Genesis Evangelion – AD 2000

Story Synopsis: This story begins with Second Impact and the events that originally occurred happen. Misato Katsuragi, age 14, is the only survivor. This story follows an Alternate Timeline from the original series...Specifically speaking – GEHIRN/NERV develops Evangelion Units MUCH sooner than in the original series. Misato Katsuragi is selected as one of the chosen children to pilot an Evangelion. Misato Katsuragi is suffering from Mute Catatonia, however, while I'm not sure exactly how she was cured of it in the series, it may have just been natural as she matured (college years) or if there was any help done... but in this story, Misato undergoes Personality Reconditioning...in other words, her memories are altered – blocking out the personal scars of what happened to her on September 13, 2000. While the physical scar still remains, Misato recovers quickly – and as a safety net, NERV had implanted false memories in Misato's memory...however various events throughout the story (Angel confrontations, etc) will bring those memories – painful memories to the surface... Most of the events in this story take place in 2003/4 – however the beginning starts in 2000.

Antarctica

September 12th, 2000 A.D.

The Katsuragi research team had been busy going over their various findings as a result of their research. While Dr. Katsuragi was busy assessing the various the recent readings... The "Being" remained dormant...but according the Dr. Katsuragi's S2 Theory it was possible that this "Being" could awaken at anytime...however most of his fellow scientists believed his theory to be outrageous...

While everyone on the team was busy at work, a young girl sat amidst all the hustle and bustle of the scientists. Her thoughts wandered – most geared towards her confusions as to why her Father wanted her to even come on this expedition in the first place. She was never one to really understand her Father... This man who, in her eyes, always made her Mother cry. Although he was never around...it seemed to her that this would be an opportunity... When her Father came to her asking "I'd like you to come with me on my Expedition to Antarctica", she saw it as a way of potentially finding out why her Father was never at home. To find out what it was he saw that was so important is outweighed the importance of his own wife and daughter.

The young girls' name was Misato Katsuragi, she had long jet black hair with a purplish tint to it. Her eyes were of a beautiful brown color. She looked like a sweet girl. And in form, she was just that, a good, innocent, pure child... She didn't have any high level science backing, so for the most part, she sat the sidelines of the research and just observed them. Most of the other scientists were against Dr. Katsuragi bringing his young daughter on this expedition. Misato received a gamut of emotions from the other scientists, but for the most part, it didn't bother her. She figured, as long as she was 'good' and didn't do anything wrong there wouldn't be a problem.

It was in the evening hours and most of the team was debating their various findings. Most notable the "Being" that laid dormant. While that was going on, Misato was seated on a rather uncomfortable plastic crate inside on of the encampment tents that surrounded the Main Facility that the Katsuragi research team had set up. A man was walking past Misato, he seemed to have just packed his things – he was carrying a suitcase.

"Umm...Excuse me, sir..." She spoke up, quietly. As she did, the man stopped and looked at her.

"Yes? What is it, Misato?"

"Ikari-san...are you leaving?"

"Yes, I've business back in Japan... I must regret I will not be able to witness the results of the Contact Experiment...but I will hope for good results..."

"Oh...Shall I tell, Father you're leaving?"

"...If it suits you go ahead, now...if you'll excuse me..."

After answering her, Gendo Ikari continued walking past Misato, leaving her to her own thoughts.

I wonder why he's leaving? Well...I guess I'll go look for Father...

Misato stood up from her seated position and walked over a few feet to her right and put on her durable winter jacket equipped specifically for the antarctic climate. After donning her jacket, Misato left the tent and ventured out into the cold and windy antarctic. The wind was so dry and cold, Misato felt her lips parch almost instantly as she walked. Reaching the base tent, at the rear of the encampment, Misato entered. She spotted her Father in the center of the tent, standing over a large rectangular table. He was looking at various research data. Dr. Katsuragi was the only other one inside the tent besides Misato, once she entered.

"...I understand...but still... I'm confident that my theory is correct..."

"...Father?"

"...! Excuse me...but we'll have to continue this conversation at another time..." Dr. Katsuragi says as he shuts off the communication screen on his digi-pad device. After doing so, he turns towards the entrance of the tent, where Misato was standing.

"Misato? What are you doing wandering about? I told you to stay put."

"I-I'm sorry, Father..." Misato replied, looking down, "I...just was wondering what you were doing...and I was getting bored... I'm sorry..."

"...Forget it... Anyway, I'm sure there's more to you just simply deciding to come and seek me out... there's a reason, isn't there? You know, you're a lot like your Mother...the only time you come to me is when you have a reason to..."

...That's not true...you always leave Mom and me... Why do you always have to make it look like we're the bad people? You're mean, Father...

"...Ikari-san said he had business back in Japan...so he's going to be taking the transport out—"

"Yes, I know."

"Huh? Did he tell you?"

"...Well...in a way, I guess he did."

"...Father? I'm not so sure I understand what you mean?"

"It doesn't matter now does it, Misato... Now if that's all you came here to tell me – would you please leave and go back to the recreation tent..."

"Y-yes, Father..."

I hate you...you don't love me or Mother... Why did you even ask me to come on this stupid trip!

Even though she was upset on the inside, Misato kept her feelings to herself and left the base tent...

Well there you have it, this is the Prologue of the story. If I get some comments + reviews, I'll continue work on it. Basically in this story everything happens sooner. The Angels arrive sooner, the technology is pushed quicker. I've done this because I always wanted to know how Misato would fare as an Evangelion Pilot rather than the commanding officer of them...so this is a little endeavor by me exploring that possibility. Some familiar faces you'll also see throughout in this will be Gendo Ikari, Ritsuko Akagi, Ryoji Kaji, and more. Granted Misato will be 16 - 17 during most of the major events in the story, but since it's still young, I'm going to consider it not a problem for her being able to synch and pilot an Eva. As proof to my last Eva story, not everything will be explained in the beginning and you'll have to take a "It just is how it is" approach. I've always liked stories where writers take that approach, so I try to do the same myself. Feel free to review and comment on the proglogue piece I've submitted here to give you all a sneak peak at my newest Eva endeavor.

-Rukaii