Chapter 2: Enlisting
Slowly I begin to come back to conciousness.
From my still blurry vision I can only make out white walls and a few objects that you can only vaguely make out the shapes of.
I begin to stir which invokes a monotone "He's awake" from...someone.
The voice is definitely female but I can't make it out since my mind is still a bit fuzzy from well whatever knocked me out.
Well the only way to know for sure is to take a look I mentally decide.
I begin to sit up and almost jump out of my skin, up until now I just thought that everything up until this point had been a hallucination caused by a concussion but no, standing before me taking notes is Ritsuko Akagi.
My last few moments of consciousness come flying back to me, the sound of heels clicking, the handkerchief laced with chloroform, and Misato yelling at Ritsuko accusingly.
Well I can't really blame her for doing what she did, I was in a top secret government facility along with Earth's last line of defense against the greatest threat humanity has ever faced.
She probably wanted to protect 2 things, Shinji and Nerv's secrets.
Speaking of Shinji, I wonder if he beat the angel. "I'm assuming that monster was destroyed if your busy taking care of me?" I ask. "Correct." Ritsuko blandly states.
"So...mind telling me who you are and why I was gassed." you already knew the answers, but you couldn't let her know that.
Taken a bit aback by how direct my questions were it took her a bit of time to respond.
"I am Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, and the reason why you were incapacitated was because of the fact that you are in a highly protected military base, the only reason no one killed you on site is because you were accompanied by one of our personel." she says in cold but also matter-of-fact tone.
"I'll have to reprimand her for that later." she adds in a tone that would make it clear to anyone that she was used to dealing with Misato's irresponsible actions.
"So why am I still alive then, you surely got Misato's side of the story and you don't seem like the type to take risks especially considering how sketchy my story sounds, not that I'm complaining of course." I inquire with a bit of nervousness. (HA, Evangelion puns)
"The reason you're still alive is because we here a NERV have an important assignment for you, fifth child. You are one of the few who can pilot something known as an Evangelion and can protect humanity from monsters like the one you saw earlier."
I just sit there not knowing what to think, me a savior of humanity, it's less farfetched than me being sucked into an anime but far scarier.
Ritsuko not seeming to notice or care about my plight, just keeps on talking in that cold and professional tone of hers.
"You will learn about the Evangelions and the beings known as Angels later, for now we will talk about your living conditions. Colonel Katsuragi told me that you told her you have no memory outside of waking up in the middle of Tokyo 3 and since you will be partners with the third child it would be for the best that you stay with the two of them."
As if on cue Misato walks through the door.
She starts apologizing immediately which now that I think about it is something that you never saw her do a lot of in the show.
"I'm sorry that I let you in here, it's because of me that you-"
I cut her apology short, "It's ok Colonel Katsuragi you were in the middle of running from a giant human...thing, you couldn't just leave me standing there."
Her face seems to almost instantly light up.
"Thanks for understanding, and by the way if we're going to be Roomies you really should call me Misato." she says cheerfully.
"Speaking of, during all the commotion I forgot your name."
"Oh it's Brandyn Hicks, you could call me by either my first or last name really since Hicks is my nickname." oh crap, think of something.
"I guess some of my memories are coming back" you quickly add to hopefully cover your slip up.
She chuckles a bit "Just Brandyn will do...is that a foreign name?"
I just shrug, not knowing if I would forget that knowledge if I had amnesia.
"Well I guess it doesn't matter now, come on Shinji's already waiting for us."
I get out of the hospital bed and follow Misato to her car and to my new life.
I hope I got Ritsuko and Misato's personalities down. Next chapter will be focusing more on me getting settled into the Katsuargi apartment. Like before feel free to post a review if you have any advice. Also can anyone help me name this thing, I can't think of a fitting name for the life of me.