Every Angel Has A Shadow

By SWZ

Summary: Shadow The Hedgehog leaves his world behind crosses through time and space all the way to the EVA verse merging his soul with Shinji Ikari as an infant. Now Shinji battles the angels and struggles to control his powers piece together his dreams and try to discover who and what he really is .

I own nothing and big shout out to popkov for proof/beat reading this story

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Chapter One

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"Find them, before they escape!"
I heard the soldiers cry out as I ran, panting in desperation. To my side, windows pass by at a rapid pace. If I could have stopped and looked, I would have been able to see the earth, the blue planet that the doctor had so often promised I would eventually visit.
But now I didn't have time.
I turn to the girl that I'm pulling behind me. It was impossible to tell with all the red emergency lights, but she had blonde hair down to her shoulders and bright blue eyes. Currently those beautiful eyes were shining with fear. But I know - I just instinctively know - that at the end of this hall we will find our salvation.
We made it though, barely ahead of our faceless pursuers. I stepped to the center of the room, only to be surprised when a glass tube trapped me. I threw myself against the side, desperately attempting to get out, to get back to her.
"Shadow... I beg of you...", She begins weakly, "please, do it for me... for a better future...- "
Her name tears from my lips
"Maria!"
This wasn't supposed to happen! I was supposed to die for her, not the other way around!
" -for all the people who live on that planet... give them a chance to be happy. Let them live for their dreams. Shadow, I know you can do it. That's the reason that you were brought into this world. - Sayonara Shadow the Hedgehog"
She's too busy finishing the command to notice the soldier entering. He raised his gun, pointing it at her. As she jettisoned me into space, I heard the shot, and once again I screamed her name–

"MARIAAAA!"

Train-station, Tokyo-3:

Shinji Ikari sat bolt upright, catching his ragged breath. He raised a hand to his forehead, but quickly drew it away, as it had become covered with a cold sweat. 'That dream again.', he thought, 'Who was that girl, and why did she call me Shadow?'
He banished the questions as his senses returned to him. He was briefly concerned as to where he was, but that concern faded when he remembered how he had gotten there. He had taken a train to Tokyo 3 at the summons of his father.

Bastard.

He got to his feet and looked around. No-one was in sight. Not his father's purple haired errand girl, nor, even, anyone else for that matter.

Perfect.

Shinji sighed and went over to the nearby pay-phones. Perhaps he could contact his father's company and have them send someone to get him.
"Due to the emergency situation, phone service is not available."
Great. An emergency. And no-one had even thought to wake him up? Just his luck. Maybe if he knew what type of emergency it was he would know how to protect himself from it.
He stepped onto the street expecting to see a fire, a tsunami, an earthquake...
He certainly wasn't expecting to see a giant green behemoth - with a red gem for a chest and a bird mask - crushing the military.
He didn't have much time to stare; just then a purple haired woman drove up and signaled him to get in.

A few minutes and several miles later, Shinji finally had time to look at the woman who had saved him. Purple hair, large chest, and - now that they were away from danger - apparently very flirty. Glaring at the woman for making a not-so-subtle pass at him, he asked "You work for my father, right?"
Deciding that it may be the best way for her to get him engaged in a conversation, Misato nodded.
" So the old man didn't have the guts to come get me himself, opting for some lady instead. How droll." said the boy. In response to that he got was the car doing a full 360 turn, sending him to be pressed into the door.
After he regained his senses he returned to glaring at the woman, who now sported a pair of binoculars and looking out at something in the city. She cursed loudly before diving at him, yelling "TAKE COVER!"
Outside the window, an explosion was seen, heard and - unfortunately for the duo - felt as the car was flipped over... with them still inside. After the smoke died down, they got out, staggering to their feet. Both Shinji and Misato stared at the damage done around the area. The boy himself turned to Misato with a deadly irritated glare.
"You mind telling what was that?" he demanded in a none-too-subtle irritated tone
Misato chuckled bringing her hands up in front of her chest, as if to ward off the feelings the boy was directing at her. ' "N2 mine. I had no idea it would happen, honest!"

Misato then turned her back to the car, wondering what she could do with no transportation.

CLUNK

Misato whirled around. And stared. Shinji was standing with one hand. She stared in astonishment at the boy before her. Shinji himself just said .

" What you , couldn't do that ? you're physically weaker than I thought " .said Shinji ignoring the glare that Misato was giving him.

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Several minutes later found the duo with a car repaired by duct-tape, running off a dozen pirated batteries. Then, a short drive later, they made it to the car elevator and then rode towards the Geofront . An hour - and a minor migraine for Shinji - later, they met Ritsuko, a blonde scientist. Shinji decided to ignore the two. He walked with them as they discussed a 'unit one' and the astronomical odds that it could be activated, his eye warily resting on the large hand he saw in what seemed to be a wall. A short few minutes later found the trio in a large black room.

"Hey, why is it so dark?"
Ritsuko clapped once and a light came on, illuminating the purple monstrosity that was Unit 01.
Shinji took a moment to look at his surroundings: big purple humanoid thing in front of him; empty air behind him; door on the end of the catwalk that they had come from; the other end obscured by shadows; a sea of orange liquid beneath.
He turned to the Doctor, waiting for her to speak.
"Evangelion Unit 01, humanity's last and only hope." she said, gesturing. She seemed sad about his lack of reaction. "So, kid, what do you think?"
Shinji looked it up and down, taking in every detail: it's massive horn; it's dead colorless eyes staring back at him. It had been something he felt he'd seen before.
It's mouth was shaped in a permanent jagged, toothy - borderline sadistic - grin.
The overall feel was of a beast: fangs and claws bared, ready to tear apart anything that stood in its way.
His hand once again flew to his head. 'Now the dreams are even affecting me when I'm awake!' .Thought the boy
Misato looked at him, growing a little concerned. "You okay Shinji?"
He shook his head and the feeling passed. "Yeah, I'm fine." he lied. He turned his attention back to Unit 01. "So this is what my father has been working on?"

"Correct."

Shin lifted his head to where a square patch of light flooded what was once a patch of shadow, outlining the form of Gendo Ikari. A brief glaring match between the two men ensued: Gendo's cold eyes - hidden behind his orange-tinted glasses - versus Shinji's glare of pure unbridled fury, born of years worth of hate and disdain for the man that he had the misfortune to call "Father". Seemingly growing tired of this battle of wills, Gendo turned towards Ritsuko and Misato. "We're moving out." He ordered.
"What?" Misato nearly screamed. "But Rei can't fight, we have no pilot!"
"We just had one delivered."
"You don't mean...?"
"Yes." The elder man stared at the junior once again. "You will pilot it." He said, his words leaving no room for disagreement.
Shinji's voice dropped to a low growl. "You think you can abandon me on a street corner and not contact me for years, and then expect me to pull your ** from the fire? Forget it. You dug this grave for yourself. Dig yourself out." With that he turned away from his father of blood, intent set on leaving.
"Too bad." his father said. "Fuyutsuki."
"Yes Sir."
"We'll use Rei."
"Are you sure that is a wise idea?
"She's not dead yet, is she?

"Understood."

"Rei."
"Yes?" Came a weak voice over the intercom.
"You will pilot unit one."

"Yes."

Shinji continued to walk towards the door, but stopped in his tracks as he heard the tell-tale sound of a hospital gurney across the catwalk. He turned his head and immediately wished he hadn't.
On the gurney was a blue haired girl, wrapped in enough bandages for a halloween mummy costume, with the obviously fresh blotches of blood being all too painfully visible.
Shinji once again turned to face his father, his eyes ablaze with anger. "I don't care much about life, but even to me this is sick. I don't know what you are trying to pull, but this is low, even for you."

"If you will not pilot, then she must." Gendo said dismissively. He then turned to someone outside of Shinji's view. "Reconfigure unit one for Rei."
Shinji glared at his father, trying to burn a hole through the man's head. Until, that is, a shockwave ripped through the Geofront. Everyone who could move grabbed something to steady themselves. Rei, who didn't have such a luxury, fell to the ground, letting out a small whimper of pain.
An ominous creaking was heard: a large steel beam was about to fall on the immobile Rei.
She wouldn't survive.

Maria, struggling to breathe at a computer terminal, the soldier's gun pointed at her

"No!"

'No!'

Acting on pure instinct, Shinji ran with incredible speed, covering the distance between himself and the albino at a speed that nobody thought possible. Adrenaline pumping, he cradled the first child in his arms, muscles tensed to rush back the other way. But before he could react something very unexpected happened.
Unit 01 had swatted the beam with a hefty back hand, as if it were there to protect the two teens.
At this point various thoughts were racing through the minds of all who observed the incident.
Gendo, ever the crafty one, was shifting between whether the scenario was jeopardized by the feat that his biological son had preformed, and what he needed to modify due to his son's defiant nature.
Misato, who was just a bit more concerned, was making herself a promise to punish Shinji if he ever took a suicidal risk like that again.
Ritsuko was in full doctor mode, wondering how Shinji wasn't paste now, and how the Eva had self activated.
Rei, though still injured, wondered why she felt familiar around this boy, whom she was quite certain she had never met before in her life.
Shinji currently didn't care. He knew that the shock of what he had done would catch up with him eventually, but for now he couldn't let it get to him. He had business to attend to. "Fine!" he yelled at his father. "I'll pilot the stupid piece of junk"

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20 minutes, a change of clothes and a crash course in eva piloting later, Shinji was staring at the third angel. Misato's voice came over the com. "Now, unless you can stare it to death, I'd advise you to attack it!"
Shinji simply inclined his head for a moment before making a reasonably graceful charge at the angel. The angel's arm shot out, spike extended, intent on skewering the Eva. Shinji anticipated this and leaned the Eva over at a ludicrous angle. He lashed out with his own arm, intent on making the angel stagger, so he could end it quickly. He didn't expect to hit a force field, however, and since he was unprepared the pain sent over the neuro-link numbed the attacking hand.
The angel's spike bearing fist was not much fun either.
The giant monstrosity now lay flat on it's back, its pilot caught entirely unawares.
"It's got an AT field up! You won't be able to hit it physically until you nullify the field!" Ritsuko helpfully supplied.
"Yeah, thanks for telling me that before I hit it, you idiotic blonde!" he snapped back as he righted the Eva. He once again glared at the angel. Before charging, he yelled "I'll take you down this time!"
Canceling his charge a second before he would have hit the angel's AT field, he pivoted all his weight to his right foot, his left delivering a flurry of kicks to the angel. The angel blinked before it noticed the hail of blows wearing away at it's AT field. It moved back its fist for a haymaker before the field faded, and the Eva's final punch collided with the angel's body, sending it staggering back.
Quickly moving forwards to take advantage of the staggering enemy, Shinji executed a quick knock back, pushing the Angel. This he followed up with a quick punch and then a high roundhouse kick , staggering the opposing monster. Taking the advantage, he did a quick leg sweep taking down the angel.
"Way to grandstand, kid!" came the teasing voice of Misato. But now Shinji didn't care. His mind was on autopilot. He never understood why he knew how to fight. It just came natural to him. The angel popped right back Shinji willed the Eva for a final strike, but...
He never got the chance.
The angel raised it's hands and shot a blast of energy, which took the form of a cross. Shinji, still in mid-air, was caught head on. The mech went flying. When it hit the ground, the pilot's head hit the com terminal.

Hard.

Both were knocked out. As Shinji was losing consciousness his dreams started to take effect again.

A lone figure was standing atop a bright red bridge looking down at the vehicles below: all flashing red lights, with their sirens wailing very loudly. But he didn't seem at all concerned. With his speed he could leave them all in the dust with ease. And with his power he could wipe them all out.

" How pathetic!" he said continuing to look down the cars below. Then he was hit with a very painful memory.
"Shadow... I beg of you..." She begins weakly, "please, do it for me... for a better future...- - Sayonara , Shadow the Hedgehog."
Glaring angrily down below, he raised a fist to the sky, reaffirming his promise "Maria! I still remember what I promised you. For the people of this planet... I promise you... REVENGE! "

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End notes: I would like to thank my man popkov for proof/beta reading this chapter. Thanks kov I hope to return the favor on his Sonic/Eva story. Shinji/Shadow will not be living with Misato (Hopefully popkov will do the same in his story). I'm open to any ideas on how Shinji/Shadow should get the shoes and the bracelets forgot to mention them. I left these two omakes. Mainly because Sonic and Knuckles are my other two favorite Sonic characters. Enjoy and R & R please.

Omakes:

Sonic

The youth glared at the monestrous face in front of him. And slowly a cocky smirk spread across his face. "So this is what the old coot's been working on?" he asked.

"Correct" Said the lord of NERV.

"Well," started the younger, "It really states something about your sense of style if your 'great masterpiece' is a giant purple puss joke.". The boy ran his hand through his rather messy hair and closed his eyes before continuing. "I know that mom must have been the one who provided all your style, but purple? That's just stupid."

Gendo didn't know quite how to respond, so set his face into a small scowl and glarred at the impudent boy.

Knuckles

He tried his best to hold a staring contest between himself and the giant. It was a comical sight for the two women. After blinking and muttering to himself about stubborn robots he turned to his companions. "So, this thing have any weapons?" he asked.

Ritsuko blinked at the blunt question. "Why would you need to know?"

"It's obvious. It's not like you would bring me down here to chat, so you're probably going to trick or extort me into driving that" he gestured towards the eva, "thing. I'm just going to save you the trouble and agree. Besides," He said, popping his knuckles before pounding his fist into his hand, "I like to do things the old fashioned way." He finished with a grin.

Misato and Ritsuko just stared, while Gendo simply couldn't understand how his intimidating entrance had been ruined.