back.
"Hey I have to use that class rep power somehow." Hikari said.
"I think Shinji is behind you." Touji said.
"They took him out of the room this morning." Hikari said.
"What happen to him." Touji asked.
"I'm not 100 sure. I know they took him out in handcuffs." Hikari said.
"That isn't good." Touji said.
"I know." Hikari said.
"Can you see if you can see my sister and tell her I'm ok." Touji said.
"I will, is there anything else I can do for you Touji?" Hikari asked.
"Thanks but I am good for now." Touji said.
"I will see you a little later Touji you get some rest." Hikari said.
Touji smiled and closed his eyes, he was soon asleep. Hikari walked out of the room.
(AN: Trunks is in recovery, Shinji is arrested, Gendo has Saiyan DNA samples, what could happen? Stay tune to the next chapter Genesis 19: Down Time. Please review!!!)