"..........it's hot" Teenage boy said as he stood outside the Tokyo-3 train station. Beads of sweat trailing down his handsome face as the blazing sun tried to cook him alive.
"She is late....." The teen continued with his babble in barely audible tone as if trying to save the moisture in his mouth. He reached into his pocket taking out a photo, sitting on the dusty stairs.
'I wonder why that shitty old man sent for me... I have not seen him in three years.' He thought as he read the message written on the picture. "I'll pick you up at 9 am at the front of the train station Shinji, from Misato."
Shinji read the post scrip: "Look at this cleavage"
'What a weird-O' Shinji thought pocketing the picture once more.
'Feels like someone is staring at me.' Shinji searched around his surrounding, spotting a blue haired girl wearing school uniform gazing at him.
'What the hell?' Shinji's mind raced like lightning as the ground suddenly trembled and cruise missiles flew by missing him by twenty feet.
Shinji looked towards the sky to find fighter jets flying around an gigantic monster, similar to swarm of bees trying to protect their nest from a bear. Shinji returned his attention back to the girl, only to find her missing.
'Was it my imagination?' he asked himself as he heard the sound of screeching tires. "about time" Shinji said picking up his bag as he examine the blue sport scar that drifted out of the curve, coming to stop few feet in front of him.
'Not bad.... not bad at all.' Shinji thought.
"Get in!" Purple haired woman commanded. Shinji didn't waste any time arguing quickly throwing his bag into backseat and hopping into the car. 'What the.... steering wheel is on the other side?'
"Sorry I'm late." Misato said as she sped away from the battle.
"What's wrong? you are paying more attention to your watch then the road." Shinji asked few minutes later.
"You're awfully calm, given the circumstances." Misato stated glancing at Shinji. "They are planning to drop a N2 mine at the angel, we have about 5 minutes."
"I see............ I should put my seat belt on then." Shinji said as he reached behind his shoulder gabbing the seat belt buckling it into the place.
Misato couldn't help but sweat drop. "err.... we might get caught in the explosion and all you say is" Misato said imitating Shinji's voice "I should put on my seat belt"
"was I supposed to say. wow N2 mine that is like so cool" Shinji said with poor imitation of blond ditz with two meatball for hair style.
"I figured you'd freak out a little, or become nervous." Misato said as she sped around the corner, nearly flipping the car.
"Your driving might have better chance of freaking me out.... Besides we will be out of the blast range in five minute if you keep the pace..............." Shinji stopped talking as his face suddenly drained of color.
"hold tight!" Shinji shouted as he put his body over Misato's grabbing the back of the seat bracing for the shock wave. Shinji closed his eyes as he felt the car flip, losing count after fourth time.
"arg.. what hit me?" Misato asked as she opened her eyes. "I can't believe they drop the N2 mine so soon... I didn't even see it coming"
"I was supposed to protect you, ya know, not the other way around." Misato said as she unbuckled the seat belt.
"Shinji?" Misato asked, lightly shaking Shinji. "You awake Shinji?" she asked shaking him once more. "Your surprisingly light you know that?" She did not get any response.
She rubbed her eyes trying to clear her vision, placing Shinji carefully on the passenger side checking for his purse. 'Thank goodness his a live'
She reached into her pulse and took out a cell phone. "Hello? Ritsuko?, can you pick me up in front of Tokyo 3 convenience store?"
"Where am I?" Shinji asked as he opened his eyes.
"We are in Ritsuko's car, she came to pick us up after the accident." Misato answered.
"Oh... good to know that you are ok." Shinji said as he set up. "Got my bag?"
"Yea its by your feet, thank you...." Misato said but Shinji interrupted her.
"Don't worry about it." Shinji said as he took out a bottle of water.
"Nice to meet ya, I'm Shinji" Shinji said as he held out his hand.
"Akagi Ritsuko, nice to meet you." She said accepting her hand.
"Let's pray that Misato here doesn't crash your ride." Shinji said jokingly.
"For your information it was that bomb's fault!" Misato shouted as she drove down the road.
"DAMN IT!" Shinji screamed startling Misato and Ritsuko.
"What's wrong?" Misato asked little worried. 'it must be something really bad to get him to shout like that, I mean he was calm when I told him about N2 mine....'
"My computer crashed......... I mean literary." Shinji said as he showed Ritsuko the cracked laptop. "thank god my back up chips and hard drive aren't broken." Shinji said with a sigh.
"You got riled up only because of that!" Misato yelled at Shinji "I just had my new car wracked ya know."
"Well yea, what else am I supposed to get riled up about?" Shinji asked. "Besides, your car has insurance... mine don't."
"Children we are almost there, so stop with the bickering." Ritsuko said as she pointed at the tunnel.
"Geo front, man made fortress to withstand the angels attack." Shinji said as he looked at the armored building fifty feet above the convoy that carried their car down.
"You know more then you should." Misato said as she turned around to face Shinji.
"Government secret or no, I believe that everyone on earth has the right to know." Shinji said with his eyes closed. "It would be lot easier to get funds that way also."
"It seems like N2 mine barely did any damage to it, it only bought us thirty minutes." Misato as she got out of the car.
"That thirty minute is all we need." Ritsuko stated as they quickly walked down the hallway.
Trio stopped in front of a door. "Is this my dad's office?" Shinji asked.
"No, but he is waiting for you here, its dark so be careful." Ritsuko said as she open the door, revealing pitch dark room.
Shinji slowly made his way into the room with Ritsuko in the lead. They walked straight for few minutes and light suddenly turned on.
"It's been a while" voice said from above.
Shinji looked up to see a man that looked to be around forty. "Father" Shinji said barely loud enough for the man to hear.
"Shinji, listen carefully to what I am about to tell you" Genma continued on. "You're going to ride her, you're going to fight the angel!"
"Wait a moment, Commander!" Misato shouted stepping forward. "It took even Rei seven months to synchronize with the Eva remember!?" Misato looked at Shinji. "A boy who just arrived today! its impossible!"
Genma simply smirked ignoring Misato completely.
Shinji had similar grin on his face. "You are still selfish old bastard ya know that?" Shinji asked. "I don't mind riding her, if ya get me drift" Shinji said pointing at Misato.
"You still talk like a damn pervert." Gendo sighted. "You have no idea how many offended ladies I had to deal with every damn time you visited my work."
Shinji redirected his attention to the giant purple head that stood above liquid of some sort. "................... ya know, this is mans only source of defeating the angel, you could of made it look better."
"This isn't a fashion show, only the result matters." Gendo stated. "Are you going to pilot or not?"
"what do I get?" Shinji asked crossing his arms, staring at his father.
"you get to save the world" Misato said, "isn't that enough?"
"There is something I want" Shinji said as he turn to look at Misato. "You have nice body."
"What!" Misato yelled as she took a step back unconsciously.
Shinji chuckled by her reaction. "Relax, I just want you to model for me." Shinji said as he took out a sketch book handing it to Misato.
Misato flip through the pages, inside was varius drawing of woman. Suites, Dresses, gowns, swimming wear, pajama, and some nude. She was amazed at the skill in art such young boy had possessed. Drawing seemed almost alive even thought it was all done in pencil.
Shinji waited for Misato's answer. "well? rather I pilot that thing or not is up to you."
"Fine, I'll model ok? just get in." Misato said.
"Lead the way." Shinji said with smirk.
"So.... where are the controls?" Shinji asked as he sit in side the cockpit.
"You wont need any controls Shinji, it's all done by neural link." Ritsuko said thought the intercom.
"You mean, my thoughts?" Shinji asked.
"Right, so if you want to walk, all you have to do is will it to move." Ritsuko answered.
"I see....." Shinji said. "I was hoping you'd give me a play station game pad and tell me the basic buttons and combos err.... I think there is a leak." Shinji said pointing at the liquid rising from the floor at rapid paste.
"Once your lungs are saturated with the LCL you'll be able to undergo direct oxygen exchange." Ritsuko explained.
Five minutes later.
"Shinji... you are supposed to breath that." Ritsuko said amazed that some one could hold onto their breath so long with out damaging their brain or passing out.
"Wha?" Shinji open his mouth to ask as the LCL rushed into his mouth. "I think I'm going to be sick." Shinji said. "Their isn't long term side effects to this right?"
Room turned strangely quite. "If I come down with something, I'm going to sue."
"This is non existing government founded civil service Shinji, who are you going to sue?" Gendo asked.
"You know...... I think I'm going to raise my price then." Shinji stated. "You owe me a drink ya cheap stake!"
"Evangelion Unit 01, launch!" Misato yelled.
'...... pretty strong gravitational force.' Shinji thought to him self trying to relax him mind, soon it was over, Eva head reached the surface.
"Shinji try to concentrate on walking" he heard voice of Misato coming from the communicational link.
'........ I think I rather run' Shinji thought as he jumped backwards avoiding the explosion.
"Amazing.... it moved." someone stated.
Looking up to see the angel walking up to him, Shinji willed the Eva to charge. Rushing at the angel with its armed cocked back ready for uppercut.
Eerie red light begin surround angel's arm, when Shinji was within striking distance he was blasted by red beam of energy.
Shinji screamed out in pain as burning sensation rushed into his arms. 'What the hell? our nerves... are they connected?'
Shinji willed the Eva to side step, circling around the angel wearily. "Is there any weapon I can use?" Shinji asked through the intercom. His answer came in torrent of mental image.
"Never mind!" Shinji screamed as he rushed at the angel. The shoulder blade of the Eva opened up as he drew out the blade. Using the momentum of the Eva's run to pierce the Angel.
Eva's assault came to dead stop few feet away from angel's core as red growing barrier appeared.
"A.T field!" Shinji heard someone shout from the other side. "So the angels posses them also."
'angels posses them also?' Shinji asked him self. 'does Eva have this thing called A.T field?' Shinji screamed as sudden image was forced into his head. It wasn't painful, just surprising.
Shinji willed the Eva to raise his hand, red ripples starting to appear in the fingertips taking shape of claws.
Newly formed claws cut through the angel's barrier, other hand joining to widen the gap.
"Oh my god.. its breaking through!" Misato commented in surprise.
Shinji willed the Eva to rush in once more, only to get blasted by red beam of light at zero range.
Shinji's piercing scream of pain echoed through out the command room as he crutched his eyes. "It's not your eyes Shinji, its not your eyes;" someone said from the other side, but Shinji barely heard them. The pain was unbearable.
"Can't you do anything to cut the backlash?" Ritsuko asked Maya.
"I'm trying everything I can, but Eva is not responding!" Maya stated. "All out commands are ignored, we have no control over it!"
Angel didn't spot in it's assault firing second beam of light aimed at the same eye, piercing through Eva's brain.
"Degree of cranial Damage unknown!"
"Cutting power to control neurons!"
"Reversing synchrographs!"
"Purse is surging back!"
many of the technicians screamed at once.
"I don't care what it takes, stop that backlash!" Misato shouted
"Negative, signals been rejected, it's refusing all input!" Maya shouted back.
"What about Shinji!" Misato shouted her voice full of concern.
"Monitors not responding, we can't tell if he's alive or dead! Unit 01 is completely silent!"
"All right I'm suspending all original orders, pilot safety is now our only priority!" Misato ordered.
"There's no manual override!" Hyuga shouted "We lost all contact with the Eva!" Maya shouted back.
'Who's there?' Shinji asked mentally as he felt presence of another. 'Is this heaven?'
His minds eye opened as he floated around the empty void made of blight white light. He looked on as figure of woman slowly approached him. 'Mother?' he asked in surprise.
Maiden of light embraced Shinji her angelic wings of light covering him protectively. He could feel the warmth and love emitting from her smile.
Light slowly faded away to reveal dark humanoid being, her feather like angel wings divided into nine pitch black bat like wings. It looked like Eva without it's armor plates. His first reaction was to scream but for weird reason he felt protected.
'I see... everything makes sense to me now.... I am the perfect candidate to pilot this machine and I am the only one to pilot using all of it's power.' Shinji opened his eyes returning to the outside world just in time to see angels moving to grab Eva's head.
Shinji evaded the slow attack by rolling backwards, using his arms to spring him self up landing on his feet in fighting stance. 'this is better then having hundreds of button to mash.' Shinji thought.
Another red beam rushed at the Eva but this time something happened that surprised everyone in the headquarter. Eva raised its hand creating red barrier in front of it self blocking the beam.
'Did it absorb the beam?' Gendo asked him self as he absorb the data that NERV super computer was displaying.
'I guess it did' Gendo concluded when Eva returned the beam back at the angel, following up with another charge. Eva threw consecutive kicks and punches all connecting to the Angel, landing an uppercut so strong it created a shockwave that shattered all the windows within four block radius as Angel was knocked up three hundred feet.
"See ya in heaven!" Shinji said as pillar of light blasted the angel to obliteration. Giant white cross of pure energy lasted for twenty seconds before it faded away. In the center of the blast stood the Evangelion it's eye's growing blue.
"Where am I?" he asked himself as he awoke from the hospital bed.
"You are in NERV hospital." Gendo stated from his side.
"YOU!" Shinji screamed. "owe me a drink"
Gendo laughed a little. "I think I owe you three years worth a drink."
Shinji smiled as he sit up. "Is this what you where doing for last three years?"
"Yea, I visited Yui's grave but I could not visit at our usually time. By the time I get their, the water and flower has already been placed." Gendo said with a weak smile.
"The grave is empty isn't it?" Shinji asked.
"Yes, have you met her?" Gendo asked.
"Yea, she showed me how to use her power, I actually felt loved when she hugged me.. even after all this years to think that she didn't forget about me... to think she recognized me even after all this year.." Shinji said as tears started trail down his cheeks.
"I envy you Shinji, I can't even see her even if I set in the pilot seat, I can't even sync with it. Only those born after the second impact has chance of synchronizing with the Eva, but you are the only one that Yui is willing to share all her powers with."
"Hey dad?" Shinji asked as he looked up.
"Yes son?" Gendo asked.
"Can you gimme your credit card? I wanna go buy new computer." Shinji said with his hands out.
"No" Gendo said.
"You cheap-O" Shinji accused.
"Last time I loaned you credit card, you bought $19,000 dollar worth of car parts and $13,000 dollar worth of computer parts." Gendo said crossing his arm. "I'm not falling for that again."
"Oh fine... can I have $25,000 dollars then?" Shinji asked. Gendo's eyebrow twitched.
"Shinji, you are getting paid by NERV $100,000 per year plus bonus if you get one." Gendo handed him a credit card. "and that is your credit card, besides don't you already have enough money as it is?"
"No, you can never have enough money." Shinji stated.
"How much did you save up? don't tell me you spent all your money." Gendo said as he set down on the side.
"I have around four million in my savings and six million in checking." Shinji stated as Gendo fell off the chair.
"And you call me cheap?" Gendo asked raising his eyebrow.
"by the way, where do I live?" Shinji asked.
"You are going to live with captain Katsuragi." Gendo said adjusting his glasses.
"You mean Misato?" Shinji asked. Gendo simply knobbed.
"That might be fun" Shinji said grinning like a idiot
"I knew you'd enjoy it, but please don't embarrass me at work." Gendo said with a sigh. Shinji simply laughed.
"MiSaTochan" Shinji said in sing song voice as he walked out of the hospital meeting Misato in the parking lot. "Did you get my bag?"
"It's in the trunk" Misato stated. she leaned against her new sports car with her Shades on.
Shinji walked over to the trunk, retrieving his sketch pad and mechanical pencil. "They worked pretty fast in replacing your car."
Shinji set silently as his hand moved quickly over the sketch pad, its view hidden from Misato.
"What are you doing??" Misato asked curiosity getting to her.
"Nothing, I can't do anything in moving car." Shinji said but his hands where busily moving.
"If you say so." rest of the drive home were done in silence.
Two stood out side the door of a condo. "It's bit messy but make your self at home" Misato said as she open the door.
"I'm home" Shinji said as he walked in, and quickly walked back out. "I didn't know you lived in dump, I'll be right back." Shinji said as he walked out of the building.
Five minutes later Shinji returned with few small boxes.
"What are those?" Misato asked. she currently held a bear bottle in her hand, only wearing underwear and tank top.
Shinji opened the box taking out a large trash bag, handing one to Misato. "Lets clean up." He stated.
Hour later Misato and Shinji set on the couch sipping freshly brewed tea, living room and kitchen was spotless, almost sparkling.
"Isn't that much better?" Shinji asked as he resume with his sketching.
"What cha drawing?" Misato asked.
"Nothing much." Shinji stated but continued to work.
"Let me see." Misato said as she lean forward.
"No, it's not done yet." Shinji said turning his body so Misato couldn't see his drawing.
Misato snatched the sketch book and quickly flipped through the pages. The picture Shinji was working on was of her self in the parking lot, leaning against her new car with sun setting behind her.
"Wow... that's amazing." Misato said in awe. Shinji just took the sketch book back and continued on with his drawing.
'thank god she didn't go to next page' he thought to him self. He was drawing Misato in her revealing tank top. Hoping to god that she doesn't realize she was not wearing a bra.
'I guess she isn't used to living with other people'
"I'm going to go take a bath." Misato said as she walked into the restroom. "And no peeking!" she said as she closed the door.
Shinji typed away furiously on his newly obtained laptop changing all the setup to his own likings. His OS has been changed so much it was no longer recognizable by normal computer users.
"Maya have you seen my laptop?" Ritsuko asked.
"No I haven't, did you misplace it?" Maya asked.
"I could of swore I put it right here." Ritsuko said pointing at the table.
Shinji lost himself in his work and didn't see Misato walking out of the restroom. Clad only in a towel heading straight towards the refrigerator. He was startled out of his concentration when he felt something cold on his cheeks.
"your done already?" Shinji asked as he turned around.
"It's been thirty minutes Shinji" Misato stated as she joined him in couch.
Shinji closed his laptop turning his attention to Misato. She set on the couch sipping on can of beer wearing two towels. One warped around her head and other covering her body, Shinji could feel warmth on his cheeks, he was blushing.
"Err. Misato? aren't you going to put some clothe on?" Shinji asked
"Why Shinji? is this bothering you?" Misato asked motioning to her body with her free hand.
"..... yea" Shinji stated truthfully.
"You know most man would do nearly anything to see me wearing this." Misato said leaning on the couch taking another sip of beer. "and I thought you were a pervert"
"I'm not most man Misato and I'm not a pervert." Shinji stated picking up his laptop. "I'll be in my room" he said walking into his room.
"I guess he is a boy after all" Misato said finishing her drink.