A/N: Let me just say that it's AU time and while everybody is altered they are still, at their core, the same. I'm also skipping some of the boring dialogue and events…cause their boring and used too damn much.
Remember I'm an AMATUER so don't expect a novel and since this is an AU OOC-ness will be happening and the pairings are gonna be interesting cause it's not what you think unless…well lets just say this might get a 'M' rating but I'm hoping to avoid that. Just let me know if I push 'T' too far later on.
Not another alternate universe
Chapter One
Yet another AU
'How'd I get into this situation' Thought Shinji Ikari as he was thrown into another building by the angel known as Sachiel. He once again didn't understand why he knew that was this creatures' name but right now he was more focused on not getting hit again. Unit 01 ducked behind a building to avoid a blast from the angel. 'And my day started out so well too' he sarcastically thought.
He had arrived here in the afternoon to meet with his father. He hasn't seen his father in more then a year and he could honestly say that he didn't miss him too much. His father had left him in the custody of an aunt and uncle of his back when Shinji was only eight. It was a sad day in his life but his father had told him that work would be so busy that he wouldn't of had the time to take proper care of him. Shinji got along okay with them and he barely ever saw his father during those years.
When he had first received a phone call from his dad telling him to meet him in Tokyo-3, he was unsure. Sure, he didn't hate the man but he also wasn't too fond of him either. The next day he had made his decision and had been on the next train to the city. He was told that a woman named Captain Katsuragi would be picking him up when he got there. The problem was she was more then an hour late and he was starting to get this uncomfortable feeling in his gut. Something wasn't right and he could feel it. He suddenly had the feeling of somebody watching him and he quickly turned around. What he saw left him frozen in place.
"Mo-mo-mother" standing just across the street was a teenage girl who, aside from her blue hair and red eyes, looked identical to his mother. He only had a few pictures of her from his uncle and he cherished them. She stared at him as he did the same to her. The stand off lasted until there was sudden explosion behind him that caught him off guard making him turn towards the direction of the loud sound. He quickly turned back around but the phantom girl had disappeared.
Shinji then felt a different presence coming his way. He looked towards the mountainside and coming into view was a giant humanoid monstrosity. The creature in question walked into the city and as if it sensed Shinji too it turned towards the small speck far below it.
"Sachiel" Shinji whispered and suddenly wondered why he knew that was this things name. As if hearing its name the creature lumbered over towards the lilim in front of him. Shinji was frozen stiff as the creature made its way towards him.
He heard the sound of a horn and then screeching tires coming from behind him. He whipped around to see a blue sports car and a lavender haired woman behind the wheel.
"Quick get in" She ordered him. He didn't argue with her and jumped into the car. Before he could even get his seat belt on the car bolted in the opposite direction of the monstrosity. They then drove off towards an unknown destination. While driving he could tell his savior was getting a little antsy so he decided to lighten the mood a little.
"So uh…my name is Shinji Ikari…what's yours," he nervously asked. She looked at him for a second. He looked a lot like the commander but she could tell that he must take after his mother.
"The names Katsuragi…but you can just call me Misato" She gave him a shy smile. She couldn't help it. She was always shy around new people but once she got to know them she would show her true self. She could tell it wouldn't take long with this boy.
"So your who I was supposed to meet up with earlier…but why are you so late" She was pretty late and if she would have been on time he wouldn't of had to stare down that monster.
"Well you see I kinda…ForgotToSetMyAlarmAndKindOfSleptInTooLate…sorry" She was truly embarrassed. What kind of Captain was she? She had a simple task and couldn't even get that right. Seeing that Misato truly was sorry made his slight annoyance go away.
"It's alright" He gave her a genuine smile that calmed her down a lot. After driving for a little while more Misato pulled out her cell phone and dialed a quick number.
"This is Captain Katsuragi here. Yes I have him with me. Yes he's in one piece. No I didn't. Look can you just get a car train ready for us? Can you make it an express this time? I'm really in a hurry…oh shut up Aoba" She hung up the phone and continued driving. They eventually arrived at the train cars and began their decent. Shinji spotted a logo all around them and had to ask.
"Nerv?" He looked at Misato.
"Yes, It's a secret organization under the control of the United Nations" was her answer back.
"And that's where my father is, right"?
"Of course…you do know what he does don't you"
"All he ever told me is that it was important for the future of all mankind" He answered back. Misato just nodded her head as the train car made it's way into the geo-front. "Whoa…it's a real geo-front" He said, amazed at what was right before him.
"That's right. This is our secret base of operations. Nerv headquarters" Misato told him "Yeah it's so secret that only those who work there, live in the city, or that have cable TV know that it exists". A little while later they were inside Nerv. They were lost but what's important is that they were there.
"What the Hell? Isn't this the right way" Misato was confused as she looked at the map "I'm still kind of getting used to the place". Shinji took a quick look at the map and struggled not to get angry.
"Umm Misato…your holding the map upside down" He pointed out.
"I wha…oops sorry" once again she had that truly sorry puppy dog look on her face "Well if we follow this here then…ah ha now I know where to go" Misato pointed out there direction and eventually made it to an elevator. Once inside they made their way even deeper into headquarters. Eventually stopping early letting in a blond woman in a swimsuit and lab coat combo.
"Where have you been Misato? I've been looking everywhere for you" The blond woman yelled "We are short on time you know" Misato let out a deep sigh.
"Sorry Rits" Ritsuko then notice the boy standing next to Misato
"So is this him," The doctor asked.
"Yep, he's the third according to the Marduk report".
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Doctor Ritsuko Akagi" She put out her hand.
"Uh…hi. I'm Shinji Ikari," He said shaking her hand.
"Yep, he's just like his father. Minus the beard, grumpiness, and overall aura of pure tainted evil" Misato told her college friend.
"I can tell" Ritsuko chuckled and smiled at the boy.
As they made their way through some halls the communications system turned on. "Battle stations, Level one. Prepare for ground unit interception" Shinji heard what was said but was to distracted by what looked like a giant hand behind them.
"So how's Unit 01 doing?" Misato asked.
"It's currently undergoing refrigeration, using the B-type equipment," She answered back.
"Tell me Ritsuko, does it really work? It's never worked before, has it?"
"Actually Rei…" that name caught Shinji's attention but he didn't know why "…was able to synch with it a long time ago but could never activate it. The possibility of activation now is really slim"
"I guess it's a little late to say sorry it doesn't completely work" Misato joked. The group of three eventually made it to a rubber raft floating in a pinkish liquid. They got in and sped across the liquid. They reached the other end of the room and entered another smaller room. This room was very dark and Shinji had that feeling of being watched again. He turned to his side where he felt the eyes following him.
Again today he felt a strange presence. Before he could focus more on it the lights turned on showing a gigantic face staring right into his soul. Shinji yelped and jumped back a little. After taking a moment to calm down he spoke.
"A giant robot?" Ritsuko decided to finally speak up.
"This is man's ultimate fighting machine. The synthetic life form known as Evangelion, Unit 01. It has been built here in secret, it's mankind's last hope" Ritsuko looked kind of proud as she said it.
"Is this what my father's been doing all these years," Shinji thought out loud.
"Correct" Was heard above Shinji and the boy in question looked up "It's been too long Shinji" Gendo Ikari told his son. "We're moving out"
"Moving out? But Unit 00 is still in cryo-stasis, isn't it" Then it dawned on Misato why they were there "Wait a minute. You're going to use Unit 01"
"There's no other way Misato" Ritsuko told her friend.
"Now wait, Rei can't do it yet, can she? We don't have a pilot," Misato screamed.
"You just dropped one off" Ritsuko turned to Shinji and put her hand on his shoulder. "Shinji we need you to pilot Unit 01" Shinji was shocked. He didn't know the first thing about driving a car and even less about piloting a bio-weapon.
"But even Rei Ayanami took seven months to synchronize with her Eva and he just got here. It's impossible" Misato looked at her friend.
"Look the commander has faith in him and that's good enough for me" Shinji heard that and looked back up at his father.
"I…I don't think I can do this father. I…I" He stuttered.
"You must Shinji. There is no one else who can." Gendo told him.
"I've never even seen this thing before. There's no way I can pilot it" It was as he said that, that he felt a presence once again. Through all the yelling, screaming, and explosions outside no one heard the sound of an injured girl painfully hobbling towards them until she spoke up.
"I will pilot it" Her quiet voice was heard by all and when Shinji saw her he froze once again "I will pilot Unit 01," She once again stated.
"Rei you need to be in bed you still haven't fully recovered from your accident" Ritsuko told the young girl. Another loud explosion rocked the building and knocked down Rei. Shinji instinctively ran towards the struggling girl. As he reached her he could of swore he heard some one say 'look out'. He didn't realize anything till a giant hand came into his view protecting the children from falling debris above.
"The Eva activated itself," A male tech yelled out "It ripped out of the right arm restraint".
"That's…not possible. The entry plug isn't even inserted yet. That just can't happen" Ritsuko shouted.
Gendo just gave out a slight sigh of relief "Thank you, Yui".
Shinji lifted the blue haired girl in his arms 'Why do you look so much like mom' he thought. As he lifted her more he noticed she was bleeding. Ritsuko ran to the two teens and knelt down.
"Rei you'll get killed if you go out in that condition" Ritsuko turned to Shinji "You're the only one that can do it. If not for our sake, do it for Rei" Shinji looked into Rei's one good eye and in the back of his mind he knew he had to do it. He stood up and looked at his father.
"Fine. I'll pilot it" With those words still echoing in his head Shinji ducked under another blast from Sachiel. He was still getting used to this 'Eva' as they called it. It was surprisingly easy to move around. Two things he couldn't get used to though were the smell of blood and the creepy feeling of two different sets of eyes watching his every move.
"Synchronization at forty eight percent and holding" Maya Ibuki informed Misato.
"Good. We can do this" Misato told herself.
Back in the battle Shinji was shooting blanks when it came to ideas about taking this thing down.
"Do I have any weapons I can use?" He asked as his umbilical cord was severed.
"You have a Progressive Knife in your left shoulder. Just think of that weapon and its hatch should open" Ritsuko informed him.
"Got it" He heard something over the communicator about forty five seconds remaining but ignored it. 'Ok Shinji think…progressive knife progressive knife' he felt a pop on his arm and found what looked like a hilt of a knife. He grabbed the hilt and as he pulled it out a blade was released from the inside. "Cool" he said, like a child watching fireworks for the first time.
"Shinji, you only have twenty five seconds left before you batteries fail and Unit 01 deactivates. Hurry up and defeat that angel" Misato yelled.
"Crap" Shinji said as he dashed towards his ugly foe. Unit 01 jumped into the air and Shinji screamed as he brought the Prog Knife down on his enemy. There was a sudden orange flicker in front of him and he was stopped in an instant from his assault.
"An AT-Field" Ritsuko yelled.
Shinji landed hard onto the ground but was quickly back on his feet and charged again. And once again he was thrown back by the AT-Field.
"Shinji get out of there," Misato screamed as Unit 01 ran out of power.
Sachiel moved forward and grabbed Unit 01's head. It raised the mighty Evangelion off its feet and just stared at it.
Though he had no power left Shinji could still see what was going on and could feel the pain of being held by his head.
The rod on the back of Sachiel's elbow pulled back and the entire command crew could only watch in horror as the rod shot forward directly into Unit 01's right eye. Shinji screamed as he felt the continuing hammering being done to his right eye.
He felt like passing out but when he heard a voice in his head everything just disappeared. The voice was female but it was very violent and unfamiliar.
"Giving up already are you" The voice said "How pathetic"
"Who are you" Shinji asked.
"Ignore her" another voice interrupted "She just doesn't like to lose or get injured but then again who does" This other voice was almost heavenly but also sounded quite familiar "Don't worry too much Shin-chan. All will be revealed soon. For now, just rest"
As if under a spell, Shinji closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
"Shall I or do you wish to take out Sachiel" The dark voice asked.
"Do as you wish. I have some time to make up"
"More fun for me" A sinister laugh was then heard.
Back on the command bridge, everyone just witnessed a hole be put through Unit 01's head.
"We've lost the signal from the entry plug. Pilots condition is unknown" Maya informed Ritsuko.
'This is not good. Unit 01 was our last line of defense' Ritsuko thought.
"Ma'am Unit 01 is reactivating".
"Impossible" Ritsuko looked back at the monitor.
Unit 01 began to rise to its feet. Sensing something wasn't right Sachiel turned around to see a foot heading right towards its face. It raised its AT-Field and stopped the assault by the purple abomination now standing before it.
Sachiel fired a blast from its eyes hoping to catch its foe off guard but Unit 01 simply ducked and then pounced towards Sachiel. The angel once again raised its AT-Field but this time Unit 01 punched right through the force field. Sachiel stumbled back as its AT-Field dissipated.
Unit 01, still equipped with its Prog knife, jumped onto Sachiel making it fall onto its back. Sitting on what many would call the angels stomach the Evangelion then raised the Prog knife in the air and halted its attack just long enough to release its jaw restraints and gave what many observers believed to be a smirk as it slammed the Progressive knife into the glowing core of the angel.
Sachiel squirmed as its core began to crack. Doing what any desperate creature that knew it was going to die would do, it wrapped it's arms and legs around Unit 01 and in an attempt to take it with it, Sachiel self destructed. The immense explosion engulfed Unit 01 and the surrounding buildings in a ball of fire.
A minute after the blast the video monitors picked up movement and zoomed in. Walking back towards Nerv was a very pleased looking Unit 01, its glowing eyes and gaping mouth just added to the effect.
Shinji slowly woke up in a sterile white room. While opening his eyes he noticed that he could only see out of his left eye. Freaking out he sat up and grabbed towards his right eye. He winced as he touched it but felt bandages bound up around it. Remembering why he was there, he laid back down on the bed.
"I guess that means I won…what the hell happened" He tried remembering what happened but all he remembered was the warm feeling of being held. He heard a knock on his door and looked up to see Misato walking towards him.
"How are you doing?" She shyly asked.
"Other then my eye quite well actually" Misato gave him a little smile but her smile faded as he asked a question "So what happened to Sach…I mean the angel?" Misato let out a breath and answered.
"You…well Unit 01 defeated it" Shinji gave her a confused look "After the angel pierced Unit 01's head we lost contact with you. Unit 01 then reactivated and, as if it were a wild animal, it caused a lot of damage making the angel self-destruct. We looked back at the data and have concluded that Unit 01 acted of its own accord. We don't yet know why it did it but I believe it was trying to protect you".
Shinji let it all sink in. He remembered the two voices inside Unit 01 and the feeling of being held. Just what was that thing he piloted? Noticing his dazed state Misato decided to change the subject.
"Well anyway the doctors said you'll be able to go home tomorrow but you'll have to wear that bandage over your eye for at least a week" Misato looked sadly at the boy 'You may never see out of that eye again' Shinji felt a now familiar presence and looked up at the door.
"Misato could you open the door please" He politely asked. She complied and as she opened it there stood Rei Ayanami with an embarrassed look on her face as she hand held up like she was just about to knock.
"Umm…Captain my sister wishes to speak with you".
"What could Ritsuko want now?" Misato asked.
"I was not given that information Captain" Rei answered.
"Very well. Could you keep an eye on Shinji till I get back"?
"Yes ma'am".
"Play nice Rei" Misato laughed as Rei squirmed uncomfortably. As Misato walked away Rei closed the door then locked it. Shinji didn't like that.
Not only did this girl look like his mother but also there was this odd feeling in his gut telling him to get close to her…like some kind of animal instinct. As Rei approached his bed he had the unnatural feeling of wanting to take her as his and frankly it was scarring the shit out of him. This wasn't like him. He didn't view women as a prize to be won or as a means to have mindless sex. But with Rei there was this inhuman urge that was pulling him towards her.
She sat on his bed and stared into his one good eye with her now fully healed eyes and from that look alone the urge was growing within him to jump her right here and now.
"My sister would not appreciate you doing that to me" She emotionlessly said but blushed at the thought.
"Wha…what do you mean" could she read his thoughts. Could she see right through him some how?
"You and I are the same. I feel exactly what you do right now and…it's…hard to control myself" Rei leaned forward a little. Shinji seeing this did the same. As they inched their way forward both knew they shouldn't but couldn't help it. Rei put her hand on Shinji's face and raised it up level to hers. They were both about to receive their first kiss…until the door burst open.
"Rei don't" Ritsuko yelled as she ran in.
Rei immediately stood up blushing like a tomato and Shinji, who was still in bed, wasn't any better off. Misato then came running into the room.
"Why the hell did you do that Rits"? Misato said while catching her breath
"No reason I just need to talk to these two…alone"
"No reason my ass. Your hiding something from me again aren't you" Misato crossed her arms and grunted.
"Misato just…oh hi Kaji" Misato squealed and turned around. Seeing nobody there she turned back around to see a door slam in her face.
"That was low Ritsuko" Misato angrily stomped away. Back in the room Ritsuko sat Rei down in a chair and turned towards Shinji.
"You were never told what happened to you before you born were you" Ritsuko asked. Shinji just looked at her.
"What do you mean? What happened to me?" He started to panic a little. Ritsuko put her hand on her shoulder to calm him down. It worked so she continued.
"It's not my right to tell you. That's something you'll have to ask your father. Now before you say anything let me tell you that, yes, I know you and Rei are being attracted to each other" Shinji was about to speak but Ritsuko wouldn't let him.
"Just listen to me okay. I have no problem with you two being together but you cannot be alone together. The urge will be too great and something bad may happen".
"Like what?" He asked.
"Look Shinji just try to stay calm around her okay. The same applies to you too Rei…don't act like I didn't see what you two were going to do" Rei and Shinji began to blush again "Now I suggest you get some sleep. Come along Rei, we need to get you home" Ritsuko walked out the door with Rei in tow. The blue haired girl looked back at Shinji and smiled briefly. Shinji smiled back as she turned and walked away. His smile quickly faded and he had to ask himself.
"What is happening to me"?
A/N: Story number five is online and wasting your time…wait that's not right. Anyway this just kinda started flowing out of me. I hope you liked it. The next chapter might be filler but I think it needs to be done…at least I hope or I'm screwed.
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