I DON'T OWN ANYTHING.
"Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time." -H.P Lovecraft
Chapter Three: Deep Seas Fishing.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Asuka roared at her CO/Guardian. She had been fuming ever since Rei saved her from the atomic blast that killed the angel an hour ago, mainly due to something "stealing her kill."
Misato sighs and says "What attacked use was the same thing that launched by boat at us when we left the Marine Research Facility. Officially we have no idea what the hell it is. But…"
"But what Misato?! Spill it!" Asuka growled at Misato.
"…According the MAGI, it's both highly radioactive and has DNA similar to that to a dinosaur." Misato finished her explanation.
Meanwhile at the NERV Infirmary, Rei as sitting next to a sleeping Shinji Ikari who was asleep from both the exhaustion of handling the eighth angel by himself and some medicine Ritsuko had given him to flush out any radiation he could've been exposed to by being near the atomic blast.
"What is this I am feeling?' Rei asks herself "I felt something similar to this when I saved Pilot Shikinami. Is this relief? Is this what you felt when you helped me when we defeated the sixth angel?'
Rei then remembers the aftermath when she smiled at Shinji for the first time, after which the two of them began to share a bond of some sort. Some would question if Rei has any grasp on friendship since she seemed to have no emotions what so ever but for the past few weeks Rei was actually enjoying being in Shinji's presence and was showing legitimate emotions slightly if one takes a careful look.
Shinji then began to stir as he wakes up groggily, only to hiss in pain of his slightly burned hands. He then turned to see Rei coming to his side in a split second.
"Your hands suffered some burns and you are still experiencing the side effects of the medication Doctor Akagi has given you. You must rest for now." Rei told her companion.
"Uggh I feel like crap. So you have any idea what took out the angel? I mean it can't be an Eva since there was no AT Field." Shinji asks Rei.
"I am not sure. From what I was told in the debriefing, it's some kind of creature that also attacked that survey ship that almost caused us to crash a few days ago. And from what kind of beam I've seen, it's similar to the Positron Rifle that killed the sixth angle." Rei explained as she remembered how the unknown attacker used an attack similar to how they killed the sixth angle Ramiel.
"That's bad, so does Misato or my father have a plan to figure out what're we going to do?" Shinji asks.
"Actually I do!" A familiar voice said as both turned to see Misato enter along with Ritsuko.
"Major. Doctor." Rei addresses her superiors with respect.
"Rei I told you to call me Misato when we're not in battle." Misato said to Rei as she honestly not a fan to be constantly addressed as a big military type.
"Yes Ma-Misato." Rei corrected as somehow it felt right to address the purple haired woman as such.
"Anyways, your dad wants us to take care of that thing as something that's attacking both humans and angels is obviously something we must take care of. Plus that's last location is a few kilometers from our shores, meaning it could come back to attack at any time." Misato explained to situation to Shinji.
"So what's the plan?' Shinji asks.
"Simple: we're going to hunt this thing where it lives." Misato puts it bluntly.
"Seriously?! But that means only Rei Asuka are up against this thing?!" Shinji asks in shock.
"Not to worry. We're equipping them with specially D-Type equipment that'll help the Evas swim and be more resistant towards the radiation that this creature is emitting." Ritsuko tried to calm down the Third Child.
"But I can't just stand here while Rei and Asuka are in danger!" Shinji countered.
"Shinji is truly worried about me?" Rei said in her head as Shinji's genuine concern for her.
Misato smirks slightly as she's proud how far Shinji has gone since he first arrived to NERV. "If it makes it feel better, you'll be coming with us, though you gotta relax a bit since those meds are pretty strong. So think of this as vacation!"
"When do we start the mission?" Rei asks.
"At the crack of dawn so I need all of you the rest up here to make things easier." Misato
answers.
The next day, several miles from the Japanese shoreline and several fathoms below…
Godzilla was resting from using a significant amount of his radiation to take out the eighth angel, so he decided to get new radiation via earth's thermal vents. With that said Godzilla was also planning on a way to ambush the false angels humanity has created. Despite appearing as a dinosaur, Godzilla's intelligence can be compared to Orcas or even apes as he has learned how humanity and angels behave on a basic level. And with humanity, all they do is just make better weapons to cause destruction, something he had over 60 years of experience to back that up.
It was then the kaiju smelled the scent of the false angels above him, he knew the humans would try to hunt him like they did 60 years ago, but he has learned that humans are very blunt and attack head on, so Godzilla has a strategy to put humanity in its place.
Meanwhile on the ocean surface, NERV was ready to hunt down the creature that killed the eighth angel and almost killed their pilots. Rei and Asuka are already in their Eva's equipped with an updated version of the D-Type equipment as the original was far too bulky (plus Misato is afraid of what happened if Asuka would see her Eva in the original D-Type gear). So now the two Evas stand ready to dive on the Eva ocean carrier while Misato, Shinji, Ritsuko, and Maya stand in the command center of the NERV battleship.
"Okay you two, the new D-Type will help you move easier in the water like you are on land and you two have different abilities with them Asuka you're equipped with more offensive capabilities including heat sensors, a special underwater missile launcher that can lock on to its target, and a Prog-Harpoon to go with it. With you Rei; Rits here gave you more defensive gear such as motion trackers, ink grenades, sonar, a Geiger counter, and a Prog-Pistol. Both of you need to watch each other's back as your visibility is very limited in the LCL contaminated ocean water plus if your Eva's D-Type equipment gets too damages, the MAGI placed a failsafe that's eject you up to the surface immediately. Plus with the added power sources from the D-Type, you have only two hours of power. Any questions?" Misato briefed the pilots.
"Yeah, when do we start?" Asuka asked impatiently.
"Now, release the locks." Misato orders as the power cables fall off as the Evs dive into the ocean.
"I hope they can work with each other." Shinji says with concern.
"Me too Shinji. I mean Rei is definitely not the one I'm worried about." Misato says with equal concern.
Meanwhile on the ocean floor, the two Evas walk with extra concern as the visibility is all but none in the red water.
'Anything on your sonar Wondergirl?' Asuka asks with some distain.
"Negative, and since most of the marine life was killed from Second Impact, the sonar would've spotted the target by now." Rei answers with her usual monotone voice.
"Ugh your so boring Wondergirl. Hopefully when we my this water T-Rex, I can show it that only I can take on Angels!" Asuka said proudly.
They continued to trek the waters, that is until Rei's Geiger counter began to tick at a rapid rate. This stops Rei in her tracks.
"Hold on, I'm detecting a massive radiation signature!" Rei informs her fellow pilot.
"What?! Where?! Is you're sonar detecting anything?!" Asuka frantically asks.
"Negative, only the surround rock formations." Rei says as she looks at sonar.
"Scheiße! I'm using the thermal sensors!" Asuka says as her HUD is change to Thermal as she begins to look around. At first she could see a weird rock formation with what look like leaf shaped hills, until those hills began to heat up.
"Rei..." Asuka backs up as she could see the rocks were moving, she knew this was very bad.
"My motion track, sonar, and Geiger counter is getting readings..." Rei explains as she realizes those weren't underwater hills, they were the creature they were hunting. It was using camouflage. "Pilot Shikinami back away! Run!"
"Oh god..." Asuka stays still as the "stood" up to a reptilian/sauran shape. What stood was something stories taller than her Eva, and it was swimming towards her.
"Die you bastard!" Asuka yells as she shoots her missile at the creature. It however did nothing as it continued to swim at her until it bits into her armor. She was now Godzilla's prey.
"Aagggggh!" Asuka scream in pain as she could feel Godzilla bite into her.
"I'm on my way!" Rei runs towards her as she uses the ink grenades to distract Godzilla enough to let her go.
"What's happening!" Misato asks frantically.
"They've found the creature and it's attacking them!" Maya tells the major.
"Oh god no..." Shinji whispers in fear, felling completely helpless.
Back to the Evas, Rei was trying to free Asuka from Godzilla's jaws. Only to have Unit-02 shove Unit-00 away.
"Let me go!" Asuka roars.
"But..." Rei said in confusion.
"This bastard is mine!" She growls as pulls her harpoon "I. DON'T. NEED. ANYONE!"
Asuka then stabs in the neck...only to have the harpoon shatter to Godzilla's hide.
"It did nothing?" Asuka whispers as Godzilla, angered at the Eva's stubbornness, is now thrashing like a shark on a feeding frenzy.
"Aaaaaagggghhhh!" Asuka screams in pain until her Eva's failsafe activates and launches her out of her Eva and floats to the surface. "I was...helpless."
"Asuka's plug has just ejected, Rei's still down there!" Maya yells out.
"She won't make it against that thing." Ritsuko says with fear.
"No...re." Shinji stutters.
"Rei! You need to run!" Misato orders with fear.
And just as Rei was ready to retreat, she somehow couldn't move. She could only watch Godzilla stand above her Eva. She realizes what she is feeling is something primal, she was afraid.
"Am I going to die? Will I get preplace?" Rei whispers and only one thought comes to mind, Shinji.
In that moments she could hear a horrible noise...
SSSSSSSSSCCCCCCRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNKKKKK
...but then she could Godzilla swim away, as if it was satisfy with it mauling Unit-02. It was as if it testing them. That is until Godzilla smashed its tail at Unit-00 and everything went black.
Rei...
Can you hear me?!
Is she alive?!
She's breathing, but she has a concussion.
Come on Wondergirl! Wake up!
Rei! It's me Shinji!
Rei then gasps as she gets up with a start. She turns to see she's on the sick bay of the ship and is surrounded by Shinji, Asuka, Misato, Maya, and Ritsuko.
"I'm alive?" Rei asks.
"Yeah you scarred us there Rei." Shinji says with relief as he hugs the albino, he was glad she lived.
"Get a room!" Asuka growls as she walks out.
"If it makes you feel better, she was scarred too. Hell she and Shinji helped you out of your plug." Misato explains.
"And the target?" Rei asks.
"Gone. We lost it with our own sonar. I reviewed the images your Eva recorded and I... can't believe what this thing is." Ritsuko explains with her own disbelief.
"What is it! You know what the hell nearly killed them?!" Misato demands with anger, the last thing she would ever do is send these children to a target she herself has no idea what it was.
"Before NERV was formed along with the threat on Angels, the the UN had an organization to hunt and study and organism that was a threat to humanity called Monarch, my mother was an intern to them. The first recorded attack of what they were hunting was in 1954, and last known sighting of the creature was in 1995. With Second Impact Monarch was shut down in favor of NERV and the creature was thought dead." Ritsuko explained.
"What the hell is it?!" Misato demands for a simpler answer.
Akagi sighs as she continues "The creature was known as Godzilla. And there is only one man who can help us."
"Who?" Shinji asks.
"The head scientist of Monarch, Dr. Ichiro Serizawa." Ritsuko answers.
To be continued.