Chapter 4: Life lessons
As Shinji and I desperately try to keep up with Rei, I'm already devising a plan to beat Shamshel as efficiently as possible. I stop to pant for air, with Shinji stopping right behind me. "Rei may be injured but that angel DNA does wonders for her athletic ability." I mumble in between pants. "What was that?" Shinji asks. "Uh, nothing" I say before sprinting off after Rei again.
NERV HQ: A few minutes later
It took a while but Shinji and I finally made it to HQ. "Go get suited up." Ritsuko's voice echos from the loud speakers. "No shit!" I yell at the voice even though I know she can't hear me. I run into the changing room and quickly put on my plugsuit (which is basically just a male version of Rei's).
Inside Unit 00: A few more minutes later
The entry plug is inserted and the room if you can call it that begins to fill up with LCL. "I'll never get used to that." I state. "But anyway Misato what do we know about the angel?" I ask. "All we know is that it's only method of attack seems to be these energy whips and that it's core is exposed on it's body." Misato replies.
"Misato are there any catapults in the area that would send me behind the angel?" I ask. "Just one, what are you planning?" Misato asks curiously. "I'll go behind the angel and grab it's tentacle whips, I should be able to hold it long enough for Shinji to destroy the core." I lay out my plan while grinning a bit at my cleverness. "Unit 00 will get damaged a bit in the process but it's the most efficient way to destroy the angel I can think of." I add.
"Sounds good, you heard all that right Shinji?" Misato asks. "Yes ma am" Shinji replies. "We are good to go, Evangelion Units 00 and 01 PREPARE TO LAUNCH!" Misato yells.
The catapult launches Unit 00 at dizzying speeds, I hang onto the induction levers (yes I actually looked up the name of the control lever things) for dear life. Suddenly the Eva stops at the surface and my whole body is thrown forward. I rub the back of my neck which is a bit sore because of the sudden whiplash. "Ow, couldn't you guys think of a better way to get the Eva's up to the surface? Any faster and we pilots would break our necks before we even began to fight the angels." I jokingly say. "Speaking of pilots, how about you do your job!" Ritsuko who apparently has no time your childish attitude says. "Killjoy." I mumble. "I heard that." She replies.
"Shinji do you have your progressive knife ready?" I ask. "Yep." Shinji replies. "Well then we're ready to go." I say while running up to Shamshel. Suddenly the angel turns around, "Crap I'm not gonna dodge in time!" I exclaim before one of the whips wraps around Unit 00's neck. The pain is unbearable, at this rate I'll black out. "Shinji throw me your knife." I barely choke out.
Shinji throws the knife, and I catch it. "I hope this works" I think and try to use the knife to cut the whip. "Damnit what are these whips made of!" I choke out. Suddenly two purple and green arms come around, grab onto the whips, and pull them behind Shamshel thus releasing me from their grip. "I'm one lucky son of a bitch" I mentally note. "Brandyn I don't know how much more of this I can take." Shinji says. I stab into the core, sparks come flying out of it and just like in the anime Shamshel dies.
"You know you two should stay out of a war zone." I say to two figures on the hill. I exent Unit 00's hand, eject my entry plug and use the Eva's arm as a bridge to the hill. I jump and land next to Touji and Kensuke. "Though you know, you two would make great pilots." I say. "What?!" Touji yells. "NO WAY!" Kensuke cheerfully exclaims.
Nerv Headquarters: A few minutes later
"Brandyn, Shinji, what are you two doing letting citizens into HQ!?" Misato yells. "Hey look the Pots calling the Kettle black." I reply. "I apologized for that!" Misato yells. "Oh I'm just kidding Misato, in all seriousness though the reason I let them in is because I think they would make great pilots." I say. "That's my decision to make." Misato grumbles. "Come on this way." Misato starts walking towards Ritsukos office Touji and Kensuke follow.
Shinji and I hang back, "Brandyn I want to talk to you about the reason you pilot Eva." Shinji says. "What's on your mind?" I ask. "Well how do you do it, how can you just decide to risk your life for people you've never even met. They might not even respect or appreciate what you do." he asks in a downcast tone. "Shinji you can't go through life being dependent on what others think, you have to find value in yourself." I reply. "I'll try." Shinji says with a rare smile on his face. "Maybe there's hope for you after all Shinji." I state. And with that both of you continue to follow a grumbling Misato, bewildered Touji, and excited Kensuke towards Rituko's office.
Well that was my first action chapter, honestly I don't think I did a very good job with the fight but hey that's what later chapters are for.